Chapter 468: Wind and Rain Nanling Road
Wei Qing is a dedicated person, as the uncle of the dynasty, it is quite commendable to have such a quality. After listening to the excitement of Zheling, he just smiled, the war in Lingnan became more and more tense, the fighting became more and more intense, and the security of the border became more and more important. In just three days, there have been several groups of Yue people who wanted to steal into the Han land, but Wei Qing led his men to capture or repel them.
Nanling in the rainy season is very unsuitable for human life, this place is too strange. It rains non-stop all day long, and during the day it's sweltering, and water-loving insects are everywhere. At night, the temperature drops sharply, and you have to cover yourself with a thick quilt in the middle of the night to fall asleep. When you get up the next day, a basin of water will drip from the place where you sleep. In this kind of place, Wei Qing stayed for more than half a month.
After eating, it started to rain again. Wei Qing put on his clothes, came out of the cave where he lived temporarily, and took his guards along the path to inspect every sentry post. Because the number of county soldiers is limited, the border line is surprisingly long, and it is impossible to deploy heavy troops at every crossing and mountain pass. Therefore, Wei Qing can only take care of the key points, leave sentry posts in those remote places, and send reinforcements if the situation is discovered.
On Mao'er Ridge, this is one of the most hidden mountain passes on the border. On weekdays, no one left at all, but in extraordinary times, it became the best place for Yue people to smuggle out, so Wei Qing arranged a hundred people here to focus on defending this hidden passage.
"Captain!" As soon as Wei Qing arrived, the military in charge of the guard hurriedly saluted.
Wei Qing smiled and patted Junhou's shoulder: "How?" Did anyone steal it last night? ”
Junhou shook his head: "Because of the heavy rain last night, no one stole it, and the villain checked it carefully this morning, and found no traces of anyone stealing it." ”
Wei Qing nodded: "Very good, the battle in Lingnan has become more fierce in the past few days, you must pay more attention, if it is a common people, send someone to lead it to the refugee camp, if it is a deserter or bandit, it must be stopped, it is naturally good to capture, if it resists, it will be eliminated on the spot." ”
"No!"
One morning, Wei Qing was trekking in the jungle, his clothes were wet over and over again, and at noon he finally found a place to stay, and when he took off his coat and armor, his whole body was white from the rain.
The personal guard personally selected by the emperor for Wei Qing looked at Wei Qing's pale skin and muttered: "Captain, you are the uncle of the country, and it was Your Majesty who asked you to train, Su Ren actually let you stay in this kind of place for so long, did he do it on purpose?" ”
Wei Qing turned around, wiped his body with a dry cloth, and said with a smile: "Don't talk nonsense, Brother Su is exercising me, among the people who came together, only I have the least qualifications, and I have no family education, so I can't compare to Li Sima and Gongsun Gongzi, so Brother Su asked me to practice more, so that I can share your Majesty's worries in the future." ”
"You also spoke for him, I heard that he was doing some kind of sports in Zheling to make money, but he threw us aside."
Wei Qing laughed even more: "I've also heard about this, don't say it, no one can compare to Brother Su's intelligence, not to mention it, I can't do it with his sneak attack on Minyue, I remember the first time I saw Brother Su, I fought with Xiao Jinzi, at that time, I only felt that Brother Su was very talented, and after contacting Brother Su during this time, I was far from being able to do anything about Brother Su." ”
"Isn't it just a businessman from Shu County? What's the big deal! The guard pouted disdainfully.
Wei Qing's face sank: "Don't talk nonsense, Brother Su went out of the mountains at the age of eighteen, opened up two trade routes in Yelang and Qiangdi, single-handedly persuaded the Yuanshan thieves, and led the county soldiers in Shu County to destroy the mountain bandits, quell the rebels, and unite with the Shuzhong Chamber of Commerce, so that the life of the entire Shuzhong people is much better, and when I was in Chang'an, I shared your Majesty's worries and saved my life, without Brother Su, there would be no Wei Qing today." ”
The guards were startled and hurriedly knelt on the ground: "The captain is angry, it's the villain who said the wrong thing!" ”
Wei Qing pulled the man up: "There are many people in the world, and those who have the ability will naturally have a temper, Your Majesty will salute Brother Su for three points, just say this in front of me, if it is not good for you to let others listen to it, I see that you are suffering with me this time, and I will definitely protect your Majesty after you go back." ”
"Captain Xie!" A group of guards were full of excitement and immediately knelt on the ground to salute.
After resting in the cave for a while, before lunch was finished, news came from the bottom of the mountain that a group of Yue people were approaching Maoerling. Wei Qing didn't say a word, threw down his rice bowl, and rushed out with his sword. The guards behind him hurriedly followed, holding the coat in their hands, shouting to Wei Qing to slow down.
As soon as I arrived at Maoerling, I saw a group of people coming from the black pressure on the mountain road in the distance. There are old and young, dragging their families and mouths, and trekking hard in the forest.
