Chapter 19: The Remnants of the Fleeing Enemy

Hadu didn't think too long in the space of consciousness, and he retreated to face the old patriarch and high priest of the "Mu-Tua-Yin" tribe. The other party didn't show any abnormality www.biquge.info the other party, but asked Hadu about his next deployment. Since they had an elite Assassin force under their command, Hado wanted to send this special force to the remaining large tribes to gather all kinds of information before the army arrived at them, which would also make it easier for him to find out the news himself.

Back in the city of "Mu-Tua-Yin", he walked around the city a little more carefully, paying more attention to the part used to smelt ore, and found that their method of smelting ore was not much different from the smelting technology of brass, and Hadu did not care too much about this matter.

The Assassin troops left the city first, and he did not stay in the city any longer before he and the cavalry set out on their way home.

It was another trip of four rises and falls, but Hado was not at all bored by the length of the trip - both the charming scenery around him and the unscrupulous wolf made him feel enough excitement. The head wolf and the wolves launched a night attack on the sleeping Hadu and his party before the end of the second ascension, but Hadu had the talent of perceiving danger from the hidden experience he learned from the fang, and as a result, the incoming wolves were all slaughtered by Hadu. This time, however, the leader of the pack was not as lucky as last time - Hadu was in no hurry to return to the tower, so he had enough time to chase the head wolf, and in the end he succeeded in plundering the head wolf.

"You have plundered the Night Timberwolves' Shimmer Night Vision, +400 for Kindness and +400 for Malice;

You have plundered the Nighttimber's Offensive Strategy experience, +1000 for Goodwill and +1000 for Malice. ”

After the plunder, Hadu suddenly turned a blind eye to the darkness of his surroundings, and even in the faint light of the crescent moon, the otherwise gloomy scenes of the forest could now be seen clearly. This time, Hadu didn't wait any longer, but went directly into the consciousness space to check it out.

"Your plundered Night Timber Wolf night vision ability allows you to obtain enemy intelligence at night without being detected by the enemy, recognized by the leader of the Assassin force, +400;

The attack strategy of the Night Wood Wolf Head Wolf that you plundered, so that 'Shin'ne-Nu' suffered less losses in the war attack, and the top officials of the original tribes saluted you, +1000. ”

"Your search for enemy tribes can be carried out in a completely unknown state, making the enemy higher-ups even more afraid of your strength, +400;

Your ability to manipulate the big picture in inter-tribal warfare demoralizes your enemies and fears you as if they were being reprimanded by the gods, +1000. ”

Hado found that with the progress of the great cause of grassland unification, the corresponding emotions generated by individual clansmen in the accumulation of good and evil values have been reduced more and more, and have been replaced by emotions generated by a community, a tribe, or a faction. This may have something to do with the level at which Hado is currently standing: subtly, the distance between Hadu and ordinary people is gradually increasing, and at the same time, his vision must also be fixed on the whole "Shin'ne-Nu", not just on each tribe itself.

Returning to the vicinity of the tower, the deputy chiefs told Hadu bad news: the Cin-Din-Ta and Bi-Man-Sje tribes had been attacked. Fortunately, Hadu sent some troops to help them defend in time, and did not cause much loss of personnel, but the leader of the "Cin-Din-Ta" tribe was unfortunately hit in the vital part of the enemy and was seriously wounded and died, while the "Bi-Man-Sje" was attacked into the core area of the tribe, destroying a lot of rice, and it was only through the rescue harvest of a group of farmers that a few grains were saved.

The two tribes involved in the attack were mainly the "Yo-Fo-Hi" tribe who believed in "A-Fo'ol", and their three allies/affiliated tribes, namely "Luo-Fe-Yon" who believed in the god of the baby "Ji-Hor're", "Pu-So-Hun" who believed in the god of rivers "Sju-Ho", and "Fu-Ril-Kue" who believed in "Sa-Yon'ne", the god of the two seasons. These three tribes, like "Yo-Fo-Hi", are all tribes near "Falie", and the main reason why they did not choose "Ka-Sin-Ki" to attack is that Hado killed the spies and scouts before leaving, at least to deter these tribes with bad intentions.

