……

A battle without suspense came to an end in an instant, and before the Hulan people of the Special Concession Department could react, they were swept away by the surging iron hooves, leaving only a wail echoing under the night.

There was a terrible scream throughout the tribe, and they could never have imagined that such a catastrophe would occur at such a time.

The sound of slaughter gradually subsided, and the sporadic sound of horses' hooves in the darkness mingled with the laughter of the new annexed soldiers, and all the dingkou in the pastoral area were gathered on the pasture, including the captured slaves.

Under the light of the torches, it was discovered that most of the captives were women and children. It is no wonder that the old man basically could not survive that cold winter, leaving only the young and young women. And now those young and strong herdsmen have almost lost in the battle just now, and naturally there are many women in the field.

"Hoo ......"

The sound of rapid breathing came from the troops behind Liu Ce, and the soldiers of both the new annex army and the Jingwei battalion all showed a trace of greed and lust when they saw this scene in front of them.

"Wow Wow ......"

A baby's cry broke the brief calm, and a woman from the Zhou Kingdom dressed in a hufu hurriedly covered the child in her arms, trying not to let him make a sound, for fear of being discovered by this group of wolf-like soldiers.

Liu Ce looked at the woman holding the baby with an expressionless face, in fact, he was really very tired now, and just wanted to find a place to rest.

He cheered up, slowly walked in front of the Zhou girl, and said, "Are you from Zhou?" Who is this kid for? ”

That week, the woman was so frightened that she quickly knelt down and kept kowtowing: "The military master spares his life, the military master spares his life, spare my child......"

Liu Ce asked coldly, "Are you willing to go back to Da Zhou?" ”

The woman shook her head: "Master Jun, I won't go back to Da Zhou, please spare our lives, I can make you cows and horses......"

The corners of Liu Ce's face twitched slightly, and he raised his head and swept around, there are still many women in the Zhou Kingdom who have given birth to children of different races like this, and they have already integrated themselves into the Hu people, even if the environment here is harsh, and they are subjected to the inhuman abuse and torture of the Hu people every day, they are gradually used to this way of life.

Seeing Liu Ce coming, they also knelt down and cried and begged for mercy, just to spare their lives and their children's lives.

"Would you rather be humiliated and undignified by the Hu people here, than go back to the Central Plains and start a new life?"

Listening to the heart-rending cries and begging for mercy of those women, Liu Ce was shaken for the first time in his belief that he had always insisted on.

"If that's the end, then what have I been busy with? What am I fighting for? What is the end result? ”

Liu Ce sighed heavily, looked at the women who were prostrate on the ground and shook his head, and when he looked at the male slaves again, they were all frightened, and some of them just groveled and looked insensitive.

"I have imagined countless times that the moment I stepped outside the Saiwai, when I rescued the Chinese people from the sea of suffering, I didn't expect them to be grateful to Dade, as long as they could live with dignity, they would be full of hope for the future, but now, ...... I'm walking thousands of miles to fight to the death, what are I doing? ”

Liu Ce didn't look at them anymore, but said to Chen Qing: "Pass the order, separate the Zhou and Hu people, and order them to be guarded separately." ”

"Obey the order......" Chen Qing responded and left.

Then Liu Ce walked directly towards a huge cowhide tent, and now he had begun to wonder if his ideal world could be realized, or maybe it would still be empty in the end?

……

In the cowhide tent, Liu Ce sat on the tiger skin that originally belonged to the commander of this department, and drank the mare's milk wine found in the pastoral area without a sip, and he didn't feel it even if he was spicy and piercing.

At this time, the cowhide tent was opened, and Chu Zijun walked in with a solemn face and said, "General, the casualty statistics are out." ”

"How?" Liu Ce asked in a deep voice.

Chu Zijun said: "When we set out on the expedition, there were 20,000 and 238 horsemen, and we have lost 2,300 people in the continuous battle, and another 980 people were wounded, of which 150 people are probably ...... Alas......"

Liu Ce's heart sank, and then asked, "What about the casualties at the headquarters of my Jingwei Battalion?" ”

Chu Zijun said: "The casualties are not large, and the total loss of the three divisions is two hundred and twenty cavalry......"

Liu Ce exhaled temporarily: "Zijun, you go down and tell them to rest and continue to hurry tomorrow morning." ”

Chu Zijun said: "General, where are we going?" ”

Liu Ce shook his head and said: "I don't know, getting out of the plug is just a helpless choice in a hurry, in order to jump out of the encirclement of the northern Hebei army and cover Zuo Shuo's escape, I made a temporary decision, to be honest, this place is not familiar with the place, let's take one step at a time." ”

Chu Zijun was taken aback when he heard this, but then he shook his head secretly, it was impossible for General Xindao not to think about how to go next, he must be too tired to speak.

"Zijun......" Liu Ce seemed to be a little drunk, "You tell me, is it right or wrong for me to do this?" ”

"General? What happened to you? Chu Zijun didn't want Liu Ce to ask like this, so he immediately said, "If the general makes any decision, I, Chu Zijun, will support you to the end, and the soldiers of the Jingwei Battalion will support you as always." ”

Liu Ce took a sip of mare's milk wine and said, "If we all die outside the plug this time, won't you blame me?" ”

Chu Zijun said with a straight face: "General, how fortunate is the soldier's horse leather shroud, why complain?"

