Chapter 1: The Great Thief (Part 4)

Pan Zhanqiang had been in the Turkic camp for some time, so he was very familiar with the layout of the camp. Now that it was important to escape, he couldn't care about being afraid, so he took Xu Dayan and Li Xu to turn southeast and north, and quickly came to the east gate of the camp under the cover of the shadow of the felt bag.

The Turkic warrior who guarded the east gate, Shi Diemi, was a veteran who had fought with Ashina Choyu for many years, and he was always alert. When he saw that the city was on fire, he immediately thought that someone was trying to cause chaos, so he immediately called all the brothers under his command and blocked the door. I was going to guard it so that even a grasshopper couldn't jump out. However, the fire in the city was so great that in a moment's effort, smoke rose from the granary, the horse yard, the craftsman's house, the cattle pen, and several places where life was lost. In all directions, the war drums of the soldiers were summoned, and the trumpets for help rang out. As a last resort, he had no choice but to send his brothers out one after another to help put out the fire. Seeing that the remaining soldiers at hand were no longer enough to make up a fire (ten people), he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves rushing towards the camp gate.

"What man, stop!" Stemi drew his scimitar and stood up at the camp gate. The remaining seven brothers drew their swords at the same time and formed an attacking phalanx around him.

"Secret Service Lord, give me an order for everyone to go and put out the granary fire!" Three fast horses rushed forward, and on the back of the foremost horse, a disgraced Han replied in a broken Turkic language.

"It's this guy!" Stémiden's heart was relieved. He had seen the rider on the horse, this person was a Han servant of Lord Qiyu, cowardly and cowardly, almost all the Turkic generals bullied him, but he never dared to fight back, nor did he dare to sue in front of Qiyu.

"But Lord Yu's stable is on fire, everyone hurry up to save it!" Pan Zhanqiang held the blade of the dagger in the palm of his hand, the handle turned outward, and shouted in a hoarse voice.

"You show me the warrant first!" Stemmy took a few steps forward and said nonchalantly. The position of Hebu Yan (Pan Zhanqiang) was a little far away from the camp gate, and the black thing in his hand was just not visible by the torches in the hands of the soldiers. Out of an abundance of caution, Stemmi decided to verify the authenticity of the warrant before making a decision.

"Give!" Pan Zhanqiang obediently stretched his hand forward, and at the moment when Shi Diemi reached out to receive the order, his wrist flipped over, and the dagger stabbed straight into the opponent's throat.

"Ahh Stemmi felt the cold wind blowing in his face and instinctively leaned back. Pan Zhanqiang's dagger went empty, and he immediately slammed the horse's belly, and the front legs of the war horse raised high collided with Shi Diemi's shoulder.

"Catch the spies!" Stemmy screamed and fell, and before he could get to his feet, a volley of feathered arrows had already shot into his chest.

In an instant, the situation changed, and all the soldiers were on the ground. Xu Dayan was waiting for this moment, slapping his horse and dancing his sword, and swooped down on the infantry phalanx that was damaged due to the lack of a person. The Turkic soldiers who had lost their leader were his opponents, and he cut down four of them in an instant. The remaining three fled for their lives, one was trampled over by Hebu Lang behind his back with a horse's hooves, and the other two were shot by Li Xu with a bow and arrow next to the felt bag near the camp gate.

"Brother Pan put the suspension bridge, Zhong Jian blocked the street with a bow and arrow!" Xu shouted a command. Jumping off his horse, he untied the key to the gate from Stemmi's waist.

Pan Zhanyang, who usually trembled when he saw blood, was not trembling at the moment, picked up a blood-stained scimitar from the ground, and went straight to the winch where the suspension bridge was hung. Rounded his shoulders, gritted his teeth, and chopped the winch to pieces in three strokes and two blows. The drawbridge, which had lost its bonds, shook, was shot in the air, and smashed on the moat with a "bang".

