"It seems that they really don't give up." Bian Lai reined in his horse on the slope of Zun Wolf Blood Mountain, and by the morning sun, he turned around and looked at the Huda cavalry chasing in the distance and said.

"Everyone listens!" Yi Kong suddenly spoke.

"In!" Bian Lai suddenly replied with the others.

"Shan Zhao, Bian Lai, you take the twenty soldiers of the Flying Dome Battalion and the Bangfeng Battalion to dismount and ambush behind the mountain pass in front of me. Wu'er Lu Cobalt, Xiao Wan, you lead all the horses to the north and feign to escape. After the enemy enters the pass, we ambush them from behind, and then you turn back and attack them. ”

"Order!"

After passing through the mountain pass, Bian Lai found that the narrow pass and the rocky pile on the steep slope behind it were indeed an excellent ambush point, and in terms of scouting the terrain, he thought that Wu'er Lucobalt really had his own merits.

Under Yi Kong's command, Shan Zhao and nine other Flying Dome Battalion bows hid behind rocks high on the steep slope with their foot bows in hand. Bian Lai and the other crossbowmen of the Wind Saving Battalion hid closer to the pass with heavy crossbows in their hands. At the same time, Bai Wuyi took a five-foot-long Mo knife, and he lurked alone in a piece of low grass closest to the pass.

As Yi Kong took out his weapon from the wooden box on horseback and hid it near the pass, Bian Lai clearly saw that the weapon Yi Kong was holding was actually a pitch-black double-bowed crossbow. The shape of the crossbow is strange, not only the crossbow arm has two crossbow bows above and below, but the crossbow body is even wider and thicker. In addition, at the end of its broad crossbow arm is a device resembling a winch, which is also wrapped with a black rope, and at one end of the rope is a sharp barbed arrow.

However, what really surprised Bian Lai was that after Yi Kong kicked the big crossbow away, he actually placed twelve heavy short crossbow arrows on the crossbow arm in one go. While amazed at the exquisite design of the black crossbow in Yi Kong's hand, which could put down twelve crossbow arrows, Bian Lai also looked down at the standard horn bow and crossbow in his own hand. He knew that in a close-range ambush, the horned crossbow issued by the army was designed to hold up to four arrows, but placing four arrows in a single notch was already the limit of this crossbow. At the moment, in order to ensure the lethality and accuracy, Bian Lai only placed three short arrows on the horned bow and crossbow, and only these three short arrows, he was still skeptical that this blow could shoot through the Huda's hard leather clothing. After looking at the horn bow and crossbow in his hand, and then looking at the double-bowed and double-stringed crossbow in Yi Kong's hand, Bian Lai only felt that the weapon in his hand was like a toy for children on the streets of Shuoding Fortress. He thought that Bai Wuyi had said that they were all skilled craftsmen in the silent recitation sect, and he was really right.

Seeing that Bian Lai's eyes kept staring at the "Flying Immortal Suo" in his hand, Yi Kong patted him, and then whispered, "Captain Bian, help me hold this winch together in a while." ”

Bian Lai didn't know what Yi Kong meant by this, he wanted to open his mouth to ask, but saw Yi Kong stretch out his hand and pointed to him at the pass, signaling him to pay attention to the enemy situation and not to distract himself.

After Yi Kong's instructions, Bian Lai withdrew his admiring gaze that had stayed on the big crossbow "Flying Immortal Rope", and he once again focused his attention on the horned bow and crossbow in his hand and the pass not far away.

As the sound of Huda's horses' hooves gradually sounded, Bian Lai saw that Wu'er Lu Cobalt and Xiao Wan, who had been waiting for the arrival of the enemy, also began to lead a large group of horses to the north and feint.

A group of Huda cavalry quickly rushed through the pass, and after seeing a large number of cavalry and horses fleeing with Wu'er Lucobal and Xiao Wan, they unthinkingly stepped up their pursuit. Immediately afterwards, the follow-up Huda light cavalry also passed out of the pass one after another.

