Chapter 35: The Last Dawn
After commanding the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, Medical Officer Xiao Liu summed up with the two generals again, and decided to send someone back to Dingbei County overnight to report the news, after all, this place is not far from Dingbei County, and the soldiers left behind in the county town can be allowed to pull back the captured things this time. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info a lot of property seized this time, in fact, the most important thing is the more than 300 young women, this is what the current Weibei camp needs most, with these women, the morale and military spirit of the Weibei camp can be greatly improved. Doctor Xiao Liu and the two generals were always sensible people, and they knew that this matter could not be delayed, so as soon as the three of them discussed, they decided to camp tonight, and when these goods and women were transported back, it would not be too late to hurry.
The next day, the person sent back to deliver the letter finally arrived with the mighty pallet transport brigade of the Weibei camp. Although it was said that they came overnight, the soldiers of the Weibei battalion heard that there were more than 300 big girls, and the boys were full of energy, and they didn't even rest along the way, and rushed over. When they arrived at the ground, the soldiers of the Weibei battalion did not shout tired. Medical Officer Xiao Liu asked everyone to rest first and then load the goods, and the young soldiers of the Weibei battalion shook their heads and said again and again that they were not tired, and they still had something to do. When loading the car, one by one, I picked those heavy boxes to move, and I had to deliberately take two more steps, carry the heavy boxes and walk around the girls before loading them on the car. Qian always nodded again and again, "These boys, this time they work so hard, it's not bad." When I go back, I will also give them Zhang Luo Zhang Luo and say a daughter-in-law. Qian always deliberately said this very loudly. Sure enough, as soon as the words came out, these soldiers of the Weibei Battalion worked harder, and it didn't take long to load all the goods into the car, and those women naturally arranged to be pulled back together in the car.
When they got on the bus, many women said that they were used to working at home, and they didn't need to take the car, just walk back. Unable to resist the warm invitation of a soldier, there was a bold and thick-skinned young soldier, seeing that the girls refused to get into the car, he actually carried the person directly to the car and said: "This place is dangerous, we must evacuate quickly." With this leader, the other soldiers also had red eyes, and directly carried these big girls to the car. Xiao Liu's medical officer was quick-eyed, stopped a soldier, and reprimanded: "Okay, okay, just hug the car, why do you want to hold it all the time?!" Let go! I didn't look at people's faces. "The soldiers who were woken up in the middle of the night and drove all night to come here were a little resentful, but they thought it was a chore, but when they got to the ground, they saw these young women, and their faces changed one by one. The resentment on his face disappeared without a trace, his waist was straight, and he deliberately rolled up his sleeves when he lifted things, revealing the strong tendons and flesh on his arms, some of whom were not afraid of the cold, and even his chest was deliberately exposed, showing his palm-wide chest hair. Doctor Xiao Liu watched this group of singles keep behaving there, and thought, "This group of young veterans who made those gangs talk about their daughters-in-law excited a while ago, but now when they see the girls, their eyes are red, and they don't know how ashamed they are." After the Weibei battalion's convoy was loaded, it pulled the girl, pulled the cart, and pulled the seized property, and returned home happily.
Li Deyi was a teenager in the end, and he cried bitterly, and he almost vented his work, and began to feel unbearable hunger in his stomach. He has been growing his body recently, and he has entered the Qi Realm at the beginning, and he has guided the original qi to strengthen his body according to the method left by Taizu, and he needs a lot of nutrients, so the amount of food is naturally large. There was a fierce battle just now, and a lot of energy was consumed, and now I was so hungry that my chest was on my back. Li Deyi was so hungry that he couldn't help it, and now everyone was busy, and no one could take care of him, so he had to wander around by himself, hoping to find something to eat. Finally found the beef and mutton jerky found from this group of Tuliao people, Li Deyi untied the water bag on his waist, took a sip of water, a mouthful of jerky, and couldn't wait to sit on the ground and eat it. The dried meat of the Tuliao people is made of raw meat and air-dried, not smoked, and it tastes unique, the more you chew, the more fragrant it is, and the more you chew, the more energetic it is. After a while, the "Hummer" also walked over, and when he saw Li Deyi sitting on the ground and eating so deliciously, he couldn't help but rub his head on his shoulder.
