Lu Yong finally followed Li Chen's advice and rearranged the team.

More than fifty chariots and horses were enclosed in two circles, inside and outside, and the mules and horses were unloaded from the carts, placed in the innermost layer, stacked with cargo boxes, built a high lookout, and sent a person with the best eyesight on it.

Everyone leaned on the carriage to form a circular defensive circle, and at the forefront, a melee dart master with a spear in his hand; Behind is a person who is good at bow shooting, if there is a horse thief running, he will kill a piece of arrows first, even if the horse thief who breaks through the shooting range, he will not be able to pass the level of spear and horse.

After arranging all this, many people complained, and the eyes that looked at Li Chen and Luo Shi were not kind, but they all endured it because of Lu Yong.

Luo Shi chose a mule cart board to lie down and rest, pillowed her arms, and looked at the twinkling starry night.

The night has shrouded the whole heaven and earth, the four fields are dark and dreary, occasionally a mule and horse neighs in a low voice, and even the autumn insects in the grass seem to have lost their sound at this moment.

Just when people were sleepy and horses were tired in the middle of the night, suddenly there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance!

Luo Shi immediately woke up, she saw Pocket stride onto the lookout, her face changed dramatically at a glance, and she said loudly to Lu Yong:

"Darthead, it's the blame! The culprit of the brigade! ”

"Wait!"

Luo Shi rolled over from the car board, hid behind the cargo box that filled the trench, and grabbed the fabric at the placket, she was uneasy: it was really not peaceful.

The sound of horses' hooves in the distance suddenly increased, and the flickering torches were connected in the night sky, and the carriages were shaking slightly, and the torches inserted in a circle were blazing, illuminating everyone's faces.

Horse thieves are coming with swords!

"Shine on the torch and release the arrow!"

Lu Yong's arm was raised high, and he stood on the lookout alone, waiting for the horse thief to break into the range of the bow and arrow, he raised his arm and shouted: "Release!" ”

The arrows broke through the wind, and the arrows densely weaved into a large net, towards the horse thieves who rushed to cover their heads and faces.

The screams were heard in the distance, and the horse thieves fell to the ground.

The horse thieves were also surprised, they didn't know that the dart team had been prepared, they wanted to be caught off guard and snatch the goods, but they waited for such a blow.

The executioner and his gang were scared, and when they saw that the horse thief had suffered a loss, they were relieved, and they were very grateful to Li Chen in their hearts. If it weren't for his suggestion, I'm afraid that according to the original, everyone would have become a ghost under the knife of a horse thief.

The horse thieves charged in waves, gradually learning to be wise, and extinguished all the torches in their hands.

In this way, I am in the open and the enemy is in the dark, Lu Yong can't judge the distance of the horse thief's attack, so he can't order the arrow very accurately, and in a few moments, many thieves have been killed in front of the battle.

Fortunately, there were still rejecting pistols waiting for them, and the spear that was suddenly stabbed out from the gap stabbed the horse thief off the horse, and the blood rushed in the air, and gradually the face was covered with blood.

Li Chen has been guarding her side, slashing and killing the thieves who tried to jump into the encirclement, Luo Shi tried his best to protect himself, not to let the pocket be too distracted.

She pricked up her ears, and from the screams and screams as much as she could, she could discern the faint direction of the horse's hooves—

"Pocket, southeast corner!"

"Good!"

Pocket with a cold knife can not splash the water, fierce and abnormal, half of his face is covered with blood, he runs back and forth, where there is a breakthrough, he will go to help.

In particular, Luo Shi listened to the defense position early, which could give him more time to act, and he could fight the horse thief without the power to fight back every time.

The round after round of fast attacks failed, but the horse thieves numbered a lot, and gradually, the dart team began to be a little overwhelmed......

If the horse thief does not care about the cost, it is like this to besiege the dart team for a few days, and without foreign help, it is also a dead end for the dart team.

There was another round of attack, the corpses of horses were everywhere, the smell of blood rose to the sky, the moon in the sky was hazy, and it was destined to be a bloody night.

