The horse trampled on the flying snow and spread the dust. The fast horse galloped to Tu Ma and Peng You.
A postman dismounted and reported that there were no abnormalities on the road ahead all the way to Yunzhong Pass.
Yunzhong Pass is an important hub connecting east, west, north and south within the territory of the Chinese tribes. It is the only way for transportation teams and business travelers traveling from south to north, east to west and out.
There is a crossroads.
The loris looked at Peng You and said, "This group of people may not dare to take the Yunzhong Pass to go south again. They may also take a detour in the direction of Xirong and return to Jiuli."
Peng You listened and thought attentively. He took out the battle map from his arms and spread his hands to look at it.
The texture of this combat map is pure, impervious to water and fire, and indestructible to cuts with swords. It depicts the mountains and rivers of all parts of the world in detail.
When the horse suddenly saw the map made of cowhide, he was startled. He turned over and dismounted, took two steps forward, and was about to reach out to grab it.
Peng Youzheng lowered his head and looked at the picture carefully, but he did not expect Tu Ma to take action again.
Seeing the horse's sudden attack, the loris wanted to step forward to rescue him. Although he could travel thousands of miles in a day, he was at a loss because of his poor martial arts skills.
Uh-huh...
The unarmed horse struck very quickly, and with one hand it reached the edge of the map held by Peng You, and suddenly stopped.
Seeing that Peng You had opened and used the map quite skillfully before, he became suspicious and asked hurriedly: "Where did you get this map from?"
Peng You looked up and saw that the horse was half an arm's length away from him. He didn't show a fierce look on his face, but a complicated expression.
Peng You replied: "It was given by others."
Tu Ma asked again: "Who is it?"
Peng You replied: "Shenlong Yandi."
After the defeat of Banquan, Emperor Shenlong Yan handed over the Chinese mountains and rivers battle map to the Xuanyuan family to show his sincerity.
Hearing this, Tu Ma was shocked and speechless. He suddenly knelt down on one leg and said, "Since you are the master of this picture, I will obey your orders at any time!"
Anyone who sees this picture is like seeing Emperor Yan himself, and all the men and horses under Emperor Yan can be dispatched.
Peng You didn't know the reason. He looked at Tuma and then at the loris in confusion, "This?"
Although the hummingbird didn't know the reason for gifting the picture, when he saw Tu Ma, he took the initiative to kneel down. It was a rare opportunity, so he hurriedly followed the trend and said: "Master Tu Ma is sincere, and I hope that Young Master Peng will appreciate it."
Peng You was about to step forward to help Tu Ma. Tu Ma took two steps back on his knees and said, "I didn't know you were the owner of Tu last night. I offended you so much. Please forgive me!"
This disciple is so loyal that he recognizes the map but not the person.
Peng You saw that he had changed too quickly and couldn't accept it for a while, so he just said: "I'm fine, you can get up."
Tu Ma said again: "My duel agreement with you is cancelled, I voluntarily admit defeat!"
Peng Youzhi knows that reputation is the most important thing for those who practice martial arts. If someone is forced to admit defeat because of the intimidation of a picture, it will only make people feel discouraged.
He hurriedly said: "No, the outcome has not been determined, the agreement remains the same, you and I are both martial artists, we fight fair, and whoever loses will be convinced, but we will no longer bet on life and death."
Tu Ma looked happy and said, "Really?"
Peng You said: "Of course."
The loris breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and raised his hands to Peng You and Tu Ma: "Young Master Peng, Master Tu Ma, what should we do next?"
Peng Youzheng wanted to take back the dagger and sachet that were taken away by his horse.
Suddenly he heard the sound of galloping horse hooves and ran to Peng You's team.
With a plop, the man on horseback fell down. The man was scarred and half of his body was covered in blood.
Peng You, Tu Ma, and Loris were all shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to check.
The injured soldier took a deep breath. Peng You and Loris came to help him. The soldier said, "Sir, something happened. Yunzhong Pass has been breached!"
Peng You frowned.
The humming monkey said in shock: "How could it be possible? How many people are they? No matter how powerful they are, they can't capture the heavily guarded Yunzhong Pass so quickly!"
