The autumn sun radiates the faint and weak light, just like the fallen leaves next to the official road, which makes it difficult for travelers to feel sad and sad, and they can't help but stop and watch the sunset, eager to find inner comfort from that trace of gentle warmth.

Suddenly, the dense sound of horses' hooves broke the tranquility on the official road, and also shattered the homesickness of the people who traveled far away on the side of the road.

A cavalry team of more than 200 people, embracing seven or eight carriages, came from the official road to meet the red sky full of red clouds. The first scribe with a long beard of five locks, although he was nearly fifty years old, was as tall as a mountain, and his complexion was calm and free, showing the unique temperament contained in the essence, which was really indescribably chic.

"Brother Junlang! Brother Junlang! A man in Tsing Yi shouted in the middle of the horse team: "Please slow down!" ”

When the scribe at the head heard this, he reined in his horse, and as he made a gesture, the whole team gradually stopped and leaned to the side of the official road.

"Mao'an, why are you shouting slowly?" The scribe waited for the man in green clothes to ride his horse side by side, and then smiled: "Could it be that he has lived in the court for a long time, and he can't stand the pain of saddle horses?" ”

"Hugh is going to make fun of it!" Na Mao'an pulled the scribe's horse's head, and took a few more steps forward before he lowered his voice and said: "I understand Brother Junlang's eagerness to enter the river, but when I look at the remnant of the sun, I faintly feel a murderous aura, does it indicate that there is some disaster on the road ahead?" ”

The scribe was stunned for a moment, and suddenly burst out laughing, only to hear the mighty and heroic laughter spread far away from the field, showing his full strength and profound skill.

"Dong Fu, who is famous all over the world for his knowledge, when did he also learn the art of astronomical yin and yang?" The scribe teased: "I, Liu Yan, really want to be impressed by you!" ”

"You!" Dong Fu rolled his eyes angrily: "I'm talking to you about business, don't gossip!" Let me ask you, we only have more than 200 people on this trip, and we are accompanied by family members, and the road into Sichuan is difficult and dangerous, but how to deal with it once a dangerous situation occurs? ”

"Danger?" Liu Yan's face turned pale, and he sneered: "The imperial capital has been an official for more than ten years, and one day is not like walking on thin ice?" Now that I have finally escaped from the cage, I will have a place in the world, even if there are few difficulties and dangers, how can I stop my pace! ”

"Wu Yi, Lu Chang!" He turned around and shouted, "Pick up twenty elites, explore the way in front of your head, and find a hidden and safe place to camp!" ”

"No!" Two sturdy knights led dozens of subordinates, left the group and galloped forward.

"Mao'an ......" Liu Yan turned his head and looked at Dong Fu fixedly: "You and I are like brothers, and I, Liu Yan, have always been obedient to you." I wanted to recommend myself as the pastor of Jiaozhou, but you said that the Beijing division would be chaotic, and Yizhou was a genius, so I did not hesitate to adopt your suggestion! Now, since you say that there may be a crisis in the future, of course I believe you too! ”

"Whew!" Dong Fu let out a breath and said with a wry smile: "It's rare for you to confess so much, so I'll tell you the truth!" What kind of murderous aura of the remnant of the sun? It's all nonsense! ”

He saw that Liu Yan didn't show any surprise, just nodded slightly, and couldn't help but be stunned: "Why didn't you react at all?" ”

"What's so strange about that?" Liu Yan said lightly: "As you said, the world is about to be in chaos, and I ask the Son of Heaven to restore the system of replacing the state assassin with the state pastor when he became the emperor, which will greatly increase the strength of officials everywhere...... Yizhou, such a fertile and stable place, of course, will attract countless people to covet it! ”

"Before, I didn't think about choosing Yizhou, but I was worried about becoming the target of public criticism, so I had no choice but to choose the seemingly deserted Jiaozhou!" He smiled and patted Dong Fu on the shoulder: "Speaking of which, I want to thank you, it was you who strengthened my determination to enter Sichuan!" ”

