Chapter 395: Tracking
"Master Horse, every year at this time, these bandits will appear, plundering the people's harvest for a year, as long as they have the slightest intention of resisting, they will be slaughtered completely, this place is by no means the first, nor will it be the last."
Tie Qing, the general of Youzhou who came with him, explained softly with a face.
He has seen such a scene many times, and even the villages around Youzhou have been poisoned like this.
"Count them unlucky when they meet me, come here, carefully look for the footprints left by these bandits, Lao Tzu wants them to know what is the real despair!"
Zhao Yin glanced at the Youzhou generals and gave an order directly.
The war will kill a lot of people, he does not deny it, he led his troops to destroy these countries, he will also kill many people, and he will also displace many families, he does not deny it.
However, once the reunification is completed, then the world will be peaceful, and the people will not have to live this kind of fearful life, nor will they worry that there will be bandits who will come to rob them of their property and women.
He didn't dare to say that the world would cut off all wars, but he dared to say that the Tang Dynasty with him would be the pinnacle of the whole world, and he would try his best to avoid wars, so that the people of the entire Datang could truly feel what peace and prosperity were.
"Yes!"
The scout's spirits were shaken.
They have already understood the strategy of the horse master, but the strength, they have not really seen it, quickly got up, turned around and disappeared in front of everyone's eyes.
"Something is wrong!"
After chasing out for a distance, the general of Youzhou suddenly frowned, muttered to himself, looked at the traces left on the ground, and looked solemn.
"What? What problems did you find? ”
Zhao Yin looked at him with interest and asked softly.
"Master Horse, you look at the traces on the ground, it is really too regular, obviously left by the enemy on purpose, although there are a few times in the middle, deliberately separated, but in the end they still converge again, which is very abnormal."
"Normal bandits, after the robbery, will turn back to their lair, but these people do the opposite, so I can conclude that these people must have their own support, maybe it can be said that they are not afraid of someone chasing them at all!"
Speaking of this, beads of sweat appeared on the foreheads of the generals of Youzhou, if he expected it to be true, they were now chasing the enemy, but in the eyes of those Khitan bandits, they may not be luring the enemy in, planning to annihilate them in one fell swoop?
"That's very good, the whole army accelerates, chase me!"
Hearing his analysis, Zhao Yin's eyes lit up, the spear in his hand pointed forward, and roared loudly, he was not afraid of many enemies, he was afraid that he would not find the enemy.
"Master Horse, don't be impulsive, in case this is the enemy's strategy, we will fall into the tiger's mouth, it's better to be careful, it's better to send scouts to investigate first, what do you think?"
The general's cold sweat immediately broke out, and he hurriedly opened his mouth to stop it, this is simply a stunned young man, marching and fighting, how can he act so hastily, he simply doesn't take the lives of the soldiers seriously.
"The enemy army is all cavalry, we are all foot soldiers, and we have to take these bulky iron guys, which is a serious delay in the trip, according to the opinion of my subordinates, it is better to throw these useless iron guys here, and then pursue them at full speed, maybe there is a slight chance of victory, what does the horse master think?"
Another general hastened to make his own proposal.
He really didn't understand, what to do with these useless iron bumps, if he gave up these things now, at least he could save thirty percent of the soldiers' physical strength.
"This pony still relies on these iron lumps to win battles, and you actually let me throw them away? I'm not afraid that there are too many of them, but I'm afraid that there are too few of them to play with me, so I'll give the order and go full speed! ”
If he didn't have these artillery to help, he would have acted carefully, but now that the artillery is in hand, I have it in the world, and I dare to stand up and say a word?
When the generals of Youzhou saw this scene, they could only sigh secretly, and the master of the horse didn't stop persuading at all, and they had no choice but to follow and move on.
"Report ......!"
An hour later, the scout, who had been at the front, ran back in a panic, his cheeks pale as he saw something terrible.
"Speak!"
Zhao Yin said lazily on the horse, obviously not too interested.
"Qi Yu Ma Ye, a hundred miles ahead, I found that the Khitan army is all cavalry, and there are about 20,000 people in sight, our people are really invincible!"
The scout was ashamed to say this, and he wanted to rush over, but reason told him that it was definitely not a wise thing to do.
"Moreover, they are still encamped at this time, and according to our secret observations, there are Khitan cavalry constantly rushing there around, as if they are concentrating their forces."
At this moment, a few more scouts quickly came back to report, with solemn expressions.
"No wonder they didn't hide their footprints at all after slaughtering the village, it turned out that there was a mighty tiger army in charge!"
When the generals heard the news, they were also shocked, the infantry was originally weak against the cavalry, and now there is such a difference in numbers, don't think about it, they will lose this battle.
"Horses, there are only more than 40,000 soldiers and horses in the Khitan country, and now there are so many gathered here alone, obviously their purpose is to go south, let's send the news back first! As for the destruction of the Khitan, we have to think about it in the long run! ”
"That's right, all of our troops together are only 10,000 people, but they are 20,000 cavalry, we can't defeat them at all!"
After hearing the scout's story, several generals in Youzhou spoke one after another, not because they were cowardly, but because they were not stupid enough to hit a stone with an egg.
"Everyone, don't be impatient, wait for me to go and see!"
After Zhao Yin calmed them down, he gave an order to a scout, and then walked directly across the horse into the distance.
After Ueno Aoi and several other generals saw this scene, they also shook their heads helplessly and chased in the direction of Zhao Yin.
More than a dozen people galloped on the grassland, and without delaying for too long, Zhao Yin vaguely saw the Khitan military camp, and then stopped to prevent them from detecting.
"I didn't expect that in the Khitan military camp, there are still people who are proficient in military law, which should not be underestimated!"
Looking at the Khitan military camp from a distance, Zhao Yin found that the arrangement of each military camp had a certain regularity, and even the patrolling guards were also strictly trained, constantly interspersed with patrols in the camp, which seemed to be chaotic, but in fact, doing so would explore every corner of the military camp.
"The terrain here is very complex, it is an easy and difficult position to defend, and the only road between the two mountains is close to the river, so it can be fully supplied."
The generals of Youzhou kept pointing at the Khitan army in the distance, analyzing the pros and cons of such an arrangement.
"Let's go!"
After Zhao Yin observed carefully for a while, he rode back directly, which was completely different from his attitude before he came.