I played as an assistant in ancient times

Chapter 107

"He is the grandson of the leader of this tribe." After Shen Changshou said this, both Lu Guan and Shen Changsui gave up the idea of ​​robbing another person.

"You can't take it with you, to prevent the people here from desperately looking for it."

"Brother Shen, where is this kid?"

"His father is in the guard team of the Northern Tartar Grand Tutor. He is away from home for half a year, so he asked someone to take care of him."

"very nice."

The two of them arranged everything very quickly, replaced Agula with Narisong and placed him on the bed, then cleaned up carefully and left.

Although they have a large number of people, Agula's tribe has poor defense, and many low-level herdsmen lack nutrition and cannot see clearly at night.

With this help and the fact that Shen Changshou was very familiar with the campsite, he led them to avoid the area guarded by hounds. They left smoothly and were picked up by their teammates. The group quickly escaped into the night.

Although the falling snowflakes were not very large, they could well cover everyone's whereabouts.

After running for who knows how many miles, as expected, they encountered the Northern Tartars' scouts who were stationed far away.

At this moment, the sky was already dawning, and a group of more than a dozen horses were spewing out white mist in the morning, and it was obvious that their horsepower was seriously depleted.

Everyone was on alert on horseback, spreading out in groups and slowly approaching the scouts.

Looking at the three horses running towards him, Lu Guan said, "There are only three of them, and we have fourteen of them. Should we kill them?"

"No, it's too easy to be exposed. Besides, the scouts on the grassland are only a few miles apart, and their riding skills are amazing." Shen Changsui asked Lu Guan and his eldest brother and several brothers to surround Agula's horse.

He took a deep breath and said, "Wu Hao, bring some wine, let's go.

Lu Guan, listen to Xiong Fu and arrange your battle formation. If I change, charge immediately and then flee."

"Be careful." Everyone whispered to the two men and watched them cross their horses and meet the three scouts.

After a while, the two sides met each other, and the scout asked them what they were doing.

Shen Changsui pulled down the wine bag and threw it at the leader: "The people who went out to graze have not returned for a few days. Wuzhibato ordered us to pick them up."

The other party opened the lid and sniffed, then looked at the two for a while before asking, "Are you grazing at this time?"

Shen Changsui was very thankful that after a month or two, he now had a face that was tanned by the scorching sun and storms. "There's nothing we can do. Most of the tribes in the valley are here, and there's no pasture for us if we're too close."

This is the case with the tribes on the grassland. It is common for the big to bully the small. Even when times are tough, the stronger tribes will lead their people to attack and annex the smaller ones, looting their supplies for their own use.

The three scouts looked at each other and asked the name of their tribe.

This time, Shen Changsui did not report the name of the Buhe tribe, but reported the name of the Agula tribe. After all, his family's cattle and sheep were indeed out grazing the day before yesterday.

The scouts did not doubt too much. After all, it was snowing and thousands of cattle and sheep needed to be brought back to the camp as soon as possible.

Shen Changsui waved his hand to signal, and after everyone passed smoothly again, Shen Changshou's heart was beating fast with fear. Sui Ge'er could speak Tartar in less than two months in the camp?

He would not ask such questions at this moment, and would discuss everything after returning home.

He looked at Agula who hadn't woken up yet, hoping that the boy would cooperate.

But he never expected that after galloping for half a day, Agula woke up and learned that he was kidnapped by the surrounding army. He said directly: "I surrender."

"You don't even struggle?" Lu Guan couldn't help but circle around him twice, and the other teammates also looked at him and laughed.

Generally speaking, many northern barbarians went south to surrender, and everyone was used to it.

Agula: "If I struggle, I will be beaten. In the end, I can't stand it anymore and I will still talk."

He had seen too many people succumb to the whip and the scimitar, and his physique wouldn't last long.

"The key point is, are you going to take me back to Da Zhou Hou and kill me?" He looked straight at Shen Changshou.

Shen Changshou couldn't make the decision, "Sui Ge'er?"

Shen Changsui pushed Lu Guan out, who said helplessly: “If you show me the way honestly, I will not kill you, nor will I make you my slave.

First tell us where this is, which river valley it is, and how far it is. "

"Okay." Agula readily reported everyone's location and pointed out a direction. Then the group of fourteen set off after a brief rest.

But Lu Guan was worried: "He may not be honest, and Ma may not be able to hold out for long."

"Try to rob more." Shen Changsui didn't want to think about it. Without horses, no one could leave. "This place is probably one or two thousand miles away from Kaipingwei."

"so far?"

"What do you think?"

“Shen Heng, do you think that as a horse emperor, you will go to war after suffering such a great defeat?

The great general in the previous world led the expedition in person."

"What are your plans? Do you want to stay in Mobei as a scout?"

