Chapter 45 The cat-and-mouse game(1/2)
Su Dawei looked at the mountain road in front of him.
The snow was still there last night, so I couldn't see the road surface of this mountain road clearly.
All the way to see is ice and snow.
“Which of the three paths is this?”
"The Old Way of Kingsoft."
"Can our war horses go?"
"Yes, but I'm afraid I can only lead the horse and I can't walk fast."
"The war horses carry armor and weapons, and dry food, so they cannot be thrown away, and they must be carried with them even if they are slow."
Su Dawei said, instead of rushing to order to chase, he said to Ashina: "If you are that group of Turkic people, how would you choose?"
"ah."
Ashin did not expect Su Dawei to suddenly ask this question.
After a moment of frost, he pointed to the Jinshan Gu in front of him and said, "From the traces, these people did not carry horses. If there were no horses, I would choose to walk on the Jinshan Guard, or shed the sheep slope. If there were horses, I would go to the Jinshan Guard."
"How do you make sure they really don't have horses?"
"Because yesterday at the foot of the mountain, we had found that two horses they let go were indeed Turkic horses. Then, based on the traces along the way, they probably didn't bring war horses. As for why they didn't prepare horses, I guess it was difficult to walk on the mountain road, and even if they brought the horses, they couldn't increase their speed. So it was easier to climb mountains and leaps through the mountains without taking them.
And when they arrived at the south of Jinshan, the territory of the Western Turks was. When they left the mountain, they naturally had horses."
"If you don't bring a horse, how much dry food will they bring?"
"Climbing Kings Mountain to the south is three days later, and two days soon. In my opinion, it is enough to bring food for one day at most. It is lighter, not to mention that there is food in this mountain that cannot be starved to death."
After hearing what Ah Shi said, Su Dawei nodded.
"Then just pretend they don't have horses. The question now is, if you were that group of Turkic Wolf Guards, which one would you go on the Jinshan Old Road or the Sheep Slope?"
When he asked this, Ashi's path was really inexplicable: "Of course I took the old path of Jinshan. This road is not as steep as the Sheep Slope. You will know that you have to go to Sheep Slope. The road over there is really for Sheep, and it is almost ruthless."
"I see."
Su Dawei pinched his eyebrows: "But our opponent is a cunning wolf. Will they go according to common sense?"
"Uh, what you mean is the Kingsoft Old Road, maybe it is a false trace they deliberately left?"
“There is this possibility.”
Su Dawei's eyes continued along the old path, and the winding mountain road extended all the way in the white snow, gradually disappearing from the end of his sight.
"Ashin Daozhen, if you are a Turkic Wolf Guard, which of these two roads is more suitable for setting up an ambush?"
Ashi's face turned serious all of a sudden: "You mean they might ambush us in front?"
"Not possible, but certain."
Su Dawei's voice slowed down: "I have a feeling that this time the opponent is very brave and he wants to 'eat' us."
"If so..."
Ashin put his finger in his mouth and whistled.
This is the whistle of the collection.
The Turkic scouts who were scattered around searching for clues and reconnaissance would come back when they heard the whistle.
Ashi said with a very conceited smile: "Don't look at the fact that we only have a group of fifty people, as long as we are facing each other in the daytime, we can be as strong as 500 people."
"So confident?"
"Of course, my subordinates are all veterans and elites, and they are not short of money."
Ashi's real smile showed a bit of evil nature: "If you have money, you can get the best knife, the best armor and equipment. If that group of wolf guards are really waiting in front of you, I want them to break their teeth."
After the tea time, everyone gathered.
Looking at the mountain road ahead, when Ashina was really about to order forward, Su Dawei suddenly raised his hand and said, "Wait a little longer."
"So what's wrong?" Ashin was really anxious: "We were half a day away from them, and we were always rushing here, afraid that everyone would run away."
"No, don't hurry."
Su Dawei pinched his eyebrows, walked a few steps left and right at the intersection, turned to Ashina Zhen and asked, "What if they were not on this road? What if we guessed wrong? Will they escape if they took the wrong road?"
"At worst, just divide the troops." Ashina looked up at the sky, watched the sun rise little by little, and it was almost at the height of the sky.
