The howling cold wind mixed with the fine yellow sand swept like a knife, and even the most tenacious red willow in the desert was blown to reveal its rhizomes, as if it was about to be carried by the cold wind in the next moment.

It was dawn, and there was a bit of humidity in the cold wind.

The wind swept the yellow sand, which was the unique depression scenery of the desert. Although the scenery is depressed, it is the favorite subject of those sullen poets who will never be on the battlefield in their lives.

At this time, a horse team of more than two hundred people appeared in this depressed desert. Looking at the costume and state of this horse team, you know that this is definitely not the border army wearing gold armor in the yellow sand sung in the play.

In fact, this horse team is indeed not a border army, but a thief in Mangdang Mountain. The group was dressed in a mess and the blades in their hands were different, and the group looked tired and embarrassed. The only thing that the entire horse team took out was the more than 100 fierce horses under the crotch.

These more than 100 horses are churning with four hooves, long manes flying, majestic and strong, all of them are excellent five-flowered horses. Even in the northwest region, which is rich in horses, only the most elite blood phoenix banner in the Beiyu army and the most noble golden cavalry on the grassland can be equipped with such excellent horses, but I don't know where this group of thieves came from?

"The big boss, they have been chasing for a day, and the brothers are almost unable to hold on, seeing that their purpose should not be to kill them all, but to come for this batch of five-flowered horses." A one-armed man in the team shouted to Scarface at the front.

"Phew" Scarface spat out the sand that was blown into his mouth by the wind, and replied: "Are you blind to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu has already seen it." But what can I do now? These 500 horses were originally obtained by Lao Tzu at a great cost, and they are Lao Tzu's life......"

"Whoosh, whoosh......" A few feathered arrows broke through the wind and interrupted Scarface, and the few people at the back of the line also fell.

"The big boss, they are catching up again." The one-armed man shouted.

"Copper hammer, after you take a few people to break, from now on your wife is my mother, if you can come back alive, you will be the second master." Scarface commanded in his mouth, and his legs were tightly clamped on the horse's belly, which increased his speed by a few points, but he still felt that the horse's hooves under his crotch were too few, and only four hooves were not enough to escape at the moment.

The man who was called a copper hammer showed a hint of helplessness in his eyes, and secretly scolded Scar in his heart, but he still responded with a sound and turned the horse's head and led dozens of people to fight back at the horse team behind.

"The young master is good at archery," someone in the team behind him praised.

"Be careful, don't hurt my horse." A young man in the back group shouted, and took out another feathered arrow and shot it with a bow.

"Don't worry, young master, you won't hurt our horses," the cavalry behind the young man replied.

I saw that although the number of the team behind was not large, there were less than a hundred people, but except for the brocade-clothed young man and a thin old man next to the boy, the rest were all fully armed, black-clothed and black-armored, and even the face was black-armored and masked only showing a pair of eyes, if you look closely, you can find that this group of black-armored cavalry has a blood-colored phoenix pattern embroidered on the neckline of the armor, and the mounts under the crotch are the most powerful five-flowered horses, and the weapons used are all military-style knives.

The young man looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a clear and handsome face, black hair simply tied behind his head, although he was not covered with armor on the outside, but he was wearing a light gold silk soft armor in the black brocade clothes, and he was also very tall and strong when he stepped off the horse, and his whole body was like ink, which was the best ink jade Jiao in the five-flowered horse, and he was equipped with a delicate scimitar more than two feet long at his waist.

The thin old man next to the young man, with white hair, a cyan robe, and a green bamboo cane in his hand, really had no protection from top to bottom. Sitting on the horse, he staggered and half-squinted his eyes, as if a horse would be thrown off with a gallop.

The old man looked weak, but judging from the attitude of the black-armored cavalry towards the brocade-clothed youth and the attitude of the brocade-clothed youth towards him, he was by no means as he looked.

The result of the thief known as the copper hammer leading people back to block the attack can be imagined, and in just one charge, more than a dozen people were all cleanly slashed to the ground by the black-armored knight.

After clearing the copper hammer and these thieves, the young man in brocade did not let everyone continue to pursue, but ordered everyone to rest in place, as if waiting for something.

"Young master, drink some water." The black-armored knight at the head took out a water bladder and handed it to the brocade-clothed boy.

The brocade-clothed boy took the water bladder and did not drink it directly, but handed the water to the thin old man.

The wizened old man took the water and drank it as if it were drinking.

After a while, a horse team caught up behind, this horse team was more numerous than the black armor soldiers, although the equipment was not as sophisticated as the black knights, but they were all uniform, and the weapons used were all border swords. This horse team is also the border army of the Northern Desert, and the general headed by it is called Fang Gu, who is the highest-ranking military commander in the border city of the Northern Desert.

