"How far is our army from the territory of Dong Xianbei?" Wei Qing took a sip of cold water, threw the water bag on his horse, and asked Taishi Ci beside him.
Taishi Ci also took a sip of water, took a slight breath, and then said, "It's probably only a hundred miles away before our army can enter Dong Xianbei's sphere of influence."
These days, Wei Zhang and Tai Shici are not living a good life. A large part of the safety of the army depends on their scouts, but they do not dare to be careless for a moment.
Moreover, Aixinjueluo Xuanye led an army behind and followed closely behind Wei Qing and the others who came out of the fortress. On the other side, he also sent elite riders to deal with Wei Qing, the scout of the army, hoping to turn Wei Qing's army into deaf and blind people.
It can be said that Wei Zhang and Tai Shici have to face battles that may happen at any time whenever they go out to explore with the scouts these days.
Relying on his familiarity with the grassland, Aixinjueluo Xuanye has caught up with Wei Qing's army more than once during these days, and Wei Qing was also forced to fight with the opponent several times.
After Wei Qing wiped out many small tribes along the way and launched a surprise attack on the base camp, Aixinjueluo Xuanye was indeed forced to do so. He actually mobilized more than 100,000 herdsmen to hunt down Wei Qing.
You know, even the group of troops that Nurhaci brought to participate in the Grassland Alliance were only these people.
Although the army of herdsmen temporarily summoned by Aixinjueluo Xuanye may have some shortcomings in combat effectiveness, it is not as good as the army brought by Nurhachi.
But these herdsmen are from a nation that grew up on horses, and their basic riding skills and bow and arrow skills are no problem.
At that time, after Wei Qing attacked Nurhachi's royal tent, he only had 50,000 troops left.
Although Wei Qing's 50,000-strong army was more powerful than the herdsman army assembled by Aixinjueluo Xuanye, it obviously could not make up for the huge gap in strength between the two sides.
When the two sides first started fighting, Wei Qing also thought about using the advantage of his own strong generals to lead a forceful attack on the opponent's coach, but in the end this method was not implemented.
As early as the night when Wei Qing launched the surprise attack, Aixinjueluo Xuan Ye had already seen the power of the opponent's general, and naturally he had been on guard against this.
Every time Ran Min, Wen Zhong, Lu Wenlong and Ying Bu joined forces to charge into battle, they were greeted by an overwhelming rain of arrows.
Even at the craziest time, the other side didn't even care about their own soldiers. Even their own soldiers would be accidentally injured by the arrow rain, and the other side didn't care.
Moreover, in order to ensure his own safety to the greatest extent, Aixinjueluo Xuan Ye actually wore the clothes of an ordinary soldier and hid in the army to command.
In these battles, Wei Qing once again lost 5,000 cavalry. This was the reason why he did not dare to get too entangled in every battle. Otherwise, their losses may be even greater.
Moreover, casualties occurred again not only in terms of soldiers, but also in terms of generals. Both Gundam and Li Guangli died on the battlefield.
Every time you are entangled by the enemy and retreat, you must naturally leave someone behind to break up the rear. Otherwise, how could Wei Qing escape smoothly again and again!
He still has a long way to go, and it is impossible for him to have a head-on confrontation with the opponent now.
Those responsible for the task of breaking off the enemy will naturally be handed over to the strongest members of the army that went out of the fortress. Only a few of them have the strength to fight out.
Therefore, every time Ran Min, Wenzhong, Lu Wenlong and Yingbu were divided into two groups, and they took turns bringing several generals and some elites to break up the rear.
The luck of Gao Gao and Li Guangli was not very good. When they followed Wen Zhong and Lu Wenlong to cover the retreat of the main force, they did not follow Wen Zhong and Lu Wenlong to fight out immediately.
The final result is that Gao Gao and Li Guangli will never have the chance to fight out again. Neither of them is good at force. Without Wen Zhong and Lu Wenlong, they are surrounded by a large army. They can't make any waves at all.
The two men worked together to kill thirty-eight enemy soldiers, and finally died tragically under the enemy's swords.
Gao Gao, a general in the late Southern Song Dynasty, participated in the Battle of Xiangyang more than once and eventually surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty.
Li Guangli, a general during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, once served as the general of the Second Division when he attacked Dawan. He lost troops and generals, and his record was mediocre. He led his army to many wars with the Xiongnu, but the results were still poor and he even lost troops and generals.
In the end, before leading the army to conquer the Xiongnu, he and Prime Minister Liu Quyou secretly took advantage of the fact that the crown prince Liu Ju died of witchcraft and the throne was vacant, and planned to appoint Liu Kun, the king of Changyi, as the crown prince. Soon after the incident occurred, Liu Quya was beheaded in half, and Li Guangli was defeated and surrendered to the Huns. He was killed by Wei Lu the following year.
The abilities of these two people are not very strong, and it will be a matter of time before they are eliminated by the waves of the times.
"Baili?" After hearing Tai Shici's answer, Wei Qing murmured to himself, while silently thinking about something in his mind.
"Send the order, let the army rest for an hour. After an hour, set off immediately and enter Dong Xianbei's sphere of influence in one go!" Wei Qing ordered to the generals beside him.
"In addition, within this hour, we must be more vigilant to prevent the enemy from chasing us again during this time!" Wei Qing cautiously added a few more words.
"The last general takes command!"
Even though the grassland forces have now formed an alliance, without Tuoba Tao's order, absolutely no one would dare to let people like Aixinjueluo and Xuan Ye enter their sphere of influence.
After all, Aixinjueluo Xuanye was accompanied by an army of hundreds of thousands of herdsmen. If such a huge army were discovered by the people of Dongxianbei, I am afraid that the first reaction of the other party would be that Aixinjueluo Xuanye was going to attack them. Xianbei took action.
Moreover, even if Tuoba Tao is willing to issue such an order, I don't know how long it will take until Tuoba Tao understands the situation here clearly and sends the order back.
As for Wei Qing's entry into Dong Xianbei's sphere of influence, there was also a process until the people in Dong Xianbei came to their senses and took measures against them. During this period of time, Wei Qing and the others had a hard-earned respite.
What Wei Qing has to consider now is how to get rid of Aixinjueluo Xuan Ye during the remaining journey.
Otherwise, if they are entangled by Aisin Gioro Xuanye, after they enter the sphere of influence of Dong Xianbei, the people of Dong Xianbei will inevitably discover them at the same time as they discover Aisin Gioro Xuanye.
In this case, the respite Wei Qing wanted would be gone.
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