Why did Huwa do this? Will there be anyone following him or blocking him in front? In fact, he left Baixi Village alone at dawn, just to see what would happen on the way to the city wall?
If nothing happened on the road, he would just leave; if the bandits and their accomplices behind the scenes were still lurking on this road with a plot, he would investigate and find out.
After walking in the snow for a long time, Huwa didn't meet anyone. At this time of year, you shouldn't have met other people on this road. This is the road leading to Shuangliu Village, with forty twists and turns.
Here, Baixi Village is located in a remote area. Except for people from Baixi Village who go to Shuangliu Village for business, few outsiders pass by.
Nowadays, the residents of nearby villages have already retired for the winter. They hide at home and do not come out during snowy weather. Even traders do not travel far. If you really meet someone before arriving at Shuangliu Village, then there may be a problem.
Huwa did not go at full speed, but he walked step by step. He set off after dawn and estimated that he would arrive at Shuangliu Village before noon. After walking for more than ten miles, he found nothing unusual. Of course Huwa did not want to encounter
When it comes to things, it would be best if he had a safe journey, and he would be at ease.
The road ahead turned a big bend around the foot of a mountain, and then ran parallel to the south bank of Baixi River. While walking, Huwa frowned slightly and closed his eyes. He suddenly felt that someone was spying on him in the dark. The location was on the right.
That mountain. But when he opened his spiritual consciousness to investigate, he found nothing.
If there was someone or something really watching Huwa, the location might be relatively hidden and far away. He couldn't detect it.
Huwa's feeling was not wrong. At the top of the mountain, under a giant tree with a snow-covered crown, there was a person standing there quietly, just like a dwarf tree in the mountain. This person looked like he was only four feet tall.
He is more than ten years old, but there are fine wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and forehead, and his temples are already turning gray.
His lips were very thin, tightly pursed and the lines were like carvings with a knife. His eyes were thin and long, and his gaze was very sharp. He was staring at the tiger baby passing by at the foot of the mountain, his brows furrowed, implying fear.
A look of doubt and resentment. When he was sure that Huwa was the only one walking on this road, he couldn't help but look of surprise.
After the tiger boy passed by, the man retreated quietly and disappeared at the other end of the mountain. He wore leather boots that wrapped around his ankles and leggings on his legs. He moved lightly and quickly. He was obviously very familiar with the terrain in this area.
Instead of taking the existing road, we crossed the mountains and went straight to Shuangliu Village.
Although Huwa had an indescribable feeling, as if he was being spied on when passing by the foot of the mountain, he did not find this person, so he still walked along the road. When he was about to arrive at Shuangliu Village, he slowed down and waited for Pan.
Hu caught up and joined him.
After a while, Panhu ran over, and Huwa asked: "Did you find anyone following you?"
Panhu shook his head and said that he didn't find anything. In fact, by the time it passed by, the person snooping from a distance had already left.
Ahead is Shuangliu Village. Huwa and Tian Xiao have been here once before, and they met Lingbao at the inn of Shuangliu Village. This is a traffic chokepoint spanning two rivers, and it is also the largest one in Feihong City besides the main city outline.
Village. If you pass Shuangliu Village, nothing will happen on the road.
It’s still thirty miles from Shuangliu Village to Feihong City, but the road is relatively wide and flat. There are many villages along the way facing each other with cooking smoke. Even in such weather, there will still be many people passing by. If anyone wants to do it privately
Something should be done before he arrives at Shuangliu Village.
Huwa took Panhu to Shuangliu Village, always keeping vigilance, but nothing happened. But when he saw the gate of Shuangliu Village from a distance, he immediately felt something was wrong.
He has been here before. Although there are sergeants on duty at several entrances and exits of Shuangliu Village, the inspections are not strict. There are few pedestrians in this kind of snowy weather, and the sergeants should be even more lazy to conduct inspections. But at this time, on both sides of the village gate, there were actually
There stood a military formation with bright armor.
These people were all wearing thick clothes and leggings, and their leather armor was worn outside their coats without hiding it. They held shields in their left hands and long knives hanging from their waists. Their equipment was the same as that of the bandits, but their identities were clearly revealed. You could tell at a glance that they were
The regular military formation guarding the city wall was different from the group of bandits in that they did not wear a short sword on their waists and still held long spears in their right hands.
This spear is a regular ordnance. The material of the wooden pole is very strict. It has to go through several processes such as drying, oiling, drying in the sun, and then oiling and drying in the sun. The weight and shape of the gun head have standard requirements, which is different from those improvised in Baixi Village.
Spears are incomparable.
This military formation is commanded by a leader, and fourteen warriors are divided into two neat rows and stand on both sides of the village gate. Huwa now understands that each military formation in Feihong City has a captain and two deputy captains.
There are seven squads under its jurisdiction, each with seven people. During official operations, they will form different formations and take turns to attack as needed. This is how they are drilled in normal times.
Why are there two small teams guarding the village gate on this snowy day when there are few pedestrians? People can't stand still for a long time in such weather. The military formation must be rotated. Looking at this formation, there should be at least an entire army.
