Chapter 175: Sunburn under Eight Hundred Miles (5)
While the veteran and his companions were drinking and talking nonsense, a group of cavalry emerged from a small valley on the side of the road. They were dressed in Tatar clothes-covered in pitch-black leather armor, hung from somewhere.
They were wearing breastplates, swords and bows. They came in a hurry, and as soon as they turned the corner, they were in front of the veterans.
The leader was a young man with a black face. He brandished a wooden stick as thick as his arm and hit the veteran with a stick in his pocket. Blood splattered everywhere and blocked the words in the veteran's mouth.
The black-faced boy swung his stick horizontally again, pushing the lifeless veteran Bath Simu from his horse to the ground. He stretched out his hand to grab his mount, along with the bulging package on the saddle - Bath Simu, who made a career out of robbery.
People will keep their belongings close to them because other places are not safe.
Then the black-faced boy turned his back and went into the valley where he came from.
The black-faced boy had more than a dozen companions behind him. Almost at the same time, he faced more than a dozen cavalrymen from Basimu's tribe with swords and sticks. He knocked all these people off guard and off their horses. Then he took his mounts and luggage and turned around.
Also ran away.
When the back of the last bandit disappeared in the valley, the surrounding Basimu cavalrymen realized that their companions had been robbed by the bandits who suddenly appeared!
Shocked! Angry!
We rode horses, sang songs, drank wine, and walked on the way to Heningcheng to rob, but we were robbed!
Is there still heavenly law? Is there still royal law?
It's tolerable, but what can't be tolerated! We must catch up with them, kill them, and cut off their heads to wash away the great shame!
Hundreds of Basim's cavalrymen mobilized their mounts with great noise and chased into the valley.
The news quickly spread to the front. When Alakhuli found out, he screamed with anger.
The thieves on this road are really brave. How dare they rob our Ba Si Mu tribe? Don’t you know that our Ba Si Mu and Dali are specialized in robbing the Khitan people?
Is it valuable?
Alakuli issued orders repeatedly, and the generals led their soldiers and horses to pursue him, but Buyan Boyao stopped him with his hand.
"An Da, don't be anxious now. There's no need to send so many people for a dozen little robbers. Didn't someone follow them? We'll wait until they come back. In addition, please invite the guide Wang here. An Da, we don't have to wait here.
Familiar with me, ask about the situation first before talking."
Wang Qing was called over and Buyan Bo Yao asked: "Are there many horse thieves and bandits on this road?"
"There are so many, so many. The grasslands have not been peaceful these years. First, the Kelei tribe rebelled against the Liao Dynasty, then the Tatar people attacked the Kelei tribe, and last year the Song people came and destroyed the Kelei and Tatar tribes.
Countless remnant soldiers are hiding in the desert, gathering and dispersing. There are as few as a dozen people, as many as hundreds of them, attached to the two commercial roads east and west of Yinshan Mountain, robbing and killing people."
Alahu sneered, "With so many of us, they dare to rob?"
Wang Qing smiled bitterly, "The two big leaders don't know something. These rogue soldiers and horse thieves are all extremely vicious people. Relying on their familiarity with the terrain, there is nothing they dare not rob. We are walking on these two roads, and there are four or five caravans.
Only when hundreds or thousands of people gathered together did they dare to walk back and forth. They were vigilant day and night, but it was impossible to guard against them."
Alahuli and Buyan Boliyao looked at each other. What can they say to such a horse thief who wants money rather than his life? Thinking of the strong folk customs here, it is indeed different from Monan. The two leaders were originally full of confidence.
It's starting to waver now.
After waiting for a quarter of an hour, there was no news from the hundreds of cavalrymen who were chasing the thieves. Instead, on a mountain ridge on the right, a group of three to four hundred Tatar horse thieves appeared. The leader was the one wielding a big wooden club just now.
The black-faced guy.
They were condescending and showed no sign of weakness to the tens of thousands of cavalry, yelling and provoking, and then dropped hundreds of heads.
Seeing the heads that rolled down the hillside with indistinguishable faces, Alaquri became furious and wished he could immediately lead a large group of people to rush up and cut these arrogant horse thieves into pieces.
But he was pulled away by the cautious Buyan Boyao.
"An Da, be careful of scams!"
Hearing this reminder, Alakuli's head, which was about to explode, suddenly woke up.
They have been able to rob Daozhou County in Xijing of the Liao Kingdom for many years, and they have been able to survive many times under the Liao Army's invasion and suppression. They have already experienced it. They are blindly reckless and impulsive, and the grass on their graves is as high as a horse's head.
"La Guda!" A La suddenly thought for a moment, shouted loudly, and summoned a general.
"These guys provoke us and if we don't fight back, our morale will be affected. You take two thousand soldiers and horses to chase these guys. Remember, be careful of being ambushed. If you run away ten miles, come back immediately and stop chasing. Do you hear me?"
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Alakhuli explained.
"I heard it, and my subordinates will definitely obey my orders!" Laguda replied.
On the hills in the distance, He Qifan, Li Jian and others watched Laguda leading two thousand cavalry, following closely behind the decoy team led by Yan Wanshi.
