Chapter 192: Matsuyama
The cavalry of the Tiele tribe and the Luo tribe marched on the territory of the Xi people's Ahui department, near the Luoma River, and in the distance you can see the Songshan Mountains across the southwest, along the Luoma River all the way to the southeast, is the Raole River, which is also the center of the Xi people. The Tongluo scout cavalry with black leopard flags galloped away, and Si Jiesi galloped through the silver snow, followed by a hundred warriors of his own tribe. They were all from the same small tribe, and they were called to go on an expedition and were still grouped together, with their patriarch Sijiesi as centurion. This time, their mission was to go out to reconnoiter in front of a large force and search for the enemy.
Szeth's team of 100 has taken turns on this task several times, and each time they have done it well. But now they have entered the territory of the Xi people and are heading towards the central area of the Xi people, but they have not found any shadow of the Xi people along the way. Except for some hastily abandoned camps along the way, they did not catch a single taunt, nor did they get a single sheep or a bundle of hay along the way. Therefore, Si Jiesi is now galloping out, and the task he has received is not only to search for the enemy, but also to find the Xi tribe and find supplies for the troops. In order to obtain supplies, the army sent not only one unit of Sijiesi, but also ten cavalry teams of 100 people, so that they could expand the search area and find those missing Xi people.
In this icy and snowy land, Si Jiesi led his subordinate cavalry to gallop on horseback, and went farther and farther. I thought that after entering the Xi realm, I would meet those Xi people, and I would be able to loot them well and prepare for the southward attack on Sui in Ming Chun. But who would have thought that all the way. Not a single ghost could be found. They found nothing but snow, and the occasional startled birds and a few small foraging beasts. None of the expected Xi people are gone. Their camps, their tents, their cattle, their horses, and their flocks were gone. Above this forested field, he saw nothing more threatening than a herd of deer. But Stess's instincts told him that beneath this calm surface. A threat lurks. Perhaps those taunts were lying in ambush in the surrounding jungle and snow at this time, like vicious wolves, ready to catch their prey and pounce on them.
When approaching the confluence of the Lok Ma River and the Duck River. Szethlema frowned as he looked at the dense pine woods on the south bank. With a wave of his hand he ordered the advance to be halted, and two riders were sent back to the large force to report the results of their search. And put your own guess. Let the rider relay.
After doing these. He let his men drink the horses and eat dry food, and rested for an hour. For the past hour, he had been waiting cautiously, waiting for the warriors of the Xi people to rush out of the dense forest. But an hour passed, and there was still no movement in the snow. In the end, he had no choice but to order his horse to mount and continue his march to the southeast. Continuing along the Lok Ma River, which gathers the Duck River, a short distance ahead is the camp of the Ahui tribe, the strongest of the five major tribes of the Xi people, which he plotted on his map, the Songshan Tent. It is said that the ancestors of the Ahui tribe of the Xi people originated here. It has also become an important camp for the Ahui Ministry, according to the information obtained by Sijiesi. The Songshan Tent is the place where the leader of the Ahui tribe is located, and the Ahui tribe has a full 20,000 tents, more than 100,000 troops, at least 2,000 elite soldiers, and 4,500 auxiliary soldiers. If these are true, then the strength of this Xi people is very strong, and even compared with the Zhutiele tribe in Mobei, it can be ranked in the middle and upper strength. What he couldn't understand was that the Ahui tribe was just a tribe of the Xi people, and it was said that there were five such large tribes. Moreover, the Khitan and Xi people in the north belong to the brother tribes of the same origin and different species, and the Khitan people have ten tribes, and their strength is not weaker than Xi. The fifteen large tribes of the Khitan and Xi tribes, if combined, have a population of more than one million and can gather fifty or sixty thousand warriors. Even the Tongluo tribe, which is very strong in Mobei Tiele, is far inferior to the Xi and Khitan clans who have joined forces. But the current fact is that Xi and Khitan have been like a plate of scattered sand for hundreds of years, and not only the Han dynasty in the Central Plains can oppress them, but even the tribes of the steppe, and even Goguryeo in the east can bully them. In vain, there are millions of people, tens of thousands of soldiers, but they are like scattered sand.
However, in some ways, Sijiesi felt that these Khitan and Xi people were very similar to the Tiele people, although the Tiele people had also established the Gaoche Khanate, but that short alliance was just yesterday's yellow flower. Tiele, who occupies the majority of the population in the vast grassland, has never been able to become the master of the grassland. With these thoughts in mind, Sjieth finally passed by the empty Matsuyama camp.
After looking around, he didn't stop long, and soon returned with his subordinates the same way and returned to the main army.
Si Jiesi went to the Chinese army and reported to Gu Luo Qijin, who led the troops with the Luo clan this time. Gu Luo is a strong Tongluo warrior, and he is also the son of the Tongluo patriarch, he is cold and fierce, and he is the third son of the current patriarch. Si Jiesi reported to him that the Matsuyama camp of the Ahui Department was empty, and there was no one to be seen.
