Chapter 40: Hidden Strength
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After the decision was made, Oristes and Doarik came down from the hillside of the ambush with two thousand men and horses, regrouped their ranks on the road, and hurried to the mountain pass dozens of miles away.
After Qin Dong ordered the entire team to stop camping, he galloped towards the mountain pass with a dozen members of the escort team, he wanted to observe the situation of Doarik's army up close, and only after observing the specific situation of that army could he make the next step.
Hurry up, run twenty or thirty miles of the mountain pass in ten minutes, Qin Dong led people to climb a hill in the mountain pass, the reconnaissance captain Zheli just came up, explained the situation and found that he had not seen the shadow of Doarik's army, Qin Dong then took these people into the mountain pass and continued to advance to the southeast for thirty miles, only to find that an army was coming quickly in the direction of the mountain pass.
Qin Dong and the others stood on a mountain bag and observed Doarik's army, and found that there were indeed a lot of people and horses, there were two thousand people, but the weapons and equipment of these people were a little tattered, only four hundred people were fully equipped, with leather armor and helmets and swords and shields, the others either had no armor or no helmets, some had no shields, about five or six hundred people did not have swords, only holding burning sticks or hoes and other things, the whole team was divided into four parts, and the ones who walked in the front were the most well-equipped, and there were four hundred of these people, There are about 600 people walking in the middle who are not fully equipped, but they have weapons, and then there are archers, a total of about 300 people, and finally there are more than 600 "peasants" without equipment and weapons, these people are estimated to be here to make up the number, there is no combat effectiveness, if the war goes well, these people can fight a good war, once the war is unfavorable, it is estimated that these more than 600 people will run clean.
Now this army did not even lay an ambush, but marched directly in the direction of the mountain pass, which shows that they already knew that their ambush operation had been exposed, so they simply walked out generously.
After figuring out the situation of this army, Qin Dong knew in his heart, he was not worried about being attacked by this army, this army had no cavalry, even if he drove the cattle and sheep back, this army could not catch up, the key is that if this army has been blocked here, it will be troublesome, the terrain here is narrow and long, which limits the combat effectiveness of his cavalry, the archers can't be used here, he has no way to take this army, although these people are a rabble, but after all, they have an absolute advantage in numbers, as long as they guard the mountain pass, their cavalry can't enter.
Qin Dong is not worried that this army will always stay here, this is impossible, you must know that this army is the army of the Xiongnu Empire after all, Doarik does not dare to blatantly stay here for a long time and not let him pass guΓ², once this matter reaches the royal court, Doarik will not be able to eat and go around.
Qin Dong didn't know Oristes' plan yet, if Oristes wanted to attack him with Doariq's army, it would be a joke, had you ever seen an infantry attack on the cavalry? Therefore, after Qin Dong returned to the camp with the guards, he waited for Oristes' next move.
In fact, Qin Dong really wanted to ambush them before Doarik's army arrived at the mountain pass, and ambushed more than 300 people on the slopes on the left and right sides of the mountain pass, where the vegetation was dense and very suitable for ambushes, but it was a pity that his men were all cavalry, not good at foot combat, and the range of the bow and arrow on the bow was too short, it was difficult to cause great damage to the Doarik army on the march, which could only make them chaotic for a while, and this made Oristes more vigilant.
Qin Dong was thinking about what Oristes would do next in the big tent, when Batu came in and reported: "My lord, when we interrogated the two Alans scouts captured again just now, we found a situation, one of those two people is a Roman, who followed Oristes from the royal court to here, according to this person, Oristes is not very clear about our situation, for example, he doesn't know that we have more than 300 capable soldiers now, and he and Doarik still think that we have less than a hundred cavalry, So it doesn't take us seriously at all! β
"Oh? And what's going on? Go, come with me to see the captives! Qin Dong was a little surprised, and immediately stood up and wanted to go outside.
After personally interrogating the captives, Qin Dong was sure that Oristes did not know that he had collected more than 300 prisoners he had captured, and after the Wuzhu was defeated and fled back, he only told the process and results of the battle, and the Wuzhu did not know that Qin Dong had surrendered the more than 300 prisoners he had captured.
Then that is to say, in addition to more than a hundred wounded, Qin Dong can also hide two hundred cavalry, leaving only one hundred cavalry to confuse Oristes.
Thinking about this clearly, Qin Dong immediately ordered: "Batu, immediately call Muren and Tuolong to come over to meet me!" β
"Yes, sir!" Batu agreed and walked away.
After a while, both Muren and Tolong came over, "My lord, are you looking for us?" β
"Well, sit down!" Qin Dong took his gaze away from the sheepskin map, looked up and pointed to the short tables on both sides and said.
After Mu Ren and Tuo Long sat down, Qin Dong looked at the two of them and said, "I got a special news just now when I was interrogating the prisoners, the army general who was rushing towards us in front didn't know that we already had more than 300 cavalry capable of fighting, and thought that we only had less than 100 cavalry left after the battle a few days ago, so I decided to let the two of you hide with your 100-man team!" β
The two stroked their chests at the same time and said, "Please command!" β
"Come here!" Qin Dong beckoned the two of them to come over, then pointed to the sheepskin map and said, "Shepherd, you take your hundred cavalry and set off immediately, bring enough food for two days to hide behind a small hill five miles to the left of the mountain pass, remember not to make a big noise after you go, so as not to be discovered by the people of Doarik!" β
Muren saluted and said, "Yes, my lord! β
Qin Dong said to Tolong again: "Tolon, you take your hundred men and horses to hide in the small forest eight miles away on the right side of our team, and you two must wait for my orders at any time!" β
"Yes, sir!"
Oristes and Doarik took two thousand men and horses from the ambush site to the mouth of the valley for more than thirty miles to walk for a full day to arrive at the mouth of the valley, which is also Oristes wanted to be safe, last time the Wuzhu was because of Qin Dong's recklessness to make his six hundred elite cavalry annihilated, so this time Oristes did not want to make the same mistake as the Wuzhu, he didn't know how to fight, and Doarik was also a half-hanger, so both of them were very cautious.
After hearing the situation sent back by Zheli, Qin Dong smiled and said: "Oristus's two thousand people are still so cowering in the face of my hundred people, it can be seen that this person is really not good, at least not at all in military affairs, tell SΓΉ Zheli, you must pay close attention to Orlistes' movements, and the scout horses scattered around cannot be recovered, the scout horses spread out a little, and you must pay special attention to prevent the enemy from sneaking up at night, who knows if Oristes still has something behind him that has not been used, so you must be careful!" β
Su He and Batu both bent down at the same time: "Yes, my lord!" β
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