November 184 AD.

Eighty miles away from Lulongsai, it is a stretch of hills. The locals call Banyao Mountain. Crossing the mountain is the Rushui River. Recently, it is difficult for scouts to approach Honghua Valley and are always intercepted by their scouts. Li Hong has tried to approach from different directions with his friends three times, but they were driven back and more than a dozen brothers have been broken. Li Hong insists on cutting off the back and blocking the enemy and covering everyone's retreat. The soldiers of the scout team are willing to go on missions with him because it is not easy.

Death, be safer. Li Hong is particularly capable of killing people, and killing people can be as fierce as a tiger. Especially the elusive little axe, which did not come back without blood on the mission. The little axe is pitch black, and even the handle is black, so everyone gave him a nickname called Heisha. However, the soldiers were all over the world, and the dialects were shouted in various places, and Heisha somehow became a blackzi. The name Heiko is easy to remember, and many people shouted. In this way, everyone did not know the real name.

Li Hong told him that everyone should call each other when they were together. So Li Hong always told others seriously that my name was Li Hong. People laughed and looked at him like an idiot. But no one called him Zimin. Li Hong was surprised. Later, the captain of the Hundred People told him that everyone was a commoner and a white man. Some were from poor people, some were from poor people, and they were servants for life. Some were from servants and maids. Some didn’t even know a big name, and they just called a nickname. They didn’t know what words were or didn’t know. They were all messed up by rich families and scholars. Li Hong was stunned when he heard it. In the Xianbei, those slaves were not as good as pigs and dogs, so why didn’t they have any names? So Li Hong thought that Li Song had deceived him. What kind of thing, I won’t beat you up when I come back.

The weather was getting colder, but the enemy was not moving. Tian Jing was a little anxious. His letter of help had been sent for ten days. If reinforcements came but the enemy did not come, he lied about military information and would have to go to jail. So he personally ran to the scouts' barracks and ordered them to enter Honghua Valley within two days, and be sure to find out the accurate information back.

Li Hong, who was already the commander of the sergeant, came up with an idea. The commander of the sergeant would bring four soldiers and five of them, nothing was gone. Li Hong proposed to enter the Rushui River from the south of Lulongsai, and then go up the Rushui River to Banyao Mountain. Starting from Banyao Mountain, you can walk twenty miles to the rear of Honghua Valley. From here, you should be able to enter Honghua Valley. Xiaodao reported to the captain of the 100-man captain Cheng Jie. Cheng Jie had a good idea and might try it. Who would have thought of it? Xiaodao said that it was the idea of ​​the blackzi sent by Lord Tian. So the troops were divided into two groups. The captain of the 100-man captain Cheng Jie led 80 people to be dispatched normally and lured the enemy head-on. Shi Chang Xiaodao took twenty people along the Rushui River to Banyao Mountain.

They set off in the middle of the night. At noon, the group arrived at Banyao Mountain.

Banyao Mountain is surrounded by dozens of small hills. The trees all over the mountain are already bald, and their ugly branches show themselves in various postures. The fallen leaves all over the mountain emit a scent of intoxicating mellow fragrance, and sometimes you can smell the smell of rotten branches and leaves.

It was already early winter. Looking at the solemn and desolate eyes, and listening to the whistling cold wind whistling in his ears, Li Hong's heart was also cold. He was very confident in his judgment. Lu Longsai's bloody battle was about to begin, and now many comrades sitting around him will be able to sit together again in the future.

The war horses were all left by the river, watched by two soldiers. Everyone walked for more than ten miles and was very tired. While everyone was resting, Xiaodao called the four sergeants together.

"Let's discuss, who will go?" Xiaodao is a veteran, middle-aged man, illiterate, with a beard on his face, so he almost covered his mouth.

Several people looked at each other without making any noise. Xiaodao looked at Li Hong. Li Hong hurriedly said, "Let's go to our team."

Five people lay on the top of the mountain and looked at the valley below. Below was the Red Flower Valley. The valley was densely packed with big trees. Although the leaves were almost falling off, nothing could be seen.

"The Wuhuan people are probably at the east end of the valley. We are lying on the west end of the valley, and we can't see it." A thin soldier said softly. His name is Zheng Xin, and he used to be a hunter. In Li Hong's team, there are three other soldiers, all hunters. Doing scouts is hard and dangerous, and climbing mountains and wading, and ordinary people can't do it. Letting hunters serve as soldiers and scouts can greatly shorten the training time and have rich experience.

Li Hong waved to a strong man with a thick neck and big head. The man crawled over.

"I'll go down. Big Head, put the rope down. Zheng Xin, Xiaolan, Wu Ba, you four stay here, don't run around, wait for me to come back."

Xiaolan is a newly grown child. He only came to Lu Longsai in spring. He likes to sleep in, so everyone calls him Xiaolan. Wu Ba’s family is poor and he can eat again, so he has to join the army. He and Xiaolan come together. Both of them are worried and very nervous, and they are lying on the ground, wishing they can bury them in the soil.

Li Hong grabbed the rope and ran down the mountain wall like running. The eyes of several people on the top of the mountain were straightened.

"Heizi must be a genius." Xiaolan said enviously.

"He has good martial arts skills and will definitely be a high-ranking official in the future." Wu Ba smacked his lips and said in a low voice.

"What do you know? Can you become an official if you have credit? Seeing that we are not? He has made many military achievements? He is in his forties, but he is just a captain." Zheng Xin curled his lips disdainfully.

"The lieutenant is still young, are you mistaken? The biggest official I have ever met is Lord Tian." Wu Ba said with his eyes wide open.

"So you are not convinced. Do you know who is the most popular person in the Han Dynasty now?"

Xiaolan and Wu Ba shook their heads.

"When Huangfu Song and the Yellow Turban Thief were just in trouble, General Huangfu was the General of the Central Army at that time. Do you know what the senior official he was?"

The two of them lay on the ground and turned their heads, saying that they didn't know, and their eyes were full of admiration for Zheng Xin.

"General Zhonglang is as big as our prefect of Youbeiping County, well, maybe even bigger. After defeating the Yellow Turban Mob, he became the General of the Cycling. Do you know how big the General of the Cycling was?"

The two people shook their heads violently.

"That's one of the few high-ranking officials in the world. That's the high-ranking officials, do you know?"

The two nodded. What else did Xiaolan ask? Datou stopped him with a wink.

Wu Ba did not see it, and was still saying: "Brother Zheng, do you see if Heizi offended someone and was demoted to Lu Longsai? With his skills, he is the best in every place. His experience in fighting is much better than that of you, a veteran."

Zheng Xin's eyes widened and kicked Wu Bayi hard. He didn't dare to speak, Datou had already warned him. Li Hong was not here, and the few people listened to Datou.

Seeing that no one was talking, Wu Ba had to close his eyes and think about his mind, slowly lying on the ground and fell asleep.

Suddenly, he was awakened by some sound. Wu Ba suddenly looked up and saw people in the valley neighing, shouting, and the low and long sound of cow horns alarmed the entire forest. Many figures appeared in the woods at the bottom of the valley and rushed towards him quickly. It must be that Li Hong was discovered.

The four people quickly grabbed the rope and were about to drag Li Hong up at any time. At this time, Datou felt the rope on his hand shaking, and hurriedly looked up and pulled, knowing that Li Hong was about to climb up with force. He quickly winked at the three people behind him. Then the four people worked together and ran forward, pulling Li Hong to run on the mountain wall like pulling a fiber.

Li Hong was covered in blood, even his face, and his loose hair had turned red. The armor on his body was gone, and his clothes were torn into pieces, probably scraped by branches and shrubs.

He shouted to the four hands, "Hurry, hurry, hurry..." and ran quickly, like a ghost behind him. The four men thought the pursuers were right behind him, and ran faster than a rabbit.

After running for a while, Xiaolan couldn't do it anymore. While he was gasping for breath, he looked back and found that there was no chasing soldiers behind him. So he slowed down and shouted breathlessly: "No one behind..."

