Forty miles south of Tianhe Pass.

"Dada...... Da Da ......"

A rapid sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and the scout wearing dragon scale armor rushed out of the woods and walked onto the official road, and the vision in front of him suddenly opened up, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Now that the scouts have left the section of the road that is most vulnerable to ambushes, they only need to walk for half a day to reach the destination of this trip, Lu Dongqing's front-line camp.

The scout wiped the sweat from his face, and his legs clamped the horse's belly hard, urging the war horse under his crotch to speed up a few points.

At this moment, however, the horse suddenly neighed, lost its balance, and fell headlong to the ground, and the scout was startled, and kicked the stirrup violently, about to jump off the horse before it fell.

At that moment, there was a "whoosh" in the scout's ears, and a crossbow bolt swooped in with a terrifying sound of breaking wind.

The scout's pupils shrank, and his body subconsciously leaned back, dodging the deadly crossbow arrow, but it was this action that made him lose the opportunity to jump.

"Bang Dang ......"

The scout fell to the ground along with the war horse, the horse's leg was broken instantly, and the war horse weighing hundreds of pounds was pressed on the scout's leg, and when he was dizzy, he felt a sharp pain hit, and his brain suddenly "buzzed", and there was a momentary blank.

The scout bit the tip of his tongue hard, and finally woke up a little, and saw four or five figures suddenly burst out of the ditches on both sides of the official road, and quickly surrounded him.

The figure is dressed as a businessman, but his clothes are stained with a lot of mud, and he looks like a refugee fleeing the military disaster.

"Who are you?"

The scout did his best to keep the last shred of consciousness and asked as he glared at a few people.

But it wasn't a voice that answered him, it was a huge fist.

The scout was punched hard in the head, and he couldn't hold on any longer, and when his eyes went black, he didn't know anything.

At night, in a deserted village, An Ge and a few people sat around the fire and baked bread.

This village is less than forty miles away from Tianhe Pass, but this place is more seriously damaged than the village near Miyahefu, not only is there no human population anymore, but even most of the houses have collapsed, and several people can only sit in the courtyard, sheltered from the wind by half of the low wall that will not collapse.

"Shopkeeper, is it really okay to hide those guys and food in the woods?"

Tang Xin walked slowly with a skinned hare, inserted the dagger into the scabbard, and then skewered the hare with a branch and roasted it on the fire.

An Ge took back the dough that had also been baked on the fire, looked at it carefully, and saw that it was not too hot, so he put it back again, and then shook his head.

"Anything can happen in troubled times, and who can guarantee that there will be no problems? However, the next road was too dangerous, and it was too cumbersome to carry them, so I had to hide them in the woods for the time being.

I have already agreed with the man in charge that if he does not return within three days, he will be free to move with food, and if we can get through this difficulty, I promise him to go to Tianbao Pavilion as a steward with an annual salary of 1,000 taels. ”

"One thousand taels?!"

Tang Xin was stunned for a moment, and exclaimed: "People work for a year, enough for me to pay for decades, to be honest, are you still short of people in Tianbao Pavilion?" ”

An Ge shook his head: "Don't worry, the young master will never let the people who follow him suffer, what is a little money?" After this battle, you still have a great future, no matter how you look at it, it is more realistic than a thousand taels. ”

At the mention of Xu Rui, Tang Xin's face darkened, An Ge also fell silent, and the atmosphere became a little dignified.

Three days ago, they burned the village outside Gonghe Mansion and Lu Tianhao's body clean, and then, as Lu Tianhao said, hurried in the direction of Tianhe Pass, the gateway to Xichuan.

Along the way, they met many homeless people, and got some intermittent information from them, but these messages were irrelevant and even contradictory, and the usable parts burned pitifully.

At present, there is only one thing that is certain, it is said that there was indeed a fierce battle near Tianhe Pass, but the battle lasted only a short time before it ended, and the Southern Korean army was invincible and basically controlled the situation.

Such news is undoubtedly another heavy blow to An Ge and his party, but as long as Xu Rui's defeat has not been confirmed, they can still maintain the last glimmer of hope.

"Hey, it's all ready, would you like to come and have a look?"

At this moment, two figures suddenly walked out behind the two, and the flickering firelight illuminated their faces flickering, looking somewhat gloomy.

An Ge took the bread in his hand out of the fire, put it on the bluestone slab on the side, clapped his hands and stood up, and said to the person who spoke: "Siyuan, are your injuries okay?" ”

The two figures behind them were Cao Siyuan and Xiao Qi.

Cao Siyuan's awakening is probably the only good news since this period of time, although he has not been in the army for a long time, but his ability to mix the rivers and lakes since he was a child is beyond the reach of ordinary people, even Xu Rui admires his intelligence and martial arts, with him taking the lead, An Ge's heart is also a little calmer.

