Chapter 147 The road to the throne is destined to be dirty! (Part 2)(1/2)
The vanguard of five thousand cavalry fought against Qiang and Hu. Wang Shuang and Yang Xiu originally thought that the King of the Western Qiang would flee in panic. While the two were thinking about how to stop the King of the Western Qiang, the reaction of the King of the Western Qiang made both Wang Shuang and Yang Xiu smile on their faces.
Facing my 30,000 army, and you are still siegeing the city, after a while, there will be war on two fronts. If you have a lot of people, it is natural that you will start a war on these two fronts, but you don’t have many people!
There are only 40,000 to 50,000, not to mention so many spoils and so many Han people need to be taken care of.
How could the Qiang and Hu be exhausted by these two ties? How could they stop the 30,000 tiger and wolf army under their command?
However, it’s better not to escape, so you can save yourself some other operations.
Yang Xiu and Wang Shuang looked at each other and immediately began to arrange tactics.
Yang Xiu and Wang Shuang made some moves, and the aristocratic family naturally made some moves.
Even though those aristocratic families are now seriously damaged, one by one, they still gathered up ten thousand troops.
Of course, the elite level of these ten thousand troops is far inferior to that of the branch led by Yang Xiu and Wang Shuang.
However, it is not bad to make up the number. At least, it seems that the number of people in the Han army is almost the same as that of the Qiang and Hu people.
After about an hour of entanglement between the five thousand cavalry and the Qiang and Hu, Wang Shuang let ten thousand troops press forward.
The Huo Wolf leader's men and horses were too short of their strength to resist the five thousand people. How can he withstand the attack of five thousand cavalry and ten thousand infantry?
Not long after the two armies were in communication, the casualties of the warriors under the Fire Wolf Leader rose sharply.
My family's casualties are heavy, how can I continue to see the Fire Wolf Corps? Not to mention that if I continue like this, even if all the people in the Fire Wolf Division are buried here, they may not be able to block these Han people.
Just as the Fire Wolf Leader was considering whether to retreat, at this critical moment, Prince Tuoba's envoy came to his tent.
Now let alone Prince Tuoba is a poisonous snake on the grassland, as long as he can keep his subordinates alive, even beasts and wolves will get close to him.
As soon as Prince Tuoba's envoy arrived, Huolang's envoy summoned Prince Tuoba's envoy.
Prince Tuoba's envoy was very different from Prince Tuoba. Prince Tuoba was thin, but his envoy was full of muscles and lying on the dragon. His tall and big horses looked so tall that it was not afraid to underestimate him at first glance.
When the Fire Wolf Leader saw Prince Tuoba’s envoy, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, “The envoy arrived at our military camp at this time, but what instructions does Prince Tuoba have?”
Although the messenger was tall and big, his eyes were flashing with a light of wisdom. He took some action to the Fire Wolf Leader and said slowly: "The Fire Wolf Leader, the master sent me over here because he was worried about the safety of the leader. He knew that the Han army he was facing was not a small number. It was not practical to block these Han people if he wanted to block these Han people. Even if the leader barely blocked, the Fire Wolf Leader might be destroyed. The master said that he had received the kindness of the leader before, and now he handed over the defense line here to my master."
He didn't know whether Prince Tuoba owed him a favor to the Lord of Fire Wolf, but he knew something abnormal.
That is why he can leave now.
No matter what Prince Tuoba has plans, as long as he throws the defense here to Prince Tuoba, his subordinates can reduce the losses.
This is what the Fire Wolf Lord values the most, so after listening to the messenger's words, the Fire Wolf Lord asked the messenger: "Where is the prince now?"
The envoy smiled and said, "The prince is behind the leader. As long as he withdraws his troops to participate in the capture of Dunhuang City."
Participate in the capture of Dunhuang City?
Lord Fire Wolf's eyes lit up completely.
You know, the defense of these Han people was gone, but it was different to capture Dunhuang City.
If the city is captured, the spoils in your hands will increase a lot.
Even at this time, the fire wolf had already had too much spoils to him.
But people are greedy, greed, and it is precisely because of greed that people have reached this point.
Greed promotes the development of mankind, but on the other hand, greed makes people fall into an endless abyss.
Just like now.
Seeing the Lord of Fire Wolf packing up his things, Prince Tuoba's messenger bowed to the Lord of Fire Wolf and slowly withdrew.