Liu Ce's face turned red, and he smiled at Chu Zijun: "You haven't married yet, how can I let you die?" ”

Chu Zijun felt that Liu Ce was extra strange now, as if he had been stimulated by something, could it be those slaves just now?

Liu Ce saw that Chu Zijun was silent, and then said drunkenly: "Okay, you should also go to rest earlier, by the way, those women, what if ...... If you want to...... Then ...... Take care of yourself, I know that you have a lot of hardships after following me all the way, and you should be ...... Put...... Relaxed......"

Chu Zijun was shocked when he heard this: "General, don't do it!" Don't forget that the military regulations were issued by you personally! How can you take the initiative to encourage soldiers to commit adultery with other people's wives and daughters? Zijun will not pass on your instructions! ”

"!" Liu Ce smiled bitterly when he heard this, looked at Chu Zijun and said drunkly: "General Ben has allowed it, if you want to, just go, by the way, do you think that you are afraid of my punishment for violating the military order?" Okay, put the ...... The most beautiful woman in the clan...... Bring...... Bring it to my account...... I'm going to take the lead today...... To chop ...... Cut off my head first......"

"General!" Chu Zijun got up with a "hoof" and said angrily to Liu Ce: "You must be drunk, the last general will never believe that you are this kind of person, please take back your life!" ”

"Dare you teach me a lesson?" When Liu Ce heard Chu Zijun say this, he immediately got up and said: "Hurry up, I heard that the daughter of the patriarch of this special envoy tribe is very charming, let her come over to serve the bed, and the other imprisoned woman is Zhou Hu, you can do it yourself, I have to make an exception today!" ”

After speaking, Liu Ce slammed the wine bowl in his hand to the ground, but Chu Zijun just didn't move and stood aside.

"Zijun......" Liu Ce took a step forward, grabbed his arm with a stagger, and said earnestly, "Do you think I'm really drunk?" No, I'm not drunk, on the contrary, I'm more sober than ever!

Did you find it, everyone's hearts are full of anger all the way, especially those new annexes, if you don't vent that anger in your heart at this time, do you know what the consequences will be? We're all going to die here! Do you understand? Yes? ”

Chu Zijun's face was puzzled: "But general, you said ......"

Liu Ce waved his hand to interrupt him: "This time and that time, not to mention that this is outside the Saiwai, not a civilized place in the Central Plains, etiquette and education are worthless here, and the emphasis is on the supremacy of strength, I haven't thought about what to do next, what I have to do now is to let everyone relax first, relieve the anxiety of the past few days, and then return to southern Hebei and return to Hanling ...... when the scenery comes."

"General, but you ......" Chu Zijun knew that Liu Ce was indeed right, although there have been many casualties so far in this expedition, if there is no one to stop him from entering the eight hundred miles north of Hebei, this kind of achievement is enough to show off the whole world.

But Chu Zijun, as a general, naturally knows that the army has been restless these days, not to mention the Hu people, but to say that the soldiers under his command are more or less resentful.

From the moment they saw those women and children just now, their eyes were already wrong, they had been fighting for many days, and their tense nerves had reached a critical point at this moment, and they urgently needed to be cast, if it weren't for Liu Ce on their side, they would have rushed desperately.

Chu Zijun also understood this, but he still couldn't believe that these words came from the mouth of the general he admired. It's easy to say otherwise, but the general asks a woman to sleep, he really feels extremely uncomfortable, after all, he is used to the resolute boss who has always been strict with himself and has never even stepped into the land of fireworks in the Qinglou.

"Don't say it, go for it......"

Liu Ce patted Chu Zijun's shoulders again, and then returned to the tiger carpet in a trance and continued to drink.

"The last general will retire......" Chu Zijun saw Liu Ce say this, so he could only do what he said and slowly withdrew from the tent.

Soon, the sound of soldiers laughing and women crying came from outside the tent, and Liu Ce listened to the sound outside, and poured a bowl of mare's milk wine into his neck again.

"General, bring the woman you want."

Chu Zijun opened the tent curtain again and brought a bearded girl and a Central Plains woman into the tent.

Liu Ce raised his eyes and saw that the Hu woman was about sixteen or seventeen years old, born pure and lovely, with a different style. Look at the Zhou woman holding a guqin, the long Peugeot is moving, and she looks delicate.

"It's all good...... Liu Ce said with a smile, "Zijun, you can pick a few too." ”

Chu Zijun said: "No, the general, the last general still has to patrol the night, so I won't bother you, rest early, the last general will retire." After speaking, Chu Zijun stepped out of the big tent, he didn't want to stay in the tent for a moment, and he didn't want to see the appearance of his own general.

"This kid, hehe......" Liu Ce saw Chu Zijun leave with an annoyed face, shook his head with a smile, and then looked at the two women.

"Come here......" Liu Ce said to the two women with drunken eyes.

That Zhou Nu seemed to be a little scared, and moved a few steps timidly with her head down, but the Hu Nu walked to Liu Ce's side calmly, leaned down to untie Liu Ce's clothes.

Under the alcohol anesthesia, Liu Ce was a little obsessed for a moment when he watched the Hu girl in the firelight untie the armor belt on her body and print a beautiful face, and there was a hint of indulgence in her eyes......

When the armor belt on his body was completely loosened, and the thin hands went to untie the belt between his pants, Liu Ce grabbed her hand and shouted: "What a big boldness, did I let you do it?" Outrageous! ”