Chapter 1957 Small Town Fright
At dusk, the sky was gloomy and the cold wind swept. In the bitter cold wind, a group of soldiers were trampling on the snow on the ground and pounced towards a small village in front.
Shu Chitai pushed the thick leather hat upwards so that he could see more clearly.
He looked fiercely and looked back. Thousands of horses behind him were like wolves and tigers. As they galloped, the earth was shaking. A sneer appeared on the lips of Shu Chitai. One hand had already reached his waist and touched the hilt of the scimitar.
He knew that soon, his knife would be covered with blood, and countless heads would be separated by it.
In the Battle of Qiufengyuan, the Qin army was defeated. Shu Chitai worked hard to escape under the pursuit of the northwest cavalry. Afterwards, the two thousand soldiers and horses in his troops were counted. More than half of the two thousand soldiers and horses were lost, leaving only more than a thousand people.
For Shu Chitai, who is not a big clan, the loss of nearly a thousand cavalry in one battle was almost fatal to his tribe. There were only a few thousand tribal warriors who could conquer warriors in the entire tribe, and thousands of casualties were killed or injured at once, and even war horses were difficult to recover. The huge loss was self-evident.
Although people are the treasures of the tribe, those war horses are also important wealth of the tribe. The brave warriors died and the agile horses were separated. Shu Chitai really didn't know how to explain to the old and young race in the future.
After the war, Shu Chitai returned to Wuping Mansion and was stationed outside the city. Thinking that An Lei withdraws troops in the middle of the journey and causes such a great loss to the tribe, Shu Chitai wished he could return to the grassland immediately, and all the tribesmen were killed and killed at An Lei's tribe, fighting to the death, and venting his anger.
However, before returning to the grassland, he had to obtain the consent of the patriarch of his clan and also received the rewards and pensions he deserved from the Qin emperor.
Although Qiu Fengyuan was defeated, it was not that the Yi barbarian cavalry was not fighting effectively, but that Feng Polu could lead the troops. The Anlei tribe escaped at the last minute. For Shu Chitai, he had already tried his best and did not feel that he should bear any responsibility for the defeat. Instead, he lost his troops. Qin should give generous pensions and rewards.
However, the rewards and pensions were not allowed to be transferred. However, the clan leader of his clan was killed and hung on a bamboo pole outside the city. The anger in Shu Chitai's heart is conceivable. He didn't care who killed the clan leader, as long as he knew that the team leader died at the hands of the Qin people, so after receiving the news, he immediately organized the Yi barbarian army and launched a surprise attack on the Hexi army stationed outside the city.
In fact, Shu Chitai was almost the same as Dingwu thought at the beginning. Although he caught them off guard while the Hexi Army was not ready, Shu Chitai did not think that he could defeat the Hexi Army in one battle. He only thought it was a battle of equal strength, but the result was beyond his expectations. The Hexi Army was defeated in one battle, and six or seven thousand troops were almost wiped out.
After that, Shu Chitai thought about taking advantage of the situation to capture the Wuping Prefecture City, but in the end he was unable to do so. When the Yi barbarian reinforcements came, Shi Khan suddenly led the entire army and tens of thousands of troops attacked the Wuping Prefecture, but he still found nothing. Shu Chitai had hundreds of casualties and wounded people. He knew that if he continued to fight, the tribe's cavalry would probably be reimbursed in the Central Plains. Fortunately, he got the lottery draw for Mei Case, who went out to loot, so Shu Chitai led his cavalry to loot on the land of Hexi.
Tens of thousands of soldiers were divided into several routes. Shu Chitai knew that the villages and towns near Wuping Prefecture City had been looted, and the people fled in large numbers and could not grab anything. They led their cavalry to the west and looted several small villages on the way. The gains were thin. Finally, they found a relatively large village and town here, and they immediately rushed over with thousands of cavalry.
The Yiman cavalry followed Shu Chitai and rushed up a hillside, looked down from a high point not far away, and saw that it was indeed a town not far from the hillside.
The walls of this town are built of rammed earth, but the height of the two of them is surrounded by a square town. The roads in the town are crisscrossed and there are many houses, but the streets are very narrow. The entire town is shrouded in a piece of snow, as if covered with white veil.
