After Father-in-law Yu finished speaking, he turned around and left, and Lan Ziyi was also angry in his heart, so he just made a fuss about this father-in-law Yu from afar, and didn't say anything else.

After Father-in-law Yu left, Lan Ziyi waited for a long time before waiting for Tao Zhulu, and when Tao Zhulu returned with his troops, half of the waning moon was already hanging in the sky.

There was neither wind nor clouds in the sky, and the pale moonlight was scattered to the earth without hindrance. If it is a full moon, there must be a different scenery in this wilderness at this time, but the light of the waning moon can only take a rough picture of the scenery on the ground, and you must be careful to prevent slipping and falling while walking, and there are countless corpses left in the deeper part of the night, maybe there is the corpse that has not closed its eyes from the darkness.

The returning Jihu battalion, including Tao Zhulu, had exhausted their spirits, and even the war horses no longer neighed, but just lowered their heads and dragged the people on their backs hard, if it weren't for the fear of the knights' whips and spurs, these war horses would probably be lying still now.

The soldiers are covered in blood, they have some injuries on their bodies, although they are not fatal injuries, but the wounds will always make people painful, once people endure the pain, they will be very easy to get tired, these soldiers have fought hard for a day, their faces are tired and even their expressions are gone, if it is not for the demon thieves have been repulsed, these soldiers who came out of the night, anyone who looks at it will think that it is a defeated army.

Tao Zhulu saw Lan Ziyi from a distance, so he rode forward with the other soldiers one step at a time, trotted to Lan Ziyi, and then rolled the saddle and dismounted.

Seeing Tao Zhulu coming, Lan Ziyi limped forward and hugged his second brother and asked:

"Second brother is okay?"

Tao Zhulu nodded and said:

"I'm fine, it's fine."

Lan Ziyi asked again:

"Has the demon thief been destroyed?"

Tao Zhulu sighed when he heard this, shook his head and said:

"Where can the thief be destroyed? Since the Eastern Army is besieged today, we will no longer have a chance to exterminate the demon thieves. Did the young master forget? The demon thieves were already fighting on their own before the fish father asked us to charge, and as soon as we rushed the demon thieves, they split into several pieces and fled for their lives. How can I destroy the thief? ”

Lan Ziyi naturally knew about these situations, but he was still lucky, so he opened his mouth to ask, even if he heard Tao Zhulu answer like this, Lan Ziyi still did not give up hope, he asked:

"That's why I asked the second brother soldiers to pursue in several ways, didn't even the demon thieves be wiped out all the way?"

Tao Zhulu shook his head and said:

"The demon thieves are scattered in many runs, and the three thousand tiger battalions under my command are divided into three teams, and the three teams are divided into nine teams have failed to keep an eye on all the demon thieves, and those demon thieves who are not chased by anyone will naturally let go, and the chasing soldiers behind the ass that are chased by others are only a few hundred horses, and they can't kill many people. In addition, the water network in the south of the Yangtze River was dense, the vegetation was lush, and the sky was getting dark, so I was afraid of encountering an ambush in the back, so I gathered the brothers together and retreated first. ”

Lan Ziyi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said to himself:

"No matter what, I'm afraid this is also providential."

When Lan Ziyi spoke, the exhausted Tao Zhulu was starting to remove his helmet, he looked stiff, his shoulders were rusty, and Lan Ziyi could almost hear the creaking sound coming from inside.

Although the weight of the helmet only accounts for a small part of the weight of the armor, the symbolic significance of the action of removing the armor of Tao Zhulu is far greater than his actual meaning, although the armor on Tao Zhulu's body is still there, the armor in his heart has been removed along with the helmet. The much lighter Tao Zhulu was also in a much better mood, he remembered something, and hurriedly said to Lan Ziyi:

"But it's not all bad news, there is still good news for the young master to bring back."

Lan Ziyi's tightly knit brows immediately loosened when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked:

"What's the good news for the second brother?"

Peach Road:

"I saw the demon thief in the pursuit, and found that the demon thief seemed to be ...... Signs of a rush? ”

At this time, the soldiers of the Jihu Battalion had returned on horseback one after another, and the soldiers saluted Lan Ziyi, and Lan Ziyi also paid tribute to the soldiers one by one.

Lan Ziyi was very interested in what Tao Zhulu said, but he didn't continue to ask like he did just now, but became reserved. After entertaining the soldiers, Lan Ziyi limped to his war horse, and Tao Zhulu hurriedly stepped forward to help Lan Ziyi up. Lan Ziyi asked Tao Zhulu in a low voice at this time:

"What signs did the second brother cut?"

