It was already dusk, and the people who went out to farm carried plows and hoes and ploughing oxen, and returned to the county seat one after another. Because of the busy farming, the prefectural magistrate also ordered the closure of the city gate to be postponed.

Yuan Mai took the cultivator's hand to the side of the road, took out the usual five baht money from his arms and gave it away: "The kid is a disciple of Mr. Tong Yuan, and Zhao Yun is my senior brother, and I haven't seen him for many years." Recently, the boy has been successful in his studies, and the master ordered me to come to my brother to join him, gallop on the battlefield, and make meritorious achievements. It's just that the kid doesn't know where Senior Brother Zilong is, but he only knows that his ancestral home is Changshan Zhending, so he came to look for it before. If the uncle knows a thing or two, please give me a few words, I would appreciate it! ”

The cultivator looked simple, and did not accept the money Yuan bought, so he pushed it to him and said: "It turned out to be Zilong's junior brother, but I heard Zilong say that his master is called Tong Yuan......"

The cultivator looked at Yuan Mai as he spoke, and saw that he was about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a long sword hanging from his waist, obviously a person who practiced martial arts, but because Yuan Mai was young and reported the name of Master Zhao Yun, he was not guarded, and pulled Yuan Mai's clothes and quietly hid in the distance.

"Little brother, you are asking the right person, Zilong used to be an errand in our Zhending County Ya, and I am neighbors with his family. When the moth thieves (Yellow Turban Army) were in rebellion, Zilong organized a group of volunteers to take refuge in Lord Gongsun Zhan, but unexpectedly Jizhou later became the world of Yuan Zhoumu, and a war broke out with Lord Gongsun. Therefore, Zilong's family did not dare to live in the city anymore, and had moved to Taohuadu, sixty miles outside the city......"

As he spoke, the ploughman pointed to a river two or three zhang wide at the foot of the city wall, "Along the river, about fifty or sixty miles, there is a ferry, and the banks are covered with peach trees, and that is the peach blossom crossing. Zilong's brother Zhao Qi moved there with his family. ”

"Thank you Uncle for your advice!" Asked about the whereabouts of Zhao Yun's family, Yuan Mai was in a happy mood, and couldn't help but stuff the usual copper money to the cultivator: "Thank you for this money, you keep it and sell rice." With that, he turned over and rode away.

"Huh...... General Zilong is really visionary, and the friends he has made are really righteous, this copper coin can buy a month's worth of millet! ”

Looking at Yuan Mai's distant back, the ploughman was very happy, put the copper coin in his arms, and entered the city with a smile. didn't know that after such a pointer from him, it caused countless troubles to Zhao Yun, and his final fate was changed.

After hearing the whereabouts of Zhao Yun's family, Yuan Mai was in a happy mood, and did not rush to look for it, preparing to set up camp first and visit tomorrow. It's dark at the moment, and it's not good to visit late at night, and it's not good to disturb people.

If you want to bring Zhao Yun under the account in the future, you must rely on Zhao Yun's family to say a few good words, otherwise Brother Zilong is very concerned about Liu Daer's chrysanthemum, and it is really difficult to accept it. You must be courteous to the people of the Zhao family, and you must serve them with good food and drink.

"Fan Hu and Fan Bao, take the brothers to find a suitable place to camp and set up camp, cook on a stove, and visit again tomorrow." Yuan Mai found the trilogy and gave his order.

The county seat did not enter, and he entered the city with his subordinates, and the county order must know that it is indispensable to catch the wind and wash the dust. Wouldn't it be bad if the movement was boiling and Zhao Yun's family learned about the movement and hid?

The group found a valley near the river, set up a few tents, made a fire for cooking, and drank horses from the river, but it was safe. Ten people were left to patrol at night, and the rest sank into their dreams.

In the middle of the night, the horn suddenly sounded.

Yuan Mai was taken aback, fortunately he slept in his clothes last night, so he hurriedly drew his sword in his hand, carried a strong bow, and went out of the tent to check. I saw that the torches around were bright, and about 300 thieves wrapped in yellow scarves and holding weapons shouted and killed.

The two brothers Fan Hu and Fan Bao also rushed out, one carrying a big axe, and the other carrying a three-pointed two-edged halberd, and said to Yuan Mai in unison: "Gongzi will go first, retreat towards Zhending County, and our brothers will be cut off!" ”

Yuan Mai didn't expect to be ambushed by thieves, these people are really bold, and only a few hundred people dare to come out and loot. How did this Taishou of Changshan County deserve it?

