Xifeng Yelilan shouted anxiously, but the war horses were galloping, and Xifeng had already chased the scout cavalry. That was his biological son, how could Xifeng Yelilan abandon him?
?However, Xifeng Yelilan would not be as reckless as his son, leading only a few hundred people to chase him. So, the party warriors of the Xifeng Department once again staged a situation where the rear team changed to the front team, and the front team changed to the rear team.
farce.
The speed of the cavalry was maximized in the wilderness, but Xifeng Yeshuo and the enemy scouts still lost their traces. Fortunately, under the light of the torch, the hoofprints on the white snow were clear. If you follow the hoofprints, you can see them from time to time along the way.
The knight and horse fell dead on the road.
Xifeng Yelilan recognized that these people were warriors in his tribe and were Xifeng Yehuan's subordinates.
"Hurry! Chase after me!" Seeing this scene, Xi Fengye Lilan's heart tightened, and she vaguely felt that something was not quite right.
The mission of the scout is to discover the enemy's traces and determine the enemy's intentions and scale. Once discovered by the enemy, the most normal reaction is to retreat quickly and never fight with the enemy. Although in most cases, between chasing and escaping,
Arrows flew back and forth between the two sides, causing casualties to each other, but the chasing side would always take advantage and suffer fewer casualties than the other side. But the situation now is different. The people lying on the ground are all soldiers from the Seal Department, but there are no scouts from the other side.
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After chasing for more than ten miles, they finally found the body of an enemy scout on the side of the road. Xifeng Yelilan quickly jumped off his horse to check.
This scout was wearing a short-sleeved narrow shirt outside, and an iron armor underneath. There was also a leather armor inside the iron armor. If you look further, there were several silk clothes. The scout was hit by two arrows on his back, both of which were blocked by the iron armor.
It didn't go deep into the flesh, it was just some skin trauma, not fatal. What really killed him was a knife on the back of his neck. The blade was neat, which showed that the knife used was extremely sharp.
There is a lack of iron weapons in the wasteland. Even Murong Fuyun and many Xianbei nobles do not know how to equip iron armor. It is not that they cannot afford it, but that they are reluctant to do so. This scout has both iron armor and leather armor, and can kill Liu Ziqiu's subordinates. The same thing
Logically speaking, the scimitars used by ordinary tribal warriors were extremely ordinary because it was impossible to refine so much iron. Among the hundreds of people who pursued them, only Xifeng Yetuo was equipped with a good sword.
At this time, the experienced tribal warriors also inspected the hoof prints on the ground and said: "The enemy's scouts number about a hundred people, and the other two to three hundred are empty horses."
The most common method used by nomadic tribes in combat and long-distance marches is to take turns riding three or four horses per person, which can not only save the physical strength of the war horses, but also maintain sufficient running speed.
"Chase!" Xifenye Lilan let out a long breath, pointed his riding whip, and gave the order to attack again.
Through the investigation just now, Xifeng Yelilan figured out many problems. There is no doubt that these people who were suddenly encountered were Liu Ziqiu's men, but they were probably not ordinary scouts. Ordinary scouts would never have such sophisticated equipment. Exactly.
With such sophisticated equipment, No. 100 people were able to fight back despite the pursuit of more than 300 people. At the same time, Xi Feng Ye Lilan's mood gradually relaxed. The dead scout was obviously
The result of the battle was that the fine seal was also taken off, which means that his son is fine. The reason why the scout fell into his son's hands was obviously because the war horse was hit by an arrow and was knocked off. The warriors of the fine seal department are not stupid, and they will definitely do it next
Shoot the people first and the horses first. It won't be a problem to eliminate the team of more than a hundred people.
Sure enough, as we pursued further, more enemy scouts fell dead on the side of the road, but there were even more warriors from the Fine Seal Division who died in battle, and several others apparently died from weapons such as spears, with a bloody hole on their chests.
Xifeng Yelilan has been counting silently in his mind. The strength ratio between Xifeng Yetuo's men and the enemy has gradually changed from three to one to two to one.
Xi Feng Ye Lilan's heart became anxious again, urging the team to move forward quickly. Unknowingly, it was already dawn, and they had chased for more than a hundred miles. They could already vaguely see the dry Tuosu Lake, with the lake bed covered with
The snow was thick and white. At this moment, Hun Luo, who was the pioneer on the left, had just left the camp.
Suddenly, a sharp-eyed warrior pointed toward the snow and said loudly: "Look over there!"
Looking in the direction of the finger of the warrior of the Xifeng Department, there were many black spots on the snow that were motionless. Xifeng Yelilan felt nervous and rushed over on horseback. The scene in front of him shocked him. There were many people lying on the snow.
There were hundreds of corpses, and the white snow had been dyed bright red.
Suddenly I heard a warrior shouting: "Come here quickly, the second young master is still breathing!"
Xifeng Yelilan heard the sound and ran over. He saw that Xifeng Yetuo had his eyes closed tightly and his breath was like a gossamer. He couldn't help being shocked and said: "Take it off, take it off, what's wrong with you?"
Xifeng also effortlessly opened his eyes and said: "Father, chase after us quickly, they only have less than thirty riders left."
When he said this, it was very difficult to take off the thin seal, and blood was oozing from the corners of his mouth. He was stabbed in two places by horse spears. Although his internal organs were not injured, he still bled a lot. If it hadn't been for the severe cold weather
, the blood coagulated rapidly, and he was afraid that he would have died of excessive blood loss.
