Chapter 286: Huge Waves Crashing on the Reef
The light occasionally flickered in the darkness for a moment, the water flowed quietly, and in the deep night, the collision of metals suddenly tore apart this tranquility.
Feet frantically ran across the muddy ground, with a bang, the panicked figure rushed out of the grass, one turned and pounced, an arrow was inserted into the tree next to him, the man leaned against the tree, looked up, the arrow feathers were still trembling slightly, the dense beads of sweat on his face slid down the undulating muscles and slipped over his chin, and when he heard the footsteps approaching.
At a certain moment, he gritted his teeth and struggled to his feet, slashing through it.
The northern man named Li Heizi, the moment he raised his bow to block it, he raised his foot to hit the man who was running away and sneaking at the right time, and the other party made an "ah-" sound, rolled backwards and rolled a few times, and then got up and wanted to continue to run.
Li Heizi raised his hand, pulled up the short bow with a gap, and the arrow swished past, the man was still running and heard the light sound of the bowstring trembling, and wanted to hide behind the tree, the body moved slightly for a moment, the arrow poofed into the back, pierced into the heart, and the body fell sideways with the force, and when Li Heizi with the bow passed, the other party was already motionless.
He folded his bow and found a token with the word Yuan written on it on the other party's waist, tied it around his waist, clanging and colliding, there were already four or five pieces hanging on it, Li Heizi whistled, and soon after, some nearby scouts quickly came over, he glanced at the corpse on the ground, and turned his head to look at his subordinates.
"Cover up this corpse, and inform the rest of the scouts that anyone you see suspiciously along the way will be killed."
In the darkness of the night, the cry of the night owl spread, and the scouts under his command scattered and disappeared into the darkness.
The east is white, gradually brightening the world, far away from the field of the city father, the people who drag their families and mouths meandered and spread in the field of vision, the air was filled with the tense atmosphere of war, all around was the sound of footsteps, shouts, from time to time there would be a few military horses from Huainan to cross the fleeing crowd, and the people who could not avoid it were knocked down by the horses, causing a cry of sorrow.
"Let's go, you go south to Shouchun, after the general Yuan Shu is the fourth and third dukes, the famous family, will never bully you, don't come back, Cao Cao in Xuchang in the west and Gongsun in the north kill people without blinking, last year in Xuzhou, they killed many people, and slaughtered the city......"
The cavalry of the Yuan army shouted in the panicked crowd, and his voice was high, but in such a chaotic and huge migration, the sound became intermittent, and could not be transmitted for a few feet, so he could only keep shouting, he glanced at the people around him who were running around, it was March again, the temperature had risen, and after a hard time, he couldn't help but be hot and thirsty.
In the rear, a woman rushed over with a child on her back, screaming and stopping in front of the war horse: "You hit and killed my man, you hit and killed my man, he is the pillar of the family!" You hit him on a horse, how can I live as an orphan and a widow—" The child on his back was frightened and cried.
", when did I hit someone!"
"Just now!" The woman was dressed with patches, and her family situation did not seem to be good, at this time, she was crying and desperately not letting the Yuan soldier leave, and an old woman next to her rushed up to pull her: "Don't die, you don't want to die, go quickly...... Beware of killing both your mother and son. ”
The woman struggled, and when she was finally driven away by the horseman, she fell to the ground, and her head was bleeding all over her face. This moment of chaos was only a small part of the huge flow of people who were forced to leave their homes because of the war.
Beginning on March 12, most of the places around Peiguo, knowing that the war was about to break out, so as not to be affected, a large number of villages outside the city, the people to the north and south to avoid the war, this has been more than ten days, in the rare spring light, next to a small woods on the edge of a hillside, dozens of horses stood there, looking at this huge flow of people.
"It has been raining for several days, the roads are muddy, the former army Ji Ling has camped dozens of miles away to rest, taking advantage of this to gather a group of displaced people to settle Huainan to supplement the population, the lord under the command of Sun Ce is really admirable, he laid down the Lujiang River at a young age, and this battle should be a good performance."
