It was almost dark, but the sky still did not mean to clear up, but intensified from light rain to moderate rain and now to heavy rain, which not only drowned out all traces of people and animals, but also covered up all the noise.

When Cao Yingmao led more than a hundred cavalry under his command to stumble to the back of a hillside, the sky suddenly lit up, and a bolt of lightning suddenly began to pass over their heads, followed by a huge muffled thunder.

"Pop ......"

The huge thunder startled Cao Yingmao, and looking at the lightning that almost crossed the top of the hillside, Cao Yingmao's heart couldn't help but drum.

Mr. Bai next to him couldn't hold back any longer, and walked up to him and whispered in his ear: "My lord, we can't go any further, it's thundering, it's dangerous to go on again, let's find a place to shelter from the rain, right?" ”

"Okay!"

Cao Yingmao had no choice but to agree.

In fact, it won't work without stopping.

The lightning of this pit man is so dense that it is not a joke to really take a hit, and besides, the rain is too heavy now, let alone riding forward, and the cavalry even have to try to appease the horses so that they are not frightened, so they stumbled and walked for most of the hour, and they did not walk more than two miles.

Suddenly, a sharp-eyed cavalryman pointed ahead and shouted, "My lord, there seems to be a cave ahead, let's go and take shelter from the rain, shall we?" ”

Cao Yingmao wiped his face, wiped off a handful of rain, and nodded: "Okay, let the brothers all pass!" Damn, the little thing I just ate is all gone now, and we have to find a way to get the brothers to drink some ginger soup.

Although the sergeants all wore rain gear, the rain was too heavy, and if they didn't take good protective measures, it would be troublesome to have non-combat attrition, which was what Cao Yingmao was most worried about.

Just as the group hurriedly led their horses towards the cave in the distance, they did not know that there were already a group of guests in the cave in front of them.

This is a very large cave, the area is nearly 2,000 square meters, and the inside is also quite dry, just two quarters of an hour ago, Li Yan and his party, who had fled all the way, all let out bursts of cheers after finding this cave, and without waiting for Li Yan's order, they rushed into it in a honeycomb.

Li Yan also expressed his understanding of this, they have been drenched in the rain for most of the day, if they don't quickly dry the clothes on their bodies, and eat something hot to warm their stomachs, they will have to fall down tomorrow.

"Whew...... Finally got the fire up. ”

The group finally found some dry hay and not soaked firewood, and it took most of the hour to finally raise the fire, when the fire was lit in the cave, the rogues who had been soaked in the rain for a day all cheered, and one by one rushed towards the fire, because there were too many people and too chaotic, they almost squeezed Li Yan out.

"Smack! Bang Bang ...... Ah......" A leather whip and screams suddenly sounded, and it turned out that the guard next to Li Yan was angry when he saw this, and he raised the leather whip to split his head and brain.

"You donkeys, hurry up and get out of the way, otherwise I don't mind letting you see blood!"

After a whip, the fire was finally cleared.

Only then did Li Yan say to the honest-looking guard: "Old Li, you take someone to raise a few more fires, and let the brothers all bake their clothes, but don't get sick." ”

Lao Li replied respectfully, and then began to get busy, the most troublesome thing about making a fire is the beginning, after the first fire is the foundation, the other fires are quickly lit one after another, and the whole cave is illuminated.

Feeling the bursts of heat coming from the fire, Li Yan's originally cold body began to ease up, and one of the guards even took out a small copper kettle from his bag, and put it on the fire after taking some rain.

"Strategist, let's have something to eat." The guard handed Li Yan a piece of black beef jerky.

Li Yan took the beef jerky, which was as hard as a stone, tore a piece with great effort, put it in his mouth, and slowly soaked it with saliva until it was soft, and then slowly began to chew.

At this moment, Li Yan seemed to hear a faint voice outside.

He frowned slightly and asked, "Do you have a sentry outside?" ”

One of the guards replied, "Let it go, there are three sets of guards." ”

"Three groups." Li Yan thought for a while and shook his head: "Three groups are not enough, send three more groups out immediately." ”

"This ......" The guard hesitated, as if he wanted to say something, but finally complied.

Soon, under the coercion of Lao Li's guards, the six reluctant rogues picked up their weapons and reluctantly walked towards the entrance of the cave, but they cursed as they walked.

Seeing this, Lao Li's originally honest face showed a trace of hideousness, and he lifted the leather whip in his hand and was about to walk towards several rogues, but was stopped by Li Yan: "Forget Lao Li, you have to go out to guard on such a rainy day, is it difficult for people to complain a few words, let's ......"

"Bang ......"

As soon as Li Yan's words fell, there was a burst of fire at the entrance of the cave, and the six rogues who had just walked to the entrance of the cave all fell in a pool of blood.

The sudden gunfire blinded almost all the rogues in the cave, and before Li Yan could react, a figure rushed from behind and threw him to the ground.

"Be careful!"

"This is Lao Li's voice."

As soon as Li Yan thought of this, he heard a snorting sound, and then it seemed that several hard objects hit the ground.

"What is this?"

Before Li Yan could react, a deafening explosion sounded around him, accompanied by a huge explosion, Li Yan only felt that it was dark in front of him, and he fainted.

Before passing out, Li Yan also heard bursts of fire and explosions.

When Li Yan opened his eyes again, the first thing he saw was a pair of black boots made of unknown materials, and when he moved his gaze up, his pupils shrank, and the whole person was stunned.

A voice sounded in front of him: "Yo, Li Gongzi woke up, he worried me to death just now, I was worried just now, if I accidentally killed Li Gongzi, it would be difficult for the official to blame him." ”

It was none other than Cao Yingmao, who led the team in pursuit.

When Cao Yingmao was about to go to the cave to rest with more than a hundred cavalry, he unexpectedly discovered the situation.

In fact, what Li Yan didn't know was that outside the cave, the six sentries who were supposed to be guarding sneaked under a big rock to hide from the rain when they were roasting the fire, and they didn't notice the Jiang Ning army that came up quietly, so the tragedy happened.