"What's wrong?"

"The Houjin cavalry that followed us into the evening are probably scouts for the large army. ”

"Why?" Huang Shi was also taken aback, their column was too conspicuous, after bypassing Haizhou, there were always some Houjin cavalry circling around, and after the first few days of uneasiness passed, Huang Shi was also used to it.

The fortresses in Houjin are generally only about a hundred garrisons, and they only have the ability to hold on. At the level of communication in the Ming Dynasty, it was not easy for the local garrisons of Houjin to gather and attack.

"They came in the afternoon, and they were so far away from us that they didn't seem to dare to come closer. Seeing that Huangshi was still at a loss, Kong Youde further explained: "If it is an early warning force sent by a nearby fortress, then it will come in the morning." ”

"Maybe it's late. Huang Shi pondered the meaning of Kong Youde's words, sweat began to flow from his forehead, he was shocked by the dullness of his sense of smell on the battlefield, but there would never be a next time.

"No, the general early warning cavalry will lean forward in order to make it easier to observe our movements. Why are these people so far away? I think there are two reasons, first, they just have to keep an eye on our general direction. Secondly, they had been on the road all morning, and even yesterday they were on the road, so the horsepower was not as abundant as the other early warning cavalry, and they were afraid that if they approached, they would be pursued by our cavalry and could not run away. ”

"Then how many people do you think their large army will there be and when will they arrive. ”

"I don't know, but the scouts arrived this afternoon, so the main force of Jiannu will have to catch up with us tomorrow. Kong Youde unconsciously bit his thumb and briefly introduced the record in the war book, cavalry likes to raise full horsepower at night and attack early in the morning.

They analyzed and concluded that if Houjin arrived this evening, they would attack early tomorrow morning, otherwise Jin's main force would march normally, set up camp early tomorrow night, have a good rest, and attack early the day after tomorrow.

"Anyway, it's been these two days. ”

"But with the degree of the people, it will take about five days to get to Lushun. "Huangshi also understands that the current situation is sinister, and most civilians are unarmed.

Unlike Huangshi's descendants, Kong Youde's local garrison had family members, so they decided to leave the troops behind, planning to stop the Houjin army for three days and cover the retreat of civilians.

Huang Shi felt that his throat was dry, and he was finally embarrassed to say that he would flee first: "Tomorrow all the cavalry will stay behind to cover the escape of the large army, and the cavalry can also escape with horsepower." ”

"No," Kong Youde categorically rejected the idea: "The cavalry has poor defensive capabilities. Besides, the number is too small, if the enemy sends two hundred cavalry to bypass the cavalry and pursue the large army. Then the guards will not dare to volley, and the large forces will still be dragged down. Therefore, all the infantry had to stay, and the cavalry followed the large force to guard against possible small groups of Jiannu. ”

"What should the enemy do if they bypass the infantry?"

"No, the enemy army does not know the strength of our army, if you rush to bypass, you may fall into a two-sided attack, and it is more dangerous to divide your troops to bypass, and it is easy to be broken by our main force in the middle. Moreover, the cavalry is in the front team, as long as they take the initiative to disperse the Jiannu scout cavalry, they can cut off the information. ”

Huang Shi felt that he had shown a fatal flaw in Kong Youde: "What if the enemy army has a thousand cavalry and divides it into two teams? Even if all the infantry remains, we still won't be able to defeat any of them. ”

Kong Youde glared at Huang Shi, as if there was something strange on his face: "If there are 1,000 cavalry, what are we still discussing? No matter how we deploy, we will die! As long as Jiannu has more than 500 cavalry, we will die!"

Huang Shi struggled psychologically, and finally let the psychology of good face prevail: "Then you tell me the plan, I don't know how to command the infantry against the pursuit of the cavalry?"

"You said you wanted to stay?" Kong Youde's eyes widened.

"yes, are you staying?" asked Yellowstone curiously.

"Of course I stay, I can't escape if you stay," Kong Youde said in a daze, not feeling that his words were very hurtful: "So you go first, as long as you can take the civilians and run away, so that I don't have to worry about the future." It will be much easier for me to act. ”

The red-faced Huang Shi was about to argue a few sentences, when he suddenly heard a loud commotion outside the door, and then one of Kong Youde's personal soldiers shouted outside: "Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

Kong Youde and Huang Shi's hearts tightened at the same time, and they shouted at the same time: "Come in." ”

The soldier picked up the tent and ran in, hurriedly saluted Huangshi, and reported to Kong Youde. About twenty or so Houjin cavalry attacked the left side of the camp, killing some civilians who were chopping wood and fetching water, and the army on the outskirts of the camp had already assembled itself, and this soldier came to ask if he would immediately go out to disperse the harassing Houjin cavalry.

"There's no hurry. After Kong Youde finished speaking, he thought about it, and after a while, he glanced up at Huang Shi and gave a categorical order: "Stick to the camp, all teams are strictly forbidden to attack without authorization." Let the people around them retreat. ”

"Yes. The soldier replied loudly and gave a solemn military salute to Kong Youde.

Huang Shi looked at the expressions of Kong Youde's subordinates, his heart was full of strange taste, these days he has a feeling that since he was defeated by Kong Youde, his subordinates have become more and more inclined to give opinions on their own orders, where is there the spirit of Kong Youde's subordinates to carry out orders to the letter.

The information continued to be reported, and it seemed that the twenty or so cavalry outside the camp were the two dozen cavalry, who went around the enclosure to kill and wound the laboring civilians on the periphery, and also carried the dead people on their guns, and stood outside the range of bows and arrows and laughed loudly at the Ming soldiers inside.

"Proud soldiers," Kong Youde sneered: "Just a dozen or so people dare to be so unscrupulous around my army." ”

"They have reason to be proud. Huang Shi added without any emotion, these enemy soldiers seemed to be the elite of the Houjin Central Center.

Over the past few years, the Ming army has collapsed when it sees the Houjin troops, and every time they fight, it is a one-to-ten or one-to-dozens exchange ratio, and dozens of Houjin soldiers dare to run away with thousands of Ming troops. So it's not surprising that the Houjin cavalry outside is so arrogant.

"They have killed and wounded dozens of my people. Kong Youde snorted coldly again.

"So they will become more arrogant," Huang Shi understood what Kong Youde was thinking, "Our army does not dare to attack, and it is normal for them to think so." ”

Kong Youde showed a smile on his cold face: "Brother Huang continued, let's see if it is the same as what he thinks." ”

"Well, I thought they would soon confirm that our army was nothing more than a gutless rat, just like the rest of the Ming army. They now do not hesitate to toss and turn, and by night they will be very tired, not to mention that they have a day to go. ”

Kong Youde stroked his palms and laughed: "Brother Huang and a certain thought went together." ”

"The hero sees the same thing," Huang Shi also laughed: "Let the little brother go for tonight's night attack." ”

"Why use a knife to kill chickens, twenty cavalry is only, and fifty people can be regarded as worthy of them. Tomorrow we may encounter real danger, and Brother Huang should have a good rest tonight. ”

(End of Section 16)

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