The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 179 Tracking and Counterattack
The new moon is like a hook. Jia Huan and Magistrate Lu took advantage of the hazy moonlight to rush north along the official road. At this time, the latter was still holding the green-emitting branch in his hand, which was actually a dead tree. Leg bones.

At this time, Jia Huan suddenly looked back and glanced back with a sense of happiness. He happened to see a beam of fire flashing and disappearing. It was very strange. He couldn't help but frowned and decisively called for Magistrate Lu to hide in the grass beside the road.

About the time I was drinking tea, several sneaky black shadows appeared on the official road. Due to the dim moonlight, I couldn't see what they were. Anyway, they moved lightly and quickly, as if they were on all fours, and suddenly they moved. Then he passed by the official road.

Jia Huan couldn't help but feel a little cold in his heart, and County Magistrate Lu shuddered even more, whispering: "It can't be a wild wolf, right?"

Jia Huan hurriedly hissed, but within about ten seconds, those black shadows left and came back again, and stopped on the official road near where the two were hiding, seeming to be sniffing here and there.

Jia Huan's heart suddenly lifted. Lu Renjia's crow's mouth couldn't really be a wild wolf, could it?
At this moment, the fire suddenly lit up, and the expressions of Jia Huan and Lu Renjia both changed drastically. It turned out that the black shadows were not wild wolves, but three Japanese pirates, one of whom was wearing antlers. It was the salt soldiers who were killed with a sword during the day. The pervert who chopped it into two pieces, then cut off his head and drank the blood.

I saw one Japanese pirate holding up a torch, the Japanese pirate with antlers squatting on the ground and observing carefully, and Japanese pirate No. 3 pressing the hilt of his knife and looking around cautiously.

At this time, Jia Huan finally understood why the three Japanese pirates were acting in such strange ways. It turned out that they were all bent over, a bit like the hermits in the island country anime, so at first glance in the dark, he thought they were four-legged. Walking on the ground.

At this time, the deer-antlered Japanese pirate Kato Saburo observed for a while, and stood up straight, looking keenly at the hiding place of Jia Huan and the two men.

Jia Huan felt a sudden shock in his heart and secretly screamed that something was wrong. This Japanese pirate was a master and could actually track him. Now it was broken. If he were to fight alone, he would never be the opponent of this ferocious Japanese pirate. What's more, there were three people on the other side. There is only one dragster beside me who can't help.

"Come on, look at the knives!" Kato Saburo pressed his hand on the handle of the knife, grinned ferociously, and shouted in blunt Chinese.

Lu Renjia was trembling with fear and subconsciously wanted to stand up. Jia Huan quickly held him down. Sure enough, Kato Saburo was just guessing and did not actually find the specific location where Jia Huan and the two were hiding. After waiting for a while, he found that Jia Huan was not fooled. , he cursed Baga, and gestured to the other two Japanese pirates to disperse and search.

"The little devil is quite cunning!" Jia Huan saw the three Japanese pirates spreading out to search, and they would find them here sooner or later, so he rolled his eyes and whispered a few words into Lu Renjia's ear. The latter heard After I finished, I couldn't help but turn pale and tremble even more violently.

With such a pig team on the stall, Jia Huan had no choice but to give it a try and hope this guy wouldn't fall behind.

At this time, the three Japanese pirates had already searched nearby. While searching, they also used Japanese knives to attack the grass. The sharp blade swept across and the weeds fell down one after another, like a lawnmower.

Jia Huan's nerves were highly tense, and he silently calculated the distance. Seeing that it was almost there, he took a deep breath and lightly bumped Lu Renjia with his left elbow. The latter immediately jumped up like a frightened rabbit and yelled towards him. He ran deep into the grass forest at such a speed that Jia Huan's jaw almost dropped.

"There!" The three Japanese pirates shouted in surprise almost at the same time, and started chasing Lu Renjia.

It's now! !
Jia Huan raised his hand and pulled the trigger, shooting the deer-horned pirate in the chest. If he wanted to kill him, he would naturally shoot the strongest one first.

Kato Saburo was running towards him when he expected someone to fire a black gun. He suddenly heard a loud bang and felt a sharp pain in his chest. He quickly rolled to his side and rolled into the grass.

Jia Huan succeeded with the shot and quickly pulled the trigger on Japanese pirate No. 2. This Japanese pirate held a knife in his right hand and a torch in his left hand. He was a living target. He shot right in the forehead and fell to the ground and died on the spot. The torch fell and ignited the dead grass nearby, and the flames suddenly shot into the sky.

"idiot!"

The remaining Japanese pirate shouted and approached Jia Huan with a ferocious gaze. Jia Huan immediately pointed the gun at him with a calm and cold gaze!
The Japanese pirate's expression immediately changed. In his understanding, muskets were all single-shot, but Jia Huan could fire two shots in a row, and maybe a third shot, so he was a little frightened. .

"You little Japanese slave, you dare to run wild in my place of Dajin? Put down the knife, maybe you will be spared!" Jia Huan said coldly.

The Japanese pirate's expression changed, and he suddenly said with a ferocious smile: "Yours, no ammunition, a lie, I won't be fooled!"

Jia Huan sneered: "Then just try it, why are you talking so much nonsense?" After speaking, he raised the muzzle of the gun slightly and pulled the trigger suddenly.

The Japanese pirate was so frightened that he hurriedly hid aside. Jia Huan had already thrown out the double-barreled gun, hitting the Japanese pirate's chest. This thing was made of copper and was very hard to hit. The feeling of hitting the chest was not pleasant, so the Japanese pirate immediately He groaned in pain and fell to the ground.

