After establishing a camp on the north bank of Beihai, Liu Cheng summoned Chen Dao, Yang Ru, Wang Shuang and others to discuss matters, and asked them about their march these days and whether there was any news about King Ding Ling's army.
Chen Dao stood up and said: "Lord, that day after we received your eagle message, we immediately came north along the west coast of the North Sea.
We arrived here four days ago, but we have never encountered King Ding Ling's army. , we did meet a few tribes of Ding Ling people on the way, but we haven’t seen the others.”
Liu Cheng said worriedly: "My premonition is very bad.
I'm afraid that King Ding Ling has already encountered Bu Dugen's men and they have already fought.
A few days ago, we went too far and broke into the Far North.
We encountered several Thousands of snow wolves the size of calves, and three to four thousand brothers were lost in a bloody battle.
It seems that we have to go back along the east coast of the North Sea to see if we can meet King Ding Ling.
The order is sent down, and the army will set off south early tomorrow morning."
"It's my lord" This time Liu Cheng was extremely careful.
He expanded the scope of the reconnaissance sentry to thirty miles away, hoping to find King Ding Ling or Bu Dugen's Xianbei army.
Shortly after Chen hour on the second morning after departure, a group of detectives came galloping from the south.
"Lord, we found a battlefield on the seaside twenty miles to the south.
There are tens of thousands of human corpses alone."
When Liu Cheng heard this, he immediately shouