Badal was shocked to find that he had woken up, and hurriedly asked, "Won't you sleep a little longer?" This kind of hospitality is not like what he should say. The reason was that Tuado questioned whether Badar could really fully trust Pang Tong and the man he was called "Yuan Shi". Pang Tong had actually heard it, and he smiled indifferently at Tuado, who was staring at him a little reservedly. He said: "No problem, when we reach the territory of Pang Tong, we will win." ”

Tuado was relieved: "I'm just nervous, not afraid. It is about the future life of the nervous tribesmen. Having come to this point, if we don't believe you, we have no better way to go. ”

Badar was silent. At this moment, a man with a burly body shaking not far away walked over. It was Kuimen, the patriarch of the Snake Clan, who said, "After sleeping for a while, it is much more comfortable, and there should be five watches." ”

Badar nodded. Tuado said: "Let's sleep more, everyone is tired." ”

"Don't think of me as an outlier, I'm fine right now, and it's a place where people can breathe the energy of the forest. I feel a lot more refreshed. He drew close to Badar and glared again at the elongated Tuadore cheek in the dim. He said, "If there is anything you can tell me, I can come up with some strategy." ”

Pang Tong stepped forward enthusiastically and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Yes, you are the most powerful old patriarch here." ”

Kuimen's face turned coldly to Pang Tong, and his brow furrowed, as if he wanted to see the man's outline in the darkness. Badar was a little worried, hoping that Pang Tong would not be hated, otherwise it would cause unnecessary fighting, so he was ready to intervene to stop an internal brawl.

And Pang Tong, who was repeatedly scrutinized, was also a little uncomfortable, as if this short time was as long as running a mile.

Kuimen spit out for a long time: "Ah, you kid, it's really unpredictable." ”

Pang Tong felt a little embarrassed, this was a tepid sentence, and he responded: "I'm a military advisor, and I have a lot of ghost ideas." ”

"No," Kuimen said and looked at the hilt of the sword on Pang Tong's waist, and said, "With such a good weapon, your military advisor must be Pang Tong's right-hand man." And now that I think about it, a few of your ideas are pretty good. ”

Pang Tong didn't know if he should reveal his identity now. After struggling for a blink of an eye, he dispelled this thought, and with his current identity, he had already integrated well into the whole of the escape, and everyone began to gradually trust his decision. There's no need to do anything extravagant.

As the sun peeked out of the horizon with their fiery red heads, they began to leave the woods and continue their march northeast. Pang Tong's sense of terrain and direction is excellent, and he knows how to go. Sometimes, though, the locals are important. So the spies kidnapped a man who had gone up the hill to cut wood. This made Pang Tong very pleasantly surprised. He asked Badar to ask his people for something of great value, such as broken gold, and gave it to the honest middle-aged man, telling him: "You will be free when you have completed your task." ”

The middle-aged man was pleasantly surprised. He immediately became their guide. They circumvent villages, small towns, and possibly routes through cities. Everything is going well. However, there are so many of them, which will still cause some locals to wait and see. Pang Tongyi was directly worried, and it seemed that the closer he got to his territory, the more uneasy he became. It would not be good if it ran into the patrols of the Ma Teng Army.

His apprehension provoked another unbearable thing. Whether Dian Wei was arrested, why has there been no news for so long, and why he has not brought his own people. However, to reach your territory from the mountains, you need to know the route and terrain, and you need to avoid enemies, which is really troublesome. I hope nothing happens to this capable guard.

Whenever they walked through some wide plains, the mountain people were very cautious, looking around. It's like a naked person exposed to a high place. But as long as they are close to the mountains and forests, they will feel much more at ease.

The leader told Pang Tong that after several battles between Pang Tong's army and Ma Teng's army, the current Yongzhou was divided into two. To the east of Chencang County and Anding County is the territory of Pang Tong, and to the west is the territory of Ma Teng. This made Pang Tong feel a lot more relieved, after that big defeat, although he lost Wudu County, he was able to hold this part of the territory, and the civil and military officials really contributed a lot. In this way, as long as you arrive in Chencang County, you will be safe.

A long dragon of mountain dwellers winds its way along the bushy road. Pang Tong found the stretcher carried by the two of them, and Shandolei lay down calmly. As the sun was shining, he closed his eyes, and on the left and right sides were Xiang Yi and Xiang Che. Xiangyi deliberately avoided Pang Tong's smiling expression, while Xiangche kept slumping his shoulders and looked sullen. Pang Tong saw this scene and left without saying anything.

At noon, everyone started to eat. The sweltering grass was knee-high, and a very annoying stuffy sensation froze under your feet, and from time to time small insects crawled up, and some even took a bite. The mountain people patted their legs and feet, and from time to time they said a word or two of grumbling. It was hot and the children were put on the shoulders of adults, or on the luggage. Otherwise, the grass would have drowned most of their bodies.

