Chapter 20 Tong'an Town

There were two people at the scene who were not hit, one was Meng Xuan, who was curled up on the ground, and the other was Tuoba Liang, who was still on the horse.

The main reason why Meng Xuan did not hit the arrow was that Meng Xuan's tactical awareness was really powerful, and he chose the tactical evasion action that could best reduce the damage at the moment of crisis, and another reason was that Meng Xuan's luck was good; And the main reason why Tuoba Liang didn't get hit by the arrow has to be due to luck.

The soldiers on the hill continued to draw their bows with arrows, but did not shoot the arrows in their hands.

Qin Zhen quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at the three Tuoba Feng who were about to escape from the canyon, Qin Zhen was not worried at all, since there were ambushes on both sides of Hengfeng, it was impossible not to set up an ambush in front, and sure enough, after a while, he heard the sound of horses' hooves in front of him, and the dust was flying.

Tuoba Liang's luck is really good, it may also be because he fell behind the team alone, he was unscathed, but, watching the arrows fall from the horse one by one in front of him, he was frightened, and while shouting wildly, he turned the horse's head and ran towards the position of the three Qin Zhen who were originally behind.

Because they were not too far away, when Tuoba Liang ran to Qin Zhen, the speed was not fast, Qin Zhen leaned out from under the horse's belly and pulled Tuoba Liang off the horse.

Tuoba Liang was shocked, and when he saw that he was being pulled down by Qin Zhen, he shouted: "You Han slave, dare to be disrespectful to me and want to rebel?" ”

Qin Zhen's eyes were cold: "Do you still remember Wujiagou Zhao Hai and other villagers?" ”

Tuoba Liang was startled, and hurriedly pulled out the sword he was wearing.

Qin Zhen tightly strangled Tuoba Liang's neck with one arm, and with the other hand, he flicked Tuoba Liang's head vigorously, and with a "click", he twisted Tuoba Liang's neck.

In terms of skill, Tuoba Liang, who is usually lazy, is not at all the opponent of Qin Zhen, who has been practicing martial arts with Xue Yuan recently, so when Qin Zhen pulled Tuoba Liang off the horse, Yang Xiaoqi did not have the slightest intention of coming over to help.

Killing Tuoba Liang, Qin Zhen did not feel uncomfortable after the first murder in the legend, but had some faint excitement and pleasure in his heart, and the trace of anger that was forced in Wujiagou in his heart was finally released.

The sound of horses' hooves was sudden, and Qin Zhen and the others were surrounded.

From Qin Zhen to find that the ambush road was surrounded, less than a quarter of an hour had passed.

Qin Zhen shouted loudly: "We are Han Chinese, I want to see your commander, there is an important military report." ”

A horse came out of the crowd: "I am Li Wenbin, the cavalry team of the Leopard Tao Regiment of Weizhou Zhichong Prefecture, what military information do you have?" ”

Qin Zhen hurriedly said: "We are just a small team in advance, followed by the team led by the centurion Tuoba Jue, it is about less than a day's journey to live here, Tuoba Jue is also the first march, and there is a brigade led by the commander Tuoba Yewang behind him, which is coming towards Weizhou." And Tuoba Feng's messenger will be here in less than an hour, and you must intercept him, and you must not let him escape. ”

Li Wenbin gave an order, leaving half of the cavalry to clean up the battlefield with the crossbowmen on the mountain, and then said to Qin Zhen and the others: "You come with me, and I will take you to see the captain." ”

Qin Zhen hurriedly said: "Slow down, my lord, in addition to the four of us here, there are four Han people, they have no weapons, no armor, they are very recognizable, I don't know if they are alive?" ”

Li Wenbin said a little apologetically: "They are all dead." ”

Qin Zhen was silent, in fact, the moment he saw the arrow coming down, Qin Zhen already knew their fate, not only did he not wear protective armor, but Meng Xuan was so good, how could he hide from such a dense rain of arrows.

Qin Zhen bowed his hand: "Please can you bury the four of them separately from the party members, since they are Han people, they can die in the land of the Han people, and they can be buried in the ground, which can be regarded as getting what they want." ”

Li Wenbin nodded.

Li Wenbin and the remaining half of the cavalry, with Qin Zhen, Yang Xiaoqi, Han Wenzhi, and Meng Xuan, rushed to Tong'an Town.

Tong'an Town is about five miles away from the place where Qin Zhen and them were ambushed just now, and Qin Zhen and they arrived in about a quarter of an hour on horseback.

Tong'an Town is very large, about two miles long and about one mile wide, but at this time it seems to be dull, the rammed earth city wall is mottled, there are black patches left on the city wall, that should be the blood stains that seeped into the wall, the city wall is not complete, but there are uneven gaps, some of which are very large, even more than one-third of the height of the city wall. There are also many houses outside the city walls of Tong'an Town, but most of these houses have collapsed and are empty.

Han Wenzhi saw Tong'an Town and sighed: "It is worthy of being an important post station on the trade road in the past, and a town is almost catching up with an ordinary county seat." ”

A sergeant beside Han Wenzhi said gloomily: "Tong'an Town had a population of 5,000 in its heyday, plus the villagers near the city, the total population reached 10,000, but in the past few years, there have been wars and turmoil, and the party in the north has often invaded. ”

When they arrived at the gate of the city wall, it seemed to be a little lively, and some of the people who came from all sides carried packages, some pushed carts, and some drove cattle into Tong'an Town.

