Chapter 3: Two Refugees, Two Arsonists
Just when Xu Hao was thinking a lot, he inadvertently looked up at the official road in the distance, and found that there was a panic on the official road, and the flow of people was surging forward like a frightened flock, and he could vaguely hear the crowd's crying father and mother, as the crowd continued to look back, Xu Hao couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, only to see the yellow sand rolling in the distance, dusty, accompanied by the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, and the smoke and dust were like a yellow dragon surging towards the tide of refugees.
"Zhou Jun is the iron horse of the Great Zhou. Looking at the flags that were ringing in the wind, the crowd suddenly panicked. The faces of the refugees by the river were whiter than their buttocks for a moment.
Qi brushed up his pants, but he didn't know what to do, just looked around with flustered eyes. Most of the people in the crowd are small people, and they usually only gather dozens of people in the countryside to fight fiercely, but they have never seen such a big battle, and a few poor refugees have already collapsed to the ground.
"Quick, duck into the dirt slope. I don't know who reminded me. The crowd only hated the father and mother for having fewer legs, and ran quickly towards the dirt slope.
In July of the thirteenth year of the Great Xing calendar, the younger brother of the late general Zhou Xiong, Zhou Ying, the captain of the Tun cavalry, led 100,000 heavy cavalry and went deep alone. The army stretched for dozens of miles, and the soldiers pointed directly at Humen, and encountered more than 200,000 refugees on the way without killing.
At this time, Xu Hao was lying on the small dirt slope with a few refugees, looking at the Da Zhou Iron Cavalry, which stretched for dozens of miles, driving the tide of refugees in front of him all the way like a flock of sheep.
After a team of brightly armored iron horses, there were rolling wheels of grain and grass.
"Brother Xu, what should we do now?" Lying next to Xu Hao was a simple fat man in his twenties, saying that he was a refugee, looking at his stomach that couldn't even be covered by clothes, Xu Hao really didn't believe it.
Looking at the fat man with a bitter face, Xu Hao smiled bitterly: "Fat Qiu, press down your fat ass, don't be discovered, what can you do now, when it gets dark, you can run, if you can't run, you can only continue to hide, is it possible that you can still rush down and fight with them?"
Qiu Fatzi twisted his fat buttocks, but Leng didn't press down a few inches, so he had to give up, and the bitter gourd face became more and more bitter.
"If you don't worry, it'll be dark when you see it, and when it's dark, we'll go around to the back of the Zhou army, and we'll be safe when the Zhou army goes away." Xu Hao didn't know how to comfort the fat man.
Terrible what to do, I saw that several squads were divided into the Zhou army columns, leaving the official road and searching on both sides, and one of the squads was coming towards the dirt slope where Xu Hao and them were. The atmosphere on the dirt slope instantly became tense,
Qiu Fat Man almost buried his entire head in the soil, but he still couldn't help but tremble, and kept whispering in his mouth, "Don't come, don't come over" Xu Hao could even clearly hear the fat man's heartbeat like a drum.
Seeing that the cavalry squad was getting closer and closer to the dirt slope, it was only a matter of time before it was discovered, and if it was only driven into the tide of official refugees, there would be no worries about their lives for the time being, but they were afraid that they would be used as ambush soldiers, and now these three or four hundred people would lose their lives in an instant.
The crowd had long lost the excitement of eating meat in large chunks, and now they were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, their eyes empty and helpless.
I don't know what evil happened, Xu Hao dragged the fat man buried in the soil and shouted. Then he swooped down the dirt slope and went straight to the team, like a fierce tiger.
The refugees around stared at Xu Hao, who suddenly looked like he had been beaten with chicken blood, with wide eyes and incredulous eyes.
Especially that Qiu Fat Man, who suffered from this catastrophe, he really felt bitter in his heart.
"Brother" Qiu Fatzi's face was full of resentment.
In fact, it was not only the refugees on the slope who were stunned, but even Zhou Jun's several horses were really startled by Xu Hao's voice.
At first, I thought it was an ambush of Daxing, but after waiting for a long time, there was no one except for two ragged refugees, and it was a false alarm.
Looking at the two dead refugees is even more hateful.
Several riders drew their sabers at the same time, and slapped their horses to meet Xu Hao and the two.
Xu Hao almost regretted it the moment he jumped out of the dirt slope.
Looking at the swords in front of him and the continuous army not far away, Xu Hao even had the heart to die.
Impulsiveness is the devil, and that's not true.
didn't have time to think about it, those few horses arrived in the blink of an eye, and Xu Hao no longer had the momentum he had before and galloped sideways towards the official road, rushing into the refugee tide There may be a glimmer of life.
But the movement here has already alarmed the Zhou army on the official road, and a few horsemen are coming in front. Xu Hao's mouth was bitter for a while, so he had to turn back and rush along the official road towards the baggage troops at the rear of the queue. The Zhou army is full of eyes, and only the baggage is less than a major general.
The Zhou army brigade was moving forward, but Xu Hao was rushing in the opposite direction, which made the Zhou army in the rear rush by Xu Hao before he understood what was going on, and when he reacted, Xu Hao and the two had already gone far away, and there was a mess on the official road for a while, but after all, it was a well-trained army, and it didn't take long to understand what was going on, and there were more and more iron horsemen surrounding the two.
