Chapter 1957: The Town is Frightened
At dusk, the sky was overcast, and the cold wind swept by, and in the bitter cold wind, a group of soldiers and horses were trampling the snow on the ground, and swooped down towards a small village and town in front of them.
Jochidai pushed his thick fur hat upwards so that he could see more clearly.
His eyes were fierce, and he glanced back, and there were thousands of horsemen behind him like wolves and tigers, galloping, the earth shook, and a sneer appeared on Jochitai's lips, and one hand had reached to his waist and touched the handle of the scimitar.
He knew that soon, his knife would be stained with blood, and countless human heads would be separated by it.
In the battle of Qiufengyuan, the Qin army was defeated, and Jochitai was pursued by the northwest cavalry, and it took great effort to escape, and after counting the soldiers and horses, he lost more than half of the two thousand soldiers and horses, and only more than 1,000 people remained.
For Jochitai, which is not a big clan, the loss of nearly 1,000 cavalry in the first battle is almost fatal to its tribe, and the tribal warriors who can fight well in the entire tribe are only a few thousand, and thousands of people are killed and wounded at once, and even the war horses are difficult to recover, this loss is self-evident.
People are certainly the treasures of the tribe, those war horses are also an important wealth of the tribe, the brave warriors died, the vigorous horses were scattered, and Jochitai really didn't know how to explain to the old and young of the clan in the future.
After the war, Jochitai returned to Wuping Mansion and was stationed outside the city, thinking that An Lei would withdraw his troops halfway, causing such a heavy loss to his tribe, Jochitai was eager to return to the grassland immediately, and kill the tribe of An Lei, fighting to the death, so as to vent the anger in his heart.
It's just that before returning to the grassland, he must get the consent of his own patriarch, and he must also receive due rewards and pensions from the emperor of Qin.
Although Qiufengyuan was defeated, it was not that the barbarian cavalry was ineffective, but that Feng Poyu led the troops without harm, and the Anlei tribe fled from the battle.
It's just that the rewards and pensions have not been allocated, but the patriarch of the clan was killed, and he was hung on the bamboo pole outside the city, the anger in Jochitai's heart can be imagined, he doesn't care who killed the patriarch, as long as he knows that the team leader died in the hands of the Qin people, so after getting the news, he immediately organized the barbarian army and launched a surprise attack on the Hexi army stationed outside the city.
In fact, Jochitai was similar to what Dingwu thought at the beginning, although it was to take advantage of the fact that the Hexi army was not ready to take them by surprise, but Jochitai did not think that he could defeat the Hexi army in one battle, but thought it was a battle of equal strength, but the result was much more than he expected, the Hexi army was defeated in a battle, six or seven thousand men and horses, and almost the entire army was annihilated.
After that, Jochitai also thought about taking advantage of the situation to take the city of Wupingfu, but after all, it was beyond his strength, and when the barbarian reinforcements came, Tushi Khan led the whole army, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses attacked Wupingfu, and still found nothing, but Jochitai had hundreds of dead and wounded, he knew that if he continued to fight, the tribe of this cavalry may have to be reimbursed in the Central Plains, fortunately, the lottery to get out of the looting of the United States, Jochitai then led his cavalry, in the land of Hexi looting.
Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, divided into several roads, Jochitai knew that the villages and towns near Wuping Fucheng had been looted, and the people fled in large numbers, and there was nothing to grab, so he directly led his cavalry, all the way to the west, on the way to loot a few small villages, the harvest was thin, and finally found that there was a relatively large village and town here, and immediately rushed with thousands of horsemen to kill.
The barbarian cavalry followed Jochitai and rushed up a hillside, and looked condescendingly not far away, and saw that not far from the hillside was indeed a town.
The walls of this town were made of rammed earth, but two people were high, and they formed a boxy town, with roads and houses crisscrossing the town, but the streets were very narrow, and the whole town was shrouded in snow, as if covered with a white veil.
