Chapter 24: Take a gamble
and the territory of Baitu County, Shangjun County.
The earth seems to have finished its hibernation and cloned itself in a verdant coat, and the animals in this cloak have also regained their vitality, eager to come out and breathe in the fragrance of spring.
But suddenly a group of big guys galloped by, scared them enough, and fled back to their nests......
However, these big guys don't seem to be interested in them, and just stubbornly chase after their own kind.
So after a while, many of the little ones felt that there was no movement outside, and then they came out tremblingly and began to forage for food.
At this time, Lu Bu, who was riding on a maroon "big guy" covered in maroon, had already left a hundred meters away.
This horse was just captured by Lu Bu, and its original owner should have been a small leader of the Qiang people, who was discovered by Lu Bu in the previous pursuit, so he urged the horse to kill him directly, and after a while, he was cut off the horse.
Recently, the flying cavalry has captured a lot of "big guys", so Lu Bu arranged for the number of people to stay in the rear to guard, and the number of people has gradually increased.
Since receiving Lu Zhonglang's general order, Lu Bu continued to chase the enemy with flying horses.
He stared at the ass of Ouyang Nagu, the leader of the Qiang people, and he chased and beat him hard!
This is already the third day of their pursuit of the enemy, from Fushi all the way to the north, to Qiuzi and continue to chase to the territory of Baitu, even if it is all the way to change horses in turns, now the people and horses are a little unbearable......
Of course, the situation of the Qiang people is even more unbearable, and the flying horses still have a small amount of logistical supplies and captures to restore their strength, while they can only starve when their morale is collapsed and they flee for their lives, not to mention that they do not have many horses to change in turn.
But this Ouyang Nagu is too cunning, and he still failed to catch him after chasing him for two days under such circumstances!
Lu Bu was very unwilling to do this, as for the rest of the Southern Huns.
Lu Bu said that since Qiangqu Shan Yu has been killed by himself, what kind of climate will the remaining shrimp soldiers and crabs become, naturally there is no hurry, and there will be time to clean up slowly in the future.
And this Ouyang Nagu dared to change his idol to the same surname, it was simply an insult to the idol, and he dared to touch the Han soil, thinking of the tragic situation of Fu Shi City, Lu Bu was full of enthusiasm and vowed to kill him as soon as possible!
Although Lu Bu was very determined, the horses had already begun to protest!
They had already traveled hundreds of miles from Baitu before they successfully raided the Hu camp from the rear, and after breaking through the Hu people's coalition army, they began to pursue for a long distance......
Eh, I imagined the configuration of one horse and three horses at the beginning of the flying cavalry army, if I could have done it at that time, I am afraid that Ouyang Nagu would have been caught by now! Lu Bu couldn't help but sigh secretly.
Fortunately, this situation should not happen again in the future, this time to break the Hu coalition army, captured a lot of war horses, and then apply to Zhonglang with his military exploits, and equip the flying cavalry army with one horse and three horses, it should not be difficult to think.
Speaking of which, although this Lu Zhonglang is a Confucian student, he is indeed a general who knows the soldiers, and he attacked the Hu people's camp again that day, if Zhonglang did not lead the troops in time, it would indeed be a little troublesome.
What's more valuable is that he has no sense of restraint under him at all, as if his thoughts can be understood by the other party, which is very comfortable.
But that's all a matter of post-war considerations.
Lu Bu only wants to catch up with Ouyang Nagu now, and now the Qiang people are already fleeing with all their might in order to escape for their lives, although this will not last long, but if Lu Bu wants to keep up now, he has to sacrifice the horses of the flying horse, and Lu Bu will not do this kind of loss-making thing.
If the war horse consumes too much physical strength, it will be very troublesome to recover in the future, which Lu Bu knows better than anyone else.
Just when Lu Bu was thinking about countermeasures, there was also a military information from Yu Sima from the rear, saying that Lu Zhonglang had led the army to Yanmen to quell the rebellion, hoping that he would return to the army to rest and recuperate in case the Xiongnu returned.
