When the silver moon was in the sky, more than 5,000 Shatuo soldiers in ragged clothes came to the city wall of Dazhai one after another, and stood neatly under the leadership of Wu Chang Baihu.

And the young men and women near the Wuma Department, after receiving the enemy information in distress in Dazhai, also galloped from all over the grassland one after another, holding knives and guns and riding fierce horses around thousands of unarmed foot soldiers, if it were not for the clan elder's order, I am afraid that they would have rushed up to cut down this group of thieves who dared to steal their homes.

The Night Terror Hall turned its back to Yinyue, always standing on the cliff, so as not to mutiny and make trouble again, next to it were more than a dozen clan elders of the Wuma Department, and Fan Qinghe also took Hua Qingzhi and Lu Zhu to his side after confirming that the fight was over.

Seeing the appearance of ten thousand enemies in the night terror, Fan Qinghe was naturally honored, and his standing posture was like that of Princess Tianlang.

And Hua Qingzhi and Lu Zhu are natives of the scholarly lady, where have they seen the purgatory-like scene of Shura, they are obviously a little scared, and they don't dare to look back at the bloody mountain col.

Seeing this, Night Terror Hall did not continue to concave the shape, and slightly tilted his head and said:

"Qinghe, you take Miss Hua and them to Dazhai to rest first."

Seeing this, Fan Qinghe didn't say much, turned around and hugged Hua Qingzhi and Lu Zhu, ready to jump off the cliff directly.

Hua Qingzhi hugged Sister Fan's neck, and when she saw this, she said:

"Daddy he'......"

"Don't worry, let the birds keep an eye on them, there will be no accidents."

Seeing this, Hua Qingzhi bowed slightly, and then was carried back and forth from the cliff by Qinghe to the horse farm and went to Dazhai.

Patriarch Yao Cishan had been standing beside him, and he could have been able to hold on to his momentum, but as more and more soldiers came out of the mountain, he began to tremble.

After all, it has come out of the mountains, at least more than 4,000, counting the corpses is about 5,000, and they are obviously well-trained soldiers, at this scale, if the sneak attack is successful, it is enough to slaughter tens of thousands of women, children, old and young in the entire Dazhai, Fang He thought that he had escaped a robbery, and now he found out that he had escaped a catastrophe.

Yao Cishan's heart was full of fear, and he was also confused, and after seeing that the Night Terror Hall started to speak first, he bowed down and asked:

"Where did this pawn come from?"

"The Shatuo Department of the desert, I don't know how to come around from Huangming Mountain, and I have to go to investigate later. There are less than 100,000 people in total, and these should be all elites. ”

Night Terror turned its head to look at Yao Cishan:

"These people were first handed over to the Yao patriarch for the custody, and all of them were registered, given clothes and shelters, and scattered into the army; I will send the necessary food, grass and ordnance to the Ministry of Witchcraft as soon as possible. ”

Yao Cishan said respectfully: "Old decay, let people do it." ”

Seeing that Yao Cishan had ordered the clansmen, the night terror hall saw Qinghe go to Dazhai again, but when he looked at it, he found a few frightened women, and ran back to the courtyard below, and began to take care of the newborn pony.

And the little girl of seven or eight years old ran down the hill with a rope leading the earth dog, raised her head and shouted:

"Big brother, you lied to people, my mother said that you are the king of Tianlang."

Night Terror Hall smiled: "I want to be the king, I don't have to borrow the name of my ancestors, just remember that I am called Night Terror Hall." ”

The little girl tugged on the rope and dragged the earth dog over: "Brother, do you eat dog meat?" It just bit you......"

“？”

The only injury in this battle of the Night Terror Hall is that he was bitten hard by this short-eyed earth dog, although he didn't bite the skin, but he was really annoyed in his heart.

However, this earth dog is also a loyal protector, and the Night Terror Hall did not care about it, and responded:

"It's a good dog, keep it well."

"Oh...... Huh? My brother's bird is so big! ”

"Huh?"

Hearing that the bird that had just fallen from the sky was eating dog meat, he shook his head and responded when he heard the sound, and then began to fan the night terrors with his wings, which means that he has been busy for half a month, what's wrong with eating dog meat?

