Chapter 572: Behind Enemy Lines 10
On the other hand, on the side of Ye Qingcheng, their group was still fifty people, but there was not much dry food and water, after all, they had already penetrated deep into the rear of the Khitan, and often passed through a tribal settlement from time to time. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
It was also on the way that there was a time when they really couldn't find any dry food, they had the courage to let Huan Chenyu and the puppet use a horse to exchange a lot of dry food and water in a settlement, those herdsmen looked at their clothes in the distance and couldn't tell whether it was Han or Hu, a horse was worth a lot of money for ordinary herdsmen, and they changed it very happily. Although these herdsmen are very united and xenophobic in the face of outsiders, they never imagined that there would be a Tang army in their hinterland settlements, and they would be ordinary patrol cavalry.
It was also when Huan Chenyu chatted with them casually that he learned that almost all the young men of the entire Khitan 36 Department had been recruited to the front line, and those who stayed were women, children, old and young, which was consistent with the information they knew, but then the big chief they complained about built a big granary nearby, and stored a lot of grain in it but did not distribute it to everyone, which made their eyes shine.
These herdsmen should be logically not short of food, since even they are a little red-eyed, it means that the granary is so large, and the amount of grain stored must be rare, and this grain storage is very likely to be one of the logistical supplies to supply this war. Huan Chenyu pretended to be equally indignant as soon as his eyes rolled, and complained with them, so he got a lot of useful information from them by the way, and verified his conjecture by the way.
After leaving the settlement, after some discussion, everyone unanimously agreed that Huan Chenyu continued to disguise himself as a Khitan patrolman, infiltrated the granary and burned it, if this plan succeeded, it would definitely have a heavy impact on the upcoming battle of the Sanggan River.
Although he didn't know if the battle over there had started, according to Ye Chengcheng, it should not have been fought or finished, because there was no news about the Sanggan River in the nearby tribes, which meant that the two armies were in a state of confrontation, if he guessed correctly, Wang Zhongsi was waiting for the news that his team burned the granary grain and grass.
The group went towards the granary, but unexpectedly there was a heavy rain on the way, and they could not march at all, so they found a hill and hid for a day, which caused a decrease in dry food and water, which were somewhat scarce if the calculation of the return trip was taken into account.
But in their opinion, if they could burn the grain and grass, they should be able to replenish some before then, and even if it was not good, the three thousand men would always have to eat and drink, and it would be always possible to get a little from them, and although it was impossible for them to fight three thousand with fifty men, they would have enough to eat for a while.
But just as they were approaching their target, a sudden change occurred, and on this day, one of the strikers suddenly rode his horse back, and while running, he also made sign words: A cavalry of about 1,000 men suddenly approached us!
Everyone was shocked, and they all stopped in place and set their eyes on Ye Chengcheng.
Ye Chengcheng was silent for a moment, and then said in sign language: "Wait and see what happens, if there is a difference, then scatter and escape, and finally those who can escape, return along the route they came." ”
A thousand people, even if the three of them were regarded as ten thousand enemies by these Tang troops, when facing reality, these Tang troops also realized the difference between ideals and reality. Huan Chenyu and Bai Quan's faces also changed slightly, the cavalry of a thousand people, no matter how strong the two of them are, it may be difficult to face them under the condition of ensuring the survival of everyone, but the reason why the Hu people are Hu people is that their IQ is low, and they are easy to be deceived, as long as they deal with it properly, there should be no problem, you must know that the previous team of 10,000 cavalry elites was also fooled by them? Although the patrol post they disguised was sent by the cavalry......
After a while, someone on the other side approached and shouted, and through the spiritual connection, Ye Tingcheng also understood what they were saying.
"Where do you belong to?" shouted the man opposite.
"We are a patrol sent by the Tuoba Cavalry Brigade that attacked the Three Surrendered Cities, we have completed the task of reconnoitring the Three Surrendered Cities, the leader asked us to reroute to reconnoiter the enemy near Yunzhou, but there was a sudden heavy rain on the road, and our dry food was soaked under the guard, and we could not march, so we could only advance to the nearest Xicang, didn't Xicang say that there was a lot of grain? Then it should be no problem to give us some. The puppet said slowly.
"Hmph, we are the garrison troops in Xicang, and we have grain in Xicang, but this is our Baye Department, why should we give it to your Tuoba Department?" the Khitan asked coldly.
Ye Chengcheng and Huan Chenyu felt cold in their hearts, they didn't expect that there were also many forces within the Khitan, and there were also contradictions between them, which was a little difficult to handle for a long time.
"But isn't it fighting with the Tang Dynasty now, the thirty-six departments are all one family, and the Baye Department is just guarding the granary, these grains and grasses are shared by the thirty-six departments, not unique to your Baye Ministry. ”
Just when the guy was furious and was about to attack, a cavalryman suddenly stepped forward and whispered a few words in his ear, making him slightly stunned and ask, "Is it really him?"
"Yes, that was right. ”
Hearing the confirmation of the person next to him, this guy's attitude suddenly changed one hundred and eighty degrees, and he immediately put on a smiling face and said: "I don't know that Brother Tai turned out to be one of the nephews of the big chief, I only heard that Brother Tai recently went out with the big army, I didn't expect to meet here, just now the little brother was not thoughtful, and I hope Brother Tai doesn't mind." ”
The flattery in his words can be seen even by a layman, but this guy is just a small character, even if the guy controlled by Ye Tingcheng is really in a high position, he will not care about such a small character.
One of the nephews of the Great Chief, Huan Chenyu and Ye Chengcheng glanced at each other, and only then did they understand why this guy was still wearing a light iron armor, it stands to reason that because the Tang Dynasty and the surrounding countries did not trade with these nomads, their metal minerals were very scarce, resulting in an extreme lack of weapons and equipment, and most of the soldiers could only wear leather armor to go into battle.
It seems that this time I caught a big fish, and with the identity of the guy, it should be feasible to blend into the granary. However, Ye Tingcheng didn't know that after Huan Chenyu knew the identity of this puppet, he actually had a bolder idea, but even he felt absurd about this idea, so he didn't tell Ye Tingcheng about them.