Volume 1 The Beginning of the Han Dynasty Chapter 3 The Crisis

At this time, in Linrong City, both the people and the officials were shocked. Everyone can't remember, I don't know how many years I haven't seen the Xianbei alien race bow down in Linrong, and I don't know how many Han people have been taken captive by Xianbei as slaves. Originally, all the imperial court officials present had already prepared to be held accountable by the imperial court for the huge losses of Shuofang County this year, and Xiang Ao not only rescued so many people, but also killed a team of Xianbei warriors.

"Haha, it's worthy of my big Han Qilin'er, Emperor Wu blesses you!" Cai Yong laughed and praised Xiang Ao without hesitation, both relieved and indignant. Although there were some gaffes, everyone present did not feel that there was anything wrong, and even agreed with Cai Yong's statement in their hearts, and they were also excited.

For the Taishou and the officials present, this is not only a merit, but also a great man in his heart, sighing that the majesty of the Han is still there. Shuofang County Taishou also came to Cai Yong's side excitedly: "Cai everyone, such a happy event, we are waiting for your majesty to play quickly, Yang I am a big man!" "This is the rhythm of asking for credit.

Cai Yongque waved his hand and said: "The king is too guarded and not in a hurry, he is only ten Xianbei heads." The old man wanted to see what this kid could do. "The prince listens and calms down a little? It really needs to wait, the ten Xianbei heads really can't explain anything, and if you are too eager to ask for credit, you will inevitably fall into the mouth.

Seeing that everyone present was so happy about this matter, Jiao Jing had an idea in his heart. "My lords, after my brother saw the barbaric acts of Xianbei in the village, he wanted to kill the murderous Xianbei alien race as soon as possible, but the army was limited, and now he wanted to protect the people back to the city, so that my brother now only has a few people to follow. If you really have mercy on the people, please send some troops to help my brother save more people. ”

Taishou frowned after hearing this, he didn't want to have more troops, and even hoped that the imperial court would send heavy troops to return the color of Xianbei. However, the number of defenders in Shuofang County is less than 2,000, and if it is sent at will, I am afraid that it will endanger the defense of Linrong, and it will even be difficult to protect the lives of everyone present. "I don't know what Captain Zhang thinks, and the military aspect is not very clear."

"In my opinion, we can send 200 cavalry to assist Mr. Xiang, and the remaining 300 cavalry and more than 1,000 infantry are enough for the officers to prevent emergencies." After a little consideration, Wang Duwei made a suggestion, and when it came to city defense, Wang Xianwei applied for determination.

"Okay, since Wang Duwei said that he must be fine, then he will send two hundred horsemen to help Mr. Xiang." After the decision was made, everyone also delayed, and transferred two hundred of the most elite cavalry to Jiao Jing. Jiao Jing was also hypocritical, and after thanking him, he took two teams of cavalry out of the city. Jiao Jing is also more worried about Xiang Ao's situation, although the ten Xianbei people were easily killed by Xiang Ao before, after all, there are only a few of them, if Xiang Ao and the others meet fifty, or even a hundred people, it will be difficult to say.

Under the guidance of Wang Wu, Xiang Ao and the others had passed through two villages full of corpses and messes, and no one was found. The tragic situation of the village also made Xiang Ao more and more determined to return a tooth for a tooth to Xianbei, because he was anxious to find a line to catch up with the Xianbei team, Xiang Ao had to burn the corpses of the people with everyone, hastily erected a tombstone, and then found a way to erect a monument after a little calm within the boundaries of Shuofang. At this time, it was already two days after the departure, and everyone was sleeping in the open air, chasing along the traces in the starry night, and leaving marks on the road to Jiao Jing and a few people.

Not long after it got dark, Xiang Ao planned to find a place to rest on the back slope, but unexpectedly, Wang Wu, who went out to investigate the surrounding situation, came back and informed him that he had found traces of Xianbei. There were a lot of Xianbei men and horses, about 100 horses, escorting nearly 1,000 people, as well as a lot of grain and grass, because they were all plundered from nearby villages. Xianbei tied all the Han people with their hands tightly and then connected them with extremely long thick ropes to prevent anyone from escaping and facilitate detention.

