Chapter 49: You sing and I appear

20,000 Xihu cavalry tried their best to ride their horses to the west city gate, and Duoji Bugong also wanted to step forward, but was quickly grabbed by Senge's eyes.

"What do you ------ you do?" Dorje Bugon looked at Senge in shock.

I saw Senge looking at the west gate of Dingyuan City with cold eyes, and said in a deep voice: "The Khan doesn't have to go to the danger in person, the warriors in the clan will capture the general who defends the city for the Khan." ”

Dorji Bugun thought about it and felt that this was true, so he and Senge were on a small slope outside the city, quietly watching the sneak attack.

At this time, among the 20,000 Xihu cavalry, the Xihu general Soba had already led Xihu's soldiers into the West City Gate.

I saw that after the two of them rode their horses and rushed into the west city gate, they really saw more than 20 border soldiers in the city gate, and there were more than a dozen young men standing aside.

"Where is Xia Jun's tent?" Soba asked, red-eyed.

I saw a young man pointing to the depths of the city and saying, "In the east of the city, you can reach it in this direction." ”

Hearing this, Soba didn't say a word and rushed forward.

Behind him, 20,000 Xihu cavalry followed, and after entering the city, they scattered in all directions.

For them, this battle can be described as a war of revenge against the Xia people for attacking their tribal camp.

It took a long stick of incense to make the 20,000 Xihu cavalry rush into the city one after another and disappear into the night.

And at this moment, a strange thing happened, I saw a young man kick the corpse of a border sergeant at his feet, and the "corpse" actually sat up, and, with a little smile on his face, stood up with the support of the young man.

"The Xihu people have been fooled, let's withdraw too."

"Let's go!"

I saw that among the soldiers and soldiers who were pretending to be corpses, one of them was in the team, waving his hand and saying to the soldiers and young men around him: "Bring that bucket of tung oil." ”

Two border sergeants brought a heavy barrel from a dark corner of the city wall.

The team was poking a hole in the barrel with their swords, waving their hands and shouting, "Withdraw!" ”

Suddenly, a viscous liquid flowed out of the barrel.

As soon as the words were finished, the border soldiers on the side of the city gate left the city and withdrew around the city wall to the north or south, and the border soldiers on the city wall also withdrew along the city wall to the south or north wall while pretending to shout loudly.

I saw that several of these soldiers were carrying a long rope on their backs, and it was not difficult to guess that they were used as a tool for escape.

Before leaving, the leader of the border army used the torch in his hand to throw it at the pool of black and viscous tung oil.

Suddenly, the fire of the city gate cave of the west city gate burst out, and the sea of high temperature caused by the burning of oil immediately swallowed the entire city gate hole, blocking the city gate hole with flames.

At the same time, the Xihu cavalry, who had no idea about this, were still riding their horses and rushing towards the depths of the city.

But as they rushed, they gradually felt that something was wrong with the situation around them.

You know, when they rushed into the city, sirens sounded on the walls, but until now, they rushed into the city along the road, and they did not encounter any enemies.

"Is Xia Jun---- all asleep?"

"No, I'm afraid it's -----"

Soba glanced around, a slight look of surprise on his face.

The Dingyuan City in his eyes was very quiet, as if there was no Xia people except for them, Xihu people.

"Something isn't right-----"

"Hmm."

Soba felt that this Dingyuan City looked a little weird at this moment.

For not far from him, a Xihu cavalryman rode his horse to a tent and lifted the tent with a spear, but was astonished to find that the tent was empty.

And nearby, in all the tents, there was no trace of Sergeant Xia.

Soba's heart sank to the bottom.

You know, this time they came to take revenge on the Xia people, and the other border army that took revenge on the Xia people attacked their tribal camp, which can be described as a model of being carried away by anger.

However, even so, it doesn't mean that they haven't realized that this is a trap for the Xia people after seeing this kind of wrongness.

"Boom -----"

There was a loud bang, as if something with a little flame had exploded in the tent not far to their left.

