The girls whispered happily, and Huang Yang was a little embarrassed to bury his head in the plump snow peak and rub it before breaking away from the girl's embrace.

Cheng Qi turned around and found that the people who were busy working in the post station were all girls and aunts, and he couldn't see the shadow of the man, so he couldn't help but ask curiously: "What about the men here?" ”

Uncle An took out a dry tobacco pouch and smoked it: "All of them are soldiers!" The pastures were guarded by old people and children, and the women helped the court to earn a small amount of money to support the family. Men still have to support their families, and to support their families, they have to join the army. King Xia fights every day, and he can make a fortune when he fights. ”

Huang Yang said curiously: "Don't they all say that when the cannon goes off, there are ten thousand taels of gold." Fighting a war is obviously a matter of spending money, how can you still get rich? ”

Yes, the Great Liao Empire is so poor that it wants to organize art troupes to tour everywhere to sell tickets and save military expenses, do the Xia people have any unique skills to make a fortune?

Uncle An smiled: "I don't understand the affairs of this court, but those who fought with King Xia have made a fortune." Otherwise, the men here will all have wives and children, and run out to fight for their lives? ”

The logic is simply impeccable. Huang Yang and the others could only put away their curiosity and watched those girls busy washing the horses and feeding the livestock.

Guo Shan took out some dried fruits and cut cakes from his pocket and distributed them to everyone, and was talking about the scenery along the way, when suddenly a team of cavalry came from Ding Ling in the distance.

Cheng Qi had never seen such majestic horses, and compared to the military horses under the crotches of those cavalry, those horses of theirs could only be called mules.

The dark military uniforms on those cavalry are also very simple and powerful, very similar to the clothing of modern armies in his feeling, but the hats worn by the cavalry still have strong local national characteristics.

The cavalrymen all had a silver eagle embroidered on their right arm, and Cheng Qi boldly guessed that they might not be believers in the Tianfang Sect.

The cavalry came to the post in a tight formation, and after an officer gave the order, everyone dismounted as if they were one person.

"Disbanded." After the officer gave the order, the team relaxed a little, but even if you are not a military expert, you can see that the quality of these cavalry is very high, and even in this very safe post station, they still have people to guard and guard.

The officer glanced around before walking towards an aunt. He gave her a military salute: "Routine patrol, did you find any suspicious white bandits today?" ”

"Nope. The aunt tilted her neck and pointed to the shotgun at the door with the corner of her eye: "Even if there are jackals, we can take care of it." ”

"It's better to be careful." The officer warned: "This gang of white bandits is very vicious, especially extremely disrespectful to women. ”

Cheng Qi stepped forward cautiously: "This military master, isn't the road here smooth?" ”

The officer looked back at them: "It's a guest from the mainland, right?" Welcome to the land of eagles and warriors – I am the Tajik Ranger Sun Zhongzhong. Recently, a stream of white bandits has come to the mountains, and we are ordered to pursue them. ”

Cheng Qi said: "There is no wind at the pass?" ”

"Yes, that's what happened in the past few days, they came from the southwest. There are not many people, but they are cruel. Most of them have suffered a lot of sin. But with us, they won't be able to jump for a few days. ”

Those aunts smiled and said, "You don't need to bother, it's just some white bandits." I don't know how many men in my family have killed on the front line, and when my daughter got married, all the golden jewelry was ripped off the white bandits. ”

Huang Yang also walked over with a cut cake: "What is a white bandit?" ”

"It's the rebels in the mountains to the south. They used to wrap their heads with white cloth, so everyone called them white bandits. The aunt said: "These people are hateful." If you don't have a good life, you think about rebellion. Should! They should all be killed. Cut off the heads of their men and kick them as balls, and bring them back to be cattle and horses, and then sell their children to you mainlanders. ”

Huang Yang was taken aback: "What do we want their children to do?" ”

The aunt said very strangely: "Don't you mainlanders like to buy children the most?" We don't know what you want them to do. ”

The three strangers looked at each other, and Cheng Qi boldly guessed: "Maybe the old farmer in the mountain bought it back as a son?" ”

"Maybe." The aunt shrugged: "But I heard that wolf cubs are always wolf cubs, and they can't be fed." Give it meat, give it a nest, and it will still bite your lamb to death. ”

The Tajik rangers sat on the ground and drank water and ate dry food, and the officer named Sun Zhongzhong was also very curious to ask Cheng Qi about the affairs of the interior—and when he heard that they were coming from the east of Jiayuguan, he was even more curious.

