Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1069: Some reluctance, some disdain
Yuwen Ye was silent for a moment, then murmured, "The bridge they used to cross the river is gone."

Upon hearing this, Shentu Tai immediately shook the reins and rode his horse a few steps toward the river. As expected, no floating bridge could be seen on the river. There were only a few rows of wooden piles left on the banks of the Yellow River, which were shaken by the turbid waves.

Shentu Tai said: "Could it be that they still want to burn their boats?"

Yuwen Ye shook his head and said, "Luoyang is just ahead. There is no point in this 'burning the boats and burning the boats' strategy. Besides, the spies reported that this is just Xiao Yuansui's vanguard, with only 40,000 to 50,000 troops. At least half of them are behind. If they arrive, we will have to build another floating bridge, which will only cause trouble for us."

Shentu Tai also nodded and murmured, "Not bad."

"..."

"So, they dismantled the floating bridge—"

Having said that, the two looked at each other. Although their clear eyes seemed to show that they were thinking of the same thing, they both frowned involuntarily.

After a moment of silence, Shentu Tai said, "Even if he really wants to keep his people, this doesn't make sense."

Yuwen Ye's brows were also frowned into the shape of the Chinese character "川".

Destroying the floating bridge across the river was obviously to prevent others from having the opportunity to cross to the north bank of the Yellow River and launch a surprise attack on them, but the premise was that Xiao Yuansui did not intend to let the troops behind him catch up.

In fact, these tens of thousands of troops are enough for him to fight Yuwen Ye at Hulao Pass, but the two have fought before and both know each other's strengths and methods. Xiao Yuansui dare not be careless, let alone take risks.

Could it be that the remaining men and horses of his have other uses?

Thinking of this, Yuwen Ye suddenly felt an indescribable heat in his heart, and a layer of sweat broke out on his forehead, almost soaking his temples. Looking at him, Shentu Tai's expression became more solemn. These two people have fought hard on the battlefield. They are not afraid of the thousands of troops on the opposite side, but they are afraid of not knowing themselves but not knowing the enemy.

Just as the two were thinking, several soldiers rode up and whispered, "Your Highness, General Shentu, the people on the other side have discovered us."

The two men looked up and saw several horses galloping out of the huge military camp and running towards the river bank. Their speed was not very fast. They seemed to be soldiers who were gathering information and wanted to confirm who these people who were herding horses on the other side of the river were.

Yuwen Ye looked back and saw that the hundreds of war horses behind him had already eaten up all the nearby grassland. Their bellies were full, so he waved.

"go!"

When everyone heard this, they immediately rode their horses back.

When the riders on the other side of the river arrived at the riverside, they only had time to see a cloud of dust raised by the horses as they left, but the dust was immediately blown away by the wind and disappeared without a trace, along with the team of riders. Everyone frowned and looked at the other side of the river, feeling a little at a loss.

At this time, one of them rode his horse to the side of the rider in the front and whispered, "Brother Hua, did you see clearly?"

The person riding on the horse was Hua Ziying.

His handsome face also showed some signs of weathering, especially a scar at the corner of his eye on one cheek. However, it did not detract from his handsomeness, but only made the childishness he once had disappear completely, and was replaced by a calm, steady and solemn aura.

At this moment, his eyes were as sharp as torches, and even across the wide river, he could see the most handsome figure in the crowd at a glance.

Hearing the question from the person behind him, he did not answer immediately, but was silent for a moment and said, "Go back quickly."

Everyone had followed Xiao Yuansui in battle for many years and had long witnessed Hua Ziying's archery skills, knowing that he had a sharp eye and must have seen something wrong, so they did not dare to say much and turned their horses around and ran towards their military camp.

The military camp here had just been built, and some places were not yet complete, but the two arrow towers at the entrance stood tall. They saw them coming back from a long distance, and immediately called on the people below to open the camp gate. Hua Ziying led his people to gallop in, and soon he turned over and dismounted, and walked quickly into the central army tent. As soon as he walked in, he saw several soldiers retreating from inside.

Hua Ziying glanced at them and waved his hand to let the people behind him retreat, then he walked to the center of the tent, where there were several tables for the generals to use when they gathered together to discuss important matters, but now they were not used, so they were empty. Only at the table in front sat a burly man with a powerful aura like a crouching tiger.

It was Xiao Yuansui who wiped out Hebei in just a few months.

Compared to the more weathered look on Hua Ziying's face, he hasn't changed much. He still has sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, and is extremely talented. Those bright and restrained eyes have not dimmed under the erosion of time, but have become deeper, like a bottomless pool. Even if you stand in front of him and look into his eyes, you can't see the emotions and thoughts in his eyes.

At this moment, his emotions and thoughts seemed to be tied to the map of this place on the table.

Hua Ziying stood still, lowered his head and said, "Brother."

Xiao Yuansui looked up at him: "How is it?"

"It's Yuwen Ye."

"Oh? It's really him."

"Yes, he is on the other side of the river with his men, observing us."

"how many people."

"It looks like there are less than twenty people."

Hearing that Yuwen Ye was traveling with less than 20 people, Xiao Yuansui's eyes suddenly flashed with a gleam of light, and then he seemed to think of something, and smiled faintly and said: "He is doing this again."

Hua Ziying said: "Brother, what you mean is——"

Xiao Yuansui said: "He captured Hulao Pass and captured Shan Shiyu by using this trick to lure Shan Shiyu into battle."

Hua Ziying suddenly understood, took a deep breath and said, "So that's it."

Xiao Yuansui stretched out his hand and gently closed the map in front of him, and said slowly: "If it weren't for this, with Shan Shiyu's steadiness and Liang Shide giving him more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, he wouldn't have lost Hulao Pass so quickly."

Having said that, he sneered, as if he was somewhat unwilling and disdainful of the gains and losses of this battle.

Hua Ziying was silent for a moment, and then said, "However, he brought more than just those dozen people with him, he also brought hundreds of horses."

"what?"

Hearing this, Xiao Yuansui frowned: "Hundreds of horses? What is he doing with so many horses?"

Hua Ziying said, "It seems that he is observing our situation across the Yellow River while letting his men herd horses on the other side. You know, there is not much grass here, and after we came, they dare not herd horses everywhere."

Hearing this, Xiao Yuansui's eyes suddenly became deeper.

Hua Ziying said, "By the way, big brother, those few people just now, are they the spies you sent out? Have they found out any news?"

Sorry, it's past midnight again today.