Chapter 108: The Wolf's Trail (2)
The seven people of Tianci galloped forward along the horse's hoof prints, running and running, Chiyan suddenly kept snorting, and his speed decreased instantly. From time to time, Chi Yan turned his head and snorted at Niu Tianci, Niu Tianci's face changed, and he waved his hand and ordered everyone to run towards the top of the hill on the left. At the top of the hill was a dense pine forest, and the seven men hid their war horses into the woods, and Tianci looked into the distance under the cover of the woods, and could not help but be shocked.
I saw a large group of Rong cavalry rumbling over on the grass below the hills, and hastily counted nearly 3,000 cavalry. In front of the team is the three-pole full moon golden wolf flag, and on its war horse sit three generals of the Rong Division, which are the three commanders of Wu Mulang, Bu Lihai and Hu Shike. The cavalry of the Rong Department was strictly disciplined and the formation was strictly organized, and there was no noise in the entire marching army except for the sound of horses' hooves.
Niu Tianci took out his clairvoyance to observe carefully, this was the first time he really observed the Rongbu cavalry. I saw that these cavalrymen were all dressed in iron armor, carrying bows and arrows on their shoulders, and hanging scimitars at their waists. They carried all kinds of weapons in their hands, including spears, maces, and so on. It can be seen that this is a battle-hardened elite division. The cavalrymen of the Rong tribe were sturdy, and they rarely saw older people. On the chest of their armor is a wolf painted with a howling wolf, but the color of the wolf is different. The commander in the middle has a golden wolf on his chest, the commander on his left has a white wolf on his chest, and the one on his right has a red wolf on his chest.
Yan Chengyu once talked to Tianci that the current Rong part is divided into five major departments, namely: the Golden Wolf Department, the White Wolf Department, the Snow Wolf Department, the Red Wolf Department and the Green Wolf Department. The 500 Rong cavalry who died at the outpost of Bamudun were from the Golden Wolf Division. It seems that this force is composed of the three divisions of the Rong Division: the Golden Wolf Division, the White Wolf Division, and the Red Wolf Division. It can be seen from this that this unit is definitely the elite of the Rong Division.
Tianci secretly speculated about the purpose of this army crossing the river to the far southeast bank. It is absolutely impossible to attack Urakan with less than 3,000 men, although the Zhenbei army stationed in Urakan is insufficient, but there are nearly 30,000 horses, and then it is defended by relying on the dangerous terrain of Ulakan. These 3,000 men and horses are not enough for the Zhenbei army to stuff their teeth. If it were not to attack Urakan, then they had only one purpose, that is, to cut off the supply lines of the Far East, plunder the towns on the southeast bank of the Far East, create chaos for the Far Eastern garrison, and weaken the defense of the Merinchu River.
After nearly three thousand iron horsemen passed in front of Tianci's eyes, Tianci was just about to get up but lay on the ground again. In the distance, another group of centaurs drove up, this time a full 2,000 men. On closer inspection, he found that the armor on the chests of these two soldiers was painted with silver wolves and cyan wolves. That's right. This is the cavalry of the Snow Wolf Department and the Blue Wolf Department, the same fierce and murderous.
After the two thousand cavalry passed, Tianci observed for a long time and found that no cavalry drove over, so he led everyone out of the woods and turned over on their horses.
"Brothers, it seems that the Rong Department has mastered some way to cross the Telle Beach, and the military situation cannot wait. Zilong, you immediately rushed to Zhenyuan City to report to General Sima Yan, pay attention to avoid the enemy army, and notify the garrisons and people in various places along the way to take precautions in advance. Just go. ”
Zhao Zilong urged the horse to leave, and Niu Tianci said to the rest of the people: "I want to go to Teller Beach to have a look." Let's see if there are any enemy troops crossing the river, and if any of you don't want to go with me, you can go back to Yamutun. ”
"I'm willing to follow the team."
"Okay, let's act together under my command and go."
Six horses followed the footsteps of the iron horsemen of the Rongbe and rushed to Teller Beach.
The water of Teller Beach is deep and rapid, and it is generally impossible to cross. But there are always some unexpected phenomena in nature, and Teller Beach is one of them. There is a hidden stone beam in this section of the bank, and the width of the top of the beam is just enough to fit the soles of a person's feet. This width of the horse used to be no problem. Moreover, for other rivers, this season is the season of high water, but the far eastern section of the Meilinchu River is the opposite. It entered a short dry period, although it was only a dozen days, but it was enough for the Rongbu cavalry.
This stone beam in Teller Beach is difficult for ordinary people to find, because it cannot be found from the surface of the river, and only fishermen in the Black Water Department of the Far East, who live by fishing and hunting, know how to find this stone beam accurately. This stone beam is hidden underwater. If you want to pass, only your head can show the surface of the water, and if you accidentally step on the air, you will fall into the water and be swept away by the torrent. If you are riding on a horse, the water will not reach the horse's back.
At this time, a long rope was pulled up on the river, and the Rong cavalry pulled the rope. The horse's tail followed one after the other slowly across the river.
