The chief scout of the Qin Army is called Zhang Mu. He is actually only twenty-three years old. He has been in the Jiuyuan Army for five years!
Although there has been no war in Jiuyuan for nearly five years since the Xiongnu were defeated by Meng Tian in the autumn of the 32nd year of the First Emperor, the Xiongnu have not made another large-scale southward attack on Qin during these five years.
However, in the past five years, the Xiongnu cavalry's small-scale scouting and spying has never stopped. In other words, although the Xiongnu experienced great defeats, they never gave up their ambition to seize the Hetao Grassland and Henan from the Qin Dynasty.
In the past five years, on the vast grasslands north of Jiuyuan and south of Yinshan Mountain, countless small-scale bloody fights have occurred. The protagonists of these fights were the cavalry scouts of the Qin Dynasty and the cavalry scouts of the Huns;
In five years, the bones of countless elite soldiers of Great Qin were buried on this boundless grassland;
In five years, countless elite Xiongnu cavalry fell under the arrows or swords of Qin scouts, which became the military merit of these warrior soldiers' promotion;
In five years, from a small scout soldier, he followed the commander before him to fight bloody battles with the Huns scout cavalry on this vast grassland again and again;
In the past five years, he had lost dozens of his former body parts, and he had been seriously injured and dying several times, but he finally survived;
In five years, the once young soldier now had a family and a career, and he had made great achievements in countless battles.
In the past five years, this was the first time he had fought against the Huns cavalry on this prairie since he had led the troops.
In five years, Zhang Mu grew from a young boy who was teased and ridiculed by veterans like Xiao Wu to an elite soldier of the Qin Dynasty who was brave and good at fighting and as cunning as a fox. He also understood the skills of the Xiongnu elite cavalry scouts better than anyone in the scout team.
Brutal.
Suppressing the boiling murderous intention in his heart, Zhang Mu quietly lay on the ground and stared at the Huns cavalry drinking and eating meat. He was waiting for the best opportunity. The remaining Qin army scouts also quietly lay on the ground waiting for his orders.
There are ten scouts in Zhang Mu's team, and nine of them are veterans who have participated in at least three battles with the Huns' cavalry scouts. Only Xiao Wu has encountered a real battle for the first time.
At this time, Xiao Wu's eyes were panicked, his face was pale, and he was breathing rapidly. He was holding the bow and arrow tightly in his hand. The strong soldier lying next to him felt his nervousness, and gently patted Xiao Wu's shoulder with his hand.
Give him an encouraging smile.
Xiao Wu, who was originally startled by the sudden slap, saw the smiling face of the strong soldier and the encouraging eyes in his eyes, and nodded gently. The panic in his eyes suddenly disappeared, and he gradually became firmer and his breathing gradually stabilized.
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Zhang Mu, who was lying at the front, keenly felt the changes in Xiao Wu behind him. He turned around and saw that Xiao Wu's breathing was gradually calming down. He looked at the strong soldier and looked at Xiao Wu to protect him, then stretched out his thumb and pointed at Xiao Wu.
He smiled gently.
The Hun cavalry's dinner party was coming to an end at this time. The more than forty Hun cavalry had eaten and drank and were ready to enter the camp to rest. At this time, they were arguing over the arrangement of night watchmen. Obviously no one wanted to keep vigil at night.
It's not dark yet. The reason why Zhang Mu agreed to get a vote was not only for military merit, but more importantly, there are steep slopes as high as ten feet high on both sides of this mountain col. The only flat road is right opposite the river.
Huns cavalry.
The Hun cavalry is facing them, and they cannot be seen at the moment, but it is impossible for them to leave with their horses without the Hun cavalry being aware of it. If these Hun cavalry are not dealt with, then their team can only wait.
You can't come out until the Huns cavalry has left tomorrow morning.
And now that the Huns cavalry scouts have appeared here, it means that the Huns' army is camped somewhere not far to the north. A lot of things can change in one night, not to mention that it seems that the Huns' army is only 600 miles away from Jiuyuan at most.
So Zhang Mucai decisively agreed to get a vote.
After a long argument, the leader of the Hun scouts in simple leather armor finally selected the four cavalrymen who would keep watch for the night, and then walked into a tent to rest. The four unlucky Hunnu cavalrymen who were selected waited for the leader to leave.
