Chapter 39 Knowing the Enemy's Situation
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The blue sky, surrounded by verdant mountains in the distance, the scenery is exceptionally beautiful, the warm breeze blowing on the face in the spring makes people lazy, as the leader of the cavalry reconnaissance team, Zheli obviously does not have the mood and time to enjoy this qiΔ, at this time he is riding a horse and standing on a hill with a pergola in his hand to observe ahead.
At this time, a cavalryman also rode up and said, "Zheli, you see those Alans knights in the distance, sneaky, probably coming at us."
Zheli immediately looked in the direction pointed by his subordinates, and sure enough, he saw several Alani knights coming towards this side of the mountain pass, walking and stopping, stopping and walking to observe the surrounding situation from time to time, obviously exploring the way, definitely scouting cavalry.
Zheli said: "This area is surrounded by mountains, the road is long, the terrain is steep, the slopes are densely wooded, it is easy to hide soldiers and horses, it is very suitable for ambushes, look at the actions of these cavalry is obviously reconnaissance cavalry, you lead people to kill them, remember, you have to leave one or two alive, you can't kill them all!" β
"Okay, look at me!" As he spoke, the knight pulled the reins, turned his horse's head, and rushed down the hill, and five or six horsemen galloped after him from the woods down the hillside.
The Alan cavalry came in the direction of the mountain pass, a few hundred meters away from the mountain pass, and suddenly six or seven knights appeared from outside the mountain pass, each with two horses, looking at the outfits of these knights should be Huns, and these Huns rode horses and galloped wildly, and the momentum was violent, and several Alan reconnaissance cavalry knew that they were in trouble, and immediately turned their horses and ran.
The pursuing Hun reconnaissance cavalry immediately drew their bows and arrows and began to shoot, "whoosh......
In an instant, there were three Alan cavalry arrows falling off their horses, and the remaining three horses fled, the Hun reconnaissance cavalry continued to pursue, while chasing and shooting arrows, they were all one person and two horses, the horsepower was sufficient, and the Alan people were only one man and one horse, after running for more than ten miles, they were gradually caught up, because there was an early order, this time the Hun knights did not shoot people, but shot horses, and the two Alan cavalry who ran in front of them both fell to the ground, only one cavalry left, and the two knights who landed were quickly surrounded by the four Hun cavalry who caught up, As soon as the two of them got up from the ground, the Hun cavalry threw the lasso at them, and the two of them were trapped in the torsos of their bodies. At this time, the Hun reconnaissance cavalry wanted to chase after them, but found that the fleeing Alan cavalry had disappeared without a trace.
Qin Dong walked at the front of the team with a spear in hand, and from time to time there were knights on both sides of the team who rode back and forth to gallop back and forth, so that the people in the team could keep up with the team, and not fall behind, cattle and sheep and some war horses that no one rode were surrounded by the knights in the middle.
Qin Dong saw that mountains and forests appeared in the distance, patches of mountains were stacked, green and verdant, and suddenly a heart was raised again, although the scenery is good, but unfortunately he is not a person who likes lyricism, such scenery is naturally excellent for literati and ink writers, but in the eyes of a soldier like Qin Dong, it is full of murderous intentions.
Qin Dong turned around and shouted, "Batu, hasn't Zheli heard the situation ahead yet?" β
Batu said: "My lord, they sent someone to report two quarters of an hour ago that they had found no abnormalities!" β
Since there is no situation, then continue to move forward, Qin Dong didn't ask anything more, feeling that the marching process was too dull, so he sang loudly in Xiongnu: "Don't ask me where I'm from, my hometown is far away, why wandering, wandering, for the birds flying in the sky, for the light stream in the mountains, for the wide grassland, wandering far away, wandering ........"
As Qin Dong's loud singing sounded, all the Huns listened quietly, this song was simply sung to them, and they had been wandering, wandering from the grasslands of the far east to here, living without a fixed place, this song sang to their hearts, touching the weakest place in their hearts.
