Chapter 691: The Kindness of a Woman
"Let's go and pick Grandma up." Mackay pinched his throat and tried to whisper softly to the little girls, trying to make them quieter. He pretended not to notice the gazes, wiped the sweat from his head, and grabbed the saddle bridge.
Then he heard a strange sound, as if the first crack had opened in a long-frozen glacier. He couldn't help but turn to the crowd, his face ashen.
What happened next was as if it were a dream, the flow of scene after scene, slow and real, but never touchable. He saw the black-pressed team suddenly disintegrate, and all the people were trying to run towards the cliffs on both sides. He knew he was scolding loudly, but he couldn't hear anything in his ears.
Xu Zhanbiao wanted to cut off Ma Kai's head with a knife, but what was even more precarious at the moment was his own head. He had already jumped off his horse, knelt on the ground, and did not dare to look up. If he had looked up, he might have seen Kim Soon's eyesβnot as cold as he thought.
Jin Shun looked out at the mountain pass, and more and more Hui people were leaving the brigade and climbing the steep cliff. The cavalry of the forward battalion were busily rushing left and right through the crowd, in vain to drive the people back into the ranks.
"General?" Fang Chunlai cast an inquiring gaze, "If you don't do it, you really can't control it." β
"Hmm." Jin Shun smiled bitterly, it was too late. His reflexes are not slow, but he is quicker than him.
Fang Chunlai turned his head and shouted to the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion who were eager to try: "Listen to the Shenji Battalion, prepare your guns!" β
Xu Zhanbiao straightened up sharply and interrupted Fang Chunlai in a rough voice: "Wait!" He glanced at Jin Shun's face. Hurriedly knelt down again: "General, dereliction of duty, the forward battalion should do its best to restrain it." β
Jin Shun shook his head: "You can restrain it." What else am I going to do? β
Listening to Jin Shun's words, Xu Zhanbiao's forehead was full of sweat: "I don't dare to be humble, but I just ...... It's just that those Hui people are all women and children...... Humble as ......"
Xu Zhanbiao's own blade was fresh with blood, and he killed two crazy women. As for the cavalry warriors in the forward battalion, he didn't know how many people they had killed, but he clearly knew that this crazy killing had not been able to deter the crowd that came like a tidal wave. In the face of the Hui people who had no resistance and only had cliffs in their eyes, the cavalrymen who had been in battle for a long time couldn't help but relent.
Fang Chunlai sneered: "What do you think?!" You thought it was over. All the people are dead. β
Xu Zhanbiao's blood rushed to the top of his head, his fists were white, but he heard Jin Shun say, "Don't make any noise." There was a pause. He also said, "Everyone is about to climb halfway up the mountain, and the Shenji Battalion is also struggling, so Fang will lead and control the team behind." β
Fang Chunlai pointed to the cliff and asked urgently, "What about those people?" The words did not fall. Suddenly, I heard someone laughing behind me: "How can those people use the Divine Machine Battalion!" We'll take care of it. β
Carbine in hand. Ke Xing'e only gave Jin Shun a half-salute: "General, I'll go." Jin Shun bowed his head and said, "That's up to you." "This team of Bo people is the elite in the hands of Jin Shun, and they have never missed a sniper assassination. Jin Shun said this, obviously to make a quick decision and deter people's hearts.
Xu Zhanbiao jumped up, pointed at Kexing'e and shouted: "It's all women and children, Kexing'e, you murderer, are you sorry?" β
"Huh? It turns out that General Xu didn't kill anyone just now? Ke Xing'e smiled: "After so many years of fighting, General Xu is not sorry. β
Xu Zhanbiao was stunned for a moment. His mouth moved, and he couldn't speak. He is naturally not afraid of killing. But what's the use of killing people in this case? Could it be that only those who kill the Hui who flock to the side of the mountain count? In the bottom of his heart, there is a more subtle voice: he is about to leave the home where his ancestors lived, and it is not too much to take a look, right?
Jin Shun frowned: "Where is so much nonsense!" β
Ke Xing'e smiled: "Isn't this reasoning to General Xu?" As he spoke, he waved his hand and moved forward.
