In the forest path, a brigade of Qiang people with about 500 horsemen was hurrying away. The Qiang people have a torch in their hand, which illuminates the surrounding road very brightly, and the large and small roadblocks are clear at a glance, and the team moves extremely fast.

There was a horse surrounded in the marching procession, this person was about fifty years old, with a mustache, eyes as sharp as an eagle, eyebrows as straight as a sword, it was Yamuji, the king of the wolf. He has newly lost his beloved son, and he has been irritable and irritable these days, and the military advisor Yadan on the side is working hard to deal with talking.

"From below, you can go to Yinping County in the west, Chang'an in the east, and Hanzhong in the south, hum, Yadan, how do you conclude that Jiang Wei, the thief, must be going south?"

"King, Jiang Wei's thief is from Tianshui, if you want to go to Chang'an, wouldn't it be faster to start from Tianshui and go east along Weishui all the way? How can you take a detour to Wudu? And this time Yinping is occupied by the strong end of the Di people, what did a Han military attache do when he went to the territory of the Di people? Therefore, the minister decided that this thief must be going to Hanzhong, and he must go to Liu Bei. ”

"It's not appropriate to be a good Wei Chen, you have to think about being a Shu minister, since ancient times, the weak eat the strong, but these Han people are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, which is really ridiculous. Hmph, this thief is not ambiguous in his tricks, and he even made money on the way, causing the sons and daughters to mess up the formation, chasing this day and night, and now they don't even see a figure. Really angry with this king! ”

"Your Majesty, as the Lord of our Wolf Qiang, you naturally can't stop the brothers from getting rich. But there are two sides to the matter. Previously, Jiang Wei's thief traveled south, but the minister just speculated. Now that he is throwing money along the road, it is enough to confirm what the minister thinks in his heart. Besides, this thief must have been desperate when he threw so much money at once! They brought a carriage with them, and we waited for them to ride lightly, chasing all the way, and in a few hours we will be able to take it! ”

Yamuji finally showed a smile, stroked his head and beard and said: "Yadan, you are worthy of being the number one thinker under the command of this king, and this time you said it, you really scattered most of the doubts in this king's heart. This thief dares to kill my beloved son, and this king is eager to break his body into ten thousand pieces. ”

At this time, a horse galloped in front of Yamuji, turned over and dismounted, knelt on the ground and said: "Report to the king, there is an abandoned carriage parked next to the path ahead, the seat cushion on the car is still warm, and most of the luggage has not been moved. ”

Yamuji sneered: "Jiang Wei, this thief, is really at the end of his rope. The herald ordered the front army to speed up, and be sure to catch Jiang Wei and his party before dawn! ”

The herald was given the order to go.

After a while, there was a sudden commotion ahead.

A moment later, another horseman came to Yamuji's side, this man was muscular, bearded, and looked heroic, and was about to dismount, but was pulled by Yamuji. Yamuji frowned and asked, "Danton, what's the military situation?" ”

The person who came was none other than Danton, the forward general of the Wolf Qiang, one of the best warriors in the tribe, and Yamuji's right-hand man and confidant. He put his right hand on his chest, bowed slightly, and replied: "Your lord, in the woodland three miles ahead, our army's pathfinders encountered a piece of tripping rope, and there were more than a dozen small pits dug behind the tripping rope, with sharpened wood inside, and our army did not notice it, and broke more than a dozen horse legs. It's getting late now, I can't see the road ahead, I don't know if there are traps ahead, so I have come to ask for help or not. ”

Yamuji shouted: "Chase! Why not chase! But if you break a dozen or so horse legs, can you make you cringe? Denton, you have to chase this king boldly, and if there is any more damage, this king will make up for you at the same time! ”

"Yes!" Denton received the order, and was about to turn around and leave, when the rear army three miles behind the Chinese army suddenly burst into flames, accompanied by the noise of people and neighing, and seemed to be in a mess.

Yamuji's face was already gloomy as water, and Yadan hurriedly ordered his entourage to investigate. Danton was about to ask for instructions again, but when he saw that Yamuji's face was not good, he didn't say a word, and he didn't dare to speak at the moment. I had to stop and wait for the news.

