Chapter 318: Xuanchi Night Camp
Gao Jun won the first battle, urgently recruited his subordinates, did not eat first, and the first thing was to replenish the arrows and recover the crossbow arrows. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
They are far away from the headquarters, the arrows can not be replenished normally, the long arrows are still easy to say, they can be seen everywhere here, although the long arrows of the Ebiru land department are different from those used by their own people in terms of specifications, the shaft of the arrow is two or three inches shorter, and the arrow is slightly lighter, but it can still be used improvised.
But the repeating bolts were nowhere to be found, and they did not find a single such repeating bow and crossbow beside the fallen men, and certainly the bolts were nowhere to be found.
He had the crossbow arrows that had been deeply inserted into the enemy's body drawn out in the place where the fierce battle had just taken place, around the hills, and gathered them on the edge of the pond to wash the blood stains on them, and then distributed them according to the fixed ration for each person.
This is a hole card that tall adults dare to lead people to run out. Because the crossbow can be fired continuously, it can save most of the time for drawing arrows, setting up arrows, and drawing bows in close-range fierce battles. It can be said that one crossbowman can be worth three archers in terms of the time it takes to shoot arrows.
Although crossbowmen suffer slightly when it comes to dealing with groups of longbowmen, they have no rival when dealing with swordsmen on horses and longbowmen at close range.
It was the first time for many Duo and Su Tuo'er to follow the tall people to fight so far away, and the battle went so smoothly that the morale of them and their men was extremely high, and they even thought that these people could be compared with the heavy armored cavalry of the Tang Dynasty.
The tall man asked them to divide up and lead the people, and went to the field to gather the ownerless horses, and there were more than 700 horses. These people were shepherds and had a unique experience in the management of horses.
When they gathered up their horses, the other part of the people had already set up a row of small pots, burning the yellow grass that could be found everywhere by the Xuanchi, and the water in the pots had already boiled.
Holding a black knife, the tall man cut off a leg from the newly dead horse and threw it to the people around him, so that they could peel it, quickly cut off the thin pieces of meat from the top with a knife, and cook it in a pot. They didn't come out with a cauldron -- there were no tents. These small pots are easy to carry, hold less water, and are easy to boil.
Su Tuo'er felt a little pity when he saw that the tall man only cut the horse's legs, and the horse meat in other places was discarded. Master Gao saw what he meant, and said, "If you want to be in the pasture, where am I willing to give you this way of eating." But at the moment, so many dead horses can't be taken away, and if you don't eat it, you will throw it away, and how can we have the effort to take care of it carefully. Maybe the next moment the enemy will come! ”
They hurriedly ate the horse meat, and the shredded yak meat that everyone carried was omitted, and they didn't know what the difficult situation would be, and the more the yak meat shredded yak meat that was easy to cook, the better it was.
The sky gradually darkened, Gao Jun didn't plan to take any other actions, the first action of these people under his command was satisfactory to him, he estimated that even if the other party rushed over to retaliate, it would take some time.
So he sent out a patrol of sentries near and far to keep watch in the night, and these men gathered their horses and lurked again to rest in the bushy hills by the Xuanchi.
The 700 newly acquired horses were behind the bushes in the hills, and the 300 guards and their horses lay down in the leeward of the grass and bushes in the undulating terrain, and each took off a yak blanket and spread it out in the ground.
The blanket is three feet wide and six and a half feet long, with a uniform specification, and at one end is a rope cut from cowhide for binding, which is suitable for one person to lie down on. If it's cold, you can half-cover your legs if you're a little tired. The blanket surface of the cowhide can be moisture-proof, and if people are half-tired at night, it is estimated that it will not be too cold when it snows.
For this attack, Master Gao thought of everything he could think of, and saw that the brothers were lurking in the night, and even those horses were hidden very properly. He made one last round, and then returned to Siqing.
Siqing had already untied her and the tall man's two blankets and lay there first. After the tall man also lay down, she put another blanket on the two of them.
Overhead is the bright starry sky, and there is a waning moon hanging in the western sky on the plateau. Siqing snuggled tightly to the tall man's side, and when she saw him pondering, she said to herself, "Today should be August 26, and if we toss again, we must rush back before October." ”
She didn't expect that Master Gao had just come out for more than ten days, and he was making calculations. She knew that this was his plan, but in Siqing's heart, she was extremely satisfied with the current day, she pillowed her head in the crook of the tall man's arm, and asked him softly what he planned to do next.
"As soon as we come out, the safety of our people is the top priority." I guess the second half of the night will be the most dangerous, so you'll have to be smart. ”
Siqing said, "Anyway, I'm with you, just sleep steadily, and I'll look for you if something happens." The tall man did not answer, but stretched out his other hand under the yak blanket, skillfully unfastened the two armor buckles under her armpit, and reached into her breastplate.
There were many sentry posts in the second half of the night, and the second half of the night in the desert was still quite cold, and he brought two crossbowmen near the empty tent, and one of the archers said, "Regimental officer, why doesn't Lord Gao let us live in these tents, such a cold weather!" ”
Many many said, "The tall man must have a purpose, it is estimated that this will not be safe, in case the enemy comes, he will find this place from afar, if he rushes over and surrounds this place, will we not be passive." Besides, where are those yak blankets? ”
As they spoke, they heard a long and short whistle from the hills, and the three of them got up and galloped back. All the rangers rolled over in the blink of an eye, neatly rolled up the blankets, tied them to the back of their horses, and found their squad to concentrate.
Master Gao and Siqing also packed up their ropes, and with the halberd in his hand, he commanded, "Take two more swordsmen and three crossbowmen, and drive seven hundred horses along the north bank of Xuanchi to the west. Go slowly, and if there is no enemy chasing you, go all the way west, and scatter the horses, and sing and hum as you please. ”
When many people responded, they went to pick people and gather horses.
Master Gao said again, "Su Tuo'er, you and Reyi Hangul, take the rest of the people, go east along Xuanchi, and quickly rush to that mountain forest to lurk...... It's only about fifty miles. You are to come there before dawn, and you are not allowed to come out, you are not allowed to be exposed, whatever happens, until you come back with us. ”
Su Tuo'er asked, Lord Gao, where are you going?
Master Gao said, "Si Qingjue and I haven't slept enough, so we're waiting for them to come in that tent." ”
The Latent Technique used to be Jiaohe Mu's first training program, and now the arrangement of the tall adults is not difficult for Su Tuoer and Rei Hangul.
While they were gathering their men and horses, they listened to Master Gao finally say, "Duoduo, you just have to walk more openly, so that the enemy can see you at a glance on the other side of the water that is nearly thirty miles wide of Xuanchi." ”
Many more than six men immediately hurried up seven hundred horses and hurried away, and the tall man commanded that you should not fight each other when the enemy came after them, and that you should run back to meet us in cover along the mountains to the north. Remember that it is important to save your life, and you are not allowed to ask for a single horse. There were many orders, and a large herd of seven hundred horses was driven, and the ducks were herded to the west.
Su Tuoer took people and galloped east according to the instructions of the tall man. It's the first hour of the day, and they'll be there before dawn. There were only two people left, Gao and Siqing, and Siqing asked, "What are you taking me to do here?" ”
Lord Gao looked at the sky and said, "Go and sleep in the tent." (To be continued.) )