Chapter 50—The Tragedy by the River (2)

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Rahman did not report anything to Wang Rouhua.

Seeing that Rahman didn't dare to look into her eyes, Wang Rouhua sighed and got into the carriage and left this beautiful grassland.

When I came to Hami, it was still spring, and there were cattle and sheep everywhere along the river, and the herdsmen of Qingtang sang songs and grazed on this grassland.

Under the blue sky and white clouds, cattle and sheep graze, shepherd dogs jump, and from time to time there are even big fish in the river that jump out of the water, fall on the grass, and then jump back into the river.

At that time, Wang Rouhua was deeply fascinated by the scenery on this plateau, thinking of countless legends about Princess Wencheng here, and wanted to settle here.

Now, the grass on this grassland is dense with good pasture, and if in previous years, the herdsmen would have harvested it with great pleasure to prepare winter food for the cattle and sheep.

In the pastures where cattle and sheep were everywhere, there was no grass more than a foot long, and the grass grew little by little, and the cattle and sheep gnawed over and over again......

Rahman's old sheepskin jacket was underneath, the armor was already on his body, and the box containing twenty special feathered arrows had been opened, and he was placed with his quiver.

Groups of cavalry slowly advanced towards Hongya Mountain in three taels of golden carriages, and the cavalry on the horses scanned both sides of the valley vigilantly.

On the mountains, there are also scouts on foot, as the convoy slowly climbs the mountains and mountains, and follows the same trend.

In the five-mile-long valley, the horses galloped endlessly, one group of scouts had just returned to join the army, and the other team of scouts had already galloped forward.

This rolling method of progress is the most secure method that Wei Chilei can think of at present.

An army of three thousand men should not have been so careful.

However, in the face of a group of people without any reason, even if it is an army of 10,000 people, as long as there is food, they will not hesitate to charge.

The pile of corpses found by the scouts just now was not man-made, but because of hunger, a group of people all starved to death in a small valley.

Wei Chilei, who had seen the scene with his own eyes, couldn't bear to describe it.

The only news he got from the pile of corpses was that it was dangerous, and there were only old and weak women and children among the corpses, and there was not a single man in the prime of life.

When the great famine comes, the men are naturally the most viable, and under normal circumstances, the old and weak women and children wait in the valley for the men to bring food from outside.

It's a pity that the group apparently didn't wait for the men to return......

Where can the men go?

Yu Chilei looked up at the dangerous Red Cliff Mountain, and felt that they could only be in this mountain.

There were no hares in the grass, and no pheasants in the grass......

These things are very common on weekdays, and sometimes throwing a stone into the grass can startle a large group.

This is not the Red Cliff Mountain in Yu Chilei's impression.

There are traces of ice water in the river, and there are many traces, according to the scouts' calculations, there should be no less than 5,000 people.

The scouts at the top of the hill kept pushing the frozen corpses down from the top of the hill, making them fall to the ground like stones for the Lord to examine.

There were more and more corpses, so much so that the scouts no longer did this useless work, because many corpses had been found in some hidden corners of the valley as well.

"General, all of them are starving to death."

Zhang Tong, the deputy general from Qingtang City, whispered to the ugly face of the chief general, Wei Chi Lei.

"How so?"

"Isn't Li Qiao wantonly collecting the Tubo people?"

Zhang Tong laughed dryly and said: "The Great Song Dynasty is reforming the land and returning to the river, they are sending all the domestic prisoners to our Hami, and sending those wandering people to Qingtang for reclamation."

Fu Bi even mobilized the soldiers of Jingzhao Mansion, and heard that there were 110,000 people.

They couldn't trust the Tibetan people, believing that these people did not obey the king, and expelling them was the most trouble-saving and labor-saving way. ”

Yu Chilei exclaimed: "This is evil, what about our Hami, hasn't the king always felt that our population is too small......

Zhang Tong shook his head and said, "The general has been fighting in Khotan before, and he doesn't know the situation in the country.

We Hami really need manpower, and the king also wants to accept more people in, but the people the king wants are the Great Song Dynasty and the Han people in the Khitan country, and he doesn't want more foreign races.

I heard General Li Qiao say that the ratio of the Song and Han people in our country to the Uighurs, Tibetans, and Western Regions has reached a dangerous point.

There is no danger for a few to rule over the majority, but after a long time, it will bring danger to us.

Therefore, we have also stopped recruiting Tibetans and not allowing them to enter the country! “

Wei Chilei was startled and looked at Zhang Daodao: "General Li Qiao is clearing his own suspicions, so he is carrying out the king's order like this, right?" ”

Zhang Tong nodded with a smile and said: "This is natural, his wife does not stop, using her identity as the princess of Qingtang to recruit people everywhere, the general has reprimanded her countless times, and she is still happy." ”

Yu Chi Lei sneered and said, "If the general wasn't the king's brother, he should have been punished at this time." ”

Zhang Tong just laughed dryly, he was not qualified to comment on the big names of Hami Kingdom.

