Chapter 237: Divergence

Before Hua Bushi's words were finished, the faces of everyone in Jingci Lin'an had already changed, and Huo Yifan, the caravan manager on the side, had even more cold sweat on his forehead, dripping down.

Yi Ruoying hurriedly said: "Then what are we going to do now?"

Hua Bushi was still calm and relaxed, and said: "The matter has come to this point, and there is no other way but to escape." Anyway, we have already gotten through their ambush, and this trick can be regarded as achieving its goal. ”

He turned his face and said to Steward Huo: "Under the current situation, we must flee for our lives as soon as possible, so we have to abandon these carts, the loss of your firm, Young Master Ben will be fully compensated, does Steward Huo have any objections?"

Steward Huo thought that the Chang brothers would soon chase after him, and if they caught up, he would definitely not let him and the caravan go, so at this time, in addition to fleeing for his life, where else could he have any other ideas, and said at the moment: "Young Master Hua's orders, Huo Mou has no opinion." ”

Hua Bushi slapped his palms and said, "In this case, without further ado, let's immediately find a change of mount, throw all the bulky things here, travel lightly, and rush all the way out of this Luyuan Grand Canyon!"

In order to save their lives, everyone acted very quickly.

In a short time, the guards of the merchant house, the charioteers, and all the men had found their mounts.

Of course, there were not enough horses for riding, so they had to choose the more haode from the mules and horses that pulled the carts, and the saddle stirrups were also lacking, and some people had to ride directly on horseback. Fortunately, the people of the "Dingyuan Commercial Company" are all veterans in the carriage and horse trade, and most of them are not bad at riding, even without stirrups.

The carriage of the "Vicious Dog Gate" was equipped with four fine horses and also had spare stirrups. Hua Bushi, Chu Yiyi, and Hai Hongzhu each took one horse, but the remaining one was given to a caravan guard without a horse under Steward Huo.

As for the abandoned carriages and carts, Hua Bushi ordered them to swing sideways together, blocking the middle of the road, hoping to use this to slightly block the pursuers behind him.

Just as he was about to stop, there was already a faint sound of horses' hooves from the canyon behind him.

only called Meng Huan and shouted: "It's not good, the underworld strongmen behind have caught up, at least more than 100 riders!"

Hua Bushi did not hesitate, lifted the reins, and said, "Let's go!"

Someone chased after him from behind so soon, Chang Feixu must have discovered the previous flaw, it seems that this underworld strongman's mind is quite sensitive. And this place has been deep into the Luyuan Grand Canyon for nearly 20 miles, has passed through most of the canyon, and then out of more than 10 miles can go out of the valley, as long as it is not caught up by the strongman behind him for a while, it is not impossible to escape from the canyon.

At the moment, the people and horses of the "Evil Dog Gate" and the "Jingci Lin'an" were in front, and the people of the "Dingyuan Commercial Company" followed closely, and a group of more than 50 horsemen, all of them beat their horses like flying, and galloped forward along the mountain road in the middle of the canyon.

I only heard the sound of someone shouting and neighing from behind, and the underworld strongman who was catching up saw the big car on the road and stopped one after another. The dozen or so carts lay across the road, blocking the entire road, and these carts were piled high with grain, and it was impossible for the horses to jump over them, so they had to pull them away.

The crowd didn't care much, but rode their horses forward, and soon left the voices behind. And the road in this canyon is rugged and has many twists and turns, although the underworld strongman behind him also carries bows and arrows, but everyone has already turned a corner, but the arrows have long been unable to shoot.

But at this moment, I suddenly heard a sharp howl behind me, and a red firework rushed straight up, flew into the sky, and exploded with a "bang", and sparks scattered in all directions.

Hua Bushi was galloping forward, and when he looked up and saw this scene, his heart sank.

Of course, he could see that this fireworks was a signal sent by the underworld strongman, and the purpose of transmitting the signal at this moment must be to ask his accomplices to cooperate in interception. From this, it can be imagined that all the men and horses led by the brothers of the extraordinary family who are guarding the Dabu River will most likely have another ambush on the way out of the valley ahead!

Hua Bushi slowed down his horse and shouted: "Zhu Hong, Meng Huan, you two open the way in front, Master Miaozhen, please also go ahead, be careful of the other party's ambush! The rest of the people are following behind, keeping a distance of ten zhang from them." ”

Zhu Hong and Meng Huanqi claimed that it was, and Mrs. Miao Zhen also nodded in agreement. They galloped from their respective horses to the front of the horse team, while the group slowed down slightly, and pulled away more than ten feet from the three people in front of them.

Among the people, Zhu Hong and Miao Zhen Shitai have the highest martial arts, Meng Huan is not weak, and he is good at probing, so that the three of them can open the way in front, even if they are ambushed, it is easier to get out of trouble, and the rest of the people are separated from them by a certain distance, just to be able to respond in time, so as not to be wiped out by the enemy. After all, the martial arts of the people in the caravan are too low, and if they are attacked and scuffled, they are afraid that they will immediately suffer heavy casualties.

