Chapter 37: Meeting Pei Yuanshao Again(1/2)
Three days and three nights, three days and three nights!
Dong Qi led his men to the northwest, from the Ocean River to the West Sea, from the West Sea to Jincheng, and then from Jincheng to Jishi Mountain. He had a lot of results. Due to his sister's death, the anger accumulated in his heart was relieved a little.
After dressed as a Po Qiang official cavalry to attack Shaodang Qiang, everyone returned to the Po Qiang territory and then hid in Jishi Mountain.
After counting the number of people, Dong Qi discovered that the surprise attacks of the three days and three nights cost him 60 people. Among them, only more than twenty people died in battle, and most of them fell behind in the middle.
This is inevitable. Even Dong Qin himself has almost reached his limit for three days and three nights.
He even thought that even if he took another step, he might fall off the running horse. Looking at the others, he was even more embarrassed. The better one was the seven people brought by Lu Yi and Dong Tie. Every time they attacked, they were responsible for monitoring the horses and supplies, and they did not join in until the last surprise attack against Shaodang.
"Xiao Tie, find a place to rest in front and remember to be secret."
Dong Tie responded, jumped off the horse and ran away. Now it was in the mountainous area, and the horse speed could not be lifted. Dong Tie's pair of scree legs were far more effective than war horses in such an environment. Dong Qi and others walked forward slowly. After about a stick of incense, they saw Dong Tie running like a wind from the corner of the ridge.
"Master, about three miles ahead, there is a valley. The terrain is very secretive, and it is difficult to find without careful observation."
Dong Qi was sleepy and had a fight with his eyelids. When he heard this, he immediately became energetic.
"Dong Zhao, order everyone to speed up their progress. There is a valley ahead, and we will rest there for two days and then set off on the road."
Everyone was excited. For those who only nap on horseback for three days and three nights, what they needed most at this moment was a place to lie down and sleep, and when they woke up, they could have a hot meal instead of hard dry food that was hard to chew. Everyone immediately accelerated and quickly came to the valley under Dong Tie's leadership.
The valley is surrounded by mountains and is surrounded by endless pine forests like the sea.
It is very quiet and secret. There are several caves in the valley, and there is also a stream without ice flowing. There is a hot spring here, steaming with water mist, hiding the valley in a forest and mist. It is indeed a good place to hide.
Everyone was extremely tired. After entering the valley, some fell off their horses and fell to the ground and started to snore.
Dong Qi had no choice but to carry these people into the cave first, and he could not wake them up even if they were bumpy along the way.
"Dong Zhao, you go to bed too."
Seeing that most of the people had made arrangements, Dong Chu said to Dong Zhao.
Dong Zhao was also very sleepy, but he saw that Dong Qi was not planning to rest, so he couldn't help asking, "Lord, are you not resting?"
"You go and rest first. Although it is very hidden here, you have not escaped from danger yet. I won't sleep for now, you go to bed."
"How can this be..."
"How can it be?" Dong Qi glared, "This is an order, go and rest immediately. We have to go a long way."
Dong Zhao was moved. It was worth dying to keep up with such a lord.
He also knew that he could no longer hold on. Instead of fighting with his lord here, it would be better to take a rest quickly and wait for some energy to take the lord's warning. After Dong Qi saw that Dong Zhao left, he walked out of the valley with his legs. From the horse, his thighs were filled with pain. No wonder, after running for three days, his legs were worn out. Fortunately, there was no one around, so Dong Qi loosened his skirt and wrapped his robe and found a piece of shelter. However, there was a hidden crack in the mountain. The lion mane beast and the elephant dragon crawled beside him, one left and one right.
I have heard that my brother-in-law died in the market town.
Although I was mentally prepared, I was still very uncomfortable.
The last day, the mad attack on Po Qiang and Shaodang people's station was a reason. Although I had not said too much to Beigong Bo, I could feel that my brother-in-law is a good person. Unfortunately, a good person doesn't live long.
These three days are extremely important for Dong Qi.
What I learned from the military books and battle strategies left by Ma Yuan was used flexibly for the first time.
Thinking about General Fu Bo's past ten years in the Western Regions, he never lost a single result. The Qiang people were good at riding and shooting, so he used more flexible tactics to constantly erode the opponent's strength until his combat power was definitely greater than that of the opponent.
Ma Yuan was very cautious in using troops, and Dong could understand this from the military tactics he stayed behind.
But when he was really used, he realized that there was endless mystery in it. For some reason, he felt that this kind of tactic was very similar to the guerrilla warfare he heard in the mountain village talk about in his previous life, but there were also differences.
Ma Yuan said at the beginning that Sun Tzu said: War is a devil.
At the same time, he absorbed Taoist ideas and had a deeper understanding of Sun Tzu's Art of War in the form of water and the situation of war.
It can be said that Ma Yuan's military tactics all reveal their appreciation for this sentence.
Dong Qi also appreciated it. Now that he has calmed down, he carefully recalled his actions in the past three days, summarized them, and looked for flaws in the actions. Unfortunately, he did not have enough troops in his hands, otherwise it would be impossible to kill Han Sui.
This time Han Sui suffered a loss. Will he be fooled next time?
Dong Qi dare not underestimate Han Sui now. This time he can win, but what about the next time? There is no general who is always victorious and unbeaten. Han Sui mainly underestimated his losses this time, but it is certain that he will put himself at the same height next time. This famous scholar in Western Liang is indeed extraordinary, and he almost made himself fall into this northwest land.
