The devil is coming

Chapter 778 Provokes you, anger
A Ming chose to run away. In this situation, the only option left was to run away.
After all, the situation is obvious, and it is simply... impossible to defeat.
Isn't it normal to retreat if you can't defeat them?
Cahill also thought it was normal, and he was afraid that A Ming would abandon him in order to escape faster, so he hurriedly changed:
"Oh, Master A Ming did the right thing. We are a noble blood clan. How can we easily surrender our noble lives here... Oh oh oh oh!!!"
Later, Cahill screamed almost convulsively, and his body began to convulse.
Because A Ming was so violent and willing to do anything when he quickly extracted his blood for use in escaping.
Fortunately, A Ming did not fall directly into the enemy's siege. Fortunately, this was in the mountains and forests. Even better, this was a group of infantry, not a cavalry on the plains.
Although the running speed of this infantry seemed a bit alarming, A Ming finally managed to escape.
Of course, there are also reasons why the other party doesn't seem determined to capture him.
Beside a frozen stream, A Ming scratched the ice with his nails, pulled out the arrow and a throwing knife stuck in his back, threw them down, and then washed his wounds with the stream water.
Cahill's face was pale and he was lying on the side. He had been squeezed dry, and his eyes were full of hopelessness.
"cough……"
A Ming coughed and tried to restore some key positions on his body. The rest of the injuries could be postponed. The important thing was not to affect his movement.
He stood up and glanced back, but there were no pursuers behind him.
"I almost killed him." A Ming said to himself.
He almost died in his own hands, the commander-in-chief of Chu State's front line.
Cahill, who had lost all his energy, began to focus his eyes.
Very weakly said:
"Thank you Lord A Ming for your... kindness."
This is not ironic, Cahill doesn’t have the guts;
If the level of the forbidden spell had been higher, the scale had been larger, and more blood had been extracted, Cahir would have been sucked up without hesitation at the beginning in exchange for the strongest blow;
Nian Yao,
He should be dead.
However, there is nothing to regret. It was A Ming's own choice that he did not choose to do this. Compared with being more sure of killing Nian Yao, he was more willing to keep his blood bag for a while and was reluctant to part with it.
The most important thing was that he didn't know that there was a troop of soldiers hidden behind the hillside.
It's already ridiculous that he's digging graves to look for wine.
Nian Yao's order not to act without authorization led his subordinates to actually carry out the orders and prohibitions, which is absurd among absurdities.
There are too many regrettable things in the world,
miss,
Just missed it.
A Ming bent down and carried Cahir on his back again. The blood bag was temporarily useless and would have to be recuperated for a long time.
Cahill murmured:
"Wine wow..."
He was still feeling sorry for the many jars of peach blossom wine.
Too,
If you don’t feel sorry for the wine, what else can you feel sorry for?
Do you feel sorry for Guo Dongpi and the others who were left there without even a glance when they fled?
……
"General, I haven't caught you yet. The opponent's movements are strange. He doesn't look like a human, but like a demon in disguise."
"Monster?"
Nian Yao shook his head,
"I have never seen such a powerful monster, haha."
Unlike the Yan people who only cultivated and bred wild beasts, the Chu people were more obsessed with domesticating monsters and knew more about them.
"That's all, we can't delay with him. We should go out immediately. We worked so hard to hide here, so we can't waste the opportunity like this.
Send the order,
Let everyone get into the running gear,
Let the people of Yan grow their eyes,
Look how fast our two legs can run! "
"The general has orders, move forward at full speed!"
"The general has orders, move forward at full speed!"
The soldiers began to run quickly. Their running postures were very exaggerated. Moreover, their skin color and appearance were also very different from the Chu people in the traditional sense. The Chu people were actually the traditional faces of the Xia people, but these people were obviously not.
In addition, they do not have the hair style that is most important to the Chu people. Many people have shaved heads.
This is not a Chu army. Strictly speaking, it is not a Chu army composed of serious Chu people, but soldiers and horses formed by a certain tribe in Shanyue.
The barren mountains and rivers of the Chu region were the last habitat of the Shanyue tribe. After the regent came to power, as the five princes led Wutong County to submit to the court, and with the regent's series of policies, the relationship between the Chu people and the Shanyue tribe began to spread rapidly. A kind of passive or active integration is going on.
