Chapter 1: The Great Thief (12)
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Although the mounts stolen by the two from Ashina Choyu stables were fast, they could not escape the entire grassland to pursue them. Seeing that, two puffs of smoke and dust in front of him were getting closer and closer, tightly binding the encirclement.
"Take the bow and shoot a way!" Xu shouted loudly. Both of them took their bows at the same time, and put their feathered arrows on the bowstring as they ran. There were already people cheering loudly in front of him, Li Xu aimed at it with his eyes, and raised his hand to the person's mount is an arrow.
"Poof!" "Poof!" Two horses fell in response. Xu Dayan and Li Xu rushed out at the moment when the pursuers blocked the way. The shepherd who stood in the way shouted and cursed loudly, and gave up being thrown to the ground, crying and struggling his companions, ignoring it, and instigating his horses to chase after him.
"Look for death!" Xu scolded in a low voice. Turning and firing back, the arrow went off the string and hit one of the pursuers in the chest. The man's body slammed, and he fell under the horse with a scream. The warhorse, which had lost its master, rushed forward more than fifty paces, neighing and rushing into the boundless wilderness.
Li Xu bent his bow and arrows, and when he heard the sound of horses' hooves approaching behind him, he turned around and shot fiercely. The first wave to track down the two teenagers was a group of ordinary herdsmen, who were large in number but not very skilled in bow horses. The two of them fired their arrows in front, and the herdsmen pursued them behind, as if they had taken the initiative to meet the tips of the arrows. After losing five or six people, the pursuers gradually lost their courage. Although the bounty given by Ashina Choyu was high, it did not reach the point where everyone put their lives on the line. And before the quivers of the two Han Chinese were empty, even if they chased them behind their horses, no one would have the life to receive the bounty.
The sun finally disappeared into the grass ahead, and the black eagle above its head stopped hissing. Xu Dayan and Li Xu were not happy at all in their hearts, because, behind them, there was another fierce dog barking.
"Wang, Wang!" The barking of the sheepdog echoed in the twilight that had just begun to darken. The entire grassland was awakened by the noisy barking of dogs, and countless fire dragons gathered behind Li Xu and Xu Dayan, looking from a distance, like a burning peacock spreading its beautiful tail on the tip of the grass. It's just that on this warm and cold autumn night, the torch means that it is by no means warm.
"His grandmother's, Xiao He Yuexia's chasing Han Xin is not this kind of chasing!" Xu looked back and scolded breathlessly. This was his third time changing horses, and the mount, which had been turned countless times, was clearly not as energetic as it had been when he had just rested in the morning, and his steps were getting smaller and smaller, and the pace was gradually slowing down.
"Xiao He doesn't have so many horses to change, and he doesn't have a rope and a knife in his hand!" Li Xu gasped, as if his heart and lungs were about to jump out of his throat. Two people, four good horses, and the wishful thinking of everyone last night was exquisite. It's just that no one took into account that once the Ashina family got angry, half of the grassland would tremble.
The pursuers behind him were obviously not in a group, some were Turkic soldiers, and more were ordinary shepherds. In their eyes, offending the Ashina family is equivalent to the enemy of all the Turks. And from the Wulie water in the east to the Tuhuo Luo in the west, the grasslands are the world of the Turks.
There was a weakened horse neighing behind him, and the peach blossom green body that had just been replaced by Xu Dayan shook, and stopped aggrievedly. It hadn't eaten all day, and had run more than three hundred miles on and off, and as a Turkic nobleman's mount, it had never suffered such a crime. And the sound of the horn behind it was like a call, beckoning it to stop and drink water, and eat beans and eggs. At this time, the two masters, who did not know pity, were still running lifelessly into the darkness and the unknown, and the stupid donkey would continue to run with them.
"Useless stuff!" Xu Dayan scolded in a low voice. As soon as the words fell, another snow treading cloud that was replaced by Li Xu also broke away from the team. And the black iron under Xu Dayan's crotch and the black wind under Li Xu's crotch hissed irritably, trying to stop and wait for the partner behind him.
"Those horns are weird!" Li Xu quickly judged the crux of the problem. When he drove the blue and white mules at home, he used to whistle and feed and water. Over time, the blue and white mules developed a habit of squeezing into the barn whenever they heard a whistle.
