Horse on the World

Chapter 271

Lu Dalin, who was in Wuyan Bator, naturally didn't know Li Qing's true thoughts, and Li Qing's thoughts were really not for outsiders. Even Shang Haibo didn't know what Li Qing was thinking, let alone Li Qing's thoughts. Qing already had a detailed map of Uyan Bator in his hand, but he scratched his head anxiously because Lu Dalin's Uyan Bator was blocked. Although Shang Haibo was anxious, he was not stupid enough to point fingers at Lu Dalin's command As far as he is concerned, he himself knows that his strength lies in strategy, not specific tactical command. Among the generals in Dingzhou, I am afraid that in terms of tactical attainments and on-the-spot command, no one can compare with Lu Dalin except for the commander-in-chief. .Guan Xinglong does have the potential to become a famous general of the generation, but he is still too young and has experienced too few big scenes. With the ability to command hundreds of thousands of troops, besides Lu Dalin, there is really no one else.

Lu Dalin is waiting for the ground to freeze, and Hu He is waiting for Bayar to defeat the allied forces of Shanfeng and Shiwei.Of course, both of them are well-known generals, and it is absolutely impossible for them to stare at each other dozens of miles apart. Although Lu Dalin is trapped by the terrain and cannot fight through large forces, Hu He will not lead an army to fight like an idiot. However, small-scale killing battles are carried out within a radius of tens of kilometers every day, and the degree of tragedy is even worse than large-scale battles.There is no other reason. In large-scale battles, the hope of escape is even greater, and once this kind of handover of small troops occurs, it almost always ends with the complete destruction of one side.

"Although this kind of sacrifice seems meaningless, it must be done." Lu Dalin said to his subordinates. "When the two armies confront each other, the most fearful thing is to do nothing, which can easily cause inertia in the soldiers. We must let the soldiers understand every day that we are all walking on the edge of life and death. Everyone must be very careful. We are Those who come to fight do not come to Uyan Bator to see the scenery. There is only one thing to keep the soldiers’ morale high, and that is blood, the enemy’s or our own.”

A group of generals headed by Wang Qinian were all ordered with awe, and among them, Lu Dalin had the most say in fighting against the barbarians.

"Each department takes turns to fight every day, and the number of soldiers to fight ranges from a hundred to a thousand." Lu Dalin ordered loudly.

At the same time, Hu Hyuk was also saying the same thing in his big tent. Under the deliberate intention of the two commanders, small-scale wars broke out from time to time every day.

Li Shengzhi led a team of one hundred people to lie in ambush among the withered pastures. They quietly left the city in the middle of the night yesterday and sneaked along the road that the scouts had explored. The temperature was very low at night. Before setting off, Li Shengzhi He sneaked to the medical camp and stole a large jug of spirits. Dingzhou was short of food and needed to buy a large amount from other places every year. Therefore, private brewing of alcohol was prohibited in Dingzhou, and these spirits were only in the medical camp. Only, it is used to disinfect wounded soldiers.When Li Shengzhi triumphantly showed the big jug of wine in front of the soldiers, everyone was surprised and delighted.

"Everyone has a small sip, and you can only take one sip every hour." Li Shengzhi warned, "This is what we rely on to get through the middle of the night. That bitch dares to be greedy, be careful, I will deal with him!"

When the sky was pale, there was no drop left in Li Shengzhi's pot of spirits. Although the big pot of wine weighed ten catties, it was only a sip or two for each soldier, but it was enough Relying on this little wine, they actually survived the night abruptly.This means that the Dingzhou soldiers are well equipped, and every soldier is dressed thickly, otherwise even if there is wine, it will be difficult to survive.

"Grandma, it's really cold here, but why the hell aren't these swamps frozen?" Li Shengzhi rubbed his hands and scolded.As long as the swamp freezes, this piece of land will no longer be a threat to the Dingzhou Army, and when the [-] troops rumble over, they will hide here secretly like a little mouse in an ambush like they are now.

"Lieutenant Li, if you want to freeze it, it will take at least half a month at the earliest!" said a local soldier in Dingzhou.Following Li Shengzhi's appearance, he rubbed his hands and feet desperately.Although each soldier was issued gloves, his hands were still numb and stiff from the cold.

"Lieutenant Li, here we come, here we come!" A soldier landed on his hands and feet, crawled over from the grass, and said excitedly.

"Here we come!" Li Shengzhi suddenly became excited, picked up the gloves thrown on the ground, and put them on his hands, "How many people are there?"

"Where are the 200 young men? Lieutenant, they are all riding horses. Shall we do it?" the soldier asked.

"I spit on your face, what are we doing here! Isn't it just to deal with these savages, curled up here for half a night, and you actually asked me if I would do it!" Li Shengzhi scolded: "What are you afraid of, little 200 people! Let's hide Here, how could the grandchildren of these turtles think that these days other battalions have sent cavalry to fight with them hard, so they would think of what we are doing today. Rush up, cut his mother, hey, 200 people are small, yes, we came here on two legs, and when we came back, we all rode horses, and one person carried two heads. When we entered the camp, how much What a sight!"

