"Boys, get up quickly, clean up all traces of last night's camping, and do as you want to keep this place as a place to stay, and no one knows what tail will be behind us that we don't want to see. ”

The next morning, when the sun was about to rise on the eastern Qingshan Mountain, Chen Shi, who was already dressed neatly, woke them up from their sleep one by one. Admittedly, most of the day's rest was a drop in the bucket for their tired bodies, but they had to do more before Mt. Songfeng sensed the wind and grass.

After erasing all traces of their camping in this dilapidated village last night, Chen Shi left a few more traces during his final inspection.

"There are no flaws in it, and there are flaws everywhere in the eyes of connoisseurs. Chen Shi explained after leaving a few footprints, "It's not uncommon for a few people to come here with no business, so they will never leave some clues, but they will never chase after our group." ”

In the twenty years of the border army, the imprint left on Chen Shi's body is still profound, and it can be easily accessed when he has to conceal his whereabouts.

Wei Changpan, the only one who didn't need him to shout, tightened the two corners of the gray cloth burden on his body again, a knife, this clothes, and this small burden were all his carry-on luggage.

They are all outlaws, and it is natural that they have nothing to do.

....

"Relax, and again, how many centaurs have been attacked?"

In a quiet room on Songfeng Mountain, the four walls are empty, only a futon is placed in the center, and Gao Xu, the lord of Songfeng Mountain, sits cross-legged in a white robe with a peaceful face. This Jiangzhou Jiangzhou Bull's Ear Leader has always sat in this quiet room recently, like an old monk in his meditation, and he no longer asks about how to deal with the matters on Songfeng Mountain that he does not play.

A few years ago, the old jade tree that was still handsome and still existed was now a pure old man with crane hair and pale face, and the disciples of Songfeng Mountain who served nearby were worried and worried, the mountain lord Gao Xu was really aging so fast that it was terrifying and inexplicable, according to common sense, the martial arts of the realm of the mountain lord did not say that the so-called immortality and longevity of heaven and earth in the Taoist classics were often like the so-called longevity of the Tao in the Taoist classics, but it was more than half a jiazi life expectancy than ordinary people, why did the age of the sixtieth year be so fast?

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The disciples on the mountain don't know why, how can Gao Xu himself not know that this is the root of the disease left by the original battle? The martial arts physique that has been tempered and achieved in half a lifetime is on the verge of being shattered by the circle of strength on the gun lance that hit the mountain, although it relies on its own solidity and proper healing, and adds the heavenly and earthly treasures on Songfeng Mountain to recuperate, although it seems that it has recovered for a while, there are still cracks all over the inside, and there is a risk of fragmentation if the action is a little bigger.

This is also the reason why Gao Xu has been trying to make up for the cracks in his body with his own martial arts qi in this quiet room for days, and Songfeng Mountain has gone to great lengths to collect those best natural and earthly elixirs for him, which are all palliatives but not cures. However, Gao Xu, who had spent a few decades and had not seen the results of his duty, reined in the qi in his body, and heard that some henchmen were in a hurry and said that he wanted to tell him something.

"There have been six groups of people and horses, a total of seventy-five people have been attacked, all of them have died, and no one has survived?" Gao Xu lowered his head and laughed at himself, "All of them are dead, no one survives, could it be that my Songfeng Mountain disciple is so incompetent that it is difficult to even get away and report the information?"

"This is Jiangzhou! It's not a place where barbarians gather outside! Songfeng Mountain is now the only highest mountain in Jiangzhou's rivers and lakes, can't you still deal with a few insignificant miscellaneous things at the foot of the mountain?"

The henchman and the Songfeng Mountain disciple outside the meditation room all knelt on the ground in panic, their heads buried extremely low, and they didn't dare to look up at Gao Xu when he was angry. Although the mountain lord did not treat them very approachable in the past, he was still more scholarly after all, and it is rare for him to be so angry and unable to restrain himself today.

"Mountain master, the government under the mountain said that it is very likely that it was done by thieves everywhere, and a large number of officials and servants will be able to send troops to encircle and suppress together with the state army in a few days, but most of the people in Jiangzhou who go up the mountain and fall into the grass are not a small fight, and it is just to tie up a few rich people to extort some gold and silver money, not to mention whether they have the courage to attack and kill the people and horses of our Songfeng Mountain, even if they have the courage of this thief, they want to quietly wipe out a team of people and horses composed of pure mountain disciples...."

"It's not those rat-like thieves, all the thieves in Jiangzhou will not fail to escape when they gather together. ”

After a short period of loss of control, Gao Xu closed his eyes and muttered, "Get up and go out, it's not your fault for this matter." ”

He was angry that the disciples of Songfeng Mountain were incompetent, and he was angry that to this day, there are still people who dare to attack and kill the disciples of Songfeng Mountain in Jiangzhou.

Gao Xu originally thought that not to mention the several states in the south of the Yangtze River, at least in Jiangzhou, where he could command many matters on his own one-acre and three-third of land, but now it seems that he is far from enough.

The panicked disciples of Songfeng Mountain got up and withdrew, and the Gao Xu henchman fell last intentionally or unintentionally, and after the rest of the people left, he said in a deep voice: "Mountain Master, there are still things that have not been clarified by the subordinates. ”

"Come on. ”

"After the attack on six groups of people and horses in Songfeng Mountain, all the corpses were burned, and the officials in the government could only identify that five of them were full of sword wounds and knife marks, and the human skin and even the sinew and flesh were burned to charcoal, but there were some things that could not be burned by a fire. The henchman took out a small bag of things wrapped in fine white silk from his bosom, "Lord of the Mountain, please see." ”

"Arrows?"

"It's the arrowhead of a crossbow, and it's not an ordinary crossbow bolt. The henchman carefully picked up the silk handkerchief with two fingers and wrapped it in a pitch-black object, "The experience of disposing of the corpses of those people and horses is very old, although the arrow shaft has been burned out, but when disposing of those corpses, the arrows that were stranded in the body were found in the body, no matter how powerful the thieves in Jiangzhou are, there are more than ten hard bows on the mountain that are already terrifying, not to mention the crossbows that are strictly forbidden by the imperial court to circulate among the people..."

"Why a crossbow and not a bow?"

The mountain lord asked the point, the arrows used in Da Yao's bow and crossbow are all shaped, a total of more than ninety, but this arrow shape is obviously not any of the more than ninety kinds of arrows. Seeing Gao Xu looking at the arrow he picked up with interest, the henchman didn't dare to look at it lightly, and took out an unedged knife, gently scraped off the scorching smell on the arrow, and wiped the surface with a fine white silk.

"It seems.... It's a lot smaller than a normal arrow?"

"As the mountain lord said, if it is matched with this arrow, the length of the arrow shaft must not exceed eight inches, and the slightest length of the arrow path is erratic, and it is still much smaller than that of the crossbow horseman, and it is still much smaller than that of the crossbow horseman, and it must be a case of not wearing armor within fifty steps, even if you open your chest and let this crossbow shoot, you may not be able to make a contribution. This arrow was presented to Gao Xu for a detailed look, "The subordinates on the battle formation don't know, but they also know that they can't kill the armored soldiers with this crossbow arrow no matter what, and although the martial arts of the rivers and lakes are solid, they still can't be compared with armor after all." ”

The iron-cast arrowhead lay on the fine white silk cloth, and the small arrow was conical with the thickness of Gao Xu's little finger, and there were still red and black colors in a few places that had not been wiped off, which was the dried blood of the disciples of Songfeng Mountain.

"It's such an arrow that killed my disciple of Songfeng Mountain?" Gao Xu looked at this arrow for a long time, and actually smiled, "If it is not directly hit within fifty steps, it is impossible for this arrow to kill people in an instant." ”

Unless these crossbow arrows come in great abundance, extremely densely, and extremely fast, they all hit before these disciples draw their swords and block. But with so many arrows shot in an instant, how many crossbowmen could be in ambush?

Don't....

"The mountain lord must have thought of it at this time, the thief who attacked and killed my Songfeng Mountain disciples, the crossbow arrows made are simply crossbows, although they have been made by the imperial court for quite a few years, but the arrows are limited and cannot kill people through the armor, so there are some chicken ribs in the battle array, so they only bought more than 100 planes. There are a lot of craftsmen in the Shaofu Crossbow Workshop who know the art of making crossbows, and they are also burdened by the fact that this crossbow is not valued by the imperial court, and they lost this errand of eating official food and went to the people, only for the use of traitors, and made crossbows to those thieves who attacked and killed the disciples on the mountain. ”

It is necessary to know that the barbarians of the Northland steppe, as well as those neighboring countries adjacent to the border of Dayao, have unscrupulously coerced and lured these craftsmen, and these craftsmen have to go to the nearest county office every three months after being repatriated to their hometowns.

Gao Xu didn't know who could have this ability, at least he, the co-owner of Jiangzhou, didn't have it, otherwise he wouldn't have gone to great lengths to get crossbow arrows from his brother. Songfeng Mountain has now secretly cultivated a crossbow team of more than 300 people, each of whom has a Dayao standard hard crossbow and two quiver arrows. If the one in the Imperial City of Dayao knew that Gao Xu's use of the state army's armaments to raise private troops could almost be regarded as a rebellion, he would probably retract his praise for the mountain lord of Songfeng Mountain, who knew people and faces, and instead ordered the Jiangzhou government to clean up and down Songfeng Mountain.

"As long as the mountain lord gives the order, his subordinates will do their best to lead the people and horses down the mountain to kill this group of rats of unknown origin, so as to comfort the souls of those brothers in heaven. ”

Gao Xu ignored the big salute made to him by his henchmen, since he slowly closed his eyes on the futon, like an old monk in his meditation, he did not move at all.

The henchman could not kneel.

"Take fifteen disciples from the inner mountains, and select 100 capable people among the disciples from the outer mountains, all of whom are at your disposal. Gao Xu suddenly said, "Don't let me down." ”

After hearing this, he was overjoyed and was about to turn around and leave, and Gao Xu spoke again after hearing it: "Okay, bring the crossbowman with a team of 100 people, remember to change into the clothes of the Jiangzhou State Army, and remove the traces on the mountain, if this is still missing..."

"The subordinates should come to see each other. ”

After a few quiet rooms, Gao Xu was alone, he looked at the snow-white walls blankly, and sighed faintly.