Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Attack
Merton returned to the prairie, and the others prepared to go. Mo Da took the bamboo slip given by the ink cart in his hand, looked at it again and again, and was very worried. The bamboo slip says: Try to cross the river and kill the sentinels so that the gods and ghosts do not notice. Sneak into the sheepfold, drive the sheep and kill the enemy, so that the enemy has no time to look around. Rendezvous with Don, take him across the river, and remember to be less brave and more resourceful.
None of this is easy to do. The first is to cross the river without the gods knowing. The bridge across the river was guarded by the Huns, and the water in the river was so strong that even if you could swim, you might not be able to swim through. Moreover, crossing the river to kill the sentry also makes the enemy undetectable, and he can't speak the Huns, so it's difficult to get close, let alone kill people quietly. What is even more difficult is to use the sheep in the sheepfold to kill the enemy, how can the sheep kill the enemy? There is no more docile animal than a sheep, and it is not a lion or a tiger. The Huns grew up in the grassland since childhood, and they have always eaten sheep, and they have never heard of sheep killing people, so is it possible to use sheep to kill them?
Forget it, didn't Master instruct me? Use more resourcefulness and less heroism. There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and then we will talk about it. Moda thought in his heart and walked to the north pass of Shouyang Mountain. This pass is a dirt road sandwiched between two large mountains, and it is the only smooth way to enter Shouyang Mountain from the north side. There are cliffs on both sides of the mountain pass, and it is really a man who can't open it. He didn't have time to think much about the mountain pass, and he didn't walk three hundred steps out of the mountain pass before he reached the river. The river made Meda a little desperate. Originally, I wanted to swim over with the good nature of the water, but the water in front of me was turbulent. In addition, it is the season of high water, and there are many whirlpools on the water, so I don't know how many undercurrents there are. If you enter the water at a loss, let alone kill the enemy, you have to feed the fish.
Meda was lurking in the grass by the river and was thinking about how to cross the river, when suddenly the grass began to tremble slightly. Meda hurriedly leaned down and pressed her ear to the ground to hold her breath and listen. The sound of horses' hooves could be heard from far and near, and it sounded like it was not far from the river. Murda raised his head and looked into the distance, and saw that there were about two or three hundred people in the dust and smoke on the north side of the river, galloping towards the wooden bridge not far from Murda.
These Hun soldiers were all wearing felt hats and fur coats. All of them are tall and fierce, with fierce eyes in them. The leader used a gesture, and the Huns divided into two routes, more than 100 people guarded the north end of the bridge, and the remaining more than 200 people guarded the south end of the bridge. As expected by Senior Brother Moche, these Hun soldiers really came to seize the bridge.
Seeing that the Huns at the north end of the bridge divided into more than a dozen and went straight to the mound north of the river. The dozen or so cavalrymen arrived at the mound and raised a two-man flag. The flag should have a purpose, and it is estimated that it is used to play signals. The mound was on the opposite bank of Medda's hideout, and it was possible to cross the river to go up the mound. The Hun soldiers who saw the banner shook the flag three times from side to side, and a group of more than 300 cavalry also quietly circled from a distance to the ferry on the west side of the river. After arriving, the troops were also divided into two routes, with 100 men guarding the north end of the ferry and more than 200 people guarding the south end of the ferry. More than a dozen cavalrymen guarding the southern end also carried the pole banner to the mound south of the river, and when they reached it, they shook the flag from side to side three times. The distribution of this force was exactly the same as Moche's prediction, and Moda couldn't help but admire it.
After a while, the cavalry on the two mounds raised their flags at the same time, first shook them three times, and then waved them violently to the south. In an instant, Murda heard the sound of horses' hooves rolling in the distance, and suddenly dust and smoke burst up! Moche calculated how the Huns would arrange their troops, but he couldn't calculate when to attack. These two thousand Hun soldiers actually acted blatantly in the daytime!
Although Moda couldn't see how many people there were, he knew that the Huns had begun to attack. He had to find a way to cross the river quickly, otherwise if he missed the time, Brother Merton's life would be lost.
That's right, with a well turtle!
