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Chapter 212
In a forest outside the city, [-] or [-] warriors were terrified like bereaved dogs. They have not yet recovered from the fear of brutal killings. When they closed their eyes, their heads were chopped off and blood spurted from their necks.

Yang Jian was sitting on a big rock, his face was ashen, his eyes rolled slyly, what was he thinking?
At this time, the deputy Wang Fei ran over with Xiao Feilong, clasped his fists and said, "Join the army, they are out of the city, maybe they are going west across the Yellow River, maybe we have a chance in the water!"

Yang Jian glared at him angrily, "If you want to die, go ahead, don't drag others to be buried with you!"

"Then what can we do?"

"What should I do? There are many people who want to make a fortune. If you spread the news of the reward offered by the Xue tribe, I don't believe that those horse bandits will not be tempted?"

The little flying dragon next to him was startled, and hurriedly said: "That's not very good!"

Yang Jian cast a gloomy glance at him, and suddenly grabbed his skirt, "I said how could we fail, so you were the one who tipped off Li Ye!"

"I do not have!"

Xiao Feilong desperately explained: "Joining the army, I definitely did not report to him!"

Yang Jian stared at him viciously and said, "If you hadn't reported us, how would he know that we exist, if you hadn't reported us, how would he have known that we were sent by the Yang family?"

Xiao Feilong suddenly understood, and shouted: "You want me to take the blame."

His shouting stopped abruptly, and he stared at Yang Jian with wide eyes. A sharp dagger was pierced into his chest, and the life in his eyes gradually disappeared. He didn't understand until his death that he was just a polo player. Will it fall today?
Yang Jian coldly pushed his body away, and said to everyone: "Master Xiang told me that this person has a personal relationship with Li Ye, so let me be careful. Now it seems that he really betrayed us."

Wang Fei knew well that the soldier in front of him was as ruthless as Li Ye, so he didn't dare to object, and asked in a low voice, "How do you spread the news of the reward?"

Yang Jian sneered and said: "Those horse bandits are local snakes. It's no wonder they don't have eyeliner in the county. The biggest inn and restaurant are probably their eyeliner!"

Yang Jian is very shrewd, he guessed rightly, the leader of the largest horse bandit in Huizhou is called Tuoba Changshun, and he opened the largest Changshun Restaurant and Changshun Inn in Huining County, and many people in the city are well aware of this , including magistrate Ma, but no one dared to speak.

Yang Jian went back to the city and found the shopkeeper of the Changshun Inn. Under his threat, the shopkeeper reluctantly admitted that he knew some horse bandits.

"The Xue tribe offered a reward of [-] pieces of old sheepskin to take the head of this Li Ye. A piece of old sheepskin in Chang'an is worth a lot of money. Think about what [-] pieces of sheepskin mean! Most of my men were killed by him. It will make him feel better, I have told you about this opportunity to make a fortune, and you can do whatever you want!"

The shopkeeper was pressed against the wooden pillar by him, a pair of small soybean-sized eyes rolled around, what was he thinking?
"let's go!"

Yang Jian turned around and left the inn with a group of his men, and got on his horse.

Yang Jian looked at everyone's puzzled eyes, and said coldly: "The Prime Minister just wants him to die, it doesn't matter if he gets the reward or not!"

He led the people to leave the small county town on horseback and returned to Chang'an.

Li Ye left the Yellow River with Black Spear and a guide, and continued towards the west of the river.

It was not so easy to go to Anxi in the Tang Dynasty. There were Gobi desert, grasslands, deserts and snow-capped mountains along the way. It took several months to ride a horse. A lot of food, water and fodder were needed along the way, and it was not all grasslands. , Most of them are deserts, without sufficient logistical support, first of all, the horses will not be able to support them.

Otherwise, Tang Seng would not have trekked so hard for more than ten years. Of course, Tang Seng spent most of his time studying in the monastery instead of trekking on the road, but he also walked on the road for at least one or two years.

The guide Li Ye hired was called Zhang Xiaohuan, the nephew of the old ferryman, Zhangtou, who was about [-] years old. He earned it after ten years of hard work, and his nephew needs this money to build a house and marry a wife.

Zhang Xiaohuan is a Han from Longyou. He came to the Yellow River Ferry with his father and uncle to make a living since he was a child. He has rich experience. More importantly, he wants to earn money and marry a wife when he returns home. He doesn't want to die on the Gobi Desert.

