Chapter 141: The Xianbei Royal Family
When he came to the place where the Xianbei people rested, the sky was already dark, in front of him was a dense forest, the night shrouded the woods, full of dangerous atmosphere, Liu Lan hesitated whether to enter to find the traces of the Xianbei people, he looked up at the night sky, the dark clouds covered the top of the sky and could not sprinkle a trace of moonlight at all, it was difficult to walk in such bad weather, not to mention that the night road was deep and shallow, if there was any sound, it was likely to be discovered by the Xianbei people.
Now there is only patience to wait, maybe walking in the other two directions is now fully loaded, but Liu Lan does not regret coming here, as long as it is something he recognizes, even if it hits the south wall, he will never look back.
I thought that there would be no harvest tonight, and even a torrential rain, but the dark clouds slowly dissipated in patient waiting, the bright moon outcropped, and a silver light projected on the earth, through the dense forest branches, shining in the forest, for a while, the entire forest and the entire grassland were dyed with a layer of white luster, as if wearing a wedding dress.
After wrapping the four hooves of the war horse and blocking the horse's mouth, Liu Lan was the first to walk into the forest by the moonlight, and the soldiers behind him did not make a sound like him, followed one after another into the forest, and walked forward for less than ten miles, and the red bonfire appeared in front of him.
Having discovered their target, the Han army silently sneaked in the direction of the campfire, and through the shadow of the trees, they stopped at a distance of fifty paces from the Xianbei people, which was already within their range, and even the chatter and laughter of the Xianbei people could be heard clearly if they were a little louder.
At this moment the Xianbei people were sitting around the bonfire, talking and laughing, on the bonfire was roasting a fat herald, they held in their hands a wine bag full of mare's milk wine, pulled out the plug and drank it, the saber was carried with them and unsheathed, and the spear was tied to the warhorse, and on an old locust tree only three or five paces away from them, the war horse was tied there.
Liu Lan and Zhao Hong hid behind the giant tree and peeked at the Xianbei people, a total of twenty-one people were all within range, and a wave of arrows and rain of luck could solve the problem, but no matter how many people the team should have, there should be a leader, who is the leader among these people, Liu Lan knew the importance of capturing thieves and kings in the grassland, and suddenly he found a young man with a beautiful face and knotted muscles sitting in it shirtless, with a wolf's head tattooed on his chest, This is the Xianbei royal family only the direct descendants of the sandalwood acacia are allowed to tattoo on the chest of the pattern, in Xianbei this is a symbol of status, but on the battlefield this is the most attractive target, how many people squeeze their heads even if they are stabbed to slaughter one or two chest wolf heads, in addition to not taking medicine to go out, there are really few people who dare to swagger bare-chested through the market, but think about it in their own territory, not to mention that they are shirtless, they are all streaking, who dares to say a word, and what danger can it incur?
"Damn, this time I made a lot of money, it turned out to be the Xianbei royal family!"
"The Xianbei royal family?"
"It should be the grandson of Tanshi Huai!" Liu Lan said in a flat voice, but it was difficult to hide the excitement in his heart, and suddenly his brows frowned slightly: "Han? "I didn't expect Han people to appear in the ranks of the Xianbei people, what is this? Isn't it a standard traitor and traitor in the afterlife?
Liu Lan gritted his teeth and looked at the Han people, and Zhao Hong, who was on the side, also found that the Han people were obviously different from the Xianbei people's hair accessories, the Han people were very young and looked a few years older than Tian Chou, and they looked like sixteen or seventeen, wearing a simple ring-headed knife at the waist, with a slender knife body, about three feet and nine feet long, which was one of the standard equipment of the Han army.
Although this person has a square face, big eyes and a pair of attractive ears, he does not look very good, but he has excellent upbringing, and he shows the demeanor of a general when he talks and laughs, and even the descendants of the royal family respect him, which shows that this person should have a high status in Xianbei.
After reading this, Liu Lan didn't say anything, in this era, in fact, the concept of the country is still very weak, and many people who can't survive and even people who have suffered from military disasters will run to people of different races, which is a helpless move, but since everyone is Han Liu Lan will spare his life, of course, the purpose of his desire to capture this person alive is actually just to ask him why he would be a lackey for the Xianbei people.
Sima who had quietly retreated was arranging battle arrangements in the dark and rotten dense forest, and the five commanders of the army squatted around him and listened carefully.
There is a lot of experience in the sneak attack on Liu Lan, for example, when he encountered the bridging, he swept his eyes around and whispered: "My first arrow is the signal to attack, you must attack from four directions as soon as possible, be sure to solve the battle as soon as possible, and remember that no matter whether the Han people resist or not, you must keep your mouth alive." ”
Liu Lan arranged all the specific work, and Zhao Hong on the side was stunned and said with a red face: "Sima, they all have tasks, so what about me?" ”
"You have a more important task, that is, the Xianbei royal family, your target is him, you must catch him for me, remember that I only need to live, this task is more difficult, not only requires speed but also accuracy, do you have the confidence to tie him back for me?"
"Sima, don't worry, promise to tie him back for you, otherwise I'll come to see you!"
"Good!"
After speaking, the three chiefs who received the task went around in the other three directions one by one, Liu Lan waited patiently, during this period, if there was any mistake in their actions, he would rush out to avoid casualties, in fact, he did not choose to attack directly, but surrounded on all sides, also out of prudence, after all, there is the Xianbei royal family among them, if there is danger, these servants will definitely fight to protect his safety, Once dragged by the Xianbei people and letting the royal family escape, it will be a bit more than worth the loss, Liu Lan will not do a loss-making business, even if it will take effort, but the purpose is to ensure that it can make a profit.
The encirclement proceeded very quickly, without being noticed, five minutes passed, and the companions were supposed to be in place, but there was no signal, just when Liu Lan was worried about whether something was wrong, there were finally three roars in the distance, a wolf howl, a dog howl, and a night cat howl.
For the sake of safety, he couldn't let them send out a code signal in place every time they went, so it would be easy for the Xianbei people to detect, so he told the three of them to send a code after Li Wu detoured to the farthest west and was ready, and if the other two places were also ready, then they would speak out together, so that although they would be discovered by the Xianbei people, it would not be a worry.
Liu Lan launched an attack as soon as possible, took out an arrow and turned over on the horse in his mouth, and more than 20 people behind him also turned over on the horse, these are the best in equestrian and fighting, and they don't need to get on the horse in advance but can get on the horse as soon as the battle starts and rush to the Xianbei people behind Sima.