The atmosphere suddenly fell silent, and everyone was speechless for a while. After a stick of incense, the entourage came back panting and reported: "Return... After returning to the king, the army grain team was attacked, five grain guards died, and more than half of the grain and grass were burned. ”

Yamuji's heart sank, and he couldn't help but miscalculate in his heart.

Previously, he got the news from Muba, and in a fit of anger, he wanted to go to Jiang Wei to take revenge, and hastily gathered eight or nine hundred horses and collected a few carts of grain and grass, which was already a first-class mobilization ability in Wudu and Yinping realms. As soon as the brigade was assembled, he couldn't bear it, and he didn't want to wait for a moment, so he only allocated thirty or fifty old and weak people to protect the grain and grass, and immediately took Denton as the vanguard general, and personally led the brigade to pursue the south lightly. He only focused on the front, but Jiang Wei took advantage of the loophole and burned the people in the next few days, and the losses were not uncatastrophic.

It's like a boiled duck flying out of its mouth and overturning a lot of pots and pans. Thinking of this, Yamuji was already furious, shook the horsewhip in his hand fiercely, and roared angrily in the sky: "Jiang Wei! Jiang Wei! ”

And Jiang Wei, who he was thinking about, was in the forest beside him right now, and the two of them were only two hundred steps away.

Half an hour ago, after seeing Jiang Wen and Jiang Wu escort his mother and Yang away, Jiang Wei began to prepare for the trap. He picked up the ropes that bound the carriage for the salute, set up two tripping ropes in the narrowest part of the forest, dug a dozen or so holes shallowly, and buried sharpened branches. At that time, there was no horseshoe to protect the horse, and this piece of wood was enough for the horse to hurt for ten days and half a month.

After arranging all this, it only took half an hour. Jiang Wei then rode on Xiaobai, wrapped his hooves with a horse, and walked in the opposite direction in the forest far away from the Qiang brigade.

He went against the grain this time, but he just wanted to create some trouble behind the Qiang brigade, so as to buy Jiang Wen and Jiang Wu more time. I didn't want to find the food team in the exploration room, and I saw that the escort soldiers were all old and weak. He was overjoyed, and immediately killed from the oblique stab, and only one round of killing, he dispersed the grain transporters far away, he picked up the torch on the ground, and immediately divided the grain and grass by two! Only char and a few unlucky corpses were left behind.

After doing all this, Jiang Wei rode Xiaobai back and looked for the next opportunity. The others were fast, and although they shuttled through the forest, they were faster than the heralds sent by Yamuji.

Therefore, when Yamuji looked up to the sky and roared, he was already lying in the forest two hundred paces away, taking his bow and arrows, and looking at Yamuji coldly.

The so-called shoots the man first and shoots the horse first, and the thief captures the king first. The day before yesterday, Yarim died, and the siege of that day was easily resolved. If you can shoot Yamuji with an arrow tonight, the current Qiang brigade should be defeated without a fight, then you and your family's trip to the south should be safe.

Jiang Wei was in the dark, and saw Yamuji sitting on horseback from a distance, when it was already dark, the guards around Yamuji were all holding torches, shining back and forth like day, Yamuji was like an unguarded prey, only two hundred steps away from the arrow.

Jiang Wei said in his heart that if he was allowed to get closer fifty steps, or change to a three-stone strong bow, he would have absolute confidence that he would kill the person in front of him with one blow.

It's just that 200 steps is the limit, and it's not good to approach rashly. If you get closer, you may be heard with an abnormal sound, which is tantamount to startling a snake, and it will not be convenient to get out at that time; The two-stone bow in his hand has no chance of turning into three stones, and he is only fifty percent sure at the moment.

Fifty percent of the certainty is enough for him to give it a try!

Jiang Wei pulled the bowstring like a full moon, the bow made a gurgling sound, it was already twelve points full of strength, he stared at the target, silently counted three, two, and one in his heart, and let go of the finger of the arrow, and the arrow from the string made a roaring sound, slashing the air and slashing waves, shooting straight towards Yamuji.

Yamuji had already stabilized his mood and was about to give orders, when suddenly a little cold light whistled, and a feathered arrow shot at him quickly, he couldn't react for a while, and he was on the ground.

