Chapter Seventy-One: Exploiting Wounds to Seek Enemies
Xiahou Yan was no longer able to speak, and when Peng Hantao saw this, he could only sigh and retreat.
And the people withdrew from the back tent and returned to the front tent.
"The marshal's idea to withdraw from the army, what do you say?" Ma Yu was the first to ask.
There were still some generals in the army waiting in the front tent, except for a few main generals in each battalion, they were not qualified to enter and leave the marshal's back tent at will, so what Xiahou Yan said in the back, these generals did not know.
This will listen to Ma Yu talk about retreating, and they will all talk to each other.
Let these generals talk to each other, Ma Yu and other generals did not stop them, they also had to listen to see what these generals meant, and then make a decision.
After the tea, seeing that the voice of speech in the tent was getting weaker, Ma Yu spoke again: "What do you mean by the lords?" โ
Peng Hantao sat on the chair and rubbed his chin: "Since the marshal has given the order, we naturally have to follow the marshal's will and withdraw the troops!" โ
"But now that the two armies are facing each other, if we retreat at this time, I am afraid that the Qiang Hou army will definitely go out of the city to chase and kill, and then it will not be ......" A high-ranking general questioned.
"It makes sense, even if you want to retreat, you can't let the enemy detect it, you need to act secretly!" Another general said.
"The marshal's military order cannot be violated, but your concerns are also true." Yutai spoke, paused and continued: "It's better to pass the order, quietly prepare at night, truce for a day during the day tomorrow, stay until nightfall, extinguish half of the lights in the camp, and take advantage of the night, our whole army will retreat!" โ
Yutai's strategy Everyone thought about it carefully, and felt that the problem should not be big, and after discussing the details for a while, they decided to follow Yutai's suggestion.
The next day, sure enough, the Qiang Houjun went out of the city again to call for battle, but this time it was changed to Xiyu and closed the camp gate and couldn't get out.
At night, only a small number of lamps from the front camp and braziers for lighting in the camp were left, and the rest were extinguished early.
Without lights, it is naturally convenient for some people who need to act in secrecy to do some things.
The two figures followed the dark corner in the camp, and they sneaked out of the Xiyu military camp and rushed all the way to the county seat of Luzhou.
After the two left, Yu Tai and Peng Hantao walked out of another dark corner.
Looking at the departing figure, Peng Hantao: "It's almost, we should also lead the army to set off, otherwise we will be caught up by Helian Xiaoshi early, but we will miss the marshal's strategy!" โ
"Huh!" Yutai sneered: "These two people have been detected by us since they sneaked in from the beginning, and they have been kept until today, which is finally a little useful!" โ
"Let's go!" Peng Hantao greeted and turned away.
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Helian Xiaoshi, who was already asleep, was woken up by his subordinates: "General, our fine work in the Xiyu camp is back!" โ
Helian Xiaoshi was still angry, but as soon as he heard this, he immediately jumped up from the bed: "Let people in!" โ
The two men wearing the costumes of the Xiyu soldiers came in and kowtowed first, and then knelt on the ground and told Helian Xiaoshi in detail about the changes in the Xiyu camp in the past two days.
"So, the Xiyu people are going to evacuate at night?" Helian Xiaoshi's heart moved.
"Yes, General, they're going to leave tonight, ...... you see?"
After thinking about it, Helian Xiaoshi patted the edge of the bed: "Someone, give an order, gather soldiers and horses, gather soldiers and horses immediately!" โ
In the city of Luzhou County, the soldiers were busy and chaotic for a while, and Helian Xiaoshi gave an order, and the generals who had already rested were dressed up and gathered at the city gate!
Helian Xiaoshi was already inside the city gate, and he was a little impatient to urge the army to gather.
Some of the Qiang generals who still didn't know what was going on asked each other one after another, trying to figure out why they suddenly ordered the whole army to be assembled in the middle of the night!
"Marshal Xiyu was shot and wounded by our army the day before yesterday, and now he is seriously injured and retreats at night. Helian Xiaoshi saw that the people were almost coming, so he told him what was going on in the middle of the night.
When Qiang Houjun heard this, he instantly blew up.
Seeing that the soldiers were restless, Helian Xiaoshi said some encouraging words, which further boosted the morale of the soldiers.
"Open the city gate and follow General Ben out of the city to break the enemy!"
Helian Xiaoshi fell, and galloped out of the city in the lead.
Because it was a temporary intention, Helian Xiaoshi only took less than 30,000 people out of the city, preparing to attack and kill the Xiyu army all the way.
When he rushed to the Xiyu military camp with his people, what he saw was only an empty camp, and the soldiers inside were all straw men made of straw, wearing some broken armor, and they looked like real people from a distance!
"Bastard, what a cunning cunt!" Helian Xiaoshi slashed down a straw man with a sword and scolded.
After passing through the abandoned military camp in Xiyu, Helian Xiaoshi and his men had just chased out less than three miles when they encountered the sentinel who had gone to investigate.
"General, the movement of the Xiyu army has been discovered, and it is in front of our army!" Sentry Trail.
Helian Xiaoshi pursed his lips and snorted coldly when he heard this, turned his head and raised his sword: "Chase after General Ben, catch up!" โ
"Boomโ"
Nearly 10,000 cavalry galloped on horseback, and the ground trembled slightly, and the civilians in the mountain villages near the left woke up in the middle of the night in fright and hid in their own water tanks to avoid disaster!
In less than a stick of incense, he saw the retreating army of Xiyu from a distance, and Helian Xiaoshi's expression was instantly shocked. Commanding the cavalry to divide into two routes, bypassing from both sides, preparing for the cavalry to cut off the retreating Xiyu army.
