Chapter 225: Burning the Valley of Hope

The Valley of Hope is a Jedi and the last place of hope. The valley mouth is narrow to the north, hidden between the complex terrain, and the terrain is steep and easy to defend and difficult to attack. The experience of the ancestors of the Turgish people: as long as there is enough food and water, it is not a problem to hide or persist for ten days and a half.

Ancestors do not deceive future generations. Ergui clasped his beating heart in his hands, looking for a reason to comfort himself. The shaking of the earth indicated that the deadly enemy horsemen were approaching the position of the valley mouth.

How did the enemy cavalry find this hidden place? Damn, it must have been those damned slaves who led the way for them. Ergui remembered that early the day before yesterday, he asked those slaves to drive a large number of cattle and sheep to the vicinity of the valley, although hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep were driven into the valley by the herdsmen, and the slaves must not know about this sacred and secret place. But the enemy rode thousands of men and horses, and there was still a chance to find them in a dragnet search.

Careless! Ergui regretted it, and cold sweat soaked the cloth behind him.

I hope that the ancestor is right, with the help of natural danger, he can hold out until Sulu Khan's reinforcements arrive. Ergui and the nearly 10,000 herdsmen pinned their hopes of survival on the last glimmer of hope.

Ergui guessed correctly, it was Tie Niu, who was equally eager for revenge and meritorious service, who took Li Huaitang to the vicinity of the valley mouth of the Valley of Hope. The shepherds and a large number of cattle and sheep were suddenly nowhere to be found, which evoked the memories of the iron bull, and yesterday he did not understand why the Turgish would let him drive the cattle and sheep to a strange place, presumably to hide.

Once at the approximate location, the rest of the matter was naturally relayed by the "hungry wolves" of the crows, and a group of hounds faithfully performed their duties, and with their keen sense of smell, they found a valley mouth that was very secret compared to sight without much difficulty.

"Good! Iron Bull, Crow, you have done a good job, let Lu join the army to give you credit and reward after the war. Li Huaitang was very proud, such a suitable place for hiding easily appeared in front of his eyes, just like a castle that the other party had 'spent' to build for decades, but he was laughing and bragging, and he was blown down with a sigh of relief.

"Just one pot!" There is no need to drive away, the "fat" sheep are all consciously crowded together to save horsepower for the guests who come from afar. For the hospitality of the Turgi Shi people, Li Huaitang certainly can't live up to it. Unexpectedly, he opened his mouth to eat the "fat" and "meat" in his mouth, but found that it was a mouse pulling the turtle, and he had no way to eat.

The name Hope Valley is rightly called, and hundreds of Turkishes hide on the cliffs on either side of the valley mouth, swearing their unyielding determination with a rain of stones. It seems that if you want to eat 'meat', it is difficult to do so without paying a heavy price.

"Damn the Turgish, they put up a stubborn resistance. Don't let me catch you, grandpa, I'm going to cut you in three pieces! The stone rain seriously affected the beard's "meat-eating" mood, and he was irritable and threatened the air.

Li Huaitang smiled, ignoring the restlessness of the soldiers under his command, during this time, the battle was too smooth, and the victory came easily, they were all used to opening their mouths to eat 'meat', and they suddenly found that the 'meat' of the Tuqi Shi people was thorny, and they were a little unaccustomed to it.

After some careful observation, the terrain, environment, and wind direction were silently recorded in Li Huaitang's heart.

"The Admiral, but there's a way?" Li Huaitang's movements of looking at the mountains, looking at the ground, and turning back to measure the direction of the wind were all seen by Lu Shangqing. These series of actions actually gave Lu Shangqing inspiration.

Li Huaitang said: "I still owe some forage." ”

"The last thing that is lacking here is this, we cut it hard, so that the Turgish people can enjoy the taste of smoke and fire! Ha ha! Laughing heartily, thousands of knights jumped off their horses and harvested waist-high grass with their scimitars. Soon, a large amount of grass was laid at the mouth of the valley, and the Turgish, who were still 'confused' at first, immediately realized the opponent's intentions.

Fear, spread from the guards at the mouth of the valley to the valley, spreading rapidly among the Turgish. The hope that had just been ignited by Chief Ergui suddenly vanished, and he was stunned on the spot, the ancestors had never said that the enemy would attack with fire!

The nobles blamed their ancestors, who had been running the place very well decades ago, and at that time, their ancestors had a deep sense of distress and burned the weeds in the valley with fire every year. Decades later, the children and grandchildren of the Turgish people have forgotten, forgotten the instructions of their ancestors. It is no wonder that they, in the past ten years, the Turgian people have called for wind and rain in all directions, and they have always been the only ones who have bullied others, and no one has ever dared to go here to spread wild. What is the annual custom of burning the Valley of Hope, they have long been thrown out of the clouds.

The valley of hope has been inaccessible for decades, and the weeds and shrubs have grown stubble after stubble, year after year, the grass on the dead leaves and fallen leaves has 'spring', and a thick layer of carbon mud has accumulated in many places, as if it is dry firewood that has been waiting for the fire for many years.

In the north wind, the fire and smoke were unstoppable, sweeping from the mouth of the valley to the valley, and the screams of despair came and went.

