warring states careerist

Chapter 968 Escape Technique

Xuanyuanlie led more than 50 cavalry and said that he wanted to kill the enemy scouts to boost morale and regain the flag.

The ten scouts on the opposite side held the flag and showed off their might two or three hundred steps away. Obviously they were quite confident in their riding skills.

It was obvious that a man was standing on horseback, wrapped the captured flag of Qi around his body like a cloak, then took off his pants, and urinated at the camp of Qi.

A few people also cursed some dirty things about the Tian family in a language that people in Qi could understand, most of them were old lace stories, and there were indeed many such things about the Chen Tian family.

Xuanyuan Lie scolded: "Insulting my monarch is irreconcilable! We must kill them today!"

He spoke fiercely, trying to boost the spirit of the soldiers.

But I don’t think that those riders are all new to the world. Where have they heard many stories? They all showed the expressions of those who listened to the stories in Sishang teahouse, listening to the king’s ancestors with a smile. Rubbing a woman with three courtiers.

Sishang is the birthplace of market culture in recent years, and it is also the popular place of market dialect and vernacular. These stories make these Qiren riders feel itchy when they hear them. The crotch is really hard, but it is actually a very simple story. Even just a few words, but at this time, there were no too complicated novels.

A few words is Wushan, and it is both straightforward and implicit.

These riders who were born in the villages were at most wild riders. It was really an eye-opener to know that the city people or noble gentlemen are so good at playing, but it is difficult to think that there are three men and one woman.

Xuanyuanlie couldn't bear it anymore. Speaking of which, he is also a distant branch of the Tian family, and the person on the other side is also his ancestor. Of course, he is different from those villagers who don't have a surname.

He picked up his whip and whipped it at a rider who was enjoying himself, adjusted his formation, split into three lanes, and rushed towards the opposite side.

On the opposite side, the officer of the Mo family's detective cavalry smiled and said to the partner who was shouting and telling the story: "You are not married yet, so you know a lot?"

The rider smiled and did not answer. The officer handed over the loaded musket, and the man who was peeing with the flag on was done, and the ten of them retreated.

When the officer came, he was familiar with the terrain here, and there was a small river next to it. He wanted to play with the riders on the opposite side. Knowing that there were still many scouts behind him, he lured him to retreat towards that side.

Xuanyuan Lie followed closely behind, biting tightly, but the scouts on the opposite side were very cunning, several times the flanking team wanted to bite, but they still ran away.

After crossing the small river, there is a small forest next to it.

After Xuanyuanlie crossed a small river and passed through a poplar grove, Xuanyuanlie's vision suddenly became clear and the scene a few miles away made Xuanyuanlie turn pale with shock.

On the autumn field, a group of dark people are marching towards this side. The dust kicked up by the footsteps in the field after autumn makes this black team look like a dragon winding on the ground.

At this moment, there was a burst of gunfire from the side, and another small cavalry team appeared.

Obviously, it wasn't just the ten scouts, the Mo family had many scouts around here.

Xuanyuanlie didn't care about the idea of ​​killing the general and capturing the flag to boost morale, and wanted to bring this news back quickly.

"withdraw!"

He shouted, and the rider beside him quickly turned his horse's head.

Just then, there was another gunshot from behind the woods, and the two Qiren riders fell off their horses.

The scouts who had circled with them just now relied on horsemanship and skill, boldly and cautiously went around and hid behind the woods, and did not slip too far at all.

Xuanyuan Lie saw a few Mohist scouts behind the forest waving the flag that they rushed into the camp and took away majesticly there, insulting them from time to time in the Sishang dialect that they can basically understand and has a taste of Qi language.

Xuanyuan Lie cursed secretly, just now when there were many people chasing him, these people didn't show off their might, but now that there are more scouts around, they will do so.

He couldn't help but think of a story about a fox pretending to be a tiger that he learned after he entered the school from the black-clothed imperial guards, which was also a fable passed down from Sishang.

Although he scolded in his heart, he could only bear the insult from the other side at this moment, but he didn't dare to rush over.

Once he got into a fight with the opponent and was surrounded by scouts gathered around him, he was afraid that he would have to confess here.

The ten scouts from the Mo family behind the forest blocked their retreat while insulting them.

Xuanyuan Lie didn't choose to retreat from the front, but wanted to avoid it.

He thought that the ten people on the opposite side just wanted to continue to lure them, and they definitely didn't dare to take the initiative to attack them. At most, they would seize the opportunity and bite like mosquitoes in summer.

But I never thought that just as people like myself were about to withdraw from the side, those ten people seemed to be crazy. They didn't care about the number of people at all, but rushed over diagonally.

