Hanhou

Before the Han cavalry arrived, a wave of arrows had already struck in front of them.

The villains hurriedly dodged and blocked, and three people fell off their horses in a row in a hurry, fell to the ground and broke their necks, and died on the spot.

Han Qi launched a charge, very fast.In the blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides was less than two hundred steps.

Knowing that if you escape, you will be chased, and only by killing the Han cavalry on the opposite side will you have a chance to return to the grassland. Call, take the lead in launching a countercharge against Han Qi.

These villains were all born in the Xiongnu. They were originally under the command of King Zuoguli. Since Emperor Wen's reign, they entered the Han Dynasty and hid in nearby counties for a long time. They often sent news to the grassland.Because of his secretive behavior and sneaked in when Wei Shang was dismissed from office, the county passed through the sieve several times and successfully escaped.

When the Xiongnu army went south, Xu Buyong led his army to attack the border of the two counties, burning, killing and looting all the way, until Zhao's livestock farm was stopped.If the people in the non-stock farm and the village risked their lives to stop them, and the reinforcements led by Cheng Bushi arrived in time, there was no guarantee that they would not be invaded by the Huns.

The reason why Xu Buyong chose this route is not unrelated to these villains.

They had already made up their minds that as soon as the main army arrived, they would immediately attack Shaling County brandishing their butcher knives.

It's just that they waited and waited, but they never got the expected army. Instead, they waited for the news of the withdrawal of the Huns.The plan was aborted midway, and she didn't want to be noticed by the official temple, so she had to hide again.

A year later, the Xiongnu army went south again, this time worse than the last time, Xu Buyong not only failed to break into Shaling, he even failed to break through the Hanbian fortress.Not to mention the loss of soldiers and generals, he was captured alive by the Han army.

After several days of interrogation, it was determined that no more valuable information could be obtained, so Xu Buyong was pushed out of the official temple and beheaded, and his head was included in the military exploits of Zhao Jia's troops.

At the same time, Xu Buli, who was arrested, surrendered to the Han Dynasty and was willing to serve as the footsteps for Wei Taishou.

When the criminals entered the county town, they happened to see Xu Buli who was walking with Xian Chiyong.

Xu Buli didn't recognize the spies who sneaked into the Han territory a few years ago, and the latter didn't recognize him, but they deduced a lot of information from his clothes. Burke rings the death knell.

After the rogue and his accomplices were arrested, the gangsters in the village knew something was wrong and used the jailer to infiltrate the prison and kill them. They resolutely abandoned the stronghold that had been in operation for several years and decided to go north and return to the grassland.

If their identities were not leaked, they would not rush to escape, but would continue to implement their previous plan, destroying the Bianjun horse farm and delaying the formation of the Han cavalry.However, even if the rogue was caught, even if he didn't know much about it himself, once Guan Si followed the clues, he would definitely be able to find out what was wrong.

Thinking of the possible consequences, the villains felt dissatisfied with the few old men driving idlers and rogues.Because of this, these old people will take the initiative to stay behind after being seriously injured by the petty official.

Because they know that even if they can ride a horse, they are destined not to return to the grassland.

Years of business were ruined, and the villain was really unwilling to reconcile, and finally made a decision to grab another one before leaving and go to the horse farm in Shaling County!

In the early Han Dynasty, the horse farms in the border counties were all under the control of the eunuch, and his subordinate official Lingcheng was in charge of specific affairs.

The horse farm in Shaling County is not large, it was built during Emperor Wen's time, and by the middle age of Emperor Jing, the number of war horses was no more than [-], and the rest were mostly rough horses.Because good stallions are hard to find, most war horses are slightly shorter and less powerful than purebred Xiongnu horses.

The former horse chief racked his brains and tried to import more than ten Xiongnu horses, all of which were ungelded horses.Just when the racecourse was about to improve, the Huns headquarter attacked, and the horse chief was called to join the army and died on the battlefield.

The successor is his brother of the same family.

Different from his elder brother who is dedicated to the country and devotes all his energy to the country, this man is greedy by nature, and he sells all the conditions of the horse farm for a mere five pieces of silk.

The villains seized this point, first seduced him for profit, and after he took the bait, resorted to tyrannical means to persecute him, and then made a promise that as long as the thing was done, he would be introduced to Zuogu Li Wang Yizhixie, and he would spend the rest of his life There will be endless glory and wealth.

With this hand of sweet dates and sticks, the villain is very skillful in playing.

