When Pan Geng moved to Yin, I initiated Jian Shang

Chapter 423: Hiding the truth (Part )

Taogui heard the shouts of his men, and followed his guidance. Sure enough, on a hilltop, he saw more than two hundred people resting near the forest.

They are eating.

"When they go north, we will surround them. Immediately send people to notify other forces, be prepared, and drive the prey into the trap."

Taogui and the others took action immediately.

It was night, and Taogui originally wanted to send someone to keep an eye on him.

As a result, when Taogui fell asleep, he was woken up by his subordinates: "Chief, the enemy is moving north!"

"Ah?" Taogui glanced at the sky helplessly, "No wonder I can't find them. It turns out that they sleep during the day and come out at night to travel!"

"Inform us and ask a small team to follow. The others will wait until daybreak before setting off."

"Yes!"

Taogui looked slightly moved, but was it really okay to go on the road at night?

Concerned about Taogui's doubts, the team that was running towards the north was gradually amplifying the movement.

As the leader, Tong only has a few dozen people who can really be considered his own, and the rest are all foreigners picked up on the road or conquered.

They were actually full of resentment towards Tong for staying out day and night.

But there is no way, they can still eat food by following Tong, and Tong even said that if they follow him out, they can get rewards from the Xin family, ensuring that they can survive this winter.

Nothing is more tempting than surviving the winter.

Otherwise, if they are caught staying on the territory of the Yourong clan, they may be sacrificed.

So Tong ran until dawn, but did not ask everyone to rest, but continued to face north. At about noon, a flat land and forked road in front of the mountain came into view.

Tong looked at the familiar mountains and familiar plains, and his expression became more cold.

"It seems that we are surrounded."

On the road on the left, a flag was raised. The people here were originally preparing to retreat to the mountains to ambush.

What was unexpected was that Tongsuobu came so eagerly, without missing a beat, and bumped right into them.

"Charge!" Tong turned around and shouted without hesitation, "Come through, we can survive!"

Everyone shouted and roared, and followed Tong and rushed towards the north crazily.

The herds of cattle and horses set foot, and the crowd did not dare to stop them head-on.

This group of people could only shout and disperse, and then shoot with bows and arrows.

Tong held the horse's mane tightly, and then continued to observe the battlefield.

He was not equipped with stirrups or saddle.

Therefore, the only advantage of the light cavalry is that they are not very controlled by the road and can run very fast, but they have no room to fight back when faced with bow and arrow fire.

I can only rush over forcefully.

"Chase!" the leader of the group yelled. Seeing the cattle and horses running away, they had no choice but to chase after them.

Both horses and people are running.

The advantage of human endurance will be clearly revealed in this chase.

Tong succeeded in attracting the energy of most of the forces in the north, but he also got himself surrounded by all parties.

He could only scurry around like a headless fly.

The people around you will inevitably diminish and flee.

The escaped slaves of the Rong clan who had been conquered or gathered before were constantly lost, died, and captured in the chaos. After running for seven days in a row, the herd of cattle was completely lost, leaving only about fifty horses.

Originally, more than 300 horses were snatched along the way, but the high-intensity running still caused the horses' hooves to be worn and injured, and more and more horses were abandoned.

"They are here!"

Tao's flag came around from the other side. Taogui saw Tong and the others, and finally breathed a sigh of relief: "We have found it! This time, I still have part of the credit!"

In later generations, he lived in the mountains to the east of Dingxiang County.

"We are surrounded!" Tong and the others looked left and right on the slope and could see a large number of people.

After doing some calculations, Tong chuckled: "He thinks highly of us. There are actually five thousand people surrounding us!"

"Five thousand?" The faces of the last few escaped slaves changed.

However, some Xin family members laughed when they heard this. "However, we detoured them for seven days. I don't know if Shu Dagu succeeded."

Tong stretched, his mood waning.

For seven days, Tong continued to move the pursuit battlefield northward, and also deliberately walked around the mountains. Sometimes he would sneak attack on the stockade and set fire to the warehouse.

The enemy also regretted that he had let such a disaster in.

Although the so-called cavalry at this point in time cannot directly enter the battlefield, there is no problem in looting, setting fire, and harassing them.

Generally speaking, except for the huge city in the core area, the kind of capital made of stone or earth, the cities in other places are the core areas of the great nobles.

The further away from the core ruling area, the fewer cities there are.

After all, in this era, there may be a large number of wild lands, woodlands, and even savage tribes between each other's spheres of influence.

There is no absolute connection with each other. Not everyone is like Xin Qu, who will set up small towns everywhere and circle out pieces of land just like planting trees.

The core function of a city is always to provide military protection.

And it is established according to the degree of development.

Therefore, if you want to ensure that there are no accidents in the transportation of your food on the road, you can only set up grain villages along waterways and strategic points.

In these places, people walk slowly and there are many restrictions on vehicles and boats, but there are not so many restrictions on riding a horse alone.

People can walk, carts can go, and horses can go.

Therefore, letting Tong come in and wreak havoc was a wrong decision in itself.

Because the Yourong clan had never seen a harassing cavalry like the Xin clan, they made too many misjudgments.

"Then what shall we do now?"

"Isn't this simple?" After hearing the question, Tong pointed to the mountain and said, "Go up the mountain! Let's walk through the forest."

"But, this area is their territory. If they enter the forest, wouldn't it be..."

"You know nothing!" Tong rolled his eyes at the person who was speaking. After a closer look, he saw that he was actually an escaped slave of the Yourong clan.

I couldn't help but sneer: "In the forest, who can say for sure whether they are hunters or prey? Then we will catch some people, take off their clothes, put on their clothes and go down the mountain. Whether we avoid it or blend in, we will be in the absolute chaos." In the mountains, who can distinguish each other so easily?

I took a look at these enemies. They mainly rely on each other's clothes to distinguish closeness.

When the time comes, taking off their robes is how we leave.

Keep spending time with them. By the way, pay attention. When the hazelnuts are ripe, go to the shady slope. There may be a hazelnut forest over there. "

Tong turned around and disappeared into the forest, followed by the clan members of the Xin clan on the left and right. These escaped slaves of the Rong clan looked at each other. After a moment, they gritted their teeth and stamped their feet, and then broke into the forest.

"They went to the mountains!"

"We can't let them escape! Chase them!"

Taogui's cheeks twitched, they were so slippery! He has never seen a tribe that can run like this!

Even the Dongyi warriors, who are known to be good at chasing, can't escape like them!

And it’s hard to guard against!

So, more than a thousand people chased him into the mountain.

More tribes surrounded several exits of the mountains, even forgetting about the south.

It was not until three days later that news came from the north that the Xin clan was attacking Lingqiu. The soldiers and horses of Daidi and Huodi did not dare to move and could only ask for support from the south.

Taogui and the others then divided up another 3,000 people to go north.

A thousand men were sent south to protect the eastern front and grain roads.

Food began to be transferred and order seemed to be restored.

However, Tong's whereabouts could not be found in the mountains.

They couldn't help but make Taogui and the others jump.

"Chief! Chief!"

Taogui looked at the intruder with a grim look on his face: "Have you found any trace of them?"

"Ah? Yes! We found their traces! In the south, our Liangzhai in Yangqu was attacked by people from the Xin family! The south lost more than 300 people!"

"what?"

(End of this chapter)