On the horizon, the morning light was already dimly visible, and Zheng Fan and others also saw the shadows of the group of fire forts ahead. The next step was to return to the territory of Yan Kingdom as long as they passed through the group of fire forts in front.
After just a day and night of running, even if one person and two horses were exhausted, the people and horses were exhausted. Under Liang Cheng's suggestion, to be on the safe side, let everyone stop and rest by a stream beach to let people breathe. After a few breaths, the war horses were allowed to take a few breaths. At the same time, the sentinels were sent out to investigate the situation.
At the beach of the stream, Zheng Fan pointed at the wound on Liang Cheng's abdomen and said:
"Do you want me to help you take out the tip of the spear?"
Liang Cheng shook his head and said, "Let's take it after we get back. If we take it now, it will easily affect ourselves."
"Yes."
Zheng Fan knew clearly that Liang At this time, Cheng still maintained great vigilance.
Originally, the darkness, which was the biggest reliance for me and others, has gone away from everyone, and light will rule this land again.
Although the border troops of the Qian Kingdom were in ruins at least as seen along the way, they should be cautious as they were just one step away from returning home, so they should be careful.
Everyone rested by the river beach for more than an hour. After the dispatched sentries came back one by one to report that there was nothing unusual in the front, Liang Cheng ordered everyone to put on their armor and mount their horses again.
In Zheng Fan’s opinion, the next step was to rush directly through Suibao District and return to Yan Kingdom and Cuiliu Fort.
But when everyone was ready, Liang Cheng raised his hand and shouted in barbarian:
"Xiangdong!"
Zheng Fan was stunned. For a moment, not to the north?
To the north is the Yan Kingdom, and to the east is equivalent to a parallel military parade along the line of Qian Kingdom's fire forts.
The barbarian soldiers were also a little surprised, but their good training quality still allowed them to obey the order. The cavalry began to turn their horses and, while maintaining their formation, began to gallop eastward.
While riding the horse, Zheng Fan glanced at Liang Cheng beside him, but didn’t ask anything, and Liang Cheng didn’t say anything either. However, less than a quarter of an hour before everyone was galloping eastward, Behind, a chasing cavalry actually appeared!
This is the cavalry of Qian Kingdom!
The number is unknown, but from a glance, it must be much more than the number of people at home.
Calculating the distance, direction and time, these cavalrymen were most likely ambushing the group of fire forts that they had planned to charge out!
Perhaps he found that he was running away to the east, and the opponent's wait and wait had not been completed, so he had to rush out of the fire castle to pursue him.
Two cavalry teams started a chase on this plain.
At this time, the importance of rest is reflected. The people are actually not bad. The barbarians under Zheng Fan are from the criminal tribe. You let them attack for three days and three nights without sleeping. There is no problem, this is the talent of the barbarians.
ButIf the war horse under the crotch does not get enough rest, it will drag its hooves.
Because of the rest, everyone can also change horses during pursuit, allowing the second horse to carry people and the other horse to rest unloaded.
A bit like an air tanker, proficient equestrian skills allow Zheng Fan's barbarian soldiers to switch easily and flexibly while moving quickly.
The Qianguo cavalry team obviously did not have such resources, nor did it have such equestrian advantages, so it was gradually distanced by Zheng Fan.
The pursuit lasted for about two hours. In less than half a morning, Zheng Fan and others finally got rid of the Qianguo cavalry behind them.
"Rest!"
Liang Cheng once again issued the order to rest. On the one hand, the physical fitness of the people and war horses is similar to the gasoline of future armored forces, and it is impossible to squeeze it out in one go. Get rid of it.
On the other hand, we are now in the territory of Qian Country. If we just focus on running around, God knows where we and others will end up.
When he dismounted, Zheng Fan only felt a burning pain in his inner thigh. His equestrian skills had actually improved a lot during this period, but this was the first time for him to run such a long-distance and high-intensity race. , Physically speaking, it's not bad, but the soft flesh on the inner thighs still looks a bit pretentious because it hasn't developed thick calluses yet.