"That's it." Shu Chitai looked at the town at the foot of the mountain and suddenly became excited. Look at the town, there are at least seven or eight hundred households, and you can see that there are many deep courtyards and courtyards. I think there are a lot of money and grain. The villages that were plundered before, and only a few dozen households in a village were robbed, and even if they were all robbed, it was not enough for more than a thousand people to squeeze their teeth. At this time, I finally saw this piece of fat, and the Yiman cavalry also showed a ferocious look on their faces. They held the sabre in their hands tightly, and waited for Shu Chitai to rush over immediately after he gave the order.
Shu Chitai pulled out the saber and was about to give an order, but suddenly he thought of something, frowned, looked left and right, and asked, "Have you noticed something wrong?"
"There's nothing wrong." The person next to him said, "Let's kill him."
Shu Chitai shook her head: "Look, why is there no sound in such a big place? And there seems to be no figure on the street!"
When everyone around heard this, they realized that the town was really like this. Everything was quiet and lifeless. Not only did people, they didn't even see a dog.
"Did they all run away?" One person said in a disgusting manner: "We finally found this place, how could they know that they were running so fast?"
For the Yi Barbarians, it is no longer a strange thing to have empty villages and people and animals. Countless people in the villages fled because of the rampage of the Yi Barbarians. Many villages are empty. They have seen such a village many times, but they don’t care. However, after finally meeting such a piece of fat, the people in the town seem to have already escaped, which disappointed the Yi Barbarians.
"Hey, there is smoke from cooking!" A cavalry raised his hand and said, "There are people in the town."
He was right, only to see smoke coming out of the roofs of several houses in the town, and there were several streets on which seemed to be walking around.
Shu Chitai breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This is a cold day, they are all hiding in the house and dare not come out. Hahaha, the Qin people are weak and they can't stand it when the weather is cold." He ordered, "Take two hundred people around the left side of the town, block the city gate over there, and you, and take two hundred people around to the right. I will personally rush in from the main gate."
"What should I do if the back door?" someone asked immediately.
Shu Chitai laughed and said, "Leave a door for them. If they go out from there, we will let them run for a while and then chase the prey from behind. Wouldn't that be fun?"
Everyone next to him burst into laughter. When Shu Chitai waved his hand, the Yi barbarian cavalry suddenly rushed down from the mountain like three sharp arrows, with extremely fast speed.
Shu Chitai took the lead and led the remaining hundreds of cavalry to the main gate. In just a moment, he had already arrived outside the city gate. However, the city gate in front of him was really chilling and dilapidated. There was a big hole in the lower corner. Several cavalry rushed forward and easily opened the broken city gate. In such a town, few soldiers were guarding him, so they were happy that the barbarians rushed in and rushed into the street in an instant.
Shu Chitai waved his sword and directed: "You guard the main gate and don't let you come out. Children, listen to it. All the men are killed. All the old and too young are killed. Don't kill beautiful women. Stay and take them back. As long as they can eat, they will be taken away. All the money they snatch belongs to you. When you leave, burn the place with a fire." With a shout, hundreds of cavalrymen, without hesitation, scattered and rushed to all parts of the town.
They were familiar with looting, burning and killing, and were extremely skilled. They were hundreds of cavalry and six or seven people in groups, scattered all over the city. As long as there were houses where companions rushed into the front, the soldiers behind would not go in and compete, but whistled by.
Shu Chitai took dozens of cavalry and rushed to the center of the town. He thought that after the cavalry rushed into the town, the whole town would soon boil, and there would be crying and screaming, but the fact was beyond his expectations. There were only sounds of horse hooves and smashing, but there was no screaming and howling. He was wondering, but he heard a muffled groan from his side. Then he heard a scream. He turned his head to look, but saw that a Yi barbarian cavalry not far behind him had fallen from the horse's back. The cavalry around him seemed very panicked.
Shu Chitai tightened his eyebrows, but he had already seen that the soldier's neck was shot through an arrow.
