When Zhang Xutuo sighed, he was full of loneliness, and Luo Shixin wanted to comfort him, but he was depressed. Zhang Xutuo looks tired, and so does he, since he joined the army in the 14th year, he is full of pride, and wants to kill thieves to protect his family with his own ability, and create an immortal career. But after many years of fighting, the thieves are more and more, and the hometown is also troubled, and there are not a few friends and relatives who have turned into thieves, and some people even turn against him and regard him as a great enemy.

Luo Shixin was suddenly a little confused, he didn't know if what he had done over the years was meaningful, he could insist on following Zhang Xutuo, not for the sake of the Great Sui, but just for Zhang Xutuo's kindness.

Without Zhang Xutuo, there would be no Luo Shixin today!

Seeing Zhang Xutuo standing near the abyss, it seems to have seen Zhang Xutuo's situation all along. Luo Shixin suddenly wanted to ask, did General Zhang think the same way?

Zhang Xutuo was very loyal, that is, loyal to Yang Guang and loyal to the Great Sui.

Yang Guang is a very suspicious person, and he has always been jealous of those who hold great power, from Yang Su to Li Min, Yang Guang has been in power for more than ten years, and there are definitely more than ten powerful ministers and important ministers who have been killed, as long as there is a threat to him, Yang Guang will not hesitate to eradicate it, and will not take into account the slightest family affection, Xiao Buyi is one of them, although he is also Yang Guang's relative. But if there is one person in the world who is not taken care of by Yang Guang, it is Zhang Xutuo, which is definitely an outlier in the Great Sui.

Zhang Xutuo holds soldiers and horses, and is in charge of the promotion of the officials of the twelve counties of Henan Province, in fact, it is not only the twelve counties of Henan Province, even if he leads his troops to the counties of Huaibei, the hundred officials are respectful when they see him. His official position may not be as expensive as the seven nobles in the court, but his rights are not as high as the seven nobles in the court combined.

But Yang Guang never had a suspicion of him, and the rights he gave him only became bigger and bigger.

The soldier died as a confidant, and Zhang Xutuo never lived up to Yang Guang's respect. He fought for a long time and never was defeated, and the bandits in Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Huaibei and other places would change color when they heard Zhang Xutuo's name, and when they saw Zhang Xutuo's banner, they fled in despair.

Bandits are rampant, and the giant thieves come and go, endlessly, but the huge thieves who died in the hands of Zhang Xutuo are countless.

But Zhang Xutuo is a human after all, he is not a god.

The current rebellion of the Great Sui is by no means something that he can calm down alone, the foundation is unstable, and it is difficult for him to return to heaven even if he has the means of God.

Knowing that Xiao Buyi's reputation was rising, Zhang Xutuo was very pleased, he hoped that he could join forces with Xiao Buyi to quell the rebellion, but when he knew that Xiao Buyi was a heavenly opportunity, he could only sigh with emotion to make people, if Xiao Buyi was really a heavenly machine, the more famous he was, the more he could only cause more trouble to the Great Sui! Zhang Xutuo didn't want to kill such a rare general by mistake, so he set a test, and only hoped that Xiao Buyi had nothing to do with Tianji and Taiping Dao.

But when he saw Xiao Buyi knowing the words of the Book of Heaven, when he pulled his bow and shot angrily, he did not hesitate, in his opinion, the Taiping Daoists have always been the cause of disaster for the imperial courts in the past dynasties, and there is no room for negotiation in killing. But he still underestimated Xiao Buyi and Xiao Buyi's courage.

Xiao Buyi gained a great reputation, and easily gave it up without the slightest hesitation, of course, Xiao Buyi was also wary of him, as evidenced by the assassin ambush. Xiao Buyi was able to escape because he was able to resolutely give up a lot of things, and this person will definitely be a big trouble for Da Sui in the future.

Xiao Buyi lost and fled, but he Zhang Xutuo didn't win anything.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xutuo sighed again, his face was full of sorrow, the mountain wind was tighter, and the night was thicker.