Suddenly, the fire burst out there, and the Xihu cavalry who were close to them were actually scorched into black charcoal.

"Bark ----"

Due to the sudden flash of fire, the horses under the crotches of the nearby Xihu cavalry were in a panic.

"What's going on?" Soba asked in surprise as he comforted the frightened war horse under his crotch.

As soon as the words fell, I saw a Xihu cavalry pointing to the sky, shouting with a frightened face: "Heaven, heaven, ----- heaven"

Gorgan looked up at the sky and vaguely saw that there seemed to be stars in the sky.

What's there to be afraid of?

Gorgan muttered to himself.

But after a moment, he felt that something was wrong, because the stars in his eyes seemed to grow bigger and bigger, and then finally revealed their true form: a wooden barrel burning with strips of cloth.

"It's Xia Jun's oil!"

Gorgan exclaimed.

Immediately, hundreds of wooden barrels exploded nearby, causing the surrounding area to suddenly turn into a sea of fire.

"Withdraw! Evacuate! ”

"We've been fooled, this is the trap of the Xia people!"

"Retreat!"

Hundreds of Xihu cavalry in the vicinity were frightened by the sea of fire, and immediately rushed back along the road they came.

As for the rest of the Xihu warriors who scattered after entering the city, where can these people take care of them?

At this time, in the east city of Dingyuan City, dozens of catapults were constantly throwing barrel bombs, wantonly bombarding the west city of Dingyuan City with barrels and barrels full of oil.

And near those catapults, Mu Partridge stood on his back, silently staring at the Dingyuan City in the distance, which was shrouded in a sea of fire.

He regretted that if he hadn't taken care of the buildings and the people of the city! Otherwise, none of the 20,000 Xihu cavalry in the city would be able to escape.

I have to say that at this moment, the west city of Dingyuan City is like a hell on earth, and as far as the eye can see, there is a sea of fire with high temperatures all around.

I only heard the screams of the Xihu cavalry who were cornered and finally died in the sea of fire in Dingyuan City at this moment.

Those Xihu cavalry, who were lucky enough not to be burned to death by the sea of fire for the time being, scattered and fled towards the city gates, but they didn't expect that there were already a large group of border soldiers waiting for them at the three city gates in the southeast, north and south! These cavalry were already unable to charge up in the streets of the city, and they were frantically suppressed by the border troops with crossbow arrows. I can only retreat to the Xicheng side.

"Are we all going to be burned here?!"

One of the Sihu cavalrymen shouted angrily.

As soon as the words fell, another Xihu cavalry had an idea and shouted: "Abandon the war horse and go to the city wall!" ”

His words made the hearts of the chaotic Xihu cavalry around them move.

That's right, the walls of Dingyuan City are only two zhang high, as long as the posture is accurate when jumping, it will not be fatal.

Thinking of this, these Xihu cavalrymen got off their horses, climbed the city wall, and fled out of the city.

It's just that the Xihu cavalry who were surrounded by fire in the city were burned alive.

"General!"

Outside the city, a border sergeant rode up to Mu Partridge's side and told the general guarding Dingyuan what they had seen.

And when he heard that many of the Xihu cavalry in the city abandoned their horses and jumped off the city wall to escape, Mu Partridge smiled bitterly.

In this regard, he had nothing to do, but to blame the walls of Dingyuan City for not being high.

"General, or we'll go and stop it."

A military general suggested on the side.

After last time, some war horses have been organized in the city, and they can still make up a lot of cavalry.

But after thinking about it, Mu Partridge shook his head and vetoed it.

Why?

Because there are indeed a lot of cavalry under his command, but there are more cavalry on the Xihu side, if he is not greedy enough, he will be seized by Duoji Bugun and regain the disadvantage.

Besides, these precious cavalry are of other use!

"Dismantle the catapult and withdraw! In addition, take a battalion of people and horses, go to the state department yamen, Xu Zhengkuan, and arrest it! ”

Mu Partridge made a quick decision and gave an order.

