The movement of the army was too loud, and there was no secrecy along the way, so Zhu Gaoxu sent an order along the roadside wall to strictly close the passes.
In fact, after the arrival of winter, the passes are no longer allowed to enter or leave except for scouts.
However, there are policies and countermeasures, and under Fang Xing's suggestion, Zhu Gaoxu's threat is very bloody. - Dare to release someone out of the customs privately, and the whole family will be killed!
Snowflakes floated in the air, and they melted when they landed on the ground.
"Accelerate!"
The cavalry of the brigade gradually accelerated against the snowflakes, and the baggage carts and artillery carriages behind also followed.
Zhu Gaoxu wiped his face and said, "We must raid Yili before the snow melts!"
” Traveling long distances, especially changing horses, can be an ordeal for most people. …… Spring returns to the earth, and Hami at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains is still covered with heavy snow.
The city of Hami was only an earthen city, which was breached during King Hariel's crusade, and the original King Zhongshun was nowhere to be found.
After the Ming Dynasty defeated King Harry, because of Zhu Di's sudden death, the successor Zhu Gaochi died before he could redeploy the Hami strategy.
Therefore, the current Hamiwei is a chaotic place, and all forces, large and small, have taken advantage of the vacuum period to start fighting for each other.
The woods were covered with a thick layer of snow, and the white snow covered the earth, and there were winding places in the middle that were steaming.
It is snowy, and traces of animal activity can be seen on it from time to time.
A horse's hoof trampled heavily on the snow, and the ground moistened by the snow water below rebounded slightly, and the young grass that was gathering strength to break through the soil was crushed.
Fang Wu glanced at the Tucheng in front of him, turned around and ordered, "Go and tell Your Highness, there is Hami City ahead." ” The scout quickly turned around and trudged through the snow with difficulty.
After walking back less than five miles, a long black line appeared in front of me.
The scout picked up speed, and the opposite side also ushered in two horses.
After the two sides converged, they went to the Chinese army.
All the way to the journey, the people and horses are exhausted.
When Zhu Gaoxu saw the scout, he asked impatiently, "But have you arrived in Hami City?"
How's that over there?
” "Your Highness, there is no defense in Hami City."
Zhu Gaoxu smiled cruelly: "Those horse thieves I met along the way are all behind, kill them!"
” …… The murderous Zhu Gaoxu saw Hami City, and also saw the panicked people on the city.
He glanced at it with a telescope and said dejectedly, "Enter the city!"
” Hami City, which has only two gates, is like an innocent girl, welcoming the army from the Ming Dynasty with open arms.
After entering the city gate and seeing more than a dozen people kneeling on the side, Fang Xing ordered: "Bring two heads to interrogate." ” The simplicity of the city was beyond everyone's expectations, Zhu Gaoxu looked at those earthen houses and scolded: "What a bullshit place!
Camp!
” The herdsmen cowered outside the mud huts, and the men with sabers knelt on the ground, not daring to lift their heads.
In the largest earthen house, Fang Xing frowned and looked at the mess in the room, and said, "Ask someone to find wood, and the tables and chairs must be built." ” The subordinates took the order, and someone had already hung the map on the wall, so Zhu Gaoxu walked over and looked at it carefully.
Two men were brought in, and they were on their knees shivering.
"What about the officials of the Ming Dynasty?"
Fang Xing asked, sitting on the broken chair.
Someone was building a fire, and the wood that hadn't dried out made a lot of smoke and was blown in by the wind.
The interpreter asked loudly, and one of the men looked up and said a bunch of things with a panicked expression.
"Uncle, the original two Ji Shan, when King Haret broke Hami, one of them died in battle, and the other evacuated."
"Where are the corpses of the dead in battle?
Where are the evacuees?
” The herdsmen in the city, plus the so-called warriors, were only about five hundred people, and the two so-called leaders had already been frightened.
Although I don't know Fang Xing's identity, he may lead more than 10,000 people, so at least he has to be an earl, right?
"Uncle, I can't find anyone who died in battle......"