The night terror hall held down the birds, looked back, and saw that the water also ran out of the col, and after a few ups and downs, they came to the cliff, and said:

"There is no one in the mountains anymore, and there are not only these people from Shatuobu, but there are also some people in the caves; When Li Si fled back just now, he found that the situation was not right, and took the rest away, I chased for a while, and found that the cave was bottomless, and I didn't know where it led, and there was still handwriting in it. ”

The Night Terror Hall didn't see any trace of Huang Liansheng, so it definitely couldn't be just counted, and then said:

"This group of people traveled lightly, didn't bring much dry food, and couldn't run far. You order 300 men, bring ropes, and follow me into the mountains to get the rest back. ”

Yao Cishan immediately received the order, and the clan elder behind him walked down the mountain quickly and ran to the Wuma tribesmen who had gathered outside Dazhai.

The night terror hall did not stop, and after letting the bird stay and lead the way, he followed the water and walked down the col to the mountains.

Although Xuanji Zhenren did not appear on the frontal battlefield, he had been running around the mountains to be on guard, lest Huang Liansheng suddenly kill or have other ambush soldiers, and he was quite tired after running for a long time, so he walked a few steps between the rugged mountain passes, and raised his hand to wipe the fine sweat on his forehead.

As a result, before she put her hand down, she found that her body was light, and her buttocks sat on the man's shoulder, and then she was held by her calves to resist.

Xuanji Zhenren was stunned for a moment, and looked down at the cheek on the side of her buttocks:

"What? As soon as Miss Hua is gone, she can't bear it? ”

Night Terror Hall held his calf with one hand, rose and fell in the mountains, and said with a smile:

"How come, seeing that you are tired, I feel sorry for my daughter-in-law."

Xuanji Zhenren held back for many days, but in fact, he couldn't bear it, and laughed when he saw this:

"How uncomfortable is it to sit like this, or should I ride on my neck?"

Night Terror felt that this posture was very gentlemanly, but it must be more comfortable to ride a big horse, so he nodded slightly, wanting to help Shui Er change his position.

But what he didn't expect was that Shui'er did not straddle his neck from behind like a child riding a big horse, but held his head and turned slightly to ride with a face......

？

Night Terror Hall paused, supported Shui'er's waist with both hands, faced the lower abdomen that was close at hand, and raised his eyes to look up:

"Naughty again, huh?"

Xuanji Zhenren put her legs on her shoulders and straightened her waist slightly:

"That's not what you think?"

Seeing this, the night terror hall was not used to it, and lowered his head to give artificial respiration to the white jade tiger through his skirt:

"Woo woo ~ ......"

Xuanji Zhenren was just teasing, where did he dare to be raised high by the Night Terror Hall in this barren mountain and wilderness, and his whole body was full of excitement, and he quickly turned it down again, fell to the ground, and pulled his skirt up:

"Color Embryo~"

Night Terror's eyes were full of smiles, and he cheekily hugged his back again and smacked a few times.

Although the two were fighting, their speed was not slow, but in a moment, they walked out of the col for nearly five miles and came to the bottom of a stone cliff.

The stone cliff was as bare as the outside, nothing special from the outside, but a hole had been dug out of the ground for two people to pass, and there were many stones next to it, which were smashed down by Shui'er just cut off the back road, but were removed again.

Night Terror came to him, half-crouched down to take a look, and listened intently to the movement inside.

Pedal Pedal Pedal ~

Inside the cave, the sound of footsteps can still be faintly heard, but the distance is already far away, and it is not easy to judge the distance in the cave.

Seeing this, the night terror hall took out the fire fold and blew it on, entered the cave with the water, walked down less than a few dozen steps, and suddenly opened up in front of him, a karst cave appeared, the rock wall is natural, but the ground has obviously been trimmed, and the impassable places are paved with stones, and it has become a road that extends to the west.

Xuanji Zhenren had just come here with Birdie, and at this time he walked in front, but in a moment he came to a relatively wide cave.

The karst cave is about three zhang high, the square circle is more than ten zhang, the ground is relatively flat, and the sound of the dark river can be heard.

