Chapter 296: Three Hundred
"Commander Qiqi, after the count, there are five hundred and three people who meet the requirements!"
Wan Yankang covered his forehead helplessly, the northerners rode horses and the southerners operated boats, the ancients were right. There were 30,000 people in the whole army, picking and picking them up, and in the end, only 500 people who knew how to water were picked out. Although it is less than one in a hundred, it is not much closer.
Moreover, how good these people are have has to be tested again.
Wan Yankang took these more than 500 people and ran south to a place where the water flow of the Onen River was not fast or slow more than 20 miles away, and then ordered all the staff to undress and go into the water.
Carry the package, swim to the center of the river and then return safely, and only those who can successfully complete it are qualified.
In the end, only 298 of the 500 people could meet the standard.
His grandmother's, it is really one in a hundred, Wan Yankang scolded viciously in his heart, but a smile appeared on his face, praised everyone, and then turned the horse back to the camp.
By noon, the spies sent yesterday reported that the crossing point in the lower reaches of the Shilka River was also guarded by enemy troops, and there was no chance to take advantage of it.
Wan Yankang waved his hand and asked the spies to go back to rest, he sighed in his heart and gave up all other possible options. After a while, he issued a military order, telling the nearly three hundred people selected to open their bellies at night to eat and drink to their heart's content, and to be fully prepared.
At three o'clock, Wan Yankang led the team to run to thirty miles downstream of the Shilka River. And all the men dismounted, and took off their clothes, and wrapped and tied them tightly with an old sheepskin, and then with a sheepskin from the back, and tied them tightly. Each man had a scimitar, all tied to the package, ready to cross the river.
Before entering the water, Wan Yankang patted Luo Hanhuai's shoulder and was very solemn: "San'er, if you don't give my order, the whole army can't cross the river." As soon as the order is issued, the whole army must land and fight ashore within a quarter of an hour! ”
Luo Hanhuai stepped forward and gave a military salute: "Don't worry, the marshal, I promise to follow the order!" ”
After Yan Kang finished explaining, he walked to the river with the package and jumped into the water.
Luo Hanhuai's company of men and horses gathered all the horses and brought them back to the camp.
Xiao Hei was also going to be taken back to the camp, but after seeing Yan Kang go into the water, this guy ran into the river by himself and swam to the opposite bank with his master.
Wan Yankang heard the sound of water behind him, turned around and looked, and suddenly couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to slow down and wait for Xiao Hei to follow.
Horses are natural swimmers, but because the horse's head is usually flat with its head and shoulders and its mouth is lower than its back, it cannot be lifted for a long time, so it should not stay in the water for too long, otherwise it will drown. The Shilka River, a large river as wide as 100 zhang, is absolutely impossible for ordinary horses to cross by swimming.
Although Xiao Hei is the king of horses, swimming is also in line with the nature of all horses. After kicking his legs dozens of times, it was a little difficult to breathe. Fortunately, Wan Yankang held up its head in time and led it to the other side.
Xiao Hei fluttered ashore, immediately shook his body, lowered his horse's head affectionately, and rubbed Wan Yankang's chest to show his flattery.
Wan Yankang slapped its head angrily and drove it away.
After everyone crossed the river, everyone dried their bodies, got dressed, lined up in a simple formation, and quietly headed south under the leadership of Wan Yankang.
At the moment, Wan Yankang took Xiao Hei and led the army to a place five miles away from the camp of the Timid Xue Army. Wan Yankang ordered everyone to rest, and each person took out the two dried meat they had prepared, and began to eat silently.
A quarter of an hour later, when the group had almost recovered their strength, they began to move on again. Approaching the enemy, the crowd began to slow down, not daring to make any noise as they marched, until they were two miles away from the enemy's camp.
Wan Yankang summoned Qi Xiao Baili, Juezhi, Juehui, Wang Zhitan, and Li Zhiqian to go with him to solve the people who were guarding and patrolling the cowardly Xue army.
The army of the Qiyan tribe rested on the grassland, and camped at great randomness, sleeping in tents, putting away tents and leaving. At this time, this army was across the river from the White Horse Army, and it had to be prepared for surprise attacks at all times, so the method of setting up camp was different.
The beggar tribe took a ten-person team as a tent, and thousands of tents were lined up, and the people who patrolled at night raised torches and shuttled through the camp. All the horses are tethered to the periphery, and if the whole team of warriors can quickly rush to the periphery, they can ride their horses to battle as quickly as possible.
In addition, the horses can also assist in warning at night.
The commander of this army is also unknown, and attaches great importance to night patrols. On the side facing the riverbank, it can be seen to the naked eye that at least hundreds of torches are moving, obviously sending a large number of troops to patrol and warn. On the north side, however, there were at least three ten-man patrols.
Wan Yankang swept everything into his eyes when he was sneaking, and he knew that with the patrol strength of the enemy army, it was really unlikely that he wanted to quietly solve all the patrolling enemy troops. But no matter what, we have to solve the ten-man team in front of us.
