I’m The King Chapter 161: : This is a life-and-death war
In mid-October, in most parts of the Central Plains, it is still relatively warm, but in this place, it is okay to say during the day, but at night, the wind is a bit sultry. He unloaded the bundle, carried it on his shoulders, climbed up the tall haystack, piled the grass on his shoulders, patted the grass on his hands, a gust of wind blew over, and the hair on his long, mottled hair was blown away. The grass clippings are blown away far away. Sigh, this year's cold wind rises early, I'm afraid it will be white disaster.
For herdsmen like Utaka, the most feared thing is the white disaster.
"It seems that we need to prepare more fodder, otherwise this winter will be difficult!" He said to himself. Standing on the haystack, he looked at the dozens of cows in the pen not far Sheep, this is all his property, "nothing can happen. After spring, there are nine cows, thirteen sheep, and two horses that will have cubs. If they can't survive this winter, the hope of these months It’s all in vain.”
Sighing, he simply sat on a tall haystack and looked around. There were dots of flames scattered around for tens of miles. These were all from the same tribe. The population is several thousand cattle and sheep, and now every household is preparing forage for the winter. Unfortunately, those young and strong boys in the tribe have been conscripted away by the king. I heard that there is going to be a war. Kingdom, it’s good to fight. The country of Yan in the south will not be fought. As long as King Donghu gives an order, the army will march over. When they come back, the children will bring back many good things. And these things are not available in this place. .
It is best to call before the snow falls, so that the children can help the family when they come back. In this winter, it is impossible for the family to have no strong labor.
The patriarch brought almost all the young people in the clan to gather. There are a group of old, weak, women, children and children left in the family. Such heavy work is really too busy.
Sitting cross-legged on the haystack, he sniffed vigorously.
He stood up, stomped his feet a few times, stepped on the hay stack more tightly, and when he straightened up and was about to climb down the wooden ladder, he suddenly stopped.
The haystacks shook violently, and there was a faint rumble of thunder coming from the sky. He raised his head and looked at the sky, which was full of stars. The moon was half-bent, half of his head was already exposed from the sky, it wasn't thunder, his heart jumped up, it was cavalry. A large number of cavalry is more cavalry than all the soldiers of their entire tribe combined.
When Utaka was young, he was also a warrior. He fought countless battles. Now he still has several scars on his body, but he survived fortunately.
Where did such cavalry come from? He drew a big question mark in his heart.
The sound of horseshoes was getting closer and closer, and a long black line appeared in Utaka's eyes. Standing on the haystack, he opened his eyes wide and tried to see clearly, but although the stars in the sky were bright, But how can you see where the cavalry in the distance belong?
Utaka suddenly trembled, and the cavalry in the distance lit up a torch, then ten, then a hundred, and soon, a fire dragon appeared in his eyes. Riding cavalry.
Utaka's hands trembled, his legs gave way, and he sat down on the haystack. What frightened him was not the number of cavalry, but the terrifying banner fluttering among the torches. Crossed scimitars, red.
It is Sha Potian, the Sha Potian who kills people without blinking an eye!
"Old woman, run!" Utaka suddenly roared hoarsely, with the strength he didn't know where he came from, he jumped down from the haystack, but he forgot that he was no longer young. With a click, his leg bones were broken in two. He struggled hard, but he couldn't stand up anymore. He pawed on the ground with both hands, and he crawled desperately towards his tent not far away. .
"Old woman, run, Sha Potian is coming!"
A silver-haired Donghu woman ran out of the big tent in panic, "What's the matter with you, what do you hear?"
"Leave me alone, run, get on the horse, run, Slayer is coming!" Utaka was half lying on the ground, waving desperately.
The old woman ran up to him and tried to drag him up from the ground with all her strength, but how could an old and frail woman be able to drag Utaka? Steps away, but to them, it seems far away.
The hooves of the horses were rumbling and the strange screams were deafening. Utaka hugged the old lady desperately and pressed him down hard. The horses galloped past. After galloping their horses, the Utaka couple curled up on the ground were silent, and their bodies were almost trampled into a pile of shredded meat by the heavy horses, which were piled up in a mess.
