Wei Ni

Chapter 49
The feet are steaming and rustic, and the back is burning with the sky.

The weather in June in midsummer can melt a person.

Xia Houhui, who rode his horse and roamed the area between Fuling and Hengjiangpu, felt as if the water on his body was about to be dried, and he never wanted to reach out and tear off the water bag to have a drink.

But he can't.

The water bladder was already half empty, but it was not yet noon.

As for why you didn’t bring more water bladders~
The life of a cavalry scout is closely related to the horse under his crotch.

In order to ensure escape or pursuit anytime and anywhere, each scout will save horsepower as much as possible.

If you don't wear long soldiers or armor, you only take dry food for a few days, water bags, bows and quiveres, ring-headed knives, and small round shields tied to your forearms every time you go out.

And Xia Houhui also brought two quiver because he can shoot left and right, so he naturally chose a small water bladder.

However, the Wusun Liangju under his crotch is very adaptable to this kind of weather.

While striding steadily, occasionally shaking his ears and snorting comfortably.

Perhaps, it was because of the continuous rain for seven or eight days when I first came to Huainan, and the fact that the summer in Wusun, where it grew in the Western Regions, was also very hot.

But Jiang Ban's war horse couldn't take it anymore, and raised its head from time to time, shaking very irritably.

It also made Jiang Ban couldn't help asking, "General, the sun is too hot and it's not a time of war. The thief Wu soldiers should not be on their way at this time. If not, let's find a shady place to hide and wait for a drink. After the horse, go to find the thief Wu soldiers?"

Yes, he came too.

Just as he couldn't stop Xia Houhui from luring the enemy with a personal risk, Xia Houhui couldn't stop him from insisting on following him.

In his words, if something happened to Xia Houhui, he and the cavalrymen would not be able to escape the guilt after returning. It would be better to let him follow by his side to take care of them, so that the cavalrymen could feel at ease.

As for those pawns, no one restrains them~
Don't worry.

Cavalry pawns who can be selected into the scout battalion, in addition to being good at bow and horse, are also necessary qualities to be bold and careful.

With or without the restraint of Jiang Ban, they can sneak to Fuling and hibernate smoothly.

Hearing this, Xia Houhui turned his head to look at Jiang Ban's good horse born in Bingzhou, which had already shown signs of mania, and felt helpless in his heart.

Tell you not to follow, insist on following.

The results of it?
After only swaying for two hours, the war horse couldn't stand it anymore.

"Forget it. Gongjun's words are reasonable, let's avoid the sun for a while."

Nodding slightly, Xia Houhui responded.

Also turning the horse's head, the small forest extended to the north side of the mountain range.

Perhaps it was because Xia Houhui's tone was unpleasant, Jiang Ban blushed and pleaded guilty on the way to move the horse north, "My original master horse got sick a few days ago, so I had to send it to the horse as a last resort." This spare horse belt was brought out, I don’t want to delay the general’s affairs now, alas.”

"Hehe~"

Xia Houhui laughed lightly and waved his hands, "Why did you say something was wrong? Gongjun can bring the cavalry."

At this point, he suddenly choked his words, leaned back and slammed on the horse's buttocks, pulled the reins with one hand to make the horse gallop out sideways, and slapped Jiang Ban's horse's belly fiercely with the other to make him Changing the route, the voice was urgent and urgent, "Gong Jun, avoid the arrow!"

Jiang Ban was startled suddenly.

But out of the instinct of the old army, he also leaned his body back for a moment.

When he used his calf to steer the horse into a gallop, out of the corner of his eye, he happened to see three black awns shooting from the woods.

One of the arrows brushed against the tip of his nose and passed dangerously, causing the tip of his nose to be scorchingly painful from the strong wind, and also shocked him with goosebumps and cold sweat.

There was an ambush! ?
Jiang Ban, who sat upright again, was half ashamed and half happy in his heart, and he drew his bow and set his arrows neatly.

Ashamed, naturally he was an old member of the scout battalion, and he followed out under the pretext of taking care of Xia Houhui, but he realized the danger only after being reminded by Xia Houhui.

And the joy is that he vaguely saw the battle achievements~
Needless to say, the other party must be the thief Wu soldiers and there are only three of them, otherwise they would not have only shot three arrows.

There were only three of them, and Jiang Ban was confident that he could kill them all.

However, just as he drew his bow and arrow and was about to pay back, he saw a person standing up suddenly at the edge of the grove, clutching his chest and falling down on his back, howling.

And Xia Houhui, who had already rode the horse, straightened up on the horse at this time.

It turned out that when he was lying on his back on the horse, he drew out his bow and arrow and fought back, and he was killed with one arrow!
The general is mighty!

Appreciating in his heart, Jiang Ban didn't say anything else, but rode his horse and continued to run to the left, approaching the grove in a detour with Xia Houhui in a tacit understanding.

At this time, the two Wu soldiers in the small forest saw that the sneak attack not only did not make any achievements but also killed Yi Paoze, they did not dare to continue to fight, but turned around and ran towards the mountains behind the forest.

Two legs cannot run a war horse, but a war horse cannot climb mountains.

And the route they run is very organized.

Every time he ran a few meters, he would suddenly thrust left or right, using the trees to avoid the continuous arrows.

It's just a pity that they were out of luck.

One of them, after avoiding the third arrow, was nailed into the back by Jiang Ban, fell on the ground and twitched a few times before not moving.

The other person was shot through the thigh by an arrow from Xia Houhui, who had already predicted it, when he was thrusting horizontally and changing direction.

