Chapter 151: Defeat of Xianbei (9)
"That's about the way it is." Xu Rong said the order he received, and then said.
Yang Yi said happily: "Really? Okay, well, so-and-so will go. β
Xu Rong frowned, and said: "Captain Yang, I have already said that this matter may not be as you and I imagined, so you must stay on defense, and someone will lead the troops out of the city." β
Although Xu Rong didn't know what he would know by then, he had already guessed that he was going to leave the city. Otherwise, we wouldn't have gathered two thousand elites.
Yang Yi looked at Xu Rong's expression and was a little stunned, and the threat in the evening made him feel even more afraid to face Xu Rong. After a long time, Yang Yi licked his dry lips and agreed: "Okay, then so be it!" β
After saying that, Yang Yi left Xu Rong's room as if fleeing.
Xu Rong smiled rarely, but his face sank immediately, but he thought of what Yang Yi said in the evening, he knew that Yang Yi said it this time was not an accident, in fact, not only Yang Yi, but also Wei You, Liu Yi and others, he still did not worship the Lord is suspicious, especially he is one of the only two captains under Gongsun Du, Huang Zhong's appointment as a lieutenant has not yet been officially announced, even if it is announced, it is also one of the only three, and his status is still very important.
Such a person is not his own person, to be honest, it would be inappropriate to change to him.
"That's it!" Xu Rong let out a long breath and sighed, "If you can get through this crisis this time, it is not impossible to worship the Lord." If the world is going to be chaotic, it will be chaotic, and having such a lord is not necessarily a bad thing. β
Gongsun Du's desire for Xu Rong is undoubted, although it is not a red fruit, but Wei You and others can see it, but everyone doesn't say it, they just hold it in their hearts, and now Yangyi's outburst can be regarded as a natural situation after holding it for a long time. Although Xu Rong didn't mean to worship the Lord in the past, Gongsun Du didn't say much, but the depression in his heart was not a lot.
Now because Yang Yi said it directly, it made Xu Rong make up his mind, if Gongsun Du knew, would he be overjoyed?
After making a decision, Xu Rong seemed to have thrown away the restraints, and the whole person became relaxed, perhaps this was something he didn't expect or notice.
Rushing to the north city gate, Xu Rong did not rest anymore, his eyes stared at the dark night sky in the north, refusing to let go of the slightest change.
Let's say that Gongsun Du, after sending people into the city to summon the news, ordered everyone to rest. In fact, if there was a choice, Gongsun Du didn't want to continue fighting after a series of battles, and he had to continue fighting after half a day's road until late at night, so he had to do so.
The raid in the early hours of this morning was successful, crippling the Xianbei army led by Yuwensuke, but Yuwenzhu still escaped. Yuwen Zhu was not surprised by Gongsun Du's ability to leave alive, Xianbei has an advantage in troops, and there is a rare good horse, if he can't escape, it is unexpected.
However, it is precisely for this reason that adds variables to this raid, and it is difficult to guarantee that Yu Wensuke will not take the initiative to spread the news, or that the defeated army will reach Goguryi, so that it will be more vigilant.
Retirement?
That's impossible, the powerful Xianbei, proud of all races, how can it be possible to retreat because of a small defeat, absolutely impossible.
This is the worst possibility, but Gongsun Du must consider it, as a certain saying - "Before you win, you must lose first".
Time ran away quietly, without anyone noticing.
Ugly for three moments.
It was like a flash of lightning suddenly slashing through Gongsun Du's heart, causing him to wake up instantly.
Call~
With a long exhale, Gongsun Du's sleepy eyes suddenly became sharp, piercing the night sky.
"Herald!" Gongsun Du said to the soldiers guarding him, "Everyone is ready to go." β
"Yes, my lord."
Soon, in a matter of moments, all eighteen hundred people woke up, wrapped their hooves for the horses, and put the bronze coins in the horses' mouths.
Subsequently, Gongsun Du ordered 1,800 people to stir.
"Let's go!"
It's just that the preparations made in advance did not cause much movement, and there were all kinds of tremors caused by the galloping of thousands of horses.
The location of the Xianbei military camp has long been discovered, and Gongsun Du and the others have not taken any unjust road. It didn't take long to arrive at the left side of the Xianbei military camp, only two or three miles away, and the very bright fire in the Xianbei military camp could be faintly seen.
"Fire?"
