Chapter 157: It's a Bird Matter
Kumoti naturally didn't know that the emperor had left Beijing, he just based on his intuition since he had led the troops for so many years, and he was sure that the worms were willing to abandon more than 10,000 war horses to set up suspicious formations, which was definitely not trivial.
But it is also difficult to guarantee that the caliber of those worms is fake, in order to deceive them to Shuozhou, so Kumo proposed to be cautious, let some cadres take the remnants of the worms and war horses back to the fertile field first, on the one hand, torture carefully, on the other hand, ask the Tiger Ben and Xiao cavalry battalion to support, and when the situation is not right, immediately go east to support Shuozhou.
Kumoti's Eagle Yang Army was the fastest cavalry unit, and out of "unshirkable duty", it was a foregone conclusion that they would go straight to Shuozhou.
If He Mullan felt that the Eagle Raising Army was already a rapid march to help Fertile Field at the beginning, now it was simply "galloping".
During the gallop, whether it is a general or a soldier, there is no time to dismount at all, due to the constant bumps, and the cold air outside the body, there is almost no urine, occasionally there is a small relief, that is, directly pull the pants halfway, grab it and sprinkle it outside, if it is blowing on-hand wind, it will blow back to the stirrups and pants, but everyone does not care, because the rapid march is like this.
He Mulan didn't have much of a problem because he drank water. She is mentally prepared, if she is really anxious, she will pee her pants directly. She had clean pants under the saddle, which were originally prepared for fear of the skin of her thighs being worn out, and if she was really wet, she could change them when she camped at night.
Eating and drinking Lazar are all on the horse, and the three horses rotate until the three horses are no longer able to run, then they dismount and rest, feed the war horse water and forage, and then squint for a while. Later, many knights fell asleep in the gallop, relying on the instinct of the body and the humanity of the war horse, so that they could always hang on the horse.
After about a day and a night of chasing after this, they finally found the trace of the real Western Front Worm. Kumoti was overjoyed, and immediately ordered the scouts to inquire about the situation, and ordered Bo Yaguan to go to the Black Mountain camp, Wuchuan Town, and Shuozhou to report the news, while all the men and horses of the Eagle Yang Army rested on the spot and recuperated to prepare for all the situations that might happen next.
He Mulan had already dealt with her personal problems last night, and among the several pro-soldiers, she was the most in spirit, so Kumoti asked her and Yihun Shaolian to protect herself, and the other pro-soldiers all rested.
Kumoti was also very tired. On the first day of the march, he was still wearing the bright light armor that pulled the wind, but by the time he continued to march the next morning, he had already taken off his armor and went out wearing the same soft leather armor as everyone else.
It is not appropriate to travel in iron armor, which Mulan has already used her experience to tell He Mulan, so He Mulan unloaded the black hammer armor on the first day of riding and put it on the pack horse, wearing leather armor.
Kumoti knew that Mingguang armor was not suitable for hurrying, but he was the boss, and wearing Mingguang armor was equivalent to announcing his identity to everyone, and he didn't dare to take off that high-quality equipment until he really started to speed around and no one cared what your identity was.
It's pitiful to be the manager, and when He Mullan looked at Kumoti riding in pain, he knew that he must have been worn out somewhere.
Soon the scouts came to report that there were only seven or eight thousand worms in front of them, and they should have been left behind by the slow journey, because they were all tired soldiers like those tired horses before.
If it is said that the army is tired, there is no difference between the Eagle Yang army led by Kumoti and this army. Now that Shuozhou is not far away, Kumoti ordered everyone to rest and recuperate, and immediately get on their horses and prepare to attack.
"Our purpose is not to kill the enemy, but to leave as much information as possible for the other party, and we have to go to Shuozhou, so as not to have unnecessary casualties!"
Kumoti got on his horse and looked at the soldiers behind him, almost all of them were full of energy, and nodded in satisfaction.
"Assault of the whole army!"
When Tuoba Tao marched with an army of 30,000 to Shuozhou, he was suddenly attacked by the left and right flanks.
This is simply impossible in the eyes of the Wei army, not to mention that there is a large camp of Montenegro guarding the border pass, even if it is Fertile Field, Huaihuang and Yuyi, it is impossible for any town to let the worm go directly south and ambush directly on the road.
This is not a wilderness, this is the road to Shuozhou's Shengle!
How the hell did these people come about!
"Is it Helenxia's people, or is it a worm? Can you find out?"
Although Tuoba Tao is only twenty-one years old, he doesn't know how many battles he has fought since he was a teenager.
Whether it is a sneak attack, a night attack, a siege, or a flanking attack, he has experienced it all. At the most dangerous time, the enemy who had five circles inside and outside could only break out of the encirclement by fighting to the death by his subordinates.
Not to mention that Tuoba Tao still has civil and military officials by his side, just to calm the army's heart, he will not show a trace of panic.
