Chapter 478: Enemy Attack and First Snow

At the end of October, the prairie was full of slaughter, large areas of grass had withered and yellowed, and in many places even the grass roots gnawed by animals were exposed. Occasionally, a rabbit could be seen gnawing on the turf, and when it heard movement, it flew away. The dome high above, the flat and vast grassland, and the extreme view as if you can see the end of the sky, for Peng Shisan, who has been fighting in Annan for most of the time, it is really exciting to run wild on this grassland.

Pulling the bow for the full moon, he nailed a hare to the grass with an arrow again, and when he heard the sergeants next to him cheering again, Peng Shisan was naturally even more elated. However, what made him depressed was that most people still glanced at the red-haired little fox in Niu Dang's hand with envy after this. Who would have thought that although this guy has ordinary archery skills, he actually has such a means, and he pounded next to an inconspicuous soil hole for a while, and then caught such a guy with three strokes and five divisions.

beckoned Niu to dare to come over, and Peng Shisan opened his mouth and asked, "Stubborn Niu, have you ever picked up a fox like this before?" ”

Because Zhang Yue assured that his companions would survive, Niu Dang's biggest concern was put down, and the whole person seemed to be in good spirits. At this point, he scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "It's just an accident." Because at that time, there was often not enough food to make cattle and horses for Tartars, so we often went to dig mouse holes, and occasionally found fox holes. In order to find something to fill the stomach, he can even come up with any way, the fox meat eats itself, and the fox skin tries to hide it. If it weren't for the cold with these accumulated furs, we wouldn't have been able to run out of the sudden hypothermia, and it would be impossible to have a full stomach on the road. ”

It is said that it is a hunting team, but such a dozen cavalry is also full of the meaning of scouts, and when they encounter a single action of spies, they can be captured, and when they encounter a large number of people, they can disperse and run back to report the news, so almost everyone here has dealt with the Mongols - since this is the place where the Tatar Warat power is transferred, they really can't separate the people, so they are all called Tartars, which is easy to remember - at this time, when they heard that Niu Dang actually ran back from the north, a group of people were suddenly amazed.

"I just laughed at Brother Niu, you can't ride a horse, it's damned! You are good, fight back for revenge in the future! ”

"At the beginning, there were also people in our village who were taken captive to the north, and they only ran back two years ago, and now they have been selected into the Imperial Horse Warden Army! You have to behave well, and then you will be the Son of Heaven's Guard! ”

Seeing a group of military households talking around Niu Dada, Peng Shisan stopped talking, and only smiled and watched the stubborn cow's face become redder and redder under everyone's banter. Suddenly, he heard a loud chirp overhead, and quickly raised his head, only to see an eagle in the sky. He was about to say that the sight of an eagle on the prairie was a good omen, when an exclamation came from the side.

"It's not a harrier, it's a tame falcon!"

More than a dozen sergeants were still making noise, and when they heard this reminder, they all hurriedly raised their heads, and the group of people who were still noisy just now immediately fell silent. A few experienced veterans looked carefully at the little black dot in the sky, and gradually revealed a solemn face. And Peng 13 saw the leading captain jump off the horse suddenly, bent his knees and put his ear to the ground to listen carefully, and hurriedly opened his eyes to look into the distance, although he didn't find any unusual movement on the horizon over there, but he didn't dare to take it lightly.

"There were some people on horseback coming this way, about a dozen or so."

If there were a few people or hundreds of people coming, at this time, it was nothing more than two options: going forward to arrest people or retreating to the fort, but only a dozen people made Peng Shisan hesitate. The captain only groaned for a while before gritting his teeth and said, "Peng Ye and Brother Niu hurry back to the castle to report, and the rest of the people will follow me to find out!" ”

Although Peng Shisan was very confident in his own skills, he knew that the team of ten people cooperated tacitly, and he stayed just to add to the chaos, so he nodded without saying a word. In a few moments, he and Niu Dare's coats were stuffed with a lot of messy prey, and the sergeants joked as if nothing was wrong.

"Master Peng, I can keep that rabbit for me when I turn around, don't let people steal it!"

"Brother Niu, take good care of that fox, fox meat is not delicious, but this little fox is a rarity!"

"After we catch the Tartar spies, we will come back immediately!"

Seeing a group of people galloping away with their horses and whips, Peng Shisan called several times, seeing that Niu Dang was still stunned, he knew that this kid must have remembered the past, so he simply stepped forward and kicked him lightly, and then said in a deep voice: "Let's go, don't be stunned, you can't help at this time!" I know you can escape from the north, but we're a burden with them! ”

It was easy to call back the soul of this stubborn cow, and Peng Shisan turned his horse's head and galloped back towards the way he came. When he heard the clear sound of horses' hooves behind him, he couldn't help but let go of this thought, but he still thought about the ten sergeants who went to investigate. That old captain can't even tell a lie, if he can hear the number of people on the ground, isn't that a real God? It's just that the duty is related to the difficulty and can't help but face the difficulties, but I didn't expect those sergeants to be full of care at that juncture.

