The sky was blue in the summer, and the sun was sprinkled endlessly, so that the pedestrians on the loess road seemed to wilt. However, the birds that soared in the sky did not have as many troubles as humans, and occasionally flapped their wings to feed in the wilderness, and even a goshawk swooped down and caught a hare with its sharp claws before continuing to rise contentedly. However, before it could fly back to its lair to enjoy its meal, it heard the sound of a bowstring, and it was pierced by an arrow, and then fell straight down with the hare.

"Good archery!"

In the face of this admiration, Xu Xun was a little blushing and empty-hearted. You must know that he really didn't plan to shoot the goshawk, he was aiming at the fat wild goose not far away, who knew that he missed by a thousand miles, it was a mistake. However, it was Miao Kui who praised him, of course he would not explain that his goal was wrong, he only humbly said that he was lucky, and immediately ordered his soldiers around him to come forward and pick up the prey. After a while, the man ran back, holding the eagle in one hand and the hare in the other, and said with joy: "Good luck, my lord, this is killing two birds with one stone!" ”

Xu Xun was so amused by this kid that he opened his mouth and shouted: "Don't talk about it, pack up your things first, and when you get to Zhangjiakou Fort, you will be responsible for concocting!" ”

He didn't care how sad the young army was, rode his horse over and walked side by side with Miao Kui, and after a few tests, he still couldn't figure out the real purpose of the old guy walking with him, although he hated it so much, he could only sulk in his stomach after all. As he and Zhang Yong expected, Zhu Houzhao really tried his best to subdue a group of bosses, allowed him to go to the right acropolis, and ordered Zhang Junshang, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, to garrison the prisoner Liu Qing to make meritorious contributions, guard the eunuch Liu Qing's guide, lead 1,000 troops, and the left staff general Shenying led 1,000 soldiers to accompany him, plus Zhu Hui somehow moved Miao Kui's companions, this is more than 1,000 people and horses in the warrior camp of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and this line is even more powerful.

During the lunch break, Zhang Yong jokingly pouted Xu Xun to roast the goshawk and the hare for a tooth sacrifice, but Xu Xun knew that it was not appropriate to be idle at this time, so he only gnawed two mouthfuls of dry food with water in the leather bag. He was thinking about the letter sent back to the capital last night to his father and the little girl, and the little emperor would suddenly want to look through it from the Jinyi Weixi Factory, when a sharp whistle suddenly came from the front. Knowing that it was the scout who found out that there was a situation, Xu Xun grabbed his waist knife and stood up, and at the same time, the more than 3,000 military horses who went to the Wanquan Right Acropolis immediately scratched, and there were shouts from the commanders everywhere.

The more than 500 people brought by Xu Xun himself were all pulled out this time, these are the elites selected by the Beijing camp, and they have all been trained by the unique queue of the avant-garde of the government army, this collective formation is faster than anyone else, and for a while, Shenying and Zhang Junmiao Kui showed different colors. Especially Shenying thought that his Guoyong battalion was also one of the best in the twelve regiments, and now it was not as good as the soldiers and horses led by the young Xu Xuntong, and the veteran had a higher voice at the moment. And Zhang Junmiao didn't show up, and each shouted a few words to his subordinates, and in the end, more than 3,000 people lined up in a formation that was more than thirty percent faster than the situation of the usual gathering.

After the team was assembled, Xu Xun climbed a small mound to look into the distance, only to see hundreds of dark shadows on the horizon. After only looking at it for a while, he knew that those black shadows that were moving in a chaotic manner must not be prisoners, but there were those who had been in battle for a long time beside him and did not open their mouths, so he naturally couldn't make a mistake, so he asked for his surname to watch there. However, as the group got closer and closer, his face gradually changed. Not only him, but even Zhang Jun was pale, and in the end he blurted out a scolding.

"Bastard, it's too much of a deception!"

Seeing that Zhang Jun suddenly shook the reins and galloped out first, Xu Xun looked at An Da Niu who was acting as his own soldier on the side. Sure enough, the reckless man clenched his fists and gritted his teeth for a while, and then said in a low voice: "My lord, looking at the color of the clothes, it should be the defeated soldiers in the previous battle of Yutailing, but I didn't expect those captives to ...... How despicable and shameless it can be! ”

It is not an exaggeration to use the words despicable and shameless to describe the tragic situation of the hundreds of routs in front of him. Not only Zhang Jun'an Da Niu had personally experienced the battle of Yutailing, but even the sergeants of the 12th Regiment of the Beijing Battalion and the Imperial Horse Supervisor couldn't help but be furious when they saw the situation in front of them. These hundreds of routs were all dressed in military robes, but all of them were barefoot, and although they couldn't freeze in the summer, they didn't know how far they had gone along the way, and their feet were miserable. If that's all there is to it, everyone has been shaved off a large piece of hair on the top of their heads, and their eyebrows have been shaved to a fine extent, which at first glance looks very funny, but if you look at it a few times, you can immediately make people feel the same hatred.

