Li Xiao immediately jumped up from the ground.

He took off the precious white lacquer armor from Zhasu as fast as possible, and quickly put it on himself, and then picked up the tiger sword used by Zhasu and ran towards the war horse.

"Swoosh!Swoosh!"

As Li Xiao was about to reach the side of the war horse, two fine steel arrows came fiercely, one flew over Li Xiao's cheek, and the other shot on the tiger sword in Li Xiao's hand. The sound of "Ding!" sparked sparks.

Li Xiao quickly stepped on the horse, put the woman who was still unconscious on his legs, shook the reins, hit the horse's belly with both legs, and the war horse neighed for a long time, then ran wildly.

While running wildly, Li Xiao looked at him and saw about dozens of torches chasing him. With the sound of horse hooves, Li Xiao could even vaguely hear the sound of scolding in the foreign languages.

"Swoosh!swoosh!swoosh!"

Several more arrows shot from behind quickly. A steel arrow "snatched" and shot fiercely into the bow bag on the left side of the saddle. Another arrow shot directly backwards from a piece of steel armor leaf on the back of the white painted bright armor worn by Li Xiao, making a crisp "ding" sound.

Li Xiao felt as if he had been punched on his back, which made him tilt his body and almost fell off his horse. Fortunately, he was very skilled in equestrianism, so he quickly clamped the horse's belly and bent his body to steadily stabilize his body.

Li Xiao was glad that if he hadn't changed the white lacquer armor in time and blocked the arrow's deadly attack, he would have become a dead body at this moment.

It's good to have excellent protection.

Li Xiao, who was desperately hitting the horse's belly and running wildly, clearly felt that the sound of horse hooves behind him became louder and louder, and the arrows whistling by his side seemed to be more and more.

Damn it! If it weren't for the mount carrying two people on his back and carrying that heavy package, how could you Tartar dogs catch up!

But it’s not that easy to catch me, Li Xiao!

After rushing around for a detour, Li Xiao gritted his teeth suddenly, turned his horse's head, and his mount neighed a long time, and penetrated into a gentle slope and dense forest next to the road.

At this time, the bright moonlight rose, and the faint moonlight spread in this dense forest, making Li Xiao, who was escaping the way through the forest, look like an illusory silver phantom.

Li Xiao, who was quick to learn, finally, with the protection of the forest and grass, and his long-term familiarity with the road conditions, gradually opened up the distance between the enemy soldiers who were chasing closely behind.

After Li Xiao passed through several hillsides, the sound of horse hooves and the scolding of foreigners behind him finally could not be heard.

Li Xiao held the horse's reins and gasped heavily. Looking back, there was no movement except for the trees and grass that were gently swaying in the silver moonlight.

Li Xiao let out a long sigh, and then he slowly walked around a hillside and came to a hidden place next to the stream.

He put the unconscious woman horizontally on the saddle again, then jumped off the horse, tied the horse to a tree fork beside him, and then moved a big seemingly ordinary stone away, revealing a black hole.

This cave is a temporary resting place for hunters such as Li Xiaoxiao Daquan to hunt in the mountains on weekdays, and can provide relevant supplies. There are several such resting caves in Panlong Mountain, all of which are set up to facilitate long-term hunting in the mountains.

Entering the cave, Li Xiao sounded the flint and lit the turtle. Then he ignited a pile of dead grass and wood, causing a fire.

The vigorous fire was clattering, and the orange-red fire shone with the blue-gray cave walls, which immediately brought a lot of vitality to the entire cave.

Li Xiao became angry and turned around and came out of the cave. Then he gently carried the unconscious woman into the cave and placed it on the small wooden bed on one side.

Then, Li Xiao wrapped the horses, took the bows, arrows, tiger swords and other things into the cave, and covered the big stones from the inside, leaving only some gaps to breathe through.

Li Xiao first looked at the woman who was still in a coma. She was wearing a torn dress of ordinary people, her hair was scattered, and her face was covered with dirty black mud, which looked like an ordinary woman who escaped.

But I don’t know where these Tartars were so urgently trying to take this seemingly ordinary woman?

Only when she wakes up can you know.