When the messenger left, the Fire Wolf leader immediately gave orders, and the Fire Wolf tribe, which was originally defensive formation, turned the horse's head directly.
Fortunately, those heavier spoils were not carried with you. If you carried them, you would not be able to break free from the entanglement of the Han cavalry if you didn’t take off your arm.
This is the case with the nomadic army, coming and going like the wind. In the Ming Dynasty, the reason why the Han people were not opponents of ethnic minorities was not political reasons, but more so, that the nomadic army was too mobile, and the Han army had more infantry and slow movements.
Once they encounter an army of ethnic minorities, if they can fight, they cannot keep people. If they cannot fight, they will be slaughtered directly.
This is a large part of the reason why the Qing army was able to enter the pass.
So when Huolang tied his tribe with his clan members, Wang Shuang really couldn't catch up.
After several rounds of consumption of the five thousand cavalry, there were only more than 4,000 people left. Now they rushed forward rashly. Who knows if it was a conspiracy between the Qiang and Hu?
So they did not move, but after a period of repair, Wang Shuang's army moved slowly forward.
But you can't stop yourself because of the enemy's retreat.
However, on the march, the army became careful.
On the other side, the Fire Wolf Leader retreated in a mess and indeed saw Prince Tuoba.
Now that he is so embarrassed, he doesn't want to meet Prince Tuoba, and then be sarcastic by him.
The Fire Wolf Corps bowed to Prince Tuoba and left without saying a word.
Prince Tuoba bowed to Lord Fire Wolf, with a smile on his lips, but he didn't say anything.
When Lord Fire Wolf was leaving, Prince Tuoba looked at him and said, "When the Han people come, we will resist for an hour, and then we will withdraw from Dunhuang County."
Resist an hour and withdraw from Dunhuang County?
The two of their followers changed their faces.
"Prince, we must not retreat!"
Prince Tuoba asked with a smile, narrowed his eyes.
"Why can't we retreat?"
"The king is right behind us. If we retreat, wouldn't the king be directly in front of these Han people? The king has only three thousand guards beside him. If he is besieged by the Han people, he will die for more life, so we cannot retreat!"
Prince Tuoba nodded with a smile on his face.
"You're right."
Prince Tuoba raised his head slightly, pressed his hand gently on the person who was talking, and asked, "Your father is the personal guard of my father, right?"
Speaking of his father, the person who followed him proudly nodded.
Prince Tuoba nodded again.
"No wonder you said such words."
Prince Tuoba sighed softly and asked another person in person, "Your father seems to be the leader of Bian Ribe, but?"
The follower nodded with a heavy expression.
"The leader of the border and Japanese tribe colluded with the Xianbei people and was killed. Logically speaking, you will die, but it was me, Tuoba, who brought your life back, don't you?"
The follower of Hinabe nodded.
"Then is your life belonging to this prince?"
The follower nodded, immediately knelt down on one knee, hugged his chest with his right hand, and said to Prince Tuoba: "The prince wants me to have a child, I will have a child, and the prince wants me to die, I will die."
Hearing the words of Bian Ribe's personal follower, Prince Tuoba smiled and said, "Okay, well said."
clang ~
Prince Tuoba pulled out the sword on his waist directly.
The corners of his eyes twitched, and he suddenly became uneasy in his heart.
What did the prince do when he draws his sword at this time?
Moreover, what did the sentence he said to me before drawing the sword?
He had never understood what Prince Tuoba thoughts usually, but at this time, Prince Tuoba drew his sword and said the previous sentence for only a moment. It was really a good association between the two.
Does the prince really want my life?
The Hinabe's follower was a little unwilling to accept it, but she still closed her eyes.
My life was given by the prince before. Even if he takes it back now, what can I say?
Anyway, I have lived so long.
It's worth it!
He simply closed his eyes.
A thorn sounded like a sword entering the flesh, and another scream.
The follower of Bian Ribe was stunned. He thought that Prince Tuoba had stabbed him to death, but he had not felt the pain yet.
However, this scream was not what he did.
He opened his eyes, but he found that the son of the King's personal guard fell in front of him.
His eyes widened, and he didn't expect Prince Tuoba to stab him to death.
I...I am the son of the King's personal guard!
Don't you give me some face?
Do you still dare to kill me?
To be continued...