Fearing that there would be a Tatar annihilation among them, Shenying automatically asked Ying to let his own Guoyong battalion soldiers guard all these hundreds of people. At this moment, Zhang Jun pulled out a person from inside, grabbed the man's collar and dragged him to Xu Xun without saying a word, kicked his knee and made him kneel, and then asked sharply: "Wu Dahai, what is going on!" ”

The one called Wu Dahai by Zhang Jun was a strong man in his early thirties, his hair was almost shaved, and there were scars on his eyebrows, which looked miserable and ridiculous. He glanced blankly at the brightly armored sergeants in front of him, and suddenly fell to the ground and cried, and finally said: "Old general, I'm sorry for you, but we really can't help it!" When we dispersed, we had more than 200 people, and in the end we were surrounded by the Tartars, and they were left with only more than 100 of them after two charges, and finally they were all captured! The Tartars starved us for several days, and then after shaving their hair and eyebrows, they gave us dry food and let us come back, and we all thought of the old sons and women of the family, and the children were defenseless, so it was easy to cross the Great Wall......"

"Phew, how can I have a subordinate like you!"

"Stop!"

Seeing that Zhang Jun was angry and drew a knife and was about to cut people, Xu Xun hurriedly drank the person in one gulp, and then saw that Wu Dahai was killed with his eyes closed, but tears flowed out of his eyes, and he said: "The Tartars let them come back, just to disturb the hearts of the army, Mr. Zhang, you have been guarding the frontier for so many years, can't you even see this?" ”

"Alas!"

Zhang Jun really couldn't see it, don't turn around at this moment is a long sigh, and Shenying is face is heavy. It was not the first time they had fought with the captives, and most of the soldiers and civilians who had fallen into them had been taken as coolies, after all, among the Mongol tribes, Han Chinese slaves were always extremely popular because of their various crafts, and the humiliation of shaving their hair and eyebrows like this was extremely rare. And although Miao Kui, Liu Qing, and Zhang Yong are all eunuchs with incomplete bodies, they are all angry in their hearts when they look at this scene at this time.

"Where were you released?"

Xu Xun asked, and the others suddenly remembered this important stubble, and their expressions were lifted for a while. However, when Wu Dahai looked at the people, it was Nene who said that the Tartars blindfolded them, tied them to their horses, and dragged them all the way, and only threw them in one place after most of the day, and then roared away. They walked for a long time in the right direction, and did not dare to enter Zhangjiakou Fort, so they climbed in from a section of the Great Wall that had already fallen into a bit of decline. Hearing this, whether it was Miao Kui, Liu Qing, Zhang Yong, Xu Xun, Zhang Jun and Shenying, everyone turned pale.

If these people can enter the hinterland of Xuanfu like this, then wouldn't those captives also be able to drive straight in?

"Damn, you never thought the captives would come up behind you?"

Seeing that Zhang Jun was furious again, Wu Dahai immediately kowtowed and said: "Old general, we have carefully hidden our tracks all the way, and although the breach is a little damaged, it still has to be climbed by everyone. The lowly duty knows that we have lost the battle and become like this, even if we go back, we will be dealt with severely, and the lowly duty only asks the veteran master to be accommodating, so that we can see our family......"

"Shut up, this matter is not negotiable!" Zhang Jun drank the begging Wu Dahai in one gulp, and immediately looked at Xu Xun and Miao Kui with a complicated face, arched his hand expressionlessly and said, "Under the sinful body, leave this matter to Lord Xu and Father-in-law Miao." ”

Miao Kui said crisply: "Our family is a prison army, and we are not in charge of things, so Lord Xu can just watch it." ”

Glancing at Wu Dahai, Xu Xun glanced at the rout soldiers sitting on the ground in a mess, and muttered for a long time before saying: "Xuanfu now has many soldiers and horses, and letting you go back like this will inevitably float the army's heart." In case the Duke of Protector is angry, when the time comes, he will boost the morale of the army, and maybe he will borrow your heads! ”

However, just when Wu Dahai was in despair, he said sharply: "Moreover, a manly man, you should know the consequences!" If you go back like this, the court will investigate it, and your family will be humiliated because of it, do you want to live a lifetime in the ridicule of others? The Tartars will shave your bald hair and eyebrows, so that you will lose your fear, and if you still have some ambition, then ask for your surname to shave all your hair, and go back with our army to be a pawn! If you die, I will personally ask the court for mercy for you. But if you survive, then I will take credit for you myself! ”

Seeing that his veteran general and the eunuch who looked like a prisoner were obviously looking at the half-grown young man in front of him, Wu Dahai had already tasted it, and when he heard such a sentence, he took a deep breath and raised his head and asked: "My lord, I am all people who have died once, since you want me to wait for my fate, then I have to ask two more words, what you just said is true?" If someone doesn't want to, what are you going to do? ”

"Once the word is spoken, the horse is hard to chase!" Xu Xun categorically put down these eight words, and immediately stepped forward, and when he arrived outside the defeated soldiers who were surrounded by groups, he said word by word, "I am Xu Xun, the commander of the avant-garde palm print of the government army, and I hereby tell you and wait: bald hair and shaved eyebrows, deceiving people too much!" If you are willing to return with the army as a pawn, then register your military registration here, and I can temporarily dismiss the matter of your capture; If so......"

He casually pulled out his waist knife, pinched the handle of the knife and plunged it deeply into the ground, and then said coldly: "If you are afraid to fight again because of the previous battle, then after registering the military registration, you will be requisitioned by the army!" ”

Even if the captives used the same means to release the others, but now that these people hit him, they would never be able to let go. Outside the hearts of the troubled army, who knows if there are any annihilators mixed in!

(To be continued)