Chapter 1068: Fake surrender and kill the enemy

Chapter 1068: Fake surrender and kill the enemy

In the river valley, the two groups of people who suddenly encountered each other were a little confused. They did not expect to encounter the enemy in this place and under this situation.

As soon as they reacted, the Wei army officers, who were the weaker side, hurriedly retreated. When the Qi army on the south side of the valley saw this, they also hurriedly chased them with weapons. While chasing, they drew their bows and fired at them. Shooting in the forest.

This Wei army only had more than a hundred soldiers, and it was a small team led by Li Ya. Because their mission was to find a suitable place to station and build a city in the river valley, they did not carry too much armor. There are only basic weapons such as swords, bows and arrows.

Looking at the Qi army on the opposite side, there were hundreds of soldiers within sight. As they began to pursue northward along the river valley, more and more Qi army soldiers poured out of the woods. What they saw alone exceeded After seeing thousands of soldiers, it can be seen that there must be a quite secretive den of thieves nearby that can hide a large number of soldiers.

Li Ya and others were not familiar with the terrain here. They retreated hastily where they encountered the enemy. They were worried that the unknown number of enemy troops would be led to their temporary camp, which lacked strong protection. Therefore, except for a few Except for the soldiers who broke away from the team and rushed to report the message, the others did not retreat along the way they came. Instead, they retreated north along the Qinshui River Valley under the leadership of Li Ya.

They ran away while looking back and shooting, trying to drive back the approaching enemy. However, since their main mission during this trip was not combat, they did not carry many arrows, and the dozen or so feathered arrows per person were quickly consumed. The enemy's counterattack was much more fierce. The arrows behind them were like locusts. If they fell behind slightly, they would be hit by arrows and fall to the ground. More than 20 soldiers had already fallen in the river valley.

Seeing that the river valley in front was narrowing, and the enemy behind was becoming more and more menacing and pursuing them closer and closer, Li Ya secretly complained in her heart. He touched the empty Hulu on his back, angrily took it off and threw it by the river. He regretted that he had carried too few arrows before leaving the camp.

However, it is too late to regret now. Even if they want to stop and kill the enemy now, with their lack of armor, they are afraid that they will be shot dead by the enemy before they have time to engage in hand-to-hand combat, unless the enemy also gives up. Shoot...

His thoughts were spinning in his mind, and he hurriedly signaled to his subordinates to throw their bows on the ground, and at the same time shouted loudly: "I am willing to surrender, I am willing to surrender! I beg the general to spare my life, I will tell the Wei army all about it! Please spare your life, general!"

Sure enough, the Qi army who was pursuing from behind showed hesitation when they saw this. Although they were not convinced yet, they also slowed down the frequency of drawing their bows and shooting. However, the pursuit speed still did not slow down. There were more than a hundred soldiers in front of them. He strode after him while shouting angrily: "If the Qiang thieves surrender, quickly abandon their weapons and lie down on the ground, otherwise they will be killed without mercy!"

At this time, Li Ya and others also ran to the narrow pass of the valley in front, so at his signal, they all took off their sabers and squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands. Seeing this situation, the Qi army pursuing behind them relaxed their mentality. , and there was no shortage of people opening their mouths to laugh at the ugly behavior of this Wei army team that was greedy for life and afraid of death.

"Where are you waiting for the Qiang thieves to escape into the country? Who is the general who will lead the army? Is Pingyang still guarding?"

This Qi army has been lurking in the valley for several days and has had little contact with Yining City. It also knows little about the enemy situation on the west side of Heishui Ridge. At this time, it is natural to force this enemy force to surrender. He wanted to inquire in detail about the enemy's situation, so a soldier commander in the team came forward with a knife and shouted.

"Report to the general, we are members of the Tang Dynasty in the Great Wei Dynasty. We came from the south of Heishui Ridge. We entered this valley just to... take your dog's life!"

Although Li Ya held her head in both hands, she kept peeking at the enemy general's location. When the distance between them was close, he first used a trembling tone to confuse and attract the opponent's attention, and then suddenly got angry, grabbed the saber and slashed towards him. Enemy general.

The enemy general was caught off guard, and they were at such a close distance. The blade in Li Ya's hand was cut deeply into his neck, causing blood to pour out immediately, and he died suddenly on the spot. The other Wei soldiers were also waiting for this moment. They each grabbed their sabers on the ground and started fighting with the enemy soldiers.

"These Qiang thieves are so treacherous, they actually pretended to surrender!"

The officers and soldiers of the Qi army in the rear were very embarrassed when they saw this, and they hurriedly rushed up to fight again. Some people wanted to draw their bows and shoot the enemy again, but both sides were already in a melee, and it was not convenient to use their bows and arrows for a while, so they had to She put away her bow and charged forward with a sword.

Although Li Ya and his party were still weak, due to the close distance between them and the enemy, they were able to fight back and forth for a while. The group of people fought and retreated, taking advantage of the large enemy army to retreat before they could attack and encircle them. At the river valley pass at the rear, the enemy troops were also limited by the terrain and could not swarm forward. However, Li Ya and his party firmly held the pass and repelled the enemy's momentum several times.