As Mu Lu guessed, as early as when the West City Gate was blocked by fire, Dorje Bugong felt that something was wrong, and then, when he saw that the Xia army was using catapults to load tung oil somewhere in an attempt to burn the Xihu cavalry in the city, he was furious.

Because if Senge hadn't stopped him in time and persuaded him not to follow him into the city, he might have been burned to death by the fire in the city by now.

"These treacherous Xia people! Damn it! ”

The appearance of the three people came to mind, and the corners of Dorje Bugong's forehead were bruised.

At this moment, where would he not understand.

"Go to camp and move the rescuers! Hurry up and move the rescuers! Dorje Bugon shouted with a look of exasperation.

Hearing this, several Xihu cavalry were also followed by Senge, and hurriedly rode back to the garrison to ask for help from the tribal leaders who stayed in the camp.

I have to say that although I was a little unhappy with Dorji Bugong in the past two days because of the question of whether to withdraw the troops, I heard about Dorji Bugun's request for help, and still brought the cavalry of my tribe to help.

These Xihu cavalrymen searched around Dingyuan City for the traces of the Xia army who set fire, but unfortunately, the Xia army had already withdrawn.

About half an hour later, Dingyuan City became silent again, only the fire in the West City was still burning.

At this moment, the Xihu cavalry who could escape had already abandoned their mounts and escaped over the city wall; And those Xihu cavalry who have not escaped so far may have no life to escape again.

"Khan -----"

Senge came to Dorje Bugun's side and looked at Dorje Bugong with a gloomy expression.

"Have you ever found any trace of Xia Jun?" Dorje Bugun asked in a deep voice.

Senge shook his head and said regretfully: "Those Xia troops who set fire may have expected that we would search for them, and after setting fire, they retreated early......

"They can't escape!" I saw a flash of anger in Dorji Bugun's eyes, and he said coldly: "Tell the soldiers to search around!" ”

Duoji Bugun thought well, after all, in his opinion, the Xihu cavalry under his command were all cavalry, and the border army was mostly infantry, how could they not catch up?

Senge, however, has a look of wanting to speak and stopping.

Probably noticing Senge's hesitation, Dorji Bugun said angrily: "Go quickly! ”

Senge stopped talking a few times, sighed, shook his head, and led the cavalry under his command to chase after the Xia army.

He wanted to remind Dorji Bugun, but Dorji Bugong was angry at the moment, where could he listen.

"Search me around!"

Dorje Bugun shouted at the Xihu cavalry around him.

Hearing this, the Xihu cavalry who came to support searched in the north, east, and south directions.

But what Duoji Bugong never expected was that about half an hour later, the news that the Xihu cavalry under his command had not been sent back and successfully found these only a few dozen Xia soldiers, but another bad news came: the Xia army attacked his garrison camp and set fire to the camp.

The camp was attacked?

Facing a Xihu cavalryman who came to summon him, Dorji Bugun was stunned.

He never thought that the Xia army would attack his garrison camp when the elite cavalry under his command was out of the camp to pursue, as if he had calculated that his Duoji Bugong would ask for reinforcements from the garrison camp and search for them.

"What about Xia Jun? Are ---- still around our camp? ”

"No, after the Xia army attacked the camp, they quickly retreated......" The Xihu cavalry who came to summon the news replied with a cower under the gloomy gaze of Dorji Bugong.

"Then you're going to let Xia Ren leave like this?" Dorje Bugon roared with a look of horror.

It's no wonder that Duoji Bugong was furious, you must know that even at this moment, there are still more than 10,000 Xihu cavalry and hundreds of thousands of Xihu slave soldiers in his garrison camp, so many, he can't catch those Xia troops who sneak attack the camp?

"No, it's ----" Seeing that Dorji Bugun was furious, the Xihu cavalry showed a little fear on his face, and explained stubbornly: "If there were no slave soldiers, we could have captured and killed those Xia soldiers----"

What if there were no slave soldiers?

