Chapter 678 Pursuit (6)(1/2)
It was the darkest moment before dawn, and there was silence and silence.
At the gate of Feiwuman Camp, several braziers were lit, and the flames were shaking in the night wind, light and dark.
Several barbarian soldiers stood there listlessly, leaning on weapons and dozing.
Vaguely, they heard the sound of horse hooves, so they were confused with sleepy eyes and looked up into the distance.
The shadows are endless, like someone swaying.
The leader of the barbarians rubbed their eyes and shouted loudly, "Who is it?"
Before he finished speaking, he heard a bowstring sound, and a sharp arrow flew from the darkness, as fast as lightning, hitting the barbarian's forehead.
The barbarian soldier was driven by the huge force on the arrow and fell to the ground.
At the same time, someone could only hear a shout, "Follow me!"
The sound of horse hooves suddenly accelerated, and more than a hundred war horses rushed out of the darkness. The leader, wearing a black dress, holding a divine arm bow, opened his bow from the horse left and right, and the arrows were like rain. The arrows flew over, making it almost impossible to dodge. Only a series of puff sounds were heard, and the arrows shot into the few barbarian soldiers outside the courtyard gate. When their bodies fell, the fast horse wind flew past them like a wind.
Big Gold ran, and the golden mane around her neck was flying in the night.
Yang Shouwen held the stirrups tightly, leaned forward slightly, put away the arch of his divine arm, took out a jar from the bag on the horse's back, and then smashed it hard at a brazier in the camp. With a snap, the jar broke through the brazier and broke on the ground. The tincture oil flowing out from the inside ignites when it encounters fire and spreads instantly.
Behind him, Tu Shanlong and Tu Shanbao also rushed into the camp with their men and threw out the turbulent oil tank in their hands.
The originally quiet camp instantly shot into the sky.
Yang Shouwen ran all the way, threw all the turbid oil in his bag, and then raised his hand to take off the black iron spear.
At this time, the entire Feiwuman camp seemed to be boiling.
The sleeping barbarians were awakened by the fire and ran out in a hurry, and met Yang Shouwen and his group.
But they found that Yang Shouwen's group seemed to be even more terrifying than the raging fire.
Yang Shouwen had a black iron spear in one hand and a tiled-faced golden mace in the other. He killed everyone when he saw it, and blood flowed into a river wherever he passed. Behind him, a fierce and evil Yang Moli was followed. Two big hammers in his hand flew over, and the barbarian soldiers were only killed.
Tu Shanlong and Tu Shanbao each led fifty soldiers and followed Yang Shouwen and rushed behind them.
The unexpected barbarian soldiers saw this and wanted to step forward to stop them, but they turned into corpses and fell in a pool of blood.
"The three armies obey orders and follow me to drill through!"
Yang Shouwen shouted at the horse, and the black iron spear swept across the thousands of troops and knocked down a barbarian general.
Yang Moli immediately screamed happily: "Crack through!"
His voice was like a huge thunder, and his two hammers were swinging, and there was no enemy in front of the horse.
Under the leadership of these two people, the official army was unstoppable and rushed out of a bloody path and soon rushed from one end of the camp to the other end.
And behind me is a sea of fire!
Meng Kai was awakened by someone in his sleep.
He heard someone sneak attacking the camp, and he was shocked and rushed out of the tent with his hair disheveled.
The camp has turned into a mess.
Many people shouted to put out the fire, while more people ran around, mixed with shouts, cries, and noises
"Where are the thiefs? Where are the thiefs?"
Meng Kai shouted loudly.
A barbarian general ran over and said, "King, the thief entered the east gate and rushed out of the west gate, and had escaped without a trace!"
"What?"
Meng Kai was a little confused. He glanced at the general in confusion, "The thief has left?"
“That’s right!”
The barbarian general said, "The thieves seemed to have fought unintentionally. After setting off the fire, they killed all the way. Although the children tried their best to stop them, the thieves were too fierce. When the last general arrived, the thief had already rushed out of Ximen and disappeared."
Meng Kai stood with a knife and rubbed his face with one hand.
"Send people to strengthen the alert, others to put out the fire and count the losses."
The barbarian general took the order and left, Meng Kai also took two steps quickly, standing outside the big tent, looking around.
The campsite has become a mess.
