Chapter 26: No Turning Back
"There are tens of thousands of people," Huang Hao gasped, he had to deal with several nomadic tribes every year, the nomadic tribes that attacked the border were as few as a few hundred people, more than a thousand, and the scale of two or three thousand people was very rare, not to mention tens of thousands, which was beyond his ability, he subconsciously thought that he had to hurry up to Feng Xiaoci, the governor of Hexi Province, for help
This group of nomadic cavalry was like a vicious wolf rushing into the flock, and in an instant the sheep scattered and fled, and the urgent documents flew like snowflakes from all over the country, until dusk, and people from Tatequan, Leyun, Gaotai and other counties came to report that they had been attacked and harassed by the nomadic tribes, and that a number of young boys and girls had been taken captive
Feng Xiaoci xìng Xi ventured in, several times a year Tiele committed the border, he personally led the army to attack, although the defeat and returned, but Feng Xiaoci did not want to learn a lesson, learned that there was a large-scale nomadic tribe invasion, and deep into the territory of Zhangye, Feng Xiaoci was even more unable to sit still, and quickly mobilized more than 10,000 people, horses and horses galloped to the aid of Zhangye in the starry night, Wuwei was closest to Zhangye, and the army arrived in Minle County about four watches
At this time, Du Jun had already returned to the county, and in Minle County, in addition to being taken away hundreds of boys and girls, and did not suffer other losses, those nomadic tribes did not kill people and set fires as usual, and the entire county was still in order, only the children were taken captive, and the people could not sleep this night
Hearing that Feng Xiaoci came to the outside of the city, Du Jun hurriedly went out of the city to greet him, only to see Feng Xiaoci raise his horse whip and say loudly: "General Ben will not enter the city for the time being, do you know where those nomadic tribes have gone, General Ben will chase and kill them overnight, and he will be caught off guard."
The nomadic cavalry was running around in Zhangye, appearing here for a while, appearing there for a while, and even the scouts sent by Huang Hao could hardly find their traces, but Du Jun knew that Du Jun was driven back to the county seat by Huang Hao, and he was afraid that those nomadic cavalry would go and return, so he ordered the township chief and lieutenant chief of the county to report the surrounding situation every other hour
It is said that the eyes of the masses are bright, and it is appropriate to use them here, even if Huang Hao sends out all the scouts, how many people can there be, and the people of Minle County are all mobilized, as long as those nomadic cavalry appear around, they will definitely not be able to escape their ears and eyes, unless these nomadic cavalry engage in a murder and extermination, and the nomadic tribes that invaded this time are obviously different from the past, they only rob young boys and girls, and they are not willing to kill or injure a person casually, which also provides convenience for the villagers to find the target, and as a result, some villagers really found the traces of these nomadic cavalry, and quickly reported to the head of the township, and reported to the head of the township half an hour ago, the head of the township just reported to the county office
Hearing Feng Xiaoci's inquiry, Du Jun said loudly: "General Qiyu, according to the knowledge of the lower officials, they are camped in a mountain col on the west bank of the weak water."
Just now, a fast horse came from Zhangye City to report that Huang Hao didn't know the movements of those nomadic tribes, and listening to what Du Jun said, Feng Xiaoci couldn't help but shake up and said loudly: "Okay, Lord Du, you are very good, and the three armies immediately set off to kill the weak water."
Received Feng Xiaoci's personal praise, Du Jun's eyes lit up with excitement, and this one was destined to be unable to sleep
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The 3,000 cavalry led by Shi Danai did hide in the col by the weak water river, not because it was more secluded, but because it could shelter from the cold wind, and the autumn nights were still very cold, and the nomadic cavalry who lived in the West Sea wasteland all the year round were not afraid, but the young boys and girls who were captured by them could not stand such a severe cold, and piles of bonfires were lit in the mountain col, and the young boys and girls sat around the campfire, chewing dried meat and drinking horses, listening to those steppe men singing rough songs, where it was like being a prisoner, obviously participating in a camping party
Suddenly, a scout rode up and shouted, "There are many horses from the west of the general."
Shi Danai asked in a heart, "Can you see how many people there are?"
The scout said: "There are no less than 10,000 people lined up in a long line of torches."
Shi Danai muttered: "After a day of tossing, they finally moved, and I don't know if it was Zhangye's men or reinforcements from other places to gather and withdraw."
The scout pointed to the boys and girls around the campfire and asked, "Would you like to take them with you?"
Shi Danai said: "What to take them to waste food or be burdensome, just put them back"
The advantage of the nomadic cavalry was that they were extremely mobile, they carried almost no provisions or baggage, and soon jumped on horseback, and the group withdrew from the col, leaving a large group of stunned boys and girls, but Shi Danai did not go far, he took the group to a dense forest ten miles away from this mountain pass, he wanted to see how many men and horses this army came from in the starry night, and where they came from
After a while, another scout reported: "The general's team went straight to the mountain pass, and it seems that they knew that we were there."