Seeing that his beloved son was injured like this and it was hard to say whether he could survive, Xifeng Yelilan became a little discouraged. He sighed and planned to stop the pursuit. However, he heard Xifeng Yeli take off his clothes and struggled again and said: "Father, you must not let this happen.
They fled back!"
Xifeng Yelilan originally thought that Xifeng Yetuo wanted to take revenge, but when she saw her son's anxious eyes, she suddenly understood.
After chasing them all the way, they didn't encounter any large army at all, so these 100 people couldn't be scouts. But no matter what these people did, they found their whereabouts. After marching in the middle of the night and long-distance pursuit,
, the army of Xifen Yelilan has traveled three hundred miles.
It is a taboo for military strategists to go deep alone. Even if Ye Lilan is eager to make meritorious deeds, he cannot completely ignore it. The reason why he dared to break out alone was that on the one hand he was bullying Liu Ziqiu because he did not have many cavalry, and on the other hand he also had the intention of winning by surprise.
If these people were allowed to go back and report the news, the surprise attack would turn into a strong attack. Xifengye Lilan was not so arrogant as to think that he could capture Weiding City with only 3,000 men.
"Get on the horse and chase!" Thinking of this, the look on Xifenye Lilan's face became firm.
This is no longer a question of whether they can successfully attack Weiding City, but a matter of the safety of the entire tribe of three thousand warriors. At the end of the night, they are already exhausted. If Liu Ziqiu gets the news and takes the initiative to attack, then they will be in danger!
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Xifeng Yelilan judged well that these people were not scouts, but Xifeng Yelilan didn't know that these people were decoys sent by Liu Ziqiu.
In this era of limited information, the territory of Xihai County was too vast. Liu Ziqiu knew that Murong Fuyun would definitely come to attack Weiding City, but he could not predict when he would come or which way he would come. Liu Ziqiu had already done his best.
Preparations for the decisive battle at Tuosu Lake, but he could not wait, he had to take the initiative in his own hands.
The result of that day's discussion was to send a group of troops to take the initiative to provoke and lead the Xianbei people into an ambush at Tuosu Lake. As a bait, this group of troops was destined to be very dangerous. If one person failed to do so, the entire army might be annihilated. Although several
All the thousand captains took the initiative to request a battle. After careful consideration, Liu Ziqiu gave the task to Wen Hao, who was the best in martial arts. Wen Hao selected a hundred soldiers who were good at riding and shooting from three cavalry teams of one thousand to form this team.
Special troops.
Wen Hao led his troops to the west, aiming for the Hartengol River at the foot of the Ulanda Ban Mountain. The camp chosen by Xianbei was very hidden, but he did not hide it from Mengwuza. Now, Mengwuza's tribe has completely
After being merged into the Xihai tribe, Liu Ziqiu naturally knew the hiding place of the Xianbei people. Among the soldiers selected by Wen Hao, there were members of the Mengwuza tribe. They marched under the stars and originally planned to rest at the foot of Qaidam Mountain, and then
Heading towards the Hartengol River, we unexpectedly encountered the scouts of the Fine Seal Department.
Because it was dark and he could not judge the enemy's situation clearly, Wen Hao ordered to retreat temporarily after wiping out this team of scouts. Although a hundred people were not many, they were the elite among the elite. Wen Hao did not want to make unnecessary sacrifices. But he did not expect that
What was surprising was that more than 300 enemy cavalry actually chased them. What he didn't expect was that these more than 300 enemy cavalry were very difficult to deal with, especially the leading man, who had superb archery skills. Several of Wen Hao's soldiers were
The wound was at his hand.
Seeing that they were about to enter the Tuosu Lake area, there were only more than a hundred pursuers left, and more than half of Wen Hao's men were casualties. If he continued to flee, the pursuers would enter the ambush circle, which would not only expose the ambush
If they come out, a secret weapon they prepared may even be revealed prematurely.
At this time, Wen Hao made an important decision. Instead of retreating to the east, he turned over to face the enemy cavalry. The distance between the two sides suddenly narrowed, and a desperate fight began by the Tuosu Lake. It was a bloody battle.
In the brutal battle, warriors from both sides brandished scimitars and rushed towards each other's cavalry formation again and again. After each round of impact, many people fell off their horses. Wen Hao's long spear became a life harvester, and every time
After a charge, two or three enemy cavalry would be picked off their horses by him. Xifeng was equally brave. The scimitar in his hand was extremely sharp, and the power of the sword could even split the opponent's man and his horse in half.
Although Wen Hao's men and horses were small, they were all elite soldiers who had been selected first, and they were running wildly. They had horses to switch to, which saved a lot of physical strength. Although the people who had also taken off their fine seals were also in high spirits, they sat down
The war horse was somewhat overwhelmed. In this kind of fight, in addition to the martial arts of the soldiers, the impact of the war horse also played an extremely important role.
After a few rounds, the number of both sides was almost the same. Wen Hao and Xifeng Yetuo finally met each other, and they fought fiercely with their swords. Xifeng Yetuo tried his best, but was still stabbed twice by Wen Hao.
, fell off his horse, and the rest of his soldiers were also killed. Wen Hao took the remaining ten or so horses and retreated towards Tuosu Lake, but he did not know that behind him, there were more than 3,000 fine soldiers.