Scholars in the courtyard

noon

Da da…

The sound of war horses sounded slowly, and the people on horseback moved forward lazily.

Two black spots came down the hillside. The two people on the horse were talking, and there were many branches on the horse.

"Old Ma, where are the camel thorns you mentioned? It's already noon, don't delay your meal!"

Gao Yu, who was one horse head behind, complained and followed him out to perform the task. As a result, Lao Ma insisted on bringing something back, saying that it was Yang Xiaotao's request.

Lao Ma looked at the sun and then at the direction ahead.

"Now, after passing that hillside, a little to the west, there is a puddle below, that's it!"

"I don't know if there is any water left."

"This damn cold god!"

Lao Ma said, reaching out and touching the red willow behind his back.

This was what he promised Yang Xiaotao, and he finally found it this time. Unfortunately, it has turned yellow now. If it were summer, the red flowers would be gratifying.

After finally digging it out, I originally wanted to go back, but thinking that Yang Xiaotao said the more the better, I thought there was a bunch of camel thorns here, and I just wanted to take it back.

"Lao Ma, do you think Teacher Yang will succeed? Will corn grow in saline-alkali land?"

"I don't know, but Teacher Yang is a learned person and knows more than us!"

"That's right. Lao Ma, do you think this is salt corn? Do you no longer need to buy salt in the future?"

Gao Yu said something novel, and Lao Ma didn't know it either, so he chirped, "Well, maybe, that's right."

"If they were all planted..."

The two of them walked together without stopping, down the hillside, and then walked for a while. When they were about to go uphill, they suddenly pulled on the reins and their expressions became tense.

He jumped off his horse and looked at the ground above him.

"Old horse, it's the horse's seal."

Gao Yu looked at it and said definitely.

"There are quite a few, look over there!"

"This is horse manure!"

The old horse pointed forward. The surrounding land had been ravaged to form a carpet, with flat sides and no stubble on the trampled area.

A series of horse dung in twos and threes, there are many around.

"At least a hundred!"

Looking at it, these people must have stayed here. There are at least a hundred horse manure on site.

"Besides, it's been an hour."

Seeing that the land had turned yellow and dried out from the sun, the old horse reached out and pinched the horse dung and said definitely.

"Could it be a brother army?"

The old horse shook his head, "With such a large number of horses, several nearby farms are not enough. Besides, they are really brothers. What are you doing here? This direction is not a farm."

Gao Yu frowned. In this Gobi desert, danger is everywhere.

And the most dangerous ones are always people.

"What should we do? Go back and notify the farm?"

Lao Ma wiped it on the ground, "What else can I do? If you encounter it, just go and take a look and you will know."

After saying that, the two nodded, and Gao Yu took out his pistol, this time with enough bullets.

The old horse took off the rifle from the horse's neck, and the two of them got on the horse and ran forward while talking about the traces.

The two of them were not very fast, and even more so when they sat down, the horses held back their strength to prevent accidents.

The two of them also had to be vigilant about their surroundings. Although the surrounding area was empty and there were no mountains or dense forests, the terrain was rugged and bumpy. They might not find a group of people jumping out of the ditch until they were in front of them.

"Old Ma, look, the road is gone!"

The two stopped in front of a bush. Gao Yu pointed at the horse prints that disappeared in front of them, as if they were suddenly smoothed away.

The old man stood on his horse, holding a rifle in his right hand and scanning the surroundings with his eyes.

The road is gone, which means that the other party is covering up their whereabouts and has bad intentions.

It also shows that the enemy is on the left and right.

The two looked at each other and both became more vigilant.

"Xiao Gao, go back!"

Lao Ma looked at the surrounding terrain for a while and recalled in his mind that there was a puddle three to five miles ahead. If a large group of people wanted to hide their traces, that would be the best choice.

However, the most important thing right now is to spread the news. Regardless of whether the other party is friend or foe, the farm must be prepared.

"No, I'll go with you."