**

When Xiao Buyi jumped off the cliff, he was also startled, although he felt that the woman who ate white rice would not harm him at the moment, and the shock of jumping from a height was something that few people could understand.

He didn't expect that he would be able to join forces with this woman, and when the woman Luo Shui attacked, he and her were still enemies of life and death. But things are often so ingenious that the woman in black actually took the initiative to come to the door, on the day Zhai Wushuang assassinated him.

The rest of the matter was planned in secret, and everything was clear only to him and the woman in black.

They are really not intimate, they only come together because of the relationship of cooperation, Xiao Buyi likes to ask women to eat rice, because he finds that the woman's requirements are very simple, every meal is usually white rice and pickles are enough, she eats every meal very carefully, chews slowly, and every grain of rice is not wasted, as if there is no landing next time after eating this meal.

Their relationship is really not intimate, but it looks very intimate now, Xiao Buyi hugged the woman's waist tightly, falling in the air, fragrant and exciting, Xiao Buyi had never encountered it. Xiao Buyi seemed to be caring, but he was still secretly wary and paid attention to the woman's movements.

The slender waist was held in a hand, soft as a boneless, and when Xiao Buyi hugged it, the woman didn't seem to object.

Of course, not opposing does not mean approving it, and there is also a taste of necessity. The woman's eyes were indifferent, her brows were furrowed, and her lips were vaguely pursed in the scarf.

The woman's injury was really not light, but she was also a defeat.

There are very few people in the world who can hurt Zhang Xutuo, but she stabbed Zhang Xutuo with a sword, but the price she paid was heavy.

Zhang Xutuo is extraordinary after all, an arrow was shot, and the woman took a risk to kill Zhang Xutuo, but was shot through the arm by a long arrow, and blood was dripping. When he stabbed Zhang Xutuo, he was slapped by Zhang Xutuo again, and half of his body was about to be broken, but now he still can't move. Zhang Xutuo was attacked by the two, and she couldn't do her best when she was distracted, but with the power of her palms, she only had one hand left to move, and she was bored and wanted to die in her chest, if it weren't for years of cultivation with a pure heart and few desires, coupled with Xiao Buyi's desperate rescue, she might have died under Zhang Xutuo's hands.

But Zhang Xutuo is just a minor injury, and Zhang Xutuo is the first master of the Great Sui, which is by no means false.

Although it was only one hand, the woman was still empty, snuggled in Xiao Buyi's arms, and her eyes did not flicker on the way down. Suddenly, a black ribbon flew out and wrapped around a dwarf pine protruding from the edge of a cliff.

The ribbon is like silk, but it is extremely tough and has not been torn, but the dwarf pine can't resist the force of the two of them falling, and it breaks with a 'click'.

But the fall of the two was a little slow, the woman shook her hand and flew loose, waved her wrist again, and wrapped a small tree again, the small tree broke again, and the fall of the two eased a little.

There were many dead vines and low trees growing on the cliff, coiled out of the rock crevices, and when the woman wrapped herself around the third tree, she had already leaned towards the edge of the cliff with one arm.

The two of them were also in a hurry, but Xiao Buyi was holding his arms in his hands, gently resisting the rock wall. When the woman folded the ribbon, Xiao Buyi had already chosen a convex stone to step on, and stood against the wall with her arms, although it was sinister, it was temporarily out of danger.

"It looks like we're not working well together." Xiao Buyi said with a smile.

The woman in black said indifferently: "Are you still in the mood to joke? ”

Xiao Buyi looked around, "It's a day of sorrow, a day of laughter, since it's not dead, it's always something to be thankful about." ”

The woman in black stretched out her finger and said, "You can go down there." ”

Xiao Buyi looked over and found that there was a crack in the rock wall on the left, which had been washed by the rain for a long time, and cracked a long opening, barely able to climb, nodded, jumped over, and climbed over with one palm like a hook, firmly clinging to the rock, stepping on the crack and sliding down quickly.

