The Youzhou cavalry were standing far away. This was a suitable distance for a charge. Ten good cavalry could disperse a hundred infantrymen. Would a hundred well-equipped cavalry have any chance of winning if they charged against them?
The cavalry on the opposite side were strong and majestic, like a black city wall. They were wrapped in black armor and only a pair of eyes were exposed. The large machetes reflected the cold light. The hooves of the war horses were wrapped in more and thicker armor than theirs. Soft cloth.
The old leader looked at his men. They had no armor to protect themselves. Their machetes were not wanted by the Central Plains people. They were thin and weak... They were already afraid.
"Father, father, what should I do?" Maowen's teeth were chattering. He couldn't beat him. This was a fatal situation. What should he do?
As long as those heavy cavalry charge, they will immediately turn into mud!
The huge pressure made the old leader breathless. Seeing the leading man slowly raising his hand and about to give the order to charge, the old leader could no longer bear the psychological pressure and rolled off his horse. He tore open his inner clothes with shaking hands and shook desperately. The white cloth in his hand shouted loudly in unskilled Zhongyuan dialect.
"Surrender! We surrender!"
Then the wind blew the bamboo toppling, and countless Pugu people knelt on the ground tremblingly. Women and children hugged each other and knelt on the ground, all shivering like leaves falling in the wind.
"Father, they surrendered." Tuoba Agu looked at his foster father.
"Rest where you are and wait for the troops behind to catch up." Zhou Xu took off his helmet and glanced at the Pugu people in front, his voice calm.
"Wei!" Tuoba Agu responded, and then led the Tuoba cavalry and Tiele people scattered behind Pugu to arrange for the captured Pugu.
More than 500 people were enclosed in a certain area and were not allowed to move around. They were guarded by special personnel and all their weapons were confiscated. The hands of the young and strong men were tied behind their backs with ropes. Tuoba Amu asked the Tiele people to set up a high-rise He used his bow as a deterrent. When he saw someone trying to escape, he immediately shot an arrow, causing the Pugu crowd to panic slightly.
When no one moved, he put down his bow and arrow.
Then he walked to Pugu Scout, regardless of his fear, took out a water bag and put it on his shoulder. A small black scorpion crawled out. After a while, the Pugu Scout was hidden in a mess. A small scorpion also crawled out of the braid of grass.
Only then did Scout Pugu realize that there was such a small thing hidden in his hair. At this moment, he knew that he had been targeted for a long time. Those people followed them and found their tribe's temporary residence, and he and another The brothers didn't notice anything.
The two scorpions entered the water bladder together.
Tuoba Amu was going to wait for Zheng Yuxin to return it to her. He shook the water bag. This kind of love scorpion is very strange. There is one male and one female. They are very sensitive to smell. As long as one of them leaves his side, the other one will search frantically. .
The Pugu scouts were very smart. If it hadn't been for the help of this little scorpion, it would have taken a lot of effort to find them.
Tuoba Agu made an inspection tour and saw that they were all walking to a hillside to rest. The Gulunwu Ancient Tribe had more branches than these Pugu branches, a small and medium-sized tribe with more than a thousand people, so There were many people who resisted, and half of them were killed to make them calm down.
Tuoba Agu took a sip of wine and then gave the wine bag to his younger brother.
Tuoba Amu shook his head: "You can't drink during a war."
Tuoba Agu laughed, and took a sip to see how serious he was. He took another sip, twisted the blood on his cuffs, and suddenly said, "Don't think about it if it's not yours."
Tuoba Amu was stunned for a moment and looked at his brother.
"People must recognize their own identity." Tuoba Agu patted Tuoba Amu on the shoulder: "The mistress's daughter is not something you can imagine."
Tuoba Amu's newly red face gradually turned pale. He lowered his head and said nothing. He only clenched his fists tightly and pursed his lips tightly.
After his brother left, Tuoba Amu looked up at the moon in the sky. Why couldn't he think about it? He had to think about it! He will work hard to kill the enemy and make achievements, no worse than anyone else.
Zhou Xu took a bath by the river to wash away the smell of blood. After putting on his clothes, he touched his stubble and remembered that he had given the dagger to his wife, and he became happy again.
When the moon was at its zenith, the lady's carriage arrived belatedly.
It took a while for the large army to rest, but this time Pugu's loot was enough for them to eat for a few days. Zhou Xu looked at the half-dead ancients of Gulunwu who were hanging behind the team and asked them to separate from the Pugu prisoners. Waiting for the torture to begin tomorrow.
After everything was done, Zhou Xu entered his main tent and found that his wife was not there.
He stepped back.
"Where's Madam?" Zhou Xu frowned.
The monk in white clasped his hands and said, "The mistress is with Li Fan."
Zhou Xu walked towards the back, and after a while he saw his wife, and Xiao Luolan also saw Sect Leader Zhou.
"It's cold at night, madam, why don't you wear more clothes?" Zhou Xu saw that madam was only wearing a cloak and took her hand over.