There are dead people, and there will naturally be living people.

When a group of crooked people came out of the crevices in the rocks and rushed towards the convoy, Wei Chilei still gave the order to clear them.

The cavalry didn't even need to form their formation, they just had to follow the escort formation they had prepared earlier.

Greet those humanoid animals with crossbow arrows like shooting targets, and it is easy to relax.

After the front army, both sides of the road were littered with the bodies of those who had been hit by arrows.

Wang Rouhua saw this scene from the window, and her face became more and more gloomy.

Zhao Wan was about to put her head on the car window and look out out of curiosity, but Wang Rouhua pulled her back and reprimanded: "What are you looking at, lie there and sleep." ”

Zhao Wan held her son boringly and curled up in the pile of soft fur, and continued to talk alien words to her son who woke up.

Mama Zhang, who had been chanting Buddhism, saw that Zhao Wan was reprimanded by the Queen Mother, and hurriedly said: "Princess, you can't watch, men are fighting, there are arms and legs everywhere, there is nothing to look at, if you have fetal gas, it will be terrible." ”

Zhao Wan glanced at one or two Tieqing's mother-in-law, stuck out her tongue at Mama Zhang, and reluctantly suppressed her curiosity.

"Why didn't the scouts find these people?"

After the last man was shot dead, Yu Chi Lei questioned the scout lieutenant.

The scout lieutenant arched his hand and said, "Time is in a hurry, and the lowly post has not yet had time to search the gaps on both sides of the cliff. ”

"Search and advance, and don't let these people disturb the Queen Mother and the Queen."

Soon, the scouts scattered to both sides, searching for each rift and moving forward, and the speed of the convoy inevitably slowed down.

The battle also began to get fierce.

The scouts were extremely reluctant to fight these dying people, and after encountering the enemy, they would generally block those people in the cracks and not allow them to come out, and once the golden carriage drove away, they would immediately retreat and no longer intercept them, and if those people still came out at this time and were killed by crossbow arrows, that is, they would kill themselves, no wonder they were.

"Alas!"

Wang Rouhua sighed, closed the curtains, and even screamed very powerlessly, how can people rob others.

There is no way for these people to be saved, and even if they are given food, they will die in a short time.

After a long period of extreme hunger, their stomachs have drained all the energy available in their bodies.

The fighting outside the car window became more and more intense, and sometimes the sound of gunpowder shells exploding, the clashing of swords and the screams of the Hami people continued to enter their ears.

There were casualties.

The sound of horses' hooves outside the carriage was incessant, and the heavy breathing of the sergeants was by the window.

When Wang Rouhua tore off a piece of black cloth on the roof of the carriage, a semicircular glass ball the size of a head shot out a hazy white light. The inside of the carriage began to light again.

The large glass ball was half inside the carriage and half outside the carriage, like a white moon hanging over the roof of the carriage.

Tie Xi curiously leaned out towards the moon, and was held up by Zhao Wan to caress it, the child didn't know what the strange sounds outside represented, but felt that this big ball was very beautiful.

Wang Rouhua heard the sound of Rahman's arrows, and it should not be easy for Rahman to participate in the battle.

The reason why Zhao Wan hugged her son to touch the glass ball was to hide the horror in her heart.

Wang Rouhua took Tie Xi and said to Zhao Wan: "Xiao Wan did a good job, the first time she came into contact with the battle array, it was very good to have such a performance."

After we leave the valley, you should go with Weiniang to visit the wounded soldiers, mourn the soldiers who died in battle, and reward the heroes who have made meritorious contributions. ”

Zhao Wan nodded and said, "My daughter-in-law knows." ”

Mama Zhang said with a smile: "The soldiers are really brave, until now, there has not been an arrow, and an enemy has touched the carriage, and it seems that those people are rushing towards the three golden carriages." ”

Zhao Wan said with a smile: "This is the preparation made by the husband according to the honor guard of Qin Shi Huang's trip back then.

Three auxiliary cars, one dark car, this can surpass Qin Shi Huang.

I just don't know if the water droplets on the passenger car will be okay. ”

Wang Rouhua shook her head and said, "It's going to be fine, there are more people guarding the three carriages, and our guards here are just stronger." ”

Zhao Wan could clearly feel that the speed of the carriage had become faster, and Wang Rouhua's hanging heart slowly landed, and the speed of the carriage increased, indicating that the convoy had left the valley.

If you return to the Gobi Plain, the superiority of the cavalry will be completely revealed, and those stragglers who lack supplies and weapons will be helpless against the convoy.

Rahman knocked on the carriage, which was a signal to get out of danger, and Wang Rouhua lifted the baffle on the rear compartment, only to see a mountain of corpses......

Mama Zhang recited the Buddha's name again and again, and Wang Rouhua took another look at it and closed the baffle and said to Mama Zhang: "There is no end to hell in this world. (To be continued.) )