Chapter 1785 hunting, beating people


    North of Jianning.


    Wei Yan camp.


    Wei Yan felt that there seemed to be some problems with his seat, and it was uncomfortable to sit on. Looking left and right in the big tent, it was not very pleasing to the eye.


    『General, why don’t you go hunting around and relax? Seeing Wei Yan''s behavior, the personal guard probably guessed Wei Yan''s impatience, so he said.


    Xu Shu only gave Wei Yan 3,000 soldiers, and emphasized that Wei Yan could not take the initiative to attack. On the one hand, it was because the situation was unclear and he needed to understand it more clearly before dealing with it. On the other hand, both Xu Shu and Wei Yan were not very good at Jianning. Familiar, so rushing into it is not a good choice.


    Wei Yan also understands this.


    But isn’t it…


    Everyone has a gambling instinct.


    Big or small.


    Strictly speaking, gambling at that time was not considered a heinous thing. After all, the future was unknowable, and no one knew what would happen. There is only one way to gamble subconsciously.


    Of course, purely indulging in the sensory stimulation of gambling is definitely wrong.


    Wei Yan likes to gamble. Because Wei Yan was born with a restless nature.


    Normally speaking, Wei Yan is at most a small official under Jingxiang, and he should be a subordinate of a certain city. After all, Wei Yan''s background is not considered good, so he can only be mixed into this kind of position at most. , if there are not too many changes, perhaps catching thieves every day, and then selling some wine after get off work, it will be the rest of my life.


    But Wei Yan wanted more.


    People who want more will generally have a desire to express themselves, so they will naturally be regarded as extremely ambitious. That''s why Brother Zhu said that Wei Yan is rebellious, because Brother Zhu who is naturally cautious and gastritis who is naturally adventurous, From a personality point of view, they already dislike each other.


    So, now Wei Yan is ready to "hunt".


    According to Wei Yan''s words, idleness is idleness, and the Chinese New Year is almost here, so shouldn''t we have some prey to celebrate?


    Normally speaking, a general in the Chinese army like Wei Yan should not act rashly, because if something goes wrong, the impact will be huge. But the problem is, Wei Yan''s **** is not flat, but pointed, so he couldn''t sit still, so he took advantage of the name of hunting, took the elite guards directly under him, and went out of the camp, and suddenly felt that the air was sweet …


    『The general should come back sooner! 』


    The Lieutenant of the Chinese Army is in charge of the camp for the time being, and he is very helpless to emphasize on the wall of the camp, although he also understands that Wei Yan, a general, may not listen to him...


    Wei Yan laughed twice, waved his hand, and led the people to the mountains.


    Walking around, Wei Yan took his guards and changed direction...


    『General...』 Seeing Wei Yan walking southward, the guards directly under him felt that Wei Yan didn''t seem to want to "hunt", so they couldn''t help but asked a little differently, "Where are we going?" 』


    『Hunting! Wei Yan laughed, "What''s the point of hunting those beasts?" We''re going to hunt some people today! 』


    『General...we can’t just go with this few people, should we go back and call some more people? The guard was a little nervous and helpless, what about the "normal hunting" that was agreed?


    Wei Yan waved his hand and said: "You are wrong... It is because we have few people that we can hunt... If we make a big move, maybe it will be more dangerous..."


    When the two armies confront each other, it is inevitable to send scouts to each other to investigate and test. Therefore, like Wei Yan, with more than 20 people, it is like an enhanced version of the scout team. Usually it is the opponent''s scout, and will not send out all the troops to encircle and hunt them down.


    According to the previous survey by the scouts, there is a cave fifty miles ahead, on the mountainside, which is regarded by the barbarians as a temporary resting place, and the scouts often rest in it...


    Of course, these barbarian people thought that Wei Yan''s scouts would not come so far away, so although it was not unscrupulous, at least it was relatively relaxed at the time, and even the normal warning post was a bit perfunctory.


    It is also understandable, after all, these barbarians are not serious soldiers, many of them are hunters or farmers in the villages, and they have some fighting power when they are ruthless, but this discipline, no matter how you say it, will take a long time with the regular process Time-trained pawns are somewhat different.


