This battle, which did not cost a single soldier but made the barbarians frightened, immediately made the Chu army and the Northwest soldiers' awe of Xue Poye reach its peak, and they respected the ten inconspicuous earth cannons as if they were god soldiers.
The defenders celebrated without hesitation, and the Northwest Army even joined the Chu Army, talking and laughing, and many Northwest soldiers even danced the unique "knife dance" in the Northwest to increase the atmosphere.
For many years, the Chu people have not really killed the Hu people so happily.
In the early hours of the morning, scouts were sent to report that the Hu people began to retreat, and tens of thousands of Hu cavalry retreated to the north in a panic.
Song Fei immediately asked for Ying, willing to throw the army to catch up and deal a heavier blow to the Hu people.
In fact, Xue Poye knew in his heart that the retreat of the Hu people was definitely not to lure the enemy. It seemed that they had received the power of the earthen artillery and saw the army stationed at Yangguan.
For the Hu people, withdrawing if they can't win is their eternal tactical theory.
If they send troops to chase after them, they should be able to deter the barbarians. He nodded and said, "Okay, Shuai Song...!" He was about to order Song Fei to lead the army to attack, but he was worried that Song Fei would keep chasing after him because he was eager to fight. If this is the case, there will inevitably be troubles, so he said: "You gather your troops and horses, and this commander will personally lead the army to catch up. At least you must know that the Hu people have really retreated."
At that moment, 30,000 cavalry were assembled, and under the leadership of Xue Poye, they pursued northward at night.
The morale of the Chu army is high, and everyone is like a wolf like a tiger. They really look forward to catching up with the Hu people and killing them hard.
Passing through the previous barracks of the Hu people, it was in dilapidated condition, and there were traces of the retreat of the Hu people everywhere. After this chase, we went straight to the bank of the Yanqieryan River. There was a brutal battle here before, and the corpses were all dead. It was too late to clean up, and countless corpses of Chu soldiers and Hu people were buried here. Although the wind and sand were huge and most of the corpses had been covered by the wind and sand, there were still many corpses exposed outside, and the smell of blood in the air was extremely strong.
There were traces of the Hu people retreating along the road. When the army approached the bank of the Qiergan River, many soldiers shouted: "There, there, the Hu people are there!"
Sure enough, there was really a group of Hu Qi by the river of Yunqier.
Xue Poye saw this group of Hu Qi at the first sight, but the strange thing was that there were no more than 20 or 30 Hu Qi in this group, and they lit torches, as if they were waiting for the pursuers to arrive.
The Chu army wanted to shoot these Hu people to death, but Xue Poye felt that something was wrong. The Hu people could not have sent these dozens of Hu cavalry to stop the Chu army. Obviously there were other things, so the order was passed on, and no one was allowed to do so. archery.
The Chu army stopped, and in the rustling wind, a Hu cavalry galloped over, stopped less than ten meters away from Xue Poye, and said loudly, "Is your Commander Xue here?"
Facing tens of thousands of Chu troops, this Hu Qi showed no sign of timidity. Xue Poye took a closer look, but he was an acquaintance, and he was Zhe Dun, Wu Lachi's confidant.
"Zhe Dun!" Xue Poye said loudly, "This commander is here!"
Zhe Dun got off his horse, not afraid of countless eyes waiting for him, walked forward a few steps slowly, bent down and saluted Xue Poye, and said loudly: "General Xue, our Yingtu Commander has led the army to retreat, let me stay Come down and offer you two presents!" He turned his head and shouted twice, it was in Hu language, and the crowd couldn't understand, only a few Hus got off their horses, and pulled out a carriage from the crowd.
The carriage was very simple, just a horse pulling a big board cart. Hu people used this kind of cart to transport supplies, such as tents, but at this time, there were two wooden boxes side by side on the big board cart .
At first glance, the two wooden boxes looked like two coffins, but they were quite different from coffins in that they were long wooden boxes.
Pulling the carriage to the back of Zhe Dun, the carriage stopped.
