That night, Lei Yuan and his confidants left the mountain camp again. The group rushed to the road through the stars and the moon until the night was as dark as ink. The dirt road in the mountains was winding and rugged, and many stones were exposed in the soil. If you barely move forward at this time, it would be easy to hurt the horse's hooves, so they entered a small woods to rest.

"Little brother, please use it." Sun Ci heated two pancakes over the bonfire and handed them to Lei Yuan.

When Lei Yuan and his subordinates left in a hurry, only Sun Ci remembered the fact that he had brought dry food and drinking water from the kitchen. If this young man hadn't been smart enough, it would have been hard to endure along the way.

Lei Yuan took it silently, slowly tear it into pieces, and stuffed it into his mouth.

His thoughts were still a little confused, and now he could hardly remember how he walked out of the hall. It seemed that his brother had called out a few times behind his back, but he ignored it.

He could understand his father's preference for his elder brother, and he could understand his good intentions as his father when he handed over the important responsibilities to his eldest son step by step. He was not the one who liked to show himself, and he did not intend to involve the process of transferring power. For this young man who had a greater knowledge of the times, it was too small to fight for the inheritance of his family's tribe. But this did not mean that he could not feel the humiliation, nor did he feel Lei Xu's deliberate indifference to him. Perhaps people who were used to being strict in hierarchy did not care about these, but Lei Yuan cared about them.

More importantly, Lei Yuan lost the opportunity to participate in the fight against Cao's army... This opportunity is very important to Lei Yuan!

Lei Yuan could hardly suppress his anxiety.

The followers sitting around the bonfire were also silent, and occasionally chatting for a few words, lowering their voices.

Lei Yuan set out this time and brought all his personal guards, a total of about twenty people. They have been following Lei Yuan for some time and can feel Lei Yuan's displeasure. Although most of them think this is because the Wu Hou retreated and the Cao army is about to fall, this emotion also affects them and makes them feel depressed.

The sky is covered by thick clouds, with no stars or moon, dark and silent.

Lei Yuan stood up and looked into the distance, his vision extended northeast along the undulating ridges. The hazy shadow on the horizon at the farthest should be Lu'an City. This ancient city is located on the dividing line between the mountains and the Huaixi Plain, and threatens the flanks of Hefei and Shouchun. Taking this place will definitely prevent Cao's army from daring to move lightly. In the next few days, this city will become the focus of the entire battlefield.

Turning around and looking south, there is a long and dead leaf forest to the south. The dark mountains behind the forest gradually rise, and finally dissolve into one with the sky. Occasionally, green spots of light flutter in the forest, like fireflies flying. It is a wolf that comes out to feed at night, looking around the bonfire.

The cold wind blowing along the mountains whizzed past, causing Lei Yuan's intense mood to gradually ease.

Lei Yuan sat back in the distance and slowly considered: the Lei family was not a big surname between the Jianghuai period, and its current status was mainly due to the reputation accumulated by Lei Bo and Lei Xu's generation in the army. Therefore, most of the villages and communities spread across several counties in Huainan have gradually been dependent on in recent years. For these loosely-related dependent villages, the clan usually only collects small amounts of food and fodder annually, and there is no need to pay any attention to it. Therefore, it is not a simple task to notify them to evacuate with them. The most important thing at the moment is to do this well; nothing else can be rushed.

The next morning, Lei Yuan and others led their horses into the mountain.

From the Shangshan Camp to Ruyin County to the west, the main road goes north first and then turns west; but the distance of this road is relatively long and is too close to the two Cao army strongholds, Shouchun and Hefei. Therefore, Lei Yuan chose to cross the mountainous areas directly. Many of the forts and villages he wanted to notify were in the mountains, so they could also be notified first.

The weather in the mountains is very different from the plains. Suddenly, light rain fell and I felt cold. The group took out a felt cloth to cover the horse's back. After walking in the rain for half an hour, the rain suddenly stopped. But the rain fog was wrapped in the mountain wind and pressed down layer by layer, dipped on the face, and immediately condensed into water droplets.

When they were almost noon, the group finally reached the first target, a place called Liaowu. Perhaps in the former Han Dynasty or earlier, beacon towers were built on this ridge in order to prevent Shanwu. Now the beacon tower has collapsed, but the low wall surrounding the beacon tower has become the support of a small dock wall.

There were not many residents in Liaowu, and the leader was related to Lei Yuan's conquer brother Fan Hong and Fan Feng, and had close contacts with the Lei clan. After hearing the news from Lei Yuan, they began to pack their luggage without hesitation and prepared to set off.

Lei Yuan did not delay and continued to rush to the next place.

On this day, they walked to six villages, and three villages were built by local clans. They all politely declined. The other three refugee villages decided to evacuate with Lei Xu. This was also expected. Leaving your hometown was too terrible and painful, and no one was willing to do so unless it was absolutely necessary. On the contrary, for refugees who were already far away from their hometown, setting off again was not difficult.

