Chapter 260: The Thief

The Han army's attack on the Taishan Army's grain road was a multi-way concurrent.

At the same time that Xu Huang led the cavalry to annihilate a Han cavalry of twenty people, more than ten miles to the northeast of it, there was also a Han cavalry of fifty people lurking in a dense forest.

This Han army squad was Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and their ranger team, including some cityside tribes of Youzhou Tuqi.

As the name suggests, the so-called city side Hu Qi is a tribe Hu Qi who camps on the edge of the city. The reason why this is so is because the northeast is bitterly cold, every time the north wind blows, the weather is cold and the ground is frozen, the vast northeast plain is unobstructed, cattle, horses and livestock are mostly frozen to death, and even some small tribes will disappear in one winter.

At this time, the open space next to the Han city became a barrier that could shield the Hu tribe from the wind and snow, so every winter, many small and medium-sized tribes rushed to request to be attached to the city to take refuge. Moreover, they can also trade cattle, sheep and horses with the Han people for winter materials. Therefore, the survival rate of the Hu tribe who can have the qualification of the city side in winter has been greatly improved.

But the city is good, but it is not without a price.

The first one was to have a blood tax and be conscripted by the Han people to fight. The second is that the treatment in the military is extremely low. These tribes of Hu cavalry are on the edge of the Han city, and life and death are controlled by the Han people, so it is not common for them to be beaten and scolded by Han military officials. But even so, the Hu riders still had to endure it, because their families were all in the rear.

It is precisely because these Hu cavalry can fight and endure in the city, whenever there is something in the north, the Han generals like to recruit these people the most, and they have no pity, anyway, the northeast is vast, and there is no shortage of such miscellaneous Hu horses everywhere, and there is never a shortage of Hu cavalry who want to sell blood for the Han people.

At this time, in a clearing in the forest, four or five tents were set up haphazardly. Surrounded by dense forests and swamps, especially one in the southwest, the camp is a special barrier. Before, in order to choose this camping place, there was a Hu Qi who didn't pay attention and fell directly into the swamp and was never rescued.

The flat ground was very wet, so the riders found some dead branches and spread them on the ground, and spread a thick layer of them. They also set up several sheepskin tents for those Han Chinese knights. It is a tent made of mud, branches and sheepskin, which is the means of survival of the Hu people in the wild.

When it was time to eat, in order to prevent the fireworks from being discovered by those Yellow Turban Army, Liu Bei did not allow anyone to make a fire. Therefore, everyone will eat some berries and tubers picked by the Hu people, which must not be enough, but fortunately, there is jerky to satisfy hunger, although it is difficult to chew, but it can be swallowed with water.

Liu Bei's team of fifty people, half of them are Northland Zahu, they are either Wuhuan people, or Gang people, or Lu Lou, or a mixture of these people, but more of them are Zahu who don't know their clan.

These people are brave and warlike, but they are careless in their bones, and they lie on the ground in twos and threes when they are full of food and drink, but if you think that they are just a group, then you are wrong. Beside them, there are piles of weapons, which they can pick up and fight whenever the wind blows.

Unlike the Han army's partial standard weapons, these miscellaneous weapons are available in a variety of ways. Among them were short stone axes, and some large copper-clad clubs, but more of wrought iron, which was their most customary weapon for hammering their prey. ….

The horses of these Hu people are also generally short, almost a head shorter than those war horses ridden by Youzhou Tu, not so much horses as larger dogs. At this time, these humas are scattered on the edge of the grass and chewing on water plants, and no one takes care of them.

But compared to the casualness of Zahu, the dozen or so rangers under Liu Bei's command meticulously fed their partners with beans. Not only feeding, but also using a horse brush to run the mane of his companions from time to time.

It seems that not only are the lives of the Hu people inferior to those of the Han people, but also that the horses of the Hu people are not as comfortable as the horses of the Han people.

