The sky is getting brighter. Yang Yuanqing and the others have chased for more than a hundred miles. They are now in the northeast. On the map, this area should not be far from the old town of Yudujin. At this time, they can't care about looking for the old town of Yudujin Mountain.
, they wanted to catch up with the Turkic ten-captain, and it was related to the whereabouts of the Sui army, so he must not be allowed to escape.
After chasing for more than a hundred miles, the Turkic ten-man captain was gradually overtaken. He was riding a single horse, while Yang Yuanqing and others were riding two horses. Although the Turks were good at equestrian skills, their horses' endurance was limited after all. They saw several horses from a distance.
Inside and outside, a small black spot crossed a low grass hill and disappeared at the end of the grassland.
"Follow me!"
Yang Yuanqing whipped his horse hard and led the other four in pursuit. In addition to Yang Sien, Liu Jian and Yuchidun, another scout, Fat Fish, also followed them. The remaining four stayed in the woods to clean up the battlefield and interrogate Su.
Special prisoners of war.
The fat fish is called Yu Hongquan. He is quite obese, has a cheerful and humorous nature, is good at cooking and medicine, and has mediocre martial arts skills, but his water quality is excellent.
He was also from Luoyang, his father was a famous ship doctor, and he was from the same hometown as Zhang Jindan. In order to avenge Zhang Jindan, he also followed him all the way. The five of them rushed up the grassy slope, and they saw a large and one young man by a small river a few miles away.
There are two small Turkic tents, with a fence behind the tents and dozens of sheep.
But the target they were looking for disappeared. Only the horse of the Turkic tenth captain fell not far from the dome tent, foaming at the mouth. Several people looked at each other and surrounded the dome tent from all directions.
When they were still dozens of steps away from the dome tent, they saw a Turkic herdsman running out in a panic, with blood on his face and body, waving and shouting at them.
"What did he say?" Yang Yuanqing couldn't understand Turkic.
Yang Sien said solemnly: "He said that a man rushed into his house to kill someone, but he killed him."
Yang Yuanqing urged his horse forward, and from a distance he saw the Turkic ten-captain lying in a pool of blood in the dome tent with a long knife in his hand. Yang Yuanqing breathed a sigh of relief and winked at Liu Jian, who turned over and dismounted.
, walked quickly towards the dome tent.
At this time, Yang Yuanqing suddenly noticed a little Turkic girl crawling out of the tent. She was very small, like a kitten, only about two or three years old. She put her hand in her mouth and was trembling with fear.
"Huo Chang, he is dead!"
Liu Jian's voice came from the big tent, "I don't have anything on me."
At this time, the little girl glanced at the Turkic man in horror and ran away. No! She should have thrown herself into her father's arms. How could she be afraid? Yang Yuanqing turned around suddenly and shot at the Turkic man with sharp eyes.
Almost at the same time, the Turkic man ran two steps, hugged the little girl in his arms, and laughed, as if to comfort her, but the little girl cried and struggled desperately.
Yang Yuanqing suddenly realized that the moment he raised his bow and arrow, a short knife appeared in the hands of the Turkic man and pressed against the little girl's neck. The smile on his face had disappeared and became extremely ferocious. He stared at Yang Yuanqing with wolf-like gray and cold eyes.
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The other three people were stunned by the sudden turn of events, and they all reacted at the same time, urging their horses forward to surround the real Turkic ten-captain.
Yang Yuanqing slowly drew the bow and aimed at the forehead of the Turkic tenth captain. The bow string was loosened without hesitation, and an arrow was shot out with great force. The Turkic tenth captain did not expect that he actually released the arrow. He was startled and raised his small arrow.
The girl acted as a human shield, but a moment later, the little girl only blocked his throat, but the long arrow passed over the little girl's head. 'Poof!' The arrow pierced his forehead, and the tip of the arrow came out from the back of his head.
He stood motionless, staring blankly at Yang Yuanqing. The luster of life gradually disappeared from his eyes. The dagger fell to the ground and he fell straight on his back.
The little girl burst into tears, "Wow!" Yuchidun rushed forward and took the little girl away from him. The little girl struggled to the ground and ran to the other side. At this time, a young woman came leading several horses.
