Chapter 340: To the South
Outside the Alashan Pass, the dense layers of incoming enemies were crowded on the narrow mountain road, and they no longer covered up, shouting and rushing up. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Guo Zhizhao had already arrived with someone, looked at the situation under the pass, and comforted Feng Zhengdao, "It's okay, this kind of tricky and long-term play will only make us tired." β
He divided his men into three groups, one to hold the pass, the other to go to the mountains to collect and collect stones, supply arrows, and rest on the spot. Three groups of people can be swapped at any time.
After Guo Zhizhao's arrangement, Feng Zheng's heart was put down, Guo Zhizhao told him about the situation of the enemy and us, although there were many people on the other side, but the narrow mountain road below restricted their concentrated deployment of troops in a short period of time, and our numbers were superior under the pass at any time, and there was nothing to fear.
Guo Zhizhao didn't say anything disadvantageous, after all, Lord Feng was just a shepherd, and talking to him about these would affect his confidence. Because if you continue to fight in this way, the rocks on the hillside will be cleaned, and there will be a number of arrows.
He asked himself to draw one from the sergeant brought by Yanqi, and took advantage of the gap between the enemy rushing up to open the pass gate, and went outside to retrieve the arrows. The first time, just thirty people went out, and they were shot back by the opponent's fierce arrows, and five or six people were injured.
The other party seemed to see the shortcomings of the Tang Army, and strengthened the offensive for a while, and did not stop the pass for a moment throughout the first half of the night. When the son of the lord of the city of Crossbow City led his people to the pass, when he saw this scene, he asked his men to go out with the wooden bed board where they were sleeping.
The two sides were entangled, and suddenly there was another burst of fire at the camp of the Ebiru land at the foot of the mountain, and the tents were drowned in the flames. A small team of horses galloped to and fro in the firelight, doing everything they could to destroy.
The grain and grass of the Ebiru land were also burned, and the horses were untied, and they rushed out of the fire in groups, frightened by the fire, and some ran to the mountains, while many ran west down the mountain.
When the attack of the Ebi-lu army stopped, they stopped the rushing horses, flew up, and chased down the hill with shouts. Those on foot followed, leaving their wounded companions behind.
Guo Zhizhao determined that those who attacked behind the enemy's back must be a high-level shepherd team. However, against the backdrop of the fire below, he could see that there were not even a hundred of them.
Some people suggested that Guo wait for the edict and take advantage of the chaos to cover up and go out, but the edict did not agree. Because both Guo Dudu and Gao Jun were strictly ordered not to rush out of the pass when they left, they could still hold on to it by virtue of the danger of the terrain, although they were miscellaneous, and they could not make any mistakes.
If Guo Zhizhao knew that at this time in the east of Gutun City, Gao Rang's thirty men were holding Zhilin hostage and drinking in the city, he would have carried out the order to stick to it more resolutely.
If it weren't for the thirty people and the eight hundred people from Futu City to join in, if they took a risk, then Baiyang Mu and Luntai County would not exist.
The sergeant who watched from above reported that the men and horses of the Ebiru army had been evacuated overnight, and that they had no need to carry any tents or food and grass, and that they had walked in perfect orderβall of them had been burned down. Without these things, these people would not be able to stand in the bitter northwest wind.
Guo Zhizhao breathed a sigh of relief and organized people to go out outside the pass to clean up the scene and recover the arrows, and when it was almost dawn, two people sent by Gao Rang arrived and informed General Guo of the situation in the east at night.
The pressure at the mountain pass suddenly subsided, and Guo Zhizhao drew 300 people to support Gao Rang, and now he has the energy to guard against Futu City. As soon as the people left, someone from above shouted, "Oh no, they're coming up again!" β
The people and horses did not rest, and took away another one, and Guo Zhizhao complained bitterly. When he looked closely, he found that only a large group of horses had come, and the horsemen behind him could clearly see that it was not an enemy army. Su Tuoer and Reyi Hangul came up the mountain with a team of forty shepherds.
