277. Defense
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In the wilderness, more than a dozen people rode on longitudinal horses and galloped westward.
They were only a small part of the scout team of the Qiangqi coalition army, and they were ordered to investigate whether the Deng army stationed in Ji County showed signs of leaving the city, and at this time the mission was completed and they were returning to Xixian.
Those who can be selected as scouts are naturally strong and vigorous people in the clan, and they are not very willing to settle in the clan on weekdays, and if they are lucky enough to meet a lonely Han people on the way to explore, they will definitely enrich their bags by the way.
At the forefront, there were two heads hanging from the horse's strands, one of which was full of white, and the other had a childish face.
On the back of the last horse, the woman who was bound was on his shoulders. The bumpy horse's back against the woman's stomach made her extremely uncomfortable, moaning and vomiting all the way, and half of the filth she spat out fell to the ground, but most of it was stained on the legs of the horses and knights, and the smell was unstoppable. That's why the knight came last.
If she hadn't touched a few handfuls, the smooth skin of this Han girl would be far better than that of the women in the clan, which would make the knight's heart itch and scratch, so she would have cut it down with the grandfather and grandson.
As the team marched, at the end of the field, ten black-robed knights suddenly appeared.
"Deng Jun outpost!"
After the head of the cavalry exclaimed and reminded, everyone saw the oncoming Han army.
Obviously, the other party, like himself, was a scout who returned after exploring Xixian County, but he was not as lucky as he was, and there was no head woman on horseback.
Maybe they think that my woman has poor skin and is too lazy to plunder?
The leader of this team of Di scouts was the leader of the Han girl on horseback, and by chance he thought of this reason, or just out of anger at the enemy himself, and when he met on the road, the captain of the Di people was immediately angry, and when he saw that the number of people on both sides was smaller than his own family, he ordered: "Shoot!" ”
The other party apparently also appeared at them, and they also roared, driving their horses to rush this way. Soon, a skirmish that exploded due to a chance encounter began in the field.
The scout is on a mission, and when he encounters the enemy, he doesn't like to fight in close quarters, and at this moment, the comparison between the two sides is only mounted shooting.
Today, the wind direction is unfavorable to the people, and after the two small groups of knights galloped close, the Han cavalry took the lead in shooting arrows.
"Whoosh!"
"Ahh
When the ten powerful arrows broke through the air, three of them could not avoid it. The one who hit the head fell to his horse with two arrows in his body and died, and the other person was also killed by an arrow in the neck. Only one was to avoid the vital point, and was hit by an arrow in the shoulder, slightly injured.
The two companions fell off their horses, and when the corpses hit the ground, they rolled a few times before stopping, which couldn't help but make the captain's heart sink slightly.
In the first round, he inflicted two deaths and one injury on his side. Although I know that the candidates are all good players, the opponent's ejaculation is not under his own wait!
The war horse was pushed fast and jolted even more, and the woman who was lying in front of the captain almost fell several times, but was pulled back by the people. She had already vomited all the way up, and it was even more painful at this time, but the only thing that came out of her stomach was saliva again.
The Deng army scouts are drawing arrows. When it was time to take aim with the arrows and bows, it was the turn of the people to fight back. However, in just an instant, three more people on the other side shot the second arrow, as if they didn't need to waste time aiming, full of skill and confidence.
The three more arrows did no further damage, but they forced the two men to let go of their bows and bend under their horses' bellies to dodge.
"Whoosh!"
The men who grew up in the wilderness can boast of their archery skills. After the rest of the people also shot, a Deng Ji horseman covered his throat and fell off his horse with a miserable howl.
What follows is a match of archery skills between the two scout teams, but both sides have a mission to return, which means that it is impossible to keep entangled here, and can only go back and forth for a short time, each of them trying to have a few more arrows.
The horses were fast, and the knights dodged and shot arrows, dodged and switched shots.
Arrows come and go in mid-air. Those who are not careful or unlucky may be killed in the next moment.
The companions who fell to the ground and died, no one cared about them; A favorite war horse on weekdays. After being injured by an arrow, he was reluctant to be appeased, as long as he didn't throw himself off his back, his attention at this time would only be on the other party.
When they staggered each other, not counting the wounded, the Di people lost a total of five lives, and the Deng army scouts also killed three people.
The battle was over here, and after a few whistles, the Di scouts began to evacuate and returned to Xixian according to the predetermined route.
If the soldier dies in battle, the body needs to be sent to Sankun Mountain in Henan Province for burial, and when it is really impossible, the name must also be engraved on the stone tablet.
I will bury him today, and someone will bury me later. Unlike the Di people who abandoned the corpses of their comrades, the Deng army scouts had to stay and clean up the battlefield.
The army led by the guerrilla general Ailan, now specializes in monitoring the movements of the surrounding princes, and is no longer with the army, and each army only draws people to serve as scouts in the shooting school under his command during the war.
First collect the corpses of the three robes, and then ask the chief to collect the war horses that have been scattered due to the loss of their owners.
When a brave soldier dragged back the horse's mount, pointed to the two heads on the horse's hips, and said angrily: "What a long! ”
In the troubled times, many dead people have already been seen, but when they saw the heads of two compatriots, an old man and a young man, in this wilderness, the seven brave soldiers could not help but be resentful, and some people remembered: "When I missed the previous hand, I saw a woman tied to the back of a horse!" ”
"Shi Chang, Tianshui is now under the rule of Duke Deng, and the old and weak who are disabled by the thieves are also the people of Gongzi Deng!"
