Ma Yu, the general of the hussar battalion, immediately stood on the hillside, and saw a sentry rushing down the hillside, led by Xiao Chenggui, who was holding a lance and covered in blood.

When he approached, Ma Yuqi said, "Why did you bring the troops back by yourself?" What about General Huo and the other brothers? ”

Xiao Chenggui wiped the sweat on his tanned black and red cheeks and said with a smile: "General Huo asked me to lead some men and horses to return first, and ordered me to give a command, the barbarian army has been killed and retreated by our army." The enemy army has besieged our department for three months, and now the siege is finally completely lifted! General Huo planned to take advantage of the victory to pursue and send them back after another ride. ”

Ma Yuduan changed color on his mount and said: "The enemy army suddenly withdrew without heavy losses, and there must be something strange in it. Where are the heralds? Immediately catch up with General Huo and order him to return on the spot, don't fall in love with the war! After speaking, he turned his face and glared at Xiao Chenggui angrily and said, "How many soldiers and horses did General Huo bring?" Why didn't you persuade him to come back?! ”。

Xiao Chenggui couldn't help but be stunned, hugged his fists and said: "Marshal, we pursued and suppressed the enemy army, and we did not encounter any strong resistance, if it wasn't for General Huo urging me to come back and report that I am afraid that you will worry, I will also catch up." At present, General Huo still has about 10,000 elite horsemen under his command. ”

Ma Yu shouted with a dark face: "If you are attacked by a strong counterattack and fall to reason, the more the other party shows weakness, the more you must be careful!" After dealing with each other for so long, haven't you learned the cruelty and treachery of the barbarian soldiers? ”。

Like pouring a basin of cold water on his head, the fire of excitement that Xiao Chenggui had just won was completely extinguished. He bowed his proud head wordlessly.

Bypassing a mountain beam, the eyes suddenly open up, and it is a barren grassland with a flat river. Due to the season, there are only dots of green in the withered yellow eyes.

An adjutant general excitedly pointed ahead and shouted, "General Huo, look, the enemy's foot soldiers." Their cavalry has long since disappeared, haha! ”

General Huo smiled and nodded: "Yes, catch up with them and kill them immediately!" ”。 Before the words fell, I suddenly saw the cavalry soldiers rushing in the front row fluttering and falling off their horses. Immediately afterward, from the col behind them came the sound of earth-shattering shouts of slaughter, and in the smoke and dust, rushed out the enemy cavalry, all of whom straddled the galloping horses, howling playfully and brandishing long scimitars in their hands.

General Huo shouted: "Brothers, there is a trap on the barren grass beach ahead. All the front team becomes the back team, and I will go back and kill back! ”

In the face of the rushing enemy, the hussar battalion was not in a chaotic formation, and the knights immediately changed their weapons into hard crossbows, and fired at the rushing enemy troops.

The enemy troops in front of them were all on their backs, but this did not stop the knights on the horses behind them from roaring and screaming wildly. In addition, many enemy troops constantly pulled their bows and arrows on their galloping horses, causing considerable losses to the hussar battalion.

With the sharp sound of the iron colliding, the two rushing iron streams collided violently, and a frantic battle began. These steppe heroes, who had grown up on horseback since childhood, had an astonishingly fierce and wild nature, and their individual combat ability was not inferior to that of the battle-hardened hussar battalion soldiers, not to mention that they were greatly superior in numbers.

General Huo waved the long knife in his hand vigorously, slashing left and right, his face was damp, he couldn't tell whether it was his own sweat or splashed with the enemy's blood, he only felt that the enemy was killing more and more, but at this time there was no way back at all, only to fight with all his strength.

"Unabatur, this Daqi cavalry is very strong, the number is obviously at a disadvantage, and the formation is not chaotic!" A dark-skinned man with a double scythe in his hand said to another who was riding side by side on a horse to direct the battle.

Unabatur, who was full of brown curly hair, sneered: "No matter how much the fox bars its teeth, it can't escape the siege of the wolves, in their words, this is called the battle of trapped beasts!" Ordered the rear team to press all over and force them to the trap on the grassy beach! Alatan, you personally go up to deal with the red-faced man with the long knife. I only want dead bodies, not living people! ”。 The dark-skinned strong man known as Alatan let out a strange cry, urging the war horse under his crotch to rush forward.

General Huo, who was gritting his teeth and fighting, suddenly felt a bright silver light flashing in front of him, and hurriedly waved his knife to block it. With a "bang", sparks flew everywhere, and the horses circled, and General Huo saw the appearance of the other party clearly. The blades in the hands of the dark-skinned strong man in front of him were very strange, and the two snow-bright double sickles that were several sizes larger than ordinary scythes were like two big question marks, and a sturdy yellow horse was in the crotch.

General Huo didn't bother to ask the other party what his surname was, anyway, the names of these barbarians were strange, and he couldn't understand what he said. simply stopped being verbose, and directly waved the knife with both hands and slashed down diagonally. The opponent's arm strength was outstanding, and I saw him raise his left hand to hold the long knife that he had chopped off, and his right hand waved a giant sickle to wipe General Huo's neck with the sound of the whirring wind. General Huo lowered his head and shrunk his neck to dodge, and at the same time drew back his long knife, and slashed at the opponent from top to bottom. The two sides come and go, and it is difficult to distinguish for a while.