A loud noise alarmed the Turks near the camp gate, and more than a dozen herdsmen rushed over with torches in an attempt to take down the three "spies" who were busy opening the door. Li Xu bent his bow and arrows, and put the owners of the torches on the ground one by one.

When the shepherds saw that the situation was not right, they cried out and dispersed. Li Xu turned his horse's head and rushed out of the camp gate behind Xu and Pan.

"Zhong Jian is good at archery!" Xu Dayan praised while riding a horse.

"The enemy is bright and I am dark!" Li Xu gasped and put away the horn bow. Those arrows just now were the result of his hard work for more than half a year. In the same situation six months ago, he had been beaten into meat sauce with sticks by the shepherds.

"Am I dreaming?" A strange thought popped into his mind. The burning city, the burning sky, and all the memories of the grassland are as false and ethereal as a dream.

The sound of horses' hooves in my ears gave the clearest answer.

It was the second half of the night, the moon was gone, and the stars were so big that they seemed to be plucked out of their hands. The three of them didn't care to appreciate the bright night on the grassland, and instigated their mounts to rush desperately. It wasn't until dawn that I found a small valley to stop and rest.

The soldiers fled in a hurry, and no one brought dry food with them. Fortunately, it was golden autumn, and the beasts were fattening in all directions. Li Xu squatted by the stream and drank a few sips of cold water, and walked into the low forest by the stream with a bow. After a while, he turned back, but there were two more sandgrouses and a hare in his hands.

"I'll clean it up!" Pan Zhengyang, who was paralyzed on the stone and poured out of breath, suddenly had a spirit, jumped up and said.

Over there, Xu Dayan had already built a windproof stove with stones, and the three of them worked together to quickly roast the sand chicken and the hare. Although there is neither salt, nor pepper, star anise, etc., but for the tired traveler, it is already a delicacy on earth.

"Two heroes, where are you going from here?" Pan Zhanyang waved a rabbit leg and asked vaguely.

"Naturally, it's going back to the Central Plains, do you have anywhere else to go?" Xu Dayan pointed to the branch in his hand, and replied with a positive color. Even on the run, his eating appearance remained as elegant as ever.

"Conscription, conscription, you, you're not afraid!" Pan Zhanyang dropped the half-gnawed bone and reached out to pull the sand chicken wings. His riding skills are not very good, but his eating speed is top-notch. In the blink of an eye, three sand chicken wings and two rabbit thighs were filled into his stomach.

"Change your name and find a remote place to hide. Could it be that the government really went to the sea to catch paperwork for a few of us small fish and shrimp? Xu looked at the north and replied absentmindedly.

Last night's fire was really big, and from midnight to now, the three of them have run for more than a hundred miles, to say the least. But when you look north from here, the sky is still black, as if it has been smoked. According to this scenario, most of the Turkic camp was destroyed in the fire last night. But Yu is a veteran of marching and arranging, according to common sense, his carefully arranged camp should fully consider autumn fire prevention, right? How could it be burned so badly by the tails of a dozen horses tied with straw?

With such a big fire, the three of them didn't dare to stay nearby for a long time. After hurriedly eating breakfast, he climbed on horseback and continued on his way. Both Xu and Li have been tempered by a long journey, and their physical fatigue is easy to recover. Pan Zhanyang was a scholar, and he didn't go far and began to swing on horseback.

Li Xu was soft-hearted and hurriedly ran over to take care of it. Every time I go uphill and down the beam, I stretch out my hand to hold each other. Even if he was so careful, Pan Zhanyang still fell off the horse several times. I saw that my clothes were wiped by the grass, revealing the smooth white skin inside.

"Two, two heroes, you, you go first. I, I can't drag you down! Once again, he was helped by Li Xu behind the horse, and the scholar Pan Zhanyang said intermittently.

"Come out together, go together!" Li Xu replied without doubt.

"Don't, don't be like this, I, I'm a waste, no, I can't ......" Pan Zhanyang felt that tears were about to flow out, and he pleaded with tears.

