Dozens of war horses galloped hurriedly in the rugged paths of Sichuan and Sichuan. Sweat broke out on the foreheads of all the Xigui cavalrymen, and their eyes revealed fear.
"Where are you going in such a hurry?" There was a person standing on the top of a big tree in the sky, smiling and asking everyone.
"Get out of the way! We are messengers from Xigui! Don't cause trouble for yourself!" Seeing another person appear in front of them, everyone quickly reined in their horses, and the leader yelled sharply.
The man innocently spread his hands and said, "If you want to leave, just leave. I'm on the tree and I won't hinder you."
All the cavalrymen looked at each other, some were doubtful. The leading cavalryman gritted his teeth and was about to urge his horse to go over, when he saw the man jumping down from the tree and blocking the road: "But now I'm in the way. You guys. I'll give you Yi Xiaodao."
"!" All the cavalrymen were shocked, this kid turned out to be Yi Xiaodao!
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh." Before anyone could react, two thin needles roared through the air and stabbed two Xigui cavalrymen solidly. The two fell off their horses and rolled directly down the cliff beside them.
Yi Xiaodao shook his head: "Okay, okay, let's reach for the stars and stay alive! What else do I want to ask? It's not easy to deal with the fact that you've knocked people off the cliff."
As long as one person is alive, this is a truth that everyone understands. When the remaining Xigui cavalry saw Yi Xiaodao deliberately speaking like this, they obviously didn't take them seriously, but he also has the strength...
"We will return immediately, please... Wu Dinggong, please let me live!" The leading cavalryman knew that he would not be able to leave today, and his strong desire to survive finally made him beg for mercy.
Yi Xiaodao shrugged his shoulders: "Oh? It's not impossible to let you live. But... you can't go back."
"Your Majesty, the majestic Duke of the country, still quarrels with us, wouldn't it be disrespectful to you?" The leading cavalryman was a little unwilling to give up.
"Whoops!" A sword energy struck from behind. When everyone turned around, they saw a flash of white light. The heads of three or four more cavalrymen were cut off by the sword energy and fell to the ground. Then, the corpses were shaking. fell to the ground.
In a short time, more than half of the dozens of cavalrymen were dead. The remaining people had already panicked and turned their horses' heads to flee. The leading Xigui cavalryman had just turned around, and several people behind him had already galloped out on horseback.
"We don't know anything! Don't kill us!" the cavalrymen cried and shouted.
"Boom!" A huge shadow of an ax slashed through, cutting out a huge ravine for the cavalry's retreat. The gravel flew away, causing the war horses to stop in shock, neighing and falling back.
"Shaking the mountain, you can rest, I've got you covered!" A young man jumped into the cavalry army, tapping his long stick everywhere. All the cavalry on the war horse were knocked off their horses by this long stick, and they didn't have time to climb up. As soon as they got up, they were hit one by one with long sticks, and all of them were knocked off the cliff without missing a single one.
In the blink of an eye, there were dozens of Xigui cavalry, and now only the leader was left.
"You..." The leader was angry and pointed his riding crop at Yi Xiaodao, but hesitated to speak.
Yi Xiaodao ignored this person, but looked down the cliff, seeming to be more concerned about the people who were knocked off the cliff.
When the leading cavalryman saw Yi Xiaodao acting like this, he knew that he had no intention of letting his group go. He was so angry that he pulled out his long sword and stared at Yi Xiaodao fiercely.
However, when he drew his sword, the leading cavalryman noticed that there was someone beside Yi Xiaodao, who was slowly walking towards him step by step.
His steps are steady and his posture is light. He is a good practitioner! It's just that now that the arrow is on the string, I can't care much anymore!
The leading cavalryman kicked his legs, urging the horse under his crotch, and rushed towards the man with his giant sword.
This person did not dodge or avoid, but still walked towards the cavalry.
"Hey!" The long sword was raised high and slashed at him.
The next moment, he was dragged off the horse by this man, and all the swords and riding whips in his hands fell. The cavalryman still wanted to struggle, but found that no part of his body could move, as if all the joints were locked.
"Captured alive!" The next moment, he left the ground, was lifted up, and dropped in front of Yi Xiaodao.
"You just begged me for mercy. It's not that I can't let you live, I just won't let you go back. Look what you've done now..." Yi Xiaodao frowned and pretended to be angry.
The cavalryman lowered his head. He couldn't say anything now. He was captured and it was no longer up to him whether he would be killed or chopped into pieces.
The smile on Yi Xiaodao's face gradually faded, and he asked in a deep voice: "Tell me, what are you going to do in the north?"
"Kill me." All the brothers around him were dead, and he was the only one left. The cavalryman was already devastated.
Yi Xiaodao grabbed his collar and pulled him in front of him: "Do you think I can't do it? I want to kill all of you in Xigui now! Don't you know that King Xigui is rebellious? Are you still determined to do so? The earth is working for him! Do you know what you are doing now?"
The cavalryman was a little confused.
"I know even if you don't tell me, you are going to the north to contact the Bei Yi, so that you can cooperate inside and outside and disrupt Daqi, right? Once the Bei Yi goes south and rushes into the Central Plains, do you know how many people will die?"