Unlike other places, there are traces and drawings on the rock wall, which are very old and look like graffiti carved by cavemen from ancient times.

Night Terror Hall thought it was a fossil left by primitive people, but he held a fire fold and came to look at it carefully, and found that the handwriting on the rock wall was quite fair, like a stone tablet, not like a random carving, but he didn't know a word.

Night Terror Hall looked at it carefully for a moment, and asked:

"What is this?"

With his arms around his chest, Xuanji Zhenren observed carefully in front of the rock wall for a moment, and nodded thoughtfully:

"If this way is not mistaken, this should be the word."

“？”

Night Terror raised his hand and patted it on the back of the naughty Shui'er's waist, and began to look at other places again, and as expected, there were a lot of things written on the walls, but they didn't recognize any of them.

After the two of them watched this for a moment, the footsteps and firelight of the brigade appeared at the entrance.

Pedal Pedal Pedal ~

Soon after, Bird Bird took Yao Cishan and three hundred elites of the clan, wearing leather armor and running with knives and guns.

Because they learned from the mouth of the clan that Fangcai Dazhai was attacked, and the night terror hall was a husband to resist the thousand armies, the young and strong men of the Wuma Department were grateful and surging, and when they saw the night terror hall in a black robe, they all brushed and prepared to salute.

Seeing this, Night Terror Hall raised his hand slightly: "The remnants are in front, you guys will chase after you first, and I will arrive later." ”

"No!"

Three hundred young men immediately followed General Bird and ran quickly to the west side of the cave.

Yao Cishan stopped, touched his beard and raised his eyes to observe the handwriting on the wall, his eyes thoughtful.

Seeing this, the Night Terror Hall asked, "Does Patriarch Yao recognize these handwritings?" ”

Yao Cishan responded carefully, pointing to the two handwriting on the wall:

"It seems that they are all things before the Liang Dynasty, these two words should be 'Wu Si', Wu Si is the name of the first emperor, and the sacrificial vessels passed down from generation to generation in the Xihai can be seen occasionally, and the elders have talked about it. But I don't know anything else. ”

Xuanji Zhenren nodded slightly and asked, "Does anyone in Xihai recognize these words?" ”

Yao Cishan shook his head and said: "After the unification of the first emperor, the entire world has written the same text, and there has not been much evolution until now, how can anyone learn this." It is estimated that the only people in the world who know these words are Mr. Zijian of the North and South Kingdoms; In both dynasties, many books and slips excavated from tombs were preserved, and there were special people who studied these things. ”

"Guozijian ......"

When the Night Terror Hall heard this, it sounded that there was a female student with a Guozijian beside her, and she immediately turned her head:

"Shui'er, you go and bring Miss Hua over and see if she recognizes her."

"Okay."

Xuanji Zhenren turned around and walked towards the entrance, while Night Terror Hall and Yao Cishan continued their research.

Because Xuanji's real martial arts are super high, this place is not too far from Dazhai, and the two of them have just waited for less than a quarter of an hour, and there is movement at the entrance again.

Night Terror Hall looked at it in a blink of an eye, and it could be seen that Hua Qingzhi, who had been running for several days, finally changed into a refreshing dress, but her hair was not combed, but she was just pulled up and coiled behind her head with a wooden hairpin, which was still wet, and it looked like she was called out of the bathtub by water.

Hua Qingzhi was still inconvenient to move, she was held in her arms by Xuanji Zhenren, and when she came to the front and back, she landed on her feet, raised her hand to arrange the hair on her sideburns, and looked at the monuments that Sister Lu said.

Night Terror came to him and asked;

"Do you recognize me?"

Hua Qingzhi has been a fart for so many days, and she feels like a waste all the time, and at this time, she finally showed the arrogance of 'Yanjing's first talented girl', and said:

"After Yun'an heard Gongzi's poems, I didn't know the source, so I went to look through the historical materials of the Northwest Royal Court, and finally found Mr. Guozijian who is proficient in ancient history, although I didn't ask the source, but these ancient words were taught by Mr."