Dorji Bugun was stunned when he heard this, and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong with the slave soldiers?" ”

I saw that the Xihu cavalry licked his lips and whispered: "When the Xia army was sneak attacking, it was called to shout loudly in our words, saying that if a slave carried the head of our warrior to the Xia army, the general of the Xia country would pardon his slave status-----" Speaking of this, he paused, and said with horror: "The slaves are crazy, they attacked our warriors under the bewitchment of the Xia people......"

Dorji Bugun's eyes were about to pop out when he heard this, and his chest was full of anger, and he gritted his teeth and scolded: "How dare you---- how dare you ----"

After saying that, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, and he angrily reprimanded: "Everyone go back to the camp!" ”

The order was given, and all the Xihu cavalry returned to the camp one after another.

And at this moment, in the garrison camp of the Xihu people, the Xia people have long disappeared, only those Xihu cavalry and Hu slaves who are killing each other.

The entire garrison camp was in chaos.

About 30,000 or 40,000 Xihu cavalry, facing 1120,000 Hu slaves, this inexplicable infighting made Duoji Bugong angry.

As the so-called house leak happened to rain overnight, Duoji Bugong never thought that his side had just been defeated by the Xia people with a trap, and the slave soldiers in the nest actually rebelled.

Those lowly slaves actually dared to fight against the warriors of Xihu!

"Kill all these traitors for me!" Dorje Bugon roared angrily.

After all, he himself had taken the weapon, and it seemed that he was going to go into battle himself.

However, at this time, Senge grabbed the reins of Dorji Bugun's mount.

"Khan, don't worry about these slaves----" Looking at the angry Dorji Bugun, Senge said calmly: "Even if the Khan can kill all these slaves, what can he do?" Maybe the Xia people are lying in ambush around, waiting for us to withdraw our troops ---- exhausted in order to kill these slaves, and we have lost this battle. ”

Dorji Bugun was furious when he heard this, and the horsewhip in his hand subconsciously waved towards Senge.

Hearing a snap, a bloody streak appeared on Senge's face.

But even so, he still clung to the reins of the mount under Dorji Bugong's crotch, and persuaded again: "Withdraw your troops, Khan." ”

Looking at the bloodstains on Senge's face, and then at the chaotic situation of the Xihu cavalry and the slave soldiers killing each other in front of him, the anger on Dorji Bugun's face slowly put away, and he sighed silently.

"------ withdraw!"

The Sihu cavalry, retreated.

They left behind about 100,000 slave soldiers and fled to the northwest.

In this regard, Mu Partridge did not take the opportunity to pursue, after all, no matter what, now under the command of the Khan of the Xihu tribe, Dorji Bugong, there are still 30,000 or 40,000 Xihu cavalry, if they are pressed too tightly, they are likely to be bitten by the Xihu cavalry.

Now that we have the victory in our hands, there is no need to suffer this unjustified calamity.

Anyway, the Xihu people are doomed, unless Duoji Bugong has the courage of a strong man to break his wrist, and leaves everything behind to take the 30,000 or 40,000 Xihu cavalry to the north to steal food from the barbarians in the north, otherwise, the Xihu who was attacked by the tribal camp, the former overlord of the northwest, will probably not be able to survive this winter.

"Get in touch with the marshal quickly." Mu Partridge commanded! And he stood there with his head bowed.

In this month's battle to defend the city, tens of thousands of border troops in the city and those who were requisitioned to defend the city were young and strong, and the casualties were not small, and now the border troops and young men in the city added up, and they could reach 20,000, and the people were killed and injured because of hunger and war!

The state assassin Shi Tiemiao is dead, the governor Shi and the state don't drive, one collaborates with the enemy, the other commits suicide, and a bunch of officials involved are still waiting for the follow-up treatment! This war is not over at all!

Mu Partridge was not wrong! This war is not over!

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Just when Wu You set off to attack the hinterland of Xihu, Han Boxian was also about to lead a large army to rescue Dingyuan, but the scouts scattered by the border army brought back bad news!

At this time, for this news, in addition to Han Boxian, the commander of the border army, there are several generals in the tent.

