General Hua Mulan was suffocated by the poisonous gas in the hot spring yesterday, so he couldn't move for the time being. Fortunately, the general was strong and perseverance.
The above is the explanation given by the military doctor and everyone in the Hu Ben army.
Since this hot spring valley is indeed filled with the pungent sulfur smell, and yesterday, there were many soldiers who soaked their heads too much, dizzy and fell into the water, and they woke up only by being dragged up, so although this reason is far-fetched, it is enough I've messed with so many people.
But for Chen Jie and Na Luohun and others, it is completely impossible to perfunctory.
But what can He Mulan say? Could it be that He Mulan was going to say, "I think I'm about to die, so I'll be in this state of being incapacitated. When I'm really going to die, I can't really wake up?"
So she could only put on an expression that was more confused than the others.
The military doctor, Gai Wu and the others checked her pulse for a long time and found nothing unusual, so they breathed a sigh of relief temporarily.
But these military doctors believed that although the most dangerous time for He Mulan had passed, it was best to ask the national player Kou Qianzhi to take a look after returning to Beijing, in case it was really a serious disease or a strange poison, no matter what. Kou Qianzhi knows a thing or two about whether he has fallen into sorcery or evil poison.
He Mulan was indeed looking for Kou Qianzhi once, but not for a cure, but to know how long she could live. As for the way of prolonging her life in her previous life, she didn't even want to try it again.
Although the Tiger Ben army was in chaos last night, and even had to rely on high-level bullet pressure to calm down, but when He Mulan washed and dressed, walked out of the camp, and headed to Helianding's camp, the morale suddenly rose, as if seeing He Mulan and Yan Wangye. After eight hundred rounds of battle, he finally crawled back to the human world.
"General, you really are fine!"
"I said good people must be rewarded!"
"A hero like you won't even accept it!"
The Hu Ben army was beaming with joy, and scrambled to convey the news that He Mulan was fine. Until He Mulan entered Helianding's tent, countless people followed, just to see that He Mulan could speak well.
Helianding had a very bad night. In the middle of the night, soldiers shouted outside the tent, and some people threw stones at the tent from a distance. If it wasn't for Gao Shen and Chang'an Guard to protect his camp all night, Helianding even wondered if he would have been stabbed inexplicably by someone who slept until midnight.
While he was amazed at Hua Mulan's prestige, he also felt that the development of the matter was extremely strange, and even regretted that after listening to He Mulan's instigation, he was eager to follow him.
"Gong Helian, I'm sorry about what happened last night. I don't know why it happened. If there is something wrong, please count it on my head and don't care about my subordinates. They are all rude. Quite frankly, I apologize to you for them."
He Mulan gave a heavy salute, which made Helianding unable to sit still, and hurriedly raised it to avoid it.
Helianding also seemed to think that all this was ridiculous, he shook his head, slightly angry: "Although I guided you to the hot spring, it is also for good intentions. In the cold winter, there is grass at the foot of the mountain here, so you can set up your own camp. It's good, but if I'm here to abduct you here to kill you, it's nonsense."
His voice was getting higher and higher, "If it weren't for General Hua's kindness to my family, I would have left today. Even when my Xia kingdom was destroyed, no one could put me under house arrest and restrict my actions! General Hua, this matter is one thing. Now, even if I have already repaid your kindness, don't mention what happened last night in the future!"
It was obvious that the humiliation he received last night had completely annoyed him. He Mulan knew that Helian's decision to leave without anger was considered self-restraint, so he had to smile again and again.
"Originally, I didn't think it was any kind of kindness, but it was just compassion. Whatever you say is what you want."
She glanced at Helianding, who was still in good spirits, and continued, "But the sky is bright. We must rush to Hukong Valley today. I hope Duke Helian will prepare as soon as possible."
Helianding didn't expect He Mulan to be in such a hurry, his eyes swept away her somewhat dull complexion, "Why don't you just take a day off? You were so dangerous last night, so don't leave any root causes."
The soldiers behind He Mulan said yes, and some even shouted loudly.
He Mulan raised a hand to stop the noise of these soldiers, and shook his head: "The military situation is urgent, we should leave early. My body is not in the way."
He Mulan was the main general, she ordered the Hu Ben army to prepare to pull out the camp, and no one would say anything more.
Helianding naturally hoped to quell the rebellion of the Xiutu people, so that these tribes could recuperate in the Xia Kingdom. In this way, no matter whether it was used or fought in the future, at least their strength would not be damaged.
