Running non-stop, although it was obvious that the Alan people were being thrown farther and farther away, the war horses under the crotch of Lu Jia and the others were already panting, and the speed was getting slower and slower.

"Luga, it's no good, the war horse, the war horse can't run!" Andrew said to Luga breathlessly, admittedly, it is not easy to maintain balance on the back of a galloping horse, and how much the horse gives, the man also has to give.

Luga didn't answer, just looked back and waved his hand, not knowing if he could see behind in the darkness. He only felt a heart-piercing pain in his two thigh muscles, accompanied by weakness.

"Where have we been?" Luga asked the soldier who was familiar with the road.

"I don't know, it's too dark to see anything, and the only thing that can prove it is that the Alans don't know where we are." The guide soldier craned his neck to look around, and then said: "We will not be able to determine where we are until tomorrow, it is too dark today to see anything!" ”

The horses began to jog, shaking their heads desperately, trying to tell the rider on their backs that they had reached their limits.

"Cave Pass!"

Only a dull sound was heard, and a black shadow fell from the horse beside him, and Luga and the others hurriedly turned around.

Luga asked, "What's going on?" ”

The soldier who dismounted first to check on the situation replied: "This poor fellow has exhausted all his strength, and if he does not get a good rest, I am afraid he will die." ”

"Damn it!" Luga gritted his teeth, raised his hand and slapped his thigh hard, then gritted his teeth, rolled over and dismounted in pain, and limped to the soldier's side.

By the faint light of the moon, a soldier was feeding the poor tired worm water, and the other soldiers around were helping each other to dismount, and in the quiet night could only hear the heavy wheezing of people and war horses, and from time to time there was a cough full of exhaustion, and now the people were sleepy and tired, and if they were forced to hurry, they would definitely not be able to get out.

Luga knew what to expect, and looked around at the woods, and there was nothing but the occasional birdsong.

"Let's all drink some water and take a break." Luga dragged his painful legs and slowly sat down cross-legged, touched his pocket, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, because he was in a hurry to escape from the sneak attack just now, and he didn't care about bringing the food he should have.

Andrew came over to Luga and said, "Luga, let's find a place for the horse to rest for the night, if the horse runs away and dies, we might as well kill ourselves." ”

"In the past, we didn't leave any clues and made people suspicious, but now that the matter has been revealed, even the illiterate guys in the village have begun to stop being afraid of us." Luga smiled wryly, wiping his face with both hands in an attempt to sober himself up.

"Sleep, sleep, I'll keep vigil." For the remaining soldiers in front of him, Luga felt indescribable guilt in his heart, and he began to regret his thoughts at the time, if he had followed Andrew's advice not to break out so recklessly, then it would not have become a situation where everyone shouted and beat rats crossing the street.

"Luga." Andrew came to him and asked, "What are we going to do if the Alans catch up?" ”

Luga shook his head and said, "I don't know, but at such a distance, it shouldn't be possible for the Alans to be as energetic as they were when they chased here, so we just need to seize the opportunity to leave at dawn." ”

"That's all we can do." Andrew smiled wryly, drew a cross on his chest and said to himself, "Hail Mary, I am your devout believer, beg you, for the sake of Holy Jesus, have mercy on us." God save Rome, God save Rome! ”

Andrew prayed for a moment, and found that Luga beside him was just sitting there, staring blankly at a few soldiers leading their horses to feed water. On private thought, Luga had never seen him pray to God from the time he met him on the battlefield outside the city of Nar to the present time, as if he were a heretic.

"Luga, I want to ask you a question." Andrew couldn't resist his curiosity, so he asked, "You have said more than once that you are a devout Christian, but I have never seen you pray to God or Jesus, you are like a heretic, but not like a heretic." ”

"Why do you say that?" Andrew's question did make Luga feel a little distracted, and he was slightly distracted from the shadow of self-blame.

"Because heretics have their own beliefs, they pray, but not God, but you don't seem to have faith, no matter how difficult the situation is." Andrew looked at Luga with a puzzled expression, and then said, "I don't understand why you refuse to pray to God no matter what. ”

"Pray to him, he won't necessarily help you." Luga smiled and shook his head, he didn't know how to explain it to Andrew, saying that Protestants, such a situation was too early. After thinking about it, Luga gradually thought of something, and then he replied to Andrew: "God can communicate with his own heart, you don't need to say it, he can feel the confusion in your heart, and he can help in a critical time." ”

"No, it can't be like this!" Andrew shook his head again and again, and then retorted: "Father God has always taught us to speak out about our inner confusion so that God can hear and help us. ”

"But so many people are confused, so who is God listening to?" Luga said with a smile: "Sometimes God is also busy, but it is difficult for him to help everyone at the same time, so the most important thing is that we still have to rely on ourselves." ”

Luga said so that Andrew nodded again and again, it seemed that he agreed with Luga's statement, but he said: "But at this time, everyone is asleep, only we are awake, then I pray now, God can listen carefully to my confusion, God never rests, I pray to him now, you also pray, he belongs to us now." ”

"Okay, okay!" Luga shook his head helplessly, and knelt with Andrew under Andrew's repeated urging, looking up at the sky, and did not stop drawing a cross on his chest.

"May God be able to take refuge at this time!" Luga thought to himself, suddenly, he suddenly opened his eyes and asked himself, "What's the matter, how can you say such a thing?" He remembered that he was an atheist and reminded himself that he had to rely on himself, but in such a world, he was weak and isolated.

"I wish God would appear at this time." After a moment of silence, he was still relieved, so he sighed and continued to pray with Andrew.

The next day, it was strange that there were no soldiers patrolling back and forth on the road, and I don't know if it was because of fear or something, they didn't even go after them. But still because he was afraid of the Alans' tricks, Luga had to take the men through the woods.

"We're at the three-way junction in front of us, and as long as we get on the road, they won't be able to catch us again!" As he spoke, the guide kindled Luga's hope, and he was a little impatient, turned on his horse, quickened his pace, and came to the fork in the road along the dirt road, and of course, he reined in his horse again and stopped where he was.