The Book of Troubled Times

Chapter 265 The Storm Is Brewing

"Let's go, run in three directions, and then we can meet at an inn in Huangshaji." Zhao Changhe saw the Hu army and horse Shachen approaching from a distance, and was about to run away.

Situ Xiao carried the knocked-out Qiao boy: "I'm going to go to the Hammer Yellow Sand Market with this burden, and we'll talk about it later. Let's go and find Cui Yuanyong to exchange for wine."

After saying that, he ran away first, actually because he was the weakest in Qinggong, and he was afraid that he would not be able to outrun the army and lose face if he carried personal words.

And Situ Xiao actually really wants to challenge Yue Hongling... I felt that I was almost ready before, and I was waiting for the opportunity. But judging from my current moral character, in the future, this guy may be my friend's wife, and there is no possibility of challenging him... Damn it. Why does it feel like she is a woman and it has nothing to do with you?

I can't live with this friend anymore, I'll break up the friendship another day.

"Hey..." Han Wubing wanted to hold Situ Xiao back, but he was slowed down and saw him running faster than a rabbit.

He looked helplessly at Zhao Changhe and then at Yue Hongling: "I have never existed at the wrong time, so I should leave first..."

Why the hell does a woman have anything to do with you?

I can't live with this friend anymore, I'll break up the friendship another day.

"..." Yue Hongling crossed her arms and said, "What are you thinking? It's me who should go."

Zhao Changhe: "?"

Han Wubing: "?"

Yue Hongling said angrily: "Don't you know that the barbarians have been besieging me for a long time and I don't dare to enter Huangshaji?"

Zhao Changhe put his hand into his arms and rubbed it. When he reached out again, there was a yellowish shit-like substance, and he was about to wipe it on Yue Hongling's face.

Yue Hongling drew her sword and wanted to strike.

Zhao Changhe shrank, dumbfounded: "Change your appearance."

"It's no use. Women will be strictly interrogated. No one dares to bring women in without looking at others. In the name of searching for 'Yue Hongling', other people's family members have been forcibly taken to the animal farm to be sold."

"How much trouble have you caused to the barbarians, so serious?"

"Do you want to take care of it?" Yue Hongling turned around and entered the village angrily: "I'll go find some food and take it with me. You can go and do whatever you want. I'll find a way to find you when the time comes."

Zhao Changhe said: "Why don't you make an appointment somewhere outside?"

"Further to the northwest, there is a rocky mountain. I will be stationed there for the time being. If you have a chance, can you bring something out to me?" Yue Hongling said in a tone that was filled with anticipation unconsciously.

Han Wubing looked sideways at the two men without saying anything, and as expected, Zhao Changhe replied very cheerfully: "Okay."

"Then say goodbye." Yue Hongling went into the village to search for things in a good mood.

It felt good to have someone to support her. Originally, she had some plans, but she thought it was difficult to do it alone, especially now that she was targeted and restricted. But since Zhao Changhe and Han Wubing were both trustworthy masters, they might be able to do some things.

Over there, Zhao Changhe and Han Wubing looked at each other. Han Wubing said, "I'm staying at the Hu Shang Inn next to the animal farm. If you need anything, call me. I don't have time to talk anymore. Let's go quickly."

"Okay, I have an inn at Sanniang's house. If you need anything, you can come to me. I call it Wangdaozhong."

Han Wubing: "..."

Turning around, he saw that Ubalu's troops and horses were already within a stone's throw.

The two of them stopped talking and ran away left and right.

Different from ordinary warriors and soldiers, these Qianlong pioneers with outstanding light skills are famous all over the world. It is really difficult for ordinary soldiers and horses to catch up with them. Even Situ Xiao, who was weak in Qinggong, had the eighth level of Xuan Guan's strength, and no one could catch up with him even if he charged hard.

To round up such a person, it is really difficult to catch him unless he dispatches a stronger master or arranges an ambush in advance that cannot be escaped.

This is also the main reason why Yue Hongling and others have been in Saibei for so long without any danger. Cui Yuanyong believes that no one in the team he sent out should be able to escape. This is also the reason.

For them, the main function of horses is to save labor and travel. They are more accustomed to going without horses in battle... Well, this is a bit strange. Of course, it wouldn't work without a horse. Trekking on two legs in this vast grassland and desert would be exhausting in a few days. Yue Hongling's horse was hidden in the rocky mountain over there, which was her temporary station.

In short, this group of people were chatting and laughing freely before the army came. They started to run away after they got behind them, but they still ran away without a trace. It didn't take long before they disappeared into the night and could not be found.

The Hu general who led the troops did not hesitate and waved his hand: "Stop chasing. Confiscate the goods of that caravan and capture everyone as slaves."

The law of the jungle, nothing more than that.

Those who are alert in the caravan and have run away early if they had not grabbed something have already run away. Those who are greedy and refuse to leave are still fighting for it. What awaits them will be a tragic ending.