Over there, the Hu people snored, and Zhang Fei looked at those people with cold and arrogant eyes, his eyes were full of disdain and contempt, as if looking at these Hu people was like beasts.

Some of the Hu people did not sleep peacefully, and they saw the strong man with the leopard's head and eyes looking at them. There were a few young people who had just come from the tribe to enlist in the Han army, and when they saw Zhang Fei's contemptuous eyes at this time, they were furious, not that they knew that this man with a leopard head and eyes was a Han soldier, and they were about to explode on the spot.

But some of the cityside veterans have long been used to it

This kind of systematic discrimination quietly comforts these young people.

Liu Bei knew what Zhang Fei was looking at, and sighed helplessly:

"Brother, these Hu people are the same as us, and they eat in the same trough, that is brother. You're looking at you a little too much."

Zhang Fei scoffed and said to Liu Bei:

"Brother, it's not that I, Zhang Fei, want to discriminate against them, but that people look down on what pigs and dogs do like this. My brother doesn't know that this kind of miscellaneous temperament, when they are in trouble, they can endure humiliation like wolves, submit and obey like sheep, and please you as sweet as honey. But once they gain power, they will show faces that are even more ferocious than wolves. Before, there was a group of miscellaneous beards under the command of Brother Gongsun, who were respectful and hardworking in the army. Later, when they went out to collect food, these pigs and dogs directly slaughtered a settlement. We Han people can also be killed by these pigs and dogs? Later, Brother Gongsun directly trampled these people to death. Phew."

After saying this, Zhang Fei was still angry, and spit out a mouthful of phlegm towards the position of the group of miscellaneous beards.

Liu Bei saw that Zhang Fei was still so angry, and said a little angrily:

"Those people are those people, and now that these Hu people have done nothing, you can't spoil the relationship between the robes and the ze. If you want your back to rest assured, you must have due respect for your robe. Got it?"

Zhang Fei wanted to say, but seeing that Liu Bei's eyes were getting more and more stern, he still didn't speak.

Liu Bei reprimanded Zhang Fei's arrogance here, and there was also a majestic young man in the miscellaneous group who was closing his eyes and recuperating, and there were also several warriors around him, one of whom was scolding in Wuhuan dialect:

"One day, I'm going to gouge out that ring-eyed man's eyes, screw that head off, and feed me that falcon."

A few people on the side also cursed those Han people with similar words, they were all the second sons of the Wuhuan tribe's handsome, how could they have been so angry in the past, but this time they went south with the stay, and they had enough of the bird gas for a lifetime.

Taton kept squinting, and the hair on his head was scattered indiscriminately because no one had taken care of it for a long time, and at this time, listening to the complaints of his companions, Taton opened his eyes and said:

"Let's not talk about this first, let me ask you first, what are you trying to do when you leave the tribe with me and come to the territory of the Han people?" ….

The companions choked and did not speak.

What else? Isn't it because they are all second sons, neither like the eldest son who can inherit the tribe, nor can he keep the stove like the younger son, so he can only rely on the tribe adults to be a relative.

Taton understood, so he continued:

"So you know, we don't really have anything. In addition to the bow in our hands, the horses under our crotch, no tribe, cattle and sheep have our share, so don't make any noble temperament, send people to the account, you have to be obedient. This time, we are here to see what the Han people are like, so don't cause me any trouble."

These companions are convinced that Tatun is the son of the tribe, and more importantly, Tatun is the son of the tribe, and more importantly, Tatun is brave to win the three counties at a young age. They were convinced that Tauton would be a hero like Maudun, leading them to the greater prairie.

He nodded to the companion he had just cursed before:

"Bagan, come and tell me, what do you think of the Han world all the way south?"