As soon as Li De looked up at the "Hummer", he knew that he was also hungry, and raised his hand to hand over a large piece of beef jerky, "Hey, thanks to you for going into battle just now, give you a big one, this is a reward." The "Hummer" was not polite to him, caught it with his mouth, chewed it directly, ate a piece, and asked for another piece. This man ate a mule as if no one was around. It took a long time for Dr. Liu to finish picking up all these goods and women, Rao is young and strong, and he felt that his head was already sweating at this time. After finishing the work on his hands, Dr. Xiao Liu remembered his junior brother, turned his head to look around, but found that his junior brother had already eaten on the side. Doctor Xiao Liu smiled helplessly, people are like this, emotions come and go quickly. casually picked up a seized leather bag and walked over to his junior brother.
"Now, try this, it's a good thing on the prairie." Dr. Xiao Liu pried open the wooden plug and handed the leather bag to Li Deyi, Li Deyi didn't ask what his senior brother handed over, he raised his head and opened his mouth to drink, and took a few gulps of grunt, and at the end he had a full burp. Doctor Xiao Liu stared at Li Deyi with wide eyes, and said in surprise: "Are you used to drinking this?" This is mare's milk wine, sour and astringent, many people can't stand the taste for the first time, and they vomit directly. Li Deyi turned his head to look at his senior brother and said, "Huh? It's okay, I don't think it tastes good, but I can't afford to vomit. Senior brother, the things you gave me are all good things, and no matter how unpleasant they are, I am reluctant to spit them out. Besides, I couldn't catch anything to eat in the village, and occasionally a hare could eat even if I had a tooth sacrifice. You don't know, senior brother, that hare sounds good, but it tastes like a lot of earthy smell, and it is extremely difficult to get rid of. Our Zhuang family is poor, and we are reluctant to lose it when we go into the water, and that thing is so fishy, not all of them are cooked, and we endure the smell and eat it. Doctor Liu listened to his junior brother's words, wanted to say something, but didn't say anything, and finally reached out and patted his junior brother's shoulder and said, "Hurry up and rest, we're about to go on the road." After speaking, he stood up and passed down the military order, so that everyone could hurry up and rest in place.
After resting for less than two hours, Dr. Liu saw that it was almost over, so he asked everyone to pick up the food, and after eating, he went on the road. The two of them made the chief arranger to strip and wash the horses that had died last night in the Tuliao people, and set up a cauldron to boil them. Medical Officer Xiao Liu walked around one stove after another, and told the soldiers to eat more, and when they entered the grassland, they would not have a chance to eat cooked hot rice. The uneaten horse meat is also cut into small pieces and carried with you, the weather is already autumn, and the further you go north, the colder it gets, and you are not afraid of the horse meat spoiling. Li Deyi ate another meal beautifully, and the "Hummer" was also full.
After the meal, Doctor Xiao Liu arranged for someone to clean up the traces, and the two generals gathered the soldiers and ordered to continue to march north. According to the planned route, the sortie would first take the old abandoned North Exit to the east. This old Beikou was originally called Beiguan, which was a major pass in and out of the northern grassland of the Ping and Zhou dynasties, and was later destroyed in the war. After the rise of Weibeiying twenty years ago, in order to choke the trade with the grassland, Di Dashuai built a new pass to the east of it, which is the North Gate Pass. This ruined Beiguan is known as the old Beikou, and there are often smuggling traders, in order to avoid the tax collection at the checkpoint, secretly go north out of the grassland from here. This time, the Weibei camp planned to enter the grassland at the old Beikou, and then go northeast, all the way to the Tuliao Royal Court, near the Tongwan City.
Until sunset, the expedition team of the Weibei Battalion finally crossed the old north entrance and entered the grassland boundary. After entering the grassland, you can't swagger during the day as you do in the pass, you have to go out by day and night. This time the attack on the grassland is extraordinary, full of dangers, and the Weibei battalion will fight all the way to the hinterland of Tuliao this time, and if it can be exposed a moment later, the possibility of success of the operation is much greater, and it can also reduce many unnecessary casualties among the brothers.