In a hurry, Xu Hao glanced at the team loaded with a carriage like a hill, and when he pulled off the felt cloth, it was a cart of fine hay. Gritting his teeth, he took out the lighter on his body.
Grandma, you forced me to do this
Xu Hao casually pulled out a handful of hay from the carriage, quickly ignited it and threw it into the carriage.
With a "boom", the carriage that had been scorching for a long time under the scorching sun burst into flames in an instant, like a brilliant firework. The horses pulling the carts were frightened by the heat and galloped wildly, setting fire to several nearby carriages one after another.
Xu Hao didn't do anything, took advantage of the chaos to catch up with the chasing soldiers, pulled the fat man to order when he saw the car, just like that, he ran and pointed, and ran while running, and not long after, the smoke of the entire official road was billowing and the flames were soaring.
Qiu Fatzi blushed with a fat face, chattering while lighting the fire.
"It's over. It's a dead deal. But the torch in his hand never stopped, and the burning carriage was lit by the fat man five or six times out of ten.
"Kill the horses, kill all the horses that pull the carts. "Someone in the Zhou army finally came to his senses, but it was too late. The entire baggage force was burned at this time.
Looking at the firelight in his eyes, Zhou Jun's grain and grass escort officer looked defeated. The army's grain and grass were destroyed, he could not escape the blame, he knew that he could not escape death, and all his anger was inclined to Xu Hao and Qiu Fatzi, the two fire rats, and he wanted to eat their flesh raw.
"Capture them, live or die. ”
In fact, there was no need to command, almost all the sergeants in the vicinity gritted their teeth and pounced on Xu Hao and the others.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Xu Hao hurriedly pulled the fat man who was still happy and prepared to slip away.
But as soon as he turned around, he was dumbfounded, just now he only cared about setting fires, and he didn't pay attention to the situation, at this time, he was surrounded by the red-eyed iron cavalry of the Zhou army on three sides, and behind him was the heavy carriage that was still burning.
"Gollum" Xu Hao habitually swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
Qiu Fatzi, who was still excited just now, turned from red to white in an instant, the cigarette ash on his face was drawn out of the ravines by sweat, the Adam's apple rolled, and Xu Hao swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
"Brother Xu, are we ordering too much" Qiu Fatzi tilted his head sideways and asked Xu Hao cautiously.
Xu Hao only shook his head and smiled bitterly.
At this moment, the Zhou army, who was besieging Xu Hao and the two, brushed out of the way.
I saw an officer in black armor and a scarlet coat slowly riding a horse, followed by several horsemen with a clear gaze.
Seeing this man, the grain and grass escort officer of the Zhou army hurriedly rolled off the horse, took off his helmet and half-knelt in front of the horse, and muttered several times, but after all, he did not speak, and his face was full of defeat.
The person who came was frowning, it was Zhou Ying, the captain of the Zhou army.
Walked up to the unlucky escort officer, fixed his figure, but never looked at him squarely.
"Chop. The words fell, and the entourage drew his saber and slashed it, and the poor escort officer's big head rolled out of the way, and the frightened eyes before he died had not yet closed.
"Waste," Zhou Ying said softly, and the surroundings suddenly fell to their knees.
"The subordinates are incompetent, please punish the general. ”
Zhou Ying ignored the subordinates kneeling on the ground, narrowed his eyes, and stared condescendingly at Xu Hao and Qiu Fatzi, the two arsonists.
"Are you from Humen Chengkui or Tongguan Xudian?"
After a pause, he asked one after another, "Or is it the dead soldier of Mu Yun's old horseman?"
"Why, do you think that if you burn my grain and grass with a fire, you can survive for a few more days? The mantis arm is a car, and I don't know whether I am dead or alive, not to mention whether Mu Yun's 200,000 iron horsemen can arrive in time, even if he is stationed in Humen now, so what? Just that the old horseman who is about to die can reject my Da Zhou million male master with his own strength? It is simply a fool's dream. ”
"Today, I will not kill you and cut off your limbs, but let you see with your own eyes how our Great Zhou Iron Cavalry will break through your city and slaughter your soldiers and people. ”
Xu Hao wanted to defend a few words, but his eyes were full of fire, and the official road was a mess, how could he justify it.
Zhou Ying's horseman rode over.
Rather than having his limbs cut off, it's better to die to the death. Xu Hao tightened the steel knife in his hand, and wanted to fight with it.
didn't wait for Xu Hao to make a move, Qiu Fatzi, who had been swinging on the side, stepped across and stepped in front of Xu Hao, his face was hideous, but his lips trembled up and down without obeying the call, and his face was funny.
The slowly coming Hu twitched from the corner of his mouth.
"No matter how brave an ant is, it's just an ant. ”
Xu Hao wanted to tear away the fat man, but the fat man's feet were unusually firm.
Looking back, a smiling face that is uglier than crying. "Brother Xu, I'm afraid of death, I'm even more afraid of pain, they won't be able to kill me later, you must remember to give me a good time, I burned so much food today, it's really a sin, I've never seen so much food in my life, but why do you say I'm so happy!"
"Hahaha" The corners of the fat man's eyes were full of tears when he smiled.