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Chapter 210 The disappearing army

The front is almost to Yunzhou City.

Lin Qian leaned on the galloping horse and looked at Yunzhou City, which could already be seen in outline.

After capturing Huanzhou City, they did not attack Yingzhou City, which is the closest to Huanzhou City, but went straight to Yunzhou City.

After the army left Shuozhou City, they galloped all the way to Huanzhou City, and replaced a group of barbarian cavalry armor from the treasury of Shuozhou City.

However, the guards of Huanzhou City were much more cautious. They even sent out scouts outside the city. They discovered Lin Qian and the others a long time ago, and quickly judged that Lin Qian and the others were not their own.

Although Lin Qian had accelerated his advance, he still couldn't stop Huanzhou city from sending out scouts.

Even if Huanzhou City was well-prepared, they were still no match for Lin Qian's [-] army with an empty defense. In addition, a large number of people in the city took the opportunity to riot, and they quickly captured Huanzhou City.

After capturing Huanzhou City, they still opened warehouses to release food, and only took three days of rations. This time they did not take a rest, but went straight to Yunzhou City.

Because Lin Qian was fast enough, a small group of scouts who escaped from Huanzhou City should choose to report to Yingzhou City, which is the closest to Huanzhou City. Lin Qian wanted to seize this opportunity to raid Yunzhou City.

And he guessed that Touman outside the city of Hongdu Mansion should have known their whereabouts at this time. He needs to go north as soon as possible to cross the Great Wall, enter the territory of the barbarians, and then go straight to the barbarian royal court!
Therefore, Yunzhou City, which is closer to the Great Wall and has a ferry nearby, is naturally a better choice.

It's funny to say that the Great Wall was originally built as a solid line of defense against the barbarians' attacks, but now it has become the biggest obstacle for him to attack the barbarians in the north.

But Touman should not be sure about their purpose, and should not pay too much attention to it. They have enough time to capture Yunzhou City, and then go north after repairing it.

But Lin Qian didn't expect that as soon as he left, the peace team sent by Emperor Qianyuan arrived at Hongdufu City, and then went out of the city to discuss peace with the barbarians, and leaked the news that he was no longer in Hongdufu City.

He would not have imagined that at this time Touman had already led an army of 20 outside the city of Hongdu to the north, overwhelmingly surrounded them, and the other more than [-] troops scattered all over Hongdu were returning to help. Touman's goal was very It is clear that a large part of the reason for his going south to attack and attack this time is for Lin Qian. If Lin Qian can be killed, it is a very cost-effective choice to temporarily abandon Hongdu Mansion.

"At this time, the large army should have occupied Yingzhou City. Next, they will attack Yuzhou in the east, or Yunzhou in the north. As long as the father gives me [-] sons, we only need to march half a month to kill this group. Great cavalry."

In the barbarian camp, Guli King Pu Ribei vowed to wipe out [-] cavalry, and there may be Lin Qian, the father's target this time, if he can accomplish it, it will be a miracle.

Mo Dun looked at his stupid younger brother, couldn't help laughing, and sneered unabashedly.

"Moton, what are you laughing at?"

Pu Ribei glared at him. In fact, he was strong on the outside but soft on the inside. He was worried that Mao Dun would rob him of this opportunity to make meritorious deeds.

Mo Dun ignored his stupid brother, but came to the vertical map of the big tent, "Lin Qian led [-] cavalry to go deep alone, just to destroy our rear, so he will definitely cross the Great Wall and go To the north."

"And if you want to cross the Great Wall, the most likely way is to go north from Yunzhou to Qingyunkou, cross the Great Wall from Qingyunkou, or go east all the way to occupy Xinzhou, attack Wuzhou, and then go north from Wuzhou to Lingyundu to cross the Great Wall. The marching route at the beginning should be to prepare to take this road, which can greatly damage our rule in the sixteenth city of Yanyun."

"But they were discovered in Huanzhou. If I were Lin Qian, I would definitely change my strategy, give up Yingzhou, go straight to Yunzhou from Huanzhou, seize Yunzhou and go north to Qingyunkou to cross the Great Wall."

