"Send someone to investigate immediately. How many people are there in the enemy?"
Mu He pointed the long whip in his hand at the unidentified horses and shouted harshly, but the expression on his face was calm.
However, the lieutenant beside him had already panicked, and the war horse under his crotch was even more painful from the reins he pulled hard. He kept digging his hooves on the ground and neighing.
Soon, an urgent report reached the elder's ears from the front, saying that the invading enemy was a cavalry team that came from nowhere!
"Thousands of cavalry? Whose flag is the opponent flying?"
Mu He couldn't figure out how the Muyun tribe could ambush such a large number of surprise troops behind him. The scout on the opposite side shook his head:
"There are no flags in that cavalry team, and there are no riders to control them! There are just thousands of wild horses, charging like crazy towards our square formation!"
"With no one driving them, how can the horses dare to attack the military formation?"
"The reason is still unknown! What I see now is that the leader is a young stallion. I have never seen a horse with such a pure black coat!"
"Shoot the arrow quickly to force it to turn!"
"It's too late. The horses are faster than the wind, and the right army has been scattered!"
Hearing the scout's report, Mu He's eyes finally twitched uncontrollably. However, before he could think of a way to deal with it, the horse group rushed into the Chinese army's formation again, overwhelming the neatly arranged queue in the blink of an eye.
Everything is broken!
After a while, some warriors in the military formation came to their senses, wanted to stop their retreat, and raised their weapons to block the oncoming horses. However, facing the warriors holding sharp weapons, the thousands of horses
But they didn't flinch at all. The first one among them had his belly slashed and his neck cut off on the spot. But in the face of blood and death, the horses were still like a torrent pouring down from the high mountains, which was beyond the reach of human power.
Easily blocked!
Soon, Muhe also saw the eye-catching black color among the horses. The head horse looked like it had just grown up, and its black body and limbs revealed the vitality of the blood. The pure white spot on the horse's forehead
The round birthmark is as eye-catching as the morning star rising in the dark night!
As a last resort, the old commander had to order the army to change formations and try to avoid the two sides to reduce unnecessary casualties caused by head-on collision. However, as soon as the order was given, he suddenly stood up straight on the cart as if something had occurred to him, and faced the horses.
Looking forward:
"Where are those iron mountains?!"
What he expected was correct. The horses were indeed running straight towards Jiang Yan and Tiezhongshan who had been trapped for a long time. Under the pass, countless figures had climbed on the backs of the horses. They were the Muyun warriors who were in dire straits.
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The horses stayed in place for a while, then changed direction and broke out outside the pass. No matter how hard the army behind them tried to stop them, they could not stop their pace. They could only watch as the thousands of horses disappeared into the rising dust.
, completely disappeared into the sky.
"Father-in-law, can this be the end of it?"
Qiheyou, who originally led the crowd to fight in front of the formation, immediately turned around and rushed back to Muhe. Seeing that the opponent had no intention of giving orders to pursue him, he clamped his legs firmly on the horse's belly and was about to attack again.
"Stop chasing!"
However, Muhe opened his mouth to stop him.
"Why don't you pursue me? If you, my father-in-law, can't take action, I will clean up all the defeated soldiers of the Muyun tribe and then come back to revive them. Just pretend that this is not the case!"
But before Qihehui could finish speaking, the elder opposite him waved his hand impatiently:
"It's just a few stragglers who escaped. Now nearly 80% of the troops on the grassland are concentrated in our hands. Even if that southern brat can escape with his life, where can he go to bring in reinforcements? Now that the way forward is open, we must move as soon as possible.
The most important thing is to capture the city of Garhai, don’t waste time on a few lost dogs!”
So, accompanied by the sound of horns one after another, and under the new moon, the three-pronged army with leopard heads and wolf flags re-entered the road, marching on the frozen soil soaked with blood and water, and continued to march towards the city of Garhai, which was less than a hundred miles behind the pass.
New snow has arrived, fluttering with the wind, and a thin layer has accumulated on the withered grass overnight. There is no cover on the grassland, and the north wind blows all the way, deep into the bones. However, in this area
Under the light gray sky, there is a bit of bright red standing in the wilderness at the foot of Lancang Mountain, as if frozen there by the snow and wind.
That was Tuya wearing a big cloak. Yesterday afternoon, she led tens of thousands of Muyun tribesmen to successfully arrive at Garhai City. However, the girl was worried about the safety of Jiang Yan and the three thousand iron mountains, and she couldn't sleep all night.
