At midnight the next day, the whole army finished eating. Li Jiao sent three scouts, and then set up camp and went all the way to the west.

The further you go, the more dangerous the mountain becomes, and there are wild birds fluttering at the bottom of the ditch.

The sun rises higher and higher, and the spring breeze is warm.

Li Jiao Prancing Horse ran to the front, stopped Ziqi and said, "Second brother, why do I always feel a little unusual?" Ziqi reined in the black wind and looked around, "What's wrong?" Brother. ”

Li Jiao raised his head and looked at both sides and said, "None of the three scouts sent out today have come back, and I always feel uneasy. In the place I passed just now, there are still birds and beasts, why is this section so quiet? ”

The sub-stage looked forward, and the trees on both sides were gradually fewer, and the bottom of the ditch was long and narrow. The slopes on both sides are steep, and grass sprouts have just sprouted on the slopes. "It's still far from Haocheng, there shouldn't be any accidents, it's not that the scouts are lost, next time send two more roads."

Li Jiao nodded, "You should always be careful!" ”

Ziqi beckoned to Li Xian, "You take your hundred people to explore the way, and rush back immediately when you encounter a scout." Li Xian led the people forward. He said to Li Jiao again: "Brother, you lead the team to drive a distance of three or four miles, and I will lead the vanguard army to go first!" ”

Li Jiao nodded, "Be careful, I always feel weird!" ”

Ziqi instructed Lai'er: "You go with your brother, and I will go ahead to explore the way." ”

Lai'er said angrily, "Don't forget, I'm your bodyguard!" ”

Ziqi had to follow her, "Then you follow me!" "Let's go forward.

After walking forward for another five or six miles, Ziqi asked the soldiers beside him, "What is this place called?" The soldier hurriedly said: "Back to the Hou Ye, we asked the woodcutter before coming in, this place is called Zhangzugou." ”

Before the soldier's voice fell, Li Xian shouted in front of him: "Master Hou, don't come here!" I saw seven or eight sergeants disappear from in front of Li Xian, and they all fell into the trap. Suddenly there was a horn sound on the mountain, rolling wood, stones poured down like raindrops, and the sergeant in front fell to the ground in an instant.

Lyle screamed in fright, and hurriedly jumped from her horse, her mount being knocked to the ground by a boulder. Ziqi hurriedly jumped over and grabbed her, and Lai'er jumped on the horse.

Ziqi hurriedly shouted, "Quickly find trees and stones and hide!" ”

The soldiers immediately scattered in all directions, and the child ran under a boulder and took Lai'er from his horse. Even the soldiers were well-trained, but they were dazed by the sudden blow.

Ziqi commanded everyone to retreat while hiding, but the ditch behind him was blocked by rolling wood and stones. The forbidden army was frightened and fled in all directions.

After a burst of rocks and logs, another group of men and horses fell to the ground. Arrows and javelins descended one after another under the mountain, and the forbidden army was miserable. Fortunately, the Flying Tiger Army was not afraid of danger and organized everyone to hide behind stones and trees.

The officers of the team were madly red-eyed, how could the enemy be in a high place, and they could only be beaten, but they could not fight back. The blood of the child poured pupils, and he secretly hated himself for falling into death despite Li Jiao's reminder.

At the moment of crisis, Li Jiao led his troops to arrive, and he didn't know whether the child was dead or alive inside, and Li Jiao was so anxious that he screamed. Flying off his mount, he desperately moved stones and wood with both hands.

The sergeants in the back followed, but the bottom of the ditch was narrow enough to accommodate too many people. The soldiers had no choice but to form a human wall, lift the stones and wood and pass them backwards, and Li Jiao's hands were bloody.

Finally opened the passage, and seeing that Ziqi was safe and sound, Li Jiao shouted with confidence, "Second brother, withdraw quickly!" ”

Ziqi led the people to withdraw, looked at the soldiers around him who were dead and wounded, and said angrily: "Brother, you lead the Flying Tiger Army around the mountain, don't seek to destroy the enemy, you must catch two alive and come back." ”

Li Jiao responded and led the Flying Tiger Army back to the back mountain and rushed up.

