Chapter 223: Death and Life Together
This day, for the Lu Fang brothers, is the biggest nightmare of their lives.
The rest of the team suddenly encountered a surprise attack by the army, and some of the sleeping Rouran people quickly woke up, while some of them had fallen into a deep sleep after the long journey, and could not wake up immediately at all.
The cavalry began to scramble to pick up their weapons, some of them not even having time to put on their armor. It was the same with the horses, who were resting and awoke from the throbbing of the galloping horses on the other side, and roared and restlessed, refusing to obey the commands of their masters.
When the army is coming, on one side is the well-prepared and neatly armored tiger army, and on the other side is the army that has lost its troops and unloaded its armor and is panicked and awake, and it is naturally clear who wins and who loses.
The high-rider who watched the battle from a distance had never seen such a battle, clean and fast without detaching from the water, and if a person could use the war as rhythmically as music, it was already a great art.
Whew......
This is the sound of the first round of rapid fire from the Tiger Rider.
As soon as countless Rouran people who were getting on their horses had just turned over their horses, they were shot like arrows like rain and fell off their horses, wailing in pain.
Kuang Hum ......
This is the humming sound of the tiger horsemen abandoning their bows and drawing their knives, and their long knives coming out of their sheaths.
The Rouran cavalry, who had already hurried to meet the battle, was like a human head sent to the door, so that the long knife that was polished was full of blood and became a murder weapon that devoured people.
Gala Ga La Ga ......
The charging war horse stepped on countless Rouran cavalry who were still running and shouting on the ground, and when the bones and iron hooves touched, the sound of dead branches being trampled in winter kept coming, and occasionally the Wei cavalry was slightly stumbled by something under the horse's hooves, and immediately adjusted the horse's body and jumped lightly.
At the forefront of the ranks, Hermulan was surrounded by the undead soldier Mangu and Narahun, who never gave in defeat. They were like a wedge that drove into the heart of this Rouran cavalry, and made the other party's life worse than death.
The tall riders stood on top of their tall cars and watched the battle in the distance.
The soil is red, the grass and trees tremble, the murderous aura is straight to the sky, and the main general wearing gluttonous armor is like the champion Hou possessed five hundred years ago, everywhere he goes, he looks at it.
"General Flower, their lord is going to run!" Mangu looked at the two generals who were about to turn their horses and flee, and immediately shouted excitedly: "I am willing to share the worries of the generals, please let me go and take their heads!" ”
Mangu is now completely convinced of this young man.
Every big battle he followed her ended in a big victory, he likes to rush and kill by nature, and by the side of "Mulan", he never has to worry that he will fall into the enemy camp alone, because as long as he faces Mulan, the enemy will only return with a feather, and it is impossible to surround and kill.
Hermulan looked ahead, about one hundred and fifty paces away, as far as her bow and arrow could reach. She lifted the longbow hanging from the saddle, took one of her feathered arrows from the quiver, aimed it at the head of the leader, and raised her hand to shoot it.
Suddenly there was a strong gust of wind, and the feathered arrow, disturbed by the wind, hesitated slightly, and struck the leader in the left shoulder, but did not shoot him under his horse.
"This is providence." He Mulan shook his head, "God doesn't want me to kill him." ”
He Mulan looked at the two cavalry horses, the tall man in leather armor wanted to protect the slender head of the arrow, and there were about five hundred elite soldiers to help break the back, in the chaos, the first thing He Mulan had to do was to calmly look at the overall situation, not to chase and kill the rout, so she nodded.
"You take a thousand people to chase after you, it's better to capture them alive, I want to know their identities, why they came here, and what they are doing here."
"Order!"
He Mullan ordered him ten centurions, and the brute Gu excitedly led a thousand cavalry in that direction, like a tiger out of the gate, and finally found an opportunity to show his teeth and claws.
When the Tiger Cavalry charged, the Protectors divided into left and right wings to surround the enemy, so that the scattered Rouran cavalry could only flee towards the rear.
The cavalry of various countries from the northern nomads are all good at riding and shooting, and this time they fled, and thousands of people died.
The barbarian pursued the two enemy generals, and the general who was hit by the arrow was stabbed in the buttocks by the tall man, and fled frantically under the escort of five hundred knights, leaving only the tall general with less than two hundred people to break off.
Seeing that this man looked down on him so much, Mangu immediately became angry, rushed into the enemy army first, and fought with that man. The other party mainly delayed time, and the move was on the defensive, and after a while, the man Gu became impatient.
