Chapter 80: Retreat
It's nearly September, and the weather is still very hot. At noon, the scorching sunshine seems to melt everything, and even the air seems to be hot. On the desert, the vegetation and pastures that are not long are being dried up by the sun. The horses in the stalls were all restless. On the Eagle Mouth Rock, some horse bandits were fetching water to cool down their horses with their bare arms and only a pair of underpants on.
After mid-August, the atmosphere on Yingzui Rock became increasingly solemn. In the past half month, Mongolian sentinels began to appear near Yingzui Rock continuously. At first, they were single and occasional, but as time went by, they became more and more frequent. More and more Mongolian sentinels began to appear. By now, the number of sentinels had grown to a large scale, with small groups appearing around Yingzui Rock.
With Shen Feng's experience and maturity, he realized that things were far from being as simple as he had originally imagined. The occurrence of this situation would only mean that the Mongolian people were determined to fight a big war with Yingzuiyan.
What worried Shen Feng even more was that when they sent out manpower to exterminate these sentries, the combat effectiveness shown by the Mongolian army surprised everyone. Even a single sentinel was extremely powerful. He had no chance of fighting against his opponents several times in a row. After gaining the advantage, Shen Feng sent Yun Zhao, and then captured a sentinel alive during the confrontation. After the first trial, it was discovered that these sentinels were actually members of the 1,000-man regiment of the Zuo Banner of the Mongolian Imperial Court. Down.
The appearance of the big tent soldiers made everyone nervous. Near Yingzui Rock, except for the Gorgos Tribe, there were no big Mongolian tribes. However, if the Gorgos Tribe did not mobilize the whole tribe, they would be able to The number of cavalry dispatched would not exceed five thousand, and Yingzuiyan was not too worried about them. It was impossible for these people to attack Yingzuiyan, but that was not the case with the appearance of the large tent soldiers.
"Withdraw, my boss." The Three-Eyed Tiger said: "The soldiers have all been dispatched. It seems that the opponent has mobilized a lot of troops this time. We have limited manpower and cannot fight them head-on. The desert is so vast, as long as we leave the Eagle Zuiyan, it’s just that they were passive and we took the initiative.”
"That's right, it's no longer possible to stay at Yingzui Rock. Let's go to the desert and fight with them until they can't stand it anymore and have to withdraw their troops. Then we'll come back." Red Lady said: "Avoid their main force and attack them. If small and medium-sized tribes want to attack us, they must be prepared to pay the price."
Chen Feng nodded, "What you are worried about is true. We have to leave. Get ready. Give up Yingzui Rock and go to the desert to fight guerrillas with them."
Yingzui Rock is the camp for all Shen Feng and his soldiers. Their logistics and family members are not here. It is like a military camp. With an order, the entire army was quickly mobilized. Prepare war horses, weapons, and supplies. As for the horse bandits, they only carried a little water and dry food with them. The rest was to fight to support the war. They robbed the Mongolian tribes to supplement the supplies. What they carried as much as possible was sabers. And arrows, in the desert, this is the basis of survival.
With war horses, arrows, and sabers, they can survive in the desert.
By evening, the 1,500 horse bandits on Yingzui Rock were ready and ready to go. All they needed was Shen Feng's order to set off. Before the fierce battle with Albugu, there were 2,000 horse bandits on Yingzui Rock. After that battle, the troops who came out suffered five to six hundred casualties. The dead were already dead, and those who were too disabled to mount a horse to fight were all sent back to their hometowns, where they would become full-fledged farmers and farm every day. Spend the day.
After that battle, before Yingzuiyan had time to replenish its manpower, another battle was approaching.
Shen Feng rode on the horse and looked back at Yingzuiyan, "Brothers, we are going hunting. In a few months, we will come back here to visit Maodong."
"Yo ho ho!" All the horse bandits shouted loudly. This was not the first time they had encountered such a situation.
"Let's go!" Shen Feng clamped his horse's belly and took the lead in galloping down Yingzui Rock and towards the tiger-killing mouth. Behind him, more than 2,000 war horses came out like a torrent, along with 1,500 warriors, and Hundreds of hunched horses with bows, arrows and sabers followed their leader and rushed out of the tiger-killing mouth in the vast darkness of night, rushing towards the desert.
Jamuka was holding a knife, sitting cross-legged on the ground, looking up at the endless starry sky. Over this period of time, he had suffered continuous defeats. First, he was defeated in an arrow fight with an unknown hunter in Lucheng, and then he was killed in Yunjia Village. Yun Zhao failed, but he was in danger. In the end, he led a thousand troops and confidently joined forces with Albugu's subordinates to annihilate the Yingbiyan Horse Bandits, but was beaten to a pulp. What's even worse is that, This battle was not a mistake, but was completely caused by friendly forces. More than two hundred tent soldiers fell on the desert without firing an arrow or killing an enemy. For this reason, his father was so angry that he fell ill. , and after being beaten with a whip, he was put into a small dark room to reflect.
