Chapter 74: Benevolence for a Time
He Bai bowed to Hou Cheng, who was lying on the ground, to show his gratitude. He turned around and lifted Ma Xueer, who was also softly lying on the ground, and walked to the side. After coming to a secluded place in the corner, He Bai lifted Ma Xueer's pants and thrust hard at Xuebai's butt.
Ma Xueer screamed and cried, but her hoarse voice was not as clear and pleasant as before. He Bai scolded while beating: "You damn little girl, you won't be able to get on the house for three days. This army is also where you, a woman, should come? You are so embarrassed to eat and sleep with a group of big men. Now that the soldiers have seen it again, it has disrupted my morale. How do you tell me to command the army in the future? How can you convince the public?"
Ma Xueer struggled and screamed in pain at first, but later she was already moaning softly. He Bai felt something was wrong and turned it over. He saw Ma Xueer's face was red, her lips were peeling, her mouth was blistered, and her mouth was steaming. When she reached out and touched her, she had a severe fever and a cold. No wonder her voice was hoarse and not as loud as a female voice.
He Bai became more and more angry. He was born as a beautiful girl with a precious body. Although she was a martial arts practitioner, how could she compare with her masters like herself? She traveled from Jinyang City to Jingjingguan for ten days, and after a day of rest, she traveled in the mountains for three days. It was very difficult for the past ten days to lie on ice and listen to the snow all day. Even she was enduring hard, how could Ma Xueer, a daughter of a daughter, stand it?
He Bai shouted lightly: "What are you doing with me? Don't believe that I can kill Guo Jian? I came here to supervise me?"
Ma Xueer opened her closed eyes slightly and said softly: "Husband, I'm sorry, Xueer just wants to kill Guo Jian with her own hands. At the same time, she also wants to ask him why he wants to kill my father."
He Bai couldn't help but curse in his heart. Do you think this is acting? In the raided army, you will see whoever you want to see. Maybe even Guo Jian's shadow was not seen, and the battle ended. But because Ma Xueer was sick, He Bai couldn't scold him. He just said, "Then now you are like this, can you still kill Guo Jian with your own hands?"
Ma Xueer's little face was very entangled, and after a while, he said, "Xue'er asked her husband for this matter."
He Bai couldn't help but bounced heavily on Ma Xueer's forehead and cursed: "You are so pretty now, you're asking for it." After that, he picked up Ma Xueer, walked out of the secluded place, and looked around.
In this era, there are no antipyretics and anti-inflammatory drugs. If one is not good, it will be in danger of life. He Bai dared not neglect and shouted: "Where is the military doctor? Come quickly to treat Mrs. Xue."
Li Ping immediately led a man in his thirties to come over. During the treatment of the military doctor, He Bai glared at Li Ping and cursed: "You are now a military Sima with more than a thousand people, no longer a servant of the Ma family. In the army, everything should be dominated by me. Why do you mean to bring Xueer into the army?"
Li Ping bowed his hand and dared not speak. Ma Xueer pulled He Bai under him, begging him with a pleading look on his face. He Bai's anger faded a little and said, "Next time, you two will punish you together. Xueer, if you do something wrong, you will be punished twice. Do you hear it clearly?"
Li Ping bowed and said, "It's my son-in-law. I remember it."
He Bai glared again and cursed: "Who is your son-in-law? He is called Master Duwei."
"It's Lord Duwei, my subordinates remember it."
At this time, the military doctor bowed and said, "Reported to Master Duwei, Mrs. Xue was just suffering from some cold and her body was quite heavy. Fortunately, Mrs. Xue is a martial arts practitioner and has a very strong body. She only needs to take the decoction for a few days to recover."
He Bai then breathed a sigh of relief. He ordered people to cut off two branches, tied them into stretchers with ropes, and then laid two felt blankets. Then he placed Ma Xueer on it and ordered two strong soldiers to carry them. After this incident, all the soldiers of the army safely climbed over the cliff, and the army was about to start going down the mountain.
As the saying goes, it is easy to go up the mountain, but it is difficult to go down. Fortunately, there is snow all over the mountain. Although it is not too thick, you can also walk down while walking. Before the night falls, the soldiers of the entire army finally come down the mountain and hide in the snow forest.
He Bai saw that there were sparks not far from the mountain, and called Hou Cheng, who was the assistant military marquis of Li Ping, and said, "You will lead a hundred people to visit there to see if it is a village for ordinary people or a camp for the Black Mountain bandits."
After Hou Cheng responded quietly, he led his people to go. In less than half an hour, Hou Cheng sent someone to return and report, "Report... Lord Duwei, it was a military camp of the Heishan bandits, with only a team of fifty people, responsible for guarding a grain site. I heard that the Heishan bandits were afraid of the officers and soldiers' conquests, and would retreat into the mountains to build docks and guard them at any time, and they were interested in camping at the foot of the mountain. When the villain returned, Hou Zuo and the army were preparing to wipe out the enemy without preparation."
He Bai hurriedly ordered Cheng Qi to lead his troops to join the Black Mountain bandits together and not to let anyone escape the report. After He Bai and Li Ping arrived, the battle was over. After more than a dozen people were killed or injured, all the fifty thieves knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. This was just a team of baggage soldiers, most of whom were guarded by half-aged men over forty years old, so they were not strong in combat.