After hearing this, the three people in front looked back immediately. Sure enough, there were no pursuers, and there was not even a sound of birds.

Li Hong felt something was wrong as he ran, why did the gasp in the back disappear? When he turned his head, he almost burst into breath. The four people stood behind, not only not running, but also sat on the ground to breathe heavily. Li Hong turned around immediately. Wu Bashang said in a suffocation: "Stop... rest... no one behind..."

Li Hong was so angry that he kicked him hard: "Run quickly. It only takes more than half an hour for the Wuwan people to ride around the river. We have to run twenty miles of mountain road in half an hour. Do you know? If it is fast... If it is slow, it will be hacked to death by the river. Run quickly."

When several people heard this, they were about to explode. If the war horses placed by the river were stolen by the Wuwan people, it would be better to commit suicide. Where can I escape without a horse?

The few people seemed to be filled with anger, suddenly became energetic, lowered their heads and kept running.

Xiaodao saw Li Hong and the others running over in a mess from afar, and immediately ordered the thirteen soldiers lying in ambush nearby to retreat immediately.

"Heizi, how about it?" Xiaodao asked.

"Run... run..., the Wuwan people... go to the river... block... we're going, run quickly." Li Hong kept running while talking breathlessly.

Xiaodao was shocked. Looking at Li Hong's appearance, he knew that he must have discovered it for the enemy or escaped with a bloody path. Xiaodao then put his index finger in his mouth and whistled to the others. Everyone ran away immediately.

"How many enemies are there in the valley?" Xiaodao chased Li Hong and asked loudly.

"Everyone is there, and the Xianbei people are there too. Tomorrow, tomorrow will attack."

Xiaodao's face looked extremely ugly, "There are still Xianbei people?"

Li Hong ignored him and ran desperately with his head down.

Just as they ran past the last mountain, they saw the Karasuan cavalry flying in the distance. What a large group, probably hundreds of cavalry.

The soldiers didn't need to urge them, so they had already increased their speed to the limit. They just went down the mountain again, and the speed was particularly fast. Nineteen people rolled and climbed onto the horse, and immediately drove away with the two anxious soldiers who had been waiting.

Karasuma's cavalry were about one mile away from them and were chasing them.

After running for thirty miles in one go, the pursuers still followed behind relentlessly, without any intention of giving up.

While riding his horse, Li Hong said loudly to Xiaodao: "What a long time, if you run like this, the war horses will fall down if you have another twenty miles of miles of war. It's better to keep someone to stop them. At least one escapes, so as not to be taken away by someone and not even a letter can be passed back."

Xiaodao nodded and shouted loudly to Xiaolan who was running nearby: "We will leave a blocking attack. If you take three horses away, you must rush back to Lulongsai and tell the Lord that the Wuwan people and the Xianbei people will join forces. The eight thousand troops will attack Lulongsai tomorrow."

The little lazi nodded nervously.

Li Hong was very moved. Staying behind the scenes actually meant death. Among these twenty soldiers, Xiaolan was the youngest, only sixteen years old. Xiaodao’s arrangement was undoubtedly the most reasonable and humane. Li Hong felt that it was worth working for such a boss.

Xiaodao suddenly looked majestic and shouted at Xiaolan: "Say it again."

Xiaolan was startled and shouted instinctively: "The eight thousand army will attack Lu Longsai tomorrow."

Xiaodao nodded with satisfaction, and then exchanged a wink with Li Hong. The two of them urged the horse to surpass Xiaolan at the same time, and handed him the reins on the left and right.

Xiaodao took out a small ox horn from his arms and blew a trumpet to block. The scouts of the Great Han border army also learned to use the ox horn to communicate with the trumpet during the battle with the Hu tribe. First, it was convenient, and second, it was quick to communicate. The soldiers' horse speed immediately dropped. Xiaodao and Li Hong made a gesture to each other, and the two flew off the horse almost at the same time.
Chapter completed!