Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 273 Suspicious
Khitan military camp.

Gao Xun and Xiao Siwen are playing Go leisurely.

The two were chatting casually while playing a game of chess.

Xiao Siwen was originally a well-known No. [-] figure in Khitan, the first son-in-law of Khitan, and stayed behind in Nanjing.

But now the position is really embarrassing.

Originally, Yelvjing didn't mean to blame Xiao Siwen, but thought that if Youzhou City was lost, it would be lost, and it was just a matter of taking it back.

But as the battle became more and more difficult, Yelvjing became more and more disgusted with Xiao Siwen.

If it wasn't for his incompetence, he would have lost the crucial Youzhou.

How could they fall into this situation?
Yelvjing didn't give Xiao Siwen a good look these days.

Xiao Siwen was terrified and uneasy, and began to make connections in the military camp.

It's just that he has struggled half his life, his family wealth, wife and daughter are all in Youzhou, and he has no property, so he can only pretend to be close with an old face.

Gao Xun knew it well, but he never refused anyone who came.

Mainly not to hinder his own promotion path, Gao Xun does not dislike having many allies in the political field.

The two chatted happily, and the game of chess was hard to tell.

Suddenly got a message from Xiao Daqian asking for help.

Both of them were stunned.

Gao Xun's heart trembled slightly.

Xiao Siwen's face was even paler, and the chess piece in his hand fell off the board without realizing it.

This herd is their food lifeline. Losing the herd will not only make the battle impossible, but will also affect this year's winter.

The biggest natural enemy of nomads is winter.

Gao Xun was quite wise, calmed down quickly, and hurriedly asked, "How many people are there?"

The visitor said tremblingly: "There are about ten thousand people. They rushed out from the direction of Xiangshan, and we were not prepared at all. Prince, stay behind, and quickly support. All the livestock will fall into the hands of the Central Plains people at night." .”

Gao Xun immediately said loudly: "Brother Dejiang, I will trouble you to sit in the camp, and I will immediately lead troops to support..."

Xiao Siwen's heart was cold and cold. In the previous pursuit battle, he lost many soldiers and horses, more than half of his generals were killed, and there was even a mutiny.

The Nanjing left-behind has realized that he is not suitable for leading troops to fight.

Not to mention avenging shame, now he doesn't even dare to lead soldiers into battle, he just wants to return to the Khitan center, take up a civil position, find a way to get his wife and daughter back, or find a concubine directly to have a son and a half daughter.

In short, I will never come to Nanjing again.

However, the current situation does not allow him to refuse.

If something happened to the herd, it is impossible not to save it. Now that Gao Xun has left, who else in the army has a higher status than him?
Xiao Siwen followed Gao Xun out of the military camp.

At this moment, a harsh bone whistle sounded in the camp.

The bone whistle sounded one after another, resounding through the entire camp in an instant.

At this time, they used Khitan's unique communication method.

It is a communication tool for generals at the level of team commander and above, as well as special personnel such as scouts and sentries.

When the sentinel's bone whistle blew, the generals who heard the whistle would also blow the bone whistle, and everyone passed it on, and it only took a few breaths to spread throughout the entire barracks.

Gao Xun and Xiao Siwen's expressions changed drastically, they no longer cared about rescuing the herds, but understood the situation facing the army village.

The sentinel panicked and came nearby to report: "There is an army approaching our army. The sky is covered by smoke and dust, and the exact number cannot be seen clearly. It is estimated to be at least [-]."

"Thirty thousand?"

Gao Xun exclaimed, and said, "How is it possible, how can there be so many soldiers in the Central Plains? Could it be that the Guo thief has not left, and everything is a trick?"

For the battle that started at the Sanggan River, Gao Xun also had a certain understanding of the rear.

On the north bank of the Sangqian River, the Zhou army had [-] to [-] soldiers. The Jingu camp used to have [-] soldiers, but now some soldiers and horses were allocated to transport food, and there were almost [-] soldiers and horses in Youzhou City.

