"These Han slaves are really good at hiding. They have been through this area many times, but they don't even see that there are so many people hiding under the plateau!"
In the wilderness more than ten miles away from the wall of the earthen kiln, a group of Jihu knights were riding horses. A Jihu soldier looked at the captive men and women strung up into a long knot with hemp ropes behind him, with a ferocious and contented face.
smile.
There were dozens of people at the front of the team, each dragging different numbers of prisoners behind their horses. While riding their horses at high speed, they pointed at the prisoners who had fallen to the ground in embarrassment and were struggling for mercy.
There were more than a hundred people at the rear, carrying a lot of looted materials, food, cloth, furs, various farm tools, earthen pots, pottery, etc. on their horses.
Jihu's production level is very low, and all kinds of tools are mainly used for looting. Wherever they pass by, they are like locusts plundering the land, not a blade of grass grows. Everything that can be taken away is taken away, and everything that cannot be taken away is destroyed.
If any of the prisoners fell behind and couldn't keep up, they would be chopped to death, and then a pit would be dug and the other prisoners would be ordered to dig a pit to bury them. It's not that they have any particular emphasis on burying themselves in the grave, it's just to avoid being traced.
The surviving captives will not end well, and will basically be taken back to the Jihu tribe and enslaved until death.
The time that Jihu in northern Shaanxi misses most is the Helian Huxia period. He claimed to be the real master of this land, so he had a hostile and hostile attitude towards the Han people and other ethnic groups.
The more miserable Jihu's situation was, the more ferocious his ferocity became when he had a bow and sword in hand. He only felt that other races had deprived them of their glorious life, but they forgot that even during the Helian Huxia period, they
He is also the lowest Cooley.
A short blazing arrow suddenly sounded from the rear. This was a warning from the people behind them who were covering up their whereabouts, and it meant that an enemy was approaching them.
The length of the beep represents the number of enemies. The warning sound just now was short and powerful. It was launched to the ground, not to the sky. Although there are enemies, they are not many and they are within the range of dealing with them.
After a brief period of tension, a leader-like knight named Jihu ordered dozens of companions carrying supplies and prisoners to hide in nearby hiding places, while he led the rest of his troops to recover along the way they came.
"There are more than thirty people, all riding horses, carrying bows and knives, and they seem to have armor!"
A Jihu scout who stayed behind to look into the distance and discovered the enemy's tracks rode forward to report.
"Retreat, retreat quickly!"
Leader Na Jihu's expression changed immediately after hearing this. Although the opponent was not many in number, they only had bows and horses, and they even had armor. He immediately became vigilant and realized that the enemy might not be simple.
Almost every Jihu man is proficient in bow and horse, but because he does not have excellent craftsmanship, a bow often becomes their only weapon for robbing homes and hunting around.
With familiarity with the terrain, excellent maneuverability, and suspicion and caution, ordinary small-scale battles can often be successful. Even if you cannot defeat, you must ensure that you escape unscathed.
A Jihu tribe with dozens or hundreds of people is the fox wolf in this land, which makes people jealous. But once a large-scale legionary battle is carried out, they become lambs to be slaughtered, panting for military exploits.
Jihu's riding bow is famous for its speed and accuracy. It is light and soft and can fire several arrows in one breath. However, its range is short and its power is weak. Therefore, when encountering an armored unit, its lethality is greatly reduced. The best thing to do is to run away quickly.
When he heard the distant sound of the thieves' hooves coming from the field, Li Yantou, who was responsible for tracking and luring the enemy, cursed secretly. However, because the tactics were settled, he did not dare to rush forward easily. He still maintained the original speed and continued to move forward.
Walking behind Jihu's troops.
Jihu are as cunning as foxes. Once they run away in fear, it will be difficult to track them down again. At the same time, they are greedy for money and are unwilling to give up the benefits they have obtained immediately.
Therefore, if you want to hunt Jihu, the level of combat effectiveness is secondary. If you can't clearly win in terms of mobility, then whether you can hang the opponent's psychological game is crucial.
After locking the direction of Jihu's withdrawal, Li Yantou's cavalry team took the initiative to show up and was issued with three or five battle armors. The number of them was obviously at a disadvantage. This was a bait that made Jihu both greedy and afraid.
Li Dao, who was well aware of Ji Hu's character and habits, carefully warned Li Yantou that it was normal for the prey to hesitate and test before taking the bait.
Jihu is very evasive, and their team cannot intercept and outflank them in the wilderness, so they can only wait for Jihu to fall into the trap. Based on Jihu's performance of biting the hook to test, they can also judge whether there is a large number of Jihu nearby.
Li Yantou had no experience in hunting Jihu. He only heard the sound of the opponent's horse's hooves getting farther and farther away. Although he was very anxious, he still followed his plan.
After traveling for several miles, the sound of Jihu horses' hooves that had disappeared gradually became clearer, as if they were leaving and coming back. Li Yantou was overjoyed when he heard the sound, and according to the previous plan, he asked his troops to actively reduce their speed.
Pretend that you are about to give up.
Not long after, the figures of Jihu's troops appeared in the field of vision again. They were much smaller than before, with only more than twenty riders. Li Yantou stopped completely when he saw this. The two sides faced off for a while several miles apart, and Li Yantou took the lead.
Partial turn.
Seeing this, the Jihu team caught up with them at a short distance, keeping a distance that allowed them to escape at all times.