"Of course not. We can't hide in the small tribe camp of the Northern Tartars. No small tribe would dare to accept a group of single men to join them."

"Actually, we may really have to hide here." Shen Changsui reached out and took the large snowflake, asking him to look up.

Lu Guan looked unhappy as he saw the snow getting heavier in the wind.

Xiong Fu, the only second soldier in the team, came over and said, "There are hounds clearing the way ahead. We should have encountered a migrating tribe."

Lu Guan immediately said, "Let's go and take a look?" He knew that the snow outside the Great Wall would last for several days at a time, and they had no supplies and no warmth on the way, so it was impossible for them to leave and return home smoothly after two thousand miles.

Shen Changsui had no choice but to nod and wipe away his worry. "We must successfully capture Agula."

"?" Lu Guanlue understood after a moment's thought, "What if that doesn't work? We go to his tribe? Is that possible?"

"Let's give it a try." Shen Changsui cheered up and once again cooperated with Wu Hao to head towards the hound.

But this time, a tribe of several hundred people driving cattle, sheep and pulling carts saw the two men appear, and the riders on both wings quickly drew their bows and prevented them from approaching.

The teammates who watched the convoy leave all had grim expressions on their faces.

Everyone quickly met to discuss a solution, and finally everyone focused their attention on Agula.

The child's mouth was stuffed at this time. When he saw the group of people walking towards him, the initial ease in his eyes was gone.

He looked at Shen Changshou for help, and his uncle pulled Qian Da away.

The poor child was immediately surrounded by people. Wu Hao said, "Agula, I am also a Dada. My parents hold official positions in the Great Zhou. I will inherit the position in the future. Do you want to join me?"

Agula nodded repeatedly and agreed to everything, because in the past night, his tribesmen did not come to look for him, or perhaps they did not find him.

Shen Changsui then said: "Then you must know which small tribes have not moved here in time for the winter?

We also know which small tribes are still outside and cannot survive the winter."

Agula shook his head and watched Shen Changsui stabbing his eyes with the tip of a knife. He looked up in horror and found that the other party had retracted the knife and smiled at him.

He regretted it and nodded quickly.

But this time, another person asked him. Just as Lu Guan untied the cloth on his mouth, someone put a sharp knife to his face again.

"We don't mind killing you."

“This knife is very sharp.”

"I know." Without waiting for these people to threaten him again, Agula immediately told them everything. His little thoughts must have been seen through by this group of people.

After a while, more than a dozen teammates asked dozens of questions one after another, and he couldn't remember how much he had said.

It was not until he was tied to the horse again that he realized that this group of people were going to find the small tribe that they mentioned was unwilling to gather with the Grand Tutor.

Agula was so anxious. Was he really going to be kidnapped? How could Saihan, that stupid guy, not notice that he was lost?

In fact, Saihan discovered it, but because Shen Changsui and his men had cleaned up the mess, his people only knew that Agula and the newly exchanged slaves disappeared, and there were no other clues.

He rode out on horseback and looked everywhere for him, but couldn't find him because he ran into Shen Changsui's scout team. As he expected, the shift changed after dawn.

As for Agula himself, several days later, he accompanied Shen Changsui and his group, and after searching for a long time, they successfully found a tribe, or to be exact, two small tribes that were in the midst of a fierce battle.

They observed for a long time and naturally helped the weaker side. When the battle ended, the snow was even heavier.

……

Shen Xiaoye, who also saw the snow, urged his horse forward eagerly. They had to travel more than a hundred miles today to reach Kaiping.

She wrapped her face tightly hoping that it wouldn't snow heavily and that it would be sunny tomorrow. However, the reality was that some snow fell every day, not heavily, but it had a significant impact on people.

The mother leopard never showed up again, which made her more worried, mainly because she saw too many cavalry passing by along the way.

At this time, anyone who could become a cavalryman was an excellent archer with both hands, and the vision became wider as they went further towards Kaiping, allowing people to capture the movements of animals more easily.

She was too naive before.

Moreover, there were even more migrant workers returning home on the road, many of whom were seriously injured and were also transported back by donkey carts in the past few days.

Because they needed to find someone on the road, it took them three days to arrive in Kaiping Wei.

This place, which was once the capital of the Northern Tartars, looks very dilapidated.

After Shen Xiaoye and his friends entered the city, they finally met Uncle Lu after going through numerous reporting procedures.

He was now sitting on a chair with a pale face, his shoulders, back, chest and legs were all bandaged, and he did not look as mighty as he had that night in Shenjia Village.

He forced a smile at Shen Xiaoye and the others, thanked them for their help, and then said:

"I have sent people to look for them outside, but I'm not sure if we can pick them up." Uncle Lu spoke the truth. The recent snow made him even less confident.

