Ten Ming soldiers wearing mandarin duck jackets and standard hats came out silently from behind the bushes opposite, approaching the place where the three masters were located. These ten Ming soldiers held a single knife in their hands, slightly hunched at the waist, and marched in the shape of a half-moon with interlaced canine teeth, obviously very well-trained, and their eyes were extremely sharp, and the fierce murderous aura exuded from their bodies was obviously not something that ordinary soldiers could have, it was the breath that could only be sharpened by a hundred battles.

Mu Man clenched his cooked copper stick and lay down in the grass, a layer of cold sweat broke out in his palms, he wanted to jump up and escape, but he was afraid of the archer in the forest opposite.

At this time, the ten Ming soldiers had already approached, but when they saw the flash of the sword, the two horse thieves who were not killed by the arrow were cut off their heads on the spot, and their movements were clean and neat, without the slightest mud and water.

At this moment, there was no way to avoid it, Mu Man roared, jumped up, and smashed the cooked copper stick towards the head of the Ming army at the head. only heard a loud noise, and the Ming army led by him raised his sword to block the frame, and was shocked back a few steps on the spot.

Brush......

The surrounding Ming troops took the opportunity to besiege him, and beckoned to Mu Man with a single knife, who was left and right, and was hit on the buttocks, and the chrysanthemums were stained with blood on the spot, but it is estimated that the injury was not serious, but it was only scratched by the blade.

Mu Man endured the pain, and the cooked copper stick weighing dozens of catties in his hand swept hard, and he actually shook the single knives of the two Ming soldiers away, and the rest of the Ming troops subconsciously took two steps back.

At this time, there was a loud chord, and Mu Man leaned down in horror, and a sharp arrow flew over his scalp. Mu Man broke out in a cold sweat, turned around and ran towards the woods a few meters behind him.

However, as soon as Mu Man turned around, he felt a sharp pain in his right hand, and the cooked copper rod he was carrying fell to the ground immediately, and it turned out that his arm had been pierced by a sharp arrow.

Mu Man screamed and fell to the ground, and the Ming army behind him rushed up and held him down. Mu Man thought that this time was over, and when he was struggling desperately, he suddenly heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves, and the Ming army that had been pressing him actually dispersed with a hula.

Mu Man hurriedly turned over and looked, and immediately saw a young man in cloth rushing over on horseback, with a spear in his hand like a poisonous dragon going out to sea, and knocked several Ming soldiers to the ground in an instant.

"Get on the horse!" The cloth-clothed young man rushed forward and stretched out his hand to Mu Man and shouted, who hurriedly grabbed the cloth-clothed young man's hand and flipped onto the horse's back with his strength.

Drive......

The cloth-clothed young man turned his horse's head and galloped towards the outside of the mountain, and the cursing and shouting of the Ming army came from behind him.

Mu Man looked back and saw that those Ming troops were chasing after him, but how could two legs run more than four legs, and he was soon thrown far behind and couldn't be seen.

Those Ming soldiers chased dozens of meters and then did not chase, and several Ming soldiers who were picked up by the spears of the cloth-clothed young men just now also got up with a smile, one of them touched the crotch of his pants, and was pierced with a hole in the armor, and said with sweat: "My good man, Xie Lao Er, this is a personal vendetta of the communiqué, and I almost poked Lao Tzu's second child!" ”

The surrounding Ming soldiers suddenly laughed, and some people said worriedly: "Boss, Xiao Xie won't have a problem alone, right?" ”

Wang Lin'er said with a smile: "Don't worry, with Xiao Xie's skills, you can't go anywhere in the world, in the mountains and forests, as long as he wants to run, no one can stop him." ”

It is said that since receiving Xu Jin's order in late September, Xie Erjian, Wang Lin'er and others took a boat down the Yangtze River, and then went north along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal to Jining Wharf in Yanzhou, Shandong, and then rushed to Yanzhou Mansion on horseback.

After Xu Jin regained Surabaya County on September 26, he immediately made intensive preparations to attack Xintai County in the north of Surabaya County. At the same time, Andong Wei, who was stationed in Mengyin County, also began to approach Xintai County, and in addition, Jinan Wei also went south to force Tai'an Prefecture City, forming an iron bucket encirclement of the three counties (Tai'an, Laiwu, and Xintai) occupied by thieves.

However, the Linqingwei and Tai'anwei stationed in Feicheng have not been able to exterminate the horse and horse thieves across the mountain for a long time, which will definitely affect the overall situation, so Xu Jin specially sent Xie Erjian and others to Feicheng to assist in suppressing the bandits.

