Chapter 219: Persecution (18)
The Turkic wolf riders of the brigade surrounded a beacon and settled down.
This beacon is already the fourth to be defeated by Turkic wolves after rushing out of the mountain pass.
Night is falling, and the cold wind is blowing. And the brigade transporting the tents behind has not yet caught up. Even with the cold-tolerant degree of the grassland people, they were all frozen at this time, and the hedgehogs gathered in one place and raised a fire to keep warm.
And in the beacon, the king flag that will fall is raised, but even the hundred guards who are bound to fall, this beacon can't be stacked. Most of them also have to follow the ordinary green wolf to ride on the fire to keep warm.
Although several beacons were laid down one after another, the morale of the Turkic wolf riders was not high. Everyone knows that these edge beacons only play the role of a warning, there are only more than ten people in the beacons, and they can't support each other, as long as they are willing to die, they can fill it up.
But after the beacon, it was a fortress set up at risk. After sending the warning signal, Fengsui quickly withdrew to these forts. In each fortress, at least one team of defenders can be gathered. By virtue of its geographical advantages, small but strong, with fifty or sixty defenders, the fortress has always been the most difficult bone to gnaw.
In the usual summer and autumn invasions, these fortified Turkic wolf riders always bypassed. Go deep into the heart of the clouds to ravage and destroy. Sometimes even Cloud City is bypassed, all the way to the heart of Mayi County.
At that time, the Turks did not carry baggage, and everything was obtained by plunder. If the Han soldiers attacked, the situation was favorable, and the battle was sought. If the situation is unfavorable, go around in circles with the Han soldiers. Last year, it was frustrated, that is, Wei Chi Gong led the Heng'an armor cavalry to wander outside, biting the movement of the Turks, and finally the Han soldiers gathered and defeated the Zhibi Department. Such a cavalry general like Wei Chigong, how many people are there in the entire Mayi County?
But the winter invasion is different, even if it goes deep into the hinterland, there is no grain to plunder, and the people of the Han family are still in the green and yellow. And every beacon fortress needs to be gnawed down. One is to seize the grain stored in the beacon fortress, and the other is to also need the beacon fortress to avoid the cold and spend the night. Although the grassland people have great endurance, they are not animals after all, and can spend the night in the wild all winter.
Although they carried a herd of baggage, they could not support it for too long. These beacon fortresses must be gnawed.
Every battle fought requires a lot of lives to fill. It is even more necessary to maintain their own baggage, and they cannot maneuver to fight. Such a battle is not willing to be fought by a Turkic warrior.
Now the young patriarch led everyone to attack and take down a few beacons, but these beacons couldn't even fit a few hundred-man teams. When the other beacons saw the wolf smoke rising, they all retreated to the south and entered the fortress. There are hard bones below. In such a situation, how can the morale of these young wolf riders of the Insiston be high?
No one knows why Lao Wang insisted on going his own way and sent troops deep into Mayi in winter. But this expedition, most of the king's tent is directly under the green wolf horse, and no one can disobey the will of the old king.
In the night, the sporadic wolf smoke in the north has blended into the night and is invisible. In the southern fort, a fire was lit at night to deliver the message. Looking at the little fire lit up in the mountains in the distance to the south in the dark, the hearts of every green wolf rider of the Deacon family were heavy.
I hope that Lao Wang has a successful heart, so he brings everyone here to adventure. After all, under the leadership of Lao Wang, the Deacon Department has developed from a small tribe on the side of Jinshan to tens of thousands of strings now. Everyone can only choose to continue to believe in Lao Wang!
A group of Turkic green wolves sat silently in the field, gnawing on dry food and drinking hot water around the fire, occasionally whispering a few words, all of which were calculating when the herdsmen who transported the baggage behind would come up. Occasionally, one or two moans of the wounded could be heard.
At this time, the green wolf rider suddenly made a commotion, and everyone got up one after another: "Coming, coming!" ”
In the snowfield, the torches were scattered, and it was a team of men and horses who drove over. But it is not a brigade that drives cattle and carries heavy loads. It's the old royal guard holding the royal flag!
The old king of the Zhibi Department reached the front line so quickly!
The young wolf riders who guarded Zhibiga were all dressed in armor and iron helmets, and their horses were also covered with thick felt cloths. There were as many as two hundred-man troops, and there were two or three hundred horses that followed, and they moved very loudly in the night.
The green wolf riders got up one after another, got out of the way, and bowed deeply to the banner of the king.
And Zhibi Sili, who was resting in the beacon, also heard the news and came out to welcome his father's arrival.
In an instant, the team of Zhibihe had already arrived in front of Fengsui, and the guards gave way to Zhibihe.
In the firelight, Zhibihe was a thin old man, dressed in a heavy robe, and seemed to drown the whole person. He wore a hat made of blue fox fur from the Liang Haite Department, and his hair was already gray under the braids.
The rise of the Department of Obscura for decades has been led by this old man, and it has experienced many bloody battles and conspiracy calculations, and finally reached its current status.
As early as a few years ago, Zhibihe's health was not very good, and the affairs of the war in the Ying clan were all in the hands of his younger brother Zhibiluo. The two brothers support each other, and their affection is so deep that it is rare among the steppe tribes who are not relentless in their struggle for power and profit. Zhibi Luoluo helped his brother to cultivate Zhibi Sili, and said many times that his direct wolf rider would also be transferred to Zhibi Sili in the future.
Now when the deacons are captured and captured, not only are they fighting for the vanguard, but even they are personally out of the country!
At a glance, he saw his father's haggard face, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Father, hurry up and go in and rest for a while." What if something happens on the way? ”
A smile appeared at the corner of Zhi Bihe's mouth, and he said lightly: "If you haven't been in battle for a long time, even you think that a certain is useless?" ”
Zhi Bisi Li smiled bitterly: "Where does the son mean this, it's just this icy ............"
Zhi Bihe snorted: "So your subordinates are demoralized? Do you want to have a warm tent to live in, you want to have hot milk wine, salted barbecue? It has only been less than ten years since he moved from the foot of Jinshan. Why did the green wolf of the Bibi family become like this? ”
Zhi Bihe's voice was not too loud, but the hundreds of green wolf riders around him could hear it clearly, and they lowered their heads one by one.
Zhi Bihe glanced at everyone: "Last year, there was a big defeat, and this year, Ah Xianshe was captured by the Han people. The Deacon has become a joke among the Turks! The prestige of the Deacons must be revived! Don't talk about the ice and snow, it's the sword mountain and the sea of fire, where the green wolf flag goes, everyone has to work hard! Prairie boy, if you don't dare to fight hard, you won't be able to survive for a day! ”
Abisli was the first to salute: "The son listens to his father!" ”
Hundreds of green wolf riders also folded their spirits and saluted: "But with the order of the old king!" ”
Zhi Bisi looked at his father and said softly, "Father, let's go in and rest............"
Zhi Bihe looked at his talented son and smiled slightly.
Although after making the decision to venture into the army in winter, my son asked to be the vanguard, but I still have deep doubts............
But he didn't know that if he dared to go deeper, he naturally had a complete grasp!
The Han people are like this, after a few years of stability, they will have to fight, and once the fight starts, it will be an opportunity for the grassland tribe!