After five days of continuous travel, not a single small tribe of the Tuliao people was encountered. Li Deyi couldn't hold his breath anymore, and came to Doctor Liu's side, wanting to discuss with his senior brother.
"Senior brother."
"Huh?"
"Since we entered the grassland, we have been walking for five days, why haven't we met a single Tuliao person?" Li Deyi carefully voiced his concerns. Doctor Xiao Liu turned his head to look at him and said seriously: "This time, we are fighting the grassland entered by the old Beikou, and the slightly larger tribes in this vicinity have already been subjugated by the Golden Horde and moved to live near Tongwan City. As for the small tribes, they were either annexed or fled farther away, so that although the water and grass were abundant, there were no Tuliao people grazing here. In addition, this time the Tuliao people invaded our dynasty on a large scale, and all the men who could get on the horse were requisitioned into the customs, and there were not many Ding households on the grassland, which was even more sparse. Don't worry, a few more days to the northeast, and you should come across it. Li De nodded again and again and said, "Senior brother is still careful about what I said, but I still can't rest assured." Over the years, we have been collecting grain in the west of the grassland, and it would be unbelievable to say that the Tuliao people did not know that there was such a force as ours. The Tuliao people have always been very ghostly, and it is impossible to just let us go around them like this, did their scouts find out that we deliberately kept quiet and wanted to ...... us?"
"And then I listen."
"Senior brother, let's talk first, if you don't like what I say, don't pull my ears, haha." Li Deyi first begged his senior brother for mercy, and then said: "I originally heard the master mention that the teacher of the Tuliao State or something, he is very cautious, he always plans before acting, and he will never take risks easily. This time, he said that the whole army of the Liao Khan invaded our dynasty, so he vacated the rear grassland? Let us come and go as we please, so that we are as casual as the thatched house? You also know our master's ability, brother, that he has always been a good old man to see people. Hanging the grassland like this now, without any defense, does not conform to the master's evaluation of the national teacher of the Tuliao State. Speaking of this, Li Deyi looked up at Doctor Liu Xiao, obviously because he didn't have much confidence in his words, and wanted to see his senior brother's reaction.
"Well, if you can think of so much, it is not in vain that Master has taught you for three years. To tell the truth, I'm also restless these days, I've walked so far, not to mention the Tuliao tribe, we haven't even seen a single scout of the Tuliao people. Our sentinels have already gone out fifty miles in advance, and they still find the shadow of a Tuliao dog, which is really unusual. It is said that the army of the Tuliao people is outside, even if there is no defense on this grassland, it should not even be possible to find a scout of the Tuliao people, they must pass on the news. If the Tuliao people don't come out, we can't spread out of this vast grassland to find it, this grassland is big, and there is exactly the same sea of grass on all sides, and you will get lost if you are not careful. I discussed it with the two generals repeatedly, but I didn't come up with one, two, three. For the first time, I can only continue to follow the established route, and I can't think of any other way. ”
"Senior brother, I actually have a bad idea, I don't know if it's okay."
"I'll listen to it, and if it doesn't work, it will work."
Li Deyi was encouraged by Dr. Xiao Liu, and said boldly: "How about we divide into two teams?" Dr. Liu asked, "How should I divide it?" Li De's eyes flashed, and he said, "Let's divide into two teams, the front team is 300 infantry, and the back team is 200 cavalry. The two are separated, anyway, the grass is more than one person tall, and it is very hidden. At that time, if the Tuliao people raid our front infantry, the cavalry behind can rush to support and catch the Tuliao people by surprise. If the Tuliao people attack our rear cavalry, the cavalry team does not need to engage in battle, but only needs to move forward, and then it can converge with the infantry team to meet the Tuliao people together. Doctor Xiao Liu listened, nodded and said, "It's not bad that you can think of the trick of dividing the troops." It is indeed feasible for the two teams to take care of each other. Li Deyi touched the back of his head with his hand, and said embarrassedly: "Senior brother, I have also thought about it, this idea sounds good, but the danger is not small." ”
"Tell me, what's at stake?"