"I've heard that Da Song is the best place in the world." Sun Zhongzhong smoked the cigarette handed by Shi Laoqi, and said very yearningly: "The things you sell us are all good things, exquisite and cheap. I heard from the gentlemen that the land there is very good, and you can harvest everything you grow. ”

"However, although our land here is not as good as yours, our master gave us a sentence - there is no naturally fertile land in the world, only fertile land cultivated by hard farmers. The elders of our family also said that since the Han people came to the river valley, the originally barren land has slowly turned into fertile land. So that one day our land will be as fertile as yours......"

While he was talking, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and everyone looked up, only to see a dead horse running in the distance, and a man lying on the horse's back, looking at the rider's appearance, as if he was being chased.

Sure enough, as if to confirm Cheng Qi's judgment, two gunshots rang out from a distance.

"Bang-......"

The rangers' faces changed, and they rushed to their horses, and Sun Zhongzhong also dropped his cigarette butts; "All of them, ready to fight!"

Cheng Qi and the others were also about to run to their horses, but Shi Laoqi grabbed him: "Danger, don't go!" ”

Guo Shan pointed to those aunts: "Women are all on it, how can you fall behind?" ”

The Rangers charged ahead, Aunt Grace followed, and Guo Shan and his black guards were a step slower but somewhat of following. Cheng Qi and Huang Yang fell last, and they could only catch up with one tail.

After the rangers picked up the man who had fled for his life, they sent one of them to escort him to the aunts, and the rest followed Sun Zhongzhong and galloped away towards the place where the gunshots rang out.

Aunt Huang Si was armed with a shotgun and gathered around the fleeing man, and at this time Huang Yang and Cheng Qi also arrived. As they sat on their horses, they saw a young girl on horseback, dressed in the traditional costume of the Dawn of Heaven, whose long white dress was so stained with blood and loess that it was almost impossible to distinguish the color.

Before the aunts could ask questions, they heard a more dense noise in the distance, and it was clear that the two sides had begun to exchange fire.

As soon as Guo Shan, who was surging with blood, waved his pistol, he shouted to his three guards: "Good son, go with me!" ”

Unexpectedly, the three so-called elite veterans sat on their horses and did not move: "Xiao Langjun, we are ordered to protect you, not to charge with you." ”

Guo Shan was a little embarrassed, and his face was about to hang up. Huang Yang turned over and dismounted, took out some gauze and porcelain bottles from his backpack and handed them over: "This is the best gold sore medicine, give it to her quickly." ”

A ranger also handed over his own kettle: "There's soju here, debridement first." ”

The aunts quickly bandaged the girl who was about to pass out, and brought her back to the post station with her mount, and the fierce gunfire in front of them continued for a long time before it gradually subsided. Because the road conditions were unknown, Cheng Qi and the others had to wait for the rangers to come back.

It wasn't until the sun was about to set west that a dozen or so rangers appeared on the horizon wearily. They were covered in dust and blood, and behind them dragged seven or eight captives with their hands tied on long ropes.

Uncle An put his hand on the pergola and looked at it, and said, "It's a white bandit...... The Rangers have a feud with them, and as soon as they meet, they must be divided into life and death. These captives will not survive tonight. ”

Sure enough, when the rangers arrived at the inn, Aunt Queros brought them honey, milk, jerky, and bread, but tied the white bandits who had been dragged all the way to the stakes.

"Don't get killed yet." One of the Ranger leaders whispered, "I'll torture them later." ”

The Rangers regained some strength after eating and drinking. The leader pulled out a knife and walked to a white bandit, cut a wound on his chest without saying a word, and then grabbed a handful of dust from the ground and rubbed it repeatedly on the wound, the white bandit screamed in pain, saying that he didn't know which language, Cheng Qi didn't understand a word, but obviously judging from the ranger's expression, they didn't want this.

After the rangers said something in their native language, the other responded with a spit spit. Now he is killing himself. The Ranger gave the guy who was tied to the stake a hard old punch, then picked up the knife: "Since you want it, then I'll give it to you!" ”

As he spoke, he opened the man's pants with a knife, grabbed his life, and cut off the thing with a stab in the dumbfounded eyes of Cheng Qi and others.

Another Ranger stepped forward and punched the screaming man in the jaw, shoving the man's severed object into his mouth as he was knocked over the shoulder.

"Let him take this thing on his way." The Rangers burst into laughter, and the men twitched on the tethered stakes, their wails muffled in their throats. These travelers from the Song Kingdom were already frightened, they had never imagined that they could witness such a cruel scene in a civilized world.