Northern Dynasties

Chapter 155 Killing a Thief in the Wilderness

"These Han slaves really know how to hide. They have passed through this place many times, and they didn't realize that there are so many raw people hiding under the plateau!"

In the wilderness more than ten miles away from the wall of the kiln, a group of Jihu knights were riding on horseback. A Jihu soldier looked at the captive men and women who were strung together with hemp rope behind him, with a ferocious expression on his face. smile.

Dozens of people in front of the team dragged different numbers of captives behind their horses. While riding their horses, they pointed at the captives who fell to the ground in embarrassment and struggled for mercy.

There were more than a hundred people in the rear, and many looted materials were carried on horseback, such as food, cloth, fur, and various agricultural tools, earthen pots, and so on.

The production level of Jihu is very low, and all kinds of tools are mainly plundered. Wherever they pass by, they are like locusts plundering the territory, and no grass can grow.

Those captives who fell behind and couldn't keep up would be hacked to death, and then dig a pit and order other captives to dig a pit to bury them.It's not that they have any particularity about burying themselves in the ground, it's just to avoid their whereabouts being traced.

Those captives who are alive will not end well, and they will basically be taken back to the Jihu tribe to be enslaved to death.

Jihu in northern Shaanxi misses the time most is the time of Helian Huxia. He claimed to be the real master of this land, so he had a hostile attitude towards Han people and other ethnic groups.

The more miserable Jihu encounters himself, the more brutal the ferocity that erupts when he has a bow and knife in his hand. He only feels that other races have deprived them of their glorious life, but forgets that even in Helian Huxia's time, they Also the cheapest Cooley.

A blazing short arrow sounded suddenly from the rear, which was a warning from the fellow clansmen who were covering up their whereabouts, which meant that enemies were approaching them.

The length of the beeping represents the number of enemies. The warning sound just now was short and powerful. It was launched to the ground, not to the sky. Although there were enemies, they were not many, and they were still within the handling range.

After a short period of tension, a Jihu knight who looked like a leader ordered dozens of companions carrying supplies and prisoners to hide in a hidden place near the left, while he led the rest of his troops to chase them back along the way.

"There are more than [-] people, everyone rides horses, carries bows and knives, and seems to have armor!"

A Jihu scout who stayed behind and watched the enemy's tracks rushed forward to report.

"Withdraw, withdraw quickly!"

The Jihu leader's face changed immediately after hearing the words. Although the opponent was not many, but the bow and horse equipment was nothing more than armor, he immediately became vigilant and realized that the enemy might not be easy.

Almost every Jihu strong man is proficient in bow and horse, but because he does not have excellent craftsmanship, a bow often becomes the only weapon for them to rob houses and hunt around.

Relying on familiarity with the terrain, excellent maneuverability, and suspicion and caution, general small-scale battles can often be unfavorable, and even if they can't fight, they must be sure to retreat.

A Jihu tribe with tens of hundreds of people is the jackal in this land, which makes people change their faces.But once a large-scale legion battle is carried out, it will become a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, a panting battle exploit.

Jihu's riding bow is famous for its quickness and precision. It is light and soft, and can shoot several arrows at one breath, but it has a short range and weak strength. Therefore, when encountering armored units, its lethality will be greatly reduced. The best way is to run away.

Li Yantou, who was in charge of chasing and luring the enemy, cursed secretly when he heard the hooves of the bandits riding away from the field, but because the tactics were fixed, he did not dare to rush forward easily, and continued to move forward at his original speed. Walk behind Jihu Buwu.

Jihu is as cunning as a fox, and once he leaves in a fright, it will be very difficult to track him down again.At the same time, they are greedy for money, and they are not willing to give up the benefits they have already obtained.

Therefore, if you want to hunt Jihu, the level of combat effectiveness is secondary. If you can't clearly win in terms of mobility, then whether you can hang the opponent's psychological game is very important.

After locking the direction of Jihu's retreat, Li Yantou's cavalry squad took the initiative to show up, and they were allotted three or five battle armors, but the number was obviously at a disadvantage. This was a bait that made Jihu greedy and afraid.

Li Dao, who is well aware of Jihu's character and habits, carefully told Li Yantou that it is normal for the prey to hesitate before taking the bait.

Jihu is very wandering and escaping, and their team can't intercept and outflank the wilderness, so they can only wait for Jihu to throw himself into the trap.

Li Yantou had no experience in hunting Jihu, he only heard the sound of his horse's hooves getting farther and farther away. Although he was very anxious, he still followed his plan.

After a few miles, the sound of Jihu's hoofbeats that had disappeared before gradually became clearer, as if they had gone and returned.Li Yantou was overjoyed when he heard the sound, and according to the previous plan, he asked his team to slow down on his own initiative, as if he was about to give up.

Not long after, the figure of Jihubuwu appeared again in the field of vision, much less than before, only about twenty riders.Seeing this, Li Yantou stopped completely, and the two sides confronted each other for a few miles, then Li Yantou led his troops to turn around.

Seeing this, the Jihu team caught up with them not too far away, keeping a distance to get away all the time.

This kind of thief can't attack in front of his eyes is too uncomfortable, but Li Yantou has seen the opponent's high alertness and fast escape speed, after all, he still dare not attack recklessly.

