Chapter 101: Hiking

As a military commander, Yun Lang can only care about the physical strength and morale of the soldiers.

Therefore, he dragged his two legs and asked questions in the group of sergeants, even if the two legs were painful and he had long lost consciousness, he still had a smile on his face to convey the message of victory to the soldiers.

Huo Quzhi and Li Dang and Zhao Ponu gathered around to discuss the situation in front of them, but Yun Lang had already ordered the soldiers to hurry up and start the fire, even if it was to boil a pot of hot soup, it could give great comfort to the tired soldiers.

The will is very effective at this time, and after controlling the body with the will for more than four hours in a row, the physical pain is not so difficult.

After all, it hurts, it hurts when you cry, it hurts when you smile, Yun Lang resolutely chose to face it with a smile.

All the soldiers fell to the ground, with a thin blanket under their bodies, and in only a few breaths, some were already asleep.

Yun Lang put a pot of soup next to Huo Quzhi, Li Kang, and Zhao Ponu with difficulty, and there were large pieces of dried biscuits floating in the pot, and now, they are full of piping hot broth, which is the best good thing to replenish energy.

"It seems right that we have placed the battlefield of the plunder far from the surrendered city, and it is not a good choice for the Huns to attack the city, and if possible, they would prefer to kill us in the field."

"Can you leave a few elites to ambush the Huns, so that they have some concerns and dare not easily chase with all their might."

"No!"

Huo Quzhi simply rejected Zhao Ponu's opinion.

"We only have five hundred men, and the Huns already know this, even if the whole army stays to ambush the Huns, the Huns are happy to see it.

As long as we are entangled by the Huns, once their army surrounds us, we basically have no way to live.

Taking advantage of the fact that we have jumped out of the encirclement of the Huns now, what we have to do is to rush back to the surrendered city as quickly as possible to prepare for the response.

As far as field warfare is concerned, it is obvious that our horsemanship is inferior to that of the Huns, and even the new saddles and stirrups and horseshoes cannot make up for the fact that we are too few in numbers.

Instead of killing a few scattered Huns in the field with difficulty, it is better to rely on the city wall to kill the Huns in large numbers, which can also reduce our casualties.

Now don't think about it any more, just follow the march route we have just laid out, and when we have eaten enough, we will take a nap, and we will need to leave overnight. ”

After Huo Quzhi finished his instructions, he devoured it for a while, then wiped the oil on his mouth indiscriminately, and fell asleep.

Li Kang and Zhao Ponu also did the same.

Yun Lang, who was already extremely sleepy, also wanted to sleep for a while, but now that he found that the three of them had slept, he had to fight hard and take care of this group of soldiers who had fallen asleep.

Looking through the news from the scouts, it is easy to see that the enemy on the left has merged with the enemy behind it.

And it was less than forty miles behind them, and if the cavalry ran at full speed, they would catch up in half an hour.

It's a pity that it would be a nightmare for the cavalry to let the cavalry run at full speed for forty miles and then reach the battlefield.

After all, they are not steel machines in their crotch, but flesh-and-blood war horses.

Even the Huns, who grew up living on horseback, did not make it.

One horse is only suitable for small troops, such as an army of the size of the cavalry captain, if it is equipped on a large scale, even the Huns who are engaged in raising horses cannot afford it.

Not all the Huns raised horses, relatively speaking, there were many more cattle and sheep herders than horses.

Not all shepherds had horses to ride, and only the strongest warriors in the tribe could have a real horse.

Even so, the Huns still clung to the back, and it seemed that they were ready to chase the army of the cavalry captain all the way to the surrendered city.

The snoring sound came and went, but Yun Lang felt inexplicably relieved.

Watching the groom feed the war horses water and concentrate feed, Yun Lang also got up and began to comb the You Chun horse and the jujube horse.

This action can soothe the mood of the war horse, so when Yun Lang finished washing the two horses and watched them chew on beans, he couldn't help but feel very good.

Indeed, there is nothing better than this, after all, the enemy is chasing after him and preparing to die under the city.

Fighting in an environment where trebuchets are not afraid of ammunition in the surrendered city, the more enemies will come, and the more they will die.