Without waiting for Li Xu to say words of mutual support, Xu Dayan suddenly pulled out his knife and put it on Pan Zhanyang's shoulder with a "snap". "If you want to slip away, say it clearly, don't use this method to pretend to be dead!" He glared and shouted.

"Uncle, uncle, you have something to say slowly!" Pan Zhanyang's tears and snot disappeared immediately, and he was in good spirits all of a sudden. Li Xu, who found out that he had been fooled, was so angry that he flicked his sleeves and ran to the front of the team.

"Humph!" Xu let out a sneer with contempt and plunged the scimitar back into his waist. Pan Zhanyang cried with a sad face, and begged behind him: "Xu, Xu Yingying, I just ran out of the Central Plains, you, you should raise your noble hand when you are old." If you have to let me go back with you. Once the official officials are found, should we kill the officials and rebel, or will we be imprisoned for a few months first, and then go to Liaodong to die? ”

"Let's burn down the camp in Qiyu, if you don't go back to the Central Plains, where else can you go?" Xu Dayan didn't want to be like this kind of person, so he glanced back at him and asked loudly.

"I, I have a few fellow villagers who went to the Khitan tribe in the east. Listen, I heard that they are still mixing well. Pan Zhanyang replied with a roll of his eyes.

"Khitan tribe, is it far from here?" Li Xu turned his head in front and asked in a low voice.

"No, not far. Why don't you two heroes come with me? Pan Zhanyang heard that there was a meaning of letting go in his words, and asked tentatively.

"Go by yourself, be careful on the road!" Xu Dayan and Li Xu looked at each other and replied in unison.

After an accident in the Su Si Division, both of them lost faith in the enthusiasm of the alien tribe. What if you mix well, when it's time to seek the good of your clan, you are the first victim you can give up. Although the Khitans did not have much contact with the Turks, if Ashina Choyu begged them to set fire to the camp mastermind, they would definitely not risk going to war with the Turkic Khanate for the sake of two foreign boys.

"So, the little one really said goodbye?" Pan Zhanyang sat on horseback and asked hesitantly. Maybe it's because it's hard to meet his own people on the grassland, although the friendship is only a few hours, he has some reluctance to the two teenagers in his heart.

"Let's go, go as far as you can. Find a small tribe to sell the horses early, don't make a big deal! Li Xu whispered. Flipping through the package, he took out a fist-sized piece of jade and stuffed it into Pan Zhanyang's hand, "After settling down, buy a few sheep to spend the day." ”

"That, that's good, that's good!" Pan Zhanyang hurriedly excused himself, stretched out his hand to Li Xu, but his fist involuntarily grabbed the jade tightly.

Li Xu shook his head, packed up the package and got on the horse again. Pan Zhanyang cautiously looked at Xu Dayan's face, then looked at Li Xu's bow and arrow, and said a few words of goodbye, pulling out ***. As you walk, you can't keep looking back.

"You rotten good guy is generous!" Looking at Pan Zhanyang's back as he walked farther and farther away, gradually accelerating, Xu scolded with a smile.

"Brother Mao Gong, did you say me? He helped us out! Li Xu asked hesitantly. In his impression, Xu Maogong has always been a person who treats money like dung, why is he worried about a piece of jade that is not in good condition today?

"That guy was afraid that he would be caught up by the Turks if he went with us, so he slipped away alone!" Xu Maogong glanced at the good brother who was still a little green on his smiling face, and reminded in a low voice.

"Ahh Li Xu remorsefully wanted to slap himself a few times. Defenseless against other people's calculations again and again, and I don't have a long memory after suffering so many losses, I really have a stone heart!

"Forget it, this kid is a character. Although he is a little less courageous, he has enough eyes and is ruthless enough! Xu Dayan looked at Pan Zhanyang's distant back and commented in a low voice.

There was only a small black dot left on the back of one man and two horses, and the sound of lonely horses' hooves still echoed in the empty and silent wasteland.

Alcohol's note: There is something to deal with, only one change today, thank you for your support.