This ten-person team, just twenty paces away from Wanyankang's six people, patrolled back and forth with torches. Needless to say, Wan Yankang's martial arts, Xiao Baili's five people's martial arts are above the rivers and lakes, and they are all good hands. With the configuration of these six people, it would be easy to destroy this ten-person team. But the difficulty is that to destroy this ten-man team, it must be quiet, and no one must be alarmed.
Wan Yan Kang thought about it for a while, whispered to the five people, and explained the next tactical process.
After Xiao Baili and the others understood, they all nodded, and after Yan Kang saw that the patrolling enemy had just walked by, he took the lead and rushed forward.
When the six men came to the place where the horses were tethered, they rose to their feet, leaped over the horses next to each other, and then quietly landed.
Wan Yankang took the lead, touched the end of the patrol team, covered the man's mouth with one hand, and imprinted his heart with the other hand.
The man's body immediately softened, and when the torch in his hand was about to fall from his hand, another person next to him quickly took the torch.
After Yan Kang, he gently lowered the body of this person to the ground.
In a breath, the last person in this ten-person team has been completely replaced, and there is nothing unusual in the whole process.
Only the torch in the man's hand seemed to tremble.
Wan Yankang continued to concoct the same method, and after ten breaths, he successfully solved the ten-person team.
At this time, these ten torches, each of Xiao Baili's five people held two torches, and several people moved forward with one hand and backward with the other, making a sense of distance from the two holding torches, and continued to maintain the original situation.
Wan Yankang quickly swept out of the enemy camp, preparing to bring his own soldiers in.
Unlike when a few people approached before, this time nearly three hundred people approached the camp, and even if their steps were light, there was some movement. Some of the horses on the periphery were awakened and began to neigh uneasily.
The ten-captain of another patrol not far away, hearing the neighing of horses, was ready to lead the team to this side as soon as possible. He looked at the torches patrolling here as usual, and shouted after a few dozen steps: "Nanur, what's the matter?" ”
When Xiao Baili and the others heard this, they knew that something was wrong, and they didn't dare to answer out loud. Although several of them were forced to learn Mongolian, as soon as their broken accents came out, they immediately wanted to reveal their stuffing.
"What is going on with Nur?"
Seeing that he didn't answer here, the ten-captain shouted and rang out again. And as the voice sounded, he led the team to this side.
"Nothing to do, a weasel, go back and watch your territory!" When Xiao Baili and the others were in a hurry, the voice of a rude Mongolian man sounded beside them.
When the ten-captain who came heard this, he couldn't help but pause, wondering if he had too much to do. When he turned around and walked back, he suddenly thought that something was wrong, how dare this guy Nanur speak to me like this!
Although he sensed that something was wrong in his heart, the ten-captain did not dare to immediately blow the trumpet to warn. The army blows a trumpet to warn, but it will wake up the whole army, if it is really a false alarm, not to mention that it will kill you, at least a whip will not be able to escape.
The ten-captain turned around again and led the team to Wan Yankang's side. He was still muttering in his heart, that sound just now, it must have been shouted by one of Nanur's bastards, and he would have to whip him twice later.
Wan Yankang just heard that the situation was urgent, and immediately accelerated to Xiao Baili's side, and confused in standard Mongolian.
When he saw the other party stop and walk back, he was already relieved. But in the blink of an eye, the torches not far away moved in this direction, and he immediately knew that it would be difficult to dodge.
"Act at the opportunity, pick up the team, and set foot in the camp immediately." After Yan Kang explained this sentence softly, he immediately shook his body and disappeared into the night.
After seven or eight breaths, the ten-captain who came not far away saw that he was only twenty or so steps away. Under the light of the fire, although he couldn't see the appearance of the patrol here, he could already see that the torch here was not a single one.
"There is an enemy...... the ten-captain shouted at the top of his voice, but before he finished a word, there was a sharp pain in his back, and he could no longer spit out the rest of the shouts.
Wan Yankang just took a few breaths, walked around behind this ten-person team, and dealt with this ten-person team one by one.
The ten-captain didn't have time to blow the trumpet, but the shout was heard in the silence of the night.
With this shout, some movement began to sound in the camp.
Wan Yankang knew that the effect of the raid, because of this half of the shout, would at least be discounted.
But in any case, at this time it is ready to fly, and it has to be sent!
Wanyan Kangqing shouted: "Get on the horse!" Then he whistled.
Xiao Hei neighed, squeezed a few horses away from outside the camp, and ran to Wan Yankang's side with his head shaken.
Xiao Baili and several people also found a horse nearby and got on the horse.
After Yan Kang turned his head, most of his soldiers had not yet climbed on the horses, but at this time, the patrol not far away had already heard the sound and rushed over.
In the middle of the camp, a thick trumpet suddenly sounded.
Wan Yankang knew that this was an emergency assembly order from the Ministry of Beggars.
As soon as this trumpet sounded, Wan Yankang didn't hesitate for a moment, he shouted: "Keep up!" ”
Then, with a torch in one hand and a scimitar in the other, he began to ride forward.