Chapter Eighty-Four: Engagement
"General Qiyu, I found a small tribe ten miles ahead, about more than 800 people. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info" A probe reported his findings to Kali, who touched her chin with her hand and thought for a while.
"The order is given, and the army rests on the spot and moves into the night." In order to prevent his whereabouts from being revealed, Burhan had already confessed, and all the people he met along the way were captured, and he was not good at killing until he had to. Along the way, only a few nomadic herders were captured, and it was the first time that such a large tribe had been encountered, and Kali had to be careful. If there are too many people, they can't be arrested, resistance is inevitable, I hope they can have self-knowledge that the resistance is not too fierce, if not, they must be killed.
That night, Kali summoned his generals, "My army is coming, and I think I can let the three divisions of the front army go to deal with the small tribe of more than 800 people, and the rangers are on guard within a radius of ten miles, and if there is an enemy situation, the Chinese army is ready to participate in the war at any time." It's damn weather, and the rest of the departments can take a break. ā
Kali's arrangement is decent, for the sake of a small tribe of 800 people is already very unreasonable, if it is not for the fear of someone escaping, Kali may directly send a group of men and horses to destroy this tribe. After arranging the arrangement, Kali wanted to rest, but heard a different voice.
"General Qiyu, the last general has something to say." The person who spoke was a standard commander who was transferred from the Han military camp to the dragoon army, and the name Li Tongfan was very highly regarded by Guo Wei, and he was already a standard commander at the age of eighteen this year.
"Oh?" Burhan often said that the generals should listen to the advice of his subordinates, and Gali did not want to make this dragoon army his word, which was not good. "Oh? Since Li Biaotong has something to say, it doesn't hurt to say it, and he will also listen to Li Biaotong's high opinions. ā
"The general has an overreputation, and Gao Jian doesn't dare to be it. The last general thinks that my dragoon soldiers why don't they take turns to fight? Checkmate! The tiger fights the rabbit with all his might. ā
After Li Tongfan finished speaking, the generals around him laughed, and they leaned back and turned back with laughter. As Li Tongfan's boss, Mo Luo blushed at this time and reprimanded: "Li Tongfan still doesn't step down?" Shame is not enough? ā
Li Tongfan did not feel that he was wrong in the face of the reprimand of his boss. Kari smiled and waved her hand, "No! No! No! Don't blame him, after all, he's still young. ā
Another lieutenant, Jin Ge Naoribu, laughed and said, "General! Please allow the last general to take a group of men and horses to destroy the small tribe, and if you let one go, you will be willing to be dealt with by military law. ā
Originally, the two of them belonged to the same school captain and had a fight, either light or dark. Now that Mo Luo's subordinates have made such a joke, Jin Ge is determined to bite it.
"What do you mean?" Mo Luo got angry and stood up to reason with him.
"What? Mo Luo? Your subordinates have no confidence in this, so you might as well leave the task of the main attack to us. ā
"That's it! This is not the time for quarrels. Li Biaotong! Tell me your reasons, why do you want to go all out? "It's not been a day or two that his two generals have been arguing for a day, and it's common for him to quarrel for a day if he doesn't come forward to dissuade him.
"General Qiyu! This time, the task of our dragoon army is to take the pass, build the city, defend the city, and attract the main force of the set to attack. And this place is not suitable for nomadism, it is the early spring set will not be stationed here, and Dengkou will inevitably be achieved overnight. Therefore, this tribe wants to fight, but it can't be wiped out all at once, and it needs to open the net and let go of the messenger. Reveal the whereabouts, numbers, weapons and equipment, tribes and other information of our army. At that time, our army has already taken the mouth of the city and began to build the city, and when the set of troops is gathered to attack, it can just rely on the defense of the city, complete the original plan of the Great Khan, and encircle the set of departments. ā
After Li Tongfan finished speaking, Kali nodded and said, "Li Biaotong! Have you ever thought that if the whereabouts of my army are revealed too soon, the time will be running out for the construction of this fortress? Building a city is not an ordinary job, although it will take about ten days to assemble the set, and I am afraid that even a decent city wall will not be completed by then, right? If there is no city, what can we use to resist the attack of the sleeve? ā
Li Tongfan was calm and replied, "Dare to ask the general!" Would you rather fight siege warfare or field warfare? ā
This is asked, of course, it is a field battle, which fool will take the initiative to attack the city? "Of course it's a field battle! The siege battle suffered a lot of losses, how could the generals not judge the situation? Kali followed Guo Wei to read a lot of military books, and at this time began to show off "Moreover! Our Hechi Ti troops are strong and strong, fully equipped and lack siege weapons, and the set of troops is like the difference between heaven and earth compared to us, and the siege is even more powerless. ā
"The general's analysis is right. Because of this, if the fortified city of Dengkou has been completed, the set of troops must wait for the rescue of the Tumut Department according to the five plains. Wuyuan has a city, and although it is dilapidated, it is also a strategic place. And the Great Khan is still waiting for the good news of our army at the edge of the desert, if the set does not come to attack the mouth, then the previous plan of my Hechi Ti department will all come to naught, and then it will be difficult to take the set of troops to the sky. Otherwise, our troops will face a long-term battle, and it will be unbearable to say casualties without mentioning material supplies. If we are halfway through the construction of the city, or even everything is still in vain, in order to prevent our troops from building the city and thinking that they will attack the outpost of the troop, this threat must be eliminated, so the troop will inevitably attack the mouth at all costs, and then the Khan's strategy will definitely succeed. ā
At this time, Kali began to face up to this small standard, how could a guy who could be valued by Guo Wei not have a few brushes?
