Chapter 30: Sharpening the Knife

The smoke of the bonfire dispersed in the forest, the birds in the treetops of the horse's hooves shook and spread their wings out of the forest, and under the high sky, the birds flew, and more than 300 figures near the white wolf plain hills rode war horses in groups, or scattered, and interspersed with small teams, preparing for the upcoming long journey.

On the hills, the sun shines down through the gaps in the clouds, the figure with a scimitar stands in the shade of the tree, the plush collar strokes in the wind, and a huge white shadow next to him prostrates at his feet, closing his eyes and pretending to sleep, occasionally his furry ears shake a few times, the scarlet wolf's tongue licks and kisses the edge, and the standing figure gradually drifts away with the running of the horse team below and the use of the formation.

The death of Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty, Gongsun Zhi is only a rough guess, because only when this one dies, Ding Yuan will enter Beijing, and Lu Bu will give up this side and follow him into Luoyang, starting his career of sweeping thousands of armies. However, he would not let the other party go, he almost died under Fang Tian's halberd that day, which made him remember it vividly, and the several arrow wounds on his body still have scars.

Wolves also hold grudges, let alone people.

There was a light sound of walking on the hillside below, and Dongfang Sheng, dressed as a scholar, came over lightly, and a few steps away from the white wolf, sat down on a big rock, looking at the rising sun.

"You really don't plan to go back with me? Don't want to be home? The figure with the knife in his hand suddenly turned his head and looked at him coldly, "Or is there someone in your hometown that you don't want to see?" It doesn't matter, you tell me, what is his name, and I'll slaughter him when I get back. ”

Dongfang Sheng opened his mouth slightly, then turned into a wry smile, and looked at the figure that was looking over there, "A mere scholar, his body is too weak to ride through the mountain stream, so he still stays in the paradise of the White Wolf Plain, guards the family for the leader, and waits for the return of the wolf king." The words stopped, and then sighed: "As for the family, that kind of dirty is still ashamed to open his mouth, just come here to remind the chief, from Yanmen, Daijun to learn some news from the mouth of the traders, I heard that Xiliang Dong Zhuo was also ordered to settle in Gyeonggi, the district was originally a Xiliang person, knowing that this person is cruel and unkind, and the soldiers under his command are also wild and untamable, the leader should be careful." ”

"Haha-" Gongsun Zhi laughed loudly and held the hilt of the knife: "How can I compare with him with hundreds of people?" But if it really hits, then it will be a comparison of who is the most brutal and who is the least fatal. ”

As a person who came through the crossing, how could he not know Dong Zhuo's name, but as Gongsun Zhi himself said, it is really difficult for more than 300 horse thieves to enter the other party's sight, after all, tens of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of people on the battlefield, hundreds of people can't get into it at all, even if he has thousands of people now, it's unrealistic to think about it, because he can't afford to raise it, and he can't sit down.

"Actually... This time I went south, and I didn't know the bottom in my heart. Gongsun stopped watching the rising sun rise above the clouds and sighed.

The wind swept over the grassland in the distance, blowing a long sand and dust, and then, the white wolf crawling at his feet shook his ears, raised the wolf's head alertly, and looked into the distance, a horse thief scout held a torch with black smoke running along the road to send out a warning signal, Gao Sheng passed the news into Gongsun Zhi's ears, and a cavalry of about five hundred people was rapidly approaching them, and it seemed that they did not come with good intentions.

Later, two more horse thief scouts came over with more detailed information, and it was clear that the team was the person of the Xianbei branch Budugen Danyu, and the leader did not know if it was the Xianbei Danyu.

"Five hundred?" Gongsun stopped the hill, turned over and got on his horse, "It's all there, get on the horse." ”

Dongfang Sheng hurriedly rushed over, at this time more than three hundred horse thieves around him had gathered, his face was fierce, he grabbed the reins of Gongsun Zhi, "Chief, the matter has not yet been confirmed, and we are about to go south, it is not easy to cause more trouble at this time." ”

But the figure on horseback didn't pay attention to him, but just raised his head to the gathered men: "The other party's five hundred people are not good, some of you have been slaves in Xianbei, do you want to go back?" ”

"I don't want toβ€”" There were dozens of voices in the crowd who roared.

Gongsun Zhi stroked the horse's mane and looked at them with a fierce voice: "Okay, the other party has five hundred people, let's eat them, and then go south to the Central Plains to see the splendid country." ”

After a moment, he drove the horse's head and drew his sword: "Come with me-"

Hundreds of pairs of horses' hooves moved in an orderly manner, trampling on the ground to rise and fall, and after slowly turning direction, they rushed out in a straight line, and the silent earth let out a huge roar.

A little farther away, a battle had already begun between several men. The terrible fighting and shouting spread, several horses staggered back and forth, and the figures of different camps on both sides shot arrows at each other, and soon one of them left the corpse, and the lone scout fled all the way back to the team, bringing back the message.

More often, however, horse thieves began to sweep out the Xianbei scouts in the surrounding area with a team of two or three scouts.

……

On the same day, at noon, the crowd walked under the clouds.

Bu Dugen, who was in the crowd by the arch guard, received the first message, his dark face was flushed with anger, the scout was actually killed by the opponent's horse thief, which made him unable to hang his face, and several handsome under his command also exploded, and a group of Han horse thieves also had scouts?

β€œβ€¦β€¦ You are ashamed, more than 100 Han slaves and horse thieves, how much can they do, go with me, let them know the power of the Xianbei cavalry. ”

Budugen shouted at them, and then, later in the afternoon, when the sun was blazing, he saw a gloomy procession standing on the grassy slope, and his gaze swept cursoryly, and there were only about a hundred people. A handsome man named Nikui got the nod of Bu Dugen, and rode forward some distance to shout in Xianbei's language to convey the past.

On the grassy slope opposite, Gongsun Zhi pressed the scabbard and closed his eyes to rest, and the group of horse thieves around him were silent, or pinching the reins, breathing rapidly, staring at the shouting Xianbei people over there.

"What's that guy calling?" On the black horse, Gongsun Zhi opened his eyes.

A horse thief who was rescued from Xianbei next to him hesitated and said, "He is scolding the leader for being a thief, robbing horses and robbing people, let us surrender, otherwise we will all be beheaded." ”

In the silence, laughter erupted.

"Hahaha-"

Gongsun Zhi showed Bai Sensen's teeth, and the slight sound of the knife being pulled out of its sheath made all the horse thieves around hold their breath, their hearts beat rapidly, the blood vessels bulged as if they were about to explode, and the atmosphere solidified and compressed.

On the opposite side, Ni Kui scolded for a while, and the opposite side was already silent like a pool of stagnant water, and when he was about to turn back to the formation, he seemed to realize that there was something wrong with the atmosphere over there, and in the rear, Budugen frowned for a moment among the five hundred Xianbei cavalry.

On the grassy slope, Gongsun Zhi pulled out his scimitar and said in a soft voice: "Ready-"

The sky is full of white clouds, bustling, frightened birds from here to turn and fly away, the next moment, the horse's hooves slowly moved, took a step downhill, and more than 100 riders behind him also slowly moved.

"Tear the sheep apart."

Then there was a deafening rumbling sound of horses' hooves, and at that moment, the murderous aura was in the sky-