The generals led by dozens of horsemen, wearing armor with tiger heads carved on both shoulders, a mustache, a short beard on the chin, and a dignified and majestic appearance, said calmly and calmly, and asked the entourage behind him: "...... Can the heavy grain battalion be in the village? ”
Several knights in armor on both sides of the rear, probably his henchmen, looked at the sky, turned their heads, and one of them nodded: "General Chen sent news that the grain village has been planted, but the news also said that most of the scouts have not returned recently, and there may be a war with the enemy scouts, and the general has stayed here for too long, so he should return to the Chinese army, so as not to be detected by the enemy." ”
"Well, let's go back to camp then."
This general is Zhang Xun, who was set up by Yuan Shu as the main general, and after saying a word, he was about to leave, walked a few steps and stopped, turned his head, frowned and slowly spoke.
"Chen Lan stayed in the grain village, General Ji is also taking a little respite, and in a short time, the main force will be pulling out Peiguo......" His tone was not high, but his tone was a little low: "....... Lei Bo is my lieutenant general, but where is he? ”
The general's inquiry, the knights looked at each other, looked in the direction of the mountain mulberry, our vision crossed this woods, rose far to the south, the low city wall was old and quaint, climbed up with green moss, this unnamed small county, named after the local abundant mountain mulberry shrubs, between the roads on all sides of the city, a large number of refugees fleeing from the north were being intercepted and scraped by Yuan Shu's army.
"Give me back the burden, it's my family's belongings......"
The old man in ragged clothes, crying and rushing to snatch, pulling with the soldiers, the crying family members behind him came up to fight, or stopped the old man, in the chaos, the old and withered body fell to the ground, blood flowed all over his face, and the voices of people sounded chaotically and noisily, on the other side, several large carts that were 'brought' from the car were parked there, and some of the valuable or some dry food that was scraped down was piled up by the soldiers, and the wheels were deep in the mud.
On the carriage, a general in a soap robe and two gears of armor looked at the homeless people who were constantly entering the investigation with a long knife, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a more smug smile.
"Chen Lan's wife received the beauty of escorting the grain, and before the war started, it should be possible for the general to get some oil and water, and after collecting this hand, it should be time to go back to his life."
Yuan Shu's general Lei Bo guarded several official roads outside Shansang, intercepted the displaced people, and drove them towards this side, in addition to collecting the displaced people for the lord, it was always possible to make a little fortune, and the five thousand people under his command, except for three thousand who stayed with him, were all sent out to drive out the refugees.
Half a day has passed, it has been afternoon, under the gloomy sky, as if it is going to rain again, he beckoned his henchman to come over and give a few words, the latter was ordered to leave not long ago, the inspection and scraping began to strengthen, from time to time there was abuse and beating, one after another in the voice, Lei Bo was very satisfied with this effect.
The gloomy sky was even more cloudy, he looked at the sky, jumped out of the car, and turned over on the horse with his weapon: "It's almost, I have collected too much, and no one will come in the future." ”
The horn of the assembly sounded, and when the team was ready, they left the place, and went to the northwest, and after walking for several miles, Lei Bo looked back at the few fully loaded vehicles in the middle of the team from time to time, and smiled quite happily, and when he turned back, on the ridge of the road ahead, a cavalry stood quietly there.
"I am Lei Bo, a general under the command of General Yuan Shu, who are you waiting for, dare to stop me in my way." He hoped that the other party would get out of the way, of course, if he didn't leave, he couldn't help it, and it was always necessary to scare him.
However, on the other side, the general with a big waist and a round waist carried a giant axe and lifted it, "Damn, there are still people who dare to call themselves generals in front of me...... Put up the wolf flag!! ”
A giant black wolf walking through the mountains and forests stood in the air against the wind.
Lei Bo wiped his eyes, saw the wolf flag, and subconsciously spoke: "How did Gongsun Zhi's cavalry come from behind us?" Not good...... In Yuzhou, only Cao Cao had soldiers and horses...... Turn around them and quickly report to the main general!! ”
Near the road, the sound of the horses roaring across the earth suddenly erupted, and the surging cavalry swept across the fields like a torrent and rushed towards them.