"So, my father gave me [-] elite cavalry, and I can rush to Yunzhou City in just seven days, stop them outside Qingyunkou, wait for the army to arrive, and strangle them in one fell swoop!"

"Of course, it doesn't rule out that they underestimated our reaction speed and continued to take the front line of Lingyundu, Wuzhou, Xinzhou, so Lou Fan led [-] cavalry to defend the Lingyundu area of ​​Wuzhou. Lingyundu is fairly far away, and they still need to attack the city, so they should be able to reach Lingyundu easily before them."

After Mao Dun's analysis, Pu Ribei turned pale. Although he was not an outstanding general, he was not a fool either. After listening to Mao Dun's analysis, he knew that what Mao Dun said was closer to the truth, and the arrangements were tight.

What made him even more angry was that even though he was quite sure that Lin Qian and the others would not go to Wuzhou Lingyundu, he was still unwilling to assign this task to himself.

Of course, he could only be incompetent and furious.

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"Report, a large group of barbarian cavalry was found two hundred miles away, about [-] or so."

Just two days after repairing in Yunzhou City, a scout came flying to report.

Lin Qian was startled. How could the barbarians react so quickly?

Judging from the number of opponents, they should already know the number of their troops. The overall quality of barbarian cavalry is higher than that of Dagan cavalry, so even [-] cavalry are not afraid of facing [-] cavalry.

And they didn't need to confront Lin Qian head-on, they just needed to entangle Lin Qian and wait for reinforcements to arrive. After all, Lin Qian was alone at this time, but they had 30 reinforcements!
"Leave the city immediately and cross the Great Wall through Qingyunkou!"

Lin Qian made a judgment in an instant. The purpose of their trip was to destroy the rear of the barbarians, so that they would not have time to go south to attack Dagan. Now they just had a small fight in the sixteenth city of Yanyun, so if they go back like this , and cannot change the situation of Dagan being invaded.

And at this time, the 40 barbarian army is in the south of them. Going south at this time is tantamount to throwing themselves into a trap.

"Brother, you lead 3000 troops to ambush the barbarian army at Qingyunpo, buying time for our army to cross the Great Wall."

Lin Qian pointed on the map. Originally, he only had 3 horses, and now he has allocated another [-]. It can be said that he is cutting his flesh, but there is no way. The barbarian army came back too fast, so he can only use this kind of gecko The way of docking the tail is to ensure the safety of the army.

Qingyunpo is located below Qingyunkou, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there is only a deep valley in the middle, which is also the only way to Qingyunkou. This is undoubtedly the perfect place for ambushes. With such a favorable location, 5000 troops are enough to stop [-] barbarians Cavalry, even fighting, is not impossible.

"Master Lin, leave this task to us!"

At this time, a young man stood up, "We give up Yunzhou City and go to Qingyun Mountain, and the barbarian army can't do anything to us. In this way, we don't have to defend the city, and we can have a thousand warriors who can fight!"

This person is the temporary city lord elected by the general public in Yunzhou City. Sun Desheng is the temporary city lord because Lin Qian has clearly told them that he will leave soon and the barbarian army will come again. Yunzhou City is very Soon to be recaptured by the barbarians again.

But they chose to fight, and chose to take up arms and go to the top of the city. They chose to submit before, but the facts told them that submission brought only humiliation. This time they decided to fight to the end, even if it was death.

To die for oneself, to die in battle, is more dignified than to be slaughtered and teased by barbarians like livestock!

"Lord Lin, don't worry, as long as we have breath, we won't let a barbarian cavalry pass."

Sun Desheng insisted, "You have more important tasks, your people should not die here!"

Although Lin Qian didn't tell the young people the purpose of their trip, but they were going north and crossed the Great Wall, and with the young people's intelligence, they could probably guess what it was.

"it is good!"

Compassion does not command soldiers, Lin Qian agreed without hesitation, "Dagan will remember you!"

Given the terrain of Qingyunpo, even if Sun Desheng's 1 people are perennially malnourished and oppressed farmers, they should be able to hold out for a while.

