The four of them either performed light feats or rode horses and galloped, galloping all the way out of thirty miles away, and there was no one to stop them along the way.

The strangeness of this matter made the four of them sigh, and even the shrewd Xiao Heda couldn't figure it out.

At this time, the east has appeared white, Liu Yu looked around, only to see that there are all abandoned farmland and withered villages, it is expected that there will be no more groups of thieves, so he decided to say goodbye to Xiao Heda and Lang Yu here.

Lang Yu still held a grudge against the boss in his heart, turned his head away, and refused to speak to him.

Liu Yu had to laugh and say goodbye to Xiao Heda: "The military advisor must be careful on this trip, if there is anything else, please send a book to me, don't go to danger in person." ”

Xiao Heda said with emotion: "This time, because of me, let the head suffer such a catastrophe, I really don't want to go!"

Liu Yu laughed, "As the saying goes, if you don't die in a big disaster, you will have a blessing." I also hope that the military division will work together with me to manage the Sword Sect and wait for my return!"

Xiao Heda bowed deeply, "Dare not do your best!"

The four have since separated.

......

Along the way, Lang Yu rode a horse sullenly and followed behind Xiao Heda, never speaking more.

When passing by the bank of the Yellow River, the two saw from a distance that there was a group of Shatuo people drinking horses on the river bank downstream on the opposite side.

These people wore tattoos, carried bows and knives, and were extremely strong, even compared to the Khitans on the steppe.

"Strategist, we have to be careful, those people are not easy to deal with. Lang Yu reminded Xiao in a low voice, and touched his hand to the medicine bag on his waist as he spoke.

In recent years, the reputation of these Shatuo people for their courage and good fighting has spread all over the world. Even the imperial court hired them several times to encircle and suppress the Huangchao rebels, and they had beaten the rebels to pieces several times.

The leader of these Shatuo people was originally surnamed Zhu Xie, but because he had made great contributions to the imperial court, he was given the surname Li and named Li Keyong.

Lang Yu had heard a lot of rumors about the Shatuo people, and knew that these people had always been cruel by nature, but he was extremely curious about why they appeared here, so he asked Xiao Heda, "Military Master, what are these people doing, and what is the purpose of their coming here?"

Xiao Heda was not surprised, and said indifferently: "Looking at the outfit of the other army, it should be the most powerful crow army among the Shatuo people, and it is estimated that it was hired by the Li Tang court to relieve the siege of Chang'an." ”

Lang Yu was surprised when he heard this, "Looking at the battle of these people, at most seventy or eighty thousand people are amazing, how can they compare with the million-strong army of Huangchao." The old man of the Li family hired them to fight, I'm afraid it will only be a bamboo basket to draw water. ”

Xiao Da looked at the other side thoughtfully, "No, these Shatuo people are not afraid of death, their courage is no less than our Khitan men, and they are all good at horse warfare, and it is not impossible to achieve one enemy against ten." ”

"Listening to what the military advisor said, the siege of Chang'an will be lifted soon, and there will be no more danger to the master?" asked Lang Yu with his head tilted.

"Chang'an City is besieged for one more day, and the morale in the city is a little lower. These Shatuo people are drinking horses here leisurely, not like they really want to go to the rescue. ”

"Oh, what are they trying to do?"

"Wait for change. They wanted to wait for the Li Tang court and Huang Chao to lose both, and then wait for the opportunity to make a profit. In this world, people's hearts are different, and it's really getting more and more fun!" The corners of Xiao Heda's mouth hooked a subtle smile.

After hearing this, Lang Yu was filled with admiration, "Strategist, you are really powerful, you know everything, you know everything." Either you can pass on to me the book of war that you were going to give to the master!"

Xiao Da suddenly turned his head after hearing this, "Oh, what's the use of you learning the military book?"

Lang Yu pouted, "The military advisor is good at the art of war and strategy, so the head of the family will be more important than you, and even under the siege of ten sides, he will not give up on you, and is willing to live and die with you." If I had also learned the art of war, the master would not have looked down on me, hey!"

Xiao Heda sighed softly and persuaded: "I am not the only one who is protected by the head of the army of millions, including you!"

