I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 33
Fu Jinchuan and Xue Cong's two cavalry troops set off a day later than Fu Maoxiu's reply.

Because of the special nature of the mission, Fu Jinchuan did not bring along the migratory locusts who had just joined the army, and even Huben Jiecong only brought a dozen people as personal guards.

The two thousand cavalry troops are all subordinates of the Liangzhou Wuwei Army, and they are also rare elites. As the deputy general, Fu Jinchuan is also an old acquaintance, the former Baiting guard Shi Wannian.

"It's a great joy in life to be able to ride a horse with Mr. Lang again, hahahahaha."

Shi Wannian was also a well-known brave general. Just because he dared to go deep into the northern border to plunder frequently, he knew how courageous and capable he was.

But for Fu Jinchuan, he is extremely impressed. In the Battle of Baiting, Fu Jinchuan's bravery, courage, vision, impromptu changes on the battlefield, and analysis and prediction of the war situation all made him amazed Shi Wannian.

This is the first time I know that this battle can still be fought like this?
800 people rushing towards an enemy army of tens of thousands can cause a major defeat of tens of thousands of people.

Talking about using tricks to let the enemy troops kill each other, that is even more a stroke of genius.If it wasn't for Fu Langjun's ingenious scheme, where would the Baiting victory come from?
Looking at Shi Wannian, Fu Jinchuan also showed a smile, and joked, "It's only been a month for General Shi, so he's getting fatter, isn't he? Hahaha."

Shi Wannian also laughed "haha" and said: "Isn't this staying in Liangzhou City? You can't go to the northern border to relax every day. You eat and drink in the camp all day, and you gained more than ten catties."

He was originally a burly man, but now that he was a little fatter, his face was even more fleshy, extremely vicious.

After the two armies arrived at Baiting City, they stopped taking action, but waited in place for news of Ashina Yanqing to go north to respond at any time.

North, Ashina.

Shu Shu is wearing a white leather robe and a felt hat with agate and pearls on it.

A palm-sized face looks like a flower, but at the moment there is quite a lot of dust.

She is helping to pack things. Yesterday, my father received a reply letter from the Hexi Festival Mansion, allowing her to lead the troops to the south.

So Ashina Yanqing immediately ordered the entire tribe to prepare for the migration.

As a nomadic people, they have long been accustomed to the way of living as a family, but going south to the Great Jin is a brand new start for everyone.

"Sister, will we still have mutton to eat after we go to Hexi?" The younger brother Ashinazhimo is only ten years old, and the most concerned thing is to eat.

Shu Shu was squatting to roll a blanket, exhausted and out of breath, heard the younger brother's question and listened to it, and decided to stop and rest for a while.

"I heard from Aye that mutton is also eaten there, and we have to sell it to sheep in the south every year. There is no bread to eat there, and we don't know how to grow wheat. But when we get to Hexi, we may have to grow our own wheat."

"Grow your own wheat? Can't you rob others?"

Ashinajima questioned.

In the northern border, the concept that men are taught from boyhood is that everything can be robbed, cattle, sheep, horses, pastures, and even wives.

So Ashina Zhimo is a bit strange, why do you want to grow it yourself, can't you just steal it from others?

"No, because it is the state of Jin. The rules of the northern border belong to Beijing. The state of Jin has the rules of the state of Jin. If you want something, you have to exchange it, or buy it with money."

Shu Shu explained patiently.

Zhimo sighed pretentiously, "Then I'm going to learn how to farm?"

Shu Shu rubbed his head, then said with a smile: "You don't have to farm the land, just learn to read, you will use it later."

Zhimo's small face immediately turned into a bitter gourd, "Reading, Jin's books are too difficult."

As the sons and daughters of the patriarch, both Shu Shu and Zhimo had the opportunity to learn the characters and language of the state of Jin. Shu Shu learned it very well, while the other younger brothers and sisters all "changed their expressions".

Shu Shu rubbed his head again, "It's difficult to learn, because you will be a Jin country person in the future, and you may be able to be an official in the future, so you have to learn."

"Official?"

"Well, to be an official of the Jin Kingdom."

With the whole tribe packed up, the ten Meng'an of Ashina began to move south.

Ashina Yanqing brought three thousand young men who could be assembled from the tribe, and wandered around the team, serving as guards.

In the middle of the team are old and weak women and children.

Some of them rode horses, some sat in carriages with tents and felts, and some drove cattle and sheep. The team moved very slowly, only advancing twenty or thirty miles a day.

As for Ashina, it is more than three hundred miles away from the border area.

It takes almost ten days to reach the territory of Hexi.

And these ten days or so is the most dangerous time for Ashina, who may face attacks and looting from other tribes at any time, or pursuit from the royal court.

With such a large team, there is no way to hide it from Wang Ting.

"Brother Liu, what are you doing here?"

The five sons of the Khan Shuhu are gathering cavalry. The old Khan Huligun asked him to lead three tiger divisions, Meng'an, to hunt down the Ashina tribe who fled south. It is best to bring the whole tribe back. If not, they will be slaughtered. .

It was the first time he took the Tiger Division out to battle, and he was about to sweep away the haze of Baiting's defeat, when his nephew Liuzhi suddenly appeared in front of him.And he was dressed all over his body, looking like he was about to go to war.