But Lin Qian knew that no matter how long they lasted, they were destined to be buried in Qingyun Mountain in the end, so Lin Qian said that Dagan would remember them, but if he couldn't stop the barbarian army from invading this time, it wouldn't be the ten thousand who died The people of Yunzhou are gone.

And they went deep into the northern border with 40 cavalry, and surrounded themselves with [-] troops, so why not put them to death and survive, and even they will be buried in the northern border, presumably Dagan will remember them, right? !
Everything was arranged properly, without further delay, the barbarian cavalry could arrive at any time, Lin Qian gathered the troops and continued to head north, heading straight for Qingyunkou.

The Great Wall was built to resist the barbarians in the north, and most of them were built on the hills. They were built in dangerous places, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and extremely difficult for large troops to cross. Even Qingyunkou, which is relatively easy to walk, is still steep. The mouth seems to have been submerged in the clouds, which shows how high this place is, and this is also the origin of the place name Qingyunkou.

Standing at Qingyunkou, watching the army slowly go north from here to the barbarian territory, Lin Qian turned his head to look down at Qingyunpo. Looking down from a high position, he could vaguely see the shadows of people there, and the battle seemed to have begun.

Sun Desheng was a little desperate. They prepared a large number of rolling stones and logs on the mountain, waiting for the barbarian cavalry to treat them to a good meal when they passed by the valley bottom, in order to repay the resentment of the barbarians for oppressing the Dagan people over the years.

However, what they waited for was not the barbarian cavalry passing through the valley, but the barbarian army coming from the side mountains!

They didn't choose to go through the bottom of the valley, but went around to the side and chose to go up the mountain first!
Mo Dun sneered at these yellow and thin guys holding simple weapons. He may have experienced more battles than these people had heard of battle stories, so how could he make such a low-level mistake.

"kill!"

An order without the slightest warmth came out of his mouth, and the surrounding barbarian soldiers brandished scimitars and charged bloodthirstyly towards the intercepting army composed of great farmers.

Lin Qian stared at Qingyunpo's direction intently. Because the distance was too far away and covered by trees, he couldn't see the battle in Qingyunpo clearly, but at least until now he hadn't seen the barbarian army chasing him.

Although Qingyunkou is already a suitable terrain for crossing, it will take more than half a day for a [-] army to pass through. At this time, if the barbarian army chases after them, the situation will be dangerous.

"City Lord, you go first!"

Qingyunpo, blood stained the place red, there were originally [-] soldiers, now there are only a few hundred left, surrounded by the barbarian army.

Mao Dun looked in the direction of Qingyunkou, and with a wave of his hand, a team headed towards Qingyunkou, leaving less than 1000 people left to continue to deal with these difficult insects.

The combat effectiveness of an army composed of sallow and emaciated farmers who haven't eaten a full meal for an unknown period of time can be imagined.

The barbarian soldiers reaped life as easily as chopping melons and vegetables among the crowd.

But what surprised Mo Dun was that even if these people were beaten to only a few hundred people, they never retreated. You must know that the army will collapse when the battle damage reaches one third.

Even if their barbarians are extremely brave, they can only increase this statistic at most.

But the farmers in front of him, who had never been taken seriously by him, were able to fight to such an extent, 1 people were beaten to only a few hundred people, and the battle damage exceeded [-]%, but they were still standing here!
He had fought so many battles and had never seen anything like this.

That is to say, the ten thousand farmers who he had never paid attention to, actually entangled them here for several hours. They rushed up one after another as if they were dying. It means to leave here.

But it's finally over!

Mao Dun let out a breath, and put away his contempt for these bottom-level farmers who were like ants.

These men earned his respect with their courage.

Withdrawing his gaze, Maodun led his people to continue galloping towards Qingyunkou. Although it was delayed for several hours, if the speed was fast enough, they might be able to catch up with the large army that was crossing the Great Wall.

However, before they had gone far, there was a sudden commotion behind the army.

The few hundred farmers left charged at them. They even broke through the thousand remaining barbarian soldiers and bit the tail of his chasing army. Although there were only dozens of them left, they still Without hesitation, he launched a charge to the [-] barbarian army.