Xu Zhanbiao was so anxious that his eyes were red, and he glared at Jin Shun and said, "Think twice, general!" β
Jin Shun's expression was calm: "Xu Zhanbiao, if it weren't for your dereliction of duty, would I need to use Kexing'e's marksman?" β
Xu Zhanbiao's heart was cold, and he was speechless for a while.
Jin Shun looked at the crowd attached to the steep wall and said softly: "We have killed a lot of Hui people in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. Is there a difference between these? β
Xu Zhanbiao sighed and sat down on the ground.
He was the one who followed Zuo Jigao to participate in the pacification of the "Shaanxi-Gansu Hui Rebellion", and in order to retaliate against the massacre of the Hui people, he also washed the Huiren fortress many times, but now, in front of these family members and compatriots who were the Hui people who were in rebellion, somehow, he felt that it was difficult to start......
The marksmen all raised their guns, and as soon as Kexing'e gave the order, they would shoot a rain of bullets of death and harvest the lives of the people on the mountain wall.
But at this critical moment, Ke Xing'e put down his gun and waved his hand, causing his sharpshooters to put down their guns as well.
"What's wrong?" Kim Soon raised his eyebrows and asked.
"General Hui, I have found a way to stop them and reduce casualties, and I want to ask the general for permission to give it a try." Kexinge replied, but his eyes were fixed on the top of the cliff.
"Then you can try." Jin Shun nodded.
Xu Zhanbiao saw a flash of light, which was the unique brilliance of Kexing'e's steel arrows.
Kexinge put down his pistol, took the horned bow, and put a long arrow on it, and his movements were as calm and skilful as his pistol.
As a Bo people, it is always difficult to give up the horns and arrows.
But today's long arrows in Kexing'e are different from those of the past.
After the steel arrow of the long arrow, a cylinder was tied, and at the lower end of the cylinder, a medicine twist hung down.
After catching the arrow, Kexing'e did not shoot the arrow immediately, but hung down, and one of the archers stepped forward and lit the twist with a fire breaker.
Kexing'e jerked his bow, let go of his strings, and shot an arrow at the top of the mountain wall.
Hundreds of gray figures crawled on the steep walls, but not one of them fell from an arrow. The arrow sank straight into the top of the towering cliff, and the top of the cliff seemed to move. It didn't seem to move again, and then there was a strange dull noise, this time. The rocks on the top of the cliff collapsed.
Ke Xing'e is the heir of the family, born in the "Qinglong Division" among the Bo people, and is the highest-ranking nobleman, although it is definitely not visible from his current appearance.
Ke Xing'e slowly urged the horses under his seat, watching the roaring gravel rush down the cliff and smash it into the Hui people who were climbing the mountain wall without any obstacles.
The mountains are steep, and there is not much place to climb on the smooth cliffs. But those crazy Hui people actually climbed up unrelentingly. Most of them were half-grown children, many of them were girls, and there were more old people and women standing densely at the bottom of the mountain.
Stupid people! That's what Kexinge thinks. Even if you climb to the top of the mountain. What can you see? The wasteland here is not flat, and their view is cut off by the outer hills at the best of times, not to mention that the mountain tops are full of clouds.
For all kinds of foolish and almost crazy actions, Kexing'e has always been pretended. He is right to Hui people. Just like for any other people. There are no particular likes or dislikes.
Watching the dense black spots disappear in the dust of the gravel, Kexing'e did not have a little psychological burden. If the chaos continues, the Hui people themselves will trample on and kill more compatriots than this mountain and rock collapse. There is no doubt about it. If he understood this calculation, Xu Zhanbiao would not be so hot-headed. He thought, a slight smile on his lips. Indeed, for the vast majority of his colleagues in the army, Kexing'e did not have enough respect, regardless of whether the rank was higher or lower than him.
His decision to shoot a gunpowder arrow just now was carefully considered. Falling gravel smoke covered the most chaotic part of the crowd. However, it did not affect the access to the mountain pass in the slightest. Most importantly, this deterrence was immediate. The Hui people climbing on the other side of the cliff almost immediately reversed direction. Bloody lessons are always the easiest to accept.
