C79

A small troop of cavalry wearing red clothes bathed in the brilliant sunlight flew across the vast snow-covered prairie. The snow that had already begun to melt was trampled by the hooves of the horses, flying in all directions amidst the black-yellow soil.

When the group rushed to a small mound, centurion Yuwen Sanqi raised his head and stopped the group. He looked ahead with his hands up in the air, only to see a vast expanse of snow that was reflecting a dazzling light.

Yuwen Sanqi was originally a wandering herdsman in the Yuwen tribe. After a snowstorm, not only did he lose his way, he also lost all his livestock. After the snowstorm, he met a small patrol under Kebineng's command, thus he naturally joined in, and because he fought bravely, he was quickly promoted to centurion.

More than two hours ago, Murong Qi had sent out five small cavalry units. Yuwen Sanqi's hundred man team was one of them. At first, they were still on guard. After running for a long time, they still couldn't find even half a shadow of the Chinese. All they could see was the white snow, and they had already lost the patience to search for them.

Many of them took out their water bags and drank together, in order to clear their heads from the sun. Following that, some of them tried to persuade Yuwen Sanqi to give up and return to Tanhan Shan.

"centurion, why don't we go back? Great things are happening in Tanhan Shan today, if we hurry back in time to make a contribution, Kebineng Little Wang will definitely bestow a great deal of rewards to us! "

"Yeah, this is a great chance to show your face in front of Kebineng!"

"If we miss today's opportunity, who knows when we'll be able to obtain military merits! centurion, go back! "

Yuwen Sanqi wiped away the sweat on his face and glared at Yun Che: "This one wants to earn merits even more! However, General Murong Qi ordered them to head out 100 miles away to search for the Chinese army. If they go back now, wouldn't that be disobeying his orders? "

"centurion, we have at least run 8%. 90 miles is more or less it is! "

"Sure!" Yuwen Sanqi nodded and pointed to the front with the horsewhip: "Do you see the small hill ahead? If there are still no Chinese appearing when we get there, let's go back! "

"Huff!" "Huff … Huff …"

When the crowd heard it, they were extremely happy, and rushed forward like a swarm of bees without waiting for Yuwen Sanqi's order.

"These bastards!" Yuwen Sanqi laughed and scolded as he urged his horse to chase.

The hill was four or five miles away, and soon they were upon it. Standing at the top of the hill, they could see the hills that were gradually getting bigger. In the distance, they could vaguely see the tall mountains. It was obvious that they were close to the mountains.

Yuwen Sanqi gazed into the distance for a while and then waved his hand in a bored manner, "He. Mother. "Yah, let's go back!"

The men cheered in unison, turned their horses around, and ran down the hill.

Yuwen Sanqi was at the back, rushing halfway up the mountain, when he suddenly felt that something was amiss — — With just the hundred of them, how could the trembling of the horses' hooves be so strong? It was as if the entire hill was trembling! He suddenly reined in the reins, turned around, and sprinted up the hill. He glanced forward and was stupefied. Five or six miles away, a large flag, the 'Gongsun', was madly flying forward, followed by an endless line of cavalry.

"The Chinese are here! There were at least fifty thousand people! "Quick, run!" Yuwen Sanqi quickly regained his senses, turned around and shouted out loud.

In less than an incense worth of time, the two great generals in black armour had rushed to the top of the hill. It was Gongsun Zan and the Single Classic.

He pointed ahead and shouted, "Master Hou, it's Xianbei People's scout horse! "Strange, why did they run so far away?"

Gongsun Zan waved his hand: "Who cares what they are doing, catch up to those who are still alive, don't let anyone escape!"

"Your Lordship, don't worry. None of them will be able to escape!" Simply by laughing, he turned his head and shouted: "Shan Meng, you bring a thousand people to chase after him, you must not let anyone escape!"

Wearing a new set of black chainmail and holding onto a steel spear, Shan Meng agreed with a loud voice and rushed down with his thousand-elite riders.

Shan Meng originally followed Gongsun Xu as his personal guard, but this time, Gongsun Xu was determined to keep him in the Tian Jin military camp, afraid that a mishap might occur and he might not be able to explain the situation to Yue Yang. This time, he had decided to follow Gongsun Zan and lead the army. He wanted to give Shan Meng a chance to hone his skills and earn a lot of merits.

"Run!" Run faster! " As Yuwen Sanqi ran, he found the time to turn back and shout at his subordinates to escape.

The Xianbei People rode on a Hun horse (Mongolian horse), which had good endurance and was easy to support. It was short and sturdy, suitable for long distance running and could not sprint. Previously, Yuwen Sanqi and the rest were already running for close to a hundred miles. Although most of the time they were jogging, most of the time they were running, they had used up about half of their stamina on the horses.

