Chapter 103: Trampling on Xirong with crazy hooves
The night slowly passed by like water, and the morning sun appeared in the east again.
When the sun pushed the edge of the light and shone on the city wall of Yantang Pass, the troops and horses in the pass were mobilized frequently. The cavalry came and went like the wind on the smoke and dust. The shafts of the military carriages went in and out of the pass. A large number of carriages were coming from the pass. Drive south into the city gate, then cross the street and go to the west gate to gather and wait.
Notices of the announcement were posted in the market, and there were also galloping horses shouting in the streets.
"Qi Baoguo was good at closing passes and letting barbarians enter, causing death and injury to the people of Yunjing. He made a kneeling statue to warn future generations. Now I tell everyone that although Qi Baoguo died, everyone in the Qi family still committed crimes and confiscated their property. Yunqi will be punished with three years of hard labor to build houses and farm for the people who lost their loved ones this time. During this period, he will not be able to escape from work or slack off. If he does any of the above, he will be implicated. "
The sound spread throughout the streets and alleys in Guan. After hearing the news, the people and the brave people applauded in the streets. There were also people who were grateful for the protection of the Qi family for generations. They breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.
Not long after, they saw a group of Qi family members dressed in ordinary people's clothes walking through the street crying, supporting each other towards the city gate, and looking back at the lively streets from time to time. It was a long journey. , I don’t know if I can hold it there.
Shortly after they walked out of the city gate, groups of cavalry galloped into the pass and then assembled on the outskirts of the west gate. Lu Bu sat on Feiyan Hongyun's horse, looking ahead at the looming wilderness, with a nostalgic look on his face.
"I haven't seen the grassland for a long time since I came out of Jiuyuan."
On the horseback on the side, Gao Shun has a upright temperament. Even Lu Bu, he has always been outspoken. "If Marquis Wen had had some of his current temper back then, he would probably have left a mark in the history books."
"Haha, it was only after I died once that I had the temperament I have today. If it were Baimenlou back then, Lu Bu would still be the same one who was not afraid of the world's heroes." In response to Gao Shun's outspoken words, Lu Bu laughed and turned his head. Looking left and right: "Where is Wenyuan?"
"Go to Xunguan Yunchang."
Gao Shun pointed not far away, where five thousand Bingzhou troops were gathering in formation, and there were various kinds of troops nearby. Guan Yu and Zhang Liao were walking side by side near the shaft of the chariot when they came to a small mound and stopped.
"I am very happy to see Yunchang again. When I heard that Yunchang was killed that year, Liao was so angry that he didn't get out of bed for half a month." Seeing this old friend again, Zhang Liao couldn't help but be filled with emotions. He took it back from afar Look at your old friend. Guan Yu also looked at him, they were no longer as young as they were then.
The wind blew their gray beards and they looked at each other for a moment, then they held their hands and bowed to each other in the wind.
"By the way, what about Wen Yuan..." Guan Yu wanted to say how to die, but he felt inappropriate when he said the words. Just when he was about to change the subject, Zhang Liao started laughing: "I was sick in bed during the southern expedition to Soochow. Gone with regret."
When talking about Soochow, Guan Yu and Zhang Liao's eyes suddenly turned cold, and they said the word "rat" in unison: "Rat!"
Then they smiled at each other and walked towards each other. elsewhere.
A few steps away from the large number of parked carriages, Zhang Fei uncovered the coarse cloth covering it and saw that it was filled with dirt, and his eyes showed doubts. Ma Chao next to him grabbed a handful and rubbed it carefully. Densely packed fine particles could be seen among the loose mud.
“The general’s strategy of disrupting the Western Rong is that the mud is full of locust eggs. By June, locusts will inevitably appear everywhere.”
Zhang Fei looked at the dozens of large vehicles and was slightly speechless.
"With this method, all the grass on the grassland will not be eaten up. The Xirong people's cattle and sheep will not even have anything to eat."
He was continuing to speak, and glanced out of the corner of his eye. When Lu Bu rode towards his second brother, he turned around and faced him, fearing that Guan Yu would suffer a loss.
"Lu Bu, what are you doing here?!"
"It has nothing to do with you."
Lu Bu did not dismount, and stared at Guan Yu who was walking, "Guan Yunchang, Bu has something to ask you."
"Please tell me." Guan Yu looked solemn, not afraid to look at him.
