Hearing Batulu's words, Li Zhongyong and Chen Liqiu were shocked and looked at each other.
"What are you looking at?" Batulu looked innocent. "You didn't ask me whether it was a wooden bridge or a stone bridge."
"Do you still need to ask?" Chen Liqiu was worried and anxious, "Nowadays, most of the bridges are wooden bridges. We have traveled all over the country, how many bridges are stone bridges?"
"There is no point in arguing about this," Li Zhongyong turned to look back. "They will catch up soon. Since we can't burn the bridge, we can only stop them from the bridge head."
Chen Liqiu nodded heavily, "Okay, the two of us will stay."
"I'll stay too." Takeda Mayumi said loudly.
"You can't stay," Chen Liqiu shook his head and said, "We have only traveled less than a thousand miles now, and there are still more than three thousand miles left. You and the boss have to deal with other chasing troops."
"There are three of them, and their martial arts skills are higher than yours. Even if I stay, I may not be able to stop them." Takeda Mayumi shook his head and said.
After Takeda Mayumi spoke, Li Zhongyong and Chen Liqiu did not answer immediately. Takeda Mayumi's words were indeed reasonable. One-on-one might not be able to stop the opponent, and two-on-three was even more hopeless.
"My martial arts skills are the best. Me and the second and third sons will stay," Baturu said to Takeda Mayumi, "Fourth brother, you will take the fifth brother and leave first in a while."
"It won't work, I don't know the road." Takeda Mayumi shook his head anxiously.
Changsheng interjected from the side and said, "I won't leave either, let's all stop leaving and fight them."
"Have you forgotten Master's instructions?" Li Zhongyong looked serious, "What's more, you don't know martial arts, what's the use of staying here?"
"Second Brother is right," Chen Liqiu said, "Fifth Brother, I won't tell lies to ease your heart. No matter who stays, it will be in danger, but those who leave first will not be safe. Without us With an escort, your situation will be even more dangerous.”
Everyone was chatting eagerly while galloping on their horses. After crossing the ridge, everyone saw the stone bridge. The stone bridge was located on the mountainside of the two peaks. The bridge was two miles long and about two feet wide. Under the bridge, there was rolling eastward water. The surging river water, the stone bridge is at least ten feet above the river surface.
"Fourth, we'll start later. Attack the opponent's mount first," Li Zhongyong said to Takeda Mayumi, "Destroy their mounts, and even if we can't stop them, they won't be able to catch up with Boss and Fifth."
"Okay." Takeda Mayumi nodded.
Li Zhongyong added, "We can't keep our mounts to prevent them from taking them for their own use."
Chen Liqiu and Takeda Mayumi both nodded.
"The horses must still be left to you," Baturu said. "If you win the battle, you can still catch up with us on horseback."
"Haha," Chen Liqiu asked with a smile, "Boss, do you think it's possible?"
Batulu knew that the three of them were no match for the enemy, so he was concerned and worried, "I'll stay too, and let Lao Wu go on his own."
"No," Chen Liqiu shook his head repeatedly, "If he encounters pursuers again, how do you want him to deal with them?"
Batulu was in a dilemma, unable to take both sides into account. He was so angry that he cursed his mother repeatedly.
Shiqiao was getting closer and closer to everyone, and the pursuers behind him were getting closer and closer to everyone. Changsheng knew that the separation was imminent, and he also knew what kind of danger the three people left behind would face, but he didn't know martial arts, and he was very anxious. Nothing can be done.
Li Zhongyong took off the money bag from his waist, raised his hand and threw it to Changsheng, "Go on."
After Changsheng caught the money bag, Li Zhongyong said urgently, "I thought I could send you to Ganzhou, but now it seems that you won't be able to get out even a thousand miles. If you encounter pursuers again, the boss will have to leave." I'm here to distract you from the pursuers, and you can only walk on your own in the future."
Without waiting for Changsheng to answer, Li Zhongyong said to Batulu, "Boss, you have to continue going south. Unless you have to, don't leave Lao Wu behind. He has never traveled far and it is too dangerous to go alone."
Batulu heard Li Zhongyong's words, but he didn't answer. He just kept scolding her.
"When it comes time to separate, just put down Changsheng and drive south," Li Zhongyong said and looked at Changsheng, "Lao Wu, don't go south, go west."
Before Changsheng could answer, Batulu spoke first, "Why did you ask him to go west? It's not right to go west."
"It's too dangerous to take the land route, and we can't avoid the pursuing troops," Li Zhongyong explained. "We can only go west, and rush to Yuzhou first..."
Before Li Zhongyong could finish his words, he was interrupted by Batulu, "Why are you going to Yuzhou? Yuzhou is thousands of miles away. It would take more than half a month to go around in such a big circle."
"It's the dry season right now, and there are boats going downstream on the river," Li Zhongyong said. "Lao Wu, you rush to Yuzhou and try to board the boat and go down the river, passing through Ezhou, Xiangzhou, Poyang, and Ganjiang. , until Ganzhou, the place you want to go is in Ganzhou, from Yuzhou to Ganzhou by water, it will take at most half a month."
Worried that he could not remember it, Chang Sheng said eagerly, "Second Senior Brother, please tell me the path again."
Li Zhongyong repeated it again and added, "It's very dangerous to go here. You have to be more careful. In addition, you must remember that you can throw away anything, but you can't throw away the Golden Pill of Return to Heaven. Master is no longer here." , we must help him fulfill his last wish."
