Chapter 11: Who Will Defend the Horses Under the City (15)
It is a village located in a ravine. Sandwiched by high mountains on both sides, there is a mountain stream flowing in the center. The village is located right next to the river. The mountains are densely forested, and the flat land in the ravines has been reclaimed. The neat fields attract water, so that most of the fields in the village are irrigated with high-quality water.
In the past, it was a peaceful and prosperous village. Hundreds of people in the village live in peace, the production is rich, and the food and living in Hedong are also good.
The people of the village are very satisfied with this, and they are happy to spend their days peacefully. But on this day, the small village was filled with a strong smell of blood.
The wall on the outside of the village was broken in several places, and the one-foot-high earthen wall had completely collapsed, and rubble and clods of earth had fallen to the ground. The houses that leaned against the gaps in the walls were only charred beams and rafters, and a few blackened earthen walls.
Walking along the road, except for the soothsayers and horses, there was no sign of the village owners at all, only a pool of blood on the ground proved that they had fought for their homeland. In the fields and woodlands outside the village, there were thousands of swoops of divination cavalry.
Occasionally, there would be a few short screams from the houses in the village, but they would soon fall silent again.
When night falls, bonfires surround the village, and the village becomes as frightening as a ghost on earth. There was only the smug laughter after drinking, and the sorrowful screams that rang out from time to time.
In the largest room in the village, Yu Guyun looked at the faces surrounding the brazier, and when he turned his gaze, he saw seventeen faces.
The tribes that went south at the same time as Yu Guyun totaled twenty-eight families and more than 9,300 horsemen. Almost all the tribes of the Western Hindrance were mobilized, and none of them did not send troops. And now in the houseβincluding Yu Guyunβwere the patriarchs of the eighteen of the families or the leaders of the leading groups.
It stands to reason that this should not be the case, and the prior agreement did not make the various clans huddle together. Scattered to plunder, from the border of the Song people's Hedong Road to the land of Yinxia, which once belonged to the party, it was all the hunting grounds of the Divination Blockers. And Jialuchuan should belong to Yu Guyun's Basi mother tribe and the three vassal tribes.
"Why are you all here?!" The patriarch of a small tribe who had been following Yu Guyun was the first to attack, "Didn't you say that each family should have a piece?" β
But another patriarch who arrived later took a knife and flicked the charcoal in the brazier with the tip of the knife: "Tun Balgusi, you have eaten meat with Yu Guyun, so you can share a mouthful of soup with us." Now it's just that this side hasn't started yet, if you don't come this way, where are you going?! β
Yu Guyun furrowed his eyebrows fiercely.
It is the wolves on the grassland, and they are usually in groups of a dozen or dozens of horses, but I have not heard of hundreds or thousands of horses. If there are really thousands of wolves gathered in one place, more than half of them can starve to death in a few days - a grassland within a radius of 100 miles can only feed two or three hundred wolves at most.
Most of the tribes going south gathered in a mountainous area just a few dozen miles away on the side of the Jialu River, and they were not intercepted by a decent one along the way.
Tun Balgusi glanced at Yu Guyun, turned his head and said, "There are too many people crowded here, how can the Song people run away?" β
When the patriarch heard this, he immediately laughed: "Tun Balgus, how dare you become as small as a partridge. What are you afraid of, we have 5,000 soldiers here! β
"Wuba, the village here in Jialuchuan is enough for 5,000 soldiers and horses?!" Tun Vulgus asked angrily.
"Who said that they were going to fight the village, it's a bit ambitious. Now that we're together, it's time to aim a little higher! Wu Ba slammed the floor with his scabbard: "Not far to the east, there is a big city in the Song Kingdom, I heard that it is called the Jinning Army." There are thousands of families in it, and the number of gold, silver, silk and satin beauties is also innumerable. β
Even if you conquer dozens of villages, the gains will definitely not be as good as conquering a city. The wealth of the Song people's city has long been passed on to everyone's heart in the word of mouth of the diviners. If you can capture a city, the goods and weapons in the city can be said to have everything, and you don't have anything. If you bring it back, you can immediately recruit small tribes on the steppe and expand your subordinates several times.
"It's done!"
"I can't let it go."
"Try to be as fast as possible. It will be too late for the Song people to react. β
"There are still two craftsmen missing in the family. I have to find it all in Jinning City. β
"What are two craftsmen? If you want, I'll give you twenty! β
Yu Guyun looked at the group of patriarchs and leaders who were starting to get excited, and his head hurt.
Although he is the tribal leader who led the tribes of the West to the south, he is like a wolf, if he can't bring enough benefits to the below. If you drop your face, you can share it among the tribes below.
I had fought with the Song army a few times before, and although the equipment on their bodies was eye-catching, it was too hard. If the Song army was given time to set up a formation, even if they wanted to break through their formation, they would have to spend a lot of energy, and they might even lose more than they gained, or the risk of losing their armor and abandoning their armor.
