Chapter 38: Take all sizes (2)

The ink-like sky was scattered, and the grassland in August was already biting cold. The scouts of 30,000 guards carefully opened a search screen. Twenty miles in front of the army, eight teams spread westward with a fan of 180 degrees.

Ye Wang commanded 30,000 guards to a place a hundred miles away from Guangning, and the entire army entered a state of high alert.

Before leaving, Zhu Zhi repeatedly told him not to contact King Ning in advance, and to detect the movements of King Yan before he could approach Daning.

Ye Wang has been staying a hundred miles away from Daning for a whole day. Apart from sending scouts to search for the enemy situation, he did not dare to act rashly.

The Liao King's advice was obviously worried that Yan Ning would merge. Ye Wang was not stupid, so he naturally knew the grudges between the three kings of Yan, Liao and Ning.

The Yan and Liao sides must have become powerful and powerful, while King Ning is a variable. He is not close to either side. Because of his humble origin, King Ning has always been a marginal prince.

Zhu Yuanzhang also sealed him to Daning in the desert, which is very evident. The possibility of King Ning turning to King Yan is quite high.

But this time Zhu Zhi’s mission to 30,000 guards was very strange. Supporting Daning? It’s pure nonsense. If Daning fights tens of thousands of soldiers, who are afraid of whom, and doesn’t need support from Liaodong at all. And if it is supported, sending this guard for thousands of troops is not enough to stuff others’ teeth.

Then the first order is not valid, and the second order is to take out the Shenyang Central Guard, commanded by Qu Qing. If you didn’t expect anything wrong with King Ning, why should the Shenyang Central Guard return to Liaodong?

Of course, when Zhu Zhi assigned the task, he would not explain the truth about the historical ambush to Ye Wang. So he was always puzzled by the logical relationship. Now that Daning is getting closer, the air on the grassland becomes a little nervous.

Years of war experience have made Ye Wang smell a little uneasy.

The grassland is sparsely populated, and the Mongolian tribes in this area have been absorbed into several large garrison sites. Therefore, they rarely encounter herders along the way. Some of the people they met were captured without saying a word and became prisoners in the baggage camp.

The marching of 30,000 guards should be kept confidential. But Yue is close to Daning. Ye Wang felt that the mission was heavy, and the messenger sent out had no news for two days. Could it be?

Just as Ye Wang was restless in the military tent, Katun signed up and saluted, "General, the scout just now, the fire in the direction of Daning soared into the sky, I don't know what happened."

Ye Wang looked up and said angrily: "What is this scout? I don't even know the military situation? Investigate again!"

Katun said, "I have ordered the scouts to explore again. I can't blame them for this. I can't walk far at night."

Ye Wang said: "What do you think?"

Katun said: "It seems that something happened to Daning has happened, and it is possible that the Yan army has broken through the city. Our army should quickly set off the camp and advance towards Daning. Qu Qing should need help at this time."

Ye Wang said: "Did the messenger who contacted General Qu has any response?"

Katun said, "Not yet, I'm afraid that the messenger will fall into the other party's hands."

Ye Wang was still hesitating, and the situation of the enemy ahead was unclear. The 30,000 guards went deeper. Once a problem arose, they could not afford to take advantage of it.

Seeing that Ye Wang was still hesitating, Katun said again: "General, it's almost dawn. Now when he set out to arrive at the outer area of ​​Daning, it should have been clear. Why don't you send a thousand households to open the way ahead first."

Ye Wang was hesitating, and another scout came to report: "Report to the two generals. We encountered the enemy thirty miles away from the city and annihilated a scout team from the other side. Our team lost two people and three were injured.

When they entered twenty miles away from the city, they found the Yan army camp. The young man and the wounded came back first to report, and the other brothers continued to monitor. "

Katun said: "Can you be sure that the other side's scout team was completely wiped out?"

The scout hesitated and said, "Well, we will find them first, and then go up from both wings. Shoot down three, chop down five, and two were slightly injured and taken down. According to the captured ones, their team had a total of ten people.

"The combat effectiveness of the Liaodong scout guards is definitely not something that can be covered. They are all first-class and strong soldiers in the army. The ability to fight nights was trained after countless windy and rainy nights.

Knowing that he would not lie, Katun asked again: "You haven't gotten close to the city?"

The scout said: "No, the Yan army camp is very tight and there is no loophole. But the direction of Daning seems to be in war."

Katun said, "The Yan army attacked the city overnight! It seems that the situation is very critical. You go down. Treat the wounded quickly." When the scouts went out, Katun looked at Ye Wang, as if waiting for his decision.

Ye Wang's eyebrows were tightly twisted, and he kept his fingers striking on the table. Finally, his fingers stopped. "Katun, lead the front camp to set off immediately and go to the periphery of Daning. You must not attack easily. The general will arrive later."

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The Qi Mingxing in the sky blinked little by little, the sky turned dark blue, and the horizon in the east had turned white. Katun led his army to leave the camp for fifty miles, and the front was still pitch black.

What is this future? Katun is a little unsure.