Bagen is a grown up man, and he cursed Zhang Fei behind his back before, but this will be a little paused, this tall man was silent, and finally said honestly:

"Tatton, I have seen the strength of the Han people, and I don't know if there will be any tribe in this world that can be stronger than the Han people. The cities I saw along the way, which one of them was more magnificent than our camp of Lord Wuhuan, no, even some of the strong walls of the Han people were incomparable to us. Then I also saw these Han knights, each with a stomach, a tall horse, and a fearless charge. And there are too many Han people, and the boundaries here are too big. No wonder even the Xianbei people, the overlords of the grassland, did not dare to face the attack of the Han Chinese."

His eyes froze, and he asked:

"Are you scared?"

Bargan didn't speak, but the meaning was clear.

On the contrary, an inconspicuous swarthy young man on the side was unconvinced:

"Me

Unafraid? I'm not afraid of Jeddah!"

This young man named Jeddah, Tiger Qi said:

"What's so great about these Han people. One of our Wuhuan people can beat a hundred of them. No matter how many sheep there are, they will only die under the claws of the wolf. And do we fight less with the Han Chinese? In the past, when did we and the Xianbei people not go south together to plunder the Han people, and which of those Han county guards didn't send money and silk to us and send them out of the country? I don't know what Bagan is afraid of, I think Bagan is old and scared."

Bagen was ridiculed by this junior, and immediately scolded the past:

"Jeddah, I wasn't in Hebei before, I didn't save you, your head was already taken off by those Yellow Turban Han people, and you dare to question me here?"

When Bagan said this, Jeddah was not convinced, and could only be speechless.

In the end, it was Tatun who made a point, and he said to his companions:

"Some of you have seen the strength of the Han Chinese, and some of you have ignored it at all, but I am the only one who has seen such a scene. There is a giant tree like a pillar of heaven in the Great Xianbei Mountain. Everyone can see the denseness and antiquity of this tree at a glance in the forest, and they will take it for granted that this giant tree will exist for thousands of years. But as long as anyone walks into this giant tree and hits it a few times with a small axe in his hand, he will find that the inside of this giant tree has long been hollowed out, and as soon as you strike, the giant tree will cry bitterly. And it's the same with this big man, I think this big man is rotten and moth, it looks tall and unbeatable, but in fact it won't survive for many years." ….

Then he explained to the crowd:

"The Han people are fighting among themselves now, and there will always be one side that wins. But no matter which side wins, the Han people will be greatly damaged and will no longer care about us."

The companions were swayed by what Ta Dun said, especially Bagen, who couldn't help but say:

"What are we going to do after that?"

Tatton picked up a dead branch from the ground, shook his head, and said:

"Shall we do nothing? After this battle, we will go back to the tribe, and no matter what we want to do later, we must first capture the young people of the tribe."

After speaking, Tatun plucked the withered branches, and his expression was full of perseverance and ambition.

Just as these people were imagining, a sudden quarrel interrupted the prospect of these Wuhuan people.

Just when Zhang Fei was silent when he was reprimanded by Liu Bei, these Wuhuan people endured the humiliation, but one of Liu Bei's rangers had a conflict with a thief.

The ranger under Liu Bei kicked away a man who was naked and only wore an old wool, and scolded:

"Take your dirty hands away, and dare to touch my urn with your fishy smell? Tired of being alive?"

Saying that, the ranger kicked the man again, no wonder he was so angry, the edge of his water urn was directly pinched out by the man with a black handprint, and he was sick to his stomach when he looked at it.

The man begged for mercy in stumbling Chinese:

"Thirst...... Water...... Wrong."

Obviously, the man couldn't hold back his thirst and wanted to take a sip of water from the Han ranger's water urn. But the ranger doesn't care about that, he has to keep kicking.

At this moment a younger man rushed out, protected the man behind him, and said in a slightly skillful Chinese dialect:

"What kind of man are you? Is it just bullying the weak? I've often heard that the arrogance of Han Chinese warriors makes them not tolerate bullying the weak, are you a samurai?"

The ranger was stunned by this, and immediately retorted:

"What you said about it, it seems that you miscellaneous beards also have strong people? Since there is none, then you must know what is wrong, come and be beaten, and don't make any tongues."