"So, I almost missed the Great Khan's big event? Li Biaotong's strategy is more prudent, then act according to Li Biaotong's policy, all the generals will take out their housekeeping skills, remember not to go too far, and let go of a few people who report the news. ā
"Yes! Obey the generals! No matter how reasonable Li Tongfan is, it will definitely not be able to be implemented without the support of Kali, and now that Kali supports Li Tongfan, what can others say?
The generals were about to disperse, and Kali said to Mo Luo, "Mo Luo! You have a good seedling under your hands, why don't you let him come to my Chinese army to make a standard for me? ā
Unexpectedly, Mo Luo categorically refused: "General, that's not good!" Originally, the last general's subordinates were not as good as Jinge Naoribu, and there was only one one under his hands who could handle it, if you wanted to go again, then simply talk about the dismissal of the last general. ā
This man also played a trick, and Kali laughed and said, "Teasing you!" Is General Ben such a forcible taker? But he's really talented, I hope you don't bury it. ā
"The general laughed, now he is the right-hand man under the last general."
"Alright, let's get ready! Your front army is the main attacker. ā
"Yes! The last will be retired. ā
Tiger fights rabbit with all his might! The 12,000 soldiers of the dragoon army all went into battle, and surrounded this small tribe with no water, but the encirclement was too big, and it was dark and sandstorms, and the people of the whole tribe were stunned and did not realize that they were in the mouth of others!
"General! The siege is over, do you shout for them to come out and surrender? "A Tanmalay newspaper was given a chestnut by Kali.
"Stupid! Shouting, they still don't surrender obediently? Isn't what we've done in vain? Who's going to report it? ā
The tanma was reprimanded by Kali and did not dare to speak, and Kali rode on a war horse on a dirt slope, pulled out a scimitar, and waved it forward, shouting, "Kill! ā
Suddenly, the officers and men of the former army who received the signal drew their waist knives and brandished them and rushed towards the enemy camp as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. The well-guarded camp on weekdays was now neglected by the sandstorm, and the sound of horses' hooves still woke up the sleeping people!
"What's going on out there?" The tribal leader said angrily, he was galloping on a woman just now, and the sudden sound of rushing and killing almost made him impotent, and it was when he was angry that a slave came in to report it.
"Chief! ... Chieftain! Oh no, the enemy ... Enemy. ā
The leader took the servant by the hand and asked, "Where is the enemy?" ā
The slave was obviously frightened by all this, and cowered and said, "I don't know! ... I do not know... In the air... There are enemies everywhere ... Yes! ā
A sharp arrow with a whistling sound pierced the back of the slave's heart in the middle of the yurt, and then fell to the ground and died. Everything in front of her frightened the woman on the bed, and she howled desperately despite the fact that her white body was exposed.
The leader drew his waist knife and cut the woman in half at once, and crawled out from behind the yurt with a few random pieces of clothing, and he saw the dragoon soldiers shoot before rushing into the camp. The small camp only had some wooden fences and earthen fences as the outer wall, how could it resist the army of the Hechiti tribe? I saw that the soldiers of the Hechi Ti Department urged the war horses to jump up and easily cross those obstacles, and then entered the camp and slashed wantonly. There were enemy troops everywhere, the little tribes were already in the finishing stages before they could even organize a decent resistance, panicked women and children were hugging each other and hiding in corners, and there were lit tents everywhere.
The leader finally entangled a few relatives, stepped on his horse and rushed out. The generals of the dragoon army were ordered by the great general Kali to make it convenient for others if anyone broke out of the encirclement.
"Standard! Look, someone is rushing out. ā
The image of the play is more realistic, so Li Tongfan asked Mo Luo for this finishing errand. Seeing that more than 20 people rushed out, he led people to meet him immediately.
"Come on, get on the horse, chase me!"
"Standard! Didn't the general say that he would let these people go? ā
"You know what? I said to let a few people go, but I didn't say that I let them all go! Give me chase! ā
Disobeying the orders of the generals and questioning their superiors in the army were serious crimes, and they did not dare to disobey Li Tongfan's orders. As soon as he said hello, the men and horses of the department stepped on the war horses and greeted the fish that had slipped through the net.
