March 6. A small hill on the banks of Kwai Sui. Everything seemed quiet.

It's the fireworks season in March, and even in this wilderness, there are some unknown mountain wildflowers in full bloom. Accompanied by the murmuring of water, there was a sudden tremor in the grass, and a pair of eyes poked out, and soon they were covered by the grass again.

Several figures crawled close to the riverbank.

"Liu Shenzuo, look across the river, that person has been by the river for a while."

It was Zhang Wuzhu who spoke, he was in charge of the reconnaissance of the ambush circle, and beside him were Liu Yu and Qi Fang who came from the back valley, and two other soldiers in charge of reconnaissance. They were covered in grass, a few hundred paces from the other side of the river, and the thatch on the bank of the river was waist-deep, and it was not easy to be noticed when hiding in it.

Liu Yu also rushed over after getting the news. The entire fortifications of the ambush circle were suspended by the intrusion of an uninvited guest on the other side of the river, and all the townsmen and villagers hid in the trenches under the thatch, waiting for further instructions.

It's a pity that there are no binoculars, the two sides are about 300 steps apart, and there is a river more than 100 steps wide in the middle, and Liu Yu can't see the appearance of the unknown person on the other side. He can only be seen wearing civilian clothes, leading a horse, as if he is frolicking by the river, and as if he is testing the depth of the water. The drum on his waist seems to be a weapon.

"Liu Shenzuo, do you want to rush up and take him down for a clear trial?" Zhang Wuzhu asked in a low voice.

Liu Yu's eyes did not leave the other side of the river, and he shook his head slightly and said: "If it is really the sentry of the Iron Wolf Guard, it will be difficult for him to catch up if he finds out and jumps on the horse." ”

Can only wait.

As the minutes passed, the people on the other side got up and looked around, and they didn't seem to notice that there were hundreds of thousands of people hidden in the grass hundreds of steps away on the other side of the river.

"It's the Turks." Liu Yu suddenly said a little nervously.

"Oh?" Qi Fang on the side asked in surprise, "How is Liu Shenzuo sure?" ”

Liu Yu said: "Look at that person's clothes, he is wearing Hanfu, but he is left, only Hu people will be used to wearing like this." And he bowed his head to drink water with one hand and pressed the other hand on his waist, and he must have hidden a weapon at his waist. If it were just an ordinary hunter, it would never be so vigilant. ”

Qi Fang and Zhang Wuzhu were both amazed by Liu Yu's observation, Qi Fang said: "How is this good, it is so far away, the arrow can't shoot through, and he found the strangeness of the riverbank, this is ......"

"Shh Liu Yu suddenly made a silent gesture, because he noticed that the Turkic sentinel on the opposite side seemed to have noticed something unusual, just like an eagle foraging for food, listening carefully to the sounds in the distance.

Sure enough, a flying horse galloped from the northeast, on this side of the river, and it was a female rider in armor who rode the horse, constantly spurring the horse, as if delivering an urgent battle report. The rider traveled from far and near, completely oblivious to the uninvited guests on the other side of the riverbank.

The Turkic sentinel took out the weapon from his waist, not a sword, but a bow and arrow, and immediately took the arrow into the bow, and bowed down and aimed the arrow at the approaching female rider.

"It's too far away to be notified." Zhang Wuzhu was a little nervous, this road was not a route for the transmission of battle reports from the front line, and the sudden appearance of female riders was likely to disrupt their deployment.

"Huh!"

The sharp and sharp sound of breaking the air, even if the Turkic sentinel was more than two hundred steps away from the female rider, it turned out to be an arrow that hit the female rider's chest. The mastery of his archery is amazing.

But after all, the distance was too far, and although the arrow was accurate, it lost its strength, and the arrow only went into the chest of the female rider, but did not penetrate it, but the female rider fell straight from the horse and fell heavily on the grass.

"Bang!"

There was a heavy muffled sound, and the female rider was hit by an arrow in the chest, but she did not lose her breath, and the whole person struggled painfully on the ground. The female rider was only a hundred steps away from the grass where Liu Yu was hiding, and everything fell clearly in his eyes, but on the contrary, he could only hide in the grass and could not make any warning and rescue.

The Turkic sentinel on the opposite side was full of ambition, leading the horse and flowing across the river step by step, as if to make up for the female rider and complete the mission of a sentry.

As the Turkic sentinel stepped onto this bank of the river and approached the female rider, Qi Fang and Zhang Wuzhu beside Liu Yu both set up their bows and arrows.

"How sure are you?" Liu Yu looked at the two.

Qi Fang's face showed beads of sweat the size of beans, after all, the enemy's sentry was only a hundred steps away from the forward position, and if he didn't make a move, he would be discovered, and he would probably be wiped out.

"It's hard to say, a hundred paces away, you have to hit it well...... Give it a try. ”

Qi Fang glanced at Zhang Wuzhu, who didn't seem to dare to pack a ticket for his archery skills.

