Chapter 781: Breaking the Nest (Part 2)
The tired horse rallied, carried the knight, and rushed down a gentle slope.
The dozens of people at the front were wearing silver armor, and they looked almost like ghosts after putting on their veils.
There were panicked shouts everywhere inside and outside the pasture.
The woman hugged the child and instead of running to the tent, she went to lead the horse.
"Whoosh!" An arrow flew a long distance, came through the air, and nailed the woman to the ground.
The child stared blankly at his mother who was bleeding from the corner of her mouth, unwilling to believe it for a long time.
The old man picked up a pitchfork and rushed forward to meet the invading horse.
He looked determined and at the same time full of despair.
Most of the strong men and women in the tribe left with King Dai. The strong men fought for King Dai, and the strong women herded the livestock in the tribe, provided supplies for King Dai's army, and transferred grain. Now there are only a thousand old, weak, women and children left in the pasture. They are finished.
The young man took out his riding bow, but when he couldn't find the horse, he stood on the ground and shot arrows.
Xianbei arrow clusters are different from those of Xiongnu.
The Huns' arrows had a longer range and slower frequency.
The Xianbei people’s arrows have a shorter range, faster flight speed, and higher firing frequency.
This man's archery skills are somewhat advanced. He raised his hand to shoot two arrows, and two elite cavalry from the army fell to the bow and fell off their horses.
"Poof!" A horseman passed by the young man's back without slashing hard. The long saber caused a horrific wound on the young man's back with just one stroke.
After killing the young man, this man rushed a few steps forward and cut off the head of the woman holding a wooden spear.
The burning torch was thrown into the tent, and the flames roared, igniting the felt and blankets instantly, and the fire spread instantly.
Countless cavalry came on horseback, their raised hoofs almost trampling people's faces.
The sharp blade picked up one person after another and threw them into the fire like rag dolls.
More torches were thrown into tents, haystacks and even vehicles. The entire camp was filled with smoke and flames.
A few young men who stayed behind grabbed the horses, ran out wildly, and then formed a formation in the distance.
They took out horn bows, swords, and spears from under their saddles, with faces full of grief and anger, ready to fight the invaders.
At this moment, there was a sound of horse hooves on the hillside behind him.
Some people turned around and looked, only to see thousands of light cavalry galloping out among the tall wormwood, holding horned bows in their hands, and surrounded them from left to right.
This is part of the Luoyan Army led by Duan Mobo. They are ambushing behind the ridge on the opposite side. They only wait for Shao Shen to charge with Yi Congjun, then they come back and cover up the enemy.
These people are real dogs! Dealing with a bunch of old, weak, sick and disabled people is so fucking tricky.
As soon as the Luoyan Army appeared, they immediately dispersed the grief and anger of the young men and extinguished their courage. Except for a few dozen people who shouted, picked up their bows and arrows, and faced the Luoyan Army, more than a hundred people rushed away in a rush. Scattered and fled to the mountains in the distance.
Duan Mobo detached some of his men to pursue them, and then led the Duan Xianbei knights under his tent to fight with these Tuoba vassal tribes.
Angle bow and diagonal bow are competing to see who has accurate archery, high shooting frequency, and large coverage. There were only dozens of horses, and they were not in harmony in the battle. They were soon drowned in the dense rain of arrows from the Luoyan Army soldiers. Only a few lonely horses were left, stopping next to their master, licking them with their tongues, trying to wake him up.
On the frontal battlefield, the Yi Congjun rushed from left to right, and the camp was littered with corpses.
Blood, fire, and thick smoke constitute the background here. The running crowds, panicked faces, and desperate cries have become vivid images outside of the background.
This camp is finished.
Thousands of men, women, old and young, more than four hundred of them were beheaded, two to three hundred escaped, and the rest were gathered together, either shivering, crying, numb and dead, or glaring in anger.
Not far from them, there was a knight sitting high on horseback.
The silver armor was stained with blood and soot.
Under the curtain was a pair of cold eyes, looking at them as if they were looking at animals.
The long horse spear is held in his hand, and the blade is still slowly dripping with blood.
The horse scratched its hooves impatiently, as if urging its master to kill all the prisoners quickly.
These are war machines, ruthless killing executioners.
"Still not taking action?" Duan Mobo rode up and asked.
The Yi Congjun cavalry did not respond and only looked at Shao Shen.
The sound of footsteps sounded not far away, it was the soldiers who had just withdrawn their troops.
They are not good at riding and fighting, so they dismounted and lurked at the crossing, to be careful not to encounter the enemy. After all, they have picked out two tribes in the past few days. Someone must have escaped to report the news. Maybe there will be thieves here. The army began to gather here.
"Kill." Shao Shen glared back at Duan Mobo and ordered. As soon as he finished speaking, the Hu man who understood Jin dialect immediately showed a frightened face, turned around and ran away.
Their actions attracted more people, and for a moment they were all shouting and getting up and running away.
The Knights of the Yi Congjun jogged their horses, and did not rush to pursue them. They followed quietly, and from time to time they picked up someone with their horses and threw them away.
Duan Mobo waved his hand, and a group of Luoyan Army knights followed, drew their swords, and surrounded him from left to right.
The civil servant accompanying the army sighed and did not stop him.
When the first two tribes were defeated, a total of two thousand old, weak, women and children were captured. At that time, we could not go far, and there were not enough horses for the whole army, so we assigned a few sergeants to keep the horses and escort these people back on foot, intending to sell them as trophies for money.