Qin Zhen and the others entered Tong'an Town, only to see that there were many shops and houses on both sides of the street, but now most of them were deserted, and the doors and windows were closed.

There were also soldiers and civilians on the city wall who repaired the city wall under the organization of the governor, but the city wall was too big and there were too many gaps, and there were too few people to repair it, so they couldn't keep busy.

Li Wenbin took Qin Zhen and others to a city wall, Li Wenbin waved his hand, and all these cavalry dismounted, and Qin Zhen and others also dismounted.

Coming down from the city wall was a man of medium height, dressed in armor but without a helmet, and his face was covered with dust, so it was impossible to tell how old he was for a while, but the gray hair indicated that he was not too young.

Li Wenbin bowed his hand: "My lord, we ambushed those party members, there are a few Han people in their team, and they have important military reports, so I brought them to meet my lord." ”

After speaking, Li Wenbin said to Qin Zhen: "This is the captain of Weizhou Zhichong Mansion, you can state the military information you know to the captain." ”

Qin Zhen saluted and said, "I've seen Lord Captain!" ”

The lieutenant waved his hand and said, "The military situation is urgent, so there is no need to be formal." ”

Qin Zhen restated the military situation he had told Li Wenbin.

The captain pondered for a moment, his eyes flashed, and he looked at the four of Qin Zhen: "How do you prove that what you said about the military situation is true, and that it is not a spy sent by the party to mislead the captain of this school?" ”

Qin Zhen thought for a moment and asked, "If you are bold, do you know if the adult's name is the captain of the Wang Sheng?" ”

The lieutenant was a little surprised, "Oh, you know my name, do you know me?" ”

Qin Zhen said: "I don't know the adults in Xia, but I often hear my friends mention the name of the adults, he said that Weizhou City is fortunate to have the death of the adults to protect so many people from the poison of the party members, if the Han people can have a few more soldiers like the adults, the party people will not be so rampant." ”

Wang Sheng sighed: "Since I am the captain of Weizhou Zhechong Mansion, I am just doing my duty, but the country is poor and the people are weak, and in the face of the surging party tigers and wolves, my little captain is powerless to change anything, just to seek peace of mind; I don't know what the name of that friend is? ”

Qin Zhen replied: "His name is Chaochuan Wu, and he was supposed to be with us, but when there was something temporary, he went to the Chinese army of Centurion Tuoba Jue. ”

Hearing Chaochuan Wu's name, not only Wang Sheng's body was shocked, but also the cavalry led by Li Wenbin were also happy, Qin Zhen was stunned, Chaochuan Wu actually had such a great influence in Weizhou Zhichong Mansion?

Wang Sheng hurriedly said: "Chaochuan Wu, his grandfather is called Chaoman?" Was he abducted from the party three years ago? Does he know how to heal? ”

Qin Zhen said: "Chuan Wu didn't tell me his grandfather's name, but he was indeed taken away from the party three years ago, when I was on the same road with him, he does know how to heal, and his medical skills are quite good." ”

Wang Sheng took a long breath after hearing this: "That's right, it's Chaoman's grandson, the emperor has eyes, and Chaoman's grandson is still alive in the world." After speaking, Wang Sheng asked again: "You said that you and Chaochuan Wutong were taken to the party, what is your name, and you are also from Weizhou?" ”

Qin Zhen replied: "The name is Qin Zhen, not from Weizhou, but from Qinzhou. ”

"Three years ago, the party members did cross the boundary of Weizhou and went to Qinzhou." Wang Sheng nodded, believing the identity of Qin Zhen and the others.

Wang Sheng continued to ask, "How many people are there in Tuoba and Tuoba Yewang?" ”

Qin Zhen replied: "Tuoba Jue led 200 people to the south this time, including 50 Han slaves, 150 party sergeants, and more than 20 party soldiers in the vanguard team he sent, so now there are about 130 party sergeants with combat effectiveness under Tuoba Jue; ”

"As for the people led by Tuoba Yewang, because the environment I am in is relatively closed, I don't know too much." Saying that, Qin Zhen looked at Han Wenzhi and Meng Xuan: "I don't know if you two know?" ”

Among the four people, Qin Zhen and Yang Xiaoqi are from the Bulzhi Racecourse, what Qin Zhen doesn't know, Yang Xiaoqi definitely doesn't know, and Han Wenzhi and Meng Xuan are from other places, and they can access information that Qin Zhen can't contact, especially Meng Xuan, who is silent and inconspicuous along the way, Qin Zhen didn't pay too much attention to him, but he surprised Qin Zhen by showing his hand at the most critical time, and secretly sighed that Meng Xuan is not simple.

Han Wenzhi shook his head.

Meng Xuan took a small step forward and replied: "Tuoba Yewang has eight centurions and two personal soldiers under his command, so the men and horses led by Tuoba Yewang are about 1,500 to 2,000 cavalry. ”

Hearing this number, Qin Zhen obviously heard Li Wenbin beside him gasp, but Wang Sheng in front of him did not change his complexion, maybe he had already prepared for this number, or maybe the dust on Wang Sheng's face was too thick, and some subtle changes in expression could not be seen at all.