The drums beat, and a thousand Tongluo soldiers rushed towards the city wall carrying ten siege ladders.
Not long after, a thousand people rushed to the city, set up siege ladders, and soldiers swarmed up.
Nagus sensed something was wrong. He could see clearly that the defenders on the top of the city did not resist at all.
The city gate was opened, and Nagus entered Anle County with a livid face. The county town was empty, and there was no one there. The defenders on the city head were all grass men, and a pile of pine branches was still emitting thick smoke.
What made Nags angry the most was the sound of the drum. It turned out to be a sheep tied up in the air, with three legs tied up by ropes, leaving only one leg. The sheep stepped on it desperately, and happened to step on the drum, making a sound of 'dong! dong'.
!' sound.
Unable to control his anger, Nagus drew his knife and chopped the sheep to death.
A centurion came over and said: "We were looking through the account books at the restaurant. It was still open the day before yesterday, which means they evacuated just yesterday!"
Of course he left early yesterday morning. His nephew was shot dead with an arrow the night before yesterday. Nagus nodded, "They must be going to Xiaoguan!"
He immediately shouted: "Send the army to chase me!"
Three thousand cavalry passed through the county town and chased southward at lightning speed.
Li Ye was so anxious that the team moved too slowly. From yesterday morning to today's noon, they had only walked eighty miles, and they had not yet reached half of the distance.
Li Ye had a strong uneasy feeling in his heart. The Tongluo cavalry would definitely chase them from behind. The Tongluo army had suffered a big loss in Anle County, and they would never give up.
He urged the horse to the front of Magistrate Wei and said: "Please arrange the county officials, make sure that the elderly and children ride in the cart, and speed up the march!"
Magistrate Wei nodded, and he immediately sent his servants to make arrangements for the elderly and children to get on the cart.
No matter whose cart it is, or whether it has any cargo, it must be arranged to accommodate the elderly and children.
The delaying problem was solved, and the marching speed was significantly accelerated. By dusk in the afternoon, they had traveled 130 miles.
At this moment, Yang Li and two of his men came running wildly on horseback. They rushed to Li Ye and shouted: "At this moment, the rebel cavalry is coming!"
Li Ye felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and what he was most worried about had happened.
"How many cavalry are there?" Li Ye asked anxiously.
"There are about three thousand people. When we left, they were preparing to attack the city, at most two hours behind us."
That was when the battle came at night. Li Ye hurriedly looked around and saw a series of mountains in the south, about thirty miles away from them.
He immediately ordered: "Change the route and march towards the mountain, go to the mountain!"
The team began to change direction, from taking the official road in the southwest to marching due south.
When they heard that Tongluo cavalry was coming, the people were frightened and rushed on their way as fast as they could.
At this time, County Magistrate Wei came with an old man and said to Li Ye: "This old man is a medicine gatherer. He knows that there is a place where he can hide and it is difficult to attack."
Li Ye asked happily: "Where?"
The old man pointed to the mountain and said: "There is a rock crack in the mountain. It is very narrow outside and can only accommodate two or three people walking together. At the narrowest point, only one person can even walk, but inside it becomes wider and wider as you go. There are grasslands and lakes."
The woods can accommodate tens of thousands of people!"
This news made Li Ye feel as if he had found a way out, and he hurriedly said: "Then please ask me to lead the way!"
Li Ye then said to the soldier Zhang Wei: "You ride two horses to Xiaoguan. If you encounter an army coming to support you, tell them that there are about 3,000 enemy troops. We are hiding in the mountain col. Please come to rescue us!"
"I humbly obey orders!"
Zhang Wei rode two horses and ran along the official road in the direction of Xiaoguan.
At the first watch, a huge crowd of people finally arrived at the hiding place.
This is a huge mountain crack. The rocks on both sides are steep, hundreds of feet high. The entrance is about two feet wide, but it gets narrower as you go inward. Finally, it becomes a narrow passage that can only allow two people to walk side by side. After walking a hundred steps, the terrain
It suddenly opened up, and there appeared a valley more than twenty miles long and several miles wide, with woods, grasslands, and lakes. It was an excellent place to avoid war.
Li Ye looked into the distance. They were at a high place and could clearly see the situation dozens of miles away. They saw yellow dust billowing in the distance. About thirty miles away, a massive cavalry team was heading towards them.
Come and kill.
Li Ye sighed secretly. It seemed that he would not be able to practice in the water tonight.
In fact, not practicing for a night will not have much impact. Li Ye is just afraid that there will be a beginning. If there is a first time, there will be a second time.
Li Ye turned around and shouted: "Enter the valley quickly, the old man and the children go first!"
Yang Li, the fire chief, came to report, "We are in line, it's very narrow inside and a big car can't get through!"
"Where are the livestock?"
"War horses and livestock can walk, they can only be led."
Li Ye made a quick decision and said: "Unload the cart and leave it outside, and bring the livestock in!"
Under the command of the soldiers, the common people walked towards the canyon in an orderly manner, carrying the old and the young. In just half an hour, tens of thousands of people entered the canyon, and the mouth of the canyon was filled with thousands of carts.
Li Ye led 300 soldiers to guard the canyon. In addition to a dozen of his men, there were also rural soldiers from the county and elites selected from among the civilians.
Everyone is wearing bright light armor, an eagle-ridged helmet on their head, a spear in their hand, a bow and arrow and a shield on their back, and a sword on their waist.
These equipments are armors and weapons collected from Tongluo soldiers.
Everyone was busy building fortifications. They built two fortifications. The outermost fortification was made of abandoned carts piled up layer by layer, filling the cave, and built into wooden cart walls. In times of danger, they could set fire to them.
Block the enemy.
A few dozen feet away from the back, another stone wall was built with large rocks.
Li Ye ordered Wei County Magistrate: "We estimate that we will use soil bags. Please ask the county magistrate to organize people to dig soil and pack bags. The more the better!"
"I'll make arrangements right away!"
As soon as Magistrate Wei left, Yang Kuan shouted at the mouth of the valley, "The team is at attention! They are coming."
Li Ye ran to the entrance of the valley and looked down the valley. He saw thousands of cavalry appearing a mile away. The dark army was particularly clear in the moonlight.
Through the messy footprints and ruts, Nagus led the cavalry to easily lock the escape route of tens of thousands of people in Changle County.
Three thousand Tongluo cavalry tracked all the way to the bottom of the canyon. Under the bright moonlight, Nagus paused the entire army's advance and squinted to look at the situation in the valley.
The terrain at the entrance of the valley is relatively high, so they can only attack from their backs, which is very disadvantageous to cavalry attacks, which means that they cannot advance into the canyon through powerful cavalry attacks.
The number of people on the other side is not large, and it is estimated that there will not be many. The small canyon cannot accommodate too many soldiers, and there are at most dozens of people defending the entrance of the canyon.
Nagus looked back at the generals, and finally his eyes fell on Dint. In the first attack, he certainly would not let his own people go up.
"Dint, you lead a thousand men to attack first and avenge your chief!"
Dingte had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree, "I humbly obey my orders!"
He galloped out on his horse, raised his wolf's head high and shouted: "Follow me, the Hurons!"
A thousand cavalrymen rushed out of the team. They dismounted one after another, holding shields and spears in their hands, and rushed towards the upper valley mouth in formation.