The return of the son-in-law

Compared with the capital city, the sky in the northwest is less smoky and more desolate.

At this time, the sky was just dawning, and the rising sun was still hidden in a thick cloud layer in the sky, only a little brilliance was revealed from the gaps in the cloud layer.The early morning gust of wind howled from the grassland where the border could not be seen, and there was a faint smell of cattle and horses.

At this moment, the Tatar soldiers in charge of security saw that the gate of the border town seemed to be opened, and a group of people rushed out from inside.

The Tatar soldiers immediately jumped up and hurriedly shook their drowsy comrades aside: "Wake up quickly! The soldiers from the Chu Dynasty are coming!"

His companion trembled, and the deep drowsiness disappeared in an instant. He quickly picked up the horn on the side, put it to his mouth, and blew it vigorously.

The general of Tatar's army came out of the tent, heard the report from the soldiers, and shouted in a rough voice: "Form up! Get on your horse! Kill him!"

These days, the troops of the Chu Dynasty took advantage of the convenience of the border towns and several high points outside the border towns to condescend and give them a lot of trouble.Tatar was able to gallop on the grasslands, and for many years it had become a confidant of the Chu Dynasty, relying on their cavalry.In the past, Tatar invaded the northwestern border of the Chu Dynasty many times. He used the advantage of the cavalry to make quick decisions, targeted the weak defense of the border army, and attacked him suddenly, catching him by surprise.

But this time the Chu Dynasty and Tatar were facing each other head-on, and the Chu Dynasty army adjusted its strategy, relying on the border city, not seeking to advance the front to the northwest, but only defending the border city.Every time the army of the Chu Dynasty used the archers on the city wall as a means of suppression, a large number of elite soldiers under the city were dispatched to drive Tatar outside the gate of the border city back to the grassland, but they never chased them too far, often out of a certain distance Just withdraw.But after the Tatar army returned, they would find that the loopholes that had been worked so hard had been plugged up by soldiers of the Chu Dynasty.

Because of this, Tatar's morale has been low these days, and many of his soldiers are tired of such offensive and defensive battles with no progress.Tatar’s army did not all serve the emperor like the Chu Dynasty. This time, the [-] army was made up of several large tribes and several small tribes. Each tribe sent more than one general. The general spent a lot of time, and even lost some people to go in.

Now that the results of the battle have not been seen for a long time, there have been voices of dissatisfaction in the army.If it is delayed like this for a few more days, the position of the general may change hands.

To say that the great general of Tatar is also aggrieved. Although he is not the God of War who is invincible in all battles on the grassland, he can be regarded as a general who is always victorious. restless spirit.But this time the opponent was too cunning. Once he lost the upper hand in close combat, he immediately retreated to the border city. With the archers on the city wall blocking him, there were not many opportunities for his cavalry to be used.

For this reason, the general scolded the ancestors of the 10,000+ soldiers in the Chu Dynasty from the bottom of his heart.

Now that the opportunity came, the army of the Chu Dynasty opened the gates of the border city wide, and tens of thousands of soldiers rushed out of the gates and rushed to the grassland.

On the grasslands, without so many barriers, the cavalry would be invincible.

Thinking of this, the general felt a lot of joy in his heart. After putting on his armor, he got on his horse, held a saber in his hand, and stood at the forefront of the army, watching the billowing dust getting closer and closer.

"Go!" He roared, and the soldiers behind obeyed the order, driving the horse under his crotch to rush towards the enemy in front!

The one sent by the Chu Dynasty this time is Sun Jinyong, who is not afraid of death, but he does not plan to fight more here today.After about a stick of incense, Sun Jinyong guessed that the Tatar army should be fooled, so he took out a flag from a small cloth bag hanging on the horse, raised it high above his head and waved it vigorously three times.The herald who had been following him saw him and immediately blew his horn.

"Withdraw!" Sun Jinyong pinched the horse's belly with both feet, turned the horse's head, and rushed towards Cheng with many soldiers.

The Tatar soldiers were already red-eyed, especially the general, who had killed more than a dozen dead souls under the saber, and it was the time when the killing was on the rise. How could he let the enemy go so easily?

