Chapter 61: The Hunt
The weather is hot and humid, and it seems that you are weak when you know it.
Behind the mound, Hu Dugu chewed on the jerky, and from time to time secretly looked at the figure sitting on the branch in the green canopy of the crooked-necked tree on the mound.
Emperor Nanren, that fluttering figure, in her eyes, became more and more terrifying.
It has been more than 20 days since the Nanren Emperor and his heavy cavalry guards came out, and at first, they just hunted scouts from the direction of Fengshengzhou dozens of miles from Yunzhou, and gradually traveled westward, but now, they are already 200 miles away from Yunzhou, and in more than 20 days, they are hunted from the direction of Fengshengzhou and Ulzhou, and they are afraid of no less than 100 horses.
The Qi people were hesitant in Yunzhou, and Fengshengzhou would naturally send a large number of scouts to spy on the movements of the Qi people.
In the past 20 days, the Nanren Emperor and his heavy cavalry guards were fully armed only once, and they encountered a team of poor officials who went to the countryside to collect grain, but they killed people and set fire to them in the countryside, and even wanted to kill and rob a small village of more than a dozen households, creating the illusion that it was the Qi army looting.
In addition, the Nanren Emperor and his heavy cavalry, when they saw an enemy scout from a distance, they rode out lightly, outflanked, and shot them with bows and arrows, none of the scouts could survive after encountering them, and the organic spirits turned around and left, but they would always be chased by the Nanren Emperor who did not know how far to chase them, and finally led the opponent's horses back.
When the Nanren Emperor was resting in the brigade, he liked to stand on a high place, on the top of a tree, and so on, and he really knew how to do it, as if he had clairvoyance, and he could find the traces of enemy scouts very early.
However, in the past two or three days, he has entered the territory of Ulzhou, as if the county seat of Ding'an in Ulzhou is not far from here, and from here, it is only forty or fifty miles away from Ulzhou City in the south, and only seventy or eighty miles away from Fengshengzhou in the north, but the other side's sentry guards are becoming more and more invisible, and yesterday and today, the Nanren Emperor did not find any trace of the enemy.
Come to think of it, whether it is Ulzhou or Fengshengzhou, there are no light cavalry who dare to come out to reconnoitre, according to the Emperor of the Southerners, they should suddenly discover that scouting is an extremely high-risk profession now.
It's the first time I've seen the scout of the other side hunted as the main target, and almost every time the hunt is successful.
Swallowing the dried meat in his mouth with some difficulty, Hu Dugu didn't know what it tasted like, although the target of being hunted by the other party was mainly the southerners, and later, more than a dozen Bohai light horsemen were killed in a row, and there were no Khitan people, but, after all, they were all soldiers of Da Liao, and they watched them being hunted and assassinated again and again, but they couldn't do anything about it, it was really a torment.
Fortunately, it is coming to an end.
The emperor of the south, very planned, this guerrilla, also led the name of the Shenwu army of thirty light cavalry, every day, there will be a light cavalry back to Yunzhou to send news, report the emperor's safety and location, so that the Yunzhou army is at ease.
Now, there are only four or five light horsemen left, so the Emperor of the Southerners should be turned back.
"Drink water!" On the side, the giant man called Brother Wanyan Nu sent Hu Dugu's special water bladder to Hu Dugu's mouth, and at the same time, he took out the cloth ball that stuffed Hu Dugu's mouth, and every time Hu Dugu finished eating, his mouth would be plugged and his hands were tied, so as not to warn her.
Bringing her here, it seems that she was originally brought to be a translator, but there was no chance to attack the Khitans.
"Brother Nu, don't stop gagging her!" Emperor Nanren suddenly spoke, and beckoned to Hu Dugu again, "Come here, I'll say a few words to you." β
Hu Dugu's heart jumped immediately.
I secretly scolded myself for not being angry, but when I walked towards the crooked neck tree on the mound, Hu Dugu's legs involuntarily trembled a little, which was not something she could control at all.
For the first time in my life, I feel so afraid of a person, compared with him, the fear of indiscriminate killing, and this kind of awe in the depths of the bone marrow are completely two feelings, the first emperor seems to have become a good gentleman.
"Come up!" Emperor Nanren pointed to the trunk and smiled at her.
Hu Dugu's heart was beating even more violently, and the smile of the Nanren Emperor seemed to be even more terrifying.
Holding the trunk of the tree with both hands, climbing with both legs, climbing up skillfully, climbing the tree, for her, she is familiar with the road, but she wants to be like the emperor of the southerners, sitting on the top treetop and moving lightly in the wind, but she can't do it, she can only stand on a branch below.