The sand and stones fell, and Xiao Buyi hugged a person, cautiously quite difficult.

The woman in black just looked at him, let Xiao Buyi make a move, and suddenly asked, "You don't hate me?" ”

"What do you hate?" Xiao Buyi just wanted to get to the bottom of the valley earlier and choose a way to escape, he didn't want to see Zhang Xutuo again for the time being.

"I hurt you from a general to an outlaw, from being the best to having nothing, I thought you would hate me."

Xiao Buyi smiled, "I originally had nothing, but now that I have one more of you, I finally have a little gain." ”

The woman in black didn't say anything anymore, Xiao Buyi used her hands and feet together, and was exhausted when she slid down. Just breathed slightly, felt that it was not a problem to escape, turned his head to look at the woman in black and said, "If you eat rice, you want to go by yourself, or run away with me first." ”

When the woman went down to the bottom of the valley, she had already broken away from Xiao Buyi's arms, and there was a bit of a taste of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge. Hearing Xiao Buyi's inquiry, he groaned, "Let's join you first, I'm just afraid that Zhang Xutuo is coming, and I can't stand it alone." ”

"I may not be able to hold on to one more." Xiao Buyi smiled bitterly and discerned the next direction, the woman stretched out her hand and pointed: "There are three exits here to get out of the mountain, one is to the north, you can go to Hongze Lake, one is to the east, to go to the East China Sea, and the other is to the west." Although Zhang Xutuo is brave, even if he can make a detour from the top of the mountain, after all, he has no doppelganger technique, and even if he chases him, he only has the strength to block an intersection......"

"Which one do you recommend?"

The woman in black groaned, "There is Yang Yichen across Hongze Lake to the north, and Zhang Xutuo's heavy troops are guarding, he shouldn't have thought that we would go, so we might as well go the opposite way and go straight north to make plans." ”

Xiao Buyi nodded, "Then I'm going to go west, and most of the things you have considered, Zhang Xutuo will probably also think about it." There is a danger to Peking University. ”

The woman in black said lightly: "Xiao Buyi, you are too conceited. ”

"I'm cautious, how can I be conceited, let's go." Xiao Buyi stretched out his hand to help.

The woman in black reached out and knocked Xiao Buyi's hand away, but walked straight to the west, Xiao Buyi smiled and followed behind. Although the woman in black was dissatisfied with him, she still chose Xiao Buyi's suggestion.

The two of them walked out of the valley, and unexpectedly without Zhang Xutuo intercepting them, the woman in black stopped, frowned and asked, "What do you do now?" ”

"Go to Shimizuto." Xiao Buyi said in a deep voice: "From there, we will take the road to the mainland and take refuge for a while. ”

The woman in black was noncommittal, discerned the next direction, and went in the southwest direction, Qingshui Ferry She also knew that it was a ferry port before Huaishui entered Hongze Lake, in the southwest direction.

She was seriously injured, her steps were less light and steady, but in the process of walking, her waist gradually straightened, and her steps gradually changed from staggering to steady.

Xiao Buyi was also pranayama when he walked.

Since he practiced the Yijin Sutra, no matter sitting, standing, or walking, he can regulate his luck, although he was beaten by Zhang Xutuo twice and vomited blood, he could fall from the top of the mountain and go out of the valley for a period of time, although he was tired, the hard practice of the past two years has played a role. After buffering for some time, he was full of energy, and when he heard the woman in black's steps gradually becoming lighter, Xiao Buyi said in his heart, this person's kung fu is still above himself, and it must be because of the proper method.

"After bypassing that mountain, there is Shimizu in front of you." Xiao Buyi had nothing to say. I thought that the woman in black would not answer, but I didn't expect her to look back and stop, "It seems that your calculations are not so accurate, I'm just afraid that we won't be able to get there." ”

"Why?" Xiao Buyi's words fell, only to hear the sound of horses' hooves, hundreds of soldiers rushed down from the mountain, holding their bows to block the way.