The fire in the cave was very strong. Li Xiao felt hot all over and quickly removed the armor on his body. Then he took out a little knife wound herb from the cave, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and patted it on the wound on his right leg that had stopped bleeding.

Li Xiao looked at the wound carefully and was glad that the white-armored soldier's tiger sword was not deep into the flesh, and only injured some of the skin. Now that he has applied medicine, it should be scabbed in a few days.

After taking the medicine, Li Xiao pulled out the arrow shot by the enemy soldiers from the bow bag and pulled the bow out of the bow bag to watch.

"Good bow!"

When the bow was pulled out of the bow bag, Li Xiao couldn't help but praise him.

This is a typical oriental reflex compound step bow, which is more than one meter five in length. The bow is made of purple zhe wood reinforced with fine steel, and is reinforced with cooked copper on the outside. The tip of the bow is decorated with bright silver swallowing beasts. The handle with tassel patterns is engraved with a Jurchen text that Li Xiao couldn't understand.

Li Xiao carefully bent his bow and tweaked the strings, then held the bow handle in his left hand and pointed the strings with his right hand. With a squeaking sound, he slowly pulled it open, as if it was full moon.

"Bang!"

With a loud sound of the strings, the silver bowstring still trembled slightly in the air.

Li Xiao was overjoyed. This bow had at least nearly four stones of pulling force. Fortunately, he was strong enough and it was very easy to use. (Note: A single stone of bow and arrow in the Ming Dynasty was about 90 kilograms).

Li Xiao didn't know that this bow was actually a common thing for Taiji, the Tartar Chief Huang Taiji. In the Later Jin Dynasty, there were almost no one who could pull it open. Zasu, a personal guard with great strength and superb archery, was extremely rare for Huang Taiji to appreciate it. He specially rewarded him with this bow. The bow string of the bow was made of the tiger tendons of an adult Northeastern tiger, so the pulling force was extremely strong. The Jurchen text engraved on it, translated into Chinese, means "God bless my country."

"What a good bow. The pulling force is so strong. If you shoot a arrow, it will definitely make the enemy soldiers lose their souls. It's better to call it the soul-snatching bow." Li Xiao was quite content with the name he gave the bow.

Li Xiao put the Soul-Slaying Bow back into the bow bag, and then pulled out an arrow from the full quiver to watch. He saw that the arrow was made of fine steel, extremely sharp and triangular, with deep blood grooves engraved on it. The arrow body was made of hard wood, nearly one meter long, and the tail was three dark brown feathers. The whole arrow looked smooth in shape, exuding a sharp murderous aura.

Li Xiao sighed in his heart, no wonder history books always say that the Later Jin Tartars were extremely powerful, and they often shot down the Ming army in a row after several rounds of shooting. In addition to their superb archery skills, this exquisite archery weapon is also an extremely important reason.

After putting the arrow back into the bag, Li Xiao remembered that there was still a heavy package that he didn't look at, so he hurriedly picked it up. As soon as the package was opened, Li Xiao was stunned.

He saw that the pieces of gold in the package shone with dazzling charming golden light under the reflection of the flames.

This is the property that Zasu snatched from Lushun with all his efforts, and now it is all in the hands of Li Xiao.

Poor Zasu worked hard to rob, and for the convenience of carrying, he exchanged all the silver and jewelry he had robbed for others for gold. Now, he made wedding clothes for Li Xiao.

A faint smile appeared at the corner of Li Xiao's mouth. He weighed it hard. He thought that this bag of gold was more than 300 taels.

Li Xiao, who had read a little bit of Ming Dynasty, knew that according to the price in the late Ming Dynasty, due to the decline in silver prices, one tael of gold was enough to be 12 or 13 taels of silver, that is, these more than 300 taels of gold could be nearly 4,000 taels of silver.

This is not a small amount. You should know that in the late Ming Dynasty, even when the food prices were at its highest frequency, a stone of rice and grain could be bought for three taels of silver. And an ordinary house for ordinary people was only about 20 taels.

This feeling of instantly turning from a penniless man into a contemporary rich man made Li Xiao feel extremely unreal dizzy, but he felt inexplicably comfortable.

