The sun should have risen a long time ago, but it could not penetrate the veil of fog that shrouded the valley of the Shehe River.

It had been six days since Gu Luo decided to withdraw his troops on the morning of the day, and six days later, on the morning of the seventh day, Gu Luo was still in the same position as six days ago, and their camp last night was two miles opposite those damn Sui troops, and they could clearly see the Sui army longbowmen swaying in the Sui camp on the mountain walls on both sides. The season has passed the winter solstice, the early winter season, but it is already a cold season here outside the plug, and the sun is much weaker, although the wind is biting, but the dense fog in the valley of the river does not seem to disperse at all.

Gu Luo, the leader of the remaining more than 8,000 Tongluo cavalry, gently patted the slightly restless mount with his palm. This majestic horse has lost a lot of weight these days, and if it continues like this, this good horse will be scrapped. This is not the first time Guluo has participated in a war, but he has fought countless battles, but he has never fought such a battle, he has fought with other tribes of Tiele, even with the Blue Turks, with the barbarians of Murowei, with the Xi people, the Khitans, the Tatar people, the Goguryeo people, etc., and also with the Han people. He has won and lost, but he has never fought a humiliating battle like this one. It's like falling into a swamp, no matter how much you pull your legs, but you keep falling, sinking deeper and deeper, and the more you struggle, the deeper you fall. Now that's how he felt, fighting with those damn Sui people for days, and he could get less than three hundred heads, but he paid nearly two thousand casualties. What's worse is that he is still trapped here, unable to advance or retreat. For six days, each time he retreated. These damn Han Xi cavalry stuck up like maggots attached to the bones, constantly attacking. You turn around, but he turns around and runs again. I won't fight you at all. This back and forth, walking and stopping, did not go out of twenty miles in a day. When it was night, it was the time when these Han people were rampantly attacking and harassing. Gu Luo exhausted all methods, left people behind the palace, deceived and lured the enemy, and set up an ambush, but none of them succeeded. In the end, six days had passed, and they were back where they had set out six days earlier. And the Sui people got into the camp again, and there was an atmosphere of irritability and uneasiness throughout the whole army, and everyone was already fed up.

The sound of horses' hooves came from behind, and a scout rider in leather armor appeared.

"Tong Jin, there is no sign of the Han people leaving the camp."

In fact, they were so close, even if there was fog, Gu Luo had already seen the Sui soldiers in the Han camp opposite. Last night, Gu Luo asked his subordinates to wait for the day, thinking that the Sui people would attack the camp in a big way like the night before, but they waited cautiously all night. Except for a war drum horn and shouting about half an hour apart, the Sui people did not have the slightest substantive action at all, so they waited in vain in the cold night. As soon as the morning dawned, Gu Luo had already asked his subordinates to pull out the camp. Be prepared to retreat. This time, he was really ready to withdraw despite the fact that he was going to leave. He could see that this Sui army was planning to continue to harass like this. But he doesn't really have to fight them at all.

"What tricks are these Han people playing, why haven't they moved at all?" Gu Luo felt a little uneasy in his heart. These days, the Sui army is chasing and biting them like mad dogs. Of course, they were extremely impatient. But now that they were ready to retreat, the Sui people did not immediately go out of the camp to harass and pursue as before. On the contrary, the camp was extremely quiet, which made Gu Luo feel empty in his heart. He's now scared of those damn Sui people.

"Maybe it's the fog that has helped us a lot." Commander Si'an said from the side. "Such a dense fog is very bad for the march, but it is even less conducive to the pursuit. The fog is so great that we can easily set up an ambush, and they will be ambushed if they are not careful. ”

Gu Luo grinned, he laughed to himself a little that he was so nervous these days, and he even forgot about it. "This fog fell from the Immortal Heaven, and it was to help us evacuate." It was very unfavorable to march in the fog, but at the moment, the Tongluo army was marching in a valley that was only a few miles wide, and there was no need to worry about getting lost and disoriented. However, as Si'an said, such a fog, if the Han people dared to pursue, they just took advantage of the fog to ambush. It is estimated that the Han people also saw this, so they didn't dare to catch up.

"Order, withdraw the troops!"

As the sound of the horn echoed in the valley, the eight thousand Tongluo cavalry slowly withdrew eastward, and soon they were all hidden in the thick fog.

On the watchtower of the Sui camp in the west of the valley, the sentry who had been observing the movements of the Hu people immediately waved the red and blue flags to the camp and conveyed the news in the flag language.

The Taniguchi camp, which originally contained more than 10,000 people and horses, although the camp tent is still the same at this time, most of it has long been vacant. In Yi Feng's big tent, the remaining generals had already gathered together.

"Report, the Tiele people have withdrawn!"

Zuo Sima Zhang Liang was full of smiles, "Hu Gou has been tossed by us enough these days, and now it is estimated that he is scolding his mother while escaping." ”

"Aren't you chasing?" Even if the cavalry battalion general Shan Xiongxin is in the camp tent, he is still in iron armor.