Zhe Dun cupped his hands and said: "Master Xue, this is the gift that our Yingtu commander wants to give you, please accept it!"
"What the hell are you doing?" Xue Poye said, "What is that?"
"Don't worry, Marshal, this is a gift from Shuai Yingtu sincerely. Shuai Yingtu has an explanation, and the commander will transport it back to the camp and open it, and he will understand everything." Zhe Dun said respectfully: "Shuai Yingtu also said, Commander, please return to the camp and watch again, otherwise... otherwise, it may be ominous!"
"Damn it." Song Fei roared, "What's ominous, I'll open it now and take a look." He was about to rush up, but was stopped by Xue Poye.
"Marshal Xue, we have given you the gift. If you want to kill us, we will not resist. You can order your subordinates to shoot us now." Zhe Dun said calmly: "If the marshal spares our lives, then we will kill us." Thank you, Marshal, and now return to the grassland."
All the Hu riders looked calm, without the slightest hint of fear.
Song Fei frowned. If he was talking about killing barbarians, he was definitely full of energy. However, tens of thousands of troops faced dozens of Hu cavalry. It would be a bit embarrassing to kill them at this time.
He looked at Xue Poye, but Xue Poye frowned and waved: "You guys go."
"Thank you, Marshal!" Zhe Dun saluted again, and the barbarians behind him also saluted, turned around and wanted to leave, Xue Poye suddenly shouted: "Wait a minute!"
Zhe Dun turned his head and said with a smile, "What else can the commander instruct?"
"Tell Wu Rachi that Xue Poye doesn't want to meet him on the battlefield again." Xue Poye said solemnly, "But if he insists on fighting against me, Da Chu, Xue Poye will definitely accompany him to the end!"
…
The Chu army did not continue to pursue, because after crossing the Qieryan River, less than 50 miles to the north, it was the territory of the North Hu Tuli Xie tribe. Not good.
After Zhe Dun led more than 20 Hu Qi horses to leave, Xue Poye ordered the army to return, bringing the strange carriage and gifts.
Back at Yangguan, Xue Poye asked someone to pull the strange carriage to the barracks.
Inside Yangguan, there is a barracks building, which is the place where Yangguan defenders lived and rested. These barracks are very simple, but they are strong enough to withstand the violent wind and sand.
Xue Poye knew that it was not good for everyone to see this kind of gift from Wu Lachi, but if no one saw it, it would be a bit wrong. Hu Renzhu will give him a gift, if some people don't see clearly, Xue Poye Po Ye was really worried that some people in the court would slander him for colluding with the barbarian commander in the future.
Song Fei, Yang Yijun, Liu Xiao and other generals of the Chu Army and some generals of the Northwest Army stayed in Xue Poye's camp. There were about thirteen or four senior generals surrounded by two large wooden boxes, all of whom were extremely puzzled.
Xue Poye had his hands behind his back, which was also very strange. What did Wu Lachi leave for himself
Just when everyone was at a loss, one of the wooden boxes suddenly heard a "dong dong dong" sound. This sudden sound startled everyone including Xue Poye and backed away.
"There is a ghost!" Liu Xiao pulled out his knife in a "choke", and the other generals also pulled out their weapons one after another, and surrounded the big wooden box in the middle.
"boom!"
There was a sound of cracking, and a hole was punched out from the inside of the lid of the wooden box that had been ordered, and there was another "crash", the lid shattered, and amidst the flying sawdust, a figure suddenly stood up in the box.
Everyone was dumbfounded and couldn't believe it.
The figure standing up was tall and mighty, taller than everyone in the camp by a head, dressed in the most common fur clothes of the barbarians, braided, moving his hands and feet, laughed and said: "Good friend, we meet again Come on, drink!" He took off a leather bag from his waist, threw it to Xue Poye, took off another leather bag by himself, opened the lid, and started drinking with his head up.
This person turned out to be Wu Lachi! ! !