She was the hostess of this family. She escaped by going to the river to drink horses. She saw a few strange soldiers at the door of her house from a distance. She was startled and suspicious. When she saw her daughter running towards her, she quickly picked up the child.
The daughter pointed at the big tent and cried. The hostess was shocked and ran into the big tent. Soon, a woman's miserable cry was heard from the big tent. The person who was killed in the tent was her husband.
In just two days, Yang Yuanqing had become indifferent to death. Only the death of his companions would make him feel sad. He shook his head, walked forward and rummaged through the belongings of this Turkic ten-captain, and unexpectedly found a piece of gold in his arms.
Gold medal, Yang Sien stepped forward to take a look, he was surprised, "Huo Chang, his name is Ashina Boli, he seems to be Datou's nephew."
Yang Yuanqing sneered, "No wonder this person is so great, it turns out he is no ordinary Turkic soldier!"
At this moment, Yuchidun's roar suddenly came from behind, "Let her go!"
When Yang Yuanqing turned around, he saw Yuchi Dun drawing his bow and arrow and pointing it at the tent. He gritted his teeth with hatred. At the same time, he heard a woman crying. Yang Yuanqing was startled. He got up and walked towards the tent. He saw Liu Jian riding on the young Turkic woman.
He was tearing off her clothes. The upper body clothes had been peeled off, revealing a plump and white body. Liu Jian ignored Yuchidun's threats. He breathed heavily and stared at the woman's full breasts, his eyes were bloodshot.
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Yang Sien couldn't stand it anymore, frowned and shouted: "Old Liu, forget it!"
"No! I must do this woman."
Liu Jian tore the woman's clothes while shouting: "Everyone takes turns, I will be the first to go."
Yuchidun turned around and shouted to Yang Yuanqing, "Stop him quickly, he is violating military discipline!"
Yang Yuanqing walked to the tent and said coldly: "Liu Jian, if you can't control yourself, you will never be the leader of the group in your life!"
Liu Jian was shocked, and the tearing movements of his hands stopped. Yang Yuanqing's words were simple, but they hit his vital point. He suddenly yelled, stood up and walked out, "Bang!" and punched the door of the tent.
The horse overturned the wooden stake and ran away like crazy. He looked up to the sky and yelled, "I want to find a hundred women when I return to the capital!"
Yang Sien stepped forward and touched Yang Yuanqing's arm, giving a thumbs up, his eyes full of approval, "This is the first time he defeated himself."
After saying that, he pulled out the dagger and walked into the tent. Yuchidun became frightened and grabbed Yang Yuanqing's arm, "Huo Chang, can't, can't kill them!"
Yang Yuanqing was also surprised, "Yang Sien, do you want to kill this mother and daughter?"
Yang Sien stopped, looked back at Yang Yuanqing, and said calmly: "The Chief of Fire stopped Liu Jian to help him, but as a scout, he must not leave any hidden dangers. The Chief of Fire should understand this."
"No! Huo Chang, they are just women and children. Yang Sien, you can't kill innocent people indiscriminately like this."
Yuchidun ran to the tent door and stopped Yang Sien, saying extremely firmly: "I will never let you kill them!"
At this time, the Turkic woman knelt down with her daughter in her arms, crying and pointing at her daughter. Although Yang Yuanqing could not understand the Turkic language, he could understand what she meant. She was willing to die to beg for her daughter's life.
Yang Yuanqing glanced at the frightened little girl who was hugging her mother's neck tightly. He couldn't help but sigh secretly and killed her mother. The little girl was only two or three years old and would not survive either.
Yang Sien put the knife against the woman's neck. The dagger pierced the skin, and a stream of blood flowed from her snow-white neck. The mother and daughter hugged each other tightly. The woman pressed her face against her daughter's little face, tears rolling down her face.
Yang Sien showed no mercy and said slowly to Yang Yuanqing: "You are the fire chief, you decide! If you kill them, I will give them a happy life. If you don't kill them, I will let them go."