Lang Yu shook his head vigorously, "No, I'm just stained with the light of the military advisor." If I had been the only one there, he wouldn't have taken care of it. ”

Xiao Heda frowned, took out the package of oiled paper from his arms, and opened it to reveal the volume inside.

Lang Yu was overjoyed when he saw this, and just wanted to thank him. But Xiao didn't say a word, and threw the book straight into the Yellow River.

The book of soldiers floated and sank with the waves in the water a few times, and then it was completely swept under the water and disappeared again.

Lang Yu was shocked and shouted: "Military Master, what are you going to do, even if you don't want to teach it to me, you don't have to throw it away!"

Xiao Heda smiled slightly, "From now on, this art of war will only be hidden in my heart, and it will not be shown to anyone else." ”

Lang Yu was angry in his heart, so he deliberately wanted to provoke him, "In my opinion, the military advisor has never fought. Compared to the army that the head of the family once broke the Tubo country on the grassland and black water, you are far behind. Therefore, you are afraid that your art of war is not written correctly, and you are afraid that you will show cowardice in front of people and laugh generously, so you threw it into the water, right?"

Xiao Heda saw through her immature tactics and said with a smile: "In the past, before Kong Ming left the thatched house, how could he have fought. But as soon as he said something, he decided the situation in the world, and who dared to say that he didn't say a word. In the Khitan War back then, I didn't get the right time and didn't get its master, otherwise I would have a piece of the pie!"

"Hmph, the military advisor is bragging. Lang Yu said angrily.

The two of them quarreled all the way, sometimes laughing, and soon left the bank of the Yellow River and galloped away in the direction of Luoyang.

......

Not long after the two left, three Shatuo soldiers on the other side of the Yellow River who were drinking horses seemed to have found something in the water, so they hurriedly waded into the water to scoop it up, only to see a wet book with words, and the ink had been slightly blurred.

The three elders couldn't read a word, and discussed: "The son loves to read, do you want to send him over?"

The three of them feared that they would break the pages, carefully put the wet book into their leather bags, and respectfully came to a meadow on the shore. There is an old man and a young man there, playing chess intently.

Both young and old are wearing chain armor, and at first glance they are not ordinary people, they are either rich or expensive. The old man seemed to have just made a wrong move, and begged the young man opposite: "Save it, you will let your father regret one more move!"

The young man smiled and said, "Father, you always regret it, how can you play chess?"

It turned out that this old man was Li Keyong, the leader of the Shatuo people, and the person sitting opposite him was his most important son, Li Cunqiao.

Li Keyong saw that his son had no intention of objecting, so he laughed and put back the chess piece that had just fallen wrong, "Haha, my son is obedient and willing to let Lao Tzu." ”

Li Cunmiao glanced at the three ordinary soldiers standing aside and waiting, and when he saw that the three of them were wet, he couldn't help frowning, and shouted, "What are you doing here!?"

The three of them hurriedly fell to the ground, spread out the skin bag they brought, revealing the wet book in it, "Childe Qi, we found this book in the river, and we know that Childe has always liked to read, so we sent it to ask Childe to come over...... Look!"

The leader Li Keyong was very angry after hearing this, "What a broken book, it's still wet, just bring it to my son to read, don't hurry up and get down!"

When the three of them heard this, they were so frightened that they had to leave with their skins.

"Stop!" Gongzi Li Cunmiao suddenly shouted to the three from behind.

He stood up from the chessboard, paced to the skin, and crouched down in front of the wet book, his gaze lingering, as if he were stunned.

After a while, he stood up suddenly, and his mind fainted, as if he had woken up from a long dream.

He shouted at the soldiers on the side: "Come on, dry this book carefully, if there is the slightest damage, I want your heads to fall to the ground!"

Then, he smiled at the three ordinary soldiers who had just presented the book: "The three of you have made great achievements this time, all of you have been promoted to tooth generals, and you will be rewarded with twenty taels of gold, and two Han wives, go down quickly to receive the reward!"

The three of them were overjoyed, and Shi Li left.

The leader Li Keyong sighed, blaming his son for being too generous in rewarding his subordinates, "What kind of broken book deserves such a heavy reward?"

Gongzi Li Cunqiao looked at him meaningfully, "Father, my Shatuo people's country is hopeful, only within ten years!"