The sound of horses' hooves is urgent, more than 20 horses cross the royal river, come to the foot of the white mountain, the road of loess tamping is infiltrated by the snow water, and the convoy that has passed has been rolled out of the twisted ruts and frozen soil, but the healthy horses are still light and neat, quite fast.

More than 20 people straddled horses and swords, wore leather robes with arrow sleeves, and wore hoods of dog skins and roe deer skins on their heads. It looks like a wealthy gentry who went out hunting, but there are wars and military disasters in the Datong area all year round, and the people nearby know a little about military affairs, so they must feel a little strange if they see the weapons of these knights.

The scabbard is half-old, there is no red tassel on the handle, the brass swallow is rubbed against the armor, and the blade is more than a foot longer than the ordinary narrow blade single knife.

On the side of the saddle there was a short crossbow and a bow bag, and this magnificent figure was no ordinary snow-treading hunter. There was a light snow in the morning, and the snow was still drifting in the afternoon, and the air was cold and refreshing.

Not far ahead is Bai Mountain, Bai Mountain, north of Fang Mountain, in the past, Han Gaozu Liu Bang led 320,000 troops to expedition against the Huns, after the great victory, the enemy ventured, was besieged by 400,000 Huns army on the Bai Mountain, seven days and seven nights, and then used a clever trick to get out, this small hill is also famous all over the world.

In the middle of winter, few idlers enter the mountain, as soon as they arrive at the mountain pass, they have disappeared, more than 20 horsemen drive up the hills, look at it, on the undulating snowfield, a lonely hill, look at the appearance of only more than 100 zhang, the mountain is gentle, not too high, Yang Ling heard that it is a mountain at the beginning, and how steep the road is, now I see this hill and a smooth road around it, this is to put my mind at ease.

This mountain is a loess hill, there is no danger to defend at all, of course, if the top is covered with heavy troops, condescending, with 5,000 soldiers and horses to the top can also resist the attack of tens of thousands of troops more than half a day, here to Datong is only about ten miles, if there is really danger, just hold on to half a Ming army enough to arrive.

There is a wilderness around the mountain, if the Ming army pre-arranges an ambush, then the Duoyan Sanwei who came to form an alliance can also be detected from afar and escape in time, this place is really suitable for negotiations.

Although Baishan Mountain is not high, the surrounding area is still wide, there are several miles of land around, Yang Ling took more than 20 personal soldiers up the mountain, raise his eyes and look into the distance, the north is rolling and undulating is Fang Mountain, about two miles away is a village that seems not small.

Yang Ling sat on the horse, turned his head, squinted his eyes slightly, and looked at the somewhat dazzling path of whiteness, and saw several black shadows approaching quickly in the distance, looking at the speed, it should also be riding a fast horse.

Yang Ling held the reins of the horse and smiled heartily: "Sure enough, I can't hide the eyes of people with hearts."

Wu Hanchao put the brim of his hat with the reins of his horse, and said a little nervously: "My lord, the ambush soldiers are in Li's house, two miles away, and there is always some uneasiness in the hearts of his subordinates, should we lean over there?" ”

Although Wu Hanchao said that he was a master of art and bold, he also knew that there were quite a few masters in the Maitreya Sect, not to mention the kung fu of the Maitreya Sect leader Li Fuda, that is, his three sons, as well as several heavenly masters in the sect, his art industry was not weaker than him, he was confident that he could escape even if he was invincible, and now that Yang Ling was here, he didn't dare to take any more risks, if Yang Ling was taken captive again, without others to say, he had no choice but to commit suicide and apologize.

Yang Ling didn't think so, he wasn't careless, but now these twenty personal soldiers are not the demobilized soldiers of the inner factory, but the inner guards he borrowed from Zhengde, and the only person who really belongs to him is Wu Hanchao, and the newly acquired guard Liu Daba.

Although these people's martial arts are not as good as Wu Hanchao, they are not far away, and the chasing soldiers behind are already approaching, and they look like only seven or eight horsemen, and they can't take care of them with more than 20 people? It seems that yesterday after receiving the news sent by Han Lin, it was a bit of a fuss to quietly gather 400 ambush soldiers in Li's house.

