It turns out that I too have been robbed.

The wind and sand outside the Zhoulan pass was very strong, and they could only hear the whistling of the wind in their ears, and if they opened their mouths, they could only eat a mouthful of sand.

So obviously a group of people and horses went out together, but after the horses left the city gate, Pei Ruzhou seemed to be the only one left in the world.

The wind here is so strong that even the war horses are frightened.Some horses were unwilling to move on, and some even turned their heads and walked towards the city gate.In just a blink of an eye, there was no one around Pei Ruzhou.

"Xue Zhe, don't worry, take it a little slower." Seeing this, Pei Ruzhou gently pulled the rein, and he patted Xue Zhe's neck.And the horse also slowed down as if it could understand Pei Ruzhou's words.

It is inevitable for ordinary people to be nervous in such a situation. For example, those young soldiers were more nervous than their horses in places that Pei Ruzhou could not see.

They may not be afraid of death, but they are afraid of the unknown.

Only Pei Ruzhou showed an extraordinary composure—after all, he was a frequent visitor to the Netherworld, and there was nothing Pei Ruzhou was afraid of in this world.

Xue Zhe slowed down, but still headed firmly towards the depths of the yellow sand.

As for Pei Ruzhou on horseback, he didn't seem to relax his vigilance at all.He kept staring ahead, watching for any abnormalities.

"Stop, Xuezhe!"

After an unknown amount of time, Pei Ruzhou pulled the reins again.

One person and one horse stood upright in the yellow sand like this. Xuezhe, who usually liked to run around, stopped this time very cooperatively, while Pei Ruzhou tried to look forward at this time.

He seemed to have seen a brown-red figure just now?

This color is too similar to yellow sand, even Pei Ruzhou has no way to guarantee whether he has misread it.

Pausing for a few breaths, he jumped off the horse directly, then hesitated, and walked forward slowly.

Seeing Pei Ruzhou's movements, Xue Zhe also wanted to move forward, but in the end it chose to obediently stay where it was.

They left in a hurry just now, and the people didn't communicate too much, but in fact, the general dared to send these people out to investigate because he felt that even if there was an abnormal situation outside, it would not be too serious.

Maybe there will be sand bandits who will come to Daylan Pass at this time, or refugees from the Western Regions.

After all, Dayi has already signed a peace treaty with the Western Regions...

But the silhouette of that color just now made Pei Ruzhou instinctively feel that something was wrong.

Whether it is the Great Yi or the Western Regions, gold is the most respected, so the color that is most like sand will not be worn by people casually.

Next to gold is reddish brown.

This color is too close to the true color of the desert, especially when the weather is bad like today, and at dusk.

Based on his experience, most people walking in the desert would not wear clothes of this color.

In case of getting lost with the large army, or encountering wind and sand, it will be difficult for others to find his position.This is undoubtedly a kind of self-defeating behavior, even sand bandits would not do it.

Unless it's... a real outlaw.

Obviously the wind and sand could cover up all life, but Pei Ruzhou still held his breath and walked forward slowly.

Then he saw—that black shadow was indeed a person!

This man was tall, with a huge wooden bow and arrow on his body.

Pei Ruzhou is good at using bows, but he has never seen such a bow.

After seeing the scene clearly from a distance, Pei Ruzhou immediately backed away.He knew that bandits used knives.

Pei Ruzhou gathered his insides on his toes, and ran towards Xue Zhe's position.Then he flew on the horse at the fastest speed, and headed towards the direction of Day Lan Pass.

At the same time, Pei Ruzhou was still carefully looking for where those people who came here with him just now went.

If they were discovered by the people just now, they might be in trouble...

But fortunately, when it is difficult to see the surroundings clearly and it is difficult to determine the direction of travel, people generally circle around in place.

The group of people didn't go far, and after finding that there was no way to move forward, they could only turn around and head towards the vaguely visible city wall.

"Let's go!" Seeing a familiar person, Pei Ruzhou immediately yelled for his companions to go towards the city with him.

The moment the city gate was closed, the wind and sand were isolated, and Pei Ruzhou suddenly had an answer in his heart.

He knew what that man was going to do!

The reason why that bow is so big is because the feathered arrows it is equipped with are torches!

Many years ago, Pei Ruzhou once saw people from the Western Regions juggling in the market, performing shooting arrows with small torches.Now that I think about it carefully, except for the different sizes of the arrows, there is almost no difference in the rest...

Rilanguan is a small desert city, where there is very little rain, so ventilation and heat insulation are more considered in building houses.Therefore, most ordinary houses in the city use thick loess to ram the walls, and then cover them with cattail grass.

If you accidentally touch the fire, it will be a disaster.

It's just... the city wall of Zhoulan Pass is extremely high, almost no feathered arrows have ever flown up.

It is more difficult to control the direction of the feathered arrow that is stained with fire, and even the bow is difficult to draw.