When about fifty or sixty horsemen rode north through the pass, Bian Laidan, seeing that Yi Kong had placed the barbed arrows on his winch under his crossbow arm. "Bang!" With a cracking string, I saw a black line shoot straight out from Yi Kong's hand. As the winch turned violently, Bian Lai saw that the claw hook and arrow pulled the rope on the winch, and sank straight into a boulder opposite the pass.

Seeing this, Bian Lai suddenly understood what Yi Kong had just said to him, and he immediately stretched out a hand to help Yi Kong hold on to the winch. At the moment when Bian Lai grabbed the winch, the hooves of several Huda people stumbled on the rope first, and the people turned on their backs.

As these Huda cavalry suddenly turned over, several Huda cavalry on their bodies couldn't dodge, and immediately trampled on them, falling and tumbling over. Just as more Huda horsemen hurriedly reined in their horses, Bian Laidan saw that Yi Kong beside him suddenly stood up, and opened his mouth and shouted loudly, "Kill!!" ”

During the shouting, Yi Kongmeng pulled the trigger of the "Flying Immortal Rope" at the same time, and twelve arrows erupted towards the Huda people like a torrential rain, and in an instant, Huda's light horse and even the people and horses fell miserably.

When Yi Kong fired arrows, Bian Lai quickly leaned out from behind the stone, and he immediately shot three arrows at Huda's light horse.

While seeing his arrows fly out and shoot one of Huda's light horsemen off his horse, Bian Lai also saw Shan Zhao and the arrows sent by his soldiers from the Flying Dome Battalion, which flew down from behind him, accurately hitting more Huda cavalry who had not yet reacted. The arrows of the soldiers of the Bangfeng Battalion and the Flying Dome Battalion were densely unleashed, causing Huda's light riders and horses to be hit one after another, and they were immediately thrown into chaos. Among them, Huda rode lightly on those injured and frightened horses, and for a while he lost control, and some of the horses that were hit by arrows could not stop running in pain, which created even more confusion for the Huda people, who were already unprepared.

Wu'er Lucobalt and Xiao Wan also grasped the opportunity at this time, and they quickly led their troops to drive their horses back, and immediately launched an attack on the chaotic enemy with bows and arrows.

When Bian Lai pulled out his crossbow and loaded an armor-piercing heavy arrow into the crossbow box and aimed it at the enemy, he suddenly saw Bai Wuyi's swaying figure. He was shocked to find that Bai Wuyi at this time was actually holding a Mo knife alone, and he was in the way of the Huda people rushing towards them.

At the same time that Bian Lai saw Bai Wuyi, he also saw that two Huda light horsemen rushed towards the hillside from the pass, intending to counterattack the soldiers of the Bangfeng Battalion who were ambushed here. But without waiting for Bian to raise his crossbow to aim, he saw that Bai Wuyi was holding a Mo knife and dodged first to block it. After Bai Wuyi dodged the enemy's arrows with a quick roll, he didn't have time to get up and swept towards the legs of the two cavalrymen, and as the cold light of the Mo knife swept by, the two hooves of the cavalry were instantly cut off with a single sword. The war horse with broken hooves immediately neighed forward and fell over, and the Huda cavalry on its back also fell down with the fallen horses, but before the two cavalry could completely land, Bai Wuyi immediately flipped the Mo knife again, he waved the knife in both hands, and split one of the fallen people in the air in two. The other person, at the same time that he couldn't get up when he landed, was stabbed by Bai Wuyi with a horizontal knife from his waist.

Mo Dao drew a sharp arc of light in Bai Wuyi's hand, splashing enemy blood all around him, and scattering around him were all horse heads and human bodies that had been cut off by him. Bai Wuyi's single move of holding a knife to defend the enemy's counterattack surprised and excited the soldiers nearby, and even Yi Kong didn't expect that someone could swing a nearly one-person-long Mo knife so fast as thunder and lightning, and it was impenetrable.