Twenty Ouchi guards sat calmly on their horses, staring at the people and horses who were gradually approaching with some curiosity, these guards were all young men from various sects, and they were on errands in the palace at a very young age, only with the identity of Ouchi guards, which Jianghu people dared to offend them? So one by one, they are above the top, and they really don't pay attention to the few demons of Maitreya.

Liu Da stick mallet is the only one of these guards to use an iron rod, this bearded man is brute force, although the stick method is just two moves back and forth, but the battlefield killing the enemy is very effective, although the two of them are far inferior to Wu Hanchao, but once the battlefield rushes to kill, Wu Hanchao is far from being as good as him in terms of momentum and the number of people killed.

He licked his thick lips nervously, and persuaded loudly: "Dashuai, according to his subordinates, let's go to Li's house, regardless of whether he is a demon or a Tartar, I am not afraid of the big stick mallet at all, but the big handsome is here, and if he really moves his subordinates, he has to take care of the big handsome, and he has to fight the demon road, which is very troublesome."

Although this guy spoke rudely, the meaning of concern in his words was still obvious, Yang Ling couldn't help but laugh when he heard it, he thought for a while and said, "Okay, let's go, go to Li's house and wait for them."

Lijiaji is close to Datong, the post road leads from the village entrance to the northern pass, so it is still rich in all directions, the horse market transaction of smuggling every year, do not dare to park the cattle, sheep and horses in Datong City, most of those traders leave the livestock here, and then transport them away in a unified manner after the acquisition is complete, it is to open a big restaurant at the entrance of the village.

It is said that it is a restaurant, but it is just a few restaurants that serve tea and food, so that the vendors have a wooden shed with mud at the tip of the tip, and there is a fence outside, a wooden frame without a door panel, which looks very simple, and now it is a winter when business is depressed, and the restaurant is only open with a door, and there are no customers inside.

When Yang Ling and his entourage of more than 20 people arrived, the owner of the restaurant couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly greeted him, and said with a smile on his face: "Guest officers, what do you use?" ”

He glanced at it hurriedly, and saw that these people did not look like ordinary merchants, but he was a small hotel owner, the most humble little person, just earn a little money, and no one would surrender his identity to embarrass them haha.

Liu Dabang tied the horse to the post, and quickly took Yang Ling's horse reins and tied it, and shouted loudly: "Boss, what food do you have in this store, just serve it hot, by the way, get some soju."

The boss hurriedly said: "Okay, there are steamed buns, baked cakes in the store, as well as the big fat pig that was just killed during the New Year, the good pig offal cut, and then a bowl of mutton soup for the guest officers, to ensure that you drink warm."

Miscellaneous cutting is the name of the local people in Shanxi, that is, the whole set of pigs or sheep into the water, sliced, pepper, ginger and garlic, salt and other ingredients, stewed out in a pot, this cold platter under the soju, and then with the mutton soup of white flowers, the taste is really good.

The guards surrounded Yang Ling into the shed, which was surrounded by thick reeds, which were dense and warm, and the other six guards did not work to order, so they walked slowly at the door according to their knives, and the war horses were tied to the side, and the live buckles were opened, ready to fight at any time.

The shopkeeper took a large basin of brine water and pig offal from the cabinet shelf, the weather was cold, and a layer of white lard was condensed on it, and the shopkeeper shouted after the rush: "San'er, hurry up and heat the vegetables, I said little rabbit cub, you hurry up, and your head is shining on your stomach!" Hurry up and get some beans and wheat bran and feed the horses to a few guest officers."

Yang Ling rubbed his hands and smiled: "Shopkeeper, don't say hello to the horse, we are not far away, in Datong City, we have to rush back in a while, just get some food."

Yang Ling sat on the table by the door, the sun was shining on his body, but the shadow of the shed blocked his face, and he could clearly see the outside.

The harvested land was covered with a thin layer of white snow, faintly revealing crop stubble, and the six or seven horses in the distance stopped for a while on the way down the white mountain, as if they were hesitating to catch up again. Yang Ling couldn't help but sneer secretly when he saw it, yesterday Han Lin quietly sent someone to hand over the news of the inquiry.

Because of the chaos in Datong City, there were not many foreign merchants, and Han Lin worked hard in Datong, and the intelligence network he laid down could easily grasp and pass on their whereabouts.

