Chapter 113: Centering (I)
Wang Hongyi was about to go back, when suddenly there was a "huh" sound, and a group of people in front of him were running towards this side.
It's said to be running, but it's actually just walking a little faster.
"Go over and see. After Wang Hongyi finished speaking, a horse went over first, and when Zhou Rong and the others followed, Wang Hongyi had already restrained the horse in front of the group of people.
Wang Hongyi's eyes swept over these people and found that they were all ragged, yellow-faced and thin, and some women were mixed in, but they were so thin that they couldn't see their appearance at all.
When Wang Hongyi and the tiger guards appeared in front of them, these homeless people had already stopped, trembling with fright, and some women even cried in low voices.
Wang Hongyi's eyes fell on the leading man, and seeing that his performance was better, Wang Hongyi frowned and asked, "You are from Xiyizhou?"
He could see that this group of people came out of one place, supporting each other, and they looked very familiar, and at this time, they were even surrounded by this man, their eyes full of fear and vigilance.
"My lord, we're from over there......" Looking at the cavalry that appeared in front of him, the homeless people looked frightened, and the leader of the man was actually the same.
It's just that behind him are the villagers, and after Wang Hongyi asked, this man stood up straight and replied.
"Is someone chasing you behind?" Looking at the expressions of these people and some injuries on their bodies, Wang Hongyi immediately said guessingly.
Who knew this question, several women among the displaced people cried more and more fiercely, Wang Hongyi motioned to the man to continue answering, and the middle-aged man said with a miserable smile: "My lord, the mountain tribe attacked, killed people and robbed food in winter, saying that they wanted to spend the winter...... There is a particularly fierce team, has been killing, we are desperately trying to escape, these are the same villagers and clansmen, our village has been destroyed, just to find a way to survive in Dongyizhou. ”
Speaking of this, the seven-foot man looked at Wang Hongyi and cried.
Wang Hongyi listened to the mournful cry, first was silent, then turned his head to Zhou Rong and said: "That is the case, you go over, there should be a small-scale porridge shed in Yueming County, you can rush to receive relief, and then go to Chengdu, naturally someone will respond, Zhou Rong, give some dry food, so that they can go to Yueming County." ”
It only takes half an hour for the cavalry to travel dozens of miles, but these people need at least a day and a night.
When Hu Benwei travels, each person carries dry food with him, in order to deal with emergencies.
When Zhou Rong heard the order, he threw the dry food he brought with him to the man, and when the hundred horsemen saw this, they were also like this.
The cavalry brought dry food, which was fried rice and finely ground into fine powder, easy to digest, and mixed with dried meat.
These dry foods are not small, this group is only sixty or seventy people, and if you walk for a while, these dry foods are barely enough to eat to reach Yueming County.
The man took it in a daze, and suddenly, he knelt on the snow with a "snap": "This adult, we have been out of food for a day, Lord Xie, Lord Xie!"
"Okay, let's move on!" Seeing this, Wang Hongyi said lightly, not looking at the appearance of those homeless people lying on the ground crying and thanking, Wang Hongyi shouted, and led people to continue to run towards the border.
Along the way, I didn't meet the homeless people again, and the bloody atmosphere gradually became stronger.
"Prepare for battle, the front may meet the enemy. Seeing that Wang Hongyi had no intention of retreating, Zhou Rong had no choice but to turn around and say to the tiger guard behind him.
The crowd responded to the promise and became more and more vigilant.
After walking for a few more miles, we reached the border, but we saw only a dozen or so corpses still bleeding, and did not meet the enemy.
"My lord, we have reached the border, and if we go over there, it is the boundary of Xiyizhou, and we can't move forward. Zhou Rong stepped forward at this time and said again.
"What, scared?" Wang Hongyi turned his head to look at him, and said with a smile.
Zhou Rong's face suddenly turned red, he turned over and dismounted, kowtowed and said: "I will wait for the horse to go forward, and I will not give up, but how can the lord take risks, and then move forward, Weichen will not dare to obey the order!"
When Wang Hongyi saw it, he was stunned, smiled bitterly for a moment, and said: "It seems that he is alone, forget it, go back!"
When Zhou Rong heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand to the back, and immediately followed.
This time, Wang Hongyi slowed down his horse and only made a circle not far away.
"Let's go back. Seeing the barren land here, Wang Hongyi already had an understanding of the situation in Xiyizhou.
Compared with the situation in Dongwu, his situation here seems to be more tricky, if the mountain faction continues to wreak havoc, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to seize Xiyizhou in the future.
These mountain tribes are very cruel to the people, just look at the way and the corpses of the displaced people on the ground, you can see the clues.
At this time, Zhou Rong urged the horse to come to his side and whispered, "Lord, there is a team of cavalry coming this way." ”
At this time, in the border area, just after crossing the border line, to the boundary of Dongyizhou, the accompanying Hu Benwei was still very careful.
Although the cavalry was far away, the sound of horses' hooves stomping on the ground was noticed by the veterans of the team.
"Send a few people over to investigate the situation and see how many people there are on the other side. Hearing this, Wang Hongyi reined in his horse and said instructively.
"No. Zhou Rong responded, came to the front of the tiger guards, selected a few scouts, and sent them out.
