Lonely non-good minister

Chapter 294 Encountering Scattered Soldiers
"Strange? How could it do me any harm if I stole what I was going to give to my second brother? Second brother is not a stranger, so why would he be angry because I didn't give him a gift?" Song Yuan closed the booklet.

Wei Yan didn't think too much, and immediately said: "These yamen servants dare to stretch their dirty hands on us, it is impossible to guarantee that they have done it many times before. There are too many such things, those people will only think that the second master is running the army?" Realized something: "This is civil affairs, and it belongs to His Highness."

"Hmm." Song Yuan glanced at the broken wheel: "It's definitely not the first time they dared to attack us. They took so many things without fear and saw us off with a smile. If the wheel wasn't broken I can't find it, and I will send the things to the second brother later, what do you think the second brother will do?"

Wei Yan thought about it seriously: "His Royal Highness has just taken office, those people dare to offend His Highness, the second master will definitely punish them severely, but what these people have committed is civil affairs, and the second master's meddling is just doing it for him, so many eyes are watching, often If His Royal Highness wants to convince the public, I'm afraid it will be difficult, no matter what you do, it will make people feel that His Highness is relying on Second Master."

"So, don't make a fuss. If you lose your things, you will lose them. You all know that your things are lost. If you pack them up in the future, some people will say that I am avenging private revenge. It's troublesome." She handed the booklet to Wei Yan: "Don't delay. It’s been too long, if you can’t fix it, let’s just let it go, let’s go.”

Wei Yan hurried to do it, but luckily the wheel was barely repaired and usable, so they could persist to the front city without running, and they packed up their things and set off immediately without delay.

After walking for more than a dozen miles, the guards who were exploring the way ahead came running quickly: "Your Highness, there are about [-] Hun cavalry in front of us, and they are rushing towards us."

"Twenty people?" Song Yuan looked at the people around him, including himself, there are nine people in total. Although the number is not superior, they will definitely not be disadvantaged in terms of skills. Even if encounters happen, they are not afraid of fighting .

Wei Yan's expression was serious: "Are their horses armored? Is their armor complete? Are you sure they are loose riders and not outpost spies?"

After asking a few questions, the guards were stunned: "I didn't look carefully."

"It's not uncommon for the Xiongnu to cross the defense line on loose cavalry. Two or thirty people are constant, but there are also batches of raiders. If these people form a group, there will be as few as four or fifty people, and as many as hundreds of people. If they wear armor on horseback The armor is complete, it can only be divided into small groups to infiltrate, if you accidentally encounter them, their reinforcements will soon be attracted." Wei Yan warned everyone.

All the guards looked solemn. Like Song Yuan, they set foot in the Northwest for the first time, and they didn't know much about the situation. For a while, several of them nervously held their sabers at their waists, vigilantly paying attention to the movement around them.

"It's so messy?" Song Yuan questioned the role of the border army a little bit, but he also kind of understood why Wei wanted to suppress hundreds of thousands of troops in the northwest.

This is completely impossible to guard against. The thousands of miles of sidelines cannot be guarded by one person step by step. If you do not guard the thousands of miles of bitter cold land, you will not be able to push the battlefield to Wei Nongsang when the Xiongnu attack on a large scale. In a developed place, the loss to Wei would be even greater.

Wei Yan knew that she was just sighing and had no other meaning, so he didn't explain much, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, let's change the way for now."

"Okay, you are familiar with the situation, and I will listen to you." Song Yuan was not arrogant enough to bet with nine people on whether the other party had reinforcements.

Under Wei Yan's command, a group of people entered the side path. Just in case, Wei Yan personally led people to investigate, while Song Yuan followed the others and quickly left with the carriage.

They were very careful, but it was a pity that the ruts on the ground were quickly discovered, and the twenty or so scattered riders yelled and rode after them. Seeing that the situation was not good, Wei Yan rushed down immediately.

"Your Highness, run."

Song Yuan glanced back, and immediately told the guard driving the car: "Abandon the car, go quickly."

It's not a big problem if things are lost, there are only a few loyal guards on her body, and if she is injured or killed, her loss will be great.

Although the guard responded, he whipped the horse pulling the cart. The two carriages galloped fast. Even though the two horses tried their best, the speed was still slow. Seeing that the Xiongnu Sanqi was about to catch up with the carriage, Song Yuan Immediately, he drew his knife and slashed open the lock of the carriage. The box on the carriage rolled to the ground crackling, and the gold, silver and jade in the box spilled all over the place.

"Abandon the car!" she yelled again.

Seeing this, the guards jumped on their horses, cut off the reins of the cart, and rushed out. Song Yuan also quickly followed. The gold and silver all over the ground made the chasing cavalry extremely excited. They reined in their horses and frantically picked up the things on the ground. , The greedy face made people breathe a sigh of relief.

"There are no reinforcements!" Wei Yan gave the answer. If there were reinforcements, these people would not dare to do so. Only stragglers would accept them as soon as they are good. It seems that they are regarded as walking merchants.

When Song Yuan heard it, his backhand was an arrow, and the feathered arrow flew out, hitting one of them between the eyebrows, his greedy eyes dimmed instantly, and the others were stunned, unexpectedly Song Yuan and the others dared to fight back.

"Kill back!" Song Yuan held a bow and arrow, and dared to run rampant in the territory of Wei without reinforcements. Who gave them the courage?
The others drew their swords without saying a word of nonsense. Wei Yan took the lead and rushed forward, and the others immediately followed. Seeing this, the Xiongnu cavalry, who were picking up things, quickly mounted their horses to fight. Song Yuan did not rush forward rashly, and drew his bow and arrow again. , the feathered arrow flew away, passed through the narrow gap between the guards, and hit a man between the eyebrows again.

They killed together, these Xiongnu loose riders must have tasted a lot of sweetness, they didn't pay attention to them in the first fight, but after a few moves, they lost more than a dozen people, and the remaining few people like this Only then did I realize that I had encountered a hard stubble, and I didn't dare to fight any more for a while, so I turned around and ran away.

Wei Yan didn't give them a chance at all, and led people to kill them, leaving no one alive. He collected all the things they stuffed on their bodies, and put them all back in the box.

"Your Highness." Wei Yan came over with a wooden sign: "It's not stragglers, but the Huns entrenched outside the country."

Song Yuan looked at the wooden sign carefully: "If this was put in by someone, do we offend someone?"

Wei Yan pursed her lips, acquiescing.

"Depending on the situation, if I want to farm quietly, it's impossible." Song Yuan glanced at the Huns: "Burn them on fire, and take their horses away."

"Yes."

They left immediately after putting away all the things. Wei Yan was careful and wiped off the ruts on the ground so that no one would see any traces.

After walking for two days, they finally arrived at Zhangye, where the commander of the Northwest Army is located.

(End of this chapter)