Chapter 11: Who Guards the Horses Under the City (17)

The war has come to an end.

Zhi Keshi accompanied the main general Li Ying and strolled through the battlefield. The main force surrounded the village where the enemy was entrenched, and the rest of the people were cleaning up the battlefield. Most of the enemy troops had already rushed into a village in front of them, but the 100 Hundred and Ten Cavalry, who had not had time to flee, were already fighting desperately in despair.

There is still an unfinished battle around, but the two who have been through the war don't care.

Not far from the front of the side, a horseman as tall as a bear dismounted after scuffling with another Song soldier. Relying on his height and strength, he blocked the rider from going down with a few knives, and forced the Song soldiers on the opposite side into a desperate situation.

At a glance, he saw that a pair of bows and arrows were already in his hands. In an instant, a light arrow flew out of the string, swept a distance of five or six zhang, and pierced into the eye socket of the Divination Cavalry.

Just as he was about to drag the person in front of him on the road, the divination warrior felt a sharp pain in his eyes, half of his face was numb, and half of his vision in front of him was blackened. Before he could react to what was going on, he saw the enemy in front of him, who was being chased and beaten fiercely, straightened his waist, waved the sharp blade in his hand, and rushed forward in one step. All of a sudden, his body became light and fluttery, and he could no longer feel any weight.

The majestic body fell to the ground with a bang, and the soldiers who survived the catastrophe went up to confirm the life and death of the enemy with a knife, and then turned around and knelt down to thank Li Ying and Zhe Keshi.

"Good archery." Li Ying turned her head and praised. The war horse shoots arrows, and can hit the eye socket five or six zhang away, and the accuracy of this kind of mounted shooting is enough to shock.

"It's ugly." Zhi Keshi smiled humbly and put away the battle bow.

The short bow and light arrow can be used for folding, which has always been only suitable for shooting birds. It doesn't take much strength, but the archer must have first-class archery skills.

Officers at the level of commander and envoy also need the ability to charge into battle, but under normal circumstances, commanders and above only need to command the whole army under the banner of the station. But the skill of arching and horses is the foundation of a general's life, and if you want to gain a firm foothold in the army, you have to spend a lot of time. Zhi Keshi's martial arts have been forced to practice by his family since he was a child. When he was less than twenty, he relied on his good martial arts to convince the soldiers under his command, and then he was able to make meritorious contributions on the battlefield, and he finally got the reputation of a general.

The two walked side by side on the battlefield, Li Ying looked at the village in front of him, "A group of thieves were stopped on the side of Jialu Fort, and a thief chief named Wuba was beheaded. It is said that it is second only to the leader of the south, Yu Guyun, the patriarch of the West Bu tribe. ”

"Luckily, the big fish are still with us." Zhe Keshi said with a smile.

Li Ying nodded, "Fortunately." ”

More thieves were caught, and some information about the number of people and numbers was interrogated. The biggest fish is on her side, and Li Ying will not let this big fish escape even if she fights for her life.

A group of cavalry fled into the mountains, but they could not escape the huge net that hung over their heads.

The scattered and fleeing thieves were like a basin of water poured into the sand, constantly consuming in the dry sand, and in just one day, only the remnants of hundreds of people remained in their entirety.

The rest is the stragglers all over the mountains. The Baojia villagers scattered in the mountains and forests are chasing after them for a reward of five horses of silk for the first rank.

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It's already twilight.

Eight hundred remnants of soldiers were trapped in a village, and the roads were blocked on all sides, and it was not so easy to break through.

Victory or defeat is only in the blink of an eye.

At this time the day before yesterday, everyone was in high spirits. And today, at this time, everyone is depressed.

And many familiar faces are gone. Yu Guyun watched the generals under his account wither, and his heart was in unspeakable pain. And the rest of the people, instead of working together, began to attack each other.

"Tu Mutong, you have to come to this side of Jialuchuan, otherwise where will it become like this?" One person first challenged Yu Guyun's brains.

"Who would have thought that Wuba would be stupid and rush all to Jialuchuan?" Tu Mutong is a thin man who obstructs divination, and he looks like he can't do martial arts, so he can only work his head. He defended himself, "If there were only more than 1,000 of us on the side of Jialuchuan, and they left early after listening to my words and grabbing a handful, how could the Song people put up such a big battle?" ”

"Now is not the time to say these things!" Yu Guyun shouted, turned his head and said, "Tu Mutong, what do you say?" ”

Tu Mutong immediately said: "It's better to surrender." The Song people had already surrounded the village. If you break through, I don't know how many people will die. ”

"Drop the knife and gun, go out of the village and surrender? Surrender your own life to the Song people? One of the leaders of Yu Guyun's tent shook his head, "I won't do it!" It's a big deal, fight hard, rush into the mountains, and no one will try to find me. Wrap around for a few days, and sooner or later you will be able to get out of the gang! ”

Some other leaders also echoed his opinion, the result of surrender was that their lives were in danger, and those present, who wanted to believe that the Song army would be magnanimous and not remember the old evils? Putting their lives in the hands of others, none of the diviners present were willing, they only believed in themselves.

"No one wants to drop the knife in their hand, but if they don't drop their weapons, are the Song people willing to believe us?" Tu Mutong asked rhetorically. "What if they don't believe me?"

