Yuan Feng took off his sheepskin bedding and found that he was already well-dressed inside. Zhang Tietou beside him also quickly got up, picked up his weapon and came outside the tent. He put his two fingers into his mouth and struck with a long blow.
He whistled, and not long after, the two horses ran back on their own, but there was no one on them anymore.
"Chase!" Yuan Feng gave an order, and the three of them mounted their horses and gave chase. After galloping westward for a while, they saw a person stumbling in front of them. After Zhang Tietou shouted to stop, he not only stopped but also turned around.
The arrow flew past Zhang Tietou's ear with a whoosh. He was so angry that he opened his bow and shot the arrow back. Naturally, he didn't hit it in the dark night, but he was so frightened that the man jumped up and ran wildly. Yuan Feng
He caught up with him on horseback, picked up the scabbard and hit the back of the man's head, then knocked him down.
The three people dismounted and watched. Sure enough, it was the guy named He Min. They saw that his nose was bruised and his face was swollen after falling, and his right arm was bloody. Yuan Feng pulled open his sleeve and saw that it turned out that the arrow wound was caused by shooting the bow. He sewed it up himself.
The threads on his head burst out, and the blow to the back of his head was so severe that he fainted.
"What should we do? Just give him a happy life and kill him." Zhang Tietou said.
"No, just throw it here and let the wolf pick up this ungrateful one." Ye Kai said.
"No, I think this person seems to have something to hide. Let's tie him up first and ask him again when he wakes up." Yuan Feng shook his head and said, and the other two people had no choice but to carry He Min onto the horse and go back slowly.
In the early morning, when everyone was still sleeping soundly, Zhang Tietou climbed out of the tent, turned off the bonfire, and set up a pot of water to boil. Suddenly he frowned, lay down on the ground, listened, and then shouted: "Get up quickly, there is something
The soldiers are coming!"
Everyone hurriedly got out of the tent, holding swords and guns in their hands, and looked around: "Where are the soldiers? Where are the soldiers?"
"There are more than 20 people coming from the west. They are very fast. They must be cavalry." Zhang Tietou was very confident in his hearing.
"They must be Turkic cavalry. What should we do? Let's go with them." Someone suggested.
"Don't worry, we can handle more than 20 people. Prepare your horses. Don't be too impatient. Try to appear normal. If you have to fight, follow my orders." Yuan Feng appeared in time and calmed people's hearts with a few words, and everything was done.
It was going on in an orderly manner. Some people packed up the tents, some put saddles on their horses, and some quietly hid them with bows and arrows. The only one who didn't move was He Min who was tied up in the tent. No one could care about him now.
After a while, smoke and dust billowed from the west, and a group of men and horses arrived. It turned out to be Turkic cavalry. Seeing the camp of the caravan, the small force immediately surrounded them. Seven or eight soldiers stood with bows and arrows, aiming from a distance. A small officer led
A dozen people came over slowly, their hands on the hilts of their knives, their eyes extremely wary. However, when they saw the people in the camp, they said contemptuously: "It turns out to be the caravan of the Li family in Lanzhou."
"Master Jun, we are fellows from the Li family in Lanzhou. How can we help you?" Chu Mujie asked tremblingly. His honest peasant face could really deceive many people.
The junior officers wore pointed helmets and chainmail, while the other soldiers wore sheepskin hats and had no armor on their bodies. They only had scimitars and bows and arrows around their waists. In addition, these men and horses had bloody heads hanging under their heads, which looked terrible.
It's scary.
"Have you ever seen a Qiang man of seventeen or eighteen years old? Well, he is as tall as this man, almost fat and thin." The young officer pointed his riding whip at Yuan Feng and said. His Chinese was not very good, but he could speak Chinese.
The meaning is expressed very clearly.
Everyone remained calm, but they all knew in their hearts that the person who was about the same height and weight as Yuan Feng was the He Min they met yesterday? That man's face was stained with blood and mud, and he spoke quite standard Chinese. It was hard to tell who he was.
Qiang people.
But no one was stupid enough to tell the Turkic officer the truth. Chu Muzu said: "Back to the military master, we didn't even see a single person along the way, let alone a woman."
"If you find out and don't report it, you will all die!" the young officer threatened. He gently clamped the horse's belly and came among the crowd. He took the riding whip and lifted someone's chin from time to time to observe for a while. His attitude was extremely arrogant, as if
I didn't take these people seriously at all.
There were only six people in the camp, and it was over after just two glances. However, there was still an unpacked tent, and He Min was thrown into it. After checking the people at the scene, the young officer got off his horse and walked towards the tent. Everyone's hearts were immediately in suspense.
He stood up and unconsciously touched the handle of the knife at his waist, but Yuan Feng stopped him with a dry cough.
Just as the young officer was about to open the tent, there was a sudden bang and something fell to the ground. The officer turned around and saw a silver coin falling on the ground. Ye Kai hurriedly went to pick it up, but he was sternly yelled at.
Stop: "Bring it here."
A ten-tael hammer was handed into the hands of the young officer. He weighed it and said, "There's more!"
"No, uncle, we are a small business and don't have much capital." Ye Kai said with a bitter face.
The young officer cursed in Turkic language, and two soldiers came over with swords drawn and were about to chop people. Ye Kai was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and took out all the money in his arms. There were eleven pieces of silver in total, one hundred and twenty.