"Second Senior Brother, don't worry, unless I die, I will definitely send the things over." Changsheng said solemnly.
While everyone was talking, the carriage had already arrived at the bridge. Takeda Mayumi took out a small cloth bag from his sleeve and threw it to Chang Sheng, "Fifth Junior Brother, take care."
The separation is imminent, Changsheng is worried and reluctant to leave, "Sister."
The pursuers followed closely, and there was not much time for everyone to say goodbye. After the carriage drove onto the stone bridge, Li Zhongyong, Chen Liqiu, and Takeda Mayumi dismounted from their horses at the same time and stood at the bridge.
The horses the three were riding and the horses driving the chariot were originally in the same group. They did not slow down after breaking free and followed the carriage wildly forward.
Batulu didn't want to leave at all, but he also knew that he had to go. He didn't look back when he got to the bridge. He shook the reins urgently and shouted to urge the horse.
Changsheng stood up and looked back, and saw that Li Zhongyong and others had already displayed their weapons and were waiting attentively. The three pursuers on good horses were less than fifty feet away from the bridge.
Seeing Changsheng standing in the car and looking back, Chen Liqiu shouted loudly, "You must hand over the proceeds from the tomb to the miracle doctor."
Changsheng didn't understand what Chen Liqiu meant for a while, but after thinking about it, he suddenly realized that Chen Liqiu's words were actually misleading the pursuers. Sun Zhenren was the Qihuang Sage during his lifetime, and there must be medical books buried with him in his tomb. Everyone got the medical books. , it is very reasonable to give it to the living miracle doctor. Next, the pursuers will think that they may have to rush to Jizhou, because the miracle doctor Xue is in Jizhou.
Before the carriage left the stone bridge, the pursuers had already arrived at the bridge. Before the pursuers could rein in their horses, Li Zhongyong and the others rushed forward. Their target was not the three middle-aged masters, but the horse they were riding. horses.
Targeting horses means very clear what immortality means. As long as there is the slightest chance of winning, Li Zhongyong and others will not kill the horses first without attacking the people.
The horses ridden by those three people were indeed magical. After being attacked, they raised their front hooves almost at the same time and stood upright to dodge.
The three people missed a hit and immediately rushed to attack. No matter how magical the horses were, they could not move around like martial arts practitioners. In the blink of an eye, all three horses were injured. The three people on the horses raised their spirits at the same time and got away. horseback.
The two middle-aged men drew their long swords and faced Li Zhongyong and Chen Liqiu, while the middle-aged woman jumped onto the stone bridge, arched her back and rushed after the carriage.
Seeing this, Mayumi Takeda hurriedly turned around and waved, and fired several hidden cross weapons at the middle-aged woman.
The middle-aged woman did not dare to lift her up, so she hurriedly identified her position and moved to dodge.
Just after dodging those hidden weapons, Takeda Mayumi's second wave of cross concealed weapons followed. The middle-aged woman could only dodge again. Takeda Mayumi took the opportunity to step forward and entangle the middle-aged woman.
Li Zhongyong and Chen Liqiu were not as skilled as others, so they could only attack without giving the two middle-aged men a chance to attack.
Although the two middle-aged men were just dodging and defending, they were quite calm and did not look embarrassed at all.
"Keep them alive, Taiping Inn ordered to arrest them alive." One of them said to the other.
Hearing what the other party said, the sadness and anger in Changsheng's heart eased slightly. As long as the other party didn't kill him, there was still a chance of survival even if the three of them were captured.
At this time, the carriage had already left the stone bridge and entered the mountains and forests on the south side. After a while, the bridge head on the north side would no longer be visible.
At this moment, something unexpected happened suddenly. Takeda Mayumi quickly rushed towards the middle-aged woman after sending out the third wave of hidden cross weapons. When the woman was dodging sideways, she hugged her waist and hugged the middle-aged woman while screaming. The woman rushed to the stone railing beside the bridge.
The bridge railing was no more than three feet high. Mayumi Takeda was prepared to die together and used all her strength to climb over the bridge railing at the same time.
At the critical moment of life and death, the middle-aged woman reacted quickly, reached out with her left hand, grabbed the bluestone beside the bridge the moment before she fell, and hung Takeda Mayumi in the air.
Seeing that his companion was in danger and on the line between life and death, the middle-aged man who was fighting Li Zhongyong hurriedly shouted, "Li Chong, save Chen Guanying quickly."
Hearing the shouts of his companions, the middle-aged man named Li Chong hurriedly dodged, avoiding Chen Liqiu's soft sword, turned around, accelerated, and strode forward.
Takeda Mayumi did not expect that the middle-aged woman would actually grab the stone bridge at the critical moment. At the critical moment, he did not have time to think too much and grabbed the woman's clothes and exerted force.
Takeda Mayumi's original intention was to bring the middle-aged woman down with him, but he never thought that this move would be a mistake, killing two birds with one stone. While dragging the middle-aged woman down, he also jumped up with the force of the recoil.
Seeing Takeda Mayumi escape from death, Chang Sheng was overjoyed and cheered.
But before he could say anything good, something unexpected happened again. The middle-aged man who came to the rescue saw his companion falling into the water. He was so angry that he clung to the bridge railing, kicked up in the air, and kicked Takeda Mayumi straight away.
This kick was filled with spiritual energy and was so powerful that Takeda Mayumi was seriously injured and vomited blood, falling sharply...