After more than half an hour, Peng Shisan and Niu Dang finally arrived at Xinghe Fort directly through the sparse woods. He also ignored the sergeants who asked questions, and took Niu Dare to go straight to the deputy Qianhu who was in charge of the garrison, and explained the matter just now. Seeing that the old officer forty miles away rushed out like a whirlwind to arrange defenses, he went straight to the Qianhu official office, but happened to bump into Zhang Yue at the door.

"Lao Peng, we're new here, why did you just take someone out casually......"

"Let's not mention this, when we just went hunting, we saw a falcon in the sky, and the hunting captain said that he heard people coming towards him, so he sent the two of us back first, and they went to investigate together!" Peng 13 interrupted Zhang Yue's words, repeated the situation just now in one breath, and said with a solemn expression, "I asked on the way there just now, and they said that since the Tatars moved north, there have been few people grazing here, and the Warat people will not easily break into the forbidden area. In this case, if someone really comes, I am afraid it will be at least similar to the previous act of setting fire to the forest on the Kaiping side. ”

"You mean it could be an outpost of Arutai?"

Zhang Yue immediately grasped the point of these words, and when he saw Peng Shisan nodded, he immediately turned around and entered the official office. All the way to the innermost room, he heard Wang Zhao's loud voice shouting and swearing.

"Move Xinghe Fort to the Great Wall? Nonsense, if Xinghe is not wanted, Kaiping is isolated and helpless, as long as the Tartar army is surrounded in the future, there will be only a dead end! Besides, all the turtles retreated to the Great Wall, and then they could only take a defensive position, and it would be difficult to fight them on the grassland again, and when the time came, the Tartars would recuperate on the grassland and harass them several times a year, and it would be us and not them who would suffer! If you say that the defenders of Xinghe Fort should be rotated, I can still listen to it, but the relocation office is definitely not good, and I will not play the court with anything! ”

Unexpectedly, the house was talking about whether it was a migration center at this time, and Zhang Yue couldn't help but gasp. Because of the urgency, he didn't care about that much, and hurriedly entered the house, seeing that Zheng Pingyuan's face was flushed, Wang Zhao was so angry that he trembled, and he didn't have time to persuade anything at this moment, so he bluntly said what he had just heard. Hearing this, the two officers who were the eldest of the grades immediately put aside what had just happened, Zheng Pingyuan learned that he had notified Deputy Qianhu in advance, and his face was a little lighter, but he still rushed out in a hurry with a confession, and almost collided with Peng Shisan and Niu Dare who came in.

Wang Zhao casually picked up the linoleum hanging on the back of the chair, and after putting it on, he saw Peng Shisan pulling the cow and daring to come in, he immediately realized that these were the two people Zhang Yue said, and immediately dispelled the idea of going out at this time, and carefully interrogated him. When he understood everything, his already tightly knit brows became a knot.

"Lord Zhang, let's go up to the observatory and have a look!"

Whether it is a big city or a small town, almost all the towns and forts from ancient times to the present day are taken from the meaning of the Quartet, and the same is true of Xinghe. However, since the four walls are not very high, the lookout is located slightly behind, but it is only one foot higher than the city wall. At this moment, Zhang Yue climbed the lookout again, but was stumbled by the stronger and stronger wind, but fortunately, Wang Zhao next to him reached out to help. After standing for a long time, there was still silence as far as his eyes could see, as if it was the same as before.

"Lao Peng, how long has it been since you were on the road plus the time when you were delayed just now?"

Peng Shisan, who followed up to the lookout, pondered for a moment before replying, "There should be more than an hour." ”

"It's been more than an hour, and it's time to come back......"

Wang Zhao, who was looking at the distance, muttered to himself, Zhang Yue saw a few small black dots appear on the skyline, and hurriedly reminded: "Look, someone from the north is back...... No, why are there so many people! ”

The people on the lookout saw a small black dot galloping all the way from the skyline almost at the same time, but what was more striking was the black pressure on the horizon like a dark cloud, and they saw that there seemed to be someone waving a white flag in the forefront. Even if he couldn't see the pattern on the white flag clearly, Zhang Yue would not think that this menacing group of people would wave the white flag of surrender, and after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly came to his senses.

"It's the Tatar black!"

"Judging by the situation, at most, there are 1,800 people, and they dare to use black silk!"

After being stunned for a moment, Wang Zhao immediately sneered: "If Xinghe only has more than 600 people, then I'm afraid these people will really force us inside and can't move, but this time it's not so easy!" Lord Zhang, I've already sent someone to report to Wanquan, and you can't go back at this time, so you might as well stay and see if my old bones are really old! Nearly 2,000 people have their backs to the Great Wall to guard a Xinghe, even if they drag him, they will drag him to death! ”

Almost as he spoke, a snowflake suddenly fell from the sky. The first heavy snow in Xinghe after the beginning of winter came unexpectedly when the soldiers were pressing.