Seeing that they were about to enter the ambush circle, Basim's cavalry suddenly stopped, then turned its horse's head and began to walk back.
"Don't be fooled." He Qifan shook his head and looked at Li Jian with a solemn expression, "I'm afraid this battle won't be easy."
"If you don't want to fight, you have to fight!" Li Jian and He Guan looked at each other and made up their minds.
"Send the order and order the outflank detachment to immediately intercept the enemy's pursuit of the cavalry. The ambush detachment will be dispatched immediately to surround this enemy force."
One hundred and twenty miles northeast of Hening City, Changsun Moli and his staff from the Economic and Strategic Envoys Department stood on the hillside of Boridolin Mountain, looking at the Tuwu Lazuo River in the distance.
This is the last barrier to the northeast of Hening City.
On the north bank of the river, dense black spots gathered into a black line. The allied forces of Borjijin, Merqi, and Zadala led by Dunbinai were preparing to cross the river.
Five thousand cavalry led by Li Miao were waiting for an opportunity on the south bank.
Li Gang, dressed in military uniform, galloped over on horseback. He insisted on following Li Miao to the front line and now became a herald.
"Everyone joins the army. The enemy is about to cross the river. Looking at the formation, they are preparing to cross the river in four directions, and have prepared a large number of horse archers to support and cover the other side. The Tuwu Lazuo River is too shallow and narrow, and it takes two or three minutes to rush over on horseback.
Well, Captain Li said we have few soldiers and can only focus on one to stop them."
After listening to Li Gang's words, Changsun Moli chuckled: "The enemy is taking advantage of the large number of people to forcefully cross the river. It is noon now, and there are more than 50,000 people. It must be too late for them all to cross the river. There should be one station on each side of the north and south banks.
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"We are all joining the army, so what should we do? Just harass them without any pain?"
Changsun Moli did not answer, but turned to ask Zhang Yi, "Have all the thousands of households in Xuanwu Banner evacuated as planned?"
"If we return to the capital to join the army, we have all evacuated to the pasture at the southern foot of Hanghai Ridge as planned. The last group of troops passed through the Yuetiehugulan Valley last night."
Looking at Li Gang and Zhang Yi, who were nervous because of the upcoming battle, Changsun Moli suddenly asked.
"Bo Ji, Uncle Si, tell me, what did you learn from the emergency evacuation of more than 200,000 people on the two wings of Xuanwu Banner, Muxi and Taurus?"
What have we learned? What can we learn? More than 50,000 enemy troops are not far away, and the army is about to come. My mind is buzzing now. What have I learned?
Li Gang and Zhang Yi looked at each other, and they could see each other's helplessness in their eyes.
"The student's mind is in chaos and he really can't say anything." The two of them answered honestly.
"You guys, you still need to sharpen your temperament." Changsun Moli said rudely, "Mobei, Hehuang and other tribes, according to the classification of stewards, are nomadic tribes, which are completely different from the farming people in the Central Plains. They chase water and grass.
As for living, there are summer pastures and autumn pastures. In winter, it is best to live in the lee of the foot of the mountain. They are constantly moving."
"The Sixiang Banner created by the official family is divided into four banners. Below the banner is divided into twenty-eight wings, each wing has 20,000 households. Further down are Qianhu, Baihu, Jiahu and Zhenghu. Below the Zhenghu there are
The biggest feature of the deputy household and the assistant household is that the army and the people are integrated. In peacetime, they are herdsmen. In the event of war, the herdsmen are equipped with swords and bows and mount war horses to become soldiers. The assistant household, the deputy household, the principal household, and the first household immediately become auxiliary soldiers.
Bing, Jia Bing and team upright."
"The young and the strong are warriors, and even the old, young, women and children have become heavy support troops under this system. The government's four-image flag system can be said to have given full play to the greatest advantage of the nomadic tribes. So when I say
Under the order, more than 200,000 tribesmen were able to break out of camp within three days and rush to new pastures hundreds of miles away in an orderly manner."
"Boji and Sishu, the four elephant flags that have been reorganized and trained can transport hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians along the water and grass to distant places thousands of miles away. In addition, the high altitude deployed in the Central Plains
Wheelcarts, waterwheels and corresponding technical equipment. The Sixiang Banner tribesmen can carry waterwheels and fodder, and can escape the constraints of water plants at a certain distance..."
"This will be an unstoppable torrent! It can follow the direction guided by the officials, go to any place in the world with water and grass, and conquer it with iron hoofs and swords and bows. Now you know what's going on here
Is there any mystery?"
Li Gang and Zhang Yi opened their mouths slightly and looked at each other. This is indeed shocking!
They finally sorted out their chaotic thoughts and came up with the key issues.
"Sir, the officials have trained the original wild wolves into an organized and disciplined wolf pack, doubling their combat effectiveness. What if they turn around and head towards the Central Plains?"
Changsun Moli nodded happily, and just as he was about to answer, a herald came running to report: "Report! The enemy has begun to cross the river. Our vanguard and the enemy's vanguard across the river have begun to engage in battle!"
The atmosphere suddenly became more tense. This chapter has been completed!
