"General! Come this way. "Please familiarize yourself with the domain name."
Not long after crossing the Yellow River, a soldier discovered the situation. Yang Wuqing urged his horse forward. From a distance, he saw a dead horse corpse in the grass. The body was filled with seven or eight arrows. These arrows were rough in workmanship and of different lengths.
With experience, Yang Wuqing recognized at a glance that these were Teller arrows. Although the workmanship of Turkic arrows was not good, they had begun to be produced in batches in the past two years, and at least the arrows had neat feathers.
Two feet away from the war horse, a dead body was lying on the ground on his back. He had also been hit by several arrows. His armor had been stripped off. He was wearing a thin inner shirt and military boots, which showed that he was a Sui army soldier.
A fire chief squatting beside him slowly lowered his head and said sadly: "His name is Guo Bing. He is our brother. The garrison leader ordered him to deliver a message to Yongfeng County."
Yang Wuqing's heart sank. In this case, the defenders of Yongfeng County would not be able to come to meet him. There were still more than three hundred miles left.
"How long has he been dead?" Yang Wuqing asked again.
"It looks like it will take more than an hour at most."
Yang Wuqing whipped his horse violently and rushed towards a small hill not far away. Standing on the hill, he looked into the distance. The sunset was about to set from the distant mountains, and the last bloody afterglow burst out, dyeing the western sky red.
The surrounding wilderness was vast, and a layer of gray chill filled the entire land.
Suddenly, Yang Wuqing saw two small black spots a few miles away to the west, and they were also looking here. Yang Wuqing turned around. Behind him were hundreds of camels, eye-catching in the wilderness. He looked to the west again, and saw two camels.
The little black dot had disappeared. Yang Wuqing's eyes narrowed. He knew that they had been targeted by the Xue Yantuo people.
"I want to tell you something!"
Yang Wuqing's voice echoed in the cold wind, and dozens of people stood silently in the dusk, listening to Yang Wuqing tell them a sad news.
"We have been targeted by a group of grassland horse bandits. I don't know how many people there will be, but they will not be less than a hundred. They will attack us tonight. We must be prepared."
The little daughter of Kangbas was so frightened that she threw herself into her father's arms. Her mother lowered her head in fear and wiped her tears quietly. The thirty camelmen next to her all had pale faces. They were all barbarians from the Western Regions and had been traveling back and forth for many years.
Being on the Silk Road, I know how miserable it is to encounter horse bandits.
Seeing their timid appearance, Yang Wuqing couldn't help but feel a burst of disappointment in her heart. He still expected these thirty camel drivers to fight with him. She only had one belief in her heart, to kill and release together with Ai Lang, and to live and die together.
Yang Wuqing quickly thought about countermeasures. He didn't care at all. The key was that he brought a large amount of goods and he had to ensure the safety of the goods.
In a blink of an eye, he had thought of three strategies, abandoning the goods and camels, and taking the people back to the fort, but he immediately rejected this idea. If he did this, his reputation would be bad in the frontier, and escaping in the middle of the battle was the most looked down upon. 3∴35686688
The second step was to take the people and camels back to the garrison, but he gave up this idea. There was the Gobi Desert for dozens of miles to the south, and they were more likely to be attacked, and the casualties would inevitably be heavy.
Either keep moving forward and find a favorable terrain, since there won't be too many enemies anyway, and finally break out if it doesn't work.
"General Yang, I have a suggestion!" Huo Chang, a soldier following Yang Wuqing, raised his hands.
The fire chief's name is Li Yungui, a native of Longyou. He is twenty-seven or eighty years old and has guarded the border for many years. He is not only rich in experience, but also very familiar with the terrain here.
"you say!"
"General, ten miles further north is the Henghekou Fengbao. The Sheep and Horse City there is well built."
One sentence reminded Yang Wuqing that the Henghekou Beacon Seam was built on an abrupt cliff. There was a strong sheep and horse city built below. Although it could not accommodate more than 600 camels, it could store goods. As long as the Xue Yantuo people could not hold the goods.
, they will not leave, and they can place the children in Feng Sui.