"Chase!"

Although Emperor Wu snatched a lot of excellent horses from Tatar when he was there, when it comes to galloping on the grassland, Tatar's war horses are more dominant.

Seeing that the Tatar army was about to catch up, Sun Jinyong yelled: "Leave all the luggage! Let's go!"

The herald blew the horn again, and different horn sounds represented different orders.Hearing the sound of the horn this time, the soldiers of the Chu Dynasty threw all the unnecessary things on the horse to the ground without any hesitation.

The original distance has been widened again, and the border town is already close at hand.

Seeing that he was about to enter the border town, Sun Jinyong suddenly pulled the reins hard, forcing the horse's head to turn around and stop at the side of the border town wall.

"Go in! Go in quickly!" Sun Jinyong held up his precious sword and urged the soldiers to enter the border town quickly.Seeing that the Saber Saber at the forefront of the Tatar army was about to hit the last few soldiers who fell behind, Sun Jinyong actually drove forward and raised his sword to block the blow for them.

"General!" The soldiers were all shocked, never expecting that Sun Jinyong would step forward at this time.

"Let's go!" Sun Jinyong roared, using force with his hands, forcing the opponent to retreat.

Although he wasn't afraid of death, he didn't intend to die right now. After forcing back the first few pursuers, Sun Jinyong turned his horse's head and rushed towards the border city that was about to be closed again!

"Chasing! Chasing! Don't let them close the door!" Tatar's general would naturally not miss such an opportunity, urging many soldiers to speed up.

The soldiers in front had already entered the border town, and at this moment they turned their heads, their faces suddenly frightened: "General, be careful!"

Sun Jinyong only felt his whole body rushing forward. It turned out that the pursuers behind him saw that he was about to enter the city gate, so they simply threw the saber, which just happened to cut off all four legs of the horse under him!

Sun Jinyong remained calm in the face of danger, stepped on the horse's back, and then rushed forward with his strength. Several soldiers hurriedly reached out to catch Sun Jinyong. After catching Sun Jinyong, several people retreated to the right and disappeared behind the city gate.

But it was too late. At this time, the Tatar army had already reached the bottom of the city gate. Several leading cavalry rushed through the city gate with the speed of their horses before the city gate was completely closed.

The great general of Tatar saw him and said happily, "Okay! My sons, come rush in with me!"

"Yes!"

The general took the lead, but before he could be happy after rushing into the border town, he felt unstable and fell down with his horse and man.

It turned out that a huge pit was dug in the border town, and it was covered with sharpened bamboo poles. He fell so defenselessly, even though he was protected by armor, he was still pierced through many holes.Especially when a bamboo pole happened to pierce his left eye, which was already bloody.

The incident happened suddenly, and these cavalrymen were coming fiercely again. How could they stop so quickly?All of a sudden, hundreds of Tatar soldiers fell in one after another.Until the end, the corpses of Tatar soldiers filled the entire pit, and the soldiers behind simply stepped on the corpses of their comrades-in-arms and nervously inspected the surroundings.

Only then did they realize that something was wrong with the current border town - none of the archers who had given them so much suffering on the city wall were gone, and the soldiers who had already hid in the border town were also gone.

Where did they all go?

The general was dead, and the enemy was nowhere to be seen. Many Tatar soldiers became uneasy, and even started to retreat outside the city gate.

The two confidantes of the general didn't agree naturally, they were bullied by the army of the Chu Dynasty, and even the corpse of the general had been crushed into a meat paste, if they go back like this, not only will the general die , they, even their tribe, have no face to speak of anymore.

"Search City!"

The soldiers glanced at each other, thinking of those comrades who died in the pit, and finally gave up the idea of ​​retreating, and began to drive their horses to search the border town.

After such a search, the Tatar soldiers discovered the reason why the soldiers of the Chu Dynasty disappeared in a short period of time.

"Report! There are several openings in the city, and there are traces of horses passing by on the ground."

"I gonna go see!"

There were five openings in total, all of which showed signs of retreat, and the Tatar army inevitably fell into a difficult choice.

