Adele Hucha would not know that someone on a tall grassy slope five hundred steps away was watching his movements from beginning to end, and the remaining prey he was going to hunt were examining the hunter's posture.
"There are still twenty riders and horses left by his side. The rest must be spread out to search the nearby ground." The four of them climbed backwards and retreated down the high slope. Below them were their mounts. This place was too close to stay for too long, otherwise it would soon be over.
The barbarian's personal bodyguard would come back and say, "We might not have a chance."
"Four versus twenty? God knows if there are any powerful characters among those twenty people." Liu Ziyi, with a gloomy expression, shook his head and retorted, "How can we compete with one against five now?"
"Then let them chase us down and kill us one by one?! Don't forget that Brother Qisheng died in front of us just now!" Mei Su, who was the most polite person, almost shouted, "Day after day,
How long are we going to escape?"
They had been extremely careful when walking in the past few days, but the territory of Jinzhou was mostly flat land with an unobstructed view of dozens of miles around. Except for a few fortified cities to the north of Jinzhou and Yuancheng, the barbarians were roaming freely.
After evading seven or eight groups of barbarian knights, the Jinzhou Rangers could no longer avoid the sight of Yedie's guards. After the initial fight, they suffered no losses and only injured Wei Qisheng and Wei Qisheng.
At the cost of another person, one of the ten people escaped with injuries.
The tired mounts of the Jinzhou Rangers could not catch up with the barbarians who were running away like crazy. At first, they took a chance and hoped that they would be able to defeat the courage of these barbarians this time, but they never expected to let go.
This barbarian will bring about consequences that cannot be undone even by patching up sores and gouging out flesh.
They tried to cover up their whereabouts and take detours to keep away from Yediel's guards, but it was as if there were eyes following behind. Even if Jinzhou's rangers traveled twice as far as usual day and night, those cavalry would still be as close as they were.
The gangrene of bones approached them the next morning.
Those horses that were barbarian horses were skinny after walking a long journey of thousands of miles. These horses that were once the mounts of the elite warriors of the Taiqiang tribe were born fat and strong, preparing for the burst of charge when going into battle, but they can travel long distances.
At the same time, the lack of food made these barbarian horses lose weight rapidly. It must be said that Wei Changpan and the others were lucky to be able to be ridden to this day without losing a life.
However, it is one thing to be able to walk on the road, and it is another thing to be driven away all day long. The mounts of the Hucha family, who are recharging their strength in the camps of various tribes, are in the same situation as these who can't even fill their bellies with hay.
The gap was as big as the sky, so it was understandable that the distance was lower. If both men and horses were in good spirits, Wei Changpan and his party could just spread their horses and run south, why bother risking the lives of three people.
It wasn't until recently that they discovered the reason why the pursuers were so late. The barbarians who obviously had a very high status were usually accompanied by good falconers, and the black dot that often hovered above their heads would reveal their location to them in a short time.
That group of barbarians.
Wei Changpan punched the eagle that had long gone silent beside him, and the bones made a cracking sound. It was because of this beast that three of them died.
The companion beside Yedie'er blew the eagle whistle. Hearing the sharp and harsh sound, knowing that this was calling the eagle back, Wei Changpan and his party all jumped on their horses.
The horse's horse power was running low. After traveling for more than ten miles, Wei Changpan's horse could not move, so he had no choice but to turn his attention to the Lubai horse, which still looked unruly.
"Riding this horse is worse than riding a lame one. Even though it is a powerful horse, there is a chance that it will suddenly turn against the enemy and throw you off the horse." Mei Su advised him softly, "Why don't you turn around with my horse? I am lighter.
, maybe this horse won't be so lame when it walks.
Everyone knows that replacing a horse with weak legs will increase the risk. If it is caught again, he may be the next to die.
Wei Changpan walked to the horse and saddled it, combed the long and elegant mane of the white horse with his fingers, and put on a stiff fake smile on his thin yellow face, "The eagle has been shot down, those
How can the barbarians still find us? The horse is a good horse, but it is a pity that it has never met Bole, so it can only carry a mediocre person like me."
