Chapter 224: Killing in the Snow

; The snow is getting heavier and heavier. If it falls on the horse, if you don't wipe it off for a while, it will accumulate a thin layer. What's worse is that the wind suddenly blows up the icy snowflakes He Lanyan could only forcefully open his eyes a little, now his whole body, only his eyes were exposed, and the horse and himself had turned white. Behind him, several Hundreds of white men followed him, trekking hard in the snow.

The army is still gathering, and it is far from the right time to attack. We have to wait until spring tomorrow, but Li Zhuangguiyao wants to send himself out to explore the road at this time. Isn't this a deliberate embarrassment? He probably hopes that he will encounter Zhao Guo's standing army that has not been withdrawn, will be killed by the opponent? In this way, he can justifiably swallow the other half of his army in the camp.

He Lanxiong knew that it was dangerous to come out now, but if he didn't come out, he would be charged with disobeying the military order again, and his head would be cut off. So he chose a remote route to advance. On this route, there are no enemies Naturally, there will be no soldiers from Zhao Guo stationed in the important checkpoint town.

Looking up at the irritating weather, the wind and snow are so heavy, and the snow is so thick, if you encounter Zhao's army in this weather, your own cavalry will not have the slightest advantage, and they will not be able to run even if they want to walk.

On this route, he has advanced for two days. He Lanxiong planned to go back home after today. This trip for three days can be regarded as the completion of the task. Good intentions send themselves out to suffer again.

"Young master, there are a few guys in the army who are quite complaining." He Lanrui approached He Lanxiong, and said in a low voice: "They said, if you hadn't offended the guys from the Liju clan, you wouldn't have suffered like this, no The young soldiers were a little moved after hearing what they said!"

He Lanxiong remained calm, "Pay more attention to these guys, hehe, don't think about who took them and their families in when they were so hungry, and washed the sand with big waves to get rid of these useless things , what is left is real gold.”

"Understood, young master!" He Lanrui nodded, and was about to ride his horse to leave, but suddenly there was a sound of dogs barking in the wind and snow, and after a while, more dogs barked.

"There is a situation!" He Lanrui called out.

He Lanxiong straightened up abruptly, and with a choke, he pulled out the scimitar from his waist, "Ready to fight!" He shouted sharply.

As his scimitar was unsheathed, the soldiers of the Helan tribe who had just wrapped themselves in the cloak as much as they could just now were full of energy, and the scimitars were unsheathed one after another. In this weather, bows and arrows are not effective, and knives are better. It's better.

"He Lanrui, take a small team to investigate!" He Lanxiong ordered, looked back at the army that had dispersed into an attacking formation behind him, and nodded with satisfaction. Drawing on the structure of Gao Yuan's army, these subordinates now, There are many rules in fighting, unlike in the past, when they shouted to charge, they swarmed up. The current attack, the Helan Department has been able to skillfully launch one, two or even more waves in the battle continuous attack.

In fact, everyone used to do the same thing in wars. This is due to experience, but there are always problems with the connection between waves. Sometimes it is too fast, and sometimes it can’t keep up. Under the command of human beings, the attacks one after another are like tides, ebb and flow, but the power is much greater than before. Once the attack is launched, the enemy will not have the slightest breath.

He Lanrui led a small team into the wind and snow, and He Lanxiong led a large team, advancing cautiously. The snow was too heavy, and the sight was blocked. They didn't know what was in the distance. The strings in everyone's hearts were Bunde Tight, dare not neglect in the slightest. The Zhao army and the Huns have confronted each other in Daijun for many years, but the Huns did not take much advantage, especially when the two pairs confronted each other.

"Young master, there is a small village ahead, with less than thirty households!" He Lanrui's voice came from the snowstorm, "Do you want to attack?"

"Attack and occupy this village!" He Lanxiong gave the order without hesitation. At the same time, he was greatly relieved. It was too remote, and I thought that there would be no Huns arriving, so I didn’t leave. It’s cheaper for me. The army has been out for almost three days, and I’m hungry and tired. I’m just here to resupply, take a good rest, and stay refreshed. , you can turn back to the camp, and hide from the damn snow by the way.

Hearing He Lanxiong's order, the cavalry shouted and galloped forward.

After a while, the sound of a dog barking came to an end, and then, there was the sound of a dying man's howling.

He Lanxiong rode his horse and walked slowly. In a small village with less than thirty households, he didn't need to do anything himself. He put his sword in its sheath and walked forward slowly.

At the entrance of the village, several vicious dogs fell to death on the road about ten meters long. No matter how fierce the livestock were, they could block the soldiers' sharp knives. The first corpse appeared in sight. It was an old man, lying on half of his body outside the door. Blood was streaming down his throat, but his lower body was still inside the door. Obviously, he heard the movement, and when he opened the door to get a better look, a horse flew towards him. Immediately, the knight swung a knife and cut his throat. The door was sprayed with blood.

