"Natural power".
These four words, in the era of no hot weapons, are enough to make men all over the world move.
If He Mulan stood on the street and shouted at this moment, who could have the invincible strength in the world, but would die at the age of thirty-five, I am afraid that most men would be willing.
Live as a hero, die as a hero. Before the age of thirty-five, if He Mulan's skills and strength were replaced by anyone with some ambition, it would be enough to stir up blood and rain in the world, or achieve the prestige of a party's hegemony.
Even He Mulan at this time, if you want her to get a chance to survive at the cost of dissipating all her strength, she will definitely choose to die.
What she has to do is so difficult that it is beyond the scope of this era. If she loses her own strength, how can she help Tuoba Tao to succeed
So He Mulan's time was precious, to the point where she couldn't waste a minute or a second.
And this sense of urgency manifested in He Mulan, that is, she started to become impersonal.
Fortunately, although most of the soldiers of the Hu Ben Army were transferred from the Montenegro camp, they didn't have a deep understanding of this famous general, so when He Mulan showed even a cruel side, they were just nervous. I tightened that string, for fear that I would be rejected by the general.
Except for Chen Jie and the others, when others saw He Mulan pulling all the Hu Ben army up with a terrifying efficiency, they were only impressed by her seemingly endless strength and neat style of behavior, and there were even some inconsistencies. The young man showed a fanatical expression, and swore in his heart that he would follow him for the rest of his life.
The strong, the absolute strong, let alone the mind, this absolute force is enough to convince the Hu Ben army wholeheartedly.
"Have you finished vomiting?"
He Mulan moved her shoulders and arms, which were already aching, "Get ready after vomiting, we're going to find Jin Ya."
"Anti-God Evil God"
At her feet lay four Huitu people who came to change the guard. This cliff is probably some distance away from the valley, so the few people who wanted to run back to rescue soldiers were dealt with before they took a few steps, and He Mulan stood on the mountain road and looked down, there was no one at all. nothing.
From He Mulan's first move to pull people to the end of the four slaughter people who came to change shifts this time, a total of 80 people were pulled up, and it took two hours between each guard change, so they only had two hours. an hour.
There are a total of 160 people, but at most 100 can only be transported up, and the remaining 60 people can only stand by the cliff and guard the exit that may escape.
He Mulan only left three people to continue to transport troops by the cliff, and then walked down the mountain road with more than a hundred people. Among them were the two yamen who knew the way.
These two yamen had been frightened by He Mulan's horror, and they were more submissive to He Mulan than to their parents. They came up from the cliff side every time, so they were very familiar with the road, and they were able to avoid a few sentries, and easily entered between the second pass and the hinterland.
"Baizhan Cliff is not in the valley, it is on the cliff beside the second checkpoint, so to find King Xiutu King Jinya, we have to go through another checkpoint." The yamen whispered in the dark night: "But most people At the outermost Hulukou, there are not many people here. The second pass has bamboo thorns and traps, I will take you to a few places with few people, trick them to open the door, and you will wait until the guards are dead before entering."
"General, let me go." Na Luohun looked at the pass, and it was indeed as easy to defend and difficult to attack as the yamen said, and they were all at high places. More than a hundred people rushed over together and they would definitely be discovered, but the guards who were guarding the pass were sure to be discovered. It's okay to kill the guards and get in.
He Mulan's eyesight was very good. Standing not far away, he looked at the nearest sentry building. He suddenly turned around and said to Chen Jie, "Bring my iron bow!"
He Mulan's bows and arrows are usually carried on Chen Jie's body. When Chen Jie heard the words, he immediately took the bow and handed it over to He Mulan.
"The general is going to shoot here? But it's really far away, it's 180 steps away..."
Chen Jie had followed He Mulan from Montenegro. Naturally, she knew that her long-range shooting ability was extremely good, and even Kumoti had no such ability.
But as long as it is a human, there will always be times when the manpower is not enough. This general's limit is one hundred and sixty steps.
He Mulan pulled out a few hairs, measured the downwind direction and wind speed in the night wind, raised the iron bow to aim at the tower, squinted her eyes and let go of the bowstring.
Swish.
The sound of breaking the sky was deliberately controlled to be very small by He Mulan. The arrow spiraled straight to the top of the sentry building because of its terrifying force, and plunged straight into the sentry's throat.
