The news that the balloon in which Li Ting and three other people were riding went out of control and the three of them took off in the wind was reported to Huanglonggang at night.
Guo Ning fought for a day and suffered many wounds and bleeding. He worked hard to negotiate with others. After returning to the camp, he felt exhausted and exhausted and went to bed early.
As a result, he was suddenly woken up from his deep sleep and learned that such a ridiculous thing had happened in Xianping Mansion. When the several generals gathered in the camp heard this, they felt worried and ridiculous at the same time, and they all showed strange expressions.
Guo Ning's eyes were still a little blurry, his face was as dark as a casserole, and the veins on his forehead were popping out. After thinking for a long time, he said: "This matter must not be spread to outsiders. Anyone who leaks it will be executed."
Everyone obeyed.
Guo Ning rubbed his face and called, "Han Xuan."
"exist."
Guo Ning took out the golden sword from next to his pillow: "We go out alone, surrounded by tigers. Even if we are victorious, we cannot relax a little. The city of Xianping Prefecture cannot be without a heavy general in charge. Don't hesitate to work hard, hold my golden sword, and return to Xianping overnight. In Pingfu City, I will lead the army and the people on my behalf in the past few days."
"Yes." Han Xuan took the order, went out of the tent, lit up a team of cavalry, held high pine torches, and set off immediately.
"Go to the scouts in the west and north, and send five more groups, no, ten groups. Pick people from my guards, all with two horses, and dispatch immediately! Tell them that the threat from the Mongols is still there, any time We are in deep and dangerous places in the mountains and forests, so we must not be negligent. Anyone who finds the whereabouts of the Mongolian army and the defeated Khitan troops will be given a heavy reward by me!"
Zhao Jue bowed to accept the order and went out of the tent to arrange manpower.
There was a sudden disturbance in the Dinghaijun camp, and it was natural that He Shilie, Huanduan and others could not be concealed. Soon after, each of the three families sent envoys to inquire, lest any important changes had occurred.
Guo Ning had to meet them one by one and told them that it was Xianping Prefecture who came to report that nothing happened in the surrounding area, but he still sent more scouts just in case.
After the messengers retreated, Guo Ning wanted to sleep again, but his exhaustion and excitement were too much at the same time, and he could no longer fall asleep. When the sound of hoofbeats suddenly sounded outside, and scouts were dispatched one after another, he tossed and turned on the couch, unable to sleep anymore.
After a long time, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and threw the pillow on the ground angrily: "That guy Li Erlang is really hateful!"
In fact, the methods for searching the Mongolian army and the Khitan army are different.
The Mongolian army had fought with Han Xuan and Li Ting before. Although they suffered heavy losses, they were not defeated. Instead, they saw that the situation was not right and took the initiative to retreat. The Mongolian cavalry is accustomed to advancing and retreating in large numbers. As long as the horses are fat and strong, they can easily travel two to three hundred miles a day and night. They may still be fighting in Huanglonggang during the day and have gone to Guangpingfu at night.
As for Muhuali's troops, it is said that they are led by the Five Thousand Horses Red Army specially allocated by Genghis Khan. There are many soldiers and horses, and the people shouting and neighing are astonishing, so there is no way to hide it.
Therefore, the focus of the search for the Mongolian army is not actually the Mongolian army, but the complete control of the area around Hampyeong Prefecture. It is enough to ensure that the enemy is driven away from a distance.
The Khitan army and the Mongolian army are naturally different.
In the early years when the Liao Dynasty was strong and powerful, the reputation of the Khitan army was not very good. People at the time called it "light and unorganized, greedy and unaffiliated, refusing to give in to each other in victory, and not to save each other in defeat." Even in the imperial battle personally fought by the emperor, the soldiers and horses were not able to defeat each other. It is shameless to retreat at every turn. Generally speaking, he is not bad at being fierce and fierce, but he is greatly lacking in tenacity.
After the fall of the Liao Dynasty, among the Khitan people, except for one big Shi Linya who left for the western border, there were not many heroes who could turn the tide. Instead, there were a large number of Khitan nobles who surrendered to the Jin Kingdom.
At this moment, the soldiers and horses gathered by Brother Yeluliu have also inherited the Khitan people's usual problems. If they have the upper hand in a fight, everyone will be like wolves and tigers. If they are in a stalemate, they can barely hold on, but once they fall into a disadvantage, they will immediately fall apart. , tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are running wildly, without any appearance of an army at all.
Ding Haijun and the local warlords in Liaodong went everywhere to capture prisoners. They had not finished capturing Xishan at sunset, and they had set up two or three prisoner camps, filled with no less than seven or eight thousand people.
However, no trace of Brother Yelvliu was found.
This person has always been the leader of the Khitans on the ground in Liaodong. If he escapes, he will surely make a comeback in the future, which will inevitably lead to endless trouble. Therefore, not only the Ding Navy, but also the Heshi Liehuanduan, Alu Zhen and other ministries sent detailed subordinates to continuously search the mountains and seas from day to night.
This idea is correct.
Brother Yeluliu may not be very good at fighting, but he can take advantage of the situation and is quite decisive. Moreover, even if there are many mountains in the Khitan army, there are always some loyal subordinates around him.
