At this moment, in a dense forest not far behind him, an arrow suddenly rushed straight into the sky, accompanied by a sharp sound, and the more it flew, the more high-pitched it became.

Boom!

This is a common tool used to send signals in ancient warfare, and the shooter tied a small bamboo whistle to the shaft of the arrow, which would make a high-pitched sound when it flew. There is also a saying in the rivers and lakes of later generations, the so-called arrow piercing the clouds, thousands of troops come to meet, it is said that this kind of artifact.

Jiang Wei thought for a moment, already knowing his situation. He was sure that he had been tracked by the Qiang hounds, whose owner was signaling the arrival of a large army.

He looked behind him as he walked, and after a while, sure enough, smoke and dust billowed and a large group of cavalry came at high speed.

Frightened, Jiang Wei hurriedly gathered his mind and slammed the horse's belly. Xiaobai understood and was about to run.

Suddenly, several vicious dogs sprang out of the surrounding forests.

These vicious dogs are small in size, but their ears are high, their teeth are bared, their tongues are bared, their tongues are exposed, they are fluttering in the wind, their tails are between their thighs, and their palms are flying, and they run around the white horse, and from time to time they make short, high-pitched barks.

Xiaobai's speed slowed down slowly, and he couldn't stop screaming.

Jiang Wei could sense Xiaobai's panic. Herbivores are afraid of predators, which is a natural certainty, and even if you are a god, you can't be immune.

His two-stone bow had long been lost, and at this time he could only carry the spear in his hand and drive it left and right.

The vicious dogs, however, were well trained, and when they saw a weapon coming, they ducked down to dodge, and then immediately surrounded them again. If it is driven three times, the vicious dogs will scatter or surround them, but they will only tightly entangle the white horse, and will not come forward to bite them.

Jiang Wei knew in his heart that these vicious dogs were well-trained, and he was afraid that he would be ordered by his master to bite his own speed, so that the Qiang army could catch up.

Xiaobai under the seat was obviously agitated, stopped his horse, changed directions from time to time, and tried to avoid the vicious dog, faintly uncontrollable.

Seeing this, Jiang Wei had to tear off a piece of robe, wrap it in front of the white horse's eyes, and lean over the horse's ear while slapping the horse's neck and whispering: "Right now, you and I are in a deep crisis." If you can trust me, just let go of your hooves and run. As long as I am here, these vicious dogs will not hurt you in the slightest! ”

I don't know if it was the cloth that covered the eyes that worked, or because of Jiang Wei's comfort, Xiaobai really calmed down slowly.

Jiang Wei controlled the reins with one hand and brandished a spear with the other, driving away the vicious dogs around him. With a clamp on the horse's belly, Xiaobai understood, and suddenly rushed forward like an arrow from the string.

The explosive power of dogs is not weaker than that of a manned horse, but when it comes to endurance, it is far inferior.

The little white hoofed flew and traveled like the wind. Jiang Wei used the reins and leaned left and right through his body, and then controlled the direction of Xiaobai's travel, with a tacit understanding of one person and one horse, and safely avoided many big stone roadblocks along the way.

At first, the vicious dog was able to keep up closely, but after a while, it was already wheezing loudly, and could only bark in bursts, and gradually fell behind, unable to catch up.

However, Jiang Wei's mood couldn't relax. Fang had just entangled with the hounds, and the Qiang brigade had seized the opportunity to keep up closely. At this time, the closest group of people and horses to him was only about 300 paces away. Smoke and dust billowed behind this wave of cavalry, and it was impossible to see how many soldiers and horses were still following behind.

The valley he was in had only a narrow road leading straight ahead, and there was no other path.

Jiang Wei secretly said in his heart that something was wrong. Trying to evade the pursuit of cavalry with the help of hounds during the day is tantamount to fantasy. What's even worse is that he and Xiaobai have been tossing for two days and one night, and now they are like a taut bowstring, which may break at any time.

However, the pursuers are one man and two horses, and as time goes on, it will be a trend of eliminating the other's strengths.

Jiang Wei couldn't help but be secretly annoyed: "Thousands of calculations, one didn't expect that the Qiang people would have hunting dogs with them, and the other was that they didn't calculate their current enemy, and they would actually sleep to death!" ”

But right now, there is no other way than to run desperately. Because one more mile of road, it is one more point closer to Yangping Pass. Jiang Wei no longer cherished horsepower at the moment, whipped the horse's buttocks, and flew forward.

On one side is a divine horse and a white horse, galloping; The other side is one man and two horses, full of energy. The two sides are chasing after me, biting hard, and no one is willing to give up lightly.

The birds and animals around the valley all tiptoed up, not daring to make any movement. There is only the sound of "boom boom" galloping horses between heaven and earth, and the echo echoes in the air like muffled thunder from afar, which will not disperse for a long time.

Jiang Wei only felt that the scenery along the way passed by like a phantom, and he didn't know how long he had been galloping, and Xiaobai was already sweating like rain and panting roughly. In the midst of the restlessness, smoke and dust suddenly billowed from miles ahead, and the faint sound of horses' hooves bombarding the ground at high speed came, as if a large group of cavalry was coming.

Jiang Wei's mood suddenly sank into the ice cave.

According to his estimates, the defenders of Yangping Pass will not arrive until this evening at the earliest. It was just after noon, and there were still three hours before the reinforcements arrived. Therefore, the army at the front was by no means the reinforcement he had been waiting for for a long time.

