Chapter 1054: Pursue the victory

Chapter 1054: Pursue the victory

The thousand-mile journey was rugged and difficult, and even for the soldiers of the Northern Qi Dynasty, they just gritted their teeth and hurried on.

This mountain road can even be said to be extremely flat. Because it is too troublesome to go back and forth for supplies, there are no forts set up to guard key points on the dozens of miles of mountain road. Only some outposts are sent back and forth when necessary. Patrol and deliver messages.

After a fierce battle for most of the day yesterday, the Qi army finally captured the fortress set up by the Wei army on Qimaling in the evening, but it also paid the price of nearly a thousand casualties. It should be noted that Prime Minister Hou Mo and Chen only brought 5,000 troops when they came south to guard the main road. As a result, they paid nearly one-fifth of the casualties just to remove one stronghold. This price is undoubtedly very huge.

Therefore, after the strike last night, Prime Minister Hou Mo and Chen sent an order to urge the men and horses on Thousand Miles Trail to speed up their march. They must take advantage of the enemy's forces to detour behind the enemy before they enter Thousand Miles Trail, so as to cooperate with the frontal attack to recapture Queshu Valley.

Therefore, although it was too dangerous and difficult to walk at night on this mountain road, the soldiers of the Qi army still traveled day and night with amazing perseverance. They covered most of the journey in one day and one night, and only needed to cross the front in less than two seconds. Ten miles of winding mountain roads can lead to a Thousand Miles Trail.

During their march, they lost as many as two to three hundred horses. If they hadn't fought for time, such a heavy price would have been too much to bear.

Despite the broken horses and injured soldiers, more than 1,300 people were still able to move forward. They dug a spring in a valley to get water, ate and drank for a while before continuing on their way.

"After climbing over the pass in front, you can take a short rest. In the afternoon, you can walk a thousand miles and then turn to the high wall. You can coordinate with the Queshu Valley offensive to annihilate them all in one fell swoop..."

A general climbed up and looked into the distance, still boosting his morale. Unexpectedly, a powerful arrow suddenly flew out from between the slanting rocks and penetrated deeply into his chest, causing the general to fall directly to the ground and die on the spot.

"Enemy attack, there is an enemy attack!"

After all the soldiers of the Qi Army saw this scene, they looked shocked. The sergeants in the front shouted loudly to warn, while the people and horses in the rear were already in chaos.

After successfully killing the enemy general with one arrow, He Ruodun handed the longbow and Hulu into the hands of his son He Ruobi, and immediately said loudly: "You stay here and continue to shoot the enemy generals, and the rest will follow me to attack the enemy formation!"

As he spoke, he held a saber, jumped down from the rock and charged towards the enemy troops in front and side. Then, more than 50 soldiers who came with him separated about 20 people who stayed behind the bunker to shoot the enemies. Then all of them would follow He Ruodun and fight out with swords.

The trees and rocks in the mountain road seriously restricted people's vision. The Qi army officers and soldiers could not tell how many enemies were ambushing here for a while. Seeing that even the general was killed with an arrow, the rest of the already exhausted people were even more worried. He panicked, and when he heard the enemy's fierce shouts of killing again, he subconsciously withdrew and retreated.

Although there are more than a thousand soldiers of the Qi army here, they can only be arranged in a meandering manner on this winding mountain road, like a long snake. Moreover, in order to save horsepower, the war horses were arranged at the rear of the team and were pulled forward by the sergeants. When the soldiers in front retreated to the rear, congestion and chaos immediately occurred on the mountain road.

He Ruoden was originally one of the few brave generals in the Western Wei Dynasty, and the bodyguards around him were all elite soldiers who were as strong as ten. Because he had noticed the enemy's whereabouts in advance and had planned for a long time, he suddenly launched an attack at this time, which was unstoppable.

He was holding a sword in his hand, like a tiger running in the mountains and forests. He rushed into the chaotic formation of the enemy. When he raised the sword and dropped it, blood and flesh flew everywhere. Although some enemy soldiers had the courage to wave their swords to resist, whatever the blade pointed at was , there was no enemy at all, and with just his own strength, he carved a bloody passage several feet long in the enemy team. As the troops from the rear joined the battle, the passage continued to spread inward, killing the enemy until they were completely defeated!

"Aye is so brave, this is what the father of He Ruobi should look like!"

On the mountain wall, He Ruobi saw his father's heroic gesture of killing the enemy, and couldn't help but cheer loudly. And his shouting seemed to reveal something vaguely, as if the person who took him wandering around the mountains and fields yesterday was just a stranger who got lost. people.

Inspired by his father's heroic appearance, He Ruobi was also ready to draw his bow to kill the enemy. However, although he was getting older and his body was not inferior to that of an adult, there was still a gap in strength after all. The powerful bow his father used was still quite difficult for him, so he gave it a try. Then he wisely gave up, and immediately hung the long bow on his back, shouting loudly: "How can a good man avoid the sharp edge? He should kill the enemy bravely!"

While shouting, he also held a sword and ran in the direction in which his father and his group were charging. Upon seeing this, other archers nearby also quickly followed, shooting at the fleeing enemies with their bows while running quickly.

"The east thief shall die!"

