Chapter 71: Sharing the Spoils in Embarrassment
The news of the sheep's arrival reached Gu Si's ears, and although he was skeptical, Gu Si still preferred to believe it. The idea of his subordinates is much simpler, they have been suppressed for a long time, and today they can finally be a real wolf to the fullest, the wolf's blood is boiling, gearing up, and the excitement is inexplicable.
At a distance of thirty miles, a cavalry marching at a moderate speed could reach it in less than an hour.
A black dot of billowing sand and dust appeared at the northern end of the avenue, distorting the image from the view as the heat rose from the ground. More and more black dots appear, and the image becomes clearer and clearer. You can already clearly see the white robe of the enemy, which is particularly dazzling under the hot sun. The goods on the camel's back were so heavy in the eyes of the ambush army.
More than a thousand allied troops excitedly and nervously held the weapons in their hands, just waiting for the horn to sound.
"Woo-woo"
The expected horns made a dull call to the sky.
Hundreds of horses suddenly leapt to the top of the sand dunes and appeared condescendingly on the left side of the Great Eater's army.
"Kill!"
The Great Eater Army, who had not yet reacted from their stunned and frightened thoughts, heard a loud shout, like a soul-humming sound from hell.
Hundreds of horses and fierce knights rushed down from the dunes, their shining scimitars raised high, and the next moment they were about to slash at the enemy's neck.
I don't know how many people are ambushed, and an endless stream of knights stream out from behind the dunes and attack the enemy beneath the dunes with great vigour.
The Great Eclipse Army is already a frightened bird, where is there still a trace of desire to fight, as long as the road ahead is not blocked, it will not muster up the courage to resist. The Great Food Escapees, who had recovered from fear, desperately slapped the war horses under their crotches with the back of their knives, hoping that the slower robes could resist them for a while, so as to buy them time to escape.
Li Huaitang rode a sweaty horse, took the lead, and was the first to meet the enemy.
One of the Great Eaters was horrified to see a lightning bolt in front of his eyes, his raised scimitar slashing down at his face.
Since Li Huaitang chose to attack from the enemy's left side, most of the enemies, who were accustomed to holding a knife in their right hand, did not have time to adjust their weapons.
Facing the sharp scimitar cut by Li Huaitang, the Great Food Knight instinctively raised his left hand to resist.
Chop melons and vegetables! Li Huaitang, who passed through the gap of the enemy horse, wanted to roar this pleasure.
Blood splattered all over Li Huaitang's robe.
One impact swept away the 300 or so Great Food Deserters, and nearly 100 Great Food Soldiers were slaughtered without resistance. The surviving Great Food Army frantically broke out of the encirclement, intent on staying away from this death trap, as far away as possible.
A game of chasing the dead and chasing the north was staged on the desert yellow sand, and Li Huaitang believed that it was advisable to chase the poor bravely.
The heads of the Great Eclipse soldiers attracted the Light Cavalry, while the Great Cannibal's abandoned belongings deeply attracted Bone Si and his men.
Without an order, the squirping tribe stopped their horses and rushed to the two hundred camels laden with their goods, greedy eyes bursting from their eyes.
As a large bag was slashed by a sharp scimitar, a large amount of silver coins fell to the ground with a "clatter" and landed on the red-hot gravel, shining with the alluring light of money, stimulating the Turgish who began to breathe heavily.
"Mine, it's mine!"
Crazy, so that someone lost his mind, suddenly he jumped forward, knelt on the gravel, and stuffed the coins into his arms.
Gu Si watched the performance of his subordinates helplessly, very angry, at this time, he found that he couldn't control his subordinates, and the orders issued were ignored and executed.
The wealth on the backs of these two hundred camels was the last of the great cannibals to loot in the city of Bukhara. The Turgish came too quickly, and the wealth that was about to be transported to Mulu at that time was blocked in the city. It wasn't until after the city was broken that the great cannibals found that the siege of the Turgish army was very loose, so they decided to arrange for 300 horsemen to risk breaking through with this batch of treasures. Unexpectedly, there is still no escape from the fate of being plundered.
