"Besides, they can even mobilize their troops, how do we know if they have a backhand? If they had placed men on the way here, wouldn't the county lord leave here a sheep's mouth? At present, all our forces are here, and only by letting the county lord follow us is the safest! ”

"That's the only way, let the county lord get off the carriage first!" Long Zhuang said helplessly.

Lu Xiaoxian helped Li Zhiying and Jiang Xiaotong out of the carriage and led them to Wei Xianyun's side.

"Mr. Wei, what should we do next?" Lu Xiaoxian asked.

"I don't know!" Wei Xianyun shook his head and said, "There is only one step at a time." ”

While they were talking, Yuan Zhen had already rearranged the cavalry formation and attacked again.

This time, however, instead of rushing as quickly as before, they slowly approached step by step, the chaotic sound of horses' hooves beating on everyone's hearts, and it was oppressive and breathless.

At a distance of about fifty paces, the cavalry stopped.

Lu Xiaoxian's eyes rolled, and he shouted loudly at those soldiers: "The county lord of Yuzhen was personally canonized by His Majesty, you are the army of the Tang Dynasty, and attacking the county lord is a rebellion." According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, the following offenders will be punished by the nine clans! If you can be lost, I promise to forgive you the death penalty! ”

Lu Xiaoxian's words made the sergeant on the opposite side suddenly commotion!

Wei Xianyun couldn't help but give Lu Xiaoxian a thumbs up, the people who transferred the troops had different intentions, but ordinary sergeants may not know about it, Lu Xiaoxian took a salary from the bottom of the kettle, and a few words disintegrated the other party's military heart.

"Don't listen to them, the county lord is a fake!" Yuan Zhen roared, "The military order is like a mountain, and those who resist the order will be beheaded on the spot." ”

The soldiers suddenly quieted down, and it could be seen that Yuan Zhen's military discipline was quite strict.

Yuan Zhen waved his hand, and several columns of cavalry behind dismounted, passed through the gap in the cavalry in the front, and knelt on the ground on one leg before the cavalry.

Wei Xianyun couldn't help but gasp when he looked at the weapons in the hands of these people: they were holding cavalry crossbows in their hands.

The crossbow is the standard weapon of the Tang army, and there are crossbowmen in the infantry. Compared with bows and arrows, strong crossbows have time to aim calmly, and shoot far and accurately, so cavalry and crossbowmen cooperate to fight, and the power is greater. Due to the laborious and time-consuming winding of crossbows, cavalry generally did not use strong crossbows on horses, but cavalry crossbows.

Although the cavalry crossbow is not as powerful as the strong crossbow, it is more than enough to deal with their flesh and blood.

"Get down!" Wei Xianyun shouted.

As soon as Wei Xianyun's words fell, the crossbow arrows came with the sound of the wind.

The crossbow arrows are arrowed with iron, the arrows are eight inches long, and one crossbow and ten arrows are fired, and the power is really amazing, and a few slow ones were suddenly penetrated by the crossbow arrows, and they were killed instantly.

Including Li Zhiying and Jiang Xiaotong, everyone was lying on the ground.

Yuan Zhen gave an order, and the people with crossbows got up again and led the cavalry to continue forward.

Under the suppression of the opponent's crossbow, everyone in the dart team couldn't move at all, seeing that the other party was getting closer and closer, Lu Xiaoxian was anxious, and turned his face to look at Wei Xianyun.

Although Wei Xianyun was lying on the ground, he was not as embarrassed as them, and he looked very calm.

Is there a way for him to deal with it?

Lu Xiaoxian couldn't help but have a trace of doubt in his heart.

At a distance of more than twenty paces, suddenly several black dots flew towards the sergeants.

"Boom" With a few loud noises, smoke and dust suddenly rose everywhere, blocking everyone's sight.

When the smoke cleared, two of the crossbow-wielding sergeants fell to the ground and wailed loudly, while the rest stood there stupidly and bewildered. The horses of the cavalry were also frightened, and the formation was disorganized.

Could it be a grenade?

This was Lu Xiaoxian's first reaction.

If it is in later generations, this is still possible, but this is the Tang Dynasty more than a thousand years ago, how can there be a grenade?

"What is this?" Lu Xiaoxian asked with a surprised expression.

Long Zhuang was well-informed, and he replied: "If you guessed correctly, this should be the thunderbolt, the unique firearm of the Lei family in Jiangnan!" It's the first time I've seen it, and I didn't expect it to be so powerful! ”

Wei Xianyun smiled slightly: "The Dragon Bureau Master has good eyesight, and he is indeed a thunderbolt of the Lei family. ”

Lu Xiaoxian stuck out his tongue: "No wonder Mr. Wei is not in a hurry, it turns out that there is such a powerful killing weapon!" ”

Yuan Zhen was also taken aback, seeing that these people had become turtles in the urn, but suddenly there were variables.

He hurriedly ordered the cavalry to retreat, and only stopped about fifty paces away, and once again the two sides confronted each other.

A strange picture emerges in the valley: a man on one side is lying on the ground motionless. The other man rode on a horse with a crossbow, also motionless.

It can be seen that Yuan Zhen's cavalry is very jealous of the thunderbolt.

Lu Xiaoxian said strangely: "Mr. Wei, since you have a thunderbolt in your hand, why don't you rush up and blow them up, and lie here?" ”

Wei Xianyun smiled bitterly: "This thunderbolt is extremely difficult to make, even if it is the thunderbolt hall of the Lei family in Jiangnan, there will not be many of them, and now there are only three left!" ”

"Huh?" Lu Xiaoxian was dumbfounded when he heard this.