More and more warriors from the Shanyue tribe began to be organized by the court and entered the ranks of the Chu army.
Gan Ren had done this before, and Marquis Zheng had also seen the native soldiers recruited by Gan Ren. Those native soldiers also walked as fast as flying, fought bravely, and did not care about their lives.Gan people also like to use local soldiers when they suppress local rebellions.
But on the battlefield of a real big country, the shortcomings of the native soldiers, such as lack of command and being too easy to take advantage of, will be fully exposed. When Zheng Houye first started his career, he relied on the native soldiers of the Qian Kingdom to kill a lot of people.
But it is obvious that the "Mountain Soldiers" formed by the Shanyue people under Nian Yao have been trained by Nian Yao himself, which is equivalent to making up for their shortcomings, and their advantages can be used as much as possible.
In fact, the real area where the Yan and Chu people fought on sentry cavalry was in Shanggu County and along the Weihe River. This mountain range would appear to be much peaceful, because Lord Zheng personally walked through here, and the number of people was smaller, so he could come over. , but it is basically impossible for large-scale soldiers and horses to leave from here, because whether they are horses or mules, climbing mountains and wading rivers will be destroyed. At the same time, if a large army leaves from here, even if it does come out, it is impossible for the logistics and supplies to keep up.
Just like walking through the Tianduan Mountains into the snowfields, thirty thousand soldiers and horses almost exhausted the reserves of Shengle City at that time. At the same time, they could only carry out food storage on the way there. After the army left the mountains and entered the snowfields, even if there were troops in the rear The mountains of food were too late to be transported from here for relief.
There was a reason why Guo Dong's team was arranged here. Xu An was taking care of his brother and did not send him to the area with the highest mortality rate.
But who would have thought,
General Nian, who was jokingly called the "Nian Da Bastard" by the world, actually led less than three thousand infantrymen, quietly climbed over the mountains and ridges, and actually came out of here.
An organized army of soldiers and horses appeared. After losing the cover of the mountains and forests, it was impossible to be silent anymore.
Some rangers and sentries discovered them and quickly alerted their superiors.
A lieutenant stationed nearby led more than a hundred cavalry under his command and wanted to intercept him. The victory in foreign wars over the years has caused the Yan people's army to underestimate the enemy. The Yan people's lieutenant may have wanted to intercept it. Harassment, waiting for reinforcements, but in the heart, there may also be an idea of ​​​​a hundred cavalry to expand the results of the victory.
After all, my Lord Marquis once created a brilliant record of defeating a city with a hundred riders. The example is there!
Everyone is greedy, but the problem is that he is facing Nian Yao, and the troops led by Nian Yao this time are obviously extraordinary.
In the end, the horse riding party was surrounded. Then, only a few knights were able to escape, and the school captain died on the spot.
For a moment, there was a vibration from behind.
The headquarters was stationed behind, and Gongsun Zhi, who was also asked by Pingxi Marquis to be responsible for the defense and vigilance of this mountain range, heard the news and personally led his troops out of the stronghold.
During this period, the delay was not long, only one night, but when Gongsun Zhi led his army over and the other two groups of soldiers and horses under his command were in place to form an encirclement, they found that the Chu army seemed to have disappeared from the world. It's so ordinary that I didn't even catch a single hair!
Gongsun Zhi felt cold.
Right now, there are only two possibilities.
First, the Chu army retreated back to the mountains along its original route;
But this is obviously impossible. After working hard over the mountains and ridges, how could it be possible to go back in despair without suffering any big losses?
And another possibility is...
They had already escaped from their encirclement in advance.
Gongsun Zhi clenched his back molars,
At this moment, what he was thinking about was not the consequences on the battlefield, but the consequences that he might suffer in the end because of his omissions in the arrangement.
This is the first time that the Marquis has gathered generals and mobilized troops since the establishment of the Marquis Mansion. It is very likely that a chicken will be killed.
"I ordered you to go down, turn around, and order Cui Sheng to go north, and the rest of the troops to follow me to the west!"
I no longer care whether I am the chicken or not.