A strange drinking sound came from his mouth.
Zhang Mu heard clearly that the four cavalrymen were all scolding the leader. After the four scolded for a while, the four vigilant cavalrymen began to gather around the huge fire in the middle of the camp, drinking goat's milk wine and talking loudly.
After a while, they talked about the Qin girl. One of the cavalry loudly talked about a Qin girl he had raped and killed, and talked about the tenderness of the Qin girl's skin and the softness of her body. The remaining three cavalrymen all looked at each other.
Shining light, even saying that after conquering Jiuyuan, he must have a taste of Qin Nu.
Hearing the obscene words spoken by these four people about Qin Nu, Zhang Mu tightly held the crossbow in his hand, his eyes gradually turned blood red, okay, I will let you live for a while, and I will take your lives when it gets dark!
It was getting dark. There was no star in the vast sky, and there was no moon. A deep darkness shrouded the vast grassland.
The dark moon kills people! Today is really a good weather for killing people! Zhang Mu looked at the sky and said secretly.
After a while, the four people who had finished having sex finally began to face reality and began to discuss the matter of keeping watch. You must know that there are many wolves on the prairie. In the end, the four people decided to divide into two groups and take turns to keep vigil, and draw lots to decide which ones should be the best.
The group defends first.
The results of the lottery came out, and the two Hun cavalrymen who had won short lots stood up and swayed, cursing, and went to the north and south of the camp to investigate.
It's now!
Zhang Mu nodded at the sturdy soldier and another soldier behind him, and then pointed at the Hun cavalry in the north. The two nodded, clung to the ground, and slowly crawled out; then Zhang Mu nodded at two more soldiers.
From the south, the two soldiers also slowly climbed out.
After a while, two nightingale calls came from the north and south respectively, and Zhang Mu's heart was relieved. Now there were only two Huns cavalry left by the fire.
After almost a cup of tea, two Hun cavalrymen who had been sitting by the fire talking nonsense saw that the two previous cavalrymen had not returned yet. A Hunnu cavalryman smiled and said: "Motuo and Tomur will not be killed by Qin."
The female ghost must have escaped, and she hasn’t come back yet. Let’s go and have a look!”
Little did he know that these two people were not seduced away by Qin Nu, but taken away by Qin Bing.
Hearing that the two men finally remembered that the two Huns soldiers were about to move, Zhang Mu let out a long breath. But after a moment, Zhang Mu's expression changed drastically, "You guys just follow my instructions. Xiao Wu is responsible for taking care of the horses and don't run around."
After saying that, without waiting for Xiao Wu to react, he quickly climbed out secretly.
It turned out that the two Xiongnu cavalrymen were drunk or something, but they walked towards the south of the camp at the same time, arm in arm. There were only two Qin soldiers in the south. Against the two tall Xiongnu soldiers, they must have
It cannot be solved silently.
Once the sound of fighting awakened the rest of the Huns' cavalry sleeping in the tent, the consequences would be disastrous. So after Zhang Mu gave his instructions, he climbed out of the mountain himself to support the two Qin soldiers in the south.
Not far after the two Huns soldiers walked out of the camp, they saw the soldier named Tomur who had come out earlier standing not far in front. The two men suddenly felt calm and stood there.
"Hey, Tomur, what are you looking at? Is there a Qin girl dancing there? Haha!" one of the two Huns cavalry said teasingly. After a while, Tomur was still motionless, and the Huns cavalry stepped towards Tomur.
Behind Mu'er, he reached out and patted him, "Hey, Tom'er?"
Following his blow, Tomer fell forward softly.
The Hun cavalry was suddenly frightened, and immediately felt that something was wrong, and opened his mouth to shout.
"Phew", an eight-inch long crossbow arrow flew out of the darkness and stuck right into his throat. This small crossbow arrow immediately blocked his words in his chest.
"Ho ho", he held tightly the crossbow arrow that was deeply inserted into his neck with both hands, hissing softly in his throat and widening his frightened eyes to find the killer in the darkness.
As he hissed, large amounts of blood spurted out from his mouth and neck. The gush of bright red blood seemed to take away all the life in his body as it flowed out.
He finally fell down with slumped eyes and frightened eyes.