Let's analyze the meaning of these gods: the so-called young god is actually the domestication of the young animals in the process of hunting, so the "Luo-Fe-Yon" tribe has also become the origin of livestock breeding on the grassland, including horse training, cattle breeding, falcon training, etc.; The Fu-Ril-Kue tribe has established its own camp at the intersection of broad-leaved and coniferous forests, where the plants show a very distinct change in the two seasons, and also bring abundant fruits to the tribe for food.

Of the three tribes, the threat of "Fu-Ril-Kue" is the greatest: the opposing camp is built on the flank of the tower, and if it is not removed sooner, the camp will be attacked by the other side after the army is deployed. The "Luo-Fe-Yon" has a complete self-sufficiency cycle, and the main productive force of its tribe is not the hunter, so it does not have much main combat power, while the situation of the "Pu-So-Hun" is a bit delicate, the other side controls the important strategic area, and if the other side is forced to pollute the main river of the steppe, then all the tribes in the middle and lower reaches will not be better.

Now that Hadu also wants to make an example of the monkeys, he decides to take the "Fu-Ril-Kue" first, and then conquer the other tribes after he has completely eliminated the flank threat. That night, the army began to march towards the opposing tribe, speaking of which, at this time, the number of "Shin'ne-Nu" soldiers had reached nearly 4,000, and the opposing tribe as a whole was only 4,000 people, and the number of people who could fight was more than 1,000, and the combat power ratio was about 4:1. In order to slow down Hado's footsteps, the opponent sent the trebuchet, a common force used by tribes near the forest, to try to use these brutal ramming forces to slow down the enemy's attack.

However, it was unlikely that these trebuchets would have been able to hold off the cavalry offensive: the advance of the original "Mo-Ruq-Fa" and "Mu-Tua-Yin" cavalry quickly and efficiently harvested the enemy line, and the poor trebuchets were defeated without even a single stone bullet. The enemy sent only 300 men to meet the battle, and the "Shin'ne-Nu" army, which had a total of more than 2,000 cavalry, was defeated in a few moments.

Strangely, however, even though there was no chance of victory, these enemy soldiers did not surrender, but struggled and counterattacked with all their might. Hadu came to the front of the battle line with his own soldiers, and when he looked closely, he noticed that something was wrong: these enemy soldiers who were sent up were all very old, and judging from the opponent's fighting skills and physical flexibility, they should be the older "Yijun" team in his tribe. It was very incomprehensible to Hadu why the other party would send troops that were not strong in combat continuity, but he joined the battle with the guards around him without much thought. His nimble body, great strength, and coordinated body control made him look comfortable in the chaos of battle, fending off attacks and having enough time to heal the infantry around him. After a short shuttle back and forth through the battle line, Hado took control of some of the enemy "Yijun" - the other part had been killed by the army.

These controlled "Yijun" explained something that made Hadu's face turn blue instantly: the other party actually sent these old hunters out to meet the enemy, but during this time, they secretly transferred all the other populations in the tribe, and the specific location of the transfer is not known to these "abandoned" old hunters.

Without even bothering to clear the battlefield, Hadu immediately called a group of cavalry, mounted his horse and rushed towards the location of the "Fu-Ril-Kue" tribal camp, and when he arrived at his destination, Hadu's face was extremely ugly: the gate of the camp was open, the tribe was empty, and the other party had damaged the "clan" and the Tibetan grain village when they moved. The results of further search were also not optimistic: when the other party moved, they completely took away all the stored grain, weapons and armor, ritual regulations, totem poles, furs, and fire-making equipment, which was equivalent to emptying the entire tribe. And after the transfer began, all traces on its route were destroyed, so that the pursuers could not figure out the direction of the pursuit.