When Xiang Ao's guidance arrived, the Xianbei team was setting up a fire. Xianbei is a nomadic people, and they are not good at camping and military affairs, so there are only a few tents. The discipline of this team was obviously much stricter than the discipline of the ten people killed by Xiang Ao before, but it only gathered the people, and there was no animal behavior that he had seen before, which made Xiang Ao feel a lot better to the people of the Xianbei tribe.

However, it will not affect Xiang Ao's determination to annihilate this Xianbei army. At this time, the patrol arrangement of the Xianbei army was also extremely cautious, no matter what was being done in the camp, there were four teams of men and horses on the periphery who were cruising all the time. Xiang Ao had to give up for the time being, and ordered everyone to ambush around to eat some dry food and rest for a while, while Xiang Ao was thinking about how to raid at night.

The nights were indeed very long in the near winter, and there was no moonlight tonight, so it was pitch black all around, except for two fires in the middle of the camp. I don't know if the Xianbei soldiers were too tired or thought that the soldiers of the Han County would not appear on the Shuofang border at this time, the patrol soldiers had stopped and began to doze off.

Seeing this, Wang Wu knew that the opportunity had come, and gently woke up Xiang Ao and the others who were in a state of half-sleep. Xiang Ao rubbed his face that felt a little stiff, cheered up and looked at the North Korean camp. Xiang Ao's Art of War is not in vain, and even at this time, it is the time when most people are prone to sleepiness and have the lowest vigilance, and the opportunity for surprise attacks is excellent at this time. Although Xiang Ao is not a large number, with the martial courage of Xiang Ao and Jiang Yan, it is not difficult to break Xianbei and kill the person who took the lead.

So Xiang Ao beckoned Xiao Hei and Jiang Yan to take the lead with him, and arranged for the remaining seven people to follow and kill. Got on the horse and raised the whip, and a group of people skillfully rode out of the horse, and while running, Xiang Ao's face was fierce.

"Hahaha... The ignorant Han soldiers actually dared to rush to kill the general's tent and really die. As soon as Xiang Ao and the others rushed to the front of the tent, the lights suddenly brightened, and dozens of torches surrounded Xiang Ao and the others.

Xianbei who still knows Chinese, thinking that this person is not an ordinary person in Xianbei, Xiang Ao secretly begged in his heart, and his face was full of solemnity. It was almost impossible for the Xianbei army of the hundred-man team to leave Xiang Ao, Jiang Yan and Jiao Meng behind, but it was difficult for the few people brought by Xiang Ao to break out of the encirclement. Although these people were given by the Dingxiang County Scholars, it was impossible for Xiang Ao to give up on them after living together for such a long time. Xiang Ao spoke for the time being, thinking in his heart about how to lead everyone out of the encirclement.

"Even if you have a few men, you want to keep us? If you know Chinese, you should also understand the Han people very well, just a few of us will rush to kill your hundred-man team? ”

"Hahaha... originally thought that the one who had the courage to rush to kill the general's camp was also a handsome man among the Han dogs. The big man who led Xianbei laughed, "But I don't want to be such a timid person, or even stupid." Don't you know that I am now the lord of the steppe? Other generals don't dare to boast yet, but killing the Ruhan people on the prairie is not like slaughtering a dog and slaughtering a sheep? What's more, there are less than ten people, haha..."

The Xianbei leader laughed disdainfully, and already regarded Xiang Ao and the others as things in his pocket. Xiang Ao's face was even more ugly, indeed as the Xianbei leader said, the number of Xiang Ao and others was indeed too small, if there were twenty or thirty people, Xiang Ao was confident that he would break through the hundred-person Xianbei team here. However, now that the raid has failed, and even the set is surrounded, Xiang Ao is also a clever woman at this time.

"This general Guan Ru is also a warrior, and now it has not been reused in the border of the Han Dynasty, if it can be surrendered to this general, he will be able to make contributions on the battlefield one day, and lead many tribes. Do you need to think about it? "The leader of Xianbei is also a master of martial arts, and when he saw Xiang Ao at first sight, he had already seen that Xiang Ao was brave and extraordinary, coupled with the faint pedantic spirit, if he could surrender, it would be a talent for the Xianbei King Tan Shihuai to invade the Central Plains in the future.