After Qin Dong finished singing, it took a while for someone to applaud: "My lord, you sing so well!" β
"Yes, you sing so well!"
Someone immediately shouted, "My lord, sing one more!" β
"Yes, my lord, let's sing one more!"
Everyone muttered and strongly asked Qin Dong to sing one more, but Qin Dong couldn't refuse, so he could only sing one more song, "Give me a blue sky and a rising sun."
Give me a piece of green grass that stretches into the distance
Give me an eagle, a mighty man
Give me a leash and hold it in his hand
Give me a white cloud, a white imagination
Give me a gust of wind to blow away the potpourri
Give me an encounter in the green pasture
Give me a hot look
The man who sets the horse, you are mighty and majestic
Galloping horses are like the wind
Endless wilderness wanders with you
Your heart is as wide as the earth......".
The lyrics of this song were so smooth that Qin Dong only sang it once, and all the Huns were almost able to sing it, so Qin Dong shouted loudly: "Come, sing ...... with me."
After singing, the atmosphere in the team became warm, so many people, who couldn't sing, also roared a few words, making the others laugh, in order not to make the atmosphere in the team too dull during the march, Qin Dong arranged for people to sing in the team, and told jokes to his subordinates from time to time, everyone was happy, and there was no silence before.
While everyone was singing, a cavalry man and two horses galloped from a distance, and before they could run to them, they shouted: "Report-"
"Newspaper-".
The team stopped singing after stopping at this voice, but the team did not stop and continued to advance, the knight came rushing and stopped in front of Qin Dong and said: "My lord, there is an enemy situation ahead, we have captured a few Alans reconnaissance cavalry, after interrogation, we learned that there are Alans, Ostrogoths, Franks, Saxons and other barbarians fifty miles away in front of us A ragtag army is preparing to ambush us, the number is about two thousand, according to the prisoners, the general of this army is an Alans named Doarik, His army is under the command of the Secretary of State, Oristes! β
Qin Dong's face was cold, and he snorted coldly: "Sure enough, it's him!" This guy didn't succeed in sending someone to assassinate me in the royal court last time, and it is estimated that he instigated the right virtuous king Enek to send a vultures to attack me, but after the failure, I didn't expect this guy to give up, and he directly let him control the barbarian army to attack us! You go back and tell SΓΉ Zheli, let him continue to reconnoiter in front, and report immediately if there is any hostile situation! β
"Yes, sir!" The scout horseman turned his horse's head and galloped away in agreement.
The front can no longer go, as long as he enters the mountain pass, his cavalry combat effectiveness will be limited by the terrain, Qin Dong will not let himself be in a passive position, he immediately raised his hand and ordered loudly: "Stop advancing and set up camp!" β
However, it was said that one of the Alan scout cavalrymen who had escaped fled back to the ambush site, and immediately reported the situation to the above, and Doarik and Olistes, who were at the ambush site, were a little unsure of what to do after hearing the report.
Doariq asked, "My lord, what now?" A few scout cavalry were caught, and the Huns must have known that we were ambushed here, and it would no longer work if the ambush continued, what do you think should be done? β
"What else can I do? Now that it has been discovered, it is better to directly lay out the carriages and horses, and pull all your people out to guard the mountain pass, they must take this road if they want to go to Saidika, this is the only way, if the detour will not reach Saidika for a few months, so he must go here, we will fight him in the mountain pass area! In case they do make a detour, we will harass them along the way, in short, forcing them to fight this battle."
Oristes also can't help it, Qin Dong and they are all cavalry, and there is basically no cavalry on Doarik's side, except for a very small number of soldiers in charge of reconnaissance who have horses, the others are infantry, if Qin Dong doesn't want to have any belongings, and runs away directly with the horses, Oristes has no choice but to watch him run away, but Qin Dong has cattle and sheep, if Qin Dong doesn't want to lose these cattle and sheep, and doesn't want to make a detour, he must fight with this barbarian army.