"It's not fun to fight with you! I won't fight with you, the left and right cavalry, capture him alive, and bring him back to the general! ”
Haruba knew that he would eventually have this fate, and when he saw the Wei people coming like a tide, he couldn't help but clench the sledgehammer in his hand, waiting for the fate of being killed.
Dada......da
What is the sound?
Haruba swung his hammer and smashed through the weapons of several Xianbei people, looking in the direction of the sound.
"Brother, hold on! Agan has come to your rescue! ”
It turned out that Lu Fang, who had not much way to escape, turned back again.
"What are you doing when you come back!"
Haruba gritted his teeth and swung his hammer.
"Let's go!"
How can Pirison's bloodline be severed?
As a descendant of the Yu Jiulu clan, how could he die in the enemy position so stupidly?
I'm already gone!
"It's better to die in one place than to be a lost dog!"
Lu Fang is extremely stubborn by nature, otherwise he would not have insisted on going to the rescue after his father was captured. He knew that all the soldiers and horses were lost here this time, and with the soldiers and horses of his wife's clan, it would be difficult to have a chance to make a comeback.
The second half of his life will be spent in the shadow of killing his own brother, rather than this, it is better to fight to the death, and it can be regarded as living up to the name of the brave.
Haruba's eyes were red, Lu Fang rescued his younger brother, and the two of them were together, fighting hard, and they both had the determination to die, rushing to the east and west in the desperate battle, desperate for themselves.
Mangu was sweating profusely, and his eyes were on fire. He intended to make meritorious contributions, so he asked Hua Mulan for the task of capturing the enemy general, but it turned out that it was obviously a team of defeated troops, but he became a desperate warrior. Seeing that the casualties of his comrades around him were getting more and more serious, the barbarian beat his horse and galloped wildly, and went straight to the opponent's general.
"Mangu is back!"
He Mulan had already noticed the situation here from a distance, and ordered Na Luo Hun to support, but as soon as Na Luo Hun arrived at the place of fierce battle, he saw the barbarian Gu crazy and rushed straight to the opposite general.
Although Lu Fang was injured, he was also a fierce general, and the Mangu was exhausted when he killed him, and Haruba then came to support, and for a while the Mangu was in danger and could die at any time.
That Luo Hun is really going crazy, and the thing that was supposed to be nine out of ten is going to lead to this kind of thing. In a few moments, he was struck in the right shoulder, fell off his horse, and was about to be stabbed to death......
"Hey!"
At the critical moment, Chen Jie, who also rushed to the front of the battle, threw the horse lance in his hand and knocked Haruba under the horse. Mangu is a veteran who fought in flesh and blood, and when he saw that Haruhba had been hit by a lance, he immediately snatched Haruha's horse and turned over, and ran to Na Luohun.
"Brother! Younger brother! ”
Lu Fang rushed to his brother's side regardless of the situation.
But it was useless, Haruba had already been captured by the people brought by Narohun, and it was impossible to save him unless he broke through the layers of human walls.
"Ahh Yes! Ahh ”
Lu Fang let out an unwilling roar, watching his younger brother die from the enemy's sword......
Hey?
Seems to be fine?
Na Luo Hun glanced at Lu Fang, who was covered in blood, and admired it. A soldier on the side who could speak softly immediately said: "Our general said that the two are heroic, if you surrender, you won't kill!" ”
"I'd rather die than ......"
A knife rested on Haruba's neck.
In order to prevent Haruba from struggling to commit suicide, Tiger Benqi had already beaten his poor brother unconscious. The unconscious Haruba is trapped in the hands of the Tiger Rider, with a sword on his body, as long as Lu Fang does not surrender, he will be in a different place and become a wronged soul.
Lu Fang held a broken knife in his right hand, and because he was hit by an arrow in his left shoulder, the arrow was still in his shoulder, and he was covered in blood and mud at this time, and shouted loudly: "You guys come to kill me!" Shove all the swords in my stomach! ”
"What are we going to kill you for?" Na Luo Hun heard the interpreter's words and quickly shook his head. "To fall, or not to fall? You don't have many men left, and if you continue to ink, you'll die. ”
Na Luo Hun has a strange personality, and when he said this, he didn't seem to care whether he chose to die or live, Lu Fang glared at Na Luo Hun and the others, revealing a fierce look of choosing people and devouring them.