Chasing all the way, looking at the corpses along the way, Zhang Gu was stunned. He knows this group of thieves, they are all famous bandits on Mangdang Mountain, he has led the border army to fight with them many times, he knows their difficulty, take the thief on the ground called the copper hammer for example, he also fought with him three months ago, although he is sure to kill him, but it will never be so easy, and now these corpses are all fatal by a knife, not even a mending knife.

The border army is already good at fighting, especially the border army in Beiyu is licking blood all year round, and there will not be too much fluctuation in the face of corpses, and even the golden cavalry on the grassland they don't pay much attention to it. But at this time, looking at the group of corpses on the ground, their eyes as they looked at the black knight were full of awe.

"How far is this place from Mangdang Mountain?"

Hearing the young man in brocade ask himself, Fang Gu put away the shock in his heart, hurriedly came to the young man's side and saluted, and replied with a humble attitude: "Noble man, there are still more than forty miles. ”

"There are no less than 3,000 thieves on Mangdang Mountain, and if you chase them down, you will reach their lair." Zhang Gu reminded him carelessly, speculating in his heart, "Although I don't know how "expensive" this noble person in front of me is? But judging from the token that the black-armored knight took out a few days ago, as well as their killing methods, the young man in front of him must be unspeakably expensive."

"All of you get on the horse, continue to fall, don't kill them all at once, I want to raze all the thieves on Mangdang Mountain at once this time." The young man in brocade turned over and got on the horse.

"Three hundred border troops, even with these black-armored knights, are less than four hundred, and they want to bulldoze three thousand thieves? I thought that the nobles just wanted those five-flowered horses, but now it seems that they did not kill this group of thieves at one time before, but this group of black-armored cavalry deliberately did it, in order to wipe out all the remaining thieves in Mangdang Mountain. Although Zhang Gu was shocked by the boldness of the young man in brocade, he knew that he didn't have much right to speak.

"That's it, this time I don't die, it's enough for Lao Tzu to blow for a lifetime," Zhang Gu muttered.

……

"Great boss, let the brethren rest! I can't bear it anymore. One-armed shouted.

"What a thief, I want to rest you! If you don't enter Mangdang Mountain, Lao Tzu is not sure. Damn it, I don't know who this group of cavalry is? It is fiercer than the border army. Scarface scolded in his mouth: "If they have the ability to follow up Mangdang Mountain, Lao Tzu has to avenge this."

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"Big boss, look, Mangdang Mountain, we're finally back." One-armed cheered.

Mangdang Mountain is not the name of a mountain, but refers to a continuous mountain range. The North Desert is a desert north of the border city of Beiyu, the end of this desert is Mangdang Mountain, and beyond Mangdang Mountain is the grassland, that is, the habitat of the barbarians. There are only a few hundred people who have been chased and killed by less than 100 people along the way, this group of thieves has already been killed by the black-armored cavalry, and they can only feel a little relieved when they see Mangdang Mountain at this moment, looking forward to the other party's fear that the barbarian army outside Mangdang Mountain will not dare to chase again.

With a "whoosh", a feathered arrow whistled again, knocking a thief off his horse.

"The big boss, they are catching up again."

The one-armed voice was a little frightened, "The big boss, they seem to want not only horses, but also want to kill us." ”

"Ahh Scarface turned a deaf ear to the one-armed voice, but suddenly reined in the horse and exclaimed in the direction of Mangdang Mountain, "Yellow... Golden Cavalry. ”

A cavalry of 1,000 people suddenly appeared in front of Mangdang Mountain, all of them were golden armor, equipped with golden scimitars, and the military flag was embroidered with a galloping steppe wolf, which was also the most noble golden cavalry on the grassland.

Looking at the state of this cavalry, it is clear that it has been waiting here for a long time.

"Stop!" The black-armored leader gave the order, and the black-armored knights were all on standby.

"Fang Gu, protect the young master's retreat." After the leader of the black armor saw the golden cavalry, he directly ordered Fang Gu.

This is not to say that the black-armored cavalry did not dare to fight in the face of the steppe cavalry, but the disparity in numbers was too large, and the safety of the brocade-clothed boy was too important, so the black-armored leader did not dare to take risks and prepared to retreat as soon as possible.

"Less...... Young Lord! Fang Gu was a little dumbfounded.

"Where are you going, who do you think these thousand golden cavalry are out for? In the entire Northern Desert border city, apart from me, who is qualified to let the golden cavalry be dispatched. ”

The brocade-clothed boy said lightly: "Raise the flag." ”

With the young man's order, a golden banner was erected in the black cavalry ranks, and a blood-colored phoenix flying in the fire was embroidered in the center of the flag.