Moda slapped his thigh, how to forget the well turtle, it is not a problem to cross Moda with its water. But where is the well turtle? Is it still a table leg in the eldest brother's tent? Just as he was thinking, suddenly something cool, wet from behind him pushed against Murda's leg. Moda was startled, and when he looked back, it was the well turtle. Moda was really overjoyed, if it weren't for the current enemy, he really wanted to hug the well turtle and kiss a few bites. This guy is usually lazy, but at the critical moment, he is really a charcoal in the snow. Murda pointed to the river, then lay on the turtle and spoke
"Hot sauce."
The turtle climbed into the river and swam to the opposite bank. Murda was worried that the Huns on the opposite mound would find out, so he hid his body in the water, exposing only one head on the water. He picked up the shell of the well turtle and used the huge body of the well turtle as a cover. In the eyes of the Hun sentinel, it was nothing more than a turtle slowly crossing the river, and it did not arouse alarm.
After crossing the river, Meda told Ikame to stand by, and he crouched down and climbed into the reeds by the river to take a closer look. He looked over the mound, which was a bulging hill, less than ten meters above sea level, and there was nothing to hide from it. It was found that the mound was about 500 meters away from the defenders of the wooden bridge, and at such a distance, the people on the opposite side could not tell whether they were standing or squatting. Seeing that the Huns on the mound shook their flags every three to five minutes, Moda understood in his heart that this was a signal to tell the brigade that everything was calm.
He needed to kill all the sentinels at the same time, and then he had to figure out a way to shake the flag every three to five minutes. After thinking about it for a while, Murda made up her mind.
He groped his way to the bottom of the mound, folded dozens of sturdy reed poles, and then pulled out a small bamboo tube in his bosom, which contained a moving incense with Ecstasy. I tried the wind direction with my fingers in my saliva, and those Hun soldiers happened to be downwind, so they blocked their mouths and noses and opened the bottle cap. Today, the wind is blowing northwest, and the smell of the scent of the incense is spreading across the mound. After a while, the sentinels began to stagger, one by one. Seeing that they were almost down, Murda took out his bow and arrows, and shot them in an arc like an arrow from the sky. The arrow fell from the sky, nailing the flag-bearing sentinel to the ground. The time was just right, and more than a dozen sentries fell to the ground, but the flag did not fall!
Meda hurried up the mound, supporting the fallen soldiers in a standing position with a reed pole, and then stabbed each fainting sentry in the neck. Murda pulled out the confusion and said to it
"Foolish, I'll leave it to you. You stand at this sentry nailed to the ground, and after a while you wave the flag. Is it possible? ”
This Bai Tu and Mo Fox were extremely smart, and immediately understood what Moda meant, nodded, jumped on the head of the flag-raising sentry, and shook the flagpole three times with two small hairy paws. Moda secretly rejoiced in his heart, is there a pet in the world who understands the owner's mind better than a little fool?
Seeing that he had finished shaking the flag in a daze, Moda knew that no one would pay attention to the mound for three or four minutes, so he quickly ran to the bottom of the mound. In one breath, he ran to the edge of the sheepfold, and as soon as he rolled over the fence, he was immediately drowned in a flock of sheep like white clouds.
There was a large flock of sheep, more than a thousand of them. Murda couldn't figure out how to kill the enemy with a sheep. He took out the bamboo slips that Master had asked the ink cart to hand over. I read it several times in a row.
"Try to cross the river and kill the sentinels so that the gods and ghosts do not know. Sneak into the sheepfold, drive the sheep and kill the enemy, so that the enemy has no time to look around. Rendezvous with Don, take him across the river, and remember to be less brave and more resourceful. ”
"The first step has been completed to kill the sentry unconsciously, how can this kill the enemy with sheep?"
Murda tossed and turned in her mind for the answer. He began to recall over and over again the words that Master had left on the bamboo slips in the bamboo room
"The Huns attacked, in order to capture Merton. The Assassins took the lead, followed by the GIs. If he comes to inquire, ask the car with a brief. Surrounded by mountains and rivers, step by step. Although the ink disciples are few, they are brave and strategic. The same hatred of the enemy, invincible. When the enemy is coming, the military strategy takes the lead. Moche is handsome, and Yuxin is the general. Merton is the bait, and Moda is stranded. Fire and water are ruthless, and all plants and trees are soldiers. Let the other be rampant, there is no return. ”
Murda began to talk to herself
"Fire and water are ruthless, and the grass and trees are soldiers...... How do you associate sheep with water, fire, grass and trees...... Fire and water are ruthless, plants and trees are soldiers....... fire and water are ...... Grass ......"