Several enemy soldiers were walking in front of them. He Ruobi roared and then raised his sword to strike at the opponent. The enemy soldier swung his sword to block, and the sword in his hand was directly chopped away by He Ruobi. Immediately, the still powerful blade struck directly. The enemy soldier's ribs and abdomen were sliced ​​open sideways, and the blood, water, and organs in the abdomen sprayed directly all over He Ruobi's body.

"Ah, ah..."

He Ruobi was a little hurriedly trying to shake off the dirt on his body, but he didn't have time to fight another enemy soldier who turned back to kill him. He saw that the opponent's sword was also slashing at his chest. In a hurry, he could only fall backwards, just as a soldier behind him happened. The soldiers shot and killed the enemy soldier, then rushed up to look at He Ruobi, who was lying on the ground covered in blood, and asked quickly: "Is Alang injured?"

"No, nope..."

It was the first time to face life and death at such a close distance, which somewhat challenged the young man's endurance. He Ruobi was a little slow in speech. He stood up with the help of the guard, looked down at the blood on his body, and directly grabbed a handful of blood and patted it on his face. Showing no surprise, he yelled twice, then picked up a cavalry bow left behind by an enemy soldier, followed the soldiers to swim outside the battlefield, frequently drew the bow and shot at the enemy soldiers, and stopped shouting about what a good man should be.

Although He Ruodun only had a few dozen disciples, he actually killed thousands of enemy troops by taking advantage of the favorable terrain and waiting for work. Especially as the enemy soldiers retreated into the ranks of the horses, the horses were frightened and ran away. The defeat suddenly became more difficult to contain. Many Qi soldiers and horses were completely scattered in the mountain road.

After killing and scattering the enemies, He Ruodun did not continue to expand the scope of the pursuit. Instead, he led his men to arrest dozens of enemy soldiers nearby and interrogated them one by one.

While the tribesmen were still interrogating the prisoners, He Ruobi and the other shooters came forward to join him. When He Ruoden saw his son's face covered in blood, he couldn't help but roll his eyes, raised his hand, slapped him and scolded: "It's especially powerful to kill the enemy in battle. A skinned guinea pig like you seems to be seeking death in battle. Who can be frightened!"

Jiangmen's tutor is so simple and unpretentious. He Ruobi was already tired after being excited. He was slapped by me and spun around half a circle. He chuckled to himself and showed off: "Aye, I killed several people when I first entered the battle. Is that right?" hero?"

He Ruoden ignored his son's show off and turned around to order his subordinates to clean up the battlefield. He himself went to interrogate some prisoners. The first thing he needed to determine was of course their current location, and then the enemy's various military conditions.

Through the interrogation of these prisoners of war, He Ruoden found out that although they lost their way yesterday, they had wandered a long distance on the Thousand Miles Trail. Their current location was still nearly twenty miles away from the southern exit.

What surprised He Ruoden the most was the enemy situation reported by these prisoners of war. It turned out that the Qi army on the opposite side had not come south in large numbers. Jinyang was now even more empty than they had expected. Only other troops came south to fight. Thousands of troops were led by Mo Chenxiang, the prince of Baishui State.

"Since the thieves are weak, they should forge ahead bravely!"

When he learned that the enemy force on the opposite side was not strong, He Ruodun immediately became excited. Naturally, he did not dare to attack Jinyang City, but Jiexiu City, which was near the northern end of the mountain, could attack and disrupt the enemy. The enemy's counterattack against Queshu Valley can disturb the enemy's hinterland.

With this in mind, he ordered his men to prepare meals, fill their stomachs with captured enemy supplies, and collect war horses, armored staffs and other equipment that could still be driven. Naturally, it is difficult to gallop on a thousand-mile road, but if you go north beyond the mountains, the more mounts you have in the enemy's territory, the faster you can move.

"Eat quickly, then go south to report the news, and lead the reinforcements to the north to meet me!"

Although He Ruodun did not dote on his son, he would not take his son with him on such a dangerous mission. After all, it was difficult for such a young man to be used as a human being, so he urged He Ruobi to fill his stomach quickly to pick up the reinforcements, while he led the four More than a dozen tribesmen, escorting some prisoners, set off north at once. According to the route, they could travel a thousand miles and enter the enemy's territory by evening.

He Ruobi had just experienced a battle and was full of blood. When he heard that his father refused to take him there, he felt a little disappointed, but he did not dare to be willful. He could only swallow the rice while looking at his father and whispered: "Ah Be careful, I will recruit reinforcements to the north as soon as possible!"

However, He Ruobi was not lost for too long. After the father and son parted ways, He Ruobi and several soldiers had just escorted the two captives as guides south for several miles when they encountered them. Because they had not returned all night, they went into the mountains to look for them before dawn. He Ruobi was overjoyed and hurriedly led these hundreds of soldiers to pursue his father along the road heading north, and sent others south to return to the camp to report the news.

On Jiqiyuan outside the mountain road, after Gao Le learned that He Ruoden had arrived with his army, he came there last night to prepare to meet and discuss military aircraft. However, he was told that He Ruoden had not returned from a patrol. When he came back in the morning, he found out that he had not returned all night. Knowing that this guy was probably lost in the mountains, he felt angry and funny at the same time.

But when the news came again in the morning, it was He Ruodun who had already led his troops to kill Jiexiu City in the north. Gao Le didn't have time to lament He Ruoden's bad luck. After learning about the true and false situation of the enemy on the opposite side, he immediately returned to Queshu Valley and arranged for his troops to launch a counterattack.