He was standing here waiting before dawn. At this time, a thick layer of white snow had accumulated on his head and shoulders, but he didn't know it. He just stared blankly at the distant horizon.
Suddenly, a ball of orange light appeared in the darkness, getting closer and closer. It was a figure holding a suet lamp. The person came in a hurry, as if he had been looking for the girl in the wind and snow for a long time. However, Tuya did not notice anyone.
As she was walking towards her, it wasn't until the other party put a thick wool blanket on her back that she trembled suddenly as if frightened, turned her stiff neck and looked over:
"Uren—grandma?"
"My Gu Enji, why did you come out of the city alone? It's such a heavy snowstorm and you're not afraid of freezing yourself? Come back with me!"
Wu Ren's face was full of worry, but as he spoke, he held the cold girl in his arms, and rubbed her back and hands repeatedly with a pair of thick hands. However, Tuya gently pushed her away.
His gaze turned to the direction where he had just stared again, without saying a word.
"Gu Enji, please relax. As long as we don't see the enemy for a day, it means that Xinhan and Tie Zhongshan have successfully blocked the opponent's offensive. I believe they will come back safely. You'd better follow me into the city as soon as possible.
Wanbu people still need Gu Enji, so you must not fall ill at this time!"
Wu Ren advised, he picked up the girl and turned around to leave, but he clearly felt a sudden tightening on her body. When he turned to look, he saw that Tuya was breathing rapidly, swaying from side to side, and was about to kneel on the ground on the spot.
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In the dark sky, something seemed to be moving below the horizon. At first glance, it seemed like just some snow dust blown up by the wind. However, amid the increasingly powerful whimpering, there was a faint rumble like the roar of a beast.
.With the sound, the earth began to tremble slightly. On the horizon filled with white mist, a huge team gradually appeared with flags and flags, riding high-headed horses.
But that team was obviously not General Yan and the Three Thousand Iron Mountains who had returned from the front line, because at this time, as far as the eye could see, they were already so vast that it was hard to find the edges. Because the battle line was too long, there were still many people in the team.
Several huge war drums had to be erected to control the speed of advancement. Every time the drumsticks fell, Tuya's body would tremble involuntarily. And the last glimmer of hope in her heart for her husband's safe return also followed the drums.
His voice was shattered by the blow, and when he raised his head again, tears were already streaming down his face.
Wu Ren on the side didn't know how to persuade him, so he could only hug the girl's weak body and whisper. Tuya suddenly raised his sleeves, wiped the tears that were about to freeze on his face, and strode towards the city gate.
. Even though there were traces of blood on her face that was chapped by the cold, she did not frown, but said every word:
"Grandma Wu Ren, after entering the city, immediately send me an order to summon all men over the age of twelve to prepare to meet the enemy! In addition, please take out the bow I pressed at the bottom of the box. It can be of some use!"
At the same time, in the recently stationed Muhe Camp, only more than ten miles away from Garhai City, an elder with gray hair and bare upper body was sitting in the middle of the tent. A doctor was about to pound the meat in a stone mortar.
The crushed herbs were gently applied to the wound on his shoulder, and then he was carefully bandaged with clean fine cloth.
The bloody hole that was poked out by Jiang Yan has now been carefully sewn together with needles and threads, and a thick layer of blood scab has formed on it. However, under the light touch of the doctor's fingers, it can still be seen
The blood that has not yet solidified underneath is seeping out from the cracks in the hard scab.
Suddenly, a corner of the door curtain of the yurt was lifted, and then two round little heads poked in from the outside. They turned out to be a pair of boys with rat tails, about six or seven years old. The children did not look alike at all.
The soldiers in the army were so awed by Mu He that they smiled at him with curiosity on their faces.
When the old man saw this, he did not yell out loud. Instead, he waved his hand in surprise to signal the doctor to leave first. He put on a single coat and opened his mouth to greet the children to come to him:
"How could it be you two little guys?"
The child immediately giggled and got into the tent, gathered around the elder and chirped and asked:
"Ebuge, why are you injured? What are you doing here in such a far place?"
"Yes, Ebuge, you have been away from home for so long, we all miss you! Let's go home together, okay?"
Mu He raised his uninjured right hand and gently pinched the two children's faces again and again, his eyes full of love. No one thought that these two children looked no different from ordinary herdsmen's children.
The child is actually the grandson of the old wolf opposite, the all-powerful Goose Luoyuan!
