Chapter 116: Kneeling and Feeding Birds and Beasts Are Inferior
Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun rushed out along the river valley, there was no decent road in the mountain valley, the river beach was full of rocks, bushes, and horses were easy to get injured when they ran in such an environment, but who cared about it now, just desperately whipped the mount and went out as fast as possible.
"Without beacon smoke, how can there be a large force of cavalry!"
"Could it be the crossing of officers and soldiers?"
Zhou Qingyun shouted immediately, he shouted this not to ask, but to reassure himself, if the Ming official army crossed, Zheng Jiaji and other surrounding people would know the news for a long time in advance, on the one hand, prepare for the labor army, and on the other hand, do a good job of defense, so as not to be harmed by the officials and soldiers, with Zhu Da and his well-informed knowledge in Zheng Jiaji, he actually didn't know anything.
"Don't talk to him, be optimistic about your horse, don't be planted on the road." Zhu Da roared back, the more critical the moment, the more he must not panic, otherwise he will delay things even more.
When the two of them ran outward, they could already hear a low roar in the distance, which sounded like a muffled thunder in the sky, but when they looked up at the sky, the sun was shining, and this movement was even more crazy.
I can already see the mountain pass in the distance, and even some of the buildings of the new village by the river, and from this narrow angle, everything seems to be normal, but how can it be normal!
At this moment, the rapid bell of "Dangdangdang" rang, mixed with hoarse roars and shouts, Zhu Da knew that this was the warning signal of Baibao Village and Hebian New Village, and he had already had emergency training for the people in the two places, and when the bell rang, they had their own arrangements.
At that time, he also considered the invasion of a large number of enemies, but he regarded this extreme situation as the limit, and he would not encounter it easily, but who would have thought that it would appear like this today, and it would appear so suddenly, making people unprepared!
The only way to deal with such an extreme situation is to hide in cellars and tunnels, where there is plenty of water and are very hidden, but is it useful? If you really searched carefully, how could you not find it? Juda wasn't sure.
As for resistance, with a combined population of less than 1,000 people in the two villages, what can be done, and these 1,000 people still have old and weak, women and children, and there are less than 500 men, and there is no standing training, what can they do to resist?
Finally out of the mountain pass, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun both subconsciously loosened the reins, forgot to wave the horsewhip, and did not let the mounts run wildly, because they saw the smoke and dust, the overwhelming smoke and dust, like a moving mountain, was rolling towards this side, they could even feel the vibration under the smoke, felt the thunderous roar in their ears, a large force of cavalry, a large force of horses, was rushing towards this side.
The two of them had never seen such a momentum, but they knew that this was a large group of cavalry, because Yuan Biao, Xiang Bo and even the old people of Baibao Village and Zhengjiaji had described such a scene, when the Mongolian brigade in the north broke through the pass and looted the villages and towns along the way, it was such a momentum, and when the Ming officers and troops faced the enemy on the battlefield, it was such a momentum, at that time Zhu Da only felt exaggerated, but when he really faced it, he found that those people lacked words.
Is it a Mongol? Is it the Ming official army? It doesn't matter now, what matters is that such a momentum is certainly not for peace and march, and in the face of such a momentum, everything will be completely crushed!
The two riders slowed down slightly, and immediately reacted, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun accelerated again, both of them ran towards the riverside new village, as soon as the sky dawned, the elders would rush to the new village early, and start to be busy all day, and they could save people when they went there, at least they could bring their parents and Xiang Bo out.
Running forward for more than a dozen steps, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun couldn't help but turn their heads to look at the billowing smoke and dust from the east, Zhou Qingyun looked at it and stopped looking, but Zhu Da tilted his head, and the horses were almost uncontrollable.
Zhu Da was in such a trance, gritted his teeth, and slapped the mount fiercely with the back of the knife, the horse couldn't bear the pain and accelerated, and ran to the position side by side with Zhou Qingyun, Zhu Da reached out on the horse and grabbed Zhou Qingyun directly, and pulled it suddenly, both of them were shocked, if the two horses did not gallop side by side, Zhu Da's arm would probably be broken this time.
Zhou Qingyun turned around and was about to roar, at this moment, what if he dragged someone off the horse and delayed the life-saving event, but after seeing Zhu Da's expression, he was taken aback, Zhu Da could only say that it was a gloomy expression just now, but at this time he became a little crazy, his eyes were red, his facial features were distorted, and he was still clenching his teeth.
"Let's go into the mountains!"
Hearing Zhu Da's roar, Zhou Qingyun thought he had heard it wrong, and Zhu Da shouted again, "Let's go into the mountain immediately!" In just a few moments, Zhu Da's voice was completely hoarse.
"You're crazy! Your father and mother are still in the village, let's go rescue them! Zhou Qingyun roared back, he was extremely angry, he didn't expect Zhu Da to say such a thing.
"It's too late! When we go over, the other party will catch up with us, it's too late to cross the river, we can only die together if we go, and we can still live when we go into the mountains! ”
It is not difficult to judge the speed, it takes time to get from the side of the mountain to the two villages, the distance between the two sides is not too much, but the cavalry from a distance is overwhelming, they enter the village, the enemy is afraid that it will also arrive, even if it is too late to cross the river, the mount crosses the river very slowly, there is no way to open the distance, if the enemy cavalry crosses the river to pursue, the same can not get rid of, or a dead word.
