Chapter 227 Yelang Mountain Pass Camp was surrounded
Swing a knife
cut off
Swing the knife again
Su Lu didn't know that this was the dozens of times he had chopped off the sword, or how many heads he had chopped off. He only knew that there were still enemies in front of him, so he had to swing the sword.
Finally, all the enemies standing in front of him were cut down, and a timid call sounded in Su Lu's ears.
"Master Hou"
"Master Suhou"
"The enemies have all run away"
The enemies all ran away. Su Lu's heart moved. Did he finally defeat the enemies?
The next moment, Su Lu's vision turned dark and he fell down.
When Su Lu woke up, night had fallen, the tent was dark, the surrounding area was silent, and there was the sound of snoring all around.
Su Lu forced himself to sit up, adapted to the darkness in front of him, and saw his surroundings clearly.
This is a camp, with guards lying in armor on the beds around them. In the nostrils, the smell of sweat is mixed with a touch of blood.
His throat was dry and sore, as if it was filled with gravel. Su Lu put down the steel knife he was holding, got up and left the tent.
The surrounding fields were dark, the sky was dotted with stars, and several fires were burning in the military station. In the dark night, Wang Cheng led a dozen guardsmen to walk out of the camp, and more civilians followed behind and walked into the military station.
"Master Hou, you're awake."
A surprised voice sounded, and Cao Hua came out of the tent next to him, holding a bowl of water in his hand.
Su Lu took the water, drank it in one gulp, and asked Cao Hua, "Did you move me back to the tent?"
Cao Hua took the empty bowl and said in a low voice: "Yes, Lord Marquis, they lined me up at the back of the military formation, with you and Lieutenant Su blocking the front. Everyone was injured, but I was the only one not injured."
Su Lu sighed: "What is the damage done to our army?"
Cao Hua straightened his body: "More than half of the 1,200 guardsmen were lost, but we killed more than a thousand enemies, and only 2,000 Thule soldiers escaped. We defeated many with less."
Su Lu took a deep breath. Even among the 600 living guards, they were probably all injured.
"Send an order to Wang Cheng and order him to withdraw from the military station and report to Lord Fan Wenshao that the Thule army has cut off the food route and the camp is in danger. He should gather as many troops as possible to come to the rescue."
Cao Hua glanced at Wang Cheng who was not far away: "Master Marquis, why don't you tell Wang Cheng personally and the common people, and let them go forward?"
Su Lu also didn't want the peasants to move forward. Many of them must be like Lao Wang, with wives, daughters, parents and grandparents. When they die, the backbone of a family collapses.
But if they do not move forward and their camp lacks food and grass, they may not even be able to break out of the encirclement, and more Han families will be broken up by then.
"Send the order, assemble the food team and prepare to set off."
Su Lu said, walked into the camp and called out to the guards.
When the peasants heard Cao Hua's words, they all became commotion and refused to move forward.
The guards also got up. Su Ping and Tudun'er lost their temper and just shouted to wake up the sleeping guards.
I don't know what Cao Hua said, but the restless peasants all drove up their pack horses in silence, hitched the carts, loaded up the grain, and were ready to set off.
Soon, the guards gathered.
Su Lu gave Wang Cheng a few words of advice, got on his horse, and headed towards Yelang Pass.
Although the Thule army was repulsed, there are still 2,000 people left and they may come back at any time. They cannot stay here anymore.
The grain team meanders forward.
When the sky was getting slightly brighter, the food team finally arrived at Yelang Pass and saw the guard camp standing on the side of the pass.
The peasants shouted with joy, it was finally here, and they no longer had to die this time.
Lao Fan, with his chest wrapped in thick gauze and half of his arms bare, urged his horse to catch up with Su Lu.
"Master Marquis, we sent the food here, what should we do when we go back?"
While talking, Lao Fan glanced at the civilian husbands in the grain team. These were all families.
Su Lu glanced at the tent with the middle door open, feeling helpless. He didn't know when he would be able to go back.