'My father said before he left, he wanted to die together, and he wanted to live together. ’
He looked at his brother with his head hanging down.
"I'm useless, I can't take him alive, I can't even cause him to die anymore......"
After a long time, Lu Fang threw the broken knife in his hand to the ground.
"I'll descend!"
***
He Mulan won another big victory, but the fact that Mangu almost died in battle still taught her a lesson.
Although she can arrange troops and plan in advance, there are some things that cannot be calculated, such as people's hearts.
She didn't know Lu Fang and Haruba, and she didn't know where the other party's generals came from, so she didn't calculate that these two were biological brothers, and they could risk their lives for each other's lives.
Mangu didn't expect it, so he almost suffered. Na Luo Hun thought of it, so he took one person's life to threaten another's life, although ruthless, but suitable and effective.
Next time something like this can't be handed over to Mangu, but to Na Luohun. It was true that the barbarian was eager to win, but his problem of going crazy as soon as he fought didn't change at all.
And she led the troops, obviously not in that way.
"Thank you for saving my life, I owe you a favor." Mangu wrapped his wounds indiscriminately while thanking Chen Jie for saving him.
Chen Jie had already retrieved the horse lance at this time, and when he heard Mangu thank him, he pursed his lips and smiled: "General Mangu is so brave, but the return of the enemy means that he has already embraced the heart of death, why bother to fight with them, and wait for reinforcements to take it is ......"
"You don't understand, at this time, you have to beat their morale, if you let them ......"
"You guys go to the rear to rest, the Gaoche people are still concerned about the battle situation, after cleaning up the battlefield, go to Difu Pool immediately, and there can be no longer delay."
He Mullan interrupted the conversation.
"Yes!"
In this battle, Mangu and Chen Jie immediately became familiar with each other. Although the two are more than ten years apart, they can still talk about it, talking and laughing along the way, and the old man is not worried about his arm injury, obviously this kind of injury has long been used to, and it has aroused Chen Jie's admiration.
The Gaoche people were overjoyed when they saw Wei returning victoriously. In any case, it is always a good thing that the army that shelters them can fight well, and when the Wei state is strong, their attachment will make sense.
While arranging for the Gaocha people to continue southward, Hermulan sent envoys to the Eastern Front army and Changsun Han's general to report the news.
After Lu Fang and Haruba were captured, they were told their identities, and the two were actually the sons of Yu Jiulu Pi Li Xian, the nephew of Da Tan, Pi Li Xian was captured for several months, and he never surrendered, Tuoba Tao did not want to kill him, and still treated him as a guest, and at this time he got his two sons, and finally had a reason to relax.
When they arrived at Difu Pond, tens of thousands of high-tech old and weak people were camped in the camp, and He Mulan had just appeased the high-chariot people, and was invited by Princess Lelang, so he could only go by invitation.
"What is Mrs. Feng looking for me?"
Considering the identity of the other party, He Mullan only stood outside the tent and asked.
"General Hua, what you captured today are indeed Pi Lixian's two sons?"
Princess Lelang asked her through the tent.
"It's true, they report to their homes, and there are creeping soldiers who say so, they should be identified."
He Mulan suddenly remembered that this Princess Lelang was the Yan clan of Rouran Khan, and she must have understood Rouran's situation quite well, and her heart suddenly tightened, and she hurriedly asked, "Mrs. Feng, but what's wrong?" ”
"Pi Li is the tribal lord in the east, and his soldiers are brave and good at fighting, if the general takes the two of them, he should take advantage of the victory to pursue his tribe and defeat his tribe. Otherwise, the tribe without a master will be annexed by other tribe masters, and perhaps their master, King Zuo Xian, will also reach out to expand his strength, and when the time comes, it will be troublesome. ”
Pi Li was Da Tan's younger brother and confidant, Princess Lelang knew him very well, and she didn't want his rich pasture to be returned to Wu Ti, so she reminded him.
He Mulan was stunned for a moment, and felt that this woman was thinking a lot, but she was just ......
"Madam Feng is too worried, in another month, it will be a problem if the royal court of Rouran is still there......" He Mulan said with a smile: "What's more, the eastern front is led by His Majesty Xià himself, and under the iron hoof, even the largest tribe will no longer exist." Not to mention that the two of them have already brought out all the elite soldiers. ”
"The general is so bold ......"
Princess Lelang kindly reminded.
"After all, this is also a military feat."
