As the sun sets over the mountains as the sun sets red the milky clouds on the horizon, the herdsmen sing songs and whips in their hands to drive the well-fed sheep back.

A young man and woman quietly broke away from the group and galloped towards the nearby valley, and several of the older herdsmen looked at each other and laughed.

The valley is beautiful, full of vegetation and flowers, and it is the best place for trysts, and everyone is reluctant to come here for grazing. Kikige stopped the horse at the mouth of the valley and picked a wild flower from the ground and held it in her hand, a beautiful little flower, just like her name.

There was a hurried sound of horses' hooves behind her, and she didn't need to look at Kikige to know that it was Batu coming, and she spread her feet and ran towards the depths of the valley.

Batu turned over and dismounted when he arrived at the valley mouth, looked at the beautiful figure, could not hide the excitement in his heart, and chased after Kikige with only a few big strides, and pressed Kikig to the soft grass with a pounce.

Kikige slowly turned his head, only to see Batu panting and looking at him, the two looked at each other, Kikige's face showed two blushes, more and more pretty and charming.

The primal desire was like a raging fire engulfing Batu's young and fiery heart, he couldn't hold it back any longer, and his two big hands easily tore the clothes on Qiqige's chest, and two snow-white and full soft flesh jumped out, full of elasticity.

Kikige exclaimed, not struggling, but closed her eyes tightly, her long eyelashes flickering frequently in tension, uneasy and expectant.

Unfortunately, she didn't wait for Batu's rough and affectionate movements, only a stream of hot liquid sprayed on her face. Kikige couldn't believe her eyes, and only a bare cavity was spurting blood out before her eyes, and Batuu's head was tumbling on the turquoise grass......

Zhang Wuliu took off the hat made of weeds on his head, and said to the panicked woman on the ground with a smile: "Girl, don't be afraid, this lewd thief who bullied you has already helped you kill it." This man is really shameless, and he dares to do evil in broad daylight...... Oh, girl, hurry up and put your clothes on. ”

Zhang Wuliu hurriedly covered his eyes, but the boss who opened his fingers, and kept looking at the open placket of his eyes, which was stained with blood, and he didn't know what to see.

"Ahh Kikige finally came to her senses, and immediately burst into a terrified and painful roar, the sound echoing through the valley.

Zhang Wuliu hurriedly covered Qiqige's mouth, "Don't shout, we are all exposed as soon as you shout!" Yes! What are you biting me for......"

A piece of turf next to him suddenly lifted up, Chang Mao stood up with a short knife, and said angrily: "You fucking killed all other people's lovers, not to mention biting you and eating your heart!" He grabbed Kikige as she fled for her life, slashed her neck, and let the blood spray on the green grass.

Li Wenzhong, who was halfway up the hill, looked at Ma Du beside him, "Is that stupid guy your long-term follower?" How about I want to chop off his head? ”

"Huh...... Siben is no longer kidding. Ma Du said haha, he was really worried that Li Wenzhong would cut Zhang Wuliu in a fit of anger, he rolled up the grass mat woven from grass on his body carefully, "It's getting dark now, let's just go, hurry up and don't be stunned." ”

Li Wenzhong stared at the last trace of afterglow on the horizon and ordered: "Lao Qi take your people to clean up the dozen or so herdsmen, and don't let one escape." ”

"Don't worry, I promise not to leave a single one!" The old man patted his chest and ran down the hillside, "My people are all with me!" He shouted, and immediately hundreds of soldiers on the hillside removed their green straw mats and appeared, and entered the depths of the valley with his old relatives.

After a while, I heard the sound of horses' hooves, and saw hundreds of cavalry rushing out of the valley, like lions fighting rabbits, rushing to a dozen tents with smoke curling in the distance.

More soldiers appeared on the hillside, carefully rolled up the grassy slope they had carried, and went into the depths of the valley, leading the horses and wagons to the outside of the valley, ready to make a fire and cook.

Lao Liu took the whip and scolded the second son-in-law of the pursuer, and Zhang Wuliu ran around with his head and buttocks, his mouth full of grievances, "How did I know that Tartars are so unparticular and get along in the field in broad daylight, ouch!" ”

Ma Du took advantage of this moment to take off his armor and clothes to enjoy the cool evening breeze on the grassland, this day and night walk is really sinful, only at this time of day can he relax.

The reason for such a cautious march was because it was a dangerous one. Passing through Daxingzhou and attacking Shangdu through Xinkailing is simple to say, but along the way, it has to pass through two important defense areas of the Yuan army.

One is Daxingzhou, which is the head of the Yuan Prime Minister, and the other is the Hongluo Mountain, where the Yuan prince is stationed in the army, each place must have at least 20,000 troops, adding up to 40,000 people, but Li Wenzhong brought a total of more than 5,000 people on this trip.

Although it cannot be said that victory or defeat cannot be judged by the number of troops, just listening to the comparison of these numbers makes people feel weak. Especially on this road, there are many herdsmen with abundant water and grass, if they find traces and report to Tumuchi and Prince Yuan, the forces of the two sides can make dumplings for the Ming army.

On the contrary, Ma Du's group of Ming troops went deep alone in the vast grassland, without reinforcements and no supplies, unless they and Chang Yuchun captured Shangdu and Quanning at the same time, the two sides could echo each other, otherwise they could only fight alone.

Chang Yuchun has been like a different person since he sent troops to Beiping, so cautious, such a sword to take the edge of the dangerous move is his style of work, but as a chess piece in the game, it is really fucking unsteady.

Li Wenzhong swallowed a few handfuls of fried rice, took the water bladder and drank a few sips even after dinner, he handed the empty water bladder to the soldiers, "Fill it with boiling water and hang it on my horse!" Then he picked up a map and reconfirmed the route of the march for the night.

Ma Du took a box of ointment and approached him, lifted his small clothes, and saw that Li Wenzhong's back was full of red dots, this is prickly heat, most of the soldiers have it. Every morning, lie on the damp grass, cover yourself tightly with a straw mat, and bask in the scorching sun for a day without prickly heat.

Ma Du's kindness was not reciprocated, Li Wenzhong grinned and said: "Xuanzhong, this is all because of your good idea, this prickly heat can make me uncomfortable to death." ”

"How can you blame me, you should blame the emperor, I have long said that I proposed to change the military uniform to green, and it is the most hidden to march and fight on the grassland, you think I am willing to sleep on a grass mat, as if I don't have prickly heat."

"It's really ugly to get a green hat in a green uniform, but you still have to pay attention to practicality when you march and fight, and when you come back to Yingtian, I will give the emperor a fold, you have to sign it!" Li Wenzhong patted the grass mat under him, "This thing is also easy to use in addition to being stuffy, and the pair of male and female Tartars today are so close that they didn't even notice it." ”

"The thoughts of that pair of infatuated men and women are not on this, otherwise they can see that they are tired." Ma Du finished smearing him and asked, "We've been walking for five days, how long will it take to get to Shangdu?" ”

They marched day and night, and every day before dawn they had to look for a place to hide, so the march was not very fast.

Li Wenzhong pointed to the map, "It's not far away!" Tomorrow night we will pass through Xinkailing, and at the current pace we will be able to reach Shangdu in two more days. ”