The black bull was in pain here, but Zhang Yuan was excited, and praised the Chen family Xiaoqi who came up with this method, "Thanks to my brother for coming up with such a good method, the method of ding shoes, the war horse wears shoes, good, it's really witty, if my brothers are like you, then why don't my Zhang Jiajun prosper?" Hahaha, under your strategy, now see if the thief can still help me? ”

"Thank you brother for the compliment, but now we are not really out of danger, my brother has to urge everyone to speed up the advance, otherwise the cavalry of the thieves will chase along the river, we will suffer a big loss."

Zhang Yuan nodded in agreement, the Luohe River is wide, and a large area of plains and plateaus are impacted along the river, which is suitable for the brigade of war horses to gallop and attack. And this time, a large number of cavalry rushed to reinforce them, so if they reacted and kept entangled with themselves on the plains along the river, then they would really be unable to fly.

After getting rid of the thieves, they ran out of ten miles in one go, those townsmen ran fast and vomited blood, and the war horses were also covered in sweat, Zhang Yuan had no choice but to order everyone to suspend and rest.

Zhang Yuan called the Chen family brother again and asked: "You go to the army and ask, see who the local people are, call us to understand the terrain trend, you can't always run along the river like this, it is getting farther and farther away from Yan'an, and you can ask where you can go ashore and then go directly into the mountain." Only when we entered the mountains, the cavalry was helpless against us. No matter how fierce the infantry army that wanted to come to the thieves was, they couldn't catch up with us when they set out many times later than us. ”

"Yes, I'm going to ask somebody." The brother turned around and went to find someone, and after a while, he brought back a Xiang Yong with an obscene image, who came to Zhang Yuan, knelt down, kowtowed to Zhang Yuan again and again, and waited for Zhang Yuan to ask questions tremblingly.

This time, Zhang Yuan didn't take the shelf, and rarely reached out to help the little soldier and said: "Get up, it's all your own brothers, let's get up and talk." ”

Na Xiangyong was helped by Lord Zhang, and he was flattered, and he didn't dare to get up, so he knelt on the ice and kowtowed to Zhang Yuan and said: "The adults have something to say, and the little ones don't dare to stand and talk to the adults." ”

Zhang Yuan was no longer reluctant when he saw it, and said in a harmonious voice at that time: "Are you a person from here?" ”

"The small ones are."

"Are you familiar with the terrain around here?"

"The small one is the Longwan clan in the upper reaches of the Luo River, and in previous years, there were still a few acres of thin fields at home, and they were going up the mountain to collect some medicinal herbs to survive, but-" The man began to ramble, and the Chen family kicked that Xiangyong impatiently, frowning and said: "Don't be verbose, let's talk about the point." ”

The township was frightened, and hurriedly stopped the conversation and said: "Since I collect medicine in the mountains and have to sell it in the county seat, I am very familiar with this road along the river." ”

Zhang Yuan was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "How far is it from your village?" If we go up the river, where can we go ashore and go directly into the mountain? Is there a road to Yan'an after going up the mountain? How far is it from Yan'an? Easy to walk? Zhang Yuan asked many questions in one breath, and the Xiangyong who asked at that time was at a loss.

That Chen family Xiaoqi kicked the stunned Xiang Yong again, and urged eagerly: "Adults ask, don't you say it quickly?" ”

At this time, the villager Yong came back to his senses, and hurriedly kowtowed: "The small home is about seventy miles away from us, passing through a narrow place Shimen in the middle, flowing through the Shimenluo River, and at the same time there is a big river from the north to meet, and it also rushes out of a long canyon, and the canyon goes all the way to the north, and it can lead to Yan'an Mansion, and it is about one hundred and eighty miles away." ”

"Is there a way up the mountain?"

"Back to my lord, there are no big roads on the mountain, and there are still steep cliff paths, and they are densely forested and impermeable to the wind (at that time, most of Shanxi was covered by forests, unlike now it has become Tongshan Bald Mountain. It's hard for the army to walk. ”

Zhang Yuan thought for a while, waved his hand and said to Na Xiangyong: "You go down, and you will receive a reward of ten taels of silver in a while." ”

Naxiang Yong was stunned for a long time, and it took a long time to wake up in shock, kowtow to Zhang Yuan in ecstasy and keep chanting happy songs and New Year's greetings. Zhang Yuan didn't talk to him either, stood up and said to the brother: "According to the brother, what should we do next?" ”

"Brother, it's best if the thieves don't chase them, but once they come, we can only follow what the townsman said to rush to the stone gate thirty miles away, and then go directly up the mountain without taking the valley bottom road, because the mountain road is steep, it restricts the movement of the cavalry."

Zhang Yuan nodded approvingly: "This method is feasible, fortunately, we have almost no baggage now, now each person still carries three days of dry food, it is estimated that they can hold on to Yan'an, about the gold and silver they carry, then divide it into small bags and hand them over to reliable brothers to carry on their backs, and even our war horses can be abandoned when necessary." As long as we keep the two thousand and more than 1,000 Xiangyong who have survived the battle, then we will have the seeds to start again, and next time our Xiangyong combat power will definitely rise, hehe, the thief Lu Shi, I will also consume it with you. ”

That Xiao Qi admired Zhang Yuan's decision and mind to break his wrist, and he was about to compliment a few words at the moment, and suddenly heard the thunder of a war horse on the riverbank plain behind him, and his expression changed greatly, and when he looked up, he saw a black tiger fluttering and flying in the smoke and dust, and a cavalry like fire was shouting and chasing along the river. At that time, he said loudly to Zhang Yuan: "Brother, go away, the thief is coming." ”

Zhang Yuan was also shocked, it seemed that this thief was really going to kill himself, and hurriedly shouted the whole team, letting everyone spread the girls and run away.