The Xiutu man who was on the sentry post was also about to fall asleep. He suddenly felt a sharp pain in his throat. When he was about to shout again, he found that his vocal cords had been destroyed, and he could only make an inhalation sound of "hoho".
Naturally, this kind of sound could not attract the attention of others. The one who was on the sentry with him didn't even have time to react to what happened, and was also injured by another arrow that also hit his throat and threw himself directly into the street.
This is no longer amazing with archery, it is simply divine.
"General... General..." Chen Jie and Na Luohun were naturally the ones who knew He Mulan's strength the most. The two were even more surprised than the Hu Ben army behind them.
"The general has gained strength recently? He can even open a bow of 180 steps, and he can hit it!"
How could He Mulan have time to explain that when she was in her prime, she could shoot 180 steps, but she nodded and threw the bow back into Chen Jie's hands: "Then Luo Hun followed the yamen to blow up the door of the opening, the two of you. Brother Lu Shuihu, work hard, you understand the Xiongnu language, go up to the sentry building, change their clothes, and buy time for us."
The watchtower might also have to keep a watch, and then found that two people were missing. Even a fool knows that there are people inside, so the whole valley must be on guard.
The Lushuihu people were originally a branch of the Xiongnu, and they had the same roots as the Xiutu people. They had similar appearance and language. It was easy for them to hang out for a while, and then take the opportunity to attack and kill a few Xiutu people who were changing the guard.
The team of more than 100 people couldn't make chaos if they wanted to. He Mulan ordered, and the two Lushuihu people behind Gai Wu immediately slipped under the post and climbed up. The yamen led Na Luohun and pretended that he had just come to deliver the news. When he entered the door, he knocked down the two gatekeepers and opened the door to lead them in.
Along the way, He Mulan's long-range shots were like divine assistance. This kind of place that others regarded as a dragon's pond and a tiger's den actually walked on the ground because of He Mulan's relationship, and entered the valley after a while.
The hinterland of Hu Konggu is really an indescribably moving place.
Different from the two gourd-shaped passes, Hukong Valley is surrounded by strange rocks, and there are many miscellaneous trees and poisonous weeds in the mountains. Therefore, if someone attacks the mountain, whether it is to directly pry the boulder down and hit people with rolling stones, or use poison. The smoky suffocation turned people on their backs, and it was extremely easy to defend.
But the hinterland of Hukong Valley is another kind of paradise. The steep mountain walls around it surround it into a natural greenhouse, blocking the cold mountain wind. The land is flat and fertile and empty, which is most suitable for farming. In addition, there are natural waterfalls and lakes in this Hukong Valley. The water is living water, and there is no need to worry about the outside world cutting off the water source or poisoning the water.
If it weren't for the breakthrough made by Magistrate Fei, just by siege, I don't know how long it would take to reach this hinterland. Even if the number of troops is extremely large, if they want to enter, they will suffer heavy casualties.
For the sake of safety, He Mulan and the others lit the torches, and they all marched forward in the dark. Although the yamen pointed out the direction, for a group of people who entered the valley for the first time, there was no difference in the direction.
They do not know where this direction leads, nor what awaits them in this direction.
"Jin Ya lives in a wooden hut by the paddy field, and several other elders also live in a nearby wooden hut. To get there, you have to pass a grass house..."
The yamen seemed to have reservations, and suddenly squeaked as he spoke.
Man Gu was in a hurry, his eyes widened immediately, and he roared: "If you have something to say, hurry up and let your fart go!"
"The people who were detained in that grass house were all looted people, and they were caught in the valley to help cultivate the fields. Although the climate in this valley is good, the people of Xiutu can't farm. When they first came here, It's a wasteland, and the wasteland can't grow crops..."
The yamen said something, not knowing what he was thinking.
"When the people of Xiutu turned their backs, they plundered the people of Zhuangzi along the way, and let them cultivate their fields in that hut. When the spring is warm in the coming year, I will teach them how to farm..."
"It just doesn't make sense!"
"Damn, it's impossible to treat these village households as beasts who cultivate the land!"
"So when General Yanpu's army came to attack Hu Konggu for the first time, these were the people who were pulled out as human shields to resist arrows?"
He Mulan lowered her face and asked the courageous yamen.
"Hey, yes." The yamen grimaced, "Actually, our county magistrate did not agree with what they did, saying that once the civilians were moved, they would be even more untenable, but the people of Hutu thought it was our county. Ling was afraid that they would grow their own food and would not buy them from him, and would not listen to the county magistrate Fei at all..."
