The war was fought until dawn.

The bravery of the Tuhut people really surprised the Dongxia people.

Because of the conditions of crossing the river, they did not have many war horses, although there were no horses, there was a lack of array, at the beginning they were nested in a heap, and thousands of casualties were still beaten down, and then rushed up, rushed up, and were beaten down, and then were beaten down, and then rushed up, and all of a sudden, they were all around and climbed up the river.

The catapults on the river beach were also attacked by them and almost destroyed.

On the surface of the Wang River, their rafts are still constantly transporting troops and horses, Bu Ao estimates that they have made many trips back and forth, and there are 10,000 people, and the number of people who have been surrounded and annihilated is about 3,000, which is not a small number, but you must know that many of them are inferior in weapons and do not even have a piece of armor on their bodies.

The battle between the two sides was extremely fierce, and although the casualties of the Eastern Xia were few, the troops were few, and with the continuous transportation of troops, they could not be stopped from popping up everywhere.

After dawn, the two sides seemed to have formed a tacit understanding.

The Eastern Xia army no longer defended the riverbank to the death, but cleared and increased the number of killed and wounded enemies, and the Tuhuts did not limit themselves to attacking and climbing the riverside in front of them, and established a camp ten miles downstream.

If it weren't for the fact that he was stationed not far from the river with his guards, he would have to sleep until dawn, Bu Ao could advance or retreat, he could pretend to be defeated, take advantage of their lack of horses, and wait for them to come up, and then repeatedly use cavalry to charge up the crowd, but now, he can only fight around the riverside. Diao knew that he knew, and he didn't explain, it hurt the enemy, but let the enemy go ashore, it was more appropriate for him, he listened to Bu Ao just counted the casualties with a blank face, and when he heard that there were about 1,000 people lightly wounded, 373 dead, 127 people seriously injured, 28 missing, and about 800 horses lost, he showed a hint of a smile.

It was not that he felt that the casualties of the army were small, but that the number of lightly wounded told him that there was good armor, good weapons, and someone to help him on the battlefield, as long as he was not seriously injured or killed, and he could breathe a sigh of relief.

Bu Ao explained: "In fact, at the beginning, we nested on the river beach to fight, we occupied a favorable position, there were almost no casualties, but they touched up and destroyed the catapult, and then kept transporting troops, they could not come up, and they were not discouraged, while attacking, while gathering people to run upstream and downstream, I had to send cavalry down the river beach to attack them, and then the casualties became more and more serious." The number of our army is small, the enemy is fierce, I dare not divide the army too much, and the river bank is too long, and in the end there is no way to beat them back to the other side of the river, please punish the king. ”

Dia Bird said lightly: "It's already good." It is surprising to hear that the enemy has died in pieces and you have won a great victory, and you have pleaded guilty in turn. ”

Buao concluded: "No matter how many enemies are killed and wounded, the goal has not been achieved, the enemy has already established himself, and the horses are transported again, there will be no more chaos like in the night, and the next battle will be difficult." ”

Diaobird asked, "How many enemies have you killed?" ”

Bu Ao analyzed: "There are 2,287 people counted in the merit book, and the actual death toll of the enemy should be around 3,000, and the combat attrition is 5,000." ”

Diao said optimistically: "100,000 people." Killing him 5,000 a day is not enough for us to fight. He closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them suddenly, as if accepting a result, and then asked, "You analyze." If they had horses, no longer in unfavorable and unfamiliar terrain, no longer in chaos, fighting head-on, what would be the proportion of casualties to me? ”

Bu Ao pondered for a moment, and said cautiously: "I lose one, the enemy loses four, if their armor and weapons can keep up, it will be good if I can lose one, and the enemy will lose two." These people from Mobei are different, cunning and ferocious, very strong willpower when they are desperate, cool-headed, run if they can't win a frontal battle, just go around, and they don't run for their lives lightly, even if a soldier who has not seen a few battles has the upper hand, it is not easy to win. ”

This is highly rated.