A gust of wind blew over, and Dong Qi couldn't help but wrap his robe hard.
Relying on the bodies of the two horses, the heat coming from the lion-maned beast and the elephant dragon made him unable to help but fight with his eyelids.
Too sleepy, I really can't stand it anymore!
Dong Qi knew that he couldn't fall asleep, but his eyelids were not strong enough and he closed them unconsciously.
With the last bit of awakening, Dong Qi grabbed the wound on his leg hard. The severe pain made him wake up and his sleepiness drove away. But this situation was not long. Dong Qi gritted his teeth and stood up, and in the narrow gap, he started the Five Animal Show. The tiger show was excited, the monkey show was agile, and the bear show exerted force...
After sitting down with a set of five animals, Dong Qi sweated all over his head.
I became weak, and my body became a little weak for the past three days. However, I became much better, and he kept repeating until the movement came from the valley, and then the voices of Lu Yi and Dong Tie were heard.
Dong Qi's nerve that was tense and about to be broken finally relaxed.
He sat down, leaned against two horses, and fell asleep as soon as he closed his eyes. Even if the sky fell, I would not open my eyes.
*******
This sleep lasted a whole day and a night.
When I woke up, it was dawn. The sun rose, and the sunlight refracted the water mist and produced colorful light. The entire valley was surrounded by this colorful mist, like a magical world full of mystery and fairy charm.
Outside the crack of the mountain, Dong Tie stood guard for him.
Dong Qi stretched out and his whole body was sore. He walked out, woke Dong Tie up, and walked into the valley with two horses.
"How long have I slept?"
"Master, you slept all day and night."
"No wonder I'm so hungry." Dong Qi rubbed his stomach and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Do you know what's going on outside the mountain?"
"Yesterday, Ma Song led his people out to inquire. It is said that Shaodang and Po Qiang had already started fighting."
"Ma Song? Who is Ma Song?"
"Did you forget it? It was the guy who followed Beigong Yu to attack our military camp and was captured by you later, and was waiting for us to go to the market town."
Dong Qi slapped his forehead and said, "Oh, I remember... I've been busy going around these days, and I've almost forgotten this guy. Why, after so many battles, that guy is not dead yet? I remember, he doesn't seem to be very good."
Dong Tie smiled and said, "Master, Ma Song has been taking care of the supplies and horses with us. Even the last battle was only joined when it was about to end. Haha, he was very clever, and Sister Lu'er said he was a big slip."
This word "slip" was also said by Dong Qi inadvertently, and has now been widely used by Lu Yi and others.
Dong Qi nodded: "He is a smart man. Xiao Tie, you have to remember that being able to live is more important than anything else. Learn from him in the future, don't always like to rush ahead... By the way, Han Sui didn't stop him from fighting with Po Qiang?"
"I wanted to stop him, but he was sick... Now at noon yesterday, Shaodang and Po Qiang had their first confrontation. I heard that Shaodang suffered a little loss. However, Po Qiang suffered a lot of casualties, and both sides seemed to be a little anxious and red in their eyes."
"Fight, let them fight!"
Dong Qi was thinking in his heart: Judging from Han Sui's actions, he was going to rebel. But now that Shaodang and Po Qiang have started fighting, it is probably not possible to be resolved in a while. No, I want to go home immediately, maybe the Yellow Turban Rebellion has begun.
I couldn't help but feel a little proud. At least judging from the current situation, Xiliang cannot have a lot of chaos.
A scent came from the valley, causing Dong Qi's stomach to roar. He stopped asking, accelerated his pace and ran to the bonfire.
Lu Yi cooked a pot of broth and was waiting for Dong Qi with a smile.
In this way, after staying in the mountains for three days, everyone recovered.
During the three days, Dong Qi kept sending people to inquire about the news. Shaodang and Poqiang completely tore off their faces, and even withdrew their troops from the valley to prepare to join the battle between the two sides. Not only that, the entire northwest was in chaos because of the big circle that Dong Qi surrounded. The tribes no longer trust each other, suspicious of each other, and there were small-scale conflicts.
"The enemy of the valley retreated?"
Dong Qi did not expect such a result.
When he heard this news, his first reaction was to immediately enter Baima Qiang from the river valley.
But he held back.
In his opinion, now is not the best time.
"Master, when will we leave here?"
"Don't worry, don't worry!"
Dong Qi resisted the urge to evacuate and patiently persuaded: "Wait a minute, I'm afraid Han Sui has now awakened and knows that we are going to bypass Jishi Mountain. You can watch it. It won't take long for him to stop the battle between the two sides. At that time, they will chase us in the burning territory, and the front line of the Dayang River will inevitably relax their vigilance."
"You mean, we're still walking from the valley?"
"That's true, it's true... Hehe, Han Sui would not be unaware of the news that Shaodang people withdraws. He will definitely take people to stare at the exit of the river valley. We will fall into their trap when we go out. After a few days, the battle between Shaodang and Po Qiang will start in full swing, Han Sui will definitely come out. Now, we are comparing with him with patience."
After saying this, Dong Qi found that no one was saying anything around him.
He raised his head and looked at everyone in confusion, and found that everyone was looking at him with surprise.
"Master, are you really only thirteen years old?"
"I……"
Dong Qi knew that he was too much. He laughed a lot and changed the subject and said, "We are here to watch the play."
"What is watching a play? What is a play?"
"This, this...the play is like dancing, like a woman dancing. Everyone likes to watch women dancing, right? Watching plays and watching women dancing has the same meaning, hahahaha."
I accidentally missed my mouth.
To be continued...