Chapter 342
The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and Yuan Heng's cavalry continues to march on the official road, less than five miles away from Shanzhou City. Book Hahaha
At this time, the unhappiness of being attacked was gradually forgotten. What Yuan Heng is worried about now is whether he can enter Shanzhou City.
After all, it is already dark now. It takes a lot of effort to open the other party's city gate with an army like him, because, with the lessons of the past, many cities were stolen by the Red Turban bandits when they were careless.
"Hey, which part of you are from?" Sure enough, there was a few miles away from the city wall, and this sound came from the city wall.
Although they did not use turrets, the actions of tens of thousands of cavalry were not so easy to hide. After discovering their arrival, the torches were gathered on the top of the city, and it was obvious that the other party was already very scared.
"I am the headquarters of General Li of Runing Mansion. I pass by Guidi and hope to go to the city to rest and go tomorrow." A soldier shouted in Yuan Heng's front army.
Now, Li Siqi's official position is the prefect of Runing.
Hearing the shouts below, the Thousand Houses responsible for guarding the city at the top of the city couldn't help but ask countless questions in their hearts.
Li Siqi's men?
Impossible! Li Siqi's army has never appeared here. Although it is secret that Chahan Timur's army set up an ambush at the Yellow River Ferry, Li Siqi's army suffered a loss on Baoding Road. This is something that many people know. Their army should be on Baoding Road, so why did it appear here?
There is a problem!
"Hey, put down the suspension bridge quickly and open the city gate, so that we can wait to enter the city to rest." The people below waited for a while, but they couldn't wait to open the city gate, and they couldn't help but feel anxious.
Unexpectedly, after saying this, there was no reaction from above.
After waiting for a while, the people below finally became impatient and started to yell and scold them. The response to them was still silent.
Yuan Heng looked at the city from afar. At this time, there were more and more torches on it. It was obvious that the defenders in the city had all moved and reached the city.
They doubted their own origins and were unwilling to open the city gate.
Finally, the shouting people were no longer anxious. Several cavalrymen rushed forward while shouting.
Unexpectedly, after a few steps, the sparse bows and arrows shot down on the top of the city.
It did not shoot on them, but on the ground not far from them. However, the threatening meaning was already obvious.
"It's already dark, and there is no place to settle in the city. After dawn, I'll invite your army to enter the city." The defenders' reply came from the top of the city.
"Your grandma, if you don't open the city gate, I'll attack the city." The centurion shouted loudly in anger.
Yuan Heng's face looked very ugly. Although he knew that it was completely reasonable for the defenders to do this. Their army had a mysterious action. On another night, it would be abnormal if the other party was willing to open the city gate so easily. If Yuan Heng's general was guarding the city, Yuan Heng would probably be removed from his post immediately.
However, from Yuan Heng's current position, it is wrong for the defenders.
Seeing that Shanzhou City "welcome" them so much, Yuan Heng's army seemed to be in a panic. Some people took out their own arrows and wanted to shoot all the annoying guys on the top of the city, but Yuan Heng stopped them in time.
After lunch in the afternoon, it has been a few hours now and I am already hungry. The days of running around have already made them exhausted. Now, I am in a piss of anger at this city again, and everyone is holding a fire of namelessness in their hearts.
"Get back two miles and rest on the spot." Yuan Heng said: "Send two teams of 100 people to collect supplies in nearby villages."
Now, their cavalry are far from the cavalry of Genghis Khan's era. Each person has more than two war horses, and more than half of them are mares. When they are hungry, they can drink milk directly. When they are tired, they sleep with their own war horses and keep warm. Now, their cavalry can't do this at all.
Therefore, the soldiers were allowed to rest on the spot for a while, and their late night snacks and tomorrow's breakfast could only be robbed from nearby villages.
The two hundred men who received the order immediately became excited. The injured soul, suppressed by the defenders on the city, now needed to vent their vents. The whole team disappeared into the night.
Yuan Heng leaned under a big tree and looked at the stars in the sky. All kinds of thoughts kept coming to his mind. It was a mess. As a general who commanded the army, he needed to think about a lot of things. Now, what he was most worried about was no longer where the guys from the kiln factory went, but who sent the group of cavalry who attacked them in the evening?
If it was really sent by Kuogu, Yuan Heng swears that he would never let Kuogu go, but if Kuogu was the one, why would he still warmly entertain them at noon?
