The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 21 Chapter 21

The two quietly and quickly approached the battlefield, and when they were still ten zhang away from the group, Duan Wuji whispered to Tieniu: "Brother, you take care of these people on the east side, the rest is up to me."

Iron Bull nodded. "Brother, let's talk about it."

When the distance was three or four feet away, two people rushed out suddenly.

Tie Niu raised his big stick and hit the horse's rear buttocks. Hearing the sound of "pa, pa, pa," the horses were startled immediately.

The war horse neighed for a while, and almost didn't knock off the person on the horse. The war horse immediately ran away like crazy.

Duan Wuji was not idle either, the long sword in his hand shook violently, a golden rooster shook out dozens of sword points with a random nod.Duan Wuji followed the people with his sword, and immediately pierced the horse's butt with a swipe of the long sword. In an instant, more than a dozen horses were hit by the sword.

This Wuji strike is really measured, the wounds on each horse's buttocks are no more than half a foot long and no more than one inch deep.

But the horses couldn't take it anymore, the pain made them neigh for a long time, and then they ran away without a trace.

This group of people is fighting with their lives, and in an instant, half of the people on their side ran away.

These people took a leisurely glance and saw two children, one was holding a big wooden stick, the other was holding a sword, and the two children were beating Zhuan Zama's buttocks.

Seeing this anger, everyone said to themselves: Where did these two little bastards come from, you two kids are too fucking bad.

I intended to slaughter these two little bastards in the past, but now the situation in this battle is no longer optimistic. With each increase and decrease, the situation on this battlefield is now evenly matched.

If you want to kill these two children again, you will no longer be able to spare any manpower.

The old man in the middle of the battlefield saw it and immediately shouted loudly: "You two little righteous men, work hard! I will reward you heavily when you beat back these gangsters."

Duan Wuji swung his long sword, and immediately four or five horses were injured in their buttocks.The wounded war horse carried the owner of the horse and fled immediately.

The situation on the battlefield has further deteriorated. The current situation is already more enemies and fewer enemies. It is impossible to complete today's robbery mission.

The two leaders looked at each other and shouted: "Brothers, today's situation is unfavorable and the wind is tight. Let's talk about it."

After hearing this, Duan Wuji immediately understood that these boys were going to withdraw, Duan Wuji shouted loudly: "Brother, work harder, all the horses must be wounded."

"Okay! Brother, don't worry. No one can escape."

Duan Wuji and the iron ox wielded their sticks and swords, and they slapped the horse's butt.

Duan Wuji, a celestial girl scattered flowers, and stabbed the buttocks of eight or nine war horses at once. These war horses were startled immediately with a long neigh in pain, and they ran in any direction.

When the few remaining people saw it, they ran quickly. If they didn't run again, what were they waiting for?Waiting to die?

In an instant, the few remaining bandits also ran away without a trace.

Tie Niu saw him and wanted to chase him with his stick, but Duan Wuji hurriedly shouted to stop.

"Brother, come back. As the saying goes, don't catch up with thieves. Besides, we are deliberately letting them go. What's the use of chasing them?"

Seeing the thieves leave, the group of people who were surrounded immediately collapsed to the ground, exhausted just now.

The old man was overjoyed when he saw it, and immediately ran over and bowed to Duan Wuji and Tieniu.

"Thanks to the two little righteous men who came to the rescue. Otherwise, none of us would be able to escape. Two, where are you from?"

Duan Wuji smiled.

"We are the villagers here, don't ask where we are from.

I said what are you doing?How did you meet this robber? "

The old man coughed and said: "Oh, don't mention it, I am the magistrate of the Hejian Prefecture in Hebei Province, and this time I went to Beijing to report on my work. Unexpectedly, I offended Cheng Xiangyu Wenhuaji because of a trivial incident in the court. That’s why today’s disaster happened.”

Duan Wuji gasped when he heard this. "So the group of people just now are not bandits?"

"What kind of bandits are these? Although they all put on makeup, the old man still recognized two of them. Those two were the generals of the Yuwen Mansion. How can ordinary bandits be so ferocious?" ?
The old man also practiced martial arts for a few days when he was young, and he knows a little bit about the way of martial arts. Your martial arts just now are really not simple! "

The old man glanced back at the people lying on the ground, and couldn't help but sighed a long time and said: "Oh, these soldiers I brought are all veterans who are capable of conquering battles and have experienced battles that King Yang temporarily allocated to me. Cheng Xiang was injured in such a state, how can I explain it when I go back? Sigh, there is really no way.

Hey, I said, two little righteous men, let's discuss something?You see, my soldiers are all injured, and there is no way to protect me well. How about this, how about the two of you giving us a ride? "

Duan Wuji thought for a while and asked: "How far is it from here to your Hejian Mansion?"

