The sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded, and it was unusually clear in this empty valley.

The sky was almost completely dark, and I could only vaguely see that what appeared on the official road was the figure of a man and a horse.

"It's Second Brother Ma." Dingguo said, although he didn't really see it, he could still judge it from the familiar figure.

"You're all staying here, I'll go down and have a look." Dingguo jumped out of a snow nest, this is the hiding place he specially found for the three girls and the Sun father and son, located halfway up the mountain, no matter how fierce the battle is, it will not affect here.

Dingguo had just arrived at the mouth of the valley, and Ma Er had also arrived.

"Second Brother Ma, Brother Zhi, have they arrived?" Dingguo asked anxiously.

Ma Er turned over and dismounted, his face was grim, and he shook his head and said, "There is still no news of Xiao Zhi and them, there have been Puzhou chasing soldiers in the rear, and it is only fifteen miles away from here, and at most half an hour, you can reach this place." ”

The horse beside him snorted, even if it was dark, he could see that the fog was rising on his body, and Ma Er himself was sweating profusely, and he hurried all the way.

Dingguo looked back at the dozen or so fires in the depths of the valley, and the shack where the figures swayed, that was Kewang's front team, Dingguo asked them to attract pursuers, and once the other party was ambushed, they would fight back on the spot.

There is also Taniguchi, although it can't be seen, but the traps that have been set up long ago, and the manpower that has been arranged, are not allowed to give up because of Zhiwen's absence.

Without too much hesitation, Dingguo said to Ma Er: "Let's still act according to the plan, Second Brother Ma, you go to Dr. Sun and them halfway up the mountain and protect them." ”

said that it was for Ma Er to protect, but in fact, because Ma Er had not participated in any training, Dingguo was not at ease with his combat effectiveness, and was afraid that if he stayed in Taniguchi, it would affect the battle in the future.

"By the way, appease them, and besides, your horse is also hidden, don't show your stuff." Dingguo confessed again.

Dingguo is now ready to send an arrow, only by defeating this pursuer can he protect the safety of their team, and only then can he go to find out the news of Zhiwen and them, as for appeasing those little girls, leave it to Ma Er to do.

Besides, he is also full of confidence in Zhiwen and them, thinking that they have been delayed by something, just a few people, no matter where they hide, they will not be found, if they are really caught up by the chasing soldiers and handed over, with Zhiwen's combat effectiveness, the other party will not have such a fast foot.

Dingguo stood at the mouth of the valley and saw Ma Er disappear into the snow with his own eyes, so he was relieved, and then disappeared.

......

"Brother Cheng, it's really evil today, there are more than ten areas of thick ice on the road." A big man wearing leather armor and a felt hat said to another big man next to him.

"The third child, what kind of evil sect is this." Brother Cheng replied, his face a little solemn, "It's a shame that you've been out for so many years, can't you see that this is someone doing it on purpose?" ”

"You're saying someone is designing us?" The third child looked at Brother Cheng suspiciously, but then he seemed to slowly come back to his senses, "Yes, no wonder this ice is so thick, and it is all in the corners and downhill places that are prone to accidents." ”

"So..., do you want to talk to the two guards of the Fan family?" The third asked.

"No," Brother Cheng shook his head, "Besides, do you think it works?" ”

The two guards sent by the Fan family, one Han and one Hu, the Han people followed the main family's surname Fan, and they should be a leader, before leaving, Brother Cheng heard that the other guards of the eldest prince of Fan called him Fan Tou'er.

After more than 100 of them came out of Yanjia Village, they inquired about the whereabouts of the other group of refugees from the refugees outside Puzhou, and this fan kept urging them to chase after them quickly.

It is not easy to travel in snowy weather, especially when riding a horse, you need to be more careful, because the road is slippery, and it is easy for the horse to lose its front hooves, resulting in injuries to both people and horses.

But this Fan Er is very strong, and he didn't pay attention to Brother Cheng's careful reminders, and took the lead in rushing forward with Hu Ren, Brother Cheng had no choice but to watch and follow the others all the way.

After passing through the first and longest place on the ice, more than a dozen horses fell down at once, and the people on the horses were also injured, and I thought that Fan Tou would learn a lesson and reduce the speed of the horses, but he still insisted on going his own way and moving forward at full speed.

They are the people who have to be tied up in the Yan family, and he and the third child are newcomers to Yanjia Village, relying on their excellent riding skills and martial arts, and they have mixed up the position of a small leader.

Although he was put in charge today, among the more than 100 people, he didn't have much prestige, and he couldn't stop those who wanted to tie up the Fan family, and they followed Fan Tou'er and rushed forward, and this team was actually controlled by Fan Tou'er.

Even he and the third child, don't they have to pretend to be dedicated to follow behind, and don't dare to fall behind.

After that, there were more than ten ice surfaces, the distance was not so long, but the position was very fatal, not at the corner, or at the bottom of the slope, although more than 20 people were injured, Fan Tou and the Hu people were well-ridden, and there was no accident, but they had to slow down when passing through the ice.

Brother Cheng and the third child did not have bad riding skills, and they hung all the way to the end, and they also followed intact.

More than 30 people who were injured before were all thrown on the side of the road by Fan Tou and let him recuperate on his own.

Fortunately, after passing by the ice just now, for some reason, he didn't encounter the ice surface again in the past half an hour, but along the way, he didn't even see the other party's figure, so he lost a lot of people, and as the nominal leader, how to explain to the head of the Yan family when he went back.

Brother Cheng was secretly worried here, but he saw a meal in front of him, and then an order came, saying that he should get off the horse and eat some dry food by himself.

Thank God, this fan is finally merciful and no longer desperately rushes, Brother Cheng said secretly.

And Fan Tou, who was at the front of the team, was also complaining in his heart, how could he not know the matters to be paid attention to when riding a horse in the snow.

He knew that they were here for the sweater, not the jade jue of Na Laoshizi, how important this matter was to his son-in-law, from Fan Gongzi's eager expression and actions, he could see some clues.

Previously, he had already done the errand assigned by Fan Gongzi, but this time he was considered to be guilty of meritorious service, if he didn't fight, if he made any mistakes, his fate would be in danger.

As for passing through so many ice surfaces along the way, it was obvious that someone did it on purpose, and he could see it, but didn't this mean that the people in front of them wanted to block their progress so that they could escape as soon as possible.

The more the other party uses these tricks, the more anxious Fan Tou is, for fear that he will not be able to catch up, so he rushes forward regardless of the damage, but now that it is dark, if he still runs like just now, the damage may be more, plus the lack of people and horses, if he does not recover some physical strength, he will catch up, and I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed.