After the Fairy Disappeared

  Chapter 282 Sniffing Hair

   After more than an hour, the Xiazhou army that was chasing the enemy slowly returned.

  Hong Chenglue still escaped, this guy was more slippery than a loach, but He Chunhua took down another thirty or forty Xunzhou rangers.

  After deducting the damage caused by the surprise attack on the camp, Hong Chenglue only had more than 200 troops left in his hands.

  Tossing back and forth all night, either rushing at full speed or leading the team to kill the enemy, He Chunhua did not hide his exhaustion at this time, and asked He Lingchuan: "How is the grain truck?"

   "Thirty-four vehicles were burned down, but a lot of food was rescued and they are being sorted out." He Lingchuan was not busy just now, "A preliminary estimate shows that a total of about 1,500 shi was lost last night and tonight."

  The rock wolf Lu Xin also injured many Xunzhou people. The price was that he was hit by two arrows and his right paw was cut off.

  He Chunhua let out a long breath: "It's okay." Then he still has nearly nine thousand shi's family fortune, so he won't go to the front line empty-handed.

   Then he started asking about the battle in the camp.

  Wu Shaoyi received his letter from Feige and prepared for the battle in advance, which prevented Hong Chenglue from making another sneak attack.

  However, there were about 400 officers and soldiers left behind, while the opponent had 300 cavalry. The Xiazhou people also fought extremely hard. The Xunzhou cavalry started shooting arrows and throwing fire before they broke into the horse rejection post. Fortunately, Wu Shaoyi had already asked someone to fetch water to wet the tarpaulin and various equipment, so this wave of fire attack was not very effective.

  The essence of stealing camp lies in the word "stealing". If you don't catch people by surprise, the effect will be greatly reduced.

  Hong Chenglue also called people to use gunpowder to throw bombs. However, the grain trucks were scattered and concealed, and the damage caused by the gunpowder was limited.

  The first two waves of strong attacks didn't work. Hong Chenglue knew after seeing the battle that the opponent had already prepared.

  Then Elder Liang went up to fight Hong Chenglue in person, otherwise this fellow would really start a massacre, and there would be more than just a few soldiers from Xiazhou.

  The price was that Elder Liang was injured on his right shoulder and under his ribs, and the injuries were serious.

  He is proficient in spells, and he is born to suffer a bit from a general like Hong Chenglue on the battlefield.

  Elder Liang's disciple treated him, and He Chunhua was right beside him. Chuanyun Pavilion made great efforts to guard the camp tonight, so Manager He also expressed his gratitude. This is also an opportunity to test the quality of Chuanyun Pavilion disciples, and He Chunhua is quite satisfied.

  As for the little soldier who missed his post and took a nap maliciously, he was executed by military law that night and lost his head.

  At dawn, Zeng Feixiong led the team back.

  From the way this team stepped into the barracks with their chests upright, He Lingchuan knew they had won.

   Sure enough, Zeng Feixiong went to report with wind on his feet, and the first sentence was: "My lord, Bailiqing has been executed!" The soldiers behind offered a head, and it was Bailiqing who died with regret.

   "Okay, okay!" He Chunhua cheered up, and felt that most of the anger in his chest was coming out, "Tell me about the battle in the mine."

It turned out that the Xun people who stayed in the abandoned mine were all wounded soldiers and logistics, and the real defense force was only fifty people. Facing such a weak player, Zeng Feixiong's team played a sneak attack on purpose, and the opponent had no organization at all. effective resistance.

  But at this time, Bailiqing had already woken up, and ordered two generals under his command to lead the rest of the troops into the mine tunnel. It is narrow and dark there, so as long as people are left behind, the officers and soldiers will basically not be able to attack.

  Their reason is nothing more than the mine tunnel and the exit leading to the back mountain.

  However, Jiao Tai had already led people to kill the Xunren guards and seized the exit position. Seeing Zeng Feixiong sending a signal at the front mountain, he immediately set fire to the mine tunnel exit and blew up the mountain, blowing up the mine tunnel exit.

  Bai Liqing and others were blocked in the mine tunnel, unable to get out from either side.

   Then Jiao Tai ordered people to light the fire and pour smoke into the mine tunnel.

  Xun people were poured into tears and had difficulty breathing, so they had to go out from the front mountain mine and raised their hands in surrender.

   According to He Chunhua's instructions, Zeng Feixiong confiscated all the weapons, and then ordered to kill people, leaving no one alive!

   The first person to be beheaded was Bailiqing.

  The corpses of the captives are also very simple to deal with, just throw them back into the mine tunnel, and use the remaining gunpowder to explode and seal them.

  He Chunhua looked at Bailiqing's head, and smiled: "I accept this great gift from Hong Chenglue."

Zeng Feixiong said again: "There is a famous general under Bailiqing named Fu Xin. When he was about to be beheaded, he was still yelling at Hong Chenglue. When I saw it, I let him go, and there were more than a dozen soldiers under him. One hundred and thirty Of the six captives, only sixteen were released." It was equivalent to wiping off a fraction.

  He Chunhua nodded: "Very good. Let him go back, and add trouble to Hong Chenglue."

   Didn't Hong Chenglue want to use his hands to clean up these burdens?

  How can he make the other party get what he wants?

   After this general surnamed Fu went back, he was full of resentment, and he would be an enemy of Hong Chenglue everywhere, which was much more useful than killing him with a knife.

  He Lingchuan's heart moved, he interrupted and asked, "Where's Dong Rui?"