Hua Qingzhi came to the starting point of the trace and pointed to the trace above:

This is the text of the ancient Liang Kingdom, that is, the place where the first emperor started, because it is too cumbersome to write, after the first emperor ruled the world, he abolished the old characters, and took the literature of the countries as a guide, learning from each other's strengths and weaknesses to create the words that are now common in the north and south.

"Hmm...... He has respected the heavens as his father and the earth as his mother, and he has been fortunate to have the mandate of heaven, and he has been given nine techniques by God......"

Night Terror Hall stood in front of him, listening to Hua Qingzhi's soft voice, only to feel that he was a stupid big black coarse, and after a moment of silence, he asked;

"What do you mean?"

Hua Qingzhi held the shoulders of the Night Terror Hall and looked over from the stone wall in turn:

"This should be written in the text of the first emperor Wu before he sent out his army, which probably means: My Wu has respected the sky as his father and the earth as his mother, and I was lucky to get the mandate of heaven and was given nine techniques by the gods, and today I will send troops to attack the country of Li and bring peace to everyone......"

Night Terror Hall frowned slightly: "What is the Nine Techniques?" ”

Yao Wenshan looked at Hua Qingzhi, who was proficient in ancient literature, his eyes were quite surprised, and he answered at this time:

"'Nine' may be an imaginary number, which means that the gods have taught a lot of skills in governing the country and leveling the world."

Hua Qingzhi nodded at this, and pointed to a piece of handwriting in the middle:

"The monument is enshrined in Kawaguchi, and it is worshiped by eternity...... This means that the art learned is engraved on the stone tablet and enshrined at the entrance of Yangchuan, and the incense is offered by the eternal incense to thank heaven and earth......"

"Where is the entrance to Liangchuan?"

Xuanji is truly humane: "According to the records, Duolan Valley is Liangchuan, where the ancient Liang Kingdom is located, but now it has been renamed No Return to the Original." ”

Night Terror nodded: "Even if it's hard to find." What is this written about anything else? ”

Hua Qingzhi studied it carefully, and pointed to a string of handwriting;

"The adventure of the first emperor seems to be more than one, and there is also 'even 'occasionally entered the Northern Wilderness, got this military road, and was fortunate to get the Holy Lotus ......', which means that the first emperor couldn't go to Huangming Mountain, so he searched everywhere along the mountain, but he strayed into the Northern Wilderness, accidentally found this military road, and got a lotus ......"

When Xuanji Zhenren heard this, he was a little puzzled: "The Northern Wilderness is behind the Sunset Peaks, and this military road is ...... Huangming Mountain."

Yao Cishan touched his beard and pondered, and interjected: "The ancient Liang country is in Shanxi, we are the enemy in the east, and for the first emperor, the north seems to be this piece. ”

“……”

As soon as these words came out, several people fell silent.

Night Terror Hall recalled for a moment and asked tentatively: "The Western Sea Tribes, is there a legend of 'White Lotus at the end of the Northern Wilderness?'" ”

"There is, but we all thought it was the Northern Wilderness behind the Sunset Peaks, but we forgot that when we were in the Guliang Kingdom, the Chi Chi Department had not yet run behind the Sunset Peaks, and the reason why Sunset Peak was called Sunset Peak was because our ancestors thought the sun had fallen there......"

Seeing this, Xuanji Zhenren said thoughtfully: "Huang Liansheng ...... It doesn't seem like a random name. ”

Through these brief information, a not-so-good thought flashed through Night Terror's mind, and immediately hugged Hua Qingzhi, turned around and walked deeper into the cave:

"No wonder Huang Liansheng breathed so much."

Xuanji Zhenren had obviously heard such legends, and his expression became serious:

"Be sure to catch Huang Liansheng, this thing should be about the same size as the Snow Lake Flower."

Yao Cishan followed behind the explanation: "The white lotus of the Northern Wilderness is a divine object, according to legend, the snow lake flower is dedicated to the inside, the white lotus can produce flesh and bones, and the longevity fruit is the life-sustaining soul, and together they can refine the elixir of resurrection......"

Before Hua Qingzhi could react, she was taken away by the Night Terror, listening to the three of them chattering, she said blankly:

"Night Boy, why don't you send me back first?"