Besides, Xie Erjian and Mu Man rode together, and ran all the way out of more than ten miles, and then plunged into the nearby mountains and forests.

At this time, Mu Man was already a little dizzy due to excessive blood loss. Xie Erjian helped Mu Man off his horse, found a mountain rock and sat down, and said, "You have lost too much blood, you have to quickly take out the arrow and bandage the wound, otherwise you will die." ”

Mu Man nodded weakly and said, "There is Brother Lao!" ”

Mu Man's right arm was pierced by a sharp arrow, and at this time, half of his body was already stained red with blood. Xie Erjian cut off the arrow with a dagger without changing his face, and then pulled the arrow shaft out of Mu Man's arm, the latter was a tough guy, and he didn't snort the whole time, but the moment he pulled out the arrow shaft, he fainted in pain.

Xie Erjian shrugged his shoulders, took out the golden pill and carefully bandaged Mu Man's wound, before he found the horse thief's lair, this one can't die yet, otherwise the play he just played will be in vain.

Xie Erjian bandaged Mu Man's wound, poured a few more mouthfuls of water, and then helped him lie down in the grass, while he sat on the rocks and ate dry food. It was midday, but the sky was overcast and there was no sunlight, and the light in the woods was even darker.

After about half an hour, Mu Man finally woke up, touched his bandaged right arm, and looked at Xie Erjian vigilantly.

Xie Erjian threw a piece of pancake to Mu Man, and said lazily: "Brother, can you still do it?" ”

Mu Man blurted out: "You're not from Shandong? ”

Xie Erjian said calmly: "Jiangxi's! ”

Hearing that Xie Erjian was from Jiangxi, Mu Man was a little relieved, because the officers and soldiers who surrounded and suppressed the horses across the mountain were all natives of Shandong, took a bite of the pancake, and asked while chewing: "What do you call brothers?" Which way is mixed up, good skills! ”

"Under Xie Jian, now General Wang is serving under him!"

Mu Man suddenly became vigilant and asked in a deep voice: "Which general Wang!" ”

"Tai'an Prefecture, Dingguo General Wang Tang!"

Mu Man said suddenly: "It turned out to be him!" ”

It is said that after Wang Tang rebelled against himself, he successively captured Laiwu and Tai'an counties, and his reputation was greatly enhanced, and the thieves under his command had as many as 20,000 people, so he fluttered up and proclaimed himself the general of Dingguo. Although Zhao Quan was quite annoyed by this, he was very deep in the city, and now Wang Tang was powerful, and it was the time to rely on him, so he took advantage of the situation to make Wang Tang the general of the country in the name of the head of the sect.

"What do you call a brother?" Xie Erjian threw another pot of water over and asked casually.

"My name is Mu Man!"

Xie Erjian's eyes flashed, he stood up and arched his hand: "It turned out that Mu San was in charge, disrespectful and disrespectful!" ”

Mu Man raised his left hand as a return salute, and asked suspiciously, "Why is Brother Xie in the Horse Mountain?" ”

Xie Erjian said solemnly: "I was ordered by General Wang to specially invite the Tang family to participate in the big event, but the officers and soldiers closed the mountain and blocked the road, and they have not been able to contact you. ”

Mu Man's face suddenly turned embarrassed, it was not that he couldn't trust Xie Erjian, after all, the latter "shot" several Ming soldiers in front of him, but it was a matter of life and death for the brothers in the whole village, so naturally he couldn't easily bring outsiders to the cottage.

Xie Erjian's eyes rolled and said, "If Mu San's master feels embarrassed, we can make an appointment to meet somewhere outside the mountain." Don't be afraid to say it directly, now your situation is very dangerous, instead of being trapped in the mountains by officers and soldiers, it is better to join General Wang's command, everyone fights the world together, General Wang is righteous and heroic, if it succeeds in the future, he will never treat everyone badly, and then the high-ranking officials, gold and silver treasures, and stunning beauties are all at your fingertips. ”

Mu Man is just a guy with well-developed limbs and a simple mind, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but be moved, hesitated for a moment and gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I'll take you to see my eldest brother, but my eldest brother doesn't really want to put up a flag to rebel, whether you can convince him depends on your ability." ”

Xie Erjian smiled, patted Mu Man's shoulder and said, "I will definitely convince Tang Da to be in charge, and in the future, we will be brothers who will fight side by side." ”