Log-structure outposts stand on the grassland. The distance of three miles is not far. When the outpost is attacked, the soldiers inside can only defend and not go out to fight. When several outposts around them confirm that there are no other enemies around, Then attack together, cooperate with them inside and outside, and destroy the enemy.
The enemy's small attack was immediately contained and suffered a lot of losses. The outpost made of logs was not afraid of fire attacks, let alone ordinary bows and arrows. It had no attack effect when it was far away, but it had no effect when it was close. It will be bombed soon.
On the other hand, the light cavalry led by Rou Yue successfully cut off the food and fodder supply line of Wuli Shanyu's 100,000-strong army, and unknowingly entered their food and fodder camp and burned it all down.
Without food and grass, one hundred thousand soldiers were in panic. The general had no choice but to order to stay on the spot, waiting for the arrival of the next batch of food and grass, and on the other hand organizing manpower on the spot to pursue the enemy and defend to the death.
Finally avoiding the embarrassment of fighting on two fronts, Ji Jie breathed a sigh of relief and could finally calm down and deal with the enemy in front of him first.
In addition to outposts, he also sent countless scouts to inquire for information. As soon as he found traces of the enemy, he immediately sent out cavalry to attack quickly and annihilate them.
"Reporting to the general, the scouts in front have discovered the Cheli tribe's cavalry, about 600 people!" The messenger said to Ji Jie with some excitement: "The leader is Mu Tuo, the leader of the Cheli tribe!"
"Haha, great!" Ji Jie immediately ordered: "Brother Xiong Ba and Xiong Ben listened to the order and immediately ordered a thousand elites to attack with me. We will definitely take care of this old boy Mu Tuo!"
"Got the order!"
A thousand men and horses, led by three people, rushed out of the camp and headed towards Mu Tuo's area of activity.
Twenty miles away, Mu Tuo and his men were having lunch. One of his men asked: "Chief, is it too dangerous for us to go deep into the hinterland of Nanyuan with just such a small number of people?"
"Haha, it's dangerous!" Mutuo said with a smile: "There is an old saying in the Central Plains, you can't get the tiger's cubs if you don't get into the tiger's den! Although we have suffered losses in the past few days, we have not been injured. How many coalition forces have been injured?" We attack outposts together, and the most we can do is kill dozens of us in one attack. We can’t wait for a decisive battle with us! If you want them to take the bait, you have to lay a bait, and you and I are the bait.”
Everyone suddenly realized that the last ambush of King Nanyuan was vivid in their minds, and it seemed that the clan leader was going to repeat his old tricks.
"It is said that the enemy general Ji Jie is a smart man," Mu Tuo said in a disdainful tone: "I would like to compare with him. People from the Central Plains do not deserve the word smart at all. They only deserve words like insidious and cunning."
More than an hour later, Ji Jie led his troops to the predetermined position. The majority of the troops rested on the spot and sent out scouts to determine the enemy's position.
Soon, the scouts sent news and found traces of Mu Tuo.
"Your Majesty, give me the order. Let's rush over and kill those bastards!" Xiong Ba suggested.
"It's your fault!" Ji Jie smiled and said, "Each of you brothers will lead 300 men to take a detour from the side. I will lead the remaining men to attack from the front. We must surround this group of enemies and annihilate them. Remember, if Once someone escapes, don't rush to chase him, wait until the three of us are together and then make a plan!"
"Got the order!" The two brothers each led 300 people and set off first.
While Ji Jie was giving orders, Mu Tuo's spies noticed his actions and immediately reported back. After listening to the spies, Mu Tuo nodded with satisfaction and ordered his men to mount their horses and march towards the east.
Ji Jie's encirclement plan failed. Xiong Ba and Xiong Ben were obedient and did not pursue rashly. The three groups joined forces.
"Your Majesty, do you want to pursue me?" Xiong Bi asked.
"Chase, but not now!" Ji Jie said mysteriously: "Let's rest on the spot. There are no other combat missions today. If I guess correctly, Muto will still appear in our sights tomorrow!"
The two brothers didn't know why. In their opinion, they should have chased directly just now. Maybe they have caught up by now!
Ji Jie had his own plans, and Mu Tuo's appearance was not accidental. Although he only had a few thousand troops in his hands, he would not lead hundreds of people deep into the hinterland of Nanyuan, and it was unclear what the purpose of his trip was.
Then there is only one explanation, Mutuo has a conspiracy.
It's easy to verify whether he has a conspiracy. Let's let him go for the time being. If he leaves just now, it means Ji Jie is overthinking; but if he is still hanging around and leaks his whereabouts again, it means there is something wrong. .
Sure enough, before dark, the scouts sent word that Mutuo's men and horses were encamped twenty miles away.
Twenty miles is nothing to the cavalry, and they can arrive in two quarters of an hour.
"Your Majesty, let's attack!" The two brothers were gearing up.
"No!" Ji Jie shook his head and said, "Continue to rest and talk about it at dawn tomorrow."
Since the tent was set up, Mu Tuo has been in a state of high tension. He has placed dozens of hidden sentries around him, and as soon as there is any sign of an enemy, he immediately leads his men to flee eastward, but until now, no sign of the enemy has been found.
Don't they know I'm stopping here? That shouldn't be the case. The enemy's scouts shouldn't even have this tracking ability.
The whole night was filled with fear, not only for Mu Tuo, but also for a group of his men, because he had told these people early in the morning that they had to keep one eye open even when sleeping and be ready to leave at any time.
So much so that at dawn, everyone had an unconcealable look of tiredness on their faces and yawned endlessly.
Mu Tuo has never been able to figure it out. Is it because his bait is not big enough to attract the enemy's attention? If he had known earlier, he should have brought more people, and the other party would not have only come with a thousand people. Fortunately, the leader is theirs General Ji Jie must not miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If he kills him, the coalition will be leaderless and will definitely be defeated and run away.
If you use 6,000 men to ambush a thousand men, you will definitely win the battle. No matter what, you must lure him into the ambush circle.
"Listen to my order and attack!" Muto made an unexpected decision.
Everyone looked at each other. Many of them had suffered from thunder bullets. Even ordinary coalition soldiers were equipped with such deadly weapons, let alone the team led by Ji Jie. How could these few hundred people do it? If you fight with others, wouldn't it be like fighting with an egg against a rock?
The new weapons purchased by Wuli Chanyu were only distributed to his direct troops, and small tribes like Cheli had never even seen them.
"What, are you scared?" Muto's face turned ugly.
Everyone was silent.
"I promise, your death will not be in vain!" Mutuo said solemnly: "The enemy will pay a greater price for this. Your death is meaningful. I promise to treat your family well! Moreover, I promise to take the big Most people come back alive."
Then, he led his team towards Ji Jie's camp aggressively.
Ji Jie calmly ordered the troops to form formations in an orderly manner to resist the enemy's attack.
"There is indeed a conspiracy!" He said this before the two sides came into contact.