Brutal touch

Chapter 25 The prince-in-law cries and gathers people's hearts; the prince celebrates his success and buries the root of his troubles

The Fourth Young Master and his entourage arrived several hundred steps away from the Baiyunfeng camp. They could already see the savages attacking the camp, and quickly ordered thousands of arrows to be fired to support the camp ahead.

The savages here who did not retreat were already red-eyed. They did not realize that their general had retreated, and they just pursued the killing. Suddenly a crossbow arrow flew towards them, killing many of them. The savages were shocked. The soldiers in the camp had not been fed and warmed for a long time, and their strength could not be fully exerted. Secondly, the camp was bombed and the whole area was in chaos. They had lost a lot of energy in vain. When the savages attacked, they had almost no ability to resist. They even had no desire to resist, so they allowed themselves to be slaughtered by the savages but found it difficult to mount an effective resistance. Now I saw many crossbow arrows flying to kill the savages. Although I didn't know which one's skill it was, I knew that reinforcements had arrived, and I suddenly became more confident. Although I had no strength at the moment, I still made a gesture and got up to kill the enemy.

When the savages saw many of their companions being killed by crossbow arrows, they became panicked and looked around, but they couldn't find the general. Suddenly, they were in chaos and scattered in all directions, preparing to retreat. Wherever the soldiers of Huguo were willing to let them go, they began to pursue them one after another. The Fourth Young Master ordered several more waves of crossbow arrows to be fired. In this battle, every ten of the savages remaining in the camp were killed. It's just that when the Fourth Young Master released the crossbow arrows, firstly, the accuracy of the crossbow itself was limited, and secondly, the two sides were fighting in close quarters in the camp, so they accidentally injured and killed many nobles of the country.

Sima Baiyunfeng held his already overstretched body straight, and was helped by his subordinates to the front of the Fourth Young Master. He was about to salute and report the battle situation, but he fainted and fell to the ground after he only said the word "白". The Fourth Young Master had no choice but to order people to take Sima back to recover from his injuries, and sent people to count the casualties on both sides. He also sent a team of people to collect the bones of Baiyun Peak's Chang Shi and his party, as well as the bones of the governor of the camp and the nobles of the country.

Here Duo Li withdrew from the Baiyunfeng camp and gathered his troops. Fortunately, the troops did not suffer much loss. Duoli looked at the Baiyunfeng camp and suddenly burst into tears. The left and right said with relief: "This attack on the Baiyunfeng camp not only wiped out a large number of enemies, but also killed the governor and chief historian of Baiyunfeng. This is already a huge achievement. The other ministries did not obey the orders, and any casualties have nothing to do with us. , why carry someone else’s coffin to your own home to cry.”

Duo Li cried loudly: "I'm not crying because of those troops. This attack on the camp went so smoothly. Not to mention severely damaging Baiyun Peak, we almost took Baiyun Peak directly with this move, but this time we transported the baggage Who exactly is in his team? If it weren’t for him, we would be drinking a celebratory drink at the Baiyun Peak camp right now.”

Not long after, the defeated troops from other tribes also gradually gathered towards Duo Li. Duo Li looked at these broken troops and sighed: "In the past, those who went against the country to transport baggage were nothing more than old, weak and remnant soldiers, with no ability to fight. Today, Why on earth is there such a powerful person in the army transporting baggage? Could it be that God will not help me?"

When the troops saw Duo Li, they hurriedly turned over and knelt down, and said to Duo Li: "We were wrong in the past when we underestimated the prince-in-law. Now we have seen the talent of the prince-in-law. We all admire him so much. That's why we didn't listen to the prince-in-law's orders and were greedy for merit." It's all our fault for being in love with the war. In the past, all our ministries only followed the lead of our consort."

The savages are divided into eight tribes. Each tribe has its own leader, and each leader has an army. In order to compete with the country, the eight tribes formed an alliance and elected Yaoshan, the leader of the Heluo tribe, the most powerful among the eight tribes, as the commander-in-chief. He controls eight tribes, and Duo Li is the son-in-law of the commander-in-chief Yaoshan. Although the savages are called savages, they are actually part of the bloodline of the Hu country. Therefore, the savages, like the people of the Hu country, can only use their own skills in the Hu country, but cannot use their skills in the barbarian country.