Captain Balachin had just crossed the river to the south bank, when he turned over and dismounted, sat down on a rock, took off his cowhide boots, and turned upside down, and the muddy water of the river flowed out of the boots and sprinkled all over the ground. The thrilling scene of crossing the river just now makes this veteran who has been in battle for a long time feel terrified when he thinks back now. Watching the river flow in front of his eyes, Balachin almost didn't get off his horse. The Rongbu cavalry is not said to be an absolutely powerful existence on land, but it can't be said to be in the water, as if it was born to faint when it sees water.
After pouring the water from his boots, Balachin untied the wine bag from his waist and poured a large sip of wine. He burped comfortably, and then he felt his soul return. And the other Rong cavalry who crossed the river were also constantly repeating the actions of Balaqin, and the speed of crossing the river was already slow, and with the rest time after crossing the river, the assembly speed of the Rong cavalry was outrageously slow. Balachin didn't know that in the dense forest on a hill nearly a thousand paces away from him, several pairs of eyes were watching them.
Niu Tianci retracted his clairvoyance and opened the map to find the direction of the upper reaches of Teller Beach. Suddenly, he paused at one point, then quickly put away the map and beckoned everyone to follow him.
There is a waterfall in the upper reaches of the Teller Bank, and below the waterfall is an open waterhole with high cliffs on both sides. Niu Tianci and the others finally came here, and they couldn't take a breath and began to arrange, and large thunderbolts were placed in the places designated by Tianci.
A moment later there was an explosion, and half of the cliff collapsed at the outlet, blocking the outlet, while the water in the pool rose rapidly. The water in the upper reaches of the Meilinchu River was extremely abundant, and in the blink of an eye, the waterhole became a reservoir, and Tianci and the others had to climb to a higher place.
"Big brother, the water has overflowed, and you can start blowing up the dam."
"Let's go."
Dozens of thunderbolts were fired by a small ballista, and they bombarded exactly where the water outlet was. Driven by successive shock waves. The stones blocking the outlet collapsed in an instant under the impetus of the explosion and the current, and the river full of power roared and poured for thousands of miles, and the momentum was amazing. Niu Tianci and others standing on the cliff laughed loudly.
The Rong cavalry who were crossing the river were pleasantly surprised to find that the river had become shallower, and it had just flooded on the horse's back, but now it was not up to the horse's knee, and the underwater stone beam clearly appeared in front of them. The Rong cavalry cheered. One by one, they hurriedly crossed the river, and for a while, the river section of Teler Beach was as lively as dumplings.
Balachin stood up and laughed.
"Hahaha, warriors, this is the wolf god who is bless us, bless us with the glory of the Dongrong Khanate, cross the river quickly, my warriors."
With the shouts of Balaqin, the two banks of the river thundered with joy. But at that moment Balachin heard a loud sound from upstream, like the barking of a bison, and like the roar of some unknown beast of prey. Balaqin turned his head and looked at it, and couldn't help but be surprised. I saw the waves of white flowers rushing from the upstream, and the height was almost the same as the cliffs on both sides.
"Oh my God. What is that? ”
Barachin asked with a hissing voice as he grabbed the neck of an old slave of the Black Water Ministry.
"The river god is angry, go back, go back."
The old slave waved his arms and shouted at the Rongbu cavalry who were still crossing the river, but his voice was drowned out by the sound of the great waves. The stormy waves came in front of him in an instant, and Balaqin closed his eyes in despair, he couldn't bear to look at it anymore, and he didn't dare to look at it again. When he opened his eyes again, the river had returned to its original appearance. There was no sign of the nearly 3,000 men and horses who were crossing the river. Even the cavalry that had already crossed the river was swept away quite a bit. After Balaqin reorganized his men and horses, he found that there were only more than 1,000 soldiers and horses left from the 5,000 iron cavalry at the time of departure.
Barachin was annoyed and ashamed. He pulled out his scimitar and pointed at the old slave of the Black Water Department and said, "The lowly wooden tower, the white-eyed wolf that can't be raised." You let my warriors die at the bottom of the river, and I will kill all the Blackwater to avenge my warriors, and I will cut you old thing first. ”
The scimitar slashed at the shoulder of the old slave, who clung to the scimitar and shouted, "Run, run." Tell the patriarch that the Rong tribe is coming. The hungry wolf is coming, uh. ”
The old slave's head flew into the air, and the slaves of the Blackwater Department scattered and fled, but the flying wolf's tooth arrows pinned them to the spot, and they struggled with blood and screams. The brilliance in his eyes faded. But not all slaves were killed, and one sturdy slave, with his athletic skills, killed a cavalryman, took his horse and galloped away. More than a dozen wolf-tooth arrows chased after him as he ran, and the slave lay on the horse's back with a scream, and his back was shot by several wolf-tooth arrows at the same time, and the slave gritted his teeth and galloped away, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The six of them galloped by the moonlight, and they had to hurry back to Urakan to report the military situation. But they ran for a long time but couldn't find their way back, so Tianci reined in his horse and carefully looked at the surrounding scenery.
