Luo Tianchu finally found his way out, walked out of the woods, and returned to the "pincer gap" when the moon rose. No bodies were found in the valley, and it seemed that the soldiers had successfully evacuated, so Luo Tianchu was relieved and returned to the forbidden ditch for another two hours.

Looking at the stone castle that stood in the dark night, he thought that Luo Monkey went out with the army here two days ago, but died in the mountains due to his improper command, and his heart was sad. Although casualties on the battlefield are inevitable, death in ambush is completely different from honorable death, the former is due to the judgment of the general, and if you have no guilt, you are not worthy of being a general.

Luo Tianchu walked out of twenty miles again, and suddenly heard the roar of horses' hooves in front of him, and a group of 500 cavalry rushed with torches, and the first two were Lu Fei and Ling Xue'er. Ling Xue'er flew off his horse after seeing him, threw herself into his arms regardless of everyone's eyes, and cried bitterly: "I heard the soldiers say that you were ambushed, and after you broke off alone, you were surrounded by all the soldiers, and your life and death are unknown, it really scared me to death." Luo Tianchu smiled and said, "I'm fine, don't worry." ”

Lu Fei said: "We rushed to the rescue after receiving the rescue pigeons released by the soldiers, and asked the defeated soldiers who returned to Tongguan to know that you were ambushed, and the rescue of your subordinates was late, but fortunately, the castle owner was safe." Luo Tianchu sighed: "It's a pity that the three thousand brothers who followed me couldn't come back." Lu Fei said: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, the castle owner must not lose confidence because of a small defeat, this battle is not over, and many major things have to be worried about by the castle owner." Luo Tianchu nodded and said: "What the master taught is that the retreating soldiers were pursued by Sticky Han?" Lu Fei said: "Yes, Sticky Han's army pursued all the way to the 'pincer gap', and when they saw the archers ambushed on our mountain range, they did not attack, but made a detour back." Luo Tianchu said: "Sticky Han is cautious, he is afraid that it will drag on for a long time to attract our reinforcements, so he will accept it when he sees it." ”

Lu Fei said: "Sticky Han has now returned to the camp, and the Jin army is heavily guarded, as if facing a great enemy, for fear that our army will take advantage of the situation to sneak attack." Luo Tianchu said: "There are no loopholes in the use of troops by sticky Han, and he was repelled in Chang'an by relying on the right time and place, but it is not so simple to defeat him on the frontal battlefield." Lu Fei said: "Although Sticky Han can use troops, but if he loses the opportunity to sneak attack Chang'an, he will not want to do anything again, the pontoon bridge on the Yellow River is just a decoration, he will never have the courage to attack Tongguan, maybe he will withdraw in the near future." Luo Tianchu said: "I hope so, if the Jin soldiers don't withdraw Xiao Zhu's treasure ship, they won't be able to enter the Guanzhong." Lu Fei said: "If that's the case, how should we deal with it?" Luo Tianchu said: "I gave Xiao Zhu a trick when I broke up, as long as he acts according to the plan, we will have a chance to break the sticky." Let's go back and prepare more things to ignite the fire, pay attention to the movement on the Yellow River, and wait for the opportunity. Lu Fei said with a smile: "My subordinates are really a little curious, I don't know what tricks the castle master uses?" Can you reveal one or two" Luo Tianchu smiled: "Of course, I will explain it to the master after returning to Tongguan." ”

Zhu Yushi sat alone in the cabin in a quiet daze. Li Xiao pushed the door in and said, "Are you sick, why are you listless?" Zhu Yushi shook his head and said: "I don't know why my eyelids have jumped in the past two days, and I always dream that Yuelian is saying goodbye to me, I don't know how they are now." Li Xiao said with a smile: "I think about it every day, I dream at night, dreams and reality are opposites, and my sister-in-law will not be in danger in Chang'an." Zhu Yushi said: "I hope so." Li Xiaodao: "The second sister-in-law is already full-term, I don't know if she was born, whether she is a man or a woman, have you figured out what to choose?" Zhu Yushi said: "No, let's talk about it when I see the child." ”

Li Xiaodao: "By the way, we just passed by a dock of Qi State, and there were four warships moored, and the Qi soldiers were waiting on the ship, but they didn't embarrass us, which is strange." Zhu Yushi said: "It's the same as the first two docks, didn't you even ask?" Li Xiaodao: "No, the Qi soldiers, who are the best at collecting people's ointment, watched us pass by, could it be that Qi State rectified military discipline and forbade nonsense?" Zhu Yushi said: "The country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change. Something else must be going on, let's go on deck and see. ”

After another three days, the two ships entered the Shaanxi border, and along the way, they passed through a total of five Qi wharves, all of which were docked by warships and soldiers stationed on the shore, but no one harassed them, and there was no routine inquiry. Everyone knew that it was not the kindness of the soldiers, and something must have happened that made them dare not come to investigate.

