Lai Wubao gave Li Dan a sneak peek at the headhammer he picked up from the man in black, and the word "Fan" was engraved on the bottom of the hammer.

"You're doing a great job." Li Dan shook his arm tightly: "However, don't let the third person know about this. Someone wants to play a dumb riddle, hum, we don't see it. Maybe they'll keep moving."

"Got it!" Lai Wubao saluted and replied simply.

Li Dan summoned Huang Qin and Mao Zai: "You two go at the end, make sure there are no pursuers, if there are any, Ah Mao avoids them to deliver the letter, and Guo Jiufeng (Huang Qin's nickname) follows them to observe who they meet, where they rest, and so ......on."

Then he asked Yang Dayi to walk in the front.

"Ah Jiu, the carriage is handed over to you! Brother Lu, you protect the princess, don't leave an inch!"

"It's up to you, don't worry!" Luri replied loudly. By this time, everyone already knew who they were staying with for the night in a hotel, and everyone's eyes were blazing.

King Ding noticed his arrangement and felt a little embarrassed: "It's a bit exaggerated, isn't it?" He laughs.

"Has Your Highness offended anyone recently that they want your life?" Li Dan half-jokingly: "It's good now, they must even want my life."

"Who can Lone offend? If His Majesty hadn't let Gu go on this trip, Gu would have only been able to go around in Shangjing and the palace, how could he have a chance to offend people? Isn't it that the virtuous brother offended someone, and people came all the way from Nanchang to chase and kill here?" King Ding, in turn, made Li Dan happy.

"Well, if only that were the case." Li Dan smiled bitterly: "I heard the leader of the thieves calling you by name!"

"Indeed?" King Ding looked at it in amazement.

Li Dan nodded: "It's not an official army, but it's well-trained, and almost all of the people who attack in the first wave are masters. If I hadn't arrived, I'm afraid even Zhou Yuanlu would be lying there."

Seeing that King Ding was even more surprised, Li Dan asked softly, "They know that it is you, and they have invested so much, what do they want to do?"

"Do you have a clue?"

"Yes. But I don't believe it!"

"Why?"

"Such obvious evidence, do you know that it was not intentionally shown to us?"

King Ding nodded, "That makes sense. When there is a vacancy, I will interrogate the prisoner in the car behind me." After a while, he shook his head again: "I'm afraid that they won't give us time to breathe, what plan does Saburo have?"

"How many of us are there?" Li Dan asked.

"Seven were killed and six wounded, two of whom were more serious. There are fourteen guards left on my side." King Ding replied.

"There were no casualties on my side, only a minor wounded." Li Dan replied.

"Huh, why is that?"

"We set up an ambush when we discovered the enemy's situation, so the first group of people who attacked the West Chamber were almost completely wiped out. And we sealed the gate with archers and crossbowmen......." Li Dan suddenly remembered a detail:

"By the way, I took a look at the two people who fought against Zhou Yuanlu, and they both had more than one scratch on their bodies, but they were covered with chain soft armor so they were not injured, which may be one of the reasons why Chitose's guards had a lot of casualties."

"They actually have armor?" King Ding was surprised and asked, "You just said that you are not an official soldier?"

"yes, so that's weird!" Li Dan shook his head: "We don't know the number of them yet, but there are only about two dozen people who can fight, which is really not much. Why didn't you bring more guards in the first place?"

"I didn't want to make a noise, and at the same time, I didn't expect to meet such a large group of bandits!" King Ding looked around, "What can I do now? If they chase after them, it will be very difficult for them to get out!"

"Yesterday I crossed the Jiao River, and then down the Dasha River. From that river to the southeast is Huaiqing County, why don't I send you to Huaiqing, and then show your identity and send the guards to protect it? Otherwise, after crossing the Sand River, you will have to go to Tongcheng."

The guards of this dynasty are equivalent to the armed police of the previous life, not the guards of the Ming Dynasty. When Li Dan said that he was going to Huaining to transfer the troops, he actually meant the troops of the "Lujiang Right Guard" stationed in Anqing Mansion (Fuzhi Huaining), and it was estimated that it would take them about four days to rush over.

