Water Margin people

Chapter 1478 Self-defeating

"This group of people is really brave. We didn't go looking for them, but they pretended to be us and did something bad!"

Luan Tingyu looked at the hoof prints of the war horses and spoke.

"They took the northern route, let's take the southern route!"

Sun Li was not prepared to let these bold Gaochang people go. There are two routes from Yumen to Puchanghai. The northern route is relatively easy to travel, while the southern route is close to the Kunlun Mountains and the road is difficult to travel. "

"What if we intercept them?"

Luan Tingyu looked at Sun Li and asked, they came lightly, it would be fine if they drove away the enemy, but it would be a bit reckless if they chased after them.

"We are not going to block them, but to attack Puchanghai. The Gaochang people have been comfortable there for too long. Now that we have enough troops, we can definitely launch a surprise attack."

Sun Li nodded.

"Send a message to Yumen Pass, prepare to transport twenty days' worth of food!"

Sun Li looked at his personal soldiers and gave orders.

"Isn't this too risky? This place is nearly a thousand miles away from Puchang Sea."

Luan Tingyu said with some concern, running thousands of miles in the ice and snow is no ordinary adventure.

"It takes a thousand days to raise an army, but only a moment to deploy it. My army has been recuperating at Yumen Pass for too long. We need to fight a battle!"

Sun Li nodded and said that they had not fought a war since they started garrisoning, which was very disadvantageous for the Western Expedition that was about to begin. As the vanguard, they should be the sharpest swords to defeat all enemies in front of them.

"Then I will wait for the food to arrive again!"

Luan Tingyu spoke up. He had no intention of taking credit for the success. A surprise attack thousands of miles away from home would be a big problem. He had to bring food and follow-up troops to support them.

"it is good!"

Sun Li nodded and left with two thousand soldiers and horses, heading towards Puchang Sea along the southern line.

Puchanghai.

"I have to make a personal trip in this icy and snowy place. We must pay more taxes!"

Xiao Dakin, the Junior Supervisor of Western Liao, said with an unhappy look on his face that the journey from Sulimi to Puchanghai was a thousand miles.

"Master Shao Jian is right. Let them offer some more beauties!"

The accompanying soldiers all followed suit and joined in the commotion. The so-called paying more taxes meant giving them some money, but these soldiers who were used to being arrogant were obviously not satisfied with the money.

"Haha, of course, this Gaochang beauty is quite good!"

Xiao Dakin laughed and said that the Western Regions were also rich in beautiful women.

Xiao Dakin was one of the Liao nobles who followed Yelu Dashi on the Western Expedition. After experiencing a period of decline, these Liao nobles established the Western Liao and regained their strength. They still believed that the Khitan people were superior to all other ethnic groups, and they used the same methods they had used to oppress the ethnic groups in Liaodong to the Western Regions.

Xiao Dakin led the team forward slowly. According to the plan, they should be near Puchang Lake soon, but the guide took them around for two days and still couldn't find the way.

"Where on earth is Puchanghai?"

Xiao Dakin finally lost his patience, looked at the guide and shouted at him, saying that this icy and snowy place was not suitable for people to stay.

"Master, it's over there, just over the mountain!"

The guide pointed to a mountain in front of them and spoke.

"We still have to climb another mountain? Why does this mountain look so familiar to me? Did we climb it the day before yesterday?"

Xiao Dakin frowned as he looked at the mountain in front of him. He was not familiar with the terrain here, but he always felt like he was going around in circles.

"Master Young Supervisor, this is the terrain here!"

The guide spoke quickly.

"Lead the way, we must reach Puchanghai today!"

Xiao Dakin looked at the guide and said sternly.

The guide timidly went to the front to lead the way.

"What is Bilege doing? The guide he found is so bad and it wastes time!"

Xiao Dakin said with dissatisfaction that he must talk about this matter with Bilege next time he sees him.

The guards around Xiao Dakin were also exhausted. They were very tired after sleeping in the open air for a period of time.

After passing the mountain in front of them, the remaining road was a river valley with low terrain. Seeing the river valley, Xiao Dajin nodded with satisfaction. Seeing the river valley meant that Puchanghai was not far away.

"Master Young Supervisor, I will go ahead and scout the way!"

The guide looked at Xiao Dakin and said.

"Go!"

Xiao Dakin waved his hand and said that he just wanted to get to Puchang Sea as soon as possible.

The guide received the order and quickly rode his horse across the valley, while Xiao Dakin led his men slowly into the valley.

"Master Junior Supervisor, why is the guide gone?"

A soldier looked at Xiao Dakin and said that the guide who had explored the way had disappeared.

"Ok?"

Xiao Dakin then looked up at the end of the valley, and sure enough, he did not see the guide.

"kill!"

At this moment, shouts of killing broke out, and cavalry came from both sides of the valley.

"Enemy! From Qi!"

Xiao Dakin was shocked. He was also a veteran of many battles, so he reacted immediately. However, this was a river valley with steep river beaches on both sides, and there were enemies in front and behind. They had nowhere to run.

"Why are there Qi troops here? No, they are not Qi people!"

Xiao Dakin immediately stopped the guards from forming a defensive formation. He took two looks at the enemy and immediately found the problem. He had seen the Qi army, which was well-disciplined and fully armored. However, the people in front of him were just wearing ordinary civilian clothes. This was not the style of the Qi army.

"Who are you? I am the Junior Supervisor of Western Liao. How dare you go against us, Western Liao?"

Xiao Dakin roared, trying to scare the newcomers with the reputation of Western Liao.

"kill!"

But the army that rushed over ignored Xiao Dakin's shouting and just charged forward.

There was no suspense at all in a battle between a thousand people and dozens of people.

"You are Balbu! You Gaochang are going to rebel!"

Covered in blood, Xiao Dakin recognized the leader of the group, who was none other than Gaochang general Balbu. So all this was planned by Gaochang, and the Gaochang people wanted to kill him.

"It's just because you're too greedy!"

Balbu slashed at Xiao Dakin with a knife and chopped off his head.

"Everyone's heads must be chopped off!"

Balbu said to the soldiers around him that this matter must be kept top secret and could only have been done by Qi. In order to prevent the news from leaking out, all the people in Western Liao must be killed.

The soldiers acted quickly and chopped off the heads of Xiao Dakin's men and laid them out in a row.

Balbu took inventory and then burned everything to destroy all traces.

"General!"

At this time, the guide came running over on horseback in a panic.

"The matter has been resolved. You can go and report to the Khan."

Balbu looked at the guide and said, someone has to take care of this matter, and the guide is the best candidate.

"General, something happened in Puchanghai. The enemy...there are enemies!"

The guide pointed in the direction of Puchang Lake and said that he had just climbed over the last mountain and saw a large army fighting near Puchang Lake.

"what!"

Balbu was shocked and quickly ordered his soldiers to head towards Puchanghai.

At this time, Puchanghai was filled with shouts and cries of killing. In the early morning, Sun Li led his men to raid the Gaochang military camp. The Gaochang people were completely unprepared and the camp was directly broken. When the army rushed into the camp, many people had not even gotten up.

Sun Li was not going to be polite with these Gaochang people. He ordered the army to maintain its formation and attack, and turned the Gaochang military camp upside down with overwhelming force.