Zhang Liang nodded, "Two days ago, the general sent back a letter, he has arrived at the east mouth of Shehechuan, and we have delayed the retreat of the Tiele people for two days in the past two days. It is enough, let them rejoice for a while, wait for them to retreat to the east of the river, and then let them fall from the clouds to the mud. We just need to follow the general's order, guard this camp in western Sichuan, and close the door to beat the dogs. ”

"Cheap them."

Qin Qiong said with a smile: "Actually, we have been pestering the Tiele people these days, and the brothers are also tired and tired, and we have lost almost three hundred brothers before and after, and if we continue to fight, I am afraid that the casualties will be greater." Yi Shuai's side, with the time of the past few days, has already erected a strong camp waiting for the Hu people to send it to the door to meet and break the blood, let's defend this place, we will complete the task, after the war, our cavalry battalion should have a great achievement. ”

"Well, hand over the battalion defense task to the brothers of the infantry battalion, let the brothers of the cavalry battalion disarm and rest, take care of their spirits, feed the horses, and in two days, it is estimated that there will be a chance to go into battle and beat the water dogs." Uncle Zhang said with a smile.

The generals and colonels of the battalion are very relaxed, if it is a plain area, even if the Sui army has 20,000 horses, it can be difficult to please 10,000 Tiele cavalry. Even if you are undefeated, you can defeat your opponent, but most of them can only be defeated but not annihilated. But now, at a very small cost, they relied on Yi Shuai's strategy to successfully trap 10,000 Tiele cavalry in this river valley, and came to close the door and beat the dogs. It is estimated that the Tiele people would never have imagined that in the past few days, the Sui army, which has been chasing them, is actually the vast majority of the combat power in the Sui camp. They didn't even expect that tens of thousands of Sui troops had already made a detour behind them, blocking their retreat.

Gu Luo took eight thousand Tongluo cavalry to retreat all the way to the east, stopping and stopping, he did not dare to retreat directly, but divided the eight thousand people into eight thousand teams, alternately covering the retreat. However, by dusk, they had withdrawn fifty miles of road, and they had not seen the soldiers and horses pursued by the Sui people. Gu Luo finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he still didn't dare to be careless in his heart, he didn't even want to leave this ghost place in a hurry, and he didn't want to stay longer for a moment. After the soldiers and horses had rested for half an hour, he ordered the march to continue, and the whole army retreated in the dark with torches. I'm afraid that I'll camp here all night, and after dawn, those damn Sui people will catch up again.

After a night of marching, there were no accidents.

By daybreak, they were about to leave the valley.

"The Han army was found in front!"

The shouts from the front came in waves, and with fear, they went straight to the main formation of the Chinese army in Guluo.

The herald cavalry sent by Si'an, the commander of the thousand-man cavalry team who took the lead, rushed to report that there were Han cavalry scouts in the fog ahead.

"Five miles further on, there is the exit of the river valley, where is the Songshan Tent Plain, an open plain area, whether it is to rest in the Songshan Tent, or immediately go north along the original road of the Lok Ma River back to Tiele, it is already close at hand. In five miles, we will be able to get out of this damn place, how can there be a Han army there? Gu Luo muttered, a little incredulous. But he thought it was just a squad of Han Chinese scout cavalry, at least that's what he expected.

The troops slowed down and continued to advance.

The distance of five miles is not far away, and the Tiele cavalry has soon reached the mouth of the valley.

A gust of north wind howled and dispersed the thick fog at the mouth of the valley.

Bursts of exclamations rang out, "Han Army! ”

"Han Army!"

Si An, the former commander of the army on horseback, looked at Taniguchi, dumbfounded, and muttered in disbelief: "Han army camp, no, it is a castle of the Han army, this, how is this possible!" At this moment, he suspected that he was dreaming. A few days earlier, they had passed through the valley, and at that time it had been a land of snow and ice, with nothing but snow and dead trees and hay. However, when they returned a few days later, a tall castle stood in front of them, intercepting the valley pass of the Izukawa. On top of that high fortress, a huge white tiger flag fluttered in the wind, hunting sound!

Not only was Si An speechless in shock, but even those Tiele cavalry were all shocked by the sudden appearance of the castle at this time. Some people were even shocked by this miraculous castle and thought it was a miracle, so they rolled their saddles and dismounted, and knelt down in the ice and snow.

In the vast white snow, the 8,000 Tiele people were all shocked by the castle in front of them, and more and more Tongluo cavalry dismounted and knelt in the snow. They believed that it was impossible for man to build a fortress in the wilderness in a matter of days, and this was a miracle of God. In the face of this great power, they are intimidated, fearful, and worshipped!

PS: I've been hospitalized in the hospital these days, neuralgia, painful fidgeting, and it's hard to code. It's a little better today.,Endured the pain and sent a chapter first.。

PS2: I suddenly remembered that today is the Leftover Egg Festival, I wish you all a happy Leftover Egg Festival! (To be continued......)