Chapter 28 - hell
To the astonishment of the No. 20 cavalry, looking at them, they saw a torch lit on the opposite side.
Cheng Huaiqian saw the fire here from a distance. He thought it was their cheap subordinates, but when he got close to the fire, it was gone. He didn’t dare to continue approaching rashly. He was afraid that the horses would trample the cavalry, so he simply slowed down. Let Xia Ruize light a torch to show their location.
After an hour of running wildly, these frightened war horses finally vented their panic in a lot of movement. At this time, they calmed down a lot, and they slowed down along with the leading horse. Therefore, the two teams of 20 cavalrymen just watched helplessly. Slowly approaching them with a bunch of torches.
The firelight reflected the faces of their two new officers, as well as the dark horses behind them.
cavalry:? ? ?
cavalry:! !
The group of cavalrymen rubbed their eyes vigorously, until Cheng Huaiqian and Xia Ruize reined in their horses and dismounted in front of them, they still maintained their silly movements and dumbfounded expressions, as if they had seen a ghost.
“Go, count how many horses there are in total. Send two people back to Bianlu City to walk all night, and ask for reinforcements with the Colonel. Don’t disturb our rest.”
After issuing four orders in a row, Cheng Huaiqian didn’t pay attention to what these cheap subordinates were thinking, and directly dragged Xia Ruize into one of the tents.
“Four more hours of sleep, let’s go get it in the morning.”
Patting Xia Ruize soothingly, Cheng Huaiqian put his head on Xia Ruize’s shoulder, and soon fell into a deep sleep. He was a little addicted to the feeling of falling asleep with a pillow on it. Not having insomnia is really a happy thing.
Xia Ruize adjusted his posture and quickly fell asleep. He had been following Cheng Huaiqian for the past two days and had become accustomed to this rhythm of sleeping whenever he got the chance, and ready to fight with energy at all times.
When the two fell asleep, the twenty cavalrymen outside were still looking at each other, surprised that they didn’t know what to do.
Someone wanted to say something, and was immediately slapped by his teammates and made a few gestures, so everyone had to walk away from the tent and then discuss with each other in a low voice:
“Are our two officers really human? They ran all night, and they took the war horses from the barbarian camp to a pot?”
“I told you before not to underestimate our officers, I have inquired with that Bianlucheng man, these two officers are fierce men who have personally killed hundreds of barbarians.
I also heard from the logistics soldiers that at least 300 barbarians were killed outside the main mansion of Bianlu City and the city gate in the north of the city. Not to mention the restaurant that burned the city’s ashes, tsk tsk, our chief is the one who really stepped on the blood of the barbarians. “
“My God, we dared to question the commander’s order before. I have personally experienced what it means to “don’t know what to do”. What should I do now?”
“What else can I do? Follow the commander’s orders. First, count the war horses. Second, send them back to Bianlu City overnight. Third, don’t disturb the two officers!”
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The two teams of cavalry who reached an agreement tacitly led the war horses away from the camp, and then, under the reflection of the fire, divided the labor and cooperated. After counting for a long time, they finally counted the war horses who changed their nests in the middle of the night. There are a total of 190 Fifteen war horses!
Among them was a top-quality warhorse at the level of sweaty BMW, which was the one that Xia Ruize rode when he came back.
In the end, the cavalry left the two best horses, and the other 193 horses were all handed over to the two cavalry. The horses rushed back to Bianlu City.
Who knows if the barbarians will catch up and try to get back the war horses, they must go as far as they can before the barbarians catch up, and swear to send the horses back to Bianlu City!
The two cavalry soldiers who were in danger held up torches and led the warhorses on the road. Relying on the guidance of the compass star, they followed the barely visible road and drove the large group of warhorses back to their camp in the dark.
Although they woke up in the middle of the night and were asked to do this kind of errand, they were full of joy from body to mind.
They are cavalry, and warhorses are their most valued companions. The barbarian war horses are famous for their high quality, and nearly 200 barbarian high-end war horses were seized at once. This is a very amazing harvest!
They can all imagine that as the people who reported this news, they would be rewarded by the Colonel, not to mention the two officers who made such great achievements.
Now, the cavalry have no doubts or jealousy of the two new officers in their hearts. Some of them only admire them. They are able to get back so many war horses like white wolves with empty gloves. The two officers are really amazing!
The eighteen cavalrymen who stayed at the camp counted so many horses with their own hands. Their excitement could not calm down for a long time. They had a lively discussion in a place far away from the camp. In the end, two people were left to watch the night, and the others crowded in another tent to rest. .