Although the Huda people, who had fallen into chaos and panic due to the ambush, did not give up resistance, they had lost the ability to fight as a whole, and although some scattered Huda people had the heart to fight back against the hillside, they were only a live target in front of their strong bows and crossbows of the Bangfeng Battalion and the Flying Dome Battalion, not to mention that there was an invincible Bai Wuyi blocking their path uphill. And with Xiao Wan's heavily armored Kuang Annihilation cavalry killed, the last thing these panicked Huda people could do was to fight to the death.

The Kuang Annihilation Heavy Cavalry burst into the chaos of the enemy and engaged in hand-to-hand combat, their guns and swords, and they were brave and fearless. As the Huda's blades and arrows were constantly cut off by the heavy armor of the soldiers of the Kuang Annihilation Battalion, even the last bit of Huda belief in battle quickly collapsed. Panicked and confused, the Huda were quickly surrounded and annihilated by the Ilo centaurs, and after the last few Huda cavalry fleeing in terror were chased by the Wu'er Lucobalt and shot off their horses, the whole battle soon ended.

Bai Wuyi held the horizontal knife in his hand, and according to Yi Kong's request, after tying up the two wounded Huda small leaders, he swung his knife and beheaded all the other seriously injured Huda cavalrymen who were not dead and fell to the ground and groaned.

Looking at the corpses of people all over the ground, Bian Lai held a crossbow in his hand, and gasped for a while. Only then did he remove a water bladder from the corpse of a Huda cavalryman who was missing an arm. He opened the water bladder and, after taking a sip of water, poured the rest of it on his face. After washing his face, Bian Laixiang was covered in blood and was holding a human head in his hand Bai Wuyi said, "Brother Bai, you are really a hero of swords, thank you." ”

Bai Wuyi threw the head in his hand aside, and then said to Bian, "Brother Lai, we live and die together on this trip, and I'm afraid it would be too much to say thank you." ”

Bian Lai smiled, he stepped forward and hugged Bai Wuyi, and said, "Good brother, when I take off my armor, I must get drunk with you." ”

"Lord Yi, one of our soldiers was killed in battle and five were wounded." Xiao Wan said to Yi Kong after counting the soldiers.

"Carefully write down the names of the fallen warriors and bury them." Yi Kong looked at a wounded warrior and said, "How many warriors are seriously injured and can't ride on horseback?"

Xiao Wan checked the wounded soldier's injuries and said to Yi Kong, "My lord, there are two soldiers who are seriously injured and can no longer continue to ride. ”

"Leave both of them here." Yi Kong said.

"My lord! You said...," Xiao Wan asked Yi Kong in surprise, "You said you wanted to leave those two wounded fighters here?!" ”

Yi Kong didn't speak, he just looked at Xiao Wan. Xiao Wan felt the unquestionable power from Yi Kong's firm eyes.

"This... Yes, my lord. Xiao Wan hesitated for a moment and wanted to say something more, but as a soldier, he chose to obey Yi Kong's order. Although he has experienced a hundred battles, he has experienced countless life and death choices. But it was still difficult for him to accept Yi Kong's decision at this time, not to mention that the two soldiers who couldn't ride on horseback due to injuries were his own subordinates, and they were both cavalrymen of the Kuang Annihilation Battalion. And they were only stabbed in the leg with spears by the enemy when they were just storming the enemy line.

Yi Kong's decision was watched by Bian Lai, he turned away from Bai Wuyi beside him, and wanted to step forward to say something to Yi Kong and Xiao Wan, but before he could get closer, he was immediately pulled aside by Shan Zhao who ran from the side.

"Come on, brother, let's help me go and bring back those scattered horses." Shan Zhao said.

"Just call your own soldiers." Bian said, "Don't pull me, I have a question to ask Master Yi." ”

"Oh, let's go." Shan Zhao said, "What is there to ask." ”

Bian looked at Shan Zhao, and he knew that Shan Zhao was trying to persuade himself not to offend Yi Kong's authority because of this. After hesitating for a moment, he sighed, "Shan Zhao, do you think this is okay?" Just leave people here? ”

"Brother Lai, from the day you take over the military order, you should also imagine that sooner or later there will be such a situation along the way." Shan Zhao said, "Let's go, don't be here, I don't want to see Xiao Wan give his soldiers an order to say goodbye." ”

Bian Lai looked at the two wounded Kuang Annihilation cavalrymen from a distance, and then said, "Shan Zhao, I'll lead the horses, you go to the battlefield to cut some horse meat and stew horse meat for everyone." ”

"Hmm. Yes. Shan Zhao said.