Peng You frowned and guessed: "They may have received reinforcements in the west."
The injured postman hurriedly said: "Exactly, in addition to the Jiuli beast soldiers, there are also people from the Xirong magician who are attacking!"
The humming monkey said: "It turns out that they went to the west and led the Xirong magicians to attack together. Young Master Peng, what should we do? If they drive straight in from the north, we are unprepared and Xuanyuan Palace may suffer."
Tu Ma shouted loudly: "Then let's set off quickly, catch up with the enemy, and fight with them!"
The humming monkey interjected: "There is no way to catch up. Why don't I and the other post soldiers return to Xuanyuan Palace quickly? We should be one step ahead of them so that Young Master Gongsun can be prepared."
Peng You waved his hand and said: "They will not attack Xuanyuan Palace."
The humming monkey asked in confusion: "Young Master Peng, why is that?"
Peng You replied: "Since they have occupied the Yunzhong Pass, they are already in the initiative, but if they continue to attack the north and penetrate deeper, they will not be able to receive food and grass supplies regardless of the cold weather, and Xirong will not agree."
The loris asked: "Why is this?"
Peng You explained: "Although this group of enemy soldiers has strong combat effectiveness, they are not large in number. For the city's heavily defended area, bows and crossbows are of little use. If they can capture the Yunzhong Pass, Xirong will have a large number of troops."
Both the loris and the horses listened attentively.
Peng You continued: "Although Xirong cooperates with Jiuli, Jiuli is cruel, and everyone knows that Xirong will also guard against them. It should be that they want to occupy the Yunzhong Pass and share our southern border with Jiuli."
Tu Ma heard this and cursed: "Bah, they are local dogs who want to eat phoenix meat! What are we waiting for? Let's go and fight them to the death now!"
Loris also gnash their teeth.
Peng You thought for a while and said: "Xirong should be empty of troops at this time."
The humming monkey asked in confusion: "Young Master Peng wants to take advantage of the opportunity to capture Xirong?"
Peng You said: "I don't think so. The reason why Xirong did not advance north is that they were afraid that Jiuli would take advantage of it and occupy their territory."
Bee Monkey's eyes lit up and he said: "Young Master Peng has some arrangements?"
Peng You nodded slightly and said: "We sent people to gather troops and horses along the road to attack Xirong directly to the west, release their post soldiers, and let them report the news to the Xirong soldiers at Yunzhong Pass."
The humming monkey smiled and said: "What a good plan. This can transfer the Xirong soldiers away. Then should we pretend to be Jiuli's soldiers and provoke them?"
Peng You said: "No need, it is true that we are going to attack Xirong, but it is false to deliberately pretend to be Jiuli soldiers."
The loris said "yes".
Peng You continued: "As expected, the Jiuli army should have assembled in our southern border, waiting for news of the Jiuli soldiers at Yunzhong Pass at any time."
Tu Ma panicked: "Then we should return to the border quickly to prevent the other party from attacking!"
Peng You said: "We don't have enough strength to stop them. Let's leave some people to build a defense line along this road. We can't let the Jiuli Post soldiers at Yunzhong Pass report to Jiuli."
"That's exactly what it should be," said the loris.
Peng You said to the hummingbird: "You still need to rush back to Xuanyuan Palace to report the news and let Brother Xuanyuan lead the troops to regain the pass. General Tu Ma and I will lead the remaining troops to set up obstacles to prevent the enemy from returning."
The hummingbird accepted the order and said: "I'll do it right away." He suddenly stopped talking and only glanced at the horse, then lowered his eyebrows and looked at Peng You.
Tu Ma was unhappy when he saw this, threw a long sword in his hand at Peng You, and glared at the loris.
Peng You took it casually, knowing that Tu Ma's move would dispel the monkey's vigilance.
The hummingbird hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Master Tuma, please forgive me. Young Master Peng and Chief Gongsun are sworn brothers. We dare not neglect them."
After Tu Ma heard this, he didn't dare to underestimate him. He looked at the young man with the mole between his eyebrows and thought to himself: Who is this young man to have such an identity?
