Deng Zhixike was miserable, and the five thousand cavalry he had arranged in the woods in the hilly areas on both sides of the basin were burned clean by Qin Dong's fire. In fact, when he learned that Qin Dong was going to send troops to the north, and when he learned that his nearby neighbor Itur also wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob, he decided to use the familiar roads and terrain to solve Itur first, and finally he set up an ambush along the way of Itur's march, and successfully annihilated more than 20,000 Itur's troops, killed more than 13,000 enemies, and captured 7,000.

Then he decided to play hide and seek with Qin Dong and prepare to sneak attack Zheli's department, but Zheli received Qin Dong's warning and reminder, and the defense was very tight, so he couldn't find a chance. Later, Qin Dong discovered his intentions and ordered Su He and Scott to each bring their own legions to meet Zheli, and when the three legions converged, he could not find a chance.

And when he learned that Qin Dong suddenly raised troops to the north, pointing directly at Oman, he immediately understood Qin Dong's intentions, his original strategy was to play hide and seek with Qin Dong in the middle and lower reaches of the Dnieper River, grab the opportunity like a wolf and bite it, and hide it if there is no opportunity, but he found that his strategy did not work, Qin Dong did not continue to look for his traces on the steppe at all, but went straight to Oman, he knew that he had to fight a decisive battle with Qin Dong to prevent Qin Dong from attacking Oman, once Oman was captured by Qin Dong, he would become a lost dog.

He first deployed the main force of 20,000 people about ten miles in front of the exit of the basin, waiting for Qin Dong's army here, and ambushed 5,000 cavalry in the woods on the hills on the left and right sides of the basin, as long as Qin Dong's army entered the basin. When his main force rushed from the front, and Qin Dong's army was all entering the basin, there was high ground behind him. It is very difficult to retreat, and can only face the battle with his back to the high ground, this is if the 10,000 cavalry hidden in the woods on the hills on both sides are killed from the left and right flanks, Qin Dong will definitely be defeated, but it is a pity that Qin Dong felt the danger here when his army only had a few thousand people entering the basin, and immediately decided to let the men and horses who entered the basin retreat, and the Deng Zhixike army ambushed in the woods on both sides saw that the main force of Qin Dong's army did not enter the basin, so they did not dare to act rashly. Unexpectedly, Qin Dong actually let the archers shoot arrows into the woods on both sides, which made most of the 10,000 cavalry that Deng Zhixike had ambushed in the woods in advance burned to death, and only a few of them survived when they saw the opportunity to flee quickly.

When Deng Zhixik saw a raging fire in the woods on the hills on both sides in the frontal formation. He knew that he had suffered, and his carefully designed ambush was seen through by Qin Dong, and at this time, it was impossible to attack Qin Dong's army from the front, because Qin Dong's army had all withdrawn to the high ground opposite the basin. Kill from low to high. In terms of terrain, he was in a congenitally unfavorable situation, and if Qin Dong ordered the army to rush down from the high ground at this time, he would be in danger of being annihilated.

Deng Zhixike saw his 10,000 troops burned to death but could not do anything about it, he could only tearfully and reluctantly transfer back the 10,000 cavalry that had already made a detour to attack the rear of Qin Dong's army, because he knew that Qin Dong had now understood his tactical intentions, since there were ambushes on both sides, then in this terrain situation, there must be a large army blocking the road in front. And in the near future, there will definitely be an army to outflank it, and only anyone who knows a little military common sense should understand. This is a dead land, and in order for this basin to truly become a dead land, it must be surrounded on all sides, can't Qin Dong speculate that an army has already made a detour from the side? Qin Dong must have guessed, so he will definitely make corresponding arrangements, rather than being killed by Qin Dong first, it is better to transfer the 10,000 cavalry back, plus the 20,000 horses in this formation, there are still 30,000 horses in total, not much less than Qin Dong in terms of combat strength, and there is still the capital of a war.

Moreover, Deng Zhixike did not want to believe that his army could not defeat the army of Qindong, until now, the two sides have not officially fought each other, and it is not certain who has stronger combat effectiveness, and whose army is more effective will only be known after the fight.

A hundred miles behind him is Oman, Deng Zhixike has no way to retreat, in the absence of a choice, he can only concentrate all the strength in his hands to prepare for a decisive battle with Qin Dong at the exit of the basin, in the end it depends on who will die.

However, he said that Qin Dong waited for the fire to be extinguished, ordered the army to stand by, and brought two corps commanders, a guard commander and a guard to the high ground again to observe the surrounding situation.

