Chapter 182: All the way to the north (2)
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Yang Yi and his men rushed north from the collapsed gap of the Great Wall, rushing twenty miles, crossed a mountain ridge, and a small river in front meandered eastward. The grass beside the river was green, and hundreds of white tents were dotted on the grassland, just like a group of mushrooms growing on the grassland.
On the surrounding hillside, there were so many horses, cattle and sheep, raising their heads, looking like white clouds from afar. The Dangxiang people didn't care when they first heard the sound of horse hooves. When they saw clearly that it was the Song army, they were so shocked that they ran around and shouted. The men grazing on the hillside ran towards the tent. The old, weak, women and children in the tent cried and wanted to escape in the distance. The calm river bend was suddenly in chaos.
"kill!"
Yang Yi shouted loudly and rushed down the mountain ridge first. Two hundred people behind him came out with swords and guns, their hooves sounded like thunder, their ponytails flew up, and arrows shot towards the tent by the river. Dozens of men with party neck pulled out their waists and slapped their horses to welcome them, trying to stop the Song army and win some time for escape for the old and weak. The Song army threw past him and immediately turned into corpses on the ground.
The war horses flew past, the tents trembled, and the women and children who were unable to escape were holding the children, knelt on the ground and cried and begged for mercy. The men around him rushed back one by one, and they would not be polite to these strong men and Song soldiers. They had long swords like training, and they flew vigorous arrows and killed them wantonly.
The entire river bend was covered with a strong smell of blood, and finally only the elderly, weak, women and children were left, Yang Yi ordered to stop.
"Brothers, search for food immediately and bring more water bags. Li Yizhong, you can bring people to gather the horses immediately, the more the better!"
"Here!"
With Yang Yi's order, everyone acted quickly. Hundreds of horses were driven over, and the food in the tent was searched out, packed, and tied to the horse's back!
Xie Dongsheng licked the blood on his mouth. His eyes looked at the old, weak, women and children like a wolf and said, "Sir, what should we do with these people!"
Yang Yi didn't know what he wanted to do. When the Xia army invaded the Song realm, they did everything evil and the old and the weak were massacred together. Now they have the opportunity to take revenge, and they don't even want to let go of these old, weak, women and children.
"Save it!"
"grown ups!"
"These people are unable to work, but they have to open their mouths to eat. The more they keep, the better. Let Queen Mother Liang have a headache."
"Here!"
Princess Kang let out a sigh of relief. She looked pitiful at these old, weak, women and children, and was really worried that Yang Yi would order them to be killed together. She turned her head and said to Yang Yi: "Yang Yi, you finally have some humanity."
Yang Yi replied lightly: "Ci is not in charge of the army. If it is beneficial to us to kill these old, weak, women and children, or to our Song Dynasty, I will order the massacre without hesitation."
"You!" Princess Kang was so angry.
"Now you understand. I'm not as good as you think."
"Who imagines you, hum! You are a rogue, a demon!"
"That's right!"
After the food and horses were collected, Yang Yi ordered all the tents to be lit. For a moment, the flames were blazing and the black smoke was rolling. The remaining old, weak, women and children watched the Song Junfeng go away.
Hongzhou.
A fast horse rushed straight into the west gate, and the people on the street were caught and were knocked away. The messenger immediately shouted to give way, and the horse speed did not decrease at all. After getting off the horse's horse, he went straight to the guard general He Langluo's signing room.
"Reported, General He Langluo, two hundred men of the Song army have gone north. According to small investigations, the one who led the troops to rob the princess of the Southern Dynasty was Yang Yi, the governor of Huanzhou. Lord, the Yiman tribe who attacked an hour ago. If he continues to go north at this moment, he should have reached the Liuboling area."
"What? Yang Yi?" He Langluo was very surprised. He didn't expect that Yang Yi would dare to go deep into the Xia realm with two hundred people.
"Return to the general, absolutely right. People from the Yi Barbarians once heard them talking. The Princess Kang of the Southern Dynasty once called out Yang Yi's name."
"Okay! Yang Yi, if you don't go in heaven, if you don't have a way, if you don't have a way, you'll come here." He Langluo's spirit suddenly rose. Yang Yi defeated the Liao army and defeated his sister, killing a large area of Xia realm north of Huanzhou into white land. Now the entire Xixia has listed him as a more difficult person than Zhang Yue.
Now it is not only Princess Kang, but also attracted Yang Yi, but also brought only two hundred people, and he also fell deeper and deeper north. God is really helping me!
He Langluo kept rushing north with a thousand men and horses, and at the same time sent a letter to all parties to encircle and suppress the north with all their might.
The Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Hengshan line, and even Xiazhou and Lingzhou all issued edicts. Yang Yi and a princess were two big fish, and they were within their reach. The Xia army of various routes had at least tens of thousands of people, and they all roared northward to join the ranks of the roundup.
After defeating the Yi barbarians, Yang Yi led his men all the way north, and in the meantime, he defeated two small tribes and won a total of thousands of high-quality war horses. The Dangxiang horses produced in the Hetao area were better than those of Liaodong horses. This is why the Xixia could form tens of thousands of iron kites in a small area. If good horses were not produced in large quantities, such a heavy cavalry legion would not have been built.
Now each of Yang Yi and the others have at least three war horses to ride in turn, and there is no need to say much about the speed of the journey. It only made Princess Kang, the beautiful girl of heaven, have been held in her hands for 16 years and raised. She can't ride a horse. She has to take her with her all the way. The dark clouds and snow run smoothly, which is better. When it comes to ordinary war horses, she is so bumpy that she is sore and tears flow from time to time.