Yu Guyun thought for a moment and said, "...... The Song people must want to keep Yanzhou now, as long as we promise to give the party members a knife in turn when the time comes, can they still be willing? We must never be forced to drop our weapons. ”

"Yes!" Tun Vulgusi shouted, "We can still help the Song people!" ”

Another leader also shouted, "The Wei family has never produced any good people, this time it used such a big reward to invite us south, didn't it buy our lives?" Until now, I have only paid a deposit, and it is uncertain whether I will be able to get the part of the remuneration that has not been paid alive. I can't guarantee that most of the sons and daughters of the most degraded ones are dead, and they will pay the bills, and when the time comes, can the family still send someone out to collect the debt!? ”

Several generals nodded one after another: "It's better to take refuge in the Song people, or to take refuge in the Song people." The Song people have mountains of gold and silver, and the silk and silk silk in the warehouse are piled up, as long as the Song people can leak a little out of the fingers, it is enough for us to eat for three or five years. ”

"I listened to the Song people shouting again, one head and five silks." Lao Guqing understands a little bit of what the Han people say, "How much is a mother-in-law?" If the Song people were willing to use this to buy my old life, I would have brought my sons and daughters to the house. ”

"Surrender the Song people and make money from them! Bring more goods back to the women and children in the house. ”

Yu Guyun said: "It's just that some people think about the party and the Khitan, and they don't want to work for the Song people." After voting for the Great Song Dynasty, it is convenient to find an opportunity to escape. ”

Tu Mutong looked at all this helplessly, and heard Yu Guyun say: "Who wants to go to the outside of the village to contact the Song people and tell them that we are willing to surrender?" ”

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The chessboard has entered the final stage, and the black and white seem to occupy the same field, but the white is a little scattered. A black piece is connected to divide the white seed into three pieces. This is a loss when returning the chess head.

This is the ninth game played by the two in the past two days, and Han Gang has used his clumsy chess skills, but he can drag the chess game into the official stage every time. But his official level allowed Li Xian to accurately maintain the difference between victory and defeat between three or four sons.

It seems that because of the difference of only three or four children, Han Gang, who was inspired, became a gambler who kept throwing money at the table in order to return to his roots. Listening to the continuous good news, and then losing the lottery to Li Xian one by one.

Li Xian was helpless about this. A civil servant - and an important minister - is willing to play chess with him, a eunuch, in fact, to give enough face. For example, an important minister like Han Gang, who can even dismiss the emperor's face without any scruples, if he asks himself to play chess together, and his own family still pushes back, it will be shameless. Li Xian didn't want to offend the person who could have befriended him like this.

What's more, Han Gang is not as famous as his father-in-law when he plays chess, he admits defeat happily, and he gives the lottery head happily. Although it is only the four treasures of the study that are not valuable, such as pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, their source is from Hangang, and it can be regarded as precious.

However, Li Xian still wanted to get rid of it as soon as possible, which was too tiring.

"Xianggong, Tai Lieutenant." A dusty junior colonel was led into the hall, knelt down on one knee, and reported to Han Gang and Li Xianyu: "The villain is walking under the command of the ninth general, Guo Junjun, and is ordered by the military general to report to the Xianggong and Taiwei." Yesterday, it was ordered to strictly prevent the main force of the thief army from fleeing along the west of the river, so Guo Jun will lead the army to strictly guard the small red cliff. At the end of the day, the thief army rushed to this place and was attacked by our officers and soldiers. Now General Guo has surrounded it in Dawangzhuang, three miles south of Xiaohongya. ”

"Is it Dawangzhuang that they ransacked a few days ago?" Li Xian immediately asked.

"Back to Taiwei's words, it is the big king's village." Xiao Xiao spoke eloquently and said loudly: "There are now about 800 thieves in the village. The leader of the thieves, Yu Guyun, has already sent people out of the village, and is willing to subdue the officials and soldiers. ”

"Surrender like that?!" Li Xian's voice suddenly became sharp.

The little colonel nodded violently: "Captain Hui, you did surrender like this." Moreover, the words from the diviners also said that if they could not blame the past, they would even be willing to obey the order and strike a blow back against the thieves. ”

A relaxed smile appeared on Li Xian's face, and he turned his head to Han Gang and said, "This group of divination thieves are really capable of bending and stretching. ”

"It's finally a thing." Han Gang threw the chess pieces in his hand into the chess box, stood up and said with a smile: "I know the hard work of the past two days. ”

Li Xian shook his head: "It's just playing chess." ”

"It's hard to play chess!" Han Gang said with a smile, "Self-knowledge, Han Gang still has it, but the past two days have made Du Zhi tired." ”

Turning around, the smile on Han Gang's face converged in an instant, and he instructed the junior colonel: "You go back and talk to Li Ying and Zhe Keshi, and let them tell the thieves in the village: put down your weapons and go out of the village to wait for the fate." This is my request from Han Gang. If the village refuses to obey the thieves, give them a good time. ”

Xiao Xiao was stunned for a moment, and Li Xian also said suspiciously: "Long Tu, this matter can be talked about slowly." With them striking a blow in the back, it is not impossible to defeat the Western thieves. If they are all sincere, why be so tough? ”

Han Gang's voice was cold: "Swimming fish at the bottom of the kettle, you are not qualified to talk to me about conditions!" If you want to live, there are only two words - obedient! ”