Northern Dynasties

Chapter 162
Everything is familiar once and twice, and the turmoil in the castle is still undecided. Li Tai's followers have figured out the most important elements in the chaos.

"Damn, it's a loss!"

Li Tai looked at the huge racecourse, but there were only four or five hundred horses in the stables, and cursed bitterly.

He thought that this time he finally got a bite of a big piece of fat, the kind that smacked of oil, but he didn't expect that the most important horse was so small.

This situation was not unforeseen, and King Hao Ren had two or three thousand Huzu cavalry, including those in the stables, which also met the standard of a large tribe.

It's just that Li Tai's expectations were too high and he still had illusions, but the reality still gave him a slap in the face. This is the case with King Hao Ren, and the character's savings did not exceed the normal standard.

"Hurry up and gather the scattered horses in the city!"

He was too rich during the siege just now, but now Li Tai is like the kind of situation where he burns banknotes to light a cigarette but finds that he has no money in his trouser pocket to take the bus home.

Now horses are not just as simple as the big reading task for them, but also related to whether they can survive and successfully escape from this situation.

He is very empathetic, and he just thinks that if he were King Hao Ren, he would never let them off easily.Without enough horses, running is difficult.

Next to the horse farm, there is another fence, in addition to many cattle and sheep, there are Han and Hu slaves imprisoned in the city.

With such a small group of people, it was not easy for Li Tai to completely control the huge city. He immediately ordered people to break down those fences, release these slaves, and let them pick up sticks and fight desperately for survival.

These slaves were more familiar with the layout of the castle. Soon after Chad was free, someone volunteered to lead Li Tai and others to attack the key points of the warehouse.

King Haoren's army did not exhaust all the soldiers, there were still five or six hundred Hu soldiers left behind in the city, except for the city gate, the largest number stayed near the barn. Gathered two or three thousand people.

At this time, the scouts from the rear also entered the city to report that King Hao Ren's troops were returning quickly for help, and they would arrive in half an hour at the latest.

Li Tai sighed inwardly when he saw the crowds of people rushing in front of him, and seeing the hundred or so slave population who had followed here sparsely.

The population of slaves released just now is at least a thousand. If these people can obey the command, Li Tai still has the confidence to defend them, and even survive until a few Hui from Beihua Prefecture come to help.

But these slaves were shocked and hard to follow. There were still so many Hu tribes who were rioting and resisting in the city.

The situation was critical, and he couldn't allow him to think again, so he simply ordered: "Burn!"

The large pot of ointment was thrown into the crowd of barbarians and splashed all over the ground, and rockets were shot into the crowd, and the flames immediately ignited.

This picture is not beautiful, but Li Tai doesn't think it is cruel. Even if these unruly beards and the village have been in chaos for a long time, even if they are burned to nothing, it will not be enough to compensate for the accumulated blood debt.

The fire spread, and the Hu people gathered here fled in all directions, and the whole castle became more chaotic.In order to further consume the vitality of the Hu people, Li Tai ordered the fleeing Hu people to be driven to Kulichuan on the south side of the castle.

The sound of Hu Qi running could be vaguely heard from the top of the city. After giving up collecting the stored materials, everyone in the city just let go of their hands and feet to pack up some scattered light and important materials, and evacuated the castle before the arrival of the Hu Qi team. The city gate goes around and goes north.

"How is it possible? How is it possible..."

When King Hao Ren, who was running, saw the burning flames of the castle in front of him, his eyes widened in shock, his hands and feet were cold, his body stiffened suddenly, and he almost fell off his horse.

The guard rushed forward to help him, King Hao Ren grabbed the guard's wrist, and said in a trembling voice with luck: "It's not a broken city, it's not a broken city... My city is strong, and there are hundreds of thieves in that area, how could it be so, how could it be so Break through in a short time..."

The guard also wanted to say a few words of comfort, but his throat seemed to be blocked by a foreign object, and he couldn't make any sound.Just looking at the ferocity of the fire, it can't be that the left-behind tribes are having a bonfire party.

"It's broken, Liu Zhenqiang... Liu Danyu is still in the city, find him, you must find him! Ask him to report to the Eastern Dynasty, begging Prime Minister Gao to send troops, send troops, kill! Kill all these western thieves! Kill all the murderous Hannu!"

Although he was astonished and grief-stricken, King Hao Ren seemed to have grasped the last straw after thinking about this festival, beat his mounts desperately, and rushed straight to the lair.

After Li Tai left the castle, he didn't escape too far. He only rode northward for a dozen miles, and stopped at a valley mouth that was transparent from north to south.Shili was already exhausted, and the horse herd was growing again, so it was really inconvenient to travel at night.

They didn't dare to light a fire for cooking after they committed a great evil just now, so they ate dry and hard grain cakes for their hunger with the buttermilk drink collected from the castle, and took stock of the results of this battle by the way.

Although a strong city of the Hu tribe was broken in this battle, because the stay time was too short, the harvest was only more than [-] horses, and there were more than [-] strong slaves who were willing to accompany them.The material income is not much, the only gold cakes and gold utensils that can be said to be less than two hundred catties, and there is actually a golden statue of Liu Shifo inside.

But Li Tai and others were not without losses. They were wounded or broken during the siege, and those who fled in the city were not recovered, and lost a total of more than [-] horses.But what hurt the most was the loss of [-] or [-] members, most of whom died in the battle at Li Yantou.

