Walking further down, you turn a corner and suddenly see a wide open space.
There are huts, sheep pens, cow pens and chicken coops in this big ditch. It seems that the livestock stolen by Zhang Ergou are hidden here. However, although this place is hidden, it is less than twenty miles away from Zhangjiazhuang. As time goes by, Zhang Datou will inevitably notice it, but it won't take long for Zhang Datou to be the scourge that will be eradicated, so Da Kui feels relieved.
Da Kui tied the horse to a wooden stake on the side of the hut, and entered the hut. There was a bench in the house, and a large pile of hay piled in the corner. Da Kui was a little tired, so he returned to the horse and took out the tiger skin mattress from the saddle bag. , returned to the thatched house, spread the hay haphazardly, lay down and slept soundly.
The snow-capped grass is desolate, and a bright moon hangs high in the sky.
Ao Dun led nearly a thousand soldiers to search on foot along the horse hoof prints. They walked dozens of miles day and night. Except for the remaining horse hoof prints on the snow, not even a single horse hair was found. After two miles, the soldiers came. Report: Some horse manure was found on the roadside, which is undoubtedly good news for Ao Dun.
The military detective stepped forward to check, poked his finger into the horse dung, and reported back to Ao Dun for a moment with certainty: The horse team had passed for no more than two hours. Ao Dun was so happy that he personally ran at the front of the team with a big sword, and the soldiers behind him also followed. Everyone was smiling.
There is only one horse thief. If he is captured, he will inevitably suffer from cramps. Fortunately, everyone will get on their horses again and rush through the blockade of the Lanzhou Ming Army. If there are no horses, there is no need for the Lanzhou Ming Army to intercept them. If people want to walk into the desert, they will be exhausted to death.
A large mountain loomed ahead, stretching from east to west. The mountain looked like a sleeping lion in the dark night. It looked quite majestic from a distance. Ao Dun ran all the way, and the hot breath from his mouth turned into frost on his beard in the blink of an eye. .
The armor of soldiers clanged all the way, and the thousand-yuan soldiers turned around the foot of the mountain and arrived in front of Zhangjiazhuang. It was already dawn, and Ao Dun saw at a glance nearly a thousand war horses tied to a row of wooden stakes in front of the village.
In a straw nest, a man was sleeping soundly under a sheepskin mattress. Ao Dun waved his hand, and two soldiers had already come forward and brought the sleeping man over. This man was Zhang Datou's guard, who had been pressed down last night. Zhang Datou was ordered to guard the horses here. Unexpectedly, he was sleeping soundly, but he was captured and dragged away.
The soldier dragged the man in front of Ao Dun and slammed the man to the ground with a bang like a sweet potato.
Ao Dun stared at the man lying on the ground with a pair of angry eyes, and after a while he asked: "Where is this place and where did these troops and horses come from?"
The man was beaten to pieces, and it took him a long time to regain his senses. When he saw Ao Dun asking questions, he hurriedly argued: "Young man is just here to guard the horses according to the master's instructions. He doesn't know anything else."
Ao Dun asked again in a cold voice: "Where is your master now?"
The man didn't answer. Just as he was about to get up, a soldier stepped forward and stepped on the man's back. The soldier shouted: "If you move again, you will be killed."
"Don't move, don't move," the man was knocked to the ground by the foot, and after a while he said: "My master is at home now, I'm afraid he hasn't gotten up yet."
Ao Dun nodded slightly and then ordered: "Lead the way." After hearing this, the soldiers behind the man moved their feet. The man climbed up carefully, and two soldiers escorted him to the front of the village. Go up the ramp.
Ao Dun turned around and ordered: "The personal guards will follow me into the village. The rest of the soldiers will get their horses as soon as possible and wait here." All the soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty took the order. Ao Dun then led a hundred personal guards to the village. slope.
When Yuan soldiers entered the village, there was a lot of excitement in the village, but even though it was so noisy, no one came out of the village.
Ao Dun followed the man who was looking after the horses to the door of Zhang Datou's house. Looking at the closed red door, Ao Dun not only praised him: "There are such exquisite people in such a remote village," he said to himself After speaking, Ao Dun then ordered: "Where is Hei Feng? Open the door."
As soon as he finished speaking, a strong military man walked out from behind Ao Dun. This strong man was three points more powerful than Ao Dun in height and appearance. As the saying goes: if it has its shape, it must have its power. This is called Black Wind's Army. When Han came to the door three feet away, he roared and banged against the door. There was a continuous sound of "bang, click", and the red lacquered door was broken by force. The door latch suddenly opened inward. When Yuan Bing saw it, As soon as the door opened, a swarm of swarms rushed in, and Ao Dun led several of his close associates into the courtyard.
This is a large courtyard with three entrances in total. Zhang Datou lives in the backyard. At this moment, Zhang Datou is still sleeping comfortably. Unexpectedly, a gust of cold wind blows by, and he is actually taken off the quilt. Then two soldiers from the Yuan Dynasty take him off. Lifted from the bed... Zhang Datou's family, including more than sixty people including maids and servants, were all driven into the courtyard.
Ao Dun sat on a high chair, looking coldly at the dozens of men, women, and children in the courtyard, and asked with a cold face: "I ask you, general, where the horses at the entrance of the village come from."
