After stopping and stopping along the way, the team crossed the border at dusk the next day and finally returned to the vicinity of Anzhuang Fort.
Taking advantage of the rest, the monkey allowed the abducted women to return home.
After resting for a while, we started on the road again. The sound of camel bells echoed in the wind, which was sad and sad.
The ancient road is quiet and the horses move very slowly, not only carrying the living but also dragging the dead. The silent corpses tell the story of how brutal the fighting was last night.
Within the field of vision, the shadow of Anzhuang Castle appeared. Tie Mo suddenly reined in his horse and looked back.
A thin woman followed closely. She huddled her hands in her sleeves. Feeling Tie Mo's gaze, she lowered her head in panic.
"Hey, everyone else has left, why don't you leave?"
The woman raised her head and looked timidly at Shi Hu next to Tie Mo, "Slave... my family has no home anymore... my parents were killed by the Tatars... and my home was burned down.
..... It was the bald brother who saved the Nu family... The Nu family will repay him for the rest of their lives..."
"???"
Tie Mo held his chin and looked at Shi Hu thoughtfully, "Brother Han Hu, what did you say?"
Shi Hu touched his bald head and glared, "What are you talking about? You little bitch is really ignorant. If you want to repay me, don't follow me. What do you mean by following me like this?"
"The slave family...the bald brother, the slave family Yu Lian, the slave family..."
The thin woman's face was flushed and she didn't know what to say for a moment.
Tie Mo had a headache, so he reached out and patted Shi Hu, "Brother Han Hu, Shi Niang said that she is looking forward to having her grandson soon!"
"Bringing a grandchild? I know, Xiaotie, what are you watching me do? Aren't you talking about little girls? Why are you talking about having a grandson? Hey, I tell you, sooner or later I will have a baby.
Let’s have a baby and let my mother hold her grandson!”
Tie Mo stared, all his words stuck in his throat, and Zuo Houhou and the others couldn't help laughing.
Tie Mo was a little confused. Could it be that what he said was not clear enough? Also, can Shi Hanhu give birth to a child alone?
Come on, I, Tie Mo, am a hypocrite, but you are really a fool!
"Sister Yu Lian, please follow me. I will enter Zhuangzi in a while and take you to meet Shi Niang!"
"Well, thank you, Master Jun!"
Yu Lian smiled softly, but after seeing Shi Hu's twisted expression, she quickly lowered her head.
Shi Hu slapped his forehead, his eyes bulging with anger, "No, why take her back? If she goes back, we will have to waste one more person's food. Xiao Tie, you drive her away..."
Tie Mo was speechless and shook his head in confusion, "Brother Hu, stop talking. When you came out, did you forget Shiniang's instructions?"
"Um? Mom said, I listen to you when I go out!"
"That's right, listen to me on this matter, stop talking!"
.......
Anzhuangbao is located next to Huai'an County and goes directly to Zhangjiakou in the north. Zhuangzi has a long history and has more than 400 households. It is definitely one of the best Zhuangzi near Zhangjiakou.
Tie Mo and others haven't recovered yet, but Zhuangzi is already in a state of panic.
Yang Dayong held a knife and hurried into a yard, shouting at the top of his lungs, "Gutou, it's not good!"
Gu Chengliang got up from a woman, walked out with his clothes on, and shouted impatiently: "What are you shouting about?"
"Huhu... Gu Tou, someone just sent news that Tie Hanxiong and his friends have killed many Tatars and are back alive!"
"What the hell?" Gu Chengliang's hands trembled in shock. He loosened his belt and slid his trousers down his trouser legs, revealing his rich leg hair.
Gu Chengliang stared, pulled up his pants and curled his lips in disdain, obviously not believing it.
"That's nonsense. How can they kill so many Tatars? Huh, I guess someone is smart and wants to kill good people and take credit for it, right?"
Yang Dayong touched the sweat on his forehead, thought for a moment, and then gave Gu Chengliang a thumbs up, "Gu Tou is right, it must be like this. They are so brave, they dare to kill good people and take credit!"
"Let's go outside to greet Zhuangzi, lest others say we treated our 'hero' lightly!"
Gu Chengliang sneered, he didn't think there was anything wrong with his idea.
In the late Ming Dynasty, it was not uncommon to kill good people and take credit for their merits. The border troops used the Tatars to invade and often secretly did this kind of thing in order to gain military glory.
A dozen guardsmen with poor combat effectiveness killed a dozen brutal Tatars. Are you kidding me?
Gu Chengliang, Yang Dayong and others came outside Zhuangzi. After waiting for about half an hour, they saw a horse team approaching in a mighty manner.
There was such a long team of horses and more than a dozen camels. When he saw the dead man on the horse, Gu Chengliang's face immediately turned the color of pig's liver, and the words he had already prepared were buried in his heart.
Among the corpses on horseback, apart from the familiar military households, the remaining people were obviously Mongolian Tatars based on their clothes and hair accessories.
Gu Chengliang never dreamed that Tie Mo would stupidly bring the body back intact. Usually, he just cut off the head to show his merit. How could anyone bring the body back all the way? Don't you think it's troublesome?
But it was Tie Mo's naivety that made it impossible for Gu Chengliang to say anything even if he wanted to kill a good person and take credit for it.
Those corpses looked like Mongolian Tatars. If you said they killed good people and took credit, even if Tie Mo and others didn't say anything, hundreds of families in Anzhuangbao wouldn't do it either.
Facing the corpses of more than a dozen Mongolian Tatars, Gu Chengliang couldn't even think of denying his responsibility.