"As far as you are literate, we don't know these ancient texts, what if we find something again?"

“……”

Hua Qingzhi suddenly felt that reading a belly of books was not completely useless, and she didn't say anything more at the moment, like a scholarly lady who was taken away by bandits, and carefully searched the rock wall along the way to find the handwriting......

——

On the other side, more than ten miles away.

Because the scale of the infantry that had just poured into the mountain col was too large, Xuanji Zhenren was afraid that there would be a mistake, so they pushed down the stones from the mountain together, cutting off the endless flow of soldiers.

The nearly 3,000 foot soldiers who were still in the cave had not had time to get out, and before the barricades at the entrance of the cave had been cleared, Li Si and the others turned back from the mountain pass.

As a civil official, Li Si was already a little panicked when he saw that he was being attacked from front to back, but as a high-ranking official in Northern Liang, the basic overall situation is still there.

Although the military road was blocked by the Night Terror Hall, which was doomed to the failure of the surprise attack, there were still more than 10,000 living forces left in the Shatuo Division, and they could still plan according to the original place and never return to the original attack to disturb the western Xinjiang.

For this reason, after withdrawing from the front line, Li Si vetoed Hua Junchen's proposal to break through the flank and return to the Xihai Protectorate, but returned to the cave and ordered the remnants to retreat to keep as many elite soldiers as possible.

Hua Junchen, as a close master, wanted not to be punished afterwards, so he had to send Li Si back to the Xihai Metropolitan Protectorate, and originally wanted to insist on escorting Li Si away; But Xu Tianying planned to kill Huang Liansheng, the leader of the bandits, and obeyed Li Si's order, so the three of them ran back.

The foot guards in the cave had already heard the earth-shattering movement outside, and even heard the words of the night terror hall to persuade them to surrender.

Thousands of people lined up in a line, scrambling to gallop to the west, and ran out of ten miles in one breath, and only after making sure that there was no sound behind the cave did they dare to slow down and take a breath.

Li Si was carried by Hua Junchen, walking in the middle of the Shatuo soldiers, looking behind him from time to time along the way, and said angrily:

"This night terror hall is really a bad star...... Isn't he in the Dolan Valley? Why did you come to the Witch Horse Department again? ”

Xu Tianying opened his arms to prevent Li Si from being hit, and frowned:

"This surprise attack is foolproof, and if you can be ambushed by the Night Terror Hall in advance, you can only say that you are a spy."

"Spies?"

Li Si immediately became serious when he heard this: "I waited until I didn't return to the original before I learned about this surprise attack, and I didn't meet anyone with Huang Liansheng, and the spy must be in the Shatuo Department." This Huang Liansheng, the news is not tightly covered and he still learns to play surprise attacks, what about others? said that he was going to contain the night terrors, but he didn't show his head before the soldiers and horses were gone, what are you going to do? ”

Hua Junchen's eyes were full of pain: "I said that taking that pill will delay the fighter, you don't believe it." He said that he could get out of the customs in three days, and we rushed here in two days, if we listened to the heavens, and waited until tomorrow to attack on the fourth watch, why not? ”

Li Si recalled these at this time, and slapped his thigh angrily:

"This group of people, it's really mud that can't support the wall, if it's not greedy for that hot meal, I thought that the person surnamed Chu would fight more......"

"Ah......h

"What?!"

Before Li Si finished speaking, he suddenly heard the exclamation of a foot soldier in front of him, and thought that the retreat was also blocked, but he immediately found out:

Hmmm-

In the cave that was no more than two feet high, a strong crosswind suddenly appeared, and Li Si's cheeks ached, feeling like a brutal dragon, and suddenly rushed silently against his scalp, staggering the surrounding foot soldiers, and even Hua Junchen and Xu Tianying were shocked, and hurriedly put on a posture to defend against the enemy.

The movement flickered, and by the time everyone looked up, the top of the cave was empty, and there was no trace of it.

Li Si's face turned pale, he raised his eyes and looked around, and asked:

"What has passed?"