Two silver coins.
"The money is confiscated! The horses are also confiscated. You guys, just walk back." the young officer ordered.
"My lord, you can't do this. These horses are our lives." Chu Mu's legs went weak and he knelt down.
""Bold! If it weren't for the fact that you are members of the Li family, I would have killed you a long time ago. Now as long as your horses and silver coins are needed, you still dare to chirp. Do you want to die?" the young officer angrily said,
However, Chu Muzu was not afraid of his threats. He still cried and cried, hugged his thigh and begged: "If we lose our horses, we will die if we go back. Why don't you chop me to death with a knife?"
The Turkic officer's patience was limited. When he heard this, he was furious. He reached out to draw the scimitar from his waist. As soon as he said it, Yuan Feng shouted: "Kill!" Chu Mu's legs hugged the young officer's arms.
The calf kicked hard and he was thrown to the ground. He took the hardwood prosthetic leg in his hand and smashed it head-on. The first blow knocked the helmet off, and the second blow caused his brains to explode.
The archers who were lying in ambush on favorable terrain also shot arrows from the grass. Five arrows hit the target. Five cavalrymen immediately dismounted from their horses. Yuan Feng and the other five men did not hesitate. They rushed forward with their swords and slashed. He Min also
He sprang out of the tent, swung his hand to tie a cavalryman with a rope, and pulled him off his horse. Yuan Feng then slashed with his sword and killed a life immediately. The Turkic soldiers were suddenly attacked and had no time to react, and their immediate advantage was not revealed at all.
Three or four were hacked to death on the spot. Since the officers were smashed to death and the number of enemies could not be judged, the remaining Turkic soldiers thought they were ambushed and hurriedly turned their horses and fled.
"Brother Feng, chase me." Chu Jian shouted while holding the bloody steel knife.
"What are you chasing? Just prepare your horses and run. This is someone else's territory." Yuan Feng replied.
Think about it, now we are in the territory of the Turks, and there are who knows how many people and horses behind this cavalry. If we wait for their large force to come over, they will not be able to outrun them.
Just as he was talking, smoke and dust billowed in the distance, as if a large group of people were coming to kill them. Everyone quickly got on their horses and ran away in a hurry. Zhang Tietou shouted: "What to do with these horses?"
"No, it's important to save your life. Remember, if you get separated, just go all the way east." After Yuan Feng said that, he rode away. There were twelve of them in total, and some of them didn't have all the saddles ready, so they just rode like this.
The barebacked horse began to run for its life, and thundering hoofbeats were heard from behind, and countless cavalrymen chased after it.
"Split up!" Yuan Feng shouted, reined in his horse, put four arrows on his bow, raised the angle of elevation, and shot backwards, thus attracting the attention of the pursuers. In fact, they were chasing them.
There were only two or three hundred cavalry. Due to the dense formation, one of them was actually shot by Yuan Feng. The entire pursuit formation changed accordingly and headed straight towards Yuan Feng. No one paid attention to those who were escaping from the east and west directions.
Zhang Tietou, Chu Muzu and others are here.
Yuan Feng galloped on his horse. His horse had been saddled a long time ago and had rested all night. It was in good physical condition. It was much faster than those Turkic cavalry who had been marching for a while. He ran all the way.
I don’t know how long I ran when I suddenly saw a horse lying on the ground in front of me. He Min was trapped under the horse and was struggling.
Yuan Feng stopped and said, "Another horse was killed by another horse. You are pretty good at it."
He Min said: "Bring me out quickly."
Yuan Feng snorted coldly, dismounted and pulled him out from under the dead horse, and said angrily: "You are such a disaster. Not only did you kill two horses in two days, but you also killed dozens of us."
If it is lost, people will disperse."
He Min said: "I will compensate you in the future, take me away now."
"Take you away? Where to go? I still want to find my brother." Yuan Feng said.
Just as he was talking, the sound of horse hooves from the pursuers could be faintly heard from behind. There was no hiding place in the wilderness. If he escaped on foot, he would only be massacred. Although there was no friendship, Yuan Feng could not bear to have this person killed.
, so he said: "Come up."
Yuan Feng got on the horse first, and He Min climbed on the horse and sat down behind Yuan Feng. He held Yuan Feng's shoulders tightly with both hands. The horse bore the weight of the two people and neighed dissatisfied. However, Yuan Feng's
After being scolded, he still ran forward with all his strength.
The war horse carried two people, and its speed naturally slowed down. The pursuers behind it were getting closer and closer, and arrows had already whizzed past their heads. Yuan Feng stopped his horse and took a look at the quiver.
Diao Fei Jian resolutely turned over and dismounted and said: "I'll stop them, you can go."
He Min said: "Why?"
"For no reason, it's better to run away alone than to die both of them. If I stay, there's at least a glimmer of hope. Let's go!" At this time, the war horse was so tired that it was foaming at the mouth. Yuan Feng drew his knife on the horse's chest.
A knife stabbed the horse in pain, and it started running wildly. He Min had no choice but to hold on to the reins of the horse tightly and ran a hundred steps away. He looked back at the place where Yuan Feng's little figure still stood there, holding a
Holding a bow and arrow, he looked like a statue, and what he faced was a black mass of Turkic knights.
"Why?" He Min asked in his heart, and a tear slipped down, breaking away from his muddy face, revealing his snow-white skin.