Chapter 536: Exploring the Camp
Chapter 536: Exploring the Camp
The Uighur coalition entered a state of readiness, and the tense atmosphere alarmed Bian Lingcheng, the nominal supreme leader and the chief of the Hanhai march.
This gentleman is afraid of death, but the timid man has his own way of dealing with the world, according to which he has developed a sense of smell that is particularly sensitive to safety. A few days ago, he and Feng Changqing went to the military camp of the Hui people to discuss and communicate, but as a result, he found that something was wrong, so he casually found a reason to stay in the camp of the Hui people, trying to avoid possible pond fish.
It's a blessing or a curse, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided. Bian Lingcheng finally experienced this truth himself, and the Hui people found him and politely invited him to Ningyuan Iron Cavalry to urge the battle.
Although Bian Lingcheng is the chief administrator, he has no real power, and he can only be arranged by sending people under the fence.
"The boss misses us?"
As soon as he saw Bian Lingcheng with a sad face, Li Huaitang pretended to be surprised and made jokes.
Bian Lingcheng secretly scolded Li Huaitang in his heart for not knowing each other, wouldn't it be over if he fought with the Khitans earlier, and he didn't have to suffer this crime. Several Hui people who accompanied him looked around, as if looking for something.
Bian Lingcheng asked urgently: "When is the general going to enter the territory of the Khitans to fight them?" ”
Li Huaitang shrugged his shoulders with a helpless expression: "The chief manager swore that the grain and grass were not a problem that day, but the fact was the opposite. Without food and grass, how can the soldiers fight? ”
"You?!" Bian Lingcheng's face was red and white, but he was speechless. When the Hui people were in Chang'an, they used to promise to supply grain and grass, but now they have broken their promises on the grounds that God is not beautiful, what can he do? Although he is the Grand Governor, he is actually a single commander.
"However," Li Huaitang glanced at the two Hui Hus beside Lingcheng, and stopped talking, looking mysterious.
Bian Lingcheng understood, turned around and sent the Hui people away, and then asked, "But what?" ”
Li Huaitang smiled: "It's nothing, for the sake of the safety of the chief manager, I think it's best not to go back." ”
Hearing this, Bian Lingcheng was stunned, raised his orchid finger and pointed at Li Huaitang, opened his mouth into a circle but was speechless.
"I'm also forced to be helpless, and I ask the chief manager to bear with me!" Li Huaitang's face was full of determination, and he couldn't tolerate any opposition at all.
In the camp, several Uighurs walked around at will, and dozens of soldiers feeding horses caught their attention.
The soldiers each held a basket in their hands, and pieces of bean cake covered it. However, their actions could not deceive the eyes of the Hui people, and they rarely put the bean cake in the manger.
The Hui looked at each other, and one of them walked over and deliberately bumped into one of the horse-feeding soldiers.
The basket fell to the ground, and bean cakes and stones were scattered all over the ground. Hui people sneered.
Soon, the accompanying Uighurs were driven back.
Guli Pero got the information he needed.
First, the chief manager Bian Lingcheng insisted on staying in the camp of Ning Yuan Iron Cavalry, and second, Ning Yuan Iron Cavalry's grain and grass had reached the last moment when the lamp ran out, and they saw with their own eyes that Ning Yuan Iron Cavalry deliberately showed them the sufficiency of grain and grass, but exposed the horse's feet: the surface of each basket was bean cake, and the bottom was full of stones!
After listening to the report, the chiefs felt more and more that the danger was approaching, and stepped on the strength of the emperor to speak: "Great chief, that eggless man is the most afraid of death, and always wants to hide in the safest place, I am afraid that he will see that Ning Yuan's iron cavalry wants to be unfavorable to us, so he refuses to come back." ”
Guli Pei Luo sneered and gave Fugu Huaien a look, and Fugu Huaien retreated.
"Don't worry, I've got it. It's best for them to attack at night, we just need to hold the camp tightly, and when the allies arrive, we will fight back and forth! ”
Guli Pero's words shocked the chiefs. "And the Allies? Could it be? ”
Those who can flank them in front and behind are none other than the Khitans or the Eastern Turks, but the Eastern Turks and the Khitans have always been in cahoots, no matter who they are, it means that the big leader has reached some kind of tacit understanding with them.
It seems that in order to deal with Ning Yuan's iron cavalry, the big leader can be said to have tried his best, and he has to put him to death, and he will not die.
Under the darkness of the night, Ning Yuan's iron cavalry pulled out the whole army and set out, and the men and horses were silent.
Bian Lingcheng's face turned pale, he was coerced to go on the expedition, and when he thought of the nearly 100,000 horses in the camp of the Hui people, his scalp couldn't help but tingle.
Li Huaitang is crazy, if he doesn't fight the Khitans, he still dares to hit a stone with an egg, 15,000 against 90,000, isn't he going to die?
But he has no choice, whether it is in the camp of the Hui people or in the camp of the Ningyuan Iron Cavalry, his identity as the chief manager is like a lonely boat in the sea, he can only go with the flow, and he is always mastered by others.
In the dark night, despite the starry sky, Bian Lingcheng still did not know the direction, and numbly followed the army forward, walking for several hours, and it seemed that the distance had been quite far. Gradually, he began to feel that something was wrong, and the camp of the Hui people was only fifty miles.
He opened his mouth to ask the guard beside him, but the guard's face was expressionless and he didn't squint, and the idea of pursuing the truth in his heart turned around and returned to the same place.
Silence! Violators will be beheaded! Ningyuan's iron cavalry orders are like mountains, and the orders must be carried out, and they are also effective against the border city. Bian Lingcheng thought that Ning Yuan Tieqi was in a desperate situation, and Li Huaitang might have gone crazy, so it was better not to mess with him.
In a moment of thought, suddenly an order came from the front, speed up!
Run away?!
Bian Lingcheng suddenly realized, his tense mood finally relaxed, as long as he didn't go to fight with the Hui people, it didn't matter, as for the emperor, there were two tall people, the Hui people and Li Huaitang, he was very safe.
The sun was rising, and in the camp of the Hui people, heavy doubts were pervasive. From Guli Pero to the humble groom, everyone stayed awake all night.
The expected night raid is gone!
What's going on? Misjudged?
The scouts sent back with shocking news: Ning Yuan's iron cavalry had gone to the camp.
"They're going south?" Guli Peiluo felt incredible, the south was the territory of the Khitans, that is to say, Li Huaitang went to fight the Khitans as he wished.
Guli Peiluo still has many doubts, Li Huaitang tossed for a long time just to get rid of his tailgating?
Whatever, as long as he is in the palace!
"Pull out the camp and go south!" Victory is in sight, and Guli Peiluo is full of spirit.
The distance of one night is not a problem, and experienced herdsmen can judge the direction of the target according to the clues, not to mention the Ningyuan Iron Cavalry, which has a total number of tens of thousands of people and horses?
After a day and a night of pursuit, in front of a desert, the Hui people lost the trace of Ningyuan's iron horse.
In the desert, the wind was blowing and the sand was moving, swallowing up all the marks left on its surface, even if it was hours old.
"Damn! Expand your investigation and find them! Guli Pero was irritable, and the trajectory of reality began to shift, and there was an unexpected angle with his plan.