"Did you find their camp?"
"We found the Songshan camp, but there were no more Xi people there."
"Xi Ren is not there?"
"It was indeed a camp for the Xi people, but the Xi people had already left. They left in a hurry, and many discoveries of their hasty evacuation can be found from the camp. I judged that they had been gone for no more than three days, and I suspect that these Xi people did not go far, and that they were hiding in the nearby pine mountain forest. "Si Jiesi reported.
"Are you sure they're nearby?"
"In such a cold and snowy place, it is impossible for the Xi people to move too far at once, they can only hide in the nearby woods."
"How many of them are there?"
"It's hard to say." "Judging from their camp, before the evacuation, there were at least 10,000 Xi people in the Songshan camp. ”
Gu Luo crossed his arms, "It is said that Matsuyama is the big camp of the Akai Division, and the Ahui Department has a population of more than 100,000 and thousands of soldiers. This is the strongest tribe of the Xi people, why do you think they fled without a fight? ”
"I have a hunch that these taunts are not running away, on the contrary, they are going to carry it with us."
"That's good, if they surrender outright, I don't think it's interesting." Gu Luo sneered, "This is just the right time for the cubs in the tribe to practice their skills, first use these Xi people to practice their hands, and when they go south next year, they will just go to rob the Han people's flower world." The strength of the Ahui Department is not weak, the population is large, and there are many women, cattle and horses. Now it's okay, the cubs below are all fighting according to their skills, whoever cuts off the head of the Xi people has more heads, who will be able to share more women's cattle and sheep in the end. ”
"I judge that these Xi people are hiding in the pine mountain woods on the other side of the Lok Ma River." "It's only half an hour away from the Pine Hill camp. ”
Gu Luo frowned, "If all these Xi people are cowering in the dense forest, it will be troublesome." We don't have that much time to get into the woods and get them out one by one. ”
"We can find a way to lure them out and hunt them all down the plains by the river." The Tongluo people in Mobei are not good at riding and shooting in the forest, but when it comes to riding and shooting on the plains, they boast that the Xi people are by no means their opponents.
"I'm afraid it's not easy, we have 10,000 soldiers this time, even if many of them have never really been on the battlefield, but those Xi people don't know. Seeing our large group of men, they were afraid that they would not dare to come out to meet the battle. ”
"So, we've got to lure them out." Gu Luo's fingers tapped on the sign of the Songshan camp, "For example, we have a group of hundreds of scouts, and we are camped unsuspecting in the Songshan camp, do you think those Xi people can't help but come and eat this group of people and horses?" ”
"After being attacked by the Xi people, the scout team was defeated and fled, luring the Xi people to an open area, away from the woods, and then we ambushed them and beat them fiercely. ”
Gu Luo pinched his chin, carefully looked at the sheepskin map, and said after thinking for a long time, "This plan is good, but the number of ambush soldiers has to be arranged, there are too many people, I am afraid that Xi people will not dare to come." There are fewer people, but I am afraid that it will not attract many ridicule people. I saw that 500 men and 500 horsemen would go to the edge of Songshan to search, and then return to the Songshan camp at night to camp and lure the Xi people to attack. ”
With Guluo's order, the five hundred light horsemen were quickly assembled, and Sijiesi was ordered to become the commander of the bait.
Half a day later, the five hundred light horsemen, under the guidance of the black leopard horseman, galloped towards the Songshan camp again. The 500 horsemen soon reached Matsuyama, and they swept and searched at the foot of Matsuyama, and after a mocky search, they withdrew to the Matsuyama camp and set up tents there. These leopard riders were very careless, and did not set up fences at all, nor did they arrange to reject the feet of horses and deer, let alone ditches and arrow towers. The camp was full of drinking and laughing, and there wasn't even a sentry on guard.
Near the camp, Su Zhi and his subordinate warriors easily touched the camp not far away.
They probed the camp carefully.
"A total of 500 leopard rides!"
"They weren't vigilant, they were careless."
"The large army of the Leopard Clan is still a day's way from here."
Su Zhi in the darkness was pondering, and the elder on the side said, "There are only five hundred leopard riders, and we can eat them." ”
"Kill them, these people are defenseless."
"Don't be careless about the enemy, be careful of deceit." Su Zhi was not confused by the shape in front of him, and was still cautious. In the face of tens of thousands of Tongluo leopard riders, he didn't dare to be careless. "Wait, we'll see if we can catch a prisoner or two."
Su Zhi called the strongest warrior in the tribe over, "Carefully touch the edge of the leopard riding camp and bring one back alive." ”
The white wolf nodded, turned around and disappeared into the darkness, and after everyone had waited for a long time, he finally returned, carrying a Tongluo leopard cavalry on his back.
PS: I feel like I don't have the face to see everyone.,Hey.,Don't say it.,It's all tears when you talk too much.,Let's look at the update.,Continue to code words.。 (To be continued......)