Xingu felt that his health had completely improved, he took out all the rations he had saved over the years, wrapped them in cloth, and after observation, he knew that Amur was accustomed to placing water bladders and common bows and arrows next to horses, and that the steppe tribes were simple and simple, and Amur was a famous warrior, and both horses and belongings were placed at will. Xingu planned to wait for the Amur couple to sleep soundly at night, secretly lead the horse and escape, as long as there are water bladders and bows and arrows, the huge steppe can find food anywhere, from the ordinary and Qiqi chatter, Xingu learned that the tribe is not far from the place where the caravan was robbed, Xingu estimated that he would only ride his horse and travel at the same time, and he could return to Lanzhou in three days. In these days, several Sogdian merchants went to the tribe to sell tea and cloth from the Central Plains, and the price was much less than usual, and the first family bought fifty catties of tea in one go, and the rest of the herdsmen all took sheepskins to his house to exchange tea.

In the evening of this day, Amur called back a hare, Xingu helped Qiqi to peel the rabbit and put it on the fire for barbecue, Amur kneaded the freshly peeled rabbit skin on the side, he looked at Xingu, several times the words came to his mouth and swallowed back, although Xingu has a straightforward personality, but he has followed Wu Yingying for a long time, and has been a captain for many days, and he can also observe words and expressions, and he said in his heart, if he has eaten this meal, Amur will hand me over to the head of the family, and he will find a reason to prevaricate in the past, just drag it over tonight, then the sky will let the birds fly. In fact, Xingu is better than Amur with bare hands, knives and bows and arrows, but these days he has been taking care of his wife and his wife, and he can't bear to hurt him again before leaving.

Seeing that Amur was rubbing the rabbit skin with his stuffy head, Xin Gu didn't speak, and he also felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, and said with a smile: "Amur, usually you can't talk to Brother Xin, how did you become a gourd without a mouth today?" Xingu looked at Amur in surprise and asked, "If I leave, aren't you afraid that Suhela will make you a slave?" Qiqige also looked at him with anxious eyes, and Amur put the burden next to Xingu and said with a wry smile: "Even if you pull me to be a slave, it will only be more lambs and wool every year." "In fact, Amur is a famous warrior in the tribe, and the property on the steppe can be grabbed with knives and bows and arrows, if Amur is a free man, he may have a chance to turn over, but if he becomes a slave of the head family, there will be no future. Xin Gu understood in his heart, nodded, and was about to speak, when suddenly his face changed, and his eyes fell on the wooden bowl in front of everyone.

Amur and Qiqige also followed his gaze, and saw that in the wooden bowl filled with milk tea, the originally calm tea was vibrating slightly, and the amplitude of the vibration was getting bigger and bigger, so that it almost overflowed, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves resounded in all directions, like a tumbling thunderbolt. "There is an enemy!" Amur's expression changed greatly, he got up and took off the big bow hanging on the dome and was about to go out, but Xingu stopped him and said in a deep voice: "The cavalry has rushed into the camp, do you want to die now?"

When he was a horse thief, he had to escape from the enemy's pursuit and the round-up of the officials and soldiers day and night, and he was particularly proficient in the way of lying on the ground and listening to the sound, and now he only heard the sound of the horse's hooves suddenly making a big noise, Xin Gu knew that this group of people who attacked the tribe was quietly pulling the war horse and walking to within two or three hundred steps on the horse, and then urging the horse to attack at full speed, the key to this sneak attack is not detected when sneaking, the general grassland tribal cavalry can not be completed at all, the attacker must be the elite cavalry with strict military discipline, once the sneak attack is successful and rushes into the tribal camp, often the warriors in the tribal tent have just walked out, and they meet the enemy who kills into the camp head-on, and are slashed and killed on the spot。

At this point, the revolt was useless, and the only chance of survival was to stay in the tent and avoid the bloodiest and most ruthless slaughter of the first wave of enemy horsemen, if the attackers did not control the frightened tribesmen and horses, and the people began to scurry back and forth in the camp, they might have the opportunity to take advantage of the chaos and escape. However, since the attackers were calm enough to lead their horses and walk so close before attacking, it was not necessary that there would be no mobile detachments outside the camp to surround and kill the fish that escaped by taking advantage of the chaos. In any case, in the face of such a powerful attack, a small tribe like Alatan Ullah would not be able to fight back at all.

Amur was about to break free from Singu's resistance, when suddenly there were several screams outside, and a splash of blood sprayed out of the tent, and the firelight reflected a large blood stain faintly flowing down the tent, and then there was the sound of a human body like a wood to the end, and I don't know whether the person who went out had his head cut off or stabbed in the heart.

Immediately afterward, the screams from far and near came one after another, all of them were the voices of the same tribesmen that Amur and Qiqige were familiar with, and from the beginning to the present, except for the thunderous sound of horses' hooves and blades piercing into the human body, the attackers did not say a word, just galloped back and forth and killed, it seemed that several tents had been lit, and the blazing fire reflected the bonfire of the barbecue in the tent was a little dim, and it also reflected the figure of the cavalry running back and forth outside the account, or holding a long lance, or raising a long knife, galloping back and forth in the tribal camp, once the figure of a standing tribal warrior occasionally appeared, and was immediately knocked down by the knight running nearby, and the sound of horses' hoovesThe sound of killing, the screams, and the sound of the burning tent beeping and peeling, resounded in one piece.

