Chapter 490 Chapter Four: Saving Your Life to Save Your Friends

The soldiers in front shouted, and the convoy stopped. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, who were sitting next to each other in the mule cart, looked at each other and knew that something unusual had happened. I just set off at dawn this morning, and I only have a few hours to go so far. Unless something special happens, I shouldn't stop.They didn't dare to get out of the car to see what happened, for fear that the people blocking the way would be people from Dunyugu-Fang.Ba Fenghan was at the most critical stage of his martial arts, any disturbance might make it difficult for him to complete his martial arts, so the two of them were very careful.

Not long after Yue Kepeng came to the rear of the car, Kou Zhong lifted the tarpaulin and asked, "What's the matter?" Yue Kepeng said solemnly: "Three freshly cut off bloody wolf heads are hung on three long wooden poles in front of them. These are the marks of the Khitan Huyanjin deterring the prairie 'Blood Wolf Seal'. If anyone who sees the wolf heads does not immediately Leave all your treasures by the wolf pole, and they'll kill each other." Kou Zhong frowned and said, "When do they usually attack?" Yue Kepeng said: "It's hard to say. Sometimes they will attack immediately, or they will kill you suddenly after you have been worried for many days."

Xu Ziling said, "Brother Peng, what are your plans?" Yue Kepeng said: "Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered Yanyuan, it would be decorated with Huyan gold. Now I have to be more vigilant, soldiers will block it, and water will cover it." Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling both feel bad, there is no danger to defend on the grassland, and they have to take care of Ba Fenghan and a large number of congratulatory gifts, as long as the other party comes with a thousand or two people and attacks from all directions, what should they do? it is good? Kou Zhong shook his head, and said: "Let's go outside to drive the mule cart, so we can fight back when we find out."

The convoy continued on the road, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling replaced the mules with three precious horses, sat in the driver's seat of the carriage, and drove forward with the convoy, passing by three hideous and pitiful wolf heads on high hanging poles, and with the courage of the two Se still had a frightening sense of uneasiness. Xu Ziling took the Death Moon Bow given to Ba Fenghan, and took all the arrows with him, ready for battle. Yanyuan is still so green and charming, but the atmosphere of the convoy has changed. This group of dead men who traveled thousands of miles from Che Shi to Longquan to take revenge, under a state of high alert, no longer have the relaxed and freehand look they used to have.

The Yanhe River appeared ahead and meandered away. Yue Kepeng ordered the convoy to drive along the river to reduce the possibility of the enemy attacking from the north.In the vast wilderness, except for wild animals, there are no traces of people.This does not reassure everyone. Huyanjin from Khitan, Shenmohuan from Shiwei, and Han Chaoan from Goryeo are the three most notorious horse thieves on the prairie. No one knows when and where they will suddenly appear. Kou Zhong smiled wryly and said: "I think there will be a day when my two brothers will be like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, waiting for the arrival of the deadline. If you can fight alone with Hu Yanjin, I am willing to lose ten years of my life."

Xu Ziling looked ahead and said in a deep voice: "We can only see walking. This will be the toughest battle since Helen Fort. If you really can't resist it, you have to give up your belongings and run away until Lao Ba wakes up. Then find Huyanjin to settle the score." After two hours without any danger, but everyone's heart was turbulent, the convoy stopped again. The leader, Yue Kepeng, rode up to the two people sitting in the carriage, and said: "There is a dense forest blocking the road ahead, should we set up camp early, or continue on our way while there are still two hours of sunshine?"

A dense forest ahead grew along the river, and the terrain began to be undulating. In this situation where the vegetation is full of soldiers and the wind is raging, it is understandable that Yue Kepeng is afraid of this dense forest where the enemy can hide. Kou Zhong said decisively: "The enemy will come sooner or later, and it is better to come early than late. If I were Hu Yanjin, I would definitely not attack tonight when we are leaning on the river and waiting in full force. But we have to wait for the next attack. I don't feel good If you sleep hard all night, you will still have to face the current dilemma in the morning."

