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  Chapter 976 972【Eat the tail】

  The rice fields by the river have been harvested, and all the food has been robbed by the Mysore army.

  Thousands of Jin noble allied forces were killed and fled in all directions.

  The king of Dodo Wodeya does have two brushes. The coalition forces of the nobles of the Jin State hesitated to move forward, so he simply withdrew his troops while the food road was cut off, and sent the vanguard to rush back, trying to open up the food road behind him. At the same time, he lured the noble allied forces to chase after him, and he led the main force to kill the carbine.

   "Stop chasing!"

  The coalition forces of the nobles were defeated for dozens of miles, and Dawdya felt safe, so he led the main force back to open the grain road.

  His large army is too bloated. The boats on the river and the ox carts on the shore are full of goods. And it is mainly food, because it happens to be the harvest season, and they can plunder rice everywhere.

  Even if the food road is cut off, the Mysore army is not short of food.

  The marching speed is very slow. In order to protect these goods, they can only advance twenty miles a day.

"Da da da!"

The vanguard sent several cavalry back to report: "Your Majesty, the warehouse of Arum Babur was burned, food, spices, cotton cloth...all were burned to ashes, and even gold and silver were melted all over the ground. "

  Da Da Wodeya was full of anger when he heard that, he snatched all these goods with his own ability!

  Thinking about it, Da Wodeya planned to speed up the march. Anyway, the coalition forces of the nobles of the Jin Kingdom had been destroyed, so there would be no more danger. It was enough to leave 3,000 people with slaves to transport supplies, and the rest of the large force went all out to chase down the enemies who blocked the food road.

  As for how many enemies there are, no one knows, maybe there are thousands of Chinese troops.

  The defeat of the aristocratic coalition forces had already made Da Wodeya relax his vigilance, and at this time he finally chose to divide his troops. He asked his son to command 3,000 troops, and slowly escorted the luggage with slaves. With more than 10,000 troops and grain transport ships, he accelerated towards Sun Kewang.

  He passed through several transfer stations in a row, all of which were burned by Sun Kewang, so angry that Doda Wodeya chased him faster and faster.

  The prince who stayed behind to **** the luggage was named Chika Dwaraja Wodeya. This guy whipped the slaves all the way, but the speed couldn't be increased, so he could only walk slowly. He had only 3,000 soldiers, but nearly 10,000 slaves transported his supplies.

  In the evening, stop and set up camp.

  The work of setting up the camp was also handed over to the slaves, and three thousand soldiers were sent out to be guarded, while Chica Wodeya sat down to rest.

  Weng Yingqi, who had been dormant in the southwest mountain village for many days, also dispatched with his infantry at this moment. When he got the news at noon, he immediately set off from the mountain village, marched for more than 30 miles in one afternoon, cut down trees to make a raft to cross the river, and then followed the traces left by the enemy in pursuit.

   Such a fast march is unimaginable for Chica Wodea. This prince has also been on the battlefield before, but where has he seen troops that can march by force?

  After the slaves set up camp, they were divided into several groups to sleep outside the camp. Only soldiers, livestock and luggage could stay in the camp.

  Weng Yingqi's infantry were further downstream, eating dry food to recover their strength.

  The sky is getting dark and night is falling.

  Hundreds of Mysore soldiers patrolled outside the camp, guarding the enemy while guarding the slaves. These slaves were all captured Jin people, and they would run away if they were not careful.

  The Kshatriya officer in charge of patrol felt very boring, so he sat down against the wall and took a nap by himself. The lower-level Vaishya officers also went to rest elsewhere, and only the Sudra soldiers were responsible for patrolling.

  Walking around for a while, the Sudra soldiers didn't bother to move around anymore, standing in twos and threes chatting in low voices.

  The moonlight is good tonight, the big moon is hanging high.

   And the temperature is also comfortable, it has dropped to 20 degrees. It's a bit nauseating during the day, and it's almost late autumn, and the temperature during the day is actually above 28 degrees, and it can even go up to 30 degrees in the sun.

