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Manglit's voice faintly reached Xue Poye's ears, and there was even a hint of panic in that voice. Xue Poye knew very well that Manglit must have gone through many dangers in his life, and ordinary dangers would never As for causing a determined old man from Beihu to panic, there is no doubt that something big happened.

Xue Poye stood up abruptly, and said in a deep voice, "Take your weapon, mount your horse, and get ready to go."

Xiao Shitou was awakened suddenly, rubbed his eyes, and seeing Xue Poye's gloomy expression, he couldn't help asking: "Master, what's wrong?"

Xue Poye looked left and right, and saw that besides the reckless big bow, there was also a small bow and arrow in the room, and he ordered: "Sumayou, Chinatai, pick up the bow and arrow, let's respond quickly." .”

Sumayou and Chinatai have the keen sense of smell unique to grassland people. Upon hearing Xue Poye's order, they knew that something was wrong, so they went over without hesitation. Sumayou took a big bow and a bag of arrows, while Chinatai Tai took a smaller bow and a bag of arrows, hung them on his shoulders, and followed Xue Poye quickly out of the tent.

Xue Poye hung a long bow and quiver on his body, and said in a low voice: "Little Shitou, you sit behind me." He was worried that he would face the enemy head-on later, and Xiaoshi would hurt him if he sat in front, and he didn't do it now. He knew that the enemy was a man or a beast, but Manglit's yells were getting closer and closer, and he knew that the situation was critical. Although his arm injury was not healed, the old man Manglit was in trouble, so he naturally wanted to help.

The three horses galloped in the direction of Manglit's voice, and heard the sound getting closer, and Manglit's voice became more and more clear: "Sumayou, go, go, Sumayou... !"

It's just that a few people obviously heard such shouts, but it was impossible to leave old Mang Lite alone.

The horse was galloping, and in just a moment, I saw the sound of hooves in front of me, and a horse came galloping like flying, and there were two people sitting on it. The old man Mang Lite was in front, and the person behind him was hugging him tightly. It should be his wife Ubazan. up.

Seeing Su Mayou and others ushering in, the old man seemed very disappointed and angry, and shouted loudly: "Go, why don't you listen to me!"

Sumayou reined in the horse and said loudly: "Old Manglite, what happened? Why did you let us go?" She suddenly saw Ubazan behind the old man, and saw Ubazan lying softly on the back of Manglite. On the back of the old man Li Te, his head rested on the old man's shoulder, but on her back, there were several feathered arrows stuck.

Before Su Mayo could ask further questions, he heard a loud sound of horseshoes coming from not far away. Judging from the sound, there were at least twenty horses.

Mang Lite stretched out his hand and said: "Sumayou, give me the bow and arrow, and take Ubazan away. I will block them. May Changshengtian bless you, my child."

Su Mayou handed over the longbow and quiver, frowned, and asked calmly, "Old Manglit, who is it? Who is it?"

"It's the Golden Winged Khan!" Manglit twisted his face in anger, hung up his quiver, ran Ubazan to Sumayou, and said loudly, "They're going to do evil again, my child, I want to You apologize, my wife betrayed you, you can dispose of her as you like."

"Sell us?" Sumayou opened his eyes wide.

Mang Lite said in a deep voice: "The gold-winged slaves are waiting for you to appear, they want to catch you, and my wife, because of fear, reported your whereabouts to them, and now they have chased you, hurry up, There is no longer any delay."

Both Sumayou and Chinatai were stunned, looking at Ubazan. At this moment, Ubazan had passed out, and his back was covered with bright red blood.

The sound of the "rumbling" horseshoes was like a thousand horses, and the sound became louder and louder. Several people even saw the densely packed torches over there, and they were rushing towards this side fiercely.

"Don't say too much, none of us can stop them. The terrain here is flat, and it is even more difficult to defend." Xue Poye said decisively: "Old man Manglite, you can't fight with an outnumbered enemy. In this area, you are the last Those who are familiar with the terrain are also the only ones who can give us hope. Quickly take us to a place with barriers, at least there is hope of survival, otherwise, this group of pursuers will be able to easily kill us on the flat grassland. Catch them all."

Mang Lite knew that what Xue Poye said was reasonable, and immediately said: "Follow me." As soon as he urged the horse, he turned to run west, and the others urged the horses one after another, and followed behind.

The pursuers had already found the traces of this group of people, shouting and shouting like wolves howling, dozens of cavalry fanned after them.

On the vast grassland, under the gray sky, there was a scene of dozens of horses chasing four horses, people shouting and neighing. Although it was not comparable to the thousands of troops during the war, it was still extremely spectacular.