**

As the first general, with a dark complexion, a loose beard, and a sharp axe, it is Cheng Yanjin who has met in the Eastern Capital.

"Xiao Buyi, I've been waiting for a long time." Cheng Yanjin removed the shouting and immediately sat upright, his face gloomy, which was quite different from the last time he saw the noisy Cheng Yanjin.

"What are you waiting for me to do, do you want to return the horses I dispatched?" Xiao Buyi asked casually.

Cheng Biting Jin's face at night was strange, knowing that Xiao Buyi's old affairs were brought up again, and he vaguely ridiculed him for being ungrateful, "Lord Xiao, biting Jin is just a reckless man, when he was in the Eastern Capital, he and Shubao were deeply grateful for Lord Xiao's kindness, if it weren't for Lord Xiao's help, we might not have been able to take the horse smoothly." It's just that the world is unpredictable, but I didn't expect to see each other today......"

"I didn't expect that either." Xiao Buyi didn't have the slightest nervousness on his face, and still smiled: "Actually, it's better for everyone to take a step back and open the sky." ”

"The arrow is on the bow, and it has to be sent." Cheng Yanjin said with a solemn face: "General Zhang has an order, I can't help but obey." ”

Cheng Biting Jin was also quite helpless, he didn't want to be an enemy of Xiao Buyi, firstly, because he had helped the two of them in the Eastern Capital, and secondly, Xiao Buyi was famous, and he didn't want to sing this black face. Whether Xiao Buyi dies or not really has nothing to do with him, but it is really not his intention to cause more trouble because of the interception and killing of Xiao Buyi.

Now Xiao Buyi is famous, although he fled in the wilderness and seems to have nothing, even Cheng Yanjin understands that Xiao Buyi's prestige has risen, and everyone in the Central Plains knows it, as long as he raises his arms, it is not difficult to remember the facts. Cheng Biting Jin and Zhang Xutuo went to the east and west to fight, at first it was just to protect the homeland, and later wanted to use the conquest to break through the prestige and seek wealth, but after many years, the future is still bleak, and the Great Sui is becoming more and more chaotic, but Cheng Biting Jin is at a loss, I don't know where the road is, but if you want to rebel like Zhai Rang and others, after all, you still can't. He is hesitant now, it is not his intention to stop Xiao Buyi, and it is not possible to stop him, but he is in a dilemma.

He ambushed here, not to intercept Xiao Buyi, but to capture the remnants of the party who defected with Xiao Buyi. Zhang Xutuo divided his troops to fight, and he had already made arrangements for the capture of Xiao Buyi. He learned that Xiao Buyi's right-hand men were Wei Chigong and Pei Xingyan, and the bigger problem was the tens of thousands of soldiers under Xiao Buyi. Xiao Buyi is now quite prestigious among the soldiers, if he is rashly caught, he is afraid that it will cause a mutiny in the army, and it is even more out of control, although most of the elite soldiers of the Weifu are obedient to the will of the saint, and the possibility of following Xiao Buyi to rebel is very small, but it is of course best to act safely. Even if there is no mutiny in the army, Xiao Buyi will only be questioned on the charge of a heavenly crime, and I am afraid that the government and the opposition will discuss it one after another. In order to reduce the influence, Zhang Xutuo asked Yang Yichen and Qin Shubao to deal with Wei Chigong, and by the way, quietly pacified the army that incorporated Xiao Buyi, and asked Pei Renji and Pang Yu to persuade Pei Xingyan to surrender, and let Cheng Yanjin ambush on this route to arrest the rebels, but he personally arranged it, let Luo Shixin pretend to be the supreme king, and set out Xiao Buyi's truth, and then cut him straight away, without moving.

All the strategies are not bad, but even Zhang Xutuo didn't expect that Xiao Buyi not only escaped from the palace on the island, but also had the ability to break through the encirclement and kill all the way to Cheng Yanjin!

