Chapter 505 Race against time
Yuan Niang shrank her neck like a quail, not daring to raise her head to look at the Tatar officer.
This timid appearance is exactly the same as that of other women in the team.
The Tatar officer narrowed his eyes. He always felt that he had seen this woman before: "Raise your head!"
Yuan Niang closed her eyes and raised her head.
A long wound ran from his forehead to his chin, and his face was also gray.
It doesn't look suspicious.
But the Tatar officer still felt something was wrong: "Where did the wound come from? Where do you live?"
Yuan Niang's heart skipped a beat. Because she was in a hurry to leave the city, she usually didn't see the Tatars talking to each other. The civilian husband conducted the interrogation so carefully that the fake identity he created could not withstand the investigation.
"I..."
At the moment of lightning, Yuan Niang was slapped hard on the back, which caused burning pain.
What followed was an old woman's scolding: "You're such a loser, you've brought me trouble again! If you can't make any money back today, do you think I'll beat you to death?" !"
After scolding Yuan Niang, the old woman licked her old face and knelt down to the Tatar officer: "Officer Master, this bitch is my daughter-in-law. She didn’t work hard, and she was punished by my son yesterday. This has nothing to do with our family!”
The old woman's singing and chanting of beatings portray the image of a commoner old woman who is mean, ruthless, and as timid as a mouse.
There was a hint of fear for the old woman in Yuan Niang's eyes. She wanted to shrink into a ball and call out "Mother" pitifully.
The old woman stared back at her: "What are you shouting for! If you bring trouble to our family, I will let my son divorce you!"
The Tatar officer frowned impatiently, too lazy to listen anymore, and kept his feet on the horse. With a kick in the abdomen, he left the city.
The old woman and Yuan Niang breathed a sigh of relief.
But there were still many eyes around them, scanning the two of them vaguely.
The old woman grabbed Yuan Niang’s ear and cursed her as she followed the team of people leaving the city: "You loser, what do you think you can do?! I want you to come out and sell some hard work. I don’t have any money yet." If you earn it, your whole family will almost get involved!”
The old woman was scolding and pushing her, as if she really was a mean old woman.
The two fell silent until they followed the team out of the city far away.
The team of civilians was filled with dead silence. Everyone numbly escorted the grain and grass and moved forward according to the designated route.
I don’t know how long we walked. After the sun set and the moon rose, the leading Tatar asked everyone to stop and settle down not far from a hillside.
It is naturally impossible for the Tatars to prepare dinner for the Han people. The people all bring their own dry food to work.
They took out hard multigrain cakes from their small torn pockets, some of which were mixed with wild vegetables, while others were mixed with rice bran.
On the grassland, water is precious. The farmers took a bite, held it in their mouths, slowly softened it with saliva, and then swallowed it with difficulty.
Yuan Niang didn’t eat because her small satchel contained thick steamed buns, which did not match her current status.
Yuan Niang looked around calmly, feeling very anxious.
She can no longer follow the team. If she enters the Tatar camp and wants to escape to the other side, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky!
She must leave the civilian team and take another road to Yunzhou Camp!
The anxiety in Yuan Niang's eyes made the old woman look at her several times.
Finally, a dark cloud covered the moon, and the entire grassland became dark instantly.
Yuan Niang didn’t say anything, and took advantage of the short night to run away.
Although she was sitting at the very edge of the team, her movements still caught the attention of a young man in the civilian husband team.
The young man suddenly stood up and wanted to shout loudly, but his companion beside him covered his mouth and held him down.
When the dark clouds slowly left and the moon shined again, Yuan Niang had already climbed a nearby hillside. The hillside blocked the Tatars' sight. The Tatars, who were full of food and drink, did not notice that there was one missing person in the team.
The young man whose mouth was covered looked horrified, because the Tatars have regulations that if someone in the civilian team escapes, the entire team will be punished, ranging from whipping to death. !
“She is the Ma family’s wife.”
His companion whispered these words in his ear.
The young man’s pupils suddenly dilated.
The entire Han people in Wuzhou City know that the Ma family faces the south, towards the general!
At the critical moment of the battle between the two sides, the Ma family's daughter-in-law scratched her face and mixed with the ranks of civilian husbands to leave the city. There must be something big going on!
The young man winked at his companion, who then let go of his hand.
The young man sat silently on the grass. He glanced at the people around him and found that the people who were still sleeping just now had their eyes open and stared blankly at the moon in the sky.
So, they all saw it just now?
The moonlight pours down like water, dyeing everything on the grassland with a light silvery gray.
Yuan Niang ran wildly, and the grass beneath her feet swayed like blue waves as she ran.
The bugs hiding in the grass fled quickly.
The wind ruffled Yuan Niang's hair, her heart beat like a drum in her ears, but Yuan Niang's steps never stopped.
Hurry up, hurry up, and tell the general the news that Gu Hai is trapped without reinforcements!
The Tatars want to besiege the general!
There is a traitor in the Zhou court!
Yuan Niang’s face was wet, and she didn’t know if it was sweat or tears.
She didn't dare to think about what would happen to the Ma family members who stayed in Wuzhou City if the Tatars discovered that she had sneaked out of the city!
She didn’t dare to think about what would happen to Yunzhou’s hundreds of thousands of troops if she fell on the road and no one sent a message to the general!
My chest and throat felt burning, and Yuan Niang’s consciousness began to blur.
She didn’t know how long she had been running. In a trance, she seemed to see the white river that was winding like a silver ribbon.
Are you finally here?
Just when Yuan Niang put on a smile, there was the sound of rapid horse hooves behind her!
Yuan Niang turned around and looked over, and was horrified to find that the Tatar on horseback was raising his bow, and the sharp arrow reflected the dazzling light.
Yuan Niang was horrified, that arrow was aimed at herself!
......
At this moment, Gu Nanxi's Chinese army tent was crowded with leaders of the prairie tribes who asked for battle.
"General! When will the food from Yunzhou come? We have been without food for two days!"
"General, how about we charge! Fight to the other side, grab their food, grab their Cattle and sheep!”
“General, if we wait like this, the Tatars will starve to death without even taking action!”
If the leader is someone else, this group will The starving prairie soldiers had already launched a rebellion.
But the leader is a general!
Gu Nanxi was very anxious.
There was no movement from the Zuo Army, and the messenger sent to the Zuo Army did not return.
Why hasn’t Alechuan, who stayed in Yunzhou, sent food? !
Gu Nanxi felt an unprecedented pressure. What was pressing on her were the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and the expectations of the entire Yunzhou!
As long as you make one wrong decision, you may lose everything!
What should I do?