"The danger is that we don't know how many Tuliao people are waiting for us in front, if there are two thousand people and six thousand Tuliao cavalry, they can surround us at the same time. Even if the Tuliao people only came with a team of 1,000 people and 3,000 cavalry, they surrounded us and fought in a team, ten times our men and horses, and when we gathered our troops, I am afraid that many brothers will be killed and wounded. What I'm most afraid of with this idea is that there are too many people left behind by the Tuliao people. ”
Doctor Xiao Liu praised: "Yes, it's good to think about both sides of things, it's good, it's good." You only consider the advantages of the Tuliao people, but you have never seen our strengths. We are out of the fortress this time, but they are all elites, all of them have experienced a hundred battles, and they are the most capable of fighting tough battles. Although the Tuliao people have become more and more arrogant over the years and do not take our army of the Ping Zhou Dynasty in their eyes, you also said that Fan Guoshi was the most cautious in his life. After all, the lion fights the rabbit with all his strength, not to mention that Tuliao is rushing to destroy the country this time, and it must be the elite of the country, even if there is a rear move on the grassland, it will not be an elite cavalry, at most it is just a guard cavalry composed of old and weak. Moreover, since the death of Di Dashuai, the Tuliao people have not been defeated in the war against our dynasty for many years, and they are now very conceited. Even if we have been making a small fuss in the west for the past few years, they may not take our small group of people seriously. The Tuliao people look down on us, and now this is our advantage, although there are not many people in our Weibei Camp this time, but there are also the advantages of fewer people, isn't there such a saying, the soldiers are not expensive. If the Tuliao people don't come this time, if they come, they must look good, and let them reminisce about how powerful the battle formation passed down by our Weibei Ying Di Dashuai is. ”
After speaking, he ordered the people to pass the order, "Arrange a close battle formation, and march slowly with the cooperation of the infantry and horses." After Xiao Liu's order, he turned his head to look at Li Deyi and said, "Senior brother, you have been very good in the past few years, and you have already had such a tacit understanding with your mule." Li Deyi's face turned red, and he said embarrassedly: "Senior brother, don't say it, the "Hummer" still refuses to take a halter, and I have been riding him fast now, and I have to put my hand around his neck, and I don't even have to grab the reins. Isn't that a joke? Xiao Liu Medical Officer Zhengse said: "You have seen the power of your "Humvee" on the battlefield, and you have seen it now. In that battle a few nights ago, I saw that you were already skillful with men and mules, and you were on a big scene. How about it, if you encounter thousands of Tuliao cavalry later, do you dare to rush ahead? ”
Li De straightened his small breasts, which had already grown pimples, and said, "Dare! As long as you agree, brother, I don't have anything to say. Doctor Xiao Liu patted his junior brother on the shoulder and said, "Okay, if you meet the Tuliao people later, the senior brother will be the vanguard with you." Now go with me and talk to the two of you about the total score. "As soon as the two generals heard that Medical Officer Xiao Liu was going to wait for the meeting, if he was going to meet the enemy, he would charge the battle in person, so they didn't have to say anything. This time, among the people on the expedition, only Xiao Liu's official spirit has grown stronger, entered the Juwutong realm, and has also cultivated into a divine eye. Therefore, in terms of combat power, Medical Officer Xiao Liu is the highest. Medical Officer Xiao Liu wanted to take the lead, and the two generals naturally had nothing to say. Speaking of money, although the two generals of Han are only in a strong state, they are old in the army and have rich experience in dealing with the enemy in battle, so they can stay in the formation and be responsible for commanding the soldiers to fight.
Medical Officer Xiao Liu carefully instructed his junior brother to be in the battle, and did not forget to say at the end: "The Tuliao people have always been unaccustomed to night battles, even if they want to come, they will inevitably appear after dawn, and now there is still an hour before dawn, you should be careful and not careless." Lee got a little head and went back to get ready with the "Hummer". Temporarily took out the dry food they brought with them and hurriedly ate a few bites, and the two generals had already lined up with the team, and the marching speed of the whole army began to slow down.