Gu Chengliang was troubled and couldn't tell, but Yang Dayong next to him didn't think too much, blocked him in the middle of the road, and pointed at Tie Mo with a look of contempt.
"Tie Hanxiong, you are so brave, you dare to kill Liang and take credit for it. Don't you want to live anymore? Do you really think Gu Tou is so easy to deceive?"
Tie Mo did not rein in the horse, but went straight forward, turned the spear upside down with his right hand, and struck Yang Dayong's shoulder with the barrel of the spear.
Yang Dayong didn't expect Tie Mo to be so tough. He took action without saying a word. Without any precautions, he was slapped and screamed in pain.
"You blind man... I'll kill you..." After saying that, Yang Dayong pressed the handle of the knife and tried to draw it out.
"roll....."
There was a sharp shout, like muffled thunder. Facing Tie Mo's murderous gaze, Yang Dayong felt chills in his heart, his legs went weak, and he almost sat on the ground.
What a terrifying look, what a murderous look!
Not only Yang Dayong, but also Gu Chengliang felt the changes in Tie Mo.
Is the Tie Mo in front of him still the same stupid blind man who was teased by others?
Tie Mo ignored Gu Chengliang and Yang Dayong, walked past the people on horseback, and shouted before he even entered the door.
"Du Langzhong, where is Du Langzhong?"
.....
Military exploits, supplies, and all those complicated matters have to be discussed with Gu Chengliang.
As night fell, Shi Hu, Han Niu'er, and Xie Kaila all returned home, but Tie Mo did not rush back, but sat patiently in a yard.
Du Langzhong has been in the house for an hour, and he hasn't come out yet. He doesn't know if Uncle Ergou can survive it.
At 8 o'clock, a heartbreaking cry sounded in the room, and after a while, Du Langzhong walked out with a sad expression.
The moon is shining brightly, but the world is full of cold wind.
"The two dogs are gone! Why not send them to Zhangjiakou nearby? That way... maybe there is still a chance..."
Tie Mo smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I thought about it, but Uncle Ergou doesn't want to go. He said that he would die at home!"
I looked up at the bright moon in the distance and felt very sad. Another person died, and in the end only five people survived.
Du Langzhong applied medicine to Tie Mo and bandaged it again before leaving the dilapidated courtyard with a sad look on his face.
The lives of ordinary military households were humble, with a simple mourning hall and a coffin. Those who came to worship were all poor military households in the village. The coffin stayed in the yard for a day and then was buried in the ground.
Poor military households have no time to waste on funeral matters because life goes on.
In fact, Ruan Ergou's funeral was considered luxurious, at least he had a decent coffin. If he hadn't gotten a fortune from killing the Tatars, he wouldn't have had the money to buy a coffin. Usually, poor military households would wrap their bodies in straw mats and dig a coffin when they died.
Just bury a grave and forget about it. If you want to be extravagant, erect a monument.
The cold wind in the north persists for a long time, and a dirt grave is surrounded by dry grass. A few crows are jumping on the branches, and their cries are desolate.
Standing in front of the grave, Tie Mo had an ambition in his chest, to change the living conditions of military households and to change this era of cannibalism.
At some point, there was another person behind him. He was six feet tall, with thick limbs, and his eyebrows were somewhat similar to Ruan Ergou's, but he was a little less mature and a little more immature.
His name is Ruan Sangou, the eldest son of Ruan Ergou.
"Brother Tie, before he died, my father told me to follow you from now on. If I am gone, there will still be four and five dogs!"
"good!"
Tie Mo nodded heavily. He felt Ruan Ergou's trust and also felt the heaviness.
...
The Tuolingpo ambush was not only reported to Huai'an, but also alarmed the Wandu Command Department.
Not many Tatars were killed in Tuolingpo. The key point was that 18 guardsmen actually attacked and killed 15 Tatars at night. This was definitely an anecdote. After receiving the military report, Wandu Division's first reaction was
It's just that someone is cheating.
Hou Shilu, who was the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu at the time, was also shocked. However, he did not suspect that the military report was false, but he wondered how the battle was won.
Eighteen military households, facing fifteen ferocious Tatars, seemed to have a large number of people, but they had no chance of winning in a real fight. Even if someone wanted to fake it to gain credit, they would not be stupid enough to fake it, because such a military force
Very few people would believe the report, and when the time came to send someone to verify it, all the lies would be exposed.
Under this situation, Director Wandu directly passed Huai'an Station and sent people directly to Anzhuang Fort.
After Qianzong Li Jiasheng was ordered to rush to Anzhuang Fort, he saw fifteen Tatar corpses and no longer had any doubts in his mind. He did not forget Hou Shilu's instructions and found someone to learn about the detailed battle situation at Xiatuolingpo.
What Li Jiasheng was looking for was none other than one of the parties involved, Zhao Houhou.
Zhaohou did not exaggerate, and told everything truthfully. Gradually, Li Jiasheng discovered that there were many differences between the military reports and the narratives of Zhaohou.
In the military report, Tie Mo was only mentioned in one sentence without going into too much detail. But according to what Zoho said, Tie Mo was the real leader of this ambush battle. The soldiers returned from the battle at Tuolingpo with a tragic victory.
, Tie Mo made great contributions.
The military newspaper did not mention these important situations at all.
Military household Tiemo is really a good man! If he had such a strong general under his command, he would laugh out of his dreams!
It’s just that Tie Mo, who led the troops to win this battle, is a fool?