Zhang Xuan stood on the high platform, condescending to the bottom. He could see clearly the situation outside. Under the bright moonlight, groups of men in black came from three directions.

Since the entrances are blocked by huge rocks, they can only choose to climb up and jump from the gap around the tomb. Although the lowest point is seven feet, this height is nothing for well-trained people.

In the open space in the tomb, groups of merchants were extremely nervous, holding spears and swords in their hands. Many of them were trembling involuntarily, but everyone knew in their hearts that they had no way out. They either fought to the death or were killed here and would never see their wives and children.

At this time, the first group of dark horse thieves appeared above their heads, and Zhang Xuan shouted, "Bow and arrow, shoot!"

More than twenty archers shot arrows together, dozens of arrows were shot away, and several dark horse thieves could not dodge and were shot by arrows and fell down screaming. However, the merchants obviously had no experience. After the first round of archery, a brief vacancy appeared to be rewinding.

The dark horse thieves were obviously more experienced. They seized the short gap and immediately a large group of people rushed out from behind the big rock. There were thirty or forty people. They rushed in like cockroaches and jumped into the field one after another.

Cheng Yaojin yelled, "Kill!"

He swung his axe and rushed forward, slashing one person with an axe. Fifty spearmen behind him followed him and rushed forward, and fierce battle suddenly broke out in the southwest corner.

But the dark horse thieves did not only pour in from the southwest corner. In the north and west, many dark horse thieves jumped off the tall stones and rushed up with their swords. The merchants also shouted loudly. Three or four of them formed a companion and killed them with their swords. Suddenly, blood mist filled with tears and screams.

Zhang Xuan rushed to more than twenty archers and shouted, "Drop the bow and arrow and go to support the north!"

At this time, the archers were useless, and shooting randomly would hurt their own people. More than 20 archers woke up and threw down their bows and arrows, picked up spears and swords to rush north.

Zhang Xuan's eyes flashed quickly. He found the leader of the black horse thief, a horse thief wearing a silver helmet, holding an iron spear in his hand and was fighting fiercely with the five guards of Li Shentong. He was very skilled in martial arts and killed five guards to retreat step by step. Chai Shao protected Li Shentong next to him and fought with several other horse thieves who rushed up.

Zhang Xuan was extremely fast, as quick as a black panther, and rushed up silently from the other side. He was not in a hurry to take action, but hid behind a big rock, waiting for the chance to kill. As long as he could kill the horse thief leader, they could escape today's disaster.

Li Shentong brought twelve guards. In addition to sending letters to ask for help, there were ten people. However, in the afternoon fierce battle, the three were unfortunately killed. The two were seriously injured and unable to participate in the battle. The remaining five were quite powerful in martial arts, and each of them could fight against five. However, they met the more powerful Liang Shidu. Although they fought against one by five, they were still killed by Liang Shidu and retreated step by step.

Liang Shidu was brave and fierce, and an iron spear danced like a pear blossom. He caught a loophole in a guard and stabbed him quickly. The guard was pierced by him and fell to the ground with a scream.

Master Liang laughed proudly. When the other four people saw their companions die tragically, their eyes turned red. They roared and waved their swords to slash towards Master Liang from four directions at the same time.

"Good come!"

Liang Shidu took two steps back and avoided the attacks of four people at the same time, but his attention was on the four guards, and the gap in his back was revealed. Zhang Xuan seized the opportunity that had passed in an instant and flashed out from behind the big stone. He jumped and the sword slashed towards Liang Shidu's neck without hesitation, nor did he shout. The sword with a flashing cold light hit him like lightning.

Master Liang suddenly felt a gust of wind coming from behind his head, and was shocked. It was too late to dodge. In desperation, he bowed forward and gave way to the vital points of his neck, but he couldn't dodge his back, hoping that the chain mail on his body could save his life.

‘Click!’

Fires flew everywhere, and the sharp sword cleaved the chain of the chain mail. The blade penetrated straight into the body, reaching the bones. Master Liang screamed in pain, staggered, ran a few steps in the ground, and shot with a backhand. The sneak attacker behind the long spear, Zhang Xuan rolled on the spot, avoiding the fierce rebuffet.

Master Liang was leaning against the stone wall, staring fiercely at Zhang Xuan who was attacking him. Zhang Xuan injured his muscles and bones with his sword. The pain in his left shoulder was unbearable. He could only use a gun with one hand, and his combat power was greatly reduced.

Zhang Xuan was extremely hated. He didn't expect that under the wide robe of Liang Shidu, there was actually a chain mail under the leather armor or even scale armor. If it was leather armor, he could kill the other party, but the chain mail saved the other party's life and eventually failed.

"Go together and kill him!"

He shouted to the four guards, and the five of them waved their swords together to kill Liang Shidu. Seeing that the situation was critical, Liang Shidu swung his spear and forced the two guards to retreat on the right, opening a gap, he seized the opportunity and rolled out more than ten feet away.

"Come and save me!"

Master Liang shouted for help. Seeing that the leader was in a critical situation, several horse thieves who were besieging Chai Shao turned around and killed him, resisting Zhang Xuan and several guards.

Master Liang felt that his left shoulder blade was broken, and he was unable to fight again. He took advantage of his opportunity to protect himself to throw away the spear, endured the severe pain and climbed towards the stone wall. He jumped onto the wall, feeling exhausted all over. He was afraid that Zhang Xuan would chase him, so he endured the pain and penetrated into the dark stone forest.