With both feet in the mud, knowing that things would leak out, he would never end well, the horse chief quickly gave up struggling, and began to tamper with the horse farm according to what the villain said.

Fortunately, the horse farm is not what he said, with Uncle Niu and other veterans, most of the plans were aborted halfway, and no effect was achieved.Attracting the stallion to bite, break the fence, and the mare to escape with the foal is the only successful plan in recent days.

Just when he was about to proceed to the next step, he suddenly received a message from the villain.Next, villains invaded the racecourse, and Uncle Niu and his army formed an formation to resist, but they were stabbed from behind and all died in a tragic incident.

Zhao Jia arrived just in time, if it was half a quarter later in the night, this group of villains might have left the racecourse and fled northward.

The number of each other was equal, and the villains were vicious enough, but it was a pity that they were facing soldiers with rich experience in the battlefield. In just one meeting, eight villains fell from their horses.In contrast, only two Han riders were slightly injured, and they didn't even need to be bandaged. They turned their horses around, followed Zhao Jia, and launched a second charge.

The blades hit each other with a crisp humming sound.White light staggered, and blood spattered.

The headless corpse fell off the horse's back, and crimson gushed out from the broken neck, adding a rich color to the earth.

During the confrontation, the number of villains decreased rapidly, from more than fifty to less than forty, and then thirty.The number of people was less than twenty, and the villains instinctively gathered together. Facing Han Qi's blood-stained long knife, their expressions were still fierce, and fear appeared in their eyes.

"kill!"

Zhao Jia raised the long saber and held the rein tightly with one hand.

The claret horse let out a long neigh, like a flash of lightning, and rushed towards the enemy on the opposite side again.

The villain had a ferocious expression, ready for the last fight.

Unexpectedly, the distance between the two sides was less than ten meters, Zhao Jia suddenly turned his horse's head, the Han cavalry divided into two teams, threw two arcs, crossed each other, and surrounded all the villains who were still alive.

More than a dozen Han riders put their swords back into their sheaths, grabbed the thick rope that never left the horse's back, and flung it over their heads, whistling.

Guessing what the other party was going to do, the villain bared his eyes, roaring angrily, about to charge up.Forced to retreat by the sharp blade, he continued to move forward bravely.

The Han riders were killed or injured, Zhao Jia ordered the army holding the lasso to retreat, and led the rest of the riders to continue running.While running, aim at the most ferocious villains and attack them.

Accompanied by several criminals who fell off their horses, less than ten people were still alive.

"Go!"

Zhao Jia gave an order, and the long-awaited army threw out the lasso at the same time, and three villains were caught on the spot and dragged off their horses.The rest wanted to take advantage of the chaos to rush to kill, but were forced back by the blade of Han Qi.Several times, except for one person who fell off the horse and broke his neck, the rest of the villains were arrested.

When Han Qi confronted the villains, the horse chief tore off his clothes, tied up the wound on his shoulder, and started to run away.

Before he could run far, several arrows suddenly struck from behind. The sharp arrows pierced through his knee sockets, nailed into his legs, and one pierced through his ankles, making him unable to move freely. He staggered twice. step fell to the ground.

Ah Zao rushed out of the grass, without saying a word, raised the bow and stick in his hand, and smashed his head and face on the head of the horse.

A child with bloodshot eyes raised a sharp stone and was about to smash it on the head of the horse.His mother was killed by this beast!

Ah Zao stopped him and handed him a sharpened wooden stick.

"It's too cheap to kill him with this!"

Ma Chang was hit by arrows in both legs, his arm was broken, and his spine was broken, making him unable to move at all.I could only watch helplessly as the child raised the wooden stick, the bleeding mouth increased one after another, the pain intensified, and he screamed continuously.

The battle outside the racecourse was over, the villains should be killed and arrested, the seriously injured soldiers got off their horses and applied medicine to bandage them, and the uninjured and lightly injured began to clean up the battlefield.

The villains used stirrups instead of rope buckles for their mounts, and all the packages they carried were copper coins and iron utensils.With a solemn expression, Zhao Jia ordered the villain who was still alive to be tied to a horse, and he would personally take him to the official temple for interrogation.

The villain's corpse was thrown far away, and the vultures and crows hovering in the air flew down one after another, huddled together in black.After the flock disperses, there will be no residue left on the ground except for large bones that cannot be swallowed.

Uncle Niu and the soldiers who died in battle were collected and buried. The soldiers drew out their short knives and cut off the wooden railings to make tombstones.

