Chapter 80: Survival and Death
Liu Tugou avenged the revenge of being chased and killed for hundreds of miles with a crisp and neat ambush, which seemed easy, but in fact, he had exhausted his strength and scheming, and he had to spare a little luck.
After nearly 2,000 Di cavalry fled to the southern foot of Yin Mountain, the murderous name of the black devil spread among the various departments of Shu Di at an astonishing speed, and the name of the hundred cavalry commanders of the Destroying Gate complemented each other.
The second master himself didn't know anything about this, in his opinion, it was just killing a few people, and it was no different from the previous fights.
Speaking of which, these two thousand Di cavalry were first defeated under the first Dengzhai Village, and then on the way to the north, they were constantly cut with blunt knives, and even forced to cut off their tails twice to survive, so that they could still maintain basic morale and combat power, and the name of elite was well deserved.
If the second master hadn't killed that Grandmaster Wanshu first and broke the backbone of these two thousand Di horses, no matter how much the Di people feared the ghosts and gods, they would definitely not collapse so easily.
On weekdays, the savage and ferocious Heidi warriors could not be shaken by the tragic deaths of a few people, but would only fight to avenge themselves.
If you really want to be ruthless, the second master who is familiar with Di Xiao'er's night cry also has to obediently avoid its edge.
Eight of the twenty crows were broken in the brutal confrontation with Di Qi, and they were buried together on the sunny hillside south of the arch.
Liu Tugou looked at the two rows of inconspicuous new graves on the slope, and thought that these eight people had been lonely ghosts and wild ghosts since then, and they could not return to their hometown, so he inexplicably remembered the old willow by the Weishui.
Regarding Yu Da's state of mind when he planted willows, he suddenly felt a little empathy.
"At that time, 5,000 loyal souls, including the strong men of the first battalion of Xiuchunwei, buried their bones in the west of Weishui, and Yu Da, the king of Xuanwei, planted countless new willows by the Weishui, which is much more cold than our fourth banner. ”
Liu Tugou laughed at himself, and there was always some unspeakable emotion in his heart.
Two hundred years have passed, and the tombs on the west bank of Weishui are nowhere to be found, and only one of those willow trees has survived in the end, but I don't know how many of the eight new graves in front of us will be left in thousands of years? Will the graves be full of green trees and grass?
Cao Chunfu put away the eight embroidered spring knives that had lost their owners and carefully tied them to the horse's back.
He turned back to Liu Tugou and smiled: "I have always been a little indignant about Gongsun Long's hanging sword, and I feel that he, as a swordsman, is clearly blaspheming the sword soul hero, and it has not changed until this moment. ”
Liu Tugou nodded, rode on the back of the white horse and said: "People can't survive, and their souls deserve to die." Let these eight embroidered springs return south instead of them. ”
Fifteen horsemen returned south safely, and soon converged the men and horses led by Dong and Yang, and after some counting, there were seventy-two people left, and there were more than ten more than ten masterless embroidered spring knives.
Although the flesh and blood are lost, the bones and sinews remain.
Instead of chasing the fleeing enemy, the nearly exhausted Fourth Banner headed south, towards the lair that might not have welcomed them.
Along the way, they encountered scattered Shudi shepherds, as long as they saw the black cloak from afar, they left their cattle and sheep, and fled frantically like ghosts, which made the black crows of the Fourth Banner a little suspicious.
It wasn't until Yang Xiongji, relying on his mount, that he personally led the team to catch two herdsmen, and after some inquiry, he heard a terrifying legend that was spread like a god.
After that, even the black crows of the Fourth Banner looked at Liu Tugou with a strange gaze.
Liu Tugou scratched his head, feeling that it was difficult to say whether he could bring disaster to the country and the people in his own life, but he was definitely a big step closer to the goal of being praised by 10,000 people after death.
The closer it is to Xiandengzhai, the more inexplicable the atmosphere is, and Liu Tugou carefully distinguishes that it is a solemn killing when the wind and rain are coming.
Later, even the weakest spiritual sense of the foundation building realm and even ordinary soldiers were aware of it.
"My lord, there are always shepherds and caravans coming and going on this road on weekdays, but now no one can see it, I am afraid that Shuofang City has made a big move. ”
Sang Yuan, who was most familiar with the situation around Xiandengzhai, said, his eyes looked at Dong Dilang, wanting to seek corroboration from the well-informed son of the school captain.
Dong Dilang nodded, and also spoke: "After a few months of preparation, everything should be ready, no matter how hard Cao Junji grinds, now it should be in the capital of a certain border state." Originally, there were two preparations, if the Di people were strong, they would mainly stick to it, and if it was the opposite, they would take the initiative to march north and share the pressure of the rest of the states. ”
Liu Tugou sighed: "I'm afraid the main direction of the Di people's intrusion this year is not in Youzhou, that is, the northern expedition?"
"Ten ** is so, look at it, there are a lot of people on the wall. ”
Liu Tugou looked at it when he heard this, and found that there were many guns and halberds on the north wall of Xiandeng Village in the distance, and there were dense figures.
The guards on the wall obviously also found the Fourth Flag, the low and thick horn sound stirred the four fields, the North Gate Suspension Bridge was lowered, and more than ten black cloaks rushed out of the gate and came towards the Fourth Banner.
"Huh?" Yang Xiongji said with some surprise, "Being so careful and diligent, it doesn't look like Uncle Deng Wei acting first." ”
He glanced at the second master, and when he saw the latter nodding, he greeted him and led his men and horses to meet him.
The black crow out of the village was led by a chief, and Yang Xiongji happened to know him, and he was the person of the third banner of Zhang Jinbei.
When the chief saw the person coming clearly, he couldn't help but smile: "Master Yang, but Captain Liu Zuowei is back?"
Yang Xiongji was stunned for a moment and asked, "What Liu Zuowei, isn't there only one Li Zuowei in the first Dengzhai?"
The chief was also stunned, and immediately reacted, and hurriedly said: "The villain is confused, Yang Ye should not have heard the news yet, Chang Junmen is now in the village, and he has personally promised that as long as Captain Liu Baicai's exploits are true, he will be promoted to the captain of the left battalion immediately after he comes back!"
Yang Xiongji was even more strange, and asked: "When will General Shuofang be able to take charge of the house for Captain Xiandeng? Isn't Xiandeng Village defended? Li Songqi is at best a merit and demerit, so why can't it be the turn of the Chang Junmen to meddle in military affairs?"
Even Yang Xiongji, a scholar who has not been in the army for a long time, knows that in the border army system, the two titles of general and captain, have the heaviest authority.
Nowadays, no matter how many border armies in the four northern states are, there is only one titled general and two titled captains, and there are many soldiers under the command of the titled generals, and there are few soldiers under the titled captains, but they are all the elite of the elite, and a rough balance is basically formed.
Speaking of which, among the eight titled guards, Xian Dengwei is the most unworthy of the name, there is an empty shelf, but inside it is completely a death camp for prisoners and scum of the rivers and lakes.
If this were not the case, it would be impossible for a son of a family like Li Songqi who has an empty background and no qualifications to get such a prominent position as a lieutenant.
The first Dengwei has its appearance, Dong Yun's Yue Qiwei is difficult to support alone, and Shuo Fang is simply Chang Zhaoqing's family.
Even so, despite the repeated impeachments of the imperial history of the DPRK and China, Chang Zhaoqing was still able to sit in this position for 12 years, and the grandeur of the saints can be seen.
Now that the war has begun, this Shuofang general has openly stretched out his hand into the Xiandengwei, and his flying and domineering can also be seen.