A series of blows made Jamuka, who used to have a high heart and considered himself a hero other than me, truly realized how crouching tigers, hidden dragons are in the outside world. Before, he was just a frog at the bottom of a well. In the Zalchiwud tribe , he is the little prince who is admired by the stars and the future leader of the tribe. Everyone cares for him and praises him, which makes him feel a little elated. He touches the scars on his face, and there is still a slight pain, but Jamuka understands it. , what hurts even more is my own heart. If the Yingzuiyanma bandits are not wiped out, this dull pain will never go away.
Yun Zhao's archery skills and Shen Feng's tactics made Jamuka suddenly understand that Dai Viet was not as weak as he had thought before. This behemoth entrenched in the fertile land of the Central Plains, even if the court was corrupt and incompetent, in that vast land But it is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a small city of Lucheng, and a small group of horse bandits, which have continuously frustrated me. If I am not vigilant and do not work hard, one day I will really break into the Central Plains. I'm afraid there will be more and bigger failures waiting for me ahead.
He could not fail again. Jamuka choked and pulled out the knife, gently stroking the blade under the moonlight.
The rapid sound of horse hoofbeats came in the distance. Jamuka raised his eyes and saw that it was the sentinel sent by his subordinates.
"Sir!" The sentinel turned over and dismounted ten steps in front of Jamuka. "As expected, your Excellency, the Eagle-billed Rock Horse Bandits came out in full force and are marching towards the desert."
"What direction?"
"southwest!"
Jamuka nodded, "Just send more people and keep an eye on them."
"As you command!"
Jamuka looked to the southwest, and there seemed to be a torrent of eagle-mouthed rock horse bandits in his eyes. A sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, "Chen Feng, this time I will let you come to me on your own."
Albugu came over and sat next to Jamuka. Since he was defeated by Shen Feng last time and his lair was burned down, Albugu naturally no longer has the capital to establish his own army, and because of his affiliation, he dispersed the army of the big tent soldiers. formation, resulting in the killing of more than two hundred large tent soldiers. After the war, many important figures of the Mongolian people wanted to kill them quickly. It was Jamukha who saved his life. After that, Albugu led the remaining troops. The men and horses joined the Zalchiwud tribe and became Jamuka's subordinates.
"Sir, Shen Feng and the others have come out. Why don't we catch up and kill them? With the strength you have now, you can easily eat him head-on."
Jamukha looked at Albugu, "How can it be so easy? If we catch up, he won't run away. The desert is so big, how can we catch up and be dragged around in circles by him? I'm afraid this is Shen Feng. You want to see it, after dragging it on for tens of days, we are exhausted. At that time, before he comes to fight us, we will retreat ourselves. Albugu, you are no longer a horse bandit, but an enemy of mine. General under the command of the Erchiwuti tribe, forget about your past, you need to learn formal combat methods and combat ideas, otherwise, you will always be just a general who charges into battle."
"It is my honor, Albugu, to charge forward in front of your army!" Albugu said with a flattering smile.
Jamukha stroked the scars on his face and smiled, "Albugu, don't try to deceive me. I know and understand that you are ambitious. It is because of your ambition that I will protect you. I I'm not afraid that my subordinates are ambitious, but I'm afraid that they are useless. If you want to get ahead, you have to use your brain more. Haven't you suffered enough in front of Shen Feng?"
Albugu's face heated up. Although the master in front of him was young, he was not a master who was easy to coax. He knew his thoughts better than anyone else, "Sir, aren't we looking for Shen Feng for a decisive battle this time? They If he runs away and we don't chase him, what should we do? Yingzui Rock must be empty by now."
"We don't need to look for them this time, they will come to us naturally." Jamuka choked and sheathed the knife, "This time they can't fly into the sky."
Albugu was a little surprised, "Sir, how could Shen Feng be so stupid? How could he use that small amount of troops to challenge your powerful army?"
Jamuka stood up and stared at the southwest, "Because Shen Feng is not you. Shen Feng has many things to protect. This is his weak point. He can't let it go. This time, we hit his weak point. , so even if he knew he was going to die, he would still pounce on us and fight us head-on."
"Our target this time is Shen Feng's logistics location, which they call their lair. It is where the families of the Yingzuiyan Horse Bandits, wounded soldiers, and retired soldiers are located."
Albugu suddenly jumped up, "It turns out that we have found Shen Feng's Achilles' heel. Now it's better. We're not afraid that he won't come back to us for a decisive battle. As long as he comes back, that's when he will die."
Jamuka glanced at him indifferently, "Albugu, even if Shen Feng comes back, this will still be a tough battle. Don't forget that he once defeated more than 3,000 of your subordinates with 1,500 soldiers. These hateful people You know best the fighting power of the horse bandits. And we can only win, not lose. If we lose again, your head will not be saved."
Chapter completed!