Xuanyuan Lie led more than 50 cavalry, saying that he wanted to kill the enemy scouts, boost morale, and recapture the banner.

The ten scouts on the opposite side were showing off their might two or three hundred paces away with their banners, and it was obvious that they were quite confident in their riding skills.

It was obvious that a person could be seen standing on horseback, wrapping the captured flag of Qi on his body, as if he was wearing a big hat, and then took off his pants and urinated on the camp of Qi State.

A few people also used some language that Qi people could understand, cursing some dirty things of the Tian family, most of them were very old lace stories, and there were indeed a lot of such things in the Chen Tian family.

Xuanyuan Lie scolded: "Insult my monarch, it is incompatible!" Kill them today! ”

He spoke fiercely, trying to boost the soldier's spirit.

But I don't want those riders to be some of them who have never seen the world, and they have heard many stories, but one by one they showed the expressions of those who listened to the stories in the Sishang teahouse, and listened with a smile to how the ancestors of the monarch rubbed a woman with the three courtiers.

Sishang is the birthplace of market culture in recent years, and it is also the popular place of the vernacular of the market dialect, these stories make these Qi riders itch in their hearts, and the crotch is really hard, in fact, it is a very simple story, or even just a few words, but at this time there is nothing too complicated.

In a few words, it is Wushan, which is straightforward and obscure.

The riders from these village communities are at most Yehe, and it is really eye-opening to know that the city people or aristocratic gentlemen are so good at playing, but it is difficult to have three men and one woman.

Where can Xuanyuan Lie endure it, speaking of which he is also a distant branch of the Tian family, and the other side is also his ancestor, of course he is different from those villagers who do not have surnames.

He whipped his whip at a rider who was listening to it, formed a formation, divided into three ways, and rushed towards the opposite side.

The officer on the opposite side of the Mo family scout said with a smile to the partner who was shouting the story: "Your kid is not married yet, do you know a lot?" ”

The rider smiled and did not answer, the officer handed over the loaded musket, and the man who peed in the banner was finished, and ten men retreated to the rear.

When the officer came, he was familiar with the terrain here, and there was a small river beside him, and he had the heart to play with the riders on the opposite side, and knew that there were many scouts behind him, so he lured him to retreat in that direction.

Xuanyuan Lie followed closely and bit hard, but the scouts on the opposite side were very cunning, and several times a team of people on the flanks wanted to bite them, but they still ran away.

When you cross the river, there is a small forest next to it.

After Xuanyuan Lie crossed a small river and crossed a poplar forest, his vision suddenly became clear, and the scene several miles away made Xuanyuan Lie shocked.

On the autumn field, a group of black people were marching in this direction, and the dust of the autumn field was kicked up by the footsteps, making the black team look like a dragon winding on the ground.

At this moment, a burst of gunfire came from the side, and another small squad of cavalry appeared.

Obviously, it wasn't just the scouts of those ten people, the Mo family had a lot of scouts around here.

Xuanyuan Lie didn't care about the idea of capturing the flag to boost morale, and wanted to bring the news back as soon as possible.

"Withdraw!"

He shouted, and the rider beside him quickly turned his horse's head.

At this moment, another burst of gunfire was heard from behind the woods, and the two Qi riders fell off their horses.

The scouts who had been circling them just now relied on their equestrian skills and skill to go around the back of the woods and hide, and did not slip far at all.

Xuanyuan Lie saw several scouts of the Mo family behind the woods waving the flags they had just rushed into the camp and snatched them, and from time to time they were insulting them in a somewhat Qi dialect that they could basically understand.

Xuanyuan Lie secretly scolded, when he was chasing with many people just now, these people did not show off their might, but now that there are more scouts around, they want to be like this.

He couldn't help but think of a story called Fox and Fake Tiger Wei that he learned after he entered the academy from the black-clothed guard, which was also a fable passed down from Sishang.

Although he scolded in his heart, he could only bear the insult from the other side at this time, but he didn't dare to rush over.

Once you are entangled with the opposite side and surrounded by the scouts gathered around, you are afraid that you will have to explain here.

The ten Mo family scouts behind the woods were insulting as they blocked their way back.

Xuanyuan Lie did not choose to retreat from the rear, but wanted to bypass.

He thought that the ten people on the other side just wanted to continue to lure them, and they would definitely not dare to take the initiative to attack, at most, they would seize the opportunity to bite like mosquitoes in summer.

But who would have thought that these people were just about to withdraw from the side, and those ten people seemed to be crazy, and they didn't care about the number of people at all, but rushed over with oblique stabs.

At this time, the horses of Xuanyuan Lie and the others had already gained speed, and it was extremely difficult to turn to the front to meet them at this time, and two more shots were fired from the opposite side, and the formation on their side was completely chaotic.

