Chapter 55: Battle of South Lake

Wu Kui raised the steel spear, eager to try, and was about to kill forward. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info At this time, I saw that the back of the Xianbei people was actually retreating, not all of them running at once, but a group of people turning their heads backwards, it seems that these Xianbei people have already prepared, and they can still organize at this time, not simple.

The sabre team in front of him was on the rise, and the spear team also picked off the Xianbei people one by one, or pierced them through the chest, seeing that the Xianbei people were getting fewer and fewer, everyone saw the retreating Xianbei brigade and headed northwest.

The sabre team and the spear team chased forward together, and when Wu Kui saw that it was already dark, he immediately ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

The soldiers and horses had all turned around, and several division commanders under him were puzzled, and they came over to ask why they didn't take this opportunity to make a surprise attack and destroy the main force of Xianbei.

Wu Kui said: "Although they still can't deal with our Yunlei, this time the organization is much better than the previous enemy, it seems that there are still people in their team who can organize it." It's dark, and we're not familiar with it. Seeing them coming this time, it was very suspicious. After all, I knew that we had clouds and thunder, and I dared to rush like this, my opinion is more like luring us into the army. Just when it was dark, it led us to some kind of desperate situation. ā€

Everyone thinks about it carefully, it makes sense, but they just wonder, what else can the Xianbei people do to lead me into a desperate situation?

Although it is a pity, Wu Kui's military orders have to be listened to, clean up the battlefield, set up camps, do a good job of guarding around, and send people to take turns to guard overnight, so that they can give early warning in time.

There was nothing to do all night, and it was dawn in the blink of an eye.

Wu Kui sent a scout horse to investigate the surrounding area of the big lake in front of him, and his men and horses remained vigilant. At noon, the horse came back to investigate:

On the road to the withdrawal of the Xianbei people last night, there was a swamp, which looked like a meadow, and it was difficult to get out if you went in, and there was a road inside, but we have not yet found out. Now the Xianbei people are stationed around the lake across the swamp, there are many people and horses, and it is impossible to find out how many military horses there are for a while, and there are many swamps here, if the situation is not clear, it is easy to fall into it.

Wu Kui secretly said in his heart that he was lucky, there was a big swamp, no wonder the gang was so fierce yesterday, it turned out to be a bitter ploy.

Wu Kui once again sent a scout horse to find out the route to the lake in detail, and he had to wait for the route obediently.

Wu Kui's heart was anxious, like fat in his mouth, it was difficult to get out of his mouth, and he was as uncomfortable as scratching his heart and liver. He stayed in his tent for a while, and the annoying mosquitoes were so violent, that he, the great general, had fled into the wilderness, ran out, mounted his warhorse, and rode north, to see the grassland.

After a short walk, we left the camp. The green grass in front of me could not be seen at a glance, and the wind became a green wave, and where the waves were undulating, a bubble of water depression flashed from time to time. Wu Kui slowed down his horse and walked to a pool of water, where several birds fluttered and flew forward, the puddle in front of him was not big, the water was clear and bottom-out, and there were a few red fish swimming in it. Wu Kui suddenly remembered something in his heart, and tears suddenly flowed down.

Wu Kui stood there for a long time, watching the white clouds in the sky drift softly. He felt an itch in his hand, and he was alerted to the mosquitoes biting him again. Wash your hands, wash your face, beat your horse and go around and go back to the barracks.

In the evening, the route to the march was finally found. There is a detour to the southwest, but it takes nearly 200 miles to walk because the lake is so big.

Wu Kui asked, "Can you see the road at night?" ā€

The spies said: "As you can see, this place is still dozens of miles away from the Xianbei camp, and it should be difficult to find out when the troops march at night and light torches." ā€

Wu Kui said: "Leave a division here to guard, we must not see any signs of our withdrawal from the outside, we will continue to move as usual every day, the daily pot and stove smoke will be the same as before, and the war horses will try to let them see from the outside." The rest of the people brought three days' worth of dry food, and after an hour they made a detour southwest along the lake. ā€

Wu Kui, together with all the warriors, tied the horse's hooves to cloth, led the horse, and headed southwest under the starlight.

There were no puddles on the road, no major disturbances except mosquitoes, and it was 50 miles of walking in one night. By the time it was getting dark, they had turned completely to the west of the lake. After a short rest, he led the horses all the way to the north, and there was nothing to hinder along the way, and there were a few herding people who wanted to report the news, and a few long arrows solved them one by one.