At this moment, the horses of Xuanyuan Lie and the others had already picked up speed, and it was extremely difficult to turn to face the enemy at this time, so they fired two more shots from the opposite side, and the formation on their side was completely messed up.

The Mohist scouts from the other teams who were surrounding this side also came here at full speed, Xuanyuan Lie only felt a sharp pain in his ear, and a hot lead bullet flew past his face, but luckily there was no one. hurt him.

The ten lunatic Mohist scouts had already rushed in front of them, swept across their backs, and separated seven or eight Qi riders to the back, and the fight had already begun.

Xuanyuanlie thought to himself that if he turned around to rescue him at this time, he would be entangled, and when the Mohist detectives in the distance arrived, he would be in danger.

So he didn't care about the back, and ran away with the rest of the people.

After running a few steps, the horse under his crotch was so unlucky that he stepped on a mouse hole. The horse's hoof broke with a click, and he fell to the ground with a bang.

The surrounding Mohist scouts had already surrounded him. He knew that if he was caught up, it would be a disaster, so he endured the severe pain of being thrown just now, and shouted a few words.

The Qi soldier who was fleeing in front finally had a good relationship with him, and he rode his horse back and shouted at him: "The gentleman is pulling the horse's tail, follow and run!"

The rider was so benevolent when he came back to save him, he didn't dare to stay at all, he quickly turned back and let Xuanyuanlie pass by.

This is a common way for cavalry to escape. If the mount is killed or injured, and the enemy is nearby, it is also a great kindness if you have a comrade in the same robe who lets you drag him by the tail and run.

A human cannot run a horse for sure, but if he drags the horse's tail and runs desperately, he can run for a while. People normally run much faster.

During the staggering, Xuanyuan Lie suddenly became violent, and just after the person who came back to save him approached, he suddenly grabbed that person's thigh, and threw the person who came back to save him to the ground.

He grabbed the stirrups and jumped on the horse, thinking: It's not that I'm unkind, but you are a slut, and the Mo family won't kill a slut even if they catch them.I am a gentleman, if I am caught by the Mohists, my life would be worse than death.

While the galloping horse was galloping, Xuanyuanlie faintly heard the person behind him asking loudly, "Why is a gentleman like this?"
He didn't answer, buried his head between the horse's mane, clamped the horse's back with his legs, and galloped backwards.

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"The Mohists dispatched an army just over ten miles away."

The terrible news immediately detonated the Qi army's camp. Xuanyuan Lie thought that even if the rider who was pulled off his horse died, he would have paid for it, so he brought back such important news.

The Qi nobles in the camp panicked and asked, "How many people are there?"

Xuanyuan Lie didn't know how to answer, because he didn't determine the number, so he said: "At least thousands, the marching team is extremely long, and there are quite a few cavalry."

Hearing the words "a lot of cavalry", the chief general of the Qi army besieging Daicheng couldn't help but take a breath.

If the Mohists are the main force in combat, the habit is to bombard with artillery, copy with cavalry, and resist with infantry.

If there are many cavalry, then the number of infantry is at least two or three times or more than that of cavalry.

At this time, the important thing is not to send someone to confirm the situation, but to make a judgment immediately. What should I do?
The opposing sides have their own agendas.

Just like the right wing of the Mohists who are marching here at this time, their task is to break the siege of Daicheng, go south to strengthen the city, strengthen the defenses of Daicheng and Chengkuang, cut off the logistics supplies of the main force of the coalition forces, and at the same time It's time to join the cluster of decisive battles or go south to block the way for the coalition forces to go south and retreat.

But this kind of purpose is difficult to judge when the information is unknown, so the general of the Qi army near Daicheng cannot know the purpose of the Mo family.

In other words, even if you know it, there is no remedy.

As soon as he heard Xuanyuan Lie say that there were a lot of cavalry, he knew that the total strength of the Mo family on the opposite side would definitely not be small.

Just where is this army?

Was it the Mohist troops from the direction of Taoyi who came to support it?Could it be that Gou Bian and those people chose to confront Tao Yi instead of fighting Tao Yi because they were afraid of too much loss?
Or is this the main force of the Mohist army that besieged Yongqiu before?Do you want to eat yourself, cut off the supply of the coalition forces, and force the main force of the coalition forces to come back to relieve the pressure on Shangqiu?

Or... the main force of the Mo family gave up Laiwu and retreated from the front line?But how could it be so fast?

After thinking about it, it is difficult to make a judgment on the root cause at this time, so the general can only think about what to do with his 5000 people.

Looking at it now, the Mo family's troops don't need to come too much. If it is really one of the few main forces with an official designation, even if there are only five or six thousand infantry and one or two thousand cavalry, it may be difficult for him to support it.

