Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 117: Diverting the trouble

"Yes, he's riding alone. It's probably Wei Bao."

Lin Feng looked up at the dark night.

News had already come from the secret sentry that it was indeed Wei Bao who came.

Wei Bao followed the firelight and rushed out of the broken wall on his horse. He did not dismount, but just spoke anxiously.

"General, the Tartars are chasing us."

Lin Feng asked in surprise: "Are you sure?"

Wei Bao nodded vigorously: "I guess there are a lot of people and horses, and the movement is huge."

Lin Feng immediately waved his hand: "Get on the horse immediately and get ready to run."

In order to attract the Tartars, there is no need to clean up the traces left behind.

Everyone packed up their things, climbed onto their horses, looked for their own teams, and started running after the team in front.

The Tatars rarely act at night. Perhaps the shock they received this time was too great, making them not want to wait any longer.

These head-splitting murderers must be caught.

At night, war horses should not run fast, otherwise there will be too many losses.

Lin Feng was identifying the road in front and also slowing down the speed of the horse team behind him, so that the team moved forward at a moderate pace.

Wang Qian and Zhang Changyou followed behind the team, and more than 200 people ran straight towards Qingshui.

The Tatars' thousand-horse force was led by a bronze-armored 'Oule, with hundreds of iron-armored soldiers each leading their own teams following behind.

Tongjia Oule was furious because he saw nearly a hundred of his tribesmen being beheaded.

Regardless of the loss of manpower caused by marching at night, they insisted on pursuing the enemy.

When they passed the village where Lin Feng was camping, they saw several fires still glowing red.

Wule sneered, knowing that these people were walking in a hurry and were about to be caught up.

He shouted orders to his troops to speed up, as the murderer who chopped off the heads of his tribesmen was not far ahead.

Although they were urged to run, the war horses really could not run fast because there were many ditches and bumps in the mountain villages and wild slopes.

If a warhorse cannot control its hooves, it will either fall forward or fall sideways.

If a person is thrown off the horse, he will most likely be disabled.

Lin Feng was afraid that this situation would happen, so he always ran at the front of the team, slowing down the entire team's running speed.

They ran like this, one fleeing and the other chasing, until dawn.

People can still continue, but the war horses can't stand it. Whether they are chasing or escaping, they have to dismount and maintain their mounts.

Wei Bao observed from the center and reported the progress in real time.

Give Lin Feng time to adjust the team's speed.

In this way, the two sides ran for two days, and on the second night, they were still more than 20 miles away from Qingshui County.

Lin Feng ordered the team to stop fleeing as a group and split into two groups, left and right, and dismount and lead the way.

Start turning quietly, leaving no trace.

Lin Feng had already explained this to Wang Qian, so he dismounted and led the troops to the left and right.

Then they made a big circle, went behind the Tartars, and then rushed to Qingshui City to meet up.

The border troops have been besieging Qingshui City for three days, and General Li Yu is very anxious.

He ordered his soldiers to start digging and filling the ditch, preparing to use the earth to pave a passage directly facing the city gate.

He sent another team of soldiers to get a tree trunk from a distance, taking only the middle part to use as a battering ram.

Once the trench is filled, they will break in.

Qin Fang stood on the city gate tower, watching hundreds of soldiers taking soil to fill the ditch, and could only worry and do nothing.

Because both the border army and the government army belong to the large military system, the general Li Yu in front of him is two levels higher than him.

They are all high-ranking military officers. If he ordered his men to shoot arrows to resist, there would surely be many casualties.

I’m afraid I won’t be able to explain it when the time comes.

Unlike Lin Feng, he was born into an orthodox large-scale military system and had many concerns.

Hu Jincai has reminded them many times that they cannot just sit there and wait for death.

Qin Fang only regretted that he was not as good as Lin Feng.

Fortunately, the border troops were used to being idle, so they stopped digging and filling the ditch after nightfall.

Wait until the next morning, after breakfast, and then start working.

By the evening of the third day, the trench under the suspension bridge had been filled.

A road three meters wide was flattened, which did not hinder the war horses from passing through.

