The desert outside the city of Lanxiang

Mu Yuan and the others walked halfway, and suddenly saw a fire moving in the distance, Mu Yuan hurriedly asked the soldiers to find a nearby sand dune to hide, so that the horses lay down, and covered with earth-colored linen.

Seeing that the firelight was getting closer and closer, Mu Yuan was worried about revealing his whereabouts, so he looked around to see if any flaws were exposed. Just as the horse thieves were about to pass by the hiding place of the advance team, dark clouds drifted by, obscuring the moon, and it was pitch black except where the horse thieves' torches could reach. Mu Yuan said in his heart, God really helps me.

Seeing the horse thief walking away, He Ming ordered the soldiers to remove their disguises, continue to walk, and walk to Mu Yuan's side by himself.

"General, as you expected, looking at the direction of this group of horse thieves, they really want to enter Lanxiang City."

"Commander Ho, have you been mindful of the direction they are coming from?"

"The last general saw that the thieves and his party came from the east side, which is the direction of the cave where we are going. It seems that these horse thieves really can't wait, and they stretched out their black hands to the city, and the horse thieves who appeared in Xiliang City must be them. ”

Mu Yuan felt that it was a bit of a coincidence that he bumped into a horse thief tonight. Without this coincidence, he would not have been able to connect the two horse thieves. But if the horse thieves deliberately let themselves see them going to rob Lan Xiangcheng, Mu Yuan couldn't figure out what their purpose was in doing this. How could they be sure that they would not fight horse thieves when they met? Besides, aren't they afraid that the city is heavily guarded, and that it will be impossible to escape a fierce battle?

Mu Yuan frowned, feeling that if this was just a coincidence, the conspiracy behind it was too complicated, and he couldn't figure it out at all. Just take it as a providential arrangement, so that you can let yourself and your party go into the cave to investigate.

"Why is the general silent, is it because he is worried that horse thieves will enter the city and rob and cause chaos in the city? Don't worry, the general has already strengthened the vigilance in the city according to the general's orders, and this group of thieves will definitely be left without returning. Besides, outside the northern city, there is still the Mu family army on standby, and they will definitely be entertained well. ”

"It's okay, let's move on."

Just at this time, the dark clouds also dispersed, and the moonlight illuminated the road ahead.

"Boss, it's really a god, it's not far ahead of Lan Xiangcheng, and I really haven't met Mu Yuan along the way."

"Sure enough, Mu Yuan still insisted on finding out the details of us before he started. Taozi don't go any further, go back. ”

"What, boss, didn't you say you were going to rob Lan Xiang City?"

"Taozi, you received news from the brothers in the city before, saying that Xiliang City was robbed, do you guess Mu Yuan knows the news?"

"I guess I know."

"And do you think they'll be on guard?"

"Well, I think it will be."

"Then you still go, Taozi, you know that there are tigers in the mountains and are biased towards the tiger mountains, and I won't save you if someone will stab you into a sieve." Xin Ye couldn't help but flick Taozi's forehead.

Xin Ye's hand strength was a little big, and Taozi held his mouth and rubbed his forehead.

"Then Boss, are we going back now?"

"Yes, the time is just right, and it's almost time for Wang Dong to wake up."

Everyone hurried back all the way, and quickly walked near the water source, and met Xiaoliu, who came to answer.

"Brother Xin, Mu Yuan, they just tied their horses under the sandstone wall and are walking up on foot."

"Fortunately, Mu Yuan was cautious and didn't ride a horse up, we just caught up, Xiao Liuzi, you go to the tunnel from the outside to wait for us first. The other brothers, Chong, must catch up with them before Mu Yuan opens the door of the cave. There will be a battle, and everyone will protect themselves. ”

After that, Xin Ye rushed out first, and Taozi and the others hurriedly followed.

On Mu Yuan's side, he just led people to touch the sandstone wall, and according to his previous memory, he found the hole blocked by cobblestone. The soldiers who were guarding suddenly saw a fire coming towards this side at a very fast speed. When you look closely, it is Xin Ye who is riding a horse and galloping.

"General, no, the horse thief is back!"

Hearing this, He Ming was a little panicked, "General, how is this good, it may be that the horse thief discovered the Mu family army outside the city, and he turned back after feeling defeated." Shall we hide first? ”

Before Mu Yuan could reply, Xin Ye had already arrived, and without saying a word, he raised his knife and fought with the soldiers.