Hua Bushi made this arrangement for the sake of a group of people with weaker martial arts.

Riding a horse, the distance of more than ten miles has been galloped in less than the time of tea, fortunately, there is no one to intercept along the way, and there is no ambush. All the way to the valley mouth, the three people walking in front stopped their horses at the same time.

Hua Bushi and the people in the rear team also hurriedly slowed down their mounts, followed closer, raised their eyes and looked ahead, and immediately knew the situation here.

The mouth of the Luyuan Grand Canyon is a hundred zhang away. The road ahead was empty and unobstructed, but on the cliffs on both sides of the valley mouth, there were underworld strongmen, and there were at least fifty or sixty people on each side of the mountain, all of whom were aiming at the passage in front of the valley with bows and arrows.

Dozens of robbers, if they fought on flat ground, with the martial arts of the masters of the "Jingci Lin'an" and the "Evil Dog Gate", it would not be difficult to deal with, but now they are all stationed at the top of the cliff, occupying the geographical advantage. The cliffs on both sides of the valley mouth are more than 20 zhang high, and the rock walls are straight and steep, even if they are extremely feathers, it is impossible to fly up and kill them, and if they ignore them and force them out of the valley, they must pass through the rain of arrows fired by many archers on the cliff.

Miaozhen, Zhu Hong and other people with strong martial arts, there is no problem in breaking through the rain of arrows, and they may be able to barely do it with Hua Bushi and Mr. Ma Da, but dozens of coachmen who do not know martial arts and the convoy guards who are not good at kung fu in the "Dingyuan Commercial Bank" will definitely not be able to escape these flying arrows, if they have to rush hard, I am afraid that most of them will be shot to death in the valley.

Hua Bushi's brows were tightly locked, and he was hesitant for a while, and it was difficult to make a choice.

However, the current situation is urgent, and the pursuers behind him may catch up at any time, and the time must not be delayed, otherwise when the Chang brothers arrive, everyone will be attacked by the underworld strongmen, and there will be no hope of escape.

I only heard Master Miao Zhen chanting a Buddha horn and said: "There are strongmen's bows and arrows guarding the valley, if there is no supreme martial arts, forcing the past is no different from sending him to death." Lord Huo Shi, if all the people of your firm stay here, then when the Chang family brothers catch up, they must not be wiped out in front of the Nanao Chai family, right?"

When she said this, she made up her mind to leave these coachmen and others who didn't know martial arts behind, and a few masters of the "Jingci Lin'an" took Mr. Ma Da to break through alone.

Now, it seems that this is the only way to go. In danger, you can escape one by one, and you can't let everyone be buried together for the sake of the coachman and the guard.

Huo Yifan was horrified in his heart, and said in his mouth: "That Chang brothers are underworld strongmen who kill people without blinking, how can they sell us the Chai family any face, if the master wants to leave them here, most of them will be killed by the Chang family brothers." ”

Master Miao Zhen listened to Steward Huo's words pitifully, and knew that what he said was indeed the truth. She was a monk after all, and she was compassionate, and she bowed her head and kept silent for a while.

Miaojue Shitai, who was riding on a horse on the side, couldn't wait any longer, and said in a loud voice: "Now that the matter is over, there is no time to hesitate! Steward Huo, you can make your own choice, do you want to force your way out of the valley with us, or do you want to stay here?"

Steward Huo's face turned pale and said, "This ...... This ......" could not utter a complete sentence. He knew that if he forcibly broke into the valley, the dozens of people under his command would be inferior in martial arts, and they would definitely be killed by arrows, and if they stayed here, they would also die for a lifetime, and there would be no way to live left and right, so how did he make a choice?

Of course, if you have to choose, you can only go to the valley mouth, and maybe there are a few people who can escape, it is better than staying and waiting for the Chang brothers to catch up and be killed in vain.

At this time, a voice shouted: "No, they waited for me to pass the test in order to get to this point, if they let them die like this, where is our righteousness!"

It was Zhu Hong, a young man with a square face and big ears, who spoke.

Miaojue's face sank, and she said, "Then you say, what should I do?"

Zhu Hong raised his eyebrows and said, "What should I do! Then the Chang family brothers are coming, we will fight to the death with them, and we may not necessarily lose!"

Miaojue Master said: "That Chang family brother is strong in martial arts, and there are hundreds of men and horses under him, wouldn't it be sent to death if you fight with them?

Zhu Hong was about to say more, but a hand slapped him on the shoulder, but it was Hua Bushi, who had been silent just now.

I saw that the eldest young master's eyes were awe-inspiring, and he said in a deep voice: "Mrs. Shi's words are wrong! The conditions that this young master agreed to last night were just trying his best to help you break through the interception, but he never guaranteed that he would be able to succeed." Since Mrs. Shi knows that the other party's martial arts are strong and there are many people, we can't fight hard, so it is natural that we can't pass the level, so what else can we complain about?"

Master Miaojue snorted coldly and said, "So, what does Young Master Hua mean, is he also going to stay here and fight hard with the Chang family brothers?"