"Mr. Wei, they're moving again!" Long Zhuang said in a low voice.

Wei Xianyun looked forward and couldn't help but secretly complain.

The sergeant with the crossbow was divided into two pulls, one pulled and held each other in place, and the other pulled in the direction of Mantou Mountain.

The intention of the other side is obvious, to occupy the high ground and then fire crossbows at them.

If they really want to be climbed to Mantou Mountain, the people lying here will only have a dead end, Wei Xianyun wanted to send someone to stop them, but he was suppressed by the crossbow in front of him, and he couldn't move for half a minute, so he could only do it in a hurry.

At this moment, more than two dozen sturdy men suddenly appeared in the rear of the cavalry, and launched a surprise attack on horseback towards the cavalry.

The cavalry's attention was all on the front, and they didn't expect to be attacked from behind, and they suddenly became a mess.

Seeing this, Yuan Zhen was about to give an order, but stopped, and his throat was pressed against a sword.

"Order them to disarm!" The one who spoke was as cold as the sword in his hand.

"Impossible!" Yuan Zhen's words were equally cold.

"Really?" Without hesitation, the long sword plunged into Yuan Zhen's throat.

The man cut off Yuan Zhen's head, held it in his hand and shouted loudly to the sergeants: "I am Leng Qing, the chief arrester of the Criminal Department, Yuan Zhen's rebellion has been ambushed, if there is any more resistance, it will be punished as a rebellion!" ”

The sergeants looked at Leng Qing blankly.

Finally, the first man laid down his weapon, followed by the second, and then the third......

……

"Brother Leng, why are you here, did you fall from the sky?" Lu Xiaoxian took Leng Qing's hand and said in surprise.

"Of course Mr. Leng didn't fall from the sky!" Wei Xianyun said with a smile: "On the way out of Chang'an, he has always been secretly protecting the county lord!" ”

"You can't hide anything from Mr. Wei's eyes!" Leng Qing hugged his fist at Wei Xianyun, and then said to Lu Xiaoxian, "The day before the Yuzhen County Lord left, King Xiang invited me to come over the mansion and asked me to protect the county lord's safety all the way. So, I brought a group of men and followed you in secret. ”

"Mr. Leng, do you mean that my father knew that I was going to Luzhou before I set off?" Li Zhiying was very surprised.

Leng Qing nodded.

This is strange, Li Zhiying is a little puzzled, with her understanding of her father, if her father knew, he would never allow her to secretly run to Luzhou.

"Third junior brother, why didn't you show up earlier, it made me worry all the way!" Long Zhuang couldn't help but complain.

"I don't have a lot of people, I can't fight hard, I can only wait for the best opportunity to succeed in one blow." Leng Qing said apologetically, "Senior brother, I'm sorry!" ”

"Okay, this matter is over, don't mention it!" Wei Xianyun looked at Leng Qing: "Have you asked those soldiers?" What's going on? ”

Leng Qing nodded: "I asked, Yuan Zhen privately dispatched troops to ambush you, and the soldiers didn't know!" ”

"So only Yuan Zhen is their person!" Wei Xianyun sighed: "If these people really control the army, the consequences will be serious. ”

Leng Qing agreed: "Because the soldiers didn't know, I arranged for someone to send them back to Luzhou Zhichong Mansion." ”

"Mr. Wei, Mr. Leng catches the head, let's hurry up!" Li Zhiying urged.

"County Lord!" Wei Xianyun pondered: "I have a reluctant request!" ”

"Say it!"

"I hope that the county lord will not go to Luzhou City and return to Chang'an!" Wei Xianyun said what he thought.

"What did you say?" Li Chiying thought she had misheard.

"I hope that the county lord will give up this trip to Luzhou and return to Chang'an now!" Wei Xianyun repeated again.

Listening to Wei Xianyun's words, Li Zhiying almost didn't jump up, she didn't care about her image, and yelled at Wei Xianyun, "No, absolutely not!" ”

What are you kidding, in order to go to Luzhou, Li Zhiying suffered so much that he almost lost his life. Now that Luzhou City is close at hand, Wei Xianyun wants her to return to Chang'an, how could Li Zhiying agree?

Wei Xianyun didn't speak, just stared at Li Zhiying quietly.

Li Zhiying was uncomfortable being stared at, if it weren't for Wei Xianyun along the way, maybe she would have been taken captive by those people a long time ago.

Li Zhiying knew that she was a little out of shape, so she slowed down her tone and said, "Mr. Wei, you have to give me a reason!" ”

Wei Xianyun frowned and said, "Along the way, we don't know how many times we have been attacked, and we have all dealt with it, does the county lord know what the reason is?" ”

"Of course, Mr. Wei, you have a good schedule!"

"Definitely!" Mr. Wei shook his head: "On the one hand, we were well prepared and brought a large number of people, on the other hand, we did not stop in crowded places along the way, so it was relatively easy to take precautions. But now the situation is different, our manpower is exhausted, and the people in Luzhou City are mixed, I don't know what other means the other party will use, with our current strength, we will definitely not be able to deal with it. For the safety of the county lord, I hope the county lord can listen to my arrangement! ”

The battle along the way made Wei Xianyun realize that it was impossible to find out who was behind the mysterious power.

Wei Xianyun is completely dead, and what he has to do now is to ensure that Li Zhiying returns to Chang'an safely. The decision not to go to Luzhou was also forced by the situation.