The sun rises in the early morning, and the dew drops attached to the weeds beside the road reflect colorful light in the sunlight.

At this moment, two carriages galloped past the official road, shaking the dew drops on the weeds, and before the dew could fall to the ground, they were kicked and broken by the incoming horses' hooves.

Despite the cold weather, Xu Jin, who was riding on horseback at this moment, was already sweating slightly, and while riding his horse to follow the team, he calmly observed the surrounding terrain.

Although Fan Yi took more than 20 brothers to block the pursuers desperately, it is estimated that he will not be able to resist for long, and the speed of the carriage will definitely not be able to outrun the cavalry, so it is a matter of time before he is caught up, and he has to find a way to completely get rid of the pursuers.

Xu Jin's worry was obviously not superfluous, everyone just fled for several miles, and there was a neighing sound of horses behind them, and more than a dozen cavalry pursuers caught up. After all, Fan Yi and other personal soldiers only had about 20 people, and they couldn't stop five times as many cavalry, and these dozen or so cavalry were estimated to have bypassed the battlefield to chase them.

Xu Jin glanced back and said loudly: "Father-in-law, eldest brother and second brother, there are only fifteen horsemen chasing after them, and you can kill them behind the forest in front." ”

At this fateful moment, Xu Jin's mind is surprisingly calm and clear, because fear and panic are useless, they will only die faster, and only by being calm and calm can they find a glimmer of life from a desperate situation.

A cold light flashed in Xie Erjian's eyes, and he said murderously: "Okay, that's exactly how it should be!" ”

On the right side of the official road about 100 meters ahead is a gentle slope, the slope is covered with evergreen trees, and this is the right place to turn the official road, which can block the view, and is an excellent ambush point.

At that moment, everyone rushed over the mountain col and hid in the woods beside the road from a position where the enemy's line of sight was difficult to see.

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Jingle bells.

An old horse marched unhurriedly along the sheep intestine path in the mountains, and the small copper bell hanging around his neck made a jingle sound.

A man of about thirty years old sat on horseback, wearing a felt hat, his face was covered with wind and frost, his chapped lips were a little purple from the cold wind of the first month, and his hands holding the reins were also covered with frostbite and frost, like the bark of a dry old tree. This person is Gu Mancang, the postman of the Minxin Bureau from Shangrao County.

This is the first errand to go after the New Year's Festival of the Grain Mancang, starting from Shangrao County on the 16th day of the first month, passing through Leadshan County yesterday, and today is rushing to the next stop, Yiyang County.

In other words, every postman of the Minxin Bureau has been assigned a fixed line, which is rotated every six months, and the line that Gumancang was responsible for in the first half of this year is the delivery of private letters in the three counties of Shangrao, Leadshan, and Yiyang.

Since the age of eighteen, Gu Mancang has been working in the Minxin Bureau, and has been working for more than ten years, and is quite familiar with the paths of several counties near Shangrao. At this moment, Gu Mancang is copying a shortcut, which can save five or six miles of footsteps than taking the official road.

At this time, the old horse has almost come to the end of the sheep intestine trail, in front of which is the wide official road, and after going on the official road, you can walk for about two hours to reach the destination Yiyang County.

"Drive!" The barn was full of grains and lightly clamped the horse's belly, and the old horse under the crotch trotted up to the official road.

It was now close to noon, and there was a small forest full of evergreen trees a few hundred meters ahead, and the barn planned to go to the trees for convenience, and then have lunch and take a nap, and by the way, let the old horse eat a few mouthfuls of grass.

The barn urged the horses to the side of the grove, and was about to turn over and dismount, when the official road in front of him suddenly heard the sound of rapid horses' hooves, and then a small group of fast horses turned out from the bend of the official road, and the knights on the horses were all wearing red scarves on their foreheads, and each of them was holding weapons such as firearms and waist knives, and they rushed towards them with murderous energy.

The barn was frightened, and hurriedly turned the horse to move to the side of the road, but the old horse under the crotch was obviously also frightened, and when he moved, he stepped on the air, and his front hooves fell into the drainage ditch beside the road, and suddenly neighed, and threw the barn on his back, and rolled to the middle of the road.

