No one dared to investigate at night, and there were people like Ning Que who knew what was going on and didn't want to investigate, and the people in the camp found out by the light of the day that the group of horse thieves who were originally tightly attached to the north not far away had disappeared without a trace, but before they could be happy, they heard the horses' hooves and the sharp whistle again, and the group of horse thieves came again through the morning light, but they only vigilantly narrowed the distance, not as arrogant as yesterday.

Zhihua summoned the generals of the Yan army and reprimanded them harshly, after all, these girls of the Great River Country are cultivators of Mochi Garden, and their identities are different, the generals of the Yan army can only listen to the jade in a daze, and then according to the words, the whole team is assembled, and the camp rises, ignoring those horse thieves who are patrolling outside, covering a gentle slope to the south, and then continuing to march towards the northeast royal court.

It wasn't until they left the camp that they saw a few charred horse carcasses in the southwest, thinking that it was probably the chaotic ending of last night. The charred carcasses of the horses had been eaten by the wolves of the wasteland, and the limbs were shattered and miserable, and the stones in the place were marked with white burns, as if they had been burned all night. Whether it was the cavalry of the Yan Kingdom or the ordinary coachmen, they were all terrified, and no one dared to speak.

In the next few days, the group of horse thieves continued to follow the grain delivery team, but they seemed to be much more cautious, disturbing but not attacking, embellishing but not attacking, and for some reason they were divided into several teams, and the team of horse thieves closest to the grain team only had about ten horses, but it was a one-person two-horse configuration, obviously greedy for speed.

Everyone has been in the wasteland for a long time, and it is not far from the location of the palace of the left tent, if the elite cavalry does not hesitate to gallop wildly, it will only take about four or five days to arrive, but now with the grain cart and the people, the team is moving slowly, and at the current speed, it will take at least half a month to meet the cavalry that the royal court has received.

Moreover, after Ning Que said those words, everyone felt that the origin of this group of horse thieves was a little strange, and they couldn't help but have doubts in their hearts, thinking that even if they joined the royal court cavalry, they were afraid that they would not be truly safe.

The number of horse thieves who wander around is scattered from time to time, and it seems that there are many and sometimes there are few of them, and there is always a certain number in the field of view to maintain the pressure on the food team. After several days passed, although the two sides had not really fought, the fear of being attacked at any time and the silence and oppressive atmosphere gradually made the hearts of the people in the grain team gradually disperse, especially the pale-faced people, who seemed to be frightened if there was a drought and thunder in the sky.

When Zhihua came to the carriage, he looked at the figures of the horse thieves in the sky in the distance with a worried expression and said: "These horse thieves must be feared, if they are allowed to follow like this, without the other party attacking, we people may collapse the camp on our own, and the farther it will eventually have some other benefits." ”

The so-called benefit of being farther away is inconvenient to explain that the disciples of Mochi Yuan who were surrounded by the carriage all knew in their hearts that if there was really a danger of breaking the camp, the horse thieves were farther away, and they cultivators would naturally be able to get away faster, and as for what would happen to those Yan soldiers and people in this treacherous wasteland, no one could care too much.

Ning Que did not participate in the discussion.

The Tang Empire and the Great River Kingdom have been friends for generations, and he has a very good relationship with these girls, but after all, he is taking advantage of the situation to enter the wasteland together, and it is inconvenient to express too many opinions at this dangerous juncture.

In addition to this, the more important reason is that his attention is always in the carriage.

fell on Mo Shanshan, the girl in white with straight eyebrows.

After seeing the fire talisman that night, he vaguely guessed the identity of the girl in white in the carriage, thinking that when he returned from the wasteland last spring, he walked with the Tang princess in disguise, even he couldn't help but feel a little bit about the fate arranged by Haotian and his luck, to be with such a character, no matter how dangerous it is, it will be a little less dangerous.

The Yan cavalry escorting the grain team was more numerous than the horse thieves, plus the girl disciples from Mochi Yuan, the strength of the two sides was indistinguishable, perhaps it was for this reason that the horse thieves had always been tightly attached to the grain team, and did not choose to attack, and since the tragedy of the wildfire that day, there had never been a single night attack.

The horse thieves did not launch a night attack, and the guard patrol when the grain team was stationed every night could not relax, and even spent a night of nervousness, maybe no one could see it, but Ning Que woke up in the middle of the night, and he could see Mo Shanshan dressed in white appearing on the periphery of the camp in the night, and he knew that she was in the cloth array.

This lasted for a few days, no matter how strong the girl Mo Shanshan was, her mental power was rapidly consumed, and she couldn't support it like this for a long time, seeing that her slightly round cheeks behind the curtains of the car were gradually thinning and pale, Ning Ran finally decided to make a move.

He followed Master Yan Se to learn the rune path, and understood that before entering the realm of the fortune god rune master, the characteristics of the rune were destined to be mainly defensive and cooperative, and it was difficult to take the initiative to attack, and although the realm of Moshan Mountain was high and unfathomable, he obviously lacked a lot of experience in the use of runes in battle.

The night was deeper, there was no moon in the sky, only a few stars, the camp was brightly lit, and the surrounding wilderness was pitch black, and I don't know how many dangers were hidden.

The carriage shook slightly, Mo Shanshan got out of the car quietly, and was about to go to the camp to draw a talisman array, when suddenly his eyes lit up slightly, and he turned around and looked coldly at the inconspicuous little tent behind the car.