Zhang Datou woke up from a frightened dream and still didn't understand what happened. Hearing Ao Dun's question, he immediately felt relieved. He immediately separated from everyone and came to Ao Dun. He first made a respectful gesture. Yi, then he asked: "I wonder if there is a general named Ao Dun in the army." As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier stepped forward and gave him a big slap in the face. He fell to the ground, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth.
Ao Dun just sneered, the flesh on his face was trembling slightly, and his pair of triangular eyes projected a cold, fierce light and an unconcealed murderous intent.
Zhang Datou managed to get up, but the Yuan soldier who slapped him swung his rifle and struck him in a sweeping blow. The rifle hit Zhang Datou on the bends of his legs and knees. The soldier shouted: "Kneel down."
With a 'pop' sound, he opened his head and legs and received a blow, and immediately fell to his knees on the ground.
"Your Majesty, General," Zhang Datou still didn't know what was going on. He just wanted to tell the whole story so as not to suffer any more physical pain.
Ao Dun smiled and asked, "What do you have to say?"
Zhang Datou calmed down and then said: "It was a general who asked us to take care of the horses. This general is from Xiao's family and his surname is Zhang. He said that some of his subordinates would come to claim the horses in the near future. He also said that Ao Dun The general is his distant nephew," Zhang Datou cried with snot and tears. When he said this, he stretched out his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, and then continued: "I don't know who is General Ao Dun,"
Ao Dun gritted his teeth, and after a long while he ordered: "Come here, behead all of this bastard's family, young and old, leaving no one alive in the village. Then set fire to the place and burn it to ashes. Let's do it," Ao Dun said. Wan had already stood up and led several generals out of the courtyard.
Before Zhang Datou could realize what had happened, he heard Ao Dun's killing order.
The hundred-yuan soldiers were like wolves and tigers, each armed with weapons and rushed towards Zhang Datou and his family in the courtyard. They took five steps with swords and guns and blood splattered on them. In less than a stick of incense, they had slaughtered Zhang Datou and his family. The blood was not dry yet, and the flames were bright. Again, all the houses in Zhang Datou's home were set on fire by Yuan soldiers in a blink of an eye. Then Yuan soldiers rushed to the houses in the village with torches and burned everything that could be burned.
Yuan soldiers looted Zhangjiazhuang, confiscated a small amount of grain and livestock, and then burned Zhangjiazhuang to ashes.
Da Kui was sleeping soundly, when the door of the hut was suddenly pushed open, and a cold sound blew into the house with frost and snow. Xiao was wrapped in a tiger skin mattress, and it was also a bit cold. Da Kui looked at it, and it was Zhang Er. Dogs and stones.
Zhang Ergou burst into tears when he saw Da Kui.
Dakui sat up and asked in confusion: "Why are you crying?"
Zhang Ergou cried: "Many soldiers came. They killed Zhang Datou's family and burned the village."
Dakui not only sighed: "Didn't I tell you to let all the folks in the village go into the mountains to avoid disaster?"
But Zhang Ergou kept crying, and after a long time he said: "All the folks have gone into the mountains, but my aunt is still at Zhang Datou's house... My aunt was also killed." After saying that, Zhang Ergou couldn't bear it anymore and started Let out a loud cry of sorrow.
Seeing this, Dakui couldn't help but persuade him: "Yuan soldiers are like wolves and tigers, and I can't help it."
When Shitou saw what Da Kui said, he immediately shouted: "It's all your fault because Yuan soldiers came to burn our village."
Dakui not only smiled bitterly and said: "This matter has nothing to do with me. Ergou said he wanted to avenge his parents, so I fulfilled his wish." After saying that, Dakui stood up, folded the tiger skin mattress carefully, and wrapped it in the baggage. , then he added: "It's not that I don't want to help you save the village, nor that I don't want to help Ergou rescue her aunt. Now I have no power to do anything. The purpose of this general's trip is to monitor the movements of this Yuan soldiers," he said Dakui sighed deeply before leaving the thatched house.
Hua Hua stuffed the bundle in her hands back into the saddlebag, then took off the reins and turned to leave. Unexpectedly, Zhang Ergou and Shitou also followed out of the hut and stood in front of Da Kui.
Dakui couldn't help but asked: "How are you doing?"
Zhang Ergou gritted his teeth and said: "You can't just leave like this. Yuan Bing burned our village and killed my aunt. I'm going to kill Yuan Bing and avenge my aunt."
Hearing this, Dakui not only smiled bitterly and said: "You are still young, let's wait for another two years. Now that we have found these Yuan soldiers, what can you do, just pee and drown them," Dakui said and continued: "Let's do this. When I come back, I will help you rebuild the burned down house and compensate you for all the lost things. That's great,"
Zhang Ergou and Shitou looked at each other, but Zhang Ergou said: "What if you lie to us? We will follow you to kill Yuan Bing."
Seeing how stubborn the two children were, Dakui was at his wits' end.
Shitou said at this time: "It's okay if you don't take us with you. We have to leave something as collateral."
Hearing this, Da Kui just wanted to laugh. How could these two children be so evil that they even had to take out a mortgage? I didn't burn down the village.
Although Dakui thought so, he did not refute. He took out the money bag from his arms and said, "I have more than a hundred taels of silver here. You can take it. If I don't come back before the year, these silvers will belong to you." ,"