After a while, the two sides approached, and Li Tongfan took out his bow and arrows and shouted at the person in front, "Stop!" Hold it! Seeing that someone was chasing after him, the leader urged his men to speed up.
But Li Tongfan and the others had already opened their bows and shot arrows. The arrow behind the back issued a "chirp!" Chirp! From time to time, someone fell from his horse with an arrow and ran to a small sandbag, and the chief, with his years of experience in escaping, decisively jumped off his horse and buried himself in the sand, and while he was doing this, all his men had been killed.
Li Tongfan began to station his horse and let the soldiers search around, and he had previously explained that he was sure to be dead, and the others turned a blind eye, so even if Li Tongfan's war horse stepped on the leader's feet, he felt pain and exposed the horse's feet, as if he didn't see it.
"Quick, search them all! See if there's anything missing? And those who are not dead will be mended by me. They all heard that we were going to attack the mouth of the city this time, and we were not allowed to let go of one. ā
"General! It's just that the mouth is good, but if the set comes to attack, how can we defend it? ā
"You don't have to worry about this, General Kali will naturally lead the city building team to build the city. When the time comes, it will be useless to come with an army of 100,000, hurry up, move quickly. ā
The leader buried in the sand heard that there was no movement outside, only the whistling of the wind dared to climb out, and his right leg was trampled by the war horse, and he could only limp away from this place of suffering, and he needed to report to the leader quickly. Coincidentally, these stupid people don't even know how to take away the ownerless war horse, this is wealth! Only when he got on the horse did he know that these war horses had been subjected, but fortunately, he could barely support it alone, stepped on the war horse and pressed his body very low, and fled from here.
Behind the small sandbag, Li Tongfan, who had been quietly observing for a long time, watched the man take a few horses and leave, and then returned to his life with peace of mind.
"General Qiyu, the last general will successfully complete the task!"
Li Tongfan came to restore his life, and Kali smiled and said, "Oh? ... Are you all right? ā
"General Qiyu, I watched that person lead the war horse and leave, and his outfit should not be low."
"Yes, the captives identified them one by one, and did not find the leader of this tribe, thinking that the person might be the leader of the tribe. Your plan has been successful, and it won't be long before the people of the set will know that we have captured the mouth and begin to build the city. If you can attract an army of troops, you will be credited! ā
Li Tongfan is not a person who cares too much about fame and fortune, but he is also very happy to hear Kali ask for merit for himself. "General Xie."
"Hey! You deserve it. You go down first, Ben will send a message to Lu Xiang and the others, and the road construction team should also arrive at Bayinmuren! ā
Kali guessed correctly, although Lu Xiang's road construction team set off with Kali and them, it was a lot of camels, and the speed naturally could not be compared with Kali and the others.
"My lord! Letter from General Kali. "Oh? Lu Xiang took it apart and looked at it, but he urged him to act quickly, because Li Tongfan's strategy made their time short. Lu Xiang thought about it, although the original plan had plenty of time, the waiting time of the Great Khan was bound to be extended, and it was still unknown whether the sleeve would not be fooled, and now not only the waiting time of Burhan was greatly reduced, but the probability of the trap being hooked also increased, but their city building team was too hard? Hi! What do you care so much for? In short, if they can successfully complete the fishing task this time, both General Kali and they are well-deserved heroes, and the Great Khan will not treat them badly.
After figuring it out, Lu Xiang ordered, "Tell the big guy to work harder, and rest as soon as the supplies are finished." From this day onwards, we will go out by day and night, so that we can travel more. ā
Some subordinates complained, "My lord, we haven't rested much for a few days in a row, so why do we have to rest for two or three days when we finally get to Bayinmuren?" Otherwise, people can't stand it. ā
"How can I not know? It's just that now that the situation is pressing, think about it, as long as we arrive one day early, the Great Khan can wait one day less, how many of us are there? There are 30,000 troops on the Khan's side, and they are much more miserable than us, so don't say anything else, hurry up and rest and hurry up at night. Rest assured, as long as our task is completed, glory and wealth are close at hand. ā
Most of the road construction teams were formed by slaves, although they were already citizens of the Hechi Ti tribe at this time, they valued wealth very much in their bones, and there must be brave men under the heavy reward, which was the driving force to support their progress.
Just as Lu Xiang and the others were on their way to Dengkou, the main force of the dragon cavalry led by Kali had already taken Dengkou. To tell the truth, the leader of the set really didn't have any vision, and there were no defenders in the entire Dengkou, only some nomadic herdsmen. When the army arrived, they wanted to surrender quickly to save their lives, which made the whole army very addicted, but they all knew that a big war was imminent.
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