Looking at the posture of this Hu Dugu when he climbed the tree, Lu Ning couldn't help but smile in his heart, and said in his heart that this long leg.
Indeed, Hu Dugu is a typical northern Hu girl, tall and fit, she is a specially selected maid next to Queen Xiao, both a guard and a maidservant, the figure is especially tall, the big man is not one meter nine afraid is about the same, wearing a short coat with narrow sleeves, a leather belt at the waist, and a beard with pants, which shows a bodybuilding and long-legged curve, although in fact, her legs are naturally much thicker than the slender jade legs of ordinary beauties, but with her figure, it is very beautiful.
"Hu Dugu, how is the current situation of your master and servant than when he was imprisoned in Yunzhou City?" Lu Ning asked.
Hu Dugu was stunned, compared to the precarious situation at that time, and even the possibility of being secretly executed at any time, today's life is naturally different from cloud and mud.
Lu Ning said again: "Do you think now that in the battle between my Great Qi and the rebels in the north, who loses and who wins?" β
This is another difficult question to answer, if you hadn't met this Nanren Emperor, the answer to this question would have been deeply ingrained in Hu Dugu's heart, but now, it is really difficult to answer.
Hu Dugu faintly felt that in this war, it was really difficult to predict who would die in the end, but it was the emperor of the southerners who lost the war, and it should not be a big problem to retreat to the Central Plains, after all, the Central Plains has a large population, how many men and horses did he mobilize?
Obviously, the Nanren Emperor didn't want her answer, and said: "No matter whether the war is successful or not, I regard the people who help me in the north as people, and you really serve me, what's wrong with it?" β
Hu Dugu was stunned again, yes, what's wrong with submitting to this southerner emperor?
In fact, what the Son of Heaven regarded all the tribes who were obedient and helped him as Qi people; Why you and Princess Liao met the Holy Son of Heaven, it is actually your great blessing; If the Son of Heaven takes the land of the North, your master, the princess of Liaodi, can really enjoy all the honor; And so on and so forth.
These words, Yuan Jizhong, the annoying tuberculosis ghost of the southerners, don't know how many times he has nagged and told her.
However, it didn't seem to be as good as the Nanren Emperor, and asking these three questions made her suddenly feel that it was reasonable.
It's like the golden words of the Nanren Emperor, which is even more convincing to her.
"Think about my words and go." Lu Ning waved his hand, looking at the big huma who was a little confused, and his heart sank.
Speaking of which, unlike Empress Xiao, this Hudu Gumo is talking about any nationality, which is the concept of "clan", and it is limited to his own small tribe or even to his own relatives.
This is the case with many northern tribes, only those of their own tribe are their relatives and friends, and the others are outsiders.
If there is milk, it is a mother, and the Hu tribe fights with each other, and many times, it will also be used by the Central Plains Dynasty.
For Hu Dugu, it is no longer tolerated by the Khitan, and it is logical to take refuge in the Central Plains Dynasty.
Don't talk about her, let's just say that the Khitan founding emperor Yelu Abaoji family, his wife Ke Dunshu Luping, is a very ruthless character, who has made great efforts in Yelu Abaoji's unification of the Khitan departments, and is also a legendary woman who personally led the army to conquer the east and west.
However, this statement is flat, and when you are old, you are a little confused, after all, the old lady may be biased.
Shu Luping doesn't like the eldest son, likes the second son and the younger son, after the throne was passed to the second son, she still didn't give up, forced the eldest son to take the favorite concubine to the retinue, went to sea to the Central Plains, was warmly received by the Later Tang Dynasty, and gave the surname Li, however, his eldest son lived in the Central Plains for six years, because of the coup d'Γ©tat in the Later Tang Dynasty, which ruled the Central Plains at that time, he also participated in it, and was finally killed.
The so-called royal families are like this, let alone the ordinary Khitan clansmen.
In fact, Hu Dugu was only because he was extremely loyal to Empress Xiao and was somewhat influenced by Empress Xiao's Central Plains thinking, so he couldn't turn the corner for a while.
Seeing that her big eyes were blinking now, with a look of sudden enlightenment, she even slapped her head hard with the palm of her hand, obviously annoyed, and she didn't understand why she didn't understand it in the first place.
Lu Ning, then, suddenly frowned, looking north.
A group of cavalry was galloping forward, of course, such a long distance, if it was seen by others, it was still a vague black spot.