Chapter 9: The Escape Plan

Tuoba Feng touched the beard on his face with his hand, and thought: "Well, what he said also has some truth, Lord Tuoba attaches great importance to this joint training, if he does a good job and gets Lord Tuoba's reuse, the future is bright, compared with his own future, the requirements made by these slaves are not excessive." ”

Then he ordered: "Okay, I agree with your suggestion, and I will start to give you double the ration next month, and you can also take some of the leftover sheep bones and leftover meat we eat, and I have only one request, that is, to do your thing well and train these war horses for me." ”

"Yes!" Everyone agreed, and their hearts were full of joy.

Not only did Qin Zhen give them the opportunity to train their riding skills in a grand manner, but they were also able to eat well for the next few months, which was a great victory for them.

Tuoba Feng is also very happy, Han slaves are easy to use, not only honest and obedient, farming, grazing, mining and other kinds of work they will do, unlike those Hui slaves, not only work lazy, sometimes also want to resist and escape, last month I heard that Tuoba Shouchun their tribe because of the Hui slave escape incident and executed a group of Hui slaves. I have to give advice to Lord Jue, when I hit the grass valley this year, catch more Han slaves and come back, Tuoba Feng thought so.

The horse whip in Tuoba Feng's hand pointed at Qin Zhen: "After you finish your work, you will go to the guard to receive your rations for the next month." And when he had said that, he took the men back.

Tuoba Feng still kept his reputation, and when Qin Zhen, Xue Yuan, Wang Tiezhu, and Yang Xiaoqi went to receive rations in the evening, although the attitude of those guards was still very poor, they did give twice as much as usual, and even gave them half a bag of sorghum as a special gift.

When Qin Zhen and the others brought these rations back, the inside of the hut was also boiling, and everyone looked at Qin Zhen with gratitude in their eyes.

"How dare you jump out and make conditions with Tuoba Feng today, aren't you afraid that he will lose his temper and whip you again?" Asagawa asked puzzled.

Qin Zhen smiled and said: "If it was before, I wouldn't dare to do this, since Tuoba Feng mentioned the joint training in August, and the task of training horses was also given to us, then he would not let us be injured or executed because of some trivial things, and he would also be damaged when we were damaged, if we all died, who would raise and train horses for him?" In their eyes, our lives are not valuable, but when our lives are linked to their interests and futures, our lives are worth something. ”

"Moreover, although we have not had much contact with Tuoba Feng in the past two years, I also have a general understanding of some of his character, Tuoba Feng looks fierce and cruel on the surface, but at the same time there are some cunning and some calculations of his own in private, as long as he has calculations, he will consider the gains and losses, and the gains are far greater than the losses, and Tuoba Feng is completely acceptable to our conditions."

"How sure are you about this?" Asagawa continued to ask.

Qin Zhen stretched out his hand and gestured: "Seventy percent!" ”

"Seventy percent of you dare to take risks, you are now our backbone, if you have any losses, we can't afford it, if there is such a thing next time, you tell me, I will do it." Asagawa said with a frown.

Qin Zhen laughed: "Chuanwu, your role is much more important than mine, and you are the one who can't take risks among us; Besides, our lives are not worth much, and the seventy percent certainty is already very high, and it is worth the risk I take. ”

Immediately, Qin Zhen looked around at the hut and said to everyone: "In the next few months, we can not worry about being hungry, and we can practice riding in the open, so in the next time, everyone will shift all the focus to training riding, we only have three months, and we will have no chance from August." ”

"Don't worry, you won't be held back if you sacrifice your life this time!" The morale of the crowd was high.

Qin Zhen called Xue Yuan and Ma Xuan outside alone, found an open place without any shelter, and said in a low voice: "Xue Yuan, Brother Ma, do you want to escape?" ”

Xue Yuan's eyes lit up: "You really have an idea, tell me quickly, as long as there is a slight opportunity, I am willing to give it a try." ”

Ma Xuan frowned: "The idea of escaping, I estimate that everyone has this idea more than hundreds of times, but where we flee, there are party members all around, even if we escape from here, less than a hundred miles, we will definitely be caught, and at that time, we will be dead." ”

Qin Zhen chuckled: "Of course not now, I've been looking for an opportunity, there is an opportunity now, I think if we plan well, we can take advantage of this opportunity, so let's discuss it with the two of you." ”

"What chance?" Xue Yuan's eyes were full of eagerness.

Qin Zhen said: "This place is surrounded by party members, but if there is a chance, and the surrounding area is full of Han territory, we will have a much greater chance of escaping." ”

Xue Yuan and Ma Xuan's eyes lit up at the same time: "You mean that it was when the party members invaded the south in the autumn?" ”

Qin Zhen nodded.

Xue Yuan smiled lightly: "No wonder you asked everyone to practice riding skills, I felt that you must have some plan at the time, and this will finally understand." ”

Qin Zhen nodded and said: "This is just a preliminary idea of mine, if we want to finally realize this idea, we need to carry out careful planning, and every step in the middle cannot go wrong, so we need to deduce and make up for the problems that may arise at each step, this is our only chance to escape, so I don't want to miss it." ”

Ma Xuan also nodded: "This is indeed our only chance to escape, to realize this opportunity, there must be a major premise, that is, the party members must invade the south, and we must be in the team of the southern invasion." Liangzhou is right in the center of the party's chassis, and it is possible that they will go west to fight back the Suren. ”

Qin Zhen pondered for a moment before he said: "There is indeed such a possibility, but this possibility is not very large, according to my observation over the past two years, the strategic policy of the Dangxiang people is to defend the west and attack the south, and in the past two years, we have heard very few battles between the Dangxiang people and the Hui people; Moreover, the Han people in the south are weak and can be bullied, if they invade the south, they can get a lot of property and Han prisoners, while the Hui people in the west will not be so weak, and the Hui people over there are poorer than the Dangxiang people, and there is not much benefit in fighting with the Hui people, I think unless the Hui people take the initiative to attack, otherwise it is unlikely that the Dangxiang people will go west. ”

Xue Yuan said: "I think Qin Zhen's analysis is very reasonable, if the party people really go west this year, it's a big deal that we wait for the next opportunity, I think they will always invade the south, this is their nature, whether it is to go to the direction of Yanzhou or Qinzhou is our opportunity, now the first thing we have to do is to follow the team of the southern invasion, this matter we can't master, it is completely a matter of the party people's thoughts." ”

Ma Xuan also nodded, approving Qin Zhen's reasoning analysis and Xue Yuan's question, and then frowned and fell into thought.

Qin Zhen still had a peaceful smile on his face: "I am just putting forward this idea and the general direction now, I will definitely encounter a lot of problems, I can't think of a solution for a while, it is certain, if it can be completed so simply, we will not wait for this opportunity, now the three of us have to do our own deduction of this process, find out all the problems as much as possible, and we will meet in a few days to put forward our respective ideas and opinions, and discuss solutions with each other." ”

Hearing Qin Zhen say this, Ma Xuan's frowning brows widened, and he smiled self-deprecatingly: "The method Qin Zhen said is feasible, and my problem of drilling the horns of the bull can't be changed." ”

Qin Zhen said with a smile: "Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses, Brother Ma doesn't have to be demanding, Brother Ma, your mind is more meticulous than me and Xue Yuan, and you are far more experienced than me in dealing with specific things, this is your strength, and this matter is not something that one of us can accomplish, we must rely on everyone's wisdom and strength." ”

"Then can we have a meeting together and discuss it?" Xue Yuan asked.

Qin Zhen shook his head: "I don't think it's time yet, this matter is not only about our lives, but also about our freedom, and it must be kept secret." I believe that they will also keep secrets, but there are many people who know about the matter, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be leaked, and some people because of their personalities, they can't hide things in their hearts at all, if they know about it, after a long time, it is likely that there will be some abnormal reactions, if it is detected by the party members, we will never have a chance again. My idea is that there are some issues that can be consulted without divulging secrets, but this matter is limited to the three of us for the time being. ”

Ma Xuan nodded and said: "I agree with Qin Zhen's opinion, now we are in the dark, the party members are in the light, our advantage is that we are hiding in the dark, and our disadvantage is also because we are in the dark, as long as we see a little light, it may lead to failure, and we have no chance to do it again, so secrecy is an important factor in the success of this plan." ”

Xue Yuan thought for a while and agreed with Qin Zhen and Ma Xuan's words: "That's it, let's go back and deduce according to Qin Zhen's idea, and after a while, the three of us will come up with our own ideas and discuss the feasibility and the implementation plan later." ”

"Okay, that's it, no matter who asks when you go back, just say that we will discuss the training of war horses!" Ma Xuan added.

Qin Zhen and Xue Yuan nodded at the same time.

In May, the breeze of the Bulzhi grassland is not dry, and the scattered wildflowers are waiting to bloom, dotting this green grassland, full of vitality.

Those war horses had been holding back in the stable for a long time, and they were released at this time, and they even spread their hooves and galloped wildly on the grassland, Qin Zhen and the others each rode a horse to guide them, so as not to let these war horses run wildly.

After these war horses gradually got used to the fact that they could have grass to eat every day, they slowly lost the restlessness at the beginning and quieted down, at this time, Qin Zhen and the others began to prepare for training, ten of them, they could train ten horses every day. After such rotation, all the war horses can be trained in half a month.

In order to allow Qin Zhen and the others to train their war horses normally, Tuoba Feng gave Qin Zhen and the others a pair of saddles and stirrups each, and also sent two guards Tuoba Liang and Tuoba Ze as supervisors to supervise their training every day.