Chapter 1,568: The relentless pursuit and return battle
Monan, Dujin Mountain.
Liu Zhili was riding on that tall red horse and felt like he was flying. Around this grassland, there were scattered and unattended cattle and sheep, and from time to time he saw herdsmen pushing carts and carts.
and women, screaming and running around, with leather armor and bows and arrows thrown all over the floor. If it were normal times, Liu Zhiliti and his fierce and fierce Tiefu Huns would definitely dismount with their eyes shining.
Killing and plundering, but now, he and the nearly ten thousand cavalry around him did not even look at the fat sheep around them, and went straight forward, like a long black dragon, galloping on the Monan grassland.
A deputy general named Agubai followed Liu Zhili out of breath and said: "Young Master Young Wolf, are we running too fast? Do you want us to stop and take a rest?"
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Liu Zhili didn't even look back, and said sternly: "Have a rest, have a rest, you know how lazy you are, but you don't know how fast a soldier is? You've come all this way, and you haven't seen it yet? Tuoba's son abandoned his troops, and his army collapsed.
It's all gone. Now, now he has only brought a few thousand people to flee for his life. At this moment, he can't even take care of the people of his headquarters. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to chase him. If you miss this time, who knows if he will do it again?
Where are you going to hide?"
Agubai gritted his teeth: "But, our brothers from the Tiefu tribe are chasing us. The cavalry from the Daxi tribe, the Chigan cadres, the declining tribe, and other tribes have long been far behind.
No, isn't it a bit dangerous? If Tuoba Gui is still ambushing us, we, we will suffer a big loss."
Liu Zhiliti reined in his horse, turned to look at Agubai, and said with a smile: "Agubai, I didn't expect that you have made such progress. You can think of this. It's not bad, but you can think of things, how could I not know about it?"
?I will tell you right now, there is a trick in the Han art of war that can determine the number of enemy troops. Do you know what it is?"
Agubo opened his eyes wide: "What is it? Master Young Wolf, please teach me."
Liu Zhili pointed proudly to an empty camp on one side, where smoke was curling up and there were hundreds of earth stoves dug on the ground. Some of them still had sparks, and some pots placed on the fire were still steaming.
Liu Zhili said with a smile: "Have you seen these stoves? Ordinary herdsmen cook in their own tents. Only the army will eat around the stoves like this. On our grasslands, the unit of ten is ten.
People live in one building, so there are ten people in one kitchen. Brothers in the same building are called partners, right?"
Agubai nodded as if he understood, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he slapped his thigh suddenly: "Yeah, that's right, that means that just by counting the number of these stoves, you can know the number of the enemy's army?"
Liu Zhili said proudly: "Yes, that's it. In the past, when we fought on the grassland, we didn't care about this. We just killed each other face to face with gongs and drums. The most we could do was look at the horses, cattle and sheep on the opposite side. But when we encountered cunning opponents,
You can hide the elite and separate the horses from the cattle and sheep, so that you can conceal your strength."
"However, cattle, sheep and horses can be concealed, but people cannot go without food. Therefore, counting the number of stoves is the most accurate. No matter how many stoves you deliberately reduce, it is impossible to say that people have no food to eat.
It is possible to say that a stove for ten people requires six or seven people to eat, but it is impossible to say that a stove for ten people requires thirty people to eat."
"Tuoba Gui originally fled to the grasslands in the west to avoid the attack of Yan State. He originally wanted to cross the Yellow River and reach the west of the desert to get some respite. He never expected that the soldiers and horses of our great Huns could actually
We crossed the desert and attacked him directly, so he could only run away all the way north. If he was really strong, he would have fought a decisive battle with us long ago, so why run again?"
"These past few days, I have been afraid that he might have left an ambush. After all, this guy has many tricks up his sleeve. Maybe he still has enough troops to fight us. We have just crossed the desert, and the sergeants are tired and have insufficient supplies. If we lose, we may even be connected to the river.
There was no way he could go back, so I was very cautious at first and would never pursue him like this."
Agubai laughed: "But in the past few days, Young Wolf Lord, I have found that Tuoba Gui's tribe has been scattered, the cattle and sheep have been abandoned, and the most important thing is that the number of stoves has become less and less. Even if the tribe is left behind,
, you can also concentrate the army, but if all the troops are gone, it will be really over."
Liu Zhili nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, that's it. Everything can be concealed, even the army cannot conceal it. The current Tuoba Gui will not exceed 10,000 troops at most, and they are already frightened. My front-line scouts have reported
, he fled to Dujin Mountain, which is five miles ahead. After crossing Dujin Mountain, there is a desert. Now his cattle and sheep have been scattered, and his tribe has been separated. If he crosses the desert again, he will only die in it, so his only way to survive is
, just take advantage of the few men left to fight us decisively."
Agubai became a little nervous: "But he still has ten thousand soldiers and horses. We now only have ten thousand Tiefu's cavalry, and we are tired after chasing for these days. Now he is a trapped beast, and we have to give him a desperate blow."
, we may not be sure of victory."
Liu Zhili said with a smile: "We are one hundred thousand cavalry, not ten thousand. My pursuit now is just to hold Tuoba Gui back, to prevent him from having a chance to breathe, and to summon the troops again. If we hadn't been chasing him these days,
, I'm afraid he won't abandon these tribes and cattle and sheep. With the cattle and sheep, he can enter the desert and go to Mobei. Now, he only has soldiers and no cattle and sheep. He can only fight but cannot escape. I deliberately
Let him see that the only pursuers are our 10,000 troops, so that if he thinks there is still time to fight, he will come back and set up his formation."
"However, although Da Xi and others are looking for bargains from behind, no one is stupid. Tuoba Gui will take all the treasures with him. If he ties up the cattle and sheep behind, he will only miss the treasures in front. I run like this
Come on, don't pick up the cattle and sheep around you, just to let them know that there are better things ahead. Look, haven't they caught up now?"
Agubai's heart was moved. He looked back and saw three huge plumes of smoke and dust rising into the sky, approaching about ten miles away. Under the smoke and dust, there were the totems of the three major tribes: Daxi, Chigan, and Wulu.
Hanging high in the mid-air, it is clearly visible. Under the totem, the leaders of the three major tribes, riding eye-catching mounts and leading their own guards, came at the lead.
There was also a sound of golden drums in front. More than 5,000 Tuoba tribe's cavalry spread out in front. Under a giant wolf-headed beetle, Tuoba Gui was fully clothed and holding a long spear in his hand. He moved forward steadily. Behind him,
But it was a well-organized army and dense cavalry, far less like a broken army.
Liu Zhili's eyes were shining, and he laughed loudly: "Finally, I've waited for you, Tiefu soldiers, follow me!" He said, clamping the horse's belly, and rode out.
A sneer appeared at the corner of Tuoba Gui's mouth: "I've finally waited for you, Xianbei Erlang, come with me!"