Chapter five hundred and eighty seventh soldiers stand by fraud
The leaves are ruffled with crows, the wind is shaking the wild geese, and the lonely clouds are misty in the sky.
——Excerpt from "The First Wave in Dizhou, Waves Falling to Hanting" by Zhou Bangyan (Northern Song Dynasty)
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Bai and Tian rode together and healed their injuries while running.
With the blessing of Bai Fu's medical skills, most of Tian Hui's wounds have healed, and there is no immediate concern for his life. However, he lost too much blood and will need some time to recover.
The Lone Eagle squad ran for more than ten miles and finally caught up with the Yan army's scouts. After a fierce battle, they completely wiped out the Yan army's cavalry and regained the map.
The eagle eyes looked into the distance. In the clear blue sky, there were two enemy falcons. One was attacked and killed by Hai Dongqing, and the other took advantage of the chaos and escaped.
Haidongqing flew over quickly and chirped anxiously.
Hawkeye's face was extremely solemn.
"Get out!" Hawkeye yelled.
The scouts turned their horses, whipped them, and retreated quickly.
After running for less than a few miles, dust was flying behind them. In the sight of the scouts, a huge Yan army cavalry appeared!
The Yan Army cavalry discovered this Tang Army scout team and came roaring towards them.
The Yan army's cavalry was covered in darkness, and the killing generals came over. The horses' hooves raised dust all over the sky, and the sound of horns and shouts resounded through the sky.
The Yan army has more than 2,000 cavalry, but there are only six Lone Eagle scouts and field hoe!
"Split up and run!" Hawkeye roared.
Bai Fu looked around at his own side. Although Lone Eagle Scout was a man with two horses, galloping alternately, except for his own tiger leopard and the lone wolf's red charcoal fire dragon colt, the other horses were foaming at the mouth and showing signs of fatigue.
After all, the scouts had been chasing for more than ten miles, and they were exhausted. Once they split up and fled for their lives, the rebel cavalry came from behind and fired thousands of arrows. Not even the last one could survive.
It is impossible to retreat separately, and it is even more impossible to turn around and attack.
When life and death were at stake, Baifulingtai was extremely clear.
Bai Fu asked: "Eagle, how many falcons do the rebels have?"
Eagle Eye said: "There is only one left. As long as it dares to fly out again, my green feathers can peck it off!"
In the midst of the lightning and flint, Bai Fu had a flash of inspiration and made up his mind.
For the present plan, we can only make a risky move, and maybe there is still a glimmer of hope.
Bai Fu reined in his horse and shouted loudly: "Turn around and face the rebels!"
Everyone was shocked.
Bai Fu explained concisely and concisely: "The road to death is the door to life!
The only way to survive is to use deceit.
When the enemy is numerous and we are outnumbered, everyone will flee!
On the contrary, the more calm and unhurried we are, the more surprised the rebel cavalry will be, and the more they will think that the Tang army has ambushed a large number of cavalry nearby, and the less they will dare to attack us rashly.
Survive after being put to death, this is the only way to escape from danger!"
Bai Fu made this plan and was well versed in the art of war.
The scholar was the first to understand and agreed: "In the Battle of Hanzhong, General Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong used the empty city strategy to scare off Cao's army. Today it depends on the courage of our brothers!"
Lone Wolf said: "Bai Long is proficient in the art of war, that's it. Take a gamble!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone felt extremely proud. When a man goes to war on the battlefield, he has long been prepared to be shrouded in horse leather, so there is no need to fear life or death!
When the sea is flowing, a hero will show his true colors!
The scouts turned their horses' heads, and dozens of war horses advanced together, charging towards the rebels!
The Yan Army's cavalry was about to run over these ant-like Tang Army scouts. Suddenly, they were surprised when they saw that the Tang Army scouts no longer ran away, but instead seemed to be charging and came back to fight.
When they were about two miles away, Bai Fu waved his hand and Lone Eagle Scout reined in his horse and stopped advancing.
Dozens of powerful and majestic war horses stood in a row, breathing heavily, snorting, and digging their front hooves on the ground, as if they were ready to charge at any time!
This time the Yan army's cavalry was completely defeated.
What on earth are these Tang Army cavalry going to do? Are these few of them going to charge into the battle in a suicidal manner?
Is there a scam? Is the Tang army setting up a dragnet nearby?
Before Yan Jun's cavalry could figure it out, an even more incredible scene appeared.