The screams rang out without interruption in the village. After about half an hour, everything fell into silence, the screams stopped, and the sound of chickens and dogs was unbearable.

He Lanxiong got off his horse, walked to the door of the first room, and glanced at the dead old man. It was an old man about fifty years old, his eyes were wide open, full of horror and disbelief. He turned sideways to avoid The deceased walked into the courtyard, and the courtyard was in even worse condition. There were five or six corpses lying here and there, including men and women, old and young.

A soldier followed in behind, hurriedly dragged the corpse to the corner, and vacated the entire yard, He Lanxiong ignored the soldier's actions and walked into the main room of the house.

It can be seen that this village is relatively rich, perhaps because it is too remote. Although it is located on the border, it has never been patronized by the Huns. After years of accumulation, every family is very prosperous.

He dragged a chair and sat at the entrance of the main room. In one corner of the main room, there was a square fire circle surrounded by bricks. The firewood inside was crackling and crackling. There is a large beam with a lot of bacon hanging from it. On the longest hook, the water in the kettle is boiling loudly, and the heat is constantly radiating outside. Compared with the outside, the warmth inside the house It made He Lanxiong feel very comfortable. A soldier took off the kettle from the hook on the fire ring, poured a cup of steaming hot water and handed it to He Lanxiong. After taking a small sip, the hot air immediately flowed all the way down, My whole body seemed to warm up.

Cavalry came here one after another. Bags of grain were piled up on both sides of the road outside, and the soldiers who entered the yard all carried a cloth bag, large or small, and walked in front of He Lanxiong. , tipped the cloth pocket, and jingled copper coins and shiny gold and silver jewelry poured out of it.

More and more people came back, and these things on the ground gradually piled up higher and higher. After finishing all this, the soldiers walked silently to both sides, standing still in awe.

"Make a book!" He Lanxiong waved his hand, and two soldiers beside him walked out, one began to count the things on the ground, and the other took out a pen and ink from the bag on his back, and began to register.

All the captured items will be returned to the public, and they will be rewarded according to their merits after the war. Even the soldiers who did not accompany him to defend the old battalion will be rewarded. This is where He Lanxiong learned it from Gao Yuan, and He Lanxiong learned it from Gao Yuan. Another point is to give the soldiers a noon, regardless of whether there is a war or not, they will be paid on time. This is extremely rare among the various tribes of the Huns. In the entire Huns tribe, only the regular army under the King of the Huns will have a fixed salary. Noon, under normal circumstances, the soldiers of the Xiongnu tribe usually make a living by themselves. When they fight, they rely on looting. Some of the looted things are handed over to the clan leader, and the rest are owned by themselves. This is why the Huns like to fight very much. The reason is that although you are working with your head up, as long as you return home alive, the harvest is generally quite rich.

He Lanrui hurried in from the outside, with an ugly expression on his face, walked up to He Lanxiong, and whispered something in a low voice. He Lanxiong's expression changed, "Where are they?"

Just as He Lanrui was about to speak, five more soldiers entered the house. They were already the last group. The yard was crowded with all the soldiers except the sentinel. Nearly four hundred people looked at the last one who came in. of these five people.

"What did you do just now?" He Lanxiong looked at them with a smile. These people were exactly the ones He Lanrui had told him about before, who vented their dissatisfaction in the team.

Looking at He Lanxiong's smiling face, the five soldiers couldn't help shivering and opened their mouths, but Qiqi Ai couldn't speak.

"Tie it up!" He Lanxiong's smile disappeared abruptly.

As soon as the words fell, He Lanrui rushed up with a dozen people, and the two served one, fell to the ground, and tied up three or five times.

"Young master, spare your life!" The five of them turned pale with shock.

"Excuse me?" He Lanxiong sneered, "What did you just do? We killed all the men here because we were worried that they would pick up knives to plot against us. We robbed all the food here because we needed supplies. We robbed this place." Valuable things are because we need a lot of money to make the tribe develop better and our brothers and sisters live better, but when did we allow "" women? Do you remember our military discipline? ?" "Women, what should we do?"

The faces of the five of them turned ashen.

"Cut it off!" He Lanxiong ordered neatly without looking at them.

Before the five people could react, He Lanxiong's personal soldiers behind him swung the scimitar, and with a click, they cut off the heads of the five people neatly, blood sprayed all over the ground, and the heads of the five people fell to the ground, still I can't believe it, He Lanxiong killed them just like that.

The clothes of the five corpses lying on the ground were scattered, and a lot of gold and silver jewelry and copper coins fell out of them. He Lanxiong laughed, "I dare to hide the spoils, but it's a pity that I can't kill a second time."