The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 404

In the pitch-black night, the camp was illuminated by fire, reflecting groups of chaotic figures running past.

call out!
The whistling sound cut across the night sky, and Yelu Abaoji, who was calling for the soldiers in the battalion, took two steps, raised his head subconsciously, and faintly saw a trajectory across his field of vision.

"It's that strange weapon of the Han people who immediately summoned all the generals in the army to make a god tent."

Before he could finish his words, the iron bullet above Hu Xiao's head directly hit the side of the commander's tent, and the hundreds of guards around him immediately surrounded his emperor, and the shields quickly formed a shield wall. The next moment, there was a loud bang, and the flames It soared into the sky, and countless crackling sounds hit the shield.

In an instant, the movement stopped for a while, Yelu Abaoji pushed the soldiers away, the fire light faded from the bottom of his eyes, the tall white tent had collapsed, and half of it was being swallowed by the fire.

"Your Majesty, then inform the future gods."

Snapped!
It was Yelu Abaoji who answered Na Ling and slapped him on the face, and there was still a roar from the mountains in the distance. He turned his head and stared at the darkness in the distance emitting light, his voice suppressed his anger and squeezed out his lips: "Go there On the edge of the mountain, the Han soldiers who are sneaking up will be captured and killed!"

Another flame was blooming in the camp below the mountain, and Dou Wei looked at the soldiers beside him.

"Finished?"

When the little school waving the flag nodded, the big fat man with the thick beard waved his hand quickly, "Push the cannon down the cliff, and get away!"

Urging dozens of soldiers from the Firearms Battalion around him, it was a pity to push the three fire tongue cannons to the edge of the cliff, watching them fall into the mountain stream, and then quickly descended the mountain. , there are also on other mountains, of course, before coming, they have pulled out all the hidden sentries that Khitan has placed around.

Once venting, the Khitan military camp will definitely send troops to search the mountain. Dou Wei and others estimate the time, follow the mountain road when they came, and leave the mountain very quickly.

They went down to the foot of the mountain and ran a little farther. Sure enough, there was the sound of horseshoes behind them. Knights with torches began to seal the mountain, and thousands of infantry began to search along the foot of the mountain.

The majestic fat man crouched on the bushes in the distance and watched for a while, and felt comfortable seeing these Khitan people gaining nothing, then he slowly backed into the grass and turned away with a smile on his face.

About half an hour later, the soldiers and horses who searched the mountain returned to the barracks one after another. Several dilapidated gun barrels were brought back and placed in the handsome tent that was erected again. Yelu Abaoji randomly picked up a wreckage and looked at it over and over again. , except for the strong weird smell on it, it is impossible to see that when this thing is in good condition, it can emit flames and shoot iron bullets that can explode.

"Not a single Han soldier is seen, I think it was premeditated!"

Yelu Abaoji couldn't figure it out, so he pushed back the idea of ​​taking this thing for his own use for the time being, and talked about the attack on the camp with the generals in the tent, and probably understood the other party's plan.

"I have read a lot of military books by the Han people. This is the strategy of exhausting our Khitan warriors. Don't believe it!"

"Your Majesty, if that's the case, they will come again in the middle of the night!" Yelu Yuwen reminded, seeing the emperor's eyes, subconsciously lowered his head, the previous defeat made him not as tough as before in the tent.

"Of course I know, I thought it was you?" After all, he was a general of the clan, and the emperor didn't punish him too much. Right now, he turned his eyes away and walked through the generals with his hands on his hands, "I have already arranged for soldiers to go to the nearest few mountains. The inspector is on guard!" After saying this, he asked about Yelu Helu's injury.

"How is my first minister?"

The generals standing on the left and right sides looked at each other and hesitated, Yeluxienechi spoke first, he was more straightforward, "Your Majesty, Holu was seriously injured by the Han general, after treatment, he is still in a coma. wake up."

