With Sima Yi's order, the more than a thousand remnant troops under his command quickly set up a defense system. Although they were short of men and horses, they would not be left to the mercy of others. More than a thousand people, holding repeating crossbows, quietly evaded
Behind the bunker surrounded by baggage vehicles, everyone's eyes were wide open, just waiting for the Xianbei people to arrive.
"Put out the fire!" Sima Yi immediately asked someone to extinguish the fire here. In this way, no one can see anyone in the dark night, and there is no other visible light except the moonlight.
Wisps of thick smoke rise, gradually rising into the sky under the cold moonlight. The Gobi desert, the lonely smoke, and the remnants of the army form an invisible picture here, showing a sense of desolation.
Before anyone arrived, the sound came first, and the sound of rolling horse hooves came over like a blanket. Sima Yi and every soldier raised their hearts in their throats. It was difficult to tell in the dark. It was because they didn't know how many people were coming, but their intuition told them.
They, the number of people coming this time will definitely not be less than 5,000 cavalry.
Sima Yi's heart kept beating. He originally thought that this expedition would achieve excellent results, but Taishi Ci insisted on going his own way and refused to listen to his step-by-step strategy. As a result, the vanguard troops went deep alone, which directly led to heavy losses in the baggage battalion escorting grain and grass.
The Xianbei people divided him and Taishi Ci into two parts.
For the first time, he felt unprecedented pressure. Whether he would live or die this time was still unknown. If he could not escape from here, his young life would completely end here.
"Haha..." Sima Yi thought about it and felt that he was so ridiculous that he laughed out loud inadvertently.
Young and talented, he was later valued by the current emperor and became the first disciple of the emperor in the history of China. He had a panoramic view of many heroes, famous ministers and generals, and he never paid attention to many famous enemies.
I came here, but today, I didn’t expect to be forced into such a situation by a nomadic Xianbei people. It is really an inexplicable sadness.
"Commander, the enemies are getting closer and closer. They seem to be coming from all directions. Can we hold on?" The captain already felt timid in his heart, let alone the other soldiers. His legs were trembling and he couldn't help laughing, so he asked directly.
come out.
Sima Yi glanced at the captain and saw that the captain's face showed some fear. The other soldiers were even more scared than the captain. He hurriedly encouraged: "Don't be afraid, everyone. The Xianbei people are bluffing. I guess so."
, think about it carefully, we were surrounded by Xianbei people a few days ago.
Did I lead you out? The Xianbei people kept chasing us along the way. Didn't I make them confused? You should believe in me and yourself. As long as you want to go home, you will be able to go home. When we meet on a narrow road, the brave will win.
, believe me, I will definitely take you back to China and reunite you with your family!"
After hearing Sima Yi's words, the soldiers felt as if they had taken a reassurance. They all cheered up again when they thought of all the things they had experienced during the retreat.
However, for Sima Yi, his words were just self-deception. If the Xianbei people really had five thousand cavalry to catch up now, they would be completely wiped out in less than half an hour. Unfortunately, this expedition
Most of the explosives he brought were snatched away by the Xianbei people, and the few explosives were also used up during the retreat. At this moment, Sima Yi felt an inexplicable sense of fear in his heart, the fear of death. This was the first time.
, is also a unique one.
The sound of horse hooves gradually approached, and as it got closer, the ground trembled. Sima Yi and others were extremely nervous. They opened their eyes wide and looked ahead. They saw a large number of cavalry approaching in the cold moonlight. They did not wait for those cavalry.
As they galloped over, everyone's tense nerves suddenly relaxed, and they began to howl at the same time. The crossbows in their hands also fired arrows one after another. No one noticed that the cavalry were still far away from their shooting range.
outside.
Arrows rained down like rain, but due to the short range of the repeating crossbow, the arrows had no effect.
Seeing this, Sima Yi hurriedly stopped him and said: "Calm down, wait until the enemy gets close before shooting! From now on, no more arrows can be wasted."
The sound of horse hooves rumbled, and the trembling on the ground became more intense. Sima Yi and others held their breaths, but their hearts were full of fear, because they knew that they would soon be trampled mercilessly by this cavalry.
Suddenly, a large number of cavalry stopped outside the firing range of the Chinese army. From a distance, they saw a large group of dark figures, with no visible faces or any clothing.
At this time, I saw the leading man holding a square-shaped painted halberd and riding out slowly. He took a few steps forward alone, opened his mouth and shouted loudly: "Who is in front of you?
Tell me your name quickly!"
"Chinese?" Sima Yi couldn't help but be startled after hearing this shout, because this Chinese was also mixed with accents from Qin and Liang.
So, he hurriedly shouted and asked: "Who are you?"
"This king is Wang Gaolin, the great general of the Huaxia Kingdom. Who is the person in front of you who is answering?" The knight who immediately held Fang Tian's painted halberd shouted loudly.
