Chapter 872: Demonstration
"Help!"
In the yellow sand that filled the sky, several riders rushed out first, and the one at the front was actually a woman holding a child in her arms.
When she saw the scout swimming by the quicksand, her eyes suddenly lit up, like a drowning person grabbing the last straw.
She held the child in one hand and raised her other hand to wave to the south, while shouting something loudly.
She can actually sit on a galloping horse with only two legs, showing extremely superb riding skills.
Several scouts were setting up their bows and crossbows from a distance, watching this side warily.
Not far behind them is the army sent by the governor's office, so there is no need to be afraid.
After seeing the scout's movements clearly, the woman woke up and shouted for help in pure Chinese: "Help, help..."
The scouts who thought she was Hu Nu suddenly looked at each other hesitantly.
Although the crossbows in their hands were still not put down, someone was already setting up a pergola and seemed to want to watch more carefully.
When the woman saw the changes in the Han army scouts, she was overjoyed and shouted for help even more vigorously.
At this time, there was a sound of breaking through the air, a bone arrow passed by, and at the same time, a man roared from behind, signaling her to leave quickly.
The first batch of Hu people who rushed out of the quicksand were only a few dozen riders, but they were divided into two waves.
The more than twenty riders in front, led by a man, protected the woman and the child in her arms, fighting and retreating.
The enemies behind were more numerous than them. In addition to chasing from behind, they were also constantly trying to outflank them from both sides.
Although the arrows of the Han army were shining with cold light, the woman still gritted her teeth and hugged her child tightly, leaned on the horse, and continued to rush forward.
It is better to die at the hands of the Han army than to be captured by the pursuers from behind.
She called for help in Chinese and saved her and her child's lives.
In the end, the scout did not shoot an arrow at her, or perhaps he saw that she was a woman and still holding a child, so she did not pose much of a threat, so he allowed her to rush to a safe location.
But the people behind were not so lucky.
Some people want to imitate others.
But the sudden burst of arrows showed them what a strong bow and a hard crossbow meant.
The first Hu cavalryman to charge the cordon was killed.
The scouts who had seen the situation clearly had already dispersed with a roar, and at the same time some people were running backwards to report the news to the army.
Hu Qi, who wanted to outflank him from the flank, saw three or five Han scouts from the other side actually dared to come over.
They seemed to be red-eyed, reining in their horses and standing still, then raised their bows and shot at the scouts.
Scouts are the elite in the army, how can they not be able to see the other side's intentions?
“Kill without mercy!”
The scout was on the galloping horseback, and there was no time to waste. The arrows actually came first!
Although he did not hit the target, in this case, Hu Qi was still eclipsed: "Condor Shooter!"
And not just one of them, but all of them!
The intimidating power of the vulture shooters on the grassland people is really deep in the bones.
Hu Qi had no time to think about how a few of the rare eagle shooters on the grassland suddenly appeared in front of him.
At this moment, a whistle was heard from behind.
Hu Qi recognized that this was the whistle unique to his tribe, and immediately turned his horse's head and ran back without looking back. It was just a face-to-face confrontation, and there were several corpses on the ground.
The three warring parties became two. The scouts still did not put down their weapons. They kept jogging around the remaining ten people and could speed up at any time.
Obviously, although the pursuers ran away, the Han army scouts still regarded the remaining soldiers as imaginary enemies.
“Dismount and abandon your weapons!”
Someone among the Han army scouts shouted loudly.
Although the number is smaller than that of the opponent, the Han army's scouts are full of confidence.
Maybe it was because they were far away, or maybe they didn't understand, but the knights still looked at the scouts who were pointing their weapons at them, seemingly at a loss.
He shouted two or three times. Seeing that the other party was disobedient, the scout was ready to take action.
The woman who was the first to rush out of the quicksand saw that the situation was urgent, and she quickly shouted to those people in nonsense, and at the same time she dismounted first with her child in her arms.
Hearing the woman's call, the dozen or so horsemen were still hesitant.
In this case, if you just dismount and abandon your weapons, it means that you will allow yourself to be slaughtered by others.
Seeing that the other party had no intention of obeying, the scout had already started to raise his crossbow and take aim.
Seeing that the atmosphere that had just calmed down suddenly became tense again, the woman was so anxious that she turned her head and shouted to the scout:
“Are you Han soldiers? We are here to seek refuge with Feng Langjun!”
Han Jiayin, Feng Langjun.
The woman’s words saved these horsemen.