  Dong Rui wouldn't die so silently, right?

   "He jumped on the strange bird at the first time, and flew away close to the ground." Zeng Feixiong was ashamed, "Just after we shot the first wave of arrow rain. There were trees blocking it, so we couldn't shoot it down."

  He Lingchuan patted him on the shoulder.

as predicted. Dong Rui's escape talent is always full.

  Zeng Feixiong took out the storage ring and returned it to He Lingchuan: "Thank you, young master, with the help of those explosives, we saved a lot of time."

  After he left, He Lingchuan also wanted to pay back the bill, but was stopped by his father:

   "Chuan'er, where is the comb?"

   "Huh?" He didn't understand for a while, "Which comb?"

   "The comb you got from Hong Chenglue's home in Bailu Town." He Chunhua asked him, "To be precise, it seems that his neighbor took it."

"Oh, yes." Hong Chenglue was cautious, and emptied the house before leaving Bailu Town. Unfortunately, the old woman next door had already taken a comb, and He Lingchuan got it from the old woman. And around the hair.

  He didn't think much, took out the comb and handed it over.

  He Chunhua didn't answer: "Can you tell if the hair is a man's or a woman's?"

   "...Try it." He Lingchuan thought for a while and whistled.

   After a few breaths, the rock wolf Lu Xin emerged from a dark corner and swayed his stiff tail at him.

  He Lingchuan moved the comb closer: "Smell the hair on it, and tell me whether its owner is a man or a woman."

  The rock wolf opened its mouth wide and yawned: "Twenty catties of beef."

  He Lingchuan was ashamed: "You charge such a high price for such a simple job as moving your nose?" It's only been a few months, how did the simple tundra wolf become like this?

   "Why don't you come?"

   "Okay, okay." He Lingchuan compromised, "I owe you first, and I will buy you high-quality beef when I go back to Dunyu."

  The old woman promises that she never combs her hair too much with this comb. And the hair is a little brown, so it's unlikely to be an old woman's.

  The rock wolf's wet nose came closer and sniffed vigorously.

  Its sense of smell is several times more sensitive than that of ordinary dogs, and it can even construct a set of three-dimensional images in its mind based on odor molecules alone.

   "Woman, in her early thirties, in poor health, taking medicine all year round." Rock Wolf looked disgusted, "The strong smell of medicine almost flooded my nose."

  He Chunhua happily took the comb and praised his son: "Good job!"

  He Lingchuan asked him: "Father, what do you want this comb for?"

   "Be prepared." He Chunhua shrugged, "Hong Chenglue's neighbor, did you say that their husband and wife are harmonious?"

"Well, Hong Chenglue took good care of his sick wife, served her with soup and medicine every day, and it is said that she would massage her whole body every few days to prevent muscle atrophy. The old woman said that she had never heard them quarreling." Living in that kind of crappy house, The walls are very thin, but if there is any noise, the neighbors can hear it from any corner of the wall.

   "Okay, okay." He Chunhua nodded, "By the way, how is your injury?"

   "It's okay, I'll deal with it now." He Lingchuan also went back, he has medicine ape, so these minor injuries can be dealt with.

  He didn't know, after he left, He Chunhua issued an order to see no visitors, and ordered the guards to guard the tent. He himself took a black cloth and blocked all the light leakage gaps in the tent.

  No one knows what Manager He did in the account.

   Until more than half an hour later, Dongfang Xi fainted.

  The **** night finally passed, He Chunhua stepped out of the tent, and took a deep breath facing the rising sun.

  He called two more people and gave instructions in a low voice.

  The two men took orders and galloped away with more than thirty riders.

   Waiting until dawn, He Chunhua gave the order to the troops:

   "Break camp and hit the road!"

   No more rest, the food transport team must rush to the front line as soon as possible.

  The offensive and defensive battle last night was finally won, the morale of the team has risen, and there is no resistance to starting immediately. Xinhuang Town is too poor, and ordinary soldiers can't go out of the camp even if they obey the military orders. Staying here is not much different from the countryside.

  He Lingchuan asked for leave and temporarily left the team. He took a dozen of his men all the way west, and ran for dozens of miles before finding the place where Mao Taohaosheng had fought hard.

"When the Ghost Festival comes, no matter where I am, I will burn money and burn paper figurines for you." He Lingchuan said to the new tombstone, "I'll ask my master to make you some long-legged and thin-waisted paper girls. Make sure all of them are the ones you like.”

   This is Mao Tao's wish during his lifetime, and it can be fulfilled after death.

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  The next journey of the grain transportation team was uneventful.

   When passing through the steep mountain pass, He Chunhua dispatched spies ahead of time, and the team also raised their vigilance to full. However, until everyone passed smoothly, nothing happened.

  He Chunhua has long judged that Hong Chenglue's vitality will be seriously injured, and he will not make another move. After this journey, Tianxian finally feels relieved.

   There are plains behind.

   Taking stock of the battles in the past two days, he and Hong Chenglue should win and lose each other. However, Hong Chenglue originally had more than 600 people, but now there are only more than 200, and the loss is more than half. Hong Chenglue suffered a bigger loss.

   Last night’s mutual attack will determine the world, otherwise the food transportation team will not be able to get through the danger today so easily.

  The speed of marching on the plain was fast. Two days later, the food transport team finally arrived at the northern front!

  Border Guard General Zhao Pan got the news and was waiting by the side of the road.

  He Lingchuan saw that Wu Yangyang was full of soldiers, and the welcome ceremony was quite grand.

  (end of this chapter)