In autumn, the grass begins to dry up, but it does not lose its juice, which is the best material for thick smoke, and the billowing smoke is more lethal than fire.

Ergui desperately crawled to a high ground, which was full of stones, could not attract the fire, and was relatively less threatened by the smoke. Ergui is sharp-eyed, and the rest of the Turgish are not stupid, in the valley, there is not much such terrain, but it is their temporary refuge. Almost all the wise Turgish moved towards Ergui's target, and if there was one in the way, they unceremoniously pushed it from behind and trampled on it.

"Dead open!" Ergui's eyes were red from the smoke, and he struggled to climb up, and the short road was crowded with the same survivors. Ergui was very angry, the lowly herdsmen did not give way to the consciousness of the respected chief, he habitually raised his foot and kicked an ant herdsman who dared to compete with him down the slope, and suddenly, the escape space around him was easy......

Thousands of people crowded frantically and in vain in the narrow valley, dodging. The strong and the lucky may be given a temporary chance to survive, but they cannot escape the doomed fate.

In fact, not many of the Turgish people in the valley died from the fire, not many from the smoke, and more than half of the victims died from self-trampling.

The fire and smoke raged in the Valley of Hope all night, burning dry and smoking, turning the Valley of Hope into a hell on earth.

"Damn, I don't know what these Turks think, isn't it more comfortable to have their heads cut off with a scimitar than to die like this?"

"It's a pity, my cattle and sheep."

After the next night, Li Huaitang waved his troops into the valley. The soldiers who entered the valley regretted that the Turks had spoiled their good heads and the wealth of cattle and sheep that should have belonged to the soldiers.

The wolf in the valley is in line with expectations, curling with light smoke, and the fragrance of 'meat' wafting 'swinging'. Corpses were everywhere, human, livestock, everywhere, and the most tragic was a deep ditch that had been filled with corpses.

"Haha, and living heads!" The searching soldiers screamed with excitement as they pointed to the scattered gravel fields on the hillside, where there were still hundreds of survivors. However, what the soldiers' eyes saw was not a person, but a head, and a battle feat.

"Kill!" The vengeful Iron Bull raised his scimitar and was the first to climb up.

The soldiers nearby were laughing, stunned Qing had always been like this, not knowing that there was another thing in the world called bows and arrows.

The soldiers who approached the survivors of the Turgish took out their horned bows, stretched their bows and arrows, and aimed at ......

"Don't let go of the arrows, we surrender, surrender!" On the hillside, the once invincible chieftain Ergui took the lead in shouting.

The soldiers surrendered their eyes to Li Huaitang and asked for orders.

The answer was clearly written on Li Huaitang's indifferent expression, which the veterans could read.

Capture captives? Li Huaitang didn't think that he had that spare time, Sulu Khan's army must have crossed the river, and last night's fire, the sky-high flames and heavy pillars of smoke could be witnessed hundreds of miles away.

"Put!"

The soldier who turned the corner first released the feather arrow in his hand as soon as possible.

Iron Bull panted and crawled to his destination, but helplessly found that countless enemies who had just stood had fallen, and those who had not been hit by arrows were running in all directions, ignoring the soot of burning feet everywhere.

Ergui was shocked and frightened, the enemy could not be measured by the mentality of ordinary people at all, and he didn't even want slaves! Originally, he thought that he would not die in a catastrophe, at most he would be a prisoner, and with his identity, he didn't have to worry at all, in the future, Sulu Khan would ransom him with cattle and sheep, but unexpectedly, these enemies were so unkind, like murderous demons running out of hell.

"Dog thief, where to escape!"

Skynet is magnificent, negligent but not leaky. The depressed Iron Bull saw a figure that made him angry, his father-killing enemy, the chief Ergui!

Ergui, who had not slept all night, could outrun the iron bull controlled by hatred, looked back in fear, was stabbed in the back, and rolled down the hill screaming.

I don't know if it's because there are a lot of mountain turtles to eat, Ergui is particularly hard-lived, and he didn't die when he rolled down the hillside. Tie Niu was unwilling, full of hatred, almost slid down the hillside, and he didn't care if the cloth on his butt broke two 'holes', he was worried that the hungry wolf soldiers under the hillside would not give him a chance to avenge him with his own hands. He was wrong, no one would rob him of Ergui's head, and he would automatically give him the control of the enemy chief's life.

"Don't, don't kill me, I'll compensate you for your cattle and sheep, and your horses......."

Ergui sat on the ground, looking in horror at the enemy who was getting closer and closer, his hands instinctively supporting his body to retreat, and with a trembling voice, he made a price all over the sky, hoping that his cattle and sheep could extinguish the hatred of the other party.

"Ahh

An inhuman howl echoed between the hills, and Iron Bull's vengeful sword slashed through Ergui's right hand.

"This knife belongs to my father." Iron Bull glared angrily at his fiery eyes, and the hand holding the knife did not know if it was because of the 'agitation' or because it was the first time it hurt someone.

The painful wails did not soften Tie Niu's revenge, but helped him recall the tragic scene of his father's unfortunate death, the same earth-shattering wails.

"This knife is brave!" The violent scimitar slashed at Ergui's big 'leg'...... Please keep in mind the URL, if you like "War Owl in Tang" written by the wolf under the moon