Chapter 58: Lurking
Almost at the same time as Bai Fangquan shot out the crossbow arrow, the other two people in the same group also shot out. "Pu, pu" several times, the crossbow arrows came out from the side of the horse, and the huge force of the crossbow arrows even moved the horse's body several steps to the side. The Turkic mounts fell to the ground without having enough time to scream.
Two Turkic people were thrown to the ground without any reaction. One was thrown away several steps, while the other was crushed by the horse corpse and could not even move.
The Turkic man shook his head a few times. Before he could come back to his senses, a piece of grass on the side lifted up from the ground, jumped up a figure and slashed hard on the back of the Turkic man's neck with his hand. The unlucky Turkic scout undoubtedly fell into a coma.
The Turkic man, who was suppressed by a horse, opened his eyes wide and looked at the scene in disbelief. He just waited for him to shout, and he was also hit hard and followed in the footsteps of his companions.
When the personal soldiers from the three nearby traps were successful, they immediately jumped out of the pit. Bai Fangquan commanded his ten men to quickly bury the horse's corpse. After a while, the two Turkic elephants had never been here before and disappeared out of thin air. Bai Fangquan and his men hid again, waiting for the arrival of the next group of Turkic scouts.
The two scouts' chinese return did not arouse any suspicion from the Turks. These scouts would only be concentrated back to the camp at night. During the day, who knew where they would sneak to? The Turks' scouts behind them still patrolled as usual. One hour later, two groups of five unlucky scouts fell into the trap set up by the Xuanlong Army. However, two were killed due to fierce resistance, and the other three were also knocked unconscious.
It is estimated that all the Turkic scouts in this direction have been arrested. Zheng Xiong, the captain of the team, learned several bird calls and blew the secret to retreat. The grass in the radius of hundreds of meters was suddenly lifted up everywhere, revealing dozens of figures. If a Turkic person saw it in the distance, he would be stunned.
Seeing that all the team members surrounded him, Zheng Xiong ordered: "Okay, now we can check the number of people."
"Report to the captain, the first all the staff have been assembled."
"Report to the captain, the second all the staff have gathered."
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"Report to the captain, all the sixth members have gathered."
After a while, all six people had been reported and all arrived. Zheng Xiong nodded: "Okay, Bai Fangquan, Qi Jin, Li Daniu, you three people will take the prisoners back to the military camp first, and the rest will start to resume the scene immediately."
"yes."
Six groups of people lurked and waited for three batches of Turkic scouts, and naturally they still had nowhere to find anything. They had to carry out the aftermath work. Although the Turkic people fell into that trap, it was all up to luck, but no one complained. How could they blame others if they were not lucky?
Bai Fangquan, Qi Jin, and Li Daniu left with the prisoners first, while Zheng Xiong commanded the remaining people not only to completely cover up the place where they had just been hiding, but also to eliminate the traces of their return.
In order to prevent exposure, the personal soldiers did not ride horses and took turns to carry the prisoners back. Fortunately, the thirty people only brought five prisoners, and they did not waste much time to the Jing River. As long as they swam over, they would return to their own military camp.
Today is the first time that the personal soldiers trained by him have carried out their mission. Yang Tian wished he could lead the team himself, but as the commander, he wanted to go, and Li Gang and others would definitely stop him, so he could only give up his thoughts.
Fortunately, except for the students he took in, the rest of the personal soldiers were not on the battlefield for the first time. They had already experienced many killings and poking, so Yang Tian didn't have to worry too much. However, Yang Tian still couldn't stay in the military camp. Shortly after they set off, Yang Tian hid by the river and checked the other side.
From Chenshi in the morning to Shenshi in the afternoon, after several long waits, the figures of personal soldiers finally appeared on the other side of the river. Several personal soldiers around Yang Tian couldn't help but say happily: "Here, come."
The river is hundreds of meters wide, and you can only see blurred figures on the other side. When you see someone carrying someone on your back, Yang Tian secretly disturbed him. He didn't know whether it was the captured prisoner or someone was injured. He couldn't help but regret why he didn't remember to make glass. If he couldn't make a few telescopes, it wouldn't be so troublesome.
The sound of "slam" of water came, and the personal soldiers began to cross the river. Although the other side of the river was their own camp, the personal soldiers still strictly followed the discipline of crossing the river during training. They first sent several people to the water and swam over to reconnaissance.
As soon as these people came over, Yang Tian couldn't help but jump out from behind and asked, "How is it?"
Several personal soldiers who had just arrived ashore were shocked. When they saw that it was Yang Tian, they felt relieved and hurriedly said, "General, we have captured five prisoners."
"Are anyone injured?"
"Don't worry, General, our human skin has not been broken at all."
"Very good, send a signal to them."
"Yes." Several people made gestures to the other side, and the personal soldiers on the other side quickly swam over with their captives. After seeing Yang Tian, the personal soldiers were very excited. Although the Turks were ally of the Great Zhou before, this ally was not trustworthy at all. When the two sides were close, the Turks did not give up their invasion of the Great Surroundings. After Emperor Wu stopped paying tribute to the Turks, this invasion became even more powerful. The Turks often went deep into the border cities of the Great Zhou to kill people and rob.
However, the Turks were all cavalrymen, coming and going like the wind. The Great Zhou often had to pay several times the price to kill a Turk. It was even more difficult to capture a Turk alive. Unexpectedly, they could catch the Turks so easily now. The personal soldiers looked at Yang Tian and couldn't help but admire them. The incomprehension he had during training before disappeared.
These five Turkic prisoners were originally knocked out by their personal soldiers, but when they crossed the river, they were soaked in cold water and woke up again. Their memories were still left when their war horses were suddenly shot by long arrows while patrolling. When they fell to the ground and were beaten out by others, they were shocked when they saw that they were surrounded by Zhou troops, and they struggled desperately.
Unfortunately, their struggle was in vain. The personal soldiers were prepared for a long time. Not only were their hands and feet tied, but their mouths were filled with grass. Seeing the Turkic people struggling, several personal soldiers couldn't help but kicked them with their feet and shouted in Turkic words: "Be honest."
Turkic language is 700 to 80% similar to Xianbei language. Although most of the Xuanlong Army are children of Han people, they are not among them. The old soldiers in the Xuanlong Army have had some time fighting side by side with the Turkic people, so they don’t have to find an interpreter.
Chapter completed!