Chapter 1312: The barbarians enter the empty village
The leader rushed and killed for a while, leading the soldiers to retreat to the village, Xu Huang counted the number of people, and the remaining soldiers were only more than 700 people.
In a fight, there were more than 300 people missing, which made Xu Huang feel bored for a while.
At this rate of casualties, they would only be able to fight the barbarians in two battles at most, and then they would be completely annihilated.
The soldiers who followed Xu Huang back to the village were all covered in blood, and most of them were somewhat injured.
Looking around at the soldiers, Xu Huang waved his hand and said: "A fight, the soldiers have worked hard, let's rest!" ”
After receiving the order, the soldiers who survived the battle responded one after another, got off their horses, and found a place to rest.
Although the soldiers of the Han army rested, few of them really relaxed their vigilance.
The barbarians were not too far away from them, and if they stepped up their pursuit, they would not even need half a day to rush to the entrance of the small village.
The soldiers got off their horses, sat in groups of three or five at the door of the houses in the small village, took out dry food from their bosoms one by one, and ate them with water bladders.
Xu Huang led the army to fight with the barbarian soldiers, and when he led the soldiers back to the village, the army led by Zhuge Jun arrived at a place more than two hundred miles away from them.
Traveling all the way, it is not that Zhuge has the intention of delaying the progress, but that the army has grain and grass, even if he wants to speed up the march, the baggage cannot keep up.
Throwing down his baggage and speeding up, Zhuge was not very relieved.
The total number of the army he led was far less than that of the barbarians, and if they marched in batches, they would surely be broken by the barbarians.
Furrowing his brows and looking ahead, Zhuge Jun shouted to the Han soldiers behind him: "Soldiers, the barbarians have invaded Yizhou, and we are the soldiers of the Han Dynasty and bear the responsibility of defending the Han Dynasty. Now that General Xu Huang is leading more than 1,000 Tongze, they are fighting with tens of thousands of barbarian soldiers, and if we delay for a day, they will have a little less chance of survival! All speed up the march for General Ben, and be sure to rush to the battlefield within three days! ”
Hearing Zhuge Jun's shout, the soldiers of the Han army responded one after another and quickened the pace under their feet.
But even if they sped up their pace a lot, it was impossible for them to be too fast because of the weight in the queue.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and looking at the already dark front, Zhuge Jun did not order the team to stop advancing.
Xu Chu and Dian Wei, who were following him, were also bent on rushing to the battlefield, and the two did not open their mouths to persuade Zhuge Jun to camp and rest.
The army marched all the way until late at night, and the road ahead was no longer clearly visible, Zhuge Jun raised his arm and shouted to the team behind: "The army stops, stay on the spot!" ”
The order to be stationed was issued, but Zhuge Jun's mood was unusually heavy.
If they delay on the road for a moment, Xu Huang and the others will have more crises.
When Zhuge Jun ordered the army to be stationed, the barbarian troops led by Jinhuan Sanjie and others had already arrived at the entrance of the small village.
The barbarians who arrived at the entrance of the village did not attack the village, they just watched from afar, watching the movements of the Han army in the village.
The soldiers of the Han army in the village did not light the torches, and the whole village fell into darkness.
The barbarians outside the village could not see the situation in the village, but the Han army in the village could see them clearly.
Standing in the village, looking at the barbarians outside the village, Xu Huang's brows were tightly locked.
"General, our army is in the village, if the barbarians put a fire......" Standing beside Xu Huang, Shi Jian looked at the barbarians outside the village and whispered to Xu Huang: "I am afraid that no one in our army will be able to escape the doom!" ”
Without saying a word, Xu Huang's brows were tightly frowned, and after a while, he said to Shi Lian: "Pass the order, and the soldiers will withdraw from the village." ”
"Withdraw?" His eyes opened suddenly, and Shi Jian asked him: "There are mountains everywhere, and when you enter the mountains, I'm afraid that our army is not a barbarian opponent!" ”
"Retreat to the side of the mountain!" Turning his head to look at Shi Lian, Xu Huang said: "Take advantage of the mountain to march north, and walk in the direction of the army, it won't take long to see General Zhuge !" ”
"But our army withdraws, ......" Xu Huang's order made Shi Jian difficult, and said with some doubts: "What should the barbarians do if they drive straight in?" ”
"The withdrawal of our army is not not to attack the barbarians!" Gently patting him on the shoulder, Xu Huang said: "I will wait to evacuate the village, and the brute soldiers may enter the village to search, and then we will put this fire!" ”
Looking at Xu Huang, Shi Jian didn't understand it at first, and after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly realized, and hurriedly turned his head to the pro-soldiers on the side and said, "Pass the order, the whole army will evacuate the village!" ”
After receiving the order, the soldiers responded and conveyed the order to the Han soldiers stationed in the village.
It was just a moment, and more than 700 Han soldiers led their horses, left the village lightly, and walked out from the entrance of the village on the other side.
The movements of the soldiers of the Han army were very gentle, and when the horses moved, although the horses' hooves would make a slight noise when they stepped on the ground, the barbarians outside the village could not hear the sound because of the distance.
