Chapter 74: Chasing Horses
Zhang Yan led the escort of Hu Chuquan and a group of Xiongnu nobles and generals first, Liu Tong and his guards followed, and the large army marched south.
When bidding farewell to Yan Rou and Gongsun Yang, Long Duan'er was particularly sad, and was tightly buried in Gongsun Yang's arms, refusing to let go.
Gongsun Yang was very sorry, and originally wanted to find an opportunity to educate and educate her, but now that the separation is imminent, he can't bear to say anything about her. I can only bury the blood stains on Duan'er's bed that the maid told me in my heart, ready to forget it with their departure.
After all, they are about to become husband and wife, so this thing should not have happened, they left this time, I don't know when they will see each other again, maybe they will never come to Shengle again.
Farewell is always inevitably sad, when the fast horse gallops in the grassland, carefree, that little sadness immediately drifts away with the wind.
Liu Tong and Duan'er go hand in hand, but Duan'er doesn't have the previous flying, but more of the stability and shyness set off by silence.
Since Duan'er joined this group, Wu Ji and Luo Tie seem to be extraordinarily peaceful, and they are also extra disciplined and measured. And the red carp has always kept a certain distance from Liu Tong and Long Duan'er, acting like the guards of the two.
Because of the convoy of the Xiongnu nobles, Zhang Yan's 2,000 cavalry did not go fast, and after most of the day after Shengle came out, he entered a mountainous area from the grassland. They followed the barren waters to the south and set up camp at dark.
After the meal, Liu Tong picked up Duan'er and carried the red rabbit horse all the way to the river, the river was glowing under the moonlight, and it was extremely quiet in the noise of the military camp in the distance. Liu Tong tied the red rabbit horse to a willow tree and pulled Duan'er along the riverbank.
"Duan'er, do you remember being in Jigong Mountain? Thinking about it now, I was so amused. ”
"Well, at that time, you took me for a liar, but in fact, the real liar was you!" Duan'er said and twisted Liu Tong's wrist with his hand.
"How did I lie to you?"
Duan'er lowered his voice and said: "I used to say that it was just a hug, but last night you kissed again, and said that it was just a kiss, and you took off my clothes again, and said that it was just to see, and you did that again......"
The more Duan'er spoke, the more she blushed, and her voice became lower and lower, although Liu Tong couldn't hear the content clearly, he also understood it. I thought, girl, what man doesn't make inches step by step like this, hehe.
"Who?" At this moment, the two of them heard Wu Ji's voice behind them, Liu Tong turned to look, only to see that a small black shadow had already untied the red rabbit horse, and jumped up. The little black shadow whipped the horse's buttocks, and the red rabbit horse was in pain, and galloped all the way up the riverbank, running and jolting to throw him down, and the man lay on the horse's back, and kept whipping the red rabbit horse with his whip.
At this time, Liu Tong saw Wu Ji and Luo Tie rushing over, scolded a few words at the people who were far away, and hurriedly turned back to lead his mount dozens of meters away from him.
When Liu Tong and Long Duan'er saw that the red rabbit horse was stolen, their hearts were not good, and they flew to chase after them. At this time, Wu Ji and Luo Tie also rushed over on horseback.
"Dismount!" Liu Tong shouted at the two. Wu Ji and Luo Tie had to dismount. Liu Tong took the reins of the horse and jumped onto Luo Tie's mount, and Long Duan'er jumped on Wu Ji's mount when he saw this. Liu Tong was just about to run, and suddenly remembered that the red rabbit horse was wonderful, even if he resisted while running, but the person had not been bumped down so far, indicating that the means were extremely clever. At the speed of an ordinary horse, it will not be able to catch up for a while, and it seems that it will take time and effort.
But Zhang Yan has something to do, and he can't make extraneous branches because he delayed the trip, and this horse thief may have other plans, Liu Tong said to Wu Ji: "You stick to the camp, don't leave without permission, let Zhang Yan continue to go south after dawn, be sure to pay attention to precautions, Hu Chuquan and his party are very important, you also escort all the way, I and Duan'er will return to Luoyang immediately after finding the red rabbit horse." ”
"But ......" Before Wu Ji finished speaking, Liu Tong whipped the horse's back, and the mount rushed out like an arrow from the string, and Duan'er followed.
After chasing a few miles, Liu Tong saw the red rabbit horse wading west in the Huanggan River from a distance. The red rabbit horse resisted very fiercely, the thin body kept writhing on the horse's back, the red rabbit horse neighed while spinning in the water, and slowly moved west under the man's coercion and whipping. A man and a horse wrestled with each other, causing a splash.
Liu Tong and Long Duan'er approached quickly, and when the man saw them approaching, he no longer cared about the red rabbit horse, and whipped hard, and the red rabbit horse neighed wildly, and did not dare to struggle anymore, and went west. Liu Tong and Long Duan'er had to cross the river regardless of the depth of the water.
The man must have been familiar with the level of the riverbed, which was worth crossing. Liu Tong was heartbroken with the red rabbit horse, that person was so hateful, he dared to abuse it, let me catch him, and kill him alive!
Liu Tong is such a precious red rabbit horse, he is anxious, but no matter how anxious he is, he can't be fast in the river. When he saw the black shadow coming ashore, jumped off the red rabbit horse, and re-got on the other horse that had been left on the river bank beforehand, Liu Tong was even more anxious.
If he rides a red rabbit horse, the red rabbit horse resists, it will definitely not run fast, now he rides his own horse, leading the red rabbit horse to run, the red rabbit horse does not resist, no longer affects his speed, at night, the visual distance is more than 100 meters, he is easy to lose the target.
I'm so worried that what's going to happen!
When the two finally broke away from the rushing river and came to the shore, there were no more people and horses in the west.
Liu Tong was a little annoyed in his heart, if he used force to snatch it head-on, if he could snatch it, it would be fine, take this kind of means, so that he would have no power to resist! And he waded across the river, apparently also designed in advance, wading in the water to make the horses tired, but he reserved the horses on the river bank in advance, now he has the advantage of the horse's foot strength, and now disappears into the night, do I really lose my love horse that has been with me for many years?
Liu Tong ignored it and ran westward, Long Duan'er also knew the status of the red rabbit horse in Liu Tong's heart, not to mention Liu Tong, even he had a deep relationship with the red rabbit horse over the years, and secretly swore in his heart that he would kill this horse thief with one palm!
After running west for a few miles, Liu Tong stopped his horse, and was hesitating whether he should continue to chase westward, maybe the man had changed direction? Isn't it chasing farther and farther?
Just when he was becoming more and more bored and hesitant, Liu Tong heard Long Duan'er shouting: "Big brother, look! ”
Liu Tong saw Long Duan'er pointing to a slowly rising grass slope in the southwest direction, Liu Tong looked in the direction, and there seemed to be some dark shadows at the junction of the grass slope and the night sky.
The distance is very far, and if there is no indication from Duan'er, it seems that there is nothing there, but after her instructions, Liu Tong feels that there seem to be two horses there. But they are fixed, which makes Liu Tong a little puzzled.
Long Duan'er can see things at night, and he should be right, but it's a fixed object, and it's impossible for a horse thief to stop and wait for him? Maybe a few trees?
When Liu Tong was about to express his suspicions, Long Duan'er had already chased after him, and Liu Tong had to follow.
As he got closer, Liu Tong became more and more convinced that the black shadow was the target he was chasing, so he accelerated the process.
When he approached a few hundred meters or so, Liu Tong suddenly saw that the black shadow moved, and continued to go west.
Liu Tong scolded, whipped the horse's back, crossed Long Duan'er's mount, and chased desperately. This dog-day horse thief actually provoked the master! Obviously he has escaped, but he must wait for himself to find him before continuing to run!
Wrong! Liu Tong suddenly felt a pang in his heart, his behavior was very strange, if it was just for the sake of the red rabbit horse, he would just run away, why wait for himself, could it be that his target was not a horse, but this young master?
But he has moved away from the army, what if they are targeting him? It doesn't matter, even if there are many people on the other side, although he and Long Duan'er can't do anything to them, it is still more than enough for self-preservation. Let yourself give up the red rabbit horse, that is absolutely impossible.
Liu Tong thought of this, and when he kept pursuing, he also deliberately paid attention to the surrounding situation. But nothing unusual was found along the way.
Because of some scruples and unfamiliar roads, but after passing through a forest, Liu Tong lost his target again.
As Liu Tong wandered along the western edge of the woods, Long Duan'er once again noticed a dark shadow on a mound in the northwest. Liu Tong no longer hesitated, and chased after him again, but the black shadow still watched quietly, and when Liu Tong and they approached, they began to go northwest again.
Seeing such a provocative behavior of this horse thief, Liu Tong was even more angry.