"I want to ask..." Lu Bu touched the horse's mane and lowered his voice here: "I want to ask what happened to my wife and daughter after the death of a certain family?"
"General Lu You have to ask Cao Cao."
Hearing this, Lu Bu's eyes dimmed a little, and he turned his horse's head silently and left.
Woo~~
On the city tower, the trumpet sounded, Su Chen rode out in armor, and the three thousand wolf riders assembled mounted their horses one after another. The Bingzhou army was already preparing to leave. Each of them only carried a few days' worth of supplies. rations.
"Qi Youhu!" Su Chen tilted his head and called the youngest son of the Qi family to follow him, "You are familiar with this place, and the Yelang tribe also knows it. You lead the five hundred cavalry under your command to lead my Bingzhou cavalry there."
"Yes, General!" Qi Youhu took a deep breath. It was the first time for him to lead the five hundred cavalry under his father's command. He had to perform better no matter what, thinking that he would take the lead with a little bit of the horse's belly. After rushing out, the five hundred cavalrymen who followed them also shook their reins, clamped the horse's belly and galloped out.
Lü Bu, who was lost in his thoughts, heard the sound of horse hooves and raised his face. His depressed mood suddenly lifted, his eyes showed a fierce light again, and he growled: "Bingzhou——"
"——Wolf Rider!"
The densely packed cavalry roared, spreading out under the golden morning sun with slow steps. Ma Chao shook the reins, his face became ferocious with excitement. He jumped on his horse and rushed to Lu Bu's side, and the two rode side by side on the field.
Guan Yu got on his horse, and Zhang Liao and Gao Shun on the side also got on their horses one by one. Su Chen came to the front with the shield warriors, raised his hand, "Send this great gift to the Yelang tribe, tonight and night Before leaving, roast cattle and sheep in their tents to comfort the three armies!"
The five thousand Bingzhou troops, as well as a group of young men escorting the carriage, suddenly roared excitedly.
Woo......
Wuwuwu...
The desolate horn horn sounded again in the slowly flowing array of infantry and chariot shafts, chasing the dust and smoke that went away, and the pace was obviously much faster than when going north.
After all, they were still holding their breath in their hearts after killing the barbarians.
......
Going far away to Yantang Pass, the sheep gnawed the grass leisurely, and the Xirong people grazing on the backs of their horses leisurely basked in the rising morning sun.
Ding ding ding ding...
It was the sound of copper bells coming from afar. The lazy shepherd stretched out his hand to block the sun and looked towards the sound of the copper bells in the distance. It was a tiny dust smoke spreading towards this side. He Just when he was wondering where the cavalry came from, there was suddenly the sound of more hooves. He suddenly turned his head and looked in the other direction. What he saw was a dense mass of cavalry leaping over the hill in front, galloping, and then He then saw an arrow shooting under his eyes. With a pop, the arrow penetrated his neck, and he fell directly from the horse. In his last view of the ground, the sheep scattered in panic, and the direction where countless iron hooves rushed towards was exactly where he was. Tribe - Yelang tribe.
Sometimes, war comes without warning.
The warning herdsman was still running on the grassland. The next second, he was shot off his horse with an arrow.
The red horse was running wildly. Lu Bu put on his bow and raised one hand. Ma Chao pulled the reins. The horse's head turned and ran in another direction. The mighty cavalry immediately split and turned into two groups, one red and one white. The generals dispersed like the tide.
Surrounded by thousands of troops, they quickly moved through the grassland.
Fifteen miles southwest.
The fur-sewn tents are gathered together in irregular circles. This is a tribe with a population of several hundred.
In the bright morning, Xirong herdsmen were busy with their own affairs. Some drove their cattle and sheep back to the pen, making noisy noises, and there were also two seven or eight-year-old Xirong boys playing. Shaking her pigtails, she and her friends used wooden branches as sword gestures.
When the sound of dense horse hooves came, the two children stopped what they were doing and turned their heads to look to the southeast. The busy women in the tribe also stopped what they were doing and stopped to look.
Horse hooves approach like thunder.
A cavalry of thousands of people rushed over, dragging dust and smoke. The leader was a man in silver armor and white robes, with a lion's helmet and tassels floating in the air. He drew his bow and aimed an arrow at this direction.
Whoosh——
The arrow flew instantly.
Before the boy standing there could react, the playmate beside him flew backwards, and blood splashed on his face. At this moment, the tribe suddenly fell into chaos. The woman who had lost her child cried and rushed to grab the child's body. The young and old men in the tribe yelled and got into the tent to take out spears, bows and arrows.
