Chapter 2: Reunion VI
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This is not a rational decision, a rational leader, will not forget his original intention because of the accidental events encountered on the way, let alone take all his companions to risk easily. However www.biquge.info none of the other six men and one woman present spoke against it. just silently put away their weapons and silently walked towards their respective war horses.
The Khitans in the valley quickly retreated beyond the Great Wall with their booty. The Liao court acquiesced to their attack on the grass valley, and the Han officials in the southern court pretended to be deaf and dumb for their behavior, but this did not mean that they could launch an attack on the fortresses and towns in the Liao state. Most of the time, their prey in the southern part of Yanshan was limited to the footmen who went north to sell goods, the long-distance travelers who went out to visit relatives and friends, and the farmers who hid in the mountains to open up wasteland and farmed land and refused to submit to the Liao king. In this way, even if someone reports to the official afterwards, the local government can directly blame the crime on the horse thief, so as not to have to face the real culprit under the pressure of public anger.
Guo Ren, who was born as a scout, was the first to follow him. After patiently waiting for the time of the small half-pillar incense, Chai Rong quietly followed with everyone. Everyone followed the mark left by Guo Ren and headed north. Soon, the whole team disappeared into the mountains.
As a natural boundary between agricultural and grassland areas, the Yanran Mountains are very vast. The length from east to west is nearly 1,000 miles, and the span from north to south is more than 60 miles even in the narrowest place. In such a vast mountainous terrain, it can be difficult to track down a group of marauding tribal warriors who roam and plunder. Several times, Ning Ziming suspected that everyone had lost their way, and pulled the reins of the war horse and gasped. But in the next moment, Chai Rong could always find a contact code left by the scout in some inconspicuous corners, and then led everyone to continue to chase after him.
"The terrain is complicated, it's not a bad thing for us!" lest everyone be frustrated by fatigue, while pushing the butt of the mount and staggering along the rugged mountain road, Zhao Kuangyin helped Chai Rong boost morale. "We are far outnumbered by our opponents, so we can only use the cover of the terrain to attack them. If you kill someone in Yanshan, it's easy to get out safely afterwards!"
"This is a tribe that went out to fight the grass valley, so we must do it before they join the team!" Wiped the sweat and whispered a reminder.
"You're right, the sooner we do it, the better. However, from the morning to the present, they are very tired. As long as you find a suitable place to camp, you will definitely stop and eat dry food first!" Zhao Kuangyin looked back with a smile, his eyes full of encouragement.
"I'll follow you in a while!" Feeling the warmth in Zhao Kuangyin's eyes, Han Jing panicked and quickly twisted his head to the side. "I, although my family lives in the hidden capital, but I am not with them, not with them. If, if he had known of their evil deeds this morning, Ken, surely he would ......"
She has a part of the people on her body, or other alien blood, and her complexion is much lighter than that of the Central Plains woman. After strenuous exercise, the face, ears and neck exposed to the fur coat all took on a delicate red color. Illuminated by the rising sun, it is as brilliant as a peony in the middle of summer. (Note 1)
Zhao Kuangyin's eyes froze slightly, swallowed and spit, and his throat surged slightly. But soon, he suppressed the desire in his heart, returned his gaze to the mountain road ahead, and added in a low voice: "When you make a move, you find a critical position and shoot those who try to organize resistance with your bow and arrow." The charge is best left to me and the third brother. Both of us use thick and clumsy blades, which are best suited for hard hits. Brother Chai took the others to play the second round. As long as the sneak attack is sudden enough, after two rounds, the enemy will flee for their lives. I don't even care how many people there are on our side!"
"Their speed has slowed down!" Chai Rong, who was walking at the front of the line, quietly turned his head and said in a very low voice, "I faintly heard the sound of water just now, there should be a mountain stream ahead." In this season, where there is water, there must be grass that has just grown. β
As if in response to his words, the war horse began to snort lowly. As a result, they had to put their hands on the horse's mouth, lest it reveal everyone's whereabouts.
For animals who have eaten hay and concentrate all winter, the newly emerging grass sprouts are simply a top-notch tonic. If you have the opportunity to take a small bite, you would rather risk being preyed upon by wolves. And the sense of smell and sensitivity of war horses are several times that of humans. Even across a mountain, you can smell the scent of grass buds in the air.
The next road is no longer a person pushing a mount. Instead, the mount dragged the man on the reins and stumbled along the narrow, rugged mountain road. Sometimes the edge of the mountain road is a deep valley, and if you step on the air, you will fall into a pile of meat puree. Sometimes on both sides of the mountain road, there is smoke and fog, and people and horses pass through the center, and the taste is wafting and fairy.
However, no one did a longer stay. Whether it is a cliff or a sea of fog, it can't attract much of their attention. The horses were busy enjoying the tender grass buds, while the people quietly tightened their grips on the march.
The destination will not be too far away, and the marks left by the scouts are getting denser and denser. The mountain winds became more and more cold, and the breathing of men and horses became heavier. Behind a huge stone wall, Chai Rong suddenly stopped and waved his arm back quickly. The sound of breathing and the mountain wind stopped abruptly, and a few long pastoral songs quickly penetrated everyone's ears.