"People from the food team, hurry into the camp."
The captain guarding the gate loudly scolded the excited and cheering civilians. This is a large camp, and the Thule Army may appear at any time.
"When you can go back, you can naturally go back."
"Let's go into camp."
Su Lu clapped his horse and moved forward.
"It's Mr. Suhou"
"The Marquis is here with his troops."
"It's the grain transport team led by the Marquis."
The guards at the camp gate shouted in surprise.
Zhang Gu came down from the camp wall and arrived in front of Su Lu in two or three steps.
"It's the Marquis who has arrived. I'm afraid that because of his Tulgui son, our army will win."
"Our army will win"
"Must win"
The guards roared with excitement.
Lao Fan took the baggage battalion and the civilian husbands to the rear camp. The injured guards were also assigned to camp tents to rest. Su Lu was led by Zhang Gu and headed towards the Chinese military tent.
Along the way, the security was tight and there were checkpoints set up by the Guards everywhere.
The two of them kept taking out their official certificates and handing them over to the guards at the checkpoint for inspection.
"Has a Thule spy been discovered in the camp?"
Once again when he was being inspected for his credentials, Su Lu asked Zhang Gu next to him.
Zhang Gu shook his head: "The Thule spy was not found, it's just that the princess was in the camp and General Xiao was too careful."
Outside the Chinese army's tent, the guards were surrounded by groups. When the commander of the Chinese army saw Zhang Gu and Su Lu, he hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted.
"I've met Lord Su, I've met Governor Zhang."
Zhang Guma quickly took out his official certificate and handed it to the captain for inspection.
While Su Lu was taking his official certificate, he asked the lieutenant of the Central Military Commission: "The security is tight, is it a military meeting?"
The lieutenant of the Chinese Army checked Su Lu's official certificate, handed it back to Su Lu, and said: "The Marquis knows his lesson, I don't dare to say nonsense, you will know it when you go in."
Su Lu nodded and entered the Chinese military tent.
In the central military tent, a group of generals in crimson and green robes turned around and looked at the entrance of the camp.
Zhang Gu said with a smile: "Shuai Xiao, Sir He, princess, all your lords, colleagues, look who is here."
"Su Lu"
"Suhou"
"The Marquis has arrived"
Everyone in the camp stood up and looked at Su Lu excitedly.
Li Qing looked at Su Lu, his face full of joy. With Su Lu here, the camp was facing the dilemma of being unable to advance and unable to retreat. This should be able to be solved.
Xiao Cong seemed to hear the sound of the hearts of the generals in the camp falling to the ground. While his face turned red, he felt a little at ease in his heart. With Su Lu here, the deadlock should be broken.
He Geng sighed. He was the one who pushed for the invasion of Diaoyin. Unexpectedly, as Su Lu said, it was a conspiracy. Fortunately, he failed to reach Hanshui now, but he achieved another goal.
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Xiao Cong stood up and said: "Su Hou, it would be great if you came. Now our army..."
"Report, a large number of Thule cavalry appeared in the east."
"Report, there is a tribal army of the nine surnames of Zhaowu appearing in the south, numbering tens of thousands."
"Report, the black flag army of the nine surnames of Zhaowu has been discovered in the west, numbering tens of thousands."
"Report, the West has discovered an unknown number of elite rebel troops from Thule."
Four messengers entered the tent in succession, reporting hoarsely.
Su Lu was stunned for a moment, was he surrounded now?
All the guards looked at He Geng. A few days ago, you swept the way back, and a large number of Zhaowu Nine Tribe troops appeared in the south so quickly?
He Geng's face turned red: "On that day, my military commander swept across Wuzhangyuan to the camp and slaughtered thousands of Thule's cavalry. They must have been completely wiped out."
Li Qing spoke: "Now is not the time to decide who is right or wrong. We are surrounded by Thule on all sides. Generals, what do you think we should do next?"