This is not a battle, because this tribe has no adult warriors at all, except for the elderly and women, who are underage children. Looking at the survivors who were driven together by the cavalry, Gao Yuan frowned deeply.
The fire was raging, and within a radius of ten miles, all the big tents were set alight, illuminating half of the sky, and the survivors watched in despair as all their possessions were reduced to ashes in the fire, and their property was consumed by the fire. What makes people even more desperate is the **** double-knife flags that are hunting in the flames.
That is Sha Potian, everyone in Donghu knows that he is an extremely cruel horse bandit. He has never lived here. One exception was that they were masked. From their roaring and yelling, the survivors heard the Donghu language, the Xiongnu language, and the words of the Central Plains country in the south. The characteristics of his subordinates are all desperadoes who are not tolerated by all forces.
"Xianwei, oh, no, boss, I have already been interrogated, this tribe has just moved here, and all the warriors in the tribe were recruited by their leader and Yingdong Hu King, so in the tribe, only There are no fighters, just bosses, how to deal with these people?" The infantry rode up to Gao Yuan and asked in a low voice.
Zhang Dongsheng also lowered his voice, "According to the previous calculation, no one can be left behind, otherwise, our whereabouts will be leaked out, and, Gao Yuan, where Sha Potian has passed, but chickens and dogs do not Stay. If there is an exception this time, wouldn't it be suspicious?"
"That's right!" The infantry pondered for a while, "Our operation this time can't be seen at all, boss, what's the matter?"
"Hundreds of lives are tied to you, Gao Yuan, you must not have the kindness of a woman!" Huang Zhan also came over. If you can’t complete the task, if you can’t complete the task, then Fufeng will not be able to keep it.”
"That's right, Huang Zhan, you can do this and leave no one behind." Gao Yuan tilted his head and looked at Huang Zhan.
Huang Zhan's face turned yellow immediately, and his head shook like a rattle, "I can't do this, I can't do it. It's okay if they are all men, but there are so many women and children here, so I can't do it." "
"General Zhang, what are you going to do?" Zhang Dongsheng's face turned pale, "I've been a soldier for half my life, but I've never killed anyone like this before. Find someone else."
Gao Yuan turned his head to the infantry on the other side, and when he took a look, there was no one there. When Gao Yuan mentioned this to Huang and Zhang, the infantry had already quietly slipped away.
Gao Yuan smiled wryly and shook his head, he still couldn't help himself. Looking at those desperate Donghu people, Gao Yuan really made a mistake.
"Gao Yuan, what are you doing?" He Lanyan came galloping, "Hurry up, take care of this matter, we still have to hurry!"
Gao Yuan spread his hands, "What about these people?"
"What should I do?" He Lanyan asked puzzledly, and glanced at the Donghu people in the field, "I understand, Gao Yuan, you people are really mothers-in-law. Now tell me, you want them, Or do you want these brothers of yours?"
"Of course it's my brother!" Gao Yuan blurted out.
"That's it!" He Lanyan put her fingers in her mouth ~IndoMTL.com~ and whistled forcefully, with the sound of horseshoes, more than a hundred Hun cavalry who followed He Lanyan approached, and He Lanyan made a gesture gesture, the Hun cavalry nodded knowingly, turned the horse's head around, and with a bang, the scimitar in his waist was unsheathed.
"It's either they die, or we die, it's as simple as that!" He Lanyan looked at Gao Yuan and sneered, "Gao Yuan, if you don't have the heart, don't lead troops to fight as soon as possible, it will kill everyone."
The sound of desperate cries sounded, Gao Yuan raised his head, and the Huns cavalry galloped into the crowd of Donghu, waving machetes, and Donghu women, old people, and children fell to the ground, and the terrified Donghu people came from He got up on the ground and ran desperately towards the outside, but on the outer floor, the cavalry from Fufeng reined in their horses and formed a big circle, enclosing them tightly. Although these cavalrymen covered their faces, No expression can be seen, but most of the people's veils are shaking.
Gao Yuan's eyes were covered with blood. Amid the splashing blood, he only felt that his heart was hardening bit by bit. This is war.
"Dead early and reincarnate early, don't blame me," Gao Yuan silently glanced at the corpses lying in a pool of blood, "This is a war, a life-and-death war."