Wu Kui ordered him to mount his horse and speed up the march, which covered about 100 miles on this day. In the evening, spies reported that it was about 50 miles to the southwest corner of the Xianbei camp.

Wu Kui ordered the whole army to slow down again and lead the horses on foot, lest the movement of the war horses galloping together startle the Xianbei people. After walking for another 35 miles, the eastern sky was white.

Wu Kui ordered the whole army to rest on the spot. Eat all the war food, and after eating, rest immediately. When it was almost noon, the whole army received an order from Wu Kui to have lunch, and everyone ate a little bit until they were not hungry, and the war horses were fed with essence. The whole army was neatly clothed, with the archers in front, the sabre team second, and the pikemen team last, and the battle queue was set up.

Wu Kui gave a military order, the war horse slowly moved forward, and in less than half an hour, the Xianbei people's military camp appeared in front of him.

The barracks were on the north side of the lake, with white tents stretching for dozens of miles, and around the tents were flocks of sheep and cattle were still eating grass with their heads down, and shepherd dogs were running back and forth from time to time.

It seems that the Xianbei people set up a staging place here, ready to concentrate their forces against the Pingzhou army, but it is really not possible, and they retreat together. The wagons outside the tent were full of household items, and Kendo was all set up, ready to run away at any moment. Wu Kui said in his heart, but it seems that it is too late.

Wu Kui ordered the thunder throwers to throw cloud thunder, and the thunder throwers were not in the queue this time, but lined up in a small line, and the clouds and thunders rang out one by one, and the Xianbei Land fell into some kind of doomsday panic again.

The shepherd dogs barked, the horses jumped, the cows mooed, and the calves sprang and jumped in search of the cows. Heads poked out of the tent and looked in this direction, and immediately shrank back.

Wu Kui saw that the time was ripe, pointed at the gun, and shouted: "Rush." Along the direction from southwest to northeast, with two teams, like two clippers crossing the water formed by tents. Wherever the team passed, tents toppled to the ground, some of the white tents splattered with blood. Outside the tent in front of the team, the Xianbei people saw the team running towards them, spreading their legs and flying like flying, all of them looked frightened, pale with fear, but fortunately, as long as they stayed away from the group, no one chased them. Wu Kui rushed for several miles, and once again picked up a few tents, but no one was seen inside. Outside the tent, there are even ox carts and carriages that have just been set, and the carts are loaded with all kinds of daily necessities of the Xianbei people, such as cooking utensils, tableware, horse harness, winter and summer clothes, etc.

Wu Kui saw that there was no resistance to it, so he led one division to the east, while the other continued to follow the route just now to the northeast. Wu Kui held the steel gun in his right hand, held the reins in his left hand, and stood on the stirrup with his waist bowed, and the black horse flew on all fours. The tents on both sides were empty, and they had little interest in picking up tents, just going forward. After walking for a few miles, I felt something moving in the southeast direction, and looked up, just at the northeast corner of the lake, that is, in the southeast direction of Wukui, a group of Xianbei people were driving the carriage to the east.

Wu Kui hurried up and rushed to this side with the team. The speed of the carriage and the war horse were not the same, and it took less than half an hour to catch up with the long convoy.

The carriages stopped one by one, and the Xianbei people who were driving the carriage looked at the cavalry around them, bowing their heads and saying nothing, Wu Kui saw that they had no weapons, and ignored them, and rushed straight forward.

The Xianbei people had a long line, and everywhere they looked, their cavalry should be at the front. In the field of vision, looking from afar, it is like birds flying into the distance on the green ocean, gradually drifting away and disappearing. It is impossible to catch up, behind are all kinds of supply teams, some are driving carriages, some are driving cattle and sheep, people are cheering and horses, seeing Wu Kui and their arrival, they all speed up their pace, whip hard to beat the real cattle and sheep, and look back from time to time.

Wu Kui led the team along the Xianbei people's ranks, and the Xianbei people stopped one by one wherever they went, until Wu Kui walked to the front of this supply brigade and blocked the way, they obediently stopped their steps and obeyed the orders of Wu Kui and others.

Wu Kui left a group of men and horses here to pack up and count, and he led the remaining two groups of men and horses to rush to the camp where the Xianbei people were concentrated again.