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Chapter 179: Diverting trouble to the east
In fact, Xia Lin's thousand cavalrymen were not elite troops, but ordinary city defense soldiers. They rested and hid in nearby farms during the day and specifically advanced at night. Although the progress was not fast, the safety factor was still relatively high.

After about four days, he finally arrived at the battlefield and could see the large camps from afar.

Xia Lin dismounted to rest, and then said to the thousands of men who had come with him to gamble their lives: "Whether we can survive this time depends on whether we can succeed tonight. If we can, I will take care of your future prosperity and wealth. If not, I have already arranged for someone to settle down for your wives and children. Dear heroes, I'm counting on you for this trip."

The cavalrymen didn't say much. They just smiled and fed the horses while they rested and ate. No one seemed to care too much about what Xia Lin said.

In fact, this distance was already very unsafe. Any commander who was slightly more alert would definitely send out spies to expand his own safety zone. But Wang Shichong was really stupid. His attention was now all on Guo Ying's troops attacking from the north, and he didn't even look at their rear ends.

But it makes sense. A thousand people hiding in batches would not be particularly eye-catching on such a vast battlefield. Moreover, the overall pressure on Wang Shichong's troops now comes from Guo Ying's troops, so it is not so important whether they can be seen or not.

Xia Lin also sat down and ate something, silently planning in his mind to launch a blitzkrieg against Wang Shichong tonight. As long as he could disrupt their formation and lead them towards Luoyang City, he would be successful, and the rest would be left to fate.

Time passed bit by bit, and in the blink of an eye, smoke could be seen rising from the direction of Wang Shichong's camp. It got dark early in winter, and it was estimated that it would be completely dark in about half an hour.

At this moment, Xia Linzhen was squatting on the ground discussing the upcoming battle plan and escape plan with the cavalry captain. This was the final draft and there was no time to discuss the details.

"We fired a round of rockets and threw a round of incendiary bombs. Regardless of whether they were effective or not, we turned around and left. If the enemy doesn't chase us, we'll come back tomorrow night. If they do, we'll run all the way to Luoyang."

"it is good!"

"It would be best if they could disrupt their own formation. If the commander of Guo Ying's army is not too stupid, he will definitely pursue us. As long as we can make this pursuit-and-escape pattern work and break their equilibrium period, we will succeed. They will be chased all the way to Luoyang by Guo Ying's army."

"clear."

Xia Lin snapped his fingers: "Everyone, get ready, listen to my command, and mount your horses!"

Thousands of cavalrymen jumped on their horses in unison. Xia Lin also jumped on top: "Get ready, check weapons and ammunition!"

The cavalry itself is an elite force. Although the cavalry here is not as powerful as the Guanlong Iron Cavalry, it is not comparable to ordinary infantry who rely on two legs. They can definitely be called excellent in enforcing orders.

At this moment, Xia Lin looked up at the sky and saw some dim light. He felt that the time was about right, so he blew a whistle and then led the charge.

The cavalry arrived in a flash at a distance of ten miles. Wang Shichong's troops heard the rumbling sound of horse hooves and were just about to meet the enemy. Before their cavalry could even mount their horses, they saw rows of rockets being fired into the camp.

Suddenly, there were fires everywhere, and with the power of the fire, people inside the camp could no longer see what was happening outside. A thousand riders came like a whirlwind, circled in front of the camp like a sightseeing horse, and then threw the incendiary bombs in their hands into the camp.

The sparks from the kerosene mixture inside ignited with a bang. The whole camp was filled with the sound of firefighting and the fire was in chaos.

At this moment, the cavalry of Wang Shichong's army had already assembled, but Xia Lin had already left with his men. The fire in the camp was extremely fierce, and those soldiers had no idea what the hell napalm bomb they were eating, and they almost instinctively used water to put out the fire.

This is really nice. When the burning paste meets water, it floats up...

It was burning and floating away. The direction of the camp was originally high in the west and low in the east, and the flowing flames followed the flow of water all the way down. When they met tents and barracks, they attached themselves to them and began to burn. In addition, the team's baggage and food were all placed in the middle and rear, so the fire was so intense that it filled the sky with fireworks, illuminating the entire sky, truly making half the sky red.

It’s a pity that Xia Lin didn’t have the chance to enjoy such a beautiful scenery, because the cavalry of Wang Shichong’s army was biting his ass, and if he didn’t run away, they would start fighting.

They galloped for half an hour and their horses were almost dead. Finally, they could no longer hear the sound of the cavalry behind them. When they looked back, they saw a red glow in the sky in the distance.

"Ah?" Xia Lin exclaimed, then reined in his horse and shouted, "Get off the horse and rest!"