"You, you!" Dong Fu pretended to be angry and said: "It turns out that there are already hills and ravines in my chest, but I am alone in the dark as a demented person!" ”

"You can't say that!" Liu Yan stretched out his hand to put his hand around Dong Fu's shoulder, and said happily: "Mao'an came to me overnight to confide in his heart, which can be described as a pearl of words, and then he did not hesitate to give up his position in the service, and followed me Liu Yan to Yizhou to open up the situation, which showed the true feelings of hardship!" How dare I despise you? ”

"You don't need to be so praised!" Dong Fu said in a low voice: "In addition to the righteousness to your friends, I also have the heart to return to the roots. Guanghan, after all, is my homeland! ”

The sharp whistle suddenly sounded from the road ahead, and Liu and Dong changed color at the same time.

In the chaotic sound of hooves, a tall knight galloped back in a hurry, it was Wu Yi, who had just led twenty knights to move forward to open the way, he shouted in a panic: "Lord be careful, there is an enemy ambush ahead!" ”

The screams came one after another, and only twelve or three of the twenty knights rushed back covered in blood.

Liu Yan and Dong Fu were shocked, knowing that if they hadn't temporarily sent an outpost to explore the way, they were afraid that the brigade would fall into the trap of the enemy, and the losses at that time would only be even heavier.

Immediately behind the knights, a large group of enemies dressed in black and covered with black scarves appeared, but seeing the light of the sword like snow, the figures were numerous, and there were at least more than a hundred people.

"Choke!" Liu Yan unsheathed his long sword, pointed directly at the enemy group, and said sharply: "Kill the thief!" ”

More than 200 subordinates divided half of them to protect the convoy, and the other half of about 100 people shouted angrily and hanged together with the black-clothed killer.

Although the black-clothed killers are all highly skilled, Liu Yan came prepared, although there are not many subordinates, they are all selected family elites, and the two groups of people are equally killed for a while, and it is difficult to distinguish them.

Liu Yan did not join the battle group, he looked at the battle situation that was gradually becoming a stalemate, and frowned deeply. Suddenly, he made a peculiar gesture.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, in the chaotic battle group, several brilliant sword lights suddenly lit up. Several warriors dressed in ordinary clothes suddenly burst out with terrifying combat power, and in the strange twisting of their bodies, the swift thunder-like sword light slashed out one after another. In the splash of blood, everyone is invincible.

"It's not right!" Among the black-clothed killers, someone obviously noticed this sudden change, and one of the leaders hissed: "Some of them are hiding their strength, let's retreat!" ”

In the midst of the chaos, the black-clothed killer slowly retreated in a strict formation, showing strict discipline that had been trained for a long time. Some of Liu Yan's subordinates were so successful that they chased after him, but they were continuously shot down by the crossbows hidden in the black-clothed killer array.

"Come back!" Several of Liu Yan's subordinates issued orders to stop the pursuit at the same time.

The setting sun was half-hidden in the distant sky, and the remnant sun was like blood, reflecting the scarlet on this small battlefield.

"Lord!" A handsome young man returned the knife to the sheath and strode over: "What should we do now?" ”

This young man is one of the people who hides his combat power.

Liu Yan showed a hint of appreciation in his eyes, nodded and said, "Thanks to you!" Otherwise, we will surely be killed and wounded......"

His eyes wandered, and suddenly he shouted, "Not good! There must be traitors in the DPRK and China who have leaked our whereabouts, and it will still be difficult and dangerous to continue to move forward! I intend to temporarily return to the imperial capital, and beg the Son of Heaven to send the elite Han army to escort into Sichuan! ”

So saying, he turned his horse and headed east.

When all the subordinates heard this, they were all stunned, and they looked at each other, so they had no choice but to follow.

