Chapter 1016: Night Beast
The Han army scouts held their breath and looked at the figure of Lao Niu with fear, feeling that in the night, their hearts were beating as if they were about to jump out of their chests.
I don't know how long it took, I saw Lao Niu climb down the hill, got up and bent down and touched back, and when he came, he heard Lao Niu suppress his voice to the lowest and said: "More than a dozen Hu people spies!" Although I can't see it clearly, the fishy smell is definitely not bad! Just behind the dirt slope in front! ”
The Han army cavalry sent scouts, and the Hu people naturally sent spies from the surrounding areas, but no one thought that they would encounter one in such a place!
I don't know who whispered: "Then let's go back and report to Captain Zhang quickly?" ”
Lao Niu glanced at the recruit, but shook his head and said, "What are we?" It is a scout, an eye to find out the enemy's military situation, and a sentry to stop the opponent...... Now there are more than a dozen Hu scouts on the opposite side, and I haven't seen any trace of the Hu people's team, let's go back? What military situation to report back? ”
Lao Niu said that the recruit was a little confused.
"I can't go back now, but I can't let the Hu people scouts swagger in our direction like this, and find out our virtual and real ......."
"What then? We've got to kill it! The recruit, perhaps to prove that he was not timid for a moment, waved his arm and said emphatically.
"There are other sentries on the opposite hill, and we still have these houses here as cover, if we go straight to it, we will be discovered by these Hu sentinels...... The condescending cold arrow from the mountain bag is not easy to hard......" The old cow also scratched his head a little.
Several people squatted in one place, silent for a moment, and the old cow finally made a decision: "We will ambush here, these Hu scouts are feeding the horses and resting, and they will always reconnoiter from our side...... Can't let them be so swaggering and keep touching it! What's more, as long as they come, we will be in the shadows, and when the time comes, we will ...... If you're lucky, you'll be able to catch a few heads! ”
When everyone heard this, they all agreed, so Lao Niu asked one of them to take the war horses to watch the back road, and then led the rest of the personnel to hide among these broken eaves and broken walls. Each person is responsible for looking in one direction, taking everything around them into view, and no matter which direction the Hu scouts are heading, they will be spotted.
If the Hu people retreat, then follow from a distance, maybe they will follow the vine, if the Hu people scout is not long-sighted and really bumps into it, then it is necessary to let these Hu people taste the taste of the swords, guns and arrows in their hands.
Several people crouched in the shadows, but the recruits who had been taught a lesson by the old cow before squatted next to the old cow at the half-section of the stump, silently observing the surrounding situation, after a while, the recruits couldn't help but whisper: "Shi Chang, you know so much, when will I be like you......"
Lao Niu patted him lightly on the shoulder, and then said, "It's okay, just learn slowly...... Just ......"
The old cow spoke in a low voice, almost grunting in his throat, and then purred the last few words of this sentence into Gollum without saying it.
As long as you kid has a hard life......
If you still can't learn, then you won't be able to survive next time, so you won't have to worry about learning anything.
Just as the two of them were whispering, they suddenly heard a louder noise in front of them, and the sound of horses' hooves falling staggered, which was striking in the night, which was extraordinarily clear.
Lao Niu's face changed, and he hurriedly waved his hand to let the recruit return to his place, and then quietly poked out half of his head from the dim place of the wreckage to check.
The sound of horses' hooves is not in the direction of the previous slope, but from the other side!
Under the faint light of the stars and moon, the figures of a group of Hu scouts could be seen flickering and flickering......
Then the whistle sounded in another direction, and another group of Hu scouts appeared along with the sound!
At present, there are already thirty or forty Hu people gathered here, which is several times more than the Han army scouts led by Lao Niu!
Damn it!
This is the preset meeting point of the Hu scouts!
Suddenly, several people didn't even dare to come out, just crouched in the shadows of the corners and the depths of the long grass, motionless.
In the night, these Hu scouts came out of nowhere, their low whistles echoed each other, and the war horses also made a purring sound and came together.