These generals didn't say a word, but just turned their heads to look at their own coach.

"------" Han Boxian looked at the generals for a while before he said slowly

"The scouts have detected the movements of the Northern Barbarian army. ----- estimates, they have gathered a large number of troops, claiming to be millions, and are heading towards Lingzhou. ”

"Millions?"

The generals were shocked, and their expressions suddenly became solemn.

After all, the difference in strength between the two sides is too huge.

"Million-strong army ------"

Inside the tent, everyone was silent, which made the atmosphere a little solemn.

You must know that even if the army is added to all the existing soldiers in Lingzhou, and then the soldiers outside the establishment are added, there are only less than 100,000 people in total.

And their opponents are actually called millions?

This ------ has just reversed the attack of the Xihu Ju tribe, why did this northern barbarian start a war against the Xia Kingdom?

But the problem is that according to the information obtained by the Xia Kingdom, all the people under the rule of the Northern Barbarian Court are all added together, and there is no million troops.

Just when everyone was a little suspicious, Han Boxian said: "Don't worry, the Northern Barbarian army can't have so many soldiers. ”

"What do you mean?"

I saw Han Boxian touching his chin and thinking deeply for a moment, and said slowly: "The people of the Northern Barbarians, there are only about one million people in total, distributed in a royal city "Ulan" and its surroundings, excluding the old people, women and children in the tribe, at most 300,000 capable warriors. The rest should be slaves------ I heard that there are more than 400,000 slaves in the Northern Barbarians. ”

"That is, nearly 300,000?"

"Nope." Han Boxian shook his head and corrected: "It's 300,000 warriors, and more than 400,000 slaves. ”

Hearing this, one of the generals asked in a deep voice, "Is there any difference between the two?" ”

"Of course." Han Boxian nodded and explained: "Warriors are heroic warriors, they are good at horseback riding, archery, and high-quality weapons and armor. And those slaves, at most, only have a wooden spear, and these people are usually only responsible for labor, almost no training, these people go to the battlefield, only to serve the role of depleting the enemy. ”

"Cannon fodder, ------"

nodded clearly, this is similar to Xihu's army, after all, according to Han Boxian's explanation, then this battle still has to be fought, otherwise, if it is really as the news of the inquiry, the other party is an army composed of all heroic soldiers, then they are less than 100,000 people, and they are still a fart?

"The Northern Barbarians have this habit of fighting, unlike Xihu, Xihu is used to fighting slaves and warriors together, while Beiban will separate slaves, they are used to sending slaves first, consuming the physical strength of enemy soldiers ----- sergeants, and waiting until the physical strength of the opposing sergeant is almost exhausted, they are sending warriors to wipe out all the opponents in one go." As he spoke, Han Boxian glanced at the generals in the tent and reminded: "Our way of fighting against Xihu is to annihilate them all and leave no one alive, but this time, I hope you don't want to kill all these Northern Barbarian slaves, otherwise, you won't be able to stop the follow-up attack of the Northern Barbarian warriors." ----The Northern Barbarians will not give you a chance to take a breather, as for those slaves, no matter how many you kill, they will not feel distressed, those people are just taken by them, even if they are killed, they can be replenished at any time." ”

The generals in the "------" tent glanced at Han Boxian, and their expressions were a little silent.

Although they didn't want to admit it, it was undeniable that Han Boxian's reminder was very crucial for their border troops, after all, their consistent way of fighting was to kill as many enemies as possible and leave no one alive.

But as Han Boxian said, when they encounter the Northern Barbarians, they will be dragged to death if they don't do it well.

In other words, it's a very valuable piece of advice.

A general groaned for a while, frowned and said, "Handsome! In other words, does our army have to change its combat strategy-----? ”

Not to mention, the Xia army, which has always paid attention to the strategy of "elite soldiers" like the border army, is really a kind of embarrassment when it encounters the crowd tactics of Xihu and the Northern Barbarians, who do not care about the number of casualties on their own side.