Only Dong Fu caught up with Liu Yan and shouted: "You are crazy!" Now that we are about to go to Hanzhong, how can we turn back? In the imperial capital, there are even more people who are eyeing us, do you want to send them to death? ”

"You know what?" A sneer hung on Liu Yan's lips: "If what I expected is correct, those black-clothed people are just one of the enemies who came to attack, do you want us to go all the way through the battle and kill them hard?" I'm afraid that halfway through, we will be completely destroyed! ”

"So so!" Dong Fu was also discolored, he lowered his head and pondered for a while, before he smiled bitterly: "It seems that I can only return to the imperial capital temporarily!" ”

"I have to say, you Dong Maoan is really an innocent person!" Liu Yan's eyes were full of cunning: "Who said we were going to return to the imperial capital?" Are you really going to throw yourself into the net? ”

"But just now, you obviously ......," Dong Fu was shocked: "What are you thinking?" ”

"From now on, we pretend to return to the imperial capital, turn back all the way, and then ......" Liu Yan said casually: "When all the enemies are taken lightly, we will suddenly go south from Hongnong, pass through Wuguan and Danshui through Jingzhou, and enter Sichuan by water!" ”

"Don't worry!" He stared at Dong Fu's incredulous expression, and said easily: "I have already arranged a pick-up in Jingzhou, and everything is under control!" ”

"You...... Alas! You're so scheming! Dong Fu was stunned for a long time before he sighed: "Sure enough, everything is in your calculations!" ”

"Hahaha!" Liu Yan couldn't help but let out a low chuckle, and said proudly: "If you don't have this ability, I'm afraid that you will already be devoured in the bottomless deep hole of the imperial capital!" ”

His face turned pale, and he shouted: "Everyone, the situation is critical, let's leave quickly!" ”

"No!" In the thunderous sound of death, the knights lifted the corpses of their own battle dead and disappeared, leaving only more than 20 corpses of black-clothed killers lying on the official road.

Half a moment later, the deep dry grass on the side of the road suddenly shook, and several figures with similar colors to the grass appeared strangely, all with solemn expressions. One of them said in a deep voice: "The situation has changed, and it was disturbed by this group of unlucky laymen....... immediately reported to Mr. Cheng who was ambushed in front of him with the Flying Eagle Messenger, we underestimated Liu Yan!" ”

A black eagle greeted the last rays of the sunset, "fluttering lala" and flew into the sky, flying towards the road leading to Hanzhong.

A few hours later, the rumbling of horses' hooves shattered the silence of the night, and hundreds of black-armored cavalry galloped in a whirlwind with torches.

A scribe jumped off his horse and looked at the endgame after the battle on the road in a daze, and only after a long time did he let out a long sigh: "This time I am really ashamed of my lord!" We actually underestimated that Liu Yan, so that we failed! ”

"Sir!" A young man like a black tower shouted on his horse: "Then Liu Yan is only a few hours ahead, according to our horse speed, we will definitely be able to catch up!" Please allow Mr. Park to capture him in one fell swoop! ”

"It's late!" The scribe shook his head gloomily: "If you continue to chase down, you will enter the land of Sanfu, which is no longer our land...... What's more, they also hide their strength, and we can't venture deep with the people in front of us! ”

"Although there are factors for the unexpected appearance of these men in black!" He said in a low voice: "However, I expected the enemy to make a mistake, so that the chess move was slow, but it is difficult to escape the blame!" ”

"Sir! Hurry up and decide! Pu Hu hurriedly said: "Why don't we transfer troops to Jingzhou to intercept it?" If Liu Yan is allowed to enter Sichuan from Jingzhou, how will you wait for the main bus? ”

"Jingzhou, it's not our territory anymore......" The scribe smiled bitterly, turned around slowly, took a deep breath and shouted: "Whole army, immediately retreat to the Eagle's Nest...... The failure of this trip is borne by Yu Yili! ”