The galloping horse galloped. Although the manglit old man was old, his riding skills were extremely superb. The riding skills of Sumayou and Chinatai were also fully displayed during the gallop. Although Xue Poye's riding skills were The Central Plains region can also be considered top-notch, but compared with them, it quickly showed a gap and fell behind.

"Brother Choushi, be careful of your wounds." While running wildly, Su Mayou yelled loudly, which made Xue Poye's heart move. Unexpectedly, this big girl from Beihu, who looks bright and wild on the outside, is also soft-hearted.

The chasing soldiers approached, and the sound of horseshoes rumbled. They were all riding on strong and vigorous horses, full of endurance, and extremely fast. The distance from Xue Poye and others was getting closer and closer. Xue Poye only heard them yelling in Hu language What does it mean, but I don't understand the specific meaning.

Two of the chasing soldiers were riding extremely fast. They were at the front of the team. Seeing Xue Poye trailing behind, he bent his bow and set his arrows, and shot a few arrows "swish" while galloping.

These barbarian arrows are very accurate, just hearing a muffled "huh", Xiao Shitou's body is about to collapse.

"Little Stone!" Xue Poye was taken aback, and said loudly, "What's wrong with you?"

Xiao Shitou's voice was weak: "Master, I... I'm not... not lucky, it seems... I've been hit by an arrow...!"

"What?" Xue Poye regretted that his intestines were green. He put the small stone behind him earlier to protect him during the battle. Who knew that the battle turned into a retreat, and he forgot to change the small stone to the front. Let the small stone hit the arrow.Under such circumstances, there were soldiers chasing after him, and they couldn't stop to check the wound, so they had to grit their teeth and say, "Little Shitou, lie on the horse's back, get down on the ground, grit your teeth and hold on."

Little Shitou let out an "um" and lay down on the horse's back, tightly clutching the lapel of the master's shirt with both hands.

Apparently aware of the situation here, Chinatai stopped his horse, bent his bow and set an arrow, and shot two arrows with a "swish", and the two riders behind screamed repeatedly, turning over and falling off their horses.

Mang Lite said loudly: "It's almost here, there is an ancient stone forest in front, where you can rely on huge stones as a barrier."

Sure enough, after only running for a moment, a group of black shadows appeared in front of him, like countless black giants standing in front of him. If Mang Lite hadn't reminded him of the stone forest, Xue Poye would have thought it was a wild beast.

Xue Poye's injured arm turned back, holding Xiao Shitou's arm, and said loudly: "Little Shitou, don't be afraid, the master is here, there is a stone forest in front, don't be afraid!"

Xiao Shitou didn't answer, but held onto Xue Poye's skirt tightly.

The pursuers were approaching, and Mang Lite finally led everyone into the stone forest. This stone forest was like a stone circle, with huge stones everywhere, criss-crossing, and covering a huge area. Even Xue Poye looked at the forest at first glance. , I was also a little surprised, I really didn't expect that there would be such a stone formation on the vast grassland.

"Brother Choushi, take care of Xiaoshitou and Ubazan, Manglit old man, Chinatai, let's meet the enemy." Sumayou entered the stone forest, got off his horse, and ordered decisively. At this time, she really showed the strength of a female warrior. Calm and decisive.

Xue Poye hugged the small stone and carefully placed it on the ground, only to see a feathered arrow penetrated into his spine, and the small stone's face was also extremely ugly, and his breathing was very weak.

Xue Poye hugged Xiao Shitou's head: "Little Shitou, don't scare the master. We have to go back together when we come to the grassland. You have to be strong like a man." His eyes were red.

Xiao Shitou opened his eyes slightly, with a smile on his face: "Let's go back together...!" The muscles on his face twitched slightly, obviously the pain in his spine made him unbearable.

The stone forest is like a labyrinth, although there are many enemies, they can't gain the upper hand for a while, they all dismounted from their horses, holding longbows in their hands.

This is a group of Beihu warriors in leather armor and iron helmets. They are all tall and mighty. The coordination of this group of people is very tacit. A warrior with a feather in the armor waved his hand, and nearly thirty warriors immediately dispersed. , entered the stone forest in a fan shape, preparing to encircle and wipe out Su Mayo and others.

On Xue Poye's side, the small stone hit by an arrow is no longer considered combat power, and his right arm is injured, which can only be counted as half of the combat power, and he has to take care of Ubazan and Xiao Shitou who have no combat power, that is, Said that there is only one old man and two girls who are capable of fighting here, and they have to deal with nearly thirty strong warriors from Beihu.

If it weren't for the stone forest labyrinth as a barrier, even Xue Poye and Xiao Shitou had miraculous achievements, and the entire army might have been wiped out.

Xue Poye leaned on the boulder, looking at the dying little stone, but he was helpless at this moment, his heart was pierced by a knife, and his heart was filled with deep self-blame, his body trembled because of sadness.