Cao Siyuan shook his head: "I still have a fever, but it's a lot better than yesterday, my life is hard, I can hang on a tree and pick up a life when I jump into the valley, God won't accept me, you don't have to worry." ”

An Ge looked at Cao Siyuan's face, it was still pale and terrible, and his wound was still inflamed, and it could continue to deteriorate at any time, and even kill him, but now that there was no antibiotic, he had nothing to do.

"Alas...... Let's take one step at a time. ”

Seeing An Ge bowing his head silently, Cao Siyuan knew what he was thinking, patted the young man who was a few years younger than himself and said, "Don't blame yourself, you are not a soldier, let alone a medical officer, you have done well enough, now follow me to see that tongue." ”

After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the backyard, Xiao Qi hurriedly followed, holding his shoulders to prevent him from suddenly falling down when his legs were still a little weak.

An Ge looked at his faltering, but extremely resolute back, his heart warmed, he gritted his teeth, held back the tears in his eyes, and followed his footsteps.

In the backyard, a huge rice jar was piled with firewood, and the scout who had been caught during the day was tied up and thrown into the rice jar, staring at the soldier holding the torch, his eyes widened, his head was full of cold sweat, and he writhed in horror.

His mouth was gagged by a rag, and he could only make a "whine" sound, but he could still see that his spirit was highly tense and he was about to collapse.

"It's ......"

An Ge looked at this scene in surprise and looked at Cao Siyuan suspiciously.

Cao Siyuan smiled: "Have you forgotten that on the way here, the adults once told us a story about inviting you into the urn?" ”

Inviting the gentleman into the urn is actually in another world, the story of Wu Zetian's era, in order to stabilize the political situation, Wu Zetian appointed cool officials to falsely accuse officials, among which the most famous cool officials are Lai Junchen and Zhou Xing.

Once Wu Zetian received a report that Zhou Xing had rebelled, so he asked Lai Junchen to interrogate Zhou Xing.

Lai Junchen did not go directly to arrest Zhou Xing, but went to Zhou Xing to drink, and asked him what was the most proud method of interrogating the prisoner, and Zhou Xing proudly told him that he would use a large urn to burn the fire, and then put the person inside, and no prisoner could hold on.

Lai Junchen was very happy when he heard this, and immediately ordered someone to move the big urn, light the fire, and then invite Zhou Xing in.

Zhou Xing knew that he had also been falsely accused, so he was naturally very angry, but in the face of his most proud torture, he did not make any struggle and immediately confessed.

Before coming to Xichuan, there was a time when he was very bored while drinking, Xu Rui put on his crown and Li Dai, and told this story to be something that happened during the Han Dynasty in the previous dynasty, and several people were shocked at that time.

"I told this scout the story just now, and it seems to be working out pretty well."

Cao Siyuan smiled slightly, took the torch from the soldier's hand, and approached the scout.

The scout shrank back as if he had seen a ghost, his face full of pleading, and the "whining" sound in his mouth became more and more rapid, like the desperate struggle of a fat pig before it was slaughtered.

But the rice jar is so big, and he is tied up by five flowers, even if he struggles like this, how can he escape?

Cao Siyuan sneered, ripped off the rag in his mouth and said, "How about it, can you tell me what I want to know now?" ”

"I say! I say! I'll tell you anything you want to know! ”

The scout nodded in horror, as if he had been frightened.

Cao Siyuan nodded and said, "Very good, but I remind you in advance, if there is half a lie, you will know the end!" ”

The scout shook his head in horror and said, "No, no, I'm telling the truth." ”

Cao Siyuan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, now tell me what the news you sent this time, why don't you have any letters on you?" ”

The scout said: "I sent a message, the Longjiang Battalion of the Rhino Horn Army broke through the enemy formation a few days ago, and annihilated more than 1,000 stubborn enemies!" ”

"What?!"

More than 1,000 people happened to be the size of the Apocalypse, and everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Cao Siyuan frowned, and asked sharply, "Which enemy army are they breaking and where is the location?" ”

The scout shook his head in embarrassment: "The small one is only responsible for delivering the letter, I don't know which enemy army it is, I only know that the enemy is about a thousand people, the tactics are very strong, and the guerrilla attack with the army outside the Tianhe Pass for a few days has been very tricky, but fortunately, General Lu sent a large army to defeat it......"

"Where is this army now after being defeated? What happened to their Lord? ”

The scout's descriptions became more and more like the Apocalypse, and An Ge couldn't hold his breath anymore and rushed up to ask.

The scout was shocked, his teeth chattering, and he stiffened his head and said, "No...... That army had been completely annihilated by the Longjiang battalion, and all but a few remnants of the defeated generals were taken prisoner, and its main general was ...... The Lord will ......"

"What will happen to the Lord, if you don't want to die, say it quickly!"

Cao Siyuan's face was hideous, and he snorted.

The scout swallowed and spat at the mouth, as if risking his life, and said: "The identity of its main general has been confirmed, and he was shot by our army's strong bow in front of the battle!" ”

"What? Adults turned out to be ...... He's dead?! ”

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other, their faces full of shock and despair.

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