Fortunately, their cavalry was not good, the battle situation was unfavorable, and they could run when they turned around, and the two-legged ones could not always chase the four-legged ones. But once the city is attacked, it will be two words. The defenders of the city will attack or send out a group of ambush reinforcements from behind.
Yu Guyun knocked on the floor with his waist knife, interrupting the heated discussion: "Wuba, do you know how powerful the infantry of the Song people in the Dao is powerful?" What should I do if I can't capture the city? In order to capture Yanzhou City, the party members put out more than 100,000 horses, and we have 5,000 here. Husri and Ebulu are still hundreds of miles to the west. Let's not talk about taking the city, what if the Song people come over when we are preparing to attack the city? β
Wu Ba and Yu Gu Zhen confronted each other: "This place is full of mountains, how can the Song people block so many ravines?" If the city of the Song people is not easy to fight, it is not difficult to escape. β
"yes, why fight?" The followers of the Wu Eight family were also cooperating and talking, "The city of the Song people is right in front of you, you have to give it a try." If you hit it, it's a net profit, and if it looks hard to fight, just go. β
No one will fight hard with the Song people.
I had fought hard with a cavalry of the Song army once, and the Zara Division, which was second only to Yu Guyun and Wuba, immediately became the bottom one. Just two days ago, when he was exploring the road, he ran into another cavalry of the Song army, and the whole army was annihilated.
With the previous car of the Zara Department as a reference, no one would be confused enough to resist the Song people with their own people. And who now doesn't have a felt bag full of gold, silver, bronze, and satin cloth? When I go back, I can immediately put on my wife and children in silk and satin. Who wants to fight hard?
But everyone has this mind, can they still beat the Jinning City in front? What else is there to be tempted?!
The sound of the alarm horn broke the heated discussion in the room. The mournful sound of horns echoed in the mountains on both sides of the village, and the cavalry crowding inside and outside the village were like startled sparrows, coaxing a mess.
A scout had already arrived in front of Yu Guyun and the other leaders, "Patriarch, the Song army has been found in the valley in the southeast and is coming towards us!" β
"How many men does the Song army have?" Yu Guyun asked nervously.
"More than 2,000 people, almost all infantry, only a few cavalry."
"What about distance?"
"It's five miles away."
Wuba immediately shouted: "There are two thousand people, and they all found out five miles away." Are you blind?! β
Yu Guyun's face became even more gloomy. The scout grunted, justifying himself: "There are too many valleys here......"
"What should I do?" One of the group leaders asked.
"Of course it's a fight. But only 2,000 infantry! Wu Ba was very disdainful and shouted: "We have 5,000 soldiers and horses here!" β
Yu Guyun made a very decisive decision: "Wuba, you will stay in the village for a while, and I will lead the troops to detour behind the Song army, and then you and I will attack back and forth." β
Suspicion appeared in Wuba's eyes: "Why is it not Yu Guyun that you are guarding in the village, and I will go around the rear of the Song army?" β
Yu Guyun was really angry now. Clenched the steel knife in his hand and glared angrily at Wuba. The atmosphere between the two of them was on the verge of breaking out, and it seemed that as long as there was a little more spark, they would be on fire.
"What are you arguing about here?!" An old man with a white beard stomped his feet vigorously at this time, "This time has already passed." In the valley, the Song people can't line up again, I'm afraid of what they will do?! β
The white-bearded old man obviously had some popularity, and immediately someone came up to separate Yu Guyun from Wu Ba.
At the moment of the great enemy, Yu Guyun and Wu Ba were not in the mood to quarrel anymore. They each got off the donkey, glared at each other, and then turned their heads apart.
The chiefs and chiefs of the tribes immediately rushed out of their houses and mounted their horses and hurried to the resting place of their tribes outside the village. Calling the men and horses under his command, he didn't have any plans, and rushed directly in the direction where Song Jun appeared.
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Thousands of cavalry galloped through the valley, and the terrifying accent had already reached the ears of the Song soldiers.
The scouts of the Song army, who were sent to explore the way, also returned to the main general's side with the enemy.
"The divination blocker is crazy, isn't he?" Li Ying, who led the army, was surprised, "The cavalry actually rushed into our army's formation in the valley?" When are they ambushed? β
Zhi Keshi, who was sent to escort the battle as a prison guard, also spread his hands incredibly, "Maybe it's really crazy." β
The earthquake trembled as if there was really a dragon rolling underneath, which was the gallop of thousands of troops.
The exposed earth and rocks on the hillside were also falling in a slump, not the vibration of the cavalry galloping, but the foot soldiers of the Song army on the slopes on both sides.
"Chopping the Sword!" Li Ying gave an order, and all the foot soldiers in the front row held the swords in their hands.
"Divine Arm Bow!" Li Ying waved the flag again, and the sound of a winding sound immediately came from the valley.
"Hit hard, don't let any of them go!"