"Xu~"
About an hour later, Gebatu, who led more than 30,000 organized cavalry, finally arrived at the battlefield.
The raid just now caught Hegel by surprise. Nearly six to seven thousand people died in the two rounds of attacks from the escort camp. In addition, about hundreds of people were injured.
Fortunately, the weather was cold now, and the wounds stopped bleeding quickly. Among the hundreds of people, those with minor injuries could still hold on. As for the seriously injured, given the medical level of the Hegel Department, they could only resign themselves to their fate.
He came with his army, but what he saw was stumps of limbs and broken arms. Looking at the clothes on these corpses, it was clear that they were the three thousand cavalry he sent.
A total of three thousand people!
Just gone, annihilated here by the opponent, Gebatu felt his heart twitching and hurting!
He waved his hand with an ugly expression, and someone immediately came forward to inspect the battlefield.
Not long after, the person came back.
Gebatu listened to the report quietly with a gloomy face.
"Back to Khan, the battlefield was divided into two parts. Most of the corpses of the tribesmen in front of us were intact, but their bodies were riddled with holes. Judging from the appearance, they should have been caused by arrows.
Most of the corpses of the tribesmen further away were mutilated. Except for those who were hit by huge force, most of the others died from sharp weapons. This kind of death was exactly the same as the casualties caused by which cavalry we encountered before. They should have been killed by the same cavalry. The black armored cavalry killed them! "
After listening to the report quietly, Gebatu pondered for a moment and suddenly asked: "It can be seen that the arrow wound was made of what kind of arrow material?"
After recalling it for a moment, the examiner replied firmly: "Back to Khan, they must be iron arrows! Most of our people use bone arrows. Bone arrows are easy to break when shot, so they certainly cannot be cleaned so cleanly. More or less There will be broken arrowheads left in the body.
Furthermore, the wounds were neat and smooth, so they must have been caused by sharp blades, and it was impossible for bone arrows to cause such an effect! "
"Is it all caused by iron arrows?"
Gebatu narrowed his eyes and asked in a deep voice.
"Back to Khan, all of them!"
"Then there is only one possibility..."
Gebatu frowned slowly.
When he was attacked by surprise at first, he thought it would be other tribes on the grassland, maybe the Huns who happened to be passing by, or something else?
But judging from the information just obtained, the cavalry that attacked him and others must be from the south!
Why do you say that? First of all, there is an extreme shortage of arrows on the grassland, and on the battlefield in front of him, at least most people died from arrows, and each person's body had at least four or five arrows, and as many as a dozen. Branch arrow.
In addition, it is impossible for all the enemy's arrows to hit. After all, the enemy has invested at least 60,000 to 70,000 arrows on this battlefield!
For the grassland tribes, this is not a small number. Even the arrows stored in their Hegel tribe probably do not exceed 500,000.
He was willing to use 60,000 to 70,000 arrows to deal with half of the three thousand people, and they were all iron arrows. Except for the southerners with advanced iron smelting technology in the south, no tribe on the grassland could be so arrogant!
Thinking about it again, at least when the other party made the surprise attack, they did seem to hear the words of the southerners, and the true identity of the cavalry suddenly became apparent.
But the strange thing is that he had just moved out not long ago, why did the Southerners know that they were going to invade them, and why were they still ambushing them here?
unless……
The intelligence was leaked, and Hegel had the skills of the Southerners!
When he thought of this, Gebatu's face became extremely ugly.
The loss of three thousand cavalry is not a big deal. Even if ten thousand people have been lost, it is not a big deal if the clan's combat strength is close to 20%. As long as they can attack Liaodong County, the loot will be enough to make up for all losses.
But the problem now is that their actions seem to have been discovered by the Southern court, and troops were sent to conduct a sniper attack on them.
The other party must have been well prepared at the border, and my tribe's invasion might have failed!
They have already lost 20% of their combat strength. If they go back empty-handed, their winter in Hegel will probably be extremely sad. It is a blessing to have half of them left after the winter.
By then, the best outcome would be that it would be annexed by other tribes after the end of the Eastern Season, and the name Hegel would cease to exist from then on.
And he will never allow this!
He lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then with a fierce look in his eyes, he immediately ordered the entire army to return to the water source to replenish it before continuing towards Yunzhou County.
He had already thought clearly that the Southerners only dared to use these methods to sneak attack them, rather than confront them head-on. There was only one possibility, that is, the opponent's troops should not be as large as theirs.
As long as he is vigilant on the next road, the opponent will not dare to act rashly despite the numerical disadvantage, and the army can safely enter the border of Yunzhou County and force the opponent to confront them head-on without him and others.
The Southerners are no match for their Tatar cavalry on this grassland. As long as the other party comes out of the darkness, he is confident of defeating them!
After deciding on the next strategy, Gebatu immediately ordered his warriors to start picking up the corpses of the tribal knights who died here.
A group of Hegel cavalry immediately began to pick up the bodies of their companions happily.
Don't blame them for being so happy. According to the custom of the Tatar army, as long as you carry the other party's body back, you will inherit everything from him, his family property, and his women will all be yours.
Therefore, for the Tatar cavalry, bringing back the corpse of a comrade may gain more than a major battle.
After taking away the corpses all over the ground, Gebatu immediately gave the order to return, and the army followed him towards the water source in great force.
But what he didn't know was that at this moment, the soldiers of the guard battalion who had retreated from the water source had begun to build defenses at the nameless lake.
Wooden piles were driven down in a circle around the lake, and the silver-white things were laid flat in the middle of the wooden piles in a circle. A thin rope stretched backwards in the grass to reach the hands of the guards of the camp.
The horse pits in front and behind the wooden stakes were dug out and simply covered up. The 13,000 guard battalion infantry and 2,000 people were stationed around the lake to surround the entire lake. Ding Hongguang led 3,000 Reserves guarded the east.
By the time it was about to get dark, the soldiers of the escort battalion had completed all the fortifications, and the nameless lake had been surrounded by countless fortifications and tightly defended.
At this time, Gebatu, who had cleaned up the battlefield, finally arrived belatedly with the remaining 30,000 people.
When he was still three or four miles away from the lake, Gebatu faintly saw the light of fire in front of him.
My heart just skipped a beat!
There are people out there. Looking at the vast area of fire, there must be a lot of people!
When the army got closer and saw the soldiers of the guard camp who were already lined up in military formation under the firelight next to the lake, Gebatu felt a roar in his head!
A bad premonition suddenly rose in my heart!
No, the enemy is trying to cut off his own path!
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