Today's plan to attack the camp was the first time Duo Li led troops. Except for the headquarters, the rest of the troops were naturally dissatisfied with Duo Li's ability. They originally wanted to leave Duo Li and retreat immediately when the situation was amiss, but after the attack on the camp, they saw that the soldiers of the country were in trouble. He had no ability to resist, and he just felt that Duo Li was lucky and had an excellent opportunity, so when Duo Li ordered to retreat, he still did not obey Duo Li's order. Now I am suffering a lot because I didn't listen to Duo Li's instructions, so I just bowed down to Duo Li.

Duo Li also ordered people to count how many people were left and how many people were beheaded. The savages are simple in nature and have no intention of taking credit, so as long as they recognize the gains, it is real, and there is no need to worry about false claims or false reports. Therefore, after the savages come back from the war, they only need to gather around and say a few words to calculate the statistics. After careful calculation, hundreds of people were injured in this attack on the camp, but more than a thousand Baiyunfeng soldiers were killed. In addition, the governor of the Baiyunfeng camp and Chang Shi were also beheaded. This was naturally a considerable achievement in the barbarian country. All his subordinates shouted long live, but Duo Li was wondering who the Baiyun Peak support team was this time. They were too far away at the time and couldn't see clearly what kind of skills the other party used. He saw that the entire force he sent was quickly defeated. Come on, is Shizhe here?

Duo Li asked the men and horses who came back again: "Did you see clearly, what kind of skill was used to defeat you?" The people over there reported: "It's not very clear. I only saw many crossbow arrows flying from a distance. If you hit it, you will die, if you rub it, you will be injured. The crossbow arrow is very long, and some brothers have practiced body protection skills well. They were not killed when they were hit, but they were nailed to the ground and could not move."

Duo Li pondered: "What kind of skill is this? There are no people with similar skills in the previous information, and this kind of behavior seems to be because it is inconvenient for the rightful owner to show up, so he uses this method to support the soldiers who want to invade the country from a distance. However, No matter what, it seems difficult to capture Baiyun Peak with such a person."

Sima here woke up not long ago and hurriedly reported relevant matters to the Fourth Young Master. He reported the details of the late-night bombing of the camp at Baiyun Peak, the attack by the savages, and the long history of leading people to pick up the heavy troops. The Fourth Young Master sighed for a while after hearing this. He thought in his heart: "We should have investigated the corruption of food and grass in Baiyunfeng, but the Baiyunfeng camp has suffered such huge losses right now, and many officers at all levels are complaining. It would not be a good idea to arrest people and kill them at this time. It seems that even an investigation is not possible." We can only work secretly first.”

Baiyunfeng here counted the casualties. In this attack on the camp, the Baiyunfeng camp lost 1,500 soldiers, and countless generals from the governor level down. The Fourth Young Master sighed and wrote a report with Sima at the same time and submitted it back to the royal capital.

What is different from the sad atmosphere in the Baiyunfeng Camp is that the group of men accompanying the Fourth Young Master made great contributions by killing the savages twice. Secondly, as inferior logistics personnel, they now rescued the soldiers on the front line and called people How not to get excited?
  The Fourth Young Master and Sima finished their discussion, and as soon as they left the tent, they heard the people accompanying them shouting long live. Although the Fourth Young Master knew that the camp had just suffered a defeat, it was inappropriate to celebrate at this time, but how could this group of people restrain themselves due to the current situation? Live.

So the Fourth Young Master said to Sima: "Although there were heavy casualties this time, we have repelled the attack of the savages. Let's prepare tonight and ask the soldiers in the camp to celebrate." Sima had no choice but to do as he was told. At this time, the people accompanying him had surrounded the Fourth Young Master and were praising him here and there. Suddenly someone said: "With the Fourth Young Master, why do we need to practice any other skills?"

As soon as these words came out, the people around him suddenly became as quiet as death.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, the Fourth Young Master found an excuse to go back to his residence to rest. The Fourth Young Master's residence was much simpler than the previous supervisors, but because the Fourth Young Master could not practice Qi, he was not as good as those who could use Qi to protect the body against the cold. People, therefore, carry a lot of furs and cottons.