"There it is." Jochitai looked at the town under the mountain, and suddenly became excited, look at this town, not to mention there are seven or eight hundred households, and you can see that there are many deep mansions and compounds, and there is a lot of money and food, the village that was looted before, there are only dozens of families in a village, even if they are all robbed, it is not enough for more than 1,000 people to stuff their teeth, at this time, it is not easy to see this piece of fat, and the barbarian cavalry is also hideous, clenched the saber in his hand, and waited for Jochitai to give an order, and immediately rushed over.
Jochitai pulled out his saber and was about to give an order, when he suddenly thought of something, his brows furrowed, he looked left and right, and asked, "Did you find anything wrong?" ”
"There's nothing wrong with that." A person on the side said, "Let's kill it." ”
Jochitai shook his head: "Look, how come there is no sound in such a big place?" And there doesn't seem to be a human figure on the street! ”
When the people on the side heard this, they realized that the town was really like this, everything was quiet and lifeless, not to mention people, not even a dog was seen.
"Did they all run away?" One of them said in a dejected manner: "We finally found here, how do they know that they can run so fast?" ”
For the barbarians, the village is empty, there are no people and animals, it is no longer an uncommon thing, the people of countless villages have fled because of the ravages of the barbarians, many villages have been empty, they have seen such villages many times, but they don't care, but finally encountered such a piece of fat, the people in the town seem to have fled, which makes the barbarians feel disappointed.
"Hey, there's cooking smoke!" One of the horsemen raised his hand and said, "There's someone in town." ”
He was right, only smoke rose from the roofs of a few houses in the town, and there were a few streets that appeared to be filled with human figures.
Jochitai breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "In this cold day, they are all hiding in the house and don't dare to come out, hahaha, the Qin people are already weak and can't help the wind, and when the weather is cold, they can't stand it." He commanded: "Take two hundred men and go around the left side of the town and block the gate on that side, and you and you will also take two hundred men around the right side, and I will rush in from the main gate myself." ”
"What about the back door?" Someone immediately asked.
Jochitai laughed and said, "Leave a door for them, if they go out from there, let's let them run for a while, and then chase the prey from behind, wouldn't that be fun?" ”
Everyone on the side suddenly burst into laughter, and with a wave of his hand, the barbarian cavalry suddenly rushed down from the mountain like three sharp arrows in three directions, and the speed was extremely fast.
Jochitai took the lead, leading the remaining hundreds of horsemen to rush to the main gate, just a moment, has arrived outside the city gate, but the city gate in front of him is really cold, dilapidated, there is a big hole in the lower corner, several cavalry rushed forward, easy to open the dilapidated city gate, such a town, few soldiers guarded, happy to barbarians swarmed in, instantly rushed into the street.
Jochitai waved his sword and commanded: "Hold the main gate, don't let people come out, children, listen, kill all the men, kill the old and too young, don't kill the beautiful women, stay and take them back, as long as you can eat, take them away for me, and the money you grab belongs to you, and when you leave, you will burn this place clean again." With a shout, hundreds of cavalry, without hesitation, scattered and rushed towards all parts of the town.
They were very skilled in looting and burning, and they were unusually skilled, and hundreds of cavalry, in groups of six or seven, scattered throughout the city, and as long as there were houses in front of them that their companions rushed into, the soldiers behind would not go in and fight, but whistled by.
Jochitai with dozens of cavalry, all the way to the center of the town, he thought that after the cavalry rushed into the town, the whole town would soon be boiling, indispensable to crying and screaming, but the fact was beyond his expectations, the town only had the sound of horses' hooves and smashing, but there was no screaming and crying, he was wondering, but he heard a muffled snort from his side, and then heard an exclamation, turned his head to look, but saw that a barbarian cavalry not far behind him had fallen from the horse, The cavalry around him looked panicked.
Jochitai frowned, but he had already seen that the soldier had an arrow through his neck, and he had actually been shot through the neck.
Seeing this, Jochidai's hand holding the knife tightened, and he held the reins of the horse in one hand, and circled around, only to see that there were houses all around, and the houses were pitch black, and for a while he did not know where the arrow came from.
