Chapter 41 Jia Yu

  Feng Cheng was shocked. He took a closer look and saw that the man who came first was a Di bandit, while the one chasing after him was actually one of Li Qin's subordinates!

  "It can't be that they've actually defeated the Di people? The Di people outnumber them by nearly two times!" Feng Cheng exclaimed.

  The Han soldiers also saw the situation clearly. Several Han soldiers shouted together: "Li Lang and his men have chased them out of the forest, they must have defeated the Di people, only one escaped!"

  Wu Danzi yelled loudly on horseback, shouting to Feng Cheng to hurry up and support him. He absolutely couldn't let this Di person escape. This Di person was clearly a small leader; if he escaped, there would be endless troubles later!

  Feng Chengyi held a long spear and shouted: "Brothers, go up and catch this bandit!"

  The Han soldiers shouted and rushed forward together to block the violent bandits!

  He was a skilled and swift horseman, typical of the Huren cavalrymen who had grown up on horseback since childhood. He rode with greater ease than he walked. As he galloped forward, he saw Han soldiers blocking his path ahead. His heart sank at the thought that those infantrymen were already formidable enough, and now there were over a dozen more cavalrymen in front of him - wouldn't they be even more terrifying?

  He equated Feng Cheng's soldiers with the Fubing soldiers, thinking that they were not only not weak, but even more formidable!

  One hand grasping the reins, one hand wielding a curved blade, he roared: "I'll fight you all to the death, let's die together!" Seeing a Han soldier charging with his spear, he had already made up his mind and was prepared to die in battle. Unflinching, with eyes blazing red, he aimed straight for the soldier's head and chopped down with his curved blade!

  This Han soldier was none other than Feng Cheng, a seasoned veteran who had seen it all. Seeing the bandits risking their lives and wanting to fight to the death, he didn't want to join in. There were over ten of them ganging up on one person, relying on sheer numbers rather than individual strength!

  As the bandits, like madmen, charged towards him with their curved knives raised high, Feng Cheng let out a loud cry. The bandit wanted to die together with him, but he didn't want to accompany him. In an urgent moment before that, he actually rolled off his horse and fell from the back of the warhorse! Although he was severely bruised all over, he managed to dodge the bandit's slash!

  With a loud whoosh, he slashed through the air, and couldn't help but let out an exclamation. He thought to himself: "Not that great after all! Cowardly like a mouse, not even half as fierce as those Han soldiers in the forest, completely useless, no different from normal Han soldiers!" At this moment, he didn't have time to study what differences there were between the two branches of the Han army. Without stopping his horse, he continued to charge forward!

  The Han soldiers saw that Feng Shi Chang and the bandit had not exchanged a single blow, but they themselves fell off their horses. They also saw that the bandits were like those who had been possessed by evil spirits, going crazy. Everyone was frightened, they didn't have the confidence of the horned soldier, nor did they have his ability. No one dared to step forward and block him again, so they let the bandit go!

  Wu Danzi followed closely behind, shouting: "Why didn't you stop him!" He scolded with his mouth, but did not rein in his horse, tightly following after Bao Er's back, relentlessly pursuing!

  The Han soldiers did not dare to answer Wu Danzi's words, and everyone was ashamed. They really couldn't believe that such a powerful Di bandit, Li Qin and the others, were defeated in what way, and what kind of battle happened in the forest?

  Two Han soldiers dismounted and helped Feng Cheng up, asking: "Feng Shizhang, are you alright?"

  Feng Cheng covered his knees and shook his head: "Nothing. Too bad, couldn't help Li Lang!"

  Just then, two more swift horses galloped past, and it was Wu Xiaosan and Shen Yi. They were originally lone bandits, and their horsemanship wasn't bad either, they just lagged behind Wudangzi by a step. Now they also caught up.

  Feng Cheng was helped to his feet, just about to shout a couple of times, when he suddenly saw two more riders passing by, who were Jing Qi and Li Qin. Li Qin called out: "Feng Shizhang, help out, there are many spoils of war at the edge of the forest, take your brothers to help sort them out!" As he shouted, his horse didn't stop, chasing after them all the way!

  Feng Cheng hastily agreed, he really wanted to help out, but he and his Han soldiers were far inferior to the skilled Fu Rong warriors in terms of martial arts skills, so they couldn't be of much help, and could only lend a small hand!

  He was just about to mount his horse when he saw another rider galloping towards him, but the one sitting on this warhorse was not a soldier with a horned helmet, but a small child.

  Little kids naturally are Ma Chao, he finally managed to ride a horse, but couldn't ride well, could only hold the horse's neck tightly with both hands, his little butt raised, running while shouting: "Uncle Li, Uncle Li, wait for Little Chao, Little Chao also wants to kill the enemy..."

  The horse didn't run fast, but it didn't stop at all, carrying Xiao Ma Chao, kicking and trotting past Feng Cheng and the others!

  Feng Chengyi slapped his forehead and exclaimed, "Alas! I'm really ashamed of myself. I'm not even as good as a little kid!" He turned over and jumped onto his horse, shouting, "Brothers, follow me in pursuit!"

  The Han soldiers were all ashamed and rode their horses together with Feng Cheng to chase after the fleeing Di bandit!

  On the other side of the forest, Xu Xiaoni shouted loudly: "I'm telling you guys to come over and help! There's so much stuff here, I alone can't collect it all!" But no one paid attention to him. His riding skills were poor, he was the worst among the Fu Jiao soldiers, and could only stay behind to gather spoils of war!

  Seeing no one coming, Xu Xiaoni looked at the edge of the forest and saw a large pile of things and war horses. He jumped up and shouted: "It's just one bandit, do we need to go with so many people? What about these old things? Let me practice alone!"

