Ash Mountain is a hill near Zhang County that occupies a small area.

On a thunderstorm night a few decades ago, thunder and lightning split the trees in the mountains, causing a fire to burn down the entire forest, leaving only the mountains full of grass and ashes, hence the name Ash Mountain.

This name, even if these mountains and forests have long been restored to their original lush greenery for decades, has been used, and there are many hunters in Zhangxian County who hunt here for a living.

However, in recent years, Ash Mountain has become a place where the people of Zhang County have changed their faces, because Huang Luo, a group of thugs who robbed homes and houses, and did all kinds of evil, gathered on the mountain.

Regarding the evil behavior of Huang Luo, a group of thugs occupying the mountains and eating the people, Liu Yan, the county lieutenant of Zhangxian County, organized county soldiers and township warriors many times to go up the mountain to encircle and suppress Huang Luo's gang, but unfortunately, not only did they fail repeatedly, but even Liu Yan's wife and brother were unfortunately killed by Huang Luo in the process of suppressing thieves.

This bad news made Liu Yan's ** cry, and it also made Huang Luo and his gang form an enmity with Liu Yan.

And today, Liu Yan once again led 52 county soldiers and villagers to go up the mountain to encircle and suppress the ashes of the mountain bandits.

Counting carefully, this should be the sixteenth time he has encircled and suppressed Huang Luo and his gang in the past few years, but I don't know if he can get what he wants this time.

To be honest, Liu Yan was not very sure in his heart, after all, he had been fighting with Huang Luo for several years, and he knew how powerful Huang Luo and his gang were.

[I hope today's trip can be smooth, those four young heroes seem to be quite capable......]

Walking along the mountain road to the mountain, Liu Yan thought worriedly.

Suddenly, a county soldier from Orion under Liu Yan's hand sniffed his nose.

"What does it smell like?"

Muttering, the county soldier quickly climbed up a tree next to the mountain road, stood on the tree and looked into the distance.

"Have you noticed any movement, Li San?" Liu Yan hurriedly asked.

I saw the county soldier named Li San standing on a tree branch, sticking out his head to look ahead, and said with a stunned face: "Look...... It's on fire, it's on fire on the mountain! ”

Liu Yan was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "What direction?" ”

"Like...... The direction of Huang Luo's group of cottages ......"

"Really?" Liu Yan's face was overjoyed.

[Huang Luo's gang's cottage caught fire for no reason, doesn't it mean ......]

The more Liu Yan thought about it, the more happy his face became, and he said in a loud voice: "Presumably, those four young heroes have captured the cottage of Huang Luo and his gang, quick, let's go and help!" ”

Originally, the group of county soldiers under Liu Yan's hand came to encircle and suppress Huang Luo this time, and it was inevitable that they were a little panicked in their hearts, but now when they heard this, they were a little relieved after being overjoyed, and followed Liu Yan to rush up the mountain.

Approaching the top of the mountain, Liu Yan was shocked to realize that the fire was spreading violently, and he had already burned down most of the cottage of Huang Luo and his gang.

Faintly, it seemed as if a figure was walking back and forth in the sea of fire.

[Is it Huang Luo's gang?] ]

Liu Yan's eyes flashed with a bit of murderous intent, and he subconsciously held the saber on his waist and beckoned the county soldiers under his hand to rush over.

But when he got closer, he was relieved.

It turned out that the figure was one of the four young heroes I had seen at the gate of Zhangxian County a few days ago.

[This one seems to be called...... Li Tong, yes, Li Tong! ]

Thinking of this, Liu Yan shouted loudly: "Hey, little brother Li Tong!" ”

As far as Liu Yan's eyes could see, the young man who had killed more than 30 thieves in the Ash Mountain Cottage turned his head in the sea of fire, only to see that this young man was full of heaven, the earth pavilion was round, the two sword eyebrows were horizontal and vertical, his face was as resolute as a knife, and his appearance was quite domineering.