In Eastern Xia, in the fake war and the big competition, the first-class military government and the second-class military government faced each other, and the loss ratio was less than one-half.

Bu Ao's evaluation of them is equivalent to saying that their combat effectiveness exceeds that of the second-class military government, especially the three words "good" after the proportion, which is equivalent to affirming that the enemy can fight with the first-class military government.

Dia Bird frowned.

Dongxia didn't have 100,000 first-class military soldiers, so he hesitated for a moment and said, "You have overestimated." In the night battle, the casualty ratio reached one-tenth, and when you turned around, you rated them so highly, did you want to tell sù lonely, in this battle at night, you fought too beautifully? ”

But he soon laughed again, and Bu Ao was talking about the same conditions, when will the Tuhut people meet the same conditions? It would be good for their ordinary Tuhuts to have an inferior scimitar, most of them did not even have a piece of armor on their bodies, and they were wrapped in animal skins and lambskins on the battlefield, and the sharper knives would be cut through them all with a bang, and it was not a matter of time before they reached the same conditions.

What's more, in addition to reciprocal fighting and tactical fighting on the battlefield, it will never be equal, just like tonight, fighting in a circle on the river beach, with arrows falling on the top, just shoot and kill.

He wanted to ask again, but someone came to report and said, "The Tuhut people have sent a messenger to see our generals, saying that they want to take a break from the army with us." ”

Bu Ao hurriedly looked at Dia Bird.

Dia Bird spat out two words from his mouth: "Cunning." ”

But he thought for a moment, and his messenger was still in someone else's camp, so he said, "Bring it over and see it." ”

Before anyone came, he asked Bu Ao about Han Ying.

Buo knew he was worried, so he said, "I'm back." I'm waiting outside the tent. He sneaked in at night and arrested a senior official of Chen Guoren. Got a lot of news. After a while, he himself came in and told the king to know. ”

The person was quickly brought over, in his thirties, I don't know if it was I didn't know, I still wanted to please the Dongxia people, wearing a tucked robe made of earthy gray Dongxia thick homespun cloth, with a flat belt tied around the waist, from the captives it seemed that they wore robes without belts, but this person was tied, and the sleeves were covered with two leather bracers, and the bracers were tied with leather ropes, and the hair was not sheared, and a leather rope was pierced from the door of the head, and a scimitar was carried around his waist, and the handle of the scimitar was made of bent horns, and the whole knife was in the shape of S, However, the guards beside Dia Bird demanded it from him, and soon he was left with only a scabbard. His face was round, his eyes were small, but his nose was high and pointed, which swept his round face cleanly, and the beard on his chin that was not long but curled into his neck was like a bird of prey that showed off its sharp beak.

As soon as he entered the tent, he paid tribute to Diao and Bu Ao, and saw that there were several other people next to him, among whom were brightly dressed and armored, and he did not hesitate to salute.

He said stupidly: "Respected generals. I am Sukhbaru of the Tuhut Hulu clan. I came to your account to ask for a truce. ”

He looked stupid, but Diaobird didn't treat him stupidly.

In the grassland, especially in the Mobei grassland, almost all people with surnames are nobles, and Hu Lu is a famous surname, especially his name.

Dia Bird, who was proficient in fierce literature, translated his name and read: "Tiger? In the man's astonishment, Diao laughed and said, "My son is a lynx, but you are a tiger?" ”

It's completely nothing to do.

The man smiled awkwardly and said, "There are often fierce tigers in our Mobei forests, and there are many people named after tigers. ”

Immediately afterwards, he added: "My Khan watched the river bank all night, and felt that your troops were brave and invincible. So I wanted to see your messenger again today, so I ordered us to truce for a day. ”

The implication he hinted at was very strong, and it was clear that he had fought a battle with you, and there were heavy casualties, and I Khan had already re-evaluated your strength, and the envoy who received you today may have stopped fighting on both sides, so let's not fight now.

