Chapter 599 Defeat
When Xue Wanche woke up, he was relieved to see that the brothers around him were still there.
"General, you are awake."
"Well, still alive, how long have I been in a coma?"
"The general was in a coma all night."
Only one night? Xue Wanche wished he could fall into a coma for three days and five nights. In that case, maybe reinforcements would come. "Is the bandit still outside?"
"Well, they have been surrounding and did not attack. Some people came to persuade them to surrender a few times, but they were scolded by Mr. Yong'an."
"Is my third brother okay?"
"fine."
At the end of the conversation, Xue Silang struggled to sit up, leaning on a horse as a crutch. An arrow wounded his left leg so severely that he could not walk. Many wounds on his body had been simply bandaged by his own soldiers, and there were blood stains in many places. Already dry and stiff.
Tuyuhun, the dog day, actually wanted to persuade him to surrender.
He looked up and looked into the distance, and he could see the fireworks outside. It was the Tuyuhun people who were making breakfast. They definitely didn't have the kindest intentions to recruit them, they just didn't want to be killed by their stubborn resistance.
This valley is too small, with steep sides on three sides and a small mouth on one side, it is difficult for them to fly.
The personal soldiers brought a water bottle, "General, drink some, this is horse blood, a horse just killed, the blood is still warm."
Xue Wanche took the kettle, gritted his teeth and took a few mouthfuls. The warm horse blood made him feel that his body was slowly recovering from the stiffness. "Cut some horse meat."
Thinly sliced raw horse meat was hard and woody, but Xue Wanche was holding it and chewing it.
"Brothers, eat something. Only when we are full will we have the energy and strength to fight the bandits to the end!"
The soldier smiled, "We've all eaten." His smile gradually froze, and he asked, "General, can we still fight out and return to the Central Plains?"
"able!"
After eating the horse meat, he leaned on the horse and came to the front with difficulty, and saw the third brother Wan Jun, who was also wounded all over his body, and the robe and armor on his body were all stained with red and black blood.
"The bandits are about to attack." Wan Jun said helplessly to his brother. "Maybe we're going to die here."
"Then kill one to earn money, kill two to earn one."
"It's already enough, but I still don't want to die here."
"There are so many thieves, we can't rush out, and there are not many horses left." Wan Che said to his brother.
Five thousand riders came out, and now there are less than a thousand riders left in this small valley.
The Fans really attacked again. They didn't seem to want to spend any more energy trying to persuade them to surrender, and they didn't want to waste any more time. Amid the sound of horns, the Fan cavalry began to approach, and someone shot arrows inside.
Feathered arrows whistled.
Er Xue defended himself with a shield, and summoned his brothers to fight back with bows and arrows.
The arrows became more and more dense, and Tang Jun began to fall to the ground with arrows.
When he woke up in the morning, the soldier who had brought him horse blood and horse flesh was suddenly shot in the face by an arrow, and fell straight beside Xue Wanche.
Before he died, his eyes were wide open, as if he was still asking him, can we go back to the Central Plains?
"I will take you back to the Central Plains." Xue Wanche simply knelt down on the ground, raised his bow, and shot at the bandits who surrounded him densely, earning another one.
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Cheng Yaojin heard the sound of the horn, and could vaguely hear the cry of killing.
"Damn it, they're still alive, they're still alive, they're all rushing with me!"
The five thousand Tang cavalry all heard the sound of fighting from the wind, and everyone's spirits were lifted.
After running wildly for a day and a night, I finally caught up.
Regardless of fatigue, Cheng Yaojin took the lead and led his army to the battlefield.
Five thousand Tang cavalry arrived and finally saved Er Xue's life.
Cheng Yaojin rushed all the way regardless, forcibly tore open a hole surrounded by Tuyuhun, and killed until the valley entrance.
After cutting down a fan soldier, Cheng Yaojin saw the red flag still held high in the valley.
"Is there anyone alive? I, Cheng Yaojin, are here."
"I'm still alive, Xue Wanche is still alive." In the valley, Xue Wanche was still kneeling on the ground, surrounded by many soldiers, there were only a few left alive, and they kept protecting the general with their lives.
Corpses all over the place blocked the horse's advance. Cheng Yaojin jumped off the horse, looked for the sound, and saw Xue Wanche who was in a panic. He was there like a **** man, and he couldn't even tell his true colors. The voice is so familiar, I really can't recognize it.
"Where's Mr. Yong'an?"
"It's on the other side, but I haven't heard his voice for a long time, and he may have died in battle." Old Xue shouted hoarsely.
Cheng Yaojin wiped the blood from his face, "Those who can still walk quickly help the wounded to evacuate."
Xue Wanche sat on the ground, "What are you going to do, kill, avenge the dead brothers, Tianzhu King is here, kill them."
Cheng Yaojin glared at him, "Shut your stinky mouth, I only brought five thousand riders and rushed here in light clothes. In order to save your life, we just marched for a day and night, and by this time we were already exhausted and could kill you." Come in, all relying on that bit of faith. If you don’t withdraw now, they will all be left behind to die with you, so hurry up and leave.”
Xue Wanche heard that only five thousand exhausted soldiers had come, and the excitement in his eyes fell.
"Why only five thousand came."
"If you want to go, you can take away everyone here, whether they are dead or alive."
Xue Wanche crawled to the side and found the body of the soldier from the pile of corpses. I promised you that I would take you back to the Central Plains. I will take you away now. He tied the soldier to his back and leaned on the horse. Leng gritted his teeth and stood up.
Cheng Yaojin looked at him coldly, "You will kill yourself like this, and I won't care about you then."
