The night cage is veiled, and several bonfires are lit in abandoned villages.

In the evenings, the weather gets cooler and everyone likes to stay near the campfire.

Wang Yan and Zifan hooked shoulders and backs, talking and laughing, and the two of them can be said to be unfamiliar with each other. Others thought they were excited in their hearts, some got together and talked loudly about something, and some even put on a posture and practiced weapons. When there was no wine, they quenched their thirst with the water of the stream; When there was no meat, they fed their hunger with the dry food they had brought with them.

Xu Chu sat on the ground and watched all this, his heart warm.

It's all thanks to Xu Fu.

Xu Fu suddenly got up and left the crowd, walked to a secluded place and looked up at the sky, like the legendary master who watched the stars at night.

But where can you see any stars in the sky, even the bright moon is mostly covered by dark clouds, and only a little light is revealed.

Xu Chu followed and said gratefully, "I'm glad I met you, otherwise I would probably still be at a loss in Yangzhai County." ”

"What Zhong Kang said, I just did my duty."

"You should change your name."

"Hmm...... It is inconvenient to treat the sinful body, and it is time to change its appearance. ”

"Hehe, how about being called Xu Shu?"

"Huh? That's a good name, I'm just a commoner. ”

Xu Chu looked at Xu Shu's face intently, and found that there was a layer of gloom between his eyebrows.

"Yuan Zhi, what are you thinking?"

"Oh, it's nothing, it's just worry, but I can't say why."

Xu Chu opened his mouth, but did not speak after all. He hesitated and decided to settle here, Xu Shu had already thought that the thieves would come to attack nine times out of ten. With their current strength, it is very unwise to confront them head-on, and Xu Chu wishes that the thieves would go down the mountain.

It's just that Xu Chu's heart is clear, even if this battle takes the advantage of the enemy, it will be a miserable victory at most.

Before coming to this era, Xu Chu was very interested in the weapons used by the army in ancient times for a while.

If I am not mistaken, most of the regular armies of the Eastern Han Dynasty used ring knives, that is, the weapons that Xu Chu now uses; Others, such as the spears used by the Xiliang Army, and the halberds used by some foot soldiers, are all suitable for use when the two armies face each other.

And most of the weapons carried by Wang Yan's group were short weapons such as short knives and daggers.

To put it bluntly, it is difficult for short weapons to form a coordination in battle, and they are more suitable for individual combat.

Although these thieves are often branded as rabble, they are at least more formal in weapons than Wang Yan, and may have a little long-range firepower such as war horses and bows and arrows.

But this battle Xu Chu had to fight, and without the head of the bandits, he would not have had the opportunity to participate in the military operation against Dong. The time left for him was too short for him to choose.

Gong Su returned, bringing the exact news: the thieves had been dispatched, at least twice as many as them.

"Yuanzhi, let's go according to the original plan." Xu Chu said lightly.

……

"Chief, there's a fire!"

"As long as you kid has long eyes, Lao Tzu won't see for himself?" The thief leader stared at the faint light of fire in the distance, and a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After eating the bark of wild vegetables for a few months, today I can finally open the meat. Those who don't measure themselves can just be marinated into jerky and used as military rations.

Under the cover of night, they approached their target more and more, and the fierce light in their eyes became more and more intense.

"The sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand! Kill! The thief screamed hoarsely, shouting to kill piercing the night sky.

He took the lead, and rode the only few war horses with a few henchmen to kill first.

And where the firelight jumped, there were only three people, standing there calmly, with a contemptuous smile on their faces.

Hit the trick? So what!

The leader of the thief thought that his strength was superior, and he had no intention of retreating, but instead clamped his legs between the horse's belly and rushed straight to the three people opposite!

Capture the thief and capture the king first!

Xu Chu didn't think so. The reason why he insisted on being a bait with Zifan Gongsu was to wait for this opportunity.

The thief's head riding skills are exquisite, the horse crosses the flames, and the spear in mid-air turns into a cold light, piercing Xu Chu's face door.

Xu Chu stood still, and when the spear approached, his figure suddenly flashed, and he clamped it under his armpit.

Lao Tzu is also one of the brave generals of the Three Kingdoms, Xu Chu, and Wan Jun took the head of the general from it, which should have been my drama. Just a thief, you dare to do it directly with me, are you floating or am I Xu Zhongkang unable to hold the knife?

With his feet as the pillars, Xu Chu exerted all his strength to pin the thief leader and his horse to the ground. The thief thought he was brave, but after only one round of fighting, he was thrown to the ground and could not move.

He was frightened, desperate, and the fierce light in his eyes gradually dissipated, and he changed to a begging look.

"The general spares his life, I am willing to surrender!" The words begging for mercy uttered with all his strength were completely ignored by Xu Chu.

Surrender? Why did you go earlier? Xu's future lies in the heads of your group of thieves.

Xu Chu did not hesitate, stepped forward and cut off his head with a knife, and shouted: "The head of the thief has been cut off by Xu Chu!"

The change came too quickly, and the rest of the thieves panicked when they saw the leader's head being lifted high in their hands.

At this time, Xu Fu and Wang Yan, who had been in ambush for a long time, came out with their brothers and fought with the thieves.

Zifan and Gong Su also took the opportunity to kill the two knights, snatched their horses, and rushed into the thief formation.

The thieves are in chaos, but they are not completely out of order. They formed a group of three or five, fought and retreated, and some archers were protected in the middle, and from time to time they shot arrows and wounded the enemy.

"Brother Big Eyes!" Wang Yan exclaimed, but it was a brother who was shot in the vest in order to block the arrow for him, and he couldn't see it alive.

He was so angry that he rushed alone. Not only Wang Yan, but also other young men who saw their companions die, they were also red-eyed.

The situation began to develop in an unfavorable direction for Xu Chu's side, with their own side fighting separately, but the thieves helped each other and fought and retreated.

This group of thieves is far from being as weak as they imagined, or their own side is far from being as capable of fighting as they imagined.

Xu Chu didn't think much about it, and called Gong Su and Zifan to his side.

"You used to gather the people together and concentrate your forces on the attack."

"What about the lord?" Gong Su wiped the blood from his face and said.

"I save people! Save one counts as one! Give me the horse! Xu Chu turned over and got on his horse, and at this moment he seemed to have some understanding of the war.

He rode his horse and galloped, and the feeling of riding on the horse was not as strange as he imagined.

He saw that Wang Yan was being besieged by several thieves, so he flew to the horse and killed one of the thieves with a single sword.

Wang Yan's pressure suddenly decreased, and he reflexively killed one person, but when he was about to chase him, he heard Xu Chu shouting: "Follow me!"

So as concocted, it didn't take long for Xu Chu to gather more than a dozen people.

Zifan and Gong Su are also considered to have been in battle for a long time, and they organized a general attack with the rest of their brothers.

Thanks to their active performance, the thieves finally couldn't hold it anymore, dropped their weapons and ran like crazy, and no longer cared about the lives of their companions.

Xu Chu and the others chased to the foot of the mountain where the thieves were entrenched, and they also reached the end of the crossbow.