The first thousand four hundred and fifty-five chapters go north
Chapter 1455 Going North
Zhou Zhou, on the other hand, looked indifferent. As long as there was a battle, he didn't care how many people there were on the other side. The more people there were, the greater his contribution would be.
Soon nearly a thousand scouts gathered together, transformed into wolves on the grassland again, and rushed towards the Kushan cavalry.
"General, do you want to divide your troops to break out?"
After rushing out of the city, Polano glanced at the night sky in the distance and asked the other party what they were going to do.
"If we don't divide our troops, the Chinese have only about a thousand scouts. If we divide our troops, and we are not as elite as the opponent, we will probably be divided and annihilated by them. If the group moves forward, no matter what the opponent does, there is a high chance of breaking through the opponent's attack.
Line of defense.”
Politra had no intention of dividing his troops. Only with the advantage of a group could he break through the enemy's defense line. If he divided his troops now, he would be beaten on the head.
"yes.
"
Upon hearing Politra's order, nearly a thousand Guishan cavalry identified the direction and ran towards the north with rumbling hooves.
"We found enemy cavalry approaching us."
The Kushan cavalry discovered the Chinese cavalry and reported the news directly to Politra.
"Everyone should not be obsessed with fighting, charge as fast as possible, with the first goal of breaking through the enemy's defense line."
Hearing that the Chinese cavalry were coming, Politra looked ahead and directly ordered his cavalry to charge with all their strength.
The cavalry of both sides were like two running rhinos, colliding head-on in the wilderness. The Chinese scouts were all the most elite cavalry. Facing Politra's cavalry, they directly suffered a high combat loss ratio.
One by one, the Kushan cavalry were dismounted by the Chinese cavalry, and human corpses and horse corpses were everywhere.
"Don't be obsessed with fighting, keep charging, charge."
Looking at the dead and wounded soldiers, Politra felt neither joy nor sadness. He didn't care about the dead and wounded at all now. As long as he could rush out, everything would be worth it.
Facing the Kushan cavalry who were not afraid of death and marched forward bravely, even if the Chinese scouts were elite, it would be difficult to stop them.
"No, I can't stop it."
Seeing the Kushan cavalry breaking through their defense line, a scout came directly to Zhou Zhou.
"Prioritize the Kushan cavalry that failed to break through."
Zhou Zhou raised his head and glanced at the enemy. He knew their mission clearly. It would be best to annihilate them all if possible. If they couldn't be stopped, don't panic. As long as they didn't go to the military camp and went as far north as possible, they would be fine.
"promise."
After hearing Zhou Zhou's order, the Chinese cavalry gave up their pursuit of the Kushan cavalry who broke through the defense line, and used all their strength to strangle the remaining Kushan cavalry.
"General, a large number of cavalry appeared in the city, more than a thousand of them heading north."
The scout returned to the camp and came directly to Gao Shun, who was on duty at night.
"oh?
More than a thousand people went to the north?"
Hearing the news, Gao Shun's eyes flashed with excitement. If the other party just sent people to break out, it would be fine, but their target is the north. Does this mean that they have noticed something abnormal here, so they sent people?
Go north to investigate the situation.
"That's right, Colonel Zhou Zhou is leading his scouts to snipe the opponent with all their strength."
The scout nodded and told Zhou Zhou's actions.
"Tell Zhou Zhou that it would be best if we can stop the enemy. If we can't stop them, just let them go north."
After looking at the scout, Gao Shun directly ordered the scout to send a message to Zhou Zhou immediately.
"promise."
After receiving the military order, the scout immediately saluted Gao Shun, then left the camp with the other party's order and ran towards the battlefield.
"Sir Captain, General Gao Shun has ordered us to snipe the enemy cavalry with all our strength. If it is really difficult to resist, let the enemy break through to the north."
The scout quickly came to Zhou Zhou and told Gao Shun's order.
"knew."
Zhou Zhou nodded. Fortunately, he didn't guess what Gao Shun meant wrong, otherwise it would have been very troublesome.
The battle is still going on, and the Kushan army is still moving forward indomitably, not wanting to fight at all, just trying to break through the Chinese defenses.
At the end of the battle, more than half of the Kushan cavalry successfully broke through, and Zhou Zhou also promptly announced that the cavalry would continue to move north. Although he wanted to let the opponent go north, he still had to do what he had to do. If he gave up the pursuit now, how much would he lose?