At this time, they had gradually penetrated into the mountains. The rolling slopes disappeared. Dark gray rocks slowly stood up, forming huge cliffs on the left and right sides of the road. In order to speed up the trip, Lei Yuan refused the proposal to stay in a village. As a result, the group had to sit under the cliff to rest in the evening. The howling mountain wind blew out the bonfire again and again, and everyone trembled for the night.

The main goal of the next step was a large scale village. This village was called Yongsheng Village, and its leader was named Feng Qian. According to his own claims, it was the wounded soldiers of the government army who fell behind when the Yellow Turbans were wiped out in Runan. Later, it gradually gathered the people who abandoned their homes to evade heavy taxes and the desperate people in various places, and settled in a valley in the deep mountains. However, many people believe that Feng Qian should be the remaining Yellow Turbans who fled.

The valley occupied by Feng Qian had streams and flat land, and could grow crops. Therefore, there were many people in this village and they had the spare time to carry out basic construction. They built long fences at the entrance of the valley and raised two watchtowers as if they were quite cautious.

Lei Yuan and others informed their names and identities, and waited at the entrance of the valley.

Sun Ci smiled and said, "Since the leader here is Feng Qian, he should be willing to migrate, and this response should be very smooth."

Just as he was about to answer, he saw hundreds of people holding weapons and suddenly gushing out of the valley. Someone was like a big enemy and slapped the watchtower. A man with the appearance of a leader shouted: "Mr. Lei Xiaolang, my village is full of good people who farm and feed. It is better to Ling Zun Yingwu and do not want to go against the court. Therefore, we will not dare to deal with you in the future. Please go back! If we insist on moving forward, we will offend you!"

Did he refuse so simply? Lei Yuan couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The cavalry looked at Lei Yuan and waited for him to decide.

Lei Yuan sighed: "Now Japan doesn't have to force it, but... this village has a bit of reputation around it. If they refuse to follow, I am afraid that other villages will follow."

Sun Ci volunteered: "I have a few old friends here, I'll talk about it!"

Without waiting for Lei Yuan to agree, he rode his horse forward a few steps and shouted: "Brothers in the village, you know me..."

Halfway through his speech, an arrow flew out from the watchtower and penetrated Sun Ci's chest!

Sun Cihe shouted a few times, then fell to the sky, and his body hit the ground, making a lot of noises.

Blood flowed out from under him, and it was obvious that he could not survive.

This emergencies shocked both sides.

The followers led by Guo Jing were shocked and angry, and they drew their swords and bows. The nervousness of the knights affected the war horses, so the war horses also roared and neighed.

Hundreds of people in Yongsheng Village roared together. With the roar, they worked harder to fight and intimidate. There were even several archers who fired arrows, but just like a correct head, the arrows flew through the air and drew several arcs to the ground. Perhaps in their opinion, the dead who fell to the ground proved how powerful they were, enough to scare Lei Yuan and others away.

And on Lei Yuan's face, a ferocious look flashed.

Lei Yuan is nineteen years old this year, but he has known Sun Ci for twelve years. In his memory, Sun Ci was his childhood playmate, a friend of his youth, and a entourage of his youth. He was one of his few reliable subordinates and should be a loyal subordinate in the future. Such a person died under the arrow inexplicably. He did not even show any hostility, he just wanted to say a few words!

It is said that life is unsatisfactory, and seven or eight are always in the ten. However, those unsatisfactory things in Lei Yuan's previous life rarely involve life and death. Even if he was fierce in the end, there was a reason for it. However, this life was not the case, and he often killed himself and regarded human life as if he was so bad! Lei Yuan was in a bad mood these two days, and now Sun Ci was killed absurdly, which exceeded the limit he could tolerate. An uncontrollable anger rose from his chest, as if some kind of restraint was broken under the burning of the flames.

He gently tilted the reins, rode his horse to Sun Ci's body to take a look, and stared at the opposite side.

Another arrow flew over and pierced in front of the war horse.

Behind the fence, the person who looked like a leader seemed to have thought of something. He shouted loudly, asking everyone to put down the bow and arrow, and then took a few subordinates to the watchtower and dragged the archer who had shot the arrow before.

"Little Langjun! Little Langjun!" he shouted, "This matter is definitely not intentional! It is the archer who has come to join us for nothing, so he makes his own decisions! I cut off his head and apologize, and there are also money and silk to offer you! Little Langjun must not misunderstand!"

This behavior immediately caused chaos among the tyrants, and the queue they had originally arranged scattered. Many people stationed their swords and guns on the ground and discussed it in a noisy way. Seeing the archer resisting with all his might, they were stopped by the leader and several people, tied them back and forth with thick ropes and fell to the ground.

But Lei Yuan didn't pay attention to these things at all. His right hand climbed up to the hilt of the knife and fired left and right with his light. He was satisfied that Guo Jing and others had already moved closer quietly, forming a charge formation.

The people in Yongsheng Village are still making trouble.
Chapter completed!