In early winter, the vegetation turns yellow.
Zhao Sanniu and Ruan Mingzhu were crawling in the grass, carefully observing the movement ahead.
"Twelve people are patrolling this line on the west side. They go to the mouth of the river and turn back, and then walk back after about a quarter of an hour." Ruan Mingzhu whispered, "In a quarter of an hour, can we cross this border line?"
Zhao Sanniu shook his head: "It's possible, but there is a watchtower in the distance. As long as we appear on horseback, we will be discovered, and we can only move at night."
Ruan Mingzhu nodded, and the two of them gently exited the grassland and entered the small forest in the distance. Two horses were tied to a small tree and were grazing.
Zhao Sanniu took out the dry food and water bottle, and each of him and Ruan Mingzhu took a few bites to fill their stomachs.
Neither of them has a calm temperament, and they were very agitated while waiting, but they knew there was no need to rush, so they just suppressed it and waited for it to get dark.
Finally, dusk slowly fell, and the lights on the garrison side came on.
Zhao Sanniu and Ruan Mingzhu led the horses and slowly approached the mouth of the river in the west with very gentle movements.
Before they even got close, they saw a group of Xirong people carrying large buckets to fetch water from the river. They were chattering without knowing what they were talking about.
This group of people had just left carrying buckets, and soon a group of people came over. Those people had mutton and beef in their buckets, and they were squatting by the river and cleaning them carefully.
There are several large buckets of meat. I don’t know how long it will take to wash them like this.
Ruan Mingzhu handed the reins to Zhao Sanniu and whispered: "I'm going to see what's going on over there."
She was petite, lying in the grass as if she had disappeared, and slowly moved towards the large army. Although she could not understand Xirong Mandarin, she could understand what the other party was doing. She glanced at it a few times and quickly turned back.
"It seems that they have robbed a wealthy town of the Yue clan and they are celebrating." She lowered her voice and said, "There is a bonfire over there. I guess there will be noisy all night. I'm afraid we won't be able to leave tonight."
There are people going back and forth here, and they will make the sound of horse hooves when riding horses. Once the garrison is alerted, it will be over.
Zhao Sanniu pursed his lips: "My mother still doesn't know what the situation is. One more day of waiting is one more day of danger. We must leave Xirong tonight and go to the northern Xinjiang station tomorrow."
"Then -" Ruan Mingzhu's eyes rolled, "Since they are so happy, how about adding some fire to them?"
The two looked at each other and a plan was quickly realized.
There are about five to six thousand troops stationed here in the Xirong Kingdom. It is located at the junction of the three kingdoms of Xirong, Dayu, and the Yue Clan. From time to time, they have minor frictions with the Dayu Kingdom, and from time to time they send teams of thousands of people to break into the Yue Clan to snatch food. The Yue Clan is really It is too weak. Basically, you can come back with a full load eight times out of ten times.
Every time they come back after snatching a bunch of goodies, they will celebrate.
The bonfire was soaring into the sky, the wine was fragrant, the beef and mutton were tender and juicy, and thousands of people were singing and dancing in the camp to celebrate.
"The Yue clan is too poor and has nothing good."
"I don't know how cool it would be if I could go to Dayu Country to search for it."
"The west of Dayu is not rich, but the east is extremely rich. When our Xirong cavalry breaks through the gate of Dayu in the future, all those good things will be ours."
"Hahaha, sooner or later, one day, come on, come on, drink wine and eat meat!"
A group of people were thinking about it, when suddenly, the sky in the west burst into flames, dyeing half of the sky red.
"Boss, it's bad, the granary is on fire!"
"Hurry up and put out the fire, the food and grass are going to be burned down!"
"Grass, how could it catch fire..."
The soldiers of Xirong didn't care about drinking and eating meat, so they took buckets and basins to get water to put out the fire.
In the chaos, Zhao Sanniu and Ruan Mingzhu rode horses quickly towards the territory of Dayu Kingdom from the west path.
"Someone set the fire deliberately!"
"Don't let them escape, chase them quickly!"