"Yunzhou Army, attack!"

With his left arm broken shoulder-to-shoulder, Sun Desheng, whose blood was bubbling, held up the long knife in his hand and rushed to the forefront, launching a final charge against the barbarian army.

"Yunzhou Army, attack!"

Behind him, the remaining dozens of farmers also raised their long knives, followed behind Sun Desheng, and rushed towards the barbarian army without fear of death.

……

When Mao Dun came to Qingyunkou with his army, he happened to see Lin Qian who was finally driving his horse through Qingyunkou.

At this moment, Lin Qian just turned his head, and the two looked at each other, and a faint fire flashed in the air.

But in the end, Mao Dun could only watch Lin Qian leave.

Qingyunkou was narrow. If Lin Qian defended Qingyunkou, his 1-odd horsemen would not be able to attack, and would lose manpower in vain.

……

After crossing the Great Wall, Lin Qian did not ambush Maodun at Qingyunkou, but swung his troops to the northeast without stopping. Before the barbarian army returned to help, he ran for two thousand miles in five days, sweeping more than ten barbarians, large and small, along the way. Tribes, including most of the barbarians such as Xubu and Huyan.

At this time, they were less than two hundred miles away from the barbarian royal court!
But half a month has passed since they were discovered and arrived here. After all, the barbarians have already reacted. Several tribes in the north have united with the royal court. As long as they can mount a horse, they are all armed and gathered A cavalry force of 2 people stopped in front of Lin Qian's army.

Looking at the barbarian coalition army in front of which even children took up arms, Lin Qian could foresee the embarrassment of the barbarians at this time. The deployment of 40 troops has almost taken out all their wealth, which is different from the grand occasion of the 80 troops going south more than ten years ago. Same day.

But even with the [-] cavalry consisting of children, Lin Qian still didn't dare to underestimate them. At this moment, they had won consecutive battles and their morale was soaring. If he ordered an attack, he believed that it would not be difficult to defeat this cavalry.

But now these people are guarding their own homes, and behind them are their families. Lin Qian understands what kind of potential they will unleash in this situation. If they really fight, even if they can win, they will probably win miserably. They may not be able to get out of the northern border after losing too much time.

Lin Qian was not afraid of death, but he needed to judge whether it was more important to destroy the barbarian royal court, or to maintain the fighting power.

Without much hesitation, the moment he was intercepted, he turned around and rushed towards the Qiulin and Hulan tribes three hundred miles to the southeast.

These two are also large barbarian tribes, and they are an important part of Touman's 40 army going south. If these two tribes can be eliminated, the blow to the barbarian army will undoubtedly be huge.

Of course, Lin Qian's goal was to draw out the coalition forces that were shielding the barbarian king's court, bypass them, and go straight into the royal court.

It's a pity that the barbarian coalition forces were not fooled, they stood outside the barbarian king's court, no matter how lured by Lin Qian, they stood still.

Lin Qian was not polite either. With [-] cavalry, he galloped across the northern grasslands, slaughtering all the barbarian tribes he encountered on the road.

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"waste!"

Touman was furious in the big camp. These days, he kept hearing the news that a certain tribe was massacred from the northern border. Under the eyes of their 40 army, he just watched the [-] people in Daqian How could he not be angry when the cavalry jumped up and down and turned the entire northern border upside down, causing no peace.

After a long while, Lou Fan dared to speak, "The last time they appeared was in the Hulan tribe. Judging from the route they traveled, they should be planning to go south to Lingyun after seeing that the attack on the royal court failed."

"I have deployed heavy troops in Lingyundu area of ​​Wuzhou, and I guarantee that not even a bird can fly over!"

Lou Fan said confidently, now that Maodun has gone to the front line, it is a good time for him to perform, "And my barbarian Erlang has already crossed the Great Wall from Lingyundu and Qingyunkou, and launched a chase from the rear. !"

Looking at the map in front of him, as well as the deployment map of his own troops on the map, Touman suppressed the anger in his heart, just as Lou Fan said, this time, Lin Qian and the others are doomed!
……

Hulan tribe, at night, black shadows slowly descended from the sky, bringing messages to Lin Qian who was recuperating here.