"Uncle Wu, I'll go with you."

Shuhu frowned, thinking how could this kid come to grab credit?Then it occurred to him in an instant that Brother Liu liked Ashina Yanqing's daughter.

"Is it for the daughter of the Yanqing family?"

Brother Liu nodded.

Shuhu didn't want to take Brother Liuzhi with him at first, but he suddenly realized that the second brother, Shiliemen, had almost no chance to compete with his eldest brother Bishamon for the position of Khan, and Brother Liuzhi, as the best son of the eldest brother Bishamon, said Maybe it's Khan after Big Brother
Thinking of this, he felt that there was no reason not to agree with a young man to pursue his beloved girl.

This is not to curry favor with the Khan who came, it is for their love, that's right.

"But it's okay to go, follow my command."

"Good Uncle Fifth, I will obey your orders." Brother Liuzhi hurriedly agreed, but his mind had already flown to the far south.

The Tiger Division is the most elite unit of the Golden Horde Khanate. The most elite warriors are selected from the Leopard Division of the royal family. It is the only established army in Beijing that is fully armored.

You must know that even the prosperous Jin Dynasty did not have the entire army in armor.

Therefore, in the Golden Horde, which lacks the source of iron armor, this fully armored Tiger Division is the elite of the elite, and has always been controlled by the Khan himself.

In the wars of the Golden Horde over the years, he made great achievements and shocked the northern border.I don't know how many northern tribes who resisted the rule of the Shulu family disappeared under the tiger's iron hooves.

With this elite team in hand, Shuhu is full of confidence, and he must take this opportunity to avenge his shame.

Starting from the royal court, they traveled nearly a hundred miles a day, and finally saw a huge team several miles ahead after five days.

And seeing the pursuers behind him, Ashina Yanqing almost despaired.

He could recognize the elite team behind him as the Tiger Division, but this place was still more than a hundred miles away from the border, and it would take at least three days for the tribal team to reach Hexi.

In this case, it almost represented the failure of the southward attachment operation.

Although he had dispatched messengers to Baiting City before setting off, the Jin army hadn't seen him for a long time, maybe the Jin army didn't intend to come to meet him at all.

After a while, Ashina Yanqing made up his mind and headed north with a few personal guards.

After Shuhu saw Ashina Yanqing bringing a few people over, he immediately ordered them to be released.

After getting off their horses, Ashina Yanqing and Shuhu walked towards each other almost at the same time, but when they came to the front, they hugged each other.

"How are you, my friend?"

"Not bad, not dead."

"Ha ha ha ha."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Ashina Yanqing and Shuhu are very good friends, they have fought side by side countless times, and even saved each other's life on the battlefield.

But I didn't expect to meet in this way in this place at this moment.

"My friend Shuhu, tell me, what can you take away, is my brain enough?"

Ashina Yanqing asked directly with a smile.

After hearing this, Shuhu laughed, "Yanqing, I don't want to bring back my friend's head to my father. So listen to me and take your people back."

Ashina Yanqing said: "Will you give us food for the winter when you go back?"

Shuhu said nothing, just shook his head.

Brother Liuzhi looked at the two old friends, and felt a little embarrassed when he said such words.

"Shuhu, let my tribe go, you take my head back to the mission, and let them go to the south. They can only survive if they go to the south."

Ashina Yanqing said earnestly.

Shuhu continued to shake his head, "Let's go, Yanqing, and bring your family, as well as young and old, weak, women and children, just leave them here."

Ashina Yanqing felt cold when he heard this, he understood Shuhu's meaning.

It is impossible for the royal court to allow the Ashina tribe to flee south, and this may even trigger a chain reaction.

Ashina was able to escape with a small number of elites, but the rest would die here as a warning to the entire Golden Horde tribes.

Even if the royal court does not kill them, these old and weak women and children will not survive this winter.

Even sometimes dying of freezing and starvation is better than dying under Master Tiger's knife.

"My friend, you have a moment to choose."

Seeing Ashina Yanqing on the horse, Shuhu gave his friend the last piece of advice.

Ashina Yanqing waved his hand without looking back.

After returning to their own side, almost everyone in Ashina knew what they were going to face in a while.

"Yanqing, I told you a long time ago, don't vote for the state of Jin, why is Master Hu chasing after you now?"

Ashina Yanqing turned a deaf ear to these accusations and complaints, and shouted a name as soon as he got off his horse.

"Bashmi."

A northern man in armor responded, "Brother, I'm here."

Bashmi is Yanqing's younger brother, and also the number one warrior in the Ashina tribe. The two look very similar.

"In a while, you will take all these young women and children, ride a horse, and run all the way south. Keep running, don't stop. If I don't come back, you will be the patriarch of the Ashina family in the future."

"You are the patriarch, if you want to leave, you should take someone with you."

The man named Bashmi said angrily.

"My parents loved you the most since I was a child. I gave you the best horse, the sharpest machete, the best bow and arrow, and the most beautiful slave girl. And you will give me these things when you have played enough. , now I tell you, I don’t want it. I don’t want your stuff anymore.”

Ashina Yanqing looked at this younger brother who had been fighting with him for everything since he was a child, and suddenly smiled.

"Bashmi, this is the last time. My brother, the Ashina family cannot be ruined here."

"This is the order of the patriarch."

(End of this chapter)