Chapter 224: Killing in the Snow
The snow is getting heavier and heavier, falling on the horse, if you don't wipe it for a while, it will accumulate a thin layer, and what is even more hateful is that the wind flickers from east to west, raising the cold snowflakes and hitting the face, which makes Helan Yan can only barely open his eyes a small slit, and now he has all over his body, only his eyes are still exposed, and the horse and himself have turned white. Behind him, hundreds of white men followed him, trudging through the snow with difficulty.
The army is still being assembled, and the attack is far from time, and it will have to wait until tomorrow to start spring, but Li Yu Guiyao prefers to send himself out to explore the road at this time, isn't this a deliberate embarrassment? I'm afraid he hopes that he will run into the standing army of Zhao State, which has not yet withdrawn, and then be killed by his opponent, right? So that he could justifiably swallow the other half of his army in the camp.
Helan Xiong knows the danger of coming out now, but if he doesn't come out, he will be charged with disobeying military orders, and his head will be cut off. So he chose a remote route to advance, on this route, there are no enemy checkpoint towns, and naturally there will be no soldiers from Zhao State stationed.
Looking up at the annoying weather, the wind and snow are so big, the snow is so thick, if you run into the army of Zhao in such weather, your cavalry will not have the slightest advantage, and you can't run if you want to.
On this route, he has been advancing for two days, He Lanxiong plans to pass today, so he will go home, this trip out for three days, it can be regarded as the completion of the task, he Li Guiyao is shameless, and he is not embarrassed to send himself out to suffer again.
"Young master, there are a few guys in the army who have quite a lot of complaints." He Lanrui approached He Lanxiong and said in a low voice: "They said that if you hadn't offended the guys of the Li clan, you wouldn't have suffered like this, and many soldiers were a little moved when they heard their words!"
He Lanxiong remained silent, "Pay more attention to these guys, hum, I don't want to think about who took them and their families in the first place when they were so hungry that their hearts were close to their stomachs, the big waves washed the sand, and these useless things were washed away, and what was left behind was real gold."
"Understood, young master!" Helan Rui nodded, and was about to ride his horse away, but in the wind and snow, there was a sudden sound of dogs barking, and after a while, more dogs barked.
"There is a situation!" Helan Rui shouted.
Helan Xiong straightened up suddenly, choked, and pulled out the scimitar at his waist, "Prepare for battle!" He shouted.
As his scimitar was unsheathed, the Helan soldiers who had just wrapped themselves in their cloaks were all in good spirits, and their scimitars were unsheathed one after another.
"Helan Rui, take a team to investigate!" He Lanxiong commanded, glanced back at the army behind him that had dispersed into an attack formation, and nodded with satisfaction. Drawing on the structure of the lofty army, now these subordinates of their own are fighting in a lot of rules, unlike in the past, when they shouted and rushed, they swarmed up. In the current attack, Helan has been able to skillfully launch one, two, or even more waves of continuous attacks in battle.
In fact, in the past, everyone did this in wars, this is due to experience, but there are always problems with the connection between waves, sometimes it is fast, sometimes it can't keep up, but now, under the command of the centurion, the ten-division and others, one attack after another will rise and fall like a tide, the tide rises and falls, but the power is much greater than before, and as soon as the attack is launched, it will make the enemy not have the slightest breath.
He Lanrui led a team into the wind and snow, and He Lanxiong led a large group of men and horses to advance cautiously, the snow was too big, and the vision was blocked, and he didn't know what was in the distance of the road. The strings in everyone's hearts are crumbling tightly, and they dare not slack off in the slightest. The Zhao army and the Huns have been facing each other in Daijun for many years, but the Huns have not taken much advantage, especially when the two pairs are facing each other.
"Young master, there is a small village in front, less than thirty households!" In the wind and snow, Helan Rui's voice came, "Are you going to attack?"
"Attack, take this village!" He Lanxiong gave the order without hesitation, and at the same time, he was also greatly relieved in his heart, the Zhao people along the border of Daijun had already begun to retreat, it seems that this village was too remote and thought that no Huns would arrive, so they did not leave. It's cheaper for yourself, the army has been out for almost three days, hungry and tired, just here to replenish supplies, have a good rest, and when you recover your spirits, you can go back to the camp, and by the way, you can hide from this damn snowstorm.
Hearing Helanxiong's order, the cavalry shouted and galloped forward.
After a few moments, the barking of the dog came to an end, followed by the terrible howl of a man before he died.
Helan Xiong rode his horse slowly, a small village with less than thirty households, and he didn't need to make his own move, he also put his knife into the sheath and walked forward slowly.
At the entrance of the village, several vicious dogs fell to death on the road about ten meters long, no matter how fierce the livestock was, they also blocked the sharp blades of the soldiers, and the first corpse appeared in sight, it was an old man, half of his body was lying outside the door, the blood in his throat was dripping, but the lower half of his body was still in the door, obviously he heard the movement, and when he opened the door and wanted to see it clearly, a horse came like a fly, and immediately the knight swung a knife and cut his throat, and the half-open door panel was sprayed with blood.