Soon, as the scouts returned one by one, the deployment map of the barbarian army on the map in front of Lin Qian began to become clearer.

It is not a simple adventure for him to go deep alone with such an adventurous army. These scouts who are proficient in using glider are his confidence.

Taking advantage of the darkness, Lin Qian flew into the air and let the glider start to glide in the direction of the barbarian army. Along the way, he had a panoramic view of the arrangement of the barbarian army. After they arrived at the Great Wall Mountain Range, they glided back to the camp from the mountain and reported to Lin Qian.

In the territory of the barbarians, due to the suppression of the national fortune of the barbarians, Lin Qian could not use the Wen Palace, so he could only use this traditional method, but it was surprisingly effective.

Because the glider doesn't generate energy fluctuations, under the cover of night, the barbarian army didn't notice it. This can be said to be a blow to dimensionality reduction, which made Lin Qian feel like he was playing a game with perspective.

Of course, Lin Qian's situation is still not optimistic even if the see-through hanger is turned on. After all, the barbarians have an army of 40. If the encirclement is shrunk, the see-through hanger will be useless at that time.

Fortunately, they moved quickly enough before the barbarian army could completely complete the encirclement. In other words, the barbarian army who had decided that Lin Qian and the others were going to flee south from Lingyundu to Hongdu Mansion was all about gathering at Lingyundu and encircling it, but it was creating for Lin Qian There is a gap.

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"What about them?"

In Wuzhou, in the barbarian camp, Pu Ribei stared at the map of the northern territory in front of him, as if he wanted to see flowers from it.

It has been five days since the Dagan cavalry slaughtered the Hulan tribe. During these five days, their encirclement has further narrowed. However, for five full days, none of the frontline scouts found any traces of the Dagan army.

That's a whole 3000 army, not to mention [-], even [-] people, it is absolutely impossible to hide under their noses, but the reality is so bizarre, these [-] cavalrymen seem to disappear out of thin air. For five days, there was no trace of them.

Not only Pu Ribei, Touman also frowned, and other high-ranking barbarians in the big tent were also very puzzled.

"Could it be a semi-holy supernatural power, capable of sumina mustard seeds, like a space treasure, to collect these 3 people and take them out?"

A big householder in the tent murmured in a low voice that this matter was too bizarre, he could only guess in this direction.

Touman shook his head inwardly, he had fought dozens of semi-sages in Daqian no less than dozens of times, combined with the Confucianism cultivator information he had received from the hall over the years, he could be sure that the semi-sages did not have such strength.

"So, where did these people go?"

Touman also stared at the map.

Suddenly, seeing the deployment of his own army, Touman was startled.

They deployed large armies in the east, west, north, and south to encircle them, but the army in the north was not too far ahead because of their duty to protect the royal court, which caused a small gap in their encirclement.

In such a big battle, this small gap is not worth mentioning, because it is difficult for the opponent to find this gap.

But judging from the current situation, the opponent must have rushed out through this gap, and then turned back to the west all the way to Qingyunkou again!
Then go south from Yunzhou, whether it is Huanzhou when you came, or go straight south to Yingzhou, you can jump out of their encirclement and return to Dagan territory.

Touman's face was a bit ugly. He led the army for so many years, and it was the first time he was played around like this. With 40 people, 3 people ran out of the encirclement. If he did it, his old face But there is no place to put it.

"Father, I will take people to help Qingyunkou!"

Pu Ribei's eyes lit up when he heard the words, this is a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds.

Touman, who was already in a bad mood, almost couldn't resist cleaning up the door. He really wanted to knock open this son's brain to see what was inside. Five days have passed, and now he is going to Qingyunkoushidu Can't eat hot food.

Finally, he looked at the several captains behind Pu Ribei, "Dang Yu, you lead [-] troops to Huanzhou, He Lan, you lead [-] troops to guard Yingzhou... Be sure to give me this mouse." Blocked in Yunzhou, otherwise, you will come to see me."

"Send someone to inform Maodunlou, let them pursue Qingyunkou from the north, and block their retreat!"

(End of this chapter)