The boy from Xirong, who was still standing there blankly, blinked. In his sight, a war horse galloped towards him, and the blade slashed down with a swipe.
The head with a confused expression flew into the sky, and in the last view, densely packed cavalry swept into the tribe like a tide.
The war horses advanced at high speed, and the steel knives they pulled out were slashing wildly at the heads of the people in the tribe. The heads, scalps, and flesh were splashing. The Xirong woman holding the dead child He was slashed and fell to the ground dead, then was trampled by the hooves of horses that followed.
Xirong, a young man who rushed out of the tent angrily, yelled "Wow!" and stabbed a black horse that rushed towards him. The knight in silver armor on the horse pulled the reins, and the black horse neighed and roared, and he stood upright He stood up, and the moment his cloak fluttered, Ma Chao pulled it out with a flash of cold light from his waist, and directly split the Xirong man's head in half.
Holding a gun in one hand and a sword in the other, he sat on horseback and roared at the wolf riders surrounding the small tribe:
"What the Xirong people did in Yunqi will be repaid, and all barbarians will be repaid. No one will be spared, no matter whether they are women, children, old or weak!"
Among the cavalry rushing around to kill, someone lit the tent, and the flames burst into flames in a moment, and the thick smoke rose into the sky with the wind, and a small part of the entire tribe was trapped. In the sea of fire, the burning bodies were running around, letting out heart-piercing screams, and then ignited more tents.
Black smoke swept across the sky.
There were also people who escaped from the tribe, riding horses on the grassland, rushing towards the attached Yelang tribe. The Yelang tribe immediately exploded after hearing the news. They had never encountered such a thing in the grasslands west of Yantang Pass. Even the bodies of the Yan Kingdom border guards were still hanging on their flagpoles.
He couldn't tolerate the provocation of Udanu's majesty, especially when he heard that it was the Yan people's cavalry. He was not afraid at all. On the grassland, his cavalry was the most powerful.
"Evil slave Hu! Call as many warriors as possible in the Huo tribe. Follow this cowardly messenger and go to his weak tribe to see who is the leader in this grassland. Master! "
A disheveled man emerged from the tent. He was tall, dark-skinned, and had several thick wolf teeth hanging from his neck.
He is Xie Cheya’s brother.
Xie Nuhu blew a whistle, and a white horse rushed in front of him. He turned over and shouted loudly in Xirong dialect. After a while, various voices responded in the tribe.
Soon, more than 2,000 people gathered around him. They were both herdsmen and skilled cavalry. When they heard that a small tribe was attacked by the Yan cavalry, they gave out the most courageous shouts, turned their horses and followed the evil slaves. go.
In the sky, there is the ferocious cry of the eagle.
The big eagle swooped down and landed on the giant man's arm.
Su Chen received the note from Dian Wei and glanced at it. He only replied: "Let Lu Bu decide what to do. There is only one request: tell this Yelang tribe that I will tell you later. "Forget it."
After a moment, the eagle spread its wings and soared into the sky again, flying into the distance. It looked down at the earth and found a figure resting on the ground. It cried, flew down, and landed on the ground. , the note on the claw was taken away.
On the red horse, his cloak was flying. Lu Bu glanced at the note handed to him, then raised his arm, clenched his palm into a fist, and the 1,500-horse rider, who was either sitting or lying down, got on his horse.
Moving slowly, the cavalry group accelerated. After a few miles, they climbed over a grass hill and the huge tribal camp in the distance came into view.
“Follow me!”
Lu Bu whispered softly, and the war horse under him took a step, then rushed down the grass hill, and the halberd dragged across the arc, his voice said again He said: "Follow me——"
Remembering the past, it was as if at this moment, he had returned to the grassland and faced the fierce Xianbei people back then. His wild face turned ferocious, and his voice suddenly became violent. drink
"Follow me... and level this place!"
The iron hooves of the fifteen hundred wolf cavalry behind them rolled like thunder, and grass clippings were rolled up between the churning horses' hooves, making a rumble and sound, and headed towards Xirong in the distance. The human camp swooped away.
"Kill!" Lu Bu slowly raised his halberd.
The cavalry running behind them raised their bows and arrows and raised them up into the sky. Then, dense arrows soared into the sky and flew towards the tribal camp where they were still living.
(End of this chapter)