The rumbling sound of horses' hooves spread down the grassy slope, one, two, four...... More and more Yan cavalry rushed down like a flood.

I originally thought that after burning the tribe, the enemy would leave, but I didn't expect the other party to wait for them here!

On Xirong's side, whether it was Luo Jingbin or Diagonal Pilot, his face first showed surprise, and then his expression turned into horror, rushed to the war horse, climbed up in a panic, and the voice of Diagonal Driver roared: "Queue, fight!" ”

Of the 30,000 cavalry, of which only 5,000 were the king's own soldiers, and the rest were mostly conscripted by tribal herdsmen, many of them and horses had reached the point of exhaustion from the great battle to the continuous rout.

The royal tent guards tried to gather, but the tribal herdsmen in the rear and on both wings did not hesitate to turn their horses and gallop wildly, and from time to time they looked back, and it was a picture of the cavalry rushing down the grassy slope in layers.

For a while, the array of 30,000 people gathered was collapsing in all directions at a frantic speed.

Luo Jingbin, who was sitting on the back of his war horse in a daze, ignored him at all, turned around the war horse, and ran directly.

The only remaining 10,000 cavalry commanders urged the horse to go over and pull the oblique pilot: "Diagonal Khan, go!" ”

The roar of the gallop drew nearer, and he glanced at it, then spread his hand, turned and galloped.

Countless horses' hooves shook the ground and came like a tidal wave of rage.

Sitting on horseback, he watched the thousands of Yan State cavalry seem to be tirelessly rushing towards this side, his head was buzzing, and his body was shaking weakly at this moment.

A chill crept up from his back.

On the opposite side of the field of vision, a horse holding a Han sword, riding a jujube red horse, taking the lead, roared: "Barbarian head!" ”

……..

"It's over." Diagonally moved his dry lips and whispered, his eyes closed almost tiredly, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

……

Han Jian reflects the light of the sky, and slashes down!

Wow!

The war horse roared and neighed, Huo Quai, pulled the reins, and the moment the red cloak was sprinkled, the red horse man stood up, he was on horseback, with a sword in one hand and a head in the other, and laughed loudly.

"Hahaha...... Joyfully! ”

Thousands of cavalry rushed past him, killing the fleeing Xijon cavalry.

……

The breeze was gentle, the green grass was shining in the sun, the light and shadow gradually tilted past, the dust particles between the soil trembled slightly, and then jumped violently, and the horse's hooves that brought out the sound of the wind stepped down, and countless dust particles rose into the sky and spread in the air.

"Did you find it?"

One of the Shadow Swallow scouts galloped his horse and grabbed the reins in the dust, and asked another scout he had met.

The scout who was questioned shook his head grimly.

They were sent out by King Xia to find the missing General Lu and General Zhao, as well as the young general, and now they had searched more than two hundred miles in the northwest direction.

A few moments later, several more riders quickly crossed to this side.

They were also scouts in the army, and there were still blood stains on their leather armor and war horses, and they had obviously fought with the Xijon people not long ago.

"You haven't found any of them?" The scout asked the first few horsemen who came over.

The scouts also shook their heads, looking at the sky, and a big eagle was also soaring in the sky, it was the giant eagle of the general under the command of King Xia, and it seemed that it had also been sent out to search.

Hmmm-

The eagle in the sky suddenly let out a high-pitched neigh, and the scouts gathered below, as if they had a premonition, were about to speak, when suddenly they heard the sound of horses' hooves, and then more horses' hooves.

They turned their heads one after another, and saw dozens or hundreds of cavalry rushing towards this side, and when they looked at the standard of clothing and armor, they knew that it was a white horse.

The other party also saw seven or eight people here, and immediately shouted: "Go out to triumph, you are here to greet you!" ”

"Yes!"

The eight scouts reacted and immediately drank excitedly, and one of the scouts took off the water bag from his waist and threw it at the opposite side, "Colleagues, drink saliva." ”

Immediately, they turned their horses' heads and galloped away in the direction of Yantang Pass, probably to inform King Xia, who was anxiously waiting, of this news as soon as possible.

These scouts quickly whipped their horses, crossed the white horse and rebelled when they met, climbed over the grassy slope, and let out a series of "Ride!" The soft shout accelerated towards the southeast.

