In the midst of the ice and snow, a merchant brigade faced the bitter cold wind and headed north, they came from the state of Chu, and the target was Pinglu, the former king of Yu.

These people traveled all the way through mountains and rivers, all of them were covered with wind and frost, and they were in a hurry, running at the foot of a bare barren mountain, and the horses' hooves trodden over them, splashing the dead branches and leaves that were covered with frost and snow.

One of them, a slender and slender man, with a handsome face, delicate skin like snow, moth eyebrows, and beautiful eyes, was particularly eye-catching, chattering non-stop along the way, looking extremely excited.

Although he tried his best to cover it up, a discerning person could easily see that this was a stunning woman dressed as a man, this woman was none other than Yu Miaoge, who had come from Chu to take care of her brother, and the accompanying businessman was Xiang Zhuang and others who were in charge of guarding.

"Brother Xiang, isn't our hometown beautiful?" Whenever Yu Miaoge, who dressed as a man, saw a mountain or passed by a river, she would proudly ask Xiang Zhuang who was escorting along the way.

Xiang Zhuang smiled and asked: "Sister Miaoge said this, you grew up in our Chu country since you were a child, aren't the mountains and rivers of our Chu country beautiful?" ”

Yu Miaoge let out a silver bell-like laugh, and said mischievously: "There is a good saying, the moon is the hometown round, the people are the hometown relatives, and the scenery is the hometown beauty...... Of course, the mountains and rivers of Chu are also very intoxicating, but they are still slightly inferior to my hometown! ”

Xiang Zhuang laughed on the horse: "Haha...... It's really a big woman, and she has already turned her elbow outward before she gets married. Then let me ask you, in the future, are you going to find a mother-in-law in the Chu State or a mother-in-law in the Yu State? ”

Yu Miaoge showed an intoxicating smile: "If Miaoge wants to marry, marry a real hero!" ”

"Heroes?" Xiang Zhuang smiled and asked, "How can there be heroes in this world, and the end of heroes is often tragic......"

"I opened this mountain, I planted this tree, if you want to live from now on, leave to buy road wealth!"

With a strange shout of yin and yang, more than a hundred thieves poured out from the grass and woods on the slopes of the mountains, brandishing knives and guns to surround Xiang Zhuang and the others.

The first man who was more than eight feet tall, with a dark complexion, and a burly man like an iron tower roared loudly with a plate axe: "Acquaintances, leave all the money, horses, and women with you, otherwise don't blame the king for being ruthless under the axe!" ”

Xiang Zhuang guarded Yu Miaoge with his sword, and surrounded Yu Miaoge in the center with thirteen entourages, crying bitterly: "Didn't you say that Fang Li has changed the name of the country to Tang and is dividing his troops to clear out the bandits and bandits in the territory, why did we meet the thieves just after crossing the Yellow River?" ”

Yu Miaoge asked with a worried face: "Brother Xiang, can you beat it?" ”

Xiang Zhuang smiled bitterly: "There are only thirteen of us, and the bandits look at least ten times our size, and they also carry bows and arrows, so they don't seem to have any chance of winning." ”

"Then show our identity, try to see if it works?" Yu Miaoge smacked his lips and suggested, "Actually, we are fourteen people, and I, Yu Miaoge, I am also a little bit good at martial arts!" ”

Xiang Zhuang wants to cry without tears, Miss Yu in his heart, don't make a mess, what we met is a thief who kills people and sells goods, do you think they will pity the jade?

Xiang Zhuang took a few steps forward on his horse, cheered up his spirits and hugged his fists and saluted: "This king really doesn't hide it, we are the personal soldiers under the command of Xiang Yan, the general of the Chu State, and this trip is going to Pinglu on business, and I hope to raise my noble hand to get out of the way!" ”

The bandit leader laughed loudly: "Haha...... I don't care if you Xiang Yan or Bai Qi, Lao Tzu is far away from the emperor in this poor countryside, who is Lao Tzu afraid of? In a word, either the horses and possessions and the women stay, or the heads stay! ”

Xiang Zhuang held back his anger and said, "Which of the powerful princes of our Chu State does not retreat? I hope the king won't get into trouble! Besides, we are all big men, where are we going to find you a woman? ”

"Hmph...... Are you blind to Lao Tzu? ”

The bandit leader pointed at Yu Miaoge with an axe in his hand, "You dare to say that this little guy is not a woman dressed as a man?" If you are stupid, don't think that everyone in the world is stupid, first wipe this red lip and white teeth into a big flower face, and then it's not too late to fool around! ”

When Xiang Zhuang came, he had some money on him, in order to send the thieves when necessary, but this group of people pointed out that Yu Miaoge was left behind, and it seemed that there was no room for negotiation at all, so they could only forcibly break through!