Lu Yong gasped, and together with Li Chen, he moved the injured guy and the executioner in front of him to the innermost part to bandage and recuperate, but fortunately, there was nothing missing in the dart team, that is, there was no shortage of medicine to treat the injury, and he could always save his life.

Luo Shi grabbed the sleeve of the pocket and said in a low voice:

"It's not possible to continue such a confrontation, there are too many horse thieves, we have already injured half of them, how many rounds can we resist? You see there are not many arrows left in those quivers, and there is no chance of winning in hand-to-hand combat."

Li Chen's eyes were already red, and the blade he was clenching was full of gaps, and he wiped the blood stains from his mouth fiercely:

"On weekdays, the number of horse thieves outside the pass is only one or two hundred at most, but now there are seven or eight hundred, and I am afraid that more than a dozen culprits have formed a large group of horse thieves, waiting for us here!"

Luo Shi was surprised: "You just bet the war horse and the medicine to treat the wound to pass by water, and it is not gold, silver and jade, why bother with this effort?" ”

"Sister, don't you know, this time the healing medicine is not easy to come by, and it is difficult to buy any gold and silver, let's send it to the water pass, it is a heart to add defense to the country, but the horse thief sold it to the Xijon people, and earned a lot of silver."

I see, Luo Shi was silent for a moment, and said softly:

"Seven or eight portals together, which one dies more, is the life of being swallowed, they must be in discord, we can't resist, then outsmart ......"

Li Chen threw a suspicious look, and before he could ask clearly, Luo Shi urged:

"You drag the horse thief who is not dead or seriously injured outside in for treatment, and then ask for the name of the other side"

Li Chen turned his head to look at Lu Yong, and when he saw that the dart head also nodded, he motioned for the men to go out and save the people - they dragged back the thieves who were struggling on the ground, confiscated the sword, and put it together with the other wounded for treatment.

Li Chen stepped on the lookout, plucked his voice at the torch in the distance, and shouted loudly:

"Everyone in charge outside is all men in the rivers and lakes, we don't want to repay for saving people, we just hope that all the men will raise their noble hands and let them live!"

After a long time, someone on the opposite side echoed from afar:

"Is it Lu Yong and Lu Sanye inside? The third master is righteous, we thank you, but the war in Liangzhou, the brothers can't rob the people, the food and clothing for the winter are on this convoy, and the friendship with the third master can't be taken care of! ”

"The juniors are clumsy, I don't know which ones are in charge, they can't visit in person, and there will be heavy gifts to the village in charge in the future!"

Listening to Li Chen's rules, the horse thief also reported himself happily.

"The guys from the Kanto Exit are here!" "Sanqinghui!" "Double camel village! I've seen the fifth master! ”

Luo Xi immediately heard the voice of the last person, it was actually the eldest son of Cuiying's sister-in-law, who had roots!

When he came back, a few days after the reunion, but no matter how Aunt Cuiying persuaded him, he insisted on going back to the village of Shuanghump.

Although it has been three years, there is a voice of roots, Luo Shi can still vaguely remember, and listen to him report that his home is a double camel village, then there will be no mistake.

Hearing this, Lu Yong replaced Li Chen and shouted to the opposite side:

"Friends in the rivers and lakes, benevolence and righteousness are the head, my dart is the medicine sent to General Liang Shuye, and I hope that you will raise your noble hands, and I am willing to give the master a sum of money to buy the road, I Lu Yong is grateful, and all the people who come to Tongzhou in the future are counted as my Lu Yong!"

As soon as these words came out, the horse thief exploded, and the voices of discussion came and went.

Rass waited with bated breath with the rest of the group......

"How much money are you going to pay for the road?" The horse thief agreed.

Lu Yong laughed: "Let's draw a plate!" ”

"Okay, happy, 200,000 taels of silver, not a penny!" The horse thief lion opened his mouth and asked for a sky-high price to buy the road.

"Everyone, it's just some broken medicinal materials and powders, and it's not worth it if they are all sold, let's make up 10,000 taels and give it as hard money, how about it?"

