The sun gradually sank into the mountain, and at the foot of Tianzhu Peak, there were dots of fire.

Numerous tents and houses, nestled among the grasslands in the mountains, can be seen as a small river flowing from the side, and on the periphery is a huge fence made of logs, which looks like a small city surrounded by wooden walls.

All the tribes in Xihai are based on the ethnic group as the core, and the clan consciousness is very strong, so almost all the tribes place the children in the big village, and the elderly in the tribe take care of them, while the young men and women go out to work and move around to maintain the livelihood of the clan.

The Winter Hades make a living on medicinal materials, so the Dazhai is built on the steep mountains, and the periphery is surrounded by various small villages and lofty mountains, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and is the safest place in the Winter Hades.

And the same is true of the Wuma Department, although it makes a living by grazing horses and raises horses, and cannot be stationed in the livable mountains, but for the stability of the clansmen, the Wuma Department still placed Dazhai under the Tianzhu Peak, which is convenient for three hundred miles of steep mountains, and goes out is the Yellow Sand Desert, and the front is blocked by several pasture towns, even if there is an enemy coming, you can also know in advance, transfer to the mountains to hide for a period of time, normally speaking, it is impossible to be breached.

Because of the perennial peace, the atmosphere in the Wuma Dazhai is naturally not as dignified as outside, the elders of the clan lit a bonfire in the square in the center, countless young children and young girls danced around the bonfire, the elderly sat in the surrounding needlework to watch the excitement, and other houses can only and often hear laughter or the sound of women quarreling.

And when it was peaceful in Dazhai, there was a slight difference between the mountains behind.

Click~

In the depths of the mountains, in a col that is not satisfied with the rugged rocks, five figures slowly groped forward under the cover of the rock wall.

Walking in the front were the spies under Huang Liansheng's command, and in the rear were the general Chu Yuanqi and Li Si's trio.

As they slowly walked to the end of the col, the five of them became cautious, and after raising their eyes to see the ridge not far away, there was a slight afterglow of lights, and they listened carefully, and even faintly heard some sounds, coming from the wind:

"Hiss ——......"

"Mother, Xiaohong is going to give birth to a pony, come over quickly......"

"Coming, coming......"

……

Li Si suddenly heard the voice, lowered his body in shock, and asked in a low voice:

"Arrived?"

The spy who led the way, listened carefully, and after making sure that there was no one in the col, he responded in a low voice:

"Just ahead, a few adults will come with me."

As he spoke, he continued to glide slowly against the rock wall, and soon climbed to the ridge on the side of the col, and the light of the torch appeared in his eyes.

Li Si lay between the two guards, squinting and looking, it could be seen that they were on the ridge, and below them was a steep mountain wall half a mile high, which could not be climbed at all, but there was a ditch more than a foot wide next to it, which was washed by the water in the mountain col, and it was already dry in midsummer, and it could barely slide down.

At the bottom of the hillside, there is a horse farm, which occupies a huge area, but there are only more than 100 horses in it, although the number is small, but without exception, they are all pure and strong, and they seem to be worth a lot.

And near the mountain wall, there is a large courtyard fenced off, in which figures walk back and forth, it seems that several middle-aged women are helping a red horse deliver the baby, and a little girl is squatting beside and watching.

Looking to the south, outside the large racecourse that stretched for nearly five miles, there was a large area of buildings and firelight, and the simple city wall made of wood and stone surrounded the racecourse and the building complex at the back, and Li Si and the others were obviously inside the city wall.

Even if Li Si is a layman, his eyes are shining when he looks at this terrain, after all, this place is equivalent to the backyard of ordinary people, from here to the distant residential area, it is all a flat grass, and the only obstacle is the horse fence.

Judging from the figures walking around, most of the people in the residential area are women or children and the elderly, and only a few young men patrol the outer city walls with torches.

In this situation, 8,000 pigs rushed down from the mountain, and they could kill Dazhai with heavy casualties, not to mention 8,000 elite soldiers.

Although Li Si is a civilian official, he also knows the fleeting truth of the fighter plane, and even when he speaks:

"General Chu, this is a great opportunity to take down this place, so give the order directly."

