Chapter 170 • Tigers and Wolves

Huerdu was shy of his big belly, sitting on the back of a horse and staggering, the sheepskin and sticky fur on his head had accumulated a thin layer of snow, and a cotton cloth covered his mouth, nose and ears tightly, leaving only a pair of eyes that could not be opened by the wind and snow, quietly looking at this annoying ghost weather.

Five miles further is the destination of this trip, according to the information from the scouts in front, there is just a small town there, although there is no population, but fortunately, most of the houses there are still intact, which makes him fed up with the cold, a little expectation, after all, the houses built by the Yan people are more powerful than the general Humeng tent to keep out the cold.

Looking up, he seemed to be able to faintly see the outline of the town in the distance, imagining that on such a snowy day, he lit a fire in the house, drank wine on the warm kang, ate meat, and held one or two women in his arms.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt a little impatient, and with his legs clamping the horse's belly, he made an acceleration gesture behind him, took the lead in speeding up, and rushed up.

Galloping on the snow in the first place, even if there was a cotton cloth to cover him, he still felt the biting sensation brought by the cold wind, and ran for several miles in one breath, and there was already the outline of the town in his sight, although it didn't look very clear because of the heavy snow, but this made Huerdu yearn for it even more.

The iron hooves of five thousand Humeng war horses are running messily on the snow, although this is not a charge, but the formation is not weak at all, and the entire army stretches for hundreds of meters, which is particularly conspicuous on this snow-white earth.

A strange color suddenly flashed in the eyes of Huerdu in the gallop, and just before that, he suddenly saw something out of the corner of his eye, although it was only for a moment, but he was sure that it was not snow, but cloth.

"Why is there cloth here, and it's white?" Huerdu was shocked in his heart, and a bad premonition instantly rushed out.

Just before he could make the next reaction, there was only the sound of horses' hooves on the snow, and a shout sounded from the ground, and a soldier of the Yan Army suddenly came out of the snow on both sides of the Humeng cavalry, black helmet and black armor, like a mole underground, each of them twisted a thick rope in their hands, and these ropes, under their hard pulling, came out of the ground in rows, and the Humeng cavalry, who had no time to slow down, stumbled and fell to the ground.

Huerdu's fat body fell to the ground, and even though there was a thick layer of snow as a buffer, he was still smashed, and his eyes were full of stars, and it took a long time for him to barely stand up with the help of the guards who came in a hurry.

The scene in front of him obviously shocked him, countless Humeng soldiers were lying on the ground on their backs and wailing, some were directly knocked out, some were pressed by the war horses, in addition to wailing, the whole body could not move, and even worse, directly broke both legs, broken leg bones, directly pierced the flesh and skin, exposed.

Just as he watched all this in shock, there was another shout of killing in his ears, and countless Yan army longbowmen who came out of nowhere pulled out their longbows expressionlessly, with cold arrows on them, and were about to start shooting towards the chaotic Humeng crowd.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Huerdu was under the protection of the guards,

Hurriedly stepped on a war horse that had not been tripped again, and rushed towards the town not far away, at this critical juncture, he had no time to make judgments, like a fly without a head, only knew where to go, so he rushed to where, and Hu Mengbing, who could still walk behind him, also ran with him to the village.

Although their horses were very fast, when they didn't raise their speed, they could still only be the live targets of the Yan longbowmen, and with the sound of a "buzzing" bowstring vibrating, the Humeng soldiers who followed behind Huerdu began to fall continuously, whether they were still riding horses or running on two legs.

However, it was clear that the troops of thousands of people could not be eaten so easily, and as Huerdu rushed into the town, the Yan longbowmen stopped the rain of arrows.

Under the command of Liu Zhilan, they withdrew their longbows, drew out the steel knives they were wearing, and slowly walked to the middle of the Humeng crowd who were still wailing.

Liu Zhilan squinted his eyes, looked at the remnants of Humeng who had fled into the town, and did not order the pursuit, waiting for the soldiers under his command to clean up the scene, and then immediately led the team to evacuate.

Huerdu was so frightened that he turned back three times in a hurry, but he didn't dare to slow down at all, and he didn't have any idea about this town, he just wanted to run out quickly, shake off the enemy's pursuit, return to join Prince Jinduo, and then lead his troops to fight.

It's a pity that the Yan army didn't plan to give him this opportunity, when all the Humeng soldiers followed Huerdu into the town in a swarm, the town once again shouted to kill, countless Yan soldiers in bright armor, armed with swords, shields, and spears drilled out of the house, alley, rows of longbowmen jumped on the roof, arrows already on the string, mercilessly at these panicked Humeng soldiers, looking for a target to drink blood.