However, Li Ya and his party also suffered heavy casualties. There were only about fifty people left out of the one hundred people, and almost everyone was injured. After the enemy troops were frustrated after rushing in several times, they withdrew a certain distance and began to shoot at them with bows and arrows. Li Ya and others had no choice but to avoid the pass again, dragging their injured bodies and continuing to run north.

At this time, there was another loud killing sound from the rear of the Qi army in the south of the river valley. Thousands of Wei soldiers rushed out from the Black Water Ridge, cutting off the Qi army in the valley, and then started fighting with all their strength.

"What happened? Qiang thieves are ambushing us! Retreat quickly and call for help!"

As the Wei army troops entered the river valley, these Qi army soldiers were so happy chasing Li Ya and his party before, but now they were so frightened. Compared with the staggering casualties caused by the fierce battle, what worried them even more was that they had no idea what the situation was at the moment. Why did a large group of enemy troops suddenly enter the Qinshui River Valley?

Because these Qi army ambushes were taken more than ten miles north by Li Ya and his party, away from the hiding camp where they originally hid and built, and were intercepted by the Wei army in the rear. They could not take care of both ends, and could only go north and south for a while. direction to retreat.

Li Yantou, who led his team here, was also unclear about the specific situation of this enemy force. The order he received was to try his best to destroy the enemy's formations and kill the enemy. In particular, he needed to be prepared for the enemy's interception equipment in the lower reaches of the Qinshui River. block.

At this time, when he saw the enemy troops fleeing in both the north and south directions, he ordered Han Qinhu to lead more than a thousand troops to continue pursuing the north, while he led the other troops southward along the Fenshui River Valley to Ensure that enemy forces do not stop downstream to intercept the river valley.

There were approximately 2,000 enemy troops who fled north, but it was difficult to regroup and organize battle formations in the narrow river valley. Han Qinhu led the troops to attack all the way, and soon broke out of the place where Li Ya and others had previously defended. That pass.

When he saw many Paoze corpses lying around the pass, Han Qinhu couldn't help but reveal a sad look on his face. Because he had to continue to pursue the enemy and could not stay here, he loudly ordered several soldiers: "Collect them quickly. The corpses of Pao Ze and General Li Ya may have been lost here, so the corpses must be recovered..."

Before he finished speaking, a weak roar suddenly sounded from the pine branches on the west side of the mountain: "I'm not dead yet! How can you kill me with all these thieves..."

It turned out that when the enemy's retreat was in chaos and they had no time to pursue them, Li Ya led dozens of surviving soldiers to climb up the rock and hid among the pines and cypresses. Only now that he saw Pao Ze on the retreat coming here, did he dare to speak out. See.

Han Qinhu was overjoyed after hearing this. He hurriedly climbed up the rock in three steps and two steps at a time. When he walked under the shade of the pine trees, he saw Li Ya, dressed in blood, lying on a sloping pine branch. The other soldiers were either lying or standing, and each of them had multiple wounds on their bodies. There were only less than twenty people left in front of them out of the original hundreds, which showed how brutal the previous fight was.

"You wait and return to the camp to treat your injuries. I will then lead my troops to hunt down the bandits and avenge the death of Pao Ze!"

Han Qinhu assigned dozens of soldiers to take care of Li Ya and others, and sent some prisoners of war back to the camp. He then followed behind his troops and continued to pursue them northward along the river valley.

When Li Ya and his party returned to the Blackwater Ridge camp, it was already a few hours later. Li Tai was also anxiously waiting for the battle report from the front. He was shocked when he saw the miserable condition of all of them. He hurriedly sent all the wounded to the camp for treatment, while he first interrogated the prisoners brought back from the battlefield.

After interrogating the prisoners, Li Tai found out that the enemy army ambushing in the Qinshui River Valley was not a force intended to lure the enemy deep into the Qinshui River and cut off the Qinshui River, but was actually a force deployed outside by the Yining City Guards in response to the city. An ambush force only had two to three thousand men.

After learning this, Li Tai breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out to be just a false alarm. Even Xuan was a little bit dumbfounded. In war, all kinds of variables are possible, and no one knows how the opponent can deal with it. No fancy work.

As the scout captain, Pi Jinghe felt ashamed when he learned that there was an enemy army in the direction of Yining City that was hidden from the sight of the scouts. He paused and apologized to Li Tai.

Li Tai didn't complain too much about this. In fact, the value of scouts is best reflected in the plains and wilderness. In such a complex and changeable combat environment, even the most shrewd scouts can hardly guarantee that they can fully understand the enemy's situation. Detect clearly, so the most important thing is to be able to respond promptly and effectively when facing an enemy.

In this mountainous environment, Han Guo was the one who had the most shrewd and accurate insight into the enemy's situation. From what Li Tai saw, Han Guo was the first. When he invaded Jinyang, it was also thanks to Han Guo's talent in this area that he was able to flexibly advance, retreat and fight in the Lishi area.

Although the current situation was a bit unexpected, it did not cause too much damage. Moreover, because Li Ya and others were aware of the enemy's whereabouts, they were able to eliminate such a variable and hidden danger in advance, which was a blessing.

So Li Tai went to the sick camp again to praise Li Ya, but saw that this kid had fallen asleep after treating his injuries, so he praised the other wounded who were still awake, and after leaving the camp, he He also arranged for Guo Yan to lead three thousand troops to Yining City to look for fighters.