"Is it someone from the Dayu Kingdom or the Yue clan who dares to break into Xirong's territory? Kill them to death!"
The soldiers of Xirong Kingdom quickly gathered into a squad of 100 people and chased Zhao Sanniu and Ruan Mingzhu.
The two of them knew that no matter what method they used to return to Dayu Kingdom through this line, they would alert the garrison. They did not dare to look back and kicked the horse's belly desperately, making the horse rush forward regardless of everything. As long as they reached the territory of Dayu Kingdom, Xirong would Will be more restrained...
The pursuers were getting closer.
"Ruan Cheng, please leave quickly, I am the queen!"
Zhao Sanniu pulled the reins, and his horse instantly fell one step behind.
He reached into the bundle and began to feel for something.
Ruan Mingzhu gritted her teeth: "If we want to go together, I also have something prepared by Aunt Wanwan!"
She had already transferred the things to her waist, touched her waist, took out a bomb with a fuse, bit off the fuse, and threw it out unceremoniously.
"Bang!"
There was a loud noise, people flipped over, and many people in Xirong were blown away.
Ruan Mingzhu couldn't believe it. The lethality of this thing was too strong. How did Aunt Wanwan make it?
Zhao Sanniu was also shocked. He thought this thing was just like throwing a stone, and whoever it threw would be unlucky and injured, but he didn't expect it to blow up a large area.
He suddenly gained confidence, took out two at the same time, bit off the leads and threw them out.
"Bang bang bang!"
Loud noises continued. The Xirong cavalry had never seen such a formation before. A large number of people in the front were sacrificed, and the people in the rear did not dare to get closer.
"Huh, you're so cute!" Ruan Mingzhu raised her lips proudly, "See if the bomb can't kill you, come on, come on again!"
Zhao Sanniu grabbed the reins: "Don't waste time with them, leave quickly!"
Ruan Mingzhu also knew not to linger here. After all, there were five to six thousand people on the other side. Even if all the bombs were thrown, they would not be able to kill so many people.
The two men turned their horses' heads and continued to move quickly.
Those Xirong cavalry were so angry that they were spitting fire. Their granary was burned down and they lost at least forty or fifty people. How could they be let go so easily?
"Archers, prepare!"
With an order, hundreds of cavalrymen drew their bows and arrows from their backs, the arrows ignited, and shot neatly towards the backs of Zhao Sanniu and Ruan Mingzhu.
Hundreds of arrows were fired in unison, with fierce firelight. No matter how inaccurate they were, one arrow would always hit.
Ruan Mingzhu's horse screamed and fell to the ground.
An arrow hit the horse's butt, the horse's hair burned, and the horse neighed on the ground in pain.
Zhao Sanniu reached out towards Ruan Mingzhu who fell to the ground: "Hurry up and get on your horse!"
Ruan Mingzhu took his hand, turned over and sat in front.
Zhao Sanniu was responsible for galloping the horse, while she kept taking things out of her bag. The distance was a bit far now, and it would be a waste to throw bombs. She took out the smoke bombs and threw ten of them out together, and suddenly the smoke filled the air. , the night and the smoke were enough to disturb people's sight. After the people of Xirong could not see their figures, the flaming arrows lost their accuracy and fell from the side one after another...
"Aunt Wanwan, these things are so powerful. If they are used in the army, why worry about not being able to defeat those bastards like Xirong!" Ruan Mingzhu said in amazement, and then paused, "Zhao Jingyu, why does this horse seem to be getting slower and slower? Now, don’t think that Xirong will give up chasing us, hurry up and speed up..."
"Ruan Cheng..." Zhao Sanniu suddenly took a breath of cold air, "Hurry up and grab the reins, I, I can't do it anymore..."
"What do you mean it's not working anymore?"
Ruan Mingzhu turned around and saw Zhao Sanniu falling backward.
She quickly grabbed his arm and pulled him back. Her hands were wet with this grab. She quickly touched his back and found two arrows stuck in it.
The fire on the arrow has been extinguished, but the clothes are almost burned, and blood is pouring out...