"I'm not very cold." Xiao Luolan had just returned from Li Fan. She glanced at the captives far away and looked dazed for a moment. People who have never seen ancient wars cannot imagine the cruelty of ancient wars.
"You said it wasn't cold, but my hands were cold." Zhou Xu held his wife in his arms, a little apologetic in his heart. After all, marching and fighting are not sightseeing, and the conditions outside are definitely not as good as those at home. It was really hard for his wife to follow him.
"Have you eaten?"
"Already used."
"I heard Li Fan say that you have no appetite recently?" Zhou Xu touched his wife's belly with his hand: "You also vomited at noon yesterday."
Xiao Luolan thought of what she saw yesterday and suppressed the physiological reaction in her heart: "I just have no appetite." Yesterday at noon, Zhou Zongzhu's soldiers killed many people who resisted. Xiao Luolan knew that this is what war is like, either you die or me. He was alive, but he still felt a little uncomfortable after seeing him suddenly.
Zhou Xu touched his wife's belly.
Xiao Luolan guessed what he was thinking and felt uneasy. She pushed him away gently to let him calm down.
After washing, Xiao Luolan lay on the couch. The candles in the tent were extinguished and it was dark except for the voice of Sect Leader Zhou.
She could feel that Sect Leader Zhou was very excited. The excitement he felt after seeing blood and killing someone made him feel more like a beast than a human being in the darkness.
Xiao Luolan clutched the blanket under her body.
The man in the dark paused for a moment and felt the madam's hot flushed cheeks and the wet marks at the end of her eyes.
Zhou Xu hugged his wife and really wanted to rub her into his own bones and blood.
The tent door curtain was blown up by the wind, revealing a small gap. The faint moonlight just shone on the lady's face, making it difficult for people to associate the lady with dignity and grace in the daytime.
The lady who was always holy outside only showed this expression to him.
Xiao Luolan was almost out of breath. She noticed the moonlight shining through the door curtain and couldn't help but become nervous.
Zhou Xu snorted, stroking her damp long hair with his big palms. The excitement before the battle made him unable to restrain himself, and coaxed in a low voice: "Be good, be good, don't move, madam."
The woman's red toes were exposed from the thin quilt at the end of the bed, curled up tightly, and the snow-white arches were bent to the extreme.
Zhou Xu kissed the poor and lovely lady who was frightened by him, reassured her and whispered: "You won't get pregnant. I drank the cold medicine." He had asked Li Fan to prepare it before.
Xiao Luolan couldn't tell whether the tears or sweat on her face were. When she heard Clan Master Zhou's words, she was frightened and her heart fell heavily. She grabbed Clan Master Zhou's hand and bit her hard.
Zhou Xu hissed.
Madam, she really bites.
Chapter 68
A large oil lamp illuminated the tent dimly. As the tent of an army commander, it was not luxurious. The space was not as big as the carriage he was sitting in. It only had a small bed and a table. There are several military books, a map, and a pot of tea on it. There is a bronze mirror on the edge of the tent. Next to the bronze mirror is a copper basin filled with warm water. There is a handkerchief inside and two boxes and cages for clothes. There are two wooden shelves at the head of the bed, one hanging armor, the other hanging various weapons, including knives, swords and Xiao Luolan's familiar golden black whip. There is an animal skin blanket under the bed, and the blankets are all There was a hole, and Xiao Luolan didn't know how long the blanket had been used.
Could it be that he took it with him as soon as he went on an expedition?
Xiao Luolan was lost in thought for a while, and suddenly felt a kiss on her face.
Zhou Xu smiled and said: "Why are you in a daze? Don't you want to bandage my wound?"
"Don't move." Xiao Luolan looked down at the injury on the back of Zongzhu Zhou's left hand. A faint tooth mark was not very obvious on the bronze skin, but because she bit hard, the slight tooth mark could be seen. Red, she poured a little powdered medicine on the tooth mark, and then wrapped a circle with gauze.
"This is the bandaging technique that Madam has learned from Li Fan in recent days?" Zhou Xu changed his hands, and Madam even wrapped the bandage a few times in the end. I don't know if beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but he always felt that this bandaging technique was impressive. ,very good!
"I also learned some other things from Dr. Li." Xiao Luolan arranged the gauze medicine bottle and placed it at the head of the bed. After she finished biting it, she heard the hissing sound of Sect Master Zhou, and for a moment she couldn't tell whether he was Whether it was real pain or fake pain, after thinking about it, I let him get up and bandaged him.
Zhou Xu sat next to Madam and looked at her with a smile: "Isn't Madam afraid of observing Li Fan's wounds every day?"
Xiao Luolan thought of the bloody wounds he saw, paused and said: "I'm not very scared." Probably he has seen a lot of them, as long as they are not too brutal and inhumane wounds, like ordinary small injuries, such as being hit by an arrow in the arm or being scratched by a knife. It was broken, and she could face it head on now.
"After that, if I get injured, I'll ask Madam to bandage it." Zhou Xu saw that Madam's cheeks were still flushed. She was only wearing obscene clothes and her own black crane cloak. Her hair was like clouds hanging down, and she exuded a special fragrance. , Zhou Xu couldn't help but feel happy, his flowers bloomed into a more mature beauty through his irrigation.