On the other hand, the thousand riders that Shan Meng was leading, was a personal troop of the Single Meridian Meridians, and also the most elite and strongest troop of the Single Meridians. They were riding the Black Sun Horse (Heavenly Horse) and the modified Hunchbacked Horse. Because this kind of war horse had both long and short range sprint speed, the two sides had chased each other for less than seven or eight miles, and the distance between the two sides had been reduced to only sixty or seventy steps.

"Release the arrows!" Shan Meng shouted and released an arrow, his voice still in the stage, sounding a little hoarse.

In that moment, the black mass of arrows flew towards Xianbei People in front of him.

Xianbei People suddenly increased his speed and rushed forward, but 20 to 30 people were still shot and fell to the ground, half of them immediately died, the remaining screams turned into meat paste by the Chinese cavalry soldiers rushing from behind.

Seeing that the situation was bad, Yuwen Sanqi hurriedly shouted, "Wu Liu, Lian Shi, Lou Niu'er, Mu Da, take your men and stay behind. No matter what, there must be a person who escaped and returned to pass on the news! " As he spoke, he took the lead in turning the horse's head and holding his sword horizontally.

The four of them roared their agreement, led their ten-man team to gather around Yuwen Sanqi, and anxiously looked at the nearby Chinese cavalry. They knew very well that they had no luck, but when they thought about the Tanhan Shan behind them, and their tribe and relatives, every one of them activated their courage and glared fiercely at the ferocious Chinese cavalry.

"Kill!" Yuwen Sanqi shouted and was the first one to charge forward.

"Kill!" The forty over people shouted in unison, and one after the other, they charged up.

In just a short span of a dozen breaths, a red and a black cavalry unit with a large disparity in numbers crashed into each other! Even if every Xianbei People had thoughts of certain death, and instigated their entire bodies to become fierce, the result was still without any suspense. Yuwen Sanqi's subordinates were all annihilated in a single move, and he did not even have the time to scream when he was cut by a blade on his left shoulder and fell off his horse. However, he was lucky enough not to be stomped to death on the spot.

Shan Meng had also lost thirty to forty people, almost one by one.

"Leave a few people to catch him!" The rest of you, follow me! " Shan Meng pointed his spear at Yuwen Sanqi and shouted. This fellow was clearly the leader of this cavalry of Xianbei team, so he might be able to find some useful things.

The other Xianbei People s turned around and saw the small troop of thirty more people immediately rushing towards the Chinese cavalry who were ten times stronger than them. Their desperate attacks had only cost Shan Meng half an incense worth of time, they simply could not buy enough time for his remaining comrades to escape.

After the last twenty odd Xianbei People s were killed, the remaining seven to eight people spread out and fled towards the west and north. This time around, the twenty or so people in the rear were like they had been submerged by the raging waves of the ocean. They didn't even manage to get out before they were all chopped off.

"Split up and give chase!" With a wave of Shan Meng's hand, the thousand man cavalry rapidly split into a dozen or so squads, and rushed forward with a roar.

The seven to eight fleeing Xianbei People s and mounts were exhausted. Several warhorses were already spitting white foam; Even if they wanted to hide, it was impossible. After chasing for another two to three miles, other than the two who were injured and captured, the rest of the Xianbei People s resisted with all their might, turning into Xue Linlin's corpse.

"Master Hou, although Xianbei People is far from what Tan Shihuai was back then, he was still very brave!"

"That's true!" 's eyes radiated killing intent as he coldly said. "It is also because of this that this duke will ruthlessly break the spine of the Xianbei People! To these barbarians, only by killing them would they be willing to be driven by us! Bring those captives up, I want to interrogate them myself! "

Very quickly, Yuwen Sanqi and his two remaining subordinates arrived in front of Gongsun Zan.

Gongsun Xu extended his spear and lifted Yuwen Sanqi's head, then asked in a fluent and low voice: "Whose subordinates are you?"

"Bah!" Yuwen Sanqi spat a mouthful of saliva over, and shouted angrily: "Han Doggie, sooner or later Kebineng will take revenge for us!"

"What a man!" Gongsun Xu sneered as he pulled back his spear, turning his head to look at Sixth Brother behind him, he nodded.

The sixth brother jumped down from his horse and walked in front of Yuwen Sanqi and the other two with an evil grin on his face as he slowly took out a dagger from his waist.

Yuwen Sanqi glared at Old Sixth, not the least bit of fear in his eyes.

The other two knew that they would definitely die, but they didn't have any intentions to beg for mercy, and continued to stare at Gongsun Zan fiercely.

"Are these two your subordinates?" The sixth brother asked with a smile, speaking in the vulgar language.

