Chapter 10 Reconnaissance of the Enemy Camp
In the distance, seven giant white bears were slowly moving towards the snow cave, one of them had obvious blood stains on his shoulder, and his size was definitely much larger than the monster that Ouyang Xuan had killed in Dunhuang. This place cannot be shot lightly, and if the Hun sentinels are alarmed, it will be a big trouble. But it would be too difficult to kill seven white bears of this size in such a short distance without making a sound.
"Shoot 1 eye within 200 steps with a crossbow arrow, and be fast. This thing runs too fast." "No!" The two soldiers took off their crossbows and quickly wound them up to aim at their eyes, which reflected white light under their headlights. Ouyang Xuan aimed at the white bear with blood stains on his shoulder, and when he entered the attack range, he pulled the trigger in his hand, and the crossbow arrow came out of the string, and in an instant, the white light reflected by the eyes was less, and then the white shadow fell, and the two personal soldiers also pulled the trigger one after another, and the two bears fell down one after another. At the time of winding, the remaining four bears launched a charge, and the speed was very fast, and in an instant it was a hundred paces away. Three crossbow bolts were fired again, and the three bears fell less than eighty paces.
After firing the crossbow arrow, Ouyang Xuan threw down the crossbow, drew his sword in his hand, and jumped out of the hole with a fish leap, submerged in the snow, and finally the white bear was only a few steps away from him. Ouyang Xuan, who was in the snow, felt that a bear claw was already on top of his head, and without thinking about it, he swung his sword and stabbed directly. With a pop, there was resistance from the sword to the flesh, and a crocodile rolled on the spot to dodge the bear's attack route. The white bear suffered pain in his leg, and one side of the limb was controlled, plus the inertia of the original speed, and he immediately fell down. It may be that the white bear sensed the presence of the enemy, and the moment he fell to the ground, the other uninjured front paw grabbed directly at Ouyang Xuan. Quickly rolled on his side again to dodge, and in the thick snow, his hands were on the ground, barely standing up. The white bear fell less than two steps away from him and was getting up. He took a stride in the snow and raised his sword with both hands to stab the white bear in the neck. The white bear is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and the uninjured front paws support the ground, quickly get up and let the sword pierce the air. Seeing this, Ouyang Xuan exerted force on his waist and abdomen, and swiped upwards with both hands holding the sword diagonally. This sword Ouyang Xuan used all his strength, this white bear didn't know whether it was a coincidence or a real agility, but after getting up, his hind limbs jumped up hard, and his huge body actually jumped over the attack line of Ouyang Xuan's sword.
After the white bear landed, he turned around directly and rushed straight at Ouyang Xuan, Ouyang Xuan's movements in the snow were a little slow, it was too late to close his legs, the sword momentum was already old, and it was too late to collect the sword. Ouyang Xuan hurriedly shifted his center of gravity to his hind feet, his body quickly moved sideways, and he turned his sword into a knife with both hands, and slashed the white bear's neck with all his strength. This time the white bear was no longer so lucky, the long sword slashed heavily on the white bear's neck, and the long sword was brought back with the long sword, and the sharp blade cut through the thick fur of the white bear, and cut off the cervical vertebrae.
When the white bear fell, it smashed heavily on Ouyang Xuan's retreating foot, fortunately, the snow was thick, and the white bear's fur fat buffer, otherwise Ouyang Xuan's foot would definitely be broken, and this smash was not light, Ouyang Xuan gritted his teeth and endured the pain, returned the sword in his hand, shifted his center of gravity back to the front foot, and stabbed the back of the bear's head with his sword. When the resistance reached its maximum, Ouyang Xuan let go and pulled his foot from under the bear corpse. Just like this, in less than twenty seconds, it really scared the two pro-soldiers, if something happened to Ouyang Xuan, both of them had the heart to die, this is the soul of the Huaxia soldiers, the pillar of the entire Huaxia Kingdom, and the god of the people of the Huaxia Kingdom. If something goes wrong, the Huaxia Army 1 will be able to eat themselves alive.
"Come here, don't be stupid. Cut off the bear's paw and go back and eat it. It's delicious." "No!" Seeing that Ouyang was fine, the two of them hurriedly came out of the snow cave excitedly, and they could see the god-like figure in their hearts fighting with the giant bear, which was something worth bragging about. The seven huge white bears really made the two soldiers afraid, the bear's paws were the size of three people's palms, and the bear's paws in winter were also very thick. Dispose of the bear's paws and let the soldiers bury the white bear with snow. Tighten the cordon and go back to sleep.