Gongsun Du looked at it in a daze, but his heart was full of cruelty: "Then I'll let you have a good fire!" β
Raising his eyes, he looked at the ribbon that he had specially ordered his soldiers to carry, which was drifting south with the wind, and couldn't help but praise secretly: "Okay, it should be so." (At this point, the wind here should be the direction of the wind, so don't go into details, how?) οΌ
Exactly-
The autumn is high and cool, and the grass leaves are withered and yellow, which is the good season for burning in a year. The night black phoenix is tall and good to set fire.
"Let's go, go north."
It took another moment for 1,800 people to move to the north of the Xianbei military camp.
For the sake of prudence, Gongsun Du looked at the wind direction again, which happened to be pointing directly at the Xianbei military camp, and immediately stopped hesitating, and said: "Everyone remember, after rushing into the Xianbei military camp, you can't fight, just set fire and gallop south, we meet three miles south of the Xianbei camp." β
"Yes, my lord."
Eighteen hundred men galloped south.
"Broken~"
Under the impact of more than ten pro-soldiers who were together, dressed in Mingguang armor and holding huge guns, they directly broke down a section of wooden fence several zhang wide, and at this time, the soldiers who were keeping vigil in the Xianbei military camp had just reacted and completely lost the opportunity to block.
"Good!" Gongsun Du was overjoyed.
Rushing into the barracks, more than a dozen soldiers cut the ropes that connected them together, and then each picked up a bundle of withered yellow rods on horseback, and then lit them on the brazier in the barracks, and threw them everywhere at will.
The same is true of the more than 1,300 horsemen who followed them, but the difference is that there are as many as 20 "sticks" on their horses, which is extremely terrifying.
For a time, the north side of the Xianbei military camp was lit by fire, and there was a tendency to spread rapidly to the south, not only man-made, but also with the help of the wind.
Another 400 horsemen, led by Gongsun Du himself, did not participate in the arson, but rushed and killed in the barracks, causing chaos.
"Gone water, walked ...... water"
"Everyone, let's put out the fire!"
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"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! β
"Stop them, everyone!"
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"Kill! There are enemies! β
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"Someone set fire, catch them!"
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The Xianbei military camp was extremely chaotic, which showed that they did not get the news in advance and raised their vigilance.
This is excellent news for Gongsun Du.
"Kill, kill casually, kill hard!"
Kill casually? Kill?
The four hundred people who followed Gongsun Du were very confused, what is it meant to kill casually, and what is it called to kill fiercely? It's just that without waiting for them to think about it, they saw Gongsun Du rushing forward at the speed of the light shadow's completely square opening, flying left and right with a Mo Gao, bringing the Dao blood.
"Quick, keep up!" More than 100 soldiers were shocked and shouted. Fortunately, they also knew to conceal Gongsun Du's identity and did not directly expose it. Otherwise, the consequences may be unpredictable.
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"Broken~"
Click, click!
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The wind and fire were raging in the Xianbei camp, and Gongsun Du and others seemed to come by the wind and go away by the wind, leaving only the fire of enthusiasm and disappearing without a trace.
Emotions such as fighting, swearing, and panic are intertwined in the Xianbei camp to create a chaotic scene......
At this time, Gongsun Du had already rushed out of the barracks to three miles to the south, and then joined up with the others who rushed out one after another. There was no time to count the number of people, Gongsun Du glanced at the Xianbei military camp that had become as bright as a fireball three miles away, and wanted to wait for Xu Rong to lead the troops, but suddenly his mind changed and he exclaimed-
"Ladies and gentlemen, how about we add another fire to the Xianbei barbarians and keep them warm?"
"Good! Good! Good! β
Everyone may have tasted the sweetness just now, and they all shouted loudly.
"Good!" Gongsun Du waved Mo Gao, who had lost the handle of the long knife in his hand, and shouted, "In this case, everyone will divide into two roads, left and right, and start setting fire along both sides of the Xianbei military camp, and put a wall of fire on them and surround them in the military camp!" β
"Yes, my lord!"
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Just when Gongsun Du and the others set off again, Gao Guli, twenty miles away, was on the north city gate.
Xu Rong noticed the difference, and couldn't help but widen his eyes: "That's?" β
"The Xianbei military camp seems to be over there, right?"
Xu Rong seemed to be asking, but after such a long battle, how could he not know the location of the Xianbei military camp, but, now-
"Is it a fire? Could it be an adult? β
"Or did you expect this?"
