Wo Lunkuo's face was equally ugly.
His situation is different from Batu's. Although he is from Tumut, he is only a personal guard under Su Nang's tent, while Azilan is a Taiji, has his own tribe, and is a nobleman of Tumut. , even though he is a captain, there is a big gap between him and Arslan in terms of status.
Now that Arslan is dead, and he is a captain, he will definitely be criticized by other Taijis when he returns, but Su Nang will not offend those Taijis for the sake of his personal guards.
Wo Lunkuo, who was riding on horseback, hesitated again and again, and finally said to Batu: "Taiji, why don't I lead a team of cavalry to charge once. This time with more people, maybe we can charge into the formation of the Tiger Flag." Inside."
"How many people are you planning to take?" Batu asked.
Wo Lunkuo thought for a moment and said, "With the thousand-man team I brought, I think the number of cavalry should be about the same."
Batu on the side shook his head and said: "You have also seen what happened just now. It is difficult to get close to the vehicle formation of the tiger-shaped flag when there are few people. If the tiger-shaped flag is really the vehicle camp used by the Qi family army, don't tell me that you Bringing a thousand cavalry, even including the two thousand cavalry we brought, may not be able to break through the Qi Army's car camp."
Although he has never seen the Qi Jiajun's car camp with his own eyes, the Qi Jiajun's reputation is equally prestigious on the grassland, and they are the ones that the grassland tribes are least willing to provoke.
"What should we do?" Wo Lunkuo frowned.
They came here just to rob the convoy carrying the Tiger Flag, but now they haven't even touched the side of the convoy. They have lost more than a hundred horses, and there is no way to deliver the goods when they return.
Batu rubbed his chin with his fingers, pondered for a moment, and said: "I think it's better to do this. Since we can't break through their car formation, let's let them come out of the car formation. If there is no car formation, how can we deal with them?" It’s not us Mongolians who have the final say.”
"That's fine, but how can we get the Tiger Flag people to get out of the car formation?" Wo Lunkuo asked.
The car formation was Tiger Flag's best defense, and he couldn't think of any reason for Tiger Flag's people to give up their advantage.
Batu looked around and said: "The nearest water source from here is four or five days away. There are so many people in the Tiger Flag's convoy, and more water is needed. Once there is no water available, They can only come out from behind the car formation."
"This is a good idea." Wo Lunkuo's eyes lit up.
He believed that the Tiger Flag would definitely prepare enough food, but he would never prepare too much water. After all, there is no shortage of water sources on the grassland, and the water would taste bad if left for a long time. The people of the Tiger Flag would not prepare too much in advance. water.
Batu said: "Unless the Tiger Flag's fleet stays here forever, once their fleet starts moving, there will naturally be changes. That's the best time for us to take action."
"Everything follows Taiji's instructions." Wo Lunkuo saluted Batu and his party.
Batu smiled and said: "Next, let's not rush to take action. We will just follow them. If we have the chance, we will take action. If we don't have the chance, we will keep following them."
"Understood." Wo Lunkuo nodded and said immediately, "I will send someone over now to keep an eye on it to see how long the Tiger Flag convoy can stay here."
Several sentries were sent out to monitor the changes in the Tiger Flag motorcade.
Behind the vehicle array, Meng Qing noticed through the monocular telescope several sentries sent by the Mongolian side. They were few in number and very scattered. Even within the range of the four-pounder, it was not worth firing with the four-pounder.
The dispersion was too wide, and it was not easy for the four-pounder to hit.
To deal with such a small team of sentries, the best way is to use cavalry or fire guns, but there are no cavalry in the convoy, and the range of the fire guns is not enough, so we can only watch these Mongolian sentries monitoring the vehicles around the formation. Array here.
"It seems that the Mongols haven't given up yet." Wu Xingping frowned.
Before, he thought that the Mongols had suffered a defeat and would retreat voluntarily if they knew they couldn't get better. Now it seems that this Mongolian cavalry is bound to win over their convoy.
Meng Qing said: "It is expected that Beilu did not give up. What I am worried about now is what we should do next."
"What can we do? Just waste it with them and see who can outlast them." Wu Xingping said.
"It's not that simple." Meng Qing said with a bad expression, "We have brought enough dry food to last for a while, but water may not last for long, and if the weather changes, it will be very detrimental to us."
Wu Xingping frowned and said, "It's not that serious. These Mongolians don't really want to spend time with us here!"
"I don't know, but be prepared for the worst." Meng Qing reminded.
And he felt that his guess was likely to come true, because the Mongols sent sentries to monitor them, obviously intending to consume them.
"I hope not! God bless." Wu Xingping tapped his chest a few times with his fingers.
When Meng Qing saw it, he frowned and said, "What are you doing?"
"I'm asking for God's blessing. That's what Tang Ruowang did before. I learned from him." Wu Xingping said, and then added, "Buddha bless, Jade Emperor bless, Taishang Laojun bless, Kitchen God bless..."
He kept mumbling to himself.
Meng Qing next to him said in a bad tone: "You have prayed to so many gods, and you are not afraid that they will fight after hearing this."
"Whatever, as long as there is a god who can protect him and make the Mongols retreat," Wu Xingping said.
Meng Qing saw that he was not sincerely praying to God, but was completely improvising.
After Wu Xingping finished praying to all the gods, Meng Qing said: "Go and tell our people to prepare meals and save water. I'm afraid you will have to stay here for the next two days."
"Okay, then you just keep watching here and I'll tell them when I go back." Wu Xingping agreed and left from behind the cart.
As night fell, the Mongols had no intention of retreating. Instead, they lit a bonfire, as if they wanted to stay here for a long time.
The next day passed, and the Mongols were still here with no intention of retreating.
On the third day, Wu Xingping came to Meng Qing and said: "We don't have much water. Even if we use it sparingly, we can only last for five days at most. If we don't go on the road, we may not be able to reach the next water source."
Hearing this, Meng Qing knitted his brows and said, "Look, the Mongols have no intention of retreating. Once we move, we will be easily attacked by the Mongolian cavalry. Without the car formation, it will be very difficult for us." The weather is getting dangerous."
"But without water, we still won't be able to defend the car formation." Wu Xingping said.
Meng Qing waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, let me think about it again, there must be a way."
Wu Xingping on the side said: "Actually, we can keep the car formation and move forward slowly, or go back."
"No, it's too slow. You can't walk a few miles in a day, and you won't be able to reach the next water source." Meng Qing rejected Wu Xingping's idea.