The grassy hills, the lakes, and the hills stretched and verdant, and they continued to fall behind as they galloped.

A few hours later, when they saw their sight, the wagons loaded with the stinking and swollen corpses were pulled away by donkeys and donkeys, and in addition to the bone spears that were discarded, some leather armor and scimitars were collected in another group of carts to be pulled back to Yantang Pass.

Nearly eight days have passed since the previous battle, and the heads of the hideous-looking Xijon people hang from the western city wall, prisoners of the previous battle and this battle, but they are not yet finished.

In this way, the people in the pass were quite disgusted that the army's sword was not fast enough. However, for the battle with the Xijon people at night eight days ago, the pass was praised inside and outside, and many people rushed to the street to celebrate, and when the prisoners were escorted to the gate, the figures of the people on both sides of the long street were full of people, spitting and throwing stones at these Xirong prisoners.

Even the storytellers in the tea house in the past turned the stories of the chivalrous men of the past into the battle of Xirong Khan outside the Yantang Pass of King Xia.

"If you want to say that the king of Xia, he is very young, at the age of eighteen, he eliminated the traitors in the court, repelled the soldiers and horses of the Wei State at the age of nineteen, and swept the Central Plains at the age of twenty. There is a big battle outside this Yantang Pass, it is called a dark place, thousands of horses galloping, saying that the king of Xia is holding a sword that opens the sky, and a neighing beast is seated, and dozens of generals around him are lined up one by one, with big shoulders and round waists, and they have experienced a hundred battles......"

This kind of tea house storytelling, everyone knows that it is an exaggeration of the storyteller, but it is inevitably very refreshing to listen to.

"The Xia King is a star descending to earth, haha, this is interesting......"

"However, at such a young age, you can be the king of Xia and destroy the Wei Kingdom in the Central Plains, I am afraid that there will be few in hundreds of years."

"...... can have so many generals with him, it can be seen that King Xia is really powerful, but I don't know if the missing cavalry has been found, I heard that the leader is also a young general."

"Heroes out of boys...... I just don't know if the young general has a marriage match, and the old man happens to have a daughter waiting for him! ”

"Phew, old man Shao, your daughter's big cake face is too embarrassed to mention it."

"Why can't you mention it, isn't the big cake face a woman?"

……

Outside the noisy tea house, a few fast horses on the long street slowed down, crossed the street, and turned to a mansion in the pass.

At this time, Su Chen was discussing the next arrangements with Jia Xu.

"Dozens of wheels are obviously not enough, and while they are being built, they are being collected from people's homes." Jia Xu looked at the account books in the pass, and there were clear records of the means of transport.

"So many corpses can't be wasted, pulled to the eastern grasslands, scourged every lake and waterhole, and reduced the group of Xirong people in the east as much as possible."

Su Chen naturally understood what Jia Xu meant, a large number of Xirong people killed and killed prisoners would be used as another means of attack, this was a strategy that Jia Xu had fallen, before Su Chen had prepared a large number of troops to completely wipe out the Xirong forces, he would pollute the water sources in the eastern grasslands.

After all, people and livestock need water, and once the water here is undrinkable, and there is lush grass, they will not dare to set foot here.

"King!"

Outside the hall, Wu Zixun hurried over with a few scouts, "These scout brothers, there is news from General Lu." ”

The scouts landed on one knee, their backs straightened, and their hands arched.

"King Qiqi, we have found General Lu and them, and on the way back, a few of us will come back first, return to the king, and let the king rest assured."

"Reward!"

Su Chen waved, sat back happily, patted the handrail a few times, and heard the news of Lu Bu's return, and the stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

On the one hand, they are worried about their safety and the safety of the soldiers, and on the other hand, they can come back safely, which shows that the long-distance maintenance of the attack must have had an effect, but I don't know how much I have gained!

"Wu Changsui, immediately send scouts again, always report the way back to them, and also instruct the kitchen in the mansion to prepare a sumptuous dinner, as well as prepare drinks for all the soldiers who go out on the expedition, this money will be paid by Lonely, and all the drinks in the Guankou Restaurant will be sent to the barracks!"

"Did you hear the book?"