Yang Yi had no other way than to comfort him. It was impossible to sit in the carriage. Now it was time to escape. There were countless Xia troops around him surrounding him. Only by relying on fast maneuvers could they win a glimmer of hope.
On the speeding horse, Ma Hanqing followed and said, "Sir, there should be Liuboling in front. Youzhou is fifty miles east, Baichi City is less than a hundred miles west, and Zuocunyi is thirty miles north, and Zuocunyi is all plains. The distance is very unfavorable for us to hide our whereabouts. There is only Hanchuan Weier Mountain, about a hundred miles northeast, with the undulating mountains, which is more beneficial to us. However, Hanchuan Weier Mountain is a barrier to the northwest of Xiazhou. If we go in this direction, we are very likely to encounter a large Xia army."
Li Yizhong interrogated: "Sir, although the plains are not easy to hide, they are beneficial to our mobility. If we enter the mountainous areas, we will be easily be besieged. Now we are deeply trapped in the hinterland of Xixia. Once we are surrounded, there will be no reinforcements outside, and there will be only a dead end."
"But don't forget. The Xia army is also full of cavalry, and its maneuverage power may not be inferior to us. If we cannot hide on the plains, we will be consumed by the Xia army sooner or later."
Yang Yi shouted decisively: "You don't have to fight anymore, go north, kill Zuocunyi, and go north!"
"But sir, after passing Zuocun Post and heading north, there will be a vast desert!"
"Do we have any choice?"
"This...at least you can fight with Dangxiang people!"
"We have more than 100 people, and we haven't had a day or night. What are you going to fight with others? Let's go north!"
Wow!
At this moment, a whimpering sound of horns came from the east. Soon, a team of several people, or a team of dozens of people, Xixia scouts continued to appear around. Seeing that Song soldiers were few, the scoundrels rushed to the periphery and shot arrows, and the large groups rushed directly to the military formation, screaming one by one. They all regarded Yang Yi and the others as a sumptuous meal.
It was really a tiger that fell into the sun and was bullied by a dog, and several bald men dared to tease him. This made Li Yizhong and the others angry. Fortunately, Yang Yi had not lost his mind yet, and these scouts dared to do this. This also shows that the large Xia army is not far from here, so these scouts want to hold themselves back.
"No need to fight! Bounce over! Bounce over!"
On the grassland, war horses galloped and shouted and killed. The Song army formed a tight formation and plowed through the middle of dozens of Xia army scouts. The soldiers inside diffused with bows and arrows to prevent the scouts on the periphery from approaching. The two sides entangled, intertwined, chased, and rushed northward, with dust and smoke falling and yellow sand stained with blood.
Puff! Xie Dongsheng waved his big sword and chopped a Xia army's head and flew out. A blood arrow spurted out from the headless corpse, like a red fountain.
"Sir, this won't work. I will lead a team of people to break the back. Sir, take the people away first."
"Accurate, but don't be in love with each other. Come and meet us as soon as possible!"
"After the order! Zhao Qi, come with me!"
Xie Dongsheng took fifty men and horses to move towards the chasing Xia army, slashing and killing. Ten miles eastward, the sound of whimpering horns became increasingly dense, and the situation was extremely dangerous!
"To the north! To the north! To the north! To rush!" Yang Yi roared wildly, whipping the war horses constantly, leading the remaining more than 100 people and hundreds of empty horses to the north. The 300 Xia army in Zuocunyi also waved their swords and guns and came up from the north!
kill!
In order to gain time, Yang Yi led his army to rush straight away without any tricks, and collided with the three hundred Xiamen. Cang! Yang Yi held a big knife and set up a spear that pierced straight. The big knife swung and pressed it, and then slashed out horizontally. A head flew up with the cold sword light. Ma Hanqing next to him swept out fiercely with the horse spear in his hand, smashing the head of the Xia army on the left. The Xia army rolled to the ground, and the iron hooves as big as a bowl immediately stepped on, and his brain splashed.
The brave ones win when they meet on a narrow road. Now everyone knows that they can rush over. Perhaps there is still a way out. If they can't rush over, there is only a dead end. Li Yizhong and the others are all gritting their teeth and slashing desperately. They use their swords as if they are white, and they fly with blood.
Yang Yi had already rushed to the front, and the powerful impact ability of the dark clouds and snow was fully reflected at this time. Its long roar was as fast as lightning. Its extremely fast running made its long mane fly straight backwards. The Xia army facing him often could not stop it. Yang Yi's big sword had dragged past their bodies, and only blood arrows were shot behind him.
Rush over! Rush over!
Yang Yi and others had only one idea, even if they were paving the way with flesh and blood, they would rush over! The three hundred Xia soldiers were split by this indomitable aura and walked to both sides!
Who can stop the sword from the way!
Yang Yi rushed past with the people behind him and continued to rush north like a torrent. The Xia army wanted to chase him again. Yang Yi ordered the thunder melon he brought with him and threw it off the horse. After the Xia army that was catching up was bombed in a mess and did not dare to chase him again.
At this time, Xie Dongsheng chased after three miles to the left, almost running parallel to Yang Yi and the others. The fifty men and women brought with him were less than thirty, which shows how desperate they fought against the Xia army scouts.
Go north! Go north!
When Xie Dongsheng and the others finally met, there was a vast yellow sand in front of them. Yang Yi led his army in without hesitation. It seemed like a sandstorm was raised in the desert, and the yellow dust rolled and the sky surged... (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!