“The two of them followed the rear guard of the main battalion, less than a hundred miles away from the lost area, and more than a hundred miles away from the central army.

The reason why I was able to retreat was because we were still three or four hundred miles away from the central army.

I haven't seen your uncle.

"In that case, do you still want to stay and help?"

"Help." Shen Xiaoye promised, "I would like to ask the general for permission to inquire about my uncle's whereabouts in the camp during our spare time from treating the wounded."

Uncle Lu refused without thinking, "No, you are not allowed to walk around in the camp."

When Shen Xiaoye frowned, he added: "But you can ask anything about the civilian camp and the wounded camp."

"Thank you, General. In addition, we brought a leopard with us. It has a keen sense of smell. Can we take it to search nearby?" she asked.

Uncle Lu stared at her and asked, "Really?"

“It is true, but you need to tell everyone not to hurt it if they see it.

Or, I can go with it to explore." Shen Xiaoye said again, she really wanted to go together.

Shen Cungeng, who was beside her, wanted to say something, but after thinking for a while, he shut his mouth. It was better for the two of them to act separately, since Xiao Ye was not really here to practice medicine.

The two Taoist priests were also eager to give it a try, but when Hengxi's senior brother glanced over, he secretly sighed that he had to save the wounded first.

Uncle Lu wanted to find his nephew more than anyone else. He thought for a moment before agreeing and asked Guard Chen to lead a team to protect him.

So not long after Shen Xiaoye entered the city, he left again, hoping that the little black cat beside him could quickly contact the leopard mother.

It was also strange that when they left the guard post and headed north for thirty miles, the long-lost leopard mother suddenly appeared.

When the soldiers saw the prey, they almost couldn't help but want to hunt it, but they had to protect it.

Seeing how close Shen Xiaoye was to the leopard, they hoped that the leopard could really find people.

The little black cat kept translating for the leopard mother according to what Shen Xiaoye said, and the latter agreed to everything.

After receiving the task and the time and address, it accepted the small bag that Shen Xiaoye hung on it, scratched it a few times out of curiosity and almost broke it, then it quickly ran away with the cat.

With Shen Xiaoye's riding skills, he couldn't catch up at all. However, Chen the Guard and his team were able to chase for a while, but they were soon left behind by many people.

The little black cat was also thrown down by it halfway.

It’s true that the mother leopard is very powerful in the wild. However, after being away for a few days, Shen Xiaoye came to the agreed place again and saw the mother leopard appear with a bag hanging on her back.

She opened it impatiently, and it turned out to be a piece of cloth she had grabbed from the fat jacket. Guard Chen and others were half-believing and half-doubting, and searched in the direction she said, and rescued two seriously injured cavalrymen from more than a few hundred miles away.

Over the next few times, it found the wounded soldiers who were stranded alone, which attracted many guards and cavalrymen to come and ask the leopard to patrol with them.

Unfortunately, the mother leopard likes to act alone, and she is already annoyed by having a group of humans following her.

So every time it came back, it would speed away and leave the person behind.

When Uncle Lu was able to stand and walk, the food sent by the court and the medicine bought by the doctor hired by his personal guard arrived together.

So Shen Xiaoye and his cousin no longer had to go to the wounded soldiers' camp to help out, and they were free at the same time. Neither of them wanted to just sit and wait.

These days, when they were helping the doctor, they saw many laborers and soldiers, but not their uncle. Moreover, after many days, all the laborers had been sent away.

That day, Taoist Qingxi suggested: "Why not wait for the leopard to come back this time, and then we can look for it together."

"I'm afraid General Lu won't agree." Taoist Priest Hengxi said, "Besides, it just snowed heavily outside. We can go a hundred miles, but not a thousand miles."

On this point, he was firmly opposed to his senior brother taking risks.

Taoist Qingxi said: "It's the end of October now. If we don't find November, there will be no chance."

"Master Qingxi, are you looking for something?" Shen Xiaoye couldn't help but ask.

Taoist Qingxi knew he couldn't hide it from her: "I can't tell you for now."

Hengxi: "Brother, if it were spring or summer now, I would have no objection to us going deeper together, but not now.

Xiaoye is too young, and the snowstorm outside the Great Wall could easily kill the child."

"You didn't ask me whether I was going or not?" Shen Xiaoye couldn't help but ask.

Hengxi asked, "Are you going?"

"I want to go in my heart, but I can't go in action." Shen Xiaoye has witnessed the madness of the snow outside the Great Wall in the past half month and doesn't think he can withstand it.

Moreover, there has been no news from her two uncles. If anything happens to her again, her family will go crazy.

"Xiao Ye, mother Leopard is back." Shen Cungeng came in holding something.

Shen Xiaoye recognized it immediately: "This is my uncle's jade pendant."

"Well, it was found."