Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 574 Hunting
They ran for two hours until it got dark, and then they started to cook on the spot.

At night, soldiers would take turns to keep watch, and scouts would be spread out over a dozen miles.

They did not set up camp either, firstly because they did not bring tents, and secondly because they did not have enough time to set up camp.

They slept on the grass with furs and armor on. It was not cold, but a little damp. Especially in the foggy mornings, a layer of dew would condense on the armor.

It is really painful to rush like this. Ordinary people can't bear it at all. Only warriors can hold on for a while.

The next morning, after finishing their meal, they headed towards the Kerait tribe's banner area again.

However, at this time, the banner of the Kerait tribe had already received the news and knew that they had entered the territory of the Kerait tribe.

The banner of the Kerait tribe was called Bayandeleheicheng, which means a rich land.

They were not wrong to give the city such a name, because the banner area of ​​the Kerait tribe was indeed a rich land.

It's not just the grassland that is fertile, there is also a mine.

There is a huge jade vein to the west of Bayandelehei City, which produces a lot of delicate and warm mutton-fat white jade.

The mutton-fat white jade of the Kerait tribe was very popular among the dignitaries and scholars of Dayong. In the capital of Dayong, a pair of top-quality mutton-fat white jade bracelets could be sold for more than a thousand taels of silver.

Therefore, the Kerait tribe was truly guarding a treasure mountain, and the city of Bayandelehei was a truly rich place.

At this time, the people in charge of the affairs in Bayandelehe City were several elders of the Kerait tribe. The leader of the Kerait tribe, Eryao, had already led his troops south to plunder Beiyuan Town.

A young and strong man who escaped from the Zhierjin clan traveled day and night to Bayandelehei City. He fainted after saying just one sentence.

But this sentence was enough to let the elders of the Kerait tribe know that Yang Mingzhen and Yang Chengze's troops had arrived in their territory.

The four elders of the tribe gathered together to discuss how to deal with these enemies that suddenly appeared.

"The enemy is coming and must be exhausted. We should recruit young and strong men to attack immediately!"

"No, we don't know how many enemies are coming. What if there are 20,000 or 30,000? How many young and strong men can we recruit in a short period of time?"

"What's more, if we recruit young and strong people at this time, those tribes will be attacked by the enemy. Will they hate us?"

"Also, are there any innate warriors among the enemy? If there are, our rash attack will only lead to greater losses!"

"Are we just going to do nothing and let those Rong dogs slaughter our people at will?"

"Perhaps we should send a message to each department and ask them to prepare for defense. This way, even if we cannot stop the enemy's attack, it is better than being attacked without knowing it!"

"This is a good suggestion. Although we cannot recruit young and strong people from other tribes, we still have many young and strong people in our flag area. We can send out cavalry to keep an eye on the other side!"

Several elders argued for a long time, and finally decided to guard Bayandelehei City and not go out. At the same time, they sent out some light cavalry scouts to keep an eye on the enemies.

But before they could send out light cavalry scouts, Yang Mingzhen and Yang Chengze had already led a large army to the vicinity of Bayandelehei City.

More than ten thousand cavalrymen came in a mighty force, leaving a pool of blood wherever they passed.

Bayandelehei City is the banner of the Kerait tribe, and there are many small tribes settled around it, just like some villages and towns surrounding the city. Most of these small tribes are branches of the Kerait tribe. Some of them are responsible for farming, some are responsible for mining, some are responsible for cutting down trees, etc.

A city with tens of thousands of people must necessarily require a large number of villages and towns to provide the city with all kinds of supplies.

The simplest one is food. The people in the city can neither farm nor graze, so the people outside the city are needed to farm and graze to provide food for the people in the city.

Bayandelehei City is no exception, and there are many supporting villages around it.

These villages had no walls to protect them, making them very suitable for attacks by the cavalry from the left and right camps.

Yang Mingzhen and Yang Chengze divided their troops into four groups and came in a mighty killing spree. Wherever they passed, there were floating corpses all over the ground.

Not only did they kill, but they also looted all kinds of supplies.

Of course, they don't want gold, silver or other valuables. They just want necessities such as food, salt, dried meat, furs, etc.

The military discipline in the Chongshan Town Flag Camp is strict. They take whatever they are ordered to take. No one would covet money or property. Moreover, the soldiers know very well that carrying gold, silver and other valuables at this time would only be a burden.

