When a passerby becomes a princess

Every year at the end of August and the beginning of September is when the grain is harvested in northern Xinjiang, Huzi will take the opportunity to go to northern Xinjiang to dig grass and valleys, snatch the freshly harvested grain, and take away the people in northern Xinjiang by the way.

At the beginning of July, Liang Xi began to prepare to go to the grassland to "make trouble" again.

"We will attack the bearded Wang Ting in three ways. I will lead the team to go to Baishan with Song Fu, Chen Fan and Qin Yu will go to Jinhe, and Lin Cheng will go to the Gobi Desert. I will send Zhang Shu and Zheng Huang to you. They are familiar with Gobi Desert." Liang Xi pointed to the map on the wall, and said to several subordinates: "This time, what we have to do is very simple, that is, 'fight if you can beat it, run if you can't beat it', minimize casualties, Control the time on the way, and arrive at Fuda Town, west of Wangting, before the first day of September."

"Remember, if you encounter a bearded tribe along the way, you can set fire or burn them to death, but don't delay the time, and absolutely don't be surrounded by the bearded army."

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After the military meeting this time, there was nearly ten days of material preparation time. Although it is summer now, it was basically winter when they came back, so there are still a lot of things to bring. Also, although they arrived on the grassland After the battle, you will support the war with war, but you also need to bring some dry food that can be carried for a long time.

In mid-July, after the raid battalion sneaked out of the pass, they split three paths to attack the king's court of Hu State.

As far as these three routes are concerned, the Baishan Mountain that Liang Xi and the others traveled and the Jinhe River that Chen Fan and the others traveled had more bearded tribes stationed there, because these two roads are basically in the shape of a flat river. If there were no maps and guides, this It is very easy to get lost.

The guides assigned to Chen Fan and the others were members of the horse bandit team. One was named Shen Ping and the other was named Fu Er. The two were bamboo horses and husband and wife. There is a lot of trouble in the sky, but when they are on the battlefield, they only rely on the opponent's back to kill the enemy. In their words, they can only trust their back to that person.

After entering the grassland, they were not in a hurry to go to the royal court, they had plenty of time, and they could burn and kill all the way along the way.

On the tenth day, the scouts found a small bearded army, who seemed to be escorting someone. They looked behind the slope for a long time, and after confirming that there was no ambush, they surrounded the small army of about a hundred people and killed them all. Two clean.Then they pulled out a fat and big-eared man from the carriage, and only then did they know that the small army they killed was the guard of a prince from Hubu.

"Kill it." Qin Yu ordered the prince to be killed without even thinking about it.

Chen Fan frowned, and said: "His status is quite honorable, so don't let anyone send him to Liangguo to threaten Huval."

Although Huval's last southern expedition plan was destroyed, but because of that smallpox also caused a lot of losses to Hu Guozhao, he took advantage of the death of the other two tribal leaders to subdue a lot of people, and finally he After having enough power, he killed his father and officially became the emperor.

"It's useless, Huval won't care about a prince, maybe he will send a large number of troops under the banner of saving the prince, just to let us kill the prince quickly, so that he can gather the prince's tribe." Qin Yu said After that, he chopped off the prince's head with a knife, jumped on the horse and walked forward.

Chen Fan pursed his lips and did not speak. He lowered his eyes to look at the dying prince, and finally jumped on the horse and continued walking with the team.

This was just an episode on the road, but a few days later they found that something was wrong, and more and more bearded soldiers began to chase them. Judging from their fighting methods, these bearded soldiers who were chasing were not the official army of the Hu State, but Huzi was born on horseback, and has been hunting and practicing martial arts with his parents since he was a child. It is no exaggeration to say that the whole people are soldiers, so even if they are not exactly the army, they only have a team of 1000 people, and they can't fight that close. The pursuit of thousands of people.

"Are these beards crazy?" Chen Fan kept riding his horse. The horse under him was bred by Song Fu's husband and wife, Mu Qing. Although it can't sprint for a short distance, its endurance is first-class.

"I suspect that the one who killed the prince was not the prince, but the mage." Shen Ping led the way, and Fu Er happened to be riding beside Chen Fan. Hearing his words, he shouted: "That person is probably a mage from the Hu Department. , because the mage was crowned king."

Chen Fan's expression suddenly turned ugly. The people of Hu country believed in the sun, and believed that the sun gave life to the grassland, and the mage could communicate with the sun through some rituals, thus gaining the respect of the people of Hu country. The people of Hu country would not hesitate to do so for the mage. If the prince they killed was really a mage, their journey would become extremely difficult.

Thinking of this, Chen Fan couldn't help but glared fiercely at Qin Yu on the other side. It would be great if he sent the prince to Daliang country as he said.

