Chapter two hundred and sixty-eight tease you to play
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The armies of both sides were chasing each other on the grassland. The Qingbu sent their elite cavalry to guard the rear. On the left and right sides were the armies of the Seventh Prince. The battle line opened by the armies of both sides was very long.
Because of the large number of people, the marching speed of the troops on both sides is not very fast. The Xiliang side has carriages and other transportation vehicles. Large weapons and supplies are carried on the carriages. The soldiers do not need to carry too many things, and the marching speed is faster than that of the prairie army.
A lot.
The grassland army was in unspeakable suffering. They had just had enough food for the day, and before they could rest for a few days, the Xiliang army came to kill them again.
They have no choice but to retreat with the large army. If they fall behind, they will be captured by Xiliang at least and used to build roads and mine. These are some of the ways Xiliang openly treats prisoners.
Road construction and mining are all high-risk jobs. Mining requires you to face the danger of mine collapse at any time. Road construction is fine if it is on the plains, but it is afraid of going to the north of the northwest land, where there are ferocious beasts everywhere.
In this place, if you are not careful, you may be killed by a ferocious beast.
This is a light one. Those who are serious are usually killed by Xiliang soldiers on the spot. Under normal circumstances in Xiliang, prisoners are killed directly without any room for negotiation!
They followed the army and ran as fast as they could. The huge military formation that stretched for more than ten miles was very bloated. The cavalry on both sides could not speed up because of the infantry of the Chinese army.
Once they speeded up and rushed to the grasslands surrounding the army, they were ready to fight at any time. The ones that disgusted them the most were the Xiliang cavalry archers, those cavalrymen who could shoot bows and arrows from one to two hundred meters away from their horses.
The horses under them have explosive power and endurance. As long as they don't catch up with the opponent all at once, they will be led away by the opponent and then die miserably under the pull of the opponent.
Among their army, there were many cavalrymen who couldn't stand the other party's provocation, so they rushed out and were killed bit by bit by the other party.
The guards led by Gu Lina are among the top cavalry units on the grassland. She is not worried about herself, because she can run if she cannot be defeated. If she wants to run, even if the Xiliang cavalry forms an encirclement, she
They can all run out.
Outside the field, she watched the Xiliang army catch up with the grassland army, which was several times their number. Zhuo Bufan led his men and horses to provoke them.
The cavalry archers can carry out long-range attacks on the prairie cavalry from a distance, while the prairie army can only watch and endure the opponent's attacks!
Every attack by the Xiliang cavalry archers will cause nearly a hundred casualties. This number may seem small among the nearly 300,000 people in the grassland army, but this number is already very high!
The Xiliang cavalry archers do not only attack once a day. As long as they can, they can harass the rest of the army indefinitely. It is better during the day, but it will be even more difficult for them at night!
"Either we fight with the Xiliang army, or we abandon the infantry and the whole army retreats immediately!" Gu Lina looked at the harassed army in the distance with some expectation in her eyes: "I don't know, what will happen next for the King of Xiliang
Those moves!”
In Gu Lina's eyes, when the Xiliang army broke out of the fortress, there must be someone like Li Xiang behind them. Without Li Xiang's order, would the Xiliang army dare to break out of the fortress?
Gulina followed behind with her bodyguards, not too close nor too far away, just enough to see the battlefield, so she could run away immediately if she encountered danger.
She is a person who cherishes life very much. She has had too many retributions, but because she is a girl, it is often difficult for her to do so. Compared with men, she encounters many difficulties.
However, with the success of two people, Li Xiang and his mother, the head of the Black Tribe, who went from outside the pass to the pass, she firmly believed that she could also succeed.
The failure of her eldest brothers Domura and Mundo this time is a very good thing for her. The Qingxi grassland is a place that many tribes pay attention to. The Qingxi grassland was previously occupied by several tribes, plus the large The tribes from the prairie are strictly prohibited from entering the Qingxi grassland.
They can only watch and cannot do anything to Qingxi Grassland!
It was not easy to betray Da Gan. They wanted to reach out to the Qingxi grassland, but were blocked by several small tribes that had separated back then. Those small tribes had grown up. If they attacked forcefully, they would definitely suffer heavy losses.
