The winter morning in northern Shaanxi is extremely cold, and the breeze blows on the face like a knife, making people feel painful.

The school field of the security army in Fugu County was covered with the hoarfrost that had fallen last night, and the 5,000 soldiers of the security army stood solemnly in the center of the school field, exhaling bursts of white air from their mouths and noses, and the entire school field was silent.

Zhang Chu ascended to the high platform of the school field, and the officer on duty shouted: "Lizheng!" With a bang, all the security soldiers present puffed up their chests.

Zhang Chu returned the salute and ordered everyone to take a break and began his pre-war mobilization. "Some of you come from inside the border wall, some from outside the border wall, you used to be called Han Chinese and Mongols, and now I want to say that there is no such difference in the security army, everyone is a member of the security army. The purpose of this expedition is to exterminate the robbers who attacked the caravan, not only for the benefit of the security forces, but also for the benefit of the tribes outside the border wall, and one day the people inside and outside the border wall will be free to trade and trade, take what they need, and live a life of food and clothing. The fighters of the security forces will fight for our parents and brothers and destroy all enemies who dare to destroy our happy life. We are the advance team of the security army on the grassland, and in the future, there will be more teams entering the grassland, not only soldiers, but also craftsmen and farmers, and we will cultivate and graze cattle on the grassland for construction, and the grassland will become a rich land full of cattle, sheep and crops. The soldiers who have made meritorious contributions in this battle will be the first to be allocated to land and pasture, and everyone yearns for a happy and prosperous life, but they must rely on their own efforts to strive for it. We are not afraid of the most vicious enemy, there are no ghosts and cowards in the security army, they are all heroes who stand up to the sky, you want to prove all this on the battlefield, can you do it? "Yes!" The soldiers in the audience replied in unison. "Let's go!" Zhang Chu gave the order loudly.

It seems that the soldiers have been trained in good spirits and have good morale. However, Zhang Chu understood that the cavalry of the security army had not fought hard battles since its establishment, and they were all pursued and killed in the rear when the enemy was defeated, and there was still a long way to go before they could become a real strong army.

For this expedition, Zhang Chu spent a lot of money, and the food supplies carried by the troops were enough for the team to hold on to the grassland for a long time, and the guns, ammunition and gunpowder were also sufficient. The protective equipment of the soldiers is even more sophisticated, and every soldier is fully armoured, even the horses are covered with cotton armor. The 500 men under the leadership of Zhang Chu were one man and two horses, so as to facilitate mobile combat on the grassland.

Zhang Chu led the troops out of Fugu City, all the way north into the vast grassland, the troops were very cautious when marching, the brigade of men and horses in the north of Fugu to search the grassland, Zhang Chu led the five hundred elite cavalry to the depths of the grassland, along the trade route to find the traces of the robbers.

Zhang Chu and the others have been walking on the grassland for a few days, and it is strange to say that the robbers who have been rampant on the trade road have disappeared, and the morale of the team, which was originally high, is a little low.

If the robbers knew the news that the security army had sent troops to suppress the bandits and fled, it would be troublesome, and it would be very difficult to find them in the vast grassland. One of the Mongol soldiers in the team, Agoura, approached Zhang Chu and reported that his tribe should be nearby, and that he could go to the tribe to inquire about the robbers.

As soon as Zhang Chu heard that this was a good idea, he went to find their tribe under the leadership of Agoura.

Agoura walked ahead, identifying the marks on the grass. After a while, he came back excitedly and reported to Zhang Chu: "Dashuai, see that there are traces of cattle and sheep passing by here, and the people of the tribe should be near here." I have my parents, brothers and sisters at home, and they will definitely treat you well when you get there. “

The warriors became excited when they heard Agoura's words, and accelerated their march, and sure enough, the shadow of a yurt faintly appeared in front of them. Agoura cried out with joy, and began to run in the direction of the yurt, but he did not go far before he reined in the horse's head, and the shouting in his mouth ceased.

Zhang Chu discovered his abnormality and immediately took the guards forward to inspect it.

Running closer, I immediately saw that there was something wrong with this tribe, only two of the yurts were still standing there intact, and the others had collapsed on the ground, and when I got closer, there was a miserable scene in front of Zhang Chu, which was terrifying.

The people of the tribe had become corpses all over the place, some scattered everywhere, and many more were gathered together, and one by one their necks were severed. The tribe was supposed to have been attacked, and the attackers killed a few people to intimidate the tribe, and then gathered the others together and slaughtered them.

The herdsmen's worthless belongings were thrown to the ground indiscriminately, and the horses, cattle and sheep were all gone, and it seemed that the thieves had come to rob them. "Immediately launch a search, guard the perimeter, and look for survivors." Zhang Chu immediately gave an order loudly.

The fighters dispersed and went into action.

After a while, a soldier came to report: "Report to the commander, no survivors have been found, and" the soldier said here and stopped. "And what?" Zhang Chu asked anxiously. "You'd better go and see for yourself." After speaking, the soldier pointed to the two yurts that had not collapsed.

Zhang Chu walked into the yurt and saw the scene inside, and his anger suddenly rushed to the top of his head. There were more than a dozen women's corpses lying in the yurt, all of them undressed, some of them had several large holes in their chests, the blood that flowed out had not yet coagulated, several women's stomachs were cut open, their intestines were pulled out far away, and the women were disheveled, their fists clenched, obviously suffering greatly before their deaths. Zhang Chu raised his head and saw an even more terrifying scene, several babies were strangled by horsewhips and hung on the wall of the yurt, because the faces of the suffocating babies had been distorted and deformed, looking particularly hideous and terrifying.

The same tragedy was seen in another yurt.

Zhang Chu silently withdrew from the yurt and ordered the soldiers to guard the door and send someone to collect the body, hoping to give the deceased a little dignity.

Agoura knelt beside the pile of corpses and had long since stopped crying. After arriving, he frantically searched for his family, hoping that they would survive, and the bodies were found one by one, and he was completely desperate. The warrior next to him kept comforting him. But no amount of words can soothe the pain of losing a loved one.

Now is not the time to grieve, the blood of the murdered women has not yet coagulated, indicating that the thieves have just left, and they must be caught to avenge the murdered herdsmen.

"Did the search team find the direction where the thief left? Take a look. Zhang Chu shouted and gave an order to the guards.

The guards quickly returned to report to Zhang Chu: "The thieves robbed the tribe's horses, cattle and sheep, and the footprints went east. ”

"The whole team gathers, the rescue team stays to continue to collect the bodies of the deceased, and the others are all ready to fight, and under the leadership of the search team, pursue the thieves, and don't let them run away." Zhang Chu gave the order.

Hearing the command, Agoura stopped crying, pulled his horse and turned over to join the group.

Zhang Chu wanted him to stay, but in the end he didn't speak, and the best way to eliminate his grief was to stab the enemy.

The warrior in charge of the search has lived in the grassland since childhood, and it is easy to identify the traces of the herd. The thief didn't expect retribution to come so quickly, and he didn't even want to hide his whereabouts when he left.

Zhang Chu led the soldiers to track all the way, and the traces of the cattle and sheep stolen by the thieves became more and more obvious.

After a while, news came back from the front: "I found thieves, about a hundred people, all cavalry, driving cattle and sheep forward." ”

"Rush over and destroy them." Zhang Chu gave the order to attack.

The warriors rushed forward with hatred. (To be continued.) )