The deputy general asked: "The woman I saw just now should be Yue Hongling... Commander Wu's previous military order, nothing else matters, this woman must be captured no matter what."

The general waved his hand: "We can't catch this woman by rushing forward. She can soar like an eagle, and a hundred thousand troops may not be of much use. Commander Wu has already asked the Great Khan to send real strong men over. This woman has been wandering around Saibei for a long time, and she has become accustomed to thinking that they are just ordinary soldiers. Maybe she can get a drink when the time comes. "

"So restricting her supplies is actually constricting the scope of her possible actions?"

"Yes, if your guess is correct, since she can still appear here, it is very likely that she is in the rocky mountain in the northwest. You can find water under the rocks there." The general stretched out his hand and clenched his fist: "If she is really there, she You can’t run away. Maybe when the reward comes, everyone can play.”

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Over there, Zhao Changhe made a big detour, painted his face yellow again, and returned to the inn in a good mood.

He did not go through the main door of the restaurant, but went in from the back of the inn and slept until dawn.

This night was really great. I saved a hero, killed a traitor, and met friends. The depression and depression since I went out of the frontier were swept away, and I just wanted to sing a song.

A man should go out of the frontier like this!

If there is a chance next time, I can lead a team of people to gallop across the grassland, charge into the army, and be invincible. That would be fun.

Zhao Changhe felt that he had this opportunity. He had some subsequent ideas that needed to be verified.

He got up at dawn, washed up casually, and went out to the restaurant leisurely. The restaurant was still full in the morning. It didn’t seem to be just a wine shop. It sold breakfast as usual, and all kinds of Western pastries were very special.

The breakfast that day was particularly lively, with all the guests talking loudly about the shocking events outside the market last night: "Damn, the warriors of the Central Plains are so cruel. I heard that only four people, who are known as the elite army, raided and broke through a camp of a thousand people, slaughtered people like a river, and burned half the sky with fire."

"It's not that exaggerated. I heard that they burned the front and back of the camp to save people or something."

"Why are all the people in the caravan gone? The goods are gone too. The scene of the bloodthirsty Shura holding a head and shouting was seen by other caravans nearby."

"...Maybe."

"Don't listen to their nonsense! If the warriors of the Central Plains are so strong, do we still need to fight this war? Can a few hundred Yue Hongling and Zhao Changhe defeat an army of 100,000?"

"...Because the Central Plains not only has Yue Hongling and Zhao Changhe, but also Qiao Er."

As soon as these words came out, the discussion became less heated.

Zhao Changhe walked in leisurely, sat down at the counter, and hooked his hand: "Sanniang, give me some special cakes, not the ones from Jiangnan, the ones here are good, the more special the better."

Sanniang looked him up and down for a long time: "What big things did you do when you went out?"

"What are you talking about? What does it have to do with me?" Zhao Changhe said: "I just went out for a walk and came back... If I really robbed the caravan, would I buy cakes from you?"

Sanniang handed him a plate of cakes, a little surprised and doubtful.

She knew that Zhao Changhe came back in the middle of the night, but he did not bring any goods, not like someone who had just returned from a robbery. For people who survive in such a place, it is almost incomprehensible that he could return empty-handed. Could it really not be him?

How could it be such a coincidence that I just told this guy that Qiao Er might have brought slaves, and the slaves were rescued over there, and you told me it was okay?

Zhao Changhe ate the cake and started to brag: "I heard them say that it was amazing, are there really four people?"

"Yes, it should be four people."

"This bloodthirsty Shura Zhao Changhe is awesome!"

"Yes, four people against one thousand, that means each of them is two hundred and fifty, and the position of Qianlong given to him by the Book of Chaos is still very reasonable."

Zhao Changhe almost choked to death when a mouthful of cake got stuck in his throat: "Sanniang, do you have a lot of opinions about them?"

Sanniang said leisurely: "Of course I have opinions, Yue Hongling, Situ Xiao, and Han Wubing have all come to my place to spend money, but Zhao Changhe has not. Why, don't you regard me, Yuan Sanniang, as a Zhongyuan person?"

Zhao Changhe silently pushed over a silver ingot.

Sanniang asked curiously, "What are you doing?"

"Bring me some dry food and water. I'm going out."

"Traveling far?" Sanniang looked at him meaningfully, "You've come all the way here. How many interesting things in Huangsha Market have you not seen yet? You want to leave?"

Zhao Changhe said, "For example, the animal farm? To be honest, I'm not very interested. How uncomfortable would it be to see something unfair and want to intervene, but find that you can't do anything?"

Sanniang said, "You are really a strange person. Others come to this place of commerce to see if they can find treasures that are not available outside. But you, what are you doing here?"

Zhao Changhe was stunned.

Sanniang sighed, "I think even if Zhao Changhe comes, he will have to give up his idiot to you. He is really a dragon and a phoenix."

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