"It's not that I'm bold, but this trip to the Northern Expedition, my Great Wei is bound to win, since it will be ours in the end, why care about whose hands it was in before? Although capturing the wriggling herdsmen is also a military feat, my current task is not to kill the enemy, but to protect you, and it is better not to mention this military feat. ”
He Mullan looked at the sky.
"If Mrs. Feng has nothing else to do, then the junior will leave first."
"General Hua, please."
Not long after He Mulan left, Princess Lelang behind the tent sighed faintly.
"Brave and resourceful, and very cool-headed, I can't even see the depth."
"Madam, why do you care so much about this general?"
A maid hugged the little princess who had woken up and was nibbling on milk cakes, and asked softly, "You kindly reminded him, but he still doesn't appreciate it." ”
"You don't understand, his name is that, and I'm always relieved. Now that this is indeed an excellent young man, I am worried that Hao'er will suffer in the future......"
If she had gone to the east, she would not have faced her son.
But now it seems that he has already made up his mind, as if he is not moved by anything else.
That night, the Gaoche people were busy and did not sleep all night, and He Mullan and several generals who stayed behind in the camp interrogated Pi Lixian's two sons for a night, and finally learned a lot of information.
It turned out that Da Tan had been sick for a while, so he hadn't heard any news of him personally leading the army until now.
It turned out that Pi Li was captured first and the ghost Fang was killed, so Wu Ti was in a mess and fought with his brothers, so when the Wei army pressed the border, he couldn't spare people to defend his own territory.
It turned out that the princes and chieftains had already sent a lot of envoys to summon the chariot people, so they were so surprised to see the chariot people here.
At this time, the patriarch of the Hu Lu Department and the Di clan also told them about the recent events.
Di Yefei beheaded all kinds of envoys in Jinshan, so that they had to transfer the old and young in the clan, and the patriarch of the Hulu Department was even more with Di Yefei as brothers of the opposite sex, saying that they would advance and retreat together, and now Di Yefei's reputation is in full swing in the Jinshan Gaoche tribes, and everyone calls him the name of "Aqihuo", and respects him very much.
"Big things are not good!"
When He Mulan heard that Di Yefei had beheaded the messenger of the Rouran people, he immediately jumped up.
"How long has this been?"
"It's been almost half a month."
Several generals couldn't help but be surprised when they saw He Mulan being so anxious: "Why is General Hua so panicked?" ”
"Di Yefei killed Rouran's envoy, but at this time, Rouran was fighting against my Great Wei, if Gao Che refused the summons, then the other clans would do the same, and would not hand over their clansmen to participate in the war. Da Tan is a person who is very deep in the city, just to make an example of him, and he will definitely send someone to Gao Che to retaliate, otherwise once everyone follows suit, there will be no one to help the royal court......"
He Mulan arched his hand at the generals.
"The Tall Carts are in danger right now, and I want to set off for Jinshan tomorrow to support the Tall Carts. Fortunately, now that Lu Fang and Haruba have been captured, there is no longer a large army around, and the generals are guarding the camp and protecting these Gaoche people until the Montenegrin camp comes, I don't know if it is possible? ”
A general was happy to sell this favor, smiled and said, "Even if General Hua doesn't say it, this is our responsibility." We will guard the camp, and General Hua can go with confidence. ”
They guarded the camp, and those comrades who were already eager to attack wanted to get rich military merits, but they could only wait in the rear. Who knew that Hua Mulan received a letter, even if they sat in the camp, they would have won so many military exploits and prisoners in vain, plus the creeping war horses, armor, etc., even if they didn't fight, this Northern Expedition would not be empty-handed.
They knew that it was false that Hua Mulan might want to rescue the high-speed riders, and that it was true that she wanted to lead her troops to earn some military merits, so naturally they would not stand in the way of the tiger rider.
When He Mullan heard that they had no doubt or displeasure, his heart was immediately relieved, and he immediately went out of the tent, ordered his troops and horses, and left only the wounded soldiers of today's battle, and asked them to prepare for a hurry.
Whenever you are in a hurry, you must estimate in advance the horses, substitute horses, pack horses, dry rations, including the baggage to be discarded, the weapons and arrows to be brought, otherwise you will not be able to start the battle even if you reach the place.
After a busy night, until early in the morning, He Mulan led more than 4,000 tiger soldiers and men from the Gaoche tribe who volunteered to lead the way for them, and embarked on the road north to Jinshan together.