    It’s like the eight masters beating devils in later dramas, just like Lao Tzu beating grandsons, one beating eight is not a problem, but the real situation at that time was not so beautiful. Well, the Osaka Legion also said that that guy is like a husky mixed in with wolves, and his style is always so strange...


    But many times, things are unexpected.


    The observation point chosen by the scouts is naturally the main road of traffic. If it is an unimportant place, no barbarians will establish an observation point.


    However, the barbarians at the observation point are a little loose. They are people who are used to being undisciplined, and the biggest battle scene is often the fighting between villages. Not even curiosity, pure indifference.


    What is the connection between the Han people themselves calling and calling, and the Yi people?


    As for the Jianning rebellion, it was more followed by booing, like a gang fight downstairs in the dormitory, yelling that a certain department beat a certain department, and then no matter what happened, maybe a few people who knew each other would gossip , joined the battle group together.


    So even if these barbarians are at the observation point, they don''t seem to be in a hurry. Even if they are on duty, they will often chew on sweet grass roots, nest in a shelter from the wind, and stick their heads out after a while, without a glance. Take a look at the surrounding situation.


    From the point of view of these barbarians, the Han people here in Wei Yan have been guarding the camp for so long and have not seen any movement. Besides, if these Han people really want to take any action, there will naturally be a lot of movement, and they can do it from ten miles or eight miles away. I can hear it, but now the surrounding area is quiet, so why be nervous?


    The relaxed attitude and lazy style of these barbarians brought them fatal consequences. When Wei Yan led people under the barbarian observation point, no barbarian was alert and found anything abnormal.


    Wei Yan stood up quietly from behind the hidden bushes, drew his bow and set his arrows, and aimed at the half of his head exposed behind the rock on the side...


    The long arrow leaves the string!


    Obviously, the abnormal whistling in the wind alarmed the Yi people who were really hiding behind the rocks to avoid the wind. At that time, the Yi people who did not have much experience in war made a wrong decision. Instead of shrinking their heads to avoid it immediately, they wanted to turn their heads to look, and then It''s a tragedy, the long arrow pierced through the skull, bringing out a large amount of brains and blood!


    Following Wei Yan''s long arrow shot, the elite guards rushed out from the hiding places, or bent their bows and set arrows, or rushed along the mountain to the entrance of the cave like apes!


    The Yi people were alarmed by the sudden sound, and several Yi people who tried to run out of the cave were shot by long arrows, and immediately fell from the mountainside and crashed into the bushes at the foot of the mountain.


    The Yi people in the cave were yelling, like a group of crabs stuffed in a pot. Although they were still scratching their teeth, it was useless, even if they wanted to escape. , Wei Yan''s guards threw in two bundles of half-dry firewood in succession, and the smoke billowed in. In desperation, they could only knock out holes one by one, and either be killed or surrender on their knees.


    Wei Yan asked his subordinates to interrogate them. These barbarians were straightforward, and they said whatever they asked. They didn''t say at all that they wanted to be tough and keep secrets for the barbarian king. When all is said and done...


    However, among the matters confessed by the barbarians, there was one thing that caught Wei Yan''s attention.


    『A large army will come? Wei Yan asked, "Go ask again, what kind of army is it, and the people over there?" how many people? 』


    The guard went again, and after long and short screams, the guard came back with some helplessness on his face, "Report to the general, this guy said he didn''t know about this... I tortured him again, but this guy just listened to my questions." One thousand is one thousand, ten thousand is ten thousand... I think he really doesn''t know...』


    Wei Yan nodded.


    This is also normal, gossip in the army and the like are naturally passed around, some are true and some are false. At that time, if we want to talk about the specific situation, it is not like catching two small soldiers and immediately learning the overall situation from the mouth Yes, at most it''s just the information within the range that this soldier can access.