Liu Yu said: "I don't have time to wait for him to get closer, I'll count three two one, count to one, you release the arrow together, and after the arrow is released, you will rush up, you will die or live." Three...... Two...... One ......"

Just as the Turkic sentinel was about to reach the dying female rider, two sharp arrows suddenly shot out of the grass, this Turkic sentinel deserved to be the elite of the Turkic cavalry elite, and in such a situation, he could also react, and he was about to draw his sword at the moment, but because the distance was too short, two sharp arrows plunged straight into his abdomen.

A few green people rushed out of the grass, and when they came to the Turkic sentry, the Turkic sentry had already fallen to the ground and died, his pupils widened and he was dead.

"Dead." Liu Yu listened to this person's heartbeat, took a breath, and turned to look at the female rider who was no longer moving, "Let's see if there is any salvation over there?" ”

Several people surrounded him, and although the female rider was seriously injured, the arrow did not hit the heart, and was only temporarily in shock. When Liu Yu saw this woman at first glance, he couldn't help but show a little regret and said, "It turned out to be her." "I actually saw the little woman who begged him for painting outside Chang'an City and said that she wanted to fight the Turks for the men.

"Does Liu Shenzuo recognize her?" Qi Fang looked at Liu Yu.

"It's the daughter army, maybe General Xu's personal entourage, and the document behind her should also be an emergency military situation."

Qi Fang took down the revenge behind the female rider first, and inside was a wooden box, with mud seals and seals, all of which were the handsome seals of the daughter army. Liu Yu remembered the scene outside Chang'an City that day, this female rider should be the personal entourage of the commander of the daughter army, and she personally delivered the letter, which shows the weight of this letter. Now I have to tear it open and see the contents of the paperwork inside.

"Liu Shenzuo, so...... Don't ......," Qi Fang reminded.

"It's a matter of urgency, not to mention that it's obviously the Turkic scout who opened it first, and we just snatched it back."

Liu Yu had already opened the wooden box and took out the letters inside. It was a letter written by Xu Xuanzhu, the commander of the daughter army, to Liu Zhao, the general of Tongguan. Xu Xuanzhu had already had a premonition that the Turkic cavalry was going to choose a route to retreat, and wanted Liu Zhao to send a part of the cavalry to outflank him. Originally, the plan was good, but with Liu Yu's understanding of his father, Liu Zhao was extremely cautious and would definitely not risk winning.

"Find a plank to carry her back and heal her wounds." Liu Yu put the letter back into the wooden box and looked in the direction of Tongguan. Now the front line of Tongguan has been completely blocked by the Turkic cavalry, otherwise this female rider would not have to go around in a big circle in vain to send the new to Tongguan. Judging from the letter, the Turkic cavalry was already showing signs of retreat, and in less than two days it would be a possible battlefield.

"Intensify construction, and at the same time make preparations. You can't let up at night. ”

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Liu Yu continued to fill the valley with his "firecrackers" when he heard the news that the female rider had woken up. At this time, it was almost dusk, Liu Yu walked into the makeshift hut in a few steps, and the female rider was full of anger at this time, but her lips were dry white, and she was reprimanding the woman who was bandaging her in the room.

"Hey, chick, do you think my painting is good, come to me and paint another one?" Liu Yu entered the door with a smile and waved his hand, letting the woman go out, leaving only Qi Fang.

"Is that you?" The female rider's face was unhappy, and she looked Liu Yu up and down, "Say!" Didn't your people secretly use cold arrows just now? ”

"The one who fired the arrow at you was a Turk, who has been killed by us, and the body is outside." Liu Yu put a saber on the side of the bed, "This is his saber, you can see it when you look at it." ”

"It's really the usual knife of the Turks." The female rider had a worried face, "You guys...... What to do here? ”

Liu Yu pretended to be mysterious and said: "You said we? We are here to suppress bandits, by the way, to paint the surrounding landscapes. ”

"Bandits?" The female rider frowned and looked outside, there were people back and forth, while moving wood, and some of the goods were sent to the ambush circle, "You guys are such bandits?" What about my urgent military letter? Give me, give me another horse, I want ...... Ah......h

The female rider grinned in pain.

Liu Yu couldn't help but smile, this girl, when she saw her twice, she looked like a fox and a fake tiger. There is a bit of heroism, but there is also a bit of bad temper...... I also like to be strong.

"Little girl, do you think you are a god? With such a serious injury, it's good to be able to save your life, it's only been half a day, and you want to ride a horse far? I believe that I will fall off my horse halfway through and die with a whimper. ”

The female rider gritted her teeth and said, "No...... You don't care. And also...... I...... I'm not a little girl. I'm ......."

"You're a young woman who can fight better than her son." Liu Yu said with a smile, "Miss Yinghen, now there is no way from here to Tongguan, rest assured that you can recuperate here for a few days, otherwise if a daughter's family is left with a big abscess that cannot be cured, I am afraid ...... Don't want to marry in this life. ”