Seeing that the Yan army had no response, the Tang Army cavalry simply jumped off their horses, took off their saddles, and took off their armor. One of them even fell to the ground with his saddle as his pillow and wrapped in a sheepskin blanket to sleep.
This... this... doesn't look like it's about to attack? What are the Tang army scouts doing?
As the saying goes, if you fight a wolf with a straw, you will be afraid of both sides.
Bai Fu asked everyone to relax as much as possible and create an irregular and loose formation. The scouts acted according to the plan and tried their best to pretend as if nothing had happened, but in fact they were feeling uneasy.
The field hoe was resting on the saddle, his body shivering nervously under the sheepskin blanket.
The leader of the rebel vanguard camp, Li Lijie, had eyes that were spinning like dice. He put up a pergola with his hands and observed every move of the Tang army's scouts without saying a word.
Li Lijie was very puzzled: "The Tang army's behavior today is quite strange, very different from usual.
At a distance of two miles, the cavalry charged and arrived in an instant. These people dared to dismount, unsaddle, and remove their armor. Isn't it completely unreasonable?
The only explanation can only be that the Tang army laid a heavy ambush nearby, and these few people were just trying to lure the Yan army's cavalry into a trap.
If that's the case, I can't afford to lose a lot and fall into a trap just to eat these unknown people."
Li Lijie ordered the Falcon to take off immediately to survey the surrounding enemies.
The falconer hurriedly responded and found two falcons in the forward camp, one dead and one injured. The injured falcon had a large gash in its stomach by Hai Dongqing of the Tang Army, and it no longer dared to go out for reconnaissance.
As soon as Li Li waved the festival flag, the Yan army's cavalry did not move forward, and the two armies faced each other at a distance of two miles.
On one side were two thousand wolf-like Yan Army cavalry, and on the other side were six Tang Army cavalry. Both sides stared eagerly, testing each other's bottom line.
From a certain perspective, this is a torture for both parties.
A captain of the Yan Army finally lost his temper and cursed loudly: "Damn it, I don't believe in this evil!" Ignoring the general's orders, he whipped his horse whip and rushed out of the queue with a mace in hand.
Li Lijie narrowed his eyes, thought in his mind, and said secretly: "Okay, let's see how you deal with it!" He didn't stop him, and just let the captain charge away.
Bai Fu, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground and dozing, opened his eyes angrily when he heard the sound of horse's hoofbeats. He didn't even put on the saddle, jumped on the horse's back and clamped down on the horse's belly.
"Woo hoo hoo"
The tiger-like leopard roared and rushed towards Captain Yan, as if a red flame swept across the ground.
Bai Fu drew the string and swept across his chest, with his bow drawn to the full moon, like an arrow god descending from the earth, powerful and vigorous, aiming at the captain of the Yan Army with an arrow.
The spiked iron arrow drew a perfect arc, roared, swooped down from the sky, and hit the head with one blow!
The captain of the Yan Army didn't even say a word, his head exploded like a cold melon, blood spattered five steps, he was hit by an arrow, fell from his horse, and fell to the ground.
The generals of the Yan army were in an uproar.
You must know that the range of Bai Fu's arrows is three times greater than that of the most powerful vulture shooter in the Yan army. Such archery skills are shocking to the world.
Killing the enemy on the spot, Bai Fu seemed to just wave his sleeves, not taking it seriously, tightening the reins, turning the horse's head and returning to the team.
The tiger and leopard were not impatient, as if they were dancing a dressage, running back to the group with small steps.
Bai Fu dismounted his horse, looked calm, dropped his bow and arrow, leaned on the saddle, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.
Bai Fu's lightning-fast counterattack shocked even the brave and fierce Hu cavalry.
Li Lijie slapped his thigh and said to his left and right: "With such speed and archery skills, we can't catch him even if the whole army attacks. There must be a reason why this man dares not to retreat in the face of a large army.
The people of the Tang Dynasty are cunning, we must not fall into the trap of luring the enemy!"
Bai Fu was full of courage, and his incredible bravery and calmness made the Yan army's cavalry even more convinced that the Tang army's scouts were just bait, just waiting for the Yan army to take the bait.
The two sides continued to confront each other until night.
Once it got dark, Yan Jun had no way of knowing the surrounding situation.
In the middle of the night, dark clouds cover the moon, and there is the faint sound of wind blowing sand and gravel, and the sound of jackdaws wailing.
Worried about being ambushed by the main force of the Tang army, the Yan army's cavalry lowered their flags and wrapped their armour, clamped their horses with their horses in their saddles, and quietly evacuated the battlefield.