On this day, the wind changed direction, and the wind went with it, and Boss Hu personally took the helm, making the two ships raise their sails and move forward at full speed. Although there are no storms now, they have to be more careful when driving on the river, especially their boat is full of gold, silver and jewelry, and the draft is very deep.

At this moment a merchant ship approached, and the sailors saw them lower their sails and step out of the cabin. Huayi wears a sword, and the jade tree is in the wind, it is Liu Shaoqing. Zhu Yushi was surprised and delighted: "How can the owner of Liu Zhuang be here, Xiao Luo?" Liu Shaoqing said: "He has returned to Tongguan to deal with Jin Bing first, and he is waiting for you here, I don't know if there is any trouble along the way." Zhu Yushi said: "Not at all, we are also strange about this matter." Liu Shaoqing smiled: "That's good, thanks to this person's help." With that, he returned to the cabin and took Wanyan Wushu to the deck. Wushu's hands were trapped, the acupoints of his upper body were pointed, his head was raised high, and he didn't even look at Zhu Yushi.

Zhu Yushi was surprised: "Finish Yan Wushu! Why is he here." Liu Shaoqing said: "I have always kept him on the boat to accompany him, and Jin Bing did not dare to provoke you." Zhu Yushi suddenly said: "It turns out that the owner of Liu Zhuang is secretly helping each other, come and talk to us on the boat." ”

The three ships anchored at the same time, set up a springboard, Liu Shaoqing let Wanyan Wushu go first, and Wushu said: "You promised this king to let me go." Liu Shaoqing said: "It's not time yet, what I said will naturally count." Although Wushu was afraid of water, he refused to show weakness in front of so many people, gritted his teeth and got on the springboard, and walked over step by step. Liu Shaoqing leaned over gently.

Liu Shaoqing didn't recognize the others. Zhu Yushi introduced him to Yan Qing, Li Shishi, Hu Boss, and Pei Zifu and Lu Ning on another ship. Liu Shaoqing has heard the names of Yan Qing and Master Li for a long time, and he has special respect for them. Zhu Yushi said: "Does Lord Liu Zhuang know what the battle situation in Tongguan is? Whether Luo Tianchu won the victory?" Liu Shaoqing said: "Wan Yanchang didn't say a word about the battle situation on the front line, and I don't know what it is. Zhu Yushi said: "Where is Wanyanchang now?" Liu Shaoqing pointed to the shore and said: "I forced him to scuttle the warship, and they have no ships to use, so they can only follow us on the shore." ”

Everyone turned their heads to take a look, and saw a group of 500 Jin State cavalry standing on the south bank, and the old man with an iron and blue face at the head was Wan Yanchang. Li Xiao looked at Wushu and said with a smile: "As long as you have this talisman of him, even if you have thousands of troops, you are not afraid." Zhu Yushi has always been haunted by Liuxiang's death, and he is extremely disgusted with Wushu, and said: "This guy's martial arts are not weak, and he must be strictly guarded." Lu Ning said: "I will take five brothers to take turns to serve, and I promise that he will not be alone in the thatched house." The crowd laughed, and the Wushu glared at him fiercely, and he was escorted out of the cabin.

After retracting the gangplank, the two ships continued to move forward, and the merchant ship that was originally carrying Liu Shaoqing and Wushu also turned around and returned home. Wan Yanchang suddenly jumped off his horse, unloaded the saddle of himself and the soldiers beside him, threw one on the Yellow River first, flew up and jumped up, and landed right on that saddle, and when he jumped again, he threw the other saddle to the foothold, jumped up and jumped on the merchant ship again, and instructed the sailors: "Follow their ship." Although Zhu Yushi and Liu Shaoqing can also do this light skill, the difficult thing is that he can think of using the saddle to board the boat, and the force and position of the throwing are exactly the same, just like he has practiced many times.

They were followed by Wan Yanchang, gathered on the deck to narrate what happened after parting. Zhu Yushi first talked about how they evaded the search of the Jin soldiers, how they met Yan Qing and his wife in a small fishing village, how they fought Ni Hongyan, and the storm on the sea. Liu Shaoqing sighed when she heard this, thinking that it was a pity that Ni Hongyan, as a first-generation grandmaster, was killed by two poisonous eagles, after all, she was also the goal of her own struggle, and she deserved to die more decently. (To be continued.) )