Where did they get the remaining soldiers from?

Xiao Siwen's heart skipped a beat, but he remembered an allusion. He had read a section of unofficial history notes.

It is said that Zhang Fei broke the bridge according to the water, and with [-] cavalry, dragging branches, rushed to attack, and scared off Cao's soldiers with suspicious soldiers.

Is this smoke and dust covering the sky?
Will it be the same?

"I heard..."

Just as Xiao Siwen wanted to remind him, he closed his mouth in an instant. After realizing it, he thought to himself: "If my guess is wrong, isn't the military camp dangerous? The king went to save the herds by himself. If he loses the military camp, he will be more guilty." Wait, I'm afraid it will harm your life."

Having said all this, he forced him to take it back: "People in the Central Plains have always been cunning. The minister in the rear died of illness. Just send the minister back. Why does Guo thief need to go back in person? It is likely to be a feint. Don't be careless, Mu. The group has been lost, if we lose the army stronghold again, I fear that all of us, Daliao, will be buried here."

Gao Xun also felt that it was reasonable.

They didn't know that Guo Rong was ill, so from the beginning they felt that Guo Rong's retreat was inexplicable.

But all the clues proved that Guo Rong had indeed withdrawn to the south, crossed the Yellow River, and arrived at Chanyuan.

Even if he couldn't figure it out, he accepted the situation.

But now that something happened, Gao Xun couldn't help contacting his superiors and thinking about it.

Gao Xun didn't dare to rush to rescue, so he could only send scouts to detect the enemy's movements.

Xiao Siwen asked: "Do you need to let His Majesty know about the attack on the herd?"

This question made Gao Xun's heart skip a beat.

Now the two sides are fighting a decisive battle near the Sanggan River.

Soldier to soldier to general.

In a battle of nearly [-] people, it is impossible to tell the winner in a short period of time.

But if Yelujing was informed of the situation in the rear, the morale of the army would be turbulent, and the result would be the defeat of the Khitan army.

But if you don't tell, if the enemy really has [-] people, if you solve the herd, it will be your army stronghold, and then close the siege.

It's a situation of complete annihilation.

Gao Xun ordered sharply: "Everyone, get ready to meet the enemy!"

He does not intend to make a judgment before the situation is unknown, and deal with it with a surefire method.

But his delay gave Han Lingkun plenty of time.

Han Lingkun said that he wanted to drive the herds to Youzhou, but actually drove them to Xiangshan.

This experienced general in the army is a seasoned soldier.Worried that the generals in the Khitan army camp guessed that they would drive the herds to Youzhou, or that some fugitives reported the situation, they would intercept them on the way, and came to a Mingxiu plank road to secretly hide Chencang.

Xiangshan is a rare mountain group near Youzhou City, and its terrain is relatively complicated.

Even if the Khitan soldiers and horses followed the cattle and sheep in pursuit, they could still set up an ambush on the way and repel the Khitan pursuers.

Sure enough, his consideration was correct.

Through continuous probing, Gao Xun finally discovered the real situation of the opponent's "[-]" army.

But only three thousand.

Gao Xun was furious, and immediately decided to take back his cattle and sheep.

He also knew that it had been delayed for a long time, and it was too late to go to the pasture now.

It happened that the general of the Central Plains was going to transport all the cattle and sheep to Youzhou from the mouth of the fugitive.

Gao Xun decisively went straight to the north gate of Youzhou, intending to intercept it first...but he didn't find the enemy.

At first Gao Xun thought that the Central Plains people were not good at controlling herds, but when he sent people to search, he found that Han Lingkun had already entered the Fragrant Hills.

Gao Xun was resentful in his heart, he didn't dare to pursue him any further, he could only go back to the camp indignantly.

　My wife is sick, has a fever, and is a little flustered. Today's update is a little less, sorry, and I will make it up at midnight tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)