Chapter 375: Fighters
The Khitan cavalry stormed the village.
Over the years, the Khitan people have really been scared by the Tang people, and they have always maintained a respectful attitude towards the Tang people. Moreover, in addition to the Yeluqi incident, Zhang Zhongwu was really good for the Khitan cavalry under his command, and when he requisitioned them, he also provided them with military pay and food, and Deng Jingshan himself was a native of Mozhou, so the military discipline of the thousands of Khitan cavalry stationed in Mozhou had always been good.
As a native of Mozhou, he has always been accustomed to the Khitan cavalry, knowing that they are protecting Mozhou and resisting the existence of Wuwei soldiers, so when the village elder saw the cavalry rushing into his yard, he greeted him with a smile.
"Master Jun, there are thieves!" He said loudly.
The Khitan cavalry who rushed in couldn't understand what he was saying, as the leader of this team, he chose this family because this family was the largest and best house in the village, and it was also the richest one. Seeing the village elder walking towards him, and pointing at himself and babbling something, he unceremoniously whipped down and immediately knocked the village elder to the ground.
The village elder fell to the ground and wailed loudly, but the Khitan soldiers turned over and dismounted, and rushed into the house with their swords.
Bethuren took more than 100 Wuwei cavalry to hide in the woods, and the distance from the village was only a few miles away, and Bethuren did not have much hope for whether the village elder could keep it secret for himself, so when he entered the forest, his team was still ready for battle.
Leaning slightly, a scout who was climbing on the top of a tree to watch the wind screamed with a strange expression.
"Captain, captain, the village is on fire."
Bai Qiuren was stunned: "On fire?" ”
"It seems that there is more than one!"
Bai Qiuren thought for a moment, turned over his horse, and said, "Let's go, go and see." ”
When the group reached the edge of the forest, they saw through the gap in the forest that the smoke was billowing from the village where they had rested just now, and there was more than one fire.
"Damn, it must be those Khitan soldiers who are doing evil!" Bethuren said angrily.
"Captain, do you want to do them?" The Wuwei cavalry was eager to try.
Bai Qiuren smiled: "Of course, we are Tang people, and the people of Mozhou are also Tang people, how can we see the reason that the Tang people are bullied by the Khitans and do not save them, all of them have it, are you ready for battle?" ”
"Always ready to fight!" More than a hundred knights shouted loudly.
"Attack!" Bethuren grabbed the horse's belly and rushed out of the woods first.
A man came out of the village, shouting for help, and ran in the direction of the woods, and behind him, a horse galloped out, and immediately drew his bow and arrows, and with a whoosh, hit the man's vest.
Bai Qiuren was furious, he recognized that the man who had just fallen to the ground was not the middle-aged man from the village where he had stayed before? Thinking that this middle-aged man wanted to go to the grove to ask them for help, and now he was almost dead in front of his eyes.
"Look for death!" Enraged, he stretched out his hand, took off the crossbow from the saddle, raised it flat, and aimed it at the Khitan soldier.
The Khitan soldier who shot the man with an arrow also saw the Wuwei cavalry running not far away at this time, and the look of surprise and consternation on his face overflowed with words, and he shouted, turned around and ran towards the village.
Where would Bethuren let him escape? With a hook of fingers, the crossbow buzzed, and the powerful crossbow arrow came out of the string, heading straight to the back of the Khitan soldier's heart, and the arrow actually came out of the chest.
The Khitan soldier fell from his horse headlong.
Hanging up his crossbow, Bethuren took off his spear and stormed into the village.
"Kill the thief!"
The number of people on both sides is actually about the same, about 100 horsemen, but at this moment, Bai Qiuren's more than 100 horsemen have gathered into a military formation, while more than 100 Khitan soldiers are divided into small teams one after another, and they are killing and looting in the village.
Their war horses even roam in the yards of some people's homes.
When these men were carrying grain and loading it on the ox cart, the Wuwei cavalry rushed over, raised their crossbow bows, and killed them with one arrow.
When they were carrying cotton wool and cotton clothes to their horses, the Wuwei cavalry rushed over and stabbed them with one shot.
What's more, when they heard the sound of shouting and killing and the whistling of crossbow arrows, some Khitan soldiers rushed out of the house with pants in one hand and a knife in the other, and naturally they were also beheaded by Wuwei soldiers.
Bethuren hardly encountered any kind of resistance, more than 100 Khitan cavalry, and in the end only about 20 horsemen hurriedly rode on war horses and wanted to rush out of the village, but the cavalry that Bethuren had arranged at the head of the village in advance shot crossbow arrows head-on, two phases and one clip, and finally these Khitan cavalry were also knocked off their horses one by one.
However, more than 100 Khitan soldiers who invaded this village were captured or killed by Bai Qiuren.