A series of doubts rose in Xu Rong's heart, but it was more shock, if it was really as he thought, now the Xianbei military camp would definitely be in chaos, even if the loss was not big, but it would definitely be chaos. Such a big fire, you can see the sky-high fire twenty miles away, although there is a dark night, but it is still amazing, it is impossible to think that the loss is small.
It's just how did Gongsun Du do it?
Although I didn't receive the specific news from Houcheng, but the news couldn't come out, I thought that the situation in Houcheng would definitely be more critical, and now it has only been three or four days to send reinforcements, and there has been such a big change, Xu Rong racked his brains and didn't figure out what was going on.
However, Xu Rong is really a qualified commander, and when he is not completely sure, he chose to attack.
"Everyone listens to the orders of the right lieutenant, immediately go out of the city, and help the lord to defeat the Xianbei thief in one fell swoop!" Xu Rong stood in front of the selected three thousand elite soldiers and said impassionedly.
"Yes!"
Boom, boom, boom......
The formation of Xu Rong and the other 3,000 horsemen far exceeded the 1,800 people led by Gongsun Du, which was really a bit surprising.
However, this also just reflects Xu Rong's ability, although the defenders suffered heavy losses, but under his effective command, they not only blocked Xianbei's onslaught, but also sharpened a lot of elite soldiers, especially the three thousand people who were carefully selected by him, and they have reached the elite of the elite.
While Xu Rong was on his way, the Xianbei military camp was fighting the fire and surrounding the military camp under the command of their leader, but he couldn't help but feel a stronger burning sensation.
"What's that?"
Many Xianbei soldiers who had discovered something were stunned, and looked at the monstrous flames outside the barracks in a daze. In the end, although there was no weeding in the Xianbei barracks, after more than 20 days of people stepping on horses, many of them still disappeared, and it was not as original as the dense withered yellow grass outside the barracks.
The leader, who also saw this scene, had no idea of extinguishing the fire or anything, and he even thought of the roasted whole beef and roasted whole sheep that he had eaten countless times, and his heart trembled somehow. He wanted to retreat to the north, because he also saw that the wind was blowing south, but he also saw that the fire was gradually spreading to the north, and anyone could think that this was someone setting fire to the north, and if he really wanted to retreat north, he might hit it head-on, of course, at present, it was more likely to hit the raging fire. It's better to go in other directions.
After only a little thought, the decision was made to retreat south.
"Withdraw, everyone immediately withdraws with me!"
Beasts have a natural fear of fire, but people are no less afraid of raging fire than beasts, and countless Xianbei soldiers have long been frightened into the six gods. If not, maybe there is a real possibility of extinguishing the fire.
Hehe, it's just so casual, don't take it seriously, it's better to run away.
All of them followed their leader, shouting and galloping southward, some on horseback, some barefoot......
It's not that they don't want to ride, one is that some people forget it in a panic, and the other is that this horse is also a beast, and the fear of fire is even worse, except for some war horses that have been trained by firelight, the others have long been galloping around in the barracks, as accomplices in disrupting the barracks.
Well, now it seems that it is not so safe to be all cavalry. After this battle, Gongsun Du and Xu Rong also discovered this problem, the difference is that although Xu Rong found out, he didn't say anything, because the Han army and Xianbei are different, and it can't all be cavalry; Gongsun Du wanted to increase the training of all war horses in this regard, such as getting along with the fire more, and in addition, he could also get along with fierce beasts more to improve the resistance of war horses to wild beasts. (The wolf rider is not a cavalry riding a wolf, but the war horse of this cavalry is not afraid of wild wolves at all, and can fight with them.) οΌ
The spread of the fire was quite fast, and after running out of the barracks for seven or eight miles, I suddenly saw a dark night.
This is thanks to the fact that the wind is not strong tonight, otherwise it is possible to say seven or eight miles, more than ten miles!
However, in an instant, they did not feel that they should be thankful that the wind was not too strong, but that the wind should be stronger, because at the last moment when they were about to burst out of the flames, overlapping figures suddenly appeared in front of them.
"Shoot the arrows!"
At the same time, a fatal voice sounded, which was familiar to them as the sound of releasing bows and arrows.
"Ah~", "Ah~"......
The screams came and wentβ
"Save me, don't leave me behind!"
These are the soldiers who have been shot in the leg and fallen to the ground, begging for their former robes, hoping that they will flee with them for their lives.
However, no one paid any attention, and after breaking out of the flames, they sped to both sides. Those who have horses just disappear into the night in an instant, and those who don't have horses also use unprecedented speed, hoping to escape with their lives.