His face showed anxiety: "Ami, this mission was issued with a military order. We cannot delay it. We are divided into two teams, with twenty-five people on one side. You and I will lead a team each. Is this OK?
Don't worry, we are prepared. Twenty people are enough to deal with one or two hundred enemies. The group of wolf guards will only have a dozen people at most, and there will be no more."
"No matter which group of Tang army pursuers come from, it doesn't matter which road they come from, because there are our people on every road."
Standing on the big rock, Asanashabi squinted his eyes and looked at the hillside in the distance.
For some reason, he suddenly felt that the group of Tang troops should be right after the hillside, and as long as they climbed over the hillside, they would appear in front of him.
"Wait for jin, we don't have much manpower, aren't you worried?"
"The more people the better, the better, it depends on how to do it."
Asinashabi said calmly: "For the other two paths, I sent Dumo and Asinaha to lead six people each. There is a cliff on the sheep slope. As long as you climb up the high ground in advance and push down the big stone, it will be enough for the Tang army to bear."
"As for Jinshankou..."
Asina Shabi smiled: "I hand over all the remaining horses in the team to Asina Sha. As long as they ride out and shoot arrows in the chaos, it is enough to cause chaos in the Tang army. Even if they can't stop it, they can delay the speed of the Tang army."
"In the end, it's Jinshan Old Dao here. Although there are only five of us, don't forget that I still have enough stone and turbid oil in my hand."
A light flashed in Asanashabi's eyes: "Arranging it in advance and the fire will burn, even if the Tang army is an elite, it will be shaken. Then we will take advantage of the chaos and win."
"yes."
The wolf guard under his command licked his chapped lips, and his eyes showed an excitement.
Time passes by minute by minute.
When the Tang army scouts and the wolf guards could not see each other, both sides were plotting against each other.
It's like playing blind chess with your eyes closed.
Who is more skilled and has better chess skills? You have to wait until the middle game and the big dragons are strangled together to know.
The sky was gloomy and snowflakes fell again.
Su Dawei tightened his cotton coat tightly. When he looked up, he saw Ashina Helu beside him. His face was covered with clouds and the masseuses on his cheeks were prominent.
"What's wrong?"
"I don't think the situation is good, maybe there will be another blizzard."
"There is a blizzard, and we are sad. The Turkic Wolf Guards will be even more sad. We still have horses and plenty of dry food. They are hungry and can only eat ice and snow."
"Haha, you're saying it."
Ashin laughed twice.
Looking back, behind me, the team was pulled into a long line because of the narrowness of the mountain road.
Jinshan Old Road is a narrow mountain road that only allows two people to walk side by side.
There are high rocks on both sides, which are difficult to climb.
Some places are slightly wider, but most places have this kind of landform, and it is difficult for large groups of people to spread out here, which can be said to be an excellent place for ambush.
Of course, the Tang army, who was familiar with the terrain, also knew this, so they were very careful on the way forward.
On the distant hillside, several Turkic wolf guards were quietly lying on the shore.
Although the cliff is steep, it cannot help them.
Under the leadership of Asinashabi, all five had climbed onto the big rock beside the trail.
The stone turbulent oil has been buried below. Just wait for the Tang army to approach and ignite the prepared torch and throw it down, and the task will be completed.
According to Asanashabi's calculations, when the fire was together, neither the man nor the horse could pass through.
At that time, push the rocks down by yourself and then shine the arrows in your hand. At least half of the Tang army will lie down.
Stone turmeric oil can burn for half an hour.
If you have enough time to retreat calmly.
I believe that at this time, the ambush on the other two roads were almost the same.
No matter which path this group of Tang troops took, they are destined to be unable to escape the traps and ambush.
At this moment, a Turkic wolf guard beside him whispered: "Hui Jin, something is wrong."
"Um?"
"The number of Tang troops in this group seems to be more than expected."
Asanashabi was shocked, looked at it intently, counted it roughly, and murmured: "At least more than forty people, are they not divided?"
"Ami, so many people pull such long lines. In the military book, this is called a one-line snake formation. I think it is a bit dangerous under such a narrow landform."
To be continued...