0159 Straight to the thieves' lair
Heishuihu is roughly distributed on both sides of the Kuli River, because no one has been able to establish a long-term stable rule, and no one can say whether there are many or few members.
Most of the Hu chieftains in this situation are mainly surnamed Hao and Liu, and one of them, the Hu chieftain named Hao Renwang has more than 10,000 people, and nominally commands the middle and upper reaches of the north bank of the Kuli River, and is also called Hao Wanqi by the Hu people in this realm.
This name sounds very powerful and domineering, after Li Tai and others evacuated Crouching Bear Ridge, their vision was not obstructed by the plateau, and the smoke and dust stirred up by the galloping cavalry brigade could be seen in the distance like haze in mid-air, and it could be seen that there were many people.
"Damn, it's a loss!"
Just now in Crouching Bear Ridge, he collected more than 200 horses, but because he was interrupted, he didn't do his job, the more Li Tai thought about it, the more depressed he felt, and at the same time he was a little curious: "It's just that Hu Bu was attacked, how can this Hu Bu chief make a big move?" ”
The internal subordination relationship between Jihu and the upper and lower levels is not close, if a group is attacked, the Hao chief will come out to avenge it, if it is really so bloody, it may have been dried up long ago.
If you can't figure it out, you're even more depressed, especially when you chase a group of angry pawns behind you, and the troops from the east also turn to this, obviously communicating with each other and exchanging information.
The two sides chased and fled back and forth in the wilderness, and as their horizons widened, they were exposed to each other's sight.
Jihu chasing troops converged in one place, it was really Wuyang Wuyang, at least five or six thousand people, except for the more than 3,000 people gathered before and after Woxiong Ridge, the rest were naturally the direct subordinates of the Hu chief Hao Renwang.
Although the situation seemed to be outnumbered and very critical, Li Tai and his party had sufficient horsepower, and once they fled, the distance between them was not shortened, but gradually widened.
But they don't know enough about this geographical situation after all, although there is Lu Chuan as a guide, but Lu Chuan's memory has stopped a few years ago, although the geomorphological characteristics have not changed much, but Hu Qing has changed a lot.
For example, right now, on the road they are on, according to Lu Chuan's memory, it is a flat river, but there is a Hu people's camp in the valley. Although the size of the camp is small, it is still an unexpected variable.
At this time, the Jihu people grazing outside the camp also noticed that their group was approaching quickly, so some herdsmen drew their bows and sounded their warns.
"Kill and go!"
Li Tai turned around and saw that the pursuers were still several miles away, and when he gave the order, he drew his bow and rushed towards the Hu people on the opposite side.
This is just a small tribe of two or three hundred Hu people, and there are only a few dozen Ding Zhuang, and as the distance is rapidly closer, these Hu people have fled back to the camp.
Li Tai and the others did not have time to dismount and pull out the camp, until the cattle and sheep herds left outside were gathered together, and drove to the simple camp fence to crash up, so that after several collisions, the fence wall has been knocked out of a gap, and the group rushed into it, and after a sweep, the strong ones died or fled.
Leaving the old and weak women and children, Li Tai didn't bother to kill again, only let people collect some soft and portable food, and pulled out a dozen horses in the stable, which took more than half an hour before and after, the battle and the sweep ended together, and continued to embark on the journey of escape.
This delay still brought the distance between each other closer, but when the pursuers at the front arrived at the newly breached camp, these Hu pawns actually stopped and cleaned more carefully.
Li Tai looked back at this scene, and his heart suddenly felt happy, Lao Tzu is a jackal, you are fucking vultures!
But this also reminded him, since Ji Hu is not taboo in meat and vegetarian, then Lao Tzu is still a fart?
"Call out to those thieves, let's not go anywhere else, go straight to attack King Hao Ren's lair!"
There are so many people sharing a small shrimp, and there are not enough stuffs between the teeth, Li Tai really can't bear to see the poor and sour appearance of these Hu pawns, Lao Tzu will kill big fish and eat big households for you, and strive to let you all live a fat year!
King Hao Ren, the chief of Nahu, brought more than 2,000 troops, even if it was a large tribe with tens of thousands of people, such a strong soldier would inevitably not have too much strength to go out and stay in the old nest.
If it weren't for the sudden appearance of this old bastard to disturb him, Li Tai would have been able to achieve his goal in Crouching Bear Ridge, and he was already very depressed in his heart, how could he make this old bastard feel good?
Anyway, they have now been left behind and eaten by themselves, and the horsepower of their guards cannot be as sufficient as their own, so if they don't hurry up to dig out their lair, they will be chased like headless flies, which is really not Li Tai's style.
After Li Zhi and a few other people who were proficient in Hu discourse heard this, they temporarily fell behind the team and shouted a few times to the Hu people chasing behind, and then the pursuit speed of those Hu people was visibly reduced.
After Li Zhi and the others caught up with the team again, they already looked at Li Tai with admiration, they really didn't expect that this technique of seduction and bewitchment could be used in this step, obviously their own side was weak and critical, but those Hu people's minds could be slipped away like dogs.
The Hu pursuers had their own evil intentions and began to slack off passively, but the Hao Renwang Division, who was slowly moving in the rear formation, did not know that the enemy had spread the word of attack.
"The number of enemies is small, why don't you pursue it as soon as possible!"
Hao Renwang has a domineering name, and his appearance is also mighty, with a seven-foot body, a round waist and thick shoulders, and he is a big lump on a war horse, and when he led the crowd to catch up with the men and horses in front, he shouted angrily.
