Chapter 828 The Wind on the Grassland (4)

More than a dozen Xianbei scouts spread out and marched south in formation. Whenever they reached a slightly higher slope, they would carefully hide under the slope before dismounting and lying down. On the dirt slope, I hid in the grass and looked around.

The Xianbei scout captain who led the team was worried. The scouts had been damaged too much during this period. Every time they went out to investigate, they were actually risking their lives. They didn't know if they could go back after they came out.

A lot of veterans in the tribe have been lost. Now the scout captain was still a big soldier before, but now he has been promoted to the tenth cavalry commander, but he is not happy at all, because these under his command are actually pieced together from various tribes. , and does not have much practical experience.

A Xianbei scout popped up carelessly among the grass, and was immediately kicked to the ground by the Tenth Cavalry Commander. The tenth cavalry commander glared at this reckless guy: "You only have long legs! You still think your head is not big enough? Do you know how many people have died in front of you? If you want to die on your own, don't drag me and other people down. !!”

When the ten cavalry commanders got angry, the rest of the Xianbei scouts did not dare to say a word. They jumped off their horses one by one and looked around on the slope with their heads down.

A Xianbei scout was taking off the water bag from his body and wanted to drink some water. He looked up without comment and found that the water bag in his hand could not be held firmly. It fell to the grass with a clatter. He did not bother to pick it up, so he pointed to the distance and trembled. The voice said: "...people! Han people! I see Han people!"

The tenth cavalry commander suddenly turned his head and his neck made a rattling sound. At the same time, he also saw the figures on the opposite slope. Apparently the people on the opposite side also noticed them, and several horses rushed out from the opposite grass slope. The war horses galloped towards here: "They are Han scouts! Three of you go back and report the news! The others follow me!"

Normally, when a scout meets a scout, unless the other party notices it, they will choose to fight each other and try their best to intercept the other party's messenger.

After the ten cavalry commanders finished speaking, they were about to ride downhill to intercept the Han cavalry. However, when they turned around, they saw that almost all of their men were pale and at a loss. Their hearts suddenly went cold. What else could they do like this? To fight with the elite soldiers of the Han people?

Are you still a man on the grassland in this situation?

The ten cavalry commanders lamented and changed their orders: "Let's go! Let's go! Let's go quickly!" Immediately, he led his men and fled back in panic before the Han scouts could catch up.

Fortunately, the Han army's reconnaissance cavalry did not intend to pursue them fiercely. After chasing for a while, they slowed down their horses and went back...

"The Han army also appeared here?!"

Dugu Yuhuan almost knitted his brows after receiving the latest information from the scouts.

The Han army seemed to be everywhere, in the east and west, not to mention the south. Did the Han army come in three directions?

Where did the Han army get so many cavalry?

Covering three sides, assuming that there are about 3,400 on each side, there must be at least more than ten thousand on three sides. And the Han army and the Southern Xiongnu who have just fought a battle together, there are only more than seven thousand left to fight. They are just cavalry, unless they are Han people who have magical powers to bring back the dead. They can not only heal wounded soldiers but also quickly restore war horses...

Or could it be that the Han people received new reinforcements from the south?

It is possible that there are many people in the Han people, so there is nothing we can do about it, but what about the horses? How could there be so many horses appearing, could they just fall from the sky?

Or are they just suspicious soldiers who are simply scaring us?

What on earth are the Han people going to do?

Dugu Yuhuan called his two personal guards and said: "You two each bring twenty good men, and immediately find out for me the situation of the Han army in the east and west directions!"

Night gradually fell, and when wolves howled in the distance one after another, Dugu Yuhuan's personal guards had quietly touched the place where the scouts said they encountered Han people at noon.

Lying down in the grass at the top of the slope, looking into the distance, I saw dots of bonfires everywhere in the night, just like the stars in the sky falling into the grassland, shining from here to there, showing a thrilling atmosphere. beauty.

"...Is this...is this the Han army camp..."

The Han army camp stretched for several miles, which made these Xianbei scouts shaken and almost speechless...

The cavalry camp is completely different from the infantry camp. The cavalry camp pays attention to a smooth and accessible area. The surrounding patrol and defense circle is much larger than that of the infantry camp. Moreover, the war horse can also bear part of the awakening effect at night, as long as it is If the war horse moves, something is naturally happening.

"Twenty, thirty... fifty... one hundred and twenty..." As the number of bonfires was counted, the expressions of these Xianbei scouts became worse and worse. If there were even a few Han troops beside each bonfire, Calculating it like this, I really don’t know how many Han troops and horses are coming to oppress Chaoyin Mountain!

Can Yinshan still be defended?

"...Did you see the flag?" Dugu Yuhuan's personal guard said in a low voice.

"There is no... Han army... there are so many people..."

There was silence.

In the past, when they went south to burn, kill and rob, they always thought that the Han people were easy to bully. Only now did many people realize that the Han people are not weak at all...

"Hey, what are you going to do?"

Dugu Yuhuan's bodyguard whispered: "I'll take a few people to take a look..."

"You are crazy! If you go any further, you will enter the range of the patrolling cavalry!"

Dugu Yuhuan's personal guard was silent for a while, and then said: "...I know, but it always feels a little weird...It's been so long, there should be a cavalry patrol, but..."

"...Okay, be careful..."

Dugu Yuhuan's personal guards nodded, then bent down and led a few people to the front, half lying and half crawling...

The remaining people waited anxiously, seemingly for a lifetime, and finally saw a few figures returning quietly.

"Fooled! Fake! They're all fake!" As soon as they met, Dugu Yuhuan's personal guards couldn't help but curse, "These cunning Chinese dogs! They're all fake!"

"What's fake? Are these bonfires fake?"

"Yes! No! The fire is real, but the people next to the bonfire are all fake! Fake people!" Dugu Yuhuan's personal guards said angrily, "There are not that many people in Han Dog! The dummies are just filling up the numbers! Some bonfires don’t even have dummies next to them!” At least, if you want to pretend, you should do a good job, but you can’t even pretend properly, which really makes these Xianbei people very angry.

"Fake?"

"Fake!"

A feeling of being completely fooled crept into the hearts of these people. These damn dogs actually dared to lie to us!

Historically, the Xianbei tribe lost its dominance over the grassland after Sinicization... and was replaced by the Turks... In fact, many of the Li and Tang tribes were of Xianbei descent...