When they converged on the woman's body, the eyes of all the people present were blood red.With a roar, two soldiers grabbed the villain from the horse and tore him to pieces with their bare hands.

The so-called "shredded", 100% according to the literal meaning.

Zhao Jia was equally angry, holding the handle of the knife with one hand, wishing to chop these villains into mincemeat.But he still had to stop the army. In order to find out what was behind it and know how many people were involved, he had to leave a few alive.

"After the interrogation, he will be ordered to pay in blood!"

Jun Wu clenched his fists tightly, thick blood dripping from between his fingers.His cheeks were tense, and his cheeks trembled faintly.Being held down by Zhao Jia's shoulder, he obeyed the order and did not continue to fight.

At this moment, Ah Zao and the others came along, dragging the half-dead horses.Ma Zhang was covered in wounds, almost a pile of rotten flesh, but miraculously he was still panting.When he was thrown at Zhao Jia's feet, there was a gurgling sound in his throat, as if he wanted to beg for mercy.

Zhao Jia directly passed him, leaned over and patted the heads of several children, and praised: "Well done."

In future generations, his actions will inevitably be criticized.But in Hanbian, where wars are constantly raging, there is almost no concept of "childhood".Only by being fierce enough and strong enough can one truly live.

After being praised, the children's eyes are bright.

Half of them were born in Yangshouwei, but the fire in their memory has been blurred, and they have been taught by Wei Juan, so they will inevitably take a different life path from their father and grandfather.

Zhao Jia's affirmation was an encouragement to them.

The children kept in mind Wei Juan's words that a good man should be born on the battlefield.Now they are still young, and when they are a few years older, they will surely be able to kill the enemy on the battlefield and beheaded like the uncle in the racecourse.

After the battlefield was cleared, Zhao Jia left some people to take care of the racecourse and repair the fence by the way.As for the escaped horses, don't worry for now, as long as they don't run out of the border county, they can basically be found when the county dispatches manpower.

You Gong acted calmly and was left behind to organize the work.

The villain and the horse leader were all tied to the back of the horse and escorted all the way back to the county town for interrogation for several days.

When Zhao Jia entered the city, the officials in the temple were posting arrest notices to capture escaped jailers and their close associates.The common people gathered in front of the notice and listened to the content read out by the officials, each with their own guesses and discussions.

Living in Bianjun, surrounded by bad neighbors, made their intuition extremely sharp.What is the reason for arresting a prison guard with such great fanfare, and even taking people he knows well for interrogation?

Thinking about the reasons behind it, many people showed disgust on the spot.

Obviously, this person is either in collusion with the bandits, or a traitor to the Hu Kou!

Among the crowd was a fellow of the head of the horse. Turning around and seeing the returning group, he recognized the "blood gourd" on the horse's back as his brother, and his expression changed immediately.

One of them was impulsive, his companion didn't stop him, and rushed directly to Zhao Jiama, wanting to question him loudly.Before the words came out, there was an explosion in his ear, and the whip brushed against his scalp, causing him to stand there in shock.

"Intercept the county captain, prisoner!"

Before the man who blocked the horse could recover from his panic, the two soldiers got off their horses and took him down on the spot.The clansmen hiding in the crowd saw that the situation was not good, so they wanted to sneak away.

He more or less knows what the horse chief does.Seeing the benefits he got, he was quite envious.

If it hadn't been for the rogue incident, and the official temple found out that something was wrong, and pulled out this nail that had been hidden for several years with lightning speed, he would definitely be unable to resist the temptation, and sooner or later he would join forces with Ma Chang.

Seeing that Chief Ma was arrested, the man's heart beat wildly, he didn't dare to stay in the city for long, quietly retreated behind the crowd, decided to go home to pack his belongings, and left Shaling County with his wife and children.

Even if it is to escape into the forest and become a savage, it is better than losing your life.

Unexpectedly, the captured clansman suddenly turned his head and shouted, "Brother Cong, save me!"

While speaking, he deliberately looked in his direction.

Sitting on the horseback, Zhao Jia saw the scene in front of him, thought carefully about the performance of the horse barrier, and raised his eyebrows unexpectedly.Order the army to catch the man hiding in the crowd and bring them into the official temple together.

The county magistrate got a report and went directly to the front yard.

As soon as the gate of the official temple was closed, the man who stopped Zhao Jia suddenly fell to his knees and said loudly, "My lord, I want to do something wrong!"

The man who was arrested at the same time turned his head suddenly, and immediately understood that his younger brother was not impulsive, but did it on purpose, just to be taken into the official temple!