Gongsun Zhi is clear,
Now that the army is gathered on the front line, there are not no soldiers and horses in the rear, but they must be extremely lax.
the most important is,
That Chu army,
He ran so fast!
……
fire,
Not yet extinguished,
There were corpses all around.
Lord Zheng, wearing armor and riding Pixiu, came to this military stronghold.
This military stronghold was originally a village, but due to several wars in Jin, especially in eastern Shanxi, a large number of people were exiled and plundered. Even though the Pingxi Marquis Mansion has absorbed the population in Fengxin City and regained prosperity in the past two years, many people in eastern Shanxi have Some places, such as this village, still have not recovered.
When preparing for war,
The transportation of grain and grass materials for the army requires strongholds as support on the line. This village is on this line. On this basis, a military stronghold was established.
There are not many soldiers in the military stronghold, only about a hundred people, and they are all auxiliary soldiers, not regular soldiers. There are quite a few civilians stationed there, with seven or eight hundred people.
In addition, there is also a group of civilians who have just completed an escort mission. Almost 400 people are resting here, waiting for the next round of escort mission.
right now,
In the burned military stronghold,
Their bodies were everywhere.
Lord Zheng turned over and got off Pi Xiu and looked around.
Although most of the military stronghold was burned by the fire, it can still be seen that the defensive facilities of the military stronghold are actually very crude.
This is not so much a military camp as a post station;
and,
The Chu people attacked at night.
Most of the civilians were asleep, and the outer checkpoints had been wiped out by the Chu people. The Chu people were like magic soldiers descending from the sky, charging in here.
If there are fortifications to rely on, more than 1000 civilians can sustain it for a long time, but the problem is not.
Therefore, under night, what happened here was a one-sided massacre.
How could a ragtag group of civilians without systematic training be a prepared opponent of the elite Chu army, not to mention that the opponent's leader was still Nian Yao.
Lord Zheng raised his head slightly and took a deep breath.
The smell of coke in the air, along with the aroma of barbecue, can easily cause physical discomfort.
At the same time, the night he encountered when he was a civilian husband came to mind.
They are all civilian husbands, but the civilian husbands here are not as lucky as I was at that time.
At the same time, his side was indeed caught off guard, and he did not rush out in time to clean up the battlefield like the princess did back then.
In the center of the military stronghold, there was a pole, which was usually used to hoist goods. At this time, a person was hanging on it. The man seemed to be still alive, but he was covered in blood.
Two skilled guards planned to climb up and take the man down.
Fan Li stepped forward, hugged the pole, squatted down, and exerted force. The pole was pulled out by him, and then tilted slowly.
The guards stepped forward and put the seriously injured man down.
Zheng Fan stepped forward and looked at the injured man;
He was not wearing armor, his ears were cut off, and two words were carved on his face... Yangou.
This soldier looks a bit familiar.
Marquis Zheng couldn't remember who he was, even though he had personally given him the "gold-touching" captaincy.
But that was just out of Mr. Zheng's bad taste. Anyway, there were many miscellaneous captains in the Yan army, and he had also served as a merchant protection captain in the past.
But this person obviously knew Zheng Fan.
He opened his eyes, looked at Zheng Fan drowsily, and immediately opened his mouth and said:
"Hou... Mr. Hou..."
Zheng Fan knelt down and saw that he wanted to raise his head, so he stretched out his hand to support Guo Dong's neck, and placed his other hand gently on his chest.
"Master Hou... Nian... Nian Yao asked me..."
"He asked you to bring me a message, right? Say it."
cheesy drama;
In the ruins of the battlefield,
Leave one alive.
"He He………"
"Don't worry, just tell me the truth, and then you can go down and treat the injury."
"He said………"
"what did he say?"
"You do not deserve."
Lord Zheng was stunned for a moment.
Then he nodded,
Road:
"The Marquis knows."
"General, I have embarrassed the Marquis... General, please die."
"Take him down and treat his injuries."
"Here!"
"Please Lord Marquis... grant me death..."
Marquis Zheng ignored Guo Dong's words. After he was taken away, Marquis Zheng stood up.
Behind him stood the blind man.
"How's the loss?"
"Not much."
Zheng Fan nodded.
