As the wind blew, the night was indeed very cold.
The Winged Knights took out hardtack biscuits and ate them while squeezing together.
The person in charge of the night watch rode out and ran to a place more than ten miles away from Tubo's' camp '. He found a small hill and watched from the horse.
The Winged Knights wore three night vision devices, so they could see from ten miles away.
Qin Li was worried that Tubo's people would want to fight to the death and attack the camp at night.
If the enemy rushed over and his team heard the noise, it would be difficult to find them at night.
Fortunately, the moon had already risen. It was not round. The moon on the 11th day of the fifth lunar month rose earlier than the moon on the 15th. It would be in the sky before midnight.
There was no industrial pollution and the sky was clear. Under the moonlight, they could see the enemy's team a few miles away.
There were so many horses, and Tubo could not afford to wrap the horses' hooves with cloth.
The scout observed. Tubo's team had no fire and was eating under the moonlight.
Raw horse meat, a horse that had died of exhaustion, was cut off and eaten.
Tubo's people were indeed considering a night attack. They would take advantage of the darkness and charge once. If the Winged Knights ran, they would chase after them.
If they did not run, they would fight with the Winged Knights.
In that case, they would need to send a team back to tell Zan Pu and the others what happened here.
The most important thing was to ask Princess Jincheng to help write a letter asking for peace. They could not fight anymore.
The Land of Nine Bends was the dowry given to Princess Jincheng by the Tang dynasty. They would ask Li Longji to see if they could get it back.
On the battlefield, they also heard that another team was finished. Baggage was killed and many people from other tribes in the team surrendered.
No wonder they did not hear any news from the other side for a long time. They had to tell the people behind.
Zasykuzé ate raw meat and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve. "Rest well. Retreat at night. Spread out and tell the people in other places that the Military forces of the Tang dynasty are coming. Let them prepare in advance."
He chose not to fight head-on as he was afraid that he would die. The Military forces of the Tang Dynasty advanced quickly, and his own people did not have time to react.
The others nodded and agreed with this idea. They discussed with each other how many teams would be split up and which teams would go where.
They slept sitting up on the dead horses, which had not yet been taken from the meat. They could not lie down, for if they did, they would sleep too deeply.
When the wind blew, they were so cold that they shivered. Some of them had been shot by arrows and had exhausted too much of their energy. When they fell asleep, they felt cold all over and had a fever.
Coughing sounds could be heard from time to time. As he fell asleep, he would fall sideways and gradually lose consciousness.
The others noticed the situation and moved over to take a look, but they didn't say anything.
It was normal for people to die. They never felt that there was anything wrong with fighting the Tang dynasty. The people of the Tang dynasty lived a good life.
If he couldn't produce such a good thing himself, he could only snatch it. As for exchanging it, why should he?
If there was a chance to snatch it, wouldn't it be foolish to exchange it with something else?
"Look, although our people also suffered casualties when fighting against the Tang dynasty, we did loot a lot of things, including the people of the Tang dynasty."
"As long as we are alive, we still have to snatch. Being afraid of fighting is a shame."
The Winged Knights scouts on the hillside waited for a while, and another group of brothers came. They handed the night vision goggles to the people who came later and rode back.
The moon slowly rose to the middle of the sky. It was already past midnight, but it was still not noon yet.
The people of Tubo looked at the moon and got up one after another. Some of them didn't get up and left. They couldn't take them with them.
Some of them had a serious fever and didn't care about what they said.
They took all the horses that could run. The 2,691 people were divided into ten teams of different numbers and started to run.
Zasykuzé's team had the largest number of people. When he ran, he looked back.
"They are running. Quick, go back and report." The person holding the night vision goggles shouted to the people behind him.
Two of them turned around and left. The others continued to watch. They were a team of 100 people.
"They are running away. The Tubo team is running away." Two scouts ran back and shouted.
"Get up, blow the horn, chase." Qin Li was awakened. He rubbed his face with his hands and quickly woke up.
The horn sounded. The Winged Knights got up one after another. The horses stopped sleeping and opened their eyes.
Everyone got on their horses and rushed to the position of the scouts in front.
Before Qin Li left, he took out a firework and lit it on the ground.
Ten small fireworks sounded. Boom, boom! Beautiful light rain appeared, one after another.
The scouts had already used a wooden stick to draw a map on the ground. They had roughly the number of people in each direction. Some of them were actually running in one direction first.
After running for a distance, they slowly separated. At this time, they could tell.
"Divide into ten teams and chase after them." Qin Li ordered.
The other teams had 1,000 people. He brought less than 3,000 people to chase after Zasykuzé.
The scouts of each team had to find the Tubo team first. They had to look for the footprints of the horses.
A group of horses ran past. The ground was different from normal.
"You guys stay here." Before Qin Li's main force went out, he left behind 20 people with unwilling faces.
The team left. The 20 people looked at the people and horses in the camp under the moonlight and hid in the distance.
They heard people moaning. If that person suddenly rushed over and they didn't react fast enough, they would be injured or even unlucky enough to die.
As soon as the fireworks rose into the sky, someone with a telescope saw it more than 50 miles away from where the Winged Knights were resting.
At this distance, the fireworks were very small, even with binoculars.
However, they could still tell that it was different from the stars. At this time, the stars were darker and were covered by the light of the moon.
"Over there, there's a situation." The lookout soldier who was watching shouted to the people next to him.
This team was cavalry. They couldn't run anymore. At night, they strolled for a distance.
When they saw the situation, some of them rode back and told the team behind them. The others all got up.
There was a difference. The Winged Knights suddenly woke up in the middle of the night and would wake up in a short time.
The cavalry was still a bit confused. They yawned and asked about the situation, looking for their horses.
A full quarter of an hour had passed by the time the large group set off, and this was considered fast.
The Winged Knights who were chasing in front controlled their speed. They could estimate the speed of the Tubo cavalry.
The Tubo cavalry would sprint for a distance in the beginning and then inevitably slow down. Otherwise, there would be no horses to ride by the time dawn came.
This wasn't the Tang dynasty's capital office. From Chang 'an to other counties, they had to run in the middle of the night and reach the county in the morning.
No, there were some counties in the capital office that couldn't be reached in half a night.
Qin Li guessed the intentions of the Tubo people. While they could still run, they told the others and then joined forces.
This showed that the enemy commander had a strategic mind. He didn't use the dark opportunity to fight with them. If he fought, other places would be suddenly attacked.
"Actually, Dongzhu didn't want to fight. It would be best if everyone was peaceful and then trade with each other. But you guys insisted on fighting. Dongzhu could only make some weapons."
Qin Li muttered leisurely as he chased. He seemed to be gloating.
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