I don’t know how the lady grew up, but she suited his heart in every way, as if she had grown on the apex of his heart.
"Better say goodbye." Xiao Luolan shook her head immediately after hearing this suggestion: "It would be better for you to find Dr. Li or the military doctor in the team." She knew her skills well, how could she compare with the skilled military doctors, she followed The main purpose of studying with Dr. Li was to find something to do for herself. Secondly, when a large-scale war broke out, if there were not enough military doctors, she thought that she could also help in a small way instead of just watching.
When she lay down again, Xiao Luolan couldn't sleep. Clan Master Zhou held her in his arms and stroked her hair. After such a long time, she got used to Clan Master Zhou's sleeping habit. What a terrible thing.
Outside the tent, the autumn wind blew, making the tent very quiet. After an unknown amount of time, she gradually closed her eyes and curled up to sleep next to Sect Leader Zhou.
With her consciousness ups and downs, Xiao Luolan felt as if she was dreaming, and it seemed as if it was either a dream or real. The life she lived every day was like that, how could it be fake.
She stood next to the road, with high-rise buildings next to her and the industrial park in the distance. There were many office workers in the morning. Buses, cars, and electric vehicles were flowing continuously on the road. The green lights were flashing. Pedestrians hurriedly walked past her, including students. , there are white-collar workers, old people and children.
Xiao Luolan looked at them and walked with them, feeling a contented and stable happiness in her heart. She followed the flow of people into the supermarket to buy groceries. Today was the weekend and her daughter would be home in the afternoon.
And she was going home. High school students had a hard time studying. She wanted to buy some ribs to make corn ribs and yam soup for her daughter to drink, some pork belly to make braised pork, a fresh fish, and some potatoes to make a sour sauce. Spicy potato shreds. When returning home, Xiao Luolan washed the ribs and found that the blood could not be washed away, but became thicker and thicker. Xiao Luolan looked at the blood foam and was a little scared and wanted to pour it away. The water splashed on her body, and her body was covered with blood...
"Madam, madam?" A strange yet familiar man's voice rang in her ears. Xiao Luolan suddenly woke up from her dream, gasping for air, with cold sweat on her forehead. She looked at the brocade quilt that was placed on her body. Looking at the man beside him, he was stunned and couldn't come to his senses.
It turned out to be just a dream.
Zhou Xu stared at his wife for a long time before saying, "But you had a nightmare?"
Xiao Luolan was still immersed in the dream, and it took a while before she responded: "It seems so."
"Tell me what you dreamed about." Zhou Xu stroked Madam's face, and then raised her chin: "Why did you see me?" He paused, then looked at Madam with a smile: "Madam is very disappointed. What does it look like?”
Zhou Xu's rough palm rubbed the lady's snow-white chin. The hand that held the sword all year round was very strong. Even though he had deliberately restrained it, after a while, the beauty's snow-white chin still turned light red.
Xiao Luolan's breath stopped when she looked at Sect Master Zhou: "It's just a nightmare." She gently pushed Sect Master Zhou's hand away without pushing it away.
"I want to know what the dream is." Zhou Xu hugged his wife and let her lie on his body. He gently stroked her back with one hand and held her waist with the other.
Seeing that Sect Leader Zhou was determined to get to the bottom of the matter, Xiao Luolan said, "I dreamed that I was covered in blood."
Zhou Xu stroked his wife's back for a moment: "Are you scared?"
Xiao Luolan was worried that she wouldn't be able to answer if he asked again, so she gave a vague hum.
"I won't go to Li Fan's place tomorrow." Zhou Xu said.
Xiao Luolan hesitated for a moment and then shook her head: "No." She put her hand on Zongzhu Zhou's chest and let herself look at him: "I have to go tomorrow."
Xiao Luolan didn't want her thoughts to be interrupted or stopped by Sect Master Zhou. She knew nothing about ancient warfare. Should she have to do nothing every day? Xiao Luolan didn't like this. Since she was learning treatment methods on the battlefield from Dr. Li, she should study hard. She didn't want to give up halfway.
Seeing the madam's insistence, Zhou Xu took a step back: "The madam wants to drink a bowl of soothing drink before going to bed tomorrow night."
Xiao Luolan thought of the bitterness of the medicinal drink and finally nodded: "Okay."
"Go to bed, it's getting late."
After Zhou Xu blew out the oil lamp and went to bed, he hugged his wife in his arms again, his narrow eyes slightly lowered. He didn't like the extremely disappointed look in his eyes when his wife woke up from a dream just now... he didn't like it.
Sometimes, Zhou Xu also thought, if it was a peaceful and prosperous age, and a lady like Madam was knowledgeable, courteous, graceful and beautiful, she would look like a noble lady from a noble family, would he be able to get her?
Counting more than two hundred years ago, those high-ranking families would not even look down on the emperor's in-laws, let alone a lowly mud-leg like him who came from a powerful background.
Zhou Xu laughed twice.