All three of them could see that Wei Changpan's head was completely black and white had appeared.
This place is less than a hundred miles away from Bingyuan City. Previously, it was from
A dying barbarian who understood Dayao's Mandarin came up with something from the mouth. The coalition of barbarian tribes had already captured two county towns, and only a few soldiers and horses were gathered near Bingyuan City. It was not the entire Bingyuan City that Wei Changpan had thought before.
Surrounded by watertight iron barrels.
"Go south, keep going south. Don't take those winding roads. To the south is Bingyuan City. Once you enter, you will have great achievements." Wei Changpan tightened the girdle of the horse and ran to the already overwhelmed horse.
He unhooked the harness next to the lame horse and slapped the horse's butt. The horse, even though it was half lame, ran very fast.
"Go, go, run far away, and return to the grasslands of the north to be free."
This horse has already been regarded as a member of the team by him. It is a good thing that one of them can survive.
Lu's white horse was reluctant to move, but it got the first place, and the other three horses followed tamely behind.
Normally, Liu Ziyi would have scolded you with words such as "I might as well make you a meal", and the seven people in the group would have burst into laughter, but now none of them could laugh out loud.
Too many of their companions had died, and those who should have returned to Jinzhou alive to receive rewards died on the way home.
Yedie'er frowned and stared at the companion who was blowing the eagle whistle with all his strength. He raised his hands to cover his ears in disgust and said, "I'm afraid your eagle has become deaf and can't hear such a loud sound."
Driving the horse close to Bandang, Yedier slapped Bandang to the ground, and the hawk whistle in his mouth also flew out, "Our prey is not the gazelle or elk. If I am not wrong, you are using it to spy on them."
The eyes have probably been made blind. Although I don’t know what method they used, they noticed and succeeded in making your eagle unable to fly back."
Bandang, who had half his face swollen, was groping for the eagle whistle on the grass. It was an ancestral treasure of their family. It was his falcon training on the grassland that made him so famous that he could even become the heir apparent of the Hucha family, Bandang. But he couldn't.
thrown into the land of the Yao people.
"Bring another of your eagles and find those people." Seeing his companion touch the eagle whistle on the ground, Ye Die'er said impatiently.
"Your Majesty, it takes at least half a year to train a falcon from selecting an eagle to cooking it to being mature enough to be released..." The companion did not care to cherish the ancestral eagle whistle that had already cracked a mark, and knelt down beside him.
Die'er begged for mercy beside the horse's hooves, "As long as the prince allows me to go back to the grassland and choose to train the falcon, it will take three months, not two months! In only two months, the prince can have one on his forearm..."
The horse's hoof stepped on Bandang's back, breaking his spine. He spat out a mouthful of blood, and then the horse's hoof stepped on his head, making a creepy sound like an eggshell breaking.
Yedie'er drove his horse to trample on Bandang's body slowly. The first blow made Bandang unable to move. He was dying but not dead yet. What followed was an extremely painful process. After a cup of tea, the guards who were closer could still hear the breath.
If the hairspring is accompanied by it, it will make a vague moan.
In the end, the guard's saber ended the companion's pain and hung his head together with the other heads on the saddle.
"I'm tired." Adele rubbed the bridge of his nose with two fingers on horseback. For him now, the warm tent and the enchanting women in the tent seemed more palatable, "Am I
Should we go back to the camp to rest?"
No one of the guards around him dared to answer his questions, and the head of the last person who dared to reply was already hung by the saddle.
Without a companion, it seems difficult to find the traces of those people. There are not enough scouts around Ye Die'er. There are less than 80 people left in the centurion he brought with him when he traveled, although generally there has not been much damage.
, but he is also a person who cherishes his own life and will not do anything too risky.
But when he saw seven people and took the heads of three of them back to his old residence, wouldn't he have lost four useful dishes for nothing?
"Go fifty men, in teams of five, and stalk the enemy at intervals of three hundred. If you don't get the heads of those four men, you don't have to go back."