Just when they were about to abandon the Qingxi Grassland, Xiliang actually occupied the Qingxi Grassland and built a fortress on the Qingxi Grassland. Isn't this provoking the Qingbu of their prairie?
They pinned their hopes on their eldest brother and Mondo. Now that these two people have failed, and it was a disastrous defeat, a huge defeat, the tribes' expectations for these two people will also be reduced a lot.
With mothers at the front, it has been proven that prairie women can achieve the same results as men as long as they are given the chance!
As long as he performs better, the Qing tribe won't be able to get it. As long as all the major tribes support him, it won't matter no matter how much his father objects.
Although the leader of the Qing tribe is the largest, once the leaders of the major tribes in the tribe speak, my father has to bow his head.
Why are you looking forward to that day?
Gu Lina looked at the unlucky grassland army and felt a little happy in her heart!
Mundo and Domura: If they had known what Gulina was thinking, they would have brought an army over long ago to kill Gulina, who had been their shadow since she was a child.
The Seventh Prince Tuo Lei and Du Shi were at the end of the army and felt the marching speed of the army. They knew that if they continued at this speed, they would only be dragged to death by the Xiliang army.
Now, either give up the infantry and increase the speed of the cavalry, so that we can avoid the pursuit of the Xiliang cavalry.
Another option is to launch a counterattack against the Xiliang army, destroying the opponent's infantry. Without the infantry, only the cavalry of the Xiliang army is left, which does not pose a big problem to one's own side.
They were afraid that once they stopped, the Xiliang cavalry would charge from the front, and the Xiliang infantry would organize a large formation at the back, with Xiliang cavalry on the left and right.
They were the ones caught in the siege. The morale of the nomadic knights in the center was very low. If they were not solved well, it would be a disaster for the entire army.
"Prince, let's implement the third plan!" Du Shi looked at the sun that was about to set in the sky, opened his fingers, and the evening breeze passed through his fingers: "I feel that the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is not far away from us. I can feel it. into the air, they exude murderous intent."
Poison Master was deeply impressed by the Xiliang Iron Cavalry: "The Xiliang Iron Cavalry are all heavy cavalry. They have extremely powerful formation-breaking and massacre capabilities. Once they tear the formation into pieces, all the enemies in the formation will be killed." It will become his food!"
"When night falls, it's their home court. We have no horses and no camp. We can't stop the opponent's attack at all. We can only counterattack and abandon the infantry!"
"With the infantry, we may all stay on this grassland!"
Tuo Lei never thought that he would encounter such a thing when he went to the Qingxi grassland. He had fought many battles on the grassland, and he had been to the southern battlefield for a while, but he had never fought a battle like this.
Li Xiang led the cavalry like the king among the wolves. He hid in the dark with his personal guards and then sent out the wolves to attack the enemy. He turned into an assassin and hid on the side, ready to burst out at any time.
As long as he doesn't show his trace for a day, his threat will always hang on these them!
"Then follow the third plan and notify General Mundo and General Domura immediately!"
The poisonous man nodded and immediately sent out his scouts. The sun had already set, and the weather had begun to turn cooler. It was better when the sun was shining during the day, but when it came to night, it would make people shiver with cold.
But it’s not fatal yet. If it lasts for a while, it’s very likely that people will die from the cold at night!
"General Gao, a letter from my lord!" Zhuo Bufan took a letter and strode to the place where the Gaoyuan garrison was resting.
Gao Yuan saw the grassland army starting to mobilize troops. He knew at a glance that the other party wanted to fight back!
If the other party wants to fight back, then he won't get close. If he has the ability to let those soldiers rush over, he will give the carriage enough time to build the city wall, although he must keep a little distance.
In addition to distance, he also sent out scout troops to pay attention to the left and right sides. The opponent's battle line was very large. They were behind the opponent's army, just like a mosquito following an old cow.
"What is written in the Lord's letter?" Gao Yuan asked.
"See for yourself!" Zhuo Bufan handed the envelope to Gao Yuan: "The cavalry led by the Lord have rushed to the surrounding area, but now is not the best time!"
After Gao Yuan read the letter, Li Xiang didn't say much in the letter. He just asked them to pay attention and not to be seized by the opponent too early to fight back. The best time to start the war is on the sixth day after the opponent leaves!
