He Qizhou knew that wild horses would come to graze every morning. The grassland at the bottom of the valley was more than a mile in radius. The wild horses were tall and could easily detect whether the wolves were ambushing them. There were also several horses who took turns keeping watch at high places. If the wolves walked into the bushes, it was obvious that
The target is still the antelope, but this time He Qizhou's target is the wild horse. He doesn't care about the wolves walking in front. He roars and calls the snow dragon horse that is eating. Without using a saddle, he directly gets on the horse, puts his arms around the horse's neck, and rushes directly.
Toward the herd of horses on the hillside a mile away.
The target was an old horse with the grayest coat. Seeing this, the first wolf also understood what He Qizhou wanted to do. He suddenly became excited and howled loudly and rushed towards the horses on the hillside from the other side. One horse was at least worth as much as
Seven or eight sheep, with the size of this pack of wolves, would not be able to deal with the horses. Now that someone is chasing them, this is their best chance.
The dozen or so horses on guard suddenly panicked. After running a few steps, they found that the wolves were outflanking them from the other side. They fled directly to the steep mountain top. Except for four or five one- and two-year-old young horses in this group of wild horses, most of them were
Adult strong horses, even the one He Qizhou was eyeing, were extremely good at leaping quickly among the rocks. Although He Qizhou could get close to the opponent quickly, the wild horse was small and nimble and could easily throw off the snow dragon horse with a few sharp turns.
Perhaps realizing that He Qizhou's target was him, the old wild horse launched a fierce force and rushed straight up the steeper hillside. The snow dragon horse carrying He Qizhou was suddenly thrown more than forty feet away. Although the snow dragon horse
His fighting spirit was aroused and he rushed up vertically. However, his body was too big and his ability to climb was clearly inferior to his opponent's.
Upon seeing this, He Qizhou jumped off the horse and used his light body skills to chase after him. His speed was even faster than that of a wild horse. Although the six wolves were not as fast as the horses, they did not give up and chased all the way to the top of the mountain. The others
The horses had already scattered, looking at their elders with complicated eyes as they frantically ran for their lives.
He Qizhou quickly caught up with the old horse again. When the old horse jumped to the top of the mountain, he was only more than ten feet away from the horse. As soon as the old horse reached the top of the mountain, it began to accelerate and rushed down desperately. He Qizhou reached the top of the mountain.
When he found that he had been thrown away by another thirty feet, he was not discouraged and continued to chase. The pack of wolves also jumped to the top of the mountain and charged at the old horse from all directions. The last one was the snow dragon horse. When they reached the top of the mountain, the wild horse was at least already there.
I ran out for about half a mile.
The snow dragon horse roared, and the road down the mountain was gentle, which was perfect for it to run at high speed! The wild horse was not known for its speed, but it was still faster than the wild wolf when it ran wildly, and the wild wolf was slightly faster than He Qizhou. On the gentle downhill road, a wild horse was seen.
The gray-black wild horse charged at the front, and looked back to both sides from time to time to check on the pursuers behind it.
He Qizhou knew that catching the wild horse required endurance, and he was not in a hurry to do it overnight. He just stayed far behind, and the same was true for the wolves. As long as he saw the wild horse slowing down a little, a wolf would rush forward desperately, and the wild horse would rush forward.
He had no choice but to continue running wildly, and when one wolf got tired, another one would catch up. As a result, although the old horse was still strong, it began to breathe heavily, and the white smoke it spewed could be seen from a distance.
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He Qizhou chased for four or five miles in one breath and felt uncomfortable. The wild horse in front of him was getting further and further away, but he saw a green shadow speeding past beside him. It was the snow dragon horse that was arriving. He saw the snow dragon horse passing He Qizhou and then catching up with another one.
Another gray wolf was about to catch up with the wild horse. The wild horse looked back and had to turn quickly to distance itself from the snow dragon horse. This gave the wolves an opportunity to take advantage of it, and the wolves and horses became more and more distant.
As they got closer, a young male wolf soon pounced on him, but was kicked by the wild horse. The other wolves saw the kicked male wolf doing somersaults and wailing, and they didn't dare to approach for a while, but just followed.
The wild horse wanted to wait until it was exhausted before attacking, but the snow dragon horse that caught up with the wild horse lost interest and slowly walked towards He Qizhou.
Just as the wild horse was about to run again, He Qizhou had already arrived. He took the last few steps with all his strength and flew towards the wild horse. The wild horse still flew up with its hind hooves and kicked towards He Qizhou. He Qizhou punched the wild horse and hit the calf of the wild horse.
The wild horse hissed in pain, staggered, and was immediately surrounded by five wild wolves behind him. Some of the wolves bit the legs, some bit the abdomen, and some clenched the buttocks. The horse's blood spattered out, and the exhausted wild horse knelt on its front legs.
The ground was no longer able to resist, and kept wailing under the bite of the wolves.
He Qizhou couldn't bear to see this miserable situation, so he stepped forward and hit the horse's head with his palm, killing the wild horse instantly. The wind from the palm also startled the wolves, and they all ducked aside. He Qizhou glanced at the wild horse with protruding eyes.
, a flash of guilt flashed in his heart, he silently pulled out the knife and removed the two hind legs of the wild horse. The two legs together weighed seventy or eighty kilograms, which was equivalent to the meat of three antelopes.
