29, ambush ambush 1
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"Oh no, there are ambushes, the cavalry of the Huns is coming!"
The broken voice of the soldier who turned around and fled sounded the alarm in the Bird Mouse Valley, and the mournful shout broke the joyful atmosphere of the Dong soldier who had just made a lot of money after the great victory.
"Woooo
The sharp sound of the beep breaking through the air sounded intensively in the Bird Mouse Valley, followed by the sound of horses' hooves like thunder, but these horses' hooves were not made from the Dong soldiers who were chasing and killing in the rear, but from the direction of the thieves who fled in front.
"There are ambushes!"
"It's the Huns!"
"The Huns are coming!"
"Run!"
Many of Dong's soldiers had dismounted to loot the goods abandoned everywhere on the mountain road, and some even abandoned all the other equipment on their horses to make room for the gold and silver treasures they had snatched. Now that the Huns who had gone and returned suddenly arrived, the unprepared Dong soldiers were startled, grabbed the goods they had desperately grabbed, and then instantly had the idea of retreating with these goods.
Niu Fu's face, which was still full of ambition just now, suddenly turned the color of pig liver, and he was startled by this inexplicable shout, and when he came back to his senses, the shouts around him had already come one after another, and there were even soldiers pulling war horses full of goods, crossing his banner in a hurry and fleeing to the rear.
"Don't retreat, turn back for me, kill the Huns!"
Niu Fu was so angry that he jumped like thunder, rode on his horse, drew his sword out of the sheath, and commanded the guards in his hand to drive the other soldiers forward to resist the counterattack of the Huns.
"General, General!"
At this time, Hu Chi'er and others, who were carrying Niu Fu's other general banner and captured in all directions, also hurried back from the front, and saw that Niu Fu also wanted to drive the soldiers forward, so frightened that Hu Chi'er immediately drove his horse to rush to him, grabbed the bridle of Niu Fu's mount, and couldn't care about the difference between dignity and inferiority in danger, and shouted loudly to Niu Fu in horror:
"General, go quickly, it's really the Huns are here!"
"What can the Huns do when they come, those are my defeated generals, my dignified Zhonglang general, there are countless Liangzhou elite horsemen under his command, are you still afraid that their lost dogs will not succeed?"
Seeing Niu Fu's temper coming up, he wanted to turn the tide with his own strength, reverse the situation, and drive many soldiers who turned around to fight with the fierce Hun cavalry again, Hu Chi'er was suddenly in a hurry.
Niu Fu is not very bold on weekdays, but he believes in ghosts and gods Wu Bu, because of the words of the witch, he has always believed that he will win this battle, and now the battle is reversed, how can he swallow this breath when he is defeated, he is angry, and he has lost his timidity in the past, and wants to drive the soldiers to fight bloodily, how can this be done.
If Niu Fu made up his mind to fight to the death, then Hu Chi'er and his personal guards would also have to fight to the death to protect the lord and swear not to retreat. If the war situation is favorable in peacetime, these guards will rush into the enemy formation with Niu Fu, the main general, and kill the enemy to make meritorious contributions, but now that each of them has a lot of gold and silver goods on their horses, how can they be willing to abandon these goods that they have worked so hard to snatch and turn to fight bloody battles.
For a while, Niu Fu's personal guards all advised him to avoid Fengrui for the time being, take a step back, and wait until he withdrew from the dangerous place to regroup, in addition to him, there were also Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, and Sima with other soldiers and horses on the battlefield, and it was expected that there would be these people to maintain, and the battle situation should not collapse anywhere.
This kind of desperate and bloody battle is left to the soldiers at the bottom, how can a noble general like him be able to take the risk lightly and compete with the Huns who drank blood.
In the face of the bitter advice of the guards led by Hu Chi'er, Niu Fufang's idea of waving the army and fighting quickly fell away, he was not a resolute and decisive person, and the determination to order a death battle just now was just a whim in the face of the enemy's attack, and now that he calmed down, he felt more and more that he was in danger, extremely dangerous.
"Hurry up, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, let's - retreat first!"
When Niu Fu, who was still hesitant, spit out the two words "withdraw first" in his mouth, Hu Chi'er and other personal guards suddenly seemed to be amnestied, and they all surrounded Niu Fu in the center, preventing him from being shot by the stray arrows scattered on the battlefield, and then led the horse to turn around, taking the opportunity to stuff a few more pieces of gold cakes, and a group of pro-guards with bright armor quickly turned around and retreated.
Soon, such a grotesque scene emerged in the Bird Mouse Valley.
Sergeant Dong, who was still scrambling and desperately rushing to kill just now, suddenly turned around and ran back like a mouse meeting a cat. And Niu Fu's flag from the front, turned backwards, and then quickly retreated, which gave everyone a signal that the situation was not good, and Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji and others soon fled back with their soldiers and horses.
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At the mouth of the valley of the Bird Mouse Valley
"Yanming, the situation doesn't seem to be good, even the people in front of him, General Niu Zhonglang, Captain Li and others have retreated, let's retreat quickly!"
Xu Kun and Yan Xing's men and horses had just entered the Bird Mouse Valley, and speaking of which, they had to thank Niu Fu, Li Dao and others.
This time, Niu Fu personally led his troops to pursue the White Wave Thieves who retreated north, and he was like a bamboo all the way, and he bit the tail of the White Wave Thieves Brigade in a nearby place in the Bird Mouse Valley, which is such an easy and easy-to-reach military achievement.