"You are afraid of death. Aren't there many innocent people in the Central Plains who are not afraid?" After Yi Xiaodao finished speaking, he pushed him away: "If you want to die, feel free to do it. When you get to the Lord of Hell, say that you were killed by me. I owe you Don’t overwhelm yourself.”
The cavalryman was pushed away by Yi Xiaodao and fell to the ground again. The joints all over his body were locked, making it difficult to move. He simply lay on the ground: "The letter to Beiyi is in my scabbard."
Fan Yu heard it clearly, took two steps forward, took off the scabbard of the knight's sword, and looked inside: "I do believe it."
Yi Xiaodao took the scabbard, took out the letter inside, and glanced at it a few times: "Oh, I really want to make friends with Beiyi." After saying that, he tore the letter into pieces and threw it off the cliff.
"I, Yi Xiaodao, keep my word. Since he begged for mercy, let him go." Yi Xiaodao said to Fan Yu.
Fanyu walked towards the cavalryman, pulled him up from the ground, pinched the joints on his body a few times, and pushed the joints back. Only then did the cavalryman notice the existence of his limbs and could move.
"You can't let him go! If he lets him go, he must be informed!" Nafeng came over with a stick and wanted to know about this cavalryman.
Yi Xiaodao stretched out his hand to stop Na Feng: "It's just to survive."
"I heard that King Xigui is harsh and cruel. Your mission of delivering the message has failed. You shouldn't ask for trouble and go back to your life, right?" Yi Xiaodao looked at the cavalryman.
The cavalryman was a little dazed and glanced at Yi Xiaodao blankly: "Huh?"
Yi Xiaodao sighed: "You go."
The cavalryman understood this and pulled his horse. Seeing that the others had no intention of leaving him behind, he got on his horse and headed back the way he came.
After the cavalry left, Nafeng came over and was about to speak when Shan Shan patted him on the shoulder and held him down: "Master Yi has his own ideas."
Yi Xiaodao didn't say anything, turned around and left.
Seeing Yi Xiaodao leaving, Nafeng muttered: "I really don't know what to think."
Shanshan carried his big sword, ignored Nafeng's muttering, and followed Yi Xiaodao directly. The rest of them stayed put, waiting for the arrival of the next group of scouts.
On the cliff, Yi Xiaodao faced south, sat on the ground, and stared blankly at the distant peaks.
Shanshan sat next to Yi Xiaodao: "I never would have imagined that that little beggar back then could actually be the Duke of the country now."
"Haha, what kind of prince is he? It's just an iron chain." Yi Xiaodao chuckled.
Shan Shan also laughed: "People in the world cannot help themselves."
"Brother Shanshan, do you have something to say?" Yi Xiaodao noticed something was wrong with Shanshan.
Shan Shan hesitated for a while and said: "Are you really going to fight to the death with Prime Minister Zhou? If you can work together and assist His Majesty, the great revival of China will be just around the corner!"
Yi Xiaodao glanced sideways at Shanshan: "Brother Shanshan, what do you mean by this? I don't understand."
Shan Shan sighed and said, "I know that the brains of us roughnecks are not as good as yours. But we are not fools. We still know what you are going to do."
"Then what should I do?" Yi Xiaodao asked pretending to be stupid.
"This cavalry is greedy for life and afraid of death. He will definitely report to King Xigui that we blocked the road here when he returns. Is my brother right?" Shanshan smiled and continued: "If we stop a few more waves of cavalry, , King Xigui knew that the North Road was impassable."
"At that time, King Xigui may raise his troops to march eastward, and the pressure will be transmitted to Prime Minister Zhou, right?" Although Hanshan looks rough, he has a very smart mind and told all Yi Xiaodao's thoughts. out.
Yi Xiaodao smiled bitterly and said, "I have such a small thought, and I'll let Brother Shanshan finish it all."
"Brother, I still say the same thing. Do you really want to fight to the death with Prime Minister Zhou?" Shanshan asked.
Yi Xiaodao spread his hands: "It's not that I want to fight with Zhou Xiang, but that Prime Minister Zhou is not willing to let me go. And given the current situation, if the Xigui army is not led to Prime Minister Zhou, how can the war end? This battle I don’t know when the fight will be over.”
"Is it possible that Brother Shanshan has another good way to put down the rebellion in Xigui?" Yi Xiaodao asked.
Shan Shan sighed: "I told you, I'm just a rough guy, but...oh, forget it." After saying that, he turned around and walked down the mountain.
Yi Xiaodao continued to look in the direction of Rongcheng, or... the direction of Caoshan.
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"Do you still have the nerve to come back? Come here, drag him down and behead him!" Xigui Zou looked at the scout kneeling in front of him heartily, and was furious.
"My lord, this land of Sichuan and Sichuan is already narrow, not to mention that there is Chen Congwei on the opposite side. It can be said that one man can guard the gate and no one can open it. It's so rare for this little brother to come back!" said a white-haired old man on the side.
Zou Huaixin glanced at the old man and said to the cavalryman: "Why don't you get out of here?"
The cavalrymen were pardoned like a dream and left in a hurry.
"Your Majesty, what should we do next?" someone asked aloud.
King Xigui sighed: "Prepare to raise troops and march eastward."
