Han Jun and Zongba cautiously urged their horses to march through the snow-covered taiga. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info Accompanying them, there are also two Han army cavalry guards and a Wusun guide.

The five of them were all pathfinders, and at this time, it had been nearly a month since they left Wusun, and they had traveled more than 2,000 miles, and they were getting closer and closer to their ultimate goal. Of course, the climate is getting colder and colder.

Exploring the road and exploring the way, on a cold day, if you don't say anything, people's brains can really freeze wood.

One of them, Yulin Ruishi, let out a white breath and asked Han Jun, "Brother Han, this road, have you walked it before?" ”

In detail, Han Jun is really revisiting. Back then, he followed Gongzi's expedition to the west, and he once fought through this. Of course, it will be summer, and now it will be winter. And after many years, he went with the large army again, and his impression was very vague.

Han Jun pulled off his mask and shook his head: "Walking is walking, but I can't remember clearly." Zongba, what about you? ”

Zongba helped his eye patch and shook his head in the same way: "How can you remember?" Only the owner can remember. ”

Han Jun tightened his collar, turned his face and asked the Wusun guide, "How long is there?" ”

Although this question has been asked more than a dozen times in the past few days, the Wusun guide only slandered, and still had to answer respectfully: "If there is no big wind and snow, it will be like this for more than half a month." ”

"Then in your opinion, will there be a heavy snowstorm?"

"This ...... It's hard to say. ”

"What's hard to say...... Zongba suddenly became angry.

Han Jun shook his hand, stopped Zongba, and asked calmly, "If there is a heavy snowstorm, is there a place to hide nearby?" ”

The guide thought for a moment and shook his head: "No." At least you have to walk more than 200 miles to the Kunza Pass, where there is a sentry den of the Kangju people. They were not accepted by ordinary business travelers, but the Celestial Dynasty Han made them dare not refuse no matter how bold they were. ”

"More than two hundred miles." Han Jun looked up at the sky and said, "I can't make it today, I will try to arrive the day after tomorrow, and go to the sentry den of the Kangju people to give my son a trip, and then report to him." ”

This sentry is headed by Han Jun, and his decision, as long as there is no major disagreement, is basically according to him.

"Let's go, take advantage of the snow and hurry up." Han Jun pulled on the mask, lifted the reins, and urged the war horse to trot forward.

As soon as a group of five horsemen turned out of the curve in front of them, they saw a yellow fat horse running over in front of them. The horse had obviously been running for a long time, and there was foaming at the mouth, and in the middle of winter, it was so hot that the snowflakes fell on it, and there were signs of melting.

The guide at the front shook his head in distress: "This horse is finished!" Pretty good horse......"

Don't look at Zongba's only one eye, but his eyesight is the best among several people, and he pointed with a whip: "There is someone on horseback." ”

Everyone took a closer look, but no, there were indeed people on horseback. It's just that the man is lying on the saddle, and it is not easy to see when the horse is holding his neck high, and it is not easy to find out because the goose feathers and snow are flying in the sky.

The closer he got to ride, the clearer he could see, and behind the man, there were three arrows, and as the horse's body jolted, the tail feathers trembled, which was shocking.

Han Jun, Zongba and the others reacted quickly, and the four horsemen immediately dispersed and occupied the high ground on both sides. The guide approached on horseback and reached for the man.

Just as the guide's hand touched the man's shoulder, the seemingly unknown person suddenly shrank away, and somehow a knife appeared in his hand and stabbed the guide.

Although this change was sudden, it did not panic Han Jun and the others. Zongba is an old "grassland", and he has told them about this kind of thing a long time ago, and he also has all kinds of preventive measures.

Not to mention the guide, who can be a guide, who is not an old hunter?

The guide withdrew his hand, turned sideways, and shrunk under the belly of the horse, hiding in the stirrups to avoid the thrust. Zongba rode quickly, spun around his wrist with a short axe in his hand, and when he approached the opponent's back, he slashed with an axe at the speed of his horse.

The man turned around and used his knife to accurately block it, but he couldn't withstand Zonba's momentum and was knocked off his horse. Rolled on the ground, touched the wound, ahhh

Han Jun, who was halfway through, hurriedly shouted to Zongba when he heard the sound: "Wait! ”

Zongba has stopped in time. At first they thought it was a trap for a horse thief, but the man was really wounded, so it was different. It is likely that what has just happened is a reaction of self-preservation.

"Friend, we have no ill will, put down your weapons. Let's ......" Han Jun pulled off his mask and said loudly. But before he finished speaking, he stopped in amazement.

The man slowly propped himself up, his felt hat fell to the ground, and the scarf fell apart, revealing a long, thin face with bloodshot lips. This face is a typical West Pole face, with thin eyebrows, deep eyes, high cheeks, nose hooks, and a frozen-cracked face.

This face is familiar to Han Jun and Zongba, but they can't name it when they think about it. It was the Wusun guide who blurted out: "This ...... Isn't this Xi Nu? ”

Xi Nu?!

As soon as they heard this name, Han Jun and Zongba immediately remembered. No, this guy is Xi Nu.

Xi Nu was a hundred chiefs sent by Wusun to respond to the Western Expedition that year. He once worked with Du Xun and Gao Zhen to fight against the "wrist breaker" Yinu poison of Kangju Youdu, which can be regarded as a man. Han Jun and Zongba have all seen him, but they haven't dealt with him much. After a few years, I suddenly saw each other again, and I couldn't recognize it for a while. And the Wusun guide obviously knew Xi Nu, and he was quite familiar with it, so he called out when he saw it.

Han Jun and Zongba couldn't recognize Xi Nu, but Xi Nu recognized Han Jun at a glance. He was impressed by the old servant who followed the young man's son back then, and exclaimed in surprise: "Are you ...... Are you Zhang Gongzi's servant? ”

Han Jun nodded: "Exactly." Xi Nu, how did you get this way? ”

Xi Nu's expression suddenly became excited: "Could it be Zhang Gongzi......"

Han Jun nodded again: "Childe is also here, just behind." ”

Xi Nu's knees were weak, he couldn't hold it anymore, he sat down on the ground, and almost didn't cry: "The gods opened their eyes, Zhang Gongzi is finally here." ”

Han Jun was about to ask a question, when the sentry riders who were looking at the high ground on both sides shouted a warning: "There are more than twenty horsemen approaching ahead, three miles away." ”

"It's coming for me." Xi Nu pressed his chest and coughed a few times, "It's a Kangju person, a knight of the Dieli Ministry." ”

Han Jun made a gesture to the sentry rider to come forward to stop, turned his head and asked Xi Nu, "What did you do?" ”

Xi Nu only replied halfway: "I was hired by Tao Sheng, the deacon of Star Picking City, ......" and then he couldn't speak, and his body slowly softened.

Han Jun's originally indifferent expression changed suddenly, his eyes flashed, and he suddenly said loudly: "Zongba, Muku (guide), you send Xi Nu back to the camp and report the situation to Gongzi." ”

Zongba dismounted and helped Xi Nu with Muku, and raised his head and said, "What about you? ”

Han Jun drew his sword out of its sheath and pointed in the direction of Kangju's ride: "I want to see if the Kangju people dare to step on our corpse and pursue!" (To be continued.) )