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Chapter 64 Fighting Wits and Bravery

This is not a bonfire. There are only bonfires dotted within a radius of several hundred feet. Each bonfire is surrounded by five or six Yuan soldiers. Roughly speaking, there are nearly a thousand people. Just when they are far away, there are soil again.

The slope obstructed the view, so I missed it. But if I sneaked nearby, I could see the whole thing.

Da Kui knew that he had accidentally found the remnants of Ao Dun, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice. Da Kui retreated quietly in the night and ran along the path he came from. Returning to the pine forest, Da Kui put down the rabbit in his hand, and then told Kang Maocai in detail

And what he saw. Kang Maocai not only asked eagerly: "How far are the Yuan soldiers from here?"

Dakui chuckled and said: "General Kang, there is no need to worry too much. The Yuan soldiers are fifty miles away from here. Even if they rush over, it will be dawn." Dakui thought about it for a while and then said: "But if we stay here for the night, we are afraid of complications. It would be better if we stayed here.

We will set off tonight without stopping on the way. After arriving at Lanzhou, I bothered General Kang to bring his troops, so I stayed here to investigate the movements of the Yuan army."

Kang Maocai not only asked anxiously: "General, if you stay here alone, there will be many things wrong."

Dakui smiled slightly and said: "Although there are many Yuan soldiers, they can't do anything to me. You just go with peace of mind, I will entangle Ao Dun's soldiers and horses here."

Yang Xiaohu beside him not only said: "My foster father is here, and I will stay too."

But Dakui said: "You and General Kang go together, I am enough here alone."

Kang Maocai pondered for a while and couldn't help but said: "Aodun's defeated troops are heading westward. It seems that they are going to bypass Lanzhou and rush to the Western Regions. He is going to join Timur in Kuangkuo. If this is the case, we can wait in Dingxi after moving troops in Lanzhou.

We will make peace with Zuo Jin, and then we will be able to annihilate the remnants of Aodun's troops while we wait for work."

Dakui nodded in agreement, and then the three of them woke up the soldiers and set off overnight.

Dakui watched the team go away, then rode in the opposite direction.

Although the north wind was howling and the cold was biting, and although the night was like water and the mountains were snowing at dusk, Dakui's heart was filled with heat.

The remaining one thousand soldiers led by Ao Dun were at the end of their strength at this moment, and they only needed to be wiped out before the war could be temporarily calmed down.

Timur is far away in Mobei, and now he is afraid that it is difficult to save the fire from the distant water...

The rising sun is rising in the east, adding a bit of warmth to the vast and cold land.

Ao Dun got out of the makeshift hut, first stretched himself in the morning sun, and then slowly walked towards the gathered soldiers.

"Listen up, we have to go all the way west, then turn back to Dingxi. We will bypass Lanzhou and then head towards the Western Regions. When we reach Mobei, we will naturally have wine, meat and women. Do you understand?" Ao Dun said.

These words gave the depressed Yuan army soldiers a glimmer of desire.

Wine, meat and women? Since the defeat of Pingliang, they have been hiding in Tibet to save their lives. If they can really bypass Lanzhou and rush to Mobei, it will be really eye-opening. Some soldiers have forgotten when they had their last meal.

Well, at this moment, the thousand-yuan army is suffering from hunger and cold, and they are all looking forward to a place to live.

Ao Dun looked at the soldiers in front of him and shouted: "Let's go now."

The Yuan army was busy and was preparing to leave. Suddenly a corps commander rushed to Ao Dun and said: "The general is in trouble, our horses are missing."

"What?" Ao Dun heard this and grabbed the captain's collar, waving his hand and throwing him to the ground.

This corps commander is the head of the horsemen in the army and is responsible for domesticating war horses. This man was responsible for herding the horses last night.

Seeing that Ao Dun was angry, the commander of the corps knelt down and begged for mercy: "General Ao Dun, I am so innocent."

Ao Dun pressed the handle of the knife with his hand and his eyes widened: "If you fart, hurry up. What is going on?"

The corps commander then told the whole story. It turned out that last night this guy took more than ten of his subordinates to herd horses and was lazy. He found a place to sleep in the lee of the wind and only asked his subordinates to go out to herd. Unexpectedly, one day in the morning

When he opened his eyes, hundreds of military horses and more than ten subordinates were all gone.

It was getting lively now. The soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty were already suffering from hunger and cold, and now that they had no horses, they were afraid that they would have to endure the hardship of traveling thousands of miles away.

Ao Dun asked coldly: "Are you done?"

When the corps commander saw Ao Dun's unkind expression, he was as shocked as a chicken.

Ao Dun pulled out the saber with a "swipe" sound, and without saying a word, he raised the sword and dropped it. The captain was dead before he even screamed. After killing this derelict captain, Ao Dun looked at his subordinates.

After a while, he said: "Every hundred people form a team, look around to see if there are any clues. Hundreds of war horses have disappeared for nothing. Someone must be up to something. This general must capture this person alive!"

All the soldiers accepted the order in unison and went separately to look for the war horses and the missing ten soldiers.

Ao Dun was already anxious, but the loss of his horse only added fuel to his anger. He couldn't help but become furious, and hurried back and forth in front of the hut door. The guards accompanying him did not dare to breathe loudly, for fear that he might accidentally offend Ao Dun.

, A meal is a small matter, but losing your head is a big deal.

It was not until noon that a soldier came to look for horses and reported that a large number of horse hoof marks had been found five miles due south.

Hearing this, Ao Dun hurriedly ordered: "Send my order to gather all the troops. Follow the horse's hoof prints and chase him. If you catch the horse thief, you must bring him alive and bring him to me."

The soldier received the order and hurriedly turned around and ran to deliver the order.

Dakui was riding on a horse, listening to the sounds of hoofbeats behind him, but it was like hearing fairy music. He tied hundreds of war horses together in a row, and only one horse's reins were tied to the saddle of his horse.

Hundreds of horses can be led around.

After he took care of ten yuan soldiers last night, he drove the horses all the way south, first galloping and then walking leisurely and leisurely. There were a lot of things in the saddlebags of these hundreds of horses, except for gold and silver.

There are also dry food and water bags.

Dakui was eating, drinking and walking, and unknowingly came to a mountain.

There was a sound of sheep braying, and then a group of sheep came out from the foot of the mountain. Behind the sheep was a young man, about thirteen or fourteen years old. This young man was wearing a sheepskin jacket and a pair of torn cotton trousers. He seemed to be herding sheep for a wealthy family.

shepherd.

Dakui stepped forward to block the way of the sheep. The young man seemed to have never seen the world. When he saw Dakui wearing military uniform and armor, he couldn't help but stand up in shock.

"Don't be afraid, little brother, I'm not a bad person." Dakui said with a smile. The sheepherd didn't say anything, but still looked at Dakui blankly.

"What kind of place is this? Why are there so many sheep?" Dakui looked at the sheep and wondered, in this chaotic situation, who could have so many sheep?

The sheepherder bravely replied: "This is Xishanling, and the sheep belong to Zhang Datou's family."

Dakui not only smiled and asked: "Who is Zhang Datou?"

The sheepherder scratched his head and said, "Zhang Datou is the biggest owner here. All the mountains and forests nearby belong to him."

Dakui suddenly realized it and immediately said with a smile: "What a coincidence, my surname is also Zhang. What is your name?"

When the sheepherder saw Dakui's friendly face, he was no longer afraid.

"My name is Zhang Ergou, and everyone in our village is named Zhang." Zhang Ergou is quite lovable, showing a pair of tiger teeth when he smiles.

Dakui accidentally saw a bloodstain on Zhang Ergou's arm and couldn't help asking: "Do you believe that I am a god?"

Zhang Ergou has a child's heart after all. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "You are a general, how can you be a divine fortune teller?"

Dakui chuckled and said, "Then if I'm right, you have to do something for me."

Zhang Ergou agreed wholeheartedly, but just wanted to see if what Dakui said was accurate.

Dakui smiled and said: "You have no relatives at home, right?"

Zhang Ergou's expression darkened, but he immediately smiled and said: "You made a mistake, I have an aunt at home."

Dakui suddenly became deflated and defended himself: "I'm talking about my parents."

Zhang Ergou had tears in his eyes when he heard this, but did not answer. Da Kui knew that he was probably right, so he added: "Your family is poor and cannot make a living, so you work as a long-term worker at Zhang Datou's house."


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