The cavalrymen dismounted from their horses, not even bothering to admire their own masterpiece. They quickly scooped up snow from all around to cool their horses down, and took out their own rations to start replenishing the horses with salt and food. They would rather not eat at all than not give the horses a full meal.

Only Xia Lin came to a hillock and looked into the distance: "Is the aorta burned?"

"Sir, I'm afraid the baggage and food were burned." The cavalry captain walked quickly and looked for a while before saying, "They must have put out the fire with water."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Xia Lin laughed out loud: "There is actually such a thing, damn it. Things on the battlefield are changing rapidly." If nothing unexpected happened, this fire would cause heavy losses to Wang Shichong's troops. After this, they are afraid that the only outcome would be to escape, because Guo Ying's troops would definitely not miss this good opportunity.

But this was the highlight moment of the real gamble with Li Shimin. Whether they went east or west, this path was no longer something Xia Lin could decide.

Going east means that Li Shimin is the true destiny, while going west means that Xia Lin is better.

"General Song!"

Suddenly, Xia Lin turned to the cavalry captain and said, "Let's set off now and head to the route that the rebels must take to escape eastward."

"My Lord, why?"

"Why?" Xia Lin frowned and said slowly, "My fate is in my own hands, hurry up! Let's set off immediately after resting, there is no time to waste."

Gamble your life? You can't afford it. Xia Lin didn't look down on Li Shimin. On the contrary, he looked up to Li Shimin too much. But in the current chaos, Li Shimin and he could never be in the same camp. Because of Xia Lin's ability, he knew that there could not be two tigers in one mountain. Li Erye could allow a rookie to show off in front of him, but he could never allow a person who also had the power to overthrow the country to hang around in front of him.

It’s not that Xia Lin is extremely confident in himself, but it’s the truth.

Therefore, in order to force the fleeing army to the west, these thousand cavalrymen need to put on a grand and amazing show together.

At midnight, with the sound of horse hooves, they used the moonlight to get to the route that Wang Shichong's army might take to escape. Then the thousand men set up barricades, traps and fortifications overnight.

Xia Lin asked them to take out all the remaining incendiary bombs and prepare the two small explosive packs they carried with them. They cut down trees and dug the soil to build a defense platform overnight. Although they were very tired, the entire fortification had been completed by the morning.

The official road between Zheng Z and Sui Yang is the only route they can take at the moment. If they take any other route, they will be killed by Guo Ying's troops. Xia Lin's goal is to hold on here for two hours.

Now they relied on the geographical advantage of Mangdang Mountain and the few firearms in their hands, and their goal was to reduce the enemy's low morale. As long as they could make their vanguard troops change their route, the rest would have nothing to do with Xia Lin.

It started snowing here again in the early morning. The cavalrymen hid in their felts for a short rest. Xia Lin was yawning but he was not sleepy, because he knew in his heart that he was facing a battle of destiny, a decisive battle that would determine the future direction of the world's history. If Li Shimin took Luoyang, he would not have much time left, but if Li Shimin did not take Luoyang, he could continue to develop happily for a few more years.

We will see who will win in a few years.

He has no interest in being the emperor. If Emperor Hongbao is not dead, he would have no problem protecting this peace-loving old man. If the young prince can continue to implement his father's policies after he succeeds to the throne, it would be fine to protect him.

But if the young prince is not a good person, regardless of anything else, Xiao Xia feels that there is something of a true dragon in Lao Zhang's fate.

But now these are all Xia Lin's own arrogant fantasies, just like the situation in which he fantasizes at home in the middle of the night about how to spend the 200 million yuan he won in the lottery. The most important issue now is not to die in this broken pit.

At this moment, just as Xia Lin had expected, Guo Ying's troops did not miss this opportunity and launched an attack while Wang Shichong's troops were in low morale and in chaos. The enemy was defeated at the first blow. Wang Shichong led his men and headed eastward to meet up with Qin Qiong's troops.

As expected, he did not obediently walk in the direction that Xia Lin wanted. And if Xia Lin had not had a sudden idea to go around to the front to block him, he would have lost the battle of destiny to Li Shimin.

In the afternoon, rumbling sounds began to be heard from the ground, and the cavalrymen who had been lying in ambush on the mountain roads on both sides suddenly became alert.

Xia Lin sat up with a serious expression: "My fellow lords, whether the Wei Kingdom can be peaceful or not depends on you! It's time for the folks to test you!"

In less than an incense stick of time, a vanguard team suddenly appeared at the pass. They looked exhausted. Xia Lin raised his hand and asked the soldiers who were lying in ambush around to get ready.

After a while, when the vanguard was halfway across, he suddenly blew the whistle.

At that moment, all the explosive packs and incendiary bombs were thrown down as if they were free, and the entire pass was immediately filled with smoke and dust.

"Shout! Don't really charge!" Xia Lin shouted loudly: "Charge!"

(End of this chapter)