As he spoke, the ranger was about to kick the younger man as well, but was stopped by an angry shout:

"Liu Yan, who told you to move your feet on the robe? Don't quit yet!"

It was Liu Bei who said this, and at this time his two thick eyebrows had been upside down, obviously angry.

The ranger named Liu Yan heard Liu Bei's anger, and he didn't dare to move anymore, and he was honest and wanted to retreat.

But the younger man didn't know what to do, and he continued to refute what Liu Yan had just said:

"Who said that we Hu people don't have heroes, I'll find you one now."

After that, the man

He pointed his finger at Taton.

And Tatton and his companions looked confused, completely unaware of what was happening.

Then the man continued:

"You think you have strength, but this hero of our Hu people has more strength than you. I have witnessed him strangling a bear to death, and even killed dozens of people on the battlefield in Hebei. I don't believe there is a better man among you Han people than him. You can try it yourself, and if you can defeat him, I will admit that you Han people are good men. But if no one can defeat him, then you need to give us Hu people respect."

So saying, the man continued:

"It's the same respect as you Han people, with good horses, good armor, and good knives, it can also allow us to sleep with Han girls." ….

With that, the young man responded to the cheers of his people like a hero.

And Tatton wants to kill this foolish person, whether I am a hero or not, what does it have to do with you as a thief? Even you lowly *** want to make a knife out of my couch?

These thieves have never changed their habits, they always feel that everything is theirs, and now even he is their hostage?

But this man didn't know that his words had angered all the Han people in Liu Bei's list. Especially Zhang Fei, who was already full of disgust for these fishy bearded people, had already had a fire in his stomach, and at this moment, he was stimulated by this foolish remark, and the whole beard hedgehog Zhang jumped directly to the middle.

I saw Zhang Fei shouting violently, and directly ordered the couch, and scolded:

"Hot girl, the pig-dog-like thing is also barking, you come out and compete with me. I promise I won't kill you."

Tatun was annoyed, and he had been trying to avoid conflict with the Han Chinese, after all, in the army, if you were too prominent, you could easily be killed. But he never expected that he would be involved in an unjustified disaster by a delusional person.

At this time, he was scolded by Zhang Fei pointing his nose and was already standing there. The reason why he can win the support of the young people of the tribe more than the parents of the tribe is because he is braver and more powerful.

If he was humiliated like Zhang Fei and chose to escape, then he would lose everything.

Moreover, Tatun can't bear this reckless man with a leopard's head and eyes for a long time, since this is the case, he just taught this guy a lesson, but in order to make these Han people look good, Tatun also promised not to kill him.

He silently came out of the queue, and was about to put up a corner shelf on the grassland, when he saw Zhang Fei pointing out another person, who was the young man just now.

The man was still self-conscious, and felt that his methods not only used the strength of the Wuhuan people to make a knife, but also made his own group of people have face, which can be described as turning his hands into clouds and covering his hands into rain.

But suddenly it was ordered, and this thief knew that he had smashed himself. But he provoked the matter, and he had no reason not to do so. But it doesn't matter, with the stupid Wuhuan man in front, what effort does he have.

So in this way, Zhang Fei is one against two, one is a couch, and the other is a fool.

The duel was soon over. As soon as he and Zhang Fei twisted together, their entire arms were broken. And just as the thief was about to run, he was grabbed by Zhang Fa's neck and beaten to death.

And this time, Liu Bei only watched Zhang Fei torture and kill this man, but he didn't say a word.

Because after this man said that sentence, he was already a dead man in Liu Bei's eyes.

At this time, he was lying on the ground, looking at the sky in confusion, he felt that everything was so illusory just now, what happened? Why is this happening? He was able to stifle the bear's strength, but he was broken by the rough man in front of him.

When Tatun was dragged back by his companions, he was still in a daze.