And Tongcheng is closer to Luzhou Mansion "Lu

It is difficult to say whether the other side can come to the aid from across the region, and it will take seven or eight days to transfer troops from Anqing.

But King Ding obviously didn't want to reveal his identity so early: "Let's go to Tongcheng first, and I will select the best riders to go to Tongcheng first to inform them that it is best to prepare."

"Then it's best to have one person and two horses," Li Dan suggested, "and he can continue to move forward, all the way to Lujiang County, Shucheng, and Lujiang Fucheng." There's another way to get Lord Lu to go with him."

"In that case...... Is there a lot of movement?" King Ding hesitated. He already knew about Luri's identity as a pterodactyl guard, so he had some scruples.

"Chitose, no matter what, Lord Lu is going to report this matter to His Majesty, so it is better to borrow his strength. The strength of Tongcheng Wing Dragon Guard may be small, but Lujiang is different! And,"

Li Dan smiled: "You don't know yet, do you? My grandfather's house is in Lujiang, and as long as we reach Lujiang safely, the danger should pass."

"In that case, that's good, just follow your words!" King Ding looked at his broken team and finally made up his mind.

When they were inquiring about the ferry and preparing to cross the Sand River, Mao Tsaidi chased after them: "They are coming, two miles behind me!" Everyone's faces changed.

The people on the roadside tea stall dispersed in a hurry, but the old man selling tea did not leave, grabbed Li Dan, who had just put down the bowl, and whispered:

"Go east, there is a big pier at Gudukou, there is a reception temple on it, the monks in it are all martial, the host is called Dingxin, and he is the uncle of the head of the Gudu Hu family......!"

Li Dan was overjoyed when he heard this, and clenched his fists and arched his hands: "Old man Xie's guidance, the bad guys are coming, you should also hurry up and hide!" After speaking, he said to Brother Mao: "Reward!"

Brother Mao took out a string of money with a "bang" and slapped it on his stall, and the string was no less than forty copper coins.

"Gao Cang guards the tail of the team, Zhang Cheng and Zhang Cymbals protect the carriage, and the whole team goes to the ancient ferry port and accelerates!" Li Dan shouted as he ran.

King Ding also hurriedly recognized the stirrup and got on the horse, "Zhou Yiwei, the whole team obeys the command of Li Gongzi and sets off!" In fact, there is no need for him to repeat, everyone is used to obeying Li Dan's command.

The whole team galloped eastward, and Princess Miyun and the two maids in the carriage were all wearing seat belts, and their faces turned pale with nervousness.

Mi Yun clutched the short knife that King Ding had given her in her hand (he had a short gun), glanced at it from time to time, and prayed in her heart: it was better not to use it.

The front of the team is flat, and even if there is a stream and a river, it is quite shallow and gentle. The dust of the pursuers behind can already be seen clearly.

Li Dan suddenly slapped his horse and left the team, followed by his Mao boy brother and blew the bamboo flute in his hand, which was a signal to assemble.

After a while, people gathered around him one after another, except for Lu Jiu and Lu Rui, who had set off in advance, even Yang Dayi and his three personal soldiers also turned back.

"Raise the flag of the Tsing Shirts!" Li Dan gritted his teeth and ordered. Soon, the green flag fluttered on Gao Cang's iron spear.

"Li Sanlang, what are you going to do?" King Ding actually took Zhou Yuanlu and two guards back.

"Chitose, what are you doing? We're going to war!" Li Dan pulled out his knife: "Zhou Yuanlu, what is your responsibility? Hurry up and take Chitose away, or I'll kill you first!"

Zhou Yuanlu had seen his knife, so he had to desperately stop King Ding with the guards.

"What are you ten people capable of? Isn't this death?"

"If Chitose doesn't leave, I'll die until I wait!" Li Dan roared.

King Ding knew that what Li Dan said was right, so he had to grit his teeth and turn around and chase after Zhou Yuanlu.