Seeing that it was a barbarian, although not everyone present knew that this barbarian was Shuai Yingtu, after being shocked, everyone quickly pointed their weapons at Ulachi, and Yang Yijun sternly shouted: "Who are you? ?”
With a smile, Wu Lachi didn't seem to take these people seriously. After taking a sip of the strong wine, he patted his stomach and praised: "The fire is burning. If you can drink this kind of wine, you are a warrior!" Looking at Xue Poye , smiled and said: "Good friend, why don't you drink?"
At this time, Sein Fei's sword was already on Wu Lachi's neck, and he said in a deep voice, "Who are you?"
Wu Lachi also showed his face on the battlefield, but at that time he was wearing a battle armor and a helmet, but now he was wearing very ordinary clothes. At first glance, he was just an ordinary barbarian. On the battlefield, there were very few Chu soldiers who could see Wu Lachi up close. Now that they have changed their costumes, who can recognize them
With the knife resting on her neck, Wu Lachi didn't frown, just looked at Xue Poye with a smile.
Xue Poye came back to his senses, stretched out his thumb, and sighed: "So courageous, so courageous, brother Wu, Xue Poye is convinced!"
"Master, do you know this person?"
"He's Wu Lachi!" Xue Poye sighed, "Beihu's Yingtu handsome!"
"ah!"
Everyone exclaimed, and no one could believe that Beihu Yingtushuai, who was regarded as a thorn in the flesh by the Chu people, dared to come to the Chu army camp alone. At this time, the Chu army could kill Wu Lachi ten thousand times.
But this person was standing right in front of everyone.
After being shocked, all the generals also faintly felt admiration.
It is said that Hu people are wild, unruly and bold. It seems that this is really true.
"I'm Wu Rachi!" Wu Rachi said carelessly. He seemed to have changed from a solemn commander who commanded thousands of troops to call for wind and rain, into a bold and straightforward ordinary barbarian: "If you want to kill me, you can do it now."
"Wu La Chi, you are so courageous!" Song Fei put his blade close to Wu La Chi's neck: "What do you want to do here?"
"I want to drink and chat with your commander-in-chief." Wu Rachi looked calm, without any trace of fear: "Wu Rachi drinks with friends and doesn't like idle people around. If you want to kill me, do it now. If you don't If you dare to do something, it's better to go out, lest I lose my temper!"
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.
In the Chu camp, this Wu Lachi is still so arrogant, he wants to drive everyone away, and says that everyone dare not kill him, and even says that he is going to lose his temper
What kind of person is this
If it wasn't for everyone knowing that he was Shuai Yingtu, they would have thought he was a madman with brain problems.
Sein Fei really seemed to hack this barbarian to death, but thinking that Xue Poye hadn't spoken yet, he couldn't help but look at Xue Poye.
At this time, as long as Xue Poye nods his head a little bit, Wu Lachi will definitely be chopped into meat by the generals. Although Wu Lachi is very capable, facing so many experienced generals, there is no reason to survive .
Xue Poye frowned, staring at Wu Lachi, after a while, suddenly raised his hand and said: "Shuai Song, take everyone out!"
"Master!" Sein Fei hurriedly persuaded: "This person... this person must be guarded, and you must not be alone with him, lest this person do harm."
Xue Poye shook his head, and said lightly: "Don't worry, Shuai Song, take them out!"
Song Fei saw that Xue Poye had said it twice, so it was inconvenient to say it again. Thinking of Xue Poye's ability, even if Wu Lachi wanted to harm him, he might not be able to succeed. He just led his people to take care of him outside, and took the sword from Wu Lachi. He took it off his neck, snorted coldly, waved his hand, and led the generals out of the camp.
Seeing everyone going out, Wu Lachi laughed, raised his thumbs up, and said: "Good friend, Wu Lachi did not misunderstand the person at the beginning, he has courage and courage!"
Xue Poye smiled wryly and said, "Brother Wu, I'm afraid no one in the world can match your courage." He unplugged the cowhide bag, held up the cowhide bag, and said, "Come, drink!"
Holding the two cowhide bags together, both of them drank with their heads up.