  He galloped out for three or four miles, and his mind finally returned to normal. He turned his head back on horseback and thought: "The people behind me are not as good at riding as I am, I'm safe, they can't catch up with me!" After determining the direction, he immediately returned to the main road. He had to take the main road back to his lair, and then cross the mountains and ridges, otherwise he couldn't get through.

  His horse was weaker than the one he had ridden in the Battle of Chibi, but it was stronger than others. It was even better than Li Qian's black horse, so he wasn't worried and galloped all the way. Before long, he arrived at the place where the iron carts were stored. He felt both sad and angry in his heart. If not for the Han soldiers chasing closely behind him, he would have gotten off his horse to burn the carts and set fire to the forest as well. He couldn't get the raw iron, nor could he let the Han soldiers take it away easily.

  The horse galloped extremely fast, and suddenly he saw a person at the edge of the forest. This person suddenly saw him rushing over and was hiding in the forest, but with just one glance, he recognized him - it was that Han scholar who claimed to be the son of a governor! This Han scholar was extremely cunning, and it was probably him who had deceived General Shaluo, and maybe even sent signals to the Han army.

  Gnashing his teeth in rage, he shouted: "You scoundrel! Come and take my life!" He charged forward with a flashing knife.

  However, Wen Shi was indeed a slippery character. When he saw the violent killing approaching, he was naturally shocked, but he didn't panic at all. Instead, he first looked back at the rear of the violent killing and saw that there were pursuers, who were Han soldiers. He then calmed down and entered the forest without running wildly, but instead climbed up a large tree.

  A very simple action, without any skill or heroic spirit. But it was this simple action that instantly left the violent man at a loss!

  If the scholar ran into the forest, even if there were many trees in the forest, the chances of Bo Yi catching up with him would not be small. Moreover, he didn't need to get off his horse, and killing him before leaving was still possible. But he insisted on climbing a tree! Bo Yi wanted to catch him, so he had to get off his horse and climb the tree as well. Even if he killed him, it would be impossible to get back on his horse and escape in time, for the pursuing soldiers would arrive immediately!

  He took down his horn bow, aimed at the scholar and shot an arrow, shouting: "One day I'll kill you, you treacherous scoundrel!" Without waiting to see if he hit his target, he galloped away.

  The scholar stood in front of a large tree trunk, making it difficult to hit him. He didn't even dodge, and the arrow thudded into the trunk of the big tree. The scholar looked at the feathered arrow, snorted, and said: "I knew you were from Zhu Gong Gorge, and indeed not a bit wrong!" He pulled out the arrow, took a closer look, and threw it to the ground.

  At this time, the black egg boy rushed over from behind. In fact, he was getting slower and slower as he ran. He had already realized in his heart that he couldn't catch up with the Di bandit. Today's battle had already ended, but he couldn't not chase after him.

  Suddenly he heard someone shouting from the tree in front, looked up and saw a scholar dressed man riding on a big tree trunk, waving at himself.

  "This scholar said: 'Wanting to catch him is not necessary, don't worry, I have a plan, listen to me!'"

  If the scholar had called out anything else, Wudan would have ignored him, but since he called out that, Wudan immediately reined in his horse and looked up to say: "What's going on? Do you know that bandit?"

  The little bandit was about to shout again, but seeing that he had stopped, the scholar did not rush to speak of his plan. Instead, he said: "You may recognize me; I am the son of the governor of Liangzhou. If you can escort me for a while, I will let you gain some small wealth and establish some merit in front of the officials!"

  Wu Danzi was furious, what are you talking about? I'm chasing the enemy, and you're telling me this. Isn't this a waste of my time? Who cares whose son you are? What kind of skill do you have to make me rich and successful?

  In a towering rage, Wudangzi shouted: "If you have the ability, can you ride on the treetop?" Not believing him at all, he urged his horse to chase again, ignoring this person.

  The scholar didn't get angry either, and snorted, saying: "A commoner can hardly achieve great things, just be a low-ranking soldier for the rest of your life!"

  Two more horsemen came galloping up, and on the horses were two robust men with unusual faces. The scholar cried out again: "Do you want to achieve merit? Listen to what I have to say!"

  Wu Xiaosan and Shen Yilian didn't even give him a second glance, the black egg stopped for a moment then left, why did they also have to stop for a bit, were they afraid of having too much time or was the enemy not running fast enough?!

  Wu Xiaosan didn't make a sound, Shen Yi shouted: "Ride your wooden stake and go! Be careful not to fall off!" And then galloped away.

  The scholar snorted again and said, "A nobody, seeing another nobody, a good-for-nothing fellow, destined to be a laborer all his life, but can only be a small soldier!" He looked back at the road he came from and saw two more riders rushing towards him.

  He shouted again with great urgency: "You two, think of a way to make achievements..."

  Before he could finish speaking, Jing Qi ran past from under the tree and shouted "Set up your head!" and also ran over.

  However, the rider behind was Li Qin. Li Qin looked up and glanced at Wen Shi, who was riding on the tree path, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat. The originally vague memory suddenly became clear, and he recognized this person. Wasn't this his brother-in-law?

  Li Qin immediately reined in his warhorse and shouted: "Brother-in-law, are you Jia Yu or are you my brother-in-law?"

  Wenshi also saw his face clearly and exclaimed in surprise and delight: "Ah Qian, aren't you Ah Qian? You've joined the army?"

  This scholar is none other than Li Jia's husband and Li Qian's brother-in-law, Jia Yu, who has been out of contact for two years. He finally returned home!

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