   Not to mention that the Indians are too lazy. During the march a few days ago, the high temperature was 36 degrees. Weng Yingqi himself was so hot that he didn't want to move, so he just stayed up at night and looked for a place to hide from the sun during the day, even if he hid in the house, it was too hot to stick out his tongue.

   Along the way, quite a few slaves died of heatstroke.

  The south side of the camp was near the river. Weng Yingqi divided hundreds of infantry into two groups and moved towards the east and north sides of the enemy camp.

  The perimeter of the camp is full of slaves, and they are ordered to lie down. Whoever dares to sit or stand will be executed for the crime of escape.

  Walking to a small group to the north, suddenly a soldier felt that he stepped on something soft.

  The soldier looked down, but saw a slave looking at him under the moonlight.

  Most of the enemy troops on patrol were lying down and sleeping, and occasionally some sitting down were also dozing off.

"what!"

  The slave who was stepped on got up and ran away in fright, and the nearby slaves also stood up one after another. They didn't know what happened. They were tired, hot and hungry during the day, and now they slept soundly. After waking up from a dream, their tense nerves suddenly exploded.

   Before the Han soldiers fired a single shot, or even lit the torches, the slaves outside the camp boiled up, completely falling into a state of frenzy.

   "Fire the gun!"

  Weng Yingqi took the lead and fired forward, and the rest of the soldiers followed suit.

  This approach is purely to drive the slaves away, lest the slaves rush indiscriminately and trample the Han soldiers.

  Gunshots rang out from the east and north, and nearly ten thousand slaves who had been screaming subconsciously ran towards the south and west. The simple walls of the village couldn't stop them. Anyway, the slaves only knew how to flee. The patrolling soldiers were also awakened. Hearing the sound of gunshots, they ran away, and those who moved slowly were trampled to death.

  Prince Chika Wodea, take off your heavy armor and go to sleep. He woke up suddenly to the sound of gunshots and shouts, and knew immediately that he had been attacked in the night.

  While dragging the armor to go out, Prince Chika shouted: "Quickly blow the horn, the soldiers gather to me, don't be scattered by the enemy!"

  At night, besides being on duty, which soldier would sleep wearing armor?

   They got up in a panic, and before they could put on their armor, they were called to assemble by the officer. In this situation, trumpets can still be blown to gather, and in terms of military quality, it can throw the Madurai army a few blocks away.

   It's just that, before most of the soldiers have assembled, Yingxiao's slaves have already rushed over. These slaves only knew to run away, yelling without a clue, a large number of Mysore soldiers were dispersed, and the soldiers turned and fled subconsciously.

  In the end, even the officers ran away, because no one knew how many enemies came.

  Prince Chika Wodeya managed to gather three or four hundred troops. Faced with such a situation, he didn't know whether to meet the enemy or run away as soon as possible.

   Without thinking too much, Chica Wodeya decided to run away.

  He is His Royal Highness, and he will be the king in the future. It doesn't matter if you lose a battle, it doesn't matter if the whole army is wiped out, these things are not as precious as his life.

  The prince ran away on horseback, and the noble officers with horses also ran away, and even the prince's infantry guards were left behind.

  Chica Wodeya ran from midnight to dawn, and the horse was so tired that he was foaming, so he stopped in shock. Looking around, there were less than ten people left, all of whom were Kshatriya officers with their own horses.

   Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. So far they don't know where the enemy came from, and they don't know how many enemy troops have come.

  They only knew that the three thousand soldiers were gone, and the goods they had escorted were gone.

  Night raids are rare in India. Most of the soldiers are Sudras, and a small half are from the Vaishya class. What kind of meat do they usually have? Many suffer from night blindness, making it impractical for such soldiers to operate at night.

   After resting for a while, when the horse regained its strength, the prince and several officers rode to find his father.

   "How come the luggage is gone?" Da Da Wodeya couldn't believe it.

   Facing his father's questioning, Chica Wodeya bowed his head and said: "The enemy army launched a sneak attack at night, and the slaves went crazy and dispersed my troops."

