Chapter 81: The Wolf Smoke Begins
From a distance, the Khitan military camp was wide open, nearly a thousand soldiers were crowded here, and there were even war horses scurrying in the crowd, obviously they were forced by the fire and were fleeing for the road.
"Kill!" Shodel's bright eyes reflected the firelight, a cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and the anger and shame that had accumulated in his heart for years were vented without hesitation at this moment. He flicked the reins and immediately let go, and controlled the horse with his legs. At the same time, with a slight bow on his back, he opened his arms and held the scimitar upside down, and the war horse, which had increased its speed to the extreme, flew straight into the dense crowd in the gate.
The blades of the two hands kept converging, the sound of "poof" sounded again and again, and the blood splashed like raindrops, and Shodel added to his lips, only feeling infinite pleasure. The galloping cavalry followed, like a gust of wind, and rushed away the Khitan soldiers in the gate.
Wardel ignored those stragglers and led his troops straight to the big tent of the Khitan Chinese army. A group of hundreds of cavalry rushed towards him, and the leading officer was short and stout, his beard was unkempt and burned, and he was full of gray faces.
"Hahaha...... Good Wisdom! Do you still recognize me? It's better to take advantage of this early drop! Leave you all dead! Shodell laughed, and his horse did not slow down, and he rushed forward with two knives in hand.
"Hugh be proud! Eat me a hammer! Shanming was furious, and the copper hammer in his hand "whirred" and flew straight towards Shodel.
Wardel was taken aback, hit the horse and dodged away, Shanming's pair of copper hammers made him wonderful, he had seen it, and he asked himself if he was invincible, although he didn't dare to take it hard, he was not afraid. As long as he is held back, the patriarch of Phala will lead his troops to encircle and suppress him, and he will not escape the bad luck of being captured.
Of course, Shanming also knew that he immediately used his killer weapon, holding a thin iron chain in his hand, and under the flying of the double hammer, Xiao Deer had to run around for a while to avoid several fatal dangers. Shanming was furious, and then killed several Murowei soldiers in a row, and the morale of the Khitan soldiers was greatly boosted, and they actually rushed back to Shodel's military formation, seeing that the two arrays were about to collide and engage, Shanming led the cavalry to suddenly turn and flee.
Xiao Dell was so angry that he couldn't help sneering, and simply led the troops to cover up and kill in the back, and chased Shanming to the vicinity of the east gate of the big camp, only to be blocked head-on by the Patriarch of Bola, and under the encirclement and killing of the two sides, Shanming finally ran out of strength for a long time and was killed by the mace of the Patriarch of Bola.
When the battle was over, Brown asked a little tiredly, "Do you see Jerushra?" ”
"I have never seen ......"
"Have you run away......" Brown replied as if to herself, looking up at the sky, the dawn was beginning to appear, and a new day was about to begin.
"I'll pull out another 1,000 soldiers for you, continue to clear the remnants of the Khitan, and then gather stragglers to clean up the battlefield, move faster. I need to gather my people and get ready to move and get out of here. Brat said decisively.
Shodle did not dare to slack off when he received the order, and immediately led the troops away.
At the end of noon, in the blue sky of early autumn on the grassland, the sun is still hot and strong, and the people who are basking in the sun are sweating, and the air is hot and dry, even if it is an open area, there is no cool breeze. Nearly 80,000 men, women, and children of Eula's tribe packed up their belongings, dismantled their tents, loaded them with wagons and pack horses, and began to slowly evacuate southward under the command of Blah, and the scene was spectacular.
Bera stood on a high slope of his horses, silently watching the convoy rolling south, and the mighty herd of cattle following behind, the horses and cattle were faster, but the sheep moved too slowly. From time to time, women and children sat on the roof of the carriage and looked back at the old place, and let out a loud cry, only the old clansmen calmly rode their horses, holding the huqin in their arms to the desolate tune, and singing sad and heroic songs in their old and hoarse voices.
Although he easily annihilated the three thousand Khitan garrisons at a very small cost, he wanted to leave the place where the Heichezi Murowei people had lived for generations from now on, and Bola's heart was also a little blocked, and his nose was sour, but he did not dare to show his weakness, and the fate of tens of thousands of clansmen depended on him.
At this time, I saw a column of black wolf smoke appear in the western sky, rising high into the sky, and gradually dissipating with the wind. Beth's already anxious heart was lifted up, but then he breathed a sigh of relief.