For the rout army that escaped from Bukhara, from the beginning, Li Huaitang had no intention of encircling and annihilating him. Because there is no way to know in advance how many defeated troops there are, besides, rabbits bite people even if they are in a hurry. In terms of the use of the art of war, Hudu also agreed with Li Huaitang's defeat.
In fact, the combat effectiveness of the Great Food Army cannot be ignored. Today, Li Huaitang is just because he occupies all the favorable conditions, and the Great Food Army itself is unstable and has no combat effectiveness. After one elimination and the other rising, Li Huaitang easily won a big victory.
Pursuit battles are the most beneficial for the active side. This is also the actual combat training planned by Li Huaitang, which is to train with battle.
In contrast, Li Huaitang believed that the low-cost actual combat experience was far more valuable than the wealth of the two hundred camels, and Li Huaitang believed that the fat in his mouth could never escape the palm of his hand.
Li Huaitang didn't even look at the finances abandoned by the Great Cannibal, but decisively commanded his subordinates and stuck to the Great Eclipse Army without loosening or tightening. When he seized the opportunity, he shouted and stepped forward to divide the other party, let them be alone, and then stabbed again. Without a chance, he clumsily shot the bow and arrow in his hand from behind, and used his luck to bleed the big cannibal.
Hu Yijian excitedly steered the war horse, the big cannibal in front of him in his eyes, has been transformed into prey, every time his eyes lock on a target, he calmly opens his bow and aims, and when he feels it, he releases the sharp arrow pressed on the taut bowstring, and then searches for the next target, but he doesn't have to look at it at all, he is full of confidence in his feelings.
Not only Hu Yijiao, but all the Earth Light Cavalry looked very excited, and in their eyes, this pursuit battle seemed to be a game.
Li Huaitang chased him until near the north bank of Wuhu Water before blowing the trumpet to collect his troops.
In the course of the pursuit, more than 150 Great Eaters were eliminated, and the same number of war horses were captured, all of which were high-grade Great Eater Horses. More than a hundred pieces of chain mail were also stripped from the dead rout, which made Li Huaitang regret that no Damascus scimitar was found.
"General, that bastard ran away, ran away with our treasure!"
When Li Huaitang was fighting, he was accustomed to scattering scouts for dozens of miles around him, so as to obtain the enemy's situation in time and make corresponding countermeasures.
The battlefield that had just been ambushed was a mess. On the gravel, only corpses, men, and horses, the chain mail of the great cannibals who died in battle had been stripped of them, the heads had been cut off, and the two hundred camels had disappeared.
All the soldiers were indignant.
"Chase!" Li Huaitang spat out a word from his mouth fiercely.
Before Gu Si, who was carrying a large amount of property, had not gone far, Li Huaitang, who was lightly equipped to catch up.
"Gusi, you can walk so fast. Seeing that you are tired, do you want me to help? ”
Without much effort, Li Huaitang appeared in front of Gu Si.
Gu Si really wanted to slip away, and swallowed the harvested treasure and horses and camels to himself, but the coaxing of his subordinates made him unable to clean up quickly, and delayed a lot of time.
"Oh, General, I'm here, don't I want to go first? It's not peaceful there, safety first. ”
Bone slurps wildly looking for excuses that aren't excuses.
The soldiers under the command of Li Huaitang under the command of the Black Tower all opened the formation angrily, and once the general gave the order, he would not hesitate to rush forward to deal with these former defeated generals.
The arrangement of fate is really wonderful, twenty days ago, the three horsemen of light were still fighting bloody battles with these turks. At that time, the Three Riders of Light were obviously inferior to these subordinates of Gu Si. Today, Gu Si suddenly found that his own people were inferior to their opponents in terms of fighting spirit and momentum, and as for their combat skills, the performance of the three bright horsemen just now had proved their strength very well. Once you tear your face and start a war, you will lose a lot. After all, those who protect money are not as ruthless as those who rob money.