This is also the reason why Han Boxian wholeheartedly hopes to expand the number of Xia State's border army, after all, the "elite army policy" also has its drawbacks.

Subsequently, Han Boxian successively explained the habits of the Northern Barbarians to everyone in the tent, for example, the cavalry support of the Northern Barbarians was very fast, because the warriors of the Northern Barbarians could eat, drink and Lazar on horseback, so it was best not to try to sneak attack, otherwise, it would only lead to fire.

And so on and so forth.

And after telling all this information about the Northern Barbarians, the generals realized that the combat style of the Northern Barbarians was really a tricky matter...... 400,000 slaves who consume the physical strength of our soldiers, tsk! ”

It was no wonder that he felt troubled, after all, in his opinion, the life of every border soldier was precious, and those slaves of the Northern Barbarians, to put it mildly, seemed to him like mustard.

Therefore, Han Boxian did not want the border army under his command to fall into a pure war of attrition.

But the problem is that Han Boxian clearly pointed out that the combat habits of the Northern Barbarians are that the tribal warriors of the Northern Barbarians will not be dispatched until the slave army has exhausted the physical strength of the enemy's soldiers. This frustrated Han Boxian's hopes of destroying the main army of the Northern Barbarians in a battle.

At this time, the Northern Barbarian army gathered more than 200,000 troops, known as one million, and came towards Lingzhou.

To the surprise of these northern barbarians, when they arrived near Lingzhou, they found that they had not encountered the obstruction of the border army.

What's even more incredible is that the news found that the border army seems to be rapidly retreating eastward.

Hearing this, Dele, the commander of the Northern Barbarian Army, couldn't help but laugh.

"The Xihu people seem to be like a ghost in the mouth of the Xia border army", just when they heard the number of "millions" in our army, they were already scared to the point of urine? ”

"Then are you still chasing?" Left and right asked.

"Chasing, why not?" Delejeb clenched his fists, and then sneered: "The rabbit that has fallen into the trap still hopes to escape? ”

Within a few days, news spread throughout the territory of Xihu: the Great Xia border army, which had attacked and slaughtered their people before, was completely vulnerable, and had fled before the battle had even begun in front of the army of the powerful Northern Barbarian army.

Moreover, in the name of the Northern Barbarian Army, Delejeb also called on the Xihu tribes in the entire Xihu land to join forces with him, and together they returned to the Dingyuan City of the Xia Kingdom and killed them in the territory of the Xia Kingdom!

After hearing the news, the position of some Xihu tribes inevitably wavered.

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"Lord Captain, why do you say we are retreating, our border army is not unable to kill those damn barbarians, although there are many northern barbarians, they are not blocked by us!"

On the way to retreat to the east with the Xia border army, a team member asked the battalion captain in his battalion with a worried face: "Is it that the Northern Barbarian army has sent a lot of troops, and we can't win?" ”

"How is it possible to retreat without a fight-----! You just need to take care of your own team, the army is on the march, don't give me any moths, if something happens, you see if I will spare you! “

Secretly smiling to himself, the lieutenant turned his face sideways and looked at the nearby border soldiers, as if he didn't care why they retreated eastward, but what made him care more was their fighting eyes, and the kind of calm that "didn't care whether the front was a way of life or a dead end."

"You have to remember that no matter what time it is, our border army is a creepy army......"

The lieutenant glanced at his goosebump-inducing arm and stroked it with his other hand without moving.

"Yes! Then why did the commander lead us to retreat to the east! ”

smiled slightly, and said with relief: "Don't worry, our border army is not retreating because it can't win the Northern Barbarian army." ”

"Huh, isn't it? Why is that? ”

"Why do ----- think it's showing weakness? Show the enemy to be weak, arrogant, and unprepared to attack the enemy----"

"Then we took the initiative to withdraw our troops, is it because we lure the enemy?"

"------ induce the tribal warriors of the Northern Barbarian army to abandon the slave army and chase the border army with cavalry---- is this the commander's plan? If Dregjeb really hits the trick...... It's going to be swallowed, Delejeb. The tribal warriors you send to chase after you will be swallowed by our Great Xia border army! “

The lieutenant looked up at the clear sky above him.