Han Lin knew that if he wanted to assassinate the emperor, it was definitely not something that could be done by three or two high-ranking figures in the rivers and lakes, and it would take a lot of people to step on the pile and send out the sentry to spy on the news, so he screened the news that was presented, and those who were less than three or two people, especially women and children, were all gone, and in the end there were only two groups of extremely suspicious characters left.

Yang Hu and his gang claimed to be leather merchants, but he brought seven or eight housekeepers and servants to rush over for the New Year, even with food and shelter, but they were not in a hurry to buy goods and leave, which was very suspicious, so they sent additional people to secretly monitor them, and quickly passed the news to Yang Ling.

Today's Datong is the same as the barracks, Yang Ling also expected that there would not be too many assassins, Zhang Yong heard the news and immediately wanted to take someone to arrest them, whether it was a villain or not, put them in prison first.

Dai Wang, Hu Zhan, Wang Yixiao and others have acquiesced to the emperor's meeting with Huadang, and they have a tacit understanding not to come to see the emperor, and they pretend not to know about the emperor's presence in Datong, Yang Ling is afraid that if they arrest people in the city with great fanfare, once the news reaches the ears of Hu Zan and others, I am afraid that they will change their minds again, and they will come to cry worriedly, so they decided to use their role as bait to lure the snake out of the hole.

The six or seven knights hovering in the distance seemed to have made up their minds, and suddenly their horses galloped over, and the guards sitting in the shed stood up with their hands on the hilt.

Yang Ling said calmly: "Sit down, can they still rush directly into the shed?" Fireworks and rockets are ready, once something happens, call people immediately, officers and soldiers catch thieves, and they can't fight alone! ”

The guards sat down slowly, but their hands were still on the hilt of their swords, staring out.

Those people approached, a total of seven horsemen, except for a half-old man, all of them were strong men in their thirties, tied to their heads, with a goose knife under their ribs, Yang Ling's gaze wandered slightly on the face of the seven people, and stopped on the face of a scar-faced man.

This person is Yang Hu, although he has changed his outfit and his face has simply changed his appearance, but his body shape has not changed, and his arrogant temperament is also like standing out from the crowd, as if he is the leader of everyone.

The eyes of the two people clashed in an instant, a hint of surprise flashed in Yang Ling's eyes, he had vaguely recognized Yang Hu, the person chasing was Yang Hu, not someone from the Maitreya Sect, which was greatly unexpected by him, why didn't the Maitreya Sect see movement, but Yang Hu chased after him?

If you want to say that the red lady deceived herself, it doesn't make sense, after all, she knows the news, whether it is true or not, she will definitely strengthen her vigilance, if what the red lady said is true, how can Yang Hu still be stupidly used by Maitreya? Could it be that he and the red lady haven't met yet, and they don't know about it?

Yang Ling's face flashed with surprise, and he thought it was fear in Yang Hu's eyes, a trace of disdain flashed on his face, and he turned his head casually, and said to the boss: "Shopkeeper, cut ten catties of sauce beef, a jar of soju, come up for the gentlemen", said the big stab into the shed, sat down at a table, took off the saber at his waist and pressed it horizontally on the table, and stared at Yang Ling fiercely.

The shopkeeper hurriedly made a pot of tea and brought it to him, and took the opportunity to glance at the people around him, everyone had a gloomy face, and a cold and depressed atmosphere couldn't help but make his heart tighten, and he quickly retreated behind the counter.

Yang Hu didn't look at him, his eyes kept staring at Yang Ling, he really hated Yang Ling, two hundred henchmen died under Yang Ling's hands, this hatred was all counted on Yang Ling's head by wishful thinking, and now his beloved wife also left because of disagreement, this account is also counted on Yang Ling's head, and Yang Ling wants to get rid of it quickly.

Maitreya has a high level of communication, knowing that the emperor's micro-service is not trivial, if the important ministers around him are assassinated, it will be difficult to move him again, but according to the logic of Yang Hu, a horse thief, he thinks that cutting off the emperor's wings is easy to attack the emperor.

He took a few people, like a blind man and a blind horse in Datong, without the slightest way, the only way was to send people to take turns to keep an eye on Yang Ling, guard the home and protect the courtyard for him, and secretly accompany him back and forth between the palace and the post house.

There was a murderous aura in the room, everyone's muscles were tensed, and their eyes were coldly staring at each other, and the battle was about to break out. Yang Ling gently raised a teacup, took a sip carefully, and then gently put it down, lest if the sound was a little louder, it would immediately trigger a big battle.