A series of screams came, and those voices were very clear, and they were not women's cries, which showed that in this round of confrontation, two women and an experienced old man had the upper hand.

After a scream, everything seemed to calm down.

Su Mayou finally came back with a bow and arrow, with an unusually dignified expression, first looked at Xiaoshi's injury, and comforted him: "Brother Choushi, there is no vital injury, and everything will be fine."

Xue Poye shook his head with a wry smile, and asked, "How is the situation? Who are these people?"

Su Mayo sat across from Xue Poye, her beautiful face was full of guilt: "Brother Choushi, I have caused you trouble, Su Mayo said sorry to you."

"Golden Winged Khan Li?" Xue Poye said slowly, "Why did they arrest you? Who are you...?"

Su Mayou looked at Xue Poye and said sincerely: "Brother Choushi, Su Mayou didn't hide it on purpose, I just thought that when you get to the grassland, you will know my identity sooner or later. I... I am Yingtushuai's aunt! "

"Yingtushuai's aunt?" Xue Poye was taken aback.

Suma nodded and said, "I am the youngest sister of Shuai Yingtu's father."

"How old is Yingtushuai?" Thinking that this young girl is actually Yingtushuai's aunt, Xue Poye's expression was as surprised as if he had a big duck egg in his mouth.

Su Mayou said: "Although I am Yingtushuai's aunt, I am much younger than Yingtushuai."

"That should be the case." Xue Poye nodded slightly. He couldn't believe that the No. [-] warrior on the prairie, a person with real power across the prairie, would be a child. Fortunately, Su Mayou gave him a negative answer.

At this moment, he thought of many things in his mind, but the most important thing was the word "Assassination of Yingtushuai". When stepping into the grassland, a guide appeared by his side.

His eyes were rather weird, he sized up Su Mayou's eyes, but his heart was shocked: "Could it be that I really want to use this sincere girl to achieve the purpose of assassinating Ying Tushuai?"

Thinking of deceiving such a girl who is extremely sincere to him, Xue Poye suddenly felt a sense of guilt, but this guilt was quickly relieved. After all, only by assassinating Ying Tushuai can Beihu's anti-Chu forces be severely damaged. Hu's internal power struggle will be reshuffled, so that the people of Dachu can be saved from the disaster of swords and soldiers.

After all, I am a native of Chu in the Central Plains, and I can only consider the interests of Great Chu, and this type of political assassination is a conspiracy in itself, and the factor of use in the middle is unavoidable.

It's just that if all of this is to be realized smoothly, he must first escape this pursuit.

"Half a year ago, King Guli Khan passed away, and Baotushuai rebelled. He led the Kele tribe to occupy the royal court, reopen the alliance, and establish himself as King Khan. It was just his conspiracy. Tu Shuai and Lang Tu Shuai collapsed together, and Bao Tu Shuai himself was beheaded." Su Mayou stared at Xue Poye, at this moment of death, Su Mayou felt that she should no longer hide Xue Poye, she should be more Frankly: "Once the commander of Baotu died, the remnants of the Kelei tribe would return to King Khan, and the Najun army would be reorganized."

Xue Poye frowned, of course he understood the meaning, and asked: "Is there any relationship between the Golden Winged Khan and the Leopard Tushuai?"

"They are the close guards of the Leopard Commander. They are the most elite cavalry warriors of Kelebu. They are skilled in bow and horse, and they are strong and strong. They are warriors who are responsible for protecting the Leopard Commander." Su Mayou's face was full of anger: "It's just that the master they protected is dead, and their ghosts linger, still wandering on the grassland, claiming to avenge their master, and to kill Yingtushuai, Yingtushuai sent people to encircle and suppress them several times, although most Golden Winged Khan slaves, but a small number escaped the encirclement and suppression."

Xue Poye understood the key point: "You mean, these people want to catch you as a condition to blackmail Ying Tushuai?"

"They don't have the ability to really pose a threat to Yingtushuai, let alone assassinate Yingtushuai. They can only use this despicable method to realize their conspiracy." Sumayou said bitterly: "When we are in the Central Plains, I I and Chinatai have been assassinated by assassins several times, but I have never been able to figure out the origin of the other party. Now that I think about it, the gold-winged slaves must have known the whereabouts of Chinatai and me and sent people to the Central Plains. This... This is really hateful. They want to catch me, and then use me as a condition to exchange rude terms with Yingtushuai, and even force Yingtushuai to hand over the power in their hands. If Yingtushuai agrees, he will suffer a huge loss , if I do not agree, I will be charged with inhumanity, so no matter what, even if I die, I cannot fall into their hands."