Qiqige's face turned pale, and she couldn't imagine what would have happened if Xingu hadn't stopped Amur a moment ago. Xingu casually picked up a dagger that Amur had placed in the tent, and bowed his body like a leopard ready to attack, motionless, Amur clenched the bow and arrow in his hand, and protected it with one hand, and all three prayed in their hearts that the incoming cavalry would not throw a torch and burn the small dome.

Such a surprise attack was really powerful for the small tribe, and the tribal leader Agudammu and his henchmen were hosting a banquet for the Sogdian merchants who had given a large sum of money to buy the road, and they were all so drunk that they lost their resistance almost at the first time they were attacked.

The chaos outside lasted only a short time, although for Amur and the others it seemed like a year, when all resistance was suppressed, the whole camp fell silent, and the attackers outside the tent rode their horses to patrol the form slowly and steadily, and someone shouted loudly in Mongolian: "The Lanzhou army has destroyed the robbers, and those who do not want to die lay down their weapons, come out on their knees with their heads in their hands, and kneel at the door of the tent and do not move again." ”

Xin Gu's hanging heart was only put down at this moment, he reached out and wiped the sweat beads on his head, and scolded in Chinese: "Rabbit cub, the front is all nonsense." He carefully hid the dagger in his bosom, motioned for Amr and Qiqige to come with him behind the curtain of the tabernacle, and after listening attentively and there was no unusual movement, he fell to his knees, and the three men moved out of the tent on their knees, and as soon as they came out, another thick lance swept over their heads, and a strong horse violently scraped the mud and sand with its hooves, and carried the half-clad hussar sergeant to and fro in a demonstrative manner before the kneeling prisoners at the door of the tent.

The discipline of the Lanzhou army is extremely strict, at this time, all the soldiers are like a taut spring, the slightest change of the tribal people will attract an attack like a landslide, even if the status is as high as the left army to dominate the Xingu, they can only kneel on the ground honestly with Amur and Qiqige, and wait for the Lanzhou army to confirm that the situation is completely controlled, and then slowly deal with these surrenders.

Amur looked left and right, several warriors from several tribes had fallen to the ground, some with bows, no arrows, some holding half-drawn knives, some leather boots were worn backwards, some were biting a piece of half-baked meat in their mouths, it could be seen that these warriors had hardly caused any trouble to the attackers, not far away, the tent of the leader Agudamuna, which was large enough to hold a feast for thirty people, seemed to have been pulled up and overturned by a huge hand hanging from the sky, the huge tabernacle had been ignited, the tent of the head man was smeared with waterproof grease, and it burned extremely strongly, and the blazing fire reflected Agudam, Suhe, and the nobles of the other clans had earth-colored faces, and they knelt on the carpet with their heads hanging down like flesh-colored chicks that had been pulled out of a bird's nest. Amur looked at the other tribesmen, and no one dared to raise their heads, occasionally glancing at the intimidating Lanzhou cavalry, with a look of horror on their faces.

After the Lanzhou army took control of the overall situation, it was only after one area after another that the residents who knelt and surrendered were escorted to the center of the tribal camp, that is, in front of the overturned leader's tent, and when it was the turn of the Amur, Xin Gu had just stood up, and the cavalry of the Lanzhou army, who was in charge of monitoring this place, was pleasantly surprised: "Captain Xin!" Xin Gu raised his head, grinned bitterly and said in Khitan language: "I was captured twice in a month. ”

This sergeant's name is Ge Yuanzhou, it is the hussar battalion, just now Xingu and Amur knelt on the ground, and buried their heads, he went back and forth and did not recognize, now Xingu stood up and immediately recognized it, he jumped off the horse, led his mount to Xingu, his heart was uneasy, his face was full of guilt, he opened his mouth, Xingu saw this and walked up to pat him on the shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "You and others are all trained by my own hands, and the strict marching order is a matter of course, if someone makes a noise just now and you don't immediately shoot and kill, I will scold you instead." ”

Seeing that the sergeant's face slowed, Xingu returned the reins of the horse to him, pointed to Amur and Qiqige, and said, "These two have taken care of me for many days, and you will send them over alive." With that, he walked on foot towards the center of the camp. At this time, the hussar battalion and other Lanzhou sergeants next to him saw Xin Gu's appearance clearly, and when they saw that he was unharmed, they were all overjoyed, and they were forced by the majesty of the military order to not make a loud noise, nor to get off their horses and salute forward, so they immediately raised their guns to signal when Xin Gu passed by.

Ge Yuanzhou got Xin Gu's order, erected a long lance, and politely let Amur and Qige get up, Amur looked at Xin Gu's back, and said in his heart, no wonder he always felt that Brother Xin was not an ordinary person these days, just looking at the respect that these evil sergeants respect him from the heart, he is a great hero. The last time the tribe plundered which god provoked, it actually attracted this lightning bolt, heavy as the thunder of the mountains to retaliate, the steppe tribe vendetta often left no room for revenge, the defeated tribe adult men were either all killed, or sold into slavery. His heart was heavy, and while sighing and worried, he picked up his wife and slowly walked towards the center of the tribe.