Chapter 172: Poisoning
"Report ...... General, we have found traces of enemy scouts on the north side again! ”
"Chasing ...... Speed up for me, and you must catch up with these bastards today! Batu roared with a grim face.
Ba is very angry, really! He had never been so angry. Since leaving the city in the morning, he has taken his subordinates to Liangzhen to pursue the thieves who intercepted the four thousand war horses in Liangzhen.
Riding a horse galloping for more than 50 miles, as soon as he approached Liangzhen, he received news from the scout, saying that he had seized the traces of the other party. So, Batu did not rest in Liangzhen, and pursued without stopping. As a result, Batu's teeth itched, and he didn't catch up, which made Batu, who thought he was very brave, very annoyed. He didn't know that the Red Wolf Camp was all one person and two horses, and they could be ridden in turn, so he naturally couldn't catch up.
However, to make Batu even more annoyed, the team seemed to be deliberately playing tricks on themselves, and as soon as they stopped and were about to rest, their horses were again traced by the other party. So, Batu pursued again, and in this way, from morning to afternoon, Batu and his men were tired and panting, but at this moment they got the traces of each other again.
"Report ...... Generals, they seem to be resting and preparing to eat. "There's new news from Tanma.
"I'll just say, this group of people is not iron, how can they keep running wild, it turns out that they know they are hungry." Speaking of being hungry, Batu also felt that he was hungry.
"Well, it seems that we haven't eaten since the morning, and when we defeat the Yan army, we will have a good rest." Looking at the war horse snorting under his crotch, Badu was a little distressed and muttered to himself.
Is it true that the Red Wolf Camp has not eaten? No, they had already eaten dry food while they were on the march, and now they were cooking, apparently for another purpose.
In the temporary camp of the Red Wolf Battalion, the soldiers all sat on the ground and rested quietly, some silently gnawed on dry food, and some fed the cakes and soybeans in their hands to their war horses.
In the open space in front of the camp, more than 100 cauldrons were erected, and the firewood under the pot was burning vigorously, and the heat was bubbling out of the pot. Bursts of aroma spread with the breeze, and the cold people salivated. These cauldrons were all found from some corners during the march of the Red Wolf Battalion, and of course, they were all placed by Yang Hu in advance.
The noses of many Red Wolf Battalion soldiers stirred twice, only to feel that the fragrance was overflowing. After all, compared to cold and hard dry food, the flatbread soup cooked in the pot is more delicious, not to mention, with some vegetable foam and salt added to it. But they know that this is not for them.
"Report ...... The army is here, and there are still five miles away! In an instant, a horse galloped from the wilderness and went straight to Yan Xu, Yang Hu and the others.
Yang Hu's expression moved, a trace of imperceptible nervousness flashed in his eyes, and he looked up to the south, only to see a calm on the withered yellow field.
Yang Hu said to Yan Xu and the others: "Prepare to retreat, let the soldiers of the Red Wolf Battalion get on their horses and retreat immediately." ”
Then the two thousand soldiers fled again and disappeared into the wilderness, leaving the army with a puff of smoke and messy camp, and, of course, a hundred steaming cauldrons.
In front of the makeshift camp, look at the smoke and messy camp in the distance.
Batu raised his right arm violently, and a loud roar resounded through the sky: "Stop the pursuit!" ”
The desolate trumpet sounded leisurely, and the surging cavalry of the Warrior Army was like a torrent hitting a strong wall, and suddenly stopped, silently watching his general, only the war horse under his crotch sneezed.
"You say, will this army be fooled?" During the march, Yang Hu couldn't help but ask.
Yan Xu smiled: "What? Brother Yang is also nervous? Didn't Brother Yang say it, it doesn't matter if you are fooled or not, it is nothing more than one more kill, we take turns to ride horses, but the Yan army is not, if you turn around and kill back now, they will be finished, and it doesn't take a lot of effort to solve them. ”
Yang Hu smiled bitterly: "It seems that I am too nervous." Wait and see how they go. ”
"Report ...... General, this is the temporary camp of the Yan army, they were still cooking before, and their food is still left here. ”
Batu looked towards the camp, and sure enough, he saw a steaming cauldron, and at the same time, there was a faint aroma coming. Stimulated by this rich fragrance, a strong hunger suddenly hit.
"Haha, General, this is Han people's cake soup, and there are wild vegetables in it, it's so fragrant!" Of course, when you are hungry, everything is fragrant.
Batu said: "It seems that this is the Yan army is preparing to eat, and it just so happened that our army was killed, so we ran away in a hurry without taking care of eating, haha, it seems that we don't have to go to the villages and towns to find food by ourselves." ”
Batu shouted loudly: "Brothers, it's time to eat, Yan Jun has already done it for us, and we can't live up to their enthusiasm." ”
"Hahaha......" suddenly ushered in a wild laugh.
Immediately, groups of three or five gathered in front of a cauldron and began to scoop up the food in the pot with a wooden bowl thrown aside.
It didn't take long for a pot of cake soup to be wiped out by more than a thousand cavalrymen, so that these soldiers, who had been tired for several hours, were also much more comfortable, and they all sat lazily on the ground, resting quietly, or not canceling the Yan army.
"Report ...... Ladies and gentlemen, the food we left behind has been eaten by the Evil Army. "Tanma, who was hiding not far from the temporary camp, finally reported back the news that several people were waiting for them.
"Great! It's amazing! Yang Hu stroked his palms and laughed.
Yan Xu and He Lianyu also smiled, they could completely annihilate this thousand cavalry without losing a single soldier or general, which naturally made them extremely satisfied, after all, no one wanted their subordinates to have losses.
"Let's kill back!" The Red Wolf Battalion soldier turned his horse's head and ran back.
A soldier stood up, ready to go to the side for convenience, but as soon as he stood up, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, and as it spread throughout his body, he only wailed a few times, and then lost his voice.
"What's going on? Who's wailing? Batu asked aloud.
As soon as the words were finished, the soldiers of the entire camp wailed, and several of them fell down as soon as they stood up.
"What's going on?" Batu's face changed drastically.
"General...... This...... Inside this meal...... Poisonous! With that, the soldier who was not far from Batu went down, and was silent.
"Uh...... This ......" Badu suddenly felt that his abdomen was like a knife, and the pain was unbearable.
"Yan Jun...... Good...... So cunning, original ...... I see! I...... I don't ......" Batu immediately lost his voice, and a thousand generals died here silently, still poisoned. This is really a dead death for the belligerent Batu.
There were also hundreds of war horses that died at the same time as the soldiers and soldiers, and these war horses were all soldiers who cherished their mounts and fed them their own food, but as a result, these war horses also died on the spot, and only half of the war horses gnawed on some withered yellow weeds and escaped.
The Red Wolf Battalion returned to the camp again, looking at the chaotic and fallen army to the ground in various postures. All the Red Wolf Battalion soldiers felt a chill in their hearts. No one thought that a few pots of food would destroy more than 1,000 cavalry.
Even Yang Hu didn't expect that his plan would be successful. This plan was suddenly thought of when he heard Zhao Xun tell the story of the art of war on weekdays, heard that there was a time for poisoning, and when he entered Yingzhou. Later, when he mentioned it to Zhao Mang, Zhao Mang agreed to his plan, and then contacted Steward Xie and asked him to prepare some items, which was the scene in front of him.
"It's really ......" Yan Xu is not worth describing, in fact, he is not optimistic about this plan.
"Gather the horses, bury the corpses, and we're ready to evacuate! There's a lot more to come. ”