Why kill?

Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun both stopped, staring blankly at the distance, the excitement and luck that had just arisen disappeared, and they were soaked in an inexplicable chill.

Then no one ran out, the officers and cavalry all entered the village, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun couldn't see anything anymore, but this kind of can't see is even more terrible than seeing.

"Let's go up there and take a look." Zhu Da said in a low voice, he himself was startled after the words came out, because there was no anger in his voice, Mu Ran was desperate, Zhou Qingyun's reaction was not much better, nodded silently, and the two turned their heads and walked towards the high place again.

The official cavalry advanced into the village, and then someone ran out, and then they were chased and slashed and killed, although they had not seen it in person, but the logic was easy to think clearly, the official cavalry came over so loudly, and the people in the village could not be defenseless, not to mention that the Mongolian cavalry left less than half an hour, it is very likely that after the official cavalry came, they used some means to let the people in the village come out, but the villagers found that something was wrong, and fled in a hurry, and then was caught up and destroyed.

I can figure out the order of events, but I can't figure out the reason, why do officers and soldiers kill people? Although the head of the Mongols is very valuable, Yuan Biao and Xiang Bo have both told that the officials who inspected the heads in the border town of Datong are very shrewd, and the heads of the Mongols are very different from the heads of the Han people, from the black and white scalp caused by the hairstyle, as well as the teeth that do not hurt due to eating food, and whether the legs are straight or not because of the difference between riding a horse and walking.

Under this kind of difference, even the Mongolians living in the Ming Dynasty can not be misunderstood, the flaws of killing good and risking merit are too great, the risk cannot be controlled at all, and since more than 100 years, the war between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia has nothing to look at, I heard Yuan Biao say, the beheading of dozens of Ming officials and soldiers is already a "great achievement", and it can be more than 100 or even a marquis, in such an order of magnitude, judging by common sense, killing more than a dozen enemies, mixing into one or two people to do merit can be confused in the past, At present, are the hundreds of people in Baibao Village going to be killed?

This is not common sense at all, but as soon as the Mongols left in front, the officers and soldiers on the back foot came, which is also weird, what is the reason for this?

Zhu Da couldn't figure it out even if he thought about it, and it was impossible to figure it out when he looked at the village from a few miles away.

The two people standing on the hillside sat down after standing for a long time, staring blankly at the village below the mountain, they didn't care about the sun rising and exposed, and they didn't care about mosquito bites, so they just watched blankly, but no one ran out again, and the officers and soldiers never came out of the village.

Just a few hours later, the sun was sinking in the west, and the officers and soldiers in the village finally moved, and like the Mongolian horse team in front, the officers and soldiers also left with large and small burdens, but their burdens were much less than those of the Mongols, and the officers and soldiers with the burdens went in the other direction, and the others went southwest along the river.

"Are the officers and soldiers following the Tartars?" Zhou Qingyun expressed his judgment with doubts, and at this time he mentioned the official army in the same tone as when he talked about the Mongols, full of resentment.

"What are the officers and soldiers doing with the Tartars? Do you follow your ass and pick up other people's leftovers? Zhu Da said in a sullen voice, there are too many details that people don't understand, if it weren't for the neat equipment of the officers and soldiers, it would be difficult for the Mongols to pretend, he would think that the group of officers and cavalry coming later were Mongols, otherwise this behavior was too unreasonable.

The cavalry of the mountain brigade had already left, but it was clear from the high ground that there were still five cavalry parked outside the village, which means that there were still five official cavalry in the village.

Under the afterglow of the sunset, the official cavalry gradually moved away along the river, Zhu Da stood up, Zhou Qingyun turned his head to look at him, and Zhou Qingyun was a little confused at this moment.

"Let's go back and get ready, and go to the village in the evening." Zhu Da said in a muffled voice, and Zhou Qingyun hurriedly followed.

When they arrived at the salt cave hut, Qin Qin, who was full of anxiety, greeted her, the girl had been staying here, what happened outside could only listen to the description of her companions, Qin Qin was an imaginative person, it was inevitable that she would not be frightened, and when the person came back, she immediately wanted to know what was going on outside.

Without waiting for the girl to speak, Zhu Daxian said solemnly: "You don't have to ask anything, just stay in the hut for the next few days, understand?" ”

Qin Qin pursed her mouth aggrievedly, and after seeing that Zhou Qingyun was also expressionless, she immediately nodded with red eyes, although Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun usually treat her as a peer, but the girl also knew that when Zhu Da put on a face, she was even much stricter than her father, not to mention that at this time, Qin Qin felt that Zhu Da was very terrible, even more terrible than the kidnapper who kidnapped her back then.

