Chapter 233 The situation is serious

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 233 The situation is serious

The scout was sweating all over, and he galloped to Liu Yi and said,

"Reporting to the army, a group of horse thieves were found ten miles ahead..."

Liu Yi perked up after hearing this.

"How far is the enemy from here and how many men and horses are there?"

"Is there an ambush around?"

Liu Yi asked.

The scout said, "The horse thieves are about ten miles away from here. There are about 300 people and more than 800 horses..."

Liu Yi secretly wondered, "How could there be such a large number of horse thieves here..."

Thinking of this, he ordered, "Explore again!"

"promise"

The scout agreed, but changed his horse and left again.

Liu Yi felt uneasy at this time and sent out another team of scouts.

After the scouts left, Liu Yi issued an order for the entire army to rest and reorganize.

"Rest in place...eat..."

He vaguely felt that something was unusual. This place was an important Silk Road route. How could there be such a large group of horse thieves?

"Could it be that he is from Kangju whom the Lord mentioned?"

At this time, Liu Yi thought about Zhang Yue's mention before leaving Luntai that he suspected that Kangju people were pretending to be horse thieves and entered Shule and Yarkand.

"Why did it suddenly stop moving forward..." Wu Zheng was surprised.

Thinking of the scouts who had just ridden away, he secretly became more vigilant.

Sure enough, a scout came back every once in a while to report.

At this time, Wu Zheng thought of the situation in the Shache Kingdom introduced by Su Fei, and couldn't help but secretly guess in his heart.

"Could it be that the Huns or Kangju people were discovered..."

While Wu was secretly guessing, Liu Yi was also in a dilemma.

After repeated inquiries by the scouts at the front, it turned out that the so-called horse thieves were all skilled in bow and horse and well-equipped.

Liu Yi speculated that the so-called horse thieves were mostly disguised as Kangju's elite cavalry.

"Destroy this cavalry, or let it go!"

"The people from Kangju who infiltrated into Yarkand must be elites, but our troops are new recruits. If there were a fight, there would be many casualties!"

Liu Yi couldn't help but think about it in his heart.

He looked around, and the soldiers were all taking the time to eat. It was obvious that the soldiers were aware that something unexpected might happen.

"To fight or not to fight!"

Liu Yi hesitated in his heart. Only then did he realize the difficulty of commanding operations independently.

He tried hard to put himself into the role of Zhang Yue, "What would the king choose if he encountered this kind of situation?"

"Only an army that has experienced death and blood is a real army..."

At this time, Liu Yi couldn't help but think of what Zhang Yue once said.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on his face and he made a decision in his heart.

…

After the whole army rested for a quarter of an hour, the order for the whole army to set out was again sent.

Wu Zheng couldn't help but secretly become vigilant at this time. Sure enough, during the march this time, the uncles in each camp asked to speed up the march.

On the other hand, he directed everyone to change the formation of the march.

Even Li Zhu looked serious at this time.

"String array!"

This is exactly the matchmaking formation that was trained a few days ago.

At this time, the relaxed atmosphere in the army also disappeared and became serious.

At noon, a burst of dust suddenly rose in the distance, and the sound should be that cavalry was approaching.

"The whole army is in armor and on alert!"

Military Marquis Liu Yi immediately issued the order.

Under the command of their respective uncles, Wu Zheng and others also hurriedly put on their armor, mounted their horses and got ready for battle.

About half an hour later, a group of cavalry appeared in front of everyone, led by several scouts from the army.

"Hey, palace guards!"

Su Fei didn't know when he ran up behind Wu Zheng, and when he saw the cavalry, he let out a sound of surprise.

Wu Zheng said in surprise, "Palace Guards?"

Su Fei pointed at the approaching group of cavalry and said, "Did you see that flag? It represents the royal family of Shache!"

Wu Zheng nodded, and then he asked, "Then how can we prove that they are palace guards?"

Su Fei said casually, "I've seen that leading officer!"

Everyone around him looked at Su Fei in surprise when he heard this.

"Chief Su Shi has actually seen an officer of the Yarkand Palace Guard?"

A chief asked curiously.

Su Fei explained casually, "I met a certain person when I was studying at Luntai Official School..."

After hearing this, everyone reluctantly believed his explanation.

However, Wu Zheng didn't believe it at all. Based on Su Fei's words and deeds these days, he suspected that Su Fei might have something to do with the Shache royal family.

Wu Zheng and others were discussing in low voices here, but the cavalry team on the other side had already arrived in front of the formation under the guidance of the scouts.

They dismounted in advance when they were about fifty steps away from the Han army's formation.

…

"Servant, pay homage to Marquis Liu Jun!"

The commander of the cavalry team paid homage to Liu Yi immediately after seeing him.

"Why are you here, Hutu?"

When Liu Yi saw the visitor, he couldn't help but look surprised.

Hutu was originally the deputy captain of the Shache Palace Guards.

Princess Shache married Zhang Yue, but she accompanied the princess into the Yunyang Hou Mansion.

Hutu said, "My king heard that the princess was happy, so he ordered his servants to escort a batch of gifts to Luntai... Unexpectedly, he was attacked here... I hope Liu Junhou can send troops to regain the lost things!"

Liu Yi nodded, "Can you identify the attacker?"

Hutu said, "Although the attacker pretended to be a horse thief, from a servant's perspective, he must be from Kangju..."

Liu Yi nodded when he heard this and said, "You go down and rest first, I have my own plans!"

"promise!"

Hutu agreed and led his men to retreat to the rear of the Han army.

After Liu Yi thought for a moment, he ordered the march to continue and sent out scouts again.

By the time they were eating, the entire army had already arrived at a stream.

Liu Yi looked at the sky and ordered the entire army to set up camp.

Before the camp was set up, the two scouts had already returned on horseback.

"Marquis..."

Liu Yi asked, "Can the situation be ascertained?"

"Qi Junhou, we have found out that the cavalry is hidden in a valley thirty miles away..."

Liu Yi suddenly became interested, "You are saying that the cavalry is hidden thirty miles away to the northwest?"

The two scouts said with certainty: "Exactly, looking at the situation in the valley, they also captured a lot of slaves to help them farm..."

"Li Shichang and the others are continuing to monitor... Because they were afraid that the military prince would be worried, they asked us to return early..."
To be continued...