Guo waited for Zhao to open the gate of the village and let the horses in. As soon as he saw Su Tuo'er's face, he asked eagerly, "Why is this the case?" What about my brother? Feng Zheng was also very worried and stepped forward to ask.
Su Tuoer said, "We can't say where the tall man is at the moment. β
Guo Zhizhao asked, you were the one who attacked the enemy from behind last time? Su Tuo'er said no, he said, "A few days ago, we separated from the tall man. After we had won two great victories and eliminated 1,700 of the enemy, Master Gao left us in the mountains west of Xuanchi, saying that it was better to hide with fewer people, and that we were not allowed to meet the enemy. Of the thousands of horses captured, only 300 were taken away. He calculated that the reinforcements that the enemy was chasing would sooner or later withdraw, and then we gathered our horses in the mountains and rushed to the mountain pass in concealment. β
Feng Zheng asked, "But there are so many enemy troops at the mountain pass, and the tall man asked you to set fire?" β
Su Tuo'er said yes, Master Gao said, if they don't retreat, you will hide, as soon as the other party attacks the mountain pass, you will take advantage of the chaos to set fire, and you will burn him, "Light the fire and run," Su Tuo'er said excitedly, "It really makes Lord Gao say, they run much faster than us!" β
Guo Beizhao ordered the horses to be counted, and there were 736 horses, and handed them over to the poplar herd to rush to the pasture and put them into the stables, while Su Tuoer and Rei Hangul gathered their men to go down the mountain, and he said to Guo Beizhao, "We are going to meet Master Gao." β
"Didn't you say you don't know where my brother is?" β
Su Tuoer said, "Lord Gao said that he is going to the south in the direction of Broken Leaves, to harass the old nest of Ebidulu, so that as long as we go south, we will see each other sooner or later." β
Guo Zhizhao knew that most of Gao Jun's troops appeared for the first time, and they were running westward, and it seemed that they were leading most of the enemy to go around in circles, thinking that there would not be much hindrance to Su Tuo'er's actions.
When the edict thinks about it carefully, Gao Jun's arrangement is really ingenious. The forty people he left behind were lurking, while his own brigade ran into the mountains and valleys to set up some Qinghai County! Of course, Su Tuoer didn't know about these things, Gao Jun led the enemy to leave, and then Su Tuoer took advantage of the situation to enter, harass the enemy, helped defend the mountain pass, and sent horses, several links actually complemented each other, and the pressure on the mountain pass was relieved at once.
This arrangement made Guo Zhizhao feel very surprised, the enemy's nearly 10,000 troops were skillfully mobilized by his 300 people, wiped out 1,000 people, and another 8,000 people chased him all over the world, and let him easily send the captured 800 war horses back to the pasture.
Guo Zhizhao thinks that even if Gao Jun collects his troops now, it makes sense, who knows that he has a bigger plan and wants to go to Broken Leaves. He asked Su Tuo'er to take people to rest before leaving, Su Tuo'er said, "Master Gao said that the enemy might return again, so we sent the horse down the mountain immediately." β
The dry food on their bodies, the shredded yak meat, had not been touched, and the horse meat could not be eaten. The men only replenished their drinking water on the mountain and went down. Guo Beizhao wanted his father to know about these circumstances, so he repaired a book on the mountain and asked someone to send it to Yanqi.
These surprising good news will probably make my father put his mind at ease and deal with Yanqi's military and political affairs with peace of mind. It will probably also make some people in the ranch village who are terrified all day shut their mouths for a while.
Being able to lead a group of people to gallop on the battlefield like Gao Jun is something that Guo Cheng yearns for very much. Now the herdsmen are killed, and the soldiers guard their homes, which can be regarded as a big anecdote.
He thought that if he could fight side by side with Gao Jun, he would be very happy. There was no decent map on the mountain, and he could only imagine where the tall men and horses were. As for what the current situation is, we can only know when Gao Jun sends someone next time. (To be continued.) )