When the Fourth Young Master was looking through the clothes he had brought with him, he suddenly saw a piece of clothing that didn't seem to be his. After digging it out, it turned out to be the cloak that Nan Qin wore when he was in Imperial College. Only then did the Fourth Young Master remember that he had not said goodbye to Nanqin properly before going to Baiyun Peak, but he didn't know if he could come back from Baiyun Peak. It would be bad if he said too much when saying goodbye. . The Fourth Young Master originally thought that placing bed crossbows in the Baiyunfeng camp would be opposed by the Baiyunfeng soldiers, but now the implementation has been very smooth. But thinking about it now, everyone's reactions after those words still frightened the Fourth Young Master. At this moment, the Fourth Young Master seemed to understand why the Fifth Young Master was so defensive about him and even wanted to put himself to death. But this practice is really unpopular. Now it seems that not only those who can't practice Qi, but also those who can practice Qi but lack the talent to practice Qi are not so loyal to the practice of touching the country. Thinking of the Fourth Young Master here, The odds seem better again.

After the Fourth Young Master left, Nan Qin seemed to be a different person. He drank and gambled all day long for fun. Sometimes when he was drunk, he would find someone to duel with. It is said that people in Huo country usually like to duel with others. Even if they win or lose, it doesn't matter. , but Nan Qin showed no mercy every time. It was common for those who lost to Nan Qin to have missing teeth and broken legs. Although this injury was nothing in the royal capital and could be cured with money, the pain was still there. Not everyone wanted to bear it, and gradually the nobles of the country became more afraid of Nanqin.

After a few days, Nan Qin came back drunk again. Nan Yi couldn't stand it anymore and said sternly: "What kind of behavior are you doing now?" Nan Qin said drunkenly: "What do I look like? This is not what you always wanted me to do. Is this what it has become? Look at the noble children who have touched the country, and every one of them does not live like this every day, and they say you, oh yes, you can’t win in a fight with others, and you can’t win in gambling, you are different.”

Nan Yi was poked in the sore spot first and said angrily: "I think you are going to rebel. Besides, I was giving in to them. Why can't I win?"

Nan Qin smiled and said: "Why, do you also think it's ridiculous for the children of Huoguo to do this every day? But I am different from you. There is such a light in my world that can illuminate the absurdity and ugliness of this world. "

Nan Yichang came over and said to the maids, "You guys will wait for Nan Qin to go back to rest." Then he said to Nan Xian, "Follow me."

Nan Yixian followed Nan Yichang to a side room and asked, "What's going on? Nothing good happened recently."

Nan Yichang said: "The Fourth Young Master seems to be quite capable. The bed crossbow he made won the first battle at Baiyun Peak."

Nan Yixian said: "What's the use? It has nothing to do with our family."

Nan Yichang smiled and said: "It's a big deal. Do you know why the king is so supportive of the arrangement of bed crossbows at Baiyun Peak this time? It's useless even if the Fifth Young Master talks about it?"

Nan Yixian said disdainfully: "What else could be the reason? I have no money."

Nan Yichang smiled and said: "Saving money is one thing, but more importantly, the king has always wanted to destroy the barbarian country, but due to restrictions, there is no way to use the martial arts in the barbarian country, but think about the bed crossbow."

Nan Yixian suddenly realized and said: "Yes, bed crossbows can also be used in barbarian countries."

Nan Yichang said: "At the moment, attacking the barbarians is just an experiment for the king. If it succeeds, the next step will probably be to use it in the battle against the barbarians. Whoever has the final say then will not be the one who has mastered the skills." , but it depends on your brain.”

Nan Yixian said: "Then I understand. You think you can be the prime minister again, don't you?"

Nan Yichang smiled and said: "I may not be able to fight one-on-one like a reckless man, fighting to the death, but strategizing and winning a thousand miles is my ability."

Nan Yixian said: "That's not right. When the time comes, the Fourth Young Master will be given the important position. Why does it still have your business?"

Nan Yichang smiled and said: "You are as stupid as the Fifth Young Master. The Fifth Young Master actually thinks that something like a bed crossbow is too powerful to be restricted in the future. In my opinion, as long as the crossbows are manipulated in terms of logistics, they are still afraid of being manipulated. Can’t you become the Fourth Young Master?”

(End of this chapter)