Chapter 40: Mutations

"Heaven and earth are yellow, and the universe is desolate. The sun and the moon are shining, and the sun and moon are shining. ”

The child's childish and crisp voice echoed in the field.

When the snow melts, only a thin layer of snow remains on the ground, and the melted snow soaks the black soil to a soaking soak.

The ruts of the carriage drove by, leaving a deep imprint.

Gongsun Cheng sat in the rickety carriage and followed Gongsun Yan to read a thousand-character text.

The weather was very good, and Gongsun Yan lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked into the distance.

Coming out of the valley in Yangqiuli and marching for a small half a day, getting closer and closer to the Zhicheng City, Liaoxi is almost the territory of the Gongsun family, even the pursuers dare not pursue so deeply.

Gongsun Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and heard Tian Kai say that they would be able to enter the Lingzhi Realm in more than half a day, and it would be completely safe there.

Zhao Yun sent out a scout to look for Zhang Zhu and Wang Wu, who had gone to report the news a few days ago.

Zhang and Wang Wu, especially Zhang Zhu, have a steady and reliable personality, and they will definitely wait at a certain pass in front of them when they return from the news.

Their itinerary was blocked by heavy snow, and I believe that the two of them will be in a hurry if they can't wait for a long time.

"Gongsun Niangzi, what kind of book is the little boy reading?" It was Xia Houlan who asked.

Zhao Yun went to the front to open the way, and Xiahou Lan took over the escort of the Gongsun sisters and brothers.

"A thousand words." Gongsun Yan casually handed the castrated version of "Thousand Character Text" to Xia Houlan.

"Thousand Character Text" should have been written by Zhou Xingsi of Liang during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the abridged version appeared in advance because of Gongsun Yan.

Heaven and earth are yellow, and the universe is desolate. The sun and the moon are shining, and the Chensu is lined up......

Xia Houlan took it and looked at it, and thought silently in her heart.

The style of this kind of book is not unusual, he has seen it countless times in Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun carries it close to him, carries it in his breastplate, and takes it out and reads it every time he has time.

kept it a secret from him, and only said that it was a military certificate given by Gongsun Niangzi.

Xia Houlan knew that he was just staying for the time being out of trust in Zhao Yun, so he was embarrassed to ask for it.

Zhao Yun knew what he was thinking, but every time he took out the hard reading in front of him, he didn't answer any of his questions.

This is simply torture for Xia Houlan, who is a little curious.

After flipping through a few pages of thousand-word text, Xia Houlan was not shocked.

The "Thousand Character Text" in his hand is composed of four-character rhymes, involving nature, society, history, politics and so on.

From astronomy to geography, from ancient times to the present, it has both moral norms and life experience, but it is easy to understand.

As a child's enlightenment, it is a luxury!

Recalling Gongsun Yan's attitude of handing it over casually and not caring at all, I don't know what kind of good thing Zilong's precious books will be.

Xia Houlan knew that these two people must have done it on purpose, and they couldn't fall for their evil.

But the surge of curiosity made it difficult for him to sit still.

In Gongsun Yan's teasing eyes, he returned the book expressionlessly, and thought nonsense on the side.

Seeing him like this, Gongsun Yan didn't feel it, and he did the same work that should be done, but he didn't want to officially join the company, and he didn't know what he was struggling with.

Hearing Gongsun Yan's chuckle, Xia Houlan was unwilling to start.

He just felt that he had to be loyal to this wicked little lady, and he couldn't get over this hurdle in his heart.

Seeing that Xiahou Lan obviously had a beard on her face and was connected to her chin, but she didn't snort coldly, Gongsun Yan covered her mouth with her hand and laughed out loud.

Xia Houlan's face fell, and she was about to say something to make this little lady stop laughing so arrogantly, when there was a sound of horses' hooves in front of the team.

Zhang Ze rode on a horse and galloped over, looking solemn.

"Xiahou Sima, Gongsun Niangzi, Zhao Duwei invites you two to the front to discuss matters. Wang Wu...... It's back. ”

Zhang Zetieqing's face made Xiahou Lan and Gongsun Yan both look different.

Something went wrong.

The air is still fresh on the plains, and the young grass is budding.

Gongsun Yan, who should have easily imagined how to plan for Lingzhi, only felt that the scenery in front of him was overshadowed.

Two horses carried back a man and a corpse.

The one who was alive was the scarred Wang Wu, and the dead was an unknown soldier who had been shot in the neck by an arrow.

Zhang's whereabouts are unknown.

Holding his last breath, Wang Wu told Zhao Yun something before he fell unconscious.

There are Wuhuan people.

On that day, he and Zhang led a group of men and horses to Lingzhi to report the news.

After meeting the head of the Gongsun family and informing them of the original situation, the head of the Gongsun family sent a group of people and horses to meet them at the pass that they must pass to Lingzhi.

Knowing that the team's trip would be delayed, they waited patiently for two days.

However, seeing that the snow had stopped, the scouts who were looking along the road never found any trace of the team.

After waiting for another day, Zhang Zhu and him were really relieved this morning, so they personally led a group of people out of the customs to investigate.

I didn't want to, but I collided with a sentry from north to south.

Zhang Zhu and Wang Wu were both veterans of the Northland, and they recognized at a glance that this hairy sentry was the Wuhuan people.

Suddenly, both sides were caught off guard, and the team directly released a roaring arrow to inform the Wuhuan troops in the rear.

I saw the horses' hooves rumbling in the distance, and nearly a thousand horses galloped over.

Zhang Zhu didn't dare to delay, worried that if this thousands of Wuhuan cavalry were caught off guard and crashed into the team and engaged in a hurry, the team was only afraid of heavy casualties.

He ordered two troops, one went to the pass to report the news, and the other left with Wang Wu's fast horse, and continued to look for the traces of the team and warn in time.

And Zhang Zhu led the rest of the sergeants to lead this Wuhuan cavalry to the southeast.

A group of soldiers who accompanied Wang Wu were all shot off their horses during the run.

Wang Wu was also hit by two arrows, one deep into the shoulder blade and the other in the waist.

Maybe it was because of the thick coat on his body, although the arrows were nailed into the muscles, Zhao Yun checked that it should not hurt the viscera.

Gongsun Yan stood two steps away.

After many days, blood and death appeared before her eyes again.

Crush all the luck and fantasies she had had just a moment ago.

She looked at the corpse of the dead soldier on the ground, and an arrow pierced his neck.

The blood that flowed out stained his military coat black and red.

The young soldier's face froze with pain and despair, and his cloudy pupils were thick with phlegm.

If it weren't for a roster of soldiers in the wagon, no one might even know his name.

Wang Wu's face was pale and he was carried to the rear on a stretcher.

Several veterans who acted as temporary medical soldiers directly broke the shaft of the arrow on Wang Wu's body, leaving the arrow tightly in the flesh.

Zhao Yun, Xia Houlan and Tian Kai, who came from behind, had solemn faces.

This Wuhuan cavalry came from north to south, and it should not be the pursuers behind them.

Most of the Hu people who are now wandering in the north responded to the call of Liu and Yan Rou to form an alliance with Yuan Shao to attack Gongsun Zhan's tribe.

These Hu people have Yuan Shao's support and supplies, but they should not go to the north.

It should be a southbound Hu horse.

But it is extremely unusual for such a large number of cavalry to go south before the beginning of spring.

The Hu people generally went south during the autumn harvest, and in the autumn it was the time when the Han land was harvesting grain, so it made sense for them to go south to plunder.

Thousands of cavalry needed supplies and camps, and the Han Chinese, who had just finished winter, were equally poor.

Unable to scrape anything, they will not easily go south at this time.

Unless......

The eyes of the three fell on Gongsun Yan at the same time.

Unless there's their goal here!