What Li Shengzhi said made all the soldiers around him excited, "Lieutenant Li is right! Do it!"

"Done!"

This group of barbarian cavalry deserved to be unlucky too. For several days in a row, the small-scale battle between the two sides was taken advantage of by the Wolf Running Army. Today they came out to patrol, but they didn't see the shadow of the Dingzhou soldiers that should have appeared earlier. The failure of Dingzhou made the soldiers of Dingzhou emboldened and did not dare to come forward. The previously vigilant mood suddenly relaxed, and the relatively neat formation also became loose. Unexpectedly, a group of tigers and wolves surrounded them. Ordinary pawns were firing their crossbows, aiming silently at them.

The attack started suddenly, countless crossbow arrows shot out from the grass, and the shots at such a close range easily penetrated the armor of the barbarians. The people on the outermost side screamed and fell off their horses one after another.

The shooting of crossbow arrows was like a violent storm, and the barbarians who were caught off guard were in a mess under the surprise attack of Dingzhou soldiers. The people in the outermost circle fell down with their horses and men, and hindered the evacuation of the people in the middle. Hundreds of people were crowded together. In a small area, weapons were desperately brandished, trying to catch crossbow arrows.

The crossbow arrows shot by the crossbow are not comparable to the strength of ordinary bows and arrows, not to mention the distance between the two sides is too close. The short crossbow arrows are almost at the moment of leaving the string. .

"Kill!" Li Shengzhi yelled angrily, jumped out from Cao Congzai, shook his hand, and threw the spear out, piercing a barbarian soldier's heart, followed by the soldiers from Cao Congzai Yiyi jumped out, held his spear straight, and rushed forward.

Half an hour later, the encounter ended. Panting heavily, Li Shengzhi sat down on the belly of a shot dead horse. The armor on his body was cracked several times, and blood was oozing out. Come, the soldiers cheered and gathered the captured horses together, another group was beheading the horses, and some were looking for their comrades who died in battle.

"How many died?" Li Shengzhi said, wiping the blood from the saber on the horse's belly, put the saber back into its sheath, and stood up.

"Lieutenant Li, more than 20 of us died, and more than [-] were injured!"

"Damn it." Li Shengzhi spat fiercely, "I know how the friendly army suffered a few days ago, these little wolf cubs are really hard to deal with, and this beating killed me more than [-] times Brother! Pack up the bodies of the brothers, let's go back!"

More than a hundred war horses galloped over from the opposite side, which immediately aroused the vigilance of the camp here. The camp gate opened, and a cavalry came up to meet them, but they soon realized that the opposite party was actually a friendly army. The battalion was boiling with the heads of the barbarians one by one. This is a rare big victory in recent days!
Li Shengzhi rushed into the camp with his soldiers in shame and arrogance, ostentatiously passed through the market, until he arrived at Wei Xin's big tent, and saw Wei Xin stroking his goatee and sneering, and beside him, an aggrieved medical officer was resentful Staring at him, cold sweat broke out all of a sudden, he quickly got off his horse, trotted a few steps, arrived in front of Wei Xin, and gave a military salute with a snap, "General Wei, I have been ordered to attack, and I am back victorious!"

Looking at the heads of barbarians piled up like a hill, Wei Xin smiled and said, "That's right, it's really good. Not only did you have so many heads, but you also brought back more than a hundred horses. I want a big reward!" Li Shengzhi was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly. .

Turning around, Wei Xin had a half-smile, "Did the medical officer accuse you of stealing wine? Is that the case?"

Li Shengzhi coughed dryly, "Yes, there are. The main thing is to go out at night. It's too cold. Get some wine to keep your brothers alive. Otherwise, you'll be frozen at dawn and you won't be able to work."

Wei Xin waved his hand, "Don't say it's useless, you stole it, right!"

"Uh, it's not actually stealing!" Li Shengzhi whispered.

"There are military regulations, how should those who steal alcohol be punished?"

Li Shengzhi's face turned pale all of a sudden, "General, I, I... I also wanted to win the battle. I didn't steal this wine because I was greedy for it. I wanted to borrow some from the medical officer, but he refused. I just stole it."

Wei Xin said angrily: "Of course I know that you stole it for the purpose of fighting, otherwise I will directly tie you up when I see you, and beat you with a big stick until you can't get out of bed for a few days! What, do you still want to reward? You Say how much stick I want to reward you?"

Li Shengzhi shook his head again and again, "No more, no more!"

"You are gone, but I still want to reward the soldiers under your command!" Wei Xin looked at Li Shengzhi with an annoyed expression, and smiled. "Well, and just now General Lu sent someone to say he wants to meet you, it seems that he appreciates your battle!"

"General Lu wants to see me?" Li Shengzhi was both surprised and delighted. For a person of his level, it is really not easy to meet the general.

(End of this chapter)