"General Lang!"
"Brother Xu!"
When the generals heard the voice, they were surprised and happy. They quickly left Yang Fan and surrounded the carriage. Someone was about to get on the carriage to lift the curtain when another angry roar came from the carriage, "Don't f * cking get on! I've been shot in the butt and can't move at all. Do you think I look good lying here? Ouch! It hurts so much. I still want to see people in the future. Get lost! "
When the generals heard that Xu Langjiang had been shot in the buttocks, they immediately roared with laughter. It was fine as long as he was still alive. The buttocks weren't vital points, and in the military, which man didn't get injured on the body? As long as his buttocks were injured, they wouldn't care.
Xiao Ningfeng held back his laughter and said, "I'll get the doctor to treat General Xu."
Xu Yisheng snorted and said, "There's a barb on the arrow. We have to cut open the flesh to pull the arrow out. We don't have the time to do that now!"
Yang Fan turned around and stared at the curtain. He was so shocked that he almost jumped up. This was definitely Xu Yisheng's voice. The tone, the tone, and the thickness of the voice were all real. But wasn't Xu Yisheng dead? With Tin Aino's skills, how could he be wrong? Besides, even if he was alive, he couldn't be so full of energy.
Could it be...
Yang Fan suddenly thought of Tin Aino's godly ventriloquism.
Xu Yisheng said angrily in the carriage, "I asked Gu Zhou and Liang Sier to come back and report the news. I told you to light the beacon and let the whole army return to defend the Ming Dynasty. Why are you still talking nonsense here?"
Deputy General Xiao said embarrassedly, "General Lang, I've already been ordered to light the fire beacon and warn the troops along the border. We were originally going to retreat to Ming Wei but we're really worried about General Lang's safety. Some of our brothers want to bring people to rescue General Lang. Everyone is discussing here … "
In the carriage, Xu Yisheng shouted angrily, "Discuss? The fire has already reached the roof and you guys are still discussing! Retreat to Ming Wei immediately! Quick! "
"Yes!"
Xiao Ningfeng's spirit was lifted. He reined in his horse and shouted, "General Lang is back! General Lang has ordered the entire army to return to defend the Ming Wei Garrison. Set off immediately! "
The buglers waved the signal flags and bugles sounded everywhere. Generals and colonels hurried back to their headquarters. The five thousand soldiers finally set off in the direction of the Ming Wei garrison.
Yang Fan drove the big carriage and was protected by the soldiers in the middle. As the fully loaded supply wagons moved in the direction of Ming Wei Garrison, Tin Aino lifted the curtain of the carriage slightly and looked at the situation outside. He frowned and ordered loudly, "Why are they so slow? Old Xiao, did you drag all our jars and jars along with you? "
Xiao Ningfeng ordered his men to burn the camp on the hillside and everything that could not be moved away in time. This included the firewood they chopped in autumn and the hay they prepared for the war horses. They did not want to leave anything for the Turks. At this moment, he had just turned his horse around and heard Xu Yisheng's shout. He rushed to the front of the carriage and said, "Yes, General Lang, we have brought everything we can."
Tin Aino said from inside the carriage, "Burn everything. Push them to the side of the road and burn them. Don't leave anything for the Turks. With all these things, when can we rush back to Ming Wei Garrison? I only want our brothers to be safe. Do you understand? "
Xiao Ningfeng's heart warmed and he replied loudly, "I understand!"
He immediately ordered all the carriages to be pushed to the side of the road and set on fire. The horses that were used to pull the carriages were also unloaded and replaced with soldiers. This way, the speed of the procession was indeed much faster.
The procession of the army is very fast, but this speed is only relative to the walking speed of an ordinary person. Among the 5000 people, there are almost 4000 infantry soldiers. They can only walk on two legs and they cannot run for their lives. They must maintain a certain amount of stamina in case their pursuers get too close. In Yang Fan's eyes, this speed is as slow as a cow.
The carriage was sandwiched in the middle of the procession. Deputy General Xiao rode forward and back, nervously watching the procession of the entire army. The various generals were also commanding the orderly evacuation of the soldiers. Tin Aino sat in the carriage and continued to pretend to be Xu Yisheng. From time to time, he would give a military order.
According to her request, the entire procession gradually divided into four columns and four sections horizontally, forming four intersections on the long road.
Yang Fan drove the carriage all the way. Seeing that everyone was hurriedly marching and no one was paying attention to him, he turned around and lifted a corner of the curtain to take a look inside.
Xu Yisheng's corpse had already been pushed to one side by Tin Aino. The corpse was lying there with an arrow sticking out of his back. Tin Aino sat cross-legged beside Xu Yisheng's corpse with one hand supporting his cheek. He was frowning and thinking about something. He did not even notice that Yang Fan had lifted the curtain to take a look inside.
Yang Fan coughed softly and said in a suppressed voice, "Ah Nu!"
"Hmm?"
Tin Aino was startled awake from his deep thoughts and raised his eyes to look at him.
Yang Fan swallowed and asked nervously, "What are you thinking about?"
The experience of Tin Aino pretending to be Xu Yisheng was comparable to his experience of pretending to be Mu Si. However, in terms of danger, although Tin Aino's current actions were not as good as his, the responsibility was a hundred times heavier than his. "Xu Yisheng" did not die. Although it had the effect of stabilizing the morale of the army, ending the argument between the generals, and quickly pulling out the camp, because of this, the responsibility of commanding the army fell on her.
In Yang Fan's eyes, it did not seem difficult to command the retreat of the three armies. After all, the life and death of the three armies were in her hands.