Boom~~
Yang Mingzhen and Yang Chengze brought several thousand cavalrymen to the city of Bayandelehei and looked at the huge city in front of them from a distance of two or three miles.

"A city like this cannot be conquered in a short time!" Yang Mingzhen observed the city with a telescope and said helplessly.

Yang Chengze grinned and said, "No need to attack, they are already scared!"

On the city wall, the soldiers and young men of the Kerait tribe were in chaos. The four elders also walked to the top of the city wall and looked at Yang Mingzhen, Yang Chengze and others.

Yang Mingzhen also noticed them, "There are four old guys, I don't know how strong they are?"

They were afraid that there were masters in the city, and the four elders of the Kerait tribe were also afraid that there were innate warriors in the army outside the city.

Although an innate warrior cannot defeat ten thousand enemies alone, he can sometimes play a decisive role in a war.

Take the enemy general’s head amidst thousands of troops!

This kind of thing can be done by a natural warrior.

And once an innate warrior leads the troops to charge, the effect will be immeasurable.

Even in a battle involving thousands of people, innate warriors are enough to determine the outcome of the battle.

At this time, both parties had no clear understanding of each other, so neither side dared to act rashly.

While Yang Mingzhen and Yang Chengze were observing Bayandelehei City, the soldiers had already started to rest and eat.

They were covered in blood, their faces were covered in dust, their hair was messy, and there were large patches of blood on their clothes and armor, but they could still gnaw on the jerky with peace of mind.

The killing over the past twenty days has turned these soldiers into devils from hell.

For them, killing is as easy as eating and drinking.

If they were the elite among the elite before, now they are the elite who have gone through thousands of trials and tribulations in blood and fire.

Although the soldiers of the Zhenbiao Camp were powerful in the past, most of them had only experienced three or two wars, but now they are truly elite soldiers who have fought in many battles.

After filling their stomachs, many soldiers lay down on the ground and fell asleep, without paying any attention to the city right in front of them.

Of course, the necessary sentinels were still there, and their scouts were roaming around within a dozen miles.

The city of Bayandelehe was still on high alert when suddenly a melodious horn sounded from the west.

The horns sounded one after another, and the soldiers who were still sleeping were suddenly awakened. They jumped up almost like a conditioned reflex, found their horses and rode on them.

In the blink of an eye, the scattered scene became filled with murderous aura.

Yang Mingzhen and Yang Chengze looked at each other and said, "Blow the horn and gather the troops!"

woohoo~~
The sound of the horn became heavier, and the soldiers who were resting in the distance gathered here one after another.

Without saying much, the two of them ran straight to the west.

As they galloped, more and more cavalry gathered behind them. In a moment, the cavalry that had been scattered in different places had gathered together.

More than 10,000 cavalrymen seemed a little chaotic, with no formation to speak of, but in fact, if one looked closely, one would find that every ten cavalrymen gathered together, and then fifty cavalrymen formed a cone formation, and the two cone formations supported each other.

On the flat ground, they formed a long line, with many light cavalry teams patrolling on both sides.

"It's a large group of cavalry! It looks like there are no less than 3,000 of them!"

Yang Mingzhen was riding his horse at full speed while observing the front with a telescope.

"Destroy them?" Yang Chengze asked.

"Yeah!" Yang Mingzhen agreed without thinking.

After saying this, he raised his hands and waved them to both sides. The flag bearers behind him immediately understood and raised their flags and waved them to both sides.

Boom~~
The tens of thousands of cavalrymen who had originally gathered together immediately split into two teams and surrounded the two sides.

On the city wall, the four elders of the Kerait tribe looked extremely solemn.

"It's the mine guards!"

"Damn it, why did Toli bring his troops here at this time?"

"Maybe they received news of an enemy attack and wanted to come and support us!"

"We need their support?"

"Forget it, now is not the time to argue. Lead the troops to attack immediately, otherwise Tuoli will be dead!"

The four elders didn't bother to argue, and immediately jumped off the city wall and summoned the cavalry in the city to go out and fight.

But they were just thinking about defending the city, and the soldiers in the city had all run to the city wall. Now they had to rashly summon the soldiers to go out of the city to fight. For a moment, the soldiers could only run down the city wall in a panic and mount their horses.

Before they could open the city gate, the battle outside the city had already begun.

Toli is Eryao's eldest son, and he is also the heir to the leader of the Kerait tribe. As the heir to the leader of the Kerait tribe, Toli has always been in charge of the white jade mines of the Kerait tribe.

