I think the Tartar thief must be investigating his own life or whereabouts, but the army must not be left without a master for a day, and he must not stay here for too long! So he went to the end of the ravine, reined in his horse, and listened for a while, until he was sure that there were no horsemen nearby, and then he rode his horse again.

Although it is inconvenient to abandon the outer mountain road and burrow into the forest on the side of the road, once you smell the movement of the Tartar thieves, you can hide it in time and avoid being discovered by the Tartar thieves.

There is only one way to go back, that is, as the Confucian youth said, first go north, then west, then south, then east, and go around in a big circle before returning to the camp.

He didn't have a second option.

Fortunately, there is still a lot of space in the forest, which is enough to accommodate a person and a horse to walk slowly.

From time to time, small groups of Tartar thieves galloped by, as if searching for something, which added a lot of variables to Zhu Qiming's itinerary and made him more and more cautious.

The sky is getting darker, the night is approaching, think about sleeping in the wilderness on a snowy cold night, and the inner feeling can be summed up by the word horror!

At the north end of the mountain road in front of him, there was a sharp sound of hooves, Zhu Qiming got off his horse, hid behind a tree, and witnessed more than ten horsemen galloping in front of his eyes, and one in the middle was wearing a red cloak, obviously a woman.

Chaoyun near the incense bun? Looking at the red clothes fluttering in the wind, for a moment, Zhu Qiming was distracted, and for some reason, he actually remembered Saihan.

Cut, Tartar! Zhu Qiming pursed his lips, led the horse into the depths of the mountain forest, tried to stay away from the mountain road on the west side, chose a secret place to tie the horse, and let it nibble on the dead grass that had not yet been covered by snow. He took advantage of the canopy of cypress trees to sweep away a piece of snow on the ground, sat on a clump of dry grass, opened the cloth bag, and saw that there were more than ten pancakes and a bamboo tube.

Now it's good, there are dry food, fire tools, and horses to travel, and you will save a lot of trouble along the way.

It's just that those Tartar thieves who seem to be everywhere have brought him too much interference, and it annoys him to think about it!

He took out a piece of pancake and took a bite of it, and he saw three tawny creatures smaller than wolves, similar to dogs, coming up to him, one of them jumping and jumping as if to perform some strange dance, while the other two sat on the ground and looked absent-minded.

Zhu Qiming had seen wolves and dogs before, but he had never seen such animals that were not wolves or dogs, and he was attracted by the gorgeous jumping posture in front of him for a while, and he forgot the hunger in his belly.

Suddenly, I felt that my hand moved, and the pancake was taken away by the guy who was pretending to sleep, and the guy dragged his long tail and ran into the distance without hurrying, looking back from time to time, and the corners of his mouth seemed to be full of mockery.

Jackal?

I don't know which book has a detailed record. Jackals like to prey on deer, goats and other animals, and their size is small, but when it comes to cunning and ferocity, jackals are far superior to wolves, and their agility is comparable to that of lynxes. Jackals can even prey on huge cattle, and their strategy is that one jackal keeps dancing to confuse the cow, and the other stretches out its claws to tickle the cow, and when the cow feels very enjoyed, it stretches out its claws and suddenly plunges into the anus and intestines, and a blow can kill the cow.

Thinking that he has armor to protect his body and a short sword for self-defense, he expects that the three jackals can't help himself, but once he falls asleep at night, the tethered horse will be dangerous!

It's not that this king is thirsty for killing, it's just that you are too cruel and cunning! Zhu Qiming found a convincing reason for himself, put down the cloth bag, suddenly jumped up, and unfolded the body technique of Jiuhua Three Illusions, and on the way, he pulled out a short sword and pounced on the nearest jackal.

Jackals are so flexible! But seeing it leap high in the spur, its body spinning in the air, it was able to avoid the surprise attack of the short sword, and the short sword fell fiercely against its long tail, cutting off only a tuft of yellow-brown hair, and then the three jackals howled all the way, and fled without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Finally quiet! Zhu Qiming opened the cloth bag again, took a piece of pancake, and ate it all in a few bites, and was about to take the second pancake when he suddenly heard a creepy low roar coming from not far away.

Bear!

The blind bear was a very dangerous fellow, and when he heard the terrible wheezing and rustling sounds approaching this way, he did not dare to be reckless, but quickly unreined his horse, stepped on the horse's back, rode his horse through the sparse forest, and galloped quickly into the official road.

Running out of Lixu, a low cheer suddenly sounded on the side of the mountain road, it should be Tatar, Zhu Qiming didn't understand what it meant, and followed the reputation, only to see that in the snow curtain under the twilight, several burly figures faintly appeared, as well as the outlines of a few tall horses.

He urged his horse to gallop, and the sound of hooves sounded behind him.

I don't know how far I ran, but I felt that many small groups of horsemen were galloping from all directions, the sound of hooves and human voices converged into a deafening sound, and the dotted torches flashed with a strange light, looking from a distance, like greedy beast eyes.

