Chapter 11 Dripping Water Pierces Stones
In the southeast of Baiyun City, there is a long and narrow valley, called Qianyuan Valley, this valley is very famous, because twenty-five years ago, the war between Baiyun City and the Yin-Yang Sect took place in this place, and there were many monks of the Baiyun descent buried in it, it is said that when the war was scorching, the valley was full of blood and pestles, and the bones were scattered, and even the corpses of the camp were difficult to identify.
Qianyuan Valley is hundreds of miles to the southeast, is a lush grassland, here was originally the territory of the Wali people, and later Baiyun City expanded to the south, the two sides had irreconcilable contradictions, several military conflicts broke out, the Wali people have failed and ended, and finally had to move south, leaving the homeland on which they depended.
However, although the Wali people have left, this grassland is still garrisoned by soldiers from Baiyun City, rotating every month, and most of these people are private soldiers from the major clans in Baiyun City.
Beside the winding river, Li Xutuo turned over and dismounted, unsaddled his horse, and let the horse stay on the riverbank, and he poured a few mouthfuls of clear water.
"Heh, this river is strong enough!" he shivered, but exclaimed with refreshment.
The dozen or so guards who accompanied him laughed and couldn't help but ridicule.."The river water in the morning is already cold and biting, if you don't have Taoism, I'm afraid you will have to ice off a few teeth in this mouthful!"
"You little bunnies, your skin is tight, aren't you?"
Picking up the river water and washing his face, Li Xutuo shook the water droplets on his hands, and scolded with a smile: "Don't hurry up and loosen the sleeve for the horse, although the black-scaled horse is strong, it can't stand you tossing like this, and I will go to the south to inspect it in a while, which delays today's business, see if I go back and don't peel your skin!"
"Anyway, the Wali people have been moving south for so many years, and it's not the same whether they patrol or not?" a younger soldier muttered in a low voice, and Li Xutuo listened to it and flicked his whip violently.
"You kid think that we patrol the grassland all day to guard against the Wali people?" He was tall, with a stubble on his face, his eyes slightly kicked, and his momentum was compelling.."The Wali people are not to be afraid, they have long been beaten by my Baiyun City and have lost their temper, the enemy we really guard against is the Southern Yin-Yang Sect, have you all forgotten that twenty-five years ago, the tragic war between Baiyun City and the Yin-Yang Sect?"
He squinted his eyes and pointed to a black spot on the edge of the grassland in the distance. Twenty-five years ago, there were countless Baiyun people who died in the Qianyuan Valley, and the private soldiers of my Li clan alone were no less than 6,000, and how many of them belonged to your uncles and elders, you know much better than me, the ancestors died in battle, and the foundation left behind was not for you to enjoy, but to rely on you to protect, until you are a boy, you are lazy and lazy in the first few days, and you are not afraid that your father under the Nine Springs will get up in the middle of the night and drag you into the Yellow Springs Hell?"
"There are dead people who move. The soldier had a hippie smile, but he was not afraid of Li Xutuo at all.
"You kid......"
Li Xutuo raised his horsewhip and pulled the soldier into the river at once, the river was not deep, just waistless, the soldier struggled twice, and then stood up straight, but the cold river soaked his whole body, he still couldn't help but shiver, that embarrassed and miserable appearance, the rest of the soldiers who saw it gloated and laughed.
"Laugh! what's so funny! It's like you haven't muttered in private, especially you......" he pointed to one of the tall soldiers, "You kid ...... yesterday."
"Don't move!"
Li Xutuo suddenly interrupted him, and his expression became serious.
"What, what's wrong?" the soldier startled.
"I told you not to move!"
Li Xutuo was stunned, then slowly squatted down, leaned on the bank, and quietly looked at the water in the small river.
"-Knock—— knock—— knock!"
It was as if a war drum was beaten, and there were ripples in the river, and the young soldier looked at everyone with a serious look on his face, and even spoke with a crying voice: "Here, what's the matter, no, there won't be any monsters in this river!"
No one answered him, and the faces of the group seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, and they all became silent.
After a while, only Li Xutuo yelled "open the compass", and the originally quiet people suddenly became busy.
"The southeast wind is slowing down at 3.08. ”
"The distance to the epicenter, the dry position, is one hundred and sixty miles away. ”
"The fluctuations are strong, and it is suspected that there is a large group of men and horses fighting fiercely. ”
"The threat level ......" the soldier kept calculating, and finally raised his head sweatingly...
Li Xutuo's face was gloomy, he was silent for a moment, and immediately made a decision: "Li Bad, you kid will go back immediately to report the news! The rest of the people, immediately get on the horse, the target, northwest - one hundred and sixty miles away!"
"No!"
"Hey, Uncle Li, I'll go too, Uncle Li-"
Li Bad shouted in the river, but no one paid attention to him.
The group turned over and rode their horses, and in a moment they disappeared by the winding river.
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When Li Xutuo arrived one hundred and sixty miles away in the northwest, it was already half an hour later, he slightly grabbed the horse rope, and when he raised his eyes, the whole earth seemed to have been ploughed, the scorched soil layer was emitting green smoke, scattered corpses were scattered on the ground, and the air was filled with a disgusting smell.