The Han army in the village evacuated quietly, but the barbarians outside the village were still at a loss, looking at the dark village vigilantly.
"I've been waiting for a while!" Looking at the village, Ah Hao whispered to the Golden Ring Sanjie: "Do you want to send some people into the village to take a look!" ”
Staring at the dark village, Jinhuan Sanjie hesitated for a moment before saying to a brute behind him: "Send a hundred and ten people into the village to have a look!" Look at what the Han army is moving! ”
The brute agreed, and said something to the brute behind him.
A moment later, more than a hundred brute soldiers who had been assigned to investigate the village left the village with their heads probed.
It was still far from the village, but the more than 100 barbarians did not dare to walk too fast, they took careful steps one by one, and every step forward, it was as if someone was dragging their legs, which was extremely difficult!
Looking at the more than 100 barbarians approaching the village, the face of the golden ring and the three knots was very ugly.
These barbarians in his cave have never been afraid of fighting and killing in the past, but now when they mention the Han army, they all seem to have lost their souls, and they can't even walk smoothly!
After a long time, more than a hundred brute soldiers marched to a place that was only more than ten steps away from the entrance of the village, and they all suddenly squatted down.
Looking at the three knots of the golden rings on their backs from afar, when he saw them squatting down, his heart suddenly rose to his throat.
Staring at the barbarians squatting down, Jinhuan Sanjie, Ah Xu, and Dong Di were all clenched their fists tightly, and even their palms were drenched in cold sweat.
To their dismay, after a while, the brutes stood up again and continued to touch the village.
They squatted down, not because they found the Han army, but simply out of fear of the Han army!
More than 100 barbarian soldiers finally entered the village, and the Jinhuan Sanjie and the others, who were watching from a distance, did not wait for the imaginary sound of fighting.
The village is quiet, breathtakingly quiet.
Clenched their fists tightly, and waited for a while, Jinhuan Sanjie and the others saw a figure running out of the entrance of the village.
The figure left the village, beckoning to them from afar, shouting something.
But because of the distance, they couldn't hear what the figure was shouting.
The figure was getting closer and closer, and when it was so close that the shouting could be faintly heard, Jinhuan Sanjie, Ah Xu, and Dong Dana glanced at each other, and secretly shouted in their hearts, "It's not good!" ”
The barbarians who entered the village to investigate were not attacked by the Han army, and after entering the small village, they soon found that the village was already empty, and there was no trace of half of the Han army.
Hearing the shouts of the barbarians who went to investigate the village, Jinhuan Sanjie hurriedly beckoned behind him and shouted, "Enter the village!" ”
The Han army had already evacuated the village, and the barbarians who were still afraid of them in their hearts got the news, and one by one they became bold, and as soon as the order of the golden ring and the three knots was given, many barbarians rushed towards the village.
The village is not big, more than 1,000 Han troops stationed in it are still crowded, nearly 10,000 barbarians flock to the village, and the small village cannot accommodate it at all.
Leading the barbarians into the village, Jinhuan Sanjie looked around, took the torch from one of the barbarians, shone it on the ground, and said to Ah Hao and Dong Dana: "The Han people have not gone far, their horseshoe prints have just left!" ”
Ah Hao and Dong Dana stretched their necks and looked towards the entrance of the village on the other side, and neither of them said a word.
At dusk, they had already chased to the entrance of the village, at that time the Han army had not withdrawn, and chose to evacuate at night, the Han army must have considered that once the barbarians pursued, they could turn back at any time, and the pursuers were caught off guard.
Although Dong Dana and Ah Xuan are the leaders of the barbarian clan, they are not completely unintelligent.
The two looked at the entrance of the village on the other side, and they both thought that the Han army would withdraw from there, but they did not propose to lead the troops to pursue.
As the commander of the army, the Golden Ring Sanjie was more transparent than Ah Xuan and Dong Di, and he also glanced at the entrance of the village opposite, and then said to the barbarians beside him: "Rest near the village, and tomorrow morning, I will go to pursue the Han people!" ”
Hearing that there was no need to pursue the Han people late at night, the barbarians were relieved one by one.
Many of the barbarians who entered the village saw that the village was idle and empty, and they all went into the houses, intending to rest in the houses.
Living in caves all year round, the barbarians were able to adapt to the harsh environment, but now that there were more comfortable houses, they refused to sleep in the wilderness.
There were too many barbarian soldiers, and after all, there were too few houses, and many barbarians tore each other apart in order to get into the houses.
The village was quiet at first, but after the Golden Ring Three Knots gave the order, it gradually boiled.
The barbarians in the village scrambled to squeeze into the house, and Jinhuan Sanjie, Dong Dana, and Ah Hao also chose a house as a resting place for the night.
Just as the barbarians were grabbing a place to sleep at night, a fire suddenly lit up at the entrance of the village on the side where the Han army had withdrawn.
The barbarians who entered the village were all carrying torches, and the fire at the entrance of the village was lit, which did not attract enough attention from them, and the barbarians who did not grab a place to live were still desperately rushing towards the houses that had been crowded to the brim.