Hot Niang, is this the warrior of the Han people?

Liu Bei looked at the fear in the eyes of those miscellaneous beards with satisfaction, it is precisely like this, not only to have grace, but also to have authority, this is the method of dog training.

After this skirmish, a person soon entered the camp, and it was Liu Bei's companion who led the way. The trick was clever, so Liu Bei ordered him to investigate the situation of the Taishan army's baggage team. ….

This will come back to him, and he will obviously get something.

As soon as he came over, he whispered to Liu Bei:

"Big brother, it's time to go, those people are coming."

Liu Bei nodded, first inspected the situation of the group, and saw that the morale of the heroes under his command was full, and the eyes of those Hu people were full of fear, but they were also prepared.

Finally, when he saw the couch, he said coldly:

"Can you still ride a horse? If you can ride, you can follow, and if you can't, stay here."

Tatun nodded hurriedly, he had injured his arm bone, and he had just been bandaged by his companions, although he would not need a sword, but he would still be able to ride a horse. He understood that he had to keep up with the team at this time. The wounded wolves who were abandoned by the wolves had only one ending in the end, and that was to be swallowed by the mountains and forests.

And his martial arts have not yet begun, how can he fold here.

Soon, Liu Bei's cavalry of forty-nine people packed up and stopped, and then gathered around Liu Bei. Looking at these stout subordinates, Liu Bei couldn't suppress his ambition in his heart, he didn't say anything, but took the lead in leading his black horse, leading the way, and then led everyone out of the forest one after another.

When they walked out of the forest, in front of them was a shallow stream, Liu Bei once again took the lead in leading the horse and wading through the water, everyone followed the river, no one wanted to wring out the wet hakama, and continued to follow Liu Bei forward.

After yesterday's autumn rain, today's autumn tiger is still coming as scheduled. The scorching sun roasted these soaking wet hakama riders, emitting smoke, which gave these people an indescribable atmosphere.

After crossing the stream, Liu Bei saw a continuous official road and an abandoned dock wall near the official road. The walls of this dock wall have traces of being roasted by fire, and the walls are full of ruins and weeds. Then several hares and wild foxes that were disturbed by Liu Bei and others sprang out of these weeds, and it was obvious that this dock wall had become their home.

Liu Bei took a look at it and knew that the abandoned dock wall needed to be occupied, so he ordered Zhang Fei to sneak into the dock wall with fifteen horsemen first.

Then Liu Bei asked for a trick:

"How long will the Tarzan Army's baggage team be here?"

He calculated for a moment and affirmed:

"It's less than two miles away."

Liu Bei nodded, Thaksin's ability to lead the move, because his teacher was Le Yin, and Le Yin's teacher was Hedong Taishou Shi Bi in the past, and he was known for his skills. Therefore, Liu Bei trusted the results of the calculation.

Liu Bei looked at the big day again, the sun was in the west, and it should be around the right time.

Liu Bei observed the terrain again, except for a small stream behind him, the right front is the official road, the left front is not far from the abandoned dock wall, and then there are several small slopes in the southeast, which should have been a good ambush point, but it is obviously too late to rush over now.

So Liu Bei had no choice but to take the remaining thirty-four horsemen, go behind the dock wall, and hide in the shadows.

Then everyone was titled, ***, waiting for the arrival of the Taishan Army's baggage convoy.

Everyone didn't have to wait long before there was a burst of sparkling wheels and the sound of the master's horn from the official road.

Liu Bei lay on the ground with a lead move, observing the prey. This is a very large convoy, at least there are more than 50 vehicles, according to 25 stone per car, this convoy is at least 1,250 stone, and it is worth their shot.

Liu Bei looked at the convoy repeatedly, and when he saw that there was no problem, he immediately played the horn, and suddenly the horse's hooves flew behind him, and the earth trembled.

In this way, the forty-nine horsemen launched a surprise attack on the unprepared Taishan army's baggage team with their horses.

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