A barbarian soldier took the initiative to take away Zheng Fan’s horse to feed and take care of it. Zheng Fan nodded and smiled at the barbarian soldier. The barbarian soldier was startled and hurriedly hugged Zheng Fan with his hands. Bowed several times.
Zheng Fan took out two handfuls of fried noodles from his pocket and started stuffing them into his mouth.
This kind of fried noodles is not the fried noodles of later generations. It is pure fried "flour". The taste is just like that. After eating a few meals of anything, you will feel ordinary.
"Your Majesty." Liang Cheng saw Zheng Fan walking towards him while eating fried noodles, and immediately took the initiative to say: "Previously, my subordinates asked the sentry to go to the fire fort in front to investigate the situation. In fact, they were asked to Actively exposed to the sight of the Sui Fort, unless the Sui Forts in that area are all chicken burgers like the first one we touched when we came in, it will definitely alarm the guards in the Sui Fort. ”
< p>Zheng Fan heard the words, nodded, understood, and said:"Is it because there is no smoke?"
"Yes, my lord, there is smoke and it will scare the snake away." It's nothing. We probably already know the situation in the fire fort. There are insufficient troops and insufficient training of the soldiers. With just those fire forts, it is almost impossible to quickly draw out the power to stop us.
And it is almost impossible for others nearby. The local cadres wanted to come over to support after seeing the smoke, but they were beyond their reach.
So, we could have rushed back to the Yan Kingdom in style, but there was no smoke at all, so our subordinates concluded. There should be problems ahead."
"Got it." Zheng Fan nodded.
Only by letting professional people do professional things can we avoid jokes. Zheng Fan felt that if he really led the teamIf so, he might have been surrounded by the Qianguo cavalry under the Suibao.
The anti-pornography operation of Cuiliubao Police Station will also "collapse in the middle"...
Immediately afterwards, Zheng Fan smiled again and said: "It seems that the Qianguo side also They are not all idiots."
"My lord, after all, we have captured a city, but the fact that the other party's general reacted so quickly and even directly predicted our return route and arranged an ambush in advance proves his success. It's really good."
"After all, it's unrealistic for such a big country to be full of people with nothing to lose. So what should we do next?"
Before, it was usually Liang Cheng. Let’s ask Zheng Fan this question.
But now it is the leader Zheng Fan’s turn to seek advice from professionals. Reality is not a game, and there is no chance of a comeback.
"Lord, after half an hour's rest, we will make a circle from the south and go back through the previous entrance."
"Is this called surprise?"
"Our small number is our disadvantage, but it is also our advantage. In fact, if we can leave the bodies of the dead barbarians and the injured barbarians behind, our speed will be faster."< /p>
When Zheng Fan heard this, he shook his head and said: "We haven't reached that point yet. Our war horses are actually enough. Carrying the bodies and the wounded can also maintain morale."
"Your Majesty is wise."
In fact, Liang Cheng just made a suggestion, and it was up to Zheng Fan whether he would adopt it or not.
Zheng Fan whispered again:
"Even if we have to leave the injured numbers behind, we have to wait for those injured numbers to come forward on their own initiative. In order not to delay everyone's speed, we are willing to stay and stop the attack." After the break.
It’s best to hold the knife to your neck again. If we don’t leave, they will commit suicide.
Then I will touch some tears and look back one step at a time, and then we will leave again. ”
“………” Liang Cheng.
"Actually, I don't want that time to happen."
"I don't want that either. In fact, I still had a grudge against them at the beginning. , I suddenly felt that my previous understanding was a bit too one-sided."
At this moment, a barbarian soldier came over on horseback. After dismounting, he saluted Zheng Fan and reported:
"Master, a cavalry team appeared five miles northeast."
"The cavalry team? Is it a team from a trading company?"