Murda looked at the sheep in front of him in a daze, and when his gaze slowly moved to the end of the sheepfold, he suddenly had an epiphany.
At the end of the fold was a large pile of hay tied up in bundles, piled as high as a hill. Murda touched it, took down two sheaves of straw from it, and took it apart, and tied the hay on the head sheep. And when he saw that there were many oxen beside the flock, he simply trapped a lot of hay on the tail of the first cow. When Meda had finished baling the grass and touched the edge of the sheepfold, he loosened all the fences on the sheepfold facing the mound, and tied the ropes to the loose stakes.
Everything was just about to stop, only to see dust and smoke billowing in the distance, and people shouting and neighing. The enemy brigade was already closing in on Merton's tent. The Hun cavalry attacked from the northeast and northwest in two groups, each with seven or eight hundred men. When they were still more than a thousand meters away from the tent, they slowed down, and the two teams of cavalry set up two fan-shaped formations and came towards the tent like a large net. The world-famous Hun cavalry really lived up to its name, and the armor on its body shone in the sunlight.
From the ranks, two small colonels who took the lead in running out of the two flags waved their flags three times to the east and west, and the Hun cavalry pulled out their sabers one after another. The moment the knife came out of its sheath, a cold light pierced people's eyes. With a sudden wave of the Lingqi, the Hun elite horsemen jumped out together, and the horse's hooves trampled on the ground and immediately let out a deafening roar. In a short time, Merton's tent was almost closed.
Moda sweated for Morton, and he would be surrounded if he didn't leave the tent. How can you rush out of the city at that time, big brother, you should hurry up. Thinking of this, Meda involuntarily grabbed the bow and arrow in his hand. However, these Hun soldiers did not use their bows and arrows, but only charged with sabers, and Murda thought that he must have given the order to capture Merton alive. These Huns are so strange that they had to be poisoned the day before and captured alive today. But this is very good, big brother doesn't need to guard against cold arrows.
Seeing that the encirclement of the Hun cavalry was about to be formed, Moda could no longer hold back and drew an arrow to attract attention. Before the arrows could shoot out, two arrows were shot in succession from the tent door, and the Hun soldiers holding the flags on both sides were immediately hit by arrows and fell. Merton burst out of the tent door, and the black horse rushed like lightning towards the gap where the enemy line had not yet closed. In today's battle on the battlefield, Merton was deliberately dressed in the uniform of the Hun prince, wearing a silver helmet and silver armor, holding an ink bow, and carrying a scimitar on his back.
When the Huns saw Murton appearing, they immediately came up and besieged him. Merton fired his bow to the left and right, and the enemy soldiers who caught up on both sides fell from their horses. Merton's horse was fast, and the other Hun cavalry couldn't keep up with him, so they followed Merton closely. Merton shook off the Hun cavalry and ran straight to the wooden bridge. However, the Huns had already prepared, and the more than 200 Hun soldiers who were originally ambushed at the north end of the wooden bridge immediately rushed forward when they saw that Morton had escaped from the encirclement. It's bad now, there is an interception in front, and there are pursuers in the back, and Merton is difficult to fly this time.
Merton fired dozens of arrows in succession, and every time the bowstring sounded, a Hun soldier would fall from his horse. But there were not many carved arrows left in Merton's two quivers. Seeing that the enemy had surrounded Merton, he surrounded the Hun prince in the middle like a star arching moon. These Hun soldiers were given a death order to capture the prince alive, and those who dared to violate it were all killed. Therefore, everyone just surrounded Merton, and did not attack in close quarters, but when Merton was exhausted from shooting with his bow and arrows, they rushed up and captured Merton alive.