The shopkeeper, who was good at observing his face, saw that the situation was not good, and couldn't help but secretly complain, he quietly pushed away the abacus, and his steps gently began to move back, hiding his hand behind him and quietly touching the door curtain.

Yang Hu silently observed for a long time, and found that there were only more than 20 people inside and outside the house, and he had a slight estimate in his heart of the strength of the inner factory when he attacked Yang's mansion outside Gao Laozhuang that night, and he couldn't help but feel relieved.

Now in addition to him, there is also an eagle claw master Huo Fifth Uncle, who wants to attack and kill Yang Ling under the protection of more than 20 guards, and the chance of winning is at least seventy percent, he glanced at Huo Fifth Uncle who was sitting opposite, his eyes drooped down slightly, and he was determined to make a move.

As soon as the shopkeeper lifted the door curtain, Yang Hu suddenly stood up, and the guards who couldn't breathe also stood up, choking on the sound of drawing knives, and the swords in the shed were shining for a while.

Yang Hu's subordinates also jumped up, knocked a long stool to the ground, and made a clang, only Huo Wuye sat on the stool steadily, but his hand pressing on the hot teapot was motionless, and the green tendons on the back of his hand had skyrocketed.

Yang Ling and Wu Hanchao on the opposite side did not move, Wu Hanchao pressed the matching sword with one hand, and quietly reached into the bag hanging from the belt with the other, and had already touched five sharp money darts with edges in his hand, but Liu Daba's mallet on the right had jumped up, and a dark iron rod was grasped in his hand.

Yang Hu glanced around, suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, the laughter continued, Yang Ling suddenly smiled slightly, and said, "The opposite side should be Yang Hu Brother Yang?" Farewell to the Beijing teacher, don't come unharmed? ”

Yang Hu sneered: "I care a lot, Yang is not dead, and I have always wanted to repay Lord Yang's kindness, but unfortunately the threshold of the Yang family is too high, and Yang can't step in, which is good, the Lord is far away from the Beijing Master, and his wish has come true, and the sky has eyes."

Yang Ling shook his head lightly and sighed: "Originally, we could be good brothers, but you chased Datong, are you determined to rebel?" Will you listen to my advice? Now put down the sword, Bendo can spare you from death! ”

Yang Hu smiled, and was about to sneer at each other, when suddenly the sound of horses' hooves was urgent, and the people in the shed looked outside, only to see a fast horse in the distance, flying and galloping. The knight on the horse was half-hunched at the waist, in a line with the horse's body, and his appearance could not be seen from a distance, except for a gray robe, dressed as a man, and an unsheathed steel knife at his waist, which sometimes slashed through a ray of sunlight and emitted a dazzling flash.

After a moment's effort, the horse came to the door, and immediately the knight lifted the reins of the horse, and the horse neighed, and the man stood up, kicking the snow in front of him. Before the forefoot fell, the knight landed lightly and strode into the door.

The two sides of the tension didn't know whether the person who came was friend or foe, they both stared at him without saying a word, this person has a jade face and sword eyebrows, a thin nose and a thin mouth, looks heroic, although he is a handsome little offspring dressed up, but Yang Ling and Yang Hu both saw through her very simple disguise at a glance, Yang Hu has been happy and said: "Lady, you came just in time, join forces with your husband, kill Yang Ling to avenge your brothers!" ”

Huo Wuye clasped the pot of boiling water with his five fingers, and was already about to throw it at Yang Ling, but at this time he also stood up in surprise and said, "Ying'er? My good niece, can make the fifth uncle worry about death, come here, Yang Ling only brought twenty guards, our uncle and nephew can easily kill him! ”

Cui Ying'er said with a pretty face: "Fifth uncle, our main master is the Maitreya Sect, and if you want to take revenge, it is a dog with a thorn, and there is nowhere to eat." For the people, we don't have that ability, we really hurt the emperor and Yang Ling, and we are fulfilling the will of Maitreya, and the Tartars outside the pass will take advantage of the situation to break into the pass, and we will not have to bear the infamy for a few lifetimes? ”

Her autumn-like eyes glanced at Yang Ling, clasped her fists with both hands to everyone, and said: "Brothers, you have the people and horses of my Cui family's old village, and my brother Feihujian, Cui Ying'er and all the brothers advance and retreat together, live and die together, have you ever been afraid of things?" It's the Chincha-sama."