When the army collapsed before, when he saw that the situation was over, he knew that the key was no longer resistance, but how to escape from the battlefield and remain useful.
At that moment, he immediately ordered the flags to be put away, took off his luxurious robes, pretended to be in an ordinary retreat, and climbed down from the corner of the slope.
He and some of his close escorts had just descended from the mountain, when Zhang Qian and Dong Jin's troops were massacred on the mountain, and the situation instantly deteriorated.
He didn't waste any time and walked towards the depths of the barren mountains. In the meantime, he met his subordinates who were also fleeing three times.
Because these subordinates were able to gather their troops, maintain some organization, and rush to rescue them, Yelvliu Ge greatly praised their loyalty, made many promises, and continued to flee together. However, they were pursued by Han Xuan's cavalry on the way. These subordinates died in battle one after another and the troops dispersed.
In the end, there were only about thirty people following him, only two horses, and no food or water.
Brother Yeluliu fled into the night and finally got away from Ding Haijun's pursuit. He rested for a while on a hilltop full of wild forests. As for the snakes, insects and beasts in the forest, he could no longer care about them.
Brother Yeluliu took off his armor and lay on the ground, leaning against a big tree and dozing off. After a long time of being half asleep, he suddenly heard a low noise from the people around him.
He immediately opened his eyes and shouted in a calm voice: "What's going on?"
"King Liao, the enemy's cavalry teams sent out to hunt are becoming more and more dense. Just a moment ago, two teams passed by the mountain one after another. Everyone is worried that if the enemy goes up the mountain to look for us, we will suffer immediately. Many people say that it is better to go deeper into the mountain. Go in."
"That's fine..."
In fact, Brother Yeluliu could no longer walk at all, and going into the mountains late at night was extremely dangerous. But he also knew that at this time, everyone was determined to escape, and he, the King of Liao, could not go against everyone's wishes.
So he had to force himself to stand up. Because of the cool air from the ground, he felt sore all over, his joints were creaking, and his eyes were turning black. He waved his hand and took the lead to walk deep into the mountain forest away from the road. Under his feet were dead branches and leaves accumulated over thousands of years. The black tree shadows in front of him seemed to be shaking, like ghosts.
The group was afraid of attracting the attention of the pursuers and did not dare to light pine torches. They walked completely in the dark at night. They did not know how long they had walked. Brother Yeluliu suddenly discovered that there were no traces of his subordinates in front of or behind him.
He stood on his feet, but couldn't stand firm. He held on to the tree beside him and wanted to shout, but he felt hoarse and sharp pain in his throat, like a knife cutting him. His power was gone at this time, and the aging and weakness left by years of fighting and fighting could not be concealed at this time.
At this moment, he suddenly heard a sound in the air.
The sound floated high, from far to near. He raised his head and tried to peek through the dense branches, but couldn't see anything. He could only vaguely make out what seemed to be a little light.
The voice became clearer and clearer. It was Han'er's voice. It was someone saying repeatedly in the air: "It's over, it's over, it's over, it's over."
The sound repeated countless times and then slowly faded away.
I was about to lose my hearing, as if someone was shouting from the air again: "Shut up!"
Brother Yelvliu was stunned.
He didn't know where this voice came from. Did the legendary immortal really exist? If these are the words of an immortal, what does the immortal want to express?
Could it be said that the great cause of the Khitan people's revival is really over?
In an instant, thousands of thoughts flooded into my mind, and countless scenes passed by.
He remembered that he worked hard to climb up in the army of Dajin; he remembered that he encouraged the Khitan nobles again and again; he remembered that he had clearly launched an army to rebel, but his power was scattered and he had to turn to the emerging overlords on the grassland for help. Finally, he thought of the Mongolian army's ruthless use of the Khitans, and how much vitality the few Khitans had lost in this defeat.
That's all, that's all.
Brother Yeluliu suddenly lost all his strength. He slowly sat down on the ground and then chose a more comfortable angle to lie down. He heard the suppressed shouts of his subordinates somewhere, as if they were looking for him, but he was too lazy to agree.
It's already over, why bother?
Brother Yeluliu closed his eyes.
At this time, a strong wind suddenly blew through, rolling the branches of the forest trees and making a sound like the sound of waves. This noise covered up more sounds from higher up, so he circled around and flew straight to the west without hearing the repeated chanting voice before.
That was the hot air balloon where Li Ting and the others were.
They were blown by the wind, sometimes to the east, sometimes to the west. The wicker basket was not sheltered from the wind. After two hours, the three of them were blown away like wind chickens hanging under the eaves, and they didn't even have the strength to shiver.
Ado tried to extinguish the fire several times and let the balloon fall, but he was so unlucky that he could never find an open and flat land suitable for landing.
By this time, there was really not much coal and kerosene left, and the balloon could not keep flying for long. But wherever they went, the three of them looked down and saw that they were still full of continuous forests and hills. Once they fell, if they hit the cliff, the three of them would most likely break their muscles and bones!
Ado was a little scared, so he kept chanting: "It's over, it's over, it's over."
These words made Li Ting very irritable, and he would curse after a while: "Shut up!"
(End of chapter)