Ye Die'er thought he had thought of a compromise that would allow him to return to the camp to rest without losing the four good bowls. As if he had thought of something, he glanced at the headless body on the ground.
His tone was soft and he said helplessly, "Who told you not to bring two more with you?"
With the eagle by my side, I am angry, but what I want is your life?"
He also raised these people just to make himself happy. Since these people made him unhappy, why bother to spend money and food to support them.
"Your Majesty, the master of the house has ordered us to guard you within a hundred steps day and night..." The leader of the guard boldly told the truth, "After all, this is the land of the Yao people. If the master of the house knows how to punish you..."
"Do you think it is faster for my father to punish me or for me to punish you?" Yedie'er smiled and patted the iron bow on his back, "Yao people are sheep, and prairie people are wolves. Even if wolves step on the land of sheep, they will
They only dare to bleat, but they gather together to seek shelter."
"Don't let me down." Yedier rode forward and patted the head of the guard leader, then he ran southward with his horse under his belly, closely followed by more than 20 horse guards.
Since they had eaten the Hucha family's money and food, they had to be prepared to die in battle at any time. The leader of the guard sighed, and then ordered his subordinates to follow the prince's instructions in a team of five to search for the enemy. Most of them no longer had any hope of returning to the country.
Camp hope.
Serving as a guard under such a prince is actually no different from being a soldier who dares to die during a siege.
....
Going south was a birch forest. Wei Changpan saw that it was getting late, so the four of them stopped in a hidden place in the forest. They did not dare to light a fire to warm themselves. The barbarians might not be far away. Lighting a fire in the night was no more than a dark room.
Zhu, you can tell at a glance from miles away that if someone is looking for you, it will be big trouble. They can't afford even the smallest trouble now.
However, on winter nights in Jinzhou, the room still needs an ondol stove and a thick quilt to keep warm. They only have a layer of fallen leaves under their bodies. They cover themselves with everything they can and sleep in their clothes. They still feel uncomfortable sleeping in a crowded place.
In the cold weather, I don't know who started first, humming a Jinzhou ballad with a faint cry, and the other three people's heartstrings were also plucked.
One of them was sobbing sadly in the cold night. Wei Changpan knew that it was Yu Gaogao beside him. He was a married man with children. He was older than most of the Jinzhou Rangers. In terms of age, he could even be Wei Changpan's father, but he was the first
People who can't bear it.
"My mother and my two children are waiting for me to go back at home..." As a farmer, Yu Gaogao learned the skills of boxing, kicking and weapons from his father, but was forced by the bedridden old man.
Went to the camp of the state army, so this man who had listened to his father and mother honestly all his life went to the grassland and became one of the four who survived among the fifty people. "My father is still lying in bed, waiting for me."
Go back and fulfill your filial piety..."
The man's plaintive sobs made Wei Changpan sigh. There were too many things waiting for him to do. Before setting off and rounding the city, he swore that he would do his best to bring back most of the fifty people. Now all he wants is for himself.
It is just a matter of protecting the other three people at the same time, and the two cannot be generalized.
He overestimated the strength of his three-story warrior. It would be difficult to defeat not only a hundred people, but even ten people. He did not have the strength to lead fifty people out of the nameless valley. He did not let Song Zhiwen down.
Trust thwarted the barbarians' attempt to capture the city, but failed to fulfill their promise to these people to take them back alive.
Four of the fifty people who have survived to this day are still lying on the fallen leaves of this birch forest. No one knows where they will belong tomorrow. Whether they will enter Bingyuan City in glory or have their heads chopped off and hung next to the barbarian's saddle.
, Wei Changpan didn’t know that there were probably lice and fleas in the fallen leaves on the ground, and the distinct itching on his body was bit by bit, but he couldn’t resist the sleepiness that came up like a sea tide.
He was very tired, which was different from the tiredness of Yedie'er who was tired from playing. It enveloped him from the inside out until he couldn't breathe, and then pulled him step by step into the abyss of sleep. The last thing he heard was Yu Gao Gao