The rest of the Mo family scouts who were coming over this side also rushed to this side at full speed, Xuanyuan Lie only felt a sharp pain in his ears, and a hot lead bullet flew past his face, but fortunately it didn't hurt him.

The ten madman-like Mo family scouts had already rushed in front of them, swept diagonally behind them, and divided the seven or eight Qi riders into the back, and had already begun to struggle.

Xuanyuan Lie thought that if he turned back to rescue at this time, he would be entangled, and when the Mo family detective in the distance arrived, he would be more than lucky.

So he didn't care about the back, and ran away with the rest of the people.

After only running a few steps, the war horse under the crotch was extremely unlucky, and he actually stepped on a mouse hole, and the horse's hooves were broken with a click, and he fell to the ground with a bang.

The surrounding Mo family scouts had already surrounded this side, and he knew that if he was caught up, he would be more than lucky, so he endured the severe pain of being thrown just now, and shouted a few words loudly.

The Qi soldiers who were fleeing in front of him finally had a good relationship with him, and rode back and shouted at him: "The gentleman pulls the horse's tail, run along!" ”

The rider had already done his duty to come back to save him, and he didn't dare to stay at all, so he quickly turned back and let him pass by Xuanyuan Lie.

This is a common way for cavalry to escape, and if the mount is killed or wounded, and the enemy is nearby, it is also a great favor if a comrade asks you to drag his horse by the tail and run with him.

People certainly can't outrun horses, but if they drag the horse's tail and run desperately, they can also run for a while, the harder the horse runs, the faster it runs, and the two legs of the person will not keep up, but it will not fall, and it can run much faster than a normal person.

In the midst of the staggering, Xuanyuan Lie suddenly burst out, and after the person who came back to save him approached, he suddenly grabbed the person's thigh and threw the person who came back to save him directly to the ground.

He grabbed the stirrup and jumped on the horse's back, and said in his heart: It's not that I'm unkind, but that you are a slut, and the Mo family won't kill a slut if he catches it. I am a gentleman, if I am caught by the Mo family, it will be better to live than to die.

While the horse was galloping, Xuanyuan Lie faintly heard the person behind him ask loudly, "Why is the gentleman like this?"

He didn't answer, buried his head between the horse's mane, clamped his legs around the horse's back, and galloped backwards.

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"The Mo family's army is more than ten miles away."

The terrible news immediately detonated the camp of the Qi army, and Xuanyuan Lie thought that the rider who was pulled off his horse by him seemed to be rewarded even if he died, and he brought back such important news.

The Qi nobles in the camp were greatly alarmed and asked, "How many are you?" ”

Xuanyuan Lie didn't know how to answer, because he didn't determine the number, so he said: "At least thousands, the marching line is extremely long, and there are many cavalry. ”

Hearing a lot of cavalry, the general of the Qi army besieging Dai City couldn't help but take a breath.

If the Mo family is the main force fighting, the habit is artillery bombardment, cavalry copying, and infantry resistance.

If there is a lot of cavalry, then the number of infantry is at least two or three times that of cavalry, or even more.

At this time, the important thing is not to send someone to determine the situation, but to make a judgment immediately, what to do?

The opposing sides have their own aims.

Just like the right wing of the Mo family, who was marching towards this side at this time, their task was only to relieve the siege of Daicheng, move south to fortify the city, strengthen the defense of Daicheng and Chengkuang, cut off the logistics supply of the main force of the coalition army, and at the same time join the cluster of the decisive battle when necessary or go south to block the way for the coalition army to retreat south.

However, this kind of purpose is difficult to judge when the information is unknown, so the Qi army commander near Daicheng will not be able to know the purpose of the Mo family.

In other words, even if they knew, there was no remedy.

As soon as he heard Xuanyuan Lie say that there were a lot of cavalry, he knew that the total strength of the Mo family on the opposite side would not be small.

It's just that where is this force?

Was it the Mojia troops in the direction of Taoyi who came to support? Did those people choose to confront each other instead of fighting Taoyi for fear of losing too much?

Or is this the main force of the army that besieged Yongqiu before the Mo family? Want to eat yourself and cut off the supply of the coalition army, so as to force the main force of the coalition army to return to relieve the pressure on Shangqiu?

Or is it ...... The main force of the Mo family gave up Laiwu and retreated from the front line? But how can it be so fast?

After thinking about it, it is difficult to make a judgment on the root cause at this time, and the Lord can only think about what to do with his five thousand people.

Looking at it now, the Mo family's troops don't need to come too much, if it is really one of the several main forces with an official number, even if there are only five or six thousand infantry and one or two thousand cavalry, I am afraid it will be difficult for him to support it.

There are also some defenders in Daicheng City, and in addition to the local people, these defenders have a formed army that can steal camps, attack at night, and counterattack when the siege retreats.