Seeing this, Zhu Chitai tightened his hand holding the knife, held the reins of the horse in one hand, and circled around. He only saw that there were houses around, and the houses were pitch black. For a moment, he didn't know where the arrow came from.
Then he thought to himself that this is just an ordinary town, where did the enemy come from? Could it be that his own people were shooting arrows randomly and accidentally hurting their companions. He was angry and shouted loudly: "Who shot the arrow?"
As soon as he finished speaking, another cavalry next to him was shot by an arrow. He was surprised and heard a "swoosh" sound, and arrows came. Shu Chitai knew that something was wrong, and had already noticed that the arrow was shot out from the house next to him. He was angry and wondered if the people in the town had already prepared and had set up an ambush to compete with the Yi barbarian cavalry?
At this moment, he heard screams from all over the place. Shu Chitai shouted angrily: "Kill them all, don't leave any one, kill them first, and then get the things."
Amid his shouts, cold arrows were still shot out from both sides. Although the Yi barbarian cavalry was in a panic, fortunately they all had combat experience and rushed towards the houses on both sides.
Shu Chitai also rushed to a house, and an arrow shot from there. Shu Chitai nimbled and rushed to the door. With a horse's neighing, the war horse stepped on the door. With a "boom", the door was kicked open immediately. Shu Chitai did not hesitate at all. He rushed into the room, and saw a shadow in the corner of his eyes. Without saying a word, he slashed over it.
The shadow was agile and dodged. Then a spear had already stabbed towards Jo Chitai. Jo Chitai sneered and did not dodge. Instead, he grabbed it with one hand and actually grabbed the spear that was stabbed. In the darkness, he saw the black shadow holding the spear wearing armor and a helmet and hat, obviously not an ordinary person.
Shu Chitai felt cold and wondered if there were soldiers and horses in this town that were ambushed, but the Qin army was besieged in Wuping Prefecture City. Where did Qin soldiers come from in this small town?
Although he thought so, his hand was not slow. He waved his knife and cut the spear into two pieces. Then he cut the soldier with his sword. The spear in his hand was cut into two pieces, but he quickly threw the remaining half of the gun rod towards the door of the Shuchi Table. The Shuchi Table could only swing the knife to open the gun rod and then use the knife, but the soldier rolled on the spot and flashed to a small room next to him at a very fast speed.
There were sounds from outside, and the shouts of killing had already come in, and there were sounds from all directions. Shu Chitai knew that there must be an ambush in the town, and he couldn't figure out who these soldiers were for a while. He wanted to catch a living first to figure it out. When he saw the soldier flashing into the small house next to him, he did not hesitate and urged his horse to break into the house. The house was very narrow and dark, but it was empty inside, and there was no trace of the soldier. After a glance, he found that the window was open and the soldier was obviously running out of the window.
He was angry and annoyed, turned his horse's head and went out. When he arrived on the street, he saw that there were about ten corpses lying on the street, almost all of whom were killed by arrows. Many barbarians had rushed into the surrounding houses and heard the sound of fighting from the houses.
"Grandma, I was ambushed." A cavalry riding a horse happened to pass by Shu Chitai and said angrily: "These damn Qin people dare to ambush us here. We must keep the chickens and dogs they killed. Let's!" His words came to an abrupt end, but Shu Chitai saw a sharp arrow sinking into the back of his neck and penetrated into his throat. The cavalry's body shook on the horse's back, and then fell from the horse.
Shu Chitai is also a warrior who can ride and shoot well on the grassland. From the direction where the sharp arrows were shot, he had already judged where the arrows came from. Looking up, he saw a figure disappearing like a ghost on the roof of a house opposite. Seeing this, he was shocked and looked around, but he found that many black shadows really appeared on many roofs, all of which were bent bows and arrows, and shot when they saw people.
"The roof is on the roof." Shu Chitai shouted, and had already taken the bow and arrow in his hand. He bent his bow and arrow, and saw a person on the roof, and immediately shot him. His arrow was not weak. He hit the black shadow. The black shadow struggled on the roof for a few times, and finally rolled down from above. Shu Chitai slapped over and saw that the man fell to the ground, and he was motionless, but his body was clearly covered with armor.
Chapter completed!