He is a prince who commands 5,000 elite soldiers, and he will definitely not fight the Tartars alone unless he has to. The only option to avoid being alone at this moment is to abandon the horse, as he did when he fled many years ago!

Turning over and dismounting, he hid into a fork in the road, he remembered that the "Seven Strategies of Pingyu" said that this road could lead to the east-west mountain road not far away.

The chaotic figures and firelight chased the hoofs of the lonely horse and roared north, but Zhu Qiming ran wildly on foot on the fork in the road.

The boundless darkness in the sky swallowed everything, except for the shimmer of snow on the ground. Stepping on the glimmer of light, facing the snowflakes in his face, he stopped to catch his breath.

There was a clattering sound or a somewhat exaggerated blowing sound, and countless sparks flashed around the ground, and after a while, more than a hundred torches spit out flames, reflecting the surrounding square inch as bright as day.

Under the bright firelight, the top of the skull was covered with flying snow, mottled and mottled like a sculpture, and it was only because of the countless pairs of eyes that flashed with the sparks that they showed their identity as living people.

All eyes were focused on Zhu Qiming, and the scorching heat had the posture of burning through his armor. He drew his sword in his hand, and quickly moved his gaze, carefully searching for a space to escape.

"Could it be that King Yue has nine lives? It's incredible! ”

A familiar voice floated into Zhu Qiming's ears, Zhu Qiming raised his eyes and scanned the top of the skull, and finally found a cloak among them! The cloak was covered in snow, and it looked more like a moldy beast's head.

Alas, Fang left the bear's paw and entered the tiger's mouth again! Zhu Qiming could only sigh secretly.

"Since you are not dead, then there is a way to play if you are not dead."

The man in the cloak stepped out of the crowd, and two eyes reflecting Mars were projected. It turns out that the cloak is really covered with small holes that are not easy to be noticed!

Zhu Qiming saw the situation around him clearly. On the inner side were more than 100 Tartar thieves leading horses on foot, and on the outer ring were about 200 cavalrymen, surrounding him in a semicircle, so he had no chance of getting out at the moment!

"How are you going to play?"

"Hahaha······ King Yue is quite interesting! Good birds choose trees to perch, and good ministers choose the lord to do things, which is the truth of the ages. What's more, His Royal Highness can be the king, no longer need to be a minister, with the prestige of His Highness, even if he is alone in the court, but looking at the north, he will be able to respond to every call, at least among the people! ”

Hehe! Zhu Qiming replied with a sneer.

"Anyway, such a big event must take a lot of time to think about it, don't be in a hurry, what you have is patience. Now His Highness is not like at noon, half-hanging on the cliff to hold on, His Highness's situation is very safe, let's start an interesting discussion on the topic of many years ago. ”

"The topic from many years ago?"

"Yes, it was a topic from many years ago." The man in the cloak approached Zhu Qiming extremely slowly, and with each move, several close guard tartar thieves moved. "Your Highness has said that the fate of the next may be extremely sad."

"Oh, I see! Even though the Ming Dynasty is unbearable, but whenever the society is in danger, the land of China can always produce people, and the volume of Warat is too small, but it is just a small state, so why should I be Ming? The greater the ambition of Warat, the worse he will lose, and he will not be able to escape the fate of reaping the consequences! ”

"Hahaha······" The man in the cloak calmly turned around and paced a few steps, standing in the face of the snowfall for a moment before returning to his place, "Even so, how about that?" Warat is no better than the Ming Dynasty, and Warat can afford a big defeat. What's more, what does this have to do with the following? ”

Zhu Qiming calmly picked up the short sword, and his eyes moved to the flying snow. "Is Your Excellency wise or foolish? Now it seems that the king is also quite puzzled by this. Looking at the whole Warat, I am afraid that the only one who appreciates Your Excellency is the Taishi and the first, but unfortunately, he was neither born in the Golden Family, nor is he the co-master of the Warat tribes, and the subordinates of the Area Zhiyuan will definitely not accept the first, and the old Tatar department is even more unwilling to tame him, so he may be able to be a hero for a while, but after all, the heart is higher than the sky, and the life is thinner than paper! If you act rashly and incur a big defeat, internal complaints will arise, and there are only two ways to go, whether it is usurping or being liquidated, there is only one ending, that is, death! Think about it, if the tree falls, how will your macaque deal with itself? ”

Seeing that the cloaked man's body was shocked, he turned his back to Zhu Qiming, and stood silently for a long time.

"In this way, letting the tiger return to the mountain can restrain Wara's impulse to take risks, which is a way to survive for Zaixia?"

Zhu Qiming smiled indifferently, "Your Excellency has to weigh it yourself." ”

Suddenly, a crisp sound of hooves broke the silence around and attracted the attention of everyone at the scene. Everyone looked in the northwest direction together, and saw more than a dozen horsemen and horses galloping towards them.

The Tartars on this side slowly moved to the sides of the road, making way for a passage. After a while, the red shadow flickered, and a woman turned over and dismounted, ran quickly in front of Zhu Qiming, stared at him, and an incomparably bright smile instantly appeared on her face.

"God forbid, you're really not dead, great!"