Now that he had set up camp around Daicheng, his troops had been deployed, and the barracks that had been spread out were internal rather than external, and it was difficult for this kind of barracks to hold under the attack of the enemy outside.

There is a difference between deploying and not deploying, and whether it is for defense or offense after deployment.

Now the Mo family's forward is twenty miles away, once it hits, if he doesn't prepare in advance, he will definitely be defeated.

The only way to do this is to retreat.

Where can it be evacuated?

To the west, retreat to Yongqiu, is a road.

To the south, withdraw to Cheng Kuang, and join Cheng Kuang's 5,000 troops, so that there will be 10,000 troops, whether they are defending or retreating, they can still take the initiative.

To the east, to Ningling, and to join the main force of the coalition army, it seems to be the safest, but there is still a way to go from Daicheng to Ningling, and in the case of a plain, will it be surrounded?

Retreat in three directions, and you can only choose one place.

According to the purpose of the Mohists, retreating in these three directions has different effects.

If the Mo family wants to attack Yongqiu quickly, approach the beam, and burn grain and grass, then retreating to Yongqiu is the best choice.

Yongqiu was originally an important fortress city built by Korea, the Mojia siege could not be captured for 12 days, if you retreat to Yongqiu and rely on the city to hold on, you can ensure that the 5,000 troops are not lost; It can also ensure the logistics and the safety of grain and grass in the direction of the girder.

If the Mo family wants to fight a decisive battle, then retreat to Ningling and join the main force, which is the right choice.

For every 5,000 more troops in the main force of the coalition army, the more troops the Mo family has to pay to encircle and annihilate the great victory, and the more flaws may be blocked.

If the Mo family wants to cut off Daicheng Chengkuang, then it is correct to withdraw to Chengkuang.

If it is a global consideration, it should be judged in this way.

But the nobles of the Qi State who besieged Daicheng did not use this way of thinking to judge what they should do next.

He thought that if he retreated to Ningling, he would probably be surrounded and annihilated along the way.

At that time, I originally wanted to think about it for the main force of the coalition army, but when the time came, it was easy to be questioned about the responsibility of the defeated division.

If the number of people in the Mo family is actually not so large, and he retreats to Ningling, he finds that the Mo family may only have a few thousand people, and he must take responsibility at that time: the number of the Mo family is not large, and you actually retreat without sticking to it, and you will be squeezed out and suppressed by the rest of the people at that time.

And if the Mo family is small, they will definitely not dare to attack Ningling again, and when the time comes, it will be difficult to say that they will retreat to Ningling.

Thinking about it this way, he first vetoed the route of retreat to Ningling.

To retreat to Chengkuang, two possibilities should be considered.

If the Mo family has a large number of troops, even if they withdraw to Chengkuang, when the time comes, they will join forces together, of course, the south can make peace with the Han army in Yangxia, defend the army, and still be able to fight.

But after all, Cheng Kuang City is also in the hands of the Mo family, and the 5,000 troops near Cheng Kuang are only 10,000, once they are surrounded on the plain, it will be dangerous at that time.

And if you retreat to Yongqiu, it will be very different.

If the Mo family has many soldiers, they retreat to Yongqiu, the distance is very close, and the Yongqiu city is strong, as long as they retreat there, they will be safe.

At that time, he can say that in order to prevent the Mo family from sneaking up on Yongqiu in Daliang to cut off the grain route, he took the opportunity to move and retreated to Yongqiu to defend it.

This time, although the Marquis of Qi participated in organizing the alliance of princes to attack Moxi, and some cutting-edge young nobles were also forced to fight because of their hatred for the Mo family, some real nobles were afraid of the Mo family.

The prestige of the Mo family's field battles over the years frightened them, they thought that if the strength of the field battle in the plains was about the same, their side would definitely lose, and they did not dare to fight with the Mo family in the plains at all.

Although the Mo family is also good at attacking cities, at least Yongqiu City has not been captured after a twelve-day siege before, and Yongqiu is an important defensive city in Korea on the border of the Song Dynasty, which is easier to hold than elsewhere, and there is a lot of grain and grass hoarding.

Therefore, General Qi has already made up his mind to retreat from Yongqiu.

If the Mo family has too many troops, it is easy to explain if they retreat to Yongqiu, and they have to survive and not be caught by the Mo family to have a future, and they are qualified to explain if they have a future.

Moreover, in the case of the Mohists' motives being unclear, retreating to Yongqiu is a perfect choice, and you can make another decision after retreating.

If there are few soldiers, you can fight back; If there are many soldiers, then you should be glad that you have withdrawn early.

So he urgently ordered the camp to assemble immediately, abandon the heavy grain and grass, and retreat to Yongqiu.