But now that we have gone very far into enemy territory, it is obviously impossible to do this again.
The brutal killing ended quickly.
Duan Mobo led people to leave and set up defenses behind the crossing and mountain ridge.
Yi Congjun dismounted and rested.
The soldiers came forward and searched for usable supplies one by one.
“It would be great if we could take so many cattle and sheep home.” Feng Bachi said regretfully as he looked at the sheep in the pen.
The fire was set just to create chaos, and many sheep were burned to death. It is a pity.
People in the Central Plains are crazy about buying livestock, and there are so many on the grassland. It’s a pity. Business is so good, why bother killing them?
"Without the auxiliary soldiers, life is not comfortable at all." Someone nearby led a sheep from the pen and prepared to kill it.
As a master of the army, he usually only needs to train and go to war. When will he have to kill sheep for cooking?
But there is no way. There are no auxiliary troops in this troop dispatch, and the cavalry are more "masters" than them, so they can only let the infantry, who are riding on horseback, do chores.
“Eat more later, and smoke more dried meat.” Feng Bachi walked to a tent that was burned to a great extent, picked through it with a knife, and found a few pieces of cheese, dusting them off After removing the ash, carefully put it away.
Another soldier actually found a few pieces of dried fish, and suddenly laughed from ear to ear: "There are actually fish in Zhongling River?"
"I heard that the Xianbei people Fish is a precious commodity, and the king likes to watch fish." Feng Bachi continued to pick and said casually: "As long as the lakes on the grassland are not salt water, there are fish. The chiefs like to be around the lakes when hunting. When we set up camp, we caught fish from the nets in the lake and hunted yellow sheep in the grass. These are all top quality." "Sima, how do you know?" asked the soldier.
Feng Bachi grinned, patted him on the shoulder, and went to sweep another tent.
Fu Bing is confused. Neither he nor I can read a single word. Why is he so much better than me? When I finally thought about it, I suddenly realized that my mother-in-law was illiterate, but Feng Sima's wife was different.
Speaking softly and softly, with a fair complexion, she can write poems and rhymes, and take care of the family business. Among the female relatives of Longxiang Mansion in Pingqiu, she really stands out from the crowd. I don’t know how many people there are. Swallowing secretly.
I want to grab one too!
On the mountain ridge outside the camp, Shao Shen, Duan Mobo and Chen Tonggen (formerly the shogunate's director) were observing the terrain.
"It's been seven or eight days. The Tuoba clan must have known something was wrong and will send people to encircle and suppress us." Duan Mobo's eyes were deep and his brows were furrowed. Then he pointed at Zhonglingchuan and said: "Press The map says that you can go north along this river to Han Shan Wu Gu City. Is this accurate? "
The biggest fear of getting lost is to attack.
Once something like this happens, I don’t know if I can go back.
"The guide also said so." Chen Tonggen said: "Zhongling River flows northwest, passes through the west of Shanwugu City, and is the old place of Yanmen County in the Han Dynasty. It flows northwest again, and meets a river on the right. Xianbei calls it 'Tuwenshui', further to the north is Woyang Ancient City, Shenhexing, and there is a lake nearby called 'Chenhepi'."
"Where do you really want to go?" Chen Tonggen said with a confused expression. It's very interesting, and he quickly added: "I heard that the Tuoba family rebuilt the old city of Woyang a few years ago and set up troops to guard it. It is one of the fences near the northern capital."
Shao Shen took the map and looked at it carefully. , undecided in my heart.
It is true that the further you go in that direction, the more dangerous it is, and the easier it is to encounter large groups of enemy soldiers and horses, and even elite armored cavalry guarding the northern capital, which may very well lead to the annihilation of their entire army - even if they are not annihilated, they will There will be serious casualties, making the attack unsustainable.
Tuoba Xianbei is not the kind of nomadic tribe that lives in pursuit of water and grass.
Many military towns have been built near the northern capital of Shengle, each with hundreds to thousands of soldiers. Even though a lot of people have been mobilized, there are still a lot of people left. Not that they can Captured.
Unless people are like the Huns, who only have one royal court and can move around at any time, then you can try burning the royal court.
Duan Mobo also sighed and said: "Don't go there. After the Tuoba clan won Yanmen, they built Pingcheng in the southern capital and renovated the post roads between the two capitals. If that area is occupied by outsiders, it will be easy Threatening the two capitals' great post roads. Don't think it will be all vassal tribes grazing. In a few years, I think these tribes will have to leave and be replaced by people whom the Tuoba family can trust."
Both of them. Saying this made Shao Shen a little unhappy. He thought for a while and said: "First go north and take a look near Shanwugu City. If you have a chance, kill him and turn him upside down. If you don't have a chance, turn around and walk towards Rush forward. Anyway, we have some horses now and can run."
Chen Tonggen looked at Shao Shen with complicated eyes, as if to say, why are you so anxious to make a contribution? You are the nephew of King Liang. Even if your merits are not obvious, you don't have to worry about not being promoted.
Duan Mobo continued to sigh.
He likes credit, but he cherishes his life even more. If it were a tribe on the grassland, he wouldn't be so scared. He would follow you thousands of miles away. But this is a country with cities, a standing army, and a garrison system in the capital. It's too risky.
However, Shao Shen obviously wants to take a gamble. He is still the main general, what can he do?
"Take a rest for a day and set off at dawn tomorrow. Go north along the Zhongling River and go straight to Shanwu." Shao Shen made a decision.
(End of this chapter)