Power and Empire Chapter 3023: Dream Painting Jiangshan (18)

Through the dense woods, white fish belly appeared in the east, the first ray of sunlight after the heavy snow stopped shining from the bare branches, the damp muddy ground, the unknown frightened birds chirping on the branches, and exhaustion. Fugitive

"Wow!"

Yelü Qiyeguang's throat was sweet, he vomited a big mouthful of blood, his eyes were black, and the whole person was weakly collapsed, almost kneeling on the back of the horse on the ground from the front legs, falling down suddenly and falling down. In the thick layer of snow below, the bright red blood has hung on the horse's abdomen and neck like ice, and a few arrow clusters have not been pulled out. It is the limit to be able to run all the way here, and it still has to feel the cold temperature. The wound was frozen, otherwise just blood loss would be enough to make this war horse die a few hours ago

"Cough cough" Yelu Qiyeguang, who fell into the snow, made a dry cough, the pain between the chest and abdomen was like a fire burning, and the internal organs were torn and almost frozen with the pain. Nerve, Yelu Qiyeguang woke up from the pain, leaning on a tree trunk, his eyes swept across the dead horse, and there was a slight wound in Yelu Qiyeguang’s eyes. If it wasn’t for the injury on his body, it would be frozen on the back of the horse that ran all night I don’t know if I die. In severe cold weather, it’s not uncommon for people to freeze to death on horseback. Yelu Qiyeguang once saw more than 30 people from a tribe after a snowstorm, chasing and fleeing. The horses lost their way and plunged into the lake. As a result, more than 30 people and horses turned into tragic ice sculptures in the lake.

What the **** is going on! In the confusion, Yelu Qiyeguang recalled the attack last night in her mind, and she also remembered the scene outside the camp that made her soak in cold sweat,

In the wind and snow, the Baihe cavalrymen who were regarded as the lineage of the Yelv family, each with a cold face holding a sharp cutlass, lined up and down the ground into a line of skirmishers, riding row by row to check. Woods, bushes, grasses, paths, shallow trenches and dark caves covered by snow...every corners where Tibetans might be, they have not let go, they used machete to jab in the places they passed. Randomly sweeping, there is nothing left out. In the rear of the search unit, each of the Shirakawa pro-army has an archer holding a longbow all the time, looking around vigilantly.

Yelü Qiyeguang knows that this is the signalman responsible for sending out the signal after finding the target. As soon as there is a warning signal, people nearby will immediately rush over to encircle the target, if it is not for more than a twist in the head. , And seeing the abnormal state of Yelu Guda’s troops under Baihe, Yelu Qiyeguang almost stood up and shouted that he was here

How did the camp know that they were attacked? Even if you really know that you are under attack, shouldn't you send rescue immediately? How can you not let go of any place like a giant net on the periphery of the camp? This is not looking for people at all, but searching, what are they collecting?

Thinking of this, Yelu Qiyeguang’s pretty face became more gloomy, and his inner hope broke away. Even if he couldn’t see it, he could feel that something must have happened in the camp. As for the White River soldiers in front of them, although It is the Yelv family’s guards, but this white river army has been following Yelv Guda from the northwest.

It is said that if it weren’t for the outstanding performance of the White River pro-army in Sirius, Yeluguda might have been intercepted by the Southwest Dragon Army as early as Sirius. With such a relationship, Yeluguda had already promised as long as If he can ascend to the position of Patriarch, he will let Ruerha, the head of the White River Army, be the commander of the entire White River Army. On weekdays, this White River Army has already regarded himself as Yelv Guda’s Army. , Although I still treat myself respectfully, in fact, even if I don’t have Yeluguda’s nod, I can’t move it.

The White River pro-army is now spreading out on such a large scale, no one can do it except for the order issued by Yeluguda!

As for the camp, Yeluguda should have controlled the entire Yelu army. Now his only way to survive is to immediately return to Daizhou, but it is hundreds of miles away from Daizhou, and Yelu’s seven luminous teeth are biting on the frozen broken. On Pi’s lips, she stood up swayingly with a firm expression, and her strong will to survive supported her moving towards Daizhou with one foot and one foot.

Midnight.

