The rider sat in the barracks with his hands tied with thick ropes.

The grass covering the floor was moist with dew.

Where the hem of the robe touched the ground, there was a clammy coldness that made him shiver.

With bloodshot eyes wide open, the rider glared angrily at the young man sitting across from him, only a meter away from him.

One had wide eyes, and the rider stared at each other in the silent barracks.

Neither of them spoke, and the horseman's face was full of resentment.

Gradually, the roots became nervous.

Hidden in the sleeves and clenched into fists, there was already a lot of fine sweat in the palms of the hands.

A pair of brown eyes dodged quickly, and Yougen carefully considered the wording, and said with a pleasant face: "According to the information we know, your original tribe is in a valley, right?"

Hearing this, the hatred in the rider's eyes became even stronger, he clenched his teeth, puffed out his cheeks, and his old white cheeks immediately became flushed.

"What do you mean? Who told you that!!"

Yougen had a smile on his face and said, "It seems that not all of the people captured yesterday were your relatives, and it seems that you have also recruited some homeless people." ”

The sunlight shone on the cloth roof of the barracks, and the light passed through the gaps in the curtain of the camp gate, casting a line of bright yellow color on the body of the horseman.

The wind outside the barracks gently stirred the curtain on the camp gate, and the bright yellow lines on the horseman's body kept expanding and contracting, just like his changing face.

The rider narrowed his eyes and said, "What are you asking about?

"I'll answer your second question first, we are your enemies. ”

With a look of excitement in his eyes, Yougen reached out and touched the hair on his forehead, and said, "

One more answer to your first question, because I think we can be friends. ”

"A tribe like you, the owner of Caoyun County, that guy named Chen Fu, didn't pay attention to it. ”

Yougen stretched out his hand to the rider, his palm resting on the rider's left shoulder, and leaned forward.

Deliberately pulling his face to a distance of only three inches from the horseman's face, Yougen looked at the pair of eyes that bloomed with a strange blue color in the flickering light and darkness, and said in a tone that he thought was full of temptation: "Do you think it is fair that your tribe has done its best for this battle, but in the end, you can only get such a little bit of land?"

"Why are they also people, but those generals from the county can also share the spoils of Caoyun County while capturing a large number of fiefdoms?"

"Why do you work all day long for others, and in the autumn of the harvest, the people of your tribe have to rely on the thick bark of dead trees and the stumps of wild grasses to quench their hunger, and endure the cold in the caves where they should not exist?"

"Why should you be arranged by the commander to be in front of the battle, as cannon fodder for the siege, and after winning the battle, he will leave you behind, just like the dry grass used to wipe the that is discarded at will after, are you willing?"

Releasing his right hand, which was gripping the rider's shoulder, Arigen sat back in his place.

The rider only felt a buzzing in his head, red blood all over the eyes that almost stretched open his sockets, and the slightly open mouth was like a dark crack.

"Sizzle~!"

The vapor-filled air poured into the horseman's stomach from the dark cracks, and the flush that had been imprinted on his face quickly faded away, and he was as white as paper, and climbed onto his wrinkled cheeks.

"You, you, who are you?"

"My general is Liu Heng, the young master of Caoyun County. ”

"You, what do you want me to do?"

The horseman's face was pale, but there was a hint of expectation in his eyes.

"Follow us. ”

Yougen stretched out his hand, his palm spread out, and stood in front of the rider.

"Take back what is your own. ”

The flat tone, in the ears of the rider, was like a muffled thunder in the clear sky that resounded in the depths of the white clouds.

The rider kneeled forward, raised his hands bound by thick ropes, and held the hand of Yougen, and the bitterness that had been stored in his heart for decades turned into rolling tears at this moment, and welled up in the eyes of the rider.

In the tent, there was a choked voice, and the horseman buried his head in front of Yougen's hand, and couldn't help but cry bitterly.

Yougen quietly looked at the crying horseman, and after a long time, he asked, "Name?"

"Subordinate, Li Xi. ”

Outside the barracks, Liu Heng, who had been leaning against the camp gate, listened to the sobbing sound that kept echoing in his ears, frowned, and looked up at the sky.

The sun is blazing, but the temperature on the steppe is lower.

Midsummer is coming to an end, autumn is coming, but the clouds in the sky are getting thicker and thicker.

Looking at the dark clouds that gradually spread out the sky, Liu Heng's eyes bloomed with a touch of brilliance, and he secretly said in his heart: "

Father, it seems that I have found a wonderful character. ”

After a moment of silence, Liu Heng left the barracks silently.

Not long after Liu Heng left, Yougen took Li Xi's hand and lifted the curtain covering the door.

Smoke rose from the camp, and the barbarians in the camp untied the ropes of the captives and served them boiled porridge and soup.

"Soon the rainy season will be. ”

In the makeshift tent, Liu Heng sat on the ground, pointed to the sand pile in front of him with a branch, looked around and said, "In order to solve the problem of food as soon as possible, we must loot again." ”

"That's right, we're going to do a big deal. ”

Sitting below Liu Heng, looking at the sand pile in front of him, there was a face with excitement.

Liu Heng glared at Yougen, and continued: "Not far from us, there is a road, and there is a gentle slope next to the road, and there is a dense forest on the slope. ”

"What do you think of where I'm going to set up an ambush and rob the passing teams?"

Liu Heng looked at the three people surrounding the sand, and his inquiring eyes ignored the Chi Chief and Li Xi who were napping, and landed on Yougen's face who was frowning.

"Our strength is still very weak, and in order to prevent our whereabouts from being known in advance, I suggest that we only act once. ”

"Yes. ”

Liu Heng nodded and said, "That's right, as long as you can seize enough grain, wait for the abundance of grain and grass!"

"Also, we should start with a large team, and according to the rate of our food consumption, the next target must be around 10,000 people. ”

Facing Liu Heng's inquiring gaze, Yougen hardened his head and spoke again.

"A team that can send 10,000 troops must come from a powerful force. ”

Frowning, Liu Heng pondered for a while and said, "Among them, there are likely to be cultivators. ”

There was a hint of fierceness in his eyes, Liu Heng gritted his teeth, and said murderously: "If there is really a cultivator, in order not to expose our whereabouts, when the time comes, we will join forces, and we must kill him." ”