After testing each other in the middle, more and more Jihu tribes gathered, soon exceeding twice the size of Li Yan's head team, and the distance was getting closer and closer. Some Jihu knights even rushed close. Within the shooting range, You She clamored for provocation.

"Let's attack, the thief can't escape!"

Li Dao, who had been leading the other troops around and approaching from the side, heard the sound of horseshoes in the wilderness, and ordered directly. The soldiers of his troops rode their horses and swung their whips, and rushed straight to the side and rear of Jihu's back and forth. .

The Jihu team is also scattered at the moment, and soon heard the sound of horseshoes, or the size of the enemy's team could not be seen clearly due to the obstacles of the mountain and forest terrain, but it can also be determined that the enemy is setting up a lure, and subconsciously hit the horse retreat.

As soon as they fled and gathered, they immediately pointed out a more accurate direction to Li Dao's troops, and charged there.

Li Yantou and the others also heard the sound of the attacking horn, and immediately turned their horses' heads, and went straight to the back road to charge Jihu.Obviously the opponent has more than double the number of them, but now they dare not meet the enemy, and fly straight to the back. No matter how easy the attack and escape are, those Ji Hu soldiers who fled hastily will be shot and killed several people .

"Han'er really set up an ambush, it's really treacherous!"

When he saw hundreds of cavalry under Li Dao rushing out of the valley, the Jihu leader's face suddenly became very ugly. At this time, he was not in the pursuit formation, nor was he guarding the secret place of the prisoners' spoils. All ten members left the team and hid in a valley to the north.

In this position, advance can be encircled, and retreat can withdraw. Although it is unwise to divide the insufficient strength into several parts, it is a necessary survival skill for many Jihu leaders.

Winning or losing is only temporary, and if you lose your life, you will lose everything.Those who can stand out among the Jihu tribe may not be brave, but they have an advantage that they are not stubborn and do not like fighting.

Even if he saw his subordinates being chased and hunted down, and the enemy army heading straight for the hiding place of the loot, the Jihu leader still held his breath, and did not rashly reveal his position, flee or fight, but continued to observe Depending on the situation.

The Jihu knights on the battlefield couldn't organize an effective counterattack at all, they just fled blindly.

These people have no concept of victory, defeat, honor and disgrace, and it is very difficult to encircle and kill them. Li Yan chased him a few times and put his hand on the saber, but the opponent directly hit the horse and fled, not giving me close combat at all. Chance.So much so that the people and horses were exhausted and out of breath, but the damage caused was limited.

Those jerky knights neither resisted nor took any action to rescue their lagging companions. They just fled around like smashed maggot nests, slippery and helpless.

At this time, Li Dao had already led the crowd into the valley where Jihu hid the booty of the prisoners, so another nest of maggots exploded again, and many Jihu cavalry escaped from both ends of the valley and galloped around the battlefield.

Such a chaotic situation lasted for a long time, until the two places converged, the Jihu cavalry still failed to organize an effective counterattack.

"It seems that there are indeed no new enemies!"

The leader of Najihu breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw the enemy army converging in the valley and bringing out the captives and trophies.

There are only a few dozen people on the other side. Although the armed forces are obviously better than theirs, and there are more than a dozen armored men, but after some chasing, rushing and arrow consumption, the waist and back are empty, and the long-range combat ability It is already a sharp drop, and it is still within the range that can be handled.

So he finally shouted an order: "Shoot Mingdi and gather the troops! Go back and kill these men!"

Following his order, several blares shot straight into the sky, making a loud and sharp sound of piercing through the air, and the fleeing Jihu knights were finally guided, and gathered here one after another on horseback.

More than [-] Jihu knights, although many were chased and intercepted, but after the leader reappeared, they quickly gathered again, there are still [-] or [-] people, and they have no complaints about the leader's abandonment and hiding just now , One by one, they were beaten like chicken blood, followed the leader and fought back against the enemy.

Being able to survive tenaciously in such a harsh environment, Jihu naturally has his own endowments, the biggest feature is that he is not afraid of losing, and it can also be said that he has no self-esteem.

For other tribes and armies, morale will definitely be low after being ravaged by such a rush, and it will take a long time for the mentality to recover.But Jihu is not the case. They are used to losing. As long as they have their lives, face is an external object, and they can gather crowds to fight against them at any time.

As they ran back, they used their blades to cut a wound behind the ears of their mounts. Some horses shot bloody arrows directly, but they ran more swiftly and powerfully like a flash of light.

"Kill, kill Han'er!"

These Jihu knights were no longer weak and panicked just now, but became extremely fierce, with the bow strings in their hands flying like flying, they actually drove the well-armed enemy back into the valley again.

But Li Dao didn't panic. He breathed a sigh of relief seeing Jihu's horse face smeared with blood. While holding up his shield to resist Jihu's arrows flying like locusts, he sighed to Li Yantou next to him, "If it wasn't for Lang You must completely annihilate this department, you don’t have to act so far. After the horse’s blood is released, these thieves are really finished! Blow the horn!”

Following his order, the melodious sound of the horn was blown. At this time, Li Tai, who had been waiting for a long time at a position far away from the battlefield, finally gave the order: "Attack! If you let go of a thief, We are all non-blood men!"

(End of this chapter)