Yelu Helu is extremely important to Yelu Abaoji, not only the general of the clan, but also the humerus of the court, which is why he had to ask the Pishi Army to take off Li Cunxiao's head and put it at his feet.

"I'm afraid this battle won't be over in a short time. In the morning of tomorrow, I will send Holu back to Khitan and let the shaman of the clan have a look!"

They also discussed matters for tomorrow's battle, the generals dispersed after the night darkened, Yelu Abaoji was tired at this time, but he didn't dare to sleep easily, who knows if the Han people will attack at night again.

Holding a straight knife, wearing armor and patrolling the camp, surrounded by leather felt tents, each soldier also opened his eyes wide and listened to the movement outside. Those who wanted to fall asleep were touched by the veterans and continued to stand firm.

Yelu Abaoji walked around with a sullen face, and returned to the handsome tent in Xinli. He sat behind the desk in his armor and didn't close his eyes almost all night. On the long case, he fell asleep drowsily.

"His Majesty--"

The dream came flooding in, and Yelu Abaoji was yelled loudly, shaking in shock and sitting up straight, looking at the tent with red eyes, Yelu Haili lifted the curtain and came in.

"The Han soldiers are here to harass again?" the emperor gritted his teeth and asked in a hoarse voice.

"No."

Yelu Haili had an anxious expression on his face, and handed over a note in his hand, "It was Xiao Hendu who was sent to deliver the luggage in the early morning. He sent a fast horse to send the news. The food and fodder in the back camp is full of mud."

"what?!"

With a 'boom' in Yelu Abaoji's mind, he stood up dragging his armor, staring at the red eyes, and quickly looked at the note in his hand, which was written in Khitan characters.

There is only one short line: "Quickly inform Your Majesty that most of the luggage in the camp is adulterated, with foreign food and internal mud!"

Bang!
Yelu Abaoji threw away the note, kicked the long case down, and looked at Yelu Haili with his teeth bared: "Why did this happen? Who collected the food and fodder at the beginning? Who inspected it?"

This stumped Yelu Haili.

"Your Majesty, these are not all the Nanmian officials (South Court) are doing"

almost simultaneously.

In another military camp to the south, Geng Qing, who got up early, twisted his waist in the tent refreshedly, listening to the news brought by Jiuyu from outside.

"The letter was sent by Zhao Hongjun. This person is going to tell you that he is going to run away."

"What preparations? At this time, the family members have probably been sent out of Khitan territory." Geng Qing understood the nature of this fat county magistrate, and he ran faster than anyone else when encountering danger.

Stopping her twisting waist, Geng Qing put on a single shirt, took the note and glanced at it, smiled: "Since he wrote a letter, it means that the things over there are basically unstoppable, and they are about to collapse! If the Khitan empress knew about this, would she send someone to tell Yelu Abaoji? No, with that woman's sage temperament, she should press it down, but those nobles and officials in the city would not, haha. Tell Yelu Abaoji to listen How will he react when a fire breaks out in the backyard and half of Shangjing’s wealth is shorted?”

short?

It was another fresh vocabulary, Jiuyu was a little surprised, thinking along the words of this cunning King Yong, it is not difficult to imagine the expression of the Khitan Emperor at that time, most likely rushing back in a hurry.
Thinking of this, the corners of her lips could not help but curl up slightly on her feminine face.

Suddenly, another question came to mind, "What about those wealth?"

Geng Qing looked at him, put her fingers between her lips and let out a 'shh'.

"secret."

As soon as the words were finished, there was a commotion outside. At the same time that Dou Wei came back happily with a loud voice, Wang Yanzhang, Li Siyuan and other generals also came over, with joy on their faces.

"Yesterday's strategy of exhausting the enemy probably worked. Today, the Khitan barracks is dead silent. Eh, King Yong is so happy."

When Wang Yanzhang asked what to say, a note was stuffed in his hand, Geng Qing let him read it, and then said: "These days, Gu is waiting for it to come, a piece of paper decides the world!"

The words fell firmly in everyone's ears.

(End of this chapter)