Yue Kepeng said: "It makes sense. We simply avoid this forest area and pass through the hilly area overnight. Maybe we can get rid of the enemy." Xu Ziling shook his head and said, "Huyanjin should be in the dense forest." Yue Kepeng was stunned and said, "Brother Xu, how can you be so sure." Kou Zhong didn't want to waste his time explaining that Xu Ziling had an extraordinary spiritual sense, and said, "Because that's the best place to ambush us. Of course Hu Yanjin, who knows this area well, won't miss it." Yue Kepeng suddenly became arrogant, laughed and said: "Come on! I want to teach Hu Jin that we Cheshi people are not easy to bully."

He galloped along the team, and gave orders in the words of the chariot master to motivate his soldiers. When he returned to the head of the team, the team deviated from Yanhe and made a detour. Kou Zhong said to Xu Ziling: "Brother Peng is indeed a talented person with a good heart, we must try to save his life no matter what." Xu Ziling sighed: "It's useless for you to save his life. If he loses his life, how can he go back and explain to the king? It's better to die in battle and die with honor." Kou Zhong frowned and said, "Is there any way to have the best of both worlds, which can save people without losing property?"

Xu Ziling smiled wryly and said, "I hope only a few hundred people will come, so let's counterattack first and cut off Huyanjin's dog's head." The sun descended to the western horizon, and the prairie paved with red and green was covered with a layer of reddish glow, and the gentle wind was blowing, like a scroll of embroidered landscapes, but inside it was full of dangers. A boundless silence permeates the vast world in front of you, the green forest stretches to the left, and the hills in front of you undulate and extend like ripples, dotted with scattered trees. When the two of them couldn't think of a good way, the sound of hooves suddenly sounded, and countless Khitan horse bandits with black scarves and battle armor rushed out from the dense forest on the left, and came all over the mountains and plains from half a mile away, shouting to kill. sky.Fortunately, this side of the car had been prepared for a long time, and immediately formed a circular formation. The soldiers hid behind the car, bent their bows and set arrows, and protected the camels on the other side.

