choke element

Chapter 101 Pursuit

Naminfu replied, "They are the smartest dogs east of the Onan River!"

The two hounds heard their master introducing them, so they ran over bumpily and squatted down in front of Tuo Lei.

Tuolei laughed loudly, and he pointed to the depths of the water: "Then, you will be my Alkinchi. Take your dog, and your hundred men, to track the enemy's scent, follow the enemy Footsteps! You must keep a close eye on the enemy, and don't let them leave your sight...until I give the order to fight!"

According to the customs of the Mongols, those who can serve as Alginchi are usually members of the chief general's clan or close and reliable people.However, after Genghis Khan's Great Mongol Kingdom, hundreds of ethnic groups in the grassland became one, and outstanding people were selected as outposts from the new tribes who surrendered to Genghis Khan.

This is not only a test of his talent and loyalty, but also a prelude to promotion and reuse.

Naminfu is a Mongol from the Zarayier tribe, and his subordinates are also from various tribes. When they heard the order to drag the thunder, everyone rejoiced.

At that moment, Naminfu's troops took off their heavy armor and discarded the supplies needed for the march. Each of them only carried weapons and dry food, led their horses, and stepped into the water along the winding road.

As Naminfu said, those two hounds were really smart.They rushed to the front to explore the way, sniffing the scent sensitively, and ran back to Naminfu from time to time and made a purring sound, as if they were reporting something.

Seeing that the figures of Naminfu and his party were gradually covered by dense vegetation, many knights around Tuo Lei were also eager to try.

But Tuo Lei did not continue to give orders, but instead held a horn bow, aiming aimlessly at the dead wood and weeds deep in the water.

Tuo Lei learned archery since he was a child, but his archery skills are not as good as those of his elder brothers.His eldest brother, Shuchi, is a master of arrows, not much worse than the famous Jebe. His second brother, Chagatai, and third brother, Wokuotai, are also able to fight in the midst of thousands of troops. Shoot and kill strong enemies.

The brothers sometimes accompanied their father to shoot and hunt, and they would secretly compete in shooting skills, and Tuolei had no choice but to bow down.

Compared with his elder brothers, Tuo Lei is smarter, but most smart people have arrogance in their bones.He knew that his archery skills were not as good as those of his brothers, so he took every bit of spare time to train harder.

Everyone around him knew that he had this knot in his heart, and no one dared to disturb him, so he waited for a while.

It wasn't until the sound of Naminfu's group wading into the water became farther and farther away that someone couldn't help asking, "Fourth prince, what about us? When are we going to leave?"

Tuo Lei asked gently, "Don't you think it's strange?"

"what?"

"This cavalry, at first entrenched on the high slope, then turned to the water, escaped like a frightened fox with their tails between their legs, and entered the lake and forest. I think their actions are so smart, just a few dozen cavalry, if To hide it, we must not find it."

Tuo Lei laughed twice: "But they don't hide, as if they insist on letting us see, they actually cut down the shrubs that block the road? This is to tell us that the road is not easy to walk, can they go fast?"

"What the fourth prince means is that they dare not face the majesty of the Great Khan, but set up an ambush in the water to trick us?"

"I don't know, but, who can guarantee..."

Tuo Lei suddenly opened his arms and shot an arrow deep into the water.

The bow of this bow is very strong, and the specially made arrow clusters make a sharp whistling sound, passing through a long arc, and disappearing.

He said in a deep voice: "The noble Khan told me that this enemy may be sheep, but it may also be foxes or wolves. Let's hunt carefully, so as not to be hurt by the prey!"

"So, what should we do now?"

Tuo Lei listened attentively to the movements on the battlefield behind Gao Po.

In this short period of time, Father Khan had already defeated the cavalry force of the Kingdom of Jin, but the soldiers on their side did not stop, but continued to head south amidst the urging of horns one after another.Tens of thousands of cavalry were running at the same time, and the muffled rumble of iron hoofs trampling the ground could be faintly heard across the high slope.

Perhaps, in the south of the battlefield, Father Khan made a new discovery?
He looked at the soldiers around him again.At this time, the setting sun was about to be blocked behind the high slope, and some dim sunlight fell, reflecting a dark yellow light on the armor of the soldiers, and the sunlight sprinkled into the water, as if a faint mist had evaporated, and began to spread among the trees. spread.

