Chapter 81: The Shroud of Lonely Loyalty-18
Daxuanli, on the evening of June 25 in the fourth year of Xingde, Wu Nai and his party patrolling the border were still rushing to Luoxian City, they were dusty, and the ashes accumulated on their faces were about to catch up with the foundation on Hua Dan's face.
At this moment, they were still a day's way away from Falling Immortal City.
"Yellow Springs Valley. Tsk, the mountains here are so low and bald that even the name is so obscure. Wu Nai rode on his horse and couldn't help but shake his head as he looked at the inscription at the entrance of the valley in front of him.
"What's the matter, brother......" Bai Yu rode to Wu Nai's side.
Wu Nai returned: "Oh, it's nothing, I'm looking at the road, after this valley, we are almost at Luoxian City." ”
"Really, Wu Nai, we're almost there?" Liu Baoshuang also arrived, and her pretty little face was also stained with a lot of dust. However, in the prime of her youth, she didn't care at all, but showed some relieved smiles.
"Of course, I've memorized the map for this journey. After a while, I will be fortunate and lucky, and after this Huangquan Valley is the last post station. We'll rest for a few hours after we arrive, and we'll be in Fallen Immortal City tomorrow. ”
Liu Baoshuang bit her lip lightly and nodded, finally getting to the place. In the past few days, she has been going crazy, and every day she dreams that her brother Liu Changqing was killed by Dinu outside the gate, so that she can't feel at ease for a moment.
"Wu Nai, I'll just say that the three horses I chose for you are the fastest, look at it, am I right?"
Wu Nai smiled and replied to the horse: "The horse master is worthy of coming from the prairie, and he is really an expert in choosing horses." ”
The colt laughed: "Hahahaha, do you only know horses? You don't look at the bow on your back, didn't I also choose it for you? Otherwise, you can shoot rabbits so accurately?"
Wu Nai looked down at the horn bow on his waist, and then said with a smile: "That is, without this good bow, we would have to miss a lot of game along the way." ”
The colt patted the bow on his back (the leather bow bag containing the bow) and replied: "Don't worry, with me, I promise that you will not be allowed to gnaw dry buns." ”
Liu Baoshuang said at this moment: "Since the place is right, let's hurry up, right?" Seeing the horse chatting with Wu Nai, Liu Baoshuang was a little anxious in her heart, although she knew that the horses should also rest for a while, but when she thought that she would be able to arrive in Luoxian City soon, she really couldn't calm down.
"Okay! Let's work harder, we'll rest when we get to the post station in a while, and let's go!"
The group rode their horses and began to rush again.
Gradually, the sun went down. But God seemed to be trying to help them, and the full moon tonight was unusually bright, making it unusually easy for everyone to hurry.
After a while, Wu Nai and the four of them had reached the middle of the valley, and as long as they held on for a while, they would be able to reach the post station.
The valley is bare, except for stones and dead wood, and the mountains on both sides are undulating, sandwiching the only road in the valley. Wu Nai looked at this place and was a little flustered, here, but it is a good place to kill people and sell goods.
Wu Nai and his party ran through a bend, and at this time, two black-clothed men lurking on the mountain quietly poked their heads out. When they saw the four of them passing, they began to whisper to each other.
"Do you see clearly?
"Yes, the horsetail print is a 'Great Xuan Emergency', which is very clear by the moonlight, and it can't be wrong!. ”
"Well, I thought they weren't coming, so I signaled to the brothers in front of me that it was time to do something. ”
The man in black stood up, pulled out a wooden bow from his back, then took out a special arrow, the Ming Di, and then pulled the bowstring and shot an arrow into the air.
Then, a sharp whistle echoed throughout the valley.
Wu Nai grabbed the horse's head and stopped, and shouted loudly: "It's not good! There are villains ambushing here!"
Although the other three people had different expressions, Liu Baoshuang was a little surprised, but there was no trace of fear. Although she is an eldest lady, she was born in the Seven Star Sword Sect and is a natural martial artist.
Bai Yu still looked calm, which was related to the land of Nanchu where he grew up. In Nanchu's place, it is really common to meet bandits when he goes out, and he has long been used to it.
However, it was the horse master He Lou Pengfei who liked to fight, and now asked Wu Nai with a smile: "How about it?"
Wu Nai did not answer immediately, but observed by the bright moonlight tonight.
Wu Nai saw several black-clothed men rushing out of the valley, these people were rushing towards them along the mountain range with bows and arrows in their hands. Not far away, on the main road, several men on horseback with bows also approached them from the main gate.
Wu Nai turned his head to look at the way back, and he found that there were also a few people in ambush on the way back, and they were also surrounding them along the valley.
These people are neither more nor less, about twenty or so.
Wu Nai felt that this group of people was definitely not robbers.
It's not that the robbers don't know how to use bows, it's just that it takes at least ten years to practice well, and one or two of the robbers can still understand it, but it's all impossible! Few people who have this ability will be willing to block the road and rob.
And it's not surprising that everyone in this group of them has bows. The most outrageous thing is that there are even people riding horses with bows, which is not a horse thief. Horseback archery this kind of kung fu, only the middle status of professional soldiers in the Guannai have the capital to practice, the border army because of the herdsmen and long-term battle with Dinu, in this point the popularity of horse archery will be stronger than the Guannai army, but this is not the border thieves can learn the kung fu.
Moreover, the group seemed to have chosen an ambush site long ago, and as soon as they arrived, they were surrounded by the army's usual belliger. If a robber is a horse thief or robber, who usually sends messages with a whistle and comes up screaming, how can he be so disciplined as this group of people?
However, Wu Nai didn't have time to think about it, if he let the other party get close and shoot at them condescendingly, no matter how great their ability was, they would definitely be shot into meat skewers.
Wu Nai immediately looked around again, the sky is endless, and he found a natural path that can be quickly reached above the valley. Then Wu Nai pointed there and shouted: "Go there! Let's go up first! Don't ask them to press us down the mountain road!"
The group immediately rode their horses and turned, and with the natural path, they suddenly came to the top of the valley.
Wu Nai said to everyone: "Okay, there are few people in the rear, let's turn back." ”
The colt asked in disappointment, "How?"
Liu Baoshuang also said anxiously: "It's just a few thieves! How can we let them block our way?"
Bai Yu also nodded and said, "Brother...... Although there are many thieves, most of them are rabble, and there is no need to be afraid. ”
Wu Nai looked at a few people talking nonsense, and suddenly lost his temper: "Okay! I don't have time to talk now! Listen! I have to do what I say!"