"You guys...go and change into common people's clothes..." Zhao Tong glanced at the village in front, and then said to a group of soldiers behind him: "You pretend to be common people and enter the village to see if there are any Wei troops hiding in the village.
Li."
"No!"
Several soldiers immediately agreed, took off their military uniforms on the spot, then grabbed some dirt on the ground and touched it randomly on their bodies. They instantly became simple ordinary people.
"After entering the village, be sure not to harass the people..." Before they left, Zhao Tong did not forget to remind them: "Even the people of Wei will be the people of my Han Dynasty from now on. Do you all hear clearly?
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"Understood! General!"
These are all Zhao Tong's personal soldiers. They have followed Zhao Tong in battles all year round. They have heard of some of the national policies of the imperial court.
Even in the previous Western Expedition to Dayuan, they followed Zhao Tong and followed the emperor Liu Chan. At that time, Liu Chan reminded them that an invincible army must first love and protect the people, and only love and care for the people.
Only then will we support them.
An army supported by the people can be invincible.
This is the principle that he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world.
Zhao Tong also hoped to capture Sima Division, but facing the village in front of him, although he could directly lead his troops into the village to search, he might be able to capture Sima Division in the village.
But——
If the army rushes into the village, it will naturally disturb the lives of the villagers.
He didn't want to disturb the villagers, but he was worried that Sima Shi was hiding in the village, so he thought of sending a group of soldiers to pretend to be villagers and then enter the village to investigate first.
As soon as a few soldiers left, Zhao Tong deployed thousands of cavalry at the main exits of the village.
Catching turtles in an urn.
At least before those soldiers leave the village, he will surround the village and not let any suspicious person pass.
The soldiers got some firewood nearby and walked towards the village.
This village is not big, with only twenty or thirty households in total. At this time, the Han and Wei Dynasties suddenly started a war in Jinzhong. It was too late for them to escape, so they had to stay in the village honestly, thinking that as long as they did not leave the village
, maybe you can escape.
Just——
They never dreamed that Sima Division would lead more than ten soldiers and retreat to the village in defeat.
"General!"
"Don't make a sound... I will think that..." A primary school student glanced at the few people who were carrying firewood into the village outside and said: "They are definitely not villagers... they should be Han soldiers.
Pretending..."
"???"
Master Sima was stunned when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "Since we are Han soldiers, why are we pretending to be common people? They can directly attack the village, but we have to capture them without mercy?"
Master Sima said this deliberately. After all, Han and Wei are now hostile countries, and the two armies are fighting each other. There is no need to be soft on the enemy, not to mention that this village is still a village belonging to the Wei Dynasty.
"Shh!" The primary school hurriedly signaled and whispered, because on the village road outside, several villagers who seemed to have returned from collecting firewood were not far away from them.
"What are you afraid of?" Master Sima said angrily in a low voice: "There are only five of them, but there are more than a dozen of us. At worst, we will fight to the death with them."
"No... General!" the colonel reminded: "These people should have been ordered to go to the village to find out the news... As long as we don't alert them, we will be safe after they leave."
"Well -" Although Master Sima said he was not forgiving, the reality still made him listen to the kind reminder from the junior high school student.
Although he didn't understand why these Han soldiers had to go to the village pretending to be villagers to check the news, but when these people wandered around the village, they finally placed firewood in front of several villagers' doors, and then turned around and left.
The village.
They——
They are indeed not villagers, because the people in this village are basically hiding in the village, and they are all hiding in the ancestral hall in the middle of the village.
This was when they first entered the village and found that the village seemed to be an empty village, as if all the villagers had left the village early.
However, when Master Sima hid in the pile of firewood, he found that there seemed to be a figure moving in the ancestral hall not far away.
Villagers——
They all hid in the ancestral hall.
However, the few villagers who entered the village just now walked around the village and pretended to leave the village to collect firewood. Isn't this an obvious problem?
They are definitely not villagers, they are Han soldiers pretending to be.
After the soldiers left, Master Sima breathed a sigh of relief. At least the villagers pretending to be Han soldiers did not notice them.
Wait——
Sima Division and his soldiers were still hiding in the pile of firewood, and they did not run out of the pile of firewood because the few Han soldiers left.
They still need to wait.
"We will leave here when it gets dark...after dark." Sima Shi lowered his voice and said, "The Han army will not stay here for too long, they still have to go to Jinyang..."
"We listen to the general."
Several soldiers nodded slightly and whispered.
It is already evening now. If we hold on for a while, it will get dark. Naturally, Master Sima does not intend to stay here forever. He needs to leave as soon as possible.
And he believes that he has a chance to run away.
At least he knew that the original target of the Han army led by Zhao Yun was not his Wei army. Their destination was the Jinyang battlefield, and they were going to aid Liu Adou in Jinyang.
This time they have defeated the soldiers and horses of Sima Division. They will rush to Jinyang soon. Perhaps the large army has already begun to move towards Jinyang.
Just for the sake of safety, Master Sima decided to wait until dark and take the opportunity to sneak out.
Waiting is always tiring.
Just over an hour.
It seemed as if Sima Division and his soldiers had been waiting for ten and a half months.
Until the sky completely darkened, you could still vaguely hear some movement in the ancestral hall not far away. It must be that the villagers also waited until night before they planned to send people out to see what was going on outside.
"Let's go!"
Master Sima signaled softly: "Leave from the back of the village."
"No!"
More than ten soldiers and generals immediately stood up to protect Sima Division. They quietly left the firewood pile, then walked around to the back of the village and walked forward in a hurry.
After walking hurriedly for several miles, more than ten people looked back at the village. The village was still dark. If they hadn't just come out from there, they wouldn't have seen a village there.
Dark moon and high wind——
Master Sima was secretly proud that the sky was helping him tonight.
In such a dark night, as long as they don't move too much, they can still find opportunities to escape even if there are Han troops nearby.
And their destination is to go south.
Just over thirty miles south of this village, you can enter the deep mountains, and after climbing over the mountains and forests, you can enter the Shangdang territory.
Sima Shi was defeated this time, so he naturally did not dare to rush to Jinyang again. Going to Jinyang to meet the emperor now would be courting death.
The emperor ordered them to lead troops to rush for reinforcements, but he left all 50,000 of his main force on the road.
This——
Naturally, Cao Rui couldn't spare him.
Now there is only one way before Sima Shi, and that is to return via Shangdang and rush to Sima Yi's camp.
"Let's go!" Master Sima looked at the village behind him, turned around and said, "As long as we walk into the forest in front, we will be safe."
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This chapter has been completed!