[Note: Li Tong, the word Wenda, the small character trillion, was a hero in the Jiangru area when he was young. Later, he was used by Cao Cao and became the governor of one party, and he was deeply respected and was one of the many famous generals who were buried. History: Li Tonghuai, Ru, Zang Baqing, Xu, and Zhong Xuanguan are equally important, and the overall situation of the commission is not only a corner of the gains and losses. 】

Seeing Liu Yan, Li Tong changed his previous remorseful expression, and shouted with joy on his face: "County Lieutenant Liu? Great, quick, help me put out this fire, I accidentally set the forest outside the cottage on fire......"

"......" Liu Yan, who was full of joy when he saw Li Tong, was stunned when he heard this, looked at Li Tong a few times with a strange expression, and then immediately ordered the dozens of county soldiers accompanying him to start extinguishing the fire, after all, if the fire spreads and burns down the entire mountain forest, it will be a catastrophe for the hunters in Zhang County.

Taking advantage of the efforts of Li Tong and the county soldiers to extinguish the fire, Liu Yan looked left and right at the scene in the cottage, and when he saw the blood on the ground and the mountain of corpses, his expression was full of horror.

"This ...... Little brother Li Tong, could it be that you killed all these thieves? ”

Liu Yan asked in a trembling tone, because he only saw Li Tong alone in this cottage.

Li Tong, who was helping to extinguish the fire, was stunned when he heard this, and cautiously tentatively said, "Can't you kill it?" You can't blame me for this, they came up on their own......"

"Haha, Brother Li Tong misunderstood!" As soon as Liu Yan saw Li Tong's expression, he knew what he was thinking, waved his hand and said, "Although the imperial court promulgated the law and said that those who kill people will be punished, but for Huang Luo and his gang of evildoers, this official thinks that they want to see and kill them!" As he spoke, he glanced at Li Tong a few times, and saw that Li Tong did not have the slightest scar on his body, and asked in shock, "This official just didn't expect that Li Tong's little brother would be so good......

"Where, where." There was a false alarm, Li Tong grabbed his head and said with a smile.

Looking at Li Tong's honest appearance, Liu Yan was very happy in his heart, and after thinking about it, he asked, "By the way, little brother Li Tong, but I don't know where your other three young heroes are?" ”

"The boss took the two of them to ambush Huang Luo." As he spoke, Li Tong told Liu Yan the whole thing, including Zhang Huang deliberately angering Huang Luo, luring Huang Luo away from the cottage, and then designing an ambush for Huang Luo with Shan Fu and Chen Zhi, all of which sued Liu Yan one by one.

Liu Yan nodded again and again when he heard this, and just happened to praise him, but when he saw Li Tong's face suddenly change greatly, he screamed strangely.

"Oops! I forgot that the boss also ordered me to rescue the girl from a good family who was captured in this cottage......"

Liu Yan's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he hurriedly ordered the county soldiers under his command to look around, and then he rescued five panicked young women from several wooden houses that had been affected by the fire.

"It's okay, it's okay, I almost messed up......" Seeing that thrilling scene, Li Tong was covered in a cold sweat, after all, as long as it took another moment, the five innocent women would be buried in the fire, which was contrary to Zhang Huang's original intention of luring Huang Luo out of the cottage.

Seeing Li Tong's palpitating expression, Liu Yan really couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, but seeing that the tragedy had not happened, he didn't say anything.

It didn't take long for the fire to be gradually extinguished with the full cooperation of dozens of people, and Li Tong was really relieved to see this.

Liu Yan next to him looked at Li Tong's worried and frightened look, it was really funny, he could hardly imagine that this benevolent and honest young man in front of him had killed more than 30 thieves by himself.

Suddenly, Liu Yan seemed to think of something, and took out a few silver tickets from his arms.