"The men and horses on the left are playing the wolf's head flag, and they are the creeping generals!" The scout on the left side opened his mouth and reported: "There are about 10,000 people!"
He didn't dare to get closer, and he couldn't count the number of people, but looking at the number of dustheads and horses, he could get a number.
The number of these people is in the tens of thousands, and it is said that it is less, not more.
"There is no flag on the right, and there are about 10,000 people."
Hearing that the number of people was not very large, Tuoba Tao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Since it's a worm, then it's probably sneaking into my Great Wei realm. The other party is a tired soldier, far away from his homeland, and has no supplies, even if we wait for leisure, the other party will be in chaos."
Tuoba Tao was very contemptuous of the worm and directly ordered to fight back.
"Order General Long Xiang Budui and General Tuoba Ren to lead the left and right armies of Yulin. [,! ] Out of battle to meet the battle, the Su Guard to protect the ministers. Send Bo Yaguan to the prefectures and counties in the direction of Shuozhou and Wuchuan to ask for help, and quickly work for the king."
Pingcheng left 50,000 troops to defend it, Wuchuan also had 30,000 horses, and Shuozhou was small, but there were 10,000 horses. No matter which group goes here, it only takes one day's schedule. Most of the Yulin army are the children of the nobles of the Xianbei tribes, who were originally eager for military merit and hoped to make meritorious contributions, but now they listened to the words of the Great Khan and went out to meet the battle, and immediately followed the two generals to lead the army to fight and fight.
Only Cui Hao was really uneasy in his heart, he had always known that the worm was not a nation that would die generously and desperately, so he admonished on the side:
"Your Majesty, the worm has always been cunning and sparing, and it is by no means a heroic and fearless man, and now it is no accident that two worming cavalry have appeared in the hinterland of my Great Wei. Early in the morning, the minister saw the wild geese flying west in the sky, this is not an auspicious sign, you still retreat to Pingcheng now, only to be safe! "
Cui Hao has always liked astronomical numerology, and Tuoba Tao also knows it.
When he took Kou Qian on this trip, Tuoba Tao took him on the road as a person who observed the celestial phenomena, not to let him accompany him. In the past few days, Cui Hao and Kou Qianzhi have been together every day, Tuoba Tao has watched coldly, and seeing that they are quite similar, he is worried that Cui Hao will fall into Kou Qianzhi's way of ghosts and gods.
Now that Cui Hao suddenly said that the wild goose that appeared in the morning was an omen at this time, Tuoba Tao was even more worried about himself in his heart, and he directly denied his advice:
"Although it is rare for wild geese to fly west in winter, it is not a bad omen. Now it's just tens of thousands of worms, and in the past, I had thousands of cavalry against tens of thousands of worms, not to mention that now it's still the other side's tired soldiers. Wait, see how I'm going to keep them coming and going! "
Cui Hao had no choice but to follow Tuoba Tao and listen to the battle report in front of him. Now Tuoba Ren and Budui have led 20,000 Yulin troops to meet the battle, now the arrows are flying, the worms retreat as soon as the troops are engaged, there is no fighting spirit, the Yulin army pursues the victory, and the enemy is about 2,000 people.
The Su Guards were left behind to protect everyone's safety, and they were all red and depressed when they watched the Yulin Army reap the military exploits quickly.
This is simply a military feat from the sky! It's a pity that they are the Su Guards, responsible for protecting the safety of His Majesty, and they can't leave their posts without permission, otherwise these military exploits will be half of them.
Tuoba Tao saw that Cui Hao was so worried that even a little beard was touched by himself, and comforted him with a smile: "Don't worry about Cui Taichang, you see that these worms are so vulnerable, it will be tens of thousands more, that is, it will fall apart in a few moments. What's more, there is Shengle not far ahead, and the cavalry can arrive in only half a day, so why do you torture your beard?"
"I hope so......"
Cui Hao heard from Tanma that although Worm had killed more than 2,000 people, he had never retreated, so he had to order his good generals to prepare for an ambush.
Sure enough, as Cui Hao expected, it didn't take long for another group of men and horses to come from the west, and when the march was near, he suddenly played his banner, making Tuoba Tao show a "hell" expression.
Helian Ding, the prince of the Xia Plain, confronted Zhou Ji, the general of the Song soldiers who attacked Chang'an, and finally the general of the Xia State, who was defeated and withdrew to Tongwan, appeared near Shuozhou inexplicably!
Will each of these people grow wings and fly?
Why did one, two, and three all go to the hinterland of Great Wei?
Could it be that the Yellow River is now frozen so that even the south of the Yellow River can be easily passed?
Tuoba Tao looked at the banner of "Helian" and blurted out:
"Where is this Hongyan flying west, these people are riding Hongyan!"
What about the days of the week and Xi Jin who are attacking summer?
actually let Helian Ding run to the Wei Kingdom, and see that he didn't smoke when he went back, they were looking for teeth all over the place!