Will Ming

More than a dozen scouts from the Sui Army galloped all the way south from the north. When they saw a small village appearing in front of them, the scout team made a gesture. Everyone slowed down and stopped their horses slowly. The scout The team pointed to the small village and said: "Go and see if there are any living people in the village. It's better for us to have better luck. I hope it won't be a dead village again."

Two scouts separated from the team and rode towards the village.Looking at the backs of those two subordinates, Liu Renbao, the leader of the Sui army's scout team, frowned slightly.

I hope that we can find a few living soldiers of the Sui Dynasty, so that we can know what happened to the Southern Expedition Army.What they saw along the way was shocking, and the defeat of the Great Sui Expeditionary Army was almost certain.It's just that the team has already passed the Ma Zishui, and has not yet encountered the Sui army's rout, and the Goguryeo people have already hid after seeing the Sui army cavalry in the brigade.Prince Consort Yu Wenshi ordered them to double the search area, which more than doubled the danger for their scouts.The scouts who are far away from the large group of troops are easy to become the target of the enemy's attack. In order to pursue speed, they have no iron armor that can stop the feather arrows. It took a lot of effort.

But at this time, Liu Renbao was not thinking about whether he was in danger, but whether the Southern Expedition Army had been wiped out.

That's 30 elite soldiers, why did they lose?

With a dozen or so scouts, he has left the brigade for more than thirty miles, which is quite a dangerous thing.But this is the order of the captain's son-in-law, and they, the lowest-level soldiers, can only execute it.In fact, Yuwen Shiji didn't fully understand the meaning of Li Xian's original words at all. There is no doubt that intelligence is important to war, but it is not just as simple as letting the scouts expand the search area.In the same way, the people who inquired about intelligence used various means, and Yuwen Shiji didn't think about it at all.

In his view, the so-called scouts are the eyes and ears of the army, and how to see clearly and far is just to increase the search range of the scouts.Compared to Li Xian's training of the Flying Tiger Army, the scouts of the Sui Dynasty used relatively simple methods of investigation. The mission of the scouts was to discover the enemy's danger, but at the same time they would also be discovered by the enemy. If the scouts could escape back, then Even if the task is completed, they will pursue the increase in speed, so that they can't even wear thicker leather armor.

The team that responded to the Southern Expedition Army had already crossed the river, because many people couldn't hold on because they rushed too fast, so Yuwen Shiji ordered to rest for half a day, and the other soldiers could lie down for a while to recover after getting off their horses, but they, the scouts, could not .

The small village in the distance is already the third one they searched today. The first two have not seen a single living person. If there is no one in this village, then they will have to rush back after searching five miles at most. Otherwise, they would not have time to return to the camp before dark.

Whoosh!

A loud arrow was shot in the air from the village, which was the signal from the two scouts before.

There are living people in the village!And he was from the Sui Dynasty!

Liu Renbao was pleasantly surprised. Today was finally rewarding. The reason why he was so sure that the people found in the village were people from the Sui Dynasty instead of Goguryeo people was because of the sound of arrows.If the people in the village are enemies, the two scouts will definitely escape if they can escape. If they cannot escape, they will commit suicide, and they will never shoot loud arrows to attract their own people to die.

The scouts of the Sui Dynasty were basically experienced veterans, and Liu Renbao was very confident in his subordinates.

"Let's go over!"

Liu Renbao greeted him, and then rushed towards the small village first.After entering the village, Liu Renbao frowned slightly.There was no one at the entrance of the village, and judging from where the arrow shot out, it should be in the center of the village.

"Be careful, don't get together, keep the distance between the front and the back, if there is any danger, the people behind leave immediately!"

Liu Renbao gave a loud order.

Turning around a path, Liu Renbao saw a subordinate standing in front of him from a distance, waiting for him.Beside him, were two war horses, and another scout had apparently entered the courtyard.He saw the subordinate standing there beckoning to him and ran into the yard, knowing that there must be some important discovery.Motivating the horse, Liu Renbao rushed over quickly.Behind him, a dozen cavalry opened the distance, keeping vigilant.

When Liu Renbao rushed to the gate of the courtyard, he didn't dismount immediately but looked into the courtyard first.The courtyard was empty, as if there was a vague figure swaying back and forth in the room inside.Just as he was about to give the order to go in and have a look, his expression suddenly changed: "Go! Go back quickly! There is an ambush!"

While shouting, he also turned his horse's head and planned to withdraw from the village.