"Father Khan gave me three days, don't worry. Let's set up camp and wait patiently for Naminfu's return! If his dog is really as smart as he boasted, at least it can cause some trouble for the enemy."

"As ordered!"

As soon as the subordinates arrived, in the depths of the water, there was the vigilant barking of hounds.

Everyone looked at Tuo Lei with admiration; when they turned to Shui Ze, they became a little more wary.

Someone immediately issued an order to dispatch powerful archers, cut down trees by the water and stacked them in a staggered manner, and built a lookout for Sa Wulin.

The sounding arrow that Tuo Lei shot casually earlier crossed the shallow swamp and shrubs between the water swamps, and crossed the blue and brown meadows and reeds.

Not far from Guo Ning's eyes, the arrow fell into the water, causing ripples.

In an instant, dozens of people behind Guo Ning thought that their hiding place had been discovered.

They subconsciously wanted to get angry, and then they saw Guo Ningping stretch out his palm and pressed it down, and they barely restrained their emotions.

After a while, the barking of hounds came from four or five reeds.

Estimating the position, it was Han Xuan's subordinates who were smelled by the dog's nose.

Guo Ning sighed, and whispered to the left and right: "Let's go!"

Today's entire operation was Guo Ning's idea, and he immediately dispatched Chu Cai to perfect it.

Yila Chucai specifically proposed not to damage the food and supplies Zhang Wei transported to Pingluzhai, so as to attract the Mongolian army to continue southward and stay away from the Tangbo area.

So when Guo Ning broke into the convoy camp in Pingluzhai and hijacked Wanyan Congjia, he only collected the vehicles and did not do anything with the food supplies.

Zhang Wei is famous for being good at managing money and searching.As the transport envoy of West Hebei Road, he went to Zhongdu this time to cover Wanyan Congjia under the banner of transporting grain and fodder for support, so the accompanying convoy carried a lot of grain, always two to three thousand shi.

Guo Ning's subordinates worked hard and sweated profusely in order to unload the grain and fodder and free up the carts that could carry the soldiers.

After the Mongolian army defeated Pucha Ali's troops, they only needed to ask a little bit, and they would know that there was such a batch of unowned grain in Suning County, Hejian Prefecture.The Mongolian army marched without any logistical supplies, and always used plunder to obtain supplies.At this moment, there is food picked up for nothing, how can I let it go?

Therefore, the Mongolian army must continue to go south, and there will not be many troops left to clean up the battlefield.

Then, Guo Ning's department can escape safely.

After Guo Ning led people into the water, he also specially dispatched people and set up a small ambush circle himself.If there is a small group of Mongolian troops rushing to follow, they will take advantage of the dark sky and use the power of thunder to annihilate them in one fell swoop, so as to be safe.

However, his plan was implemented to the end, and there was a little omission.The main force of the Mongolian army has indeed been transferred away, but now, the number of Mongolian troops appearing behind Gao Po is much larger than Guo Ning expected.Everyone could see clearly that there were over two thousand riders, many of whom were well equipped.

Is this aimed at us?Why bother?

Guo Ning really didn't understand why the Mongols would fall into the eyes of the Mongols with only such a small force in his family, making them so concerned.

What's more troublesome is that the Mongolian army is fierce and cunning, and there is no way to take advantage of it.

They only sent more than a hundred people and chased them into the lake with hounds, while the large army was watching eagerly by the water.

At this time, what's the point of annihilating those hundreds of people?Could it be to demonstrate to the rest of the Mongols, expecting them to be afraid of the army of the Dajin Kingdom and retreat in spite of difficulties?

Guo Ning shook his head, knowing that this move would only expose his own strength in vain, and put himself in danger of a surprise attack by the Mongolian cavalry brigade.

This is a pointless fight.

"Order all the ministries to retreat. Let's work hard tonight, take a night journey, and get rid of the Mongols in the water."

As soon as Ni heard it, he took off the bone whistle hanging around his neck, puffed up his cheeks, and blew vigorously.

The bone whistle made a regular sound similar to wild birds chirping, and it spread far above the wetland.

　Sa Wulin: sentry post, base.

　
(End of this chapter)