Chu Yuanqi also wanted to give a direct order, but the exit of the military road was not directly behind the Wuma Department Dazhai, but in the mountains, and if 8,000 soldiers wanted to come, they had to march along the mountain col and gather here.

Seeing the high-ranking official of Daliang urging, Chu Yuanqi turned his head and said to the spy next to him:

"Let everyone come out, assemble in the col and stand by, seal your mouth tightly on the road, and whoever dares to speak out will be dealt with by military law."

"Yes."

The spy immediately received the order and felt the way with his weapon.

Hua Junchen lay next to Li Si, watching the mother and daughter at the bottom of the hill giving birth to the horse, his eyes obviously couldn't be as hot as Li Si, after all, he knew very well what would happen when eight thousand wolf-like Shazhou barbarians rushed into this big village full of old and young.

Hua Junchen pondered for a moment and said:

"Lord Li, General Chu, our plan is to hijack the old and young of the Witch Horse Department, and let the Witch Horse Department be used by us, if the killing is too heavy, I am afraid it will backfire......

Chu Yuanqi said to this: "Mr. Hua doesn't have to worry about it, Leader Huang has already instructed him." The elders of all tribes live in the center of Dazhai, and these people can't be hurt, so they must treat each other with courtesy; The rest of the people, if they dare to resist, they still have to kill, as the saying goes, 'mercy does not lead the army', if they do not kill, they will not be afraid, they will resist if they are not afraid, and there will only be more people who die. ”

Hua Junchen opened his mouth and looked at the women and children below:

"These people ......"

"When the army goes down from here, it will inevitably alarm these people, and in order to prevent warnings, they must find a way to pull them out in advance. The people who can deliver horses are not of high status, and killing them does not affect the overall situation......"

“……”

Hua Junchen suddenly fell silent.

And Li Si next to him interjected:

"My Daliang is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and if I kill women and children, the Wuma Department will inevitably be resentful, which is not conducive to the overall situation. Mr. Hua, your martial arts skills are so high, you won't take the lead and knock these women and children out? ”

Hua Junchen didn't want to fight this front, but if he didn't beat these women and children, it would be over, and he had to nod at the moment.

And Xu Tianying, who was lying next to him, as the secret stake with the highest martial arts in the Southern Dynasty, would definitely not sit back and watch Huang Liansheng's plan of 'blackmailing his wife to order the princes' succeed.

He had already left clues on the road, but it was impossible to say whether the Night Great Yama would be able to find and chase him.

For this reason, Xu Tianying's current choice can only be to delay time as much as possible.

Xu Tianying secretly pondered for a moment and asked:

"When are we going to do it?"

Li Si opened his mouth and said: "The soldiers are fast, as long as the people are together, they will rush down and kill them by surprise." ”

Xu Tianying raised his hand slightly: "No." In ancient times, soldiers attacked the enemy camp at night, paying attention to a 'four watches to send troops', the people in the enemy camp of the four watches had not yet woken up, and the people on duty at night were sleepy, and the defense was the most empty. And at this time, the sun has just set, let's fight over, I'm afraid it's not suitable for the way of using soldiers......"

Chu Yuanqi shook his head and said: "The fourth watch sends troops, and also pays attention to the third watch. The brothers stayed in the cave for half a month, and they vomited all the dry food, so how could they still fight until the middle of the night? Now the Wuma Department is cooking, and if you go over early, you can just eat a hot meal, and the morale of the brothers will definitely increase when they smell the fragrance......"

Li Si nodded: "We are all laymen, listen to General Chu in the war, don't command blindly." ”

Xu Tian should see this, and it is not good to say more.

Rustle~

As time went by, the soldiers of the Shatuo tribe lined up in a line, holding knives and guns against the rock wall, and arrived at the col one after another, but in a few moments they gathered hundreds of people.

Xu Tianying rubbed his fingers, and his fingertips had silently touched out a silver needle, wanting to alarm the horses below and arouse the vigilance of the Wu Ma Department.

But the current position is about half a mile away from the horse farm below, and even if he is a martial saint, it is impossible for him to shoot the silver needle so far without moving.

If the eight thousand soldiers were assembled and rushed out of the col and scattered the formation, it would be impossible for Xu Tianying to stop him, and he couldn't help but be anxious at the moment.