The army set out, and the Hu Ben army looked at the high general flag in front of him, and at He Mulan, who was riding a Yueying Ying passing by them in high spirits, as if he had found the needle of the sea again.
In addition, the Hot Spring Valley had a good rest last night, and the hot water in the morning saved a lot of time. A group of people set off much faster than before, but by noon, they had already arrived at the Baiping area where Hu Konggu is located.
***
"General, why is this place so desolate?" Na Luohun looked around, and the villages that he passed along the way were deserted. Even if the army passed by, there was not even a single child who came out to watch the fun.
He Mulan sent scouts to spy on them, but found that no one was in everyone's home. Not only was there no one, but there was no one in the house, not even a piece of cloth could be found.
He Mulan knew that it was either that these people were afraid that the Xiutu people would fight and the rebel army would run away first, or that these people had already been plundered into the mountains by the Xiutu people.
"It's not messy at all, it should be all fleeing." Helian Ding looked around, "The place where Zahu and Han people live together has always been incompatible. Once there is turmoil, Zahu will rob the Han people who have fields. In addition, it is winter again, the production in the fields must be hoarded at home, and if it is really going to be a mess, it is these people who are unlucky, so they simply ran away with their belongings."
He Mulan also sighed: "Don't talk about people, they don't even have cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs. It seems that they have long been used to this kind of thing, and they even have a place to hide livestock."
"I have also slain a lot of rebellious Zahu, and every time it is these villagers who suffer. If they dare to help us, Zahu will return later, and the revenge will be even more severe. After harvesting, you will starve to death; if you do not escape, you will lose your life, and you will not even have time to starve to death…”
Helianding's expression was also extremely cold.
"It's easy for General Hua to quell the rebellion, but it's difficult to get these scared villagers back to continue farming."
He Mulan said nothing, looked at the desolate village, and raised her arm again.
"The army moves on!"
Hukong Valley is a gourd-shaped valley 30 miles away from Baiping County. Surrounded by cliffs, there is no vegetation, only the entrance is relatively flat. The entrance is narrow and rugged, and you need to go through a long mountain road to enter the first wide place.
When you reach the first wide place, you do not count as entering the valley. Since the valley is in the shape of a gourd, it is naturally because the back of this wide place is a narrow mountain pass. Until the last hinterland, it is the real Tibetan soldiers. place.
"The hinterland of Hukong Valley has grass, trees, and water sources. Many Xiutu people still open fields inside." The county magistrate of Baiping County pointed to the entrance of Hukong Valley to show He Mulan.
"There are guards from the mountain road at the entrance to the inner corridor. There are rolling stones and giant trees on the mountain walls on both sides. If you attack by force, you will be caught in various traps as soon as you enter the mountain road. Previously, General Yanpu's deputy wanted to replace Yanpu. When the general took revenge, he took his word here and ended up being wiped out."
He Mulan has been fighting in the Rouran area of Pingchuan. She has always used natural danger to design others, and no one has used natural danger to deal with her. She has already memorized the topographic map of Hu Konggu by heart, but how can she be hardened? Fighting in and exterminating this stray beast still has no clue.
"Dong Ding, from your point of view, where should we break through?" He Mulan was instructed to fight them first and then appease them. In this case, the first thing to do was to break through the valley. As soon as He Mulan saw the The narrow mountain pass was in trouble, so he turned to ask Helianding for help.
Helianding looked at the topography of Hu Konggu and raised a point: "Jinya thinks about it, I'm afraid it won't be a day or two. The place where the slaughter people graze is near Anding, and they came here from Anding to hide. It can be seen that they are running Hu The empty valley has been empty for a long time. The terrain of Hukong Valley is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Since we have planned for a long time, we must prepare enough food. We rely on the siege of the army to cut off the food and grass.
Seeing the magistrate of Bai Ping looking at him repeatedly, Helian decided to have some doubts in his heart, but he continued to explain: "I have some friendship with Jin Ya's younger brother Jin Dangchuan, wait for me to write a letter to find a warrior..."
"This time Xiutu and the Qiang people rebelled, His Majesty was very angry, and ordered me to show the force of my great Wei to the Xiutu people first, and then I can be pacified." He Mulan was distressed, "The army will first camp at Hulukou and wait for it. I looked at the surrounding terrain and made arrangements."
He Mulan gave an order, and the army camped outside Hulukou. The Hu Ben army was not many, only five thousand people. Although Hukong Valley was small, there were at least a few thousand people in the valley, so it was definitely more than enough to defend the five thousand tiger Ben army.