The next morning the wind and snow seemed to be heavier, and at noon, it was difficult to climb up the southern mountain beam, which was only a mile away from the Xiongnu camp. The Hun camp was observed through telescopes and 70-800 camera lenses, hundreds of photographs were taken. The camp of 100,000 Hun soldiers is in the middle of the valley, and there is an ice fence against avalanche on the north side, which is the same style as the Huaxia military camp, in fact, Ouyang Xuan also uses the ancient method of preventing avalanches from the northern nomads. Ouyang Xuan took off the string on the crossbow and shot an arrow at the snow shell on the windward side under the mountain beam, and the arrow only hit half of it.
After observing for a while, one of the soldiers pointed to the camp at the bottom of the mountain and whispered: "Your Majesty, the Huns seem to have discovered an abnormality here, and there seem to be signs that someone is moving to the south side." Ouyang Xuan hurriedly gave up his research on the snow shell, picked up the binoculars and looked at the Xiongnu camp. There are indeed people on the south wall, facing the wind and snow, pointing at themselves, and there are soldiers who are gathering. Ouyang Xuan called Buick and Gu Li, who were playing on the mountainside, motioned to the two of them, stood on the mountain beam in the wind and snow, howled twice, and then walked twice on the snow shell. The Huns under the mountain saw the white wolf on the mountain beam and the snow shell, all bowed down to salute, and finally disappeared on the other side of the mountain beam in the wind and snow, and thus left a legend, this valley was called the White Wolf Valley by the Huns after the war, and the city under the mountain was called the White Wolf City. Gonglu water, called the White Wolf River, the mountain here is also called the Divine Wolf Mountain.
With two personal soldiers, he made a small half circle along the mountain beam, and it was really impossible to reconnoitre, because the Huns set up observation posts on the mountain beams on the east and west sides. Seeing the setting of the sentry post, Ouyang Xuan admired this leader of the Hun army very much. If Ouyang Xuan hadn't taken precautions against camouflage, he would have been discovered a long time ago. Because of the conditions and cognitive limitations, it is not like Ouyang Xuan who has set up light and dark sentinels, and non-artificial defense measures. The camp is equipped with facilities such as horse rejection and arrow towers, and there are special fire escapes. The tents were far enough apart to protect against fire. The soldiers on duty and patrolling in the blizzard and cold were arranged appropriately and reasonably, leaving no blind spots.
Retreat to the snow cave, eat a quick bite to eat, strap on your backpack and follow the river in the direction of the camp. The fast-flowing river in the mountainous area flows under the ice with the sound of the wind, and in some places the water surface is wide and turbulent, and the flowing water surface can be seen. While walking, Ouyang Xuan paid attention to the flowing water, looking at the flowing water below through the ice, the ice and water formed a cavity, which made Ouyang Xuan feel excited. He had heard from Tanma that there might be hot springs in the valley, and that it was difficult to freeze in the wide rapids, but if it wasn't in spring, it would be difficult to form ice cavities. That illustrates a problem, the water upstream has decreased, and the water is flowing from the camp where the Huns were stationed. Could it be that the Huns diverted the water elsewhere? Thinking of this, Ouyang Xuan and his party accelerated their march and rushed back to the camp for a day and a night. Finding all the probes, Ouyang Xuan drew what he observed onto a piece of paper. Let Tanma draw everything he observes on this piece of paper, from the time there was no snowstorm to now, all the pictures have been seen in Ouyang Xuan's mind one by one. The terrain here is lower than the Xiongnu camp, it is an impact plain of the horn mouth, the horn mouth is located 20 miles away from the camp, and the two sides are nearly 300 meters high, and the north side is connected with the valley mountain beam of the Xiongnu camp. The reason why this place was chosen is to prevent avalanches, if it is spring, summer and autumn, it is definitely not suitable for camping, it is too easy to be flooded. Thinking of this, Ouyang Xuan carefully looked at the map supplemented by Tanma, and there was a detail that aroused Ouyang Xuan's idea, that is, the mountain beam on the north side of the bell mouth was close to the bottom of the main mountain beam, and there was a three-meter-high icefall formed by a mountain spring, which Ouyang Xuan did not see this time. "Quick, get out there. If there is an abnormality, it will be reported quickly", Ouyang Xuan pointed to the icefall and said. "No!" Captain Tanma received the order and immediately assigned a team of five to investigate. Ouyang Xuan thought of a possibility, but he was not sure, so he asked the Hun guides several times, and all the guides were sure that there was a waterfall there. "Someone come, pass on my order, all the soldiers pack up all their equipment within two hours, move to the nearest valley in the mountains, and leave the river valley." "No!" The deacon's own soldiers led the order. In this season, if someone comes to flood, it is not a joke, and you can freeze to death just by freezing. Ouyang Xuan didn't feel the slightest sign of hot springs in the Xiongnu Valley camp when he observed, and he could only explain that the water was drained away.
