165 to work at ease
The bravery of Luo Yi and Cheng Biting Jin, as well as the unexpected encounter between Su You and Xia Ziwei's brother and sister, made Li Jing's plan to annihilate the Turkic horse thieves perfectly complete the first step, and what Su You and the others needed to do next was to catch the turtle in the urn.
When the sky gradually darkened, Su You and the others' relentless pursuit finally attracted the attention of the Turkic remnants, who had already lost their armor, and at this time they threw everything they could off their horses, and Su You quickly came to the conclusion that if they only relied on themselves, these two hundred people would never be able to catch up with them.
The Turks also seem to know how to "calculate it in this way", they have traveled lightly, and it is indeed much easier for them to escape, and they now have only one belief in their hearts,ββ that is, to rush out of this valley of refuge, as long as they get out of this valley, the vast world outside is their paradise.
When the Turks fled to the north entrance of the refuge valley in the dark, they finally breathed a sigh of relief, and even a few people had begun to joke at each other about their ragged clothes,ββ steppe was ahead, and the pursuers were far from coming.
"The centurion is gone, I don't know what Teller will do with us when we go back." Among the laughing Turks, there were also people who seemed to be worried and poured cold water on their heads.
The reality is always too cruel, they are just about to escape, but the future will inevitably fall to the trough.
"Teller this person ......" Hearing the man's concern just now, the small circle suddenly fell silent, and when it came to Teller, they couldn't help but shudder.
"Since life is better than death after we go back, why don't we leave it at this end and continue this most promising job as a horse thief?" Seeing that everyone around him stopped talking, another person said half-jokingly.
There was no leader among these remnants, so he said what he thought as he pleased, but these people were not the laborers of Daze Township, so he ascended to the top but no one responded; When everyone heard him say that horse thieves were the most promising job, they were not as eager as Cheng Biting Jin, but a little uneasy.
It is brave to get up where you fall, but now the mainstream is to lie down where you fall; How could they, who had just suffered a fiasco, be called thieves?
"I've heard that if you want to get to power, you have to get closer to the people who are chasing power, not the supreme ruler. Teller is obviously the best choice, and if possible, I would always like to follow Teller. The Turkic who said this was obviously a wise man, but he said it to cause nothing but panic.
Die-hard loyalists are often on moral high ground, while betrayal is the most heinous of all.
"But, now that we go back to die, and being a horse thief is also death, why don't we be horse thieves and live happily for a few days?" The wise man looked at his accomplices who deliberately lowered their heads and trembled, and smiled slightly, this qiΔ was obviously under his control.
"Since Brother Lei said so, he will lead us to be happy together, okay?" The people who were still frightened by him just now finally got a little moved, and suggested that the person just now be the leader.
"How can I, Red, be there? Neither status nor prestige is as good as Big Brother Bart, let's take Big Brother Bart as the leader, I am satisfied that I can be a military advisor. Red was sincerely humble, but he thought proudly in his heart, "This horse thief leader is not an emperor, how can he be comfortable as a pawn?" β
When the people heard of his humility, they felt a little better about him, and they encouraged Nabat to do something about it. As Bart's mind wandered between the two, he heard the shouts of the people in front of him ring one after another.
"Enemy attack!" Bart subconsciously shouted, the Turks who were still planning to be real horse thieves just now finally realized their situation, and originally thought that out of the Valley of Refuge they would let the birds fly, but they had just stepped out of the Valley of Refuge with one foot, but they entered the Ghost Gate.
As if in response to Bart's shout, a shout came from dozens of feet in front of the defeated Turks: "Raise fire!" With this shout, torches lit up one after another in front of them.
Red felt inexplicably hopeless as he looked at the torches lit up in front of him.
In night battles, the most taboo thing is to expose the target, and the other party does the opposite, preemptively lighting the torch, they are not only standing in front of the armor neatly to wait for work, but also showing that there is no courage to come back, and what about these people?
Just as Red thought, the nerves of the Turkic horse thieves were already tense to the extreme, and when the lights were turned on, nearly two hundred Turks could not resist under the pressure of the other party's hundred people, and they even forgot to flee.
"Scatter around, and each one will have his destiny!" Red shouted, but silently reined in his horse.
At this time, the Turks listened to Red's shouting, and finally came back to their senses, they were not far from the valley mouth, as long as they really got out of the valley, with their equestrian skills, they were not free to gallop in the grassland?
"Attack with me!" Just as Red reminded the Turks to flee for their lives, Wei Ting waved his hand and gave the order for a general attack in a deep voice.
"Kill!" Wang Qi was the first to rush out with a spear, and the hundred guards behind him were not slow; Without waiting for any reaction from the Turks, Wang Qi and the others had already broken through into their middle like tigers from the mountains.
All of a sudden, the Turkic deserters scattered as if they had been blasted off, scattered on either the sides of the road, or rushed to the way they came......