"Xiao Buyi, what are you doing with so much nonsense." Although the woman in black blamed, her tone was still flat, she seemed to just say her thoughts, not mixed with too much emotion, "Either escape, or kill the past, in addition, is there too much choice?" ”

"And." Xiao Buyi said with a smile.

The woman in black was surprised, "What choice do you have?" ”

"Wait." Xiao Buyi is simple and straightforward.

"Wait for Zhang Xutuo?" The woman in black asked.

"Wait for the heavenly soldiers." When Xiao Buyi finished saying this, there was a helpless smile on his face, and Cheng Yanjin saw it from afar and shouted: "Lord Xiao, I am not your opponent, please forgive me for being rude." As soon as he finished speaking, he was about to wave his troops to besiege Xiao Buyi, after all, although Xiao Buyi is a master, the soldiers here are not given for nothing. But he didn't wait for the order to be given, and his face changed drastically, because the sound of a horse's hooves suddenly came from behind him.

The sound of the horse's hooves was hurried, and as soon as it sounded, it was about to rush to the back of Cheng Biting Jin's army.

Cheng Biting Jin was shocked, listening to the roar of hooves, it seemed that there were thousands of troops, from behind him, where would an army come out? The opponent is violent, and Cheng Biting Jin is also experienced in a hundred battles, how can he not hear that the other party is not good.

Ignoring Xiao Buyi, Cheng Biting Jin ordered the soldiers to turn around to meet the enemy, only to hear the darkness and then shouted, "Thorn!" Then he saw the black armor of the enemy, black ghostly emerge from behind him, piercing deep into his rear army.

The enemy army held a shield and a gun, rushed forward, and rushed from the Sui army, the number was not large, but the attack was unprepared, and the Sui army was in chaos.

Cheng Biting Jin was shocked and angry, the Sui army that had been scattered was unable to stand, the war horse was screaming and jumping, he finally reined in the war horse, but the other party was quite stabbed, went straight to Cheng Biting Jin's throat, and shouted: "Get out!" ”

The gun was very fast, Cheng Biting Jin swung his axe to block, and the man had already drawn the gun and stabbed him again, stabbing him in the chest.

Cheng Yanjin frowned secretly, knowing that the opponent's gun was fast and wielded with ease, and he was actually a master of the gun. His martial arts are not bad, and he wields the big axe in his hand vigorously, but he is taken advantage of by the opponent, and he can't help but retreat again and again.

The man's eyes were quite large, his beard was stubble, and he was very high-spirited. There was a white horse beside him, unusually dazzling in the dark night, very handsome, but there was no one on the saddle, seeing Xiao Buyi in the distance, he hissed, and had already come out of the crowd and ran towards Xiao Buyi.

The horse is the moonlight.

When Xiao Buyi saw the moonlight, warmth rose in his heart, and he smiled and stretched out his hand to pull the woman in black, "How about a ride?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the moonlight had already reached Xiao Buyi's side, Xiao Buyi pulled the woman in black up, jumped onto the horse, whistled, the moonlight turned around happily, and rushed back the same way.

The woman in black jumped up hand in hand with Xiao Buyi, jumped onto the moonlight, and sat in front of Xiao Buyi, without any suggestions. She has always been taciturn, and she has talked a lot to Xiao Buyi. It's just that when Xiao Buyi urged the horse into the chaotic army, she jumped up, waving a ribbon in mid-air, entangled a Sui soldier, her wrist trembled, and the Sui soldier had already flown into the air with a damn sigh, fell into the chaos, and was trampled into pulp by the iron horse in an instant.

The woman in black killed the Sui soldiers and grabbed her horse, but with a snap of her fingers, she urged the horse to come to Xiao Buyi's side without saying a word. Xiao Buyi just smiled, and said in her heart that this woman was very weird, making it difficult to pay attention to her thoughts.

The generals on that side killed Cheng Biting Jin and regressed again and again.