   "How many enemies are there?" Dawdya asked.

  Prince Chika said: "I don't know."

  Da Da Wodeya suppressed his anger: "Get out, you wait to receive the punishment."

  There were more than 16,000 people in Mysore’s army, and there was enough food and grass at first, but the prince’s entire army was wiped out. Now only some grain ships still have food and grass. At most, I can last another half a month, and then everyone will starve to death here!

  The king ordered the whole army to advance quickly, and he didn't want to get back the goods, so he rushed to the mountain pass, and his own land was crossing the valley.

   A bloated army of more than 10,000 troops cannot survive a small group of elites. Weng Yingqi was gradually catching up to the mountain pass, which was still tens of miles away.

   "How many enemy troops are there?"

   "Only a few hundred."

  Da Da Wodeya's face is cloudy and uncertain. He is frightened by the mysterious Han army, and now he feels that there is something wrong with everything.

  I have more than 16,000 people, but the other party has only a few hundred people.

  Hundreds of enemy troops are swaggeringly chasing after them. Could it be a bait? Maybe there is an army ambushing in the rear, maybe the enemy is just delaying time, and more enemy troops are encircling.

  After much deliberation, it is better to return to the mountain pass as soon as possible, so that we can take it easy whether we are fighting or retreating.

  The king said to his younger brother: "Chama, you lead the cavalry to intercept the enemy. Even if you defeat the enemy, you can't chase too far. Once you encounter the enemy army, immediately rush back to the mountain pass to join!"

  There are not many cavalry in southern India. This time only a few hundred cavalry were brought out.

  The king continued to walk with a large army, ignoring the hundreds of enemy troops behind him. He firmly believed that this was a bait, not the main force of the enemy army at all, even if he ate them all, he would be in danger.

   Chama Wodeya, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, led the cavalry and rushed over.

  The two sides have the same number, but they are cavalry, so they can win easily. He divided half of the cavalry to circle around, and then charged from both sides, but saw that the enemy formed a strange hollow square formation.

   The first wave of charge failed in a daze.

  The second wave of charge still failed in a daze.

  The cavalrymen who fled back all looked terrified.

   Chama Wodeya asked: "What's going on? They've all rushed close, why are they running around the enemy?"

  The subordinate officer replied: "The enemy's formation is not chaotic, the front of the musket has a knife edge, and the horse avoids it and refuses to charge forward."

"Useless things!"

   Chama Wodeya went into battle in person, except for the side by the river, the other three sides rushed together.

   "Bang bang bang bang!"

  The guards around Chama Wodeya fell, but he himself rushed closer and closer. Finally, only a few steps away from the enemy, he raised his spear and prepared to fight. He believed that the enemy must be in a disorderly formation when facing the cavalry charge.

  Suddenly, the war horse under his crotch was disobedient, and it automatically slowed down in the face of the bayonet formation, and then avoided the bayonets and walked around the formation.

   "Bang bang bang bang!"

   Two or three meters away, a bullet hit, and the royal family of Mysore fell from his horse and fell to the ground.

  Hundreds of cavalry, less than 200 fled back.

   When the king heard the news, he was even more frightened by the fighting power of the Han people, and was so frightened that he abandoned the excess supplies and accelerated his march. He had a premonition that if he didn't leave, he would be surrounded by the army.

  The army of bullshit, Zhao Kuangyi has only this few people under him, the king is purely scaring himself.

  Weng Yingqi repelled the cavalry, instead of continuing to pursue, he retreated to find his donkey.

   These hundreds of donkeys were captured during night raids, and they were used to carry food along the way. The weather is too hot here, he doesn't want to leave during the day, but chases along the river bank at night.

  As for the small town of Taniguchi, the goods and food had already been removed by the slaves. Sun Kewang led a few hundred cavalry to observe the situation in the direction of the town from a distance.

   King Mysore forced to leave, but no one could stop him.

   (The chapter said that a book friend posted a game map. The year of the map is wrong. I will post one in the menu chapter. The map is from Mr. Bukharin.)

  (end of this chapter)