"Phew, fart, how about coaxing us to play? So many of our lives have fallen, is it worth 10,000 taels of silver, seven or eight portals and four points, you send it to ask for food? ”

The bearded horse thief leader raised his hand and said: "Third Master Lu, bargaining from such a distance, you don't take our brothers seriously, let's wait for you!" It's negotiated, let's give way, if the negotiation is not proper, it will be correct"

Lu Yong clenched his fists fiercely, jumped off the lookout and was about to meet the enemy alone, but was stopped by Luo Shi and said:

"Lu Darthead, you can't go, you are the backbone, if you are detained, won't this dart team be fiddled with by them?"

Lu Yong saw that Li Chen didn't agree to him either, and said distressedly: "What should I do?" ”

"I'll go!"

Luo Shi had a plan in her heart, and opened her mouth without thinking.

*

With a torch in her hand, she rode alone on an old horse and walked unhurriedly to the opposite side.

On a dirt slope opposite, there is a stool, or standing or sitting are seven or eight masters, tall and fat, basically all of them have the face of a bandit and bandit, and everyone's eyes are swirling on Luo Shi's face.

Yougen was the first to recognize her, and his eyes rolled in surprise.

The two sides looked at each other silently, and the bearded thief headed by him couldn't hold it back, and scolded loudly:

"Is there no one on the dart team, send a sissy to trade with us? Who to look down on? ”

"Don't blame the head of the house, it's really just that Lu Darthead was injured a little, and the junior is in charge of the wealth of the dart team, and sent me to talk earnestly, hoping that the head of the house will give him a way to live."

"What nonsense, how much money are you willing to pay for the road?"

Before he came, Luo Shi had already asked Lu Yong the most price he could offer, and he knew in his heart that if he could save it, he would save it, and he smiled and compared two fingers:

"Twenty thousand"

"Mom sells batches, what's the matter, don't be ashamed to give face, don't talk about it! Chop and feed the wolves! ”

The bearded thief jumped up, pulled out the waist knife with a root on the side, and raised it to cut off Luo Shi's head!

Yougen immediately raised his hand, set up the bearded machete, rescued Luo Shi, and said urgently:

"Big boss, this person can't be killed!"

blurted out, the words fell, but I didn't know how to explain it.

Yougen saw the bearded man drop a suspicious look at him, gritted his teeth, chewed the words, and began to talk nonsense with his eyes open:

"The two countries are at war, they don't kill them, our double camel village is well-known, these seven or eight brothers all rely on your family, rashly kill him, the matter can't be discussed, do we still want to continue to die, to overcome the dart team's car wall defense?"

Luo Shi didn't wait for the bearded man to speak, and immediately said:

"Listen to me, Lu Darttou has no intention of cheating, the convoy is only a few wound medicines, there is no gold and silver, 20,000 yuan is still ready to buy leather goods outside the customs, there is no extra silver for you, or this is ......"

She paused, observing the bearded man's face, and said tentatively:

"Instead of selling the healing medicine to the Xirong people, it is better to escort them to Pingshui Pass with the dart team, with General Liang's righteousness, he will definitely pay the remuneration for the master, plus the current 20,000 silver, are you satisfied?"

When the people on the side heard this, they hesitated, they just didn't have one heart, I heard that this time the dart team brought a lot of gold and silver treasures, so they listened to the bearded man's words, and gathered the team to gather under the double hump.

But now as soon as they heard that the team was really full of broken herbs, they instantly lost interest, and just wanted to take a sum of money and leave, and they really didn't want to rush up and kill their brother again.

They all focused their eyes on the face of the big boss of the Shuanghuo Village, waiting for him to come up with an idea.

After hesitating, the bearded man asked coldly:

"When will you be the master of General Liang? If he turns his face and doesn't recognize anyone, then what should we do? ”

Before Luo Shi could speak, Yougen on the side had already immediately said:

"Big boss, this sissy is a woman! She was originally from the same village as my mother, I just recognized her, she is General Liang's concubine hidden in Kushui Township, by the name of sending spicy people to Pingshui Guan, she goes to a tryst every three or five days, let's catch her in our hands, and I'm afraid that Uncle Liang won't give money at night? ”

When Luo Shi heard this, she almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood!

Big brother, is this to save her, or to harm her?