Before nightfall, Xue Rengui's vanguard of four thousand cavalrymen had arrived at Huze.
This Huze is actually an inland lake with a radius of ten miles.
Thirty miles to the north lies the Yellow River.
This place is surrounded by desert on both sides, yet such a large lake has emerged here.
It's probably because the terrain here is relatively low, and the Yellow River water seeped in from underground to form this shape!
The poplar forests stretch along the lake, making this desert oasis a truly rare and beautiful place.
If this were in later generations, it would have been developed into a tourist destination long ago.
Four thousand cavalrymen arrived one after another and set up camp to rest by the lake.
One person with two horses: one horse is used for riding, and the other is used to transport grain and supplies.
Eight thousand horses and more than four thousand people were drinking water and eating dry rations by the lake, which was quite a sight.
Xue Rengui summoned the four captains to discuss the arrangements for the night and sent out scouts to investigate from ten miles away.
Everything seemed calm and peaceful.
There was no sign of the bandits that the guide was worried about and that Xue Rengui was hoping for.
It must be because their army was so magnificent and imposing, with such disciplined ranks and overwhelming killing intent that the bandits avoided them!
Xue Rengui immediately abandoned the idea of killing people right now.
Let's wait until we reach Linwo before unleashing our killing spree!
That night, except for the soldiers on night watch, the entire army quickly rested and fell asleep.
However, right next to Huze, behind the poplar forest, behind a sand dune, several pairs of eyes, like those of night owls, stared for a long time.
His eyes revealed a mixture of greed and fear.
It took a long time before those eyes finally left, reluctant to look away.
Half an hour later, in a large oasis deep in the desert west of Huze, four or five thousand people had also gathered.
Inside the tents, the lights were bright, and from time to time, wild, unrestrained laughter could be heard.
Accompanied by the woman's panicked and terrified screams.
Inside the largest tent, the smell of sweat and alcohol mingled.
The dozen or so barren, bare-chested, had flushed faces, as if they had drunk quite a bit of wine.
In the middle, five Han Chinese women huddled together.
They were barely clothed, shivering, and their eyes were filled with despair.
Moreover, he was of average appearance, dirty, and quite old.
Although the Hu people were muttering something unintelligible, their unbridled gazes suggested that they were likely to suffer inhuman torture tonight.
"Hey Poison Balu, what's going on? What kind of trash did you bring back?"
"These women are old enough to be your mothers, what about the younger ones?"
A gruff-faced man in the center questioned him with dissatisfaction.
"Your Majesty, have all the Han Chinese in the villages around Helang run away? I led men to search for a long time and only managed to bring back a few dozen people."
"And there are only a few women left!"
A burly man with a face as black as the bottom of a pot shouted, "I picked these few out after a long time. Anyone older than them, I killed!"
"So as not to bring it back and offend His Majesty's eyes."
"I'm not interested, you can have these!"
The man called the king started drinking his wine.
"Great! Strip them naked, make them crawl on the ground like sheep, and then... hehehe!" Hu Du Balu chuckled wickedly.
Upon hearing him say this, the others also started to let out strange cackling noises.
It's obvious they've done this a lot before!
With a series of rough movements, five women appeared naked in front of everyone, their snow-white bodies stimulating the senses of the crowd.
Several people, swaying unsteadily with their drinks in hand, were preparing to come up and wreak havoc.
Just then, someone came to report:
"Your Majesty, Le Jie has returned and says he has something important to report!"
Upon hearing this, the king immediately ordered everyone to stop and summoned Le Ai in.
Hu Dubalu was undressing, preparing to assault a woman on the spot, when he immediately began to curse:
"These bandits came at the worst possible time!"
"Let's see what he can say to the king. If it's something trivial, I'll kill him right now!"
Immediately afterwards, a man with a hooked nose and high cheekbones walked in.
Seeing the white expanse inside, I couldn't help but swallow hard.
He had heard that the king often held lavish feasts here, which were extremely decadent.
Unfortunately, he was just a bandit, and all he had were a few men.
Even the women they captured had to be offered to this king before they could survive in this desert.
Le Jie was not qualified to attend such a group banquet.
He could only suppress his inner turmoil and said, "Your Majesty, a great deal has arrived!"
"If we pull off this heist, we'll not only be able to roam freely across this plateau, but we can also rob as many people as we want in Shangjun."
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately became interested.
The main reason is that the population in Shangjun is larger, which means there are more women!
"An army of Han Chinese has arrived near Huze!"
"Their armor is dark, their weapons are gleaming, and their warhorses are magnificent. If we could seize these weapons and horses, we would be rich!"
Le Jie spoke vividly, spitting as he spoke.
What!
Hu Dubalu immediately stepped forward and grabbed Le Jie by the collar: "You want to die, but we don't!"
"They might be here to wipe us out, we'd better run away quickly."
"You actually still want to make a move on them? Don't you want to die?"
Although this man, Hu Dubalu, is possessed by hormonal follicles, he is not stupid.
“Yes, Le Jie, what are you up to? This Han army doesn’t look like something to be trifled with.”
Others also joined in the clamor.
"Your Majesty, if we confront them head-on, we certainly won't win!"
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