freenovelworld Chapter 1122 No Chance to Get Started
Chapter 1122 No Chance to Get Started
Xu Xiushan said: "It will take a while for so many people to gather enough food and grass. Without food and grass, the army will not last more than three days. Then my Xu family army will be completely defeated."
Zhou Guo wanted to say more, but Xu Xiushan said, "Look, there are still tens of thousands of people here. The Iron Cavalry are the elite of my Xu Family Army, but these are also the elite of my Xu Family Army. They can also defeat ten with one."
Zhou Guo said nothing more.
He just held a big sword and carried a bow and arrow, concentrating on watching the movements around him.
After an unknown amount of time, a soldier finally came back with a message, "Report! General Zhou and the young general have defeated the enemy. The enemy troops to the east and north have been dispersed."
"Report, General, the enemy troops in the southeast have also retreated!"
Good news kept coming, and Zhou Guo breathed a sigh of relief.
Xu Xiushan remained as steady as a rock, nodded, and said, "Report again!"
"Yes!"
Everyone finally relaxed a little.
Zhou Guo had nothing to do, so he walked around and looked around.
Suddenly, she saw a flash of light on the back mountain, which disappeared in an instant, and alarm bells immediately rang in her mind.
If she remembered correctly, the back of this mountain was a sheer cliff, and it was so smooth that there were few places to gain leverage. Normally, there were several towers, but today, they were surrounded by enemies and the number of people that could be deployed there was limited.
After all, the main army had not returned, and there were not many people left.
She immediately ran to Xu Xiushan and pointed to the back mountain and said, "Dad, there seems to be some movement up there."
Xu Xiushan narrowed his eyes and said, "The back hill. The traps there probably can't stop them. They came just in time. I've been itching to do something for a long time."
He will go there in person.
Zhou Guo said, "Dad, I'll go with you."
There is a granary at the foot of the mountain behind, and we must never let the enemy get close to here.
Xu Xiushan said: "Okay, but you have to follow me closely. The battlefield is very chaotic. If you get separated, Dad won't be able to find you."
It's not safe anywhere at this time, so I might as well follow him.
Only 5,000 people were left to defend the camp, and the rest followed up the mountain.
There is no moon tonight and the mountains are pitch black. But if you stay in the darkness for a long time, you can still see a little bit, about five or six steps away.
Once you enter the mountain, you can only see the road under your feet.
In order not to alert the enemy, they did not light torches and climbed up according to the route they remembered.
Zhou Guo hadn't been to this mountain before. The back side is steep, but this side is not that difficult to climb.
Before they reached the halfway point of the mountain, the scout came back with the news, "General, we have found enemy troops in the back mountain. It is said that there are more than 30,000 of them, and more than 10,000 of them have already come up."
There are traps in the back mountain.
Xu Xiushan pointed to two thousand households and said, "Go up and lure these ten thousand people into the trap. Make them believe that there is no one guarding the granary and you are the last group of people guarding the grain."
The two thousand households took the order and left.
He selected a few more captains and began to make arrangements, sending troops forward from the front, back, left and right. They were determined to capture all of these people.
So he said to these people: "Don't act hastily. You must wait until they are far away from the top of the mountain before taking action. Don't alarm the people below the mountain."
All the troops followed the order and left.
They are very familiar with this mountain. The bottom of the cliff is far away from the top of the mountain. As long as there is a certain distance from the top of the mountain, any movement may not be heard by those below the mountain.
Zhou Guo was observing the terrain from the side, wondering if they were surrounded, from which direction it would be more advantageous to break out, which road would get to the foot of the mountain faster, and from which places it would be more advantageous to encircle the enemy.
Ever since she had followed them into the mountains and fought in a few battles, she would now take a good look at the surrounding terrain wherever she went, to see what arrangement would be most advantageous for them.
You have to choose the right path when attacking or escaping.
Several armies approached quietly.
Zhou Guo followed Xu Xiushan obediently. She had never been to this mountain before, so it was better for her not to walk around. If she lost her way at this critical moment, it would be a big disaster.
Soon, there seemed to be movement on the top of the mountain, but it was not clear.
I don't know how long it took, but there was movement a few miles ahead, screams, and the sound of clanging and hitting. I could hear it clearly from here.
She asked Xu Xiushan worriedly, "Dad, the noise is so loud, won't the people down the mountain hear it?"
Xu Xiushan smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if they hear it. A large army has already passed by the foot of the mountain. They are now in a dilemma. Either way will lead to death."
Zhou Guo was stunned, but didn't ask him how he knew that. As the commander-in-chief of the Xu family army, if he didn't have this ability, how could he be the general of an army of hundreds of thousands?
Half an hour later, a messenger came down the mountain and said, "Report, the 10,000 enemy troops that came up have been wiped out, and the remaining 1,000 or so have surrendered directly."
Xu Xiushan said: "Keep exploring!"
"Yes!"
The messenger ran away.
Zhou Guo couldn't help but loosen his grip on the sword. It seemed that there was no danger at all.
It’s good to be with the coach. She didn’t even have a chance to take action.
Xu Xiushan glanced at her. Although he could only see two steps ahead in the dark night, he seemed to see her expression and her thoughts. He jokingly asked, "What's wrong? Are your hands itchy?"
How could Zhou Guo admit it?
"No, I just think that Xu's army is very powerful. They defeated the enemy without any effort. Many people probably didn't even have a chance to fight."
There are 20,000 cavalrymen stationed at the granary. If these cavalrymen were released, they would be a killing force.
The enemy was defeated without them even using their most elite weapons.
If all 50,000 cavalrymen at the border had marched south, the world would probably have been settled much earlier.
Xu Xiushan knew what she was talking about and said, "Although the Iron Cavalry is powerful, it also has shortcomings. It can only fight in open areas, and it is useless in mountainous areas like this. Therefore, they are more suitable for fighting the Hu people. If there were no people at the border this time, your eldest brother would not have used these 20,000 Iron Cavalry."
Xu's army can still distinguish what is more important.
Zhou Guo nodded and said nothing more, listening attentively to the movements on the mountain.
Messengers from all sides kept coming to report on the battle situation. Xu Xiushan listened quietly every time and occasionally gave instructions. She listened very carefully.
As the sky gradually brightened, the night attack slowly came to an end.
After dawn, people in various places began to clean up the battlefield.
Zhou Guo was not interested in this. They were all bloody people and she didn’t want to see them.
Xu Xiushan said, "You've been busy all night, go back to sleep first, and remember to eat before going to bed."
Zhou Guo said, "Dad, come back with me and have something to eat while we wait for news."
Xu Xiushan laughed and said, "No, Dad is the commander-in-chief. The soldiers have fought for their lives all night and they haven't eaten yet. How can I eat first? Dad wants to eat with them, but you are different. You are still recovering from your injuries. Go back and listen to Dad."
Zhou Guo really went back.
Dashu and Xiaoshu also went back with their two soldiers.
At that time, one of the three personal soldiers died and one was slightly injured, but fortunately not seriously. He was fine after resting for a while.
The camp was quiet now. Normally, it would be full of people, but the huge camp was suddenly empty.