The cavalry team was divided into two, and galloped towards the Xiyu army in two semicircles!
Peng Hantao's front army pretended to be the rear army at this time, and happened to encounter the pursuers led by Helian Xiaoshi, so a battle started on the spot!
Peng Hantao, who lived in the middle of the whole army, did not have a panicked look on his face, but responded calmly, commanding the forward battalion to continuously lead Helian Xiaoshi's army forward.
Although the forward battalion suffered a lot of losses along the way, it finally succeeded in leading Helian Xiaoshi's army into the 'Pangu' according to the strategy.
In the middle of the valley, Peng Hantao gasped: "Damn, it's finally on the ground!" โ
Looking at the enemy troops who were closely following behind, as well as the enemy cavalry sent by Helian Xiaoshi to block the forward battalion before, Peng Hantao's frowning brows finally loosened a little.
However, he still felt a little pain in his heart, he had been cut off by a small part of the cavalry of the Qiang Hou Army before, I am afraid that those soldiers are more than lucky!
However, looking at most of the enemy troops who were catching up, Peng Hantao was still satisfied.
"Send a signal and let the friendly forces lying in ambush outside the valley separate the enemy forces that are catching up!" Peng Hantao commanded.
The guards held torches and lit a firewood pile covered by pine wood that had been prepared earlier, and poured tung oil on it, and the fire ignited in an instant!
Helian Xiaoshi was at the mouth of the valley, and suddenly saw a large bonfire burning in the valley passage, and his heart shook suddenly, and a very bad feeling faintly rose.
Before he could react, a large number of Xiyu soldiers suddenly sprang out around the mouth of the valley!
This time, there is no need to say that I have been tricked.
Helian Xiaoshi's face suddenly changed miserably, looking at the large number of cavalry and soldiers pouring in the valley passage, as well as the archers who were crowded at the mouth of the valley.
"Retreat, exit the valley!" Helian Youngstone roars!
"Whoosh ......"
In response to Helian Xiaoshi, there are a large number of arrows and crossbows, especially after Min Feihan presented the manufacturing drawings of the 'Chasing the Moon Repeater', the Xiyu army has stepped up the production and has been equipped with a large number of 'Chasing the Moon Repeater', at this time, the lethality brought by this kind of bow and crossbow is huge!
No matter how Helian Xiaoshi roared, the soldiers of the Qiang Hou Army were all because of the narrow passage in the valley, and the number of people pouring in at one time was too large, and Peng Hantao led the forward battalion to turn around and kill and pinn down, so that the Qiang Hou Army could not withdraw smoothly.
Constantly people were shot into hedgehogs and fell, and the Xiyu ambush soldiers who surrounded them from the outside also divided the Qianghou army into two at this time, blocking the inside and outside of the 'Pangu'.
Helian Xiaoshi was kept out with thousands of people, and could only watch as the Qiang soldiers in the valley were constantly eaten and slaughtered.
Helian Hinashi regrets it too late!
But the scene that followed made Helian Xiaoshi vomit blood immediately.
Xiahou Yan, who suddenly walked out from behind the boulder in the middle of the mountain, looked playful: "General Helian, at this time, I am only afraid that the county town of Luzhou will be captured by our army, I don't know where General Helian will live after tonight?" โ
"What? You! Helian Xiaoshi's face turned red.
"Poofโ"
Riding on a horse and crumbling, Helian Xiaoshi could still take care of the soldiers trapped in the valley at this time, and with thousands of soldiers around him, he hurriedly turned his head and headed towards the county town!
Nearly 20,000 soldiers in the valley suddenly became outcasts.
In the middle of the night, the Qiang soldiers were killed and wounded innumerably, and when the morning sun rose, the valley was full of the corpses of the Qiang Hou soldiers, and there were some people who were not dead, but they all became prisoners!
At this time, the county town of Luzhou also fell into chaos.
Because Helian Xiaoshi was deceived by Xiahou Yan, he returned to the county with thousands of people, but unexpectedly, Ma Yu, who was waiting not far from the city early in the morning, took advantage of Helian Xiaoshi to hurry back, and found that he was on the time again, and angrily ordered the city gate to open and prepare to lead the army into the city.
At this time, most of the Qiang army had not yet entered the city, and the Qiang soldiers did not react in time to see the big change, and did not close the city gate in time, so that the Xiyu army quickly pressed on and seized the control of the city gate.
Chen Tong led the army to regain control of the city gate from within, but was blocked by Ma Yu several times.
At this time, Helian Xiaoshi had already fainted to death in anger because of the successive calculations, and he could not command the Qiang Hou army to counterattack at all.
Ma Yu led people to seize the city wall, guarded the city tower, and watched the Qiang waiting army to defend the city gradually surrounded.
"Hold on, and when dawn comes, our army will be able to rush to the aid of here, and everyone will shrink together, occupy several major intersections, and block the enemy there!"
With proper command and joint force allocation, Ma Yu is worthy of being a capable person as the chief general of an army.
More than 20,000 people, tens of thousands of Qiang Hou troops were held in the city, and the south gate of Luzhou County was completely controlled by Ma Yu.
Looking at the defense line of the Xiyu army that had been stabilized, Chen Tong shook his head and smiled bitterly, when he heard that the Xiyu army retreated at night, Chen Tong was suspicious, and strongly persuaded Helian Xiaoshi not to rashly lead the army to pursue.
However, Helian Xiaoshi didn't listen, and insisted on ending up like this, and now even the south gate of Luzhou County is also lost, I'm afraid that it won't be long before the Xiyu army will appear outside the city!
"My lord, we, what should we do now?"