Zhang Xiaohuan led Li Ye and the two towards the northwest.

"Let me tell you, in fact, you shouldn't take the Huining ferry. The caravans that take this ferry are all going to Shuofang, Qingzhou, and Jingyuan. If you are going to Chang'an, you must go to Jincheng County."

Jincheng County is today's Lanzhou, Li Ye frowned, "Why?"

"Because after crossing the Yellow River from Jincheng County, you can go north along the Lishui River Valley and go to Liangzhou. We are also heading towards Lishui now. Going directly north is a big mountain. You can't enter the Hexi Corridor. You can only enter the Hexi Corridor along the Lishui River Valley. go in."

Li Ye remembered that to enter the Hexi Corridor, one really had to go through the Wushaoling River Valley. Later generations would not feel it because they took the train and the river valley was relatively wide. In fact, it was a valley road that was two to three hundred miles long.

"Can I enter the Lishui River Valley from here?"

"Of course you can, but you need to be familiar with the terrain. Why do you need a guide? If you come here for the first time, you will definitely not be able to find it. So if you go to Jincheng County to cross the Yellow River, you don't have to spend such a waste of money."

Li Ye chuckled, "If we don't go here, how will you make money?"

Zhang Xiaohuan scratched his head, "That's true!"

They walked on the vast Gobi desert, Hei Mao remained silent, he was already a dull gourd, let alone speak now, just looked around vigilantly.

As night fell, Zhang Xiaohuan looked around, and suddenly pointed to a small black spot in the distance and shouted: "There!"

He urged the mule to run towards the black spot, "Follow up!"

Li Ye was confused, so he had to speed up and run towards the black spot, gradually approaching, it turned out to be a fortress, under the vast sky, it looked like a huge black top hat turned upside down on the wilderness.

This is an abandoned garrison with traces of bonfires around it. It seems that a caravan has spent the night here recently.

Zhang Xiaohuan went in to have a look, and said with a smile: "You can stay overnight, and bring the camels and horses in!"

Li Ye walked into the garrison, and the garrison was empty, much larger than he imagined, covering more than 300 square meters, about three meters high, and very complete, it should have been abandoned for a few years.

"This was only abandoned four years ago. There used to be garrisons. After it was abandoned, horse bandits appeared!"

Zhang Xiaohuan went up the stairs to the second floor, looked at it, and said with a smile: "There are discarded blankets and hay on it."

"Will the horse bandits definitely come?" Li Ye asked.

Zhang Xiaohuan sighed and said, "Let me tell you this! There are horse bandits in the county town, and the inns and restaurants opened by those party members are probably related to horse bandits. They will see that there are no army guards, and the number of camels is large." , they will definitely notify the horse bandit, in a situation like yours, there are only two people, and they are not businessmen, so I guess the horse bandit will not come."

Zhang Xiaohuan suddenly realized that he had slipped his mouth, shut up quickly, and looked at Li Ye in panic, only to see him rolling his eyes and looking at him, Zhang Xiaohuan said with a guilty smile: "It's mainly because you can't find the way, so you asked me to be your guide, right?" , has nothing to do with horse bandits!"

Li Ye didn't bother to tell him that ten guan was enough to be a guide, but they kept saying that they would lose their lives when they encountered horse bandits, so they desperately increased the money until they reached two hundred guan. To the horse bandits.

Why!Simple and honest on the surface is the best coat for cunning.

Zhang Xiaohuan thought of another excuse, and hurriedly said: "I'm mainly worried about wolves. There are also a lot of wolves here, in groups of thirty or fifty. They will appear when they smell camels."

Five camels, six horses, and a mule live in the lobby on the first floor, and three people sleep on the second floor. The third floor is an open-air gazebo. The exit is covered by a heavy wooden cover. There was originally a wooden ladder, but the ladder has been damaged. There is only one broken handrail left.

In the middle of the night, Li Ye was suddenly woken up. He opened his eyes and saw Zhang Xiaohuan's frightened face. Li Ye sat up, "What, the wolf is coming?"

"Not a wolf"

Zhang Xiaohuan was trembling with fright, Hei Mao said in a low voice beside the window: "It should be a horse bandit!"

(End of this chapter)