“Before, there was actually a lot of grain and grass stored here. Because the official road ahead was not repaired, it was easily blocked when it snowed and the road was not easy to walk, so it was easy to cause siltation here.
Not long ago, when the siltation was at its worst, nearly ten thousand people were stranded here, as well as... a large amount of grain and grass that was originally going to be transported to Zhennanguan. "
Lord Zheng said:
"My eyes have been opened. I used to burn people's food routes and cut off their escape routes. It's better this time. I've been taught the opposite."
The blind man nodded and said: "Actually, the most regrettable thing in my heart is probably Nian Yao. The Chu people's spies should have inquired about the situation here long ago, but when Nian Yao came over, he couldn't see the mountains of grain and grass."
because,
The Pingxihou Mansion was extremely efficient in the operation of this war.
It is equivalent to Lord Zheng saying that he wants to fight.
Oh no,
Marquis Zheng hasn't said he's going to fight yet, but the people below are already making preparations in advance.
The main ordnance, food, grass, etc. were transported to the front line of Zhennanguan in advance. When Zheng Houye officially gave the order, a large number of civilians were recruited. In fact, most of the spare parts were used.
Therefore, when Gongsun Zhi discovered that the Chu army had escaped from his preset encirclement early, he did not immediately think of this place because it had become a transfer station and no longer a granary storage point.
"Where are the Chu army's movements?" Lord Zheng asked.
"To the west."
"Fengxin City?"
"It should be in that direction."
"So, do you want to knock on the door?" Zheng Fan asked.
Marquis Zheng did not believe that the Chu army could break into Fengxin City with just this. Although his home was empty, it would not be so empty, even if it was Nian Yao who led the army.
Of course, even letting the Chu army run to Fengxin City and show off their power would be enough to embarrass him, the Marquis of Pingxi.
This is equivalent to the barbarians running up to the Zhenbei Hou Mansion and letting their horses go.
"My lord." At this time, Siniang came over, "You can come and take a look under that shack."
Zheng Fan walked over.
The blind man also curiously asked Siniang: "What is it?"
"You don't know how to read it yourself?"
"I'm blind."
"The Lord is in a bad mood at the moment." Siniang reminded.
I mean, don't talk too "easy" at this time.
The blind man said indifferently: "The Lord can adjust himself."
At this point, the blind man is very confident in his master.
But he was caught by surprise. Nian Yao was still in Jin, probably to the west, and his pursuers had already launched.
How could it be that Tian Wujing's closed disciple couldn't bear this small loss?
But when I walked to the shack and "saw" a row of wine jars under the shack...
The relaxed look on the blind man's face disappeared and began to become serious. At the same time, he used his mental power to speak to Siniang: "You should not tell the Lord what was discovered here."
"why?"
"Something will happen. There is a difference between a dead person and a dead person."
"He deserves it." Siniang said.
"That said, but..."
At this time,
Zheng Fan walked out of the shed,
asked:
"Are you following A Ming?"
"Coming." Siniang responded.
Some soldiers went to call A Ming.
A Ming's condition was not very good, his face was a little pale, but there was still a smile on his lips.
He had reported before that he almost killed Nian Yao, just a little bit.
"Master, are you looking for me?"
Zheng Fan pointed at the shack behind him and said:
"Your wine is here."
A Ming glanced at the wine jars, nodded, and walked over. But as he approached, his expression suddenly changed because he smelled a very familiar smell.
He opened the lid of the wine jar,
There was a corpse soaking in the wine jar. To be precise, it was a human pig, which could also be called... a human stick.
The limbs were cut off, the eyes were gouged, the tongue was flattened, the nose was flattened and the ears were pierced.
A real human pig can live for several days after it is made, but these ones are relatively rough and are obviously made by force, so they will die long ago.
A row of wine jars were opened, and the corpses were still wearing the armor of the Yan army. One of them was the garrison general here.
A Ming's eyes turned red.
Not because of sadness, not because of sadness,
But...anger.
On the battlefield, it is normal for you to kill my people and I to kill yours.
But this...
Still in the wine jar.
Zheng Fan turned his back,
Road:
"Nian Yao wants to make me angry."
paused,
Lord Zheng said again;
"He succeeded."
(End of this chapter)