Without thinking about it, Dia Bird said, "I want a truce." Retreat to the north of the Wang River first, otherwise there is no need to talk. ”

The man bit the word "don't talk" and asked in his eyes, so Bu Ao explained to him: "It just doesn't work." ”

Dia Niao simply told him in fierce words: "If you can't beat it, you can talk about it, this kind of trick, who in the grassland doesn't know." If you want to take a truce, retreat your troops to the other side of the river. ”

A fierce light burst into the man's eyes, and he immediately retracted and pleaded: "It's not that we won't negotiate peace if we don't withdraw our troops, and thousands of casualties in the night battle will be enough to cross these soldiers, once you retreat to the other side, what should you do if you are not sincere?" We have now stopped transporting troops and horses, which is already the biggest concession. ”

Diao felt ridiculous, laughed and said, "You crossed the Wang River to fight us in Dongxia, didn't we beat you and want to negotiate peace?" If you want to make peace, you can make peace? We'll wait until we're all killed. ”

He found that Bu Ao had a hint of request in his eyes, presumably because the soldiers were extremely tired and had a plan in their hearts, but they refused to give in, and said sharply: "Give you an hour, if you don't retreat, wait for all of you to die on the river beach." You go back now, and if you can't decide, send someone to ask your khan at once. ”

The visitor gave an unexpected answer: "One hour is not enough." Slow back and forth on the water. ”

Dia Bird sneered and said, "That's enough. Are you coming up fast? If you bargain again, it's only half an hour. Get lost. ”

The man saluted again and hurried out.

Bu Ao waited for him to leave and asked, "What are they doing here?" There was also a truce. Do they really want peace talks? ”

Dia Bird didn't know either, and fell into a deep thought.

Bu Ao said, "I'll call Han Ying in." With that, he walked out.

Han Ying came in, and Diao was still pondering.

Han Ying gave him a half-kneeling salute. He turned around and sat down, smiled a little, and said, "You crossed the river and scratched your tongue and asked what news came out?" Excited. ”

Han Ying got up and said, "Father." Chen Bing came with 10,000 people, and the patriarch of Buliugu also came. It is said that the Turks had already quarreled with them, and that only a small part of the weapons and food they had promised to give them had been given, and that the rest was still on the way to be escorted, but in fact they had been taken away. ”

This news corroborates the peace talks.

The weapons and food that Chen Guo promised to give him could not be brought up, and the Tuhut people fought a vicious battle, and found that they suffered heavy casualties, and they regretted it a little, so they wanted to negotiate peace with Dongxia?

In this way, even why they bothered before?

Diaoi asked rhetorically, "Who took it?" ”

Han Ying said: "It is said that there were rebels in the territory of Chen, and these rebels took away food and weapons. ”

Diao's heart jumped.

Han Ying said again: "The captives said that Chen Guo intends to give up the middle line entirely. The patriarch of Buliu Gu tried his best to persuade them to pack the orchid, and the elite soldiers drawn by Chen Guo fought Lingwu, but they had to fight Lingwu, and now they didn't fight Lingwu, and Chen Guo couldn't send troops, which made Chen Guo very uncomfortable. ”

Chen Guo planned to give up the middle line, and Dia Bird was not surprised at all.

Even other things did not surprise him, he said, "Han Ying." What you ask is important. Ordinary Chen soldiers shouldn't know this. How did you ask, the captive? ”

Han Ying said with a smile: "We took advantage of the darkness to sneak into Chen Bing, and when we saw a general, we sneaked into his camp tent and asked him to subdue him, originally promising to let him go, but across a river, the prisoner couldn't be caught, so I killed him with a knife." He asked, "Is this information useful to my father?" ”

Dia Bird affirmed, "Yes." Our people have also found a lot of other information, but the deal for the Turks is not clear. In particular, the weapons and food to be delivered have been snatched away, and with this piece of news, you will not be able to run away from your first achievement in this battle. Do you want to say to Bu Ao alone, and give you a collar to do first? Lest you fall all day long? ”

Han Ying was about to excuse himself and follow the normal steps, when Dia Niao said, "But it's not a good thing to disrupt your normal promotion. Lonely, let them give you the first credit, go out and run all night, in the enemy camp is very dangerous, hurry up to rest and rest, maybe there will be a battle later. ”

As soon as Han Ying walked out, he also came out, looked at the dead and wounded soldiers, and ran along the river to observe the enemy situation.