The formation is here. Shuangliu Village has more than one gate, so why do they stick to this place?
Could it be that some major changes occurred in Feihong City or Shuangliu Village, so one of Feihong's six formations was sent to Shuangliu Village, thirty miles away? Huwa thought so in his heart, but his expression remained unchanged and he kept walking.
Walked towards the village gate.
The group of soldiers felt bored at first and felt cold after standing in the snow for a long time. They stamped their feet from time to time to move. They were quite complaining. They came here and stood there after receiving the order in the cold weather. They couldn't even move for a long time.
I didn’t even see any shadows, so this is clearly a torment!
Just at this time, someone saw Huwa and Panhu, and immediately shouted in a low voice: "Everyone, please pay attention, there is someone coming over there, a young man with a dog. Judging from the young man's appearance, it seems that he is the murderer who has been ordered to be arrested.
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Someone else said: "After waiting for a long time, he's really here! ... He doesn't look dangerous at all. Why are you so careful and let us send two teams to guard him?"
And the leader whispered: "Don't underestimate the enemy. It is said that this person has some skills! Even though he has empty hands, there is clearly something hidden under the felt robe, which is probably a murder weapon. You need to be quick to attack later, and you can't give it to him.
His chance to fight back."
Another soldier smiled and said: "It's our turn to perform meritorious service today. The Master of Military Affairs has ordered us to capture him alive as much as possible, tie him up and hand him over to his hands. This will be a great contribution to the city wall. If this person commits murder and resists, we really can't catch him."
Killing anyone alive on the spot is also a meritorious service. He is only one person and does not carry any long weapons, so he can be taken down easily."
These people thought they spoke very quietly and far away, so Huwa could not hear them, but Huwa heard them clearly, and even Panhu's ears perked up to hear them. Huwa finally understood what was going on.
It's okay, these people are just waiting for him, and they are going to capture him under the orders of the military advisor.
It seems that the Master of Military Affairs already knew what happened in Baixi Village, so he thought that Huwa was going to the city to report a message, so he stopped him on the only way to pass, and made up an excuse to capture him.
A smart move. But even if he does this, he can't cover up the fact that has happened, let alone seal the truth forever. He can only prevent the news from reaching the city walls for the time being.
It seemed that the Master of Military Affairs was indeed the accomplice behind the rogue bandits. What happened in Baixi Village also caught him off guard. He was obviously panicked, or wanted to delay as much time as possible to arrange other things, so he actually mobilized another person in the city wall.
An army formation.
Huwa thought about this in his mind, but still walked over. He was about ten feet away from the village gate, when he heard the leader shouting: "This young man, we are chasing the fugitive under the orders of the military master.
Everyone coming and going today will be subject to interrogation."
Huwa smiled and shouted: "You can check if you want, I'm not a fugitive."
The group of sergeants secretly breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that he didn't turn around to run away and didn't look on guard. However, they still held their spears tightly and remained vigilant, ready to take action at any time. They saw that Huwa had walked five feet away, but there was no warning.
Suddenly he turned to the right and crossed the Baixi River on the bridge.
Shuangliu Village is located between Qingxi and Baixi. There are solid stone bridges built on both streams. If Huwa wants to reach Feihong City, he must first pass through the village and cross Qingxi on the bridge on the other side.
.The bridge across the Baixi River is outside the village entrance here, and the road goes in the other direction.
The order received by the military formation was to guard this village gate, because no matter which way people came from, they had to pass through the gate they were guarding before they could continue to Feihong City.
It was clear from Huwa's posture that he was about to enter Shuangliu Village, and he did not show any nervousness or intention to escape. Why did he suddenly turn around and cross the bridge to another road? The leader led the sergeants with flat-ended spears and quickly pursued him.
, shouted: "Stop and accept the interrogation!"
Huwa replied without looking back: "I didn't pass by the village gate you were guarding, so why should I accept the interrogation? You guard your way, I'll just take a detour."
The leader shouted again: "Go and report to the captain quickly. The person the Master is trying to arrest is here. He fled to the other side of the bridge... Let's chase him quickly!"
Panhu followed Huwa and jumped across the bridge. He turned to look at the sergeants and barked a few times, as if to say - you are wearing leather armor, holding a shield and a spear, and you still want to fight in the army.
Catch me in the snow?
Huwa didn't look back or say anything, he just walked towards another road. He seemed to be walking slowly and unhurriedly, and every footprint was very clear, but the soldiers holding spears and shields ran wildly no matter how hard they ran.
, but could never catch up. Soon many sergeants rushed out of the village, all holding weapons and rushing over, as well as two other leaders.
This is a very interesting scene. Huwa is followed by fifty-two people, which is exactly an entire military formation. The sergeants are chasing each other with weapons, but they can't keep up with Huwa's speed. They are gradually pulled away by more than ten feet.
Then Huwa's speed seemed to have reached its limit, and he just stayed ten feet away, so that the opponent could always see him, but he just couldn't catch him.