"Damn it, these southerners are like hedgehogs! There's no place for them to bite!"
In a hidden canyon, Gebatu led a group of men to hide in the wind and snow outside, took a bite of beef jerky, and said viciously.
Just after withdrawing from the Fifth Army, Gebatu led his men to launch tentative attacks in the remaining four directions the next day. However, without exception, the escort troops were stationed in those places. The crossbows were waiting for them, and when they reached a certain distance, they directly loaded the crossbows. Instead of getting any advantage, they got a lot of people in after going around in a circle!
Thinking about what happened during the day, Gebatu took another bite of the beef jerky and chewed it hard, as if the beef jerky in his mouth were those southern hedgehogs, and he wanted to chew them to pieces!
On the side, Gudeha, the ten thousand households under his command, heard this and said:
"Khan, why don't we go back? This expedition brought out 50,000 warriors, but now they have been reduced to half. If we continue, I'm afraid that our entire army will be annihilated. Then we, Hegel, will really It’s going to be destroyed, and I don’t believe that others will show mercy to our Hegel tribe who have lost their youth.”
Gebatu chewed the dried meat for a moment, and he also knew that Gudeha was right. The law of the jungle is like this on the grassland. Even if they are both from the Tatar tribe, once you are weak, they will not show mercy when they annex your tribe.
But he was really unwilling to go back like this!
They came with a huge force, only to have to go back in despair without taking advantage of anything, with half of their combat power. This is simply a shame and a great humiliation!
If other tribes find out about it in the future, Tagebatu will become a joke among the Tatars. He cannot accept such a result.
But Gudha persuaded again: "Khan, we only have more than 20,000 people left, and the tribe still has hundreds of thousands of people waiting for us to go back. We don't need to be arrogant, we still have to focus on protecting the entire tribe.
Although we lost half of our warriors, as long as we go back, with more than 20,000 warriors in our hands, we will still be the largest tribe within a thousand miles. In addition, the small tribes nearby have been captured by the southerners. There is no one to own the pastures. Our Hegel tribe can even take advantage of this opportunity to expand greatly. The population may double in a few years.
It’s not a dream to regain the 50,000 warriors or even more at the peak of our powers!
Khan, please be more sensible. "
Gebatu fell silent, thinking quietly, and sighed helplessly for a long time. He looked around and looked at the defeated faces of the tribal warriors around him. He knew that if he continued, the warriors would not be able to boost their morale. It can be said that the expedition of Hegel's Ministry was a failure, and there was no need to cause greater losses.
As for this place...
Gebatu's eyes flashed. As long as he goes back and lies to the Great Khan about the situation here, maybe he can come with the large army next year. By then, what will happen no matter how powerful the weapons on the opposite side are?
He didn't believe that facing hundreds of thousands of people pulling the strings, what effect could the southern troops have? Even a spittle from one person could drown them!
After calming down, Gebatu sighed heavily and said in a deep voice: "Now that everything is like this, let's retreat. We will return to the tribe early tomorrow morning."
Soon, the news of returning to the tribe tomorrow spread throughout the camp, and the originally defeated faces of many Hegel cavalry showed signs of joy.
They had wanted to go back for a long time. This robbery was not as beautiful as they imagined, and the southerners were not as weak as Khan said. Their bows and crossbows were simply too terrifying. They never wanted to face this kind of thing again. Now that we have weapons, we should go back to the tribe as soon as possible and sleep with the ewe in our arms.
Gebatu could naturally feel the movement in the camp. From the moment he gave the order, Gebatu could feel the feeling of returning home that almost appeared on the faces of the soldiers around him, which finally made him feel relieved. The last knot in my mind, I no longer have any entanglements.
Just as a group of Hegel cavalry were about to fall asleep with the expectation of returning to the tribe tomorrow.
Suddenly! A rapid sound of horns suddenly woke everyone up, and then everyone who heard the meaning of the horns quickly put on their armor, picked up their weapons, found their horses and rushed towards the mouth of the canyon.
Because this trumpet is an emergency trumpet in the army. It will only be blown when an enemy attacks, telling everyone that an enemy is coming.
Gebatu had just fallen asleep when he was suddenly awakened by the sound of trumpets. His mind was shaken. He put on his armor, picked up his scimitar, and came to the mouth of the valley under the escort of a group of personal guards.
As soon as we arrived here, a sentry rider came to report: "Khan! There is movement in the south. A large number of people are coming towards the canyon. The number of people is about ten thousand. It is impossible to count them!"
Needless to say, Gebatu had already seen the person he mentioned coming in his field of vision.
In the dark night, on the edge of the white snow, and then the bright red color tonight, one can clearly see a group of black figures slowly coming towards the mouth of the canyon.
There was already a slight vibration on the ground. The Tatars who lived on horseback all year round knew that this was the movement of a large number of cavalry nearby, which meant that the opponent had at least one large number of cavalry.
Gebatu reacted quickly and knew that the army could not stay here any longer, otherwise they would easily be blocked in the canyon and would not be able to run away.
Quickly order the entire army to move positions!
Woo~woo~woo~
Four basic horns sounded, and the assembled Hegel cavalry quickly rushed out of the mouth of the canyon and ran towards the open space to regroup.
During the transfer process, Gebatu finally saw the appearance of the opposite side clearly. If it wasn't those southern troops during the day, who could it be?
Gebatu clenched his fists. Originally, he was planning to withdraw tomorrow, but these southerners were simply too bullying!
With so many infantrymen, they actually blocked their own door and took the initiative to fight with them?
This is a naked insult, belittle him, think he is a soft persimmon?
Gebatu decided not to bear it anymore, and this was also a good opportunity for a fighter. The other party actually abandoned his built fortifications and came out to challenge them for a decisive battle. How could this be such a stupid thing? Did they think that just by relying on a group of infantry, they could defeat them? Can they really defeat their cavalry head-on?
This is absolutely ridiculous!
Gebatu made up his mind. Since the other party wanted to fight, he would have a serious fight with the other party and let the other party know that their Hegel Department was not a soft-footed shrimp! Anyone can be bullied to death!
Soon the remaining 27,000 horsemen of Hegel's department had assembled in the open space, before the opponent could completely emerge from the wind and snow.
The sullen Gebatu immediately raised his scimitar and shouted: "Kill!"
Bento rushed towards the Kuroshio first.
The Hegel cavalrymen who originally thought they would be able to go home tomorrow were blocked by someone the day before going home. The grievances of the previous battles suddenly flooded into their hearts. At this moment, they seemed to have found a vent to vent all their anger, and they roared in the same way. He followed his own Khan and charged at the enemy!
As soon as there was any movement on their side, Guan Ning would be instantly aware of the mighty sound of galloping horses.
Guan Ning and the cavalry officers under his command were not to be outdone. They had already changed into heavy armor and no longer moved forward slowly. Their riding whips also began to speed up, and they rushed towards the charging Hegel army!
This time, they want to dig through these Tatars head-on and let them see the power of the guard cavalry!
"kill!"
"kill!"
"Kill!"
The two cavalrymen seemed to be two surging black streams speeding towards the same center in this snowy night illuminated by silver-white moonlight!
Until the moment of collision...
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(End of chapter)