"Yes! Qiang Di is ferocious and cruel to the people, we should chase and kill them, don't let one ride get away! ”
Shi Chang also said angrily: "Duke Deng's pawn, he praises the force on weekdays, and he is self-disciplined with the seven virtues of bravery, and he can't retreat with brutality!" Wu Hao, you will send the three corpses to the army first, and report the income from this trip. I'll wait for six people to chase after us! ”
Wu Hao is a new brave soldier who only joined this year, only eighteen years old, and when he heard Shi Chang ask him to go back, he asked angrily: "Why do you wait to chase the enemy and return alone?" ”
"You're the youngest!" Shi Chang explained: "If anyone wants to be converted, so far! ”
Listening to Shi Chang's words, Wu Hao looked over one by one with anticipation, and the other five brave soldiers had already turned their faces away, and they didn't give him a chance to speak.
The newcomer had the least right to speak, and there was no way, Wu Hao had to pull a few war horses and bring the three corpses back first.
Shi Chang and the other six people turned around and chased again, and the captain of the Di people did not want to bring the corpse of the dead woman home, and after leaving the battle, he had already slowed down the team, and he was soon caught up.
The brave are proud of their courage and courage to fight, but they are not all inflexible. The scouts were ordered to report on the military situation, and they all had other clothes in their bags, and it was agreed on the way to take off the saddle sheath on the horse, take off the conspicuous black robe, and disguise themselves as the tribes of the wealthy tribes in the vicinity, and then approach.
Although they have been strangled before, who can see each other's faces when they are far away? It is common for such horsemen to be in this place, although the Di people are also on guard with knives, but they might as well pretend to come over to talk to each other, and suddenly there is a sudden difficulty, and it is the captain of the Di people who is the brunt of it.
Suddenly hit an arrow in the heart, and the severe pain made the captain of the Diren come to his senses, feeling that his life was passing, his chest was full of anger and unwillingness, and he gathered the last strength to plunge the scimitar in his hand into the back of the woman in front of him.
The viscous liquid sprayed on his hands and face, and the last sound heard in his ears was the screaming of the woman, the howl of her fellow enemies, and the captain of the Diren finally died hideously.
In the autumn of the second year of Jian'an, with the help of local heroes, the people of Tianshui gradually settled down, but unfortunately after the state assassin Shi Wei surrendered, the counties in the two counties of Wudu Anding were either occupied by thieves, or were attacked by the Qiang people, or were defended by the Hao clan, and they were disturbed and refused to obey orders. After Yang Qiucheng and others fled to Xiliang, he defected to Han Sui's account, and at this time he led the army and horses into stability, collected the chaotic troops from all over the country, and the power resurged.
To concentrate on dealing with Yang Teng's more than 30,000 Qiang troops in Tianshui, Deng Ji can't take care of other places for the time being.
After a large number of scribes from Henan were supervised, Deng Ji made Wei Kang, Zhao Ang and other local officials responsible for dividing the household registration of Tianshui, leaving Jiang Xu, Liang Kuan, and Zhao Qu to guard Ji County, and led the two armies of Black Tiewei and Huya Dangkou to force Xixian County and camp 30 miles outside Xixian County.
When encamped, although it was only a temporary garrison place, Deng Ji ordered the auxiliary soldiers to spend several times more effort, placing antlers to resist horses all over the outside, and digging deep trenches inside.
The ratio of brave soldiers to auxiliary soldiers in each army has always been maintained at one to two. Although its name is a flank, it is more accustomed to fighting on weekdays, and more than 13,000 auxiliary soldiers of the two armies have been ordered to dig trenches for the first time.
An old soldier who had only been transferred to the Weilie Army a few years ago, because he had been tired for a long time, squatted on the side of the trench to rest, and when he saw his own captain Peng Kang patrolling over, he jumped over to stop him, and asked: "Captain, the lord wants to break this enemy of Qiang, and lead the two armies here, and the battle is possible!" Why do you still make us dig deep trenches? ”
Peng Kang recognized him, he was the old brother and brother who used to be called brothers and sisters together in the country of Shehou, but it was not easy to support him, so he had to reply angrily: "I don't know, or only two generals and the left army division and Wen!" ”
Peng Kang's words, the old auxiliary soldier still believed it, he didn't think he was perfunctory, turned sideways and got out of the way, and muttered to himself: "The leader came from afar, but he didn't fight, but he was defensive, what is the reason?" ”
Peng Kang had already rubbed shoulders with him, leading the guards to continue to watch, and those who were not deep enough for Deng Ji to explain asked to continue digging again.
After inspecting again, Peng Kangcai went to the gate of the village, climbed the arrow tower, and watched the Qiang people riding back and forth in the outside world.
On the arrow tower, Liu Bi, another halberd cavalry captain of the Weilie Army, has already been here, because of their similar backgrounds, the two have a good relationship now, seeing Peng Kang climb the arrow tower, Liu Pi, who came from the hinterland of the Central Plains, asked: "The foreign army is difficult to fight here?" There are only more than 30,000 people, and they actually attract Deng Gong to be so small! ”
Although Peng Kang had fought with the Xiongnu several times before, he didn't know much about the combat power of the Qiang Qi cavalry than Liu Pi, so he just replied casually: "Mo Xiaoxiao, there is no need to worry, I want the main army division to make their own decisions." Now take the defensive position for the time being, I don't want to risk the lives of the soldiers, I will obey the order, and when the battle comes, we will be the first to fight! ”
(I didn't go back to the city this week because of the review of the test papers, but there was a power outage for two days on the weekend, and I couldn't even flush my mobile phone without power, and my wife didn't contact me...... It is estimated that it will stop at night, and the tiger is already speechless) (to be continued.) )