"Give me a stubble." Li Dan said.

"Mine for you, I can't beat this thing anyway." Zhang cymbal handed over a stick, and Zhang Cheng also handed over a stick.

Li Dan tilted his head to look at Zhang Yi, and saw that he only had a single knife in his hand, and said with a smile: "Copper operator, what are you used to with that thing?" Then he called Lai Wubao: "Give the headhammer you picked up to our big account room first!" Zhang Cheng took it and weighed it, and was very satisfied.

As he spoke, the pursuers on the other side stopped two hundred paces away from them. Li Dan looked through a telescope:

"Well, I counted forty-seven people, with the white beard in the middle

Zi should be the leader, this guy seems to be very dissatisfied with our way, look at his eyes!"

"When you catch him, you won't have that look." Zhang cymbal said, and everyone laughed softly.

"We'll have to find a way to hold them back for a while." Li Dan put away the binoculars: "Do you have any good ideas?"

"I'll go shout." Gao Cang said suddenly. Li Dan nodded.

So Gao Cang jumped out of his horse, walked forward thirty paces, and shouted: "On the other side, there is no good man on the rivers and lakes who does not leave a name, if it is a righteous and bright person, please report your name!"

No one answered on the other side, and he sneered: "Why, we beat us to the ground last night, and today more than forty people chased us for a whole day, and they didn't even dare to report our names? Ridiculous!"

There was a slight commotion in the opposite procession, and then a young man jumped out of his horse: "What are you, and why do you ask who Lao Tzu is? Those who know each other quickly get out of the way, delay Lao Tzu's big business, and you can't afford to eat the crime!"

"What's buzzing? Which door didn't close to let you out?" As soon as Gao Cang's words came out, he laughed backwards. "Boy, have you never read or have you never been enlightened and literate? Don't you understand the three words written on our flag?"

"I have never heard of such a number on the rivers and lakes."

"You haven't heard that the knowledge is too short, Lao Tzu is in and out of the army of Shangrao, like entering a no-man's land, you quickly dismount and apologize, and then go back and tell your family leader to go back, otherwise I'm afraid you won't be able to leave today!"

The man on the other side was furious, and on his horse he played a pair of halberds, and shouted, "I don't care if you are green or white, take the dog's head first!" So saying, he rushed forward.

A cruel smile appeared on the corner of Gao Cang's mouth, and he waited for him to come to him with appreciation.

At the moment when the two horses were in the stirrups of each other, and the two halberds were raised, Gao Cang suddenly threw the iron spear forward in his hand on the horse, and the blood flashed with a "poof".

The horse stood in front of Li Dan's team with an empty saddle, looked at everyone in amazement, and ran to the side with his head shaken.

Gao Cang shook his hand and threw the enemy's corpse to the ground, then rubbed the blood of the spearhead on his clothes, and still stood up the blood-stained banner in place. There was a burst of applause and clapping from behind.

At this time, the "leader" stepped forward, and he reined in his horse and arched his hand: "Dare to ask the little brother opposite, but is it Li Sanlang?"

"My son-in-law doesn't have time to take your move, it's enough to have Gao!"

The leader smiled slightly: "I heard folklore, the Tsing Yi team has thirty-six constellations, among which Tianying Star is called Gao Cang, who once had one person, one horse and one spear, and conquered three cities in three days, probably referring to Your Excellency, right?"

"Oh, there's still such a thing? I don't even know about it!" Gao Cang laughed.

"Gao Langjun, our well water does not interfere with river water, I am neither the Lou family nor the Yang family, why should you embarrass me?"

"The problem is that you're chasing after us, and you're chasing us very fast!"

"That's because there are people among you who I want."

"So I can't give it to you!"

The leader's face changed: "I don't have the patience to joke with you, that man is a big thief, my master must take him!"

"Big thief?" Gao Cang sneered: "The Tsing Yi team protects the royal blood and the Han people, and has never interacted with any big thieves. That being said, Your Excellency is chasing the wrong one, so it is better to go back the way you came, and carefully investigate and find it all over again."

