Chapter 161: This Is a Life-and-Death War

In mid-to-late October, in most parts of the Central Plains, it is still relatively warm, but in this place, it is good to say during the day, but at night, the wind is a bit sultry, and Utaka unloads the bales of grass on the ox cart. He came down, carried it on his shoulders, climbed up the tall haystack, put the hay on his shoulders up, clapped the grass on his hands, a gust of wind blew over, removing the grass clippings above his long, mottled hair away. Blown away. Sighed, this year's cold wind got up early, I'm afraid that there will be a white disaster.

For herders like Utaka, the most feared thing is the white disaster.

"It seems that we need to prepare more forage, otherwise this winter will be difficult!" He said to himself. Standing on the haystack, looking at the pens not far away, there were dozens of cattle and sheep. It's all his property." Nothing can happen. After spring, there are nine cows, thirteen sheep, and two horses to add cubs. If they can't survive this winter, the hopes of these months will be in vain. now."

With a sigh, he simply sat on the high haystack and looked around. The firelight scattered around dozens of miles around. These were all from the same tribe, with hundreds of people. There are thousands of cattle and sheep, and now every household is preparing fodder for the winter. Unfortunately, the young and strong boys in the tribe have all been transferred away by the king. I heard that there is going to be a war, and they are going to fight the Yan Kingdom in the south. Well, the Yan Kingdom in the south does not need to be attacked. As long as King Donghu gives the order, the army will be pulled over, and when they come back, the children will be able to bring back a lot of good things. And these things can not be bought in this place.

It is best to hit the snow before the snow falls, so that after the child rushes back, he can still help the family with chores. In such winter, the family can't do without strong labor.

The patriarch brought almost all the young people in the clan to gather, leaving a group of old and weak women, children and children at home, such a heavy work, it is really too busy.

Sitting cross-legged on the haystack, he sniffed hard.

He stood up, stomped a few feet hard, and stepped on the hay stack a little more firmly, and when he was about to straighten up and climb down the wooden ladder, he suddenly stopped.

The haystacks swayed, and there was a faint rumble of thunder in the sky. He raised his head and looked at the sky. The sky was full of stars. The moon was half-bent, and a small half of his head was already exposed from the sky. It wasn't thunder, but he jumped up in his heart, it was a cavalry. A large number of cavalry, more cavalry than all the warriors of their entire tribe combined.

When Utaka was young, he was also a warrior and fought countless battles. Now, he still has several scars on his body, but he is lucky to survive.

Where did such a cavalry come from? There was a big question mark in his mind.

The sound of the hooves was getting closer and closer, and a long black line had appeared in Utaka's eyes. Standing on the haystack, he opened his eyes wide.

I tried my best to see clearly, but although the stars in the sky were bright, how could I see where the cavalry in the distance belonged?

Utaka shivered suddenly, and the cavalry in the distance lit up a torch, then ten, a hundred, and soon, a fire dragon appeared in his eyes. I am afraid there are nearly a thousand cavalry cavalry. .

Utaka's hands trembled, his legs softened, and he sat down on the haystack. What frightened him was not the number of cavalry, but the terrifying flag flying among the torches, the two arms crossed together. machete, red.

It's Sha Potian, a killer without blinking an eye!

"Old lady, run!" Utaka suddenly roared hoarsely, and without knowing where the strength came from, he jumped down from the haystack, but he forgot that he was no longer young. With a click, his leg bones were suddenly broken into two pieces. He struggled hard, but he couldn't stand up again. With both hands on the ground, he desperately crawled towards his tent not far away.

"Old lady, run, kill the sky!"

A silver-haired Donghu woman ran out of the tent in panic, "What's the matter with you, how do you listen?"

"Don't worry about me, run, get on the horse, run, kill the sky!" Utaka was half lying on the ground, waving his hands desperately.

The old woman ran in front of him and tried all her strength to drag him from the ground, but how could an old and frail woman drag Utaka, even though the stable was only a few dozen steps away? place, but to them, it seems far away.

The horse's hooves rumbled and the strange screams were deafening. Utaka hugged the old lady desperately and pressed him under him. The horses galloped past, the haystacks, and the tents burst into flames in an instant. , The Utaka couple who were curled up on the ground have been silent, and the heavy war horses of the two people have almost trampled them into a pile of minced meat, piled up in a mess.

