At this time, Dian Wei stepped forward and left behind a burly man in his forties, and the big man confessed again and again, saying: "It turned out to be He Duwei of Taiyuan County, and the villain has heard a lot about the history of Ding Thorn. My young lady acted impulsively, she wanted to ambush the thief, but she offended He Duwei, and I asked He Duwei to forgive me. ”

"Thorn History?" He Bai frowned and said, "You are Ding Jianyang's people?" ”

The big man hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Villain Li Ping, my master Ma Yi is an old friend of Ding Thorn History, and this time I am also on the order of Ding Thorn Shi, go to Youzhou Wuhuan and Xianbei to buy 3,000 good horses, and prepare to fight against the cavalry of the Southern Huns." I don't want the Southern Huns to be pacified, but our department has encountered inexplicable thieves and plundered in Yanmen County. My lord had no choice but to abandon the road and enter Taiyuan County through Lucheng. ”

"I just came to Worrying County, and I was caught up by thieves again. My young lady volunteered to lead the people to break off, and asked the master to lead the troops first, but he didn't want to ambush He Duwei by mistake. The villains really deserve to die, but please look at the face of Ding Tingshi and forgive the villain this time. ”

He Bai couldn't help but be indignant in his heart, and he was Ding Yuan's man again. It seems that this loss has been in vain. After counting the soldiers, several died, more than 20 were injured, and the horses were also injured a lot, and He Bai felt heartache again. The mouth was even more indomitable: "Ambush the thief? Is the number of people in my department correct? Does the thief have such a good outfit as mine? Even the army and the thieves cannot tell the difference, are your eyes blind? ”

Ma Xue'er was puffing up her clothes with her hands behind her back, and Li Ping hurriedly stepped forward to bow and said: "My young lady is fifteen years old, and she is impulsive, and she doesn't have much awareness of officials and thieves. But when he saw a man coming, he thought it was a thief. I also hope that the captain will forgive his sins and forgive his sins. ”

He Bai glanced at Ma Xue'er, and was speechless, how could he not embarrass a girl with an incomplete mind, so he had to let her go in the end.

Li Ping stepped forward to look at Ma Xue'er and found that Ma Xue'er was fine, so he breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and bowed: "He Duwei, I am worried this time, I really don't want to go, dare to ask He Duwei to go with me to meet my master, my master will definitely be guilty again." I should thank Captain Du for not hurting my young lady. ”

He Bai thought about it, Li Ping wanted to use himself as a guard, but since Ma Yi had 3,000 horses, he would definitely knock him hundreds or thousands of horses, otherwise his heart would not be happy, so he agreed. But seeing Ma Xue'er touching her red horse and bursting away tears, she glanced at He Bai again, and moved forward with another horse. He Bai shrugged his shoulders and led his troops to chase forward.

At this time, Dian Wei came to He Bai's side and said softly: "Brother, your martial arts have not made much progress in the past two years, I thought that you could almost fight with me." ”

He Bai's old face turned red and said: "The junior brother is also diligent in practicing martial arts, but the progress is not fast, and the younger brother is helpless." ”

Dian Wei groaned: "It seems that my brother is not good at practicing straightforward moves." Well, I heard that there is a family surnamed Han in Yuli County, Taiyuan County, who is good at gunnery. I have seen one of Han's children, Han Ruo, also known as Han Meng, has extremely strong marksmanship, but he is not suitable for practicing his family's marksmanship. Brothers may wish to go to Yuli County to see if there is any possibility of apprenticeship. ”

He Bai thought for a while, Han Meng, this is a general of Yuan Shaojun in the future. In the legend, he is still the main beam of the four court pillars in Hebei, and he is not good at using soldiers, but his martial arts are absolutely first-class. His family's family martial arts are definitely not bad, and you can go and see them when you have time.

After traveling for more than ten miles, everyone smelled the strong smell of blood in the cold wind, He Bai and Dian Wei were shocked, and they suddenly felt ominous in their hearts. The guard detective who was in front hurriedly returned, only to see him with a pale face, and shouted: "My lord, there have been signs of battle ahead, and many people have been killed. ”

Ma Xue'er was shocked when she heard this, and exclaimed, "What did you say? Where is it? Take me there. ”

Everyone beat the horses together, and soon after, I saw that there were many dead people along the way, most of them were servants of the Ma clan, only to listen to Ma Xue'er call all the way, and they were more urgent to beat the horses forward. After a short walk, he turned to a valley and went around. I saw dead bodies all over the valley, blood all over the ground, and it was obvious that there had been a fierce battle.

Ma Xue'er exclaimed all the way: "Daddy, daddy......"

Finally, dozens of people poured out of the valley, looked at Ma Xue'er and cried: "Miss, Miss, master, he went to ......"

Ma Xue'er exclaimed in surprise and flew into the valley, and when He Bai arrived, Ma Xue'er had already fainted crying in front of a dead body. After being rescued and woken up, Ma Xue'er cried again, seeing her heartbroken, no one was heartbroken.