"You!" The leader gritted his teeth: "I don't know how to lift!"

"Yo, you don't even dare to report your name, I don't want to lift me!"

"Then let you see the blood, and then your brains can be clear!" The leader turned his horse and returned.

Huang Qin asked in a low voice, "Childe, that guy is one hundred and twenty steps away from us, I can shoot him!"

"Wait, he's yours anyway. Tell Gao Cang to come back first." After Li Dan finished speaking, he instructed everyone to check the reload and prepare. When they came out, everyone was equipped with short guns, only Yang Dayi, who was an official soldier, and the three spear cavalry soldiers did not.

"Look at their posture, they're ready to rush at us." Li Dan said, "After a while, the enemy will stagnate and hesitate.

Lord Yang, you are from the flanks

Rush over and sweep their tails, and then we'll hit the third and rush head-on, Huang Qin will take out the leader, if he's still alive!"

At this time, the group of people on the opposite side shouted, and then the leader rushed out first, and the others followed closely, and sure enough, it was like a sharp arrow, rushing straight towards Li Dan.

"Ready." The enemy rushed to where their leader had just stood.

"First round, let's go!" The fire went off, and three horses fell. In the second thud there were four or five more horses. The one in the back really pulled the reins.

The horses, who had never seen firearms, screamed so much that they did not dare to advance without the control of their masters. At this time, Yang Dayi and the others came out of the smoke of gunpowder, and the tail of the team immediately let out exclamations and screams.

"They're behind!" Someone shouted, and before the rest of the men could turn their horses' heads, the third row of spontaneous guns fired, and Huang Qin saw that the leader shot an arrow, which hit the horse that was jumping in the confusion, and threw the leader off his horse.

"Rush!" Li Dan took the first step, fired the last bullet, thrust the short gun into his waist, pulled out the steel knife and rushed into the enemy group. The enemy soon could not stand the defeat and retreated.

In the sound of the bamboo flute, Li Dan and the others re-killed through the enemy's queue and assembled under the green flag, only Zhang Cheng and Lai Wubao were slightly injured, and the others were unharmed.

The enemy scrambled back to the starting point, and the ground was littered with a dozen corpses or groaning wounded.

"I'm really sorry, I didn't shoot it, and he escaped!" Huang Qin was annoyed.

"It's okay, I see your quiver is full again?" Li Dan pointed behind him in surprise.

"There's a guy who's an archer, but he's not as fast as I am." A smile appeared on Huang Qin's face: "More than thirty arrows have been captured, now I am relieved!"

"Childe, there's cavalry coming from behind!" Brother Mao shouted.

Everyone looked back and sure enough, there were dozens of riders coming this way. Looking at the other side again, he was a little panicked when he saw this situation, and immediately got on his horse and turned around to go back and forth.

"Okay, they're back!" Yang said to the effect that he took out the binoculars and looked at the team behind him: "It's Zhou Yiwei who takes the lead, it should be his own people!"

In a few moments, the group behind them was already approaching. Zhou Yuanlu first urged the horse to approach, and said, "Childe, the warrior monks in the temple are here to help in the battle, and the master has ordered me to bring them to meet Childe."

Then he introduced the monk who followed him: "This is the master of the monk and soldier."

Li Dan greeted Daxing, seeing that he had a strong body, thick hands and feet, and eyes like electricity, he liked it very much.

At that moment, he thanked for his help, and because the enemy had retreated, he summoned everyone to return to the temple with Zhou Yuanlu, and the monks went to bury the dead, treat the wounded, and do the good deeds of Buddhist disciples.

He was not interested in the dead man Li Dan, but after seeing and hearing the words of the leader just now, he seemed to be more eager to know who was behind the scenes.

He rushed to the temple now, in fact, the main purpose was to interrogate a prisoner that Lu Jiu captured last night, maybe he could pry some useful information out of this guy's teeth?

"It's finally getting better, and it seems that prayer sometimes works."