Pei Ruzhou's heart was in a mess, but he didn't delay in taking action.He boarded the tower as quickly as possible, and told You Weining what he saw and what he thought in his heart.

At this moment, the wind and sand outside Zhoulan Pass suddenly stopped.

No... It just changed direction and scraped towards the depths of the desert.And because there is a city blocking the wind, the smoke and dust that was floating in the air in front suddenly landed or went backward.

The people guarding the tower saw—in the distance, there were thousands of soldiers wearing heavy armor, and besides ordinary swords, there were carriages dragging heavy oil barrels.

They approached in silence.

Sure enough, it was fire.

But the people on the tower didn't panic, because of what Pei Ruzhou said just now, You Weining had already asked people to prepare water in advance.The bell in Zhoulanguan City also rang at this time, and the whole city was in full swing.

It was also at this time that Pei Ruzhou finally found the answer to his doubts just now.

He saw that when he got closer, there were two people holding the bow and arrow up and down at the same time.Then, another person hung the bowstring with a long wooden frame with a complicated structure.

With the wooden long frame fixed, the bow and arrow became much more stable, and the aiming became more stable... I don't know who designed this thing!

The people outside the bowstring are using all their strength to retreat backwards.

"No..." Pei Ruzhou gritted his teeth suddenly and said.

He saw that because of what he said just now, the people on the tower had already picked up their shields and shot arrows downward at the same time.

Pei Ruzhou thought that this shield would not be able to stop the arrows from below.

There is a high probability that the fire-stained arrow will directly pass over the city tower and hit the city of Zhoulan Pass.

Arrows from the tower of Zhoulan Pass fell like raindrops, and the huge trebuchet started to operate.However, few people not far away fell down.

Pei Ruzhou saw that You Weining's hand that was hanging by his side had been slowly lifted up, and when he fully raised his hand, it was the moment when the soldiers of Zhoulan Pass rushed out of the city gate.

But Pei Ruzhou's eyebrows furrowed even deeper at this moment.

Going out now can only be regarded as death.

Pei Ruzhou was different from his father. The former Great General Pei, he and his subordinates were not afraid of sacrifice.

But Pei Ruzhou is different, Pei Ruzhou himself is not afraid of death, he is very afraid that others will die because of it...

"General You!" At this moment, the boy suddenly spoke, he turned around and said to You Weining at the fastest speed, "Please give me a chance."

Hearing Pei Ruzhou's words suddenly, You Weining was also surprised: "What are you going to do?"

Pei Ruzhou pursed her lips and said, "I want to learn from them..."

After finishing speaking, Pei Ruzhou turned around and took a bow from the soldier on the side.He lowered his voice and said, "Let's try with a fire."

Everyone in Zhoulanguan knew that no one could compare to Pei Ruzhou in archery.

But at this time, the group of people was too far away from them, and even if the arrow fell, it would have lost its energy.

Not to mention that You Weining also knows that Pei Ruzhou is good at everything, but lacks strength.

Even if it is brought with fire, it is of no use.

But when everyone was wondering, Pei Ruzhou did the most unexpected thing.

He tore down a huge wind flag from one side.

This thing is bigger than ordinary cloth, and it used to be hung here to see the direction of the wind.

"Wine!" Pei Ruzhou said loudly.

The little soldier whose bow and arrow he took away just now was stunned for a moment. Although he still didn't know what he was going to do, You Weining immediately said, "Bring him wine!"

"Yes!"

The surrounding soldiers immediately obeyed and brought wine up from downstairs.

Then——Pei Ruzhou sprinkled the wine on the piece of cloth, and the next moment he threw the piece of cloth towards the outside of the city tower.

The strong wind rolled up the cloth, and everyone finally knew what Pei Ruzhou wanted to do!But the wind was too strong. Although the cloth was heading towards the group of people, it kept drifting in the air, and there was no way to aim at it... let alone shoot when the cloth flew right over the heads of the group of people.

But Pei Ruzhou just wanted to bet on the impossibility.

Hold your breath, aim at the cloth...

At this moment, the howling wind, as well as the surrounding drums and bells, were blocked by him.

It seemed that he was the only one left in the world, and the gray cloth flag not far away.

Pei Ruzhou's strength was really weak, and he couldn't hurt people far away, but the arrow energy could bring down a piece of cloth.

At the moment when the piece of cloth was closest to the crowd, Pei Ruzhou narrowed his eyes and slowly drew his bow.

Accompanied by the sound of breaking through the air, the gray cloth that was flying in the air suddenly fell downwards. At the same time, Pei Ruzhou quickly put on a flaming feather arrow, and aimed for the second time at the gray cloth that was about to fall into the crowd. cloth.

——A ball of fire fell from the sky, and its destination was the largest oil barrel in the team.

The man in brown clothes not far away could block Pei Ruzhou's arrow with his knife, but he couldn't block the large piece of cloth that was already burning.

Pei Ruzhou wanted the oil to be burned before the arrows were soaked.

He wants to destroy the plan of the fire attack of the group of people in the distance!