Gao Yu refused, saying that he could still help if he stayed. In this vast neighborhood, as long as the two of them helped, he could always run away.

"Don't waste time, go back quickly."

"What if it's an enemy and they hide their whereabouts and come here, it's only two hours away from our farm."

"Let Captain Mu be prepared. You know, if something goes wrong with those things on the farm, no one can afford it."

Lao Ma said sharply, Gao Yu wanted to refute, but Lao Ma didn't give him a chance to speak at all. He kicked Gao Yu's seated war horse, and the war horse ran away in pain.

At the next moment, a gunshot was heard, and both of them jumped.

While running, Gao Yu turned around and saw five or six cavalrymen rushing down the hillside not far away, shooting with guns in their hands.

The gunshot just now hit the ground. If he hadn't been kicked by Lao Ma, he would have been hit.

"Run!"

The old horse reacted quickly, clamped its legs between its belly, and the horse galloped forward, stabbing sideways.

Gao Yu glanced at the people rushing down, weighed the importance in his mind, leaned down, and accelerated his horse.

bang bang bang

Gunshots continued and bullets whistled.

On the hillside, Tieying watched the two people escaping with anger.

The sentry who was originally on duty had already discovered the two of them, but he didn't want to alert the enemy, so he didn't take action.

Tie Ying led his men to ambush here, hoping to catch them all at once.

Butterfly even wanted to take something out of their mouths to confirm the target.

But when the other party was about to enter the encirclement, he suddenly stopped. His posture must have been to go back and report the news.

They had no choice but to shoot and leave the two behind.

But unexpectedly, by some mistake, he missed again.

"Catch them, don't let them escape!"

Tie Ying gritted his teeth and shouted, and asked five or six people to chase Gao Yu who was escaping.

Butterfly frowned, "Captain Tie, we've been exposed, there's no need to wait any longer."

"I think it's better to be neat and do it now."

Tie Ying was stunned, "Do you know where the target is?"

Butterfly frowned for a moment, "The general location is correct, there are so many of us, are we afraid that we can't find it?"

Tieying was conflicted. The original plan was to make a surprise attack at night, which would have a high success rate and cause few casualties.

Now, in broad daylight, leading a group of cavalry to attack the enemy's defense line was still prepared. Even if they were defeated, they would suffer heavy casualties.

These are all his brothers.

"Captain Tie, don't hesitate! We are here, surrounded by enemies. If we delay any longer, we will be doomed."

"Besides, the one who ran away happened to be leading the way for us."

Tieying was so reminded by Butterfly that she suddenly broke into a cold sweat.

"you're right."

"That's it!"

After saying that, he turned around and asked his men to mount their horses.

bang bang bang

The old horse galloped away and turned around to shoot.

The people behind him also fired, so that both sides carefully controlled the direction while chasing and escaping.

Lao Ma saw figures dodging on horseback behind him. Most of the bullets fired by rifles had been dodged. The five people behind him had not reduced yet.

These people are not simple.

It was different from the bandits he had encountered before.

Behind him, gunfire sounded like exploding beans. Bullets were flying around the war horse. It was obvious that the opponent's target was the war horse.

The old horse changed the bullet, and when he looked back, he shot the horse in front of him in the head.

With a mournful cry, the war horse crashed down, but the gangster on the horse nimbly flipped off the horse and rolled twice on the ground before standing up without any problems.

Old bandit!

Lao Ma's heart sank again and he sped up again.

Rumble

Suddenly, the sound of a large number of horses running was heard. Lao Ma looked and saw more than a hundred people rushing down the hillside, roaring and rushing towards Gao Yu.

"not good!"

Seeing Gao Yu running wildly in front, the three or five people hanging thousands of meters behind him, and the cavalry group that had just come down, Lao Ma immediately understood the opponent's plan.

The horse's head turned around, and the old horse ignored the horse bandits chasing behind him and rushed forward thinking of the horse bandits behind Gao Yu.

bang bang bang

Rushing from the side, Lao Ma took the lead in firing and stopped the chasing team. After three shots, the two fell off the horse.