Qin Yu looked at the road ahead expressionlessly. Even if the man was really a mage, he would not regret killing that man. If they wanted to send the prince back to Daliang Kingdom, they would have to turn back or divide their forces, which would not be good for the future. In such a war, killing him is the easiest way.

They were fleeing and killing, with Shen Ping and Fu Er leading the way, they were not afraid of getting lost, but it was very difficult for these 1000 people to find a place to rest, and the beards on the back didn't give them a chance at all. So tired that even the long-distance running horse began to slow down.

"You can take a good rest tonight." Shen Ping pointed to a large bulge not far away, and said, "There is a large mound over there, and there is a small river flowing by. Watch the wind from the top of the mound, and it will be clear at a glance if someone sneaks up."

Of course, this is not the best place to camp, but this is how it is on the grassland. There is nowhere to be seen, and you can see clearly everywhere. It is not easy to find a place where people can rest, so Qin Yu and Chen Fan Nodding his head, he told the team to camp and rest under the mound before dark.

However, when they were approaching the mound, countless beards suddenly rushed out from behind the mound. It turned out that the beards had already laid in ambush here, just waiting for them to come.

"Retreat!" Chen Fan looked at the beard protruding from the back of the mound, and the roar of the beard's hooves trampling on the ground, he felt his scalp numb, and an ominous premonition shrouded his heart superior.

"There are beards on the back!" The soldier replied from behind, although hurried, but not panicked.

"Go west!" Qin Yu shouted.Fifty miles to the west is a swamp. Although it is not big, there is a snow-capped mountain range passing through the swamp. You can still walk to the royal court along the mountain range.

The soldiers in the raid battalion all knew the saying "The bounden duty of a soldier is to obey." Although they didn't know the source of this sentence, after long-term training, this sentence was almost etched into their bones. When they heard Qin Yu's order, they immediately Ride the horse towards the west.

There are large and small swamps almost everywhere on the prairie. Even Beard dares to drive into the swamp only in winter when the ground is frozen hard, because this kind of swamp is different from the Black Snake Swamp. , the routes that can be entered and exited are different every year, and those swamps that people can sink into seem to be walking, and they are not in the same place every year.

Seeing the Daliang State team in front entering like a swamp, Hu Zi, who was leading the chase behind him, waved his hand to make everyone stop. With the help of the moonlight that had just risen, after making sure that all the Daliang State troops had entered, Hu Zi felt relieved. Unwilling but gloating to leave, entering the grassland swamp is almost equivalent to entering a dead place, let alone after dark, even if there is a road inside, you can't see it.

Just as the beards thought, not long after they entered the swamp, Shen Ping, who was looking for a way, fell into a swamp. Fortunately, they all had leather ropes, and Fu Er hurriedly threw the leather rope over behind, Shen Ping Ping slowly crawled back along the leather rope.

"There are a lot of swamps in this swamp. Be careful, everyone. Every two people are connected to each other with ropes, and pay attention to your own horses. Otherwise, you can only go back to the swamp." Qin Yu said as he took out his leather rope, He handed one end to Chen Fan who was beside him.

Chen Fan glanced at him. He actually didn't want to be tied up with Qin Yu. Ever since he escorted Qin Mutian to Northern Xinjiang, he had never spoken to Qin Yu unless necessary.It's just that there are all soldiers around now, no matter how well trained they are on weekdays, it's inevitable that they will feel flustered when they enter this swamp. The leather cord was taken over and tied around his waist.

They walked forward while groping for the road. They didn't find a place to camp that was not so wet until the moon was in the middle of the sky. Although it was a swamp, they couldn't get in, so they could sleep well.

They ate some dry food casually, and they spread sleeping bags on the ground. The daytime in early August was still very hot, but at night, when the wind on the grassland blew, the heat would dissipate immediately, especially in the second half of the night. In the sleeping bag, it was very cold.

After arranging the night watchmen, Qin Yu walked to the bonfire and sat down. Beside him, Chen Fan was so sleepy that he sat there and fell asleep.

Qin Yu looked at it for a while, then went to Chen Fan's horse to untie the sleeping bag, took it and spread it on a small piece of dry and soft grass, then pushed Chen Fan awake and let him sleep in the sleeping bag.

Chen Fan glanced at him in a daze, and before he got into the sleeping bag in time, he just poured it on the sleeping bag and fell into a dark and sweet dreamland.

Qin Yu raised his eyebrows, so he had no choice but to fetch Chen Fan's cloak and cover it on Chen Fan's body.

Early the next morning, when Chen Fan woke up, it was already daylight. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Qin Yu sitting by the fire not far away, cooking something with an iron helmet. The rising sun shone on his face. It was half-light and half-dark, and an inexplicable emotion came over along with the aroma of the food, making Chen Fan frowned involuntarily.