Chapter 575: Burning Xicang Three
The next day, the group came to the so-called West Warehouse, which is one of the largest granaries in the rear of the Khitans, because of geographical reasons, this is the nearest large granary that can support the supply of the Xi Qi coalition army, if something happens here, the consequences will be very serious. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
It is precisely because of this that Li Huaixiu, the great chief of the Khitan, realized the importance of Xicang, although the young and strong people in the clan were all conscripted to the front line, and the rear was quite empty, but he still stationed 3,000 cavalry elites in Xicang, guarded by the Baye Ministry, and the general stationed was the second son of the Baye tribe chief. This man is fierce in nature, and is said to have the courage of ten thousand people, and unlike the other rough men, he has no brains, and is very suitable for guarding the granary.
Although Li Huaixiu arranged for Baye Mi and his subordinates to guard Xicang because of the importance of Xicang, this still made Baye Mi very unconvinced, and other tribes went to the front line to fight, in case this battle can be won, their iron cavalry will step into Shuofang, plunder the Han people's cities, gold, silver, treasures and women will be in their pockets. But what is he? He can only stay in a granary in the rear to get moldy, even if he can't go to the front line, he can't move any grain and grass in this granary, and the only thing he can use is only forage for war horses.
However, it was impossible for him to apply to Li Huaixiu for transfer to the front line, but whenever his subordinates looked at him with strange eyes, he could not help but feel a sense of weakness, and their eyes seemed to ask: "Why didn't you win a place to go on the expedition? Why can others go to Shuofang and plunder if they are victorious, while we have to guard a granary in the rear?"
He didn't dare to face his subordinates, so he could only vent his anger on a few Han female slaves in his family, which he had killed in the past few days alone, and made the others worry all day long. But this was not enough, the only thing that could make him feel some fun was that he had received a request for assistance from the patrol in the past few days, saying that he had found a Tang army scout in the northwest direction, about fifty people, which made him have fun.
Because the nearby garrison is a little larger, he really didn't expect that there were scouts of the Tang army infiltrating in the hinterland of their Khitan, although he didn't know what their purpose was, but there was no problem in annihilating them, and maybe it would be a great achievement.
So, he sent his powerful henchmen to lead a thousand people to search for the Tang Army scout team, and sure enough, it didn't take long to receive a report of the annihilation of forty-seven people and the capture of three people, and the three people's intention to commit suicide by poisoning was stopped, and a lot of useful information was obtained from them.
What particularly interested him was about another Tang Army scout team that had penetrated deep into their hinterland, and it was said that the team of that team was not as brave as two of them, one of whom could even throw tens of thousands of pounds of boulders into the air, and the others did not know much because they were not the same team. But he didn't believe this ridiculous statement at all, and he didn't believe it when he lifted a boulder weighing tens of thousands of pounds, and threw it into the air, and he wouldn't believe it, but this was information spit out after torture, and it didn't look like a fake, which made him have some bad premonitions in his heart.
If their confessions were credible, the three of them would be able to throw thousands of pounds of boulders into the air, which was scary enough, and it was hard for him to imagine that even if he was good at fighting, if he faced such three people, he would be beaten into meatloaf with a punch.
No, no, no, how is it possible, I have 3,000 elite cavalry guards, they are not as weak as the guys who claim to have an army of 200,000 on the Sanggan River, but the real elite cavalry, even if there are really such murderers leading scouts to sneak in, they should be able to kill them.
It's just that it's been until now, he has sent a total of four or five waves of cavalry patrols, and they have all come back one after another, but they still haven't found any trace of the Tang army scouts, could it be that they have already returned to Sanshou Surrender City or Shuofang? If it weren't for knowing the importance of Xicang, he would have swept the surrounding area with his entire army of 3,000 people, who can bear a maggot of tarsal bones lurking beside you? What's even more terrifying is that you don't know anything about their whereabouts and the like, and the most incredible thing for him is that they have penetrated so deep into such a place, what kind of supplies do they rely on? Do they plunder the herdsmen? But so far, he still hasn't received a single report of the herdsmen being attacked, or is it that the Tang army directly washed a certain settlement in blood? This is also impossible, not to mention whether the fifty Tang Army scouts have such combat effectiveness and the ability to clean up the battlefield, if this is the case, they should always be able to receive a report from one of the teams about this kind of thing when they send out so many patrol posts, but there is still no report, it is simply incredible.
Just as he was pacing back and forth in his big tent and thinking about the possible whereabouts of this small group of Tang troops, a herald suddenly said at the door: "Second master, the cavalry brigade sent out has returned, and they met the patrol team led by the third young master of the Tuoba Department on the way. ”
"How did you meet them?" Bano Miton was curious, he knew this guy, this guy was somewhat related to the big chief Li Huaixiu, and his biological mother was from Li Huaixiu's family, so he was taken care of a lot, at least he would not be allowed to go directly to the battlefield.
He heard that the 10,000 cavalry elites who attacked the three surrendered cities had already set off, and this guy should belong to the 10,000 people, since he appeared here, it means that he was taken special care and really didn't let him go to the front line.
According to him, they have completed the reconnaissance mission of the three surrendered cities, and now they have been given the task of exploring the Yunzhou area to the south, and then report to the camp of the Sanggan River. ”
"This damn guy. Bano smashed the wallet on the side, which is not clear to let them out of the battlefield and not be in any danger.
"Wait, what are they doing in Xicang?" he calmed down, and suddenly realized that something was wrong.
"The rainstorm a few days ago destroyed all their dry food, so they had to come to Xicang to replenish their supplies. ”
I see, it makes sense, he vaguely remembered that there was a rainstorm a few days ago, and it was difficult to find a place to shelter from the rain in such a prairie. According to the information sent back, if it weren't for this heavy rain, he probably wouldn't have been able to catch the Tang Army scouts.
"Want to resupply with me? Hmph, dream, I don't embarrass you, how can I let you resupply. Bano Ya snorted coldly.