Xiao Buyi didn't want to engage in this senseless battle, so what if he killed all the Sui troops here, he shouted softly, "Shiji, let's go." ”

The bearded general is, of course, Xu Shiji, when he heard Xiao Buyi's order, he let out a long howl, waved his gun and shouted: "Withdraw." ”

The two armies were fighting chaotically, but the number was similar, the only difference was that the Sui army was chaotic and uncontrollable, while the black-armored cavalry was disciplined. Hearing Xu Shiji's order, the formation turned sharply, although the terrain was narrow, the operation was easy.

The black-armored cavalry suddenly changed formation, sliding through the Sui soldiers like flowing water, under the spear and iron shield, more than 100 Sui soldiers had been killed, and when they hugged Xiao Buyi and broke through Cheng Biting Jin's team, the formation did not disperse, and slowly withdrew, Xu Shiji pressed the formation, and the Sui soldiers were already frightened, and they did not dare to catch up.

Cheng Yanjin came to his senses and said angrily: "You are Xu Shiji?!" Xiao Buyi, you really harbored evil intentions, and you actually colluded with Wagang. ”

Although this is the case, Cheng Yanjin saw that the other party was menacing, the lineup was neat, and the equipment was well-equipped, and even the Sui soldiers were not as good as him, so he couldn't help but feel cold, and he didn't dare to chase after him.

Xiao Buyi raised his voice and shouted: "Cheng biting Jin, please tell General Zhang, Xiao Buyi is now also ready to fly, and he has to send it, now he said that Xiao Buyi was defeated, remember it in his heart, I just hope that he is fate, and then ask General Zhang for advice." ”

**

Xiao Buyi and Xu Shiji led the army into the darkness, Cheng Yanjin did not resent, just sighed, and ordered the Sui soldiers to rectify and turn around, only halfway through, they met Luo Shixin to greet him, and both of them saw each other's frustration inexplicably, and knew that things could not be done. Luo Shixin saw Cheng Biting Jin's face, and comforted him softly: "Old Cheng, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, I have seen Xiao Buyi, but he is alone, can he defeat the soldiers you lead?" ”

Cheng Biting Jin snorted, "What is single, Xiao Buyi already knew my movements, and sent a large army to copy my back road, how can I not be defeated?" ”

Luo Shixin was surprised: "Where does he still have a large army, haven't we already controlled all his strength?" ”

"How do I know, it's probably a heavenly soldier." Cheng bit Jin and muttered, "What about General Zhang?" ”

"He didn't come out, he was waiting for you in the camp, let me inform you to turn back for the time being."

Cheng bit Jin Xin and said, why didn't you say it earlier, I am not a person inside and out, and I lost my armor. Although he complained, he still followed Luo Shixin back to the camp.

The camp is in the Turtle Mountain, which is the original place where Pei Xingyan garrisoned, but now it has been replaced by Zhang Xutuo.

Zhang Xutuo is famous, but there is no dissatisfaction in the army, Cheng Biting Jin Luo Shixin went to the camp and found that the lights in the big tent were brilliant, and Pang Yu's body was also moved to the camp, and the flesh and blood were blurred. Zhang Xutuo's face was as sad as ever, but Pei Renji stood aside worriedly.

Although Pang Yu died, there was a big hole in his chest, which was very terrifying, Pei Renji knew at a glance that it was not a spear, but a horse lance poked out, thinking of his son's good use of the horse lance, Pei Renji was even more frightened.

Seeing Cheng biting Jin's embarrassment, Zhang Xutuo said: "Biting Jin, what's going on?" ”

Cheng Yanjin briefly talked about the matter, and Zhang Xutuo frowned even more, "You said he still has hundreds of ironclad cavalry?" Fled in the direction of the southwest? Biting gold, you allocate manpower, and issue general arrest documents in the counties along the way, if there is such a group of people, it is easy to find their whereabouts. Watch the county officials track down where they went, find out where they are staying first, don't act rashly, and do it right away. ”

Cheng Yanjin nodded yes, sighed softly after leaving the tent, shook his head, and disappeared into the darkness.

(To be continued)