Shi Danai scolded with a smile: "One by one, when they see a female doll, they can't run, and they still sing some broken songs, I see that they have attracted the enemy."
The soldiers burst out laughing, they were downwind, but they didn't have to worry about the sound reaching the col, but the soldiers understood that Stanai's task was to attract the enemy out, and it was too late for him to be happy, where would he really get angry
Before the laughter stopped, there was a sudden cry in the wind, mixed with a few screams, it was Shi Danai from the other side of the mountain col, who was stunned and said loudly: "Go and check what happened."
Several soldiers agreed, and before they could rush out of the dense forest, several scouts galloped in the distance, and as soon as they reached the outside of the forest, they said loudly: "The general is not good, the group of men and horses entered the col and separated the boys and girls, and several boys were beheaded on the spot."
"What," Stanai jumped up from the ground, grabbed the scout and asked, "You can see who those are?"
The scout replied: "It's the Sui army, it's wrong, there are probably more than 10,000 people, but why they want to bully those young boys and girls, it's not clear to their subordinates, it stands to reason that those boys and girls are their own people, and they should be rescued...... right."
These boys and girls were all taken by them from all over Zhangye, at first these boys and girls were scared half to death, and when they saw the nomadic cavalry and did not bully them, they gradually became bolder, and later they actually talked and laughed with these nomadic cavalry, because from the beginning there was no intention to take these boys and girls into slavery, and the nomadic cavalry felt different when they saw these young boys and girls, as if looking at a group of younger brothers and sisters next door, originally left these young boys and girls in the mountain col to let the pursuers take them home, but did not expect to send them into the tiger's mouth
Listening to the mournful cries in the wind, thinking of the immature faces, Shi Danai suddenly burst into a rage and shouted: "If you want to go back to rescue them, do you dare to go with you?"
These prairie men all had a lot of blood, and none of them wanted to be shrunken turtles, shouting in unison: "Dare"
Shi Danai jumped on his horse and slammed the reins, and the cooked copper stick in his palm pointed in the direction of the mountain col and shouted: "Kill"
Their task was to attract Feng Xiaoci's main force, and it was best to drag the enemy around Zhangye in circles, and it was obviously not a wise move to fight with tens of thousands of enemies at this time, but between completing the task and rescuing those young boys and girls, everyone chose the former without hesitation
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When Feng Xiaoci led the army into the mountain pass, those young boys and girls were still sitting around the campfire, they had a chance to leave, but now it was only the fourth watch, and they wanted to wait until dawn, but many of them would never see the morning sun again
Seeing that there were no imaginary nomadic cavalry in the col, only unarmed boys and girls, the Sui soldiers under Feng Xiaoci also relaxed, since the nomadic cavalry left, those boys and girls had become much more relaxed, and then saw that the people who came in were their own troops, and couldn't help cheering, and a girl closest to the pass of the mountain pass was also waving half a roast leg of mutton in her hand, this half of the roast leg of lamb was hurriedly withdrawn, a nomadic cavalry threw it down, was picked up by a little boy who admired her as a gift, the Sui soldiers ran around for most of the night, many people were hungry, saw the roast leg of mutton in the girl's hand, and the two soldiers pounced on it together, and fought
The girl didn't know where the courage came from, she grabbed the roast leg of lamb and refused to let go, one of the soldiers stepped forward and kicked the girl, where could she resist it, she fell to the ground on her back, and the other soldier saw this, and actually pounced on the girl, and then tore up her clothes, and a boy stepped forward to block, and was already cut into two sections by the soldier with a knife, and there was chaos in the col
Feng Xiaoci was about to say something when he heard a personal soldier say: "General, this is a godsend, and you can't ignore it."
Another soldier said, "Yes, General, these dolls are all cubs of the nomadic tribe."
Several other pro-soldiers realized that they dragged out two good-looking girls from the crowd and pushed them in front of them and said, "General, this is the little ones who honor you."
At this time, there was even more chaos in the col, some boys were hacked to death on the spot, and some girls had been dragged by the soldiers to the jungle on the edge of the col, and another soldier whispered: "General, brothers and sisters, hold back for too long, let everyone relax and relax."
Massacre of border people, taking the lead in the army, Feng Xiaoci has also done it before, but in the current situation, he doesn't need to report to anyone to lead the army, but the words of this pro-soldier made him a little tempted, he himself is not short of women, but these soldiers under his command have not opened meat for more than half a year, today's opportunity can let them indulge for a while, and save them from being restless when they return to the barracks
Feng Xiaoci nodded and said, "So that everyone can move quickly, remember that those nomadic tribes did it."