"It's your lord..." After hearing this, Sima Yi was extremely excited and shouted hurriedly: "Your lord, I am the patrol officer, Sima Yi, the military advisor of the First Group Army of the Northwest Field Army..."
After Gao Lin heard Sima Yi's answer, he spurred his horse forward. His horse galloped like the wind. After a while, he galloped in front of Sima Yi and others, and stood in front of the bunker surrounded by baggage vehicles. The cold moonlight
sprinkle
On Gao Lin's face, a stern face appeared, with a soul-stirring chill in his deep eyes. He looked around at the people in front of him, and drew Fang Tian's halberd across his chest.
, asked: "Which one is Sima Yi?"
Sima Yi hurriedly jumped out from behind the bunker, knelt down in front of Gao Lin, and said loudly: "Sima Yi bows to the general king!"
"Kowtow to the General King!" More than a thousand remnants of the army behind Sima Yi shouted in unison, kneeling on the ground in unison. The nervousness before was swept away, and now they are extremely happy.
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Gao Lin said: "Everyone, get up. Lord Sima, aren't you supposed to be with General Huyi? Why are you in this wilderness?"
"Hey, it's hard to put it into words..." Sima Yi sighed heavily.
Later, Sima Yi told Gao Lin everything that happened here. After hearing this, Gao Lin looked expressionless and said nothing.
After a long time, Gao Lin said to Sima Yi: "Master Sima, please take your remnant army back to Yunzhong Mansion. The affairs here will be left to me. Although I only brought five thousand Qingqi this time.
In the front, but behind, there are more than 100,000 troops and horses led by General Zhang Fei who conquered the west. They are coming one after another and they will definitely be able to put down Xianbei."
Sima Yi said: "Your Majesty, what I am escorting is all grain and grass. General Tiger Wing's army of more than 60,000 people has no grain and grass. Although it is a small amount of money here, it can feed the army for a few days. Why don't you let me follow the prince and make meritorious service?"
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Gao Lin thought for a while and said: "Okay, you lead them to follow me, and I will send another thousand cavalry to protect you. I will rest here for today, and early tomorrow morning, I will lead the cavalry to support General Tiger Wings.
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After saying this, Gao Lin and Sima Yi joined forces and rested there that night, without incident.
It turned out that the scout saw a group of cavalry galloping in the distance, but he didn't know who it was, so he came back to report it, which made Sima Yi nervous.
The reason why Gao Lin was able to arrive here so quickly was because the cavalry he led were riding high-quality Dawan horses obtained from the Dawan Kingdom. His rider was a thousand-mile horse, and his subordinates were also able to ride fast
After eight hundred marches, five thousand soldiers were selected as the vanguard, and they rushed from Dawan, day and night, and traveled more than fifteen hundred miles before arriving here.
However, Gao Lin's troops are now exhausted of men and horses. If they don't get rest, they will all be exhausted to death.
At dawn the next day, Gao Lin led his four thousand cavalry to leave first, asked Ming Tai Shi Ci where he was, and left in a mighty manner. Sima Yi followed behind with food, grass and baggage, and commanded him well along the way.
, and restored everyone’s confidence and morale.
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"Woooooooo..."
As soon as the first ray of sunshine in the morning shone into the valley, the horns of the Xianbei people's attack sounded. After a night's rest, all the Xianbei people recovered their strength and moved some corpses in the dark at night, freeing up a road.
road and began to attack.
"Fire the arrows! Don't let the enemy get even half a step closer!" Taishi Xiang was at the forefront, drawing his bow and shooting arrows while shouting loudly, directing the eight hundred crossbowmen and two thousand archers around him to attack these Xianbei people head-on.
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The densely packed Xianbei people swarmed in like ants. They all abandoned their horses and began to climb the rocks. As they moved forward, they shot with bows and arrows, and exchanged shots with Tai Shixiang and others.
"Major General, it's dangerous here. You retreat to the back and leave this place to the last general!" Hou Cheng saw Tai Shixiang standing on the front line, and the crossbowmen around Tai Shixiang were shot through the throat one after another, and they all fell to the ground.
In the pool of blood, although there were people behind to fill the empty space, they were still worried about Tai Shixiang, so they shouted loudly.
"There are no cowards on the battlefield. They are warriors of the Chinese nation, and so do I. A man is ambitious in all directions. Since he joins the army, he should put life and death aside. Go away. I am here to defend. Please go back and tell your father that I don't need special care.
Take care of it." Taishi Xiang shouted to Hou Cheng while shooting arrows.
Hou Chengdao: "Young General..."
"Please don't say anything. If the general stays, he will fight with me. If he doesn't, please leave quickly and don't hinder me from commanding the soldiers to fight!" Tai Shixiang said fearlessly.