The sight reminded Mackay of an avalanche.
In the event of an avalanche, it started as a small mass of snow falling, tumbling and jumping, beating the snow beneath it. And the intact and solid ice and snow were actually awakened by it, as if the giants who had just woken up were gently agitated, slowly cracking and sliding. Suddenly, at one moment, the wriggling white giants went berserk, and they sprang to their feet, striding down the mountain, awakening more and bigger giants. This is an avalanche, a mountain of ice and snow running, carrying a dull thunder and rolling up a white mist in the sky. It was like the destruction of the world, and the millions of soldiers in the charge were just a joke in comparison.
Even the fastest fast horses will be caught up and swallowed up in an instant, not to mention these confused returnees. Before they could react, the people on the cliff were already covered in avalanche-like smoke.
"Run!" Mackay heard himself and everyone shouting loudly. The panicked crowd finally remembered to turn around, like a pot of boiling porridge. But before they could unleash the strength of their whole bodies, the boundless yellow had already been covered.
At the bottom of the mountain, the momentum of the gravel smoke finally began to decay, and without the restraint of the mountain wall, they flowed in all directions, slowly slowing down. More than a hundred paces before the horse's hooves of the cavalry of the forward battalion, the gravel finally stopped.
Ma Kai strangled the horse in a daze, his heart was cold, and the two little girls on the saddle were already frightened, and even their crying suddenly stopped. So many people had rushed from his side to the cliff, and now they passed by him like a retreating tide and returned to the ranks. Ma Kai could clearly see the change in their faces.
The faces of those old or immature just now were full of fanaticism and anticipation, which was a long-suppressed outburst. It was this look that stopped the cavalrymen from their weapons - blood would not only not stop this burst, but would involve themselves. But in just a moment, the frenzy was put to an end by the pouring of rubble. Mackay saw the convoy gradually return to its original appearance, and after the horror of the Hui, anger and pain sealed in their hearts by fear, they finally remembered that they were no longer in control of their own destiny, but just a group of people driven by people. And this brightly armored army around them can crush their most stubborn resistance in a breath - what a disparity in power!
Even before the forward cavalry had fully recovered, the Hui team actually began to move slowly forward again.
Ma Kai closed his mouth vigorously and rode his horse into the Hui group. The old grandmother of the two girls had been trampled into meatloaf by the crowd. He didn't know who to give the two little girls to.
"Mackay." Zheng Fangjin called out to him and pointed to a big car carrying several children beside him.
Ma Kai nodded abruptly and looked at Zheng Fangjin. The horses drove over. When the two horses met, both of them couldn't help but lower their voices and ask, "How many have died?" β
"How many died?" Fang Chun came back to his senses and asked those subordinates of Kexing'e loudly.
Jin Shun glared at Fang Chunlai, but didn't say anything. To be honest, Kexing's clean handling was also unexpected by him. If nothing else, Fang Cai probably swallowed up a few cavalrymen who were trying to maintain order. His face darkened, and then he returned to normal.
"Commander Fang." Kexing E grinned at Fang Chunlai. "How many of your men will die if they trample on each other?"
There was a commotion in the ranks of the Shenji Battalion, and Fang Chunlai looked at Ke Xing'e with a pale face, and there seemed to be a fire burning in his eyes. Kexing'e didn't care. The gaze cannot kill, even the gaze of the emperor. He slowly put away his bow, grabbed the reins of the horse, and looked at Jin Shun with an inquiring gaze: "Let's go?" β
"Let's go ......" Jin Shun's voice was hoarse and gloomy.
Jin Shun's heart is a little unsteady. Hui people so quickly regained their calm. Not a good thing in his opinion. From this point of view, he can fully understand the significance of the imperial court's actions. Some peoples can be conquered; Some peoples may only be extinct. He glanced at the soldiers around him and the black-pressed Hui team, and suddenly felt a chill on his back.
"Does the general think I'm too heavy?" Ke Xing'e approached his side and asked in a whisper, a malicious smile on the corner of his mouth.
Jin Shun pondered for a while: "You also know about Zuo Dashuai's affairs in Beijing......" He thought for a while and didn't finish his words.
"So we really don't understand the affairs of the adults in the court."
Jin Shun shook his head: "Let's go." I'll talk about it when I get to the ground. He turned his head and glanced at Xu Zhanbiao, but he didn't say anything.
It's been a while. Xu Zhanbiao only reacted that Jin Shun let himself go so easily. He tried to stand up, but his legs were numb from his knees, and he couldn't stand up for a while. He half-knelt there, looking at the mountain pass, and his heart was empty.
Out of the mountain pass, they arrived at the resettlement place of the Hui people, Jin Shun ordered to camp on the spot, and not long after the camp was settled, when Jin Shun was about to rest, several herald cavalry rushed into the camp.
"General! Aksu Dong Fuxiang rebelled, and the minister of the Qin Mission was leading his troops to suppress it, and ordered the general to go to the meeting as soon as possible! The herald led by him knelt down on one knee and gasped for breath as he took out a letter from his bosom and presented it to Kim Soon.
Jin Shun took the letter and opened it to read it, and after a while, after reading the letter, he looked up to the sky and sighed.
"What should come is still coming......" he whispered to himself, waving his hand, and the heralds stood up and saluted, and then they all withdrew.
Jin Shun took the letter Rong Lu gave him and walked into his bedroom.
"Liu Chaopei, Dai Zongqian, you two can come back today to take revenge, do you know who helped you escape back then......" Jin Shun sighed.
"Ah Zhen knows." A pleasant female voice came.
Jin Soon raised his head and saw Ah Zhen.
"Oh? You know? Jin Shun looked at her in surprise.
"Of course, Ah Zhen knows that that person is you, the general." Ah Zhen met Jin Soon's gaze.
"Me?" Jin Shun was shocked when he heard this.
"Yes, that's you." Ah Zhen looked at him fixedly.
"How could it be ......" Jin Shun suddenly understood what Ah Zhen meant, and immediately shrunk the words behind him.
"It's you, no one else." Ah Zhen continued.
"Yes! Who else can ...... me" Jin Shun laughed happily, opened his arms, and hugged Ah Zhen into his arms.
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In the distance, the city of Aksu is very clear in the sun.
Dai Zongqian looked at the five hundred soldiers sitting on the ground, and raised the wine bowl in his hand high.
"Today, I invite the brethren to drink!"
"In the past, the brothers respected me first, but today, I honor the brothers first! Pleaseβ"
Dai Zongqian said, drinking a full bowl of wine. The warriors applauded and drank with them.
"In the past, I worked hard for the surname Zuo, but the surname Zuo didn't treat me as a person! Today was originally my birthday, but the surname Zuo made my birthday the death day of my brothers! Dai Zongqian stared at a pair of bloodshot eyes and looked at everyone, "Brothers, do you know where the brothers of the two battalions under my former command have gone?" β
The warriors put down their bowls and looked at their commander in silence.
"They...... All...... Let the surname left...... Kill! Dai Zongqian dropped the wine bowl, covered his face with his hands, and cried bitterly.
"Not only the brothers, but even their families, surnamed Zuo, did not let go, and they were all killed...... Dai Zongqian whimpered.
The warriors' eyes flashed with astonishment, then quickly turned to rage.
"This sea of blood is a deep hatred...... I have to report it! Dai Zongqian wiped his face, and his face turned hideous.
"Big brother! Don't say anything! Brothers, follow you, and ask for the blood of the surnamed Zuo! One of the leaders shouted.
"Brothers, the lives of our island criminals are all guaranteed by Lord Lin and the eldest brother, Lord Lin wants to liquidate the surname Zuo, the brothers are all happy, we all listen to the eldest brother what the eldest brother does!" A fighter then shouted.
"That's right! Let's listen to the big brother! β
"Now that lackey Dong Fuxiang surnamed Zuo is in Aksu City in front, do you dare to follow me to cut off his head and pay tribute to the brothers who died unjustly?"
"Dare! Dare! Dare! β
Looking at the warriors roaring one by one, Xingyue Liuli, who was standing not far away, couldn't help but nod secretly. (To be continued......)
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