Yang Wuqing is extremely skilled in martial arts. Even if he comes with three to five hundred people, he can kill them all by himself. The key is that he has to put the children in place so that he has no worries. He doesn't care about Yangma City. What he thinks about is Henghekou.
Fenghuan is built on a cliff, which is perfect for housing children.
Time was running out, Yang Wuqing immediately ordered: "Let's go!"
The camel team set off again, this time speeding up and heading north. Du Ruhui urged the horse forward and asked Yang Wuqing in a low voice, "General Yang, are there always horse bandits in Fengzhou?"
Yang Wuqing shook his head, "It's not a horse bandit, it's a Xue Yantuo person?"
Du Ruhui was surprised, "Isn't Xue Yantuo in the Jinshan area? Why did he come to Fengzhou?"
"I heard that they were hit by a snowstorm. There are hundreds of tribes in Xueyantuo. It is estimated that many tribes moved south to escape the cold. Just when the Yellow River was frozen, some tribes would organize small groups of cavalry to enter Fengzhou to plunder. They came and went like the wind. The Sui army
It’s hard to guard against.”
Du Ruhui was silent for a moment and then said: "General, give me a sword! I also practiced martial arts in the Imperial College, and I don't want to be a drag."
Yang Wuqing smiled, took out a horizontal knife from his horse bag and handed it to him, then patted his shoulder, "You will get on the beacon later. The prairie cavalry are not as easy to deal with as you think. They are very fierce and powerful.
Infinity, I don’t want you to be killed on the way.”
Du Ruhui slowly pulled out the knife and waved it twice in the air. The cold light flashed, but he was immediately discouraged. The knife was too heavy, weighing more than ten kilograms. After swinging it a dozen times, his arm felt a little sore. He sighed in his heart.
In one breath, I felt that I was really useless.
At this moment, a soldier suddenly shouted: "Xue Yantuo people!"
Immediately, the sound of horse hooves sounded, and Yang Wuqing turned around, only to see more than thirty Xue Yantuo cavalry rushing out of the woods 200 steps away, waving swords and nooses in the dark night, and swooping towards this side. This is
A forward sentry and hundreds of camels loaded with goods burned their minds. Greed made them lose their minds and they rushed out desperately to plunder the goods.
Yang Wuqing sneered and immediately ordered: "Zhao Yungui introduced the officials and children into the camels, and the other soldiers formed an arrow formation!"
The soldiers were all well-trained. Fire Chief Zhao Yungui brought several officials and Kangbas's wife and daughter into the camel group, and the remaining twelve soldiers lined up in a row, with arrows drawn and arrows drawn, and they were ready.
Yang Wei and Niu Niu were holding weapons in their hands, each standing on one side of the soldiers. Yang Wei was not riding a horse, but stood on the ground with a sledgehammer in his hand, his face full of excitement. He had never fought in a war before, and he could fight a bloody battle with the enemy. This was his achievement.
The feat that could only happen in a dream was right in front of him, and his eyes were red with excitement.
Niu Niu was a little nervous. She had learned Xiaoqiao's martial arts and was not afraid of one-on-one fights. However, the impact of dozens of barbarian cavalry abreast was something she had never experienced before, and it was completely different from what she had imagined.
, waiting for the upcoming assassination.
Yang Wuqing took out a pair of arrows and stringed the wind and thunder cue. He had practiced this wind and thunder cue no less than a hundred times, but today was the first time to use it in actual combat.
When the enemy group rushed in one hundred and fifty steps, he suddenly drew his bow and shot out two arrows, causing a thunderous shock. The two arrows were as fast as lightning and shot through the chests of the two leading men. The two Xue Yantuo cavalrymen suffered a heavy blow.
He shouted and fell off his horse.
The accurate and vigorous firing of one hundred and fifty paces made the other Xue Yantuo cavalry lose their momentum, but the dozen or so soldiers under Yang Wuqing were greatly boosted in morale. They had long heard that General Yang was unparalleled in his arrows, and today they finally saw it with their own eyes.
However, Yang Wuqing stopped firing the second arrow and waited for the enemy to approach. After making progress, he took ten steps forward and entered the firing range of Xue Yantuo's cavalry. Yang Wuqing gave the order, "She!"