Li Yu felt a little relieved when he saw that Qingshui was about to take the city.

Seeing that the soldiers were tired, he ordered them to prepare food.

As soon as the next day dawned, they began to attack the city.

Qin Fang saw that Qingshui City could no longer be defended.

Of course, he didn't defend it very well.

He discussed with Hu Jincai to break out from the rear city and then lead his men to retreat to Lingdouzi Castle.

Hu Jincai really couldn't stand Qin Fang's actions, but Lin Feng asked him to assist Qin Fang.

It was obvious that the other person was of a higher rank than him and would not listen to anything he said, so there was nothing he could do.

He had no choice but to agree to prepare for a breakout overnight.

Hu Jincai felt distressed because there were large amounts of food and various materials for making weapons stored in Qingshui City.

These were all collected by Lin Feng from everywhere, and he was planning to vigorously develop agriculture and military products.

I'm afraid I won't be able to take anything with me this time.

Also stationed in Qingshui City was Yu Lei, an honest man who only followed orders and had no opinions of his own.

Seeing that he was about to run away, he found Hu Jincai and expressed his concern for his family's wealth.

"Brother Yu, Qingshui cannot be defended. General Qin dare not take action, and there is nothing we can do."

"Do you think the boss will blame us?"

"It's okay to blame him, as long as he's still here, we can just follow the boss and fight back."

The two of them sighed and shed tears.

After a moment, Yu Lei said strangely.

"Brother Hu, you said the boss should have received the news by now, so why hasn't any help come?"

"How did they come? There are less than 500 men and horses, and there are 2,000 outside."

"We're not even afraid of the Tartars, so why would we be afraid of these two thousand border troops?"

"It's not that I'm afraid, it's that I can't bear to go to war with my own people."

"Then General Qin did nothing wrong."

The two were silent again.

Hu Jincai muttered after a while: "Maybe I'm still too kind."

"Are you trying to say that the boss is also merciful?"

"We are just two brothers saying this. If the eldest brother has such a mentality, he will probably be killed by the border troops."

"Nonsense, who can eat our boss's brain?"

The two were discussing in low voices when they suddenly heard some movement outside the city.

The two men were originally hiding on the city wall and heard the faint sound of horse hooves in the distance.

Although it doesn't sound like they are moving very fast, it seems like there are a lot of people and horses.

The two of them stuck their heads out in confusion and looked into the distance.

It was pitch black and I couldn't see anything.

The border troops under the city were sleeping soundly when the soldiers on guard were awakened by the sound of horse hooves.

No matter who it was, the soldier on guard immediately sounded the alarm and blew the bamboo whistle loudly.

The shrill whistle made Li Yu jump out of the tent.

He immediately ordered his personal guards to go and investigate the situation.

In just a moment, a thousand Tatar cavalrymen, their horses trotting, approached the border army camp.

In the darkness of the night, it was impossible to tell north from south, and the officers of each team quickly ordered their troops to shoot arrows to stop the other side from moving forward.

Li Yu has been in the military for many years and his reaction is quite quick.

He ordered the centurions of each team to assemble their troops and prepare for battle.

The two thousand troops were spread too thinly, forming a sparse circle around the entire Qingshui City.

Li Yu had only gathered more than 500 cavalrymen. When he heard that the enemy had been engaged in battle ahead, he immediately ordered his troops to charge forward.

He judged that it was Lin Feng who attacked the camp in the dark.

It was just the right time to capture it and complete the mission.

However, the soldiers in front had already collided with the charging Tatar cavalry.

Some soldiers cried out miserably before being killed.

"Tartars, the Tartars are coming!"

Li Yu was commanding the central army. When he heard the shout, his body shuddered.

Damn, how could it be the Tartars?

Qingshui City is almost like Master Tie’s logistics base, so how could Master Tie’s army be there?

Before he could think about it, the Tartar cavalry had already rushed before him.

Li Yu's mind was in a mess. It was pitch black and he had no idea who the other party was. He couldn't explain it at all.

The guards beside him immediately hugged him, turned their horses around and started running backwards.