Look at the size of the woods on both sides of the basin, each forest can only hide up to 5,000 cavalry, then a total of 10,000 cavalry, and the main force of Deng Zhixike is 40,000, Qin Dong thought about it slightly, and immediately called Tuolong and ordered: "Send reconnaissance cavalry immediately, go all the way down through the basin and go out thirty miles to reconnoitre, and the other two will bypass the burning woods on both sides and reconnoiter along the hills to the north, Report as soon as you spot an enemy! ”

Toron immediately received the order: "Yes, King! ”

The scout cavalry was quickly sent out in three ways, the scout cavalry that went through the basin was the fastest, they went down from the high ground, the speed was naturally faster, and the other two roads were slower, they had to go all the way along the high ground, around the burning hills, on which they did not walk fast on horseback.

Half an hour later, the reconnaissance cavalry on the middle road sent back the news, and found a large number of enemy troops ten miles from the exit of the basin, that is, Deng Zhixike's men and horses, and the other party was also waving the banner of Deng Zhixike, about 30,000 people, all of them with two horses, were lined up in a military formation.

"Probe!" Qin Dong said to the reconnaissance cavalry who rushed back to report.

"Yes, King!"

After the reconnaissance cavalry left, Qin Dong asked Tuolong, "Isn't there any news from the cavalry that went to the two wings to reconnoitre?" ”

"Not yet!"

Qin Dong stopped talking, he thought for a moment and relaxed, and ordered: "Order the whole army to be in formation, all legions are deployed in accordance with the battle formation, rest in place, people can dismount, but weapons cannot be separated from their bodies, and no men and horses can remove their armor."

"Yes, King!" Toron, along with Affard, and Batu each went with their own teams.

Qin Dong speculated that Deng Zhixik had mobilized all the main forces to his side, ready to fight him to the death, which can be known from the news just sent back, there were more than 30,000 people over there, and Deng Zhixik originally had more than 50,000 people, and there were more than 40,000 people left after the battle with Itur, although thousands of people were captured, but those thousands of people were not used, and more than 10,000 people were burned to death just now, and only more than 30,000 people remained, this number matched the number of troops at the exit of the basin ten miles at this time, In other words, there are no more people and horses around Deng Zhixik.

It stands to reason that since there are no more people and horses around Deng Zhixike, Qin Dong can directly wave his troops and rush down from the high ground, and there is no need to wait any longer, but Qin Dong did not do this, but continued to wait, and let the whole army spread out in battle formation and rest in place.

The reason for this is that the soldiers are well rested, and they have been marching long distances for the past few days, and most of the day is spent on horseback, and they have just passed through the long fire, and many people have been frightened, not only people, but many horses have been frightened, so both men and horses need to be suppressed.

The second is to consume the morale of Deng Zhixike's army, and the art of war is cloudy: one is vigorous, then it declines, and three is exhausted. Deng Zhixike's army is ready for a big battle, and the whole army is full of strength, it is unwise to fight with Deng Zhixike's army at this time, they were burned to death more than 10,000 people just now, it is estimated that the remaining 30,000 people are eager to pounce on them to take revenge, and Qin Dong can't let them get their way, you can fight if you say fight? Then I have to fight you or not! You just wait, and when Lao Tzu is willing to fight with you, he will come and fight.

There is a time limit to maintain high morale, and the longer the time drags on, the more morale will be consumed, Qin Dong just wants to drag it out, drain the morale of Deng Zhixike's army, and wait for the opponent's morale to be low before launching an attack.

The soldiers all dismounted and sat on the ground to rest, many of them took out jerky and cheese and put them in their mouths to chew the supplement, and then there was probably a big battle, as long as they were not fools, they knew that there must be enemy troops nearby, so the soldiers all ate silently, but no one spoke, not even whispered, this is the discipline of this army.

After another hour, the cavalry who went to the two wings to reconnoiter finally sent someone back to report the news, as Qin Dong speculated, neither flank found any trace of the enemy, but the scout cavalry sent out had already started a small-scale engagement with the scout cavalry sent by Deng Zhixike, the reason why they had to fight was to fight for the right to reconnoitre, and only the winning side could approach and reconnoiter the enemy's movements.

After learning about the situation of Deng Zhixike, Qin Dong asked the reconnaissance cavalry on the left and right flanks to probe again, now is not the time to attack, and he does not attack, Deng Zhixike does not dare to attack, because the position occupied by the Qin Dong army is very favorable, his army is on the high ground, and Deng Zhixike's army is at the exit of the basin, the basin is low in the middle and high around the perimeter, if Deng Zhixike's army attacks, it is easy to fall into the encirclement of Qindong's army, so he led the army to set up a formation ten miles away from the exit of the basin to meet the enemy.

But Deng Zhixike can't retreat, there is a flat river behind him, there is no danger to defend, there is no place to hide the ambush of the army, and this time the ambush failed, if he encounters a complex terrain again, Qin Dong will definitely be vigilant, and now there is only a hard encounter. (To be continued......)