Finally someone from the scouts rode up to her and asked condescendingly:
“Who are you?”
“We are coming from Juyanze, and we are going to join Feng Langjun.”
The woman held the child in her arms and answered quickly, not daring to show any signs of neglect.
The scout used the horn of his bow to part the woman's messy long hair: "Han girl? Hu girl?"
“I am Han Chinese.”
The scout nodded and looked at Hu Qi not far away, "Then why are you with the barbarians?"
The woman lowered her head and murmured: "My eldest father was moved to Juyanze for farming by the imperial court. Later, the imperial army withdrew."
"We have no way to return to our ancestral home, so we can only stay in Juyanze and become survivors..."
The frontier land has become a barren land. What can the Han survivors do?
Now that I can still speak fluent Chinese, I have not forgotten my Han roots.
“But my child is from the Han family. Really, I gave him a Han family name..."
The woman raised her head, her face full of begging, "Please! Let us go and let my child live."
"Where to go? This is already the territory of the governor's office in Liangzhou, Han Dynasty. Everything must be subject to the arrangements of the governor's office."
"Feng Junhou has known for a long time that someone is going south from Ruoshui, so he sent us to guard here early."
The scout pointed at the horsemen from afar, "Why don't they dismount?"
Hearing that the scout officially recognized that he was under Feng Langjun, the woman cried with joy and quickly shouted to those people.
Feng Langjun’s reputation is very useful.
After hearing this, Hu Qi finally began to dismount hesitantly.
"You two, continue to guard here. The rest, follow me and bring them back to the army."
These scouts include Hu and Han, but the leader is a Han.
He gave some instructions, and then led these people who were going south to the camp in the rear.
With the news brought by these people, the situation in Ju Yanze soon became clear.
Last winter, the northern desert was much more serious than the white disaster in Liangzhou.
As soon as spring began, many tribes from the desert began to move south to Juyanze.
Juyanze has abundant water, grass, and fertile land, so the Hanhu who originally lived here can still live a decent life.
The influx of large numbers of people from Xianbei, Hexi, has caused friction from the beginning.
Later, it was directly plunder between tribes.
What can’t people do in order to survive?
Let alone the barbarians who have plunder engraved in their bones.
Juyanze eventually became a slaughterhouse.
Slaughter cattle, sheep, and living people.
This woman was married to the leader of a small tribe and had no chance of surviving the chaos in Juyanze.
So we can only go south along the weak water.
Even so, the Hu people who came from the desert were still unwilling to let them go.
After learning about Ju Yanze’s situation, Liu Hun and Tufa Tian faced each other.
The so-called real situation of the Hu people's movements in Juyanze, is this what it turns out to be?
Liu Hun said slowly, "The key now is, what do they want to do when they go south?"
If it is a refuge, then everything is easy to say.
If you don’t want to change your attitude, then change your statement.
But no matter what, it is necessary for the army to step up its defenses.
The Xianbei Hu people came very quickly, faster than Liu Hun expected.
Two days later, a large number of Huqi appeared not far in front of the camp.
The Hu people also sent envoys to the army to inform Liu Hun that they wanted to enter Liangzhou and attach themselves to Feng Langjun, hoping that the army would get out of the way and give him permission.
"Since I followed the king, I haven't heard a barbarian dare to speak like this for a long time."
Liu Hun laughed angrily, "Do they think we are just like them, but we just entered Liangzhou earlier?"
This time, although there is a new camp from the governor's office to prepare for the southward movement of Xianbei from the west, the main force is the elite cavalry of the Bald Tribe, who are also from Xianbei.
Besides, before Liangzhou’s various forces, the army was originally a mixture of Han and Hu.
So it is normal for the other party to misunderstand that Xinying is attached to the Bald Hair Department.
And the other party's tone was not as bad as Liu Hun said.
But things come out of comparison.
Over the years, from Nanxiang to Longyou, and then to Liangzhou, which Hu tribe dared to speak like this to Feng Junhou's subordinates?
Not to mention that Liu Hun originally regarded himself as a descendant of the generals of the Han Dynasty who conquered the Liao Dynasty, and he felt that he was justly appointed as the Marquis of Guiyi of the Han Dynasty.
It is natural that the difference between Han and Hu is more important than that of real Han people.
"General, what should we do? In my opinion, they are in such great momentum that they may not listen to advice."
The momentum is certainly great, after all, there was just a massacre in Juyanze.
"They must have a lot of Han people who plundered from Juyanze in their hands. Let them hand them over first to show their sincerity."