"Well, there must be thousands of miles away. It will be there in ten or eight days."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "This is a dangerous job, and the journey is so far away. It will take more than 20 days to go back and forth. Tell me how much money you plan to give me? We won't go without it."

The old man held out a finger. "How about I give you such a number alone?"

Tie Niu saw him and shouted: "I said, old man, let our brother escort you, and you will send us away with just one tael of silver? This is too little."

The old man smiled wryly.

"Little righteous man, you misunderstood, even if I don't know anything, I won't give you a tael of silver, right?"

"Then what does your finger point to? We are uneducated and don't know what your finger means."

The old man listened and thought about it. "I mean, I'll give you 100 taels per person, isn't that a low price?"

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "Well, this price is not bad, but what about our reward today? You won't say it and then give it up."

The old man laughed and said, "Why? It's just that we didn't bring much money when we went out. Do you think it's okay? I'll give each of you ten taels first, and when I return to the government office, I'll give each of you 100 taels." How about two?"

Duan Wuji nodded. "Okay, let's make a deal like this. Hey, brother, you should hurry back and ask Grandpa Sanzu for a month's leave. Don't mention today's matter, do you hear me clearly?"

"Then what do you want me to say? I, Tieniu, are not like you. You can make up nonsense."

Hearing this, Duan Wuji kicked Niu Tie's ass. "I said brother, when did I make up nonsense? Tell me and listen?"

Tie Niu laughed when he heard this: "Look at what I said casually, but I didn't expect it to hinder others. Look at my stinky mouth."

The old man smiled and said: "You just said you want to go out to visit a friend, it might take ten and a half months, isn't that all right?"

Tie Niu laughed loudly after hearing this: "Okay, I'll just say so, you guys wait for me here for a while, and I'll come as soon as I go."

As he said that, the iron bull spread his legs and swayed and ran away.

At this time, the sun was already pressing down on the mountain, and it was about to get dark.Duan Wuji sat on the ground with the old man.While waiting for Tie Niu, he waited for the group of people lying on the ground.

After a long time, the group of people lying on the ground slowly got up.

Before long, the Iron Bull ran back panting.

"Wuji, Grandpa Sanzu was very happy when he heard that we were going to take ten and a half months' leave, so he agreed without asking anything."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Ten days and 20 days, how much food do you think we have to eat at his house? If we leave, won't their family save money? Can he be unhappy?"

As soon as the old man saw that everyone had arrived, and everyone was fine, he stood up and said to everyone: "This point also missed the point of staying at the top, besides, this place is not very safe, we can't If this happens again, I think we'd better hurry on overnight.

It is too peaceful to leave Shanxi early.Our place is King Yang's domain, which is much more peaceful than this place. "

After hearing this, everyone got on their horses one after another without saying a word, and walked straight along the ravine to the east.

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu each also got an animal, and they hurried along the official road overnight.

It wasn't until dawn that everyone found a hillside, jumped off their horses and let the horses graze on the uphill while resting.

Everyone rested for about an hour, then stood up and got on the horse one after another. Seeing the old man frowning, Duan Wuji stepped on the horse and asked in a low voice: "Old man, why are you frowning? What's bothering you?" Son? Tell me and listen."

The old man sighed after hearing this and said: "Little righteous man, if the people who chased and killed us yesterday escaped back, what should we do if Cheng Xiangyu Wenhua sent a large team to hunt us down again? What if there were 300 people?" , or 3000 people, can we still run away? That old boy is poisonous in his work!"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Since we know this, why did we go the same way to the dark? Why don't we take a detour? Even though we go back a few days later, it's better than letting others catch up and kill us." OK, what do you think?"

The old man listened and nodded. "Well, what you said makes sense, so how do we make a detour? And where should we go?"

We walked three or four li further, and Duan Wuji found a narrow path on the hillside, winding and extending straight to the north.

Duan Wuji pointed with his hand. "Let's take this path. Although this path is not easy to walk, it is also much safer. My lord, what do you think?"

The old man looked at it with a long sigh and said: "Oh, there is no way, but it has to be like this."

Duan Wuji glanced at the two unmounted horses led by the soldiers and said: "My lord, we don't want these two horses anymore, we have to let them take our place."

The old man shook his head.

"What can they suffer for us? You can figure it out. As long as you can go back safely, everything will be easy."

Duan Wuji led the two empty horses to the middle of the road and said to Tieniu: Brother, just hit the horse's butt with a stick to startle the two horses and let them run eastward along the ravine. "

Hearing that, the iron bull stabbed the horse's butt with a stick, and the two war horses rushed forward with a long cry.

Duan Wuji turned around and said to everyone: "Don't watch, let's go quickly. The pursuers saw this, how can we survive?"

More than a dozen people led the animals and rushed along the winding path all the way, heading straight to the north.

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