Some soldiers turned over and dismounted, and surveyed everywhere, and after a while, the inquest found some clues.
"My lord, half an hour ago, a team of men and horses set up an ambush here, and attacked another group of people passing by here, after investigation, the attacked convoy should belong to my Baiyun City......" He raised his head and stared at Li Xutuo.."It's the Chu family!"
"The Chu family?"
Li Xutuo was stunned for a moment, but reacted instantly: "Is it the Chu Yin Clan?" It is said that she left Baiyun City yesterday and came here to pay respects to the Yin Clan's dead. That's right, that's her! Where is she now?"
"The Chu family's men fought and retreated, they should have retreated into Qianyuan Valley!"
After a moment of silence, he tightened the horse's ropes: "Go, follow me to Qianyuan Valley." ”
"Your Excellency!" the soldier hesitated.
"Mother-in-law, what's the matter?"
"My lord, both sides, it should be used-Warlock Battalion!"
"Warlock Battalion?"
Li Xutuo's pupils shrank.
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It went back half an hour.
On the edge of the grassland, a convoy put away its tents, and the knights rode their horses and whips, and slowly set off in the direction of Baiyun City.
Yin Lihua sat in the carriage, looking a little tired.
She calmed her eyelids and gently kneaded her temples, her pale face trembling slightly.
"Madame......"
On the side, a grandmother screamed, Yin Lihua opened her eyes, and the sharp color of her eyes flashed away.
"No, nothing, the slave just wants to ask, ma'am, do you need tea?"
"Stay here quietly and don't bother me. ”
"Yes, slave and maid understand!"
Recently, her temper seems to have become a little irritable, I don't know if it was because she chanted and prayed for a night last night, or if she was a little uncomfortable coming to the place where the Yin clan died in battle, in short, since she left Baiyun City, her emotions have become extremely sensitive, and even these subordinates who have followed her for many years in the past have begun to become a little nervous.
The convoy was still moving forward, the knight tensed his nerves, and the magnificent chariot attracted attention.
The sky was high and the clouds were light, and the birds flew by, and the grasshopper was alarmed by the green grass crushed by the wheels, and propped up a strong retreat, and jumped on a stalk of grass not far away, and half of its head rose on the ground, as if it had been knocked down by the horse's hooves, and it shrank violently, and finally burrowed into its nest under the earth.
"-Knock—— knock—— knock!"
Suddenly, the sound of the earth shaking and the mountains shaking came from far and near.
The accompanying knight stopped and glanced around, his expression becoming vigilant.
Suddenly, everyone's eyes fell on a hill on the ground, a huge rock kept shaking, under the rock, a strong man with a height of nine feet and a cloak carried a boulder up the hill, and the already hard green steel rock was stepped on by the soles of his feet to make footprints one by one!
"It's the Wal-E, Protect the Lady!!" a knight shouted!
But it was too late, the big man raised his head slightly, revealing a pair of indifferent eyes, he waved his lower arm, and his muscles were stretched to an astonishing point, and the boulder was thrown violently, and the sound of breaking wind sounded, forming an arc of a month and a half in mid-air, and smashed towards the chariot in front of the convoy.
With a "boom", sawdust splashed, ruined and killed, and the gorgeous chariot was smashed by the boulder, and scarlet blood flowed out.
"Madame!!"
The accompanying knights immediately formed a line of defense, and a squad of more than a dozen people rode their horses and whipped up their horses, rushing towards the big man on the hill.
On the top of the hill, the big man shook his slightly sore shoulders and grinned at the knight who had rushed over.
He took a deep breath suddenly, and his well-developed chest dried up at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if the Northern Darkness Kunpeng, swallowing the wind and clouds, he roared, and a strong wave of qi erupted from his mouth, and the visible wave of air rippled violently, and the knight who rushed up to kill turned on his back, and the slightly closer, and even the whole body suddenly exploded, and was shocked into minced meat by the air wave!
"-Roar!"
The big man let out a furious roar, and the mountains and rivers were shaken, as if the entire grassland was being shaken and buzzed.
He glanced contemptuously at the convoy below and laughed, his eyes flashing a strange red.
"Click!"
A thunderbolt suddenly streaked across the sky, and the big man looked up.
The originally clear sky covered a large area of dark clouds at some point, and lightning intertwined from time to time, and the momentum was amazing.
"The Cave Water Sutra?"
As if thinking of something, a trace of horror flashed on the big man's face, he turned around suddenly, and ran towards the bottom of the hill without looking back, in the process of running, it seemed to be too hard, and a large piece of the ground under his feet was recessed, and he waved his thighs vigorously, as if chasing the wind and the moon, trying to escape from the range covered by the dark clouds!
"Click!"
Another thunderbolt swept by, and suddenly raindrops fell in the sky.
The raindrops of beans are like steel knives, falling from the sky, as if the heavenly river collapsed and fell into the world, and the big man between the runs didn't even have time to scream, he was smashed into a sieve by the dense rain, and the minced meat in one place was washed away by the rain and flowed into the same hole-ridden earth!
On an ordinary carriage, Yin Lihua lifted the curtain slightly, sneered, and lowered the curtain again.
The atmosphere in the air suddenly became even more cloudy.