Liu Hun said calmly.
“What if they don’t want to?”
As a Xianbei, Bald-faced Kheli understands the psychology of fellow western Xianbei better than Liu Hun.
Remembering the first time he met Feng Junhou, he was sitting on a horse, holding a whip in hand, pointing at Feng Junhou and talking.
"Then they didn't come here sincerely to join the prince, but they just wanted to use this name to enter Liangzhou and plunder."
Liu Hun sneered.
Bald-haired Tianli glanced at Zhang Yuan, who was sitting silently beside him.
The new camp of the governor's office sent out this time was led by Zhang Yuan.
Most of them are new soldiers who have just left the new barracks.
The military officers, such as lieutenants and marquises, are students who came out of the martial arts hall.
Only some veterans serve as the backbone.
Zhang Yuan felt the gaze of Bald Li and said slowly:
“It is understandable that people who do evil in the Hu region do not understand Chinese etiquette; but at this time in the Han region, they must abide by Han etiquette. The mountain chief does not need those Hu people who do not understand the rules.”
The bald man immediately understood, and saw a ruthless look in his eyes:
"Leave it to me. If they don't understand, I will teach them."
Compared to Liu Hun, Tufa Tianli believed more in the students brought out by Feng Junhou himself.
The Han people have a saying, which is to get off the car and show authority.
Now, these two people want to give their former compatriots a blow!
Bald-faced Kheli understands this truth very well, because he has experienced this trick before.
The Xianbei people on the opposite side quickly received the other party’s request:
All the Han people who were looted from Juyanze were released, and all the livestock and grain obtained were returned.
This request immediately angered the Xianbei people.
Why did they go south?
Isn’t that what it’s for?
Now the opponent takes away the loot that he worked so hard to grab as soon as he opens his mouth?
Are you crazy?
Besides, who knows which slaves are Han and which are Hu?
This is simply a deliberate attempt to embarrass them!
Anyway, Liangzhou has been in chaos for more than a day or two.
The Han government couldn't control it at all.
Forming Hu cavalry to deal with the Hu people is a trick of the Han people, so it is no big deal.
As long as the enemy in front of you is defeated, I believe the Han officials will know what a warrior from the grassland is...
The sound of cow horns was whining, sometimes accompanied by sharp beeps.
The Xianbei people are very straightforward. As soon as they see that they can't reach an agreement, they start to prepare for action.
You are good at it and you are good at it.
“Form up!”
Zhang Yuan personally led his men to set up the formation, and layers of crossbowmen were spread out on the river bank like fish scales.
“Don’t be nervous, listen to the command, just like your daily training.”
Zhang Yuan encouraged and corrected the team.
Even though he is young, in fact, the students from the Jiangwu Hall who are with him have already been fighting with Shan Chang a few years ago.
Since the Battle of Longyou, they have seen blood.
Coupled with studying in the martial arts hall, I have made rapid progress.
Compared to those new recruits, they are already elite veterans in the army.
Liu Hun led about 300 cavalry troops to **** the new camp.
If something unexpected happens, he will be responsible for escorting those students away - the soldiers can be discarded, but the grassroots school officials cannot be discarded.
Although the Xianbei people are composed of various tribes, they roared in together, and the black pressure on the ground was quite shocking.
Many of the soldiers in the new camp looked slightly panicked.
“Don’t panic! Follow me!”
The key veterans around me know that at this time, they need to cheer up more.
But those students showed excitement.
This is the first time that they have personally led a battle alone, and they are also working together as a group of classmates.
They are the best students. They cannot lose the face of Shanchang, Nanxiang, the school, or the martial arts hall...
The student in charge of distance measurement stared at Wangshan with his eyes wide open, without daring to blink, and silently recited:
"Three hundred and fifty steps, three hundred and forty steps, three hundred and twenty steps..."
Zhang Yuan is the calmest.
He stood there upright, motionless.
“Three hundred steps!”
The student in charge of measuring distance suddenly shouted loudly.
“Raise the flag! Beat the drum!”
The drums sounded, and the various military commanders and lieutenants began to give orders: "Lift! Get ready, aim!"
“Wow…”
“Two hundred and fifty steps!”
"put!"
“Puffy!”
The arrows flew like locusts, densely packed, covering the bright sky into a cloudy sky.
The strong bows and crossbows made according to Hanyang standards have become life harvesters.
Long arrows penetrated horses and human bodies, and hot blood spurted into the sky...
(End of this chapter)