"I don't care! Die to die together! You guts bastard! "Zhou Qingyun was already mad on the horse, if he hadn't controlled the mount in such a wild state, I'm afraid he would have drawn his knife and slashed over.
Zhu Da reached out on the horseback to grab it, but was waved open by Zhou Qingyun, and scolded directly, Zhu Da slowed down a little, and drove the horse forward, after approaching, and slashed at Zhou Qingyun's neck with a knife, this is a means of capturing the enemy alive, Zhou Qingyun didn't expect to be attacked like this at all, and when he was cut, it was too late, and he didn't even have time to stare and scold, and his whole body was soft on the horse.
Over there, Zhou Qingyun had just been knocked unconscious, Zhu Da had leveled the horse's head with Zhou Qingyun, his legs were kicking the horse's belly, the spurs were bloody, the horse was neighing in pain, but he could always maintain speed, Zhu Da reached out and grabbed it, and directly pulled Zhou Qingyun from his mount, put it on the saddle in front of him, and then desperately stopped the mount, Zhu Da did not dare to turn hurriedly, such a galloping speed, it is likely that the horse will overturn and throw people down, the more this time, the more anxious.
Stop in time, it's not too far from the side of the mountain, and then look at the billowing smoke and dust is already approaching Baibao Village, Xiama Village may have been swept by, in the face of such a momentum, the seemingly solid earth fence, the young man holding a wooden gun, will be as ridiculous as paper paste, and it will be useless.
The frenzied sprint just now, now with two people on horseback, Zhu Da felt that the mount under his crotch was a little unfast, and now he couldn't care so much, he had already drawn out the dagger, ready to stab the mount when necessary.
Fortunately, the horse finally ran away, and Zhou Qingyun's mount rushed forward for a while before turning around on its own, following Zhu Da's side.
The side of the mountain is less than a few miles away from Baibao Village and Hebian New Village, and you can see all kinds of people running out of the village, some people riding horses, some people driving cars, and some people jumping into the river regardless of it, the warning bell is still ringing regardless of it, at this time, if there are no horses, then galloping or jumping into the river is the worst choice, because there is no cavalry at all.
Zhu Da didn't want to see it, but he still couldn't help but look at it, he clenched his teeth, his mouth was covered with blood, and the green tendons of his arm holding the reins were exposed, Zhu Da knew that his parents must be in the village, Xiang Bo might be in the village, and the people he was familiar with might be in the village, and even Qin Qin might be picked up by Xiang Bo in the village, would they escape on horseback? Will they hide in cellars? Will they survive? Is it impossible to save yourself when you see death!
The more he thought about it, the more confused his mind became, Zhu Da only felt that his eyes were blurry, he slapped himself a few times, with so much force that his cheeks were red and swollen, and the severe pain also made his thoughts much clearer, he turned his head to look south, and he could already see the truth in the dust, it was indeed a cavalry, a cavalry wearing leather robes, a cavalry completely different from the Ming official army, they shouted and shouted, some rushed into Baibao Village, and some rushed to the new village by the river.
This is the Mongol cavalry, this is the Tartars! It's a Tartar! In the past few days, the beacon fire on the edge wall of the skyline has gradually faded, why has it not become peaceful, but a large number of Mongolian cavalry have come, which is clearly a reversal of reality and fiction.
In the area of Baibao Village and Hebian New Village, the smoke and dust raised by the cavalry galloping are not so big, because the fields here are well irrigated, and there will not be so dry sand and dust, which also makes Zhu Da see the number of cavalry clearly, maybe not as much as he thought, the momentum is so terrifying, but it can't reach thousands, there are only hundreds of nearly a thousand cavalry, but this kind of strength is enough to crush these two villages.
It is rare to have such a rich place in the countryside of Datong, and the Mongolian cavalry going south in the bitter cold land is like a hungry wolf seeing flesh and blood, and wants to pounce on it to bite and devour it, and the excitement of the cavalry on the horse can be seen for several miles.
Further ahead is the Shami River, where the outflanking and pursuit are boundary, and the Mongol cavalry can be seen even scattered, pursuing the fleeing civilians, who either shoot their bows or wield their swords, killing the villagers who can't run far one by one.
Zhu Da couldn't see the faces of these villagers clearly, and he didn't know if there were any relatives of his own, so he forced himself to turn his head and ran towards another road into the mountain.
There are all kinds of inconveniences for the cavalry to enter the mountains, they will not run so far, and they will not let go of anyone, they are for plundering, not for killing, maybe the Mongolian cavalry that came out of the pursuit has seen Zhu Da, but they really have no interest in pursuing, and they looked at it and went back.
Zhu Da's knives and bows have been prepared, if he really can't escape, then he can only fight.
At this juncture, it seems that it can't be said that luck is good, but it is true that no one came up to pursue, Zhu Da turned into the familiar mountain road, and looked back, the smoke and dust were still there, and the sound of horses' hooves and excited howls came.
Zhu Da stopped the horse, Zhou Qingyun was still unconscious, Zhu Da was stunned for a long time, and then slapped himself hard, this time with great force, and directly fanned the blood.