It was too uncomfortable to have a thief in front of him but not be able to attack, but Li Yantou had seen how alert the opponent was and how fast he could escape, so he still didn't dare to counterattack.
After testing each other, more and more Jihu troops gathered, soon exceeding twice the number of Li Yan's head troops, and the distance was getting closer and closer, some Jihu knights had even rushed closer.
Within the shooting range, Youshe shouted and provoked.
"Attack, the thief can't escape anymore!"
Li Dao, who had been leading other troops to approach from the side, heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the wilderness and gave an order directly. The soldiers in his unit galloped their horses and whips, and rushed straight to the side and rear of Jihu who was walking back and forth in front of him.
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The Jihu troops were also dispersed as scouts at this time, and they soon heard the sound of horse hooves. Perhaps they could not see the size of the enemy team due to the obstruction of the mountain and forest terrain, but they could also be sure that the enemy was setting up a trap, so they subconsciously attacked the horses.
Retreat.
As they fled and gathered together, they immediately gave Li Dao's troops a more accurate direction, and they headed straight for that place.
Li Yan and others also heard the sound of the attack horn, and immediately turned their horses' heads and charged straight towards Lujihu. Although the enemy's number was more than twice as many as theirs, they did not dare to meet the enemy at this moment and headed straight towards the enemy.
They fled all the way back, and no matter how easy it was to attack and escape, many of the Jihu soldiers who retreated in a hurry were shot dead in public.
"Han'er really has an ambush, he's really treacherous!"
When he saw Li Dao's hundreds of cavalry rushing out of the ravine, the Jihu leader's face suddenly became extremely ugly. At this time, he was not pursuing the formation, nor guarding the secret place of the captives' trophies. Instead, he led several
The ten members broke away from the team and hid under a ravine in the north.
In this position, you can enter and encircle, and retreat and withdraw. Although it is unwise to divide the already insufficient strength into several parts, it is an essential livelihood skill for many Jihu leaders.
Victory or defeat is only temporary. If you lose your life, nothing will happen. Anyone who can get ahead in the Jihu tribe may not be brave, but one advantage is that he is not stubborn and does not like fighting.
Even if he saw his subordinates being chased and hunted, and saw the enemy troops attacking the hiding place of the trophies, the Jihu leader still remained calm and did not expose his position rashly, flee or fight, but continued to investigate.
Look at the situation.
The Jihu knights on the battlefield could not organize an effective counterattack at all, and just ran away blindly.
These people have no concept of victory, defeat, honor and disgrace, and it is very difficult to encircle and kill them. The first few times Li Yan chased him close, his hand was on his saber, but the other party just hit the horse and fled, without giving any chance of close combat.
Opportunity. Even the men and horses were exhausted and panting, but the damage caused was limited.
Those Jihu knights neither resisted nor made any move to rescue their lagging companions. They just fled around like a smashed maggot nest, unable to escape, which was helpless.
At this time, Li Dao had also led his troops into the ravine where Jihu had hidden the captives' trophies, and another maggot nest exploded. Many Jihu cavalry fled from both ends of the ravine and galloped around the battlefield.
This chaotic situation lasted for a long time, and until the two places converged, the Jihu cavalry still failed to organize an effective counterattack.
"It seems that there are indeed no new enemies!"
Leader Najihu breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw the enemy troops converging in the valley and leading out the prisoners and trophies.
The opponent only had a hundred or so people. Although they were obviously better armed than them, and there were more than a dozen armored men, but after a lot of chasing and killing, and the loss of arrows, they had a lot of space behind them, and they had long-range combat capabilities.
It's already a sharp decrease, but it's still within a manageable range.
So he finally gave an order: "Shoot Ming Dy and gather the troops! Fight back and kill all these guys!"
Following his command, several blasts shot straight into the sky, making a loud and sharp sound of breaking through the air. The fleeing Jihu knights finally received the guidance and rode their horses to gather here.
Although many of the more than 200 Jihu knights were chased and intercepted, as the leader appeared again, they quickly gathered together. There were still 1,670 people, and they had no complaints about the leader's abandonment and hiding just now.
, one by one, as if they were beaten to death, they followed the leader and fought back against the enemy.
Being able to survive in such a harsh environment, Jihu naturally has his own talents. One of his biggest characteristics is that he is not afraid of losing, which can also be said to have no self-esteem.
For other tribes and armies, if they were attacked and ravaged like this, their morale would definitely be low and it would be difficult to recover. I don’t know how long it would take for the mentality to recover. But this is not the case with Jihu. They are used to losing.
, they can gather a crowd to fight back at any time, and their tenacity is a bit scary.
As they ran back, they used the blade to cut a wound behind the ears of their mounts. Some of the horses were shot with blood and arrows, but they ran even faster and more powerfully as if they were returning to the light.
"Kill, kill them all!"
These Jihu knights were no longer weak and panicked, and became extremely fierce. Their horses and bows were controlled like flying, and they actually forced the well-armed enemy troops back into the valley again.
But Li Dao did not panic. Seeing Jihu riding a horse with blood on his face, he breathed a sigh of relief. While holding up his shield to resist Jihu's arrows flying like locusts, he sighed to Li Yantou next to him: "If it weren't for Lang,
You must annihilate this whole group, there is no need to put on a show here. After the blood of the horse is drained, these thieves are really finished! Blow the trumpet!"
Following his order, the melodious horn sounded. At this time, far away from the battlefield, Li Taicai, who had been waiting for a long time, finally gave the order: "Attack! If one of the thieves is released,