He had a vague guess: if the Northern Barbarians of Delejeb really underestimated their Great Xia Border Army because of this, then the Northern Barbarian Army would receive a heavy price for this.

I have to say that the lieutenant's guess was correct, the reason why the border army chose to take the initiative to retreat was for three purposes.

First of all, join the Dingyuan defenders.

Although the current border army under the command of Han Boxian is an absolute elite division, it still does not have an advantage in numbers after all, and now the only soldiers they can use as support and supplement for the army are only the remnants of the defenders in Dingyuan City.

Although he had already sent someone to contact Mu Fu and ask him to lead part of the border army to join him, if the border army took the initiative to retreat to the east, then it would not take ten days or even half a month at all, according to the marching speed of the border army, they would be able to join the Dingyuan defenders in three or four days.

And once he joined up with the Dingyuan defenders, with the help of the crossbows carried by the Dingyuan defenders from the armory, Han Boxian did not need to worry that the border soldiers under his command would be sacrificed in the battle of the more than 200,000 slave troops who were cannon fodder in the Northern Barbarian army.

The second is to cast the "bait".

In order to deliberately create an unfavorable situation for the Xia army to test or test the further intentions of Xihu after the defeat, after all, although Xihu was defeated, Duoji Bugong still had a large number of Xihu cavalry. The intentions of this Xihu cavalry are still very noteworthy!

As for the third purpose, it was to lure the warriors of the Northern Barbarian army.

According to Han Boxian, the "warriors" and "slave army" of the Northern Barbarian Army are completely two armies with worlds of different abilities.

The former is made up of the brave warriors of the tribe, all of whom are skilled warriors with bows and horses.

These people often have three horses per person, one horse carries the baggage and rations, and the other two horses exchange rides, and can travel hundreds of miles a day.

This is the standard configuration of elite cavalry.

As an agrarian country, the number of cavalry in the Xia Kingdom is far inferior to that of the other party, and the cavalry in the army is not extravagant to the point that one person can configure multiple war horses, it is for this reason that Han Boxian reminded the Xia army not to delusionally attack the Northern Barbarians, because it is very difficult to sneak attack the cavalry of the Northern Barbarians, once the sneak attack fails, the army sent out will be dragged to death by the Northern Barbarian cavalry.

Even if it is also a cavalry, it will be dragged to death by the Northern Barbarian cavalry equipped with three war horses.

But this is only the cavalry of the northern barbarians, and as for those slave troops, there is no such treatment at all.

The slave army of the Northern Barbarians, the only equipment in the whole body is only a spear, and even sometimes, the slaves often rush to the battlefield with sharpened wooden sticks, after all, they are just consumables as cannon fodder in the eyes of the Northern Barbarians, and they don't need to be equipped with too many too good weapons at all.

Therefore, while the cavalry of the Northern Barbarians led the three war horses to march gracefully, the slave army had to rely on their legs to hurry. Even, he may still be half-starved and half-fed and hurrying on his legs.

This means that there is a huge gap between the marching speed of the Northern Barbarian cavalry and the slave army.

In normal times, those Northern Barbarian cavalry might have followed far behind the slave army, and they would have hurried slowly.

But now, when the border army is deliberately showing weakness and creating a situation of "retreating without a fight", will those northern barbarian cavalry abandon the slave army and speed up the pursuit in order to catch up with their border army?

And this is exactly what Han Boxian wants.

As long as there is no slave army to stir up the situation, Han Boxian and the border army under his command are not afraid of the so-called "warrior" Northern Barbarian cavalry at all.

And so it went on for a few days,

On this day, the border army sent out to search for the cavalry of the defenders of Dingyuan, and successfully found the latter's position. At the same time, not only did he hand over the letter written by Han Boxian to Mu Lu, the general in charge of the Dingyuan garrison, but Luo Tao also asked the messenger to bring back the message.