At that time, the opponent's men and horses are very tired, so they don't need to follow too closely. The grassland army with infantry will not march too fast!
"Tonight, I will take the army to your camp to rest frequently. We will continue the pursuit tomorrow!"
Zhuo Bufan was also afraid that Prime Minister Li would order them to attack the Caiyuan army directly. According to their understanding of Prime Minister Li, they usually just go ahead and attack directly. When did they start to become so scheming now?
But it's a good thing to be scheming. Anyway, their army is full of energy. On the other hand, the grassland army is very tired.
"Yes!" Gao Yuan nodded and reminded Zhuo Bufan: "When the grassland army sees that our army is not moving, they will most likely follow suit. General Zhuo cannot let them live too peacefully or sleep too soundly!"
"Hahaha!" Zhuo Bufan laughed and raised his eyebrows at Gao Yuan: "Don't worry! I'm going to make their camp full of fragrance tonight!"
The Xiliang cavalry archers are very powerful. In addition to archery, they also have an attack method, the projectile attack, which is to throw things out!
In order to let the grassland people enjoy life, Zhuo Bufan has prepared a large amount of horse manure. As long as the grassland people dare to stop and rest, he will dare to throw these things out and let those people feel Xiliang's care for them.
The grassland army, which originally planned to wait for the Xiliang army to get closer and then fight back, found that the Xiliang army was camping and resting on the spot after waiting for a while, so it had no urge to continue to catch up.
The army on the grassland marched all night, stopping to rest only in the middle of the night. In the early morning, when the soldiers were still suffering from backache, they started marching again.
The Xiliang soldiers were following behind. They didn't dare to be lazy or fall behind!
Just when they thought they were about to slow down after getting rid of the Xiliang army, the sound of horse hooves from the Xiliang cavalry was heard from behind, and the Xiliang army caught up.
They watched them from a distance, or ran closer to shoot arrows at the army.
They were like mosquitoes, buzzing in the ears of the prairie army, making the prairie army miserable.
In the afternoon, the Xiliang infantry arrived leisurely. They were not walking very fast. If the sun was too hot, they would stop to take a rest and drink some water!
The grassland army does not have such green pines. The further away from the core of Qingxi, the more they want to get water, they have to ask the cavalry to go hundreds of miles away to get water. Fortunately, the grassland soldiers each have two water bags, but under the scorching sun, they
He was running away again, and the amount of water he consumed every day was an astronomical figure.
Many times, they need cavalry to go far away to fetch water for them. The cavalry is afraid of being attacked by the Xiliang cavalry, so they go out in small groups, and the small groups all go out and come back.
For the grassland army, as time goes by, the army becomes more and more tested. Morale, physical strength, etc. are all testing the minds of the soldiers.
On the third day, when the Xiliang army stopped to rest, the prairie cavalry also stopped to rest. That night there was the sound of Xiliang horse hooves and packages full of horse excrement.
Soon there was a stench around the camp, and the soldiers who were hit were even more unlucky. The water source was extremely important to them at this time, and it was impossible for them to use precious water to clean themselves!
They could only endure this stench, and the people around them had no choice but to gather the soldiers who had been hit by horse shit together, and at the same time, the cavalry on both sides was dispatched to ensure that the Xiliang soldiers would not come over again.
About an hour after the horse excrement incident, when the grassland soldiers were sleeping despite the stench, the war drums from Xiliang rang. The passionate war drums sounded.
The sound was heard, and the ground was shaking as he stepped on the ground with neat steps and force.
The cavalrymen held torches, formed a huge encirclement in this very dark night, and were quickly approaching the grassland army.
The soldiers on the grassland had just fallen asleep when there was movement outside and the sound of horns in the camp. All the soldiers who had just fallen asleep woke up and immediately got up. When the soldiers in the camp were almost up, the Xiliang cavalry turned and left.
Zhuo Bufan even deliberately used his true energy to shout loudly: "Don't be nervous, this is a drill, you don't need to be too nervous, I will tell you in advance when it officially starts next time.
Hahaha!"
Zhuo Bufan's arrogant laughter spread throughout the grassland army.