The other side was lush and full of flags, and presumably their main force had moved to the river.

If what the other party said was true, Zhao Yiru should be in their Khan Court tent, arguing with people, especially the patriarch of Bu Liugu, what kind of situation would it be.

For so many years, he has been paying attention to the characters of Chen Guo, and he knows a little about this Buliu Gu clan Changbu Liugu Xuanyang, Chen Guo people call it Bu Xuanyang, this person is the same as Tuoba Heiyun, and has the momentum of pro-Yong, but their pro-Yong is not close to Jingkangguo, but on the proposition of the Yong people under the rule.

Buliugu is the surname that is most closely related to the Central Plains.

It is said that Buliu Gu Xuanyang grew up in the Central Plains since he was a child, and he met Tuoba Weiwei when he was in Changyue, Tuoba Weiwei was a hostage of Jingkang State at that time, and he was also inconspicuous in the Tuoba family, and he only stayed in Changyue for a year or two, and no one knew how these two people got together.

But Diao has verified one thing, after Tuoba Weiwei returned to Tuoba Clan, Buliu Gu Xuanyang was no longer in the Central Plains. After that, Tuoba Weiwei's brother decided to pass on the throne to Tuoba Weiwei, and soon Buliu Gu Xuanyang brought a hundred people to him. This shows that these two people met in Changyue. From staying in the long moon to following at the earliest, and then to Tuoba Weiwei supporting Buliu Gu Xuanyang as the patriarch of the Buliu Gu clan, it can be seen that they have a close relationship.

In the Shangzhu State of Chen, he seems to be the only one who has such an intimate relationship with Tuoba Weiwei, and the others are mostly political alliances.

For such a heroic man who has been in the past few decades, has been trusted by Tuoba Weiwei, and will be loyal to Tuoba Weiwei, Zhao Yiru is like a newborn calf in front of the tiger.

Although Dia Niao had high hopes for Zhao Yiru, but when the Tuhu Special Department came to this person, he didn't expect anything to report it.

Then all the evidence points to the willingness of the Tuhuts to negotiate peace, and Diao has completely overturned it.

Why?

First of all, the weapons, armor, and food given to them were robbed, and the Tuhuts did not necessarily know about it; Secondly, Han Ying killed his tongue in the tent, and Buliu Gu Xuanyang might have guessed what he was hiding, or Dongxia, or the Tuhut people already knew about it, and it could be redeemed in advance; Again, Buliu Gu Xuanyang is like a hostage in the Tuhute, and the Tuhut will not think that he is there, and he will not get anything in the end; Finally, the Buliu Gu clan is a great grassland clan, and he may have had early contacts with the Tuhuts, and can find a wide range of allies within the Tuhuts.

Peace talks?

Is Tieba really a person who often changes decisions at will?

If he gave such a hint, did he want to wait for Chen Guo's weapons and food, or did he decide to break with Chen Guo? Still is? What else is he waiting for? Adjust your strategy?

Sorting out from it is too lacking in basis.

Dia Bird sent an order to Bu Ao, demanding, "Send someone to Lingwu again." After an hour, go and warn the Turks to withdraw...... You can urge many times, so that the soldiers can rest, rest almost, go up and attack them, beat them, and when Zhao Yiru comes back, we will withdraw. ”

He judged that Zhao Yiru would come back today.

Since the Tuhut people hinted at the peace talks, whether it was a conspiracy or not, they would make conditions for Zhao Yiru to bring back the words.