In the past three quarters, the afternoon sun is warm but not scorching.

At this time, in a dense forest less than two kilometers away from the back cliff of the Iron Bone Village, Bai Jiahe and his party were leaning on a big stone to replenish their strength.

"Here, I've got some water in here. ”

Bai Jiahe handed the water bladder in his hand to his partner who traveled all the way, and came to the side of his senior brother Xu Zuo.

She followed Xu Zuo's gaze on the cliff in the distance, and said casually: "Senior brother, there seems to be a small force on the top of that cliff. ”

Xu Zuo's gaze kept falling on that side, even if Bai Jiahe opened his mouth to speak, he didn't move a bit.

I saw that his brows were furrowed, and he stretched out his hand to point to the cliff and said: "That cliff was dug out, and it used to be called Panjun Mountain, and the force on the cliff was called Iron Bone Village. ”

Bai Jiahe thought for a while and said: "Even if they set up an opening next to the business road on the side of the cliff, the dense forest under the cliff behind us should not be able to conflict with each other." ”

Xu Zuo shook his head: "Senior sister, you don't know, before you arrived in Stone City, I followed the master's instructions and kept exploring the way in front of you, just to understand the situation of the forces along the way. ”

"Just a few days ago, when I was walking alone through the dense forest here, I saw a bald eagle hovering over that cliff. ”

"Bald eagle?"

Bai Jiahe's eyes turned, and his expression gradually became solemn.

Xu Zuo nodded and said, "Yes, you should know that birds of prey like bald eagles are basically captured and domesticated by the military for the purpose of transmitting messages. I suspect that this stockade must have something to do with the military on the side of Suzaku City, because the bird of prey ended up going back in that direction, and the other small city armies along the way are simply not capable of domesticating this bird of prey. ”

"I've been wondering what the hell the hell is the guy following us waiting for, hiding and hiding from afar, and not leading people to attack us. ”

"But when I got here, I suddenly realized. ”

"My intuition tells me that the other party follows behind unhurriedly, invisibly exerting pressure on us, urging us to have the idea of getting rid of each other immediately, but it never seems to be in a hurry, happy that we keep going. ”

"There is a way to relax the rhythm control, and I think the other party wants us to be in a state of irritable mind all the time, and we can't calmly think about the reasons behind it. ”

Bai Jiahe has experienced many consecutive escapes, and he understands Tianzhen's style of acting, a few years ago, the other party would pounce on and bite as soon as he found the slightest fishy smell, but now he is more inclined to put a long line to catch big fish.

She frowned, looked at the cliff through the dense branches above her head, sketched the surrounding terrain in her mind, and said quickly: "It seems that their master is not very satisfied with their previous actions, if it is really as you said, senior brother, it shows that the other party wants to wipe us out." ”

"Senior brother, just in case, it seems that we will split up and leave, otherwise it will be easy to be discovered if we act together, and if the situation is really as bad as imagined, we will even collapse here. ”

Xu Zuo's eyes narrowed, and his hard and cold square face had already revealed a hint of killing.

He took off the long sword pinned to his waist directly, nodded and said, "I'll go to the trade road, and I'll draw the attention of the other party, and you will pass quickly along this mountain forest." ”

Bai Jiahe looked anxious, and hurriedly said: "Senior brother, don't, you just go to death like this." ”

Xu Zuo smiled and explained: "Senior sister, you are wrong, as the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place, I bet that if the other party is really prepared, then the opening set by the business road is definitely not as many people as ambushed in the dense forest in front." ”

"The current situation is very clear, if we just think too much, with the strength of your senior brother, you can pass the checkpoint safely if you don't take the initiative to provoke the other party, if the other party is really waiting for us, then I can just take the initiative to lure them away, and when the movement is big, the dense forest under the cliff here will definitely go over the mountain to support, so there is a time difference, and after you pass through the dense forest safely, I will quickly break away from them." ”

Bai Jiahe thought about it, although she felt that Xu Zuo was reasonable, but she still shook her head and said: "No, there is at least cover on this side of the dense forest in the back mountain, if you want to pass through the business road, you will expose your whole body to the opponent's attack range, and those of them who are from the army will use strong crossbows, which is still too dangerous." ”

Xu Zuo had a bitter face, this team was still led by Bai Jiahe, she didn't agree, and she really couldn't help listening.