The transfer of the enemy tribe means that there are still 2,000 troops in the tribe to fight, and in the absence of the exact location of the other party, any camp of the "Shin'ne-Nu" may be attacked by the other side, which is quite troublesome and urgent. Hadu stood in front of the "clan village" destroyed by the other party for a long time, and finally could only shake his head and leave-before leaving, he ordered the tribal camp to be set on fire to prevent the other party from reactivating the camp after returning and bringing a greater threat.

Let the army rest nearby for a while, taking advantage of the dawn of the day, began to turn to the march to "Luo-Fe-Yon". Hadu rode on Luo's back, keeping his face calm and silent, probably feeling the emotions of his companions, and Luo did not jump away as before, but just walked forward in silence.

As the army entered the mountainous area of Fare, the terrain began to become undulating, and the surrounding vegetation gradually changed from coniferous forests to bushes, and finally only barren grass rooted in the rocks remained. Hadu asked the group to repair near a leeward cliff, and he took two pairs of personal soldiers to the nearby hill to reconnoiter the enemy.

It didn't matter what this reconnaissance was, Hadu saw on the hill a crowd of enemies, and the troops of the four tribes were assembled in the basin where the "Luo-Fe-Yon" was located: the "Pu-So-Hun", wearing a turban dyed red with bitter tea trees, sent out heavy hunters dressed in the thick skin of the peculiar stone-skinned horned rhinoceros near the source of the river, about 300 men, and the "Luo-Fe-Yon" animal taming troops, about 800 men, wearing falcons on their hands or domesticated hyenas standing at their feet; The "Yo-Fo-Hi" sent a large force of nearly 3,000 men at once, including the "Yijun" of their clan, to show their confidence in victory, and the "Fu-Ril-Kue" tribe, which had been missing, arrived here to join their allies, and the 2,000-strong infantry of the tribe was intact.

Such a large group of enemy forces will have a very difficult battle for the "Shin'ne-Nu", unless-

At this time, the only good news for Hado was that Hadu, with his extremely keen visual discrimination, reconnoitred from a hill 4,000 paces away, a position that was a small point for the enemy, that is, he could see the enemy's disposition clearly, but the enemy did not notice him - not to mention that he was still lying on the hill with his own soldiers and hiding.

Now, "Yo-Fo-Hi" and their allies don't know that the "Shin'ne-Nu" army is hiding in a nearby mountain col, so it's a good idea to set up an ambush on the other side's marching route. However, the trouble is that, judging from the results of long-distance reconnaissance, the other side has not completed the assembly of troops, and the logistics materials and weapons and armor are not all ready. And whether Hadu's supplies can hold out until the other side pulls out is the main contradiction: since they are going to carry out an ambush, they must not hunt out of the col as much as possible, so as not to prevent the enemy from noticing their movements, but there are not many animals in the col.

If there is no ambush, then another strategy is to take advantage of the emptiness of several tribal camps to subdue each other and cut off their rear supply capacity to the front line. However, this method has its flaws: even if it can completely cut off the enemy's logistical supplies, it will not prevent the enemy troops from hunting in the wild, and at the same time, it will not have a lethal effect on the enemy's living forces, and the enemy forces that have been pushed to the extreme may also launch a fierce attack on the constituent tribes of the "Shin'ne-Nu", which will be a very bad result.

In fact, what Hadu is going to do is to combine these two relatively independent strategies: the task of subduing the enemy's empty tribe is mainly carried out by himself, leaving a small part of the troops to ensure safety by his side, and most of the troops staying near the col to contain the enemy, and continuously depleting the opponent's continuous combat ability through the rapid movement ability of the cavalry, besieging but not attacking, and then not fighting, the enemy chasing and fleeing, and the enemy leaving and disturbing, which is equivalent to a guerrilla war in this era, but the key is not to destroy the enemy's living forces, but to take the opportunity to disrupt the enemy's deployment. Steal enemy supplies. After Hadu plundered these tribes with weak internal defenses, he could disguise himself as the opponent's logistical force, freely enter and exit the enemy camp as if he had infiltrated the city of "Mu-Tua-Yin", and plunder the relevant wealth of the opponent's leader in one fell swoop when he could. At the same time, the control of these tribes can also ensure that the army on their side has sufficient logistical capacity, after all, it is a certain distance from the camps of the "Shin'ne-Nu" divisions, and the "Ka-Sin-Ki" side does not have enough transportation capacity to ensure the consumption of the army's supplies.