Hua Junchen was already considered a beginner martial artist, but all he could see clearly was an afterimage flashing from above, and his face changed slightly:

"It should be Leader Huang rushing over......"

Li Si was overjoyed when he saw this, and before he could speak, he found that there was movement in the cave again, and a figure came back from behind, fell directly in front of him, and asked in a cold voice:

"What's going on?"

Li Si saw Huang Liansheng in a literary robe, and he didn't have time to complain, so he immediately opened his mouth to state:

"This officer ran here with General Chu's rapid march, and just before the troops were fully assembled, he found that the Night Terror Hall was outside with a husband, and there were ambushes on the mountain, hundreds of soldiers were killed and wounded, and the rest of the people surrendered directly. This must be because your troops are not strict and have leaked the news......"

In front of the three of them, Huang Liansheng's originally gentle and elegant expression had turned into a murderous coldness at this time.

When Huang Liansheng was young, he went to Yun'an to study as an envoy of Fanbang, visited many generals in Yun'an, and even met Wang Yin, the prince of Zhenguo, who studied the art of war very deeply, and fought in the desert.

In this surprise attack, Huang Liansheng has deduced countless times, and the only possibility of defeat is that the opportunity to attack and steal the family was revealed in advance, and he was blocked by the Xihai tribes.

For this reason, Huang Liansheng was extremely careful, and did everything himself, and before meeting Li Si, he didn't even tell his cronies about the matter.

After meeting with Li Si and the others, he didn't stop, and came directly to the cave, only because he was not sure of victory against the martial saint, so he had to temporarily hide before the war, and first took the pill to enhance his strength.

But he didn't expect that the 8,000 elite soldiers he had secretly sent over with all his might had completely retreated, and there were less than 3,000 left!

After listening to Li Si's words, Huang Liansheng did not respond immediately, but turned his head to look at a deputy general who ran over:

"The three of them, have you left the cave in the past two days?"

The lieutenant came to him sweating profusely and responded:

"Chief, Lord Li, they have been staying with General Chu for the past two days, and they didn't escape back to the military ......road until they were ambushed just now."

Li Si is not stupid, and when he saw Huang Liansheng asking this, he understood what he meant:

"Do you suspect that the official leaked the news? Does this official want to lose the country?! This officer only knew about your plan before returning to the original place, and all the people who came to see him all the way were yours, which is obviously because of your poor supervision and leaked the military information......"

Huang Liansheng was suspicious of Li Si and the others, so he specially arranged someone to secretly supervise the movements of the three of them, and as long as there was anything wrong, he would immediately report it to avoid going wrong.

At this time, hearing Li Si's straightforward questioning, Huang Liansheng really couldn't find fault, so he could only say at the moment:

"The matter has been revealed, it is too late to say anything, and it is time to discuss how to turn the tables around. My 3,000 men still have the strength to fight, and how many soldiers and horses are there outside besides the night terrors? ”

Li Si didn't see the ambush, and blinked at this time and looked at Hua Junchen next to him.

Hua Junchen looked at the lieutenant general.

The adjutant general frowned and thought for a while: "Someone was guarding the mountain at the exit and smashing stones, cutting off the retreat and not seeing a large number of soldiers and horses, but the night terror hall was in charge, and the soldiers couldn't rush down at all......"

Huang Liansheng frowned and said, "It should just be that the Night Terror Hall rushed over first, and didn't bring many soldiers and horses." I didn't carry the baggage, and I couldn't turn back the same way, so I could only try to break through, and if I could kill the night terror, I could occupy the Wuma Dazhai. If you can't kill him, I'll restrain him, and you can rescue the captives and break through from the north to the horse farm controlled by Daliang. ”

When Li Si heard that he was going to counterattack, his eyes were a little hesitant, but he couldn't take the Dazhai of the Wuma Department, and the Shatuo Department was useless, so he turned his head to look at Hua Junchen and Xu Tianying:

"Success or failure is here, you must assist Leader Huang to kill the Night Terror!"

Xu Tianying waited for Huang Lian to ascend and send it, and immediately handed it over:

"Lord Li, rest assured, Xu swears to advance and retreat with Leader Huang!"

"Me too!"

……

(End of chapter)