Chapter 402: Delaying Tactics
The people of Baishan successfully rushed out of the bald fir pass, everyone was very embarrassed, where was the pride of winning the battle before, in order to save their lives, many people lost their armor, not to mention the materials they had just robbed. .............
After counting the vehicles, Gullen almost didn't vomit blood, and the more than sixty vehicles became less than twenty, and almost all the grain, silk, cloth, and tea were left in the bald mountain pass.
plus his most admired staff, and more than 300 soldiers died inside.
If you want to cry without tears, if you listen to the staff early and send someone in advance to step on the point, you will not fall into the enemy's ambush, and the materials that you finally grabbed will change hands in a blink of an eye.
The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't swallow this breath, he pulled out the scimitar hanging on the saddle, and shouted: "Leave five hundred men to guard the carriage, and the rest will be killed with this king, and the supplies must be snatched back." ”
More than 1,000 people let out a strange "chirping" sound and turned their horses' heads back to the bald fir pass.
When he came to the pass, Gu Lilen's nose was almost crooked, and dozens of carriages were neatly staying inside, but they were not pulled away by the other party.
The deception was too great, and he was just about to hit his horse and go inside, when he suddenly realized that it might be another trap, otherwise the enemy had taken so much effort to snatch it back, why did it leave it here motionless.
Yes, it must be a trap, and I want to trick Lao Tzu into taking the bait, am I so stupid?
He turned back to a squad leader and said, "You, come up and check." ”
"Yes!" the team leader had just taken a few steps forward when a rocket flew from a high altitude and stuck in the grass ten meters in front of him.
Rumble...... Call......
The flames suddenly began to rise, and the entire pass was plunged into a sea of fire, which stretched for more than ten meters until it stopped twenty meters away from the carriage.
"King, it's oil oil!" the squad leader said, turning his head.
"It's just oil, there will always be a time when it burns out, let's go in when the fire is gone!" Gu Lilen snorted.
Whoosh...... Bang Dang......
Several clay jars flew out from a high place, falling straight to the fire and shattering, and the fire became even more vigorous. Gu Lilen's face became greener, and the jar was filled with fire oil, and it seemed that the other party was well prepared, and this fire could continue to burn.
At this time, someone came over and reminded in a whisper: "King, I always feel that this matter is strange. ”
"What do you mean?" he widened.
The man hurriedly said, "Why didn't the enemy take the supplies away, there were at least a few hundred people who had set up an ambush just now, and they could easily take these things away." I think they did it on purpose, deliberately because we came back, deliberately to keep us here......"
Gu Lilen suddenly realized: "You mean, they are diverting the tiger from the mountain to snatch the remaining carriage?"
"I think it's very likely!"
"Damn, it's not very possible, but it's certain!" he turned his horse's head: "Everyone go back the way they came, and drive as fast as possible!"
The group of people came and went, and disappeared into the night in the blink of an eye.
On the high ground, twenty soldiers from the border city trembled and leaned together, and the squad leader led by him breathed a sigh: "I'm scared to death, they are finally gone." ”
The people around him also gasped, facing more than a thousand with twenty people, Gu Lilen didn't even need people to rush up, and a round of arrow rain could wipe them all out.
The team leader patted his companion on the shoulder and said, "Chen Gongzi really has no last resort, saying that Gu Lilen does not dare to enter the bald mountain pass easily. And they tossed back and forth like this, and his men and horses must have been exhausted. ”
"Yes, Chen Gongzi is really smart, he can think of anything, otherwise why would he only leave twenty of us. ”
Xiao Hou Ye did lead the team to catch up with the team escorting the gold and silver vehicles, but he did not act rashly, because each enemy had a strong crossbow in his hand, and this was a flat landform, and charging towards them was an initiative to seek death.
Soon, Gu Lilen went and returned, and when he saw that the goods and people were there, he breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time felt afraid of his previous division of troops.
The people who stayed here were okay, they weren't in good spirits, at least they were full of energy, and then looking at the soldiers who were running back and forth with them, they all drooped their eyelids, and the horses were almost at the critical point of exhaustion.
This is not a good phenomenon, he felt that the most important thing at the moment was to boost morale, and said loudly: "Everyone hold on a little longer, and when we reach our own territory, we will be truly safe, this king promises to let you have a full meal after you go back, and then sleep beautifully, and when you wake up, you will be rewarded for meritorious deeds!"
He stretched out his hand and pointed to the remaining dozen or so carriages, and said, "Everyone has seen that those things that have been lost are all worthless things, and none of the really valuable ones have been left behind, and these money are enough for our entire Baishan clan to eat for a few years!"
Hearing this, the soldiers' eyes lit up and their morale improved.
Although there were two-thirds fewer vehicles, they were still moving very slowly for safety.
When it was time to be ugly, Xiao Chen led the team to appear two hundred meters on their side, and while running forward quickly, he used the only one hundred and ten strong crossbows to release arrows.
Many Baishan people were dozing off on horseback, and suddenly crossbow arrows flew over, and dozens of people were shot off the horses by surprise, and when they reacted, the enemy had already run away and couldn't catch up at all.
Gulleng asked the soldiers to brace themselves and avoid being attacked by the enemy again.
After persevering for an hour, sleepiness hit again, and many people involuntarily dozed off again.
Whoosh ......
Xiao Chen led the team to appear from the other side, shooting a round of arrow rain, and rushed forward without stopping, without any pause. Arrows rained down, harvesting dozens of lives.
The people of Baishan are angry, don't take such a bully!
A few grumpy men urged the horses to chase after them, but the horses were also very tired, and it was okay to walk slowly, let them run, and they couldn't run at all.
"Hateful border city people, hateful big Chu boy!" Gu Lilen gritted his teeth and glared, but he was also helpless.
After another hour of walking, it was finally dawn.
In the distance, you can already see the tents of the station, and the soldiers have just cheered up, and someone opened their mouths and was about to shout a few times, but a crossbow arrow was shot into the mouth and peeked out of the back of the head.
While dozens of people fell from their horses, Xiao Chen, who was ambushed in front of him, led his team to escape.
When the Baishan people returned fire, the crossbow arrows shot could only land on the grass.
Gu Lilen was furious: "Da Chu people, Lao Tzu has no grievances with you, why can't you get along with me? Harassed us all night, and refused to leave at dawn, are you finished?" Ah, you are enough!"
"Your Majesty, why don't you blow the king's flute and let the people stationed at the garrison come and answer it. One of his subordinates suggested: "This is already our territory, and no matter how arrogant the border city is, it will be defeated by our front and back." ”
Gu Lilen said in his heart, how did I forget this, there are more than 2,000 cavalry in the garrison, although they don't support me much, but they must have no enmity with gold and silver property, this king came back with so much money, for the sake of money, do they dare not listen to me?
Thinking of this, he took out a crystal clear horn flute from the canvas bag on the side of the saddle, put it to his mouth and blew it.
A strange sound immediately sounded and drifted into the distance, this was the method used by the patriarch of the Baishan clan to summon his subordinates, and different tunes represented different meanings.
And the paragraph he blew at this time means: The patriarch returned victorious, bringing a lot of booty, and the clansmen hurried out to greet him.