By this time the cavalry had already rushed to the front, and the barn was about to be trampled by the galloping horses, when a loud string was heard, and a sharp arrow shot out of the woods beside the road, as if it had an eye, and struck the cavalry in front of him by the throat.

Laugh at......

Sharp arrows pierced the throats of the cavalrymen, and arrows emerged from the back of their necks. The cavalryman was suddenly electrocuted and fell off his horse, but his hands were still holding on to the reins of the horse, and as a result, the whole horse was pulled upright, and one of the cavalrymen who was following closely behind could not rein in time, and directly collided with it.

With a muffled bang, the two horses collided violently, and in an instant the dust flew up, and the cavalry on the second horse flew out one by one, fell exactly a few meters in front of the barn, and then rolled to him and stopped.

"Oh my mother!" The barn was almost shocked to the ground, for the horseman's head was twisted severely, and he was looking at him at a strange angle, blood gushing out of the corner of his mouth, presumably his head hitting the ground first, and breaking his neck.

At this time, a group of cavalry wearing mandarin duck jackets suddenly appeared in the woods next to the official road, and fiercely pounced on the cavalry with a red scarf on their foreheads.

The cavalry with red scarves was suddenly attacked, and in a hurry, they were killed in a hurry.

Grunt......

A bloody human head rolled to the side of the barn. The latter was already holding a bubble of urine, but at this time, he couldn't help but be excited, and a stream of heat flowed out of his crotch, and he urinated!

"The hero spares his life, the little one is just a letter deliverer, and he doesn't have much money on him!"

When Gu Mancang saw someone coming towards him, he lowered his head in fright and begged for mercy.

"Brother Gu?"

Just when Gu Mancang thought that he was dead this time, he suddenly heard a somewhat familiar voice in his ears, looked up tremblingly, and saw a handsome young man in a jade shirt sitting on horseback, looked at it intently, and couldn't help blurting out: "Young Master Xu!" ”

Xu Jin didn't expect to run into Gu Mancang, the postman from Shangrao County, at this time, and hurriedly turned off the horse, helped the frightened postman up, and comforted: "Brother Gu, don't be surprised, King Ning has rebelled, and these are rebels who are chasing them." ”

Gu Mancang exclaimed: "King Ning rebelled, when did this happen?" ”

Xu Jin didn't have time to explain to Gu Mancang at this time, nodded and reminded: "There are rebels coming from behind, it is very dangerous, I advise you to hide for a while, or turn back the same way, second brother, bring a horse to Brother Gu!" ”

The old horse in the barn must have broken his leg, and was lying on the ground neighing in pain, and it was impossible to ride it again.

Xie Erjian led the horse of a rebel soldier over, and said expressionlessly: "Hurry up and leave, carefully lose your life!" ”

Xie Erjian had just finished killing, and he was full of murderous energy, Gu Mancang didn't dare to ask any more questions at the moment, took the bloody reins awe-inspiringly, quickly untied the mail bag on the old horse's back, and picked up the letters scattered on the ground. Xu Jin hurriedly bent down to help pick it up.

Xie Qing looked at the official road to and from the road for a while, but when he saw that there was dust raised, he hurriedly said: "Virtuous son-in-law, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, the enemy is catching up, and it is estimated that the distance is no more than five miles!" ”

Hearing this, Xu Jin handed the letter he picked up to Gu Mancang and advised, "Get out of here quickly!" ”

Gu Mancang said gratefully: "Thank you, Young Master Xu!" ”

Xu Jin waved his hand, stepped on the horse and turned over on the horse.

"Xu Gongzi is slow!" Gu Mancang shouted loudly with his parcel on his shoulder.

Xu Jin couldn't help frowning, and all the pro-soldiers who were preparing to attack showed impatience, this pants-wetting cowardice is a lot of.

Gu Mancang naturally felt everyone's unhappiness, and said curtly: "Young Master Xu, the little one knows that a shortcut can get rid of the pursuers behind, but the mountain road is narrow and can only walk horses, but the carriage is not!" ”

Xu Jin was overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "Then trouble Brother Gu to lead the way!" ”

"Okay, everyone come with me!" Gu Mancang hurriedly rode his horse in front and led Xu Jin and the others to the sheep intestine trail in the mountains.