Immediately, he secretly thought in his heart, this is just an ordinary town, and where did the enemy come from, could it be that his own people shot arrows indiscriminately and accidentally injured his companions, and he was angry in his heart, and shouted loudly: "Who shot the arrows?" ”
As soon as his words fell, there was a "poof" sound, and a cavalry was shot by an arrow next to him, and he was surprised, so he heard the sound of "whoosh" sounded, and the arrows struck, Jochitai knew that things were not good, and he had already noticed that the arrows were shot from the houses next to him, and he was angry, and secretly wondered if the people in this town had already prepared and had set up an ambush to fight with the barbarian cavalry?
At this moment, he heard screams from all over the place, and Jochitai shouted angrily: "Kill them all, don't leave any of them, kill them first, and then take things." ”
In the midst of his shouting, cold arrows were still being shot from both sides, and although the barbarian cavalry was panicked, fortunately, they all had combat experience, and rushed towards the houses on both sides with a shout.
Jochitai had also rushed to a house, from where an arrow was fired, Jochitai flashed dexterously, rushed to the door, a horse neighed, the horse's hooves trampled on the door, "boom", the door was kicked open immediately, Jochitai did not hesitate at all, rushed to the house, a shadow had been glimpsed out of the corner of his eye, without saying a word, he waved his knife and slashed over.
The shadow was also agile, dodged over, and then a spear had pierced according to Jochitai, Jochitai sneered, did not dodge, but grabbed it with one hand, and actually grabbed the spear that pierced it, and in the darkness, he saw that the black shadow holding the spear was wearing armor and a helmet, obviously not an ordinary person.
Jochitai felt a chill in his heart, and secretly wondered if there were soldiers and horses in this town, but the Qin army was besieged in Wuping Mansion City, where did the Qin soldiers come from in this small town?
Although he thought so, he was not slow in his hand, and swung his knife down, cutting the spear in two, and then slashed the spear in the soldier's hand, and the spear in the soldier's hand was cut in two, but he was very agile and threw the remaining half of the spear to the door of the Jochi table, and Jochitai could only swing the knife to open the barrel of the spear, and then to draw the knife, but the soldier rolled on the spot, and flashed to a nearby room with great speed.
The sound outside came one after another, the shouting of killing had come in, and there were sounds in all directions, Jochitai knew that there must be an ambush in this town, and for a while he couldn't figure out who these soldiers were, but he wanted to catch a live mouth to figure it out first, and when he saw the soldier flash into the hut on the side, he did not hesitate, and urged the horse to break into the house, the room was very narrow and dark, but it was empty inside, and there was no trace of the soldier, and he glanced at it, only to find that the window was open, and the soldier obviously ran out of the window.
He was angry and annoyed, turned his horse's head and went out, and when he reached the street, he saw that there were already a dozen corpses lying on the street, almost all of them had been killed by arrows, and many barbarians had rushed into the surrounding houses, and from the houses there was the sound of fighting.
"Grandma's, in ambush." A cavalryman happened to pass by Jochitai on horseback and said angrily: "These damned Qin people dare to ambush us here, and they will definitely leave the chickens and dogs they killed." We! He stopped talking abruptly, but Jochitai saw an arrow sink into the back of his neck and slash into his throat, and the horseman's body shook on his horse's back, and then fell from his horse.
Jochitai is also a warrior who can ride and shoot well on the grassland, from the direction of the sharp arrow, has judged where the arrow came from, looked up, but saw on the roof of a house opposite, a figure disappeared like a ghost, he saw this situation, his heart was shocked, looked around, but found that many roofs really appeared many black shadows, are bent bows and arrows, see people shoot.
"On the roof, on the roof." Jochitai shouted, he had already taken the bow and arrow in his hand, bent the bow and arrows, looked at a person on the roof, and immediately shot over, his arrow was not weak, the black shadow in the middle, the black shadow struggled twice on the roof, and finally rolled down from above, Jochitai patted the horse over, and saw the man fall to the ground, already motionless, but the armor on his body was distinct.
Although it was already dark, after just one glance at the man, Jochitai immediately recognized the man's armor, his face changed suddenly, and his eyes showed a look of horror, and he said loudly: "Hurry up, get out of town, get out of town quickly!" And he turned his horse's head, and rushed toward the gate.