"What's the rest of?"
At this time, Wang He came in, he glanced at the two of them, and said: "The one who evacuated is called Lin Chu, when the Harlie army pressed the border, he happened to be not in the city, so he was able to escape, but he didn't see him go back later......"
At this time, the interpreter said excitedly: "Uncle, they said that they saw Lin Chu outside the city last month, but the city didn't let them in at that time, so Lin Chu left with some Han people." ” Fang Xing Huo Ran got up and went out, shouting: "One thousand people, ten teams, take the locals and set off immediately to find Lin Chu!"
” As soon as the military order was given, a squad of cavalry was assembled.
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In the wind and snow, more than 1,000 cavalry divided into ten teams and began to eat dry food.
There was a dead silence in the city, only Fang Xing's roar echoed.
"It's a shame!
Go find it!
Find them!
Bring back their bones even if they are dead!
” The wind was blowing and the snowflakes were flying, and the cavalry rushed out of Hami City with a murderous spirit.
"It's a shame!"
Zhu Gaoxu came out and said disapprerovingly: "How can there be immortals in the war, you care too much." ” Fang Xing's face turned a little blue, and he said hatefully: "You actually didn't let you enter the city, do you think about how desperate Lin Chu should have been with those Ming people at that time?"
I now finally know why he didn't go back......"
Zhu Gaoxu is a fighting man, and the so-called death toll is probably just a number in his opinion.
Fang Xing shook his head, and said with a pale face: "This is the dereliction of duty of the Great Ming, the dereliction of duty of the emperor, and the dereliction of duty of my generation!"
Come!
” Watching Fang Xing rush out of Hami City with a team of cavalry and family members, Zhu Gaoxu said helplessly: "How can this person say that wind is fire...... …… In a clearing in the middle of the forest, wooden houses were one after another, and the smoke of the fire was gathering in the woods, but no one was visible outside.
He was dressed in a dirty, tattered leather jacket, his hair and beard were stuck together, and his face was blackened by firewood.
From time to time, the fire in front of him burst out and exploded because the wood was not dry, but Lin Chu's eyes didn't move.
There were no stools, no tables, only one pot in the room.
The door was pushed open, and some women entered, numbly setting the pot on the fire, and adding water.
The water boiled, and a piece of jerky was thrown in, followed by a few unrecognized, black things.
The soup gradually began to taste something, and a woman said, "My lord, there is no food." ” Lin Chu's eyes moved, and he said, "It's going to be okay, spring is coming, and those beasts can't help but come out to forage for food, telling them to prepare to hunt." ” "My lord, those people are very fierce, and when they see us hunting, they will rob us of bows and arrows and prey."
The eyes of several women were desperate, but they did not cry, most of them were numb.
For them, starving to death is a good ending, but they can't bear to have their children.
Lin Chu sniffed, glanced at the black paste in the pot, and said, "Don't be afraid, they don't dare to kill us." ” But he also knew in his heart that two or three years had passed, and Daming still hadn't sent anyone to Hami, and those people gradually stopped taking Daming seriously.
When greed overshadowed his worries, the group of Han people he brought with him would probably become slaves.
And the woman ......
He looked at the unkempt women and said, "Tell them to build weapons, wooden guns, by the way, and that ......
Javelins, get them all up, and you can save our food anyway. ” A woman suddenly pleaded: "My lord, the children in the family are all too thin to be human, let's go and fight, beat the gang away, and we will have something to eat." ” Another woman gritted her teeth and said, "How much food did they rob us?"
My lord, let's fight with them!
” "Yes, let's fight them!"
Lin Chu sighed and said: "Da Ming has defeated Harry, and there are now those people in Yili Commandery, and there are many horse thieves.
They were just afraid of angering Daming, which gave Hami a peace.
But fear is fear, once the Harlie people and Da Ming over there turn their faces, Hami can't keep it!
” Several of the women lowered their heads, tears dripping on the ground, and gradually choked up.
The road ahead is broken, and there is no hope of going back, what is this?
This is despair!