A pillar of wolf smoke, which means that there is no incident, and no enemy soldiers have been found.
"Yeluwolfde's reaction shouldn't be so fast, I hope Shodell can be careful and follow safely!" Brown muttered that it was not an easy task to lead an army after it was broken, and it was full of danger.
Until the long convoy and herd faded into view, Pyra and his guards remained on the hill and refused to leave. At this time, he was not reluctant, but something was abnormal. Jerüxira ran away at night, so the B Department should have received the news of Seonming's death, and reacted, but there was no movement, which made Bethla's heart heavy.
"I'm afraid it won't come during the day...... Let's go! Blah whispered as if he had realized something, turned around and went down the hill, and several guards hurriedly followed, and more than three hundred horsemen chased after the crowd.
The afternoon had been uneventful, and Brown had traveled more than forty miles south with his people, and there were a large number of old and weak people, cattle and sheep, which was already very fast. That night, Bola found a high post, cut down big trees and set up a towering and strong camp, and personally arranged guards and night light and dark sentinels, and scattered horses and rangers, and the whole clan of 50,000 people was worried and heavily guarded, guarding against the Khitan pursuers who might come.
However, with such good preparations, the Khitan soldiers did not appear. Early the next morning, the rangers also returned with their horses, and no trace of the enemy was found within thirty miles.
When Palazbeth heard the news, he did not rejoice, but his mood sank to the bottom. At this point, there was no room for recovery, and the order was immediately given to go on the road again, and the whole tribe traveled south at a speed of eighty miles a day. Two more days passed, and there was no sign of the enemy! Safe!
On the evening of the fourth day, we arrived at the southern edge of the Hana grassland, where the terrain is complex, there are both forests and grasslands, and there are large areas of sandy Gobi Desert, water sources are scarce, pastures are barren, and it is difficult to see people.
Lobo is more than 70 miles east of this place. Luobo is nothing special, just a small lake, but it is the junction of the western territories of the Khitan and Xi people. Moreover, it is also the summer vacation place of the Khitan Khan, and there are elite soldiers of the Diera Department all year round.
As long as you pass this place, then the people are safe. As usual, a fortified fort about two men high was set up on a high ground, and Brown summoned his men and gave the order.
"Those who travel a hundred miles are half ninety, the last step is the key, the big battle may be tonight, or tomorrow morning, you must not be careless! As long as we get through this difficulty, we will ...... in the future We're free! Brah so encouraged, comforting his people.
"Dare to ask the patriarch...... Why haven't our reinforcements arrived yet? Can King Xi have a reply from him? A leader asked.
"King Xi has replied, the reinforcements will arrive soon, before the Khitan soldiers appeared, the reinforcements of Turus did not dare to show up easily, you also know this. In a word...... Everyone should be vigilant, all soldiers are not allowed to disarm tonight, and sleep with knives. Women and children, the old and weak, should also guard the cattle, sheep and horses, and no **** shall appear! ”
Although Blah said this, in fact, he did not know the bottom of his heart, according to the report of the people sent back by Bao'en: The Khitans will march south, and Turus will not dare to act rashly. Brah thought about it and felt justified, because his heart was uneasy, and it was not good for him to send someone to urge Turus.
It was getting late, and it was another month of dark and windy nights.
Until now, Grace has not sent anyone to contact, which is a bit unreasonable. Since they don't come to me, then I have to send someone to contact them, so Eula thought so and sent a hundred light horsemen south to find the army of the Xi people, so as to get in touch.
Soon, however, more than half of the soldiers were wounded, and they encountered the main force of the Khitan army forty miles to the southeast. In the darkness of the night, it was impossible to tell how many men and horses there were, and the soldiers couldn't tell clearly, only that there were many, many ......
"Revisit! The Shadow Sentinel monitors its movements...... At the same time, search to the west and south, especially the forest and deep grass, hoping to contact the Xi reinforcements as soon as possible. Blah ordered.
"It's time for Shodell to come back...... If you are not afraid of an enemy, you are afraid that the enemy will not show up! The wolf hidden in the darkness is the most terrifying. I really became a decoy, the Xi reinforcements don't appear, the Khitans won't move, it's safe tonight......" Brat thought so, relieved and boldly undressed and slept.
People should be calm when they encounter major events, and a commander who will not sleep on the battlefield is not a good commander!