I also thought that if it was the reinforcements that Yamuji secretly sent last night, then he would really be attacked by the enemy, and he would never be lucky.

Suddenly encountering such a situation, the average person may give up. However, Jiang Wei was resolute by nature, and he had never seen the army in front of him, so he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart, and he still kept urging the horse forward.

At the same time, he held the eight-sided spear under his armpit with one arm, and he was ready to rather be broken than broken.

Three miles away, the two sides were speeding head-on again, and Baixi Kung Fu had already taken a look.

I saw about 300 riders on the opposite side, all dressed as Han Chinese. In the cavalry formation, a crimson banner was flown high, with a large "Han" character written on it, and a smaller flag on the side, with "General Zuo" written in small characters, and a capital "horse" character below.

With such a clear banner, there is no doubt that it is the reinforcements of Yangping Pass!

Jiang Wei suffered all these hardships, and suddenly saw the banner of the Han Dynasty that he had in mind, and suddenly felt inexplicably cordial. Knowing that he had been saved, he slowed down his horse and shouted:

"Ahead is the Great Han Iron Horseman? I am Tianshui Jiang Boyo is also! ”

The Han cavalry on the opposite side was unmoved, and under the shout of "formation", they all slowed down and formed a formation.

More than 100 Qiang horsemen behind Jiang Wei could also arrive, they stopped from a distance, and then the Qiang cavalry behind took the opportunity to squeeze into the battle group.

In this open river valley, the Han cavalry and the Qiang cavalry were stationed on horseback. The two sides were separated by a distance of more than 100 steps, and it only took a few dozen breaths to complete the confrontation.

Jiang Weita has been in the military for a long time, and even if he is like an arrow at this moment, he also knows that the army has its own rules and regulations in the marching array. He knew that it was not good for him to break in at this time, so he had to stand alone in the middle of the two armies.

At this time, a military general in the Han army rode out with a gun. The general, who was about thirty years old, with a tiger body and an ape arm, holding the reins in one hand and holding the spear horizontally in the other, immediately stepped forward and shouted: "Yamuji, I haven't seen you for a few years, do you still know a certain family?" ”

Yamuji, who had just arrived, also stepped forward on his horse, watched from a distance for a while, and snorted coldly: "Who is this royal road, it was you Ma Dai." Hmph, I heard that you and your brother voted for Liu Xuande, in that case, don't stay in Yangping Pass, what kind of prestige do you have to come to Wudu? ”

The person who came was Ma Dai, the younger brother of Ma Chao, the general of Hanzuo, who followed his brother since he was a child, and had experienced the battle of Tongguan, the offensive and defensive battle of Longshang, the battle of CD, and the battle of Hanzhong.

After receiving Ma Jun's request for help, he originally wanted to set off early the next morning. Unexpectedly, Ma Chao was in a hurry and asked him to go out of the gate in the starry night to help. Only then was I able to arrive early. Ma Chao's decision is equivalent to invisibly saving Jiang Wei's life.

Ma Dai is a bold character, and he doesn't talk nonsense, he pointed his gun at Jiang Wei, and said loudly: "Yamuji, this person is a righteous man who has taken refuge in the king of a certain family, and a certain family has come to meet him on the order of his brother this time." If you still have the Ma family in your eyes, let him come. Otherwise, you and I will not see each other in the future. ”

Yamuji laughed loudly and said contemptuously: "Eight years ago, I waited for the Qiang Alliance to serve your brother Ma... General Shenweitian was the main one, and they all raised troops to fight against Cao Cao, but after losing a few battles, your brother gave up our wait and went straight south to join Zhang Lu. Haha, Ma Dai, you can talk about it, what else do you have to talk about today! ”

Only then did Jiang Wei know that this Wolf Qiang King Yamuji was originally Ma Chao's subordinate when he was against Cao in the past, no wonder Ma Dai was familiar with him. Yamu Yoshiben wanted to call Ma Chao by his name, but after all, he changed his mouth to call him General Shenweitian, which shows the depth of Ma Chao's prestige in the hearts of the Qiang people, which should not be underestimated.

Yamuji raised his horsewhip again and pointed at Jiang Wei, and said angrily: "Ma Dai, do you know that this person killed Yarimu? He is the king's most beloved youngest son, if he doesn't cut this person with a thousand knives, the hatred in the king's heart is really hard to eliminate! ”

He had already taken a rough look at the Han army's camp, and there were about two or three hundred fine horsemen. He knew that the cavalry of the Ma family was extremely fierce, well-equipped and well-trained, and it was naturally better than the knights under his command. At present, although he brought more than 800 cavalry, if he really faced off with more than 300 cavalry on the opposite side, the outcome was really unknown.

Therefore, he pretended to be arrogant and vomited bitterness, just so that Ma Dai could get acquainted and leave.

Ma Dai was unmoved, and said in a loud voice: "This person is determined to win." Yamuji, are you going to fight my Ma family? ”

"A stunned boy who doesn't eat oil and salt!" Yamuji narrowed his eyes and remained silent.

He really didn't want to use his own capital to start a war with Ma Dai. It's just that as the king of Wolf Qiang, he can't lose face in front of his subordinates no matter what.

Yamuji was silent for a moment, and suddenly snorted: "If you want to fight, you will fight, this king has brought a thousand fine horsemen today, and I am afraid that you will not succeed!" ”