She glanced at Yang Ling, and said proudly: "I also captured him with my own hands, and escaped safely in the midst of a hundred thousand troops, Ying'er is not a person who is afraid of things, but we Jianghu people pay attention to the wrongdoer, the debtor has the owner, Yangfu is a fat sheep, we are kidnapped, whether we can succeed, that has to rely on our ability, I have never heard of the kidnapper lost his hand, and regarded the fat sheep as an enemy, that is our poor learning."

But if we are fooled into kidnapping people, we have fallen into someone else's plan to drive away the tiger and control the tiger, do you think this revenge should be avenged? Now it is clear that the Maitreya Sect wants to deal with Yang Ling, and our cottage has just been pulled out by officers and soldiers, but we are running to be other people's pawns, doing some stupid things that people lead donkeys and we pout, is it over? ”

She glared at Yang Hu dissatisfied, and said: "You go out of the city one after another, I will come out with you, there is no other meaning, I don't agree to kill Yang Ling, just rely on the banner of "walking for the sky" on our cottage!" I've already said what I should say, agree with my brother, please stand up! ”

Several people in the Cui family's old village looked at each other, they were all young generation of bandit masters, Miss Cui's appeal in their eyes was far from being comparable to the already outdated Fifth Uncle Huo, Cui Ying'er said awe-inspiringly, the knife in their hands couldn't help but slowly put down, and walked towards Cui Ying'er hesitantly.

Yang Huqi's lungs were about to explode, and he shouted angrily: "Cui Ying'er, are you crazy? Are you my wife or his Yang Ling's wife? Turning your elbow outward? If you don't help me, you have to pull my brothers away, is this the duty of a wife? Ok, good, good! ”

He smiled angrily and said: "I have been putting up with you and letting you, but I am not afraid of you, you really think that you are Yang Kuanhu, and when you return to the cottage, I will invite the owners of all the mountains and mountains, and ask Lord Yuezhang in person to understand, the good daughter he taught!" ”

Fifth Uncle Huo's face was also a little unbearable, although he loved Cui Ying'er, but the water spilled by the girl who got married, how could there be a wife who went against her husband, isn't this a big rebellion? Besides, when he came, the old man spoke, asking him to suppress Cui Ying'er and prevent her from interfering in Yang Hu's affairs.

Fifth Uncle Huo said sharply: "You bastards, what did the old man say when he sent you out?" Everything is arranged by my uncle, and now I am messing around with Ying'er? Yang Ling is in and out of the guards, except for today, is there such a good opportunity? Listen to me, copy the guy together, and do his surname Yang, otherwise Boss Cui's mountain rules, a few of you will know."

A few masters of the Cui family's cottage, you look at me, I look at you, in a dilemma, I don't know who to listen to for a while, Cui Ying'er's pretty face turned white, and said: "Fifth uncle, Yang Hu is lustful, do you still support him?" ”

Fifth Uncle Huo snorted heavily: "Ying'er, don't blame Fifth Uncle for saying you, you are making trouble now, making outsiders listen to jokes, we people who are mixed with cottages, actually help the officers and soldiers, in the future, how can you let your father and your man gain a foothold in the green forest?" ”

Liu Dabang mallet couldn't help but be happy when he looked at this nest, he said with a smile: "It's good, this is called Shenming righteousness, that red breeze runs at night, well, it's too unfeminine, or such a sensible woman, he doesn't want to be a horse thief leader, and drink spicy food with our handsome!" ”

Cui Ying'er listened to his nonsense, her face was slightly dizzy with anger, her wrist flicked, and an iron thistle flew towards Liu Dabang's gushing mouth, Wu Hanchao had already prepared, a copper coin greeted him, and with a "ding" sound, the two iron tools collided and flew aside.