During the process of unloading the legs, six wolves were surrounding, growling anxiously, showing their huge canine teeth, but they did not dare to take a step closer to He Qizhou. When He Qizhou left with his two long legs, the wolves swarmed up.
, pounced on the still steaming wild horse, and started to eat it...
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"We'll set off tomorrow. I'll roast all the meat tonight, and I'll probably have cold food after we go out." He Qizhou said to Xiaoxue at the fire.
"You don't seem very happy. Do you have the heart to kill the horse?" Xiaoxue asked.
"We've killed so many people, so what's the point of killing a horse?" He Qizhou said.
"Stop pretending. Your eyes are still a little red. Did you cry on the road?"
"Nonsense, it's just a strong wind and sand." He Qizhou said: "I was just thinking that antelopes and wild horses are weak. They have never hurt us, but we have to kill them for our own selfishness. Do you think this is different from the Zhou Dynasty?
What difference does it make if the captives plunder our common people?"
Xiaoxue hooked He Qizhou's shoulders from her side and said, "Why are you so stubborn? We are humans and they are livestock. Even if we don't kill them, they will still be preyed upon by other beasts. Maybe this is God's arrangement."
"I just saw the mare protecting her calf and thought that what we were eating might be that mare's mother, so I felt a little guilty." He Qizhou said.
"It turns out you miss your mother, be good, we will set off home tomorrow." Xiaoxue said with a smile.
"Well, I will take you to see my mother-in-law sooner or later!" He Qizhou replied. In fact, he has never been far away from his mother. He has not seen He Lian for more than a year. He really misses her all the time, as well as Yang Zhan, Huang Quan, grandpa...
After being temporarily out of danger, my mind was filled with longing for my family and hometown.
"Go, who agreed to marry you? I'm engaged!"
"Let Xiao Jinhuai cry alone!" Thinking that Xiao Jinhuai might have framed him and that he acted to save his fiancée, He Qizhou felt less guilty.
"He is actually quite good to me, but even without you, I probably wouldn't have married into the Xiao family!" Xiaoxue said lightly.
"Well, if you have me, you won't marry anymore."
"roll!"
In the early morning of Yu day, the snow dragon horse was fully dressed and carried nearly two hundred kilograms of fodder, plus about one hundred kilograms of luggage and horse meat. Although Xiaoxue had recovered her vitality slightly, her strength was still far inferior to that of ordinary people, so He Qizhou was still carrying it.
Then, the two of them resolutely left the relatively warm basin, turning their backs on the biting westerly wind that was getting stronger day by day, and headed southeast...
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"Brother Han, don't be so pushy, go back, go back!" Zhang Cheng was inspecting the Great Wall on the west side of Jiayuguan Pass when he saw Han Chong coming from the pass.
"It's okay, it's almost 50-60% better." Han Chong, who was wearing a thick cloak, said: "Brother Zhang, what kind of tricks do you think Helian is doing, and he wants to attack Jiayuguan with just this small force?"
"First, you can only recover 30% at most! Second, what do you mean by this small amount of troops? It's 60,000 at least! They are fighting on two fronts, and they have to send troops to guard Zhenyuan Pass. Why, it's best to transfer them to us.
?I think your brain was damaged by Wu Shi?"
"Not necessarily 60,000!" Han Chong frowned and said: "In addition, although the siege does not rely on cavalry, do they expect that they will not be able to break the city in a short time? Why only send 20,000 cavalry? Are they not preparing to go west?
Take Anxi Racecourse and attack Suzhou and Ganzhou in the east?"
"Perhaps some infantry from Xiazhou were sent first, and the cavalry hasn't arrived yet!" Zhang Cheng said.
At the foot of the west city wall built against the mountain, dozens of Zhou Dynasty soldiers with white cloths tied on their arms loaded corpses onto carts and pulled them to the camp several miles away. A night attack last night shocked the Zhou army.
Hundreds of people were lost. This was the fourth defeat for the Zhou army in ten days. After the Qi army destroyed the remaining siege equipment, they allowed the Zhou army to take back the corpses.
The first three sieges were conducted twice during the day and once at night. The number of troops sent was about 2,000. Last night's night attack was the largest one. After nearly 5,000 troops attacked continuously for half an hour, 300 troops were left behind.
He gave up decisively like the previous ones. The Zhou army suffered more than a thousand casualties in the four attacks, while the Qi army had only 200 people, and only about 30 people died in the battle.
Ever since he learned that the Zhou army was gathering outside Jiayuguan, Han Chong came here from Suzhou and took charge personally. The number of officers and soldiers guarding the city also increased to nearly 20,000. Although Zhang Cheng was stationed at the west wall, Han Chong would come here every morning.
Take a look at the situation at the camp opposite.
Most of the Zhou army's camps were located in several mountain valleys outside the west wall. From a distance, they looked densely packed with countless people. Although they easily blocked several strong attacks by the Zhou army, Han Chong still had a sad look on his face: "Brother Zhang
, you said that the Zhou army should attack continuously if they want to test our defenses. Every other day, it is like harassment."
"Perhaps Li Yuan is too cautious. Zhou soldiers have continued to gather in the past few days. We still cannot take it lightly."
"Li Yuan is known as the number one general in the party. Either he was forced to show off, or he had other motives, but it's always good to be careful. Is there any news about the spies sent out?" Han Chong said.
Zhang Cheng said: "They patrol the camp very closely and have experts. The spies are at their wits' end. There is no news about the few who sneaked in by force. I'm afraid the situation is more serious than the worst."