Tin Aino stuck out her tongue and said in a low voice, "I am thinking about military books. There are many military books in Young Master's library. I have read many of them before, but they were just idle books. I don't know how many of them I can remember now."
"Thinking about military books? Is that okay? "
Yang Fan was speechless.
…
"Swoosh!"
A bright red flag was raised on the snowy plain. Immediately, a knight carrying the flag urged his horse to gallop.
There was only him, a horse, and a flag on the snowy plain. However, on the distant horizon behind him, there was a black line surging towards him like a surging tide.
Not far in front of him, within the limits of his sight, was a knight on horseback, who, as soon as his banner was raised, hoisted his own, and galloped off at a gallop, just as he had done.
In this endless snowy plain, visibility was very high. Everywhere was white. If there was even the slightest difference in color, it could be clearly seen from far away. The Tian Ai Nu was thinking hard about the military books that she had read about marching and setting up formations, communication and scouting, engaging the enemy in battle, camping and resting, and all the other knowledge related to war. Whenever she thought of something useful, she would give out orders in Xu Yisheng's tone.
Needless to say, of the military books she remembered, some of them were known to Xu Yisheng, while others were unknown to Xu Yisheng. While it wasn't as if there were no literate generals who had relied purely on the knowledge and experience they had accumulated on the battlefield, Xu Yisheng was clearly not one of them.
Raising the flag as a signal was one of Tin Aino's methods of warning. The principle behind it was actually very simple. It was just like the fire beacon, but this one used flags as a signal. It was extremely fast and effective. When the first horseman noticed the Turks and flashed his banner, before he could even reach the position of the second horseman, the signal from the banner had already been sent to the army advancing south.
By the time Tin Aino heard that the Turks had caught up, the Turks were still thirty li away …
The Turkic cavalry had caught up. This was a force of three thousand Turkic cavalry. After charging out of the valley, they had hurriedly gathered three thousand cavalry. Not waiting for the rest of the cavalry to emerge from the col, they had impatiently pursued.
They were well aware that even though the garrison of Flying Fox Pass had five thousand soldiers, most of them were foot soldiers. As long as their formation loosened even the slightest bit, these five thousand soldiers would become sheep to be slaughtered by their three thousand cavalry. Moreover, their men were still gradually making their way out of the col. As long as they could catch up to the Tang army, reinforcements would soon arrive.
Eating up this Tang army in a field battle was extremely useful. The entire garrison of White Pavilion only had fifteen thousand soldiers, but with the terrain and fortress, these fifteen thousand soldiers were enough to stop an attack from an army of one hundred thousand. However, if they were to eat up these five thousand Tang soldiers, it would be hard to say if the remaining Tang soldiers would be able to defend Mingwei Citadel impenetrably.
This wasn't as simple as adding and subtracting. If an arrow tower or a corner of a city required ten people to defend, then if one lacked even one person, there was a chance that the enemy would be able to take advantage of it. Thus, after gathering only three thousand soldiers, they impatiently chased down. No matter what, they had to bite down on this Tang army first!
"Lang General! The Turks have caught up! "
Xiao Ningfeng hurried to the side of the carriage and nervously reported.
Tin Aino's heart skipped a beat. He tried to calm his breathing and asked in Xu Yisheng's gruff voice, "How much further?"
Xiao Ningfeng replied, "From the flag, it's about thirty miles away."
Tin Aino thought for a moment and ordered, "Everyone, continue to advance. Don't panic. Archers and crossbowmen, gather at the rear and flanks, at the outermost perimeter. The vanguard team is next, the battle team is next. The horse army is on standby at the left and center! All cavalrymen, dismount and walk to maintain their horses! Old and weak soldiers, gather at the front and leave the main force to quickly retreat to Mingwei Citadel! "
Xiao Ningfeng would respond to whatever Tin Aino said. When Tin Aino was done with his instructions, Xiao Ningfeng hurriedly turned around to pass on the order. He thought to himself, "Lang General's buttocks were shot today and he actually became enlightened. In the past, when I saw him commanding his brothers in battle, he didn't seem to be so methodical!"
As the Tian Ai Nu sat in the carriage, he was thinking hard about the strategy that could be used in the military books based on the allocation, strength, and geographical situation of the army. At the same time, he had to be careful not to let his voice reveal the slightest bit of abnormality, in case Xiao Ning Feng noticed anything amiss.
As soon as Xiao Ningfeng left, Tian Ai Nu's shoulders slumped. She quietly crawled to the side of the sedan and called out pitifully, "Erlang, I'm so scared …"
Although Tin Aino was the one commanding the army on behalf of Xu Yisheng, Yang Fan was even more nervous than her. He was afraid that she wouldn't be able to answer and expose her identity. Listening to her conversation with Xiao Ningfeng, Yang Fan's heart was in his throat. Hearing Tin Aino's words, Yang Fan quickly turned his head and comforted her, "Be good, don't be afraid! Do it boldly. I don't think that Xu Langjiang will be any better at commanding than you! "
Tin Aino didn't hear anything except for the word "good". This word "good" made Tin Aino's heart burst with joy. All the bones in her body turned soft. She sat back down dizzily and leaned against the wall of the carriage. She felt her heart beating extremely fast and her throat was a little choked. She felt like she was about to cry.
What 100,000 Turkic soldiers? What returning to Mingwei Citadel? She didn't think about it anymore. The only thing that lingered in her mind was a happy sentence, "He said I was very 'good'!"
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