"You didn't catch a single scout?" Boba Luo, who was on horseback, asked his general.
"Their horses aren't any worse than ours. Our scouts could only see the hoofprints they left behind."
A Tubo general who was in charge of scouting was depressed.
As the team advanced, the scouts found additional hoofprints and chased them, but they couldn't catch up no matter how hard they tried.
Sometimes, the enemy's scouts would leave tracks between two of their own teams.
And as they chased, they had fewer scouts and were ambushed by the enemy's scouts.
When they reached Songzhou City, they finally saw the enemy's scouts.
"Surround the city and set up camp." Boba Luo didn't know the situation, so he calmed down and made arrangements.
In Songzhou City, the scouts were resting and bathing their horses. They didn't need them for the time being.
A small scout team had ten people and thirty horses.
Each team had a telescope. When they saw the enemy's scouts, their team turned and ran.
Each team made sure that the enemy couldn't see them and maintained a distance.
As they ran, they realized that the enemy team was advancing too rashly. They contacted their surrounding teammates and arranged a distance.
More than a hundred people against a dozen, and it was still an encirclement.
"The telescope is so useful. We can see the enemy first. If we had such good telescopes in the past, we wouldn't have lost so many brothers."
One of the captains stroked the shell of the binoculars with tears in his eyes.
Scouts had to be elites. Usually, they competed with each other, fought with each other, and even had conflicts.
But on the battlefield, even the comrades who fought last night didn't want each other to be killed or captured.
"I want to go to Chang 'an when I have the chance and see Li Dongzhu. I want to see what he looks like. He must be an amazing craftsman. He has cracks in his hands and can make telescopes one by one."
"He's only eighteen. He's a secondary rank two civil official. What cracks in his hands? He's rich. His hands must be softer than a woman's."
"In the future, we'll go deep into Tubo and fight. If we see our men captured, we'll save them."
"Yes, we have telescopes. We can see them, but they can't see us."
The scouts gathered together and chatted. They didn't care about the battle at all.
Instead, they wanted to fight back. The scouts should go out.
"The enemy has more than 4,000 cavalrymen, 6,000 infantrymen, and 5,000 Baggage troops. They have a total of 15,000 men."
Sun Renxian was introducing the information brought back by the scouts to Guo Ziyi.
Guo Ziyi nodded. "The information from the hot air balloon has been sent back. The numbers match. They dared to encircle Songzhou with only fifteen thousand people."
Guo Ziyi's mouth twitched. Songzhou City had two thousand cavalry, and the Winged Knights had three thousand.
If Tubo released four thousand cavalrymen, they would be able to swallow up Tubo's troops.
The Winged Knights were able to suppress most of Tubo's archers.
Sun Renxian had a smile on his face. "There's no rush. Let's waste a few days of their rations. I want to keep all fifteen thousand people here."
In history, he had defeated his enemies. Many of his enemies had run away, but he could not catch up to them, nor did he dare to.
At this moment, his thoughts were different from those in history. He wanted to take care of all of them, and none of them could escape.
"The enemy is encircling the city. They might split up and attack from the rear. I have the people on the hot air balloon keep an eye on them. When they split up, we will kill our way out."
As Guo Ziyi spoke, he raised his head to look at the hot air balloon that had risen a hundred feet into the air.
Compared to an alcohol torch, a gasoline torch was more useful.
He was afraid that the wind would be too strong. When it got stronger, they would have to lower their altitude and secure the three ropes below.
Sun Renxian also raised his head. "If the wind is especially strong and blows quickly, will it tilt? And then fall? "
"The people above will cut the ropes and release them. They will run with the wind and find an opportunity to come back or land somewhere."
Guo Ziyi explained. The Winged Knights were already familiar with this.
When they were in the Li Family Zhuangzi, they would release them whenever they had nothing to do. They would fly everywhere and even fly into the palace.
They would hang on trees, fall into rivers, and burn down the houses of the common people …
Later on, they would not fall on the houses of the common people.
"I heard that the hot air balloon made a great contribution in the southwest."
Sun Renxian looked at the observation tower on the city wall and compared it to the hot air balloon. He realized that the observation tower could not compare.
Guo Ziyi looked at the movement of the Tibetan Army below the city wall. "If the wind is good, we can go and attack them now. Is that where Tubo's commander-in-chief is? "
He pointed to a position. The person next to him estimated that it was about a thousand steps and fifteen hundred meters.
Sun Renxian raised his binoculars. "He wants to lure our army out of the south gate to attack him. He is using infantry to defend the formation and cavalry to support him."
"The one surrounded in the middle is the general?" Guo Ziyi asked again. At the same time, he turned to look at Fan Fan.
Fan Fan carefully placed the box on the ground. He wiped his hands and began to assemble the sniper rifle.
When the scope was finally installed, he handed it to Guo Ziyi with both hands.
Guo Ziyi opened the gun rack and sat on the battlement of the city wall. He stood and aimed.
The scope of the sniper rifle was much better than the binoculars made by the Li Family Zhuangzi.
After aiming for a while, Guo Ziyi handed the gun to Fan Fan. Fan Fan disassembled it and put it back into the box.
"This is?" Sun Renxian realized that the mirror on the object seemed to be much more exquisite than the one in his hand.
No, every part of the object looked very exquisite.
"A weapon that can kill the enemy's general here, a gun. Let's wait until he divides his troops. It's best to attack the city. "
Guo Ziyi was confident. The enemy was so far away. If he wanted to kill them, he could kill them.
He had practiced with the sniper rifle. In Zhuangzi, he had practiced with twenty bullets.
Since then, Li Yi was not willing to touch a gun. Some people's talents were unreasonable.
Sun Renxian did not understand Li Yi's depression. His eyes widened and his face was full of shock.
"Officer Guo, can this thing shoot that far? How much farther than a ballista? "
As the commander-in-chief, Sun Renxian knew too well how powerful a weapon that could kill an enemy's general was.
No wonder the Winged Knights were always vigilant around the box. It was a godly weapon.
"If you go a hundred steps further, you can still shoot. You need to shoot two more times." Guo Ziyi gave an answer.
"Can it be equipped?" Sun Renxian asked with a trembling voice.
He wanted to take the initiative to attack Tubo. With a hundred, no, ten of the same weapons, he felt that he could kill his way forward.
"There's only one in the world. It's Li Dongzhu's weapon. Lend it to me." Guo Ziyi expressed his regret and shook his head.
"It should be in the palace." Sun Renxian naturally considered that a weapon with such a long range could not be used outside.
"Li Dongzhu said it should be in my hands. I bring it with me every time I come out. Otherwise, it will be a pearl covered in dust."
When Guo Ziyi said this, his eyes reddened slightly. There was a feeling of a scholar dying for his bosom friend.
His Majesty did not want such a powerful weapon and said it was useless by his side.
Li Dongzhu did not keep it. If there was a battle, the Winged Knights would lead the troops, so he would give it to him.
"Okay, okay, okay. Wait a moment. If needed, I'll have to trouble Officer Guo to personally take action."
Sun Renxian felt that the sun was shining brightly. Looking down at the enemy's general, it was no different from looking at a dead person.
The enemy probably did not expect that there was a weapon that could kill from a thousand steps away.
On the other side, Boba Luo did not know that he had been targeted. He had his own plans.
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