The other party is suspicious.
In this way, the two sides chased and fled until dawn, and Zhou Zhou waited for the Chinese cavalry to withdraw to the camp.
"General, the enemy's scouts have retreated."
The Kushan scouts sent by Politra behind him rushed to the opponent's side and told them about the movements of the Chinese cavalry.
"Okay, okay, let the soldiers disperse immediately and search for traces left by the Chinese army."
Hearing that the Chinese cavalry retreated, Politra was relieved. For a moment, he really thought that he was going to be overtaken by the Chinese, but now it's better and he succeeded.
"yes."
The Kushan cavalry who broke out following Politra immediately dispersed, and in units of a hundred, they began to conduct a blanket search for possible traces of the Chinese army.
"General, it rained heavily the day before yesterday. It's a bit difficult to search for traces of the opponent now."
Borno came to Politra and frowned as he looked at the muddy road.
"You happened to be wrong. It has just rained and it is harder to hide the enemy's traces, especially the baggage vehicles. Those wheel marks will only be clearer."
Politra was completely unmoved by Borno's concerns. In his opinion, it would be more difficult to hide traces after it rained.
"General, something has been discovered."
While the two were talking, a horse came running up and jumped off the horse.
"How about it?
Did you find anything?"
Hearing the cavalryman's words, Politra's eyebrows couldn't help but raise.
"General, just come with me and see."
The scout didn't say anything and took the other party directly to the place where he discovered the situation.
"General, you see, although this place was covered up, it was revealed under the heavy rain. These, these and these are obviously the traces left by the baggage vehicles."
The scout pointed at the ruts in front of him and introduced them to Pollitt.
"Well, it is indeed the case. Ask people to search around. If it is the enemy's main force, they have an elite cavalry. Look for the hoof prints where horses gather and where horse dung is excreted."
It is not enough to have baggage vehicles. Although the enemy has gathered elites, the most elite ones are the terrifying armored cavalry. Only by discovering their traces can we truly confirm that the Chinese have sent troops north.
"yes."
Soon the scouts dispersed again and began to explore the surroundings with the rut mark as the center.
"General, there is a situation here."
"There is something going on here too,"
"Something was found here too."
As time went by, more and more traces were discovered by the Kushan cavalry, and after some walking, Politra finally stopped in front of a large pit with green water.
"What's this?"
Borno followed Politra, looking at the pile of things in front of him, wondering what the hell it was.
"You'll know what it is when you taste it."
Politra did not give him an answer, but asked him to taste it and understand what it was.
After hearing Politra's words, Borno bent down without hesitation, dipped his fingers into the green water, and put it in his mouth.
"Um?
It smells like horse manure. This must be a pit where Chinese people buried horse manure, but after the rain, the soil here became soft and collapsed, turning it into a green puddle."
After tasting it, Borno immediately understood what was going on here.
"That's right, this is it. There must be horse dung pits like this around. Instruct everyone to dig up the surrounding area and confirm the number of the opponent's cavalry."
Politra nodded at the other person. Sometimes he said something to the other person and the other person may understand it now, but he still doesn't understand it the next time he encounters it. Only things that he has personally experienced can be remembered throughout his life and transformed into his own things.
.
"yes."
Soon the Kushan cavalry used their swords and guns as shovels to dig up the surrounding area. The horse dung buried in the soil came to light again, emitting a disgusting stench.
"General, if we look at the amount of horse manure, there are at least 14,000 to 5,000 cavalry, which should undoubtedly be the main force of the opponent."
After carefully examining the horse dung he found, Borno expressed his conclusion.
"Well, based on the current situation, the enemies heading north must number at least hundreds of thousands, including their most elite 20,000 armored cavalry."
Politra nodded. Based on the current situation, the baggage trains and the current appearance of horse manure, he could roughly get a rough idea of the strength of this Chinese army.
"Then what should we do now? Let's go back immediately, or continue to look north for traces of the Chinese."
Now that the situation of the Chinese people has been determined, has my mission been completed and I can return to Heldvar City?
"Of course we have to send people north. Although we can basically determine the other party's situation here, we still have to send people north to confirm. Let's go north."
Politra was cautious by nature, and he could not be 100% sure of the other party's actions based on these alone. Only by continuing north and finding more clues, or truly chasing the other party's tail, could he finally confirm his conjecture.