Wang Hongyi watched from the side and nodded secretly.
This Zhou Rong is young and young, and he is sophisticated, and he can be promoted.
There are a lot of generals in their army, more than half of them are demoted generals, and they may not be really loyal to themselves, and some of them are really not young.
These thoughts, only in Wang Hongyi's mind, were suppressed, at this time he has to deal with, it is these enemy soldiers in front of him, originally, this matter can be ignored, but these Xiyi soldiers, incompetent in the mountains, but always snooping on themselves, it is really hateful.
The few people selected by Zhou Rong were extremely cautious, wrapped the horse's hooves in cloth, and when they returned, they had already investigated the situation clearly, but they were not noticed by the other party.
"So, there are thirty people on the other side, all of them are cavalry sentries, and there is no large number of enemy troops nearby?" Wang Hongyi touched his chin and asked.
"My lord, that's exactly what happened. Zhou Rong responded.
"And this group of sentinels is coming this way?" Wang Hongyi asked again.
"Yes. Zhou Rong replied.
"That's fine, pass on the order, wait here, and destroy this enemy sentry!"
"No!"
Then, Wang Hongyi took these hundreds of tiger guards and waited in a snow forest, but Zhou Rong desperately refused to let Wang Hongyi go into battle, and Wang Hongyi had to take more than a dozen people to watch from behind.
In a moment, the enemy cavalry was galloping forward.
Obviously, this cavalry did not expect that an enemy twice their size would suddenly appear in front of them.
"A few of you are here to protect the lord, and the rest of you will kill the enemy with me!" Zhou Rong assigned more than a dozen people to protect Wang Hongyi, and rushed over with eighty people.
Wang Hongyi would not really rush over to fight, and under the protection of more than a dozen people, he retreated to the open space not far away to watch the battle.
With the sound of horses' hooves, the two teams of cavalry quickly met and immediately fought.
In just more than 100 people fighting, but with the tragedy of thousands of troops, Wang Hongyi looked at each other from a distance across an open space, and each other's cavalry fought in the wilderness.
I thought that with the strength of the Tiger Benwei, it would be easy to kill this enemy, but the result in front of him made Wang Hongyi frown.
The tide of the attack, blood splashed on the snow, but this enemy, although the horses they rode were not as good as the tiger guards, they were considered war horses, and the weapons in their hands were sharp long knives, and they were very brave in the fight.
However, even though this is the case, after a moment, all thirty horsemen were killed, but seven or eight people were killed on their own side, and more than a dozen were wounded.
Although he won the victory, Wang Hongyi's face was very heavy when he saw this.
Zhou Rong obviously had the same idea, and when he came back, his face was blue and white.
"Zhou Rong, according to what you see, what is the combat effectiveness of the other party?" On the way back, Wang Hongyi was silent for a long time and asked.
"Lord, judging from this enemy, the other party is obviously very strong in combat, accustomed to fighting immediately, and his shots are ruthless, especially in rushing and killing. ”
"That's true, the enemy is very strong. Wang Hongyi sighed and said: "It seems that Lone has underestimated the feudal town of Xiyizhou." ”
"The lord doesn't have to worry too much, although these cavalry are strong in combat, there may not be many, I suspect that the enemy's elite spies on the military intelligence, and the surname is brutal, everywhere he goes, he is not popular with the people, besides, the lord has six counties, and the enemy only has one county, no matter what, it is impossible to fight. Zhou Rong said.
"You know a lot. Wang Hongyi glanced at him and said.
"Please forgive your sins. Zhou Rong said busily.
"Hehe, you're too cautious, read more books, learn more about the surrounding situation, it's not a bad thing, continue to work hard, don't let Gu down. ”
Because of the battle, Wang Hongyi refused to return to Chengdu with the wounded soldiers -- in such a cold winter, the wounded soldiers had to die.
So I went to Yueming County.
Because there were cavalry passing first, when Wang Hongyi arrived, a county commander in his thirties with people was already at the door to greet him.
Wang Hongyi said with a smile: "Get up, let's go into the city." ”
When he arrived in the city, Wei Chongde led the way, and sure enough, he saw one or two hundred homeless people, in the open space porridge shed at the entrance of the county ya, Wang Hongyi saw it, and smiled silently, staring at Wei Chongde.
Seeing that Wei Chongde was pale and yellow, but he could serve as a six-rank official, Wang Hongyi was a little regretful, but it was not very good, and ordered to treat the wounded soldiers immediately, and said: "Wei Chongde, your county order is not bad." ”
Wei Chongde has seen a lot of the world, and he is deeply sophisticated, and said with a smile: "Lord, I am the county order, and I am the parent official in this county, so I have to do something practical. ”
Wang Hongyi nodded silently, didn't speak, I don't know why, after reading this, after hearing this, I felt faintly uneasy in my heart, and it seemed to be removed all at once, and there were no more distractions and fears.
Wei Chongde is the responsibility of the county order, which is the responsibility of the county order, and he is the lord of Dongyi Prefecture and has his own responsibility.
Heroes of each other, my enemies, my heroes, and their enemies, this glorious road for the United States to deal with the Indians, it is not necessary to know, and if you know, there is no reason to do it.
(To be continued)