There is blood at the gate of the yard!That bloodstain is new!

The scouts behind started to turn around, but it was still half a beat late.

From the trees on both sides of the street, many figures suddenly appeared in the courtyard, and began to attack Liu Renbao's subordinates with continuous crossbows. Liannu... They also have it in their hands.Unprepared, Tai Sui's scouts were shot off their horses one after another. Perhaps the enemy deliberately left them alive. Liu Renbao was shot in the calf by a crossbow, and four or five crossbow arrows appeared on his horse's neck in an instant.His war horse let out a mournful cry and only rushed forward four or five steps before falling to the ground. Liu Renbao was thrown far away and fell hard.

It's my own!

This is Liu Renbao's judgment, not just the crossbows, the location of the ambush, and the method of killing, these are the behavioral styles of the Tai Sui scouts!But, why do our own people attack our own people?

When he stood up with doubts, a horizontal knife was already resting on his neck.

Liu Renbao knew without looking back that none of his subordinates could leave.The opponent's hands are very vigorous, obviously more well-trained than his subordinates.

"Are you soldiers of the Sui Dynasty?"

Liu Renbao asked with a pale face.

The muscular man standing opposite him grinned, revealing two rows of very white teeth.

"It used to be, but not anymore."

The man smiled and said, his eyes seemed to be smiling but not smiling.Liu Renbao realized that the clothes on these people were very worn out, and they could barely be seen as the khaki uniforms of the Sui Dynasty, but they were too damaged, so these people looked more like a group of refugees than the Sui Mansion. soldier.

"Why did you attack us?"

Liu Renbao asked.

The man shrugged regretfully and said, "Because you found us."

After finishing speaking, the man turned around and ordered: "Hurry up, gather up their weapons, war horses, and food, and bury their bodies together. We have to rush back and return to our command. If we run too slowly, we will not be able to return to camp until tomorrow morning!" "

"Here!"

The soldiers under him responded loudly, and then quickly collected the clothes, weapons and food from the dead body, and then they carried the body into the yard, where someone was already digging a hole.

……

……

"General, the scouts sent to Ma Zishui to check are back!"

Chen Que'er quickly walked into Li Xian's military tent and said.

Li Xian hummed and asked, "Did the Sui army's rout go to Ma Zishui? Have those generals passed by?"

"not yet!"

Chen Que'er said: "Basically all the defeated soldiers of the Sui army are dead. No one can go to Mazishui hungry. As for why the generals haven't arrived yet, they should be killed by the Goguryeo people. The pursuers are entangled, and they don’t have much food! The scouts didn’t find Tai Sui’s rout, but... they did find Tai Sui’s reinforcements.”

"Reinforcement?"

Li Xian frowned slightly, and the expression on his delicate face changed slightly.He didn't remember that Emperor Daye Yang Guang sent reinforcements to Yuwenshu in history, so he was quite surprised to hear that Chen Que'er said that the reinforcements from the Sui army had passed Ma Zishui.

"How many troops, who will lead the army?"

Li Xian asked.

Chen Que'er said: "The scouts quietly approached the Sui Army's camp to check. The number of people should be no less than [-]. They are all cavalry, and they are under the banner of Yuwen's family. They grabbed their tongues and came back outside."

"Yuwen's family?"

Li Xian walked out, and said as he walked, "I'll go and ask myself."

Liu Renbao didn't expect that when he went out to search this time, he not only found the expeditionary army of the Sui Dynasty, but also saw so many people.When he was lifted from the black cloth covering his eyes, after a short period of discomfort, he was finally surprised to find that there were at least tens of thousands of horses in this big camp!Although the clothes on those people were also tattered, there was no doubt that these people were part of General Yuwenshu's 30 soldiers.

Liu Renbao was so shocked that he thought that the expeditionary army was dead, but who would have thought that he could see such a large army. Although the clothes of those people looked like refugees, they seemed to be alive and well. , at least everyone seems to be full of energy.

"What's your name?"

Suddenly, a cold voice came from not far away, Liu Renbao rubbed his eyes, and saw several people in armor walking not far away.Standing at the front and looking at him was a young man in black armor. For some reason, he suddenly felt that the black armor seemed familiar.

"who are you?"

Liu Renbao didn't answer, but asked back.

"You will find out who I am in a moment, now answer my question."

Li Xian said in a calm voice.

"Anzhi, I heard that the scouts brought back a man from the Sui Dynasty?"

Liu Renbao suddenly heard a familiar