Gu Si rolled his eyes, smiled brightly, and said casually: "These treasures are all the merits of the general." The bones are cheeky, please look at the cooperation points just now, let's five or five, I don't know if the general should do it? ”
"Of course that's fine, that's what we said." Li Huaitang smiled. "Still, that,"
As soon as he heard Li Huaitang agree, he was relieved, but suddenly heard "but", and began to drum in his heart. It's not like I want to change the hexagram, I'm not a lamb, and the sheep will bite when I'm in a hurry.
"The general wants to repent?" Bone Sip's face began to change.
Li Huaitang didn't care about Gu Si's tone, paused, and said, "However, if Gu Si likes these treasures, I can give you my share." ”
"What?" Bone Si wondered if there was something wrong with his ears.
"That's right, it's for you. However," Li Huaitang made another tone change.
Gu Si hurriedly said, "But what? As long as the bone slug can be done, it will not be shirked. ”
For the sake of that half of the wealth, the wisdom of the bone sip was buried by desire.
"All the treasure is yours. Horses, camels, and chain mail are mine. In addition, I also need 50,000 arrows made by Tang, 500 cattle, and 5,000 sheep. ”
Li Huaitang unceremoniously made an offer.
"This?" The bone sip is a little difficult, sheep, war horses and camels, and chain mail are no problem for Li Huaitang, after going back, half of the treasure can be exchanged for more equipment and materials. The cattle and sheep that those tribes had stolen were all in vain, and exchanging gold and silver for cattle and sheep was to reduce their burden, and they were afraid that they would wake up laughing in their dreams. As for the 50,000 arrows, it's a bit difficult.
The Hu people have always only used scimitars to make a living, and it is difficult for them to produce, especially things that require complex craftsmanship. A well-made feathered arrow must have a straight shaft, and this technique alone can drive the Turgis mad. One can imagine what it would be like if the sumo wrestlers of the Wa Kingdom were allowed to dance ballet: there is no thunder, only more thunder!
The arrows made by the Tang Dynasty are all excellent military products, and Sulu Khan agreed to the request of the Tang Dynasty to deal with the cannibals, so he got a small number of war materials, among them, the arrows were only 300,000, and some were snatched from Anxi last year. However, compared to the many knights, the arrows were still insufficient. Sulu Khan controls this thing very strictly.
"The rest is fine, but, this Tang-made arrow, 20,000, how about it?" Bone slurp counteroffer.
"At least forty thousand, otherwise don't talk about it." Li Huaitang took a step back.
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In the end, the two sides closed the deal for 35,000.
Even if it was 35,000 feather arrows, Bone Sip would have to rack his brains to get his hands on it. But it was worth it in the face of the mountain of treasures.
Li Huaitang looks to be at a loss in this deal. In fact, Li Huaitang knew that these treasures would only cause trouble for himself. The Turgish camp is a wolf's den, and it's not a good thing to be remembered by hungry wolves. Here, it's not worth losing your life for these things. These troubles are simply transferred to Gu Si, and by the way, I can get some of the things I need from him, and I will get more in one fell swoop, well, it is a veritable win-win situation, as for who is the victim, Li Huaitang doesn't care.
As a general of more than 500 people, Li Huaitang had to think more and farther. Bukhara has been captured, the common enemy has disappeared all at once, and the contradictions that had been covered up will be revealed. For example, the contradiction between himself and Mohedagan, directly speaking, is a contradiction with the Turgish people, after all, the blood debt is there, and the vengeful Sulu Khan will inevitably find trouble for himself.
It's always good to plan ahead. Mounts, weapons, and food had to be prepared, and goods that had a great impact on the movement and morale of the army could not be carried, even a little.
The bone slurp is not useless, at least he said it is very reasonable, safety first. Along the way, Li Huaitang constantly instilled this principle in the soldiers, no matter how much wealth you have, you also need to have a life to enjoy!
Although the results were not distributed, although the eyes were red, the soldiers of the Ministry of Light did not disagree, maybe they didn't dare, maybe they had a high consciousness, in short, Li Huaitang's authority was well reflected in the Ministry of Light.