The sound of wailings and the crying of the baby made Meng Kai feel upset, but he didn't know what to do.
Fortunately, there are many people in the camp, and there is a small river next to it, so at dawn, the fire has been put out.
Black smoke curled up, and the air was filled with the burning smell of the corpse.
Meng Kai was in the big tent, listening to his subordinates' reports, but his face became even worse and worse.
Yang Shouwen sneaked into the camp last night, burning more than a dozen grain trucks and killing three or four hundred people. This is not too many for a tribe with nearly 20,000 people, but the dozen grain trucks suffered huge losses.
They have to travel south for a long distance, and they also need food and grass on the way.
But now
Those Tang dogs came just to attack?"
He couldn't understand Yang Shouwen's true intention.
But after thinking about it, he decided to set up camp and continue to move south. Although he ambushed Li Qing and almost wiped out all the soldiers and horses in Zizhou, it did not mean that he had no worries. How powerful is the military power of the Tang Dynasty? Meng Kai knew it very well.
The sneak attack in the early morning also illustrates this point.
The government will never let them leave easily, and will definitely try every means to stop them.
Therefore, Meng Kai felt that they had to pass through Jinzhou and enter Luzhou before the arrival of the large army of the government!
"King, I was attacked last night and ran away many horses.
If our baggage and carriage are not pulled by horses, it is afraid it will be difficult to move. What should we do?”
Meng Kai thought about it and said in a deep voice: "If you don't have a horse, you will use a war horse to pull it. If the war horse is not enough, you will draw the young and strong and use a manpower to pull it. In short, we cannot stay here, we must leave here as soon as possible to avoid long nights and dreams."
Draw young and strong?
Think about it, it's a solution.
The Feiwu Barbarians have a large population, and it is a feasible solution not to be too young and strong.
So, the barbarians left one after another and went to draw the young and strong, preparing to set off. It can be imagined that the transfer they made would inevitably lead to forced recruitment. Originally, Feiwuman was a little dissatisfied with leaving his home, but now he forced recruitment to win the young and strong, which has caused many people to resist. In order to calm these resistances, he had to take some trouble and comfort him.
The large group of people set off again, and it was already past Chen time.
The heavy rain last night did not make the weather cooler and the scorching sun was burning, but instead gave people a feeling of stuffy and humid, which caused many people to make noise and dissatisfaction.
Previously, Meng Kai ambushed Li Qing with a huge victory and could stabilize people's hearts.
But now, people are beginning to feel danger, and they are also beginning to escape secretly on the way.
Meng Kai was not ruthless in this regard.
As long as someone is found running away, they will kill him on the spot.
The cruel means calmed the team temporarily. However, after walking more than ten miles, the carriage and horses overturned.
It turned out that there were many pitfalls on this road.
When Che Zhan accidentally fell into a pit, he immediately fell over and stood on the road.
"King, those pits were obviously dug out not long ago. I guess there were thieves in front of me. What should we do?"
"Push the car to the side of the road, and the baggage on the car is transferred.
Send a scout to me to reconnaissance. If you encounter a trap, mark it out, be careful. Tang Gou is cunning. If you are not careful, you will be ambushed by them.
In addition, release Feiwu to me and detect the enemy situation.”
There are more than a dozen flying black grey falcons in Meng Kai's hands, and they are always taken care of by a dedicated person.
Originally, he didn't plan to let Feiwu reconnaissance, because he had already lost a lot a few times, which made Meng Kai very heartbroken.
But now, if there were no gray falcons to reconnaissance, there would be ambush!
In this way, the large group of people marched slowly.
Meng Kai didn't have a good rest last night. At noon, he looked listless and sat down immediately and started taking a nap.
He is already in his fifties!
At this time in the past, he had already had a full meal and started lunch break.
But now, there is no condition for lunch break. Meng Kai had to force himself to cheer up and constantly urge the team to speed up. But the problem is that people's hearts are a little fluctuating. Those ordinary people have already suffered a lot in such a long journey in such weather.
Although Meng Kai kept urging, his speed did not increase much.
He also felt helpless, knowing that this trip would probably delay a lot if it did.
It's getting late.
Night is approaching, but the weather is still stuffy.
After a day of trekking, Feiwuman walked for only forty miles, and was already trapped and unable to walk anymore.
To be continued...