The long arrow roared out, piercing Jing Yue's neck in an instant.

Jing Yue shook his horse, then spread his hands, his sword was taken off, and his body rolled to the ground. Then the galloping horses trampled over his body.

Seeing the long arrow flying, the fist jumped off the horse almost instinctively, hid on the flank of the war horse, and nervously looked around for a chance to escape. As the leader of the horse bandits, he has been surrounded and suppressed by the government and tribesmen many times, and he has a lot of experience in successfully escaping. But this time he was afraid. Seeing the dense rain of arrows whistling over his head, and hearing the painful screams and moans around him, he couldn't help but feel creepy, and his hands and feet were cold. The shadow of death hung over his heart, making him feel suffocated and hopeless.

After about a cup of tea, the dense array of arrows suddenly stopped.

The wounded screamed loudly, and some rolled around on the ground in pain. The living hid under the horses or the dead bodies, and did not dare to move. There was a strong smell of blood in the air, except for the shouts of the wounded, the neighing of war horses, and the dead silence on the battlefield, there was no sound anymore, not even the cries of insects in the forest, which seemed very mysterious.

Deathly silence.

The aura of tragic death enveloped the bloody battlefield, exuding a suffocating terror.

There was no movement in the woods on either side of the road, and the people who had been lying in ambush seemed to have disappeared into thin air, silent.

A soldier lying on the ground looked up in a ghostly manner, looked around, and carefully shifted his body to a better place.

"Whew......"

A long arrow suddenly shot out of the woods, letting out an unusually terrible howl that pinned the soldier to the ground with unmistakable accuracy.

Unbeknownst to the "fire ......", the soldier suddenly noticed that the tree crossing the road had been ignited by the enemy, and the tree had already begun to burn. Immediately, the bushes on both sides of the road began to be set on fire. Because it was spring, the humidity in the forest was heavy, and the trees were so watery that it was difficult to burn into a fire for a while, but the choking smoke had risen to the sky and slowly spread to the entire battlefield.

"It's on fire......"

The frightened and helpless cries of the enemy came and went, and the screams suddenly filled the entire battlefield, and even the timid soldiers could not resist the fear of death and wept bitterly.

The soldiers who couldn't stand it anymore stood up and tried to run away, but were then killed by more arrows on the road.

For a time, the Burial Moon Forest became a terrifying slaughterhouse, and the lives of thousands of soldiers were about to be lost at any time.

"Surrender, we surrender......" Seeing that he was surrounded by the enemy, there was no way out, and the enemy had the intention of setting fire to the forest, he was terrified and hurriedly shouted.

"Scream, if you don't scream, you'll be burned, scream......" he kept shouting, urging his men nearby to shout.

At first, a small group of people shouted, and slowly all the living people were screaming hoarsely, hoping for a life.

The shouts finally responded, and the burning bushes on both sides of the road were immediately extinguished.

Those who survived saw hope and cried out even harder.

"Everyone laid down their weapons and walked out of the woods in turn. Whoever dares to resist will be killed. ”

Suddenly there was a shout in the woods, as if a group of people were shouting in unison, and the sound was so loud that it immediately suppressed the chaotic shouts of the enemy.

A few brave soldiers immediately threw away their weapons, untied the quiver on their backs, raised their hands high, and slowly walked to the side of the road in fear.

Seeing that the enemy hiding in the forest kept his promise and did not attack, the soldiers immediately scrambled to their feet, threw down their weapons, and trotted out of the woods. They knew that outside the forest, the Han army who had deliberately fled just now must now be blocking the entrance of the main road, going out one and tying up the other.

Fist saw Tie Yue, he looked around nervously, and asked in a low voice, "What about that idiot?" ”

"Jingyue was shot dead by the Tuoba people." Tie Yue hurriedly approached him and whispered.

"Tuoba......" Fist was taken aback, "How do you know?" ”

"The guards of Jingyue just told me that they were blocked in front by the Tuoba people. The Tuobas all have weapons. ”

The fist glanced cautiously into the depths of the woods, and whispered angrily: "******, how can the Tuoba people cooperate with the Han people. I'm just strange, there are not seven or eight thousand people, there are such dense arrays of arrows. Is there a secret here? Then he rolled a pair of sly eyes and said suspiciously.