Xin Ye was on the horse, the speed was fast, and before the soldiers could react, Xin Ye had been beheaded. Mu Yuan hurriedly drank and woke up the stunned soldiers on the side,

"Cut off his horse's legs!"

The soldiers hurriedly took their swords to intercept Xin Ye's horses, who were injured and fell off their horses. At this moment, Taozi and others also arrived, and everyone was fighting, and the scene was chaotic.

The advance force was only a few dozen people, and they were caught off guard by the horse thieves just now, their own numbers were not dominant, and these horse thieves were vicious, focusing on the neck, Mu Yuan hurriedly asked He Ming to pull the signal flare on his waist.

Xin Ye and the others, who were originally in the middle of a fierce battle, roared when they saw that Mu Yuan had sent a signal to reinforcements

"Get out of the cave."

Xin Ye hurriedly beckoned his brothers to withdraw to the cave, and blocked the entrance of the cave with stones and goods in the cave, and Mu Yuan and the others couldn't break through for a while.

This Wang Dong was woken up by the sound of fighting outside, only to feel a splitting brain, looked around at his subordinates and collapsed to the ground, and quickly kicked them with his toes.

"Young owner, what's wrong."

Before Wang Dong could answer, he saw that the entrance of the cave was opened, and dozens of horse thieves rushed in, everyone was a little embarrassed, there were still some knife marks on their clothes, and some of them had some blood oozing from their clothes.

Although the horse thief had seen himself in the cave, he was busy looking for something to block the entrance to the cave, and from time to time he commanded his men. Wang Dong was happy in his heart, sure enough, this dress was of great use, and the horse thief did not recognize the identity of his group. Outside the cave, Mu Yuan should be here, this is not good, he must stab the enemy, so it is better to help block the entrance of the cave first, paralyze the enemy, and then take advantage of the situation that they are injured and do not pay attention.

Wang Dong gave his subordinates a look and asked them to come forward to help. Unexpectedly, the entrance to the cave was blocked, and he was just about to make a move, but the horse thief seemed to have taken precautions and did not get hit. And it is very strange that the horse thieves and their men are very easy to fight, and everyone on their side has a lot of colors, but they are not fatal.

Wang Dong felt as if the horse thief was playing tricks on him, but he couldn't figure out why.

Not long after the two sides were entangled, Mu Yuan and the others had already dug out some gaps in the hole, Wang Dong was a little anxious, and ordered his subordinates to do their best to kill the thief. It's a pity that the disparity in strength is too great, Xin Ye and the others can cope with it easily, and they can even pull out a few people and move out of a box of small fire thunder and bows and arrows hidden in the corner.

Wang Dong saw the horse thief tie the small fire thunder to the end of the arrow, ignited the fuse and shot out through the gap in the hole. Soon after that, there was an explosion outside the cave, causing an earthquake to be felt inside the cave. There was a fine gravel that was shaken down from the top, and Wang Dong's face was dusty, and he wiped his face with his sleeve, only to feel that his face was dirty. There was some poor air flow in the cave, and he had been fighting with the horse thief, and the blood, sweat, and ashes were all pasted on his face, and he could no longer distinguish his original appearance.

Not long after the explosion, the entrance to the cave was completely cleared, and Xin Ye waved to his brothers and hurriedly withdrew in the direction of the tunnel. Wang Dong saw that Xin Ye and the others wanted to withdraw, so he hurriedly chased after them.

Here, Mu Yuan and He Ming, who had dodged the fire and thunder, but their ears were buzzing, finally opened the hole, and saw that the horse thief looked like he was going to run away into the depths of the cave, so he hurriedly drew his knife and stepped forward to leave people.

Although Mu Yuan has fewer people than horse thieves, I don't know if this fight is because of the death of his brother just now, which inspired the fighting spirit of the soldiers. Mu Yuan only felt that he was fighting again, the strength of the horse thief had decreased a lot, and the horse thief who had just killed several people in a row was still at a disadvantage when he started fighting. At this time, Mu Yuan still saw what they were shouting, but there was still a buzzing sound in their ears, and he couldn't hear it clearly.

It didn't take long for reinforcements to arrive, but the thieves had been killed, leaving only two thieves to resist. Just as the reinforcements rushed into the cave, I don't know who knocked down the torch on the wall and fell into the fire mine box, Mu Yuan shouted,

"Not good! Get out of here! ”