Although the two sides had exchanged identities last night, in fact, it was Yang Chen who had been leading the conversation, so he had figured out the details of these Mengren, but the other party only knew that they were from the Ming Kingdom, and the rest had no idea.

Tana hadn't thought deeply before, but the familiarity with the situation in the Northland that Yang Chen had shown just now made her suddenly wake up, and at the same time, she had suspicions. And seeing that she was suddenly full of vigilance, the other people also drew their knives vigilantly, looking like they would fight Yang Chen and them at any time.

Seeing this, Huang Feng's heart was furious, and he quickly clenched the scimitar in his hand - this knife is still a dead weapon - but it still looks a little shrunken. However, Yang Chen was still calm, and said with a wry smile: "Miss Tana, why do you have to be like this, if I really have any ill intentions towards you, I just watched from the sidelines last night, why should I risk saving you from the wolves' mouths?" ”

Tana was slightly stunned when she said this, and her hostility disappeared slightly, but she still stared at Yang Chen: "Even so, you still have something to hide from us, such as what your identity is." Our sons and daughters on the grassland are honest in their fellowship, and you are not honest enough to do this......"

"This ...... Actually, I didn't deliberately hide it, but you didn't ask in detail, so naturally I didn't take the initiative to say it. It is only because we are officials in this area that we know about the situation in this place. Yang Chen shook his head, and finally said his identity.

"You...... Are you an official of the Ming Kingdom? Why doesn't it look like it? Aren't all your officials in the Central Plains very majestic? Why are you so embarrassed? As soon as Tana heard this, she immediately asked a barrage of questions.

Yang Chen smiled bitterly again: "Girl, your understanding of my Daming is only in books, and the reality is not like this." Even if I am an official of the imperial court, there is a difference between high and low, I am just an eight-grade petty official, so naturally I am not so majestic. ”

"Is that so?" After thinking about it for a while, Tana finally accepted his explanation, and finally put the knife back into its sheath: "In that case, I'll trust you again." ”

"Thank you, girl, for trusting me." Yang Chen exhaled, it seems that these Mongolian people are still relatively simple, at least they don't mean to get to the bottom of it. But in order not to make any extraneous complications, he reminded: "It's not too early, let's hurry up." Otherwise, if the enemy who pursues you catches up, we will be in danger. ”

"You're right. Grab something to eat, everyone, and get ready to hit the road! Tana woke up from a dream and quickly turned back to her companions who were still on guard. Although those people didn't understand what the two were talking about, they saw that their beggar had already collected the knife, so they also glared at Yang Chen and the others, then put the knife back into the sheath, and sat down again to eat the wolf meat left over from last night.

Yang Chen and Huang Feng were not polite, and immediately went with them to the side of the bonfire that had been extinguished, picked up the wolf meat that was still a little warm, and ate it in a big gulp.

After a full meal, these Mongolian people quickly took action, carried all the things that should be brought, dug a pit to bury the bodies of their companions who were killed by the wolves, and made marks, and then they got on their horses and headed northwest in the direction pointed out by Yang Chen.

Because they had to avoid the pursuit of the enemy behind them, they still moved forward quite fast. In this regard, Yang Chen could barely keep up, but Huang Feng was a little struggling, and he was almost turned upside down from his back by the galloping horse several times, until someone tied his legs and the horse's body with ropes, and finally stabilized his figure.

Seeing this, Yang Chen said with a smile: "Lao Huang, you can't even ride a horse as a northland catcher, and you can't compare to me, an official from Beijing." ”

Huang Feng's old face flushed: "I'm ashamed." The little one has no horses at home since he was a child, and he didn't have this opportunity when he entered the county government later, so naturally he couldn't compare to the adults and them. ”

"Then you have to cheer up, if there are really chasing soldiers later, no one can take care of anyone, and you will not be in a good situation." Yang Chen laughed.

Huang Feng's face turned pale when he heard this: "Don't scare the little one, adult, you won't be so unlucky." ”

"That's not exactly. Since the Qingler can catch up, the pursuing Tartars will naturally be able to catch up with them, so there must be a preparation. What he said was not only for Huang Feng, but also to remind those Mengren to take precautions.

