"Master Zeng, are you okay there?" , left and right, Li Dequan, who had been running for a long time, finally converged with Zeng Mill's team. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"I'm okay here, the Tartars have suffered a lot of casualties, and I don't dare to pursue rashly anymore." , Zeng Mill sat on the war horse and gasped and said, Obviously, his strategy there just now was difficult.

"Have all the men and horses sent to rescue Lord Peng have been sent?" , Zeng Mian asked with some anxiety.

"Sent over...", Li Dequan gasped and replied, "It's all my carefully selected cavalry. ”

"Our infantry is there...", Zeng Mill said, pointing ahead, "They are marching quite fast, and they have only now let us catch up." ”

"In order to speed up the march, I ordered the army to drop some of the baggage and crossbow carts at Maliang Mountain, and only brought those small artillery, and the marching speed was naturally faster." , Li Dequan said with some pride.

"What? You left your ballista and baggage there? Zeng Miao's eyes widened in disbelief, and there was a little anger in his words.

"Lord Zeng, that's... I burned all those baggage ballistas, no... I didn't leave it to the Tartars, I even burned down the camp...", Li Dequan hurriedly explained.

"You... You're still burning them all? Zeng Mo suddenly reined in the horse, "Are you a bastard?" Don't you have three hundred taels of silver here? You left all those things there, and burned them all, didn't you make it clear that you wanted to withdraw your troops and run away? ”

"Alas!" , Li Dequan shouted with remorse, "One hundred secrets, one hundred secrets!" ”

"What a hundred secrets, I think you are a hundred secrets, no, you don't have a secret!" , Zeng Milled and drank it with a huff.

"My lord, I know it's wrong...", Li Dequan usually respects and fears Zeng Mill, and now he has no temper at all when Zeng Mill says it.

"My lord, now... What now? Li Dequan dodged Zeng Miao's gaze and asked in a low voice.

"What else can I do?" , Zeng Mill has no time to be angry with Li Dequan now, "Set up an ambush on the path ahead, it can only be like this, if you don't withdraw the army quickly, I'm afraid it is...", Zeng Mill said this, and his tone couldn't help but be heavy.

"Alright, I'll set up an ambush right away!" , Li Dequan seemed to make up for his mistakes, and said his words very firmly, "I think there should be two ambushes, so as to cut off their idea of pursuit." ”

"I'm afraid it's useless to set up more ambushes...", Zeng Mian sighed a little heavily, "The Tartars know that we are determined to withdraw our troops, and they will definitely not give up the pursuit easily." Besides, there are relatively open flat land ahead, how can there be so many places for you to set up an ambush, and even if you set up an ambush, the Tartars can easily get around. ”

"I heard that someone has come to urge us to withdraw our troops again?" , Li Dequan asked tentatively, although he was very reluctant to see Zeng Miao's helpless but affirmative eyes, "Then we can't set up too many ambushes, otherwise it will be too late in time..."

"Speed up the march and return to Datong... It's going to be fine...", Zeng milled a horse's belly, leaving Li Dequan with a lonely back.

"Back to Datong? It's going to be fine...", Li Dequan smiled helplessly, I don't know who Zeng Mill is deceiving, I hope what he said is true.

Zeng Mill's speed gradually slowed down, he was tired, his war horses were also tired, and the large team of the retreating troops was a little tired.

My stomach is a little gurgling, I haven't eaten for a day, right? Zeng Mill smiled a little bitterly, and subconsciously reached out to touch the water bag tied to his waist, but it was empty, just like Zeng Mill's empty heart at the moment.

The war horse seemed to know Zeng Miao's thoughts, and suddenly snorted, shaking the thick horsehair on his neck, as if to give Zeng Mi some comfort.

Zeng Mill smiled and stroked the broad horse's back, but his throat was a little stiff by the oncoming cold wind, and Zeng Mill, who had been in a hundred battles, subconsciously shrank his neck, the weather was indeed colder, and only this night, the temperature dropped a lot.

The early morning in the northwest was the hardest, and the soldiers on the march were like eggplants beaten by frost, and they couldn't lift their spirits with their heads down, was it because the weather was too cold? Maybe it's because the soldiers' hearts are cold, right? But Zeng Mo couldn't say a word of reproach, because he felt that his state at this moment was not much better than those soldiers.

"Is the ambush all set?" , Zeng asked Li Dequan, who was walking side by side with him, but he didn't bother to raise his head to look at him.

"It's all set." , Li Dequan forced out a smile, "It's just that there are really not many places to set up ambushes, only two, but it should be enough to give us time to withdraw the army." ”

"So be it," Zeng replied nonchalantly, "how many people have you left there?" ”

"There are a few thousand people left in each place, adding up to almost seven or eight thousand people...", Li Dequan replied in a low voice, "After all, our main purpose now is to withdraw the troops, there are not so many men and horses for us to set up ambushes, and the ambush place is small, so there is no room for too many people..."

"That's all it takes...", Zeng Milled and tightened his grip on the reins, "Otherwise, let the army rest for a while..."

"My lord, this...", Li Dequan looked like he wanted to speak and stopped.

"It's okay, it's just a short period of work, everyone hasn't eaten for more than a day, and they definitely don't have any strength. Besides, even if people can endure it, the war horse is afraid that it will not be able to bear it. Zeng Mo stroked the somewhat messy mane of the war horse under him with some pity.

"Stop, make a fire and cook!" , Li Dequan shouted loudly.

When everyone heard this military order, they immediately came to their senses, and one by one they dispersed with cheers, and some of the soldiers who were extremely tired did not speak, and they reached the ground with a butt.

"Be careful, don't let too much smoke come out of the stove when lighting a fire, and be careful to hide!" , Zeng Mian hurriedly reminded.

A sloppy meal, very coarsely cooked, made every soldier happy. Everyone understands that in such a situation, it is not easy to eat a full meal, and what is not satisfied now.

Zeng Mo didn't have such a good attitude, because he had heavier responsibilities, more considerations, and a stronger sense of loneliness in his heart, and this already tasteless meal was even more difficult for Zeng Mo to swallow.

"Lord Zeng, shouldn't we march faster?" , Li Dequan asked on the side, "The time we have been delayed here is not short..."

"Hmm... Time to go. Zeng Mo stood up from the ground and patted the dust on his armor, still with a sad face.

"Your Excellency... Oh no, my lord—" One of the scouts threw himself off his horse without touching the ground, and landed next to Zeng's feet, "Behind... There are a lot of Tartars chasing after you..."(To be continued.) )