Chestnuts are the main food, and everyone is tired of eating them, but they must continue to eat until they run out of food. Just when everyone was starting to pack their bags and start moving on. Badal shouted: "Don't move! ”

The people around him stopped all their movements in a familiar way, and a warrior who was bending over maintained this interesting shape. Pang Tong was on one side, and he stopped munching on the dry chestnut.

A birdsong resounded in the sky, and Pang Tong looked up to see that it was a gray-white falcon, spreading its supple wings and soaring freely in the blue sky.

Pang Tong's chest was immediately blocked by a solid mass, and he was bitter and heavy. He felt a palpitation, and slowly lowered his head, looking at the long, thin blades of grass under his feet. Badal leaned down against the haystack and pressed his ears to the dirt. He said, "There are people, a lot. ”

"Everyone, prepare!"

Pang Tong shouted.

Badar jumped to his feet and immediately began to command the warriors of the three tribes.

Under the clear blue sky, the raised dust and leaping weeds appeared on the horizon, and then in a fast-paced fashion, getting bigger and bigger, getting closer and closer, more and more. All kinds of sturdy Xiliang war horses lined up in the line of sight in front of him. It's only ten miles away from the mountain people.

The crowd was in a commotion, they were scared. The warriors of the three clans spread out their lines in front. The infantry was in front, the cavalry in the center, and the archers in the rear. They calmly waited for the approach of the enemy troops. The Xiliang people stopped half a mile away, and did not seem to have the intention of fighting immediately. And Badar and the others did not know the situation of the other party, and the archers had already set up arrows.

The banner is the word "horse", standing in the infantry camp, Pang Tong, who is side by side with the sword and shield warriors of the Wasai tribe, knows in his heart that these are Ma Teng's subordinates. But even he didn't know what these people from Ma Teng would think. It's just that he feels that this war is inevitable. But the problem is that the enemy is numerous, and there are three dense phalanxes in front of him, and there are one after the other.

A young man in the Ma Teng army came out with a halberd and said: "I am Ma Tie, the second son of Xiliang Ma Teng, who is leading the troops, come out to answer." ”

While Badar was hesitating, some of his men rode through the infantry formation, and everyone heard the sound of horses' hooves, so they had to scatter to both sides in a hurry. Badar raised his eyebrows and watched as Kuimen of the Snake Clan came to the front of the battle, and shouted, "We are the mountain people of Wata Mountain, and we are looking for mountains to live in. ”

Ma Tie sneered: "That fire is really very strong!" The sneers in the Xiliang soldiers were endless.

Kuimen's face tensed, and said, "Why don't you make a way, let us go to the mountains to live in peace, and we won't cause you trouble." ”

Ma Tie pointed a gun at him and said, "We have already received a message from Yizhou from the flying pigeon, so let's accept our fate." We have an alliance with Liu Yan in Yizhou, if you don't obey, 40,000 cavalry will step on the corpse! ”

Kuimen learned the habits of the Han people, and arched his hand: "We are here to join Master Ma Teng, why don't you leave us and wait, and do harm?" ”

Ma Tie laughed, and he said, "Do you treat us as ignorant women and children? As soon as you fled down the mountain, Pang Tong's army happened to send troops last night to attack Linwei County. It's really unfortunate that 20,000 cavalry of Pang Tong's army sent troops from Chencang to this side. But this morning we have two thousand horsemen who have come to disturb him, so that they may not arrive early. ”

Pang Tong was overjoyed and surprised, happy that Dian Wei was safe and sound, and surprised that the rescuers were blocked in the distance, the enemy cavalry was extremely strong, and the mountain militia of a few thousand was as brittle as a paper sculpture in comparison.

Under the intimidation of the enemy's armed forces, the women covered their children's ears in terror. The old people whined and complained. Only the young men clutched their weapons, refusing to admit their fate. However, the enemy soldiers wore armor and fought on the battlefield for a long time, and the lineup was strong.

Kuimen maintained a posture of arching his hands, and he argued forcefully, "My lord has misunderstood! ”

Ma Tie's face darkened, and he said sharply: "Those who don't surrender die!" ”

He was about to give the order to charge, but there was something strange behind him. At the rear of Ma Teng's camp, the exact point is the northeast, and even Pang Tong and others can see things from that angle. The dust was flying, and judging by the speed at which it moved, it must have been cavalry. Ma Tie muttered in disbelief: "How is it possible? My Xiliang 2,000 cavalry is finished so quickly? No, it must be the advance army that broke away from this formation. ”

Is it the advance march that throws off the enemy? Pang Tong questioned in his heart.