Tao Zhuhu helped Lan Ziyi and said as he walked:

"I personally led the team to pursue Lei Youde, and halfway through I saw those ordinary demon thieves actually grabbing the road with Lei Youde, Lei Youde relied on his elite to open the way before rushing the way, if it weren't for his horse, I would have captured him alive to see the young master."

While speaking, Lan Ziyi had already walked to the horse, and with the help of Tao Zhulu, Lan Ziyi stepped on the horse, and then Tao Zhulu himself went back to ride the horse, and when the two walked together again, Lan Ziyi asked:

"The demon thief is a rabble, if you win, you will fight for merit, and if you lose, you will blame, and our officers and soldiers will still have internal strife when they are defeated, let alone demon thieves? Maybe this is just an isolated case, why does the second brother think that the demon thief is in a hurry? ”

Peach Road:

"What the young master thinks is not without consideration, of course I don't dare to assert this alone, I only make a judgment based on the news brought back by several other brothers."

Lan Ziyi asked:

"News from the other brothers?"

Tao Zhulu nodded and said:

"Exactly. When the other brothers came back, they also said that they had seen a similar situation, and that the demon thieves had deserted from one place, and that several demon thieves had joined together and taken each other's way, and they were no longer considered an army. Some soldiers also brought back news that there were many people who cursed Lei Youde among the thieves, and many people scolded Lei Youde for betraying the king and deserving to be eaten alive. ”

Hearing this, Lan Ziyi was not seen for a long time, and finally showed a smile, although the disintegration of the demon thief came suddenly, it was not unexpected.

At this moment, the sound of the hooves of two horses was heard in the direction where Lan Ziyi and Tao Zhulu were advancing. Although the battlefield is now full of officers and soldiers, the first time the voice came, Tao Zhulu was immediately alert, and the saber was in hand ready to protect Lan Ziyi.

Lan Ziyi was not worried about the coming, and when he could only vaguely see the outlines of the two horses in the darkness in front of him, Lan Ziyi asked threateningly:

"Are the two gentlemen of the enemy family here?"

When Lan Ziyi's words were stacked, Qiu Xiaozhi and Qiu Wenruo, father and son, had already urged the horse to come to Lan Ziyi and stop, and the father and son immediately attacked Lan Ziyi, and then said at the same time:

"The military affairs are busy, and the villain is too late to see the Marquis of Wei."

Lan Ziyi immediately returned the salute to the father and son of the enemy family, and said at the same time:

"The two gentlemen are serious."

Then Lan Ziyi asked:

"If you talk about military affairs, the two gentlemen have always been in the rear and have not participated in the front-line bloody battles, what are you busy with?"

Qiu Wenruo replied:

"Wei Hou only said the beginning, although my father and I did not personally fight, but we are rare civil servants in the army, and after the battle on the front line, my father and son have to be busy counting the battlefield. Just before sunset, all the wounded on the battlefield were counted, and the corpses of our soldiers were also ordered, and the remaining further actions can only wait for the imperial court to allocate manpower to do it. ”

Then Lan Ziyi exchanged information with the father and son of the Qiu family, and the four horses were in front of Lan and Tao, and the father and son of the Qiu family were behind, and the Narita character was moving forward.

After almost understanding the information of each other, Qiu Xiao bluntly ridiculed Tao Zhulu:

"When I came here just now, I saw Erlang with a horizontal sword, are you still afraid that my father and son will not succeed in murdering Wei Hou?"

Although Tao Zhulu was ridiculed, he did not joke with Qiu Xiaozhi, he said meticulously:

"In the chaos of war, I naturally want to take the safety of the young master as my own responsibility, if I offended Mr. just now, I will accompany Mr. again."

Lan Ziyi looked at Tao Zhulu, who was clasping his fists, and said with a smile:

"Second brother, why bother? Mr. Xiaozhi is just joking, second brother, you can see the outside world like this. ”

This is Qiu Wenruo said:

According to what Erlang said just now, it should be true that Lei Youde lost control of his subordinates. The demon thief relied on the cult of the king of heaven, Lei Youde went down to kill the king, he wanted to stabilize the thief's heart can only rely on military merits, and now Lei Youde's army is defeated in the capital, and this end is inevitable. In fact, it is rare for Lei Youde to be able to hold on to the demon thief until now. ”