There were murderous voices on the mountain, and Ziqi knew that it must be Li Jiao who had found the enemy. Hurriedly led people to rush into the foot ditch to rescue the injured.

They were busy until noon, and when they counted the number of people, they found that more than 1,700 people were killed and more than 3,000 were wounded. The most painful thing for Ziqi was that the Flying Tiger Army killed twenty-seven people, and the thirty-six Li people brought out by Li Jiao broke two people, and Li Xian was pierced through the chest by a shuttle dart and died.

With tears in his eyes, Ziqi ordered the sergeant to carry out the body and bury it on the hillside outside the ditch. In the blink of an eye, the entire hillside was covered with new graves one after the other.

Zi Qi hid in the camp tent like a knife, just now by his side, more than 1,700 fresh lives were alive and jumping, and they were all buried in the Yellow Hill in an instant. As the saying goes, Ci is not in charge of the army, he asked himself, he is really not handsome enough. Maybe it's because of the battle of the Burning Tiger Wolf Valley, the fight was too smooth, and he overestimated himself.

It wasn't until the afternoon that Li Jiao led the army back and really caught two alive. When he saw Lyle standing at the tent door, he whispered, "What are you standing here for?" What about the sub-period? ”

Lyle pointed inside, "He's sad in the tent alone!" ”

Li Jiao opened the tent door, "Let's go, let's go in!" ”

Ziqi looked up and saw that it was Li Jiao, and hurriedly got up and asked, "Brother, how is it?" ”

Li Jiao looked tired, "There are ghost people on the mountain, there are only more than 3,000 people in total, and we killed one or two hundred, and the rest ran away and caught two alive." ”

Zi Qi shouted with a strong spirit: "Lai'er, go and send an order to Peng Chenghou, let him take the five thousand men and horses of the department to return the original way, escort the seriously injured back to Jizhou for treatment, and the lightly injured stay in the camp to deal with their injuries on the spot." Also, let Hebu come for a trip. ”

Lyle answered and went out.

Li Jiao beckoned outside, and the soldiers escorted two ghost prisoners of war in, both of whom were wounded with their hands tied. Standing in the tent with gray eyes, looking at the child in horror.

Ziqi walked up to the two of them step by step, suddenly raised his hand, picked up the black bronze helmet on his head, and smashed it on the heads of the two people, and the two people immediately screamed with blood flowing all over their faces.

Not enough to relieve the hatred, he kicked the two of them in the back of the legs, and the two immediately knelt on the ground.

Ziqi took a sip at the two of them, turned around and sat on the seat, Li Jiao looked at him with a wry smile.

At this time, He Bu walked in, and he was also injured in the arm, and he was tied with a cloth strap and hung around his neck.

Ziqi pointed to the two ghost people and said, "You come to interrogate, if you don't tell the truth, you will be beaten to death until you make it clear." Ask where they came from, how many people there are, and which tribe do they belong to? ”

He Bu turned to look at them and interrogated them in the Ghost Fang indigenous language. These two people are probably frightened by the child period, and they are very cooperative with He Bu by asking questions and answers.

He Bu turned to Ziqi and said, "Master Hou, I can't translate the name of the place he said, it seems to be from Mobei." Ziqi waved his hand, "It's okay, keep asking." ”

The two ghost people chattered with He Bu for a long time, and it was only after listening to He Bu's translation that he understood that this group of ghost people was from the Hart Department and did not belong to the clan that invaded Hao City. The Hart Department only moved south half a year ago, with more than 10,000 people, occupying Shouyang (now Shouyang City) to live together.

When they first entered the Central Plains, they were attracted by the fertile land and pleasant climate, and these people went out to grab wealth, and they encountered no resistance at all, and they did not miss a single time, so they became more and more bold.

Last night, they found the vanguard of the Flying Tiger Army in the sub-period, and they didn't know that there was a large army behind them. So, set up an ambush in Zhangzugou and get ready to grab a vote.

