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 where the Beiqiang royal court is, 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.

And after Xu Chen said that, 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 the Beiqiang cavalry met, they were afraid that it would not be really 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 a certain number is always guaranteed to appear 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.

Zhao Ling'er came to the side of the carriage, 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 to attack, our people may collapse the camp on their own, and if they are farther away, there will be some other benefits in the end." ”

The so-called benefits of being farther away are inconvenient to explain, and the disciples of the Jade Xuanmen who are surrounding the carriage all know that if there is really a danger of breaking the camp, the horse thieves are farther away, and these cultivators will naturally be able to get away faster, as for what will happen to those soldiers and civilians, no one can care too much about this treacherous wasteland.

Xu Chen did not participate in the discussion.

The Chaoyang Empire and the Western Jin Dynasty 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 the white-clothed girl Duanmu Rong with straight eyebrows.

After seeing the fire talisman that night, he vaguely guessed the identity of the girl in white in the carriage.

There are more cavalry escorting the grain team than the horse thieves, plus the young disciples from the Jade Xuanmen, the strength of the two sides is indistinguishable, perhaps it is for this reason that the horse thieves have always been tightly attached to the grain team, and did not choose to attack, and since the tragedy of the wildfire that day, there has not even been a night attack.

The horse thieves did not launch a night attack, and the police 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 Xu Chen woke up in the middle of the night and could see Duanmu Rong 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 Duanmu Rong was, her mental power was greatly consumed, and she couldn't support it like this for a long time, seeing her slightly round cheeks behind the curtain of the car gradually thin and pale, Xu Chen finally decided to make a move.

He followed Master Lu Yin to learn the rune path, and understood that before entering the rune realm, 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 Duanmu Rong's realm 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, Duanmu Rong 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.

Xu Chen opened the curtain and walked out, looked at her and said: "If you are the only one, 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 carts, and you don't know how many days you have to take care of, you can't hold it like you." ”

Duanmurong 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.

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

Duanmu Rong raised his head, looked at him and asked indifferently, "What method?"

Xu Chen said: "Regardless of whether the group of horse thieves outside is true or not, if you want to deal with them, you must use the way of horse thieves." ”

The extremely faint starlight fell on Duanmu Rong's beautiful and somewhat wooden face, reflecting the pair of lacquered eyebrows more and more clearly, she looked at Xu Chen and was silent for a moment and asked, "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. ”

Xu Chen said: "Obviously, these horse thieves have leaked your information, they don't know about your existence, so they are forced to change their plans, then we have already taken the lead." ”

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

Xu Chen did not answer this question.

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

Xu Chen responded: "The so-called horse thieves, on the horse for the thief, off the horse for the people, they don't believe in moral judgment, let alone what the general trend of the world, only care about whose knife edge is better, want to deter or frighten them, just like I just said, we must use the way of horse thieves." ”

Duanmu Rong continued to repeat: "In what way?"

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

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

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

Duanmu Rong replied succinctly: "I won't kill anyone." ”

Xu Chen said succinctly and clearly: "I can teach you." ”

Duanmu Rong responded succinctly and clearly: "Okay." ”

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

Xu Chen 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 Western Jin Dynasty carries the goodwill of the Central Plains countries, as well as the intention of negotiating 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 grab food, and the purpose naturally has nothing to do with grain and grass, but wants to destroy the peace agreement.

Thinking about it, Xu Chen could only come up with the simplest possibilities, once all of them were ruled out, he could no longer think of anyone else who had the ability 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, Xu Chen'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, Xu Chen 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 faintest sound of horses' hooves will wake them up from their sleep.

Xu Chen's waist and abdomen were slightly forced, his feet stepped on the horse's pedal to stand up, and he took out the jade sword behind himself, the sword can sometimes be an arrow, at least for him, this is the case.

Duanmu Rong glanced at him, thinking to himself what was the use of a sword at such a distance?

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

In the dark night, Xu Chen couldn't see the five fingers of his sword, so he looked at it quietly, and then slowly closed his eyes.

It's very simple, just like the last time I dealt with the monk of Lengyan Temple.

The jade sword flew out, and a horse thief in the distance was stabbed with a sword in his chest, bursting out with a burst of blood, and fell to the ground with a muffled grunt.

When he pointed at Wei Dong and the second horse thief fell to the ground in the night in the distance, Duanmu Rong, the girl who had been following him expressionlessly, finally had a little brilliance in her eyes.

The wilderness is full of winter clouds, obscuring the stars and light, and in the dark night, he can't even see the hand holding the sword clearly, but Xu Chen can accurately stab the horse thief in the distance, which is really unbelievable, as if the night can't cover his gaze at all, as if he can clearly see everything in the dark.

At this time, in the dark night, he could easily see those horse thieves, and he was able to lock the other party in front of his jade sword, relying on the extremely condensed and sensitive telekinesis, the telekinesis came out of the sea and touched the vitality between heaven and earth with the night wind, so for him, this wasteland was like day.

This method should not have been used by any cultivator in the past, because it is too wasteful of precious telekinesis, if the telekinesis is abundant enough, it is good to directly kill those ordinary horse thieves in seconds, why use telekinesis as a means of detection?

Hoofs rain.

In the process of the horse thief rushing over, Xu Chen moved his fingers slightly, and the jade sword stabbed into the head of a horse, and the horse fell to the ground with a miserable howl, overturning the horse thief on his back to the ground.

The black horse has never experienced a real field battle, but looking at those of its kind who are getting closer and closer, it is not afraid, but its eyes are full of excitement, and it keeps kicking its front hooves excitedly, and wants to rush forward without waiting for Xu Chen to lift the reins.

Looking at the horse thieves who were getting closer and closer, listening to the fierce and angry roars of the horse thieves, Duanmu Rong didn't know how Xu Chen was going to respond, and his fingers in the white sleeves gently picked up something.

The excitement of the black horse did not make Xu Chen feel relieved, he was very annoyed and slapped it on the head, signaling it to be quieter, but jumped off the horse, and as soon as his feet landed, without any hesitation, he rushed towards the horse thieves who swept the dust and came furiously.

The distance between the two sides has been stretched very close, the contact is only a matter of moments, no matter who has no time to draw the bow and shoot arrows, those horse thieves finally see the appearance of the enemy clearly, the front left and right horses are a rein, directly crashing into Xu Chen, followed by several horses are strange screams to sit upright, draw out the scimitar on the waist, and keep waving.