"We can't separate anymore," said one of the confidantes, "the people of the Chu Dynasty are full of tricks, maybe there are traps waiting for us behind these five openings, we can no longer disperse our forces."

"Then what are you going to do? The generals are dead, why don't you go back first and choose a new general." Someone in the crowd made different voices.

This person was a general elected by another tribe, and he had long coveted the position of the general, but his prestige was not as good as that of the dead one, so he passed the position of the general.

Now that the position of the general was vacated again, his originally unwilling heart became active again.

"Although the general is dead, so many of our Tatar soldiers are still there! The general is dead, should we retreat?" One of the confidantes said angrily, "The general leads the way, are you all going to be deserters? ?”

What Tatar boys look down on the most are cowards who run away from battle.This confidant deliberately blurred the concept of the two, and everyone on the battlefield was nervous, and no one could find anything to refute for a while, and many soldiers already showed shame, expressing: "We will never retreat! Now we have entered After leaving the border town and entering the Chu Dynasty, he killed millions of people in the northwest of the Chu Dynasty and buried them with the general!"

"Yes!"

Those who object first are not good at speaking anymore, so they just shut up.

After the discussion between the two confidantes, they must first choose a hole to investigate. If there is no gain, they will return and continue with another hole.

The Tatar army saw a lot of discarded bows, arrows and armor on the roadside. Although they were a little worn out, there was no dust on them, obviously they had just been thrown away.

They became more and more convinced that the road they had chosen was right, and many soldiers lined up in a long snake formation and marched forward on the road.

After walking about half a mile, we came to a place with six forks, and saw traces of troops from the other five directions gathering here.

One of his confidants got off his horse and carefully checked the marks on the other five forks, only to find that four of the horseshoes were facing inwards, that is, they came here from a distance, and only one horseshoe was facing outwards.

"Damn it, I've been tricked! No matter which way we choose, we will end up here!" The confidant cursed, got back on the horse, and told what he had gained.

"That's good, so we can catch them all in one go!" Another confidant's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he turned his head to the people behind and said, "Be alert, the terrain here is wide open, our horses can run faster than them, and we can catch up soon Already!"

Sure enough, after walking two miles, they saw the shadows of soldiers from the Chu Dynasty.

"rush!"

And the army of the Chu Dynasty also found the pursuers, they did not run for their lives immediately, but simply turned their horses around, and they were going to have a head-on confrontation with the Tatar soldiers!

The two sides fought hand to hand, and Tatar soldiers finally gained the upper hand. At this moment, a Chu soldier suddenly shouted: "Protect King Qin! Brothers, fight!"

Although some of the Tatars were not proficient, they still knew a thing or two about the official language of the Chu Dynasty, and these two confidants were among them.When they heard that King Qin of the Chu Dynasty was in front, they were overjoyed—if they captured King Qin, that would be a great achievement!Maybe even the fault of the general's previous recklessness and carelessness can be avoided!

"Kill! The king of the Chu Dynasty is ahead!"

Seeing that their own side was defeated, the last remaining soldiers of the Chu Dynasty still did not give up their resistance. They were trying their best to kill the enemies in front of them until they fell down.

"Pursue!" The joy of winning did not last long, and the Tatar army took advantage of the victory to pursue and formed a long snake formation, marching forward quickly.

At this time, Qin Wang Li Shaojun was only under the guard of three thousand elite soldiers, desperately driving his war horse towards the barren mountain.

At first, he could still hear the roar of the battle, but as the barren mountain got closer, these sounds became farther and farther away, and in the end, they could not be heard clearly at all.

No, it can’t be said that he couldn’t hear clearly. Li Shaojun’s ears still echoed the fearless roars of the soldiers of the Chu Dynasty when they faced the inevitable death. Before the last drop of blood, he still refused to put down the knife in his hand, fighting for perhaps the most critical parting of the yin for him.

These are his soldiers from the Chu Dynasty, and these are his warriors from the Chu Dynasty!

Li Shaojun's heart was surging, and he took the lead, urging: "Quick! The barren mountain is coming!"

But Li Shaojun didn't know that an army of 6000 people was waiting for him in front of the barren mountain.