The Zhuhu chieftains were hesitant, but they only deduced that the horsepower was urgent, and it was no longer enough to support such a high-intensity pursuit.
However, King Hao Ren, as the most powerful chieftain in the north of Kuli Sichuan, also has a lot of power, and there is still Chief Hu who whispered the shouts of the enemy troops in front of him.
"These thieves and slaves, how dare they ......"
When King Hao Ren heard this, he was immediately furious, and was about to shout loudly to speed up the pursuit, only to find that Chief Hu, who was originally chasing with many peers, was already cautiously leading his troops to distance himself.
"These fools, do they think that a mere man can really break through my camp? It's a joke, chase quickly, kill all these Han slaves, and then dispel those thieves! ”
Hao Renwang shouted fiercely on his lips, but he was also a little flustered in his heart.
He led the people to leave the tribe this time, naturally not only for the Crouching Bear Ridge Department, but also for a deeper thought.
Liu Ping's son Liu Zhenqiang sneaked back to this realm, and King Hao Ren was one of the first Hu chiefs his people came into contact with, and even Liu Zhenqiang was now hiding in his tribal territory.
In the ninth year of the Great Unification, the Western Army was defeated, and the disrespectful hearts of these Hu chieftains in the north naturally became hot, and they only felt that the defeat of the Western Army was already in decline, and it was only a matter of time before the Prime Minister Gao Cheng in the east became the ruler of Kansai.
But although the general trend is good, Liu Zhenqiang's guy is a little poor, and his demagogic rhetoric is not convincing. King Hao Ren planned to use his people to directly establish a relationship with the Eastern Dynasty, and he couldn't contribute by himself, just for Liu Zhenqiang to raise his position in the Eastern Dynasty.
He sent his subordinates to contact Diao Yinhu before, also hoping to increase his bargaining chips, but he didn't expect to be attacked and killed by the Western Army on the way back, so he just fled back to report to a few people, and this matter must have been leaked out and known to the Western Army.
He poured out of the nest this time, just to wait and see the movements of the Western Army and the dispatch of forces, if the Western Army really deployed to fight on a large scale as it did a few years ago, then he had to make preparations with both hands quickly.
This Western Army actually pretended to be Liu Zhenqiang's subordinates, so it can be seen that it should be in the same group as those who intercepted and killed their subordinates. Therefore, King Hao Ren gave up continuing to go west to peep, and turned around to catch up, wanting to arrest and interrogate.
In his opinion, this western army is outnumbered, and it is only a matter of time before they are culled and captured, but he didn't expect these people to be so bold that they actually said that they would attack his tribal territory.
At this time, although the tribe was somewhat weak, it was not all undefended, and in such a distant situation, it was not difficult to defend until the return of their pursuers.
But the most terrible thing is that those Hu Bu who are traveling with him near the left seem to have listened to the crazy words of the Western Army, and they have already made up their minds to sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman.
What kind of urine are these fellow clansmen, King Hao Ren naturally understands in his heart that if there is an opportunity to eat most of them, they will never give up. After all, this is how he grew up, and a few years ago, he followed the Western Army to pick up and merge the remnants of Liu Zhenqiang, and the capital population grew into the Kuli Chuanbei Hao Chieftain.
Those hundreds of Western troops may not be able to capture their own territory, but if these Hu chieftains around him think about it, then his situation will be dangerous. The tiger can't stand the wolves, so it's better to prevent it as soon as possible!
"The thief wants to attack me, it's my family business, don't work for you and the masses! Disperse as soon as possible, otherwise Hugh will be ruthless! ”
As soon as he thought of this, he was no longer polite, relying on the fact that he was still a large number of people, and directly ordered the expulsion of the rest of the Hu pawns.
Although those Hu chieftains had different thoughts, they had not seen the real benefits at the moment, so they naturally did not dare to directly fight with King Hao Ren, and each laughed and led his troops to retreat, no longer gathering in one place.
Only when the Hu crowd was intimidated and dispersed did King Hao Ren order his troops to advance at full speed, with the posture of returning before the enemy arrived.
This gesture fell in the eyes of those scattered Hu chiefs, and they were naturally extremely violent, and they were even more sure that King Hao Ren's headquarters was indeed empty in defense, and there was a great opportunity to take advantage of it!
As a result, the Hu pawns who had been dispersed gathered one after another and headed towards the location of Hao Renwang's tribe. In the evening, they reached a valley pass, which the procession passed in a narrow shape due to the topography.
But when the passers-by walked out of the pass, they saw that King Hao Ren was leading his troops to line up opposite the pass, and roared with a cruel smile: "Sure enough, the thief's heart is not dead, Lao Tzu will kill you first, and then kill Han Nu!" ”
As soon as he gave the order, the soldiers rushed straight to the valley mouth, and for a while the sound of killing was wild and the screams continued.
At the same time, Li Tai and others also came to the vicinity of King Hao Ren's tribal territory.
Looking at the rolling barracks and walled cities surrounded by mountains and rivers, even Zhu Meng, a veteran general, couldn't help frowning and said: "This fortress is so well prepared, even if there are not too many guards, it is not easy to break through!" ”
"Nonsense! Why are we the enemy who came to attack, it is clearly a righteous disciple who sacrificed horses to help Liu Danyu, call the door! ”
Li Tai frowned when he heard this, and refuted Zhu Meng's statement with a straight face.
(End of chapter)