"There must be secrets. Did that old ghost deceive us? Tie Yue nodded, and said as he walked in small steps behind the soldiers in front of him.

"There's no reason for Yan Liyou to lie to us." The fist shook his head, and then said bitterly: "We are finished here, more than 3,000 people are buried here, and Liu Hui's old dog is estimated to have his teeth laughed off." ”

"They, this leopard is so powerful, even Tuoba Feng has to be deflated, let alone us. At the beginning, I told you not to agree to the banquet, but if you don't do it, you must compete with the leopard. Well, almost all of your brothers have called you a contest. Tie Yue looked at him dissatisfied, and said angrily, "With a cup of tea, four thousand people can make the family serve it in one pot." What kind of battle is this? ”

The fist snorted unconvinced, and stopped making a sound.

An hour later, more than 2,400 captives were tied together by two extraneous ropes, and there was no way to escape. More than 400 wounded were also carried out of the forest. They lay on the ground, moaning loudly. On the grass, the captured weapons were piled up like a hill, and the captured war horses were gathered together by the people of the White Deer tribe.

Li Hong was very puzzled as he watched Hu Zi and Yan Wuxing walking towards him with two big men in their arms.

The big man on the left knew that he was a Hun at a glance at the costume, in his thirties, medium height, with a weather-beaten long face and a pair of cunning eyes. It was these eyes that made him look very dangerous, and people couldn't help but feel very wary. The other man was much younger, more vigorous and nimble, with a vibrant face and always a wicked smile on his face.

Now both of them looked depressed and had no energy.

"My lord, we've got a fist. This is his little brother Tie Yue. Yan Wuxing pointed at the two of them and said.

Li Hong suddenly realized.

The two people who were arrested by Liu Hui, the Taishou of the county, offered a heavy reward, and they were arrested together today. There are many horse thieves in Daijun, but these two people are the most famous, and they have done a lot of bad things, and the people are angry.

The two of them looked up at Li Hong together. Seeing him so young, both of them had an incredible look in their eyes. There was even a hint of admiration in Tie Yue's eyes.

"You're a leopard?" Fist asked unceremoniously.

Li Hong nodded and said with a smile: "Lord Liu must be very happy to know that he has caught you." ”

"If you are caught, you will inevitably die. However, my little brother is young, and he has not done anything bad with me for a few years, and I hope that the adults will spare his life. ”

Li Hong was surprised, he looked at his fist attentively, and then said solemnly: "If within a month, you can convince all these people to change their evil and turn to good and join the Han army to resist the invasion of the Hu people, I will exempt you and Tie Yue from the death penalty and let you make meritorious contributions." ”

The fist was taken aback, and he could barely believe his ears.

"Can you call the shots?"

"I have the authorization of Lord Liu Zheng, the Taishou of Youbeiping, to recruit soldiers in the name of the Lu Longsai Border Army. We still have to fight in the short term, and if you have made meritorious achievements, I can naturally intercede with Lord Liu of Daijun on your behalf and exempt you from responsibility. ”

"You didn't lie to us?" Tie Yue asked nervously.

"Do you know who they are?" Li Hong pointed to the beard and Yan Wuxing said.

The two men shook their heads.

Li Hong laughed and teased Hu Zi and Yan Wuxing: "The two of them don't seem to be as famous as theirs, aren't they?" ”

Beard sneered unconvinced, pointed to his nose, and said viciously: "Do you know Beard? ”

Fist and Tie Yue were stunned. Tie Yue asked a little disbelievingly, "You are the bearded boss of Yanshan?" ”

The fist hurriedly said: "Long up, long up." His hands were tied, and he had to show his admiration with his eyes.

Then he turned his head and asked Yan Wuxing: "I don't know if this brother is ......"

"He is Yan Wuxing, and he is a bird in Yanshan." Beard immediately expressed his respect for him when he saw the fist, and he was in a good mood and immediately introduced.

Li Hong heard Yan Wuxing's nickname for the first time, and laughed loudly when he heard it. Seeing the annoyance on Yan Wuxing's face, Li Hong hurriedly flew on the horse, laughing all the way and beating the horse away.