Niu Fu personally led the troops, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, Xu Kun and others also actively asked for battle, as a result, the position of the former army and the Chinese army that reaped the benefits was naturally occupied by Niu Fu himself, Xu Kun, Yan Xing and others had already made a surprise attack on Baibo Valley and made the first contribution, Niu Fu did not want this young general to be too prominent, so he had a beautiful name, which would not only be the important task of guarding everyone's back road, but also leave the position of the rear army of the rest of the people to Xu Kun's people.
Captain Li Dao was too arrogant because he had pursued Bai Bo before and made great contributions, and he was also arranged by Niu Fu in the rear of the Chinese army, and Niu Fu, who was supposed to sit in the Chinese army and coordinate all parties, was too arrogant after defeating the Bai Bo army, but instead pursued all the way with his own personal guards and ran to the front.
Therefore, although Xu Kun and Yan Xing's men and horses did not reap much benefit because they were lagging behind, they also gave them a lot of time to rectify their soldiers and horses.
Xu Kun immediately ordered all the men and horses, and wanted to retreat first with the main stream to avoid the enemy's edge, but Yan Xing calmly stopped him.
"Sima, wait, look at the smoke in the valley, most of it is also fraud!"
"How?"
Xu Kun was about to turn around when he turned his horse, but when he heard Yan Xing's words, he was stunned for a moment, realized the meaning of his words, stopped the movement in his hand, but still held the reins tightly in his hand, looked at Yan Xing and asked.
Yan Xing was in the rear army, far away from the battlefield in the valley, and the bystanders were clear, plus he was more focused on the changes in the battle situation than anyone else, at this time, he saw the situation most clearly.
"Sun Tzu has a saying in the Art of War: 'Those who are high and sharp in the dust will also come in the car; Those who are humble and broad come in vain; Those who are scattered and attained, Qiao Cai is also; There are few and passers, and the battalion army is also 'the dust in this valley, Sima, please see, can there be a little dust high and sharp? ”
When the armies face off against each other, the two armies do not know each other's reality and reality, and they are one step ahead of the enemy and see through the fog of war on the battlefield, and they are often able to take the lead and defeat the enemy with one move. In addition to the subjective factors of scouts, spies, and spies, the objective factors of the dust and smoke of the enemy's march, the stove camp left behind, and the cooking smoke and bonfire campfire set up in the camp are also very important, which can be observed and collected for the general to make a general guess about the situation of the enemy army.
Sun Tzu, in his chapter on the march in the Art of War, describes this aspect of speculative knowledge and concepts.
If the chariot on the opposite side rushes and covers the attack, under the rapid rush, the wheels and horses' hooves crush and raise the smoke and dust are raised high, like a pillar of smoke. Because of the speed of the foot soldiers, the smoke and dust raised by the march is obviously lower than the dust raised by the chariot, and the formation of the foot soldiers is generally spread along this battlefield, so the corresponding large puff of smoke and dust will also appear wide.
And the smoke and dust in the valley in front of him, Xu Kun settled down, looked at it, and quickly determined that it was not these two.
Although the dust was constantly blowing and the drums were beating loudly in the valley, the dust was scattered and flying, and it was clear that the enemy's cavalry was dragging the wood away, and the enemy had not yet had a good advantage enough to catch up with them and defeat them here, so that an ambush was deliberately set up.
Even if there were, the number of this ambush was definitely only one or two hundred.
After being reminded by Yan Xing, Xu Kun quickly came to his senses, and he also saw that the so-called ambush in the valley was a bluff, but he didn't want to turn the tide.
Since Niu Fu can squeeze himself out of the position of the rear army because of the competition for credit, then even if he sees through the enemy's soldiers' tricks, why should he help him save another game.
Therefore, Xu Kun looked at the soldiers and horses in the valley, sneered, did not speak, and continued to turn the horse's head as soon as he pulled the reins.
"Ziyu, wait!"
Yan Xing still spoke out again to dissuade him.
"Yanming, I know you want to save the soldiers and horses in this valley, but Niu Funasi's face is really ugly, and now he is rash against the enemy, and the good situation has been ruined, I don't want to step into the troubled waters again!"
Xu Kun's youthful nature, Niu Fu and others rely on their own identity, power to snatch credit, suppress the junior and mediocre general is what he hates in his heart, although he knows the truth in the valley, but he does not want to save Niu Fu, in his opinion, if Niu Fu is such a mediocre will die in this Bird Mouse Valley, it is a good thing, his family will suffer less grievances in the future, and the soldiers under him will also be able to have fewer casualties.
Yan Xing knew that Xu Kun wanted to take the opportunity to make Niu Fu lose and make a fool of himself, he shook his head, if Niu Fu died in the valley, it would be beneficial to strengthen his own strength, then I was afraid that he was the first person to look forward to Niu Fu's death. But since they were arranged in the rear army, it was their most important duty at the moment to hold the retreat of the large army at Taniguchi.
Once Niu Fu died, even if there were not many soldiers and horses lost this time, and the Dong army lost its main general, it would be a big defeat, and many of the soldiers who lost the battle were afraid that there would be no good fruit to eat, which was completely unfavorable to the development of Yan Xing in the Dong camp.
If Niu Fu does not die, in the face of this defeat caused by his mistakes, I am afraid that Niu Fu will want to find someone to be the scapegoat in the first place, and Li Dao, Guo Yan and others are not easy to start, but Xu Kun, who is guarding the back of the army, is the easiest to frame.
After such an examination, Yan Xing resolutely opposed Xu Kun's practice of letting Niu Fu be defeated.
This Niu Fu, although incompetent, but now, with a long-term perspective, he still has to be saved first.