Zi Qi listened to the secret scolding, it was really unfavorable for the passing year, this is a coincidence of coincidences, a chance encounter in a chance encounter, this encounter actually caused the Flying Tiger Army to suffer heavy losses.

He waved his hand to He Bu, "Drag them out and feed them to the dogs!" ”

Although the two ghost people didn't understand what Ziqi was talking about, they had already smelled ominous things from his vicious eyes, and they screamed in fright.

There is an organization in the Flying Tigers that specializes in raising military dogs, and the commander is called Duo Dog Guard. The merchant army's breeding and training of military dogs has reached a very high level. After a while, there were screaming dogs barking and hoarse cries outside, and Ziqi felt that it was not cruel at all, this was the treatment they deserved.

Zi Ji asked Li Jiao Company to send nine scouts, equipped with military dogs, all the way to the west, and found the trap to mark in detail. And instructed them not to disturb the ghost people when they found them, and to return immediately.

He also asked He Bu to pass on the order, ordering the troops to immediately bury the pot and make rice, and after the meal, only the soldiers were allowed to sleep, and those who violated the order were dealt with according to military law.

He Bu has followed the sub-period for two years, and has developed the habit of obeying orders, and never asks more questions that should not be asked.

As soon as Li Jiao and He Bu went out, Lai'er came back, frightened.

She crept close to her prime, her lips that had been ruddy and petal-like turned pale. Ziqi lovingly put his arm on her shoulder, "What's wrong, Lai'er?" ”

Lai'er still had horror in her eyes, and said with palpitations: "I saw so many dogs tearing people alive outside the camp gate, and the flesh was torn apart, and people are not dead yet!" ”

Ziqi took Lai'er in his arms, patted his back lightly and said: "Lai'er is not afraid, the cruelty of treating good people is wrong, and the cruelty of treating evil people is for heaven." When you encounter a fierce villain, you can only survive and win if you are more fierce than him, this is the law of the jungle. Later, you will understand! ”

Lai'er hummed softly, reached out and firmly hugged Ziqi's waist, refusing to let go for a long time. Some of the little brutal and strong Lai'er can do this, and it seems that she is really frightened.

Ziqi thought to himself, later generations have slandered Di Xin as the most ruthless and cruel, is he even more ruthless and cruel than Di Xin? It doesn't seem too much for Di Xin to use the cannon on the enemy. At the very least, the sub-period will accept. even thought that it was much more merciful than the two Han Dynasty and even the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Ziqi leaned into Lyle's ear and asked, "How did I do what I asked you to do?" ”

Leil pressed her face to his chest and said, "We're on our way!" ”

Ziqi let out a sigh, "That's good, I hope they all recover!" ”

The two were talking in a low voice, Li Jiao broke in, saw the two of them hugging each other, hurriedly exited the tent and said, "Second brother, it's time to eat!" With that, he turned around and left.

Lai'er's face was still pale just now, and she immediately had peach blossoms on her face, and gently pushed away the sub-period, "Let's go!" ”

The two of them came outside, sat down with Li Jiao, and put it in Li Jiao's ear, "Brother, rest after dinner, and set up troops after the shift!" Li Jiao understood as soon as he heard it, nodded his head and continued to gobble up.

Ziqi took Lai'er back to the tent, took off his armor, lay down on the bed, and returned to his hippie smile, "What? If you don't remove your armor, do you want me to help you? ”

Lai'er glanced at him, "What are you doing here?" ”

Ziqi beckoned to him, and Lai'er cautiously walked over, thinking that Ziqi was going to make a mistake. Ziqi said with a serious face: "Night attack and sun, revenge!" Lai'er immediately smiled like a flower, took off her armor and lay down beside Ziqi.

Ziqi just closed his eyes and was pushed hard by Lai'er, "What are you doing?" ”

Lai'er's pretty face was close at hand, "Will you treat me like Sister Qing'er in the future?" ”

"What's wrong with Qing'er?" The sub-stage is still confused.