When Bai Qiuren stepped into the courtyard of the village elder again, the house was already a mess, the woman was disheveled, curled up on the kang and shivering, next to the gate, a man lay on the ground with his back facing the sky, a huge knife wound on his chest, the blood soaked the snow under him into purple black, and the village old man with an obvious whip mark on his face was sitting in the middle of the snow and crying.
Not long ago, a family that was happy was happy, but after such a short period of effort, the family was already ruined.
Bethuren stood in the courtyard and sighed silently.
Several living Khitan soldiers were tied up and entered the courtyard, and Bai Qiuren walked up to the Khitan soldiers who were pressed to their knees and shouted: "Who can speak Tang? ”
Several captives looked at him in fear, but no one spoke.
"Captain, Huzi can speak Khitan dialect." A soldier shouted.
"Get him!" Bethuren waved his hand.
The rangers now have more than 5,000 people, the main general is Li De, the deputy general is the Khitan Yeluqi, and among the rangers, there are more than 1,000 Khitan cavalry, and it is precisely because of this that many of the rangers have a rough understanding of some Khitan language.
A man with long feet ran briskly into the courtyard.
The trial began immediately.
After a while, Huzi turned to look at Bai Qiuren, his face was slightly nervous: "Captain, these Khitans said that their thousands of cavalry are scattered around here. ”
Bai Qiuren was taken aback, "What are you doing?" Is it to surround us? Can they use such a big battle, or do they have some other intentions? ”
"These people said that their leaders told them to rob food, cotton clothes, and everything. So they went out with all their troops. Huzi said.
Bai Qiuren was stunned, "Grab food, grab clothes? Mozhou is their territory, do they launch a ruthless attack to even grab their own people? Or are these Khitans already out of control? Ask again, on the side of Deng Jingshan in Mozhou City, will they be allowed to loot at will like this? ”
Huzi turned around and asked a few questions, and replied: "Captain, these Khitans said that the Mozhou army robbed in the city, and the Tang tribe robbed in the villages and towns near Mozhou City, they are Khitans, and they can't compete with those Mozhou troops, so they can only disperse to the villages below to rob." ”
Bai Qiuren suddenly realized: "They want to run!" ”
After all, he came out of a big family, and he received a complete education since he was a child, after Bai Qiuren got so many clues, and then thought about it in combination with the current situation, he immediately understood that Deng Jingshan was only afraid that he was going to retreat, but the reserves of grain, grass and cotton clothes were insufficient, so he had to rob them, as for these ordinary people? He Deng Jingshan is only afraid and understands that this retreat, if he wants to come back in the future, he is afraid that it will be difficult, and when he leaves, he will make a vote, whether he cares whether the people of Mozhou are dead or alive?
However, this does not mean that they are safe now, on the contrary, I am afraid that their situation is more dangerous, because the Khitan soldiers are scattered everywhere, and there is no law at all, and they are afraid that if one is not careful, they will bump into one of them.
There are thousands of people on the other side.
Bai Qiuren waved his hand, made a gesture of cutting his neck, and pulled out the horizontal knife at the waist of these Khitan captured soldiers, and cut off the heads of those people without hesitation.
"Huzi, you go back to General Li immediately and tell him about the situation here." Bethule said. "Be careful on the road, try to avoid the village and take the path."
"Understood!" Huzi turned and ran out of the yard and straddled his horse.
Bai Qiuren walked in front of the village elder, looked at the village elder who was in tears, and didn't know what to say, the two dead men were obviously his sons and other characters.
"Sir, now is not the time to be sad, don't you have other family members? Now there are Khitan cavalry everywhere, they may come back at any time, you have to take people out and hide, no matter where you are, but you can't stay in the village anymore! Otherwise, those people would have come. ”
After saying this, Bai Qiuren straightened up, waved his hand, and took his people to collect the spoils, a group of more than 100 people, but with more than 200 war horses, they left the village and disappeared into the snowfield.
Of course he wasn't going to hide.
For him, of course, the danger is great, but the opportunities also coexist, the Khitans are numerous, but they are scattered, and more importantly, they do not know their existence.
If these Khitans want to grab something, they can only go to the village, and they may be able to seize the opportunity like this one to harvest another wave of loot.
A day later, Li De received a report.
"Great opportunity!" Li De jumped up, "Come on, come on, drum and gather generals." ”
The drums sounded, and in the Ranger camp, the generals, and captains rushed towards the location of the Chinese army's banner.
After briefly briefing him on the situation, Li De laughed and said: "Thousands of Mozhou Khitan cavalry scattered outside to loot property and food, just give us the opportunity to divide and annihilate, prepare tonight, all departments will bring all the dry food needed for ten days, and early tomorrow morning, the army will set off." ”
"Do you want to tell Governor Liu?" Jeluzi asked.
"I have already sent someone to report the military situation to the governor, but the military situation waits for no one, so let's move first. If they were to gather and return to the camp, there would never be such a good opportunity again. Li De said excitedly.
The general is outside, the king's order is not affected, and the fighter plane is fleeting, Li De naturally will not wait for Liu Chenglin's reply.