Guo Tianxu walked out slowly and snorted: "Guo has been waiting here for a long time!" ”

After speaking, with a wave of his right hand, the arrow began to greet the Humeng people mercilessly, and in the chaos, countless Humeng soldiers rushed towards the big shields erected on both sides in a panic, in a vain attempt to kill a bloody path, but often when they just approached the shield, a spear would be pierced out of the gap between the shields, like a poisonous snake hidden in the hole, suddenly burst out, ruthlessly piercing the opponent's body.

Hu'er looked left and right under the protection of the guards, looking for a direction to break through, but he didn't have much time to think about it, one arrow after another made the guards around him fall, and his original guard of fifty people was still standing, only about ten people remained.

Hu Erdu turned his heart sideways, pointed at Guo Tianxu, who was separated from him by a human wall, and roared angrily: "Rush here, everyone rushes to this place." ”

The hurriedly organized hands launched wave after wave of impact on the human wall in front of Guo Tianxu, and when death came, it was very likely that people's potential would be completely stimulated.

Guo Tianxu looked at it coldly for a while, and then disappeared into the alley on the side again, and after a while, the human wall was broken through by the Humeng people, and the mighty Humeng crowd finally rushed out of the town in a wail of crying father and mother, but the Humeng soldiers who followed along the road were still killed by the Yan army, as long as their bodies leaned against the spear where it could reach, the spear behind the shield would not hesitate to stab out

Go, coupled with the arrows that fall from time to time overhead, there is not one in ten who can finally chase Huerdu out of town.

"Archon, where are we going?" Running to the distance of Rich, a voice sounded beside Kuerdu, who had just recovered his breath.

Huerdu raised his eyes and looked around, the direction they came from was on the north side of the town, and now they crossed the town, and when they reached the south, if they wanted to go back to join the large army, they had to turn back and go back, but there were Yan troops everywhere, how could they get by?

Besides, Huerdu's heart sank, just now in the town, because the goal of riding a horse was too obvious, it was easy to be targeted by the archers on the roof, so including him, everyone dismounted and used the horse to cover the arrows for themselves, but now that they broke through, they found that all the horses had been lost in the town, and now they were all running on two legs.

"Hu Meng thief, you let grandpa and I wait here! On such a cold day, I will use you to carry out activities. A loud shout came from a distance, and they saw a black cavalry slowly appearing in their field of vision, led by a mighty Yan general.

Hu Erdu's heart instantly surged with blood, and he hated: "No wonder the two Yan armies didn't launch a pursuit before, it turned out that there were multiple obstacles, and the arrogant soldiers will be defeated, don't bully me!" ”

After speaking, Hu Erdu stepped forward in two steps, threw the blade in his hand far away, and then knelt on his knees, shouting in his broken Yanguo dialect: "I admit defeat and surrender!" ”

The group of Humeng soldiers behind him, you look at me, I look at you, and gradually threw out the weapons in their hands, followed by Hu'er and knelt down, but when there are too many people, there will always be some maverick existence, just when Zhang Erhu felt disappointed because the other party gave up resistance, a burly Humeng general suddenly stood up, roared for a while, his eyes were wide, staring at Zhang Erhu, and his face was full of generosity to die.

With that expression, Zhang Erhu knew what he wanted to do, couldn't help but smile, crossed one leg on horseback, and looked at each other gracefully, as if watching a play.

With the man's call, the Humeng soldiers who were still hesitating instantly became highly motivated, brandished the long knife in their hands, and eagerly called out to their comrades who had dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground.

Not to mention, such an infectious force really aroused those Humeng soldiers who had given up resistance, and looking at it, the remnants of the original seven or eight hundred people, and finally followed the surrender of Huerdu, there were less than 100 people.

Zhang Erhu's originally smiling face was covered with a layer of solemnity called worry, although this is just a microcosm of this Yanmeng war, but the two armies of Yan and Mongolia showed completely different spirits, or the Humeng people showed the spirit of a soldier, while the Yan army was a big disappointment in comparison.

Only since Hu Meng went south, the Yan army's surrender to Hu Meng's strength, conservative estimates, there are close to 10,000 people, plus those who fled without a fight, how can such an army afraid of death be the opponent of these arrogant generals in front of him, Zhang Erhu couldn't help but be deeply worried about the future of the Yan Empire, if the Yan Empire is a tiger, then the Hu Meng people are the wolves that have been peeping around the Yan Empire, as long as this tiger shows signs of weakness, the wolves will suddenly pounce and eat as much as they want.

Unfortunately, the current tiger is showing signs of weakness.