Watching the girl leave obediently, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun began to prepare, what to prepare for the night attack and night battle, the two of them are already very familiar, Zhou Qingyun put down his longbow and replaced it with the horn bow used by the Mongols, and the arrows were also changed, Zhu Da's equipment was the same, but he took an extra spear thrower, and five three-foot-long wooden spears.

The spear thrower was not too complicated a machine, just a flat plank with short cocked spines at one end and a tenon-and-tenon bracket at the other.

The production of this spear thrower is not Yuan Biao and Xiang Bo's teaching, but the little knowledge learned in the life of more than 20 years, of course, only the opportunity to project the wooden target and grass target, in the past few years it was also out of fun to make one, but Yuan Biao did not have a high opinion of this, saying that the countryside is barely used for self-defense, and it can be used for sneak attacks at most when fighting, which is not as fast as other people's bows and arrows.

It's just a wooden spear thrown with a spear thrower, because the weight is enough, the damage at a short distance is large enough, and the penetration is not bad, and compared with the bow and arrow, Zhu Da has an accurate head in the spear thrower, which is much easier to master than a bow and arrow.

The wooden spears were soaked in dirty things, and they were also dried and hardened by fire, and before this departure, they were re-disposed of with fire to avoid becoming soft from moisture.

The more things come to an end, the more you can't panic, Zhu Da prepared dinner very seriously, he and Zhou Qingyun didn't eat much, but they both brought pancakes when they set off, and it was easy to lose energy when they were full, and when they were hungry, they would not be able to keep up with their physical strength, so they could only eat a small amount on the road, so that they would be in the best condition.

Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun experienced anger, despair and great joy and sorrow this day, but at this time, the two of them calmed down, prepared in an orderly manner, and ate as usual, but this atmosphere was extremely depressing, so that Qin Qin looked left and right there, and couldn't eat it.

When the two of them set off, Qin Qin finally couldn't help crying, and said silently: "You must come back." ”

Zhu Da, who had already led the horse out, turned around and touched Qin Qin's head, and said gently: "Go back to sleep, and you'll see us after a sleep." ”

"Will you ever come back?"

"You're here, you'll definitely be back."

Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun watched Qin Qin go to the hidden place to sleep, and covered the outside with their own hands, and then left this small cabin, there was still a brilliant sunset in the night sky, with such light, the mountain road was not too difficult to walk, Zhu Da and the two rode out on horseback.

When they were about to get out of the mountain pass, they stopped, and in such visibility, they could not rush out of the mountain rashly, even if the other party only had five horsemen left in the village, it was not a frontal match, but if you went out of the mountain pass to the village, the road was much easier, so it was appropriate to use this place as a relay point.

After the two dismounted, they fed the horses again, ate a little at home, rechecked their weapons and equipment, and when they were about to fight, they could not neglect a single detail.

The sunset gradually faded, the stars began to fill the sky, the moonlight was bright tonight, but it was not enough to clear all the darkness, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun both knew that it was about to be the time to set off, and they were just about to turn over and get on the horse, Zhu Da said in a deep voice: "Wait a minute, according to the old rules, you are thirty steps behind me, I will put them right, this time there is one thing to make clear, if I am seriously injured or unable to move, you don't care about me, you go back to Qin Qin, remember to send her to your father-in-law." ”

Zhou Qingyun turned over and got on the horse, and the two of them rode forward in silence for a while, and then he sneered and said: "You said that you survived to take revenge, why are you going to die now." ”

"I didn't say to die, I just prepared for the worst." Zhu Da replied coldly, but he knew that what Zhou Qingyun said was right, there was a fire burning in his heart at this moment, and he wanted to kill someone.

The five horses were parked outside the village of White Castle, the roads and spaces in the village were too narrow for anyone who knew how to park their mounts in the village, and besides, there was no need to worry about bandits or anything in the current situation.

When they were about two miles away from Baibao Village, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun dismounted, tied their mounts to a small tree, and put a halter on their mounts.

"If I have any case, don't follow me, remember to hand over Qin Qin to Mr. Qin." This time Zhou Qingyun did not refute, but solemnly agreed.

There seemed to be a voice coming from the village, and the light could be seen from afar, it turned out that the earth fence was no longer of much use, the door was wide open, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun did not crawl forward as before, in such a field shrouded in night, as long as they were not directly illuminated by the lights, they just walked forward slowly.

The voice that came out became clearer and clearer, it was the woman's cry and the man's wild laughter, Zhu Da could hear Zhou Qingyun beside him breathing deeply, as if he was forbearing.

Zhu Da was very angry, but he was very strange to find that he was very calm, Zhu Da did not turn his head, but said in a deep voice: "Thirty steps behind me, remember my advice." ”

Zhou Qingyun stopped, Zhu Da continued to walk forward, not too far from the village, Zhu Da put the short spear on the spear thrower, and raised his arm.