The massacre lasted only a moment, and by the time Su You arrived at the north entrance of the Refuge Valley, Wei Ting and Wang Qi had already begun to clean up the battlefield.
"How's it going?" Su You looked at the guards who were methodically and busily counting the horses and other trophies, and nodded to express satisfaction, but he still habitually wanted to ask about the results.
"Fortunately, there is no disgrace, basically no fish that slipped through the net." Wei Ting first understated the results, and then nodded sincerely to Li Jing on the side, he admired Li Jing's strategy, but this would be reporting the battle situation to Su You, so he couldn't praise it in person.
"And the captives?" Su You was not surprised that Wei Ting and Wang Qi led a hundred elite soldiers to annihilate the two hundred stragglers of the Turks, but listening to Wei Ting's answer, he couldn't help but be a little surprised.
"That kid pretended to be dead, we found him when we cleaned up the battlefield, I was going to kill this kind of greedy person who was afraid of death on the spot, but this person said that he was a person from the Turkic Teller's side, and said that he had important information to report." When Wei Ting talked about the Turkic man who was left behind in the end, he couldn't help but be filled with righteous indignation, and it was indeed not easy to come up with such a sassy idea as pretending to be dead and fleeing.
"Then bring him here, and let him spit out his secrets before he dies. We don't have much time, so we will rush back to Mayi tomorrow morning and try to be in place before His Majesty leaves for Yulin. Su You nodded, when he said this, he had already decided the fate of this villain.
Everyone nodded yes, Luo Yi hurriedly went to arrange the camp, and Wei Ting went to order someone to take the prisoners.
"It seems that this Turkic prince is really bold, and he actually bullied the Yuwen family, if Yuwen Shu knows these inside stories, it is strange if he is not anxious with the Turks, provided that they do not retreat because of this collaborator and traitor." Su You heard Wei Ting say that this captive had something to do with Turketler, and the guess in his heart was more accurate, at this time he only had Li Jing and Cheng Yanjin by his side, so he didn't plan to hide it.
"Then it depends on what kind of result Li Zhuguo wants." Li Jing sighed faintly.
It's good that the Li family and the Yuwen family have a feud, but the final result is not necessarily endless, at least Li Hun has no determination to put the Yuwen family to death, if the Li family can profit from it, maybe it is possible to intercede for the Yuwen family; More importantly, Yang Guang needed to support Yuwenshu to balance Guan Long's forces.
"Maybe he didn't suffer like this, at least he still needs to see the king's face." Su You naturally knew what Li Jing was thinking, but Cheng Yanjin didn't have any clue when he heard it.
"Also, if Li Hun doesn't report it for his own interests, King Qi won't give up." Li Jing nodded, he didn't have a very good impression of the Li family and the Yuwen family, and the wins and losses of these two families didn't seem to have much to do with him.
"I don't want to do so much, let's just do our part; Pharmacist, what are your thoughts on the distribution of the loot? Su You felt empathy for Li Jing's words, shook his head and changed the topic.
"This ...... Let's decide, shall it be appropriate? Li Jing felt a little unbelievable about Su You's question, it stands to reason that they were sent out to fight by the King of Qi, and it should be the King of Qi who distributes the spoils; If it is a war for the country, the first thing to do after returning home is to sacrifice prisoners, and then the emperor will award a reward, and the spoils of war are never decided by the generals who go into battle.
"What's out of place? We're horse thieves now. Su You said as a matter of course, and then he thought of some mainstream online novels.
After each major battle in the novel, the protagonist gets at least three loot items, one that can be used immediately, one that cannot be used immediately, but which is related to the subsequent plot, and one that can be used to give favors or sell money for something.
Hard work must be rewarded, and having the loot to use right away will make the reader really feel, "This effort is worth it!" And one thing related to the later plot is also to let readers feel the benefits of the protagonist's efforts in the subsequent plots, and fully reflect that hard work is rewarding!
Giving favors or selling money for things, one is interpersonal relationships, and the other is immediate interests, these are all things that everyone values on weekdays; Su You thought about dividing the spoils immediately, and he also had the idea of winning over these brothers who fought with him.
"So let them divide the horses? We have more than 200 horses seized, and they almost have one for each of them, and as for the rest, there seems to be nothing else. "How could Li Jing not know Su You's thoughts? After some hesitation, he said the distribution plan.
"Then follow the pharmacist's idea." Su You heard that what Li Jing said was consistent with what he thought, so he nodded.
"Bring the captive, my lord." When the two were discussing the distribution of the spoils, Cheng Yanjin saw that the captives had been brought, so he jokingly reported to Su Youyu.
"We're horse thieves, Yan sΓΉ." Su You listened to Cheng Biting Jin call the king, although his heart moved, he still corrected his speech in time.