The bandits came and went in a hurry, leaving no valuable clues.
Who is it?
He was in a state of confusion when a thought suddenly flashed through his mind, and suddenly, he was shocked.
"Wuha, bring a thousand-man team to meet the two hundred-man teams we sent out." Yuan Heng said.
Wuha is his deputy general, and he is extremely brave. If he sends him there, he can ensure that there is no harm.
"Yes, General Yuan." Wu Ha replied immediately, stood up, gathered a team of thousands of people, and set off quickly.
Seeing the team leaving, Yuan Heng slowly let go of his heart. Although his soldiers were all tired, they were so determined when carrying out the tasks. The generals under his command did not hesitate or ask him why. They only knew to strictly obey orders. This is the difference between an elite army and a mob.
Why send another thousand-man team? Yuan Heng himself couldn't say it. In theory, just raising supplies would be enough for two hundred-man teams, but if the bandits came back, he would probably be in trouble.
Everything around was silent, only the cry of unknown insects was extremely clear, but the surroundings seemed to be quieter. Many cavalrymen had already snored and slept in the open before dinner arrived. They were used to it.
Yuan Heng also closed his eyes.
However, not long after, his eyes suddenly opened again. A loud sound came from the distance, and it seemed that there were irregular trembling sounds on the ground.
At this time, this sound can only be the cavalry sent by himself. If something happens, the sound is the chaotic footsteps of the horses and the screams of the cavalry!
Something is happening!
"The whole army, gather immediately!" Yuan Heng shouted loudly.
With his shouts, a sentry on duty had already blew the horn.
"Woo...Woo..." Their voices made the defenders at the top of Shanzhou city tremble, thinking that they were going to attack the city.
"Crazy, crazy." The soldiers immediately got up, searched for their own war horses, and quickly prepared for the battle.
While moving, a war horse was galloping towards here in the distance. A soldier covered in blood was struck by the horse desperately, as if a demon was following behind.
He came to Yuan Heng, jumped off his horse immediately, and was already kneeling on one knee.
"General Yuan, we have fallen into the trap!" The person who came said in a very sad and angry tone.
"What's going on?" Yuan Heng asked. He had already recognized that this was a hundred households in a thousand-person team brought by Wu Ha. Although the incident happened suddenly now, with this person coming back, he could know a lot and facilitate his next action.
"We were ordered to help the army that raised food, but just after walking five miles, we saw several corpses, which were our people. Suddenly, General Wuha knew that the situation was not good, so we continued to move forward, and we could see the corpses along the way. So General Wuha ordered us to speed up the pursuit. We walked to a fork in the road and saw corpses on both sides. So, they were divided into two teams, thinking about looking for two roads. As soon as we walked two miles, we encountered a rain of arrows. We caught us off guard and suffered a considerable loss. Then, a cavalry rushed over. We did not dare to fight and broke through the siege. The subordinates protruded first and rushed back to report the news."
Listening to his words, Yuan Heng realized that he was really in big trouble this time.
It would be fine if a hundred-man team was eaten by the opponent, but the losses in the evening could be temporarily endured. However, if one of his thousand-man teams was eaten by the opponent like this, he would never allow such a thing to happen. The thousand-man team he sent was a military taboo, and the situation was unknown, and he even divided his troops to pursue them. If these five hundred people were unexpected, the other five hundred people would probably not be much better. From this point of view, if he did not go to rescue immediately, there would be more and more dangers.
It’s really cowardly. Since they came into the army, they have not been fighting against each other? When did they suffer such losses now? The more they think about it, the more angry Yuan Heng became, and he wanted to go and rescue him immediately.
However, there are obviously traps here. They are not familiar with this place. Now, they don’t even understand who the enemy is. They just attack rashly, and they may fall into the trap again.
The more complicated the generals encounter, the more calm they should be!
Yuan Heng reminded himself from time to time that although his army was already angry at this time, he was still hesitating.
"General, we are ready. We have 20,000 cavalry, and we are invincible!" said a Wanhu next to us.
Although they are less than 20,000 people now, this is still a powerful force, even if they are trapped in ambush, they have enough ability to escape.
However, Yuan Heng had not made up his mind yet.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves came from afar. At this moment, the moonlight was just bright. They could see that their own people were back, but they came back in shame, and behind them were countless enemy cavalry!
Chapter completed!