The soldiers of the Yelu family moved forward cautiously, the torches were burning in their hands, but the place where the fire could illuminate was limited. In front of them was a large area of ​​birch, wattle, beech and oak trees, even in winter. The fallen leaves also rustle around them at night like a wall. The ground is full of white snow, and people walking on it make a creaking sound.

"Keep your eyes open and look carefully!"

The officer who led the team shouted, the soldiers are like huge fans, slowly searching forward step by step. They feel anxious and seem to be very afraid of encountering people they might want to search. There are some in the bushes from time to time. =The little animals that hide in winter jump out, causing them a panic every time. Suddenly, a voice came from the front of the queue, and everyone was tense for a while

There is a fire on the opposite side of the forest. It does not seem to be one or two people, but a dozen piles of fire. There are dozens of people sitting next to the fire. The outside is a circle of strangely shaped caravan carriages. The bottom of the carriage is The four wheels show the identity of these carriages,

"Is an empire merchant!"

The officer who led the team was secretly relieved. In the Central Biya area, the carriages have two wheels, because the carriages in the Central Biya area do not have a rotation axis, and only the carriages in the West Continent have four. The wheel, although the tribal leaders have no good feelings for the imperial merchants, ordinary tribal soldiers welcome the imperial caravans, because they hide the spoils privately in combat, except for the imperial merchants, no one dares to collect them, and as long as they get them With enough money, the imperial merchants will not care whether the buyer is a nobleman of the tribe, so that ordinary soldiers of many tribes can sometimes buy items that are only used by nobles

They saw the imperial caravan, and the caravan also saw the nervous soldiers of the Yelu Army. Some of the guards with weapons stood up immediately. After all, this is the Yanzhou battlefield, not a peaceful area, although the Yelu regime There is a protection policy for the imperial merchants, but the several incidents of the Yelu army looting the imperial caravans that broke out some time ago have also increased the vigilance of the imperial caravans walking in this war-torn area.

"Did you see anyone passing by here?" Officer Yelu, who led the team, walked out of the woods, and looked fiercely across the caravan. There were about fifty or sixty people in the whole caravan. There were more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages stacked on top of them. In the carriage, the gaze of the Yelu officer showed a hint of excitement, which is not easily noticeable.

Here in Yanzhou battlefield, these imperial merchants are really bold enough

But also, that time when the Yelu family fought, no imperial merchants followed to make a fortune. The various properties looted by the prairie people were often sold to these merchants privately before they were turned over to the leader. This is one of the reasons why the leaders of the various ministries are so angry with the imperial merchants,

According to the rules on the prairie, one-third of the battle income belongs to the leader, one-third belongs to the tribe, and the remaining one-third belongs to himself, but now, because the imperial merchants are in the middle, The share received by the chiefs and tribes is often greatly reduced, while the income of ordinary soldiers has greatly increased, and the money is earned by various low-priced goods of the imperial merchants. How can this not let the tribal leaders? When it comes to imperial merchants, I hate it.

"Your Excellency, we did not see anyone passing by." The captain of the imperial caravan was a middle-aged man who was about 30 years old. He saw more than a hundred prairie people coming out without showing any signs of his face. Panicked, and he saluted the Yelv family officer with a composure expression

"Really? I suspect that there are important prisoners hiding here. I want to check!" The Yelu family officer sneered. Hundreds of prairie people immediately wanted to get close to those carriages fiercely.

"Impossible, this is an empire's commodity. According to the agreement, if you arbitrarily use the empire's commodity, you will declare war on the empire!" The caravan captain's face sank. Most of the empire's merchants were either former aristocratic groups in areas conquered by the empire. , Or it is a disbanded soldier who has the status of a former soldier, especially the caravan that dared to run back and forth between the Empire and Central Bialand. That one is not an extremely tough existence, and many of the caravans are backed by the imperial military. How can I be afraid that there are hundreds of prairie people in this area. I didn’t see that in the northwest, the empire had just forced down a hundred thousand prairie troops in one go. Now it is pulling hundreds of thousands of prairie people to work in the wilderness. The prairie people dared to move their goods, dozens of people in the caravan immediately drew out their weapons, even the stout cook who was at the barbecue raised his cleaver, shouting in his mouth who would dare to move my goods, I let him lie down Go out,

A dazzling weapon blade and cold light made Yelujun's face green when he was about to encircle it. This is Yanzhou, and the 100,000 Yelu army is nearby. This is a clear smashing place.

