Chapter 113 The Wind Rises (10)
The black smoke soared into the sky, which looked particularly eye-catching against the clear afternoon sky background.
The villages around the Sanggan River Valley saw this smoke pillar and recognized it as the place where Xu Jialu was. Thinking of the Eagle-Railing soldiers of the Mayi Prefecture that passed like a wolf or a tiger on the road, the people in the villages were panic.
Everyone recognizes the old man Xu, a young man who was still and a man who settled many bandits and horse thieves for the Sanggan River Valley more than ten years ago, and built this Xujialu settlement from scratch. He relied on farming and business to support the livelihood of this village.
Although Mr. Xu had little contact with other villages, his reputation was gradually dissipated by more than ten years ago. However, the surrounding villages still respected him very much. Whenever there were fire and spring wine, they often had to invite him. However, most of them were politely rejected by Mr. Xu.
Many people have seen Mr. Xu's grandson. He is really a handsome young man, and his smile makes people feel like the spring breeze blowing on his face. Everyone has to praise him when they see him. In the future, they will take over the family duties of Xu Jialu. Many village heads with daughters in the family have put their ideas on this man, but they have rejected all the matters about marriage by Mr. Xu, and everyone has also slapped this thought.
In recent years, Mrs. Xu has become less and less healthy, and has less contact with the surrounding villages. Everyone is busy dealing with the increasingly worse world, worried and afraid of the increasingly fierce Turkic invasion of the south, and paying less and less attention to Xu Jialu.
But today, this village that has always been uncontested has ignited a raging fire and emitting black smoke!
On weekdays, people in the villages and villages in the Sanggan River Valley, which have always been watching and helping each other, have long since gone to put out fires and people.
But in front of him, a team of Mayi Eagle soldiers rushed straight to Xu Jialu fiercely. Who dared to act rashly? The prefect of Wang and his subordinates were cruel and ruthless, and the whole county was famous. Who dared to trap himself in?
I really don’t know why Mr. Xu offended these hawks and dogs under Mr. Wang. It’s such a pity for Mr. Le’s gentleman with beautiful eyes under the old man!
Seeing the fire, Shi Chaozhi also changed his face and waved his horse whip. The group of Yueqi camp Eagle soldiers who were still maintaining their horsepower drove their mounts one after another, leaving a soldier behind each fire with a pack mule to follow. The rest of the people let go of their horse speed and rushed towards the fireworks rising!
Chen Fengpo and more than a dozen local Yingyang soldiers were also driven away by Shi Chaozhi, desperately urging the horse to lead the way.
Xu Jialu arrived in an instant after letting go of horse speed.
Wherever you see, Xu Jialu, who was squatting not far from the river bank, is now completely wrapped in fireworks. The village walls, houses, and corner buildings are all ripped off. The black smoke churned and rolled into the sky. Not long after the autumn harvest ended, each family had enough dried millet poles. Once the fire was raised, the fire would be unable to be cleaned up in a blink of an eye!
The family that I started from scratch here for more than ten years and had worked hard to get together turned into ashes.
On the large open fields outside Xujialu village, there were footprints of people with hoof prints and ruts. More than a hundred people and dozens of animals in the village have all escaped.
Shi Chaozhi's face looked extremely ugly. Wang Rengong treated them very generously with soldiers who directly led the Fifth Battalion and was indulged in many places. However, once the entrusted task was not completed, the punishment was extremely heavy! As a member of the Wang family for generations, he understood very well!
He waved his hand fiercely immediately: "Check, where have they been!"
He had always been a member of the vanguards in the camp and went to check the situation.
Shi Chaozhi stared at Chen Fengpo with a grim smile: "My Mayi Yueqi came secretly, without stopping, and went straight to this place. But the news leaked. Tell me, who is the fault of it?"
Chen Fengpo and his group were swept by Yueqi Camp. Their mounts were not as good as those of Yueqi Camp. They were all ordinary horses. At this time, they were so tired that they were covered in sweat and foam. Once they stopped, they would dismount and take care of the mounts first.
Every family has horses in the border areas. In the sixth year of Daye, the emperor led an army of 400,000 to the two counties of Yanmen, Mayi, and conscripted tens of thousands of people, including horses, donkeys, and other animals. However, these horses are also the most precious property of each family. If they are tired, they will feel distressed to their core.
While taking care of the horses, when Chen Fengpo, who had got off the horse, raised his head, pondered for a while, bowed and bowed without being humble or arrogant.
"I suddenly responded to the rank of the general last night and kept accompanying the general. Today I was ordered to lead the way and asked myself that there was no difference. But along the way, the momentum was huge. How could Xu Jialu violate the prefect, so how could he escape without hearing the news? If the general ordered last night to let the subordinates of Beizhi come quietly and enter the village and tie up the Xu family, he should have met the general and reported it to him."
After saying that, Chen Fengpo put the blame on Shi Chaozhi. Who asked you to take more than 200 elite cavalry of Yueqi Camp to head straight to Xu Jialu with a tremendous momentum.
May you be so disturbed, but you are not allowed to escape by looking at the wind?
These words immediately choked Shi Chaozhi and stared at Chen Fengpo, wishing to swallow this guy in one gulp of water. But this time he came here for a temporary dispatch, and Wang Rengong did not give him the power to ward off the local officials. Chen Fengpo, a veteran who had been in Shenwu for many years, had a lot of things to do, and could not explain it to Wang Rengong.
Between hatred, several Vietnamese vanguards have come to repay them.
"The Lord, the people in Luzhong fled everywhere, and most of them went north, crossed the Sanggan River, and fled to the north by the mountains and forests. There were also Luminans fled everywhere, but the hoof prints were still fresh and they were not far away!"
Shi Chaozhi nodded and gritted his teeth and said, "Captain Ding dispersed and searched for the people who fled around the scattered Lu people. The other three teams followed me north and chased the brigade! The prefect has an order to take over his family, and no one left!"
Originally, Shi Chaozhi planned to capture the Xu family and wash the village. The people of Xu family, even if they are lucky enough to escape, they are too lazy to care. But now, Xu family dares to escape by looking for the wind and burn their family responsibilities. If they don’t kill all the people in this village, they will be unable to relieve their hatred!
More than 200 soldiers of the Yue Cavalry Camp were divided into four teams. After hearing the order, a team of Yue Cavalry Eagle Racing soldiers roared and scattered.
Shi Chaozhi waved his hand, and a group of Eagle-Roading soldiers rushed up, forcing Chen Fengpo and his group.
Chen Fengpo just smiled bitterly: "Isn't it okay for me to lead the way? Let's go north, let's go north!"
Chen Fengpo and others turned over the horse, and the three teams of Yueqi Eagle-Roaring soldiers followed closely, roaring northward.
Chen Fengpo looked north, and the hoof prints and cart prints headed north to the Sanggan River. On the late autumn, the river water had narrowed and smaller, and shoals were exposed everywhere, and could pass by everywhere.
In Sanggan Hebei, there are rolling hills and trees. After hundreds of years of war, the population in the north has decreased significantly, and the ecology has been greatly restored, with dense forests everywhere.
The sun above my head has already set its westward, reflecting the long shadows of these staggered trees, making people feel cold when they look at it.
Chen Fengpo just smiled bitterly in his heart. It would be fine if he just wanted to live through this chaotic world safely, but he also did things with conscience. Why did he suddenly fall into such a field?
Chapter completed!