Obviously, he was left alive by Xia Houhui.

After collecting their bows and arrows, Xia Houhui and his two rode their horses into the grove, and when they passed by the first Wu Bing who was shot to death, they realized that their luck was very good.

Because the upper garment of the Wu soldier was open, the water bag and some bamboo slips wrapped in the cloth bag were also neatly placed on the ground, and the three ring-headed knives were placed in random places—obviously, these three Wu soldiers must have He was the messenger from Hengjiangpu and Fuling, and he also came to the woods to take a rest because of the summer heat.

"Gongjun, I'm going to drink the horse."

After driving the horse to the wounded but not dead Wu soldier, Xiahou Hui jumped off the horse and led Jiang Ban's mount to the bank of the stream, "Interrogate me."

"Okay~"

Jiang Ban, who was a little excited, touched the tip of his nose that was still slightly aching, and quickly stepped forward to beat that Wu Bing severely, and then stepped on the arrow wound on his thigh, revealing his face. hideously, "Say, who are you?"

"What is your job in the military?"

"What are you doing out today?"

"How many people are currently guarding Fuling?"

A quarter of an hour later.

When Xia Houhui came back leading the horse, Jiang Ban seemed to have finished asking.

Still stepping on the prisoner with one foot, he was tearing off his upper garment to fan the wind with his hands.

"What did you ask?"

"Well, he said it all."

"Now that you've said it all, let's give him a good time."

"Okay~"

Clang!
The knife was unsheathed and dropped again.

The sudden burst of blood left a shallow trace on the ground.

Wiping the blood splashed on his face with his hands, Jiang Ban wiped the blade of the knife on the dead body, then leaned over and cut off one of its ears, and randomly twisted a piece of cloth into a thin rope to string it.

And after finishing, he took a closer look at it, and then showed a satisfied smile and ran to find the other two corpses.

It is the custom of scouts to count their merits by cutting off their ears.

Because the head is too heavy, it is not easy to carry and consumes horsepower.

After a while, Jiang Bancai, who had three ears in a string, came back and sat down next to Xia Houhui. He didn't care about the blood on his hands, took out dry food and gnawed on it, and articulated the results of the interrogation just now.

"The thief Wu Fuling will report the military situation to Hengjiangpu Shuwu every day. These three are the messengers on duty, but they belong to Hengjiangpu, not Fuling."

"And general, our army is overjoyed~"

"Because there was no war in the past two years, and the thief Wu thought that our army would not go on conquest after the battle of Shiting, so he transferred some of the garrison troops from Fuling back because of the lack of manpower for farming at Hengjiangpu and the inconvenience of transporting food and fodder. Today, there are only a hundred people in Fuling!"

There are only a hundred people? !
Hearing this, Xia Houhui's face was also filled with joy.

I finally know why Jiang Ban has been so excited since he interrogated the captive.

Relying on their twenty elite cavalry and sneak attack from the rear, it is really not difficult to break through the Fuling defense point of the thief Wu in one fell swoop.

The acquisition of more than a hundred heads, plus the achievement of burning a defensive point, not only allowed all the cavalry to receive generous rewards, but also enough to add to Jiang Ban's credit resume.

Could it be that God helped me?

In other words, the thief Wu Sunquan is really my "lucky star"?
Restraining the joy in his heart, Xia Houhui asked cautiously, "Gong Jun thinks, is this credible? Could it be that this thief knew that he was going to die, so he cheated and deliberately lured us into a trap?"

"The general is cautious, I might as well!"

First he complimented, and then Jiang Ban said with a smile, "However, there is no need to worry, General. I have been a scout in the army for many years, and I have personally interrogated many captives of the thief Wu. If he makes false statements, I will be able to tell the difference .”

"That's good."

Clapping his palms and praising, Xiahou Hui'an calmed down and said softly, "If that's the case, then I'll rest for a while, and then rush to join the cavalry and take the opportunity to burn the Fuling guard point of the thief Wu."

"General, it's not too late~"

Jiang Ban swallowed the dry food in two or three gulps, stuffed the blood-stained ears into the skirt of his clothes, and urged him to suggest, "In my opinion, I will rush to join the cavalry now, just in time for the thief Wu Rimu When cooking is slack, you can get a chance to make meritorious deeds in one fell swoop!"

It's not too late~
I think you can't wait for military exploits
Involuntarily, Xia Houhui felt amused.

But he didn't want to be disappointed, Dang even nodded and got up, stepped on Wusun Liangju and looked at Fuling and left.

Speechless all the way.

When we meet up with the cavalry and climb up to look at the garrison point of Jiangdong Fuling, based on the smoke rising from the kitchen at this time, it is true that the Jiangdong prisoner said that there are only more than a hundred people in the camp.

And in Hengjiangpu, there are also countless smokes and dances in the sky at this time.

In the tent of the Chinese army in the Shuwu camp, a general led a frown and stared at the little official below, "Before Ben came to Hengjiangpu, was there ever a messenger who failed to return after the deadline?"

"Return to the general, not yet."

The little official replied respectfully, "Since the Battle of Shiting, His Majesty came to Niuzhuji in person, and the envoys in the Shen army were executed if they were overdue, and there has never been a case of not returning!"

Also let the general rate listen, a cold light suddenly appeared in his eyes.

Well, he is a native of Lujiang, and he is a partial general. He was transferred to Hengjiangpu as the chief general at the beginning of this year.

(End of this chapter)