Leaving Beiyang County to the north, there is an endless plain. After crossing several large rivers, you can see a mountain range stretching across the landscape.
The mountain range extends eastward and connects with the Yunduan Mountain Range, the barrier to the east of Xuanfu. Only at the place where it connects is a passage shaped like a horse's tooth, which is the Horse Tooth Pass.
The left army marched for half a day, and when the scorching sun rose to the sky, they finally saw the Maya Mountain Pass.
The scout brigade commander who went out came to report: "The Thule camp was found at the mountain pass, with about three thousand people."
Su Lu rode on his horse and scolded Lao He, who was already the scout brigade commander:
"What's the situation? Aren't there tens of thousands of people? Is Lao He, you bastard's information correct?"
Lao Hehei's face was covered with sweat stains, and he cursed when he heard this:
"At first, I thought his grandma's number was less than 10,000 people. There were more than 9,000 horses, and the tents were enough for 10,000 people. However, there were very few people walking around the tents, which is unreasonable."
"I ordered Sun San and his group to observe from six directions and found that there were less than three thousand-man troops, so I thought the Thule soldiers were not ten thousand, but three thousand."
Su Lu was a little surprised when he heard this. Lao He looked old, but his mind was not old at all. He could also discover the true strength of the Thule people through summary observation.
"Bring me a topographical map."
Su Lu ordered.
Niba quickly took out the terrain map. Su Lu looked at the terrain map and fell into deep thought.
The Maya Pass is easy to attack and difficult to defend, so the camp did not deploy troops there. What did the Thule people think of deploying troops here?
Zhang Lu suddenly spoke: "Could it be that the Thule people are afraid of your army, Lord Marquis, marching straight into the peak, so they set up three thousand-man troops here just to give an early warning to the large troops behind them?"
Su Ping next to him laughed: "Hey, Lao Zhang, you're damn right, it must be like this."
Fatty Zhao slapped the yellow sand with his palm, causing Su Ping opposite to have a face full of sand:
"Old Zhang is right, it's just to guard against the second brother. If I fight with the second brother, I won't be able to sleep without the scouts hundreds of miles apart."
Li Kun pondered for a long time and said nothing.
Su Lu thought that his high regard for Li Kun was not in vain. This kid is still a bit smart: "Kunzi, tell me, what do the Thule people think?"
Li Kun shook his head: "Aside from early warning and guarding against the governor, I really can't think of any reason why we should deploy troops at this location."
Su Lu glared at him, thinking that this was nonsense.
Zheng Kai suddenly said: "We didn't find any scouts from Thule along the way. It's a bit strange."
A group of people focused their attention on Su Lu.
Su Lu looked depressed, these people, I hope they just forget it.
"Advance troops, Su Ping, advance in a cone formation. Since you can't see their intentions, let's reveal their intentions."
Su Ping cupped his fists and accepted the order: "Hey, I've wanted to do this for a long time."
Su Ping led the troops, and the army continued to advance, but with Su Ping as the vanguard, all battalions were ready to join the battle group at any time to support Su Ping.
After half a cup of tea, Lao He came on flying horse and reported to Su Lu who was riding a horse talking to Zhang Lu:
"Report to the Commander, the Thule soldiers have retreated. They didn't even pull out their tents before they retreated. Captain Su Ping has already given chase."
Su Lu was so confused that he retreated without even fighting?
Zhang Lu asked anxiously: "How many soldiers do Tule have? Have you looked carefully?"
Old He's dark face was full of smiles, and he said proudly: "There are three thousand-man teams, one of which was made up by dissatisfaction. The real number should be between two thousand eighty and three thousand."
Zhang Lu laughed loudly: "I just said that these Sun Tzu are here to guard against the Marquis. Now that our army is attacking, they will naturally retreat after getting the news. Otherwise, three thousand soldiers and horses will be used against Su Duwei's one thousand soldiers."
, there is no reason not to fight."
