It is not that there are no cities on the grassland. In order to facilitate barter, there will be a small city every few hundred miles as a trading place.
"General Xu, we are in front."
Riding on his horse, Xu Mu raised his head steadily. As far as he could see, he saw a small city in front of him, with many people from Di coming and going.
"There are some dogmen in the Central Plains who cut through the mountain roads and transported oil and salt into the grasslands." The general who spoke had a hateful tone.
Xu Mu was not surprised. No matter what age, there will always be people who speculate and make money.
"Little boss, what shall we do?"
Xu Mu exhaled. Not only were there enemy troops in front of him, but also behind him. There might even be wild monsters jumping out... Stealing the tower openly was not the best strategy.
"Chang Wei, what time is it?"
After measuring the shadow pole, Chang Wei's voice was solemn and he said, "My dear boss, it's probably going to be around the time of application."
It's past midnight and it's almost dusk.
Without staying any longer, Xu Mu shouted lowly, and the figures of nearly three thousand riders quickly disappeared into the grassland.
As soon as the sky darkened completely, in this small town surrounded by grass walls, at least eight fires broke out in an instant, making the entire sky bright.
Countless Beidi people fled the city in a hurry. The scattered cattle and sheep, carrying the smell of some parts of burned meat, screamed in horror all the way.
Si Hu licked his mouth and resisted the urge to chase after him.
"Brother Mu, the cattle and sheep of Beidi are also harmful to people, otherwise you let me hunt them down."
Xu Mu glared strangely and turned a deaf ear to Si Hu's words.
The crisis is far from over.
However, burning this small city was enough to alarm many people.
"Get on your horse and get out of here."
Nearly three thousand horsemen hurriedly rushed into the night, and soon they were far away from the fire.
…
Wuhai is not a sea, but a large lake.
For Beidi people, the four thousand miles of Saibei grassland and Wuhai are just like the Jijiang River that records people.
Dawn had just broken, and on the grassland by Wuhai Sea, a group of 2,000 yellow-armored cavalry were ushered in. They were all riding armored horses, wearing strange gilded helmets, and long-handled cleavers in light-colored colors.
Under the sun, it shines with a cool and cold light.
Among the two thousand people, the one riding at the front was a young man who had taken off his helmet. He was wearing a golden beast-headed helmet, with a face like an eagle and a wolf, and a gold ring hanging from his right ear. He raised his hand, and the two thousand people behind him
As he rode, he suddenly accelerated and was several miles away in the blink of an eye.
"Surround and kill on all sides! We must kill that young general from the Central Plains in the grassland!"
Countless Di cavalrymen kept running back and forth, roaring loudly. At first glance, at least more than 100,000 people gathered together, each found a direction, and then rushed away.
On the grassland, for a while, there were silhouettes of people everywhere.
…
"Let's go." Xu Mu's face was solemn and extremely calm. With nearly 3,000 cavalry behind him, he kept avoiding the encircling pursuers.
He burned a small town in Beidi during the day, and he definitely felt the sincerity of Beidi Gou.
Fortunately, the map in his hand is indeed a rare good thing. At least under siege from all sides, he can always find a suitable position and break through the encirclement again and again.
In the early morning, the breeze blows gently on the grassland.
Xu Mu, who had broken through the siege all night, took advantage of the Di people's pursuers to be trapped and exhausted, so he went around to another small market town and quickly set a fire...
"So, not only was he not caught, but he also burned a city?"
Zhao Qingyun, who had just entered the grassland, turned pale when he heard it. If he hadn't heard it with his own ears, he would never have imagined that his old friend, the little boss, was killing tigers and tigers on this Beidi people's grassland.
How did he know that every time Xu Mu made a move, he had already planned an escape route.
"I heard that the elite cavalry troops from the Royal Court have been attacking all night to personally surround and suppress the little boss."
"How many people were sent?"
"Two thousand."
Zhao Qingyun looked surprised.
Huang Daochun sneered, "Two thousand centurions' cavalry are enough to do a lot of things. The Khan also issued a death order to kill the people of the small master's family, and rewarded ten beautiful dancers from the Central Plains, cattle and sheep.
Thousands of horses."
"To be honest, I have some admiration for my little boss. He entered the grassland alone and evaded pursuit time and time again."
If someone had praised Xu Mu so much in the past, Zhao Qingyun would have felt proud, but not now. A slight feeling of despair suddenly surged in his heart.
"One ear, it's time for your dutiful son camp to set off."
"Shut up."
…
"Chilechuan, at the foot of Yinshan Mountain, the sky is like a dome, covering the surrounding fields."
Xu Mu frowned and looked at the wind-swept grassland scenery in front of him.
It's the third day.
Two small cities were burned in succession, but for some reason, he felt that it was far from enough. Although it could be considered as stealing a tower, the weight was far from enough.
In the current situation, the Di people are densely surrounded and annihilated. If we continue to go deeper, there can only be a word of death.
According to what I thought at the time, I would not stay any longer after today, and would go around the grassland border and head north to Yanzhou.
Unconsciously, Xu Mu turned his head and looked at the nearly three thousand riders behind him who were almost exhausted. Everyone's face was covered with blood. Even the youngest Wei Xiaowu had blood on his face.
The horse arrow left a deep bloody mark.
"General Xu, do you want to burn the city today?"
"Can that be called a city? It's not even as good as my Daji bullpen!"
"Brother Mu, if not, we will burn a few more buildings today. Wherever there are many sheep and horses, we will burn them."
Xu Mu did not answer. For some reason, he always felt that leaving the grassland would not be that simple.
"General Xu, I said, let's go do it again -" General Pi, who was speaking, suddenly stopped in his voice and his face became stunned.
"Seller of candied haws, has your father lost his mind?" Wei Xiaowu laughed while riding his horse, only half a laugh, and suddenly stopped laughing.
Xu Mu's eyes suddenly became heavy.
At this time, in front of them, a thin shepherd woman driving twenty or thirty old sheep stood silently in front of them.
The shepherd woman did not speak, and the old sheep did not bray.
According to grassland customs, at this age, even the wool of an old sheep is withered and hard, so it should have been cooked into a feast.
"General Xu, I'll go and come back!" General Pi led two or three people and ran away with their swords raised.
"Hold on."
Xu Mu frowned and spoke. He could see clearly that the shepherd woman blocking the road bowed to them and said blessing, then raised her hand and took out a letter.
Daofu's posture was obviously that of the Central Plains people. It was a little stiff, but he looked extremely serious.
"Fan Lu, go get the letter first."
The general holding the knife frowned and coldly grabbed the letter in the shepherd's hand.
The shepherd woman left another porcelain vase before continuing to drive the old sheep forward in silence.
"General Xu, where did this person come from?"
After taking the letter and the porcelain vase, Xu Mu was also confused. He slowly opened the letter, and lines of Central Plains regular script appeared on the paper.
I knew that you had burned the city and attracted a large number of pursuers. I knew that you were leaving the grassland. I sent my wife to stay on the general's only route.
The first sentence alone shocked Xu Mu.
The second sentence that went on made Xu Mu become extremely serious for a moment.
"The elite Eagle Guards of the Two Thousand Royal Courts set out the day before yesterday. The Eagle Guards are extremely fierce. I advise the general to leave as soon as possible."