That piece of white jade mine is the most important wealth of their Kerait tribe. For hundreds of years, the white jade mine has provided the Kerait tribe with countless gold, silver and money.

Just now, Toli was outside the white jade mine, looking at the white jade ore that had just been mined with joy. It was a piece of snow-white jade, weighing more than 100 kilograms. It was the best quality and heaviest ore mined from the white jade mine in recent decades.

This piece of ore alone could be sold for tens of thousands of taels of silver, and Tuoli was so happy that he almost jumped up.

But before his joy wore off, he received news that enemy troops were approaching the city of Bayandelehei, and also received news that many tribes had been massacred.

In a hurry, he led the soldiers guarding the jade mine to rush to the rescue without any hesitation.

But he didn't expect that he would encounter the enemy head-on before he arrived in Bayandelehe.

Seeing that the enemy was about to surround them, Toli did not hesitate and turned south with his cavalry.

Yang Chengze looked at the Hu cavalry who were about to flee southward, and did not change the direction of the attack, but rushed into the Hu cavalry.

With a swipe of the spear, he knocked down three Hu cavalrymen in an instant.

The cavalry behind him, some holding spears, some wielding long swords, kept slaughtering the Hu cavalry that collided with them.

The soldiers were silent, not even shouting, they only knew how to kill in silence.

Soon, the Hu cavalry that rushed over were defeated by them. About two-thirds of the 4,000 Hu cavalry were intercepted by them, and only about a thousand followed Tuoli to escape from their encirclement.

That's right, it's hunting.

On the other side, after Yang Mingzhen discovered that the enemy had fled southward, he did not pursue them, but instead made a circle and surrounded the soldiers of the right camp, then stood in front of the right camp, facing the direction of Bayandelehei City.

He and the soldiers of the left camp did not participate in the battle. They were guarding against enemies in the direction of Bayandelehei City.

Yang Chengze only intercepted less than three thousand Hu cavalry, and there was no need for them to intervene in the battle at all.

The two did not communicate at all throughout the process, but they cooperated very well.

Yang Chengze did not seek complete success, but only wanted to intercept and kill some of the Hu cavalry. Yang Mingzhen did not seek to kill the enemy, but only to guard against the enemies in Bayandelehei City.

The entire battle lasted only a quarter of an hour, and two thousand Hu cavalry were slaughtered. The soldiers of the right camp even had time to dismount to treat their injured comrades and take away the bodies of their fallen comrades.

By the time the gate of Bayandelehei City was opened, the soldier beside Yang Chengze had already blew a short horn.

When the signal to retreat sounded, Yang Mingzhen led his soldiers to turn around and retreat without saying a word.

Boom~~
The sound of horse hooves resounded through heaven and earth like a dull thunder, but a moment later it was far away between heaven and earth, leaving only a dark figure and a cloud of dust.

The four elders of the Kerait tribe led the Hu cavalry to the battlefield. When they saw the corpses all over the ground, their faces were extremely gloomy.

They were all warriors of their Kerait tribe, and there was not a single enemy corpse.

What made them even more disheartened was that they couldn't even find a single piece of enemy weapon or armor.

It is understandable that in a battle, corpses could be taken away, but it is not so easy to take away even the scattered weapons.

When two armies fight and weapons collide, there will always be times when weapons fall out of hands. The ring-handled sword can still be tied to the wrist, but what about the spear?

When they looked up to the northwest again, even the blurry figure had disappeared.

Except for the horseshoe prints, nothing seemed to be left.

Come and go without a trace!

Tuoli came galloping over on his horse and asked with lingering fear: "Who are they?"

"Enemy from Darong!" said an elder.

Tuoli looked at the corpses all over the ground, his face filled with fear.

Fortunately, he ran fast just now!

Fortunately, the other party did not intend to kill them all!

Otherwise, he would have lost his life here today.

In fact, Yang Mingzhen and Yang Chengze were also afraid that the Kerait tribe would chase them relentlessly, especially since they were really exhausted now.

Fortunately, the Kerait tribe was afraid of their strength and had no intention of pursuing them, which gave them the opportunity to leave calmly.

However, Yang Mingzhen and Yang Chengze did not run far. They only ran for an hour, about forty miles, and had to stop to rest.

After days of raiding and killing, the soldiers were mentally exhausted. Even though their nerves were strong now, they could not withstand such torture.

(End of this chapter)