There was no need to say hello, those villagers had already started running, so the two groups of people on the ice and shore began to chase and escape.

It turned out that Guo Tianxing and Lu Shide's black bull informed Zhang Yuan to break through, and they were shocked at the moment, this time they were determined to annihilate Zhang Yuan and Ganquan City, how could they let this mortal enemy escape? Lu Shi hurriedly asked Guo Tianxing to take the cavalry brothers to chase and kill, and then organize the infantry to follow, and be sure to entangle Zhang Yuan's brigade with Guo Tianxing, and wait for him to arrive and annihilate Zhang Yuan together.

In the past half a month, according to Lu Shi, he was a soy sauce player, running around in a big circle, and he was an afterthought, and he didn't catch any war, and he finally rushed to Ganquan desperately, and it turned out to be the same, but anyway, in the end, he finally blocked Zhang Yuan's gang who fled into the city in Ganquan, hoping that he could open the meat and fight a big battle, but he didn't expect Zhang Yuan's gang to be too cunning, and he ran away in the west, which is worth it? At that time, I sorted out the team of people and horses, and killed Ximen, I thought that no matter how fast you were, you could be faster than the galloping horse? It's also in your own hands to let you run three miles and five miles, and we don't need to break into the king's foot soldier longbow, just our more than 500 cavalry are more than competent, and we all begin to imagine the scene of taking Zhang Yuan's head as a ball.

But when I rushed to the west gate, I only saw the black bull jumping and scolding at the people who went to the ice of the river, and there were hundreds of pole brothers lying on the river, and the piercing blood flowing on the white ice was a miserable feeling, and he was scolding at the black bull at that time; "What's the matter with you idiot? Not only did he let Zhang Yuan go, but he also lost so many brothers, so he stood here and didn't chase him, are you afraid of death? See how King Chuang punishes you in the future. ”

When the black bull saw that the great commander was coming, he cried out again and again; "My commander, my good brother, it's not that the black bull is afraid of death and doesn't fight, it's that Zhang Yuan is too cunning, and he doesn't know what demon magic he used, they ran directly to the Luohe ice when they went out of the west, and they still walked like flying on the ice, and our brothers fell as soon as they caught up on the ice, that Zhang Yuan took advantage of the situation to turn over and kill back, we have no room to fight back, so this is the result?"

Guo Tianxing was really taken aback when he heard it, there are still such rivers and ice in the world? Ah, the enemy can walk like a fly without slipping, but his brothers fall when they go up, this is really evil.

Guo Tianxing didn't believe in evil, and asked Hei Niu with a dark face: "In which direction is Zhang Yuan's house running?" The black bull pointed to the northwest and said, "I went northwest along the river, and I walked for less than half an hour." ”

Guo Tianxing didn't say much, he led the team to the river, but the cavalry of Guo Tianxing was the same as the cavalry of the black bull, the war horses did not dare to go on the ice, the big black was not afraid of ice like other war horses, but he rushed to the ice and staggered, barely stood firm, and then ran two steps to a horse on the stomach, and the unprepared Guo Tianxing fell on the horse, and he grinned in pain at the time.

The black bull came to the embarrassed Great Commander and whispered: "Great Commander, don't chase on the ice, see that Zhang Yuan's consciousness is to escape along the ice, so the Great Commander, we will simply pursue along the river bank." ”

Guo Tianxing was overjoyed when he heard this, got on his horse again, shouted to his brothers, and pursued Zhang Yuan along the river like a gust of wind.

The black bull pursued silently on the side, and his heart was ruthless, "Zhang Yuan, you let me plant a big heel just after I came to the Black Tiger Village, today I will catch up with you and see how I clean you up." After driving out more than ten miles, I saw Zhang Yuan's Xiangyong resting on the ice from a distance, and immediately cheered and stepped forward.

But a fatal situation has arisen, you have caught up with Zhang Yuan, but Zhang Yuan is not on the ice, and your cavalry has no way to take him, and there is nothing to do if these two groups cannot fight. This whole thing has become Guo Tianxing's armed send-off to Zhang Yuan, this is good, Guo Tianxing came to the battlefield with soy sauce for thousands of miles, but finally became a representative of friendship and a model of politeness.

When the stars were depressed, the black bull suddenly stepped forward and suggested, "Great Commander, why don't we shoot the enemy with bows and arrows?" ”

Guo Tianxing was also confused, and then remembered that he was equipped with a bow and arrow, so he shouted, led his brothers to take off their bows and arrows, and shot at Zhang Yuanxiang Yong on the ice.

That Zhang Yuan couldn't help laughing when he saw it, it turned out that he was only concerned about escaping, and he was worried about how to get rid of the entanglement of the thieves, and he also forgot about his bow and arrow. Zhang Yuan shouted and ordered the shield bearers to step forward to form a shield wall, and the archers hid behind the shields, and continued to march while firing at the stars.

This bow and arrow shooting, Guo Tianxing was even more depressed, feeling that he was carrying a cavalry riding bow, compared to Zhang Yuan's standard foot bow range is much closer, not to mention that he couldn't use all his strength to open the bow on the horse, and he could only be beaten passively immediately, although his brothers had rattan armor and rattan armor to protect themselves, but there were also more than a dozen injuries, and he had no choice but to withdraw from the range of Xiang Yong's bow and arrow, and watched Zhang Yuan triumphantly take Xiang Yong to continue to run away.

Guo Tianxing could only reluctantly continue his profession of armed send-off.