This comfortable feeling soon disappeared.

Because almost instantly, he remembered his mother who died tragically and his wife who had not passed away, the villagers who were killed in the entire village of Kaoshantun, and Xiao Daquan and Xiao Er who had just died in the bloody ambush. Thinking of this, Li Xiao's heart was cut off.

If you can choose to exchange this large amount of gold for your own mother and daughter-in-law and exchange for the lives of Xiao Daquan and Xiao Er-class villagers, Li Xiao would offer it with both hands without hesitation.

Li Xiao, who sighed, threw the gold back into his bag and put it in his pocket. He sat on a small wood beside the fire, staring blankly at the beating flames.

It was not until the woman on the bed that she heard a gentle cough that she pulled him back from her endless thoughts.

"Water, give me water." The woman moaned softly.

Li Xiao quickly scooped a wooden bowl of water from a water tank in the hole, and quickly passed it to the woman who woke up, who was slowly struggling to sit up from the bed.

The woman took the water bowl and drank it all in one gulp.

After drinking, the woman raised her head, with black eyes facing Li Xiao's concerned gaze.

"Who are you? Why am I here?" the woman murmured, huddling inward instinctively.

Li Xiao looked at her frightened face calmly, and then, in a gentle tone, briefly described the incident of saving her on the road.

He tried to describe the bloody battle as simple as possible to avoid frightening her.

Li Xiao discovered that the girl who was still on her face was still on her vigilance, her expression gradually relaxed, and finally a look of inexplicable admiration and gratitude appeared on her face.

"Little woman, thank you for your help, my husband." The woman said gratefully.

Li Xiao smiled and asked, "Dare you ask the lady's name? But I don't know why those Tartars kidnapped you?"

A strong hatred flashed in the woman's eyes, and she lowered her head and said nothing.

"You wash your face." Seeing that she didn't answer, Li Xiao crossed the topic with this sentence.

The woman nodded gently.

Li Xiao scooped a basin of water and handed it to the woman. The woman thanked her, then scooped the water with her hands and washed the dirty black mud on her face.

The woman who washed her face made Li Xiao look unconsciously.

This is a very beautiful woman.

Although her melon-shaped face was obviously haggard, she looked even whiter after washing the mud by water. Below her two willow eyebrows were bright eyes with clear eyes, her nose was elegant, her cherry lips were charming, and her small chin was as bright as jade. The tiny water droplets that were still stained with her face were like tiny pearls, shining with a faint golden yellow that made people shake their hearts.

When the woman saw Li Xiao's infatuation, her face turned red without realizing it and she shyly lowered her head.

Li Xiao noticed his loss of composure and quickly coughed in a pretentious manner and turned his head away.

The two were in silence, and in the air, there was only the sound of each other's breathing, which could be clearly heard.

It was Li Xiao who broke the silence. He stood up and said to the woman: "The girl escaped from the danger of the tiger's mouth and was frightened all the way. She wanted to finish her stomach. Let's wait for Li to cook some rice porridge and let the girl fill her stomach."

After saying that, Li Xiao turned around and left, and began to scoop rice from the rice jar to cook porridge. He did not notice the inexplicable look of the woman behind him when she looked at his back.

Soon, the fragrant rice porridge was ready, and the cave was filled with a strong aroma of rice. Li Xiao put two bowls of it and brought it to the woman. Each person started to eat it silently.

Li Xiaohuhu finished all the drinks, but the woman at the bed opposite him looked worried. After drinking a little, she stopped the soup in her hand.

Finally, the woman put down the bowl and slowly spoke, "Li Xiao, if I tell you who I am, would you like to send me home next?"

Li Xiao pondered for a moment, Zheng nodded: "Girl, you're thinking too much. Li Xiao doesn't care who you are. Since I saved you, I will save people to the end and send Buddha to the west. Li Xiao is willing to serve."

A happy smile immediately appeared on the woman's face.

"Okay, let me tell you, my name is Zu Wan'er, and my father is Zu Dale, the deputy general of the Liaodong Forward Battalion."

"ah!"
Chapter completed!