The settlement was originally an area with convenient road transportation, so it naturally became a natural point for the Hu people to gather. These Hu scouts gathered in one place, talking to each other about something, and without thinking, it must be exchanging information related to surrounding detection......
Lao Niu felt that his heart was pounding, and the situation in front of him may not be clear to ordinary people, but for Lao Niu, this means that these Hu scouts are actually dredging the military road, driving the army forward, so they will scatter here to detect the surrounding situation and control the road in front of the army!
The Hu army is coming in this direction!
Perhaps because they didn't encounter anything along the way, these Hu scouts were not particularly cautious, but conducted sentry sentries as usual, finding out the road on which the army was advancing, maintaining the safety of the flanks of the army, and controlling the nodes of the march, and they did not even consider that there would be opponents who would also face them......
It is normal for the Hu people to have such a reaction, the cavalry wants to move quickly, coming and going like the wind, if it is not just encountered, even if there are some traces, after a long time, as soon as the night wind blows, most of them will dissipate, so these Hu people did not expect that there would be a Han army to touch it!
It seems that this area has been reconnoitred and explored by the Hu scouts before, so these Hu scouts did not check these broken eaves again, but scattered all over the road, facing the surrounding guards, only to see the figure longing to come and go, someone put a long wooden stick on the side of the road, on the top of the stick, painted a section with white paint, even in the dark night is extremely obvious.
This is the sign of the march of the Hu army.
The hidden Han soldiers all cast their eyes on the old cow, silently asking what to do now, the manpower on the other side is now several times that of his own, if he really hands it over, he may not be able to get any benefits.
And it seems that the army of the Hu people is about to follow up, and the only choice now seems to be to retreat quickly and inform the troops in the rear that the Hu people are coming towards this line of defense!
But the old cow still lay on the wreckage, silent.
After a while, the Hu scouts divided into a team and headed north, as if to find the Hu people's brigade to recover their lives, while the other twenty or so people remained in their place.
"Old Cow...... Let's go now......" A veteran touched it, leaned in the shadow of the corner, and whispered, "The army of Hu may be behind...... If you don't leave, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave......"
The old cow still didn't move, and was silent for a while before saying, "No...... We don't know how many people there are in the Hu brigade, what equipment they have, and who is in command, even if we go back, we can't say a thing or two, so what's the use of going back? ”
"So what do you want...... It won't be wanting ......."
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The silence of the night suddenly became noisy.
Bands of Hu cavalry appeared in the distance, and they all came from a long journey. Of course, for the war horse, this big guy is also extremely serious myopia, so he can't go fast at night, can't run, as a cavalry, since he can't gallop, then half of it is also to cherish the war horse, and half is also to reduce the movement of the march, so most people are dismounted and led, along the road signs to move forward.
This brigade of Hu people is the men and horses of the Xiongnu tribe who came out of the Yinshan camp and came to raid the Han people in order to carry out the order of Tuoba Guoluo.
It's not that these Hun cavalry are rampant and dare to march at night, but in order to complete the order as soon as possible, so as not to go deep alone for too long, resulting in being cut off by the Han cavalry The route of return was chosen, so they chose to rush overnight.
At night, the white-headed sticks on the side of the road are still relatively obvious, so as not to go in the wrong direction. These wooden sticks are the credit of the Hun scouts, guiding the large group of men and horses forward, and when the team passes, these Hun scouts will put away a wooden stick, and then overtake the troops, reach the front and continue to mark the direction of progress.
This large group of Xiongnu soldiers and horses, adding up to nearly a thousand people, I don't know whether it is for lightness, or for some other reason, and did not play the banner of oxtail like the Xianbei people, nor did they bring much baggage, not even one person and two horses, but brought some pack horses in the rear of the team.
The Hun soldiers of the brigade silently just marched forward, although the terrain in this area of Yinshan is generally flat, and there is no need to worry about the rugged road, but there are many people and horses, and there are always some inevitable problems, such as some people are fast, some people are slow, and then they are congested at one time, although the Hu people also have military orders, but it is just a general regulation, as for the process of marching like this, it is naturally impossible to measure the pace with a ruler like later generations, and it must be exactly the same......