But I don't know if the Wuma Department should not be killed, just when the soldiers of the Shatuo Department slowly assembled, a few dog barks suddenly came from the courtyard below:

"Wang-"

Li Si, who was observing the situation, his heart sank secretly, and when he looked carefully, he saw that in the courtyard where the horse was delivered, a local dog ran out and barked at the top of the hillside.

He thought it was someone who made the movement, but after a closer sniff, he found that more than a thousand Shazhou barbarians gathered in the mountain col and did not take a bath for more than ten days, and the smell was really a bit heavy, and it was estimated that the smell was detected by the watchdog.

Li Si lowered his body and asked:

"What should I do?"

Chu Yuanqi didn't speak, but secretly watched the movement under the mountain.

In the courtyard below, as the dog barked against the mountain wall, a little girl of seven or eight years old immediately ran out and looked at the bare hillside.

Although the smell of sweat of thousands of people is heavy, it is far away from the courtyard below, and the courtyard is surrounded by horse manure and other materials, and the subtle taste changes are obviously difficult for people to detect.

After the little girl looked at it for a while, she wondered:

"What's your name?"

"Wang-"

The earth dog was obviously on alert, and after barking a few times, seeing that the little girl wanted to leave, she grabbed the corner of her skirt again, and then continued to bark:

"Wang-"

Soon, a woman wiping her hands also came out of the courtyard, and looked suspiciously at the hillside, probably fearing that a horse thief would come in and steal the horse, and turned back and called:

"My Sister's ......"

Boom –

At that moment, there was a thunderclap in the night sky!

Then the black feathered arrow burst through the air from the mountain wall and hit the throat of the woman who tried to warn her!

Hua Junchen was secretly anxious, and suddenly heard the sound of breaking the air in the distance, and it was too late to intercept it, so he immediately got up and scolded angrily:

"Who let you put the arrows?!"

When Xu Tianying heard the sound of the feather arrow breaking through the air, the silver needle in his hand shot out, but the arrow was shot by an archer lying in the distance, and he was still a sharpshooter when he saw that the head was still a sharpshooter.

All the tribes of the West Sea, both men and women, are good at fighting, but as soon as the bowstring sounded, the woman's face changed suddenly, and she immediately wanted to pull the little girl next to her.

But the feather arrow came too fast, and by the time the sound was heard, the feather arrow was already in front of him!

The woman's pupils dilated instantly, and she didn't have time to dodge, so she watched as a black line pierced her throat, and then her eyes went black.

Bang –

Buzz~

But to everyone's surprise, the expected muffled sound of the arrow hitting the flesh did not come, but was replaced by the trembling sound of the feather arrow, and a heart-rending sound:

"Mother——...... Huh?! ”

Hua Junchen, who got up and scolded angrily, looked back, but saw that the woman who was obviously going to die was gone, and her figure was completely blocked by a tall black-robed man.

The black-robed man had a cold expression, a single knife hanging from his waist, a powerful feather arrow in his left hand, and his eyes were like nine shadows of Yama, looking up at the people in ambush on the hillside!

？！

Hua Junchen and Xu Tianying were shocked in their hearts, and ecstasy instantly welled up in their hearts!

And Li Si saw this familiar prince of the Southern Dynasty, and his face turned pale.

But before everyone could react, they saw the loyal earth dog next to the woman, and it bit on the calf of the black-clothed Hades who suddenly appeared.

"Shhh...... Are you blind? ”

A shout rang out in the night!

Hua Junchen and the others were stunned.

The earth dog will not let go of his mouth and shake his head frantically!

The woman had not come back to her senses for the rest of her life, and she was so shocked that she was pulling her daughter and kicking the stupid dog at the same time, and at the same time shouting:

"Come on! Someone grabbed a horse! ”

Obviously, the woman still didn't think how many people were hiding among the mountains, but thought that there was a wave of bandits robbing horses.

And the night terror hall came out violently, and the brightly lit Dazhai behind suddenly quieted down, and many people were already running towards this side.