With this decision, Hadu immediately went down the hill and told the deputy leaders and leaders of the army about this idea, and everyone was surprised by Hadu's "novelty" idea: most of the battles in this period were in a state of confrontation between the two armies, and if there was not much difference in the strength and arms of the two armies, there would be a "fair" battle in which the enemy would send cavalry and I would send cavalry, and we would send infantry and the enemy would also send infantry -- even though everyone knew that cavalry was very efficient against infantry.

After the order was given, the cavalry units broke into pieces and rushed out of the col to attract the enemy troops, and at this time, Hado led the infantry team under the cover of the front line and first touched the location of the "Yo-Fo-Hi" tribe.

The enemy group assembled outside the camp of the "Luo-Fe-Yon" tribe heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distant col, and then saw more than 200 cavalry shouting and rushing towards them. The cavalry of the "Shin'ne-Nu" were well versed in Hadu's orders, and began to disengage from the battle without making contact, and divided into two groups of men and horses to attack the heavy hunters of the "Pu-So-Hun" - this action really made everyone laugh off their big teeth, these heavy hunters in hard helmets could not pierce with knives, axes, and spears, which could be dealt with by a few cavalrymen.

However, the funny thing is that at this time, the combined soldiers of the four tribes were roasting meat and preparing to have lunch, and when they saw someone attacking, they naturally picked up their swords and soldiers and came out to meet the enemy, but they did not realize that the target of the other party was not themselves at all - but the freshly roasted leg of lamb and venison behind them. The harassing cavalry did not carry spears or knives, as usual, but long strips of catapults taken from the infantry, made of flexible ox tendons, which could be easily wrapped around stones and thrown outwards, and sometimes, such as at this time, they could be quickly thrown, rolled up and run, especially when the target was the fragrant roasted meat.

Seeing that these hostile cavalry did not crash into their bodies, the heavy hunters present were still a little confused, and before they could react, they saw the other party turn back and rush out. In the angry roar of the surrounding friendly troops, they realized that their lunch was actually swept away by the enemy. The heavy hunters yelled angrily, but the heavy equipment on them prevented them from taking great strides to catch upβ€”and even if they could, they couldn't outrun the opposing horses. Therefore, the troops of the "Pu-So-Hun" could only "look at the flesh and sigh" and cry out in displeasure, but there was nothing they could do.

Then, as soon as the 200-strong cavalry fled, another cavalry came from the other direction. This time the Coalition troops learned wisely: prioritize the defense of their lunch. As everyone knows, the task of this pair of cavalry is indeed to kill and injure the opponent's outward, weakly protected troops, such as the "Yo-Fo-Hi" infantry patrol in the outer ring. The cavalrymen's weapons were replaced by shotguns: instead of the stone knives that were easy to break, they used long bronze knives that were originally used by the sacrificial soldiers, and these long, sharp blades were tantamount to chopping melons and vegetables against their patrols.

In this way, the army of "Shin'ne-Nu" sent out a sneak attack in batches, and the goal was different each time, and the alliance of the four clans that had not completed the preparation had no way to mobilize troops on a large scale, even if a certain number of troops were sent into the mountain col to clear the enemy army, they would be killed by copper weapons, and no one dared to send soldiers.

On the other hand, Hadu had already come to the other side of the "Falie", and was observing the camp of "Yo-Fo-Hi" from the top of a towering cold cypress.