Denton is worthy of being a particularly outstanding warrior in the Wolf Qiang Division, and when he hears the sound of breaking the sky, he reacts instinctively. I saw him pull over the guards on the side and throw him at Yamuji. The guard's hundred-and-twenty-pound body was easily thrown like a leather ball, and the moment it touched Yamuji, he heard a pop of sharp weapons into the flesh, and the guard snorted and died instantly. Yamuji was taken down by the body of the guard and fell to the ground, looking very embarrassed.

The Qiang Chinese army was in chaos.

"There are assassins!"

"There are assassins!"

"Protect the King!"

"Protect the King!"

Only then did the other guards beside him react, and quickly dismounted and surrounded Yamuji. Yamuji couldn't get up for a while, and he was so angry that he couldn't stop scolding.

The wise man Yadan was not afraid of danger, and shouted: "Everyone quickly throw the torch to the ground and trample it with their feet, quickly, quickly!" Everyone was quite flustered, but they suddenly got the order, and did as they said, and the forest path was already dark in a panic.

Denton looked at the soldiers around him and roared, "You, you, you, follow me!" He had identified the direction of the incoming arrow, and immediately ordered a dozen warriors to explore in the direction of Jiang Wei's arrow.

"Damn!" Jiang Wei secretly cursed in his heart, if he was closer to fifty steps, the military general beside Yamuji would definitely not be able to make such a reaction, and if he was one stone stronger, he would definitely be able to penetrate the guards and penetrate Yamuji's body.

It's just that there is no possibility of shooting a second arrow at the moment, the opportunity has been lost, and Jiang Wei is not in love with fighting, so he turned around and ran away.

He ran out of the forest, untied Xiaobai tied to the tree, turned over and got on his horse, and now he had dragged the Qiang brigade down, and he could buy Jiang Wen and Jiang Wu a night at that time.

Warrior Denton followed with a dozen men.

Seeing this, Jiang Wei no longer cherished horsepower, and accelerated all the way to the south. Ignoring the direction, he spread his hooves and ran wildly along the valley. He didn't want to be entangled too much, it was easy to kill a dozen or so Qiang people, but he was afraid that if he had the idea of piercing his hands, it would be easy to get into a fight, and when the Qiang brigade arrived, everything would be over.

He didn't have a torch with him at the moment, and he could only tell the road with his naked eye. Fortunately, he eats meat by himself, but he doesn't have any night blindness that he can't see at night, and with the help of the starlight, he can barely see it clearly. Behind him, Denton held torches, and although the road ahead was bright, the distance was still widening and widening.

Riding about a pillar of incense, there are only small dots of fire behind him, and occasionally angry scolding floats from afar. Jiang Wei knew that the pursuers had been left behind, so he took a slight breath, and his heart was already a lot more relaxed, the Qiang brigade had to investigate the loss of grain and grass after this trouble, and it was not easy to organize the army at night, so it had to stop for a night no matter what. This arrangement should have bought enough time for the mother and her party.

He crouched on his horse, looking left and right about his surroundings. On the left-hand side is a dark river, and it is impossible to tell how deep the river is, or even how wide it is, and it is difficult to know at night. There was only the sound of rushing water, which was very permeable.

On the right hand side is a dense forest of black oppression, high and low trees, turning into black shadows in the night, and the howls of jackals and beasts can be heard in the forest from time to time. What is even more ear-catching is the chirping of cicadas on a summer night, and the chirping of "I know ——— know ———" comes and goes, and it does not stop. It's just that the cicada song makes the world even more vast, and life is lonely.

Jiang Wei has the heavy responsibility of protecting the whole family during this trip, so his nerves have been very tense in the past two days, and he can't relax for a moment, and he has encountered several vicious battles and several expulsions before and after. But he became more and more courageous, and he did not show any fatigue. In the face of such a dangerous situation, there was a faint excitement in my heart, and a strong self-confidence was about to surge. Jiang Xiaobai under his crotch is also in good spirits and has a long breath.

As long as they survive tonight, the reinforcements from Yangping Pass will definitely be able to receive their mothers. Now that the battle has come to this point, Jiang Wei simply let go. grabbed the horse's belly, and quietly walked in the direction of the pursuing army.

"I'm going to do this appendage and make you wait all night!"