After moving forward ten miles, Katun slowed down and sent several teams of scouts to search. As soon as the scout was released, he felt the earth shaking slightly. What is this?

A scout was crawling on the ground, listened carefully for a moment, stood up and said, "Go back to the general, more than 5,000 cavalry are coming here. The distance is about twenty miles."

Katun looked around with the help of the light sky. A road on the grassland for herders to migrate east and west. On the left side of the road was a river, and on the right side there was a small hill on the north. Katun thought for a moment and ordered the cavalry to immediately cross the hill and ambush on the back slope, and at the same time sent people to convey messages.

The distance between twenty miles and cavalry only takes half an hour to reach. When the smoke and dust gradually rise, the sky is already a little brighter. Katun, who was crawling on the hill, took out a thousand-mile mirror to observe the people coming.

The deputy Chinese general next to him said, "General, there are a few of our scouts in front of him."

"Yeah!" Katun said, "What's going on? Did they be captured by the Yan army?"

"Send two riders to take a look." The deputy general suggested.

The two scouts met with the brigade, and the two sides seemed to have a relationship. After a while, the two scouts came back and reported: "General Ka, General Ka! It is General Qu Qing and Qu's troops, and it is the Shenyang Central Guard!"

Katunteng jumped up from the mound and asked, "What's going on with them?"

The scout said: "King Ning is in conflict. General Qu fights out of Daning."

Hearing this amazing news, Katun immediately turned over and the Han deputy general shouted: "General, be careful of fraud!"

Katung shook his whip: "Haha, Qu Qing is a hero who is a ghost under the sword. He is the person His Highness trusts the most. How can he be a fraud?" With a whip, Chi Yanyun under his crotch ran towards the team. The other team saw someone.

The travel speed has also slowed down.

By more than a hundred steps away, Katun had already recognized the leading yellow horse, a general sitting straight on the head, Qu Qing, who was the number one brave general in the Liaodong Army. He shouted: "Qu Qing, I haven't seen him for two years, I miss you so much!"

Qu Qing's face was covered in blood and didn't know if he was injured. When he saw Katun, he immediately laughed: "Haha, I didn't expect that he still had the fate to see you." The two of them made a mistake.

Katun whipped his head, and Qu Qing pulled him back and the two looked at each other and laughed.

Katun said, "Are you guys?"

Qu Qing said: "King Ning Cong Ni, we will kill out of Daning."

Katun said, "It turns out to be true, how could this happen?"

Qu Qing said: "Stop talking nonsense. There are a large number of pursuers behind. How many people have you come?"

Katun said: "Master Ye, the chief general, 30,000 guards and 5,000 people."

Qu Qing looked at the surroundings and said, "You are all ambushing behind the hills?"

Katun said, "No. I am a Qianjia in the front camp."

Qu Qing said: "Okay, let's fight here. I will send a thousand households to pretend to drink horses by the river. When they pass by, they will inevitably attack by the river. They will immediately cross the river, and then wait for the enemy to cross halfway, and you will run out from behind the hills.

I will go back to the army to attack, and don’t retreat if I take advantage of the battle. You can quickly send someone to send a letter to Marshal Ye to prepare. Remember to act according to my signal when attacking!" Katun was originally on par with Qu Qing, so he didn’t need to obey Qu Qing’s orders.

But the military situation is urgent now, Katun does not argue and receives the order immediately.

Qu Qing ordered a general whom he didn't know to lead a thousand households to the riverside, and he led his troops to disperse on the roadside. Qu Qing ordered the money and supplies he had on his body to throw on the ground.

Just now, there were smoke and dust rolling behind me. I don’t know how many soldiers and horses were. When the smoke and dust approached, it turned out that thousands of people were on the resting ground on the roadside, led by Qu Qing and continued to run towards the east. As soon as they left.

There are many wealth and supplies scattered on the road.

After a while, the people and horses from behind chased after him, and there were nearly 10,000 people. They stopped at the place where Qu Qing had just stopped, and seemed to have found the cavalry fleeing in all directions and the troops drinking horses by the river.

The general led a general muttered something to the people around him, and a group of people rushed out of the brigade and rushed towards the riverside. Qianhu, who pretended to be drinking horses by the river, quickly got on the horse and fled to the other side of the river. The time happened, but the shape was in a mess.

By the time the pursuers approached the river, most of them had already escaped the half-marathon-deep river, and the people pulled down from behind had to escape along the river to the east.

The main team here identified the direction and continued to chase the east. It seemed that the pursuit soldiers had strict discipline and were not tempted by the property on the ground.

The pursuers divided into two groups and rushed under the hills. They didn't expect that there would be people behind the hills. Katun ordered to get on the horse, and a thousand people were ready to go and slowly moved towards the top of the hills.

Suddenly a gorgeous firework emerged from the east. Katun saw the familiar Liaodong signal. He swung a semicircle in the air: "Liaodong athlete, let Yan thieves taste the power, follow me." As he said that, the horse rushed out like an arrow.

A thousand Jurchen cavalry followed him, lined up in a conical assault formation, and covered and killed him from the small hills.

The Jurchens' charge, just like their ancestors, made strange screams.
Chapter completed!