The military Hou hurriedly said to Wei Qing: "It looks like it should be a group of people, and the last general will send someone over to pick them up." ”
Wei Qing stared at the group of people intently, ignoring the words of the military waiter. The military waiter thought that Wei Qing didn't hear it, so he said it again. Wei Qing shook his head: "No!" We only have 100 people here, and there are at least three or four hundred people from the opposite side, and we have caught a lot of Vietnamese soldiers these days, if they are mixed with the people, the people we send will be very dangerous, let's see first. ”
The military was stunned: "Won't it?" ”
"It's hard to say, Su Changshi once said that the Yue people gather in tribes and villages, and they are all very small, these days I also pay attention to the Yue people, where the people, there will not be more than 100 people, there are about 300 of these people in front of me, Maoerling is facing the West Beat, I have not heard that there are hundreds of people in the West Beating."
After listening to Wei Qing's words, the soldier looked at the group of people again, and immediately became nervous: "Captain, if it is really a defeat of the Yue people, what should we do?" ”
"Humph!" Wei Qing snorted coldly: "Let the brothers prepare, if it is really a rout, if it is really a rout, it will be destroyed if you don't surrender!" ”
"No!"
As the Yue people got closer and closer, an arrow rose into the air and landed firmly in the mud in front of the Yue people. The Yue people who were walking in the front immediately stopped. Someone shouted loudly: "We are the people of the Yue people, I heard that you Han people can take us in, please make it convenient!" ”
Jun Hou glanced at Wei Qing, and Wei Qing nodded. The soldier asked in a loud voice, "Which tribe are you from?" Let your patriarch come out and answer! ”
An old man walked out tremblingly, followed by two young juniors. The old man arched his hand: "We are the people of the wild fox tribe, the whole village was destroyed, and we had to come to Han as a last resort. ”
The military waiter stood up: "Come here, make it clear!" ”
The old man didn't move, and after a long time, he said, "Okay, the old man will come here, and please don't let go of the arrows." ”
In order to prevent the Vietnamese from colliding with the sentry, the mountain pass was blocked by a giant tree, and if you wanted to enter, you had to climb over the giant tree. The old man is old and inconvenient, and the two descendants almost carry the old man in.
Wei Qing has been observing these people. The old man is ordinary, and his whole body is full of the worries and helplessness of the people. But the two juniors behind the old man had cold faces, never said a word, and there was no expression on their faces. When the three of them walked in, the military hou glanced at Wei Qing, Wei Qing shook his head, and the military hou stepped forward.
After looking the three of them up and down a few times, the military waiter said: "Wild Fox Tribe, your village is not big, why are there so many people?" ”
The old man hurriedly explained: "Don't hide it from the general, the wild fox tribe is indeed not big, since a few months ago, we have been in war in Vietnam, there are people from other villages who came to ask for help, the villain saw that they were pitiful and all took them in, I thought that the war would end soon, but I didn't expect it to intensify, and the war burned to the wild fox tribe, so I had to come to ask for help." ”
"Oh!" Jun Hou nodded and pointed to the young junior behind the old man: "Who are they?" ”
The old man saluted again: "These are the two grandchildren of the villain, the villain is old, if it weren't for them, they wouldn't be able to get here." ”
All the explanations are reasonable, just when the military waiting was about to open his mouth to speak, Wei Qing suddenly appeared and said loudly: "Take down these three people!" ”
The soldiers and guards behind him couldn't help but say anything, and as soon as they swarmed up, they pushed the three of them to the mud in an instant. The old man trembled and kept calling. The two juniors were silent and glared at Wei Qing.
The military waiter was a little strange: "Captain, this ......"
"The rout army is engulfing the people, these two people are not the grandsons of the old man at all!"
"The villain is wronged, and the general spares his life!" The old man shouted loudly: "The villain is really impossible, they force the villain, and if they don't obey, they will kill my entire village, and ask the general to spare his life." ”
Without waiting for interrogation, the old man gave a thorough explanation. The soldier swallowed his saliva, and his heart palpitated: "The last general has been derelict in his duties, please punish the captain." ”
Wei Qing took a deep breath and looked at the group of people in the distance. When there was a situation here, the group of Yue people also changed. More than 100 people poured out of the crowd, surrounded the old and weak women and children in the middle, and after slashing and killing, they quickly burrowed into the nearby mountains and forests and disappeared.
The old man saw it clearly, and he lay on the ground and beat his chest, almost fainting from crying, and crawled to the opposite side. Fortunately, this group of routed soldiers just wanted to escape, and they slashed and killed indiscriminately, just to delay the pursuit of the Han army. Many people were only injured, not killed. One by one, they fell to the ground and screamed in pain, and the listeners all gritted their teeth and hated the cruelty of the Yue people even more.
With Wei Qing's permission, Jun Hou led people over to help with treatment. This is not the first time they have encountered this scene. In the past, there were more or less injured people who came to the Yue people, and under careful questioning, they were all sins created by the Yue soldiers. Recently, more and more Vietnamese soldiers have coerced the Vietnamese people to break through the Han army's defense line, and such tragic situations have often occurred.
Wei Qing sighed and didn't speak. The Wild Fox Tribe has approached the Xida King City, and these people have begun to flee, what can it mean? Wei Qing turned his head and said to a personal guard: "Immediately report the matter here to Su Changshi, everyone must not slack off in strengthening their defense!" ”
"No!" The guard asked Wei Qing: "Captain, how to deal with these two people?" ”
"Kill!"