"Pooh!"
Gai Wu slapped the yamen in the face.
"According to what you said, your county magistrate is still a good person? Watching the people under your rule get caught in the mountains and indifferent, what a magistrate!"
The yamen was beaten with gold stars, and the whole person became timid: "I... I'm just an errand runner. We eat meat, and we eat bones. How can we get these big things!"
"General, what should we do now?"
Chen Jie looked at the half-cultivated farmland in the valley, and the messy grass houses on the ridge, and frowned.
"The Xiutu people still live in it, but if they go in, they must alert the people in the huts. There are so many Xiutu people guarding the people who will always find us."
"You said that all they plundered were strong men?"
He Mulan asked the yamen at his feet.
"Not only strong men, but also some women..."
"What do you want a woman to do?"
After He Mulan was slightly startled, she immediately reacted.
What do you want a woman to do!
What can a woman do!
Damn it, why do these slaughterers need to be petted, just kill them directly!
With the recovery of her strength, He Mulan felt the tyrannical aura that both Hua Mulan and herself had suppressed. She almost clenched the hilt of the rock to control her emotions.
Even so, the yamen squatting at her feet was frightened to death by her terrifying expression, and fell to the ground.
"The plan has changed, go to the hut to save people first." He Mulan took a deep breath and ordered the Hu Ben army behind him, "If we hold Jinya hostage and demand the surrender of the people of Xiutu, they will probably take these people as well. We are not robbers, and we cannot do the same thing as the Hutu people. At that time, we will be helpless. There are strong men on the thatched hut, and being rescued can be considered a help to us. "
"General doesn't have to explain so much, you say, we all do it!"
A tiger ben army immediately pledged allegiance in a low voice.
The strength and wisdom that He Mulan had shown before were enough to convince these elites and show them that she was worthy of her status as "Tiger Ben Zuo Sima".
He Mulan asked the yamen about the number of people in the thatched hut. There were about five or six hundred guards there at night, and more than a thousand people were detained. During the day, the team of Xiutu guarded them out. At work, hands and feet are tied at night.
With one hundred to five hundred, it is impossible that there will be no riots at all.
He Mulan whispered to several Hu Ben soldiers, telling them that if they had to cause a riot, they would simply set fire to these thatched cottages. The riot was caused by the fire, and they could buy a little time.
More than 100 people took advantage of the darkness to sneak near the hut. It is said that the thatched huts have lifted them up, but they are just shelters made by random piles of wood and grass. I think even these huts were built by the people themselves.
But I've never heard that the people of Xiu Tu would build houses.
Let the people live in thatched huts, and they live in wooden huts and tents. Is this trying to follow the example of the Xiongnu period, establish a slave system, and treat these people as slaves
He Mulan sneered, raised his arm and waved forward.
"Go! Turn this upside down for me!"
"Yes!"
With He Mulan as the tip of the knife, a cold weapon was born this night.
As He Mulan said, this kind of undisguised thatched hut was simply knocked over with a kick, and it didn't work at all. Where their blades were directed, the huts were broken open one after another, revealing the strong men who were bound inside and those guarding the slaughter.
The Hutu people are also human. The strong men are tied with their hands and feet, and there are guards patrolling back and forth outside, so they naturally sleep in peace. It is this kind of carelessness that makes them die in their sleep.
The brawny men with their hands and feet bound were all ragged, hungry and skinny, and many of them had marks of being whipped, which looked really appalling.
When He Mulan and the others carried their weapons into the broken tent and the thatched hut, the people who were tied up showed expressions of despair.
"We are soldiers under the command of General Hu Ben Junhua of the State of Wei, and we were ordered to come to rescue the people. There is also a group of people who are willing to kill with us and follow us. Those who can't kill people quickly run towards Baizhan Cliff. Our brothers can do it. Accept."
The Hu Ben army quickly cut off the ropes that bound them, explaining their purpose.
Most of these people are Han Chinese, and only a small part are Sinicized Xianbei and Xiongnu. Most of the Huben army speak Xianbei dialect, and very few can speak to them.
But as long as one of them understood, he would burst into tears and convey the news to the others, so in just a moment, there were more and more people behind Hu Benjun, and eight out of ten of these Han people followed. He Mulan didn't know how much better he could imagine.
He Mulan originally wanted to take these strong men to attack Jinya's residence, but when she really killed these guards and patrolling Hutu people to rescue the people, she realized how naive she was thinking.