Her voice was extremely resolute, and there was a firmness on her face that looked at death like home. Xue Poye saw it, admired it in his heart, and smiled bitterly: "Sumayou, the ancient crossing of the Han River is blocked by bandits, and the Qilin Valley is blocked by fierce leopards." You never expected to come to the grassland, and this golden-winged Khan will stop you again, it seems that you have a lot of troubles."

Su Mayo also shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "Brother Choushi, if you hadn't helped me along the way, Su Mayo might not have seen the grassland."

At this moment, two figures came quickly, Xue Poye and Su Mayo became alert, but they heard Chinatai's voice saying: "It's us."

Chinatai and Manglit old man came together, and heard Chinatai say: "This stone forest is really strange, I almost couldn't find you, it's like a maze."

Sumayou asked in a low voice, "How about the Golden Winged Khans? Did they get in?"

Chi Natai immediately said: "Old man Mang Lite and I shot six or seven of them, and they have already exited the stone forest." He sincerely praised: "Old man Mang Lite's arrow skills are really miraculous, in this dark night , can shoot an arrow and hit an arrow."

Manglit old man walked up to Ubazan, saw her still unconscious, snorted coldly, drew out the knife, and said in a deep voice: "Sumayou, Ubazan betrayed you, as long as you say a word, my blade will be cut Pierce her chest and wash away her sins with her blood."

Sumayou stood up with a serious expression: "Old Manglit, put down your knife. A man's knife should not be aimed at a woman, let alone his wife."

The manglit old man blamed himself: "But...but she betrayed you...!" The old man's face was distorted by anger, and he looked extremely terrifying in the dark.

"She has her own reasons for doing this." Sumayou said slowly, with a calm expression: "Although Sumayou is young, I understand Ubazan's intentions. She may not be for herself, but for the sake of reckless Old man Lite." She glanced at Ubazan and said slowly: "Gold-winged Khans are evil beasts on the grassland. When they followed Leopard Tushuai, they did countless things worse than beasts. Now that Bao Tushuai is dead, they are even more unscrupulous and have become a cancer on the grassland. Since they intend to deal with me this time, they naturally notified the people in the Guzi Department. If anyone finds my traces, they must report, otherwise the disaster will be worsened. On your body, Ubazan must have accepted such a threat."

Mang Lite sat on the ground weakly, shook his head and said: "She has been in a bad mood for a while, but I haven't asked the reason. Now it seems that the golden-winged sweater has put a stone on her heart."

"Your Guzi tribe has always been the banner of the Kelei tribe. For many years, you have been oppressed by the Kelei tribe. In the hearts of the people of the Guzi tribe, you have been afraid of the Kelei tribe for a long time, and Uba Zan is no exception. Although this piece of grassland is owned by the Guzi tribe, the real ruler is the Kelei tribe. The gold-winged slaves of the Kelei tribe issued orders. How dare Ubazan Defiance." Sumayou had insight into the reason, and his voice was very gentle: "Since I am here, Ubazan will not report, once the gold-winged slaves find out, they will definitely kill you, Ubazan may not be afraid of death, but She was afraid that you would be hurt, so she secretly reported my whereabouts, I... can forgive her, because she only did what she should do for her lover."

"Sumayou, my child." Mang Lite said gratefully, "You not only have the appearance of a flower, but also the tenacity of a man, and you have a heart as broad as the sea. Mang Lite is grateful for your understanding."

Sumayou said softly: "Old man Manglite, let's see how Ubazan is doing now? Does it matter?"

Manglit hugged Ubazan and remained silent. After a while, he whispered something to Ubazan. Everyone could only hear the voice softly and didn't know what to say. After a while, Manglit put down Ubazan. Bazan's body, with a heavy voice: "Ubazan was taken away by Changshengtian. She can go to heaven because I told her that our beautiful Sumayou has forgiven her."

Everyone was sad for a while, got up one after another, and bowed to Ubazan's body.

"What's the purpose of the gold-winged slaves withdrawing?" Sumayou looked up at the night sky, frowning in thought.

Xue Poye checked Xiao Shitou's breath, and found that it was still warm, but his breathing was not very uniform. He thought that there would be no Name Guard for a while, but after a long time, he might not be able to hold on anymore.He heard Sumayou talking to himself, so he said in a hoarse voice, "Wait for dawn!"

"Wait for dawn?"

"That's right." Xue Poye sneered, "The three of you are very good at arrows. They entered the stone forest at night and suffered heavy casualties. What's more, they can't see the direction clearly at night. Although they are many, it may not be beneficial. But as long as the sky is one Liang, no matter how complicated the layout of the stone forest is, they can easily identify the enemy and judge the position, and it will be much easier for them to deal with us at that time."