Chapter 322: One Mountain, One City
In the desolate night, the heavy clouds seemed to give all the boundless pressure from the sky to the earth. The cold wind swept by, and even those who had just crawled out of the warm quilt had to fight a few more cold battles than usual before they could release the residual water in their stomachs.
Such a day is a murderous day. Long He is killing people, and he chooses those who are usually used to killing.
Generals will inevitably die in battle, whether it is a killer or an assassin, they are all people who find a way to survive in the shadow of the blade and sword. The killers of the Executive Division have encountered all kinds of difficult people in the past, and they have also encountered people who are eager to replace them with their own lives. But they had never met such a man, who was as if he had grown on the brink of death, and who was sensitive to every Assassin who had left the army; He has the speed of the wind and the cruelty of a wolf.
As a result, one Assassin after another of the Executive Division fell to his men. Their deaths weren't all worthless, they had dragged Long He back and wasted his time. And they also used the last power of their lives to pass on the information of Longhe's counter-assassination little by little. Even if they died, they believed that unless the Prosecutor's Office was finished, and unless the people in the Executive Division died, otherwise, these messages written in blood would eventually let Qin Fei know.
The night is in the deepest darkness, and the dawn of the day is about to begin. The soldiers of Northern Xinjiang who were marching rapidly did not know that more than a dozen people from the executive division had died on the periphery of the army.
Except for Yuan Xin who went south, except for Qin Fei who went north, the executive division here has no way to live!
For those who are accustomed to harvesting the lives of others, it is impossible to know what their last thought before dying is. Long He was still looking for the next trace, and several times, he was almost close to touching Qin Fei's path, but he missed it by mistake. Perhaps, fate does not want these two to meet yet!
Qin Fei took a deep breath of cold air and let out another breath of mist. In the cold weather, with his cultivation, he can not invade the cold and heat, but he can't stop the changes of nature.
What happened in Northern Xinjiang, Qin Fei's mind kept spinning in this circle. If it weren't for a major event that hurt the muscles and bones or even killed him, King Yan would not let Su Jin come back to help anyway. But as far as Qin Fei knew, the north of Northern Xinjiang was the grassland and the desert, where only barbarians lived for thousands of years, and no other figure could be found. The unformed barbarians who had been destroyed by Wei and later countries did not have the strength to launch a fatal blow to the northern frontier now!
"Could it be that a stone fell from the sky and smashed the Yan Wangfu?" Qin Fei, who was puzzled, couldn't help but make a joke with himself.
His steps were fast, and he had been gone for a long time while the Dragon River was constantly cleaning up those executive divisions. The road Qin Fei took was not an official road leading directly to northern Xinjiang. If he went like that, there was a good chance that he would encounter the retreating or advancing Northern Frontier Army, and Qin Fei didn't expect him to be able to sweep away a thousand troops in one go...... Even the living Governor Yi and Pang Zhen, even if the dead water is clear, can't do it.
Rounding a small road, the mountains ahead are undulating, and the steep peaks almost obscure the earth. The rugged mountain road leads through the mountains with a twist and turn. Even the best cavalry could march on this road with no more than four horses. In the past, merchants who traveled back and forth from northern Xinjiang usually took the official road. Those who will really take this road are either smugglers or green forest heroes.
It was this road that Qin Fei walked, the towering peaks were amazing, if a stone fell from the peak, he could casually smash a person into a meatloaf. For thousands of years, not a single army has passed here. The risk is simply too great, and only a small force is needed to inflict heavy damage on a large army on the march. If it weren't for the stage where you were shirtless and had to fight for your life, no one would want to start a war from here.
The dust under his feet rose slightly, and the coldness in the mountains was even more solemn. Suddenly, Qin Fei felt that something was wrong, and he took three steps and two steps to climb the mountain peak, flying along the steep mountain wall!
With all his strength, Qin Fei's speed was jaw-dropping. Not long after, he stopped in front of a small cliff, but this time, it was Qin Fei who looked at the valley in amazement......
In winter, the valley should be lonely, and wild beasts hibernate and migrate or hide in their dens and do not come out. There are many fewer ways for the hunters, but the valley is overcrowded, and countless people live in this valley, countless tents and huts have been erected, and even the paths have been cleared, and some people have set up small stalls and are still doing business.
If you replace the mountain walls with walls, it will look like a small town.
Qin Fei was a little dazed, and after a while, he tore the military uniform on his body, revealing a tight short fight. True anger was everywhere, and his face suddenly turned pale and haggard, like a young man who was lost in the mountains.
Sliding down the mountain peak, Qin Fei observed carefully for a moment before he walked out of a small patch of craggy bushes.