"By the way, little brother Li Tong, although Huang Luo has not yet decided to confer the head, but since you have killed so many thieves, little brother, this official thinks that you should still reward the silver ......" Speaking of this, Liu Yan was stunned, because he found that Li Tong, who was still honest and honest, was staring intently at the silver ticket in his hand at the moment, with a salivating look.

"Also, there's a silver bounty?" Li Tong's breathing instantly intensified, and his eyes were as lively as if he had found Orion's beast.

"Right...... That's right, Huang Luo and his gang in Ash Mountain were originally wanted thieves in my Zhang County......"

"Yes, how many?"

"The wanted warrant issued by the county order is three taels for one thief and thirty ......taels for Huang Luo" Speaking of this, Liu Yan glanced at the corpse mountain and said uncertainly, "There are about thirty ...... of these people."

"Thirty-one!" Li Tong said categorically.

“…… Oh, that's ......."

"Ninety-three taels!" Li Tong said the exact number in an instant, as if he didn't need to think about it at all.

"......" Liu Yan was amazed by Li Tong's mental calculations, took out two silver tickets of fifty taels and handed them to Li Tong, and said with a strange expression, "Here is one hundred taels." ”

"Thank you, thank you......" Li Tong, who was full of joy, rubbed his hands, carefully took the silver ticket, and smoothed the corners on the silver ticket very gently, as if he were a beloved thing.

Liu Yan really couldn't look at it, and couldn't help but say, "Little Brother Li Tong, isn't going to help your companions?" That Huang Luo is not simple. ”

"It's fine!" Li Tonghun said indifferently, "The bald man and the poor sour are both ruthless characters, not to mention that there is still the boss, so Huang Luo is difficult to fly!" Speaking of this, he seemed to suddenly see something, raised his head suddenly, stared at Liu Yan's chest and swallowed his saliva, and said with a sneer, "Liu County Order, rest assured, the ash mountain thief will definitely die today!" Or...... You gave me the rest of the bounty? ”

Liu Yan couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, seeing Li Tong's expression, where could he not understand, shook his head and said, "Little brother Li Tong, don't underestimate that Huang Luo, you know, that Huang Luo is an escaped soldier!" ”

"Deserters?"

"Ah, deserters! Deserters of the regular army of the imperial court! Taking a slight breath, Liu Yan said in a low voice, "Do you know, what does this mean?" ”

"What?" Li Tong had a puzzled expression on his face.

"There are only two armies in my Han that can be called regular armies, that is, the Northern Army and the Southern Army, no matter which one it is, it is not something that ordinary people can enlist and join. To join it, one must master the qi...... Huang Luo is a deserter from the Northern Army, which means that Huang Luo has mastered the [qi] ......"

"Gas? What is that? All I know is strength. Li Tong clenched his fists with a puzzled expression.

Liu Yan took a slight breath and said in a deep voice, "Strength, in the words of my martial artist, should be divided into [force] and [qi]. Ordinary people only know how to use brute force, but there are some people who can master the method of using the [qi] in the body, and this is the profound power. As he spoke, he walked to an unburned wooden house, pulled out the saber at his waist, and said in a deep voice, "Little brother Li Tong has taken a closer look!" ”

Li Tong looked at Liu Yan suspiciously, but saw that the latter's eyes widened suddenly after brewing for a while, and the saber in his hand actually cut off a two-inch pillar with a knife, and the incision was very smooth and flat.

"[Cutting iron], the most basic trick of my Han army...... The soldiers of the Northern Army who are proficient in this trick can even cut through iron, let alone human flesh and blood? Do you still think that Huang Luo is an easy person to deal with? ”

"......" looked at the smooth and flat incision, the greedy look on Li Tong's face disappeared without a trace, and his expression gradually became solemn.

At the same time, more than ten miles away from the cottage, in the valley of death, Zhang Huang looked at Huang Luo not far in front of him in disbelief, and immediately looked at the severed sword in his hand in astonishment, only to see that the incision was unusually smooth.

[Iron Sword...... Can it be cut off? ]

"It's not scientific......"

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