Ning Que opened the curtain and walked out, looked at her and said, "If you are alone, those horse thieves outside will not be able to keep you at all, but you are not alone, you have to take care of so many companions and grain and grass, and you don't know how many days you have to take care of, you can't hold it like you."

Mo Shanshan looked at him as if looking at the heavy dark night behind him, her eyes were cold and indifferent, and then her eyes drooped slightly, and her long and slightly sparse eyelashes blinked slightly, but she never said a word.

Ning Que looked at her expression and continued: "If you are a rune master, you can burn all those horse thieves to death with a single rune, the problem is that at least you are not a rune master now, so you have to change your method. ”

Mo Shanshan raised his head, looked at him and asked indifferently, "What method?"

Ning Que said: "Regardless of whether the group of horse thieves outside is true or not, whether they were raised by the Zuo Tent Royal Court or the Yan people, if you want to deal with them, you must use the way of horse thieves." ”

The extremely faint starlight fell on Mo Shanshan's beautiful and somewhat wooden face, and the pair of lacquered eyebrows became clearer and clearer, and she looked at Ning Que and was silent for a moment before asking, "In what way?"

"There can only be one reason for the horse thieves to go out, and that is profit, and as long as they are sure that the price they will pay will outweigh the benefits, they will naturally retreat. ”

Ning Que said: "Obviously, the information of these horse thieves has leaked you, and they don't know about your storage, so when we are forced to change the plan, then we have already taken the lead." ”

Mo Shanshan looked at him quietly, and suddenly asked, "Do you know who I am?"

Ning Que did not answer this question.

Mo Shanshan repeated the previous question: "How can I drive away this group of horse thieves?" ”

Ning Que responded: "The so-called horse thieves, they are thieves on the horse, and they don't believe in moral judgment, and they don't care about the general trend of the world, they only care about whose knife edge is better, and if they want to deter or frighten them, just like I just said, we must use the way of horse thieves." ”

Mo Shanshan continued to repeat: "In what way?"

Ning Que looked at the girl's beautiful and indifferent cheeks, suddenly laughed, and said, "I said the way of a horse thief. ”

He was very persistent and bored, Mo Shanshan was more persistent and boring than him, and continued to repeat: "What way." ”

Ning Que shook his head and smiled, and replied, "Let's get on the horse and be thieves, go and kill them." ”

Mo Shanshan replied succinctly and clearly: "I won't kill anyone." ”

Ning Que said succinctly: "I can teach you." ”

Mo Shanshan responded succinctly and clearly: "Okay." ”

After a while, Ning Que led the big black horse, and Mo Shanshan led a horse with a clear coat and slowly walked towards the dark wasteland outside the camp, and the night breeze blew the fine hair on the girl's sideburns, and she suddenly asked, "Where did these horse thieves come from?"

Ning Que couldn't make an accurate judgment about the group of horse thieves who were scattered around and looked like they might attack at any time, he was familiar with the western wasteland and the horse thieves in that wasteland, and even if he started with the cause of the situation, he lacked sufficient intelligence and the ability to analyze the political situation.

The grain team supervised by the girls of the Great River Country carries the goodwill of the Central Plains countries and the intention of the temple to negotiate peace, and now the situation in the wasteland is tense, and the authentic horse thieves with a keen sense of smell have long since disappeared, and now this group of horse thieves obviously wants to kill people and steal food, and the purpose is naturally not related to grain and grass, but wants to destroy the peace agreement.

There are not many forces that have reason to benefit from this, and the desolate tribe that has migrated south from the cold region of the extreme north should not be able to produce such a large group of horse thieves in such a short period of time; the Moon Wheel Country wants to frame the people of the Great River Country, but no one should be so boring and sinister for the sake of a warm stream; Yan Guo has been suffering from the Zuo Tent King Court for a long time, and is unwilling to miss the opportunity to pacify the north in one fell swoop, but will the Yan Emperor risk opening the Guilty Temple to secretly attack?

Thinking about it, Ning Que could only come up with the simplest possibilities...... Once all of them had been eliminated, he could no longer think of anyone else who could afford to raise such a large group of horse thieves on the grassland.

But if he can't think of this problem, it's not too much trouble for him, for a creature like a horse thief who has been dealing with him for many years, Ning Que's attitude has always been very clear, only a dead horse thief is a good horse thief.

So, let's kill the nearest dozen or so horse thieves first.

Clouds drifted over the night dome, obscuring the last remaining stars, far from the lights of the camp, and the surrounding moor was pitch black, with only the faint sound of horses' hooves faintly audible.

Coming to the meadow about a stone's throw away from the more than ten stalking horse thieves, Ning Que lightly lifted the reins, and the big black horse shook his head a little impatiently, but he still stopped as he said.

Horse thieves are naturally alert, and the faint sound of horses' hooves will wake them up from their sleep.

Ning Que strained his waist and abdomen slightly, stood up with his feet on the horse's pedals, and took out the boxwood hardwood bow behind himself.

Mo Shanshan glanced at him, thinking to himself what was the use of arrows at such a distance?

The horse thieves in the distance had woken up and prepared for battle.

In the dark night, Ning Que couldn't see the five fingers of his bow, so he looked at it quietly, then slowly closed his eyes, took the arrow and pulled the bow to aim somewhere, and then released the bowstring.

The bowstrings oscillated and hummed in the night sky.

In the distance, a horse thief was hit by an arrow in the chest, bursting out with a burst of blood, and fell to the ground with a muffled grunt.