Here, the small camp belonging to Daxia fell into silence, and the barbarian camp there fell into silence after tossing around in the middle of the night.
No way, I was woken up in the middle of the night, and was tossed again, and the barbarians couldn’t hold it anymore. After cleaning up the camp, I saw that there were no Daxia people coming back for a sneak attack. Tonight was expected to be Christmas Eve, so they went to sleep. went.
The barbarians who drank the milk tea that had been hot on the fire before going to bed slept especially sweetly.
“Beep beep… beep beep…”
At four in the morning, Cheng Huaiqian’s watch rang. He opened his eyes immediately, his eyes quickly turned from confused to awake, and sat up.
Xia Ruize moved his hands, rubbed his eyes, and sat up.
“Let’s go and give them another lesson before dawn.”
Cheng Huaiqian immediately entered a state of full energy after waking up, gearing up to do something.
Xia Ruize was almost there. He sat for a while before he woke up a bit. Silently looked at the eyes of his teammates shining in the dark, deeply sympathized with the tragic fate of the enemy targeted by his teammates.
The movement of the two was discovered by the cavalry at the night vigil, and secretly notified the teammates of the other tent. Therefore, when Cheng Huaiqian and Xia Ruize walked out of the tent, the remaining cavalry No. 18 had already stood behind the fire and waited for orders.
“Sir! We…”
Seeing Cheng Huaiqian coming out, the tall ten commander who insisted that he could not walk in the dark took the initiative to stand up and prepare to plead guilty. After all, the two officers proved with practical actions that they can not only walk in the middle of the night, but also make great achievements!
“Want to follow us?”
Unexpectedly, Cheng Huaiqian interrupted him directly and asked back.
The tall ten-in-law stayed for a while, and quickly replied, “Yes!”
“Pack up and get ready to go.”
Cheng Huaiqian calmly ordered.
The previous disobedience was over so lightly, and both teams of cavalry were very surprised. In their perception, which commander’s authority was provoked and it turned out that the commander was right and then he didn’t taunt his subordinates?
The two newly appointed officers did not take the opportunity to punish them.
The cavalry could feel that Cheng Huaiqian really didn’t care, he went to the side to clean up after he gave a good order, Xia Ruize was even more kind, and even smiled at the cavalry.
So the two teams of cavalry, with inexplicable feelings, swiftly packed up the camp, and then got on their horses and waited for the command of the two officers.
Cheng Huaiqian released his amber horse and led it out of the dark jungle. After getting on the horse, he extended his hand to Xia Ruize who was about to ride the best BMW he had stolen:
“Let’s ride together, the journey is still long, and you can sleep for a while.”
No matter how good the barbarian BMW is, it is still worse than the amber horse. Even if it carries two people, the amber horse runs faster than other war horses, does not delay the journey at all, is very stable and comfortable, and has a better riding experience.
Cheng Huaiqian has always been busy with his work, and he is used to continuous rotation and maintains the most abundant energy at all times, but he can see that Xia Ruize is not.
It may be that his head was not fully awake. Xia Ruize accepted Cheng Huaiqian’s invitation and was pulled in front of his teammates.
The night was still dark, even the night before dawn was especially dark, but with the leader in front, the cavalry chased after each other, bravely embarking on a night march that was forbidden to cavalry.
Cheng Huaiqian did not bring all the cavalry around the barbarian camp. On the contrary, when there was still some distance from the barbarian camp, he kept arranging the cavalry to stay in place and dig pits to create traps according to his requirements.
Eighteen cavalrymen, in groups of three, were assigned more than ten trap-making tasks by Cheng Huaiqian.
After arranging these cheap men, Cheng Huaiqian continued to take Xia Ruize to the barbarian camp on horseback. Approaching the barbarian camp, Cheng Huai swayed Xia Ruize, woke up his teammates who were a little dazed from sleep, and the two dismounted together.
Xia Ruize drank a few mouthfuls of mineral water that burst out of the treasure chest, feeling a lot of energy, and the two approached the barbarian camp quietly in the dark again.
While sleeping soundly in the middle of the night, the camp was attacked and suffered heavy losses. It was a great shame for the barbarians. They took stock of the losses, cleaned up the camp, and even discussed countermeasures. After a long night of work, the entire camp finally became quiet again.
The darkest time before dawn was also the time when the barbarians slept most soundly. They never imagined that the people of Daxia would dare to attack again.