Tana nodded approvingly, "What you're saying is that we do have to be on guard. They have more horses than us, so they are naturally faster than us. ”

As he was talking, the last Mongolian man suddenly changed his face, jumped off his horse, and listened carefully. After a while, he turned over and got on his horse again and caught up: "Don't beg, there is movement behind, and sure enough, someone is chasing and killing!" ”

After learning the news, the faces of these people suddenly changed, even Yang Chen, who was also nervous. In this vast grassland, the superiority in military strength can be brought into full play, but it is not something that can be solved by individual martial arts. As soon as he muttered, he quickly made a decision: "Let's hurry forward, if my judgment is correct, there should be a fortress of the Ming border army not far ahead, as long as we get there, we should be able to ensure our safety." ”

Even those Tasu warriors who dared to fight bravely were already exhausted after these days of rushing and fighting, but they didn't have much strength to fight the enemy again.

Immediately, everyone no longer cared about the horsepower, and desperately spurred the horses forward at the fastest speed, hoping to rush to the fortress that Yang Chen said before the enemy chased them.

And this all-out sprint also quickly showed the level of everyone's riding skills - Tana, as the daughter of a patriarch, was actually no worse than a man, closely following the first two companions, while Yang Chen was a few positions behind her, and then behind was a Mongolian man who controlled two horses at the same time, and took the half-unconscious Qinggele on the road together, and Huang Feng fell to the end, and shouted a few times from time to time, obviously some horses that could not control the galloping horses under the crotch.

But at this time, everyone took care of themselves, and they couldn't take care of him anymore, and everything could only rely on him. And he still has some ability, even if the whole person constantly follows the ups and downs of the war horse, and has been thrown off several times, he still persists by relying on the rope and the method of holding the horse's neck later.

After galloping like this for nearly half an hour, the speed of these horses slowed down significantly. The long journeys of these days, combined with the rush at full speed, have made them tired. Several Mongolians who knew the nature of horses well also knew this, so they also let it slow down.

"That...... Where is the fortress you are talking about? Seeing that the sky is about to get dark, why haven't you seen it yet? Tana asked as she looked at Yang Chen again with an anxious face.

Yang Chen also put up a pergola with his hand and tried to look ahead, and said in his mouth: "It should be soon, we are going all the way to the northwest, this must not be wrong." And according to the border map I know, in the northwest of Datong, there are indeed several fortresses......" Speaking of this, his eyes suddenly froze: "What is that?" ”

Everyone looked in the direction of his finger and saw that several black dots in front of them were slowly approaching, which made the expressions of several people suddenly tighten, and several Mongolian warriors quickly took off their bows and arrows on the side of their horses and prepared to meet the enemy.

This can't help but be nervous, they are avoiding the pursuit of the enemy, and they know that the enemy has copied in front of them to intercept them, and at this time a figure suddenly appears in front of them, and they will subconsciously think that it is the enemy.

"Don't do it yet...... It seems to be my Ming Dynasty's official army. Let me go up and take a look. Yang Chen's eyesight was better than others, and he had already faintly seen the Ming army jackets worn by those figures, so after reminding him, he turned his horse forward to meet him.

At this time, five or six people over there had also discovered their whereabouts and also took precautions. It wasn't until they saw that Yang Chen was the only one who ushered in them, that they lowered their weapons and shouted, "Who are you?" Sure enough, it is the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty mixed with a Shanxi accent.

Yang Chen was sure in his heart, and also replied: "Don't release arrows, I am also Han." Because he was chased by the Tartars, he would go this way. Are you brothers from a nearby fort? ”

Looking at his dress, and hearing him say this, the bow and arrow that had been pulled up were finally put back, and a soldier took a few steps forward and said to Yang Chen, who was walking over: "You escaped from Datong?" Or a businessman? ”

"No, we wanted to go to Datong, but we were blocked by the Tartars, so we had to change the route and go this way, planning to ask the brothers in the fortress to help carry the letter to Datong City." As Yang Chen spoke, he had already taken a picture with the man.

The other party still looked at him with some vigilance: "Are you telling the truth?" At this time, there will be Tartars who will invade my Ming borderland? ”

"It's hard to explain this matter, I have to go to the fortress and see your boss before I can explain it."

At this time, those who were left behind also caught up, and several military men who had already believed Yang Chen's explanation suddenly raised their bows and arrows after seeing Tana and the others: "It's Tartar!" You are the spy who led the Tartars to attack my fortress! ”

After seeing the other party pointing their bows and arrows at them, the Mongolian people who were already cautious over there also reflexively showed their bows and arrows.

Suddenly, both sides pointed arrows at each other, and it seemed that with the slightest deviation, these arrows could be shot into each of them, and they would all be killed.

And Yang Chen was just caught between these two groups of people who were confronting each other with arrows, and the whole person was stunned. It was only at this time that he remembered the problem that he had overlooked, these fellow travelers were still dressed as Mongolian, which would naturally cause misunderstanding among the border troops......