Morton knew that the encirclement and annihilation tactics of the Hun cavalry must be opened. If it's just a simple charge, it can kill ten or eight. However, the number of solo riders is too small, and you will be exhausted after a few rounds of rushing and killing, although you will cut down some, but you will surround more enemies.
Merton was worried when he suddenly saw someone waving vigorously at him on the haystack of the sheepfold on the southeast side. When I looked closely, it turned out to be Murda. Murda waved her arm, pointing at herself for Merton to rush towards him, and then pointed to the bow and arrow in her hand. Merton understood, and slapped his horse to the southeast. When there were still about 200 meters away from the haystack, Moda fired several arrows in succession, shooting over more than 20 pursuers besieging Merton on the southeast side, and at this time only a layer of Huns was left in front of Merton's horse. Merton patted his mount, the ink horse under his crotch was a BMW domesticated by himself, and he had accompanied his master for many years, and he had already been in touch with Merton. When there were still five or six meters away from the most layer of Hun soldiers, Merton jerked the reins of the horse, and the two front hooves of the ink horse left the ground, followed by the strong hind legs and kicked the ground, and the ink horse took off with Merton! climbed over the human wall in front of him.
Before the crossed Hun soldiers could react, Merton reflexively turned an arrow, and the man was killed on the spot. As Merton rode across the haystack, Murda jumped on the colt, and the two of them ran away. The men and horses of the siege of Merton saw that the prince had broken through and were in hot pursuit.
"Brother, thanks to those arrows. Otherwise, the eldest brother would have explained here today. Where do we cross the river from? ”
Merton asked Murda behind him
"Big brother, the south side of the wooden bridge is blocked, we can't get through it for the time being, Moxin and they are trying to find a way. We need to hold back our pursuers. ”
"What can you do?"
Murda smiled mysteriously and said
"You run southeast of the sheepfold."
Merton said yes and hurried away.
When the pursuers saw that Merton had broken through the blockade, they did not flee towards the wooden bridge, but followed closely and ran towards the sheepfold. As Merton's horse passed the sheepfold, Murda fired a rocket at the head sheep. Just in time for the dry weather, as soon as the rocket landed on the dry wool, a sea of fire immediately took off. Because the sheep were close together to keep warm, the head sheep was on fire, and the sheep that were huddled around it immediately caught fire. Coupled with the strong northwest wind, the fire quickly ignited on the entire flock like a prairie fire.
In a short time, the pursuers also happened to pass through the sheepfold. As soon as Murda pulled the rope tied to the loose stake, a gap was immediately opened in the south side of the sheepfold. The head sheep was burned unbearably by the fire, and when he saw that there was a gap in the sheepfold, which was facing the river, he rushed out desperately. When the sheep saw the first sheep rush out of the sheepfold, they rushed out of the sheepfold like a lightning speed.
Escape is the instinct of living beings, and when the sheep encounter such a catastrophe as a fire, they are completely devoid of their usual docility, and the speed is no less than that of thousands of horses. This group of fire sheep happened to hit the horses of the cavalry of the Hun brigade in the oblique stab, and immediately the horses turned on their backs. These thousands of fire sheep galloped and trampled on the overturned Hun soldiers. The Hun soldiers were wearing fur clothes, and they were burned to pieces by the fire on the sheep, even the men and horses. This fire sheep array is really tragic.
By the time the Huns were in disarray, Murda and Morton had already climbed over the mound to the reeds by the river. Merton tied the colt to the reeds, and before parting, he touched the horse's head and told it that he would come back to pick it up in a few moments. Moda helped Morton to the well turtle and said to the well turtle
"Hot sauce!"
The well turtle swam to the opposite shore with Merton and Medda. The two went ashore and ran straight to the mountain pass. Merton asked Murda as he ran
"Fifth brother, isn't there still an enemy at the southern end of the wooden bridge? We can't outrun these cavalry with our legs. What are their countermeasures? ”
Mo Da didn't have a bottom in his heart, he just listened to Mo Che briefly explain the tactics, and he didn't know how to operate the road. However, according to the plan, the defenders at the southern end of the wooden bridge should have been transferred by Moxin and them at this time. Forget it, it's useless to think about it, believe in your brother's ability.
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a shout of killing from the west!