At this time, Zhao Min also looked towards Song Qingshu, obviously thinking of going with him, and also had doubts about Yelu Yixin. But now they are on the way to escape, even if they have doubts, they can't do anything for the time being.
It didn't take long for a group of people to arrive at the horse farm. The guards of the ranch had no defense against the sudden appearance of people, and it was too late to organize any resistance, and they were soon occupied by Song Qingshu and others.
After getting the horses, Song Qingshu led his men and horses back to the place where they had just left. Fortunately, Yeluqi and his people were all good at taming horses, otherwise Song Qingshu really didn't know what to do with the sudden increase of so many horses.
Eliminate the hoofprints of the horse when he was young, and then leave the imprint of many horseshoes all the way north. Looking at the heavy expressions on the faces of many people in the team, and the eyes full of confusion and fear, Song Qingshu knew that he could not simply escape like this, otherwise It is easy to be chased to the north, and when the army's morale is scattered, it will become a rout.
In the previous life, the Taizu was able to lead the army to cross Chishui four times while being chased by hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, and the army did not collapse because of the implementation of the political commissar system. Obviously that condition is not met.
There were no conditions to create conditions, just as the scouts behind detected that the vanguard of the pursuers was approaching, Song Qingshu ordered the army to lie in ambush in a valley several miles away.
When they heard that they had to stop, many people in the team didn't understand and felt that they should hurry up and escape, but Song Qingshu was unmoved, and anxiety and suspicion gradually spread in the team.
Fortunately, the pursuers arrived very quickly. It was a light cavalry force of 500 people. After all, it took time for a large force to assemble, so we first sent a small team to chase them all the way. The assigned task was to harass and bite Come to slow down the speed of Yeluqi and his party, and buy time for the large troops behind.
They chased all the way for fear of wasting a little time, but they never expected the hunter to become the prey. When the rolling stones and falling trees fell from the sky, the whole team suffered heavy losses as soon as they met.
Then Song Qingshu rushed down with the cavalry in ambush. The chasing team was already terrified, thinking that the 3,000 fleeing people were all in ambush here, and each of them had no intention of resisting, so they fled desperately. The result was that the formation became more chaotic , It was impossible to organize an effective counterattack at all, and the 500 cavalry team was completely wiped out in less than half an hour.
Song Qingshu asked Yeluqi to lead people to collect the horses and arrows from the chasing soldiers, and set off on the journey to the north again. The clansmen of Yeluqi and Xiao Banhe had doubts about him before, but after the battle just now, a group of people looked at him. His eyes became a mixture of reverence and awe.
Just now Song Qingshu was surrounded by countless steel knives and sharp swords. He rushed into the enemy's camp like a meat grinder. There was no enemy in his path. Anyone who saw it would be terrified.
Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even Yeluqi and Xiao Banhe were shocked to see it. Yeluqi was nothing but Xiao Banhe once regarded Song Qingshu as an imaginary enemy. He should be able to escape with his life, but after seeing his attack just now, he is very glad that the two sides have now turned enemies into friends.
Even Xiao Zhonghui was dumbfounded, and quietly asked Yuan Chengzhi beside him: "Is he a human or a god?"
Yuan Chengzhi also sighed: "Half-human, half-immortal." His tone was full of desperation, and he was obviously hit hard enough.
"You were quite handsome just now." Zhao Min came to Song Qingshu's side, stretched out a finger to poke him with a smile.
Song Qingshu replied lightly: "In fact, I have always been quite handsome."
"Smelly!" Zhao Min snorted, but the slight upward arc of her mouth showed that she was in a good mood at the moment.
When Xiao Feng led the large army to the place where Song Qingshu divided his troops before, looking at the hoof prints all the way to the north, he couldn't help becoming suspicious: "Hey, they can understand going east and south, why did they go north?"
Although Xiao Feng looks like a burly man on the outside, he is actually extremely thoughtful. He was not a leader of the beggar gang for so many years, so he immediately noticed the abnormality here, and he is about to send people to the east to continue to follow up on the situation. , Suddenly a few rout soldiers fled from the north, their faces full of panic.
Recognizing the other party's clothes, Xiao Feng hastily sent someone to arrest them. After questioning, he learned that the forward was in an ambush, and the other party was running to the north. After getting the exact news, Xiao Feng immediately led his troops to chase north, but was interrupted by this He forgot to send troops to investigate the situation in the east for a while, otherwise he would have found traces of large troops if he ran more than a dozen miles east.
For the next few days Xiao Feng led his troops to chase after him, the more he chased, the more doubts in his heart: "Why are they running to the north?"
The general at the side said: "Could it be that you plan to seek refuge in Mongolia, so you are going all the way north, and you are planning to leave the fortress through Yanmen Pass?"
Xiao Feng's complexion changed: "Yanmen Pass is our northern barrier of Daliao, if it is breached, the foreign enemies going south will have a flat river, and there is no danger to defend the north of Shangjing."
Another general said: "Yanmen Pass is heavily guarded, Yeluqi's men may not be able to break through."