Facing the first rays of dawn, the Tuliao people really showed their bodies from the autumn fog that filled the horizon. Medical Officer Xiao Liu stood upright from his horse, observed the sound for a while, and said, "Order the soldiers to slow down their march, the Tuliao people are still seven or eight miles away from us." After the order was given, he said to Li Deyi, who was already riding on the back of the "Humvee": "As expected, the Tuliao people only came with less than 2,000 people this time, and they don't look like elites. ”
In this engagement, the Tuliao people took the lead in the charge. The war horses of the Tuliao people are all high-quality horses, and their endurance is particularly excellent, and when they approach the distance between the two sides of the road three hundred paces, the Tuliao people begin to speed up their horses. Han Jiang smacked on the ground and scolded: "Damn, it's good to rely on the horse, start charging so far, and see if you still have the strength to escape later!" Qian shouted loudly: "Speed up the formation!" You can't let the Tuliao people rush up early! ”
The infantry of 300 men of the Weibei battalion began to accelerate against nearly 2,000 cavalry, and walked about thirty steps. Han Jiang shouted to stop and ordered the archers to prepare, and by this time the Tuliao people had already rushed more than two hundred paces. At this distance, the bows and arrows of the two sides began to shoot at each other, and the Tuliao people relied on the speed of their horses, and the arrows shot out were even stronger. However, the soldiers of the Weibei battalion are all the elite of the old battle, and they are very skilled in cooperating with each other, and as soon as their arrows fly out, the soldiers behind the archers immediately raise their big shields and put them in front, which is very well connected, just blocking the rain of arrows shot by the Tuliao cavalry. The soldiers in the back two rows stood still with spears in hand, patiently waiting for the general order. Mr. Han patiently listened to the sound of arrows hitting the shield, and as soon as the sound of the two rounds passed, Mr. Han immediately ordered: "The shield hand retreats, and the spear team steps forward!" "There are only three arrows in the battle, the war horses of the Tuliao people are excellent, the horses are extremely fast, and they have just finished shooting two arrows, and they have already rushed to the front of the Weibei camp.
Qian saw that at this time, the Tuliao people had rushed to within twenty paces, and shouted: "Brothers, copy guys!" "Suddenly, there was a golden light! The Tuliao cavalry who rushed over directly couldn't open their eyes, followed by this piece of golden light, and quickly flew out of the Weibei battalion's infantry formation, and smashed straight towards the Tuliao cavalry who rushed over.
Li Deyi watched the battle from the side, and when he saw this scene, he felt very familiar, and stammered at Doctor Liu and said, "Senior brother, this, isn't this the golden brick mastery of Wang Da Fatty's family?" Isn't it never passed on? When did we Weibeiying become so rich, and everyone actually had a gold brick!! Doctor Xiao Liu said with a smile: "He only taught the moves, but didn't teach the tricks of the original qi operation, so it is not a foreign legend." This is all a method that our master came up with, and the 'gold bricks' thrown out are iron lumps filled with lead on the outside and lead on the inside, but they are not gold bricks, no matter how rich our Weibeiying is, it is impossible for us to be such a loser. The Tuliao people thought that they would be fine if they rushed over with the sun on their backs, but they didn't expect that we would have this trump card in the northern camp. In the past three years, Master has been secretly training this trick for a long time, and today he has finally made a contribution. ”
As soon as Li De heard his brother's words, he couldn't help but feel a great admiration for his master, and looked back at the Tuliao people, just this blow completely disrupted the formation of the Tuliao people. Three hundred big bricks, each of which has to be ten pounds to say the least, is simply overwhelming, and it is impossible to hide, and it directly smashed the charging formation of the Tuliao people out of a big hole. Suddenly suffering this kind of covering indiscriminate heavy attack, the formation of the Tuliao people's charge was suddenly frustrated, and the middle lane was directly pierced by the Weibei battalion infantry formation, and the cavalry on both sides did not expect the middle lane to collapse so quickly, and they did not wrap it up for a while. The arrows of the Weibei battalion took the opportunity to launch another wave, causing a lot of chaos.
Doctor Xiao Liu patted the mount under his crotch, looked at Li Deyi again, and shouted loudly: "The formation of the Tuliao people is chaotic, there are many of them, and I am fighting quickly!" With a clamp on the horse's belly, he urged the horse to trot forward a few steps, glanced back at the cavalry behind him, and shouted: "Cavalry team!" Sortie! ”