Some of these people were wounded all over, some were so hungry that they couldn't even stand, and some of them were strong and strong, probably had thorns on their heads, had their noses cut off, or had their hands broken.
If it wasn't to keep them farming the next year, I'm afraid it's a question of how many of these people can survive.
The rest of the body is still healthy, because they sleep with their hands and feet bound all night, and even if the rope is cut, they can't stand up for a long time. According to their own description, they are beaten up by the Hutu people very early every day, and then stay in place. It takes a while to activate the muscles and bones to be able to move.
Some arms or legs are so necrotic that they are completely disabled.
But they were so scared. Even if they didn't know how to kill people at all, and didn't want to kill people, they would not dare to leave He Mulan and his party to find "Hundred Battle Cliffs".
Not to mention if you can't find it, how many people are chasing it along the way, even if no one chases and finds it, just because a group of them runs around in the dark night, there will always be unlucky ones to be caught.
No one wants to be the unlucky person, and can only follow the Hu Ben army, which seems to be the strongest in force.
Of course, there are still many people who are tortured day and night by these slaughtered people, and even want to take revenge on them when they die. Once they are free, they will ask the Hu Ben army to kill them with weapons.
For these people, Hu Benjun naturally admired them very much, and they took out their spare weapons to them. Or a short blade or a dagger, for these unarmed people, it is naturally much more useful than teeth and nails.
The process of rescuing the people was much easier than He Mulan imagined. The combat ability of these Xiutu people is not only not as strong as that of the Xianbei people, but even the Rouran people.
Maybe it's because they didn't expect that there would be enemies in the valley, maybe because they didn't expect these people like pigs and dogs to resist. They almost died with doubts and unwillingness in their hearts.
He Mulan was more worried about Chi Zesheng than anyone else. She was like a slaying star descending to earth, fighting in and out of the siege of Xiu Tu people, killing step by step in the direction of King Xiu Tu.
Be it the Hu Ben army or the rescued people, in everyone's heart, there is only one direction firmly in mind, and that is He Mulan's direction!
As long as she is here, she will be invincible and invincible. As long as she is by her side, it is the safest place in the world!
"General, why do I feel that the number of people is much smaller than what the yamen said?" Chen Jie looked around worriedly, and from time to time looked at the people behind him who were incompetent.
"There won't be any ambush, right? For those people behind, it's good to be protected without us..."
"I find it strange too..."
He Mulan followed the defeated soldiers into a tent, and looked around suspiciously: "Did we go in the wrong direction? Why is there a tent behind the hut?"
He Mulan and Chen Jie came in, and the Hu Ben Army and the common people naturally followed. The two yamen officers were dragged up by Gai Wu by their collars. After looking at them, they swallowed and said, "Fang... the direction is right, here is a tent... tent..."
Before the two yamen could finish speaking, a lot of disheveled Hutu people suddenly ran out of the tent. Many of them were tying their trousers in a mess, and they were killed waving their weapons.
When they saw that there were so many people outside, they were obviously surprised. The weapon they just raised immediately turned and ran back!
"Can't let them run away! Chase and kill!"
He Mulan's rocky sword pointed forward.
"Is there a soldier from Xiutu hiding in the tent? Get rid of it as soon as possible!"
He Mulan took the lead. Chen Jie, Mangu, and Naluohun were all her guards, and they naturally escorted her forward. They all regarded these tents as the resting place for Xiutu's soldiers, and they naturally attacked the camp without hesitation. The way to charge, who would have expected that there was almost no resistance in these tents, just rushed into one in an instant.
"Oh! General, don't come in!"
Chen Jie, who came in first, screamed in horror, waving his arms repeatedly to keep the people behind him from entering.
"What the hell are you talking about, bastard!"
Na Luo pushed Chen Jie past Chen Jie impatiently and followed into the tent.
Then came He Mulan, Man Gu and others.
After they entered, everyone was stunned.
In this tent, apparently used by nomads, there are many women lying on the side. They were all naked and covered in bruises and turbidity. In order to prevent them from committing suicide, their mouths were stuffed and their hands were tied.
He Mulan had also seen "You Village" before, but most of those women were women who voluntarily went to Montenegro to seek a living, and they charged high prices but were not good quality. What a conflict.
