At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 178

After Gao Bufan finished asking, he pointed to the interpreter of the prisoner and ordered: "Come here, tie him up and take him with you."

Two government soldiers immediately stepped forward and tied up the interpreter. The latter was frightened and angry, and asked loudly: "I have answered all your questions, why do you want to tie me up? You said that anyone who understands the Sui language can live. You can't take your word for it"

Gao Bufan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't kill you, I'll just detain you for a few days." After speaking, they waved their hands, and the two guards gagged the prisoner's interpreter and threw them onto a grain cart .

The prisoner interpreter was also savvy, and when he heard that there was no danger of his life, he resigned himself to his fate and lay on the cart without moving.

"Young Master Gao, do you have a plan for the next step?" Qin Qiong asked politely with cupped hands, Guo Zisheng and Du Wei also looked over at the same time, their eyes were obviously more respectful than before.

As long as a person has real ability, prestige will naturally slowly build up, even old-fashioned fried dough sticks have to face it squarely.

Gao Bufan said solemnly: "Although everyone has temporarily broken through the enemy's encirclement, it is far from safe. The enemy has dispatched 10,000 people this time, including [-] cavalry. These [-] cavalry are the greatest threat to us."

Qin Qiong nodded approvingly and said: "When we retreated, we left a lot of traces on the ground. I believe that the two thousand cavalry of the enemy army will catch up soon. We must find a way to deal with it as soon as possible."

Guo Zisheng and Du Wei looked at each other awe-inspiringly, and the latter interjected, "This is located in a plain area, if these two thousand cavalry catch up, the consequences will be disastrous."

"So we have to leave here as soon as possible." Gao Bufan said.

Guo Zisheng smiled wryly and said, "How can two legs outrun four? It will be a matter of time before we are caught up."

A cold light flashed in Gao Bufan's eyes, and he said coldly, "Then deal with them first."

Dewey shook his head and said, "That's two thousand cavalrymen, not two hundred. With our small number of people, it's not enough for a charge."

Qin Qiong said: "Then let them not be able to charge, Mr. Gao, if there is suitable terrain and enough time to prepare, a certain family is confident to deal with these two thousand cavalry."

Guo Zisheng and Du Wei looked disapproving. This place is located in the Liaohe Plain, with a radius of hundreds of miles and there is not even a single mountain. The same number of infantry faces the same number of cavalry, and there is only one dead end. Breathe out - bragging ratio.

A glint of appreciation flashed in Gao Bufan's eyes. In ancient wars, although cavalry were kings, infantry had ways to deal with cavalry. The requirements for the body and strength of Modao fighters are extremely high, so even in the mighty Datang, the number of Modao fighters is not large.

Now not only there is no Mo Dao, but there are no weapons such as hooks and sickles, chariots, etc., so Gao Bufan doesn't know where Qin Qiong's confidence comes from, but it is always good to have confidence, and Qin Qiong has a great reputation in history and brilliant military exploits , should be superior, since he dared to say that there is a way to deal with two thousand cavalry, then he must have the ability.

So Gao Bufan cheered up and said, "I happen to know a suitable place, not far from here, about thirty miles away."

Qin Qiong frowned and said: "I'm afraid it's too late, even if we can get there, we don't have time to make arrangements. If a certain family is right, within an hour, the enemy's cavalry will be able to catch up."

Gao Bufan said confidently: "If there is no condition, then create the condition; if there is no time, then delay the time."

Qin Qiong's eyes lit up, and he blurted out: "The plan will be released?"

Gao Bufan smiled and said: "Naturally, he confused his eyes and confused his mind."

Everyone looked at each other suspiciously, but Qin Qiong didn't ask how to confuse his eyes and disturb his mind.

Soon, the brothers who died in battle were buried, the wounded brothers were bandaged up, and the battlefield was simply cleaned up according to Gao Bufan's wishes. Only bows and arrows, shields, food and horses were taken, and all other types of weapons were not used.

It is worth mentioning that 72 horses were seized in this battle, and [-] horses were also seized during the previous attack on the supply point. Now the entire team has as many as [-] horses. If it weren't for the news last night Eight scouts were lost, and there were eighty horses.

At that moment, everyone set off again, and nearly a hundred captured Goguryeo soldiers were also taken with them. Everyone was puzzled why Gao Bufan took the prisoners with him. This would only slow down everyone's speed, so they either killed them or let them go. What's the matter with going on the road?

But soon, everyone understood why Gao Bufan took the captives with him. After walking five miles away, Gao Bufan asked Pei Xingyan to lead the cavalry to escort the captives to another direction, while the large army continued to the southeast He marched in a hurry, so two footprints were left on the ground.

"Brother Qin, Gao Changqing is really cunning. If he leaves two traces, the enemy's cavalry will definitely chase after him separately. Then we will face much fewer cavalry at the same time." Luo Shixin praised while riding his horse.

Fifteen war horses were captured in this battle, Gao Bufan was very fair, almost every general got a horse, Luo Shixin also got a share.

Qin Qiong nodded and said, "I'm afraid there are more than these methods."

Sure enough, after they walked for about two miles, they saw thick smoke billowing in the distance. Judging from the direction, it must be Pei Xingyan and the others who were setting fire.

In addition, Pei Xingyan and others set fire while walking, and drove the captives to the south for about five miles, and immediately divided into two groups. Pei Xingyan led half of the people to continue to the south, while Su Dingyue led the other half to the southwest. Go, set fire all the way.

At noon, both Pei Xingyan and Su Dingyue ordered the captives to continue to move forward, not to look back, and to shoot anyone who dared to look back.

After shooting several dishonest prisoners, the two groups of prisoners continued to move forward tremblingly, while Pei Xingyan and Su Dingyue each led their cavalry to meet at the agreed place.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, Pei Xingyan and Su Dingyue finally met successfully, but both of them were in extremely complicated moods at the moment, no smiles could be seen, and they were even a little dignified.

The place where they met was near the supply point they took away last time, next to the tributary of the Liao River.

Su Dingyue looked hesitantly at the slowly flowing river, and said in a deep voice, "Xingyan, are we really not going back to meet Mr. Gao? Wouldn't that be too unfair?"

Pei Xingyan frowned and said: "It's true that it's not very righteous, but this is Changqing's meaning."

Su Dingyue took a deep breath and said, "Okay, what should we do next?"

Pei Xingyan raised his head to look at the blue sky, and Ma Qian said in one fell swoop: "Naturally, it is to rob his mother and burn his mother. The bigger the chaos, the better. It is best to attract the enemy's cavalry, so that Changqing and them The safer it is."

Su Dingyue nodded and said: "Okay, grab his mother and burn her!"

"Snatch his mother, burn his mother!" Dozens of cavalry under his command yelled in unison.

"Brothers are doing well!" Pei Xingyan laughed heartily, and galloped out like an arrow as soon as he clipped his horse's belly.

(End of this chapter)