Liu Dabang was startled and scolded: "Damn, a thief is a thief, turning his face is faster than turning a book!" ”

Wu Hanchao sneered: "He's a rough man, why should Mrs. Yang bother with him?" Does Yang Da want to take advantage of our few people? I'm sorry, I'll tell you the truth, just with us people, you may not be able to get a good deal, what's more, this fifth uncle really said, we adults go in and out of the guards like clouds, how can there be only this little bit of people? ”

Yang Hu, Huo Wushu and Red Lady and others were stunned for a moment, and then they came back to their senses, and their faces couldn't help but change greatly, a big master at the door smiled slightly, and when he saw Wu Hanchao making a look at him, he immediately flipped his wrist, and a dart went straight to his head. The whistle came from afar, and in a moment, hundreds of fans in the alleys of the villages on both sides of the village swarmed out with knives and arrows, surrounding the shack.

I saw a few fans take out the black iron cable tied with a long rope from their waists, throw it on the roof of the shed, pull it around, "boom" sound, the whole shed was pulled into four or five parts, fortunately there was no floating ash on the roof of the shed, it was all snow, and everyone in the shed waved their weapons to smash the light plank, and only a layer of snow foam fell on the body.

With the eight-foot-long iron rod of Liu's big stick mallet, Yang Ling's standing place was naturally not dangerous, and for a while, the entire shack was completely gone, and all the people were exposed to broad daylight, and the sharp arrows were aimed at them.

Wu Hanchao and Liu Dabang guarded Yang Ling in front of him, and slowly retreated outward, and the inner guards also retreated outward at the same time within a distance that could be taken care of at any time, Yang Ling retreated into the crowd and shouted loudly: "Red lady, just because you just said something, this official will give you another chance, assassinating the king and killing the driver, and assassinating the minister are all capital crimes!" But as long as you give up your sword and surrender now, this official will protect you from death! ”

The red lady took a breath, glanced at him stubbornly, raised the saber in her hand, and said loudly: "Lord Yang, I persuade Xianggong to turn back, but I don't want to be taken advantage of, our heroes in the green forest of Bazhou, we don't have the knees to surrender to the officers and soldiers, Cui Ying'er lives and dies with Xianggong and all the brothers in the cottage, and you will not frown if you save your heart, your kindness is understood!" ”

Yang Hu laughed and said, "Okay, I'm my Yang Hu's wife!" Brothers, copy the guys, use the planks as shields, let's rush out, and if we can't get the horse, we will retreat to Fang Mountain! ”

The bandits hurriedly turned over the table and smashed wooden planks to act as simple shields, and the bandits were all around, and the bowstrings squeaked and squeaked, and the bows and arrows in their hands were drawn like a full moon.

Wu Hanchao looked at Yang Ling and asked, "My lord? ”

Yang Ling glanced at Cui Ying'er fixedly, and shot a woman into a thorn? His heart moved slightly, and he said: "Yang Hu, Cui Ying'er, you should be able to see that you can't escape at all today, even if you are good at martial arts, can you kill all my four hundred iron guards?" Why don't you give up and surrender quickly? ”

Yang Hu and Cui Ying'er and the others were all unruly and unruly thieves who were not afraid of death, they just sneered when they heard it, and avoided behind the shield without saying a word, Yang Ling gritted his teeth, and just wanted to drink the order to release the arrow, when suddenly there was a beast-like roar one after another, and Yang Ling couldn't help but be stunned.

When he heard the sound, the mountain village stretched out to the gentle slope of the snowy side of the mountain, and a team was like a savage beast running on the wasteland, except for the thunderous sound of iron hooves hitting the wasteland, it was the constant strange cries of the knights on the horse, and the sound was terrifying.

Although he couldn't see the clothes of those people clearly from a distance, he only heard this strange howl, Yang Ling, the officers and soldiers, and the horse thieves who had seen the Tartar army all knew that this was a Tartar soldier who came out of nowhere, and they came to rob the village.

It is a matter of course for officers and soldiers to kill thieves, and thieves to kill officers and soldiers, and they are old enemies that cannot be resolved. However, the strange situation that is rarely encountered is: Is this Tartar soldier who washes the village a killer or a thief? How could they distinguish between these two groups of Han Chinese, this branch of Tartar soldiers is afraid that there are not thousands of people, if they start with the horse thieves now, the galloping Tartars can be killed, then what should they do?

Yang Ling and Yang Hu, who had the confidence to kill the thief and had the confidence to escape, were dumbfounded, cooperating with each other? Is it possible? The two glanced at each other, and all they saw in their eyes was suspicion, hatred, and distrust.

The earth trembled slightly, and the people of the village were already crying, and the tartars were swooping down like locusts.

(To be continued)