"Oh no, we've been running for a long time and we're back where we are, why is this place so evil. The team can't be running into something dirty, right? ”
As soon as Guan Changyun said this, he heard a clicking sound from Zhang Deyi's mouth beside him, and Ma Qimeng kicked Zhang Deyi angrily.
"What are you afraid of, old man, keep your mouth shut, you don't know anyone Xiaoyue."
Murong Yue was not afraid, she hid in Niu Tianci's arms. Zhang Deyi looked at Murong Yue enviously, and only after slapping himself in the mouth did he say: "Who, who is afraid, isn't this creating an atmosphere." ”
"Hahaha, Brother Zhang, you are so funny, and you also create an atmosphere. Oh, Brother Zhang, why do you have a head behind you? Wang Meng pointed at Zhang Deyi and said with wide eyes.
Ah~~~~, Zhang Deyi hugged Guan Changyun's waist, and his head was stuck in Guan Changyun's arms.
"Okay, stop making a fuss, I know what's going on. The terrain here is complicated, and there may be magnetite nearby, so Sibei is out of order. It doesn't matter, we will leave marks all the way and cross the hill when we encounter it, and we will definitely find the original way, you follow me and don't fall behind. ”
Tianci was about to urge the horse forward, but heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him. When everyone turned around and saw a fast horse running over, the fast horse saw that there was someone in front of him, and stopped with a long neigh, and the man on the horse's back fell down with a thud.
Wang Meng quickly dismounted and ran over to take a look, only to see that the man had several wolf tooth arrows stuck in his back.
"Big brother, this person has been hit by an arrow in the back, and he is still angry."
Hei Shuiliang slowly opened his eyes, and by the moonlight, he saw a few people in Yan Jun's uniform squatting in front of him, and Hei Shuiliang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that these people were Yan Jun.
"Brothers, I am Heishui Liang of the Heishui Ministry, I was captured by the Rong Ministry as a slave and finally escaped, please send me back to the Heishui Ministry, I have important things to see our patriarch. By the way, you are Yan Jun, so let me tell you. A team of 10,000 people from the Rong Department has crossed the river from Teler Beach, the purpose is to cut off your grain route, you go and report to General Sima Yan. ”
Hei Shuiliang's Yan Guohua spoke very fluently, and what he said was what Niu Tianci had seen with his own eyes, so Tianci and the others immediately believed Hei Shuiliang.
"Team Zheng, the Heishui Department has always been close to Dayan, and every time General Sima recruits the South Bank Ministries, the Heishui Department sends the most troops. The Heishui Department and the Rong Department are feuding, and what this Heishui Liang said must be right. Ma Qimeng's words once again confirmed Niu Tianci's judgment.
"We can take you home, but we're lost and don't know how to go."
"I know the road, this is not far from the Black Water Department, this is the Lost Soul Valley of the Black Water Department, to put it bluntly, it is a trap and a circle. It's not that people from the Blackwater Department can't get out at all, so I'll lead the way. ”
"Can you hold on? The arrows on your body have been taken out and drugged. You're pretty smart enough to put a piece of cowhide on your back, right? Niu Tianci asked.
"I was originally the cavalry leader of the Heishui Division, but I was wounded and captured when I crossed the river with General Sima Yan. The people of the Rong Department treated us as inappropriate, and I wanted to escape for a long time. Let's go, when we get to our Blackwater Department, I'll find someone to send you back." ”
Everyone finally came to a mountain pass, and before everyone could stop their horses. A whistle came, and many people ran out of the shadows of the mountain pass, pointing bows and arrows at Tianci and the others.
"Don't let go of the arrows, I'm black water, I've escaped. These are Yan Jun's brothers, and they saved me. ”
"Brother Liang is back, it's really Brother Liang back."
The torches lit up, and Tianci took a look, and found that although these people in the Black Water Department were generally not tall, they were all strong, and it would be very good if they could be collected for their own use.
At this time, Hei Shuiliang said to Niu Tianci: "This brother, thank you for your help. Since you have arrived at the door of the house, how can you not come in and sit down. Our Blackwater Department can dig out our hearts to friends and brothers, come on brother. ”
"Brother Hei Shuiliang, the military situation is urgent and can't be delayed, I have to rush back to Urakan later, and I'll come back to visit another day."
Hei Shuiliang is also very bold, knowing that what Tianci said is true, he didn't force it anymore. He called a young man from the Black Water Department and asked him to send them out of the Valley of Lost Souls, and when he was leaving, Hei Shui Liang gave a sign made of black wood to Tianci, and he told Tianci to take this sign to the Black Water Department to find him, and someone would come out to lead the way.
Niu Tianci and the others finally returned to the main road, and they rushed towards Urakan. Tianci thought while running, this time he must return to the Far East with his troops, and if there are no soldiers, he will borrow them from the Zhenbei Army, and the Blackwater Department must also be collected for his own use. (To be continued.) )