It was the bandits who "beat the grass valley", and when they had harvested enough stolen goods, they turned back into innocent shepherds. Squatting on the bank of the mountain stream more than three or four hundred steps away from everyone, he roasted the hares and pheasants he had just caught on a bonfire, and sang a long song.
"Huh, wulala, huh, hehrββ!a, hehe
I have to admit that most of them have good voices. The song is also full of sunshine and attachment to the sky and the earth. However, Chai Rong, Zhao Kuangyin, Ning Ziming and others, no one was interested in appreciating them carefully. One by one, the cats bent their legs around the stone wall that stood in their way, hiding their bodies among the nearby thorns.
Looking through the thorns, which were just beginning to turn green, they could see the general situation of the enemy. There were almost forty or so of them, which was twice as many as before. Among them, a few women dressed up, and without even washing the blood stains on their hands, they found beautiful silks, hairpins, hairpin rings, and other objects from the stolen goods, and piled them up on their bodies regardless of size.
The men of the tribe were busy preparing food and washing their horses. Constantly people fished out colorful stones from the icy stream and gently threw them at the female companion who was rummaging through the stolen goods. The women who received the stones did not refuse to come, and every time they received a colored stone, a string of "giggles" laughed from their mouths.
"It's two bands of robbers, who just met here. Maybe there are others, I can't be sure at the moment!" Chai Rong pointed with his hand to the position only fifty steps away from the stream, and discussed with everyone in a low voice, "Guo Ren is over there, I just saw the signal he sent me with a copper mirror. He, he suggested that we attack on foot when we get closer!"
"He's right, the war horse is too easy to be discovered! We can only walk!" Zhao Kuangyin quickly glanced around a few times and responded in a low voice. "I'll take the lead with the third child, big brother, you ......"
"Let's go up together, first kill the one with the two white mink tails hanging under the hat, that person is a leader!, and then press them as far as possible into the stream!" Chai Rong shook his head and quickly vetoed. "Wait, there seems to be a Han man over there, barbecuing meat for them. He, why wasn't he killed!"
"It's supposed to be a Khitan speaking interpreter. The henchman Guo Shu quickly gave an answer next to him, "After they robbed, they definitely need to find a place to sell the stolen goods." That's when Han Chinese interpreters come in handy!"
"Then let's kill them together. This kind of thing for the tiger must be a scourge to keep!" Chai Rong heard this and quickly made a decision. "Miss Han stays here, and the rest of the people follow me......"
"Wait, I still have a way!" Ning Ziming suddenly nudged him lightly, eagerly stopping him, "They don't know how many of us there are, and they don't know if we have any war horses." If Sister Han and I go out first, we will attract them with bows and arrows......"
"It is worthy of General Xiao Ning under the command of Chang Jiedu!" Chai Rong waved his fist excitedly and praised in a low voice.
"Good brother, it really lives up to its name!" Zhao Kuangyin first consulted Han Jing's opinion with his eyes, and made sure that the latter had no objection, and then quietly gave a thumbs up.
The group quickly began to divide the work, and five of them returned to the broken wall and led their horses to prepare for battle. Ning Ziming and Han Jing took bows and arrows and portable weapons, and once again quietly sneaked to the river beach under the cover of a cluster of thorns on the hillside. Two against more than forty, if they are not careful, they will put their lives into it. However, the two gritted their teeth, neither of them turned back, and tried not to make any sound.
Three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps, a hundred steps, sharp thorns pierced people's faces with blood. On the hillside below, the soil is as soft as dough. There had been a few breaths to go, and Ning Ziming felt that he had been discovered by the enemy. However, before he could make any moves, his opponent turned his head to the campfire and sang loudly at the oily roast.
There was a blue sky, there were white clouds, there were looted possessions, and there were beautiful women. At this moment, the tribal warriors were so satisfied that they forgot where they were. Forget that anyone who does evil will be punished!
"Mirror!" Fifty paces away from the stream, Ning Ziming decisively stopped and quietly nodded at his scout.
Guo Ren, who was in charge of stalking, had already seen them, and his eyes were round in surprise. Immediately, he understood Ning Ziming's intention, stood up decisively, and simply turned the copper mirror in his hand to the side of the stream.
"Brush-" A straight light shot on the white eagle's tail, clear and dazzling.
"Who ββ?" The tribal general, who was drinking and singing, jumped up suddenly, put his hands on the pergola, and shouted in the direction of the bronze mirror.
"Whoosh!whoosh!" the two eagles flew in. One hit him right in the throat, and the other shot into his lower abdomen, reaching his feathers.
Note 1: The Xia tribe, one of the ethnic minorities who disappeared from the grasslands. Its men and women are white and beautiful, and they are called Bai Di and Bai Erdizi. From the Tang Dynasty to the end of the Tang Dynasty, most of them were captured by other tribes and trained as slave bed companions and sold to large families in the Central Plains.
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