Section 327 Tibetan envoys
When the two scouts heard this, they knew that the commander was suspicious, hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and fell to the ground on their knees, "The villain's investigation is unknown, and I ask the general to forgive me." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Although they kept kowtowing, they were not very afraid in their hearts, after all, everyone in the right army knew that this young right general was a soft-hearted person.
Liu Yu silently stared at the two people kowtowing on the ground and begging for mercy, and was silent, after he hesitated for a long time, he turned his head to the executioner beside him and said: "These two people have been beheaded, bring their heads back, and give them to their people, just say that they were cowardly before the battle, so they should be killed." ”
The executioner couldn't believe his ears after hearing this, why did this always benevolent right general suddenly change his mind and want to kill?
He beckoned behind him, and no soldier was willing to step forward to execute. One by one, they hesitated in place, looking at the two convicted scouts on the ground from a distance, looking indifferent.
After all, as soon as these two people die, the rules will be strict, and their next life will not be too easy, and no one will do such a stupid thing.
Liu Yu knew what they were thinking, so he said: "Scouts are the eyes and ears of the army, and if they lie about the military situation, then the army will be like a blind man, and it will be in danger at any time. If everyone refuses to kill the two of them, then wait for their heads to be cut off by the Tibetans. ”
When the soldiers heard this, this is indeed the truth. No one would risk their own head for the sake of someone else's head.
Immediately afterward, several people walked out of the team, pressed the two scouts to the ground, let them cry and scream, and pulled out their waist knives and cut their throats.
In a moment, blood flowed all over the ground in the moonlight, and the two heads were cut off from their torsos and hung in Liu Yu's saddle. Blood was dripping from the neck of the skull, moistening the soft hairs on the horse's breast.
Liu Yu secretly sighed and thought: "If you don't clean up military discipline like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the soldiers to control." No matter how good Xiao Heda's plan is, I'm afraid it will fail, and this trip must be defeated!"
In just a while, the news of General You's killing of the cowardly people spread throughout this team of more than 3,000 people, with mixed good and bad.
Liu Yu rode his horse back and forth in the army, only to feel that the eyes cast by everyone were full of fear. Everyone treated him with respect, but at the same time avoided him.
He felt a loneliness he had never experienced before, a loneliness at the pinnacle of power.
He had never really understood Jerusher, until this moment. Some of what Jerusherus had done, which he had previously seemed to be full of cruelty and cunning, had changed his mind at the moment, and there may have been a lot of helplessness in what he had done.
He summoned the herald and ordered his army to move on, toward the place where the fire was. Although the soldiers were afraid, they had to reluctantly keep up with the team, after all, no one wanted to be the deserter who would lose his head.
Although the sergeants were willing to obey orders, their morale was still low. He sighed, according to the situation in front of him, he had to lead the way to boost morale.
He whipped his whip and galloped ahead of his own army, charging straight for the fire. When the soldiers saw that the main general was bravely ahead, their courage suddenly strengthened a lot, and they all rode their horses to follow.
However, those Central Plains martial arts people were still lucky, they followed the back of the team unhurriedly, pretending to look around unintentionally, and saw that there were hundreds of Khitan soldiers from time to time to cast vigilant glances, these people all had their wooden bows in their hands have been wound, but they know that their group of people are being looked at by Liu Yu, and I am afraid that there is no chance to escape for the time being.
They were looking forward to a fierce battle, and at that time, these soldiers who were ordered to guard would not have time to protect themselves, and where could they take care of them, and with their martial arts, it was not difficult to escape for their lives.
After about half a cup of tea, Liu Yu led the right army only more than two hundred steps away from the place where the fire was. He ordered all the sergeants to stop, and after listening carefully for a while, he found that there was no unusual sound ahead, and then continued to lead the army.
Upon arrival, they found only a dozen blackened corpses, except for several burning carts and tents. It appears that the Tibetans plundered the herdsmen along the way, killed them and burned them.
He rolled over and dismounted, flicking the charred corpses on the ground with the scabbard of his saber, and found one of them still kneeling before death.
He turned to the Khitan lieutenant generals behind him and said, "Look, even if they surrender, the Tibetans will not leave them a way to live." ”
The lieutenants nodded, their faces cloudy. Thinking about it, they were still a little unimpressed by the scene in front of them. After all, there is a precedent for Mrs. Xiao's success in taking refuge with the Tubo people, and none of them will think that they are worse than a woman.
Seeing this, Liu Yu had a headache, and he couldn't imagine what kind of tricks Yelu Shilu had used to appease and recruit such a group of people with various evil intentions under his command for so long.
He pretended to be silent, and ordered men to dig a square pit a few feet wide in the ground, and pushed the wooden tents that were still burning into the pit, and then the fire became even more vigorous, and the sparks flew in all directions, forcing the soldiers to not get close. Dozens of other soldiers lifted the charred corpses on the ground, and threw them into the fire pit with all their strength.
Liu Yu took out a bag of medicinal materials from his arms and sighed: "I am leading the soldiers outside, and I didn't even bring a stick of incense, so let's pay tribute to the dead!"
After the herbs fell into the fire, there was a squeaky popping sound, and the rich medicinal fragrance drifted away with the wind.
The fire burned for a long time before it weakened, and the corpses in the pit were reduced to ashes along with the wood, and it was difficult to distinguish them from each other. Liu Yu ordered all the soldiers to come forward to fill in the pit, and the new soil was piled up high, and the right was used as a grave mound.
When he was done, he was about to leave with his troops. All I heard was the sparse sound of horses' hooves and the rough howl in the distance. The officers and men of the right army immediately recognized that this was the voice of the Tibetans, and they had been listening to this sound for several months, and they could not go wrong.
Judging from the sound of horses' hooves, the other party has only a few dozen people at most, but he dares to be arrogant in front of the right army of more than 3,000 people, and he must have a great reliance behind him.
Liu Yu patted his head and shouted to the lieutenants behind him: "It's not good, it must be the medicinal herbs I just threw into the fire that attracted the Tubo people." ”
He ordered all the soldiers to stop at the horse and obey the order, only to see the dozens of Tibetans rushing all the way into 300 steps with torches. He heard the sound of a squeaky bowstring behind him, and when he looked back, it was the soldiers who were ready to send arrows, so he shouted, "Maybe they are the envoys of the Tibetan people, listen to their intentions first." ”
The dozens of Tibetans were very alert, and they all stopped at a distance of two hundred paces, just within the reach of their own bows and arrows. (To be continued.) )