Chapter Ninety-Six: The Battle (5)
The violent shaking woke Li Xun from his sleep.
Sitting up, Li Xun looked at it with a confused pair of eyes, but saw Jiang Daxiong standing by the bed with an anxious face.
"What's wrong?"
Jiang Daxiong said urgently: "Boss, the Tubo people have been killed, General Mao Anfu has led five thousand cavalry to meet the battle, and General Shan Qiu is gathering troops and preparing to go to support." ”
Yes!
Damn, how did Tubo get here?
Li Xun was shocked, hurriedly jumped off the bed, quickly put on his armor, and rushed out of the big tent with his weapons.
"Let's go, let's go and join General Shan Qiu."
Li Xun turned over his horse, roared, set up his horse and ran several miles away, Shan Qiu led four thousand infantry, had advanced to twenty miles away, the surrounding chaos was chaotic, the people woke up from their sleep, and learned that the Tubo army had been killed, their hearts were broken, they packed their bags, and under the leadership of a thousand soldiers, they began to flee.
After two quarters of an hour, when he finally caught up with Shan Qiu, Li Xun yelled at him and reported his name, and the team got out of the way and let him in.
Li Xun rushed to the center of the advance formation, the handsome flag was there, and Shan Qiu was also there, his face was extremely heavy, his eyes were firmly fixed on the distance, Mao Anfu led five thousand cavalry in order to delay time, and took the initiative to attack, it is now night, how many people are on the other side, all of them don't know, Mao Anfu is gone, I'm afraid it's dangerous.
"Shan Qiu, what's the situation, I heard that the Tubo raid is coming?"
Li Xun came to Shan Qiu and asked loudly.
Shan Qiu looked at Li Xun, explained the situation, and then pursed his lips tightly, he and Mao Anfu are friends of life and death, and they are commensurate with brothers on weekdays, but now good brothers go to fight hard with each other, I don't know life and death, and Shan Qiu's mood can be imagined.
An hour ago, the scout found that a large force of cavalry was coming to this side, although it was dark night, and the other party's dress could not be seen clearly, but this army came at night, and did not even say hello, it would never be their own people, since it was not their own people, it could only be the Tubo people who killed them, when Mao Anfu and Shan Qiu learned the news, the other party was already close to seventy miles away, and there was no defense in the four states, a plain, and they could only take the initiative to fight.
Shan Qiu and Mao Anfu refused to give up on the people and fled alone, since this is the case, they can only fight with each other to buy time for the escape of the people as much as possible.
Mao Anfu gathered 5,000 cavalry from his headquarters and killed the other party, and after gathering 5,000 infantry from his headquarters, Shan Qiu divided 1,000 people to guide the people to flee, and then led the troops to march quickly to support Mao Anfu.
After Li Xun heard this, he suddenly became nervous, the other party came to raid at this time, he must have come prepared, and he will fight tonight, I am afraid that it will be more than lucky.
Shan Qiu glanced at Li Xun, saw the look on his face, and said softly: "Li Xun, why don't you lead people to Zhike County, inform the Metropolitan Governor of the situation here, and ask for support?" ”
With such a big matter, how could Shan Qiu not send someone to Zhike County for help as soon as possible? The reason why he said this was just to give himself a chance to escape.
Li Xun hesitated for a moment, looked up at Shan Qiu, the look on his face was sincere, and there was no disdain or ridicule, and Li Xun's heart suddenly swelled with blood.
"Brother Shan, we said that we would share the weal and tribulation, but now that the enemy is present, as the main general, how can I leave alone?"
Shan Qiu nodded and said no more.
"Big Brother Shan, Brother Mao will be fine!"
Approaching the battlefield, Li Xun stared ahead, they were now on higher ground, and in the farthest part of their field of vision, a little fire could be faintly seen.
"The other party only has 20,000 people, and Mao Anfu can't help it for a while."
Shan Qiu shook his head, the five thousand cavalry in Mao Anfu's hands were the elite of a hundred battles, and their combat effectiveness was extremely strong, although Tubo was several times larger than him, it was difficult to eliminate him in a short period of time.
In the darkness of the night, hundreds of cavalry suddenly galloped from the left direction, several miles away, and several tall white banners had large horse characters written on them.
"General, reinforcements from the Metropolitan Governor have arrived."
The white flag looked very eye-catching in the dark night, and with the bright moon shining tonight, the soldiers could see the big horse character on the flag clearly, and they suddenly became excited.
Li Xun frowned, it was less than an hour, how could Ma Wu's reinforcements come so quickly?
"The whole army is on alert, don't be careless, be careful of deception."
Sure enough, Shan Qiu was not happy, but his expression sank, and he gave an order loudly.
"A battalion of archers ready!"
When the cavalry rushed two miles away, Shan Qiu raised his hand, roared, and waved down violently: "Shoot!" ”
The distance of two miles is obviously beyond the effective attack range of the archers, and Shan Qiu does this to deter the other party, if it is really his own people, he will definitely not continue to advance.
A battalion of 500 archers fired a salvo of bows, piercing the night, and the rain of arrows fell, and the cavalry stopped a mile away, while the dozen or so cavalrymen in the front continued to rush towards this side.
More than a dozen people, who could not pose any threat, shouted loudly: "Let them come close, and do not attack." ”
"I'm Liu Xuanji, and I'm my own person."
The cavalry led by the company roared loudly and reported his name.
Liu Xuanji is the commander of Ma Wu's personal army, why did he come here?
"General Li, General Shan, and the last general are familiar with Liu Xuanji, so you can go and argue whether it is true or false."
A Zhonglang general came to Li Xun and Shan Qiu, and said with a fist.
Shan Qiu immediately said: "If it weren't for Liu Xuanji, it would be immediately detained and not allowed to be let go." ”
"The last general commands."
Zhonglang turned around and strode away, and after a few moments, he led a man of about thirty years old to Shan Qiu.
Liu Xuanji is the commander of Ma Wu's personal soldiers, guarding left and right all day long, Li Xun has also had several relationships with him, and if you look closely, this person is Liu Xuanji.
Without waiting for Shan Qiu to speak, Li Xun hurriedly asked, "General Liu, why did you come here?" ”
Liu Xuanji clenched his fists and said: "General Li Xun, the governor of the capital has an order, ordering you to lead the army to hold this place, attract the Tubo army, no matter what happens, you must not leave half a step." ”
"General Liu, please make your words clear."
Li Xun frowned, let himself stick to this place, and always say a purpose.
Liu Xuanji said with a smile: "General Li rest assured, General Zhao Chi has been leading 20,000 cavalry in the past few days, and he is following you three hundred miles apart, just to prevent Tubo from coming to sneak attack, and now he is a hundred miles away, and he is rushing towards this side, General Li only needs to lead the army to hold on for an hour, and the big thing can be done!" ”
When Li Xun heard this, there was a look of surprise on his face, the praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch is behind! Ma Wu is really clever and unpredictable.