Chapter 37 Rescue by Bypass (1)
Su He was riding his war horse at this time, closely following the team led by Zhang Mengcheng, the road was not so easy to walk, but this was difficult for Su He. He saw Xi Gui in front of him riding his horse over a small bush with ease, and Su He was slightly surprised by Xi Gui's calmness.
Su He can be very sure that Xigui did not grow up on horseback, for example, almost all Mongolians can harness, riding and archery, or wrestling on horses, etc., but Xigui does not know any of them. Moreover, Xigui himself said that he only learned to ride a horse for a total of one or two years. However, Xigui was able to achieve this level of tacit understanding with the Mongolian gelding he selected in less than a month, which was indeed beyond Su He's expectations.
Su He turned his head to look at the others again, not only Xigui alone, but also many people in the team led by the leader who also had good riding skills. Although he was certainly not as good as the Mongols, he was quite skilled in riding over obstacles and chopping on horseback. Su He remembered the training method organized by the leader. It was boring, but it did look good.
A few days ago, after the Mongolian cavalry team outside the side wall of support arrived, the talented old man in front asked the men and horses in the military fort to attack immediately. But the commander of the Mongol cavalry directly refused, and the man said that he wanted to give his men and horses a day of rest to recuperate.
After some quarrels, the leader of Xiucai led his team to the Jingbian camp. Su He felt very strange, since everyone was going to rescue the security guards, why didn't they go directly to the south. Instead, they had to set off and rush to the Jingbian camp in the east, which was not the territory of the Yansui West Road Soldiers' Road.
However, Xigui did not ask, and the responsibility of the warrior was only to follow the orders of the leader. Since the leader decides where their team is going, Heegui will follow the leader.
Later, their cavalry really encountered the ranks of the officers and soldiers near the Jingbian camp, and they quickly withdrew to Ninsai without much fighting. But on the way to retreat, they suddenly stopped and hid, and when night came, they turned directly, bypassing several Ming strongholds overnight and running into the territory of Baoan County.
On the way to the detour, in order to facilitate the concealment of their whereabouts, they divided their troops again, and the other two leaders took away nearly half of the men. After that, there were only more than 60 people left in their team, plus they deliberately avoided crowded places, so no Ming troops found and intercepted them on the road.
It was successful to take a long detour to avoid the sight of the officers and soldiers, but the hard work on the road was also very uncomfortable. So the leader let them plunder a small village on the way to complete the supplies, and in that village they did not survive in the end. After the pressure was relieved, they finally rushed to the vicinity of Baoan City on the specified day.
At this moment, the leader of Xiucai, who was leading the team in front, suddenly stopped his horse, and at the same time he raised the whip in his hand. The entire team also stopped at the leader's signal, looking ahead and waiting for the leader's order.
Su He looked at his new master, and wondered with some doubt whether he had chosen the wrong path. However, Su He then quickly dispelled this idea, because at this time, there were faint shouts of killing in the distance. Although the sound is not very clear, and it is also intermittent. But Su He was sure that he had heard correctly, and their destination should be not far ahead.
Lao Su didn't hear the voice, it seemed that the big bosses were just ahead. I'm right, Master Xiucai has lived in security for so many years, and there is a reason to find fault with the path he chooses. Although Xigui had understood the Mongolian naming habits from Zhang Mengcheng, he was still used to calling Su He Lao Su, and Xigui also felt that it was more pleasant and affectionate to call him this way.
Su He did not correct the title of Xigui this time, in fact, he has lived in Han for so many years, and he has long been used to being called Lao Su by others. It's just that I heard that Xigui Zushang was also a Mongolian before, so Su Hecai always corrected Xigui's habit of calling him. Su He said to Xigui: "Your horse is well controlled, do we want to compare and contrast in the future." ”
Xigui was very satisfied by Su He's praise, and he said to Su He: "Not yet, I'm not fully proficient, so I have to wait." Maybe in a few months, you won't be my match. I said earlier that my ancestors were powerful, and it would be easy to pick them up in my lifetime. ”
Su He saw that Xigui mentioned the old ancestor who didn't know the truth again, and he felt a little funny in his heart. But he didn't say much, and turned his head to look at the old man in front of him.
The leader of Xiucai told them all to dismount, and he himself led a few men in the cavalry to run to the mountain beam in the distance. The old man's nephew, who was also the deputy leader of the team, was talking to the leader of the other group of cavalry, a man with a bald head and a pigtail.
Su He looked at the leader of this strange hairstyle and felt a little kind. Because there were also some people in their previous tribe who would shave off most of their hair, leaving only a little hair. Some of them, like the leader, would have a small braid at the back of their head.
Su He lived in Han for almost ten years and was also accustomed to Han hair accessories. Seeing such a nostalgic hairstyle, I couldn't help but think about whether I should shave my hair too.
It's just that Su He reached out and touched his own head, still thinking that he looked better with his hair. So I stopped thinking about anything else and began to check the condition of myself and the mount under me. Not enough, before he finished the inspection, he saw that on the mountain beam in the distance, the leader was waving two small red flags and constantly assuming strange postures.
"Xigui, look at what that means, sir, they are waving flags on the mountain beam." Su He couldn't understand what this meant, so he asked Xigui, who was more qualified next to him.
Xigui was also inspecting his own war horse, but after hearing Su He's words, he turned around and looked, so he simply explained to Su He: "That's a signal to the deputy leader, is it the unique flag language of our Jinding Mountain, or did Master Xiucai come up with it." Let's stop getting busy, the team should be hiding later. ”
Although Su He hadn't understood the expression of this banner yet, he still listened to Xigui's words honestly. Then Su He and the others really heard the order of the deputy leader. They remounted their horses and moved forward, and after a few turns they found a relatively secluded wood, in which the deputy leader took refuge with most of the cavalry.
The pigtail leader of another group of cavalry, he also dismounted and ran up the mountain ridge in the distance with a few cronies around him. Su He understood this matter very simply, the leader of this friendly army must have gone up the mountain to observe the battlefield with Master Xiucai. As long as the two of them have discussed it, this rescue battle will naturally start directly.