Yan Wuxing glared at his beard angrily and shouted, "Don't call me a bird." ”

Hu Zi knew that Yan Wuxing hated people calling him a nickname, so he knew that he was speechless, and hurriedly apologized again and again.

Li Hong took Lei Zi and Jade Shi and the three of them galloped all the way to the edge of the forest five miles away from the battlefield.

Tuoba Tao and his army of 5,000 rode on warhorses, majestic and ready to be arrayed.

Seeing Li Hong galloping over, Tuoba Tao and Tuoba Raccoon Dog fought their horses to catch up.

"Thank you, sir, for coming to see you off." Tuoba Tao said movingly.

"We've been friends for more than a month, and we're friends anyway. Before leaving, it is also appropriate to send a send-off. Li Hong said with a smile.

"On behalf of all the soldiers, I thank you for your kindness to us. If it weren't for the kindness of adults, we would have died in the Sangqian River long ago. ”

Tuoba Tao and Tuoba Raccoon stood in front of Li Hong and gave him half a salute.

Li Hong hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop it.

"How good it would be if there was no war." Li Hong said softly.

Tuoba Tao and Tuoba Raccoon were silent. The two looked at Li Hong and smiled bitterly at each other.

"Being able to fight side by side with adults is the proudest thing in my life." Tuoba Tao said slowly, "Thank you for your trust. ”

Li Hong smiled and hugged Tuoba Tao and Tuoba Raccoon respectively.

"I wish the two of them a successful trip to Hanshan."

Tian Zhong looked at the fire burning in the Burial Moon Forest, and said bitterly: "It's a pity that a good forest, let's burn it clean." ”

Li Hong shook his head helplessly and said softly, "Uncle don't care too much. The forest is burned, and it can grow longer. If it doesn't burn, the problem is in trouble. The five thousand captives of the Tuoba people are suddenly gone, and the three or four thousand enemies who came to attack are also gone, what do others think? As long as anyone with a little bit of brains will see that there are ghosts here, and if you speculate carefully, it is not difficult to find that there is a relationship between the Tuoba and us. It was burned, and all the people, all the traces, all the suspicions were gone, and there was no trace of them. ”

"Five thousand captives were burned to the ground, and even if there is anything to say in the future, there will be no way to say that we are in contact with foreign countries. Lord Liu was very worried that the plan would be known by the imperial court and cause the disaster of killing the nine clans. Now you can send someone to tell him that there is no more trouble. ”

Tian Zhong laughed, pointed to Li Hong's head and said, "You are bold, you should be the one who should lose your head." ”

Li Hong looked at the colorless Lingliu Tao of Macheng County, and said in frustration: "Now that the prisoners of the Tuoba people have been burned to death by the enemy in the Burial Moon Forest, we have no way to fulfill our promise, we can only regret it." ”

"If there are no captives handed over to Tuoba Feng, do you know how much trouble it will cause? He was angry and angry, and he would definitely attack Macheng. Liu Tao said fearfully.

"This horse city is the land of my great man, even if we don't have to exchange prisoners with him, we will take it back. If Tuoba Feng dares to come and die, we will fight him. Li Hong said solemnly.

"Master Li, I just took over Ma Cheng from the Xianbei people. There are no inhabitants in the city, no food and grass, and no soldiers, so how can we fight against Tuoba Feng's army? ”

"Didn't I bring three thousand?" Li Hong asked strangely, "There are more than 400 defenders in your horse city, so many people are guarding a small city, why can't you?" ”

"There is no food. The grain in the warehouse was robbed by the Xianbei people. We don't have anything to eat in the first place, and with so many people coming from your troops at once, we can't solve it. ”

Li Hong's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly asked, "Don't you know that we are coming?" ”

"Yes. However, the food sent from the county rule Takayanagi was too small, and it was not enough for our Macheng soldiers to eat for half a month. Liu Tao said angrily.

At this time, Lei Zi hurriedly walked in.

"My lord, the messenger of the Tuoba tribe is here."

Li Hong and Liu Tao suddenly became nervous.