"Ashina is really expensive!" Xu smiled bitterly and pumped the bowstring a few times against the back of the mount's buttocks. Wu Tieqi couldn't bear the pain, so he had to spread his hooves and continue to flee for his life. Li Xu was reluctant in his heart, but he also had to use his legs to knock the two ribs of the black wind, and while knocking, he nagged and said: "Black wind, black wind, run, run." Shoot a rabbit tomorrow morning, and your thighs and back will be left to you! ”
I don't know if it was because my ribs were kicked painfully or because I understood the master's words, the black wind shook his spirits and ran wildly. The two of them ran for more than thirty miles, and the barking of dogs and horns behind them finally became quieter. Xu Dayan and Li Xu slowly slowed down their mounts, looking at each other through the starlight, only to find that the other party and the horse looked like they had just rolled out of the swamp, and their bodies were covered with mud.
"If you continue like this, you will be tired to death if you don't get caught!" Xu wide-eyed and laughed, and the bright starlight shot down from the sky, illuminating his white teeth.
"The two Han Xin are about to be caught, but I don't know if the Turks have Liu San'er's heart!" Li Xu looked at Xu's dusty face and laughed. Since the exit, the relationship between the two has grown from far to near, and has gradually become an irreversible friend. But I never thought that one day we would face the imminent death together like tonight!
No, there should be another time, and that was when facing the pursuers on the shores of Crescent Lake. Brother Mao Gong commanded Ruoding, and broke through the encirclement and interception of 28 people with the strength of six people. He could have stayed in the Ministry of Haze and continued to practice his art of war, but he ran into the ice and snow for himself, and then refused Qiyu's kindness for his friend.
Thinking of this, Li Xu suddenly regretted pulling Xu Dayan to flee together, if he escaped alone, no matter what the result was, he would not trap his friends in this inevitable crisis.
"This, this time, I'm tired of Brother Maogong!"
", I'll arrest you now to see Qiyu, and he can still let me go!" Xu raised his eyebrows and scolded in a low voice. Fang wanted to teach Li Xu not to say these boring words, and he heard a dog barking in his ears, followed by the sound of horses' hooves rolling from both sides like thunder.
The two were frightened and hurried away. On several occasions, both the man and the mount were almost out of strength, but the barking of the dog behind him was always imminent. Running and running, suddenly, Wu Tieqi let out a mournful roar, his legs weakened, and he slowly knelt down.
"Hold me!" Li Xu stretched out his hand and grabbed Xu Dayan's wrist. Xu Dayan stomped his feet violently, and his body jumped up at the moment when Wu Tieqi fell to the ground with Li Xu's arm, swept a distance of a few feet, and landed steadily on Hei Feng's back.
There was suddenly an extra person on his back, and the already exhausted Black Wind was even more exhausted. No matter what hares, pheasants, and lambs Li Xu promised, he could no longer make it speed up. After a while, the dog behind him barked loudly, and a dazzling fire dragon bit the prey's tail again.
"If this can't be done, you run away by yourself and let me dismount!" Xu Dayan ordered in a low voice behind Li Xu.
"Live and die together!" Li Xu gritted his teeth and replied. It was for himself that Xu Maogong fell into the field where he was chased and killed. If you leave Brother Mao Gong and run away first, your conscience will not be at peace in your life.
"! Both of them are dead, who will avenge us! Xu scolded angrily. Li Xu refused to listen, his legs were like two whips, and he kept kicking Hei Feng's ribs.
The last trace of black wind's physical strength was also squeezed out by the master, and he hissed sadly, and the span of his four hooves increased as much as he could. The weight on its back was like a small mountain, and it was so crushed that it wanted to fall down again and again, and it couldn't fall asleep.
"You stupid ass!" Look at Li Xu, who kicked and hit the mount like crazy in front of him, and then look at the torches behind him that are getting closer and closer. Xu Dayan was anxious, and suddenly, he remembered a plan.
"Good brother, you are fifteen this year, right!" Xu Dayan stopped cursing, leaned over Li Xu's ear, and asked in a low voice.
"Hmm!" Li Xu replied casually. The barking of the dog behind him was getting closer and closer, and he didn't know why Xu Dayan suddenly got up at this moment.