"Don't panic, there are only a few thieves, presumably to plunder our horses. If you retreat, will you not be ridiculed? Everyone is in the army to establish a reputation, how can you retreat without a fight when you encounter a thief today? Get on your horse, charge with me for a while, and then break through when the battle is over! Yuan Mai got on his horse first, and waved his sword at his soldiers.

The fifty people were encouraged, and all of them shouted, "Kill the thief, make a name!" They all held spears in their hands, stepped on their horses, and formed a team of ten people in five columns, ready to launch a counterattack.

"Fan Hu and Fan Leopard open the way in front, and the whole army charges!"

Seeing that the Black Mountain thieves who were shouting to kill were getting closer and closer, Yuan Mai bent his bow and arrows and shot one, and the first guy with the banner of "Black Mountain" was shot in the head, and he immediately fell to the ground, and his life was whimpered.

Qingqi was shot, and the other thieves were hindered, and they also felt a sense of fear in their hearts, and the pace of progress slowed down a lot. Qu Shuai, who was behind the anger, scolded loudly, urging his subordinates to rush forward.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the brothers Fan Hu and Fan Leopard had already rushed into the crowd of Black Mountain thieves first, the two of them were incomparable, the weapons were heavy, and wherever the blades went, they were like chopping melons and vegetables, and they cut down more than a dozen people in a moment, and the Black Mountain thieves couldn't resist and retreated.

Yuan Mai carried the Chongxiao Sword in his hand, led fifty horsemen, and rushed into the Black Mountain Thief Formation behind the Fan brothers, and everywhere he went, blood and flesh splashed, and people rolled around, and more than 20 Black Mountain Thieves were killed in an instant. There were also two people on his side who fell off the horse and were dismembered by random knives.

"Don't panic, pikemen block the road, shield men chop horses' legs!" One of the Black Mountain Thieves was riding a black horse, carrying a spear, with a bearded face and a sturdy figure, calmly commanding.

Seeing that he couldn't stop the retreat, this guy was furious, and with a shot, he stabbed a hole in the chest of a retreating black mountain thief, picked it up violently, and shouted: "Whoever dares to retreat is like this!" ”

The Black Mountain thieves were frightened, and they would die if they retreated anyway, and they might be able to grab a few good horses if they moved forward, so they stopped retreating. The shield-bearers carried their shields and took machetes, and slashed at the horses' hooves; The spearmen swung their spears and stabbed at the men on their horses.

One charged, the officers and soldiers slashed and killed more than 30 Black Mountain thieves, and three people on their side were cut off their horses' legs, rolled off their horses, and became dead souls under the knife.

The combat effectiveness of this black mountain thief made Yuan Mai a little surprised, it was much stronger than the thief he met in the Wangjia Horse Farm, and the military discipline was strict, he was not afraid of death, he waved his sword and ordered: "The whole army retreats, speed up and get rid of the thieves!" After Fan Hu and Fan Leopard are broken! ”

At that moment, the officers and men did not dare to fight, and they had already penetrated the position of the Black Mountain thieves just now, so they did not turn back, abandoned their tents, and ran forward. Anyway, his side is full of cavalry, and most of the Black Mountain thieves are foot soldiers, only a dozen horsemen, so they can't catch up.

Seeing the retreat of the officers and soldiers, the black mountain thieves pursued relentlessly, and the bearded man will follow him with more than a dozen horses, biting tightly behind the officers and soldiers, trying to entangle some people, and wait for the foot soldiers behind to catch up and encircle and suppress.

Qiu Xiao is skilled in marksmanship, and his crotch mount is elite, and he has been wrapped in the back. After being ordered to break off, the Fan brothers fought against this person, and more than ten times could not repel him, so they could only fight and go, and they could not get rid of the pursuers for a long time, but there was a tendency to be surrounded.

Yuan Mai turned his head and saw that the Fan brothers were entangled, so he turned his horse, bent his bow and arrow, and released an arrow towards the bearded general, and shouted "medium" in his mouth, and the sharp arrow shot at the face of the bearded general with the sound of the wind.

When the bearded general heard the wind, he hurriedly lowered his head, but Rao was quick to hide, but he was still shot through the armor by a sharp arrow and penetrated into his shoulder bone, screaming in pain, and turned his horse away.

The strong enemy retreated, the Fan brothers slashed and killed several thieves, were able to break through, caught up with the large army, the whole army quickly whipped, and gradually threw off the chasing Kou, the Black Mountain thieves saw that they couldn't catch up, and Mingjin retreated.