With a "boom", more than a dozen horses in the rear of the hussar battalion were forced to fall into the pit dug by the enemy army first. General Huo glanced back and shouted, "Don't retreat, rush forward!" Before he could finish speaking, his left shoulder was cut by a long wound from the flying scythe, and blood flowed. He gritted his teeth, still wielding his long knife at the other side.

A gust of wind passed, and a dry and round ball of grass tumbled and jumped into the distance under the force of the wind, and the sun in the sky was also obscured by a dark cloud, losing its former light.

"Stop fighting!" After watching the battle for a long time, Unabatur, who had brown curly hair, urged his horse to rush up and shouted. Alatan was stunned when he heard this, and withdrew his twin sickles and retreated to the side.

Unabatur stared at General Huo and said word by word: "I respect you as a warrior, you look back and see how many of your men are left?" Now dismount and surrender, I can intercede for you from my father Khan, and spare your life!" ”。

General Huo couldn't help but look back, and there were less than 1,000 bloodied soldiers left of the 10,000 elite cavalry he brought, still riding on horses, surrounded by opponents. The rest of the centaurs were already lying on the ground, and the bloody corpses could not distinguish between friend and foe at all.

General Huo trembled and raised his knife with one hand and pointed at Unabatur, and said loudly: "Our hussar battalion soldiers only died on the battlefield and served the country loyally, and there has never been a saying of surrendering to the barbarians!" With that, he raised his long knife with red eyes and roared straight towards Unabatur.

Unabatur shook his head, turned his horse back to the outer ring, whipped his horse, and left the battle circle without looking back.

"Big handsome, big handsome" The herald rolled and crawled to the ground and fell to Ma Yu's feet, crying silently.

Ma Yu lowered his head and asked hurriedly, "Can you catch up with General Huo and order him to return immediately?" ”

The herald raised his head and cried: "The subordinates chased to the barren grass beach, but --- just ---."

Ma Yu felt a chill in his heart, the blue tendons on his forehead burst out, and he shouted: "Just what? Speak quickly! ”。

The herald took a breath and said, "It's just that there are dead bodies within a radius of several miles, and there is not a single one gasping!" I think the brothers who went to pursue them were ambushed. ”

Ma Yu straightened up, closed his eyes slightly, gritted his teeth and asked, "Have you found General Huo's remains?" ”

The herald nodded emphatically and cried: "The subordinates have been digging in the pile of corpses for a long time before they found General Huo's body, but his head has been cut off. ”

Ma Yu waved his hand with a pale face: "Don't cry!" General Huo is loyal to the country, you go down first. ”

As night fell, the fire dimmed in a large yurt.

An old man with gray hair struggled to open his eyes and raised his right hand slightly. A hunchbacked old man walked over gently, leaned over and called, "Great Khan, are you awake?" ”

The white-haired old man's lips squirmed, and it took a long time for him to make a sound: "Is Batur back?" ”

The hunchbacked old man leaned close to his ear and said, "Don't worry, Great Khan, General Batur defeated the enemy army, annihilated more than 10,000 enemies, and returned triumphantly. ”

The white-haired old man's face burst out with a flush that returned to the light, and he grinned: "Toto, I said a long time ago, our trap will not be dug in vain!" Ahem, cough, I know that I will return to heaven soon, and I have one thing to trust! ”。

The hunchbacked old man held back tears and said, "Where is the Great Khan? You are physically strong, you will be able to live a long life, and the heavens will bless you! ”

The white-haired old man shook his head slightly, and said with difficulty: "Don't interrupt! There is intrigue between the various tribes in the grassland, and they continue to kill and kill year after year. My three sons are all brave and warlike eagles, but unfortunately they lack the heart and strategy to inherit the throne of the Great Khan. After I return, you must block the news and lead the tribe back to the old camp immediately, ready for battle. I'm worried that when other tribes hear the news, they will immediately start to snatch the throne of the Great Khan, and there will inevitably be another bloody storm on the grassland! Ahem, ahem, ahem---"

The hunchbacked old man was silent and nodded heavily.

After gasping for a while, a trace of tears flashed in the eyes of the white-haired old man, and he muttered: "Toto, my biggest regret in this life is that I failed to truly unify the grassland tribes and let the eagles of the grassland fly into the sky of Dadu!" You must help me find a true king of the grassland and lead my children and grandchildren into the capital of Daqi! ”。

The hunchbacked old man fell to his knees and wept silently.

In the camp of the Shani tribe, a big man with a burnt face and a beard peeled off a large piece of raw beef with a scimitar in his hand and stuffed it into his mouth, picked up a bowl of wine on the table, and poured a few sips.

A gray-clothed attendant quietly walked in, the big man's eyes lit up, and he said in a low voice, "How is it?" Is the old guy still angry? ”

The gray-clothed attendant knelt down and saluted: "The Great Khan has not returned to heaven yet, but his breath is dying, I'm afraid it won't last for three or five days!" ”。

The beard got up, shook the leather robe on his body, and said, "Then what are you waiting for?" Gather your tribesmen and do it tonight! The first strike is stronger, whoever kills the deer will fight here! ”。