Although it is said that compassion does not command soldiers, Li Tai still couldn't bear to look at the corpses of Buqu who were carried on horseback.

He can recognize the facts clearly, don't make illusions, and shows no mercy to the enemy, but he still has a sense of guilt for those who died because of his own decision.It is true that the life of a barbarian is also a life, but even animals have the perception of closeness and distance, and life and fate are not the same after all.

But right now is not the time to be sad and regretful, he just forces himself not to think about it.

"Master Lang, this is the personnel matter that Yantou captured in the city."

Li Dao came forward and handed a bloody head and a jade box in front of Li Tai: "This is Liu Zhenqiang, the son of Liu Pingfu. identity of!"

Li Tai pretended to be Liu Zhenqiang's subordinate several times before and after, but he didn't expect that they met under such circumstances.

Even though holding a bloody human head in this cold night in the wilderness is a bit irritating, Li Tai still couldn't help but leaned over to take a closer look, but he didn't notice anything strange, so he took the talisman to himself and looked at it for a while. keep it.

Seeing that Li Tai didn't care too much, Li Dao explained: "The thief is cunning, the master should see it. Even ordinary thieves, it is not easy for Hirano to chase and kill them. If you want to capture and kill the head of the thieves, you will be even more so." Difficult. Therefore, the imperial court does not count the beheading of the meritorious service, but only the thieves and chieftains. In the old years, all the armies went out together, but the thieves and chieftains escaped, so it was not enough. Our department was able to capture and kill Liu Zhenqiang, and there was an order from the Eastern Bandit Talisman As a proof, it is already a rare great achievement in the northern border!"

It's not that Li Tai doesn't pay attention, but he's just in a bad mood.After hearing this, he couldn't help feeling that the rampant Hu Qing in the northern border should also be related to the court's rewarding attitude.

For the court of the Western Wei Dynasty, the first task was to survive, and the second was to fight the Eastern Wei Dynasty. The importance of this territory in northern Shaanxi was much lower, and the attitude of the border town generals was not active enough.

For example, in the previous attack by several Hui, although the results were rich, it was not heard that he received any substantial rewards, probably because he did not capture and kill any well-known Hu Chief.

"From this point of view, this Liu Danyu deserves to be taken seriously."

Li Tai begged for a piece of sackcloth, wiped off the blood on the head's face, wrapped it layer by layer, and threw it to Li Yantou, who had been stabbed in the back and was lying on the ground moaning, and scolded with a smile: "Stupid people have stupid blessings." , your kid is going to stand out!"

"Where can I go? I'm not as scheming as Qu Ji, as long as I follow Alang in and out, I feel at ease!"

Li Yantou said a few silly words, and gasped a few times because of touching the wound.

That night, King Hao Ren was probably busy cleaning up the mess in his lair, so he didn't lead his troops to catch up.Li Tai and the others also took a rare breath to recover their strength.

At dawn, he and his subordinates dug pits in a remote place in the wilderness and buried all the war dead with their own hands. , I will return to Honor Burial in the next day. Your heroic spirits are not far away, so watch me continue to sweep away the evil spirits in this place!"

After finishing these things, the group continued on the road.

Because Liu Zhenqiang was accidentally beheaded in King Hao Ren's lair, it can be regarded as eliminating a possible military disaster, which can make up for their lack of horses and horses in the water administration, and they can go back by detour.

But Li Tai felt that he had to start and finish things, and there was still plenty of time at the moment, so he finally got here, so he was not in a hurry to return.

Before talking nonsense, some Hu soldiers were dubious about their identities, but now they have obtained the seal of Liu Zhenqiang granted by the Eastern Wei Dynasty as the governor of Xiazhou and the chief of the people. The dead news, of course, has to do something else, let's see if this tiger skin works well.

After several successful attacks, everyone was in a wild mood at the moment, and after hearing Li Tai's plan, they were all extremely happy.

So then they went straight in the wilderness, and the scouts spread out to find traces of the Hu tribe, and soon locked on another Hu tribe in the north, with a scale of more than [-] people.When he saw the token of Liu Zhenqiang's seals displayed by Li Dao, he was convinced of it, and entertained him with wine and food.

The more respectful these people's attitudes, the more Li Tai felt that their future in the Western Wei Dynasty was really worrisome, so after eating and drinking in the tribe, he asked the chief to gather all the strong soldiers of the tribe to see if they were qualified to join him. matter.

Several hours later, King Hao Ren, with bloodshot eyes and a haggard and ferocious face, finally led his troops to catch up to this place. He saw a mess inside and outside the tribe, cattle and sheep wandering around, and a pile of corpses of Hu pawns in the center of the tribe. There was also a piece of sheepskin on the pile of corpses, and on the sheepskin was written "Murderer Liu Zhenqiang" written in blood.

"Dog thieves are rampant, damn, damn! I will kill them!"

After being told the content of the blood words by his subordinates, Hao Renwang only felt blood rushing to his head suddenly, his body was shaking, his teeth were bitten to pieces, he clenched his fists and roared angrily: "Speak to all the tribes, Liu Danyu has already Killed by the western thieves, if the tribes are afraid that the eastern army will not be able to protect themselves, follow me to surround and kill the murderers and avenge Liu Shanyu!"

(End of this chapter)