Chapter 285: Boosting Morale
Qin Dong said to Mo Duo again: "General Mo Duo, pass the order, everyone will turn back, face the north, and tell the soldiers, there will be food and hot mutton soup in a while, and when you are full of food and drink, you are ready to fight with Enek's men and horses!" ”
Enek's army will arrive in only half an hour, and now there are only a maximum of 2,000 people crossing the river, so what about the rest of the men? Could it be that it was lost here and destroyed by Enek? This is definitely not good, rather than this, it is better to not be able to cross the river, if Enek forcibly launches a surprise attack in the case of the loss of the soldiers' body, this side can only fight against the water, but the outcome of the battle is really difficult to say, Enek is not necessarily stupid enough to forcibly attack, Modo's side is waiting for work, although there is a lack of food and clothing for many days, but the power of people to explode in a desperate situation is unimaginable.
Mo Duo heard Qin Dong's analysis, and he immediately received the order: "Yes, Great King!" ”
During the period when food, broth and winter clothes were carried over, Qin Dong combined the three hundred escort cavalry he brought over with the five hundred most elite cavalry under Mo Duo, and the five hundred cavalry of Mo Duo were not cold or starving, and their combat effectiveness was still at their peak, and a total of eight hundred cavalry were formed to block the front, with these eight hundred cavalry with the strongest combat effectiveness facing the upcoming Enek army, while the other more than seven thousand cavalry with no combat effectiveness were placed behind with their backs against the river and the bridgehead.
A scout ran in front of him again, and the scout ran in front of Mo Duo and Qin Dong panting and reported: "My lord, Enek's army has arrived less than five miles away from here!" ”
Qin Dong and Mo Duo looked into the distance, only to see some black spots appear in the distance. It was supposed to be Enek's scout cavalry, believing that the forward army would arrive soon. Qin Dong turned his head to Mo Duo and said, "General, send someone to inform you." Once the food, hot soup, and winter clothes are delivered, they will be distributed directly from the last row, regardless of what's going on in front of you! ”
Mo Duo nodded thoughtfully: "Understood, is the king asserting that Enek has already seen that we are already in battle, so he will not force an attack?" It's just that with Enek's character, I'm afraid he doesn't care about the consequences."
Qin Dong said with a smile: "Of course, Enek, a reckless man, doesn't care about the consequences, but the people around him probably won't let him insist on forcibly attacking." They don't have the guts! ”
"Okay, I'll send someone to pass it on!" After the Modo battalion screamed, he sent a herald to the back to convey the order.
It didn't take long for the ground to shake more and more violently. At this time, there was no snow anymore, and Qin Dong and the others had already seen a black oppression in the distance, all of them were cavalry, and there were also some reconnaissance cavalry slowly approaching Qin Dong's side. I hope to find out what is going on here.
At this time, Qin Dongce immediately stepped forward and began to run back and forth in front of the entire military formation. After running back and forth a few times, Le Ma stopped, and all the knights in the army were attracted to it.
"Soldiers, the enemy is coming, we don't have enough time to retreat to the other side of the river, and if we retreat, we will be attacked by the Enek army in the back, and we will definitely be annihilated, rather than being slaughtered like a wild dog by the enemy from behind. It is better to face the enemy like a true warrior and take up your sword and spear and fight them to the death, and in a moment the food, broth, and winter clothes will be distributed to you. When the time comes, there is food and clothing, you will take the food to eat, take the winter clothes and put them on, Enek's army has come from afar, they see that we have been prepared, they will definitely not dare to attack immediately, this king will buy you enough time to eat and dress, but once the real fight starts, none of you are allowed to strain at the critical moment, once the order to attack is given, everyone will rush over to this king and kill them, do you understand? ”
"Roar, roar, roar, ......" The generals and soldiers all raised their weapons and roared loudly, and there was immediately food and broth, as well as warm winter clothes, this news made the soldiers under Modo excited, this is a reaction to the cold and starvation for many days.
Enek's army gradually approached, and stopped at a distance of one mile from Qin Dong and Modo's military formation, Enek had to stop, according to his original intention, he was going to attack directly, but the official who looked like a military division around him stopped him, in the eyes of the military division, since Moduo on the opposite side was already in a tight battle, he must be ready to fight to the death, this is the trapped beast fighting! It was not cost-effective to rush up and fight with Modo like this, and the army came from afar, marching rapidly along the way, and the soldiers' bodies had already been almost consumed, and they needed to rest and recover their bodies and spirits, and they also needed to eat, so it was not advisable to attack immediately.