This is not a battle, because this tribe has no adult warriors at all, except for old women and underage children, looking at the survivors who were driven together by the cavalry, Gao Yuan's brows furrowed deeply.

The fire was raging. Within a radius of ten miles, all the tents were set on fire, illuminating half of the sky. The survivors watched in despair as all their belongings were reduced to ashes in the fire. In desperation, there were several bloody double-knife flags that were roaring in the firelight.

It was killing Potian, everyone in Donghu knew it, a ruthless horse bandit, he never left a living hole in this place. They were masked. From their roars and shouts, the survivors heard Eastern nonsense, Xiongnu dialects, and those words of the Central Plains countries in the south. His subordinates are all outlaws who are not tolerated by various forces.

"Xianwei, oh, no, boss, we've already interrogated this tribe. It wasn't long before the tribe moved here. The warriors in the tribe were all recruited by their patriarch with King Yingdong Hu, so there were no warriors in the tribe. It's just the boss, how do you deal with these people?" The infantry marched up to Gaoyuan and asked in a low voice.

Zhang Dongsheng also lowered his voice, "According to the previous calculation, we can't leave one person, otherwise, our whereabouts will be leaked, and, Gao Yuan, kill the sky where he has passed, but the chickens and dogs will not be left. If This time an exception is made, isn't it suspicious?"

"Not bad!" The infantry pondered for a while. "Our actions this time are not at all clear, boss, what's the matter?"

"Hundreds of people's lives are tied to you. You must not have the kindness of women!" Huang Zhan also came over. "More importantly, if we die, we will not be able to complete the task. , If you can't complete the task, then Fufeng will not be able to keep it."

"That's right, Huang Zhan, you do this thing, and don't leave a single one." Gao Yuan tilted his head and looked at Huang Zhan.

Huang Zhan's face suddenly turned yellow, and his head shook like a rattle, "I can't do this, I can't do it. If it were all men, it would be better to say, there are still so many women, children, and I can't do it."

"General Zhang, then what are you going to do?" Zhang Dongsheng's face turned pale, "I've been a soldier for half my life, but I've never killed anyone like this. Find someone else."

Gao Yuan's head turned to the infantry on the other side, and at a glance, there was no one there. When Gao Yuan mentioned this to Huang and Zhang, the infantry had already slipped away silently.

Gao Yuan smiled wryly and shook his head, but his heart still couldn't get up. Glancing at those desperate Donghu people, Gao Yuan was really in trouble.

"Gao Yuan, what are you doing?" He Lanyan came on horseback, "Hurry up, we have to take care of this matter, we have to hurry!"

Gao Yuan spread his hands, "What about these people?"

"What should I do?" He Lanyan asked in confusion, glancing at the Donghu people in the field, "I understand, Gao Yuan, you people are really mother-in-law. Now tell me, do you want them or you? these brothers?"

"Of course it's my brother!" Gao Yuan blurted out.

"That's it!" He Lanyan put her finger in her mouth, and gave a strong whistle, the sound of horses' hoofs, and more than a hundred Hun cavalry chasing after He Lanyan approached, He Lanyan made a gesture, and the Hun cavalry nodded knowingly. , turned the horse's head in a circle, and with a clatter, the scimitar in his waist was already unsheathed.

"Either they die, or we die, it's that simple!" He Lanyan looked at Gao Yuan and sneered: "Gao Yuan, if you can't be ruthless, don't lead troops to fight as soon as possible, it will kill everyone."

The cry of despair sounded, Gao Yuan raised his head, the Huns cavalry galloped into the Donghu crowd, waving machetes, Donghu women, old people, and children fell to the ground, and the terrified Donghu people climbed from the ground. He got up and ran desperately towards the outside, but on the first floor, the cavalry from Fufeng reined in their horses and formed a large circle, tightly surrounding them. Although these cavalrymen were covered, they could not see Expressions, but most people's face coverings are shaking.

Gao Yuan's eyes were covered with a layer of blood, and in the splash of blood, he only felt that his heart was hardened little by little, this is war.

"Die early and reincarnate early, don't blame me," Gao Yuan silently glanced at the corpse lying in a pool of blood, "This is a war, a life-and-death war."