By the time Bian Lai chased back the dozen or so horses that had run away one by one, Shan Zhao's horse broth had already been stewed. But when Bian Lai went to the pot to make soup, he found that many soldiers looked very depressed at the moment.

"What's wrong?" Bian Lai asked a few soldiers of the Kuang Annihilation Battalion beside him, and seeing that they were all silent, he turned to look at Xiao Wan, who was sitting not far away, and asked him, "Why are your soldiers dumb, have you all eaten?" ”

Xiao Wan nodded and did not make a sound.

"What about the two wounded soldiers?" Bian Lai felt that something was wrong, and he got up and continued to ask.

Xiao Wan didn't answer, just hung his head.

Seeing Xiao Wan's appearance, Bian Lai put down the soup scoop and wooden bowl, and he walked over to him.

At the same time as Bian Lai approached Xiao Wan, he suddenly saw that beside Xiao Wan, there were two Kuang Annihilation Cavalry Warriors lying sideways, and those two warriors were the two soldiers who were about to be left here because they were injured and could not ride horses.

Bian only felt stunned when he saw this, he suddenly understood something, and then the corners of his mouth twitched, he wanted to scold, scold. But when he saw Yi Kong sitting expressionlessly not far from Xiao Wan, he tried to restrain his emotions, but he still walked towards Xiao Wan fiercely.

He asked Xiao Wan loudly, "What the fuck is going on?!" How did the two of them die?! ”

Bai Wuyi saw this scene on the side, and he understood that Bian Lai was roaring so loudly, he was not just questioning Xiao Wan, he was actually questioning Yi Kong.

Xiao Wan wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes under Bian Lai's questioning, and then he slowly raised his head towards Bian Lai, looking at Bian Lai, he choked up and said, "Bian Lai... Master Yi said, this act is a sacrifice for the country... Forty taels of silver, ten horses of silk, five oxen, and every widow with children will receive fertile land.... Two hectares. ”

Bian Lai was stunned suddenly, he understood everything at this time, and then he moved his gaze to Yi Kong in surprise. He approached Yi Kong, and after a little hesitation, he asked Yi Kong in a loud voice, "Lord Yi, are you what you said about this?" ”

"Exactly."

"Dare to ask your lord, when did you say that?" Bian Lai immediately asked.

Yi Kong raised his eyes to look at Bian Lai and said, "Just now." ”

"Just now?! Why didn't you say it before, when you were setting up the fortress, but instead came here and waited for people to be injured and you decided to abandon them? Bian Laisheng asked Yi Kong.

At the same time, some soldiers saw that the situation was not good, and began to come forward to persuade Bian Lai. But Bian Lai ignored the persuasion of the soldiers around him, and he continued to ask Yi Kong ruthlessly, "Master Yi, what do you mean by talking about consolation money at such a time?" ”

Yikong didn't speak.

"Lord Yi!" Bian Lai saw that Yi Kong didn't respond to him, so he continued to say loudly, "Please answer me, why are you talking about the consolation money now!" ”

"Okay, I'll answer you." Yi Kong got up slowly, he looked at Bian and said, "Because changing the consolation money is a decision I made just now, so I'm only saying it now." ”

"Just decided?" Bian Lai said even more angrily, "My lord, you just changed this kind of thing so casually, and decided so casually? And you are not decided, you are late, at this time? ”

Seeing the dispute, Xiao Wan got up at this time and grabbed the excited Bian Lai, and persuaded him, "Bian Lai, I understand your feelings. But.... You know, they really can't continue to ride horses. You know what it means not to be able to ride a horse in this vast grassland, and we can't find a healer for them. What if they..."