"Hehe, that contemptible person is so grateful for his love." Xiang Ao replied casually, secretly gesturing to everyone behind him. "Kill..."Xiang Ao roared, and then led everyone to rush in the direction of the Xianbei leader. At this time, there was no plan for the scene, Xiang Ao had to rush away, if he could kill the leader of Xianbei, there would be hope for everyone behind him to be rescued.

"It's good to come!" Although the leader of Xianbei felt that Xiang Ao was extraordinary, based on his confidence in his martial arts, he raised his scimitar and rode his horse head-on. Several people behind him also followed, intending to stop several people behind Xiang Ao for their generals. Seeing this, Xiang Ao was slightly excited, and it was also the Xianbei leader who did not dodge and gave Xiang Ao the opportunity to behead; The second is that the leader of Xianbei looks like a person with extraordinary force, and he has the desire to fight in his heart.

"Bell..."The guns and knives collided, splashing a few sparks. The two of them crossed by mistake, Xiang Ao used nearly seventy percent of his strength to test, and he didn't know that the leader of Xianbei could hide his clumsiness, and the aftershocks after the collision made Xiang Ao's right hand holding a spear tremble slightly. It's a lot of strength, but it's not my opponent, Xiang Ao secretly asked. Then he reined in his horse and turned around, ready to quickly behead the Xianbei leader under his horse.

This person is amazing, he used all his strength, but he was almost shocked by this person and lost his balance, and he couldn't be singled out. The Xianbei leader's face was ugly, and he never thought that this person was even more powerful than he seemed on the surface. Without hesitation, the leader of Xianbei saw that he was invincible, so he rode to the midst of several escort cavalry, and immediately shouted: "Sons, besiege and kill." ”

Worst! Xiang Ao was anxious and inexperienced in battle, so Xiang Ao did not use all his strength in the first encounter, let alone that he would return to the soldiers after the temptation and miss the opportunity. In order to protect the rest of the people from being besieged, Xiang Ao had to stop the idea of continuing to rush to kill the Xianbei leader, stand beside everyone, and resist most of the siege with his own force.

Several times he rushed out alone to kill the Xianbei leader, but the Xianbei soldiers who reacted were not as good as Xiang Ao thought at the beginning, plus they needed to protect everyone, and they were forced back by the Xianbei soldiers several times. If Xiang Ao is alone, or Jiang Yan and Jiao Meng, he can rush out, and even it is not difficult to take the head of his leader among the hundred people, but in order to protect the rest of the people, Xiang Ao has to block and kill the rest of the people who are in danger back and forth, if it were not for Jiang Yan and Jiao Meng present, Xiang Ao would be even more in a hurry.

After a while, the corpses of more than a dozen people were lying in front of Xiang Ao and the others. In order to ensure the elimination of the opponent's vital force, Xiang Ao and the three of them were almost fatal, and the people who were shot all fell to the ground and died. However, the number of the other party is too large, except for Xiang Ao, the rest of the people are all stabbed, originally a defensive circle of nine people, but at this time it has become five, and the remaining four people have no strength to fight, and are protected by everyone in the encirclement.

"Mr. Xiang is extraordinary, and it is easy to break through. Please also ask Mr. Xiang not to risk our lives here, please Mr. Xiang stop caring about us and break through. Wang Wu knew that it would be difficult to escape death today, and the only hope was that Xiang Ao could escape safely, Xiang Ao had been able to protect them for a long time in such a situation, not to mention that Xiang Ao's life was much more precious than them.

"We have been comrades since we went out of the city together, how can there be a distinction between high and low, Hugh has to talk nonsense."

"But sir..."

"Shut up and concentrate on the enemy." Seeing that Wang Wu still wanted to speak, Xiang Ao was slightly angry, and shouted in a low voice. Wang Wu had no choice but to stop and concentrate on dealing with the surprise attack of the Xianbei soldiers.