On the border of Qian Country, there is actually no population. Not much, probably because a hundred years ago, the first generation of Zhenbei Hou led his cavalry company to attack the three counties on the border of Qian Kingdom, creating a "ten houses and nine empty houses".
Later, the Qian Kingdom simply used the Northland as a war front line and stopped immigrating here. This saved the country and ended up benefiting the Yan Kingdom.
So, in the northern part of the Qian Kingdom, there are basically military households, somewhat similar to the Zhenbei Hou Mansion.
However, because of the Silk Road, caravans began to travel frequently in recent years.
“Replying to the master is not like a caravan, the carriage in the team, like transporting noble people. "
When Zheng Fan heard this, he looked at Liang Cheng and said:
"Shall we go take a look? "
Liang Cheng looked at the sentry rider and asked:
"How many people are there on the other side?" "
"There are no more than a hundred guards. "
Liang Cheng nodded and said to Zheng Fan:
"My lord, you make up your mind. ”
…………
“Mom, it’s true that my father asked us, mother and daughter, to pack our things and go back to our hometown before dawn in the morning. We were all sleepy. "
In the carriage, a sixteen-year-old girl complained to the graceful lady in her early thirties next to her.
"You, you, you don't either. You are young, and you have reached the age when you should leave the cabinet. Why are you still so ignorant? It was your father who received an urgent report that something seemed to have happened in Mianzhou City to the west. Your father was worried that the war was about to break out, so he sent our mother first. The two women sent us back to keep us safe. ”
“Is there going to be a war? Are you fighting the Yan people? "
Hearing this, the woman frowned slightly and said:
"I hope not. ”
But the Qian Kingdom is in the north. Besides the Yan people, who else has any opponent?
It is impossible that the barbarians crossed the entire Yan Kingdom to kill the Qian Kingdom to plunder, right?
"Mom, if we leave now, will it happen..." The girl was still scared when she heard that there was going to be a war.
"Silly girl, Mianzhou City is so far away. We are far away here. Something happened over there, and it won’t affect us for a while. But you, the female celebrity, should pick it up properly, so as not to be gossiped about when you enter someone else’s door. When the time comes, your father and I will both Having to be laughed at by your in-laws will not teach your children. "
"Mom, my daughter will not marry. My daughter saw that guy from the Situ family last year. He was very sick. He was coughing up blood in the middle of winter and was only wearing a thin shirt. This is not because of his brain. Problem? "
The woman sighed and said helplessly:
"That's the custom in Beijing. "
Literati in Beijing, even in winter, like to wear white shirts fluttering, blowing a fan while having a runny nose.
"Mom, my daughter doesn't want to marry him. When the time comes, his daughter must not crush him to death on top. "
"You...you, a girl who has not yet left the government, are talking nonsense. Who is telling you these things? Who is it! "
"Mom, it was me who peeked at you and daddy at night..."
"..."Woman.
Woman's Her face immediately turned red with embarrassment.
“My mother’s voice was so loud, it’s hard for my daughter not to notice...”
“Stop talking! ”
The woman couldn’t bear it anymore, and stretched out her hand to open the curtain of the carriage, so that some cool breeze could come in and disperse the dryness on her face.
I had no choice but to teach myself. You can’t order your daughter to be strangled to death when she comes out!
“Mom, you can’t just eat when you’re full!I don’t care about my daughter..."
"Mom, please, stop talking. "
"Mom, my daughter really doesn't want to marry that boy from the Situ family. My daughter also wants to be like my mother and find a man who is as tough as my father. My daughter really doesn't like those literati. ”
Speaking of her criteria for choosing a mate,
the girl looked shyly outside the carriage,
and said in surprise:
“Here, mother, my daughter wants to find that kind of husband! "
In the distance outside the window,
it happened to be Liang Cheng running wildly!
"What? "
The woman also looked out of the carriage window with some curiosity.
But at this moment,
the guards around her suddenly exclaimed: < /p>
“Enemy attack! ! ! ”
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Thank you to Shenma for becoming the 55th alliance leader of “Demon Advent”.