Seeing that He Mulan didn't want to camp in Baiping County, the county magistrate instead set up camp in Hukong Valley. After repeated persuasion to no avail, he had to promise to bring food and grass over, and left with a group of yamen.
"The magistrate of Baiping County is wrong." Helianding said lightly: "He heard that you have to fight first, and then his face changed."
"Not only that, he seems to know you." He Mulan also had a mocking smile on his face: "I haven't exposed your identity yet, but he has looked at you many times, as if he was observant. You said that when you wrote the letter , he blinked, unable to hold his breath."
The two looked at each other and smiled, feeling relieved in their hearts.
He Mulan summoned a few tigers and ordered them to change into ordinary people's clothes and go to Baiping County to inquire. Especially at night, they must visit the Baiping County Government Office.
A few scouts got the order, changed their clothes, took some scattered copper coins and left (Xia Guo used copper coins), and rode fast horses to Baiping County.
He Mulan followed Helianding and went around the Hukong Valley to find a place to break through.
***
"Your Majesty, a lot of people have come from outside the valley!"
Jin Dangchuan rushed into the wooden house with a change in his face, and was shocked that many of the slaughterers in the house stood up one after another.
"Don't panic, what's going on!"
King Xiutu Jin Ya wore huge earrings and many gold bracelets wrapped around his arms. When he stood up, there was a tinkling sound.
"Who knows what's going on!" Jin Dangchuan was in his early twenties, with a leopard's head and eyes, a tiger's back and a strong waist, but he looked more mighty than his lean older brother.
But people who know Jin Ya know that this person can sit firmly in the seat of King Xiu Tu, relying on his head rather than his fists, so even though Jin Dangchuan is burly and brave, he is willing to call Jin Ya "king". , even dare not call "brother".
Jin Dangchuan and Jin Ya are the same great-grandfather, but not the same grandfather, so they are "subordinate brother" and "subordinate brother". Jin Dangchuan is a prostitute. Before Xiu Turen rebelled, he was still in a small official position in Xia. When Xiu Turen rebelled, Jin Ya called him back, and he immediately abandoned his office and the Hui family and joined Jin Ya together. The general Yanpu who killed An Ding led his clan to retreat to Hukong Valley.
Among the people, he was the only one who had been a military attache in the Xia Kingdom, knew the details of the regular army, and had a little understanding of the skills of arranging troops, so he was responsible for the defense of the two passes with his clansmen. The army was approaching, and he quickly reported it to him.
"That guy Fei Lian never said that such a team is coming here! That bastard, he has received so many benefits from us and won't do anything!"
Jin Dangchuan scolded fiercely.
"King Zuo Xian, stay safe." An older man from Xiutu touched his beard, "It's been a day or two that Fei Lian helped us hide the matter of Hu Konggu, and Yanpu's lieutenant came after him, and he reported it to us. The news. If Hu Konggu is exposed, he will not end well, so he will never hide it or not report it…”
Jin Ya nodded: "Indeed, the county magistrate Fei probably didn't fail to report, probably because this group of people came too suddenly, and he couldn't find the opportunity to send people into the mountain. Can you see which general is coming? What flag?"
"It's not the flag of the Xiongnu, it's either the Xianbei people or the Han people. The flag is a tiger's head. As for what is written, it's just too far away, so I can't see it clearly."
As soon as Jin Dangchuan saw people coming, he came to report, where did he pay attention to whose flag it was.
"Don't be so irritable! Come back and report after you've figured out everything." Jin Ya waved his hand, "Tell the brothers to be vigilant, maybe the army at the foot of the mountain is the vanguard of the army, if that's the case, it must be given to them. Color it and let them know we're not bluffing!"
Jin Dangchuan was taught a sentence, and immediately ran back to the mountain with a red face. When he left the wooden house, the elders in the house were full of sad faces.
"The grain in the grain is only enough for four months, and no matter how much we save it, it will only last for half a year. If we can't farm till the spring, we will all starve to death." : "If there is a fight, the Erlang who fights in front will always have to feed them, and as a result, the food will be even more insufficient."
Jinya retreating to Hukonggu is also helpless. Although the Qiang people and the mysterious visiting envoy Liu Song gave them a lot of gold and silver, but in this cold winter and the twelfth lunar month, a group of Xiutu people are too suspicious to buy food everywhere, so they also don’t collect it. Too much, resulting in the empty gold and silver and not enough food and grass.
"You can't kill a horse! You can't use a horse in Hu Konggu." Jin Ya's face was full of fierce light. "And the Han people we looted, if you can farm, leave the farm, and if you can't farm, don't waste food!"