At the same time, on the hillside, Chu Yuanqi found that a man in black suddenly appeared below, and he was slightly stunned, but he immediately came back to his senses, knowing that it had been exposed, and could not give the Wu Ma Department a chance to react, so he immediately pulled out his war knife, jumped out of the back slope naked, and stood at the top and shouted angrily:

"Kill me!"

"Kill!!"

The more than 1,000 soldiers who have been assembled, although they do not have armored war horses, are all elites trained by Huang Liansheng, and they have also fought a lot of battles in the conquest of small tribes in the desert.

Whoa—

From a distance, the trench on the side of the racecourse was covered by the smoke and dust brought up by the soldiers who slid down, and it was as if a yellow torrent suddenly gushed out.

Several Wuma tribesmen who rushed over to check the situation suddenly turned around when they saw this scene, and they turned around and shouted:

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! ……”

The entire Wuma Department was like a soldering iron burning into boiling water, and it exploded in an instant, and there was a shout.

And the night terror hall at the bottom of the hillside is not in a hurry at this time.

Night Terror Hall actually arrived at the top of the mountain behind everyone half an hour ago, because the general next to Li Si did not look like Huang Liansheng, he couldn't figure out the location and depth of Huang Liansheng, so he didn't move, waiting for the other party to show his head, and found that this group of soldiers of unknown origin made a move, so he jumped out.

Seeing the brigade of soldiers sliding down the hillside, Huang Liansheng still didn't show up, and the Night Terror Hall first shook his legs to shake the short-eyed earth dog aside, and then stood up straight with one hand again, waving his hand and saying:

"You go first."

The other women in the courtyard had already picked up the firewood knife and wooden stick and rushed out, and found a steady stream of people sliding down the hillside, their faces turned white instantly, and when they heard the sound, they hurriedly jumped on their horses and galloped towards Dazhai.

And the woman, who was almost hit by the arrow, picked up the girl, turned back and shouted:

"Young man, run!"

The little girl who was held in her arms was in the stage of naivety and ignorance after all, because the back of the Night Terror Hall was like a mountain blocking the front, bringing an unparalleled sense of security, she was not afraid, and turned around and asked:

"Big brother, are you the king of Tianlang?!"

Hearing this, Night Terror Hall looked back:

"No, I'm a night terror!"

Chokew-

When the words fell, at the end of the grassland under the moonlight, a bright white light was drawn!

Night Terror Hall was like a fierce dragon, and instantly came to the bottom of the hillside ravine with the momentum of thunder, and a long knife in his palm was like a three-foot silver snake, scurrying among the dozens of soldiers who took the lead in sliding down.

Sassy –

In an instant, the hillside brought up a sky-high blood mist, and then went upstream, resisting the yellow torrent pouring downward!

At the same time, Xuanji Zhenren also pushed down the boulder in the mountain and smashed it into the mountain col full of people.

Thundered......

Chu Yuanqi, who was standing on the hillside, saw the majesty of the black-clothed man below, and knew that he had met a living immortal, and shouted angrily:

"Kill me! Rush down and scatter! ”

At the same time, he looked at Hua Junchen and other Northern Liang masters next to him.

And Li Si obviously hesitated, after all, he had seen the Night Terror Hall and knew the domineering of the Night Terror Hall, so that Hua Junchen and Xu Tianying could go up, it was completely for nothing.

And even if he doesn't know the art of war, he can see that this trench is a terrain that is impossible to open, not to mention 8,000 unarmored foot soldiers, it is 800,000, as long as the night terrors are not exhausted to death, then it is impossible to slide down this slope.

Just when Li Si hesitated, Hua Junchen next to him changed his face and turned his head to look at the mountain that rolled down the stone:

"It's not good, there are still ambushes in the mountains, we are surrounded, retreat quickly."

As he spoke, he pulled Li Si and ran wildly to the rear.

And Xu Tianying said loyally: "Send Master Li out, I'll come to the palace!" ”

After speaking, he faced the strong enemy and flew back.

Li Si is a civil official, when he heard that there were ambush soldiers, where did he dare to continue to supervise the war, he ran away, and did not forget to shout before leaving:

"General Chu, retreat, let's fight again another day!"

"you!"

Chu Yuanqi watched the three foreign envoys run away like this, and he was angry that his green muscles burst out, and his eyes were like copper bells.

After all, they have crossed Huangming Mountain, if they can't defeat Wumabu Dazhai, they will have to be chased to death without supplies, and there are high mountains and dangerous peaks on the left and right, where can they retreat? Or fight again another day?

However, Chu Yuanqi is indeed a fierce general, although he wants the assistance of Beiliang, but he has never pressed the treasure on the three envoys, seeing that Li Si and others have run away, the current situation is not good, and he immediately shouted:

"Defend the front battle according to the danger, take a stone to Lao Tzu, the archer releases the arrow, and the rest climb down to impact Dazhai, don't care about this person, we can win if we catch the hostages!"

The soldiers of the Shatuo tribe, who were still rushing towards the trough, heard the order and forbade it, and immediately did not charge fearlessly, but stood at the end of the col, picked up a stone and threw it at the trough, and the soldiers in the col quickly began to explore the way, biting the blade, and forcibly climbing down from the mountain wall.

Boom Boom –

Woohoo –

However, in an instant, countless rolling stones fell down the water tank, and feather arrows flew on the left and right mountain walls, and even some soldiers spit thick phlegm while smashing:

"Phew—"

？！

The Night Terror Hall rushed up the sink with a single sword, and it was effortless to deal with the unarmored soldiers who slid down, but when he saw this battle, he was still instantly defeated.

In the face of such a soldier with such a high level of military literacy, Night Terror immediately flew down the hillside, and when he landed, he stepped on his feet again.

Boom –

The racecourse was instantly trampled out of a big pit, and the Night Terror Hall also turned into a black afterimage that rose into the sky!

Before the foot soldiers on the ridge could see what was going on, the black afterimage bounced twice on the steep cliff face, and reappeared at the exit of the col.

The soldier who was spitting down and smashing stones suddenly found that a figure appeared in front of him, and before he could be shocked, he had been pulled by a huge force and flew directly from the top of the cliff:

"Ahh

Night Terror stood still, and found that the winding col ahead was crowded with soldiers.

And Chu Yuanqi, who was standing on a high place, found that the person who came was completely unreasonable, and immediately moved backwards, and at the same time roared angrily:

"Rush me, rush him down!"

"Kill!"

It was difficult to climb on both sides of the col, and there were all people behind him who couldn't retreat, and the more than ten soldiers who were only a few steps away from the Night Terror Hall had no choice at all, so they immediately stabbed forward with spears in their hands, trying to stab the Night Terror Hall down.

But just as soon as they came into contact, many soldiers understood what despair was.

Night Terror Hall waved the knife with one hand like a whirlwind, instantly shattering the seven or eight spears that were stabbed, and finding that the knife was difficult to kill, he drew an ash pole spear with one hand, and wrapped his backhand around him, facing the col in front of him:

"Drink ——!!"

Boom –

There was a deafening loud bang, and the mountain col suddenly kicked up a rush of dust, like a brutal yellow dragon crashing into the mountains!

At this time, the old patriarch Yao Cishan, who had already carried a spear and rode a white horse, galloped from Dazhai, and there were more than 100 elites in the clan, as well as men, women and children in the rear.

But Yao Cishan hadn't rushed to more than half the distance, and he saw a terrifying scene!

I saw that among the cols on the side of the racecourse, the corpse's head kept rolling down, and a black figure stood on the edge of the precipitous cliff, like a reef, allowing the stump to roll down from his side.

And with a sudden explosion sound between the mountain cols, the mountain walls were shaken, rolling down countless gravel and climbing soldiers, and the mountain cols raised a sky-high dust mist, instantly engulfing the generals standing on the cliff and commanding.

And the mountain col, which had been shouting and killing all day, suddenly fell silent after the explosion, and then it was:

Whoop -

The crimson blood water wrapped in minced flesh suddenly rushed out of the mountain col, staining the already dry sink red, and instantly causing a river of blood to appear on the mountain wall!

From a distance, it was as if the mountain col had suddenly closed, and everyone in the middle had been crushed, squeezing out countless pieces of flesh and blood.

"Appeal ——!!"

Yao Cishan, the old patriarch of the Wuma Tribe, is the most respected old man in the Xihai Tribes, and has also experienced several battles on the Xihai battlefield, but when he saw this terrifying scene, he was still shocked and his cheeks turned white, and he actually stopped his horse on the spot.

And the countless clansmen in the rear also stopped in unison, looking at the river of blood gushing out of the mountain in disbelief, and even forgot what to do at the moment.

Boom –

In the silence, there was another explosion in the col!

However, this time the distance has been dozens of feet deeper, and there is also a panicked and hysterical roar from the invisible mountain col:

"Run!"

"Get out of the way ......"

"Ahh

……

From afar, it sounds like a Shura purgatory with countless powerful ghosts!

Between the mountain passes, Night Terror Hall carried a spear and stepped on the broken corpses, his boots and trousers were inevitably dyed red, his eyes were still cold, but he frowned secretly in his heart.

After all, he never dreamed that Beiliang and Shatuo would be able to come up with such a fresh and refined delivery method.

Hundreds or thousands of people are crammed into a mountain col a few zhang wide, it is difficult to climb left and right, almost lined up, and there is no armor at all!

This can't be said to be mowing the grass, the grass can't grow so densely, and it can't die so miserably.

Although Night Terror Hall is not a good person, it is not interested in stepping on a group of non-threatening ants, and it took two shots to completely shock, and after the first shot, there are still people who dare to charge at him, these foot soldiers are indeed highly military.

Seeing the two shots, this group of soldiers understood the situation, and began to scramble to crowd and stampede, and the night terror hall said coldly:

"The night terror hall is here, and the way to retreat has been broken, and those who descend will not be killed."

The sound was like a bell piercing through the ears, and the army, which had been in a panic and chaos, was shocked to a halt.

Then, the Shatuo soldier, who was closest to the Night Terror Hall, almost without any hesitation, threw away the blade in his hand, knelt between the blood and water, and trembled with his head on the ground.

The soldiers in the col had been frightened by the scene that was even more terrifying than the Asura Purgatory, and someone took the lead, like dominoes, throwing away their blades from front to back and kneeling down in the rugged mountain pass.

Jingle ......

Knock knock knock......

Suddenly there was the sound of raindrops among the cols.

Seeing this, the Night Terror Hall bowed slightly, held the spear obliquely in one hand, and turned around to signal the exit:

"Just be obedient. Put the body away and bury it properly, and go down and stand in line outside the city walls. From now on, you will be the soldiers of the West Sea, and I will give you armor and horses, houses and fields, and the family of Shatuo will also take them for you.

"Of course, if you want to leave, you can leave, I will also give you water and dry food, but the next time we meet, you may not have today's luck."

Qinglang's voice is neither light nor heavy, but it spreads all over the mountains and even the Wuma Dazhai outside.

The soldiers kneeling in the col trembled on their knees, and after a long silence, the few foot soldiers in front of them looked at each other carefully, and then they got up tremblingly and walked towards the exit of the col on the other side of the mountain wall.

Stomp ......

As one person took the lead, the rear soldiers slowly stood up, stepped on the river of blood on the ground, and slid towards the horse field below.

Whoa......

And the old patriarch Yao Cishan, as one of the four patriarchs, is not bad in martial arts, at this time he has gone against the current, and came to the mountain col with more than a dozen clansmen, looking at the corpses that can no longer be identified all over the ground, his face is obviously a little pale.

After coming to the side of the night terror hall standing with a gun, Yao Cishan thought for a while, lifted his robe and prepared to kneel:

"The Witch Horse Department worships the king of Wu for the grace of the enemy today......"

"Huh."

Night Terror Hall stretched out his left hand and held the old patriarch, who was several rounds older:

"Only the pawns need to kneel and worship, as long as I am in the Night Terror Hall, the various departments of the West Sea do not need to kneel to anyone from now on."

“……”

It's not that Yao Cishan hasn't seen King Tianlang, but he feels that the young man in front of him is much more oppressive than Lao Tianlang, and it doesn't make people scared but makes people feel frightened in their bones.

When Yao Cishan heard this, he bowed again, and then stood respectfully beside him.

And the clan elders who came with him, seeing this, also stepped forward to salute in turn, and correspondingly, there were countless soldiers who passed by silently.

Stomp ......

(End of chapter)