Su Lu glanced at Zhang Lu in surprise. Let alone this grandson's fighting skills, just looking at his ability to flatter him, if I were the general manager of the camp, I would also appoint this kid to the position where he can get the most credit.
"Send the order and continue to advance the troops. The peak of the troops is pointing directly at Beizheng County. I will camp under Beizheng City tonight."
Su Lu gave the order and at the same time turned to look at Zhang Lu: "Send a message to the camp, saying that we have taken the Maya Mountain Pass and will arrive at the foot of Beizheng City tonight."
The brigade continued to march. Because of Su Lu's military order, the speed of the team increased. The rear camp separated the baggage, leaving Zheng Kai to lead two battalions of guards to protect the food, and most of them pursued them.
The team passed the Horse Tooth Pass and looked at the neat camps. A thought suddenly flashed in Su Lu's mind: If this camp was really only set up to defend against his left army, then the Thule people would definitely not just retreat.
A policy, right?
A sudden advance with light troops is a taboo for military strategists, especially since it is still daytime and even the night attack card with light troops cannot be used.
Su Lu looked up at the sky and gave instructions:
"Send the order to the entire army to set up camp."
Zhang Lu looked confused. Didn't he say he would camp under Beizheng City tonight?
Su Lu continued to give instructions: "Send people to catch up with Captain Su, retreat, and station at Maya Mountain Pass tonight."
Looking at the neat tents, Su Lu said: "I judge that something is definitely going to happen."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Lu hurriedly urged the messenger: "Hurry, no matter how hard it is, we must chase Captain Su back."
"Come here, go to the back and send a message to Captain Zheng Kai to be careful and tell him that the Commander-in-Chief said there will be fighting today."
As soon as the messenger left, two Pegasus guardsmen covered in blood came from behind.
"Captain, something big happened."
Su Lu was confused. Damn it, I just made an excuse to talk casually.
Zhang Lu slapped his thigh: "Sure enough, the governor was right. He asked, is it possible that the rear army was ambushed by Thule? How many people are there?"
The messenger was covered in blood and panting: "We were escorting the grain team when we encountered a small group of bandits. We thought they were local bandits. Captain Zheng Kai dispersed the entire battalion, leaving only
One battalion guards the food team."
"Unexpectedly, we encountered the Thule people. There were about six to seven hundred people. We were scattered. Captain Zheng Kai should be fighting fiercely with the Thule people."
Zhang Lu looked at Su Lu: "Captain, what should I do?"
Su Lu made a move: "Li Kun, you and Zhang Du will inspect this camp and set up a stronghold to prepare for defense. When Su Ping comes back, join forces to defend. Be careful of the Thule people attacking from both sides."
"Fat Zhao, take your people and follow me to meet the Thule people."
Su Lu got on his horse, led the troops and left.
The army marched forward and soon caught up with the grain team and heard the sound of fighting.
A Thousand-man Thule Army appeared in sight. The Thule Army also discovered the Soviet Army and began to mobilize their horses in preparation for a charge.
Su Lu's eyes brightened. There was only a thousand-man team, which was perfect for testing the power of the level 1 cavalry formation.
Level 1 square formation battle formation.
Level 1 square formation battle formation.
Level 1 cone formation battle formation.
Su Lu had an idea. If he couldn't beat the level 1 square array, he would be in trouble. He should first synthesize a level 2 battle array card.
Level 1 square array card-2
Level 2 square array card +1
Su Lu commanded without hesitation: "Deploy a square formation."
At the same time, Su Lu threw out a level 2 square array card.
On the opposite side, General Thule, who was leading the army, won the argument with Chahar Jizhe. His eyes lit up. The Han army actually adopted a square formation and only had one guard camp. He dared to confront me head-on. It was really retarded.
If the Han army's conical formation is used, it can still give me a fight, but if it is a mediocre square formation, it can only be beaten by myself.
Chahar Jizhe and Hasul are really useless. Such stupid opponents are worth using tactics to see me crush them with a thousand-man team.