All the soldiers packed up their equipment in the manhole and dismantled the camp tent, leaving only the wood to build the manhole. According to the orchestra, a group of tightly wrapped horses led the camels to the valley five miles away. The wind and snow in the valley are much lighter than outside, and the temperature has risen by a few degrees. Taking advantage of the fact that the sky is not dark, the camp wall is set up step by step, and a mixed wall of snow and snow sand and gravel branches is set up. They returned to their original positions and mined them and re-planted them. The outside of the tent was covered with a thick layer of snow, leaving only two doorways, and a simple stove was rebuilt, the chimney was dug into the ground through the tent, and the lid of the hearth was made of stone slabs. When it was time for dinner, the five scouts hurried back. "Your Majesty, the ice waterfall was chiseled down by someone at some point, and the spring cave was more than one person high and had dried up. We searched the cave a thousand paces away, and in one branch cave there was a thick dam of ice and stone to seal the passage, and the other branch of the cave led to a hole where it was not yet discovered." "Keep a close eye on the entrance to the cave from a high place, and don't get soaked in ice water." "No!". Ordered someone to find the lieutenant general and colonel, explained his own reconnaissance, the reconnaissance of the horse and his own speculation, and asked everyone to study and judge the detailed topographic map that Ouyang Xuan had just drawn. Now Ouyang Xuan admires the Xiongnu more and more as a general who leads the troops. It's just that how to break the ice stone dam, Ouyang Xuan was a little puzzled.
After everyone studied and judged for a long time, Huyan Leopard turned around and said to Ouyang Xuan: "Your Majesty, the minister believes that the enemy army is using hot spring water and river water to introduce it into the cave, and the water source of the ice waterfall is all for the ice water to flood the camp." "Well, that's why I moved here. It's just that I don't understand how to break the dam? Isn't it the use of people who dare to die? ”。
"Back to Your Majesty, burn the wall of the cave with a strong fire, the water potential is very large, and the ice can collapse the dam if it melts slightly, but the minister does not know whether this hole is intentional by the enemy, and where it leads."
"Yes, yes, I have forgotten about this, what General Huyan said is very true, no matter where it leads, it is better to prevent trouble. The order was given to the detective Ma to enter the cave at noon tomorrow with the Rafa Thunder and blow up the ice and stone dam." "No!" The captain of the Tanma Battalion surrendered his orders. Ouyang Xuan guessed that the reason why the Huns did not destroy the dam was because of the snowstorm, and second, it might not be enough water, after all, it was hot spring water and streams. Now that you have seen through it, you will plan it. The generals discussed it again, and reached an agreement on this point, vetoing Ouyang Xuan's speculation that the blizzard prevented the Huns from implementing this plan, or the water was insufficient, according to Dai Zhan's calculations, it was judged that the Huns were very likely to destroy the dam and rush the camp in these days. Ouyang Xuan used a ground manhole, as long as the water flowed into the camp, under this severe cold, it would be a disaster.
Ouyang Xuan arranged some more defensive measures, and the generals dispersed and each carried out their own tasks. The next morning, the wind and snow stopped abruptly, and before noon, the Tanma hurriedly came to report. "Your Majesty, I just found out that there is a Hun hundred-man team carrying oil and firewood into the icefall cave." "Quickly go and pass the order, order the probe horse to stop destroying the dam, don't alarm the Huns." "No!".
The teams of people who went out for ten miles to guard kept bringing the news. In one day, nearly 100 Hun spies were killed and captured, and in the evening, the horses were reported that there was a detachment of 10,000 infantry assembled ten miles outside the mouth of the trumpet in the southwest of the original river valley camp. Bringing a map and allowing Tanma to point out the location, it was a plain, with almost no shelter from the wind, and it belonged to the place where the wind and snow were most severe. Why did you choose to assemble there? What the hell are you going to do? If the water floods the camp, it will not be enough to use 10,000 troops to gather on the southwest side, which is extremely unfavorable to itself? In order to confuse the Hun spies, the chimneys in the camp were still smoking as usual, and soldiers went to light fires every day. Do you have to steal the camp? Ouyang Xuan paced while thinking, and unconsciously walked out of the tent. The sun outside was strong, the wind was very small, and the snow was already more than a man high where it had not been cleared. I walked up to the aisle, took a deep breath, and cleared my head. It was this inhalation that made Ouyang Xuan notice something strange in the air. The air pressure was noticeably higher, the temperature was much lower than before, and there was a faint smell of rotting corpses and burnt meat, and then look at the smoke in the chimney, after coming out of the chimney, it sank downward, slowly drifting southeast. Immediately go back to the camp and find the generals. When everyone gathered, Ouyang Xuan gave an order. Every soldier was ordered to take antibiotics, river water was forbidden, and only snow water with the top snow had been removed. Everyone was also confused, and Ouyang Xuan had to explain a little bit.