There are still some defenders in Daicheng City. Apart from the local people, these defenders have an organized force that can steal camps, attack at night, and fight back when the siege retreats.

Now I am camping around Daicheng, and the troops have been deployed. The deployed camp is internal rather than external. This kind of camp is difficult to hold firmly under the attack of external enemies.

Deployment and non-deployment of troops are different, and whether they are deployed for defense or offense is also different.

Now the striker of the Mo family is twenty miles away, if he doesn't prepare in advance, if he does not attack, he will definitely be defeated.

The only way out now is to retreat.

Where can I withdraw?

To the west, withdrawing to Yongqiu is a road.

Go south, retreat to Chengkuang, and join Chengkuang's [-] troops. In this way, there will be [-] troops, and they can take the initiative whether they are defending, retreating or fighting.

To the east, to Ningling, and join the main force of the coalition forces, that seems to be the safest, but there is still a long way to go from Daicheng to Ningling. Will it be surrounded by a plain?

To retreat in three directions, you can only choose one.

According to the purpose of the Mohists, withdrawing in these three directions will have different effects.

If the Mohist wanted to quickly attack Yongqiu, approach Daliang, and burn food and grass, then retreating to Yongqiu is the best choice.

Yongqiu was originally an important fortress city built by South Korea. At the beginning, the Mohist siege city could not be captured for [-] days. If they retreated to Yongqiu and relied on the city to hold on, they could not only guarantee that the [-] troops would not be lost; Grain safety.

If the Mo family wanted to fight a decisive battle, then retreating to Ningling to join the main force would be the right choice.

For every [-] more troops in the main force of the coalition forces, the more troops the Mohist would have to spend to encircle and wipe out a big victory, and more loopholes might be blocked.

If the Mo family wanted to cut off Dai Cheng's Chengkuang, then it was correct to withdraw to Chengkuang.

If it is an overall consideration, it should be judged in this way.

But the nobles of the Qi State who besieged Daicheng did not use this kind of thinking to judge their next steps.

He thought that if he retreated to Ningling, he might be surrounded and wiped out along the way.

At that time, I originally wanted to consider it for the main force of the coalition forces, but it would be easy to be questioned about the responsibility of the defeated army.

If the number of Mohists is actually not that many, and you retreat to Ningling, only to find that the Mohism may only have a few thousand people, then you will have to take responsibility: the number of Mohism is not large, and you retreat instead of sticking to it, and you will be punished by then. until the rest are squeezed out and suppressed.

And if the Mo family is small, they will definitely not dare to attack Ningling again, and it will be difficult to say that they will retreat to Ningling.

Thinking about it this way, he first rejected the route of retreating to Ningling.

If we retreat to Chengkuang, we have to consider two possibilities.

If the Mo family has a large number of troops, even if I withdraw to Chengkuang, when the time comes to join forces, it is true that the South can go to Yangxia to make peace with the Han army, and the defender can still fight.

But after all, Chengkuang City is also in the hands of the Mo family, and the [-] troops near Chengkuang are only [-]. Once they are surrounded on the plain, they will be in danger.

But if you retreat to Yongqiu, it will be very different.

If there are many Mohist soldiers, he retreats to Yongqiu, the distance is very close, and the city of Yongqiu is strong, as long as he retreats there, he will be safe.

At that time, I can say that in order to prevent the Mohists from attacking Liangqiu and cutting off the grain road, I will take the initiative and retreat to Yongqiu to defend.

This time, although Marquis Qi participated in the organization of a coalition of princes to attack Mo, and some cutting-edge young nobles were also eager to fight because of their hatred for the Mohist family, some real nobles were afraid of the Mohist family.

The prestige of the Mohists' field battles these years has frightened them. They think that if the field battles in the plains are almost the same, they will definitely lose, so they dare not fight the Mohists in the plains.

Although the Mohists are also good at attacking cities, at least Yongqiu City has endured twelve days of siege and has not yet been captured. In addition, Yongqiu is an important defensive city in South Korea on the border of Song Dynasty. And more.

So General Qi has made up his mind to retreat from Yongqiu.

If the Mohists had too many troops, it would be easy to explain if they retreated from Yongqiu, and they had to survive and not be caught by the Mohists to have a future, and only with a future could they be qualified to explain.

Furthermore, in the case where the Mohist's motives are unclear, retreating to Yongqiu is considered a safe choice, and the decision can be made after retreating.

If there are few soldiers, you can fight back; if there are many soldiers, then you should be thankful that you withdrew early.

So he hurriedly ordered the camp to assemble immediately, abandoning the supplies, grain and grass, and retreated to Yongqiu.

(End of this chapter)