At noon, a group of people were hunting in the shade of trees beside the road. I bought dry food, multigrain steamed buns and honeycomb cakes from the snack shop next to the Xuyang Town Inn. The steamed buns were cold and hard, and the honeycomb cakes were a little sour, but they seemed to be more delicious than the soup cakes last night.
Gu Boyang distributed the leftover beef in oil paper bags to everyone, while he only ate two multi-grain steamed buns.
The driver squatted on the ground, straightening his neck to swallow the dry and hard sesame cakes, his thick Adam's apple rolling up and down, reminiscent of a bucket in a well. Their chewing speed suddenly slowed down, and Gu Boyang realized that it was not polite to stare at others eating. He smiled awkwardly and stuffed a mouthful of rough steamed buns into his mouth.
He secretly sighed in his heart: "What a bad luck! I thought that by becoming a formal apprentice of the Medicine Refining Hall, I would be able to settle down in the city and concentrate on learning some skills. I didn't expect that I would first be a follower to Mr. Sheep and then refine medicine. Tang was picked up and fled with the young gang leader, leaving his hometown. I don’t know if he can reach Tongling safely..."
Sharing joys and sorrows, this is a rare opportunity. He understands the truth, but he is frightened in his heart, worried that he will not be able to wait until the day when the clouds clear and the moon shines.
Everyone was silent and thinking about their own thoughts. Suddenly, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves in the distance, smoke and dust were flying, and they were approaching quickly. Xia Yong raised his head vigilantly, pressed his right hand on the handle of the knife, and thought rapidly in his mind, it was the pursuer. , or a passing sentry?
The driver looked at them in astonishment. His hands shook and the sesame cakes fell into the dust.
The three cavalry were menacing and made no secret of their hostility. The horses and armor showed that they were light cavalry of the military. When Xia Yun saw the crossbow machine in the hands of the leader, she felt a chill in her heart. When Zhao Yan attacked the medicine refining hall at night, he used a military crossbow. He originally thought he spent a lot of money to buy it from the black market. Now it seems that the military is the mastermind behind this rebellion.
Everything was obvious, no one was backing him, or in other words, no one was threatening him. Zhao Yanzhi did not dare to cause trouble even if he had the courage to do so, and Hou Jinbiao would not be persuaded by him to stand by and watch.
In just over ten breaths, the first rider galloped up and reined in the horse. The rider raised the crossbow, pointed it firmly at Xia Yong, and shouted sternly: "No one is allowed to move!"
Xia Yun secretly made a gesture, and Yi Lian raised his hand and struck out three caltrops. His movement was too strong, which affected the wound under his armpit, causing his old face to twitch in pain.
The caltrops came straight in front of him. The incident happened suddenly. The rider was startled. He couldn't dodge on the horse. He subconsciously raised the crossbow to protect his eyes and nose. Xia Yong took the opportunity to jump out and ran into him with his knife. In his arms, he used the back of the knife to smash him away. The rider fell to the ground on his back, the armor on his chest was deeply dented, his orifices were bleeding, he was vomiting blood, and it seemed that he would not survive.
The remaining two people were more than ten steps apart and hurriedly reined in their horses. One person pulled out a ringing arrow from the saddle, bent his bow and nocked the arrow, and shot it into the sky. The other person aimed a crossbow at Xia Yun and decisively pulled the trigger.
Xia Yun had already been prepared and hid behind the horse. When the crossbow arrows flew by, he rushed forward with the Baipi Ghost Head Sword. At the same time, He Yanzi quickly put on his deerskin gloves and grabbed a few. The poisonous caltrops flanked it.
The rider threw away his crossbow, drew his sword and urged his horse forward. Using the momentum of his horse, he struck down with his sword from a high position. Xia Yun did not fight head-on, but ducked around the opponent's backhand. With a flick of his wrist, the ghost-headed knife struck him flatly between his chest and abdomen. The rider turned pale in pain and fell off his horse.
The remaining man lost the courage to fight again and turned around to run away. He Yanzi took a step forward, and the caltrop hit him in the face. Gelsemium venom invaded his heart, and he fell to the ground after running a few steps. The horse couldn't hold back its hooves and stepped heavily on his leg. The bone snapped into two pieces, but his whole body was stiff and he could no longer feel the pain.