Xiao Feng shook his head: "Of course it cannot be broken under normal circumstances, but don't forget that Yeluqi and other palaces are all deployed. Now that the incident happened suddenly, people all over the country don't know what happened in the capital. It's over when it's empty."
"We have already sent pigeons to various places, and we should have gotten the news now." Na Pianjiang said hesitantly.
"Flying pigeons are not 100% possible to pass letters," Xiao Feng said with a frown, "and as far as I know, Yeluqi has domesticated a few sea dongqings, which are specially used to hunt the enemy's carrier pigeons."
When all the generals heard it, they were all awe-inspiring, and if the information could not reach the place, they might be penetrated by Yeluqi all the way.
"However, what I'm more curious about is why we haven't caught up after chasing for so long?" Xiao Feng took a light car this time, and he didn't bring any luggage except some dry food. They are all the most elite cavalry, there is no reason why they can't catch up with Yeluqi and others who are dragging their families for so long.
"I heard that they plundered a horse farm before, probably because the horses can be transferred non-stop." A general replied.
"Maybe." Xiao Feng frowned slightly, still having some doubts in his heart, "Forget it, everything will become clear when the encirclement circle is formed." Along the way, he was not only chasing, but also constantly dispatching troops to gradually form an encirclement circle, at most The network can be closed in one day.
But as soon as he had this idea, suddenly a fast horse came to report, and Yeluqi's troops suddenly turned west, heading towards Ningwu Pass.
"Ningwuguan? Could it be that they want to go to Xixia?" Xiao Feng was a little confused, he really couldn't figure out what Yeluqi and others were planning.
The current territory of the Liao Kingdom is roughly the later Shanxi Province and some places in eastern Shaanxi. Shanxi is surrounded by the Taihang Mountains to the east, Luliang Mountains to the west, Hengshan Mountains to the north, and the Yellow River to the south. There is Yanmen Pass in the north and Ningwu Pass in the west, blocking the traffic arteries in the north and west. After leaving Ningwu Pass, you will enter the Loess Plateau, and it will not take long to reach the sphere of influence of Xixia.
However, Yeluqi and his party are obviously closer to Yanmen Pass than to Ningwu Pass, so Xiao Feng's previous arrangements have always been based on the premise that the other party is going to Yanmen Pass, and the other party suddenly turns to the west, and instantly gets out of the encirclement he arranged.
Xiao Feng had no choice but to turn to chase northwest, and at the same time sent someone to order the previous troops to change to go west, and guarded against the other party changing direction to go north to Yanmen Pass.
Let's say that Song Qingshu and his party are resting at the foot of a mountain at the moment. After days of running around, everyone is exhausted. Even Zhao Min, who has always been delicate and charming, looks haggard at this moment, no longer as gorgeous as usual.
"Are we really going to detour from Xixia?" Yeluqi asked a little puzzled. After all, going to Ningwuguan is not a plain road, and we need to cross Yunzhong Mountain. Although this can also slow down the speed of the pursuers, they People's speed will also slow down, and after arriving at Ningwu Pass, most of the defenders there have already got the news, and their own people are not enough to put people's teeth.
"Of course not. Let's turn around and head east, leave Pingxingguan, and leave by Feihuxing." Song Qingshu replied.
"My God~" Yeluqi exclaimed, "at this moment, the pursuers are gradually surrounding us, if we turn around and head east, wouldn't we be throwing ourselves into a trap?"
There is a long and narrow east-west corridor between Mount Hengshan and Mount Wutai in the northeast of Shanxi. To the east is Pingxingguan, which shined during the Anti-Japanese War, and to the east is Feihuxing.
Although Taihang Mountain is a natural moat, there are also eight exits like Taihang Eight Xings. From north to south, they are Junduxing, Puyinxing, Feihuxing, Jingxing, Fukouxing, Baixing, Taihangxing, Zhe Guan Xing.
Hearing Yeluqi's exclamation, even Zhao Min felt the same way. Although she was smart and quick-witted, she didn't have enough resources and information, so she was helpless in the face of this situation.
"The reason why we moved north and west for a while before was to mobilize the troops in the northern part of the Liao Kingdom. Otherwise, these troops would strictly guard the throats, and it would not be so easy for us to pass. But now that these garrisons have moved, there will inevitably be The gap, as long as we can seize the gap created by the poor coordination between the troops, then we will be able to escape and ascend to heaven." Song Qingshu explained.
You must know that marching and fighting is not that simple. Even if a school organizes a spring outing, there will be a lot of troubles. With so many troops chasing together, at the speed of information transmission in ancient times, it is impossible to achieve perfect cooperation. There must be a large gap between the army and the army.
You must know that there have been countless times in history that several armies attacked the enemy, and as a result several other friendly armies were wiped out, and the remaining armies did not know what happened.
"There is indeed a gap, but the gap is fleeting on the battlefield. How can it be so easy to pass through the gap between the troops?" Yeluqi raised an objection. Although he is young, he is still a veteran in the army. All the generals know this truth, but how easy is it to seize and use those gaps? After all, no one can look at the whole situation from the perspective of God.
"Others may not be able to, but I am an exception." Song Qingshu replied lightly, with a kind of incomparable confidence in his tone.