More than a dozen arrows were fired at the same time. Five or six enemy cavalrymen fell off their horses. Yang Wuqing fired arrows like a volley. In an instant, he fired four rounds of eight arrows. The eight Xue Yantuo cavalrymen screamed and fell off their horses. Before they had even rushed fifty steps, three
Nearly half of the dozen or so Xue Yantuo cavalry were killed or wounded. They became frightened and turned their horses around to flee.
"Catch up and kill them all!"
Yang Wuqing shouted loudly and led more than a dozen soldiers to catch up with them. The soldiers fired arrows in pursuit. The enemy troops were repeatedly shot and fell off their horses. After chasing them for more than 400 steps, they saw that Xue Yantuo's cavalry had gradually fled away, and the Sui army was no longer there.
Chase.
Yang Wuqing got off his horse, came to an injured Xueyantuo man, and asked him in a low voice in Turkic language.
Yang Wei moved a little slowly. When he ran up, the battle was over. He was so angry that he slammed his hammer to the ground and cursed: "I missed the opportunity again!"
"Ah!" With a scream, Yang Wuqing killed the injured Xue Yantuo with one knife, stood up and said coldly: "You still have a chance!"
Fengzhi at Henghekou is about ten miles away from the Yellow River. A river flows under Fengzhi. There are hundreds of large and small rivers in the Hetao Plain. Most of the rivers flow in the north-south direction, but this river flows in the east-west direction.
, so it’s called Yokogawa.
There are several low stone mountains near the beacon seam at the mouth of the Henghe River. Tens of thousands of years of wind and sand erosion have turned these stone mountains into strange shapes. Some are like pillars holding up the sky, and some are like horses lying in the wild. The beacon is built on a high-rise building.
The Shizhu Mountain, which is more than ten feet tall, is surrounded by cliffs and can only be climbed using soft ladders.
Generally, beacons will be built in places that are difficult for enemies to destroy, such as on cliffs or high mountains. At the same time, a sheep and horse city will be built under the beacon to house livestock and horses to avoid wild beasts and wolves.
Yang Wuqing stared at the beacon at the mouth of the Henghe River all the way, and saw that there was no beacon light. He felt slightly relieved, which meant that the Xue Yantuo people had a long way to go and could not come so quickly.
Fengxuan's Yangma City at the mouth of the Henghe River occupies an area of one and a half acres and is about two feet high. It is made of local materials and stones. It is very solid and strong. In addition to the horses and livestock of Fengsui soldiers, it also provides a place for merchants and merchants to avoid wolves.
The group is quite spacious.
As soon as everyone arrived at Yangma City, they immediately got busy. Everyone started unloading the goods and stacking tea leaves into Yangma City.
Only a few dozen camels could enter the Sheep and Horse City, and most of them couldn't fit in. When Yang Wuqing saw a dense forest more than a hundred steps away, he immediately ordered the camel driver to tie the camels into the dense forest.
Yang Wei scratched his head and asked strangely: "Wu Qing, what should I do if the camel is tied up in the dense forest and they take it away?"
Yang Wuqing laughed, "Think about it carefully, if you take away the camels, what kind of cargo will they use? They are not stupid."
Yang Wei slapped his head, "I'm so stupid!"
He suddenly changed his mind and asked again: "But what if they only want camels and not goods?"
Yang Wuqing shook his head, "Both the Turks and Tiele people believe in steppe wolves. Steppe wolves will never kill only half of the prey, and they will never stop until they get the goods!"
At this time, five beacon soldiers also climbed down from the cliff and came forward to see Yang Wuqing. Yang Wuqing asked: "How many extra weapons are there in the beacon?"
A leader came forward and reported: "Reporting to the general, in addition to our own side weapons, we also have five knives, five knives and thirty pots of arrows."
The standard equipment of the Sui army was a spear, a knife, a spear, a pot of arrows and a round shield. Yang Wuqing quickly estimated that he would have twenty soldiers under his command, plus he and Yang Wei, a total of twenty people.
Each person can be equipped with two pots of arrows. If the enemy consists of more than a hundred cavalry, they can be easily killed in a single movement.
At this time, a cavalryman on patrol came from a distance and shouted: "General, an enemy group of more than 400 people was found five miles away."