Bai Jiahe and Senior Brother Xu Zuo's discussion was not hidden, and the more than 20 people who were traveling with him were all attracted to it.

I saw one of the tall chivalrous girls walk out first, and asked Bai Jiahe, "Sister, is there really such a thing?"

Looking at Sister Fan Rou, who had taken care of her all the way, Bai Jiahe stepped forward and took the other party's jade hand, shook her head and explained with a smile: "It's just that there may be that kind of ambush, sister and everyone don't have to worry too much." ”

"My current arrangement is for three to five people to group together, separated by a certain distance, and quickly interspersed through the dense forest in front of us. ”

She raised her hand forward and explained, "This way it will not expose your body because there are too many people acting together, and you can echo the front and back at the same time, both offensive and defensive." ”

Bai Jiahe saw everyone's worries in her eyes, and she already knew the specific strength of each person and what they were good at along the way, but in just half a moment, she evenly divided the strength and weakness of the twenty-two people into five groups.

Xu Zuo saw that Bai Jiahe was not in the same group as her, and said anxiously: "Senior sister, I want to be in a group with you!"

Even the rest of Xu Zuo's group said: "Yes, princess, you just let Brother Xu join you, our lives are not valuable, if you make any mistakes, we men are really speechless to go back to face our friends." ”

Bai Jiahe's eyes were wet, she bent down deeply in front of everyone, and said slowly: "The little girl is a fugitive with a sinful body, and she is no longer a princess of the dynasty, and I have always been taken care of by my brothers and sisters, and I really can't repay it." As far as I am concerned, there is no distinction between high and low human life, so for the sake of your relatives and friends, and for the sake of being able to meet together in the future, please all work hard to live. ”

"This ......"

The people in the rivers and lakes at the scene deeply felt the righteousness of Bai Jiahe's words, and no longer dissuaded, but all responded silently with fists.

"Senior sister, you are too stubborn!"

Xu Zuo patted his forehead and sighed.

Lu Fanrou looked at Xu Zuo's helpless appearance, covered her mouth and smiled, then held the sword in her right hand, hugged her fist with the gift of the rivers and lakes, and said: "Brother Xu, you don't have to worry too much about the safety of Sister Jiahe, I will do my best to protect her." ”

In this short period of time, Xu Zuo's honest appearance and wise and delicate personality have actually won her a lot of favor.

Bai Jiahe stood aside, and stumbled upon Sister Fan Rou's unusual eyes when she glanced at her senior brother, and said with a smile: "Yes, senior brother, Sister Fan Rou is a 'Qingfeng Woman' who has long been famous in the rivers and lakes, and I am the same as Senior Sister, so you can rest assured that I will join forces with her." ”

The corners of Xu Zuo's mouth twitched, knowing that it was useless to persuade him again.

He first seriously hugged Lu Fanrou in return, then turned to his stubborn junior sister, and said firmly: "Then let me take the lead, if you really encounter an ambush, you don't have to worry about me, stay away quickly." ”

"Well, okay, senior brother, you have to be more careful!"

......

There is a one-zhang high arrow tower next to the Tieguzhai Trade Road checkpoint, and Lin Pan and Lin Wen are standing on it at this time.

Lin Pan patted the guardrail in front of him, and said with a depressed face: "Second brother, do you say that it is too obvious for us to do this?"

Lin Wen smiled helplessly: "Big brother, what a way to do it, we don't dare to offend Tianjiao, we can't offend Vermilion Bird City, what else do you think we can do?"