"Fate, if I don't die, I can live." Wan Che said with red eyes.
"Can you **** take everyone away? Five thousand brothers, how many are still alive here? Thousands of people who died in battle, can you take them all away?" Lao Cheng became angry and slapped him Xue Wanche's face.
"I promised him that I would take him back to the Central Plains."
"Fart your mother, you promised me that you made a military order with me, shit." As he said that, Lao Cheng drew his knife and cut off the belt, pulled Xue Wanche up, carried him on his back, and then He tripped the binding armor and threw it on his body, binding the two of them together. "Now living is more important than dying!"
"Walk!"
Old Cheng withdrew immediately without hesitation.
Xue Wanche, who was lame on his back, got on the horse, and Lao Cheng rushed out, "Find my third brother."
"A brother is looking for it. Whether you can find it or not is up to fate!"
There are only 800 people who can still move in the valley. They supported hundreds of wounded soldiers on their backs, left the brothers who died in battle, and withdrew from the valley in embarrassment.
Cheng Yaojin asked his subordinates to distribute the prepared horses to the defeated soldiers.
"Withdraw, don't love to fight."
Fan cavalry did not expect that a reinforcement of Tang cavalry would suddenly come out, but when they found that there were only 5,000 cavalry, King Tianzhu gave an order to surround the Tang cavalry.
Countless fan cavalry surrounded him, Cheng Yaojin charged forward with Xue Wanche on his back, and the horses were broken.
The soldiers fought desperately to open the way, forcibly killing a **** road.
Thousands of horses rushed out desperately, and the horsemen clung to each other.
"You can't escape like this." Xue Wanche also held a horizontal knife on Lao Cheng's back and slashed, "I left hundreds of wounded soldiers there outside the hot spring valley. There is a dangerous place there. I let them Stay there to recuperate the wounded, and guard some seized property, horses and camels, etc., to see if they are still there."
"Guide the way!"
Cheng Yaojin also knew that they couldn't run away like this. They were too tired, so they rushed all the way, all tired and sleepy, and the Tuyuhun people followed behind them like a shadow.
Afternoon.
They finally rushed out of the hot spring valley and came to a place called Yematai Beach near Dadong Beach in Chihaiyuan. Not a small platform, condescending, easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Yematai is surrounded by rivers on both sides, with Wenquan River on the south, Yellow River on the east, and Yema Beach on the back.
Previously, Xue Wanche took a fancy to this dangerous terrain, so he simply arranged the wounded soldiers here, and asked them to transport some trophies up, and left them many captured horses and camels, etc., to be raised when they return in the future. can take away.
Unexpectedly, at this time, it became the only hope.
Cheng Yaojin rushed to this place along the road pointed by Xue Wanche, turning east and west.
If it wasn't for Xue Wanche's guidance, he really would have never thought that there would be such a dangerous place in this hidden place.
"Someone."
Sure enough, there were people on the wild horse stage, and the wounded soldiers were still there.
Seeing that Tang Jun was in such a mess, they were all surprised.
"Up the hill."
The whole army withdrew into the mountain, blocked the mountain road, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, Lao Cheng discovered that this place was indeed as Xue Wanche said, easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Mustang Terrace was still very flat and wide, and the place looked like a table standing on a flat beach.
There are many tents here, and thousands of horses and camels are grazing.
The 800 wounded soldiers left behind were mostly suffering from severe altitude sickness. After resting here for a while, they have almost recovered. They were all very surprised when they heard about Xue Wanche's fiasco.
"Don't worry about these things, strengthen your defense quickly." Lao Cheng glanced around, "This place is good, at least we can defend it for a while, I will immediately send Zhi Qingqi to find Liu Lancheng, and ask him to approach carefully."
There are still 10,000 horses over there. As long as they come, Lao Cheng will still have about 7,000 horses here. After recovering his physical strength, he will still have the strength to fight.
"Old Cheng, thank you."
"Remember to give me a horse lance, it was built by a master."
"I will pay, as long as you can go back, I will pay you ten, all of which are first-class horses."
Old Cheng didn't bother to pay attention to him, turned his head to count the casualties, and set up defenses.
The Tuyuhun army followed closely, but they didn't expect the Tang army to find such a place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack. They were shot back by random arrows and could only stop under the Mustang platform.
Fan cavalry surrounded Yematai, screaming wildly.
On the mountain, the atmosphere was a bit dignified, and everyone was silent.
Cheng Yaojin frowned after seeing the rough statistics.
Xue Wanche's 5,000 fine cavalry divided up and attacked. Of the 800 people who went to the Yematai, there were only less than 2,000 left, and many of them were seriously injured.
Old Cheng himself sent troops of 5,000 cavalry to the rescue. A rescue broke out in Hot Spring Valley, but also suffered heavy casualties, with more than 800 people lost.
Based on this calculation, there are only more than 6,000 people on the Yema Stage at this time, of which there are nearly 1,000 seriously injured, 10,000 riders, and only 5,000 people left who can fight.
Xue Wanche's leg was injured and temporarily limped. Xue Wanjun found him and was still in a coma.
Damn it, what kind of battle is this fighting.
Old Cheng was so angry that he wanted to throw this result on Xue Wanche's face. The only thing he was relieved was that this wild horse platform was still safe, especially since there were thousands of horses and camels on it, so at least he didn't have to worry about food for the time being.
But being trapped like this, he didn't know how long he could last. Looking at the more and more Tuyuhun cavalry gathered in the audience, Lao Cheng felt heavy in his heart.
(end of this chapter)