"I know!" Bian Lai interrupted Xiao Wan's words loudly and said, "I know that they are injured and can't ride horses, so they can't continue to carry out the mission." What I want to know now is why, after deciding to keep them here, Lord Yi lured them to suicide by increasing their consolation money! ”

"Bian Lai...," Xiao Wan said in a mournful tone, "They stayed here due to their injuries. According to military law, in fact, they cannot be counted as killed in battle. If they stay here, not only will they have no hope of being rescued, but they will also be captured by the Huda who will come later. After being captured.. Our action plan is also... In short, Bian Lai, you also know that they can't survive here. If they die like this, or are captured by the enemy, then their families will only receive a small amount of money based on the disappearance. You also understand, this is the battlefield .... They, they can only make their lives more valuable if they die. ”

Bian Lai was so angry that he panted and looked at Yi Kong.

"Captain Bian...", a soldier from the Wind Saving Battalion stepped forward and persuaded, "Lord Yi... The original consolation money has been doubled, and this is also for everyone's trip..."

"Don't talk about it." After Bian Lai interrupted everyone's words, he stared at Yi Kong fiercely and said, "Lord Yi, no matter what, they died because of your decision. I hope you don't break your word, if their family takes a penny less than a penny, I will go to you! ”

"Are you questioning me?" Yi Kong looked at the angry Bian Lai and asked.

"The subordinates don't dare!" After Bian Lai shook off this sentence, he turned around angrily and left the crowd.

Subsequently, Bian Lai led the soldiers of the three battalions to find a piece of soft land, and they worked together to dig a deep grave pit in the ground, bury the three soldiers who died this time, and pile up stone tablets.

While Bian Lai buried the fallen warriors, the Ghuda Lyu Cobalt, who was fluent in the Huda language, interrogated the two captured Huda leaders. After a brief interrogation, Wu'er Lucobalt reported to Yi Kong, "Lord Yi, according to them, they have been constantly attacked and harassed by many scattered barbarians from the West recently. Therefore, there has been no large-scale southward movement. ”

"Interrogate them separately." Yi Kong said after glancing at the captive.

After extorting confessions from the two captives separately, Wu'er Lu Cobalt said to Yi Kong again, "Lord Yi, one of them said that they are in the midst of an internal struggle between the wind and rain tribes within the Huda people. ”

"Hmm." Yi Kong nodded and said, "Ask him if he knows something about the Northern Ice Sea." ”

After interrogating the captives again, Wu'er Lucobalt said to Yi Kong, "My lord, they all said they didn't know. ”

Yikong looked at the captive, then nodded and said, "Okay, I have a general understanding. ”

After saying this, Yi Kong walked over to the pack horse, and he took out his wooden box, and took out a pen and paper in the wooden box. In two rolls of notes, he wrote down the information he had obtained from his trip, as well as the decision he had just made to double the consolation payment, and the list of the casualties. He then took the coop that had been on the other pack horse and took out two carrier pigeons. After tying two rolls of paper to the pigeon's legs, he released the two pigeons.

When the carrier pigeon flew away, Bian Lai finished the burial and mourning, he reflexively came to the side of the two Huda captives, he looked at the two Huda captives and asked Wu'er Luco, "Have you asked all the questions?" ”

"Asked." Wu'er Lu Cobalt said.

"Smack!"

Bian Lai stretched out his hand and gave a big mouth to a captive in front of him.

"That's what you asked too?" Bian Lai looked at the other captive and asked.

"Asked." Wu'er Lu Cobalt said.

"Smack!"

Bian Lai then gave the captive a big mouth, which directly knocked him to the ground.

"Lord Yi, what should I do with the captives?" Bian looked at the Huda captive who fell to the ground, and asked Yi Kong on the side without raising his head.

"Whatever you want." Yi Kong said.

"Camp Bangfeng." Bian Lai shouted.

"Yes." Several soldiers from the Bangfeng Battalion replied in unison.

"Tie them to the back of the horses and drag them to death."

"Order."