He patted Lin Pan on the shoulder and comforted: "Don't worry, although the danger is not easy to tell the brothers, I have revealed some content to the eighth child, and they should know how to handle the proportions." As for Na Muqing, even if he knows that we are calculating what he can do, as long as he still wants us to escort the caravan, he has to pinch his nose and admit it, I can't say that he really loses with the other party, and we can take him down directly. ”

When Lin Pan heard this, he regretted and said: "I should have listened to you at the beginning, and took him down directly while he was unconscious, but I wanted the kindness of a woman and took into account the reputation of the raindrop." ”

"Report !!"

At this moment, one of his subordinates ran to the bottom of the arrow tower and raised his head and shouted: "I have found traces of thieves in the dense forest under the cliff behind, and Lord Geng asked the owner of the village to quickly lead people to surround and support." ”

Lin Wen and the eldest brother glanced at each other, shook their heads and smiled: "It seems that those remnants also know that if they want to pass from this side, there will only be sharp arrows waiting for them, but they don't have any surprise moves." ”

Lin Pan nodded: "Then Geng Jie said before that there are only about twenty people on the other side, and I think there should be no more troops passing through this side in two ways, then let's go to support quickly, it is enough to leave twenty people here." ”

......

Before the halfway point, the sun was slanting westward.

The walls are thousands of feet, and the forest will be black.

I don't know who scared the perched birds, and the whole dense forest was as quiet as a ghost.

Bai Jiahe hunched over and gently walked through a thicket, and she could hear the short breaths of herself and her companions.

The first four groups of people had already entered the deeper dense forest, and there was no extra movement except for the perched birds that had just been frightened in the distance.

"Is it that I and my senior brother have been nervous all the way, and we are too much of a snake?"

Bai Jiahe's mind fluctuated, his eyes looked around, and the surroundings were still quiet.

"Keep walking!"

She gestured and beckoned her friends behind her to move on.

Suddenly, the dense forest, which had been quiet for a long time, erupted in an instant with a piercing sound of breaking the sky.

Falling leaves are whirling, and the sound of "Xiuxiu" bows and crossbows is endless.

"Hide!"

"There's an ambush!"

"Ahh

Bai Jiahe didn't have time to respond at all, and between the lightning and flint, she could lie on the ground and roll behind a big tree.

Three arrows shot at the trunk of the tree, and the shaking force actually shook off a large leaf.

She opened her mouth wide and let out a sharp breath of cloudy air, before she had time to look at where the sound had come from.

At this glance, her heart stopped beating for half a moment.

At this moment, the fallen leaves are slowly drifting, but the blood is pouring out.

The companion who was still following him just now was directly pierced by the short steel arrow glowing with blue light, and his originally energetic body collapsed to the ground with convulsions like broken paper.

"Tuk Tuk"

The sharp arrows that pierced through the flesh castrated, eventually struck into the trunk of the tree, and shook off large foliage.

Looking at his companion not far away, the thumb-sized hole was still gushing with hot blood, and Bai Jiahe's heart seemed to be piercing as if it had also been shot through.

"No, no......"

She was about to pounce and pull her fallen companion back to safety, but was stopped by a weak voice.

"Gong~Princess, don't~ don't come!"

"Let's go!"

Lu Fanrou, who was in a group with Bai Jiahe, was lucky and only hit one arrow.

But this arrow was shot directly from her back into her chest, directly nailing her to the ground.

At this time, her face was full of pain, but she still trembled and stretched out her finger to point in a safe direction.

Bai Jiahe's cheeks were full of tears, although such an experience has happened many times in a short period of time, but every time she experienced it again, she would cut the scar and sprinkle salt powder to make her heart hurt even more.

"Sister......

"I'm sorry!"

"I don't want to run away this time. ”

Bai Jiahe heard the sound of the fight not far away becoming more and more intense, and with a bite of his silver teeth, the "Green Leaf Trace" body technique was used, and he ran directly to the battlefield in front.

She has already had enough of fleeing like this, so she doesn't want everyone to exchange her lives for her life, she wants to fight with everyone!

Sure enough, I owe too many lives, and it will become painful to live, so it is better to die in battle.