    『Very many...』 Wei Yan scratched his head, feeling depressed, deeply feeling how important it is for General Hussars to promote cultural knowledge, 『How many people are there? One thousand, three thousand? Ten thousand? 』


    The scouts of the Han people still know some knowledge of numbers, at least they know how to report when they go back, but the barbarians...


    Among the adjectives of the Yi people, there are only two concepts of "many" and "few", and then the second-level concepts such as "many" and "few" are derived, and then "very many" and "very few" are also focused on. For subjective feelings, there are few standard numerical expressions, so the results of Wei Yan''s inquiries are so vague, which makes people very depressed.


    Originally thought that if a living person was captured, he could ask some information, but now he only provided some very vague concepts and information, which was not enough for Wei Yan to understand the specific situation of the Yi people in Jianning.


    『This is a little troublesome...』 Wei Yan thought.


    I went out to hunt the "prey", and it turned out that I knew something, and it was worse than not knowing at the time. Damn it, didn''t the Yi people manage to send a few guys who can understand numbers to be sentinels? ? If Lao Tzu sent his army to fight, would this guy report that it was "a lot" or "very much"?


    Continue to explore south?


    Not suitable. After all, if you go south, you will basically enter Jianning territory. Leaving aside the issue of distance, the scouts are not placed that far away, and the terrain is not familiar.


    Wei Yan likes to take risks. At that time, he took risks more when he had some certainty, rather than pure recklessness.


    『Now put these guys in custody! Clean up the surrounding corpses, don''t attract tigers and wolves! ’ Wei Yan ordered, ‘Raise the sentry post higher, and rotate it every two hours! Return tomorrow morning! 』


    The corpses on the mountain road and the mountainside don’t need to be so troublesome to dig and fill. They can just be thrown into the bushes and dense forests on the other side of the mountain. Anyway, the carrion creatures in the forest will quickly digest the flesh and blood into bones.


    Now I can only ask these people to go back and ask them in detail, for example, first find out how much these guys are "many" and "very many"...


    Although Wei Yan set off early in the morning, the mountain road was difficult to travel at that time, and after the barbarian sentry was laid down and the confession was asked, it was already close to dusk, although it was not impossible for Wei Yan and others to catch up at night, but There is no need for this. After all, in the era of backward communication methods, perhaps the barbarian people will not realize that something went wrong until the next batch, or even wait for a long time before this batch of personnel returns, and even if it is the first time at that time After a while, Wei Yan didn''t know how long he had been back in the camp.


    However, at night, Wei Yan, who was half asleep and half awake leaning against the cave wall, suddenly opened his eyes as if he had noticed something, which stunned the guard who came to wake Wei Yan up.


    『General...someone seems to be coming...』


    Wei Yan suddenly lost sleepiness.


    At the mountain path, there seemed to be three or five people holding torches, and then they came slowly from a distance. Because it is nighttime, it is unusually obvious and can be seen from a long distance.


    "Ok? Are these people not afraid of death? ”Wei Yan whispered to himself, “Why did you come from this direction? 』


    If we talk about the terrain and landforms around Jianning, the Yi people are naturally the first, so the observation point chosen by the Yi people happens to be the main point of traffic, where two or three mountain roads converge. The direction to the northeast is naturally where Wei Yan came from, and the direction to the south is Jianning, and these guys who are risking their way in the dark are neither from the northeast nor the south...


    No matter where they came from at that time, Wei Yan had no reason to let them go in vain, so he ordered his subordinates to ambush in the nearby area.


    The torches are getting closer.


    Wei Yan''s brows became more and more wrinkled.


    Although the night was dim and unclear, it could be seen through the light that these people were not wearing barbarian costumes, nor did they look like barbarians at all. Instead, they were wearing Han robes and Han armor.


    Wei Yan silently retracted his head into the shadows, and after these people entered the ambush circle, he issued the order to attack. What Wei Yan did not expect at the time was that when these people realized that they had entered the ambush circle, the first Time actually didn''t resist or run away, but raised his hands high, indicating that he was a messenger...


    『Messenger? What messenger? ! ’ Wei Yan’s eyes widened, ‘Where the **** did the messenger come from? ! 』


    (end of this chapter)