"Oh? Zhonglang has gone to Yanmen? I'm afraid that the situation is critical there, and if so, people ...... come."
Lu Bu ordered everyone to rest on the spot, and then after a little thought, he ordered people to rush to Yanmen Lu Zhonglang County and recommended Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan to play for Zhonglang.
In the battle between last year and Xianbei people, Zhang Liao's talent impressed Lu Bu, he not only excelled in martial arts, but also his ability to command troops was extraordinary, Lu Bu always wanted to recruit him into the army, but unfortunately he was only a civilian rebel army at that time.
Now that Lu Zhonglang has gone to Yanmen, and the situation there is urgent, it is only natural to recruit Zhang Liao. If this matter is done, he will also be his comrade-in-arms, and it will also be of great benefit to the main force of Xianbei in the future.
"General, will we return to the army here?"
Seeing that Lu Bu only arranged for someone to deliver the letter quickly, and had no intention of returning to the army, Gao Shun walked aside and asked.
"Back to the army? I'll think about it later. ”
Lu Bu really didn't want to return to the army yet, although he did have exhausted his horsepower, he expected that Ouyang Nagu and them were in a worse situation, and it would be a pity to give up at this time.
"General, why don't you go back to the army to rest for the time being, since we know about the Qiang people's lair, we can go and ask for it again after the army recovers!"
Gao Shun watched Lu Bu pacing back and forth, and knew that he still refused to stop, and was still thinking about countermeasures, so he spoke out again.
But Gao Shun's unintentional words gave Lu Bu inspiration, and he immediately asked people to take a closer look at the map.
"Well, now that the pursuit is far away, the horsepower is not enough, and it is indeed time to return. Gao Feihou, Song Feitun, Zhao Feitun, each of you leads hundreds of horsemen to leave spare horses, return to the army from three directions, you can collect horses, ordnance and other items on the way, capture the hidden rout, and finally go to the Fushi camp to wait! ”
After a while, Lu Bu made up his mind, returned the map to the guards, and then issued orders to several generals.
"Will the Lord this be ...... Is this going to hit the Qiang lair? The land is still thousands of miles away, and I don't know if there are still Hu cavalry who have not participated in the war, and the general must not take risks alone! ”
As soon as Gao Shun heard Lu Bu's arrangement, he thought that he was going straight to the Qiang camp, so he spoke and persuaded again, and Zhao Qi on the side also echoed his words.
If the rest of the horses were to be left and the horses were gathered in the remaining five hundred horses, the horsepower would be able to sustain them for a little longer, but if the horses were not tired, would the people be fine?
The flying cavalry fought day after day, even if the training intensity of the soldiers was not weak before, but at this time it was almost to the limit, not to mention that the number was still so small!
"You misunderstood, a certain just used horsepower to go around to the place where the Qiang people must pass and ambush their remnants!"
Lu Bu laughed when he heard it and explained.
"There are two ways for the Qiang people to return to the army, but how can the general know how to choose?"
"I really don't know, it's just a gamble, hahaha, you can rest assured that you will return."
These circumstances were all obtained from Lu Bu's interrogation of prisoners when he attacked Dacheng County before, but he didn't expect that he could still be of some use at this time.
If the Qiang wanted to return to the camp outside the fortress, in addition to passing through the main road of the big city fortress, there was a small road to the west of the source of the water, and along the edge of the desert, they could also exit the fortress.
Although Dacheng is now an empty city, he judged that Fushi City was in danger, so he rushed to the aid of the starry night, and did not send troops to stay there.
But Lu Bu thought that Ouyang Nagu would not dare to go out of this place, and he would definitely pretend to run in this direction in order to avoid pursuit, and then suddenly turn back and return from the path, so that Lu Bu could lie directly at the source of the water and wait for work!
"Let's see how lucky we are!"