Jia Huan took the opportunity to draw his sword and pounce forward, slashing him with one blow. After all, this Japanese pirate was on the road to escape with his sword licking blood, and he had extremely rich combat experience. At this critical moment, the Japanese sword struck Jia Huan in an instant, and he was killed. Huan's knife was held up.

Jia Huan struck hard with his sword several times, but the Japanese pirate lay on his back and suffered a loss after all. After a few blows, the Japanese sword finally fell from his hand. Jia Huan took the opportunity to slash with another sword, cutting off one of the Japanese pirate's arms on the spot.

--ah!The Japanese pirate screamed in pain and struggled, but Jia Huan killed him with a single blow. Then he stuck the knife on the ground, panting like an ox, and his hands were shaking due to the loss of strength.

At this time, there was a sound of horse hoofbeats on the official road, and Jia Huan secretly complained that if he was a thief, he would have to be punished here tonight.

Jia Huan picked up the musket on the ground with trembling hands and tried to reload the ammunition. However, he had used too much force and his hands were not working at all at this moment.

At this time, the sound of horse hooves had already arrived. Jia Huan looked up and saw a man riding a horse under the blazing fire. The man on the horse turned out to be a familiar face. He couldn't help blurting out: "Lu Jiandou!"

It turned out that the person on the horse was none other than Lu Xiangsheng. The latter was shocked when he saw Jia Huan covered in blood. He quickly dismounted and ran to the front and said: "Jia Huan, what happened... Hey, Is this a Japanese pirate?"

Jia Huan nodded. Lu Xiangsheng glanced at Jia Huan in surprise and said, "Jia Huan killed two Japanese pirates?"

"There should be three, and there's one over there!" Jia Huan picked up the torch and looked around, but couldn't find the deer-antlered Japanese pirate. His expression changed slightly and he said, "No, that guy's not dead yet!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng immediately ran back to his mount, took out a self-defense single knife from his baggage, and searched with Jia Huan. Unfortunately, after a large search, the deer-antlered Japanese pirate Kato Saburo was not found.

"It's weird. He was clearly hit in the chest, but this made him run away?" Jia Huan said a little depressed.

Lu Xiangsheng quickly asked what was going on, and Jia Huan briefly explained how he was attacked, how he was trapped in a deserted village, and how he broke out and asked for help.

After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng was shocked and admired, and immediately said: "I know the way to Yunti Pass Qianhusuo, I will take you there."

Jia Huan was overjoyed and said: "That's great. Brother Lu, you are really my savior."

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and said: "Compared to the life and death of Mr. Jia, this is nothing. I just want to make some contribution when the time comes. Without further ado, let's set off!"

"Wait a minute, there's still one person left!" Jia Huan suddenly woke up County Magistrate Lu, so he held up a torch and looked for the latter in the direction of his escape. It took him almost half an hour to find a man in a dirt road outside. I found this guy in the pit. His clothes were all hung up in strips, his feet were sprained and he couldn't walk at all.

When Magistrate Lu saw Jia Huan coming for him, he was so excited that he burst into tears. His life was finally saved. It was not easy.

Lu Xiangsheng was also an honest man, so he carried Magistrate Lu on his back without saying a word and strode back to the official road without Jia Huan opening his mouth.

This time, Magistrate Lu took responsibility and said that his foot was injured. In order not to delay the matter, he asked Jia Huan and Lu Xiangsheng to go to Yuntiguan Qianhu Station for help first.

With things in mind, Jia Huan and Lu Xiangsheng found a safe place to put Magistrate Lu down, then rode together and galloped towards the direction of Yunti Pass Qianhusuo.

As for why Lu Xiangsheng appeared here, it seemed like a coincidence.It turned out that Lu Xiangsheng met brother Li Hongji in the prison during the day yesterday, and he originally planned to ask Jia Huan to fish them out. Unexpectedly, Li Hongji was narrow-minded. Not only was he unwilling, he also made sarcastic remarks, and Lu Xiangsheng ran away alive.

However, Lu Xiangsheng was kind after all. After getting angry, he finally decided to save the people and send the Buddha to the west, so he went to the Salt Transportation Department to see Jia Huan. It turned out that Jia Huan had accompanied Lin Ruhai, the salt patrol censor, to inspect Xinjiang. The salt farm was empty, so he planned to stay in the town for one night and meet Jia Huan the next day.

Unexpectedly, a large group of pirates came in the middle of the night, and not only looted the salt field, but also robbed the residents of the town. Lu Xiangsheng was a martial arts practitioner with extraordinary arm strength and courage. After killing several pirates with a knife, he escaped on horseback. Meeting Jia Huan by chance can be regarded as a kind of fate between the two.

Back to the subject, Jia Huan and Lu Xiangsheng rode together and arrived outside Yunti Pass before dawn. The latter pointed and said: "Look, Mr. Jia, that is Yunti Pass Qianhu. I happened to pass by it some time ago, so Remember."

This Yunti Pass Qianhu is located near the estuary of the Huaihe River, guarding the main traffic route. Nearby is the ferry, which is the dividing line between Huainan and Huaibei.

It was still dark at this time, and the Qianhu camp was dimly lit. Only one torch was lit on each side of the camp gate, but there was no one patrolling, which showed that the guards were quite lax.

"Brother Lu, wait here for a moment. I'll call the door!" Jia Huan dismounted, stepped forward, patted the camp door hard and shouted: "Open the door, open the door! Emergency military situation!"

(End of this chapter)