When Enek and several generals were observing the military formations of Qin Dong and Moduo, a scout came to report: "Your Highness, according to our investigation, a wooden bridge has been built on the river, and there are people carrying things from far away on the wooden bridge from the other side of the river!" ”
Enek and the others looked at each other, and then the official who looked like a military advisor said: "Your Highness, it seems that Moduo and Qin Dong have reached an agreement, and they have built a wooden bridge and are preparing to cross the river, but at this time we arrived, they were worried that they would be attacked by us halfway, so they simply turned around and prepared to fight with us, if we rush over now, even if we can win, we will inevitably suffer a lot of casualties, and we don't know what the situation is on the other side of the river, Therefore, our subordinates should not act rashly for the time being, and retreat a distance to let the soldiers eat and drink enough, and rest for a while! ”
Enek himself was also observing, and after listening to the words of the dog-headed military division, he thought it was very reasonable, he observed that the army on the opposite side of Modo was well-groomed, the morale was very high, and the soldiers were all majestic and high-spirited, where is this the appearance of rushing all the way? It seems that they are the troops that have been recuperating for a long time, but in fact, Enek only saw the appearance of the 800 cavalry in front, but did not see the appearance of more than 7,000 cavalry in the rear, if he saw the appearance of more than 7,000 cavalry in the back, he would definitely attack immediately.
Before Enek could speak, more than a dozen cavalry ran out from the opposite side and stopped in the middle of the two military formations, and soon ran out of these dozen horsemen and stopped more than ten meters in front of Enek and saluted: "Is His Highness Enek in front?" The king of my lord's eastern courtyard invited His Royal Highness to come to the meeting and catch up on the old days! ”
"Qin Dong, this kid is here? Hmph, this kid has a grudge against me, it just so happens that this kid is here today, even he can kill it together, and it will save trouble in the future, Your Highness, the humble general will ask for orders to take the people of the headquarters to kill Qin Dong's department without leaving a piece of armor" The general Wu Zhu beside Enek became furious when he heard Qin Dong's name.
At the bonfire banquet on the night of Da Danyu's accession to the throne of Erak, Qin Dong defeated Enek's subordinate Wu Zhu in front of all the ministers, making Enek very faceless, and Wu Zhu himself was scolded by Enek to the point of blood.
The official who looked like a military advisor hurriedly stopped: "General Wuzhu, don't be impulsive, Qin Dong is already prepared, and his army is backed by the river behind him, our army will lose its mobility after rushing over like this, not only will it not be able to take advantage, but it may also be dragged in place, if Qin Dong has other back-ups, we will be caught off guard at that time!" ”
"Well, that's good!" Enek nodded and said, "Okay, then don't rush to attack first, I want to see what Qin Dong has to say when he sees this king, Wu Zhu, bring some warriors to follow this king to meet Qin Dong."
"Yes, Your Highness!" Wu Zhu agreed, and waved his hand behind him: "You will protect Your Highness with me!" ”
Enek came to Qin Dong and stopped in front of Qin Dong under the protection of more than a dozen horsemen with Wu Zhu, the two sides were only a dozen meters apart, and at this time they generally did not do it secretly, if one side played yin in front of the two armies, it was estimated that they would be looked down upon by the soldiers on both sides, and the soldiers on the side who played yin tricks would definitely be ashamed to death, so that their morale plummeted.
After pulling the reins to stop the war horse, Enek saw that it was indeed Qin Dong, Qin Dong two years ago was only seventeen years old, and his body was not fully developed, after these two years, Qin Dong was almost twenty years old, not only grew taller and burly, but his appearance also changed a little, but Enek still recognized Qin Dong at a glance, and it was really this kid.
"Qin Dong, you were just a slave at the beginning, even if you are now the king of the Eastern Courtyard, what qualifications do you have to talk to this prince face to face? Besides, your name as the king of the Eastern Courtyard was sealed by Erak's dead ghost, and this prince still doesn't admit it! ”
Qin Dong's face changed when he heard this, and he said loudly: "Enek, what qualifications do you have to insult Da Shan Yu here?" If it weren't for your brothers who rebelled against Da Shan Yu for the sake of Shan Yu's position, how could the Gepid and Ostrogoths and some other barbarians rebel against the Xiongnu Empire? If it weren't for you, Da Danyu would not have been ambushed to death by the Ostrogoths and Gepids, and the Xiongnu Empire would not have fallen to the point where it is now falling apart! This qiē is all caused by you rebellious ministers and thieves, and you still have the face to say that you are a prince? Not to mention whether the kings of the other academies recognize the identity of your prince, I, Qin Dong, am the first to recognize the identity of your prince, you rebellious ministers and thieves have made the powerful Xiongnu Empire now full of devastation and misery, it is simply a crime that deserves death! ”
"Hahaha......" The military advisor-like official beside Enek laughed, "What is Erak's ability to sit on Shan Yu's throne?" It was his own inability that made the Ostrogoths and Gepid rebel, and he deserved to be ambushed and killed, no wonder others! Our Royal Highness Prince Enek is wise and martial, and he is the best candidate for Da Shan Yu, and Erak should abdicate to make way for Xian, but he occupies that position and does nothing, of course His Royal Highness our prince is not convinced, as for those lowly herdsmen, what is the death of a few? Erak is dead, I heard that his heir was also killed when the royal court was in chaos, and now our second prince Enek is the first heir to the throne of the Xiongnu Empire, Qin Dong, this official advises you, acquaintances immediately surrender to our Royal Highness Enek allegiance, maybe His Royal Highness Enek ascended the throne after Shan Yu took the throne and sealed a bigger official than the king of the Eastern Court to do it for you! (To be continued......)