"Sister Miaoge, you follow your brother and horse, we can only forcibly break through!" Xiang Zhuang quietly held the hilt of the sword, turned his head and commanded Yu Miaoge.

Yu Miaoge bowed slightly, there was no fear in his eyes, and he clenched the horsewhip and said: "Brother Xiang, don't worry, I have practiced swordsmanship with my brother, and I still know a little bit of martial arts!" ”

"Breakout!"

Xiang Zhuang suddenly shouted, his legs slammed into the belly of the mount, and he charged forward with his sword, instantly knocking down a minion who was blocking the horse to the ground.

"Rush!"

More than a dozen Chu people drew their swords one after another, and the stars surrounded Yu Miaoge like the moon, charging forward, trying to break through the encirclement of the bandits and take the road, but they couldn't catch up on foot.

"Reject the pistol!"

But the bandits were prepared, and with the shout of the leader, a row of rejecting rifles suddenly appeared on the road, completely blocking the road to the north.

For a while, people shouted and neighed, and the war horses that charged in front stood up one after another, and Xiang Zhuang complained in his heart, so he could only swing his sword and fight to the death. Desperately protecting Yu Miaoge with thirteen followers, he was helpless in the face of the swarming bandits.

"Poof" A sound piercing the flesh sounded, and a feathered arrow hit a Chu man in the chest, and he fell off the horse and was dismembered by the bandits.

Then there was another scream, and a Chu man's war horse was cut off a pair of forelimbs, knelt on the ground, and lifted the man on the horse off the horse, and was immediately stabbed into a hornet's nest by the bandits who surrounded him.

Yu Miaoge whipped his whip and pounced on one of his thieves, and shouted at Xiang Zhuang anxiously: "Brother Xiang, these bandits are so strong, it is better to leave me than everyone to die here, and you can return to Chu State to report to General Xiang, right?" ”

Xiang Zhuang was anxious and angry, swung his sword to fight, and roared: "No, how can I, Xiang Zhuang, be a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, I can't leave my brother's sister and run for my life, if they want to hurt you, step on my corpse first!" ”

The bandit leader snorted coldly: "Tsk...... It's a man who values love and righteousness, and the brothers fulfilled him and shot me to death with arrows! ”

"Woo ......"

At this moment, the melodious horn suddenly sounded in the west, about 300 horsemen galloped over, embroidered with the golden unicorn of the Tang State flag waving in the wind, in addition to the national flag, there is also a "square" word flag hunting in the cold wind.

"Who is the thief who dares to cause chaos in my Tang Kingdom?"

Fang Li flew under his crotch and galloped to the horse, holding an iron-tired bow in his hand, aiming at a thief who stabbed at Yu Miaoge with a spear, and cursed in his mouth: "Damn, this dog thing shoots mercilessly, in case Yu Ji can't dodge, wouldn't he want to kill Xiangxiaoyu?" ”

With a sound of "duh", the arrow from the string flew more than 100 zhang, right in the head of the mountain thief, and fell back upside down, fell to the ground and kicked his legs, and died of anger.

"Oh no, the officers and soldiers are here,!"

The face of the bandit carrying the big axe changed suddenly, and he turned his horse's head and shouted to the bandit to retreat.

"The wind is tight, pull it!"

The bandits were in a mess, shouting and screaming, turning their heads and running, like birds and beasts scattered.

Fang Wei secretly boasted that these bandits had good acting skills, and was about to step forward to see the sister of Yu Ziqi clearly, when he suddenly found that a swordsman with strong skills was rushing towards him against the bandits, and his face looked a little familiar, but for a while, he couldn't remember where he had seen it?

"Death to the traitor!"

As soon as Fang Li reacted, this swordsman had already rushed to his horse, and with a shake of one arm, the cold light was like lightning, and the sharp sword stabbed Fang Li in the abdomen.

"So it's you?"

Fang Li was surprised, and hurriedly used the iron tire bow in his hand to cover outward, "Brother Xia, do you have something to say?" ”

But unexpectedly, the opponent's sword was shaky, and with a flip of his wrist, the iron sword in his hand was wrapped in cold light and had stabbed Fang Li's chest, faster than lightning and better than thunder.

Fang Li wanted to cover it too late, so he could only subconsciously dodge sideways, but he was still stabbed under the ribs by the sword, and when he landed, his heart was in pain, and the red blood gushed out, and he was almost about to lose his footing and fall off the horse.