Yuwen Sanqi snorted in anger and turned his head to ignore him.

The sixth brother laughed and chopped at the left wrist of one of the men. Blood splattered as one of his hands fell to the ground, turning the ground red. The man screamed and tried to struggle but was held down by several people. His eyes rolled back and he fainted.

"This is the first blade!" The Sixth Brother smiled and said to Yuwen Sanqi, then slashed again with his blade, cutting off the man's right wrist!

The man's body twitched a few times in pain, then he woke up and shouted at Liu Xiaoyang to kill him.

"Kill you?" Ol 'Six shook his head with a smile and gestured with the dagger in his hand, "Then wouldn't I be letting you get the better of me? "Next are your feet, ears, nose and eyes. Finally, your heart will be dug out!"

Yuwen Sanqi shouted loudly, "You are a cruel demon! Great King Tan Shihuai's Spirit in Heaven will definitely send you to hell! "

"Tan Shihuai? "I'm sorry, but when he's alive, I might be a little afraid. If he's dead, then forget about it!" The sixth brother made two more slashes, and the man's ears flew to the ground.

The person's eyes revealed a pleading look, but because of the pain he bit his tongue off and was unable to speak.

"Just kill him with one slash!" Yuwen Sanqi panted heavily, and roared: "You devils who deserve to go to hell, as long as you give him a quick death, I'll say whatever you want to ask!"

"Is it good to be like this earlier?" The sixth brother revealed a warm smile and stabbed the man in the heart.

Yuwen Sanqi's eyes were about to spurt blood. He bit his lips and asked fiercely: "What do you guys want to ask?"

Gongsun Zan asked coldly: "Who are your subordinates?"

"I am a subordinate of Kebineng Xiao Wang."

"Why are you here?"

"Kebineng, Little Wang, said that there might be a Chinese army coming, so let us inquire about it."

"What?!" Gongsun Zan and One-Pun cried out at the same time. Could it be that the news of the expedition had actually been leaked?

Seeing that, a happy thought swept through Yuwen Sanqi's mind, he suddenly thought of a good idea, and immediately lowered his head, afraid that Gongsun Zan would see through his thoughts.

Gongsun Zan frowned and asked: What do you think?

He thought for a moment and said confidently: "Master Hou, this person is at most a centurion. It is impossible for him to know too many secrets! From what I see, Kebineng is probably just guessing! "

"That should be the case!" Gongsun Zan nodded and thought: "Could he be lying?"

"At this point, he shouldn't be lying!" He shook his head.

The few sentences that Gongsun Zan had spoken with Single Classic were spoken in Chinese, so Yuwen Sanqi couldn't understand it in the slightest. However, this did not stop the thought that suddenly arose in his heart.

Gongsun Zan looked at Yuwen Sanqi and asked, "What is the situation in Tanhan Shan?"

"Kebineng and Prince Xian of the Right brought the army to the sacrificial altar on the mountain. Prince Zuo Xian led thirty thousand of his men to stand guard at the halfway point of the mountain." Yuwen Sanqi spoke the truth, and only doubled the number of troops under Su Li's command.

"It seems like charging in from the front is a bit dangerous!" Gongsun Zan whispered to Dan Zhe, and then continued to ask, "What were Gongsun Xu doing these past few days?"

"When Gongsun Xu just arrived, he destroyed five thousand of King Su Li's men, but he was also heavily injured, and was placed with King Lian in the palace to recuperate. It's said that he will not attend today's Rites of Heavenly Worship!" Yuwen Sanqi restrained his heart and forced himself to lie.

Gongsun Zan was startled, and anxiously shouted: "Is that true? If there is a lie, I will definitely make you die from torture! "

Yuwen Sanqi pointed to his last subordinate and coldly said: "What I said was the truth. If you don't believe it, ask him."

The sixth brother looked over and the man was scared to the point that he peed his pants. However, he still forced himself to nod.

"If anything happens to my son, I will definitely let two hundred thousand Xianbei People die with him!" Gongsun Zan's face became gloomy, gritting his teeth as he swore the oath. Raising his head to look at the faintly discernible mountain in the west, he muttered: "My people, you must persevere until father's army arrives!"

Solitary Longevity also raised his head to look forward and advised in a low voice: "Master Hou, there is no need to worry too much. This son of mine has courage and schemes, and Zhao Yun and Yan Rou are protecting him from the side, so he'll definitely be fine!"

"You're right, my people are blessed by the heavens. They will definitely be fine!" Gongsun Zan quickly pulled himself together, and jumped onto his horse.

Before mounting the horse, he looked back at the mountain range in the distance and muttered: "My son, my son, don't tell me you are seriously injured? This old man really doesn't believe it! "