Seeing that the leader of the horse thief had escaped, Zhang Xuan no longer had a fight and left the fight to Chai Shao and several guards, and he picked up a shield and ran north.

Although Liang Shi was seriously injured and fled, the situation in the tomb was extremely unfavorable to the caravan. The merchants fought to the death, but their strength was very different from that of the other party, and there were heavy casualties. Especially in the north, most of the sixty merchants were killed, and only twenty people were left to support them. They were about to be killed by all fierce horse thieves like wild wolfs.

Zhang Xuan roared, rushed over, swung his sword and rushed into the enemy group. He held a shield in his left hand and slashed fiercely with his right hand. Two horse thieves were chopped over. At this time, a horse thief attacked from his side, and was fierce. The knife had already stabbed into his leather armor. Zhang Xuan quickly closed his abdominal muscles, and the sharp long sword hit his abdominal skin. He felt the cold blade.

Zhang Xuan roared like a wild beast, blocked the two spears that were stabbed with his shield, turned around like a whirlwind, and kicked the attacker hard on the neck. With a "crack!", the other party's cervical vertebrae was kicked off by him, and he screamed and fell out.

He took a quick step back, avoided the spear that was stabbed behind him, and slashed the sword in his hand. A head was slashed away by him, and blood was splashed all over him.

Inspired by Zhang Xuan, more than 20 businessmen rushed up yelling and fighting with the dark horse thief.

The situation on the battlefield was becoming increasingly unfavorable to the merchants. Some mules and horses on the east were frightened and rushed out. Hundreds of mules ran wildly in the narrow clearings, and the situation was in chaos.

At this moment, the low trumpet of the deer antler suddenly came from a distance, "Woo--"

Several horse thieves shouted on the stone wall: "The Sui army is coming, retreat quickly!"

The horse thieves in the tomb were no longer interested in fighting, and they climbed up the stone wall and ran out. The merchants were very motivated and fought back fiercely, killing all the twenty horse thieves who had no time to escape. Cheers suddenly burst out in the tomb.

Zhang Xuan sat down powerlessly. He was exhausted. At this moment, he felt that the knife in his hand could not be held. "Dang!" fell to the ground.

But Zhang Xuan never thought that the person who came to save them turned out to be Liu Wuzhou's cavalry.

This is Liu Wuzhou's cunning. He betrayed several caravans that followed him to Qifubo, but wanted to go back and make an explanation. He rushed to rescue the caravans attacked by the black horse thief and launched a fierce attack when the black horse thief was at its weakest.

The Liang army suffered a great loss, and the dark horse thieves were attacked by the caravan and the Sui army inside and outside. In the end, the Liang army only fled from Xuanshaling with only more than 40 people, and the remaining more than 150 people were all killed in this nearly 200 acres of stone forest.

The tomb was full of corpses and broken limbs, and blood mist was everywhere, and the air was still filled with pungent smell of blood. More than 350 merchants and friends, and less than a hundred people survived, most of them were injured, but the dark horse thief was killed by them. Even the horse thief leader Shi Shi Liang was seriously injured and fled in a hurry.

Chai Shao sat next to Zhang Xuan tiredly and smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect to survive. It's such a blessing in disgrace."

Zhang Xuan smiled, "Thanks to Liu Wuzhou arrive in time, otherwise none of us would have survived today."

Chai Shao snorted coldly, "He would be a good person, betray a group of people in the north, and come to save a group of people in the south. So many people died and most of the horse thieves killed, he arrived. In the end, the credit was all his, which was shameless."

"In fact, it doesn't matter how much credit you have, as long as you survive, it's a blessing."

Zhang Xuan sighed softly, "After a lifetime of life, I have taken a lot of things lightly. No matter what purpose Liu Wuzhou is for, as long as he is willing to come, I am still very grateful to him."

"General Liu is here!"

Someone shouted in the distance. In the morning light, Liu Wuzhou strode over. Chai Shao cursed softly, turned around and left angrily. Zhang Xuan stood up and smiled and said, "It's God's will to see General Liu again!"

Liu Wuzhou stepped forward with a sincere face and gave a deep bow, "Thank you, the young master for saving Liu Wuzhou."

"What does General Liu mean? Where did I save you?" Zhang Xuan asked with a puzzled smile.

Liu Wuzhou sighed, not knowing whether it was really ashamed or falsely ashamed. He said apologetically: "Wu Zhou regretted not listening to the advice of the young master and insisted on going to Qifubo, but was attacked by a brigade of Turkic cavalry. None of the more than 200 merchants escaped. Wu Zhou was unable to save him and was guilty. He also heard that there was a black horse thief in the south. Wu Zhou rushed to rescue him desperately. If it weren't for the young master's efforts to save the crisis, the caravan was wiped out, and Wu Zhou really could not go back and hand over the order. How could Wu Zhou not blame himself? How could he be extremely grateful to the young master?"

Zhang Xuan couldn't speak for a long time. He had to admire Liu Wuzhou for being able to speak. He spoke very beautifully and sincerely, so that he could not blame Liu Wuzhou for his hypocrisy. No wonder this person was able to become a hero later, and he was indeed outstanding.

Zhang Xuan smiled faintly, "Although General Liu's 'sincerity' is touching, I advise the general not to rush to chop off the heads of the horse thief for the time being. It is better to rescue the wounded first! If you can save one person, you will lose one point of sin."

Liu Wuzhou knew that Zhang Xuan had seen through him, and his face felt a little hot, and said embarrassedly: "Young Master is right, I'll go and save people now."
Chapter completed!