Many of the exhausted Hu people simply left the brigade, sat down on the side of the road, lifted the broken skin and ran the fan, took out the water bladder and drank the water in small sips.
Seeing that the team was a little slack, Lin Yinqin just gritted his teeth silently, the flesh on his cheeks shook twice, and finally didn't say anything.
These are all clansmen who have followed them all the way to fight for their lives, and it is already good to be able to leave these, so how can they ask for anything more?
It is only right to hurry to the next gathering place of Han people, and then loot back to Yin Mountain.
The rest of the people felt that it was a kind of beauty to come out like this, and they all looked at themselves with a look of envy, but Lin Yinqin knew that the current Han people may not be like before, thirty or fifty people can run around, and the Han army of the tricolor flag today is really not ordinary......
If his own army encounters the Han army head-on, he may not be able to get much benefit.
What should he and his clan do next, when Lin Yinqin thought of this question, his heart felt as if he was suddenly empty, uncomfortable. Originally, with the help of Xianbei forces, the dream of returning to the Meiji royal court to claim the king and hegemony has been shattered, but then it is like a nightmare, overwhelming, and even where the future direction is, it seems that it is completely invisible.
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion ahead, and then I heard someone screaming, and the terrible voice spread far away in the night sky: "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack! ”
I don't know who shouted: "It's Han!" Han! ”
Suddenly, the whole marching Hun brigade was in chaos, those sitting on the ground jumped up, the people under the horses turned over and got on the horses, and the ones in the queue rushed outward, and those in the rear had to move forward, and for a time people shouted that the horses neighed, and the chaos was unbearable.
"Calm down! Sedation! Lin Yinqin shouted loudly, "Everyone should bring their own soldiers!" Don't mess around! Where is the former team leader? Report the situation! ”
"It's Han Chinese! It's a scout of the Han Chinese! ”
From top to bottom, the Hun brigade did not expect that they would meet the soldiers and horses of the Han people at this point in time! And dared to launch a brazen attack in front of the brigade!
The sound of horses' hooves was heard, and a herald ran to the front of Lin Yinqin and reported: "Our outpost ahead has encountered a Han scout!" At war! ”
Before Lin Yinqin could give any order, another herald ran over and said, "The Han scouts killed two people, our scouts killed one person, injured one person, and ...... One more person was taken away......"
"What?!" Lin Yinqin shouted, "Let the leader of the team in front immediately lead people to chase after him, and I must chase people back!" Kill the Han Chinese scouts! ”
The herald snorted, and then said, "Return to the Great Commander...... Already chased out......"
As soon as the words fell, I heard another commotion in front of me!
"What's wrong again!" Lin Yinqin couldn't hold back his anger, and roared and shouted, "Someone! Follow me! ”
But when Lin Yinqin arrived at the front of the queue with his guards, he saw the corpse of the little head who had taken the lead in front of the queue......
The war horse screamed on the side, arching its head at the motionless corpse on the ground.
The head of the Hun man fell to the side, his eyes wide open, as if he was still wondering how he had died, but the neck of his body was like a sharp knife, and blood gushed from it.
"What's going on!?"
A surviving Hun sat next to the corpse, his face was full of panic, and after hearing Lin Yinqin's roar, the focus of his eyes slowly converged in one place, raised his finger, and said tremblingly: "...... Han people, Han people fled from here...... We chase ...... with the headman Still...... But here ......"
The Hun trembled all over, obviously recalling some bad picture, "...... These Han Chinese know how to demons...... Demon Method...... The head man chased after this, this head, the head ...... I fell off on my own......"
"Fell off yourself?" Lin Yinqin's eyes widened in disbelief, "This can't be!" ”
Whose head will fall spontaneously?
Lin Yinqin knew that his people would not lie to him, so it must have been caused by something hidden in the broken eaves in front of him.
But what exactly caused it, Lin Yinqin didn't know.
Lin Yinqin looked up at this piece of black and pressed broken eaves and broken walls, I don't know why, I suddenly had a feeling, like a fierce beast with teeth and claws in the dark night, opening its mouth wide, waiting for itself to come forward and send it to its mouth......