Yun Lang had not yet come out of his dream, and when he saw the scout rushing from a distance, he hated and said to the herald guarding beside him, "Beat the gong, don't sleep." ”

The second time it was much more difficult to step on the war horse than the first, and the Huns were not far behind.

No one complained, and the army began to set off again.

Huo Qu was sick in the front, Li Dang was in the middle, Zhao Ponu was at the end, and Yun Lang had already rushed to the front.

A person who is usually very bold, now let him walk in the back, he always feels cold and swishing on his back.

Seeing the sun set below the horizon, the army still did not rest.

When the first quarter moon hung in the air, there was no murmur in the army, except for the sound of horses' hooves and the sound of horses beating their noses.

There was a wolf wailing in the distance, but it was so far away that it was not very clear.

The sky behind it was dark red, and it was the torches of the Huns that lit up the sky.

It was pitch black in front and there was a strong enemy chasing after him, and it was difficult for Yun Lang to describe how he felt now.

The war horse doesn't even need to be urged, it automatically moves with the horse team.

And when it was daybreak, he saw the great river.

At this time, Yun Lang was extremely nostalgic for the boats at home, if there was a boat, he could get on the boat from here, and then go down the river, it was estimated that he would be able to reach the surrendered city after a good night's sleep.

The war horses came to the river and bowed their heads to drink, and the scouts came to report, and the Huns finally stopped the pursuit and camped sixty miles away.

He didn't sleep all night, coupled with the fierce battle before, it didn't seem to have any effect on Huo Qu's disease, he jumped on the war horse vigorously, just waved his hand, and the army walked downstream along the big river.

The beacon fire has been lit, and the soldiers who stayed in the beacon by the river have retreated to the surrendered city, and on the edge of the big river, black pillars of smoke go straight into the sky, and at the end of the pillar of smoke is the surrendered city.

Yun Lang looked at the land that had been leveled regretfully, sighed and said to Huo Quai: "This season's cultivation is in vain. ”

Zhao Ponu leaned over and said with a smile: "Spring is not only a time for farming, but also extremely important for the Huns.

Cattle and sheep need to be fattened, war horses need to be fattened, cattle and sheep breeding, and war horse breeding must also be prepared at this time.

Once damaged, it is not a one-year or two-year harvest that will be affected, and it is not in vain that one season is wasted and five seasons are made up. ”

Yun Lang was immediately very interested in this topic, looked at Zhao Ponu and said, "Could it be that the battle intent of the Evil King is not so strong?" ”

"Last year was a good year for the Huns, spring rain, summer rain, autumn rain are good, resulting in a good growth of pasture, plus there is no white disaster in winter, the most rare thing is that the west is not cold in the winter last year, there are not many cattle and sheep dead in winter, as long as the cattle and sheep are willing to eat grass in the spring, this year's days will be very good.

On such a day, who wants to leave the herd of cattle and sheep to go to war?

It is estimated that the Evil King of Hun also came to deal with my surrendered city with the attitude of success in a battle, otherwise he would not have used so many soldiers at this time. ”

Huo Quzhi glanced at Zhao Ponu and said: "Don't tell the soldiers like that, the lion fights the rabbit and you have to go all out, don't be careless." ”

Before you know it, the surrendered city is close at hand, and the flags on the city are being displayed, and since the cavalry captains and soldiers appear in the field of vision of the lookout post at the city head, there is a dull sound of war drums on the city.

The huge thank you banner was erected at the head of the city, and the smoke was shrouded in smoke on the city, and it seemed that the rolling wood and stones, and the gold juice and lead water had been prepared.

Xie Ning stood proudly at the head of the city, looked at the tired cavalry captains and shouted: "Come and get your name!" ”

Even Li Kang, who was tortured by the long trek and didn't have much strength, looked up at Xie Ning, who was brightly armored, and said, "Pass your mother's name, quickly open the door to Yeye!" ”

Xie Ning solemnly waved the flag, and then, the heavy suspension bridge was lowered, and a group of soldiers poured out of the hole in the city gate, moved away from the rejected horses placed outside the city gate, and made a passageway.

There were a lot of corpses in the trenches under the city, not Huns, and they looked more like Qiang people.