But the women here are all at an age like flowers and jade. If they hadn't been treated like this, one can imagine what a happy life and family they would have. Now that they see someone coming in, except for a few emotionally kicking their hands and feet, most of them seem to be numb, they just stare at the top of the tent with wide eyes, and they don't even look at He Mulan and the others. glanced in the direction.
The people in the back still wanted to enter the tent, but He Mulan already felt that there was a smell of sweetness in her throat, so she stepped back.
"Watch the door and don't let anyone in. Tell the soldiers of the Hu Ben Army to take off their coats and throw them in!"
He Mulan knew why this was a tent instead of a hut. The hut does not block the wind, and if the coolies can squeeze each other and lean on their clothes to keep warm. But these women were devastated, and most of the time they didn't wear clothes. If they stayed in thatched huts, they would definitely freeze to death.
The tents of the Xiutu people are also made of cowhide, which protects the wind from the cold. Although the cow dung is used as fuel for heating, the smell is unpleasant, but these people are probably used to it, and they don’t feel unpleasant at all.
Nor do they destroy them for fun. Compared with Yuan Fang in later generations who took pleasure in collecting orchids, these people are not human at all!
He Mulan personally cut the ropes for these women, comforted them in Chinese and Xianbei dialects, and explained their current situation, but it was of little use. She was not the party involved, so how could she know the pain and humiliation they suffered. Some women were on the spot. He grabbed He Mulan and screamed. He Mulan's entire arm was covered with bruises.
The soldiers of the Hu Ben Army didn't know what was going on at first, but after breaking through a few tents, they understood what the situation was at this time, and they were all at a loss and didn't know what to do.
Many of them are old bachelors who can't usually get a wife. It's more difficult for women to survive than men in this troubled world, but when I see them today, it's more than just two words "difficult" to describe!
There are hundreds of these women, and none of them are shocking.
There were a few strong-tempered people who saw so many people rushing in, no matter what the situation was, they bit their tongues and committed suicide as soon as the rags in their mouths were removed.
Some of them recovered from the numbness and immediately burst into tears. The sound made the smell sad, and those who saw it wept. There were even some men who were rescued earlier when they saw acquaintances and hugged each other and wept.
He Mulan's time was too precious, but she couldn't say the words "my time is precious" at all. She is very calm by nature, and seeing such a scene, she can't think of anything except wanting to smash the corpse into thousands of pieces.
He Mulan put her robe on a woman who had already found a weapon and wiped her neck and committed suicide, and shouted to the remaining women: "I know you are suffering, but we also tried our best to save you, one hundred Zero six good sons, I don’t know how many of you will be left after tonight, if all of you are looking for short-sightedness at this time, then why do we come to the valley?”
"I, Hua Mulan, swear here that I will definitely avenge you and return the pain you have suffered to them. If this oath is violated, people and gods will abandon it!"
He Mulan slashed out with his sword, and the corpse of a slaughtered man was immediately separated, and blood splattered on the ground.
Those women who were crying and screaming frantically were all stunned when they saw He Mulan swinging the sword and swearing. One woman picked up the head and smashed it frantically on the ground.
"Kill! Kill! Kill you bastards! Ahhhhh!"
"General Hua took revenge for us. I am a woman from Li'er Township. All the men in my family were killed by them. Now I am the only one left!"
"My son... woohoo... my son..."
"My sister and I were plundered together. She's already dead. It's better for me to live. Who knows if there are any evil seeds of these people in my belly? Woohoo, I don't want to give birth to children for these people!"
A woman hammered her belly desperately, as if it would save her from having children.
He Mulan's throat was choked and uncomfortable. It was only a quarter of an hour before she arrived at this tent, and she seemed to have seen all the vicissitudes of life.
In this chaotic world, if a woman has no status and power, He Mulan doesn't know whether she will end up like this.
But sometimes whether you can survive or not really has nothing to do with external forces.
"Tell those people to take good care of these women!" He Mulan gritted his teeth, "I'm afraid they can't even lift their knives. It's okay to take care of these women! Leave some weapons for them, and we'll go directly to Jinya! "
"General..."
Chen Jie looked at He Mulan worriedly, fearing that she would lose her usual calm because of witnessing these women.
"Don't worry, I know what I'm going to do." He Mulan clenched the rock tightly. "Send a few people to burn all the thatched huts, and I want no grass left in this valley!"
"When there are no fields, no grass and no people in the Hukong Valley, I see what kind of farming the Hutu people expect to use!"