When Wu Zixun was ordered to leave, Su Chen looked at the scribe who was calmly drinking tea on the side, and the latter nodded with a chuckle: "Looking at the look of the king, it seems that I saw the joy of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty when he first heard this news." I want to congratulate the king, this time the champion Hou Ruo has won a lot, then the eastern Xirong disaster can be regarded as cutting off most of it. ”

Jia Xu's words are not casual and polite compliments, the grassland is 4,200 li longitudinally from east to west, and 3,500 li from north to south, and is ruled by three khans in the east, middle, and west.

At one time, the Yelang tribe outside Yantang Pass was a tribe under the command of the Eastern Khan.

Soon after, the scouts who went back and forth brought back the news of Huo Quai, Lu Bu and others, Su Chen rode to the east city gate in person, dismounted to greet him, looked at the mighty cavalry, and carried many luxuriously dressed captives towards this side, Lu Bu and Zhao Yun rode to this side first, turned over and dismounted and arched their hands.

"Lu Bu (Zhao Yun) conquered the Xirong Diagonal Tribe, returned with a great victory, and handed over the order to the king!"

"Two generals work hard!"

Su Chen arched heavily at them, and then the two cavalry who wanted to follow Lu Bu and Zhao Yuner back arched their hands: "Lonely for the people of Yantang Pass, thank you to the soldiers of the two armies for the unjust souls of Xirong who died under their butcher's knives this time!" ”

"No thanks, the king!"

The returning cavalry dismounted, and the crutches were half-kneeling. And in the middle, a horse came over slowly, with a high-spirited smile on his handsome face: "King, I said that I would give you the head of this brute head, and I would never break my word." ”

Huo Quzhi rode on horseback and raised his hand, and below it was a human head.

It was the head of the oblique man.

He turned over and dismounted, and pointed back: "There are also the family members of this barbarian, and they will be handed over to the king." ”

Good guy, this is a direct reproduction of the scene of the Xiongnu royal court.

Not only Su Chen was stunned, but then surprised, Lei Tong, Qin Qiong, Zhang Yu, Zhang Yi and other generals, as generals after Huo Qu's illness, were naturally too familiar with this paragraph.

The soldiers and horses began to enter the pass, and the barracks outside the eastern part of the city, where they were treated to wine and meat, and the two cavalry gradually left.

Su Chen stepped forward, stretched out his hand back, and asked Huo Qubing to enter the palace with him, "Champion Hou, I have prepared a wine banquet for you!" ”

Over there, the young general, holding the reins and standing on the side of the war horse, did not move.

Instead, he looked at Su Chen with a smile, as well as Lu Bu and other generals who looked around in surprise, and then slowly raised his hand and arched towards them: "I'm afraid I can't celebrate with the generals when I get sick." ”

"Champion Hou ......" Lu Bu was the first to be a little reluctant.

Su Chen knew that this was a token that Emperor Wuhan had temporarily obtained, and he could only use it once, he thought that he could let the other party stay for a long time, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.

"King, thank you for going to the sick, let me fight the steppe barbarians again."

Huo Quzhi held the reins, pulled his jujube red horse back, arched his hand towards Su Chen, and then, turned over on the horse, ran for a period of more than ten zhang, and in the voice of 'huh', he slowed down the war horse and looked back at Su Chen under the city tower, as well as Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Qin Qiong and other cadres to bid him farewell.

Maybe some feelings come to mind.

Huo Qu was sick and turned his horse sideways, held up his hands, and bowed on the horse's back: "I am fortunate to be here with you, don't send it!" ”

After speaking, a horse's belly was clamped, and the horse galloped to the grassland, facing the sunset that gradually sank westward, and the arrogant and majestic young figure rode on the war horse, and gradually disappeared into this magnificent glow.

"Goodbye Champion Hou!"

Su Chen looked at the glow in his eyes and muttered, then turned around and grabbed the reins and got on the horse's back, and smiled at Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, and the rest of the generals who followed: "Congratulations to the generals, enter the city and go home!" ”

"Your Majesty, please!"

The generals shouted one by one, and then bowed Su Chen back to the city gate, and Lu Bu, who was behind, hung his halberd and glanced back at the glow.

It was like a dream.

(End of chapter)