The screams rang out in the village without interruption, and after about half an hour, everything fell silent, and the screams were no more, and the sound of chickens and dogs was unpleasant.
He Lanxiong turned over and dismounted, walked to the door of the first room, and glanced at the dead old man, who was about fifty years old, with wide eyes full of horror and disbelief. Sideways to avoid the deceased, into the courtyard, the courtyard is even more miserable, five or six corpses are lying on the ground, there are men and women, old and young, all of them are killed with a knife, this family, it seems that all of them are dead.
A soldier followed behind him, dragging the corpse to the corner of the wall and vacating the entire courtyard, Helanxiong ignored the soldier's actions and walked straight into the hall of the house.
It can be seen that this village is still relatively rich, perhaps because it is too remote, although it is located on the border, it has never been patronized by the Huns.
Dragged a chair and sat at the entrance of the hall gate, in the corner of the hall, there is a boxy fire ring surrounded by bricks, the firewood inside is burning crackling, above the fire ring, there is a beam, on which hangs a lot of bacon, on the longest hook, the water in the kettle is boiling loudly, constantly steaming outside, compared with the outside, the warmth in the house makes He Lanxiong feel very comfortable. One of the soldiers took the kettle from the hook on the ring of fire, poured a cup of steaming hot water and handed it to He Lanxiong. After taking a small sip, a hot breath suddenly went all the way down, and the whole body seemed to be warm.
Cavalry poured in from all over the place, bags of grain were piled up on both sides of the road outside, and the soldiers who walked into the courtyard, all carrying a large or small cloth bag, walked in front of Helan Xiong, and the cloth bag tilted, and poured out the tinkling copper coins and shiny gold and silver jewelry from it.
More and more people returned, and the things on the ground slowly piled higher and higher, and the soldiers, after doing all this, silently walked to both sides, standing still.
"Make a book!" Helanxiong waved his hand, and the two soldiers next to him walked out, one began to count the things on the ground, and the other took out the pen and ink from the burden on his back and began to register.
All the seizures will be returned to the public, ascend to the heights to make a book, and after the war, they will be rewarded according to the level of military achievements, and even the soldiers who did not accompany him to guard the old camp also have a share, which is where He Lanxiong learned from Gao Yuan, and He Lanxiong learned another point from Gao Yuan, that is, to give the soldiers, regardless of whether there is a war, will be issued on time, which is extremely rare among the Huns, the entire Hun tribe, and only the regular army under the command of the Hun King will have a fixed salary, under normal circumstances, the soldiers of the Hun tribe usually make their own living, when the war started, it relied on looting, and the things that were robbed were handed over to the patriarch part, and the rest belonged to themselves, which is also the reason why the Huns liked to fight very much, although they were working with their heads, but as long as they returned home alive, the general harvest was quite rich.
He Lanrui hurriedly rushed in from outside, his face was a little unsightly, he walked up to He Lanxiong and whispered a few words in a low voice. He Lanxiong's face changed, "What about them?"
He Lanrui was about to speak, and five more soldiers walked in outside the house, they were already the last batch, and the courtyard was crowded with all the soldiers except the guard. The eyes of nearly four hundred people looked at the five people who came in at the back.
"What did you just do?" He Lanxiong looked at them with a smile, these people were the guys He Lanrui had told him about who had vented his dissatisfaction in the team before.
The five soldiers looked at He Lanxiong's smiling face, and couldn't help but shiver and open their mouths, but Ai Ai was speechless.
"Bundle up!" The smile on Helanxiong's face faded sharply.
As soon as the words fell, He Lanrui had already pounced on him with more than a dozen people, two of them served one, pressed him to the ground, and tied him up in three or five strokes.
"Young master, spare your life!" The five were shocked.
"Spare your life?" He Lanxiong sneered, "What did you just do?" We killed all the men here because we were afraid that they would pick up knives to plot against us, we robbed all the food here because we needed supplies, we robbed the valuable things here because we needed a lot of money to make the tribe develop better and make our brothers and sisters live better, but when did we allow adultery with women? Do you remember all of our military discipline? What should I do if I commit adultery with a woman?"
The five of them suddenly turned pale.
"Chop!" He Lanxiong glanced at them and ordered cleanly.
Before the five people could react, He Lanxiong's own soldiers behind him had already waved their scimitars, and with a click, they cleanly cut off the heads of the five people, blood sprayed all over the ground, and the heads of the five fell to the ground, still unable to believe that He Lanxiong killed them like this.
The clothes of the five corpses that fell to the ground were scattered, and a lot of gold and silver jewelry and copper coins fell inside, He Lanxiong smiled, "I dare to hide the loot privately, but unfortunately I can't kill it a second time." (To be continued......)