Lyle bit her lip and remained silent, a hint of melancholy flashing in her eyes. Ziqi feels that Lai'er has changed, no longer like the heartless little girl in Xiqi two years ago, and sometimes she is sentimental.

"What's the matter, don't you say it, I'm really going to sleep!" Ziqi asked.

Lai'er finally mustered up the courage to whisper: "Actually, Sister Qing'er told me that when you find Dan'er, you will marry them together!" ”

Only then did the child understand, "It turns out that this is what you want to ask, why do I think it matters!" ”

Ryle's tone hardened, "Isn't that important?" You hugged me, and your brother saw me. We are in Xiqi, you have also seen other people's bodies, you should always give me an explanation! ”

Ziqi muttered in a daze: "This is a bird feather ash, isn't it to treat your arrow wound?" I didn't tell anyone, who knew I had seen it? ”

Lai'er raised her eyebrows, really annoyed, got up and stepped over to Ziqi, picked up her little fist and rained down. Ziji had never seen Lai'er so angry, and she was beaten and immediately hugged her head, afraid of being hung with flowers on her face.

When Lai'er finally got tired, he quietly let go. Seeing Lai'er choking on tears, Ziqi hugged her arms and said, "Wait for me!" ”

It didn't take too many words, and Lyle had already cleared the fog, and the tears finally rolled down.

Ziqi gently wiped her away and said, "Silly girl, your father and brother are gone." You say, can I leave you alone? ”

Lai'er felt even more aggrieved, "Then you still bully me?" ”

Ziqi's heart softened, "Aren't I kidding you, what are you doing so seriously?" ”

Lei'er pursed her mouth, "I don't believe it, then you kiss me!" ”

The exhalation is as fresh as an orchid, and the girl's body fragrance makes the child's heart drunk. hugged Lai'er and kissed it firmly, Lai'er was also very emotional, and a slippery little tongue actually reached into Ziji's mouth.

For Lai'er, Ziqi felt that although it was not like Dan'er, it made him unforgettable. But it is indeed inseparable, they are like childhood sweethearts' playmates, and they are also teachers and friends, and the time they play together is happier!

After a long time, the two separated, and Lai'er's face seemed to be on fire, "You have to promise me, and when you marry your sisters, you will also marry me together!" ”

Ziqi hugged Lai'er, who was like a coal, and kissed her deeply on the forehead, "Little sister, I promise you, I will never let you go in this life!" ”

Lai'er suddenly did, "No, you have to help me first!" ”

Ziqi also sat up, "What's wrong?" ”

Lai'er's face was so red that she was dripping blood, "Help me find a way, I'm the one!" ”

"That?" The child didn't come back to his senses.

Lai'er was so anxious that she was about to cry, "That's that, that's coming!" ”

Only then did I understand that my head was as big as a wooden bucket, and I felt YY in my heart, my aunt and grandmother are really difficult to wait, where can Lao Tzu find Hu Shubao for you? "You're so big, why can't you prepare yourself?"

Lai'er looked aggrieved, "It's my first time, okay?" ”

Ziqi hurriedly opened the package, took out a brand new cotton underwear, handed it over and said, "Pull it!" With that, he put on his boots and walked out of the tent. I didn't reply when I walked to the door, "Be careful, when you march, don't print two small red flowers on your buttocks, you can throw them to the ghost side if you are embarrassed!" ”

Lyle glared at him fiercely, and her heart was sweet. Although he spoke openly, his concern was genuine.

The sub-stage carried his hands behind his back and went around the camp. pondering sadly in my heart, it is estimated that in the entire Chaoge, there is only one man who cares about girls so carefully. I couldn't help but sigh and hummed: "Through the ages, the amorous species are also!" ”

The soldiers standing guard did not dare to ask more questions when they saw him wandering around the camp in civilian clothes.

After turning around and returning to the account, Lai'er was already lying on the bed, and beckoned to him, "Alright, come on!" When he lay down on the bed, Lai'er snuggled in his arms, "Hold me to sleep!" ”

Ziqi had no choice but to put her arm under her neck, Lai'er smiled sweetly, and the two fell asleep together.