The remaining two people who were chasing looked at the old horse closing the distance and fired one after another.

The two parties approached quickly, their rifles emptied of bullets. The bandit looked at the old horse approaching, picked up his saber, and rushed forward.

Lao Ma jammed the bayonet on the muzzle of his gun, and they rushed together before they could move.

Poof

Shila

Two voices sounded, the war horse missed it, and there were two people sitting on the horse.

A man in front of Lao Ma was stabbed through the chest by a bayonet, and the opponent's saber left a mark on his neck.

Then the saber fell, and he was knocked off his horse by the rifle and fell to the ground.

The other man pulled the reins of the horse, knocked away the blood on the saber, and looked at the person in front of him solemnly.

The old horse reined in the horse and turned its head, his face pale.

On his back, blood was flowing from a palm-long gash.

Chopped sawdust stained the surroundings, and the yellowish appearance gradually turned red.

Thanks to the obstruction of the red willow on the horse, most of the force was absorbed. Otherwise, the cut would have been solid and the body would have been split in half.

Reaching out and wiping it back, Lao Ma's face turned pale.

In the distance, the rumbling sound got closer and closer, and the horses charged faster and faster.

Looking back, Gao Yu disappeared from sight.

He needs to buy more time.

"kill!"

They both drank violently at the same time.

At this moment, I don’t think about anything, I don’t have time to think about anything, everything happens in an instant.

Poof

Poof

The bayonet penetrated the chest.

The saber cut open the abdomen.

snap

The bandit wailed and fell to the ground.

But Lao Ma tried his best to sit on the horse.

He reached out to cover the opening in his abdomen, and the tamarisk tree behind him was stained red with blood.

Rumble

The pursuing cavalry stopped in the distance, shocked by the brutality before them.

Behind them, a group of cavalry rushed over, approaching from far away.

Tieying looked at the corpse on the ground with an ugly expression.

These are all brothers who survived the battlefield, but were killed by one person.

What's even more disgusting is that the original goal he is chasing has become blurred, and no one will be seen if he delays it any longer. How can he be willing to do so?

"Speed ​​up and catch up."

Tieying waved the box cannon in his hand and roared loudly.

The horse bandits rushed forward.

"careful!"

Butterfly beside him suddenly saw the movement of the man in front of him, and immediately shouted, pulling Tie Ying by the way, and his speed dropped sharply.

Lao Ma's realization began to blur, and the pain made him lose his strength.

But looking at the horse bandit approaching, he smiled brightly.

"The offenders."

The grenade was pulled away from his chest, and smoke curled up.

"Teacher Yang, I can't give it to you, I've found it!"

The murmur was drowned out by the loud roar.

More than a dozen horses that rushed forward were directly exploded, and the nearby war horses were frightened by the noise and swerved away one by one.

The people behind were too late and could only watch helplessly as they were hit.

The momentum of the charge came to a sudden halt, and there was chaos.

Tieying felt the moisture on his cheeks, and a terrifying picture suddenly appeared in his mind.

Same clothes, same people.

That time, their regiment was forcibly beaten to pieces by a company using this desperate fighting method, and their former pride was shattered.

That time, they failed, threw away everything, lost everything, and became a prodigal dog.

It was also that time that the man who rushed up with a calm face while firing the grenade became their eternal nightmare.

In the chaos, Tie Ying finally came to his senses after being slapped on the cheek and hearing the anxious look of a woman in his ear.

"Hurry up, don't stop, hurry up and chase!"

The sound of butterflies was heard in his ears. Tieying thought of something and immediately fired two shots into the air. The chaos recovered slightly, and he rushed out with his men.

Rumble

The war horses stepped on the bloody soil and gradually moved away.

After a while, the Gobi became peaceful again.

There was only a bayonet stuck in the ground, emitting blood-red light, and a blood-stained red willow guarding it.