"Do you want to rebel?" The officer Yelu turned pale and screamed inwardly,

"Rebellion? You deserve it too! You Yelu family dare to say rebellion! Lao Tzu belongs to the empire just out of the first six and five regiments. If you dare to move goods, you will declare war. Do you know what declaring war is?"

"If you dare to do it, I will kill anyone, anyway, there will be revenge from the empire!"

"****! This group of prairie people, Lao Tzu has long been displeased!" The crowd on the other side was excited, and a group of more than a hundred Yelu Army soldiers who did not understand the imperial language were stupid. I didn't expect this. The imperial people will have such a big reaction, this is a hornet's nest, although it is only a few dozen people, how do you feel that the momentum is more arrogant than the hundreds of people on your side,

As soon as Officer Yelu wanted to open his mouth, he was already overwhelmed by the sound of the tide from the opposite side. What kind of people are the imperial caravans? Officer Yelu’s mouth is bitter. If you really want to do it, he won’t Dare, although the looting of the imperial caravan happened some time ago, the grassland people who robbed the imperial caravan were not held accountable by the Yelu family, but they couldn’t hold back the imperial side’s 100,000 gold to buy their heads. , It is said that several leaders were secretly executed by their own tribal leaders, and immediately took their heads to exchange bounty with the empire. Those who participated in the looting now have no one to live.

At this moment, suddenly a whistling arrow rose from the northwest not far from the woodland

"The scout found the target!" Officer Yelu said with a sullen expression, and immediately turned around and rushed towards the northwest. The soldiers behind him formed a semi-circular encirclement on a grass in the middle of the jungle. , On the fallen snowdrift, faint footprints, blood-stained branches and clothes fragments. Obviously, not long ago, the target had stayed here and bandaged the wound here. The most likely reason was that the target was awakened during the argument just now!

"Disperse, search the neighborhood with all my strength, she is injured, she can't go far!" The officer looked surprised, so many people weren't found, so he met him, thinking of the big reward promised above. , He started breathing quickly, and loudly urged the soldiers behind him to "Hurry up, move faster, everyone, cheer, and win the goal, each rewarded 30 silver pancakes!" Because of the motivation of the big reward, the soldiers were enthusiastic. The original dense queue was stretched very long and long, a sparse string of torches leaped in the dark dense forest, and noisy voices rang from all directions, and the light of the torches brightened the surroundings more and more

This is the third day of Yelu Qiyeguang’s escape. Despite the intention of running towards Daizhou, in such a low-cold weather, there is no food for several days in a row, in order to avoid that you will not have to first arrive at Daizhou. Starved to death, Yelu Qiyeguang can only choose to find a village where he can get food first.

Unfortunately, the Yanzhou Battle~IndoMTL.com~The villages that could be used as supply points were cleaned up with the advancement of the 100,000 Yelv Army. All the people inside were killed and all the supplies were robbed. I have been looking for seven or eight in a row. After this village, Yelu Qiyeguang gave up, had no food, no rest, no sleep, and more importantly, betrayed by his own people, without the sun in the sky, unable to recognize the direction, and ran in the dark for three days. She didn't even know where she was. Just when she lay down, Ye Lujun immediately found her again. She was awakened by the noise just now, and she got up hard. Every step was accompanied by bone-piercing pain, continuous between her chest and abdomen. With the tearing and twisting pain, the scene in front began to be distorted and deformed, his consciousness was a little blurred, and there seemed to be flames ahead. . . . . . The footsteps around began to get closer and closer, and Yelu Qiyeguang’s last consciousness had already accepted his fate,

"Is it the target you are looking for?" a deep voice asked

"There should be nothing wrong. Although I was a little embarrassed due to the injury, the gap with the picture is not big. Twenty teams ran behind the Yelu Army for three days, and finally let us meet."

"Why don't you say anything, hurry up, get into the car immediately!"

"What if those prairie people just chased over?"

"Kill all!" (To be continued.)