In front of him was a small stream, a group of women and girls were squatting by the stream to wash their clothes, their arms were red from the cold water, but they were still talking and laughing, some were slapping their clothes wet with laundry mallets, some were singing small songs, and they could not see the cruelty of the harsh winter at all.
I saw a thin-clad young man with a haggard face come out of the bushes, and the humming of a little song gradually fell into a low voice.
"Brother, aren't you cold?" In front of Qin Fei's eyes, a little girl of five or six years old looked at him curiously.
"It's a little cold." Qin Fei lied, and the women and children in front of him were not afraid, but just a little surprised. It seems that jumping out of the mountains is much more normal than seeing Qin Fei.
"Little brother, you freeze to death when you look like this. This is the jacket of our house, and it is just right to be washed. If you don't feel dirty, wrap it in ...... first," the girl's mother smiled and handed over a somewhat shabby padded jacket, her eyes full of kindness.
Qin Fei thanked him, wrapped his jacket, and a group of women immediately boiled the pot.
Brother, where are you from? Why did you come to the mountains? Got lost or met a thief? It's so cold in the mountains, why don't you bring some thick clothes? Do you have dry food? ……
Except for not asking the names and birthdays of their parents, the rest of the questions were all thought of by this group of women. Qin Fei suddenly had two heads and two big, just hoping to find someone to fight happily, and he was also afraid of being entangled with these women and children.
Finally, his ears were a little cold, and Qin Fei opened a big lie: "I am a soldier, when the brigade was marching in a hurry, my horse was injured, and I couldn't find a horse, so I walked with the infantry." I got lost while walking, and then I remembered that the mountain road here can also lead to the northern Xinjiang, presumably closer, so I walked over. The dry food on his body was all eaten, and his military uniform was torn. I couldn't stand the hunger just now, and I wanted to climb up the mountain to see if there was a lone beast, hunt a beast to eat, but I was dizzy and touched here......"
As soon as they heard this, the women's long tongues couldn't help but chatter, and for a moment they couldn't tell what they were saying.
Qin Fei only felt a headache, so he asked the little girl with a smile: "You live in the mountains, did you live here before?" ”
"Of course not!" The little girl said proudly, "We are from the Forbidden City. ”
Forbidden City? Of course, Qin Fei knew about this city. After the Wei state, in addition to continuing to pursue and attack the barbarians, many city defenses were also set up in the north. One of these cities is called the Forbidden City. This forbidden word is not taken casually, this city is just outside the mountain, and it has the heavy responsibility of guarding this mountain road. Although there have been no foreign invasions from here for thousands of years, there are still many bandits and guerrillas who operate in this area.
There was no time when it was the most widespread than during the Great War of the Three Divided Kingdoms, when many formed military horses were scattered and became rogues. But what they are terrible about is that the soldiers have been rigorously trained, have been tested in battle, know how to fight, and have a strict hierarchy. Moreover, such 'rogues' are not the most demanding for money women, and they like to slaughter after looting.
It is common to kill a small village, and the most terrifying thing is that they once slaughtered a small city. Tens of thousands of residents were left alive in two days and one night, with just over 240 people left alive. It is not because their conscience has found that they spared the lives of these living people. Rather, they needed men to be coolies and return their looting to the camp!
It's such a rogue that it's enough to give people a headache. At that time, the forbidden army clearly maintained its position of not participating in the war. To the noble place, it is a good bird to choose a tree to perch, and when you fight a seven, seven, eight, eight, or eight, we will consider who to go to in the forbidden city. However, for these 'rogues' who wandered to the vicinity of the forbidden city. The forbidden city army horses are not merciful, and they will destroy one when they come.
At its peak, the three bandits combined with more than 13,000 people, due to the continuous losses near the forbidden city, the three families united to defeat the forbidden city with only 3,000 defenders, and vowed to slaughter the whole city cleanly. Not a single male is left, and all the women are plundered as long as they are young, and whoever robs the whole city belongs to whomever he robs.
Under such a call, the rogues from the army broke out with extremely strong combat effectiveness, and the posture was terrifying.
But the outcome of the battle is still terrifying.
At a negligible cost, the defenders of the Forbidden City routed the besieging bandits, and then left the city with a large number of men and horses, and instead launched a frenzied massacre against them. It is said that the order of the guards of the forbidden city at that time was: Alive? The Forbidden City had no food to feed them.
As a result, countless corpses were scattered around the forbidden city, from official roads to mountain roads, from peaks and streams...... Many years later, occasionally hunters will stumble upon corpses that no longer look like humans in the mountains!
Qin Fei looked at the little girl and asked, "It's a forbidden city, why don't you live in the city?" It's always inconvenient to get to the mountains. ”
This time, it was her mother who took over: "The forbidden city is more auspicious this time, and Lord Zhong ordered that except for the army and the men who volunteered to stay in the city, all the rest of the people should hide in the mountains!" ”