Most of Ma Xue'er's relatives have passed away, and there is no one to persuade them for a while. After half a ring, Ma Xue'er suddenly burst into tears and said to Li Ping: "Uncle Li, you let ten people stay and bury my father properly, and the rest of the people will go with me to pursue the thieves." ”

Everyone couldn't help but hesitate for a while, the Ma clan had two hundred servants and slaves and one hundred horse servants, but at this time there were only about a hundred people left, and there were more than a thousand thieves, how could they pursue and take revenge again? Seeing that everyone did not move, Ma Xue'er didn't say much, flew on the horse, flew out of the valley alone, and chased northeast along the footprints of the horses. The others sighed, and they could only get on their horses and chase after them.

Li Ping hurriedly knelt down in front of He Bai and begged: "Captain He, the thieves are fierce, and the number of them is more than 1,000, and more than 170 people such as my master have been killed, not to mention the hundreds of people in the young lady." My young lady is not good for hitting a stone with an egg. I also hope that Lord Commander can help me and help us and other helpless people. ”

He Bai looked at the expectation in Li Ping's eyes, and sighed: "This official is the governor of Taiyuan, such a tragic murder happened in the territory, although the thief may not be a thief in Taiyuan, but since this matter happened in front of this official, how can this official not care, rest assured, I will definitely try my best to help." ”

After speaking, he asked Dian Wei to stay in the valley with his sister-in-law and Xiaoman, and chased his troops in the direction where Ma Xue'er and the others left. Although the mount of He Bai's army is not fast, its endurance is amazing. Although the men and horses of Ma Xue'er rode wildly, after a period of time, they gradually became weak and slowed down. After chasing more than 20 miles, I saw Ma Xue'er and his party in front.

As soon as He Bai patted the horse's buttocks, the war horse immediately accelerated, and caught up with Ma Xue'er in a short time. I saw that Ma Xue'er had a blue face, didn't say a word, and looked straight at the horse's hooves stretching out to the front on the ground to chase after her. He Bai knew that she was blaming herself, and failed to ambush the real thief, but instead let the thief make a detour to attack and kill her father.

He Bai wanted to persuade but felt unfamiliar, and he didn't know where to start. I was very worried, but I didn't dare to speak. I had to follow closely and follow all the way according to the horse's hoof prints.

After chasing for a long time, I saw that the horseshoe prints suddenly separated three ways, and went to the mountains and forests, respectively, to the east, west and north. Ma Xue'er was stunned, but she kept chasing due north. Although He Bai felt strange, he didn't think much about it, turned his head to look at the guards who were following, and did not divide his troops, but also chased after him.

After traveling more than ten miles, the horseshoe prints once again divided their troops into two routes, all the way to the west and all the way to the north. Ma Xue'er still chased north, He Bai became more and more strange, why did the thieves keep dividing their troops, what did this mean? Are you afraid that the army will come to suppress you? Or are you afraid of exposing your nest?

But who can have such a large number of people and combat effectiveness of thieves, except for the black mountain thieves on Taihang Mountain? Although the various departments of the Black Mountain thieves are usually scattered and autonomous, whoever suddenly has 3,000 more good horses, any Black Mountain thief will know about it, and how long can it be hidden.

Millions of Black Mountain thieves have just been quelled for less than a year, even if they know who killed people and robbed horses, who in the court dares to exterminate them?

He Bai followed Ma Xue'er all the way to the north non-stop, and tracked until dusk, chasing nearly a hundred miles along the mountain road, only to see nearly two hundred thieves from a distance into a small mountain village, it seems that they want to enter the small mountain village for a night.

When Ma Xue'er saw it, she waved the crescent moon eyebrow knife and wanted to rush away, He Bai hurriedly grabbed the horse rope and shouted, "You don't want to die?" Our brigade has not yet arrived, and there are many thieves in the village, nearly two hundred, and you are so clear that you want to live? ”

Ma Xue'er cried: "My father is dead, my relatives have lost many lives, and my family has not survived, this is all my fault." What is the point of me living alone in this world, it is better to die with the thief and reunite with my father's family as soon as possible. ”

"Yes, your father and his family are in the Heavenly Spirit, would they really want you to be with them in Yellow Springs? Wrong, very wrong, which father wants his children to die early? Instead of hoping that your children will live well in the world? Could it be that your father worked so hard to raise you as an adult, did he make you so suicidal? ”

Ma Xueer didn't listen, and she kept going alone to take revenge. He Bai was furious, and the hand holding the rope unconsciously slapped on the pony's jade face. The small jade face suddenly swollen to the height, and the five finger prints were clearly visible. Ma Xue'er was stunned, and He Bai was also stunned, he didn't expect his palm to be so ruthless and heavy.

It's just that Ma Xue'er cried bitterly after she stood still, but this time she cried to her heart's content. He Bai breathed a sigh of relief after Li Ping led the people to hurry over, and led the people around the small mountain village for a long time, and then went back to the original place to meet Ma Xue'er and Li Ping.

He Bai said: "The small mountain village is not big, but the terrain is high, and I don't know if the thieves know that we are chasing us." If we knew, they would be guarding the danger here, and thieves from all walks of life would copy our back roads and surround us, and our situation would not be good. It has to be done quickly. ”

Li Ping clenched his fists and said: "He Duwei is reasonable, according to the number of horseshoe prints, the thieves on this road have the least number of horses, no more than three hundred, and the number of people is only about two hundred. This is inconsistent with the equal distribution of the number of escapes between men and horses, where thieves are supposed to be bait. ”