"Ebu Ge is here to do some big things. You two should just go back to Cao Bo and wait for me. Once Ebu Ge has finished his things, he will go back!"
The elder kissed the two children again and again on their foreheads and allowed the grandchildren to play and fight in front of him. However, the children had no idea that not long ago, their grandfather had just saved his life from Jiang Yan's knife.
Little did he know that during the period when his grandfather left, countless children of his own age lost their fathers and mothers forever, and even lost the right to continue to live.
"Who brought these two to the front line?"
Muhe glanced at the two children with a smile, and when he raised his head again, a pair of tawny eyes revealed a cold killing intent, showing no anger or authority.
Several waiters standing outside the tent immediately fell to their knees and kowtowed, but no one dared to answer his words. The elder wanted to press him again, but suddenly he heard a woman's voice from outside the tent:
"I came here with my two grandchildren! If I don't come now, I don't know when I can see you again!"
Before she finished speaking, a woman in fine clothes walked slowly in from outside the tent. Like Muhe, wrinkles had already climbed up the corners of her eyes and forehead, and her temples were also gray. However, when she walked
But she held her head high and her chest straight, and her back was straight. She was not at all like an ordinary woman in her sixties in an ordinary herdsman's home.
When the children heard the woman's voice, they immediately gathered around her with smiles, like a group of chicks seeing the mother geese.
Mu He could not have imagined that his wife, who had been staying at home all this time, would travel a long distance with her two grandchildren to meet him at the foot of Lancang Mountain, thousands of miles away. He immediately asked in surprise:
"Why are you traveling so far away if you don't want to rest at home?"
Seeing the expression on her husband's face, the woman couldn't help but snorted coldly:
"You came, but we can't come? You silently led the army to leave Caobo overnight and march eastward, without even saying hello to your wife or your two grandchildren. Don't you allow others to worry? What?!"
Facing the woman's question, Mu He seemed a little unreasonable, but still waved his hand to prevent the other party from saying any more:
"Then don't be ridiculous! Now Yanluoyuan has become a battlefield. No matter how worried you are, this is not a place where women and children should come. Go back to me immediately!"
But the woman opposite clearly didn't intend to give up just like that. She shook her head vigorously and said:
"If you don't retreat, my two grandchildren and I will never go back! Over the years, I have never asked you what you are planning, but don't think I can't guess it! Since Pei'er left, you So he blamed everything on the Bakwuqin family, and always wanted to avenge his son!"
"No! It's because I don't want to disappoint our family and the brave tribesmen under the Wolf Banner! The people of the Bolewu family must never compromise like this forever and submit themselves to a little girl who doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth and a southern brat. !”
Mu He seemed to have been poked into his thoughts, and suddenly started shouting. The two grandchildren had never seen their grandfather look so angry, and they hid behind the woman in panic. The woman raised her hand and pushed the two children out. Outside the tent, he walked up to the elder and stared at his eyes full of anger but with a little regret and murmured:
"Perhaps no one has ever been disappointed by this except yourself..."
"Yes, you are right. But now it is done. After so many years, my plan is only one step away from making the Bakwuqin family pay the due price! Only in this way can I regain my heart. free!"
"Freedom is given to you by yourself, not because of anyone, let alone anything!"
"No, you don't understand!"
"I'm your wife and Pei'er's mother, how could I not understand! In fact - you really admire that black-eyed southern brat, right? Otherwise, why didn't you catch up to him directly in front of that pass? Kill him to avoid future troubles? His eyes and the unwillingness to admit defeat in his eyes are really similar to Pei'er..."
"Don't talk nonsense. Pei'er is gone. No one can replace her. No way! I will order someone to send you three back to Caopo. After everything is over, I will go back to accompany you."
Mu He's tone became passionate again, and then suddenly became low again. It was no longer possible to conceal the turbulent waves in his heart caused by his wife's words.
"What does it mean to end everything? Does it mean that you died in battle on this barren tundra, or does it mean that the last bloodline of the Bakwuqin family was killed by you? Have you never thought about those who follow you to fight? If our children die here, how sad it will be for their parents and relatives at home!"
The old woman still persuaded her, but the horns of the army's departure were sounded outside the tent one after another. Muhe was stunned for a moment, and did not pay any attention to the other party. Instead, he reached out and grabbed the wolfskin cloak spread on the couch without turning his head.
He walked back to the outside of the tent.
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