Yang Yuanqing glanced at the mother and daughter, and said to Yang Sien in a deep voice: "You are not wrong. Sometimes kindness can leave hidden dangers and harm everyone. If that is the case, I will not stop you, but now
It’s not like you said that this mother and daughter situation is beyond resolution.”
He turned back to Fat Fish and said: "Fat Fish, I give you a task. Take this woman and child to the south and send them across the Yellow River. This time I will give you the credit."
Yuchidun was moved and immediately said: "Huo Chang, I will send them off. I don't want any credit."
Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "You are an eagle slave. After discovering the enemy's situation, you have to be responsible for delivering the message. It's better for you to go to Fat Fish."
Fat Fish stepped forward, bowed and said: "Chang Huo, I'm here to escort these mother and daughter across the Yellow River, but I don't want the credit of Chief Huo, because I don't agree with killing women and children, and all Han people will not agree.
Only barbarians would treat people like nothing."
After saying that, he glared at Yang Sien with great dissatisfaction. Yang Sien was from Xianbei. He snorted coldly, turned around and left. Yang Yuanqing patted Fat Fish on the shoulder and said with a smile: "This has nothing to do with Han and Hu people. Yuchi is also from Xianbei."
Man, doesn’t he disagree with it all the same? Go pick up the things for this mother and daughter and take them away!”
He then ordered Yuchidun: "You can also help them clean up. Keep it simple and don't be too cumbersome."
He turned around and walked towards Yang Sien's back. Yang Sien was sitting on the grassland, chewing grass roots and looking at the river in the distance.
"The matter has passed, don't worry about it anymore." Yang Yuanqing sat down next to him and said calmly.
"I'm not entangled, I just realize the difference between you and me."
Yang Sien sighed softly and said: "I just saw you being very decisive and ruthless when you killed the Turkic tenth captain. I admired you very much in my heart. And I saw you convinced Lao Liu with just one sentence. I admire you even more for your insight into people's hearts."
Deep, but you spared the mother and daughter, which surprised me. I thought you would kill them without mercy, but I didn't expect that you didn't kill them. Perhaps, this is the biggest difference between us. If it is
I, I will kill them without hesitation."
"I know exactly what our differences are."
Yang Yuanqing said slowly: "Yesterday I killed someone for the first time, and I felt uncomfortable for a long time. But today I killed someone again, and I no longer felt the uneasiness after killing. On the contrary, I felt a kind of pleasure in killing, very satisfying! A little soft-hearted.
There is no feeling at all. To be honest, if you were riding on that woman instead of Liu Jian, maybe I would pull Yuchi away. These are the same for you and me, but compared with me, you are indeed
Something is missing."
Yang Sien asked eagerly, "What is it?"
"You lack the bottom line in what you do."
Yang Yuanqing said in a calm tone: "A man should do things for the sake of gratification, and should not be bound by the so-called benevolence and morality. If you have the need and want to harm her, I will not fall out with you for a woman, but you can't kill women and children.
After all, you are not a beast. You don’t need morality or benevolence, but you can’t have a bottom line. If a person can’t keep his bottom line, he is destined to be unable to achieve great things.”
Yang Sien nodded silently, and Yang Yuanqing's words struck his heart, making him gradually start to wake up, "The fire chief is right, a person who can't even keep his own bottom line can't achieve great things. That's what happened to me."
A trace of regret flashed in his eyes, thinking of what he had experienced these years, because he failed to hold on to his original thoughts and evaded his responsibilities, so that he even lost his position as a general of cavalry. If he could have held the bottom line back then.
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Yang Sien let out a long sigh, "If I could have kept my bottom line back then, why would I be where I am today?"
Yang Yuanqing patted him on the shoulder, not disturbing his awakening. He stood up and walked towards the tent. After taking a few steps, Yang Sien stopped him, "Chief Huo, do you want to tell the commander about today's matter?"
Yang Yuanqing was stunned. He turned back and stared at Yang Sien and asked slowly: "How did you know?"
Yang Sien chuckled, stood up, patted his butt and walked towards the river. He heard his voice coming from far away, "The horse you gave me has the commander's official title and serial number engraved on it."
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