"If we kill the horse, if we are really defeated, we won't even have a way to escape."
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"You still want to escape?" Jin Ya sneered. "Whether the Xiutu people survive or die, it all depends on whether we can hold out until the Xianbei people think that we are difficult to bite. If we really lose the match, I advise you to die as soon as possible and run away, and maybe you will suffer less if you kill yourself."
Jin Ya looked at the restless elders, and his face became more resolute.
"If we can hold out until they come back, our own messengers will come to negotiate terms with us, whether it's tax collection or grazing, then we will have the capital to negotiate. When we are not making trouble, someone has asked us. If we want to live a good life, we can only rely on ourselves to fight! Is it possible to kneel down and beg someone to give us a bite to eat?”
These elders are already old, but the young people behind them are all frantic when they hear King Xiutu's words, and they can't wait to applaud.
Just when the atmosphere in the room was warm, Jin Dangchuan ran in again out of breath and shouted loudly, "No, no! It's Mulan! It's the one who killed Rouran Khan!"
"Mulan? Who is it?"
Jin Ya took her clan to grazing in Guanzhong, and did not know much about the Northland. Although the Xianbei people occupied the Xia Kingdom, but Xiutu and the Xianbei people do not understand the language, and how to get in touch with the Han people, so the name of Hua Mulan is loud, but the people in the room are inexplicable.
Jin Dangchuan was an official in the Xia State, and he immediately told what he had heard about Hua Mulan, but he was really not good at eloquence, and what he heard was not known how many times, so naturally it was not so true.
"You said he could carry a cow alone? I think they are bragging!"
"Rouran Khan was torn apart with one hand? Tens of thousands of people fought in and out..." An elder laughed loudly, "Hahahaha, can you believe this? One person drowned with a mouthful of phlegm!"
Jin Ya even smiled when she heard those exaggerated deeds: "It seems that someone wants to make a name for him and make him a good promotion, but the bullshit is a little too big, and it will be broken."
Jin Ya is afraid that the veteran or Tuoba's clan will bring troops to come in person, the veteran is cautious, it is likely to spend half a year or even a year with him, and once the Tuoba clan is frustrated, then It's not a single team, it is very likely that more than a dozen men and horses have completely surrounded them and come to find their faces.
After knowing that it was a young general in his early twenties who had just become famous and had only a few thousand troops, Jin Ya would not take it to heart even if he was said to have descended from the gods.
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"There are only a few thousand people, but I can't break through my Hu Konggu!"
***
He Mulan sent scouts from the army to Baiping County to guard the Baiping County Office. Before midnight, these Hu Ben troops caught two yamen officers who had sneaked out of the county office.
The scouts in Montenegro are all thieves and thieves. They arrested two yamen in Baiping County but did not leave the city immediately, but waited until midnight to turn over the city gate (how short this city is ︿(￣)￣)︿) Go to the military camp and tie them to He Mulan.
As soon as the two yamen entered the Huben camp, their legs were weakened, and when they were tied in front of He Mulan, they were shaking like a sieve, and they didn't even dare to say a word.
The scouts found a letter and some sundries from their bodies. The sundries naturally accepted the hard-earned money for this errand, and the letter was directly handed over to He Mulan.
He Mulan opened the letter and saw that it was in Xiongnu, and handed it to the interpreter sent by Tuobasu.
When the interpreter received the letter, his expression changed greatly. After seeing it, he couldn't hold the letter.
"General Hua, the magistrate of Baiping County is collaborating with the enemy! He bought the grain in Hukong Valley and sent it in. He has been secretly tipping off the people of Xiutu, in order to ask for gold and silver as a benefit..."
That Tongyi was a Xiongnu, but he was born and raised in the state of Wei. Naturally, he didn't have any sense of belonging to the state of Xia and Xiutu. He only felt that the county magistrate was disgusting.
"It really is!"
He Mulan was angry.
"He's really brave..."
Helian laughed.
After the interpreter had given the outline of the letter, he began to read the letter word for word from the beginning. The two yamen also clearly understood that something was wrong. One of them got wet and passed out after peeing his pants.
The other was bold, not only began to beg for mercy, but also willing to take guilt and make meritorious deeds and tell everything.
What He Mulan lacked the most was time. He didn't have time to slowly write ink. Hearing that daring plea for mercy, he immediately raised his eyebrows with interest.
"Oh, are you going to take guilt and make merit?"
She lowered her head and gave him a cruel smile.
"tell me the story."