General Luo Detao replied to the commander, and he said, "Obey the commander's orders, and be on guard in the end." “”

The border cavalry acting as messengers clenched their fists and spoke.

Hearing this, Han Boxian frowned and asked, "General Luo Detao only asked you to send a message?" Don't have a handwritten reply? ”

It's not that he doesn't believe in the cavalry under his command, he just thinks it's strange, after all, it stands to reason that Luo Detao should write a reply letter himself.

"Reply? Then Luo Detao must recognize the words------" Han Boxian secretly smiled bitterly.

Yes, a general of the dignified Dingyuan garrison, Luo Tao is quite brave, but because he was born in a poor peasant family in the Xia Kingdom, he is illiterate.

"Forget it, let's deal with the matter in front of us first."

At this time, a military general in front of him turned his head to look at Han Boxian and said, "Boss, if you go further, you will be at the place." ”

"Hmm." Han Boxian responded, his expression seemed a little disappointed.

"General, boss, the" they" are back. -----As the commander estimated, the Northern Barbarians really sent a large number of cavalry to chase after our army. ”

The military general and Han Boxian, who also had a solemn face, glanced at each other, and Han Boxian asked in a deep voice, "How long will it take?" ”

"About half a day."

"-------" The military general and Han Boxian glanced at each other.

They didn't blame the cavalry who inquired about the news at all for "why did they send the news back to the army so late", after all, to find out whether the Northern Barbarian tribe had sent an advance cavalry, it meant that the group of Xia army scouts set off almost at the same time as the Northern Barbarian advance cavalry.

The other party is one person with three horses, and the cavalry scout of the Xia army is a single horse, in this case, it is already a very remarkable thing to be able to transmit this news back to the army about half a day in advance.

It is not difficult to guess that in order to widen the distance between them and the Beiban advance cavalry, most of those scouts worked day and night, sleeplessly, desperately trying to transmit this precious news back to the border army.

Beat? Or not to fight?

Han Boxian took out the map and silently looked at the terrain on the map.

"Boss. In the southwest of this place, there is a "mountain stream", which winds through a hill called "Wuling" by the locals, and flows through a canyon called "Wuling Valley". This canyon is half a mountain stream and half a mud road, and the mud road is muddy and difficult to walk. Come and see, if you're planning to ambush the advance cavalry of the Northern Barbarians, this is a good place. ”

Seeing that Han Boxian looked at the map for a long time and was silent, the general looked ahead and said calmly.

“-----”

Han Boxian was surprised, and after thinking about it for a while, he said, "Why don't our troops temporarily station in "Bai Muling". ”

"Huh?"

The military general was slightly stunned when he heard this, after all, in his memory, "Bai Muling" was a low hill through which the "Mountain Stream" river flowed, and this "Mountain Stream" was named after it.

It is undeniable that the area of "Bai Mu Ling" has low hills, plains, and mountain streams, and the terrain is quite complex, which is a good location for camping.

Encampment is divided into "focusing on attacking" or "focusing on defense", as proposed by the general, the general camp is set up in "Bai Muling", which is clearly a military camp that "focuses on defense".

Building such a military camp can't help the border army annihilate the Beiban advance cavalry that will arrive in just half a day!

It stands to reason that the advice he made was the best choice.

But his own commander didn't think so, but he didn't seem to be in a hurry to design and annihilate the Northern Barbarian advance cavalry, and set up camp in Baimuling in front of Wuling and Wuling Valley, to be honest, this did not conform to his mentality of "as if he couldn't wait to kill all the foreigners in the world".

If something is abnormal, it must be a demon!

"Handsome! Haven't given up yet? After thinking for a while, the military general asked with some emotion.

Hearing this, Han Boxian's eyes flashed a few different colors, and he asked with a light smile, "Why do you say this?" ”

The military general looked at Han Boxian for a while, and said calmly: "The next step of the marshal is to hope that Luo Detao will ambush on the other side of Wuling Valley, right?" ”

Han Boxian's eyes changed slightly when he heard this.