After Jiao Touch came to the hinterland of Ji County with Zhang Nan, he felt more and more that something was wrong. At first, everyone went well, not only robbing grain and horses, but also catching a few strong men along the way. However, after trying to storm Wenjiabao failed, the nearby road became narrower and narrower.

"Hey, brother, are you sure you're going in this direction?"

They are still the same, Jiao touched on foot, and Zhang Nan rode a horse. If no one knew their identities, they would definitely think that Jiao Touch was Zhang Nan's subordinate. But in fact, Jiao Touch is the big boss.

Zhang Nan rode on his horse and said, "Big brother, that's right. Yesterday my men noticed that a small group of officers and soldiers were quietly following us, but fortunately we found it in time, and now we have got rid of them. ”

Jiao Feng said: "But I feel more and more wrong, the farther east I go, the farther away from our nest I get." When will I be able to go back? ”

Zhang Nan didn't worry about this problem, and said casually: "You can go back when it's time to go back." Anyway, we will grab wherever we go all the way, and we will not starve to death. ”

After a while, there was only the rustle of footsteps. The thieves walked in two long columns, on horseback on two wings, on the wilderness. They wore gray turbans on their heads and looked tired. Although I experienced a few burnings and looting in the middle, after the excitement passed, I gradually felt tired.

Jiao Yan said: "Do you feel that someone seems to be running after us?" ”

Zhang Nan's body shook and he almost rolled off his horse.

"Big brother, don't scare people, just say these mysterious things."

Jiao Touch tilted his little head, turned a few folds on his black face, and said: "But after passing Jicheng, we will receive more warnings immediately, and every time we can find a road, this road is getting narrower and narrower." ”

Zhang Nandao: "There is no way to do this, there are many people here, and there are many officers and soldiers stationed, so there will always be some." As long as they don't concentrate on us, with the strength of our group, it is possible to encircle and suppress a small group of officers and troops. ”

Jiao Touch said: "But so far, we have not been able to meet any officers and soldiers head-on. On the contrary, we always say that someone is following us, following, and not fighting, what is this? ”

He grumbled for a while, feeling tired from walking, and ordered everyone to rest. Everyone sat down to take a breath, and some were lying on the ground. The weather is hot, the sun is scorching, and many people are sweating profusely and unwrapping their clothes to rest and cool off.

Zhang Nan did not slack off. Send scouts to expand the scope of investigation.

Some of the newly-caught strong men scratched their heads and asked their companions, "Where are we going?" ”

The companion whispered, "Where are you going?" Go home, of course. ”

However, looking at the sunrise and sunset, and knowing that they were heading east, these people were suspicious.

After a while, someone roared and shouted: "The officers and soldiers have been found in the north......"

Then another horse rushed from the south, shouting, "There are officers and soldiers in the south." ”

Jiao Touch suddenly bounced up from the ground and shouted, "Wow, is this surrounding us?" He called for his men and took out the broadsword he was carrying.

Zhang Nan hurriedly stopped him, and first asked the scout, "How many people are there?" ”

"According to the estimates of the flag, there are about 500 people in the north and south."

"Five hundred?"

This number exceeds their ability to resist.

"It's strange, how can there be so many people?" Zhang Nan couldn't help but touch his chin and ponder.

Jiao Touch patted the butt of his mount and said, "Don't think about it, let's continue to run east." ”

Zhang Nandao: "No, this must be a conspiracy." With the distribution of the defenders in Youzhou, it is impossible for them to draw out a thousand men to deal with us. I suspect there are suspicious soldiers. ”

"What about the suspicious soldiers?"

Jiao Touch is a rough man who doesn't know how to march and fight. Therefore, he didn't understand what Zhang Nan said, he had a simple point of view, if the officials are to catch thieves, they are thieves, and they have to run away when they encounter officials and soldiers.

Zhang Nan is a person who has been a small leader of the official army, and he knows that the troops are arranged, and he soon feels that something is wrong, if he gathers 500 people, why not kill them directly, and wave them around with banners, are you afraid that your group will not know?

"Big brother, come with me, let's go and touch these officers and soldiers together, and see how many catties and taels there are?"

"Are you crazy? The official army is also something you and I can touch? Five hundred people ......"

"Don't worry, just follow me."

Alas, there is no way to take this second-in-command, who will let the family understand the art of war. Jiao touched a round head and thought about it, but still raised a big knife and chased after him.

There was no order in the entire bandit team, and everyone ran north, dragging out a large group of people, like the fan-shaped tail of a comet, sparsely pulling and messing around.

Zhang Nan gathered more than 20 horsemen under his command and rushed towards the place where the flag was found.

Soon they ran to a clearing, where the trees were sparse, the sun was shining directly, and there were wild sika deer calling not far away, and they ran far away, and they disturbed the birds in the trees, and they chirped and flew up.

Zhang Nan grabbed the clothes of one of his subordinates and asked, "Why is there no one?" Didn't you say there were flags here? ”

"I was still here...... Oh, and look there. ”

I saw a faint flag waving in the sparse trees, flashing from the field of vision.

Zhang Nan shouted excitedly: "There, brothers will kill with me." ”

Jiao Fu was worried in his heart, and hurriedly followed his brother.

The comet's tail dragged longer and longer, and some of the bandits had poor physical strength, so they didn't stop while running, squatted on the ground and panted for breath, and when they tried to move forward, they found that they had lost the trace of the large team. How could two legs keep up with the horse, they cursed.

Zhang Nan chased after him for a while, and suddenly his subordinates pointed to the left and said, "The flag is there—"

Zhang Nan looked to the left, and sure enough, he saw a flag flashing among the leaves, which he had just seen.

"Everyone chasing, it's right ahead."

A group of people changed directions and ran up with a snort.

After running for a while, only more than 20 people such as Jiao Touch, as well as the cavalry beside Zhang Nan, remained.

Jiao Touch hurriedly shouted, "Stop...... Stop...... The steps are too big...... No one has ...... Keep up...... Stop, stop, stop......"

He thrust the big knife into the ground and held his waist to gasp.

At this time, not to mention people, even the horses are snorting.

Zhang Nan looked ahead vigilantly and found that the flag was missing again. What the hell is going on?

The men pointed to the right and said, "Where!" ”

Zhang Nan turned around, and sure enough, he found the flag in the bushes on the right.

"Let's go, catch up."

"Wait!"

Burnt Touch screamed.

Zhang Nan hurriedly stopped his horse.

"Isn't it strange that one moment on the left and one moment on the right?"

It's rare that Jiao Touch, who has always been running behind his ass, actually said such a constructive opinion. Zhang Nan couldn't help but be silent.

The accomplices in the back chased after them one by one, but more of them were thrown off the forest path, and they were all looking for organization at this time.

Zhang Nandao: "Could it be...... Someone entertaining us? ”

"Hahaha-"

There was a laugh nearby, and three or five men came out of the woods on horseback. The first young man smiled and said to them, "Don't you two come here unharmed?" ”

Seeing this person, Jiao couldn't help but feel numb on his scalp, and Zhang Nan's face looked ugly.

Where did this demon come from?