None of them knew that He Mullan had gone to the high chariot not for anything else, but to gather the young men of the high chariot and earn a great merit.
At that time, the royal court of Datan was attacked by Tuoba Tao, and the place that must be passed through is Jinshan.
It's just that when the Gaoche tribe heard the news of the Northern Expedition of Wei, they had already scattered in a panic and fled, as for how Gaoche was attached later, because Hua Mulan didn't care about politics, there was no such thing in her memory.
The only thing she can be sure of is that the southern foot of Jinshan at that time was an empty pasture, so Da Tan repaired it after fleeing there, and then continued to flee west, until Da Tan died of illness and anger on the way to the west, and Wu Ti succeeded to the throne, so he returned to Rouran with his soldiers and horses, re-raised the royal flag, and surrendered to Wei.
He Mulan just left, I heard that he was going to support the Gaoche tribe, and the old and weak women and children of Gaoche were naturally warmly sending, and each girl was eager to kiss the soldiers of the Tiger Horseman.
He Mulan was thrown the most by the girls, so that later the tiger horse had to speed up and gallop for a while, otherwise he would not have been able to get out of the camp in the morning.
He Mulan left, Princess Lelang was surprised, but now she is already in the place of the Wei people, her status is precious, Wei has already had a white egret official left in the camp to wait for her, she did not dare to rashly send a messenger to find her son, she can only obediently wait here for news from all parties.
It's just that she didn't wait for news from other channels, but waited for an unexpected person.
"I'm relieved to see that my wife is well."
As soon as Yang Zhe entered the camp, he saw that Princess Lelang was still looking as usual, and his heart suddenly settled down and saluted her.
When Princess Lelang's daughter saw Yang Zhe, she immediately jumped forward screaming, hugged his legs and shouted "Mr. Yang" and "Mr. Yang".
"Why are you here?"
Princess Lelang was not happy when she saw him.
"Hao'er deserves your help at this time, how can you come to me?"
Yang Zhe was a Han man who led a group of people to the south on the grassland, and was naturally quickly stopped by the patrolling Wei people. Fortunately, there was no contradiction between the two sides in his Han appearance, and when he showed the token and explained the reason, the patrolling Wei people took them into the camp suspiciously, and did not allow the cavalry to enter the camp, and only took Yang Zhe to find the "Tiger General".
It's just that at this time, Mulan has already left the camp, and the general in charge of management affairs in the camp heard the return of the patrolmen, and immediately did not dare to slack off, and sent Yang Zhe to "Mrs. Feng".
"Because the young master thinks so too......"
Yang Zhe sighed. "Your mother and son think that with me by your side, the other party will be safe and sound, how can I be so trusted......"
"But you ...... now"
"Madame, rest assured, there is a young master on the side of the high car to help the sweetheart of that 'Aqihuo', and he will definitely be like a tiger. But you, Madam, go south alone, isolated and helpless, if there is a case, won't it make the young master regret it in the future? ”
……
Sweetheart......
It's just that she has that sweetheart, that's why she's worried, right?
"But madam, when I came, I saw that there were many high-chariot people in the Wei camp, this is ......"
Princess Lelang rubbed her eyebrows and said with a bitter face:
"I just want you to know that Hao'er's sweetheart probably has some problems......"
***
The southern foot of Jinshan.
"Ah Qihuo, patriarch, it's not good! In the distance, there is a large army of Rouran, look at the banner is Wu Ti's men and horses! ”
In order to prevent Wu Ti from retaliating, Di Yefei had already ordered several clansmen with the best eyesight in Gaoche to disperse to the north and east to beware of the army from Rouran.
Now that the army is really coming, they can't leave anything to chance, so they have to look at Di Yefei one after another.
Di Yefei had already made arrangements before, and asked the clansmen: "How many people?" When will it arrive? ”
"I can't count how many people there are, there should be tens of thousands, right?" The man didn't dare to approach at all, but said in great fear: "At this rate, we will be near us in the evening!" ”
"Their army has traveled long distances and will not launch a night attack in this situation, we still have time."
Di Yefei looked at the patriarchs, bowed down and said, "At this time, you can only follow the previous arrangement......"
"We get it."
Several patriarchs had naturally discussed it in advance, and when they heard that the situation was urgent, they immediately responded and ordered: "Tell the clan to put away the camp tent......"
"Ready to go up the mountain."