Suddenly there was also a loud noise of killing in front, a group of horse thieves appeared from behind the hills, divided into two groups, one group directly attacked the head of the team, and the other group surrounded the right side. Kou Zhong gasped and said, "My mother! There are at least three thousand of them." How can this battle be fought? Even if Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling can break through the siege, Ba Fenghan and Yue Kepeng will all be finished. Seeing the enemy's earth-shattering and horrific offensive, the blood on the faces of Yue Kepeng and others faded away. What they faced was not just a ferocious horse thief, but an army that could destroy the country.With the power of a few hundred people in their area, they can only block the traffic with their arms. The Khitan horse bandits kept approaching. Kou Zhong suddenly shouted: "Brother Peng! Withdraw immediately, see you at Longquan." As soon as the whip was struck, the three horses rushed out of the chariot formation in pain, and rushed obliquely to the northeast corner where the enemy's forces were weakest, which was the middle of the enemy rushing from the dense forest and hills. When even Xu Ziling, like Yue Kepeng, thought that Kou Zhong was disrespectful and ran away on his own, Kou Zhong shouted, "Master Ling! Five stones!" Xu Ziling came to his senses, jumped up and climbed onto the roof of the car, shouting, "Go and throw away the cargo!" Kou Zhong said: "It's too late!" Grabbing a barrel of arrows with each hand, carrying them on his back, he rushed forward and landed on Qianlimeng who was leading the cart. go. Xu Ziling stood on the bumpy carriage, holding the Wucai stone with two fingers as firmly as Mount Tai, holding his head high, keeping the root seal secretly, and shouted the Turkic words in the way of mantra: "Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling is here, Who dares to take our five stones!" Kou Zhong's quick-witted and ingenious plan is indeed not to worry about Hu Yanjin not coming. First of all, Kou Zhong defeated Kuge, the son of Mohui, another great Khitan chieftain, in the Central Plains, beheaded hundreds of Khitan people, and forged a deep hatred with the Khitan people.Secondly, the five quarried stones were snatched by the Khitan people from the Mohe people and kept for many years. They have become a symbol of victory, honor and disgrace.What's more, after worshiping Ziting and getting the stone, he will be more justified and become the monarch of the Mohe tribes. In contrast, the congratulatory gifts from the Turpan kingdoms were just a trivial matter. The so-called matter has priorities, Hu Yanjin didn't know that there was Ba Fenghan who couldn't move in the carriage, but he only knew that if the two of them escaped from the siege, it would be difficult to stop them.And the days are short, and the night is approaching. Sure enough, the voice of shouting came from the enemy's formation, and an order was issued.Although the two of them could not understand the Khitan language, they only saw the enemy cavalry turning their horses and chasing after them, they knew they had succeeded halfway, the remaining half was how to break out of the encirclement and get rid of the enemy. This is near impossible. No matter how great the three fine horses in Qianlimeng were, after a day of rushing and dragging a cart half full of cloth, they couldn't be faster than the Khitan horse thief who grew up on horseback. But the two had no other choice. Xu Ziling rolled over and jumped into the car from the rear like an ape. Ba Fenghan was sleeping peacefully, unaware that the two of them were facing a critical moment of life and death. Xu Ziling grabbed a piece of cloth and was about to throw it out of the cart to reduce the burden on the horse, when suddenly his heart moved and he shook the two-foot-long wild linen cloth away with his hands. The carriage was running against the wind, and a two-foot-long linen cloth floated out from the rear of the carriage, as if the carriage had suddenly grown a big tail, and was blown wildly by the wind, making a "swipe" sound. At this time, the enemy cavalry from the left came flooding in, Xu Ziling unleashed his strength, and the long cloth swept across the grassland like a wall, just in time to cover the charging five cavalry company with men and horses, and they immediately turned on their backs, exhausting the people behind Laiqi stumbled one after another and bumped into one piece. Xu Ziling grew hopeful, wondering if this tactic could kill two birds with one stone, it can defeat the enemy and reduce weight, so he hurriedly deployed horses according to the law, and the sackcloth tactic was quickly developed. Kou Zhong, who was killing the enemy while controlling the carriage, was also very busy in front. Both sides are in a race against time to see whether the Khitan horse can close up first and cut off the path of the carriage, or whether the carriage can escape through the gap before the enemy closes up and cuts off. If what Kou stretched out was not the Sun-Extinguishing Bow, which was powerful, the enemy would definitely be able to rush in and kill the three good horses to achieve his goal. Kou Zhong laughed, the chariot deviated from the enemy on the left, controlled Qianlimeng to approach Ben from the hilly area, and now he rushed obliquely from the front right to the weak point at the rear of the team, shooting out powerful arrows continuously, determined his heart Shoot horses instead of people.The war horses overturned one after another, and the horses behind were tripped one after another. The chain reaction caused the enemy's horses to be in chaos, and it was difficult to stop the attack at full speed! In a blink of an eye, the carriage broke out, and all the enemies became chasing from behind. Xu Ziling yelled over and said, "You are in charge of controlling the car. As long as the car doesn't overturn, we will succeed!" Another long piece of linen was sent out, heat made perfect, the linen wrapped around the feet of the entire row of nearly ten enemy horses, the horse stumbled, and the people on the saddle threw forward immediately, no one was spared. The carriage rushed up the slope of the hill, and when it crossed the top of the hill and rushed down, the sun did not reach the horizon. The carriage was hidden in a dense forest in the depths of the hilly mountainous area, and finally escaped the pursuers for a