Officers and soldiers were dead and wounded. Xia Yun's profession had been exposed. The next thing he had to deal with was most likely the regular army of the imperial court. Xia Yun made a prompt decision and ordered Gu Boyang to lead the three horses to one place and untie the donkey. Two donkeys were riding loudly, and they abandoned the carriage and rushed to the ferry.
The two coachmen saw that they were killing people like they were cutting chickens. They dared not come forward to argue. They huddled behind a tree and trembled.
Xia Yuan interrogated the surviving rider with a straight face. Unexpectedly, he was very stubborn. He pressed his lips tightly, stared angrily, and refused to say a word. Time was in a hurry, he was about to leave immediately, and he didn't have any torture tools at hand. He Yanzi picked up the donkey whip, clamped the clamp on his head and whipped him wildly. The rider had a ferocious face, cold sweat on his forehead, and never spoke.
Wei Shiqi picked up the crossbow machine and looked at it. "Han Huo 173" was engraved on the tail of the machine. He felt something in his heart. Han Jun Jiangdu Camp, Shouwu Mountain, Huozi Camp, Deng Mao, could he also intervene? Civil strife in the Tianlong Gang? The Hu people robbed three towns in Hebei Province. Emperor Liang Yuanhao moved to Yangzhou to take refuge. King Liang Zhizhong of Huaihe couldn't hold himself back and planned to take action?
He walked up to He Yanzi, raised the Qiu Ming Sword, opened the armor with a flick of his wrist, put the tip of the sword three inches below the rider's navel, and said, "I'll count to three, and I'll castrate you if you don't respond." .one……"
Qiu Ming's sword cut iron like mud, and where the sword edge fell, the armor was as tender as tofu. The rider's whole body was covered with cold hairs. Before he counted for the second time, he said over and over again: "I...I...I said... ..." I'm afraid that he won't be able to hold it firmly and his hands will shake and he will hurt the roots of his descendants.
Xia Qian frowned, stamped her foot lightly, couldn't help laughing, and muttered: "Rogue methods are not like those of a serious family member! But, hehe, it really works..."
Bai Kou forced a smile, his heart pounding. Even the light cavalry of the imperial court were dispatched. What kind of powerful enemy they would face!
There was a chill in his crotch, and the rider's face changed several times, and he completely lost his courage. He poured beans out of the bamboo tube and answered whatever Xia Yun asked without hiding anything.
The three light cavalry were under the command of Deng Mao of the Huozi Camp of the Han Army, and were commanded by the local general Li Mu. They were ordered to go south to Jinkou City, and cooperated with Zhao Yanzhi, the leader of the Tianlong Gang, to annihilate the Jinkou branch of the medicine refining hall. According to the predetermined plan, Zhao Yanzhi led his troops to attack the medicine refining hall at night. Li Mu led a group of light cavalry to station outside the city to hunt down the escaped fish. In order to ensure nothing was missed, he also deployed a group of military crossbows to assist Zhao Yanzhi. A helping hand.
However, fate is not as good as fate. On the way from Shouwu Mountain, Li Mu encountered heavy rain and flash floods, which delayed him for several days. He hurried out of the city. Zhao Yanzhi couldn't wait any longer and attacked the medicine refining hall overnight. After a big battle, they fled. Xia Yun and others left Jinkou City first and disappeared into the deep mountains and old forests without a trace.
Li Mu made a prompt decision and ordered the light cavalry to search along the river, three or five, to search for the whereabouts of Xia Yun and his group. If they encountered the enemy, they could not stop fighting and quickly communicated with them with ringing arrows. It's just that he was a partial general at the beginning, and he overestimated the combat power of the Chinese cavalry. It was not enough in small groups, and he was easily captured by "a fish that slipped through the net".
Xia Yun repeatedly asked who was in charge of Han's army and instigated Zhao Yanzhi to rebel. Where did Deng Mao's army from the Huozi camp go? They are all battle-hardened warriors. He silently looked back at Xia Qian with a pale expression on his face. Both of them knew in their hearts that Deng Mao had most likely gone to Tongling Headquarters and if he continued to move forward, he would be throwing himself into a trap.