"Lord." Cheng Qi rushed over happily and said, "There are 3,000 stones of food in the camp here, and you can have a full meal tonight."
He Bai nodded and said, "You go down and ask someone to arrange dinner first, and bring the leader of this team of thieves. I have something to ask."
Not long after, an old thief who was nearly 50 years old was brought in. He Bai looked at the old thief up and down and asked, "Do you want to live or die?"
The old thief turned his head and snorted coldly: "Since I have fallen into the hands of the thief, I want to die quickly."
He Bai smiled and said, "Oh? Then why did you surrender?"
The old thief snorted coldly: "There are many thieves and I am few. If I don't surrender, everyone will be slaughtered by you and other officials. If I surrender, everyone may still have a life."
"You are kind and loyal." He Bai couldn't help but praise: "Don't worry, I won't kill anyone who surrenders. I will let you wait for you soon. But I have some questions now, so please answer truthfully."
The old thief looked at He Bai with a complicated face and said, "The villain is just a small leader, and he doesn't know the important ones at all."
He Bai smiled and said, "Don't worry, don't ask what you are important, just ask you some simple things, where is Guo Daxian's troops stationed? Where is Guo Daxian himself stationed? You are the guardian of this grain garrison. People often come to deliver grain or transport grain. You should know something."
The old thief hesitated for a while before saying, "The elite troops of our troops are all stationed in the city, and most of the others are stationed in several villages at the junction of Xingnan Tang Dynasty. Guo Qushuai is naturally in the city of Duxiang."
This information is almost the same as Luo Pei's observation. There are 1,000 armored soldiers in each city of Duxiangcheng and Xingnan Tangcheng. Other young and strong men gathered at the junction of the two counties, which meant to support the left and right.
"Guo Daxian has more than a thousand cavalrymen, are they also in Duxiang?"
"Guo Qushuai doesn't believe in others, so the more than a thousand cavalrymen are naturally led by him and they are also stationed in the city of Duxiang."
After He Bai asked some questions from the old thief, especially the specific situation of the way to Duxiangcheng. After learning about it one by one, he ordered people to take it down. He Bai and Li Ping said, "We have been marching in the snow for half a month, but finally we have not wasted our efforts. Guo Daxian's army knows nothing about our army. We will rest tonight and tomorrow day, cook tomorrow at Shen time, and set off at You time, and be sure to attack Duxiangcheng at Daxian's army on the morning night."
At 5:30 p.m. the next afternoon, the sky was just turning dark, and He Bai led his troops to set off. Of course, each of the more than thirty thieves cut a knife, which made it difficult for them to walk and could not go and report the news.
When He Bai was halfway through, the old thief who closed his eyes and rested suddenly jumped up and lame his feet shouted: "Hurry, hurry up, go and light the food and fire up the sky, so that Guo Qushuai knew that our troops had changed and prepared early to prevent the enemy from attacking."
Someone hesitated and said, "But the official army has just forgiven me?"
The old thief cursed disdainfully: "Why are we rebelling in the name of Heishan? Although we have made peace with the court, we just want to be alone in a corner and not be subject to the court's jurisdiction and oppression. Now that there are officials who are coming over mountains and ridges, it is obvious that they want to start the war again and wipe out our Heishan army. How can our mere grace of not killing be more important than the safety of hundreds of thousands of people in the Heishan army? Go quickly, go quickly."
After the old thief drove and scolded, the thieves finally lit all the food and grass. All three thousand stones of food and grass were lit. The burnt fragrance came to their faces, causing the thieves to drool. Some thieves sighed and said, "Three thousand stones of food and grass are enough for us to eat until we die. It's a pity to burn it like this..."
He Bai, who was marching, suddenly felt a red light rising behind him, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the soldiers of the army. He saw that the direction of coming was ignited, burning half of the sky turned white. He Bai thought about something, and his face turned pale and he called out to himself.
Hou Cheng was shocked and said, "Master Duwei, no, those thieves did not remember the Lord's grace of mercy, and even set fire to warn Guo thief."
Cheng Qi was furious and shouted, "I will send someone back and kill them all."
Seeing a group of people running back, He Bai couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the war could not tolerate any kindness of a woman, but he was still too kind. Even if he wanted to be kind, he had to wait until the war was over. Otherwise, it would be purely a harm to others. He Bai secretly swears that he would never do such a kindness of a woman in the future.
Li Ping and Cheng Qi frowned and asked, "Lord, how should our troops do it now? Should we advance or retreat?"
In this battle, He Bai was in the idea of a surprise attack and wanted to defeat the Black Mountain bandits in street battles by means of short-term troops. He did not carry standard long weapons such as spears, spears, etc., only short weapons such as waist knives and daggers. Fortunately, there is also a strong bow with one hand, which has a strong firepower, so there is no need to retreat for the time being.
He Bai said in a deep voice: "Although the thief burned food and grass to inform the news, Guo Daxian, who is in the capital city, may not know the specific situation. At most, he just thought that his subordinates had caught fire due to carelessness, and might send a cavalry there to explore the news and handle the matter. However, he would never make a big move, or prepare for war with the entire army. Therefore, our army should continue to advance."
Chapter completed!