while, but not out of danger. The three horses were foaming at the mouth, if they persisted, they would collapse and die. Some of the enemies overtook them and became surrounded by enemies in all directions. If it weren't for the vast forests in the hilly area, and they deliberately took a winding base line in the middle of the night, they might have been forced to this place by the enemy following the tracks of the wheels. But by daylight, they had lost their advantage. The light and shadow of the torch and the sound of horses neighing were far away on the other side of the hill. The two breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time knew that they might not have such good luck in the next moment. Kou Zhongdao: "Suppose you were Hu Yanjin, and you only found an empty carriage and three horses when you came here, what would you think?" Of course Xu Ziling understood what he meant, it was a trick to confuse the enemy, making Hu Yanjin think that they had abandoned their chariots and horses and fled.Shaking his head, he said, "Even if I die in battle, I will never give up my horse." Kou Zhongdao: "They are three first-class steeds, Huyanjin will take them as his own, then we can wait for Lao Ba to wake up, then get the horses back, and cut off Huyanjin's dog's head The eldest lady has a business." The sound of voices and flames approached from far away, and they were slowly approaching the dense forest where they were. This time, it seemed that it was inevitable. Xu Ziling sighed: "If Hu Yanjin becomes angry from embarrassment and kills three horses to vent his anger, wouldn't it be too late for us to regret it?" Kou Zhong put his arms around his shoulders and said, "Young Master Ling, answer me a question first. If we fight recklessly, what are our chances of winning?" Xu Ziling said unhappily: "Of course it is the result of fighting to death." Kou Zhongdao: "That's it. I will use the name of Kou Zhong as a guarantee. If Hu Yanjin's men kill our precious horse, we will fight back immediately, and we will not escape until we kill Hu Yanjin and avenge the horse. Whether we succeed or fail, we will finally I have a confession to Lao Ba, even if unfortunately died in battle, because Hu Yanjin didn't know about Lao Ba's existence, his elder brother might escape this calamity and avenge us in the future." The enemy has come to the edge of the jungle.Xu Ziling was finally moved, and said: "Okay! I will follow your words." The two took action, picked a big tree with dense branches and leaves, used wild sackcloth to quickly tie up a cradle-like hammock near the top of the tree, and then used the sackcloth as a stretcher to send Ba Fenghan to the hammock, and just hid himself , the enemy shouted and found the carriage. After a while, there were flames everywhere under the tree, and there were countless people. The two felt their scalps go numb, if Ba Fenghan hadn't been there, they would have been able to break through the siege and escape with ease, but if they fought hard they would surely die, at most they could only hope to find Hu Yanjin to be buried with them.However, since this person can run rampant on the prairie, he has not been punished for doing so many outrageous things. Of course, he is a strong martial artist, and he should have capable people and masters under his command. The yelling suddenly subsided. More than ten riders galloped to the place where the carriage stopped. After a sharp and unpleasant voice spoke some Khitan dialect that they could not understand, they said in Chinese completely beyond their expectations: "Mr. Why did the two boys abandon their horses and go? According to my opinion, with these three horses, they can run at least a hundred miles more." The voice of the other two young men who were somewhat familiar replied: "The two of them have been besieged many times in the Central Plains, and they all escaped with light work. I guess they were afraid of leaving hoof marks, so they abandoned their horses? What does Marshal Huyan think? " Hu Yanjin gritted his teeth and said: "I'll fuck their eighteen generations of ancestors, even if they escape to the bottom of the sky, I will go up and smash their corpses into thousands of pieces." Kou Zhong held Shang Jing Zhongyue's saber handle, as long as Hu Yanjin ordered to kill the horse, he would immediately jump down and fight him to the death. Mr. Liang sneered and said, "They are not familiar with life outside the Great Wall, where can they escape? Even if the commander-in-chief is willing to let them go, Shen Mohuan, his wife and Belgunatai will never allow them to send the five stones to others." Worship Ziting. What's more, Brother Ku is also recruiting warriors so that they cannot return to the Central Plains alive. We only need to rush to the grassland area at full speed, no matter how fast their legs are, they will lose to horse legs in the long-distance effort. " Kou Zhonghu's body trembled slightly, and he leaned into Xu Ziling's ear and said, "It's Liang Shunming, the son of Liang Shidu." Xu Ziling was astonished. They only met Liang Shunming once, but they had a very unpleasant quarrel.At that time, they were just two unknown soldiers who had just glimpsed martial arts. Under the threat of Du Fu, they met Liang Shunming and the people from Lu Ling's Shen family. Logically speaking, Master Liang is Jieli's running dog, and Khitan wants to expand his influence. There is no reason why Liang Shunming and Hu Yanjin would go together, but the fact is that there must be reasons they don't understand. Huyan Jinxiao laughed, full of cruelty, and said, "Okay! Let's see how far these two cunning and timid boys can escape." He said again, "How about giving the young master one of these three spoils of war?" Liang Shunming quickly expressed his thanks. The two breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that Huyanjin would not kill the horse to vent his anger. Hu Yanjin issued a series of orders in Khitan language, the horn sounded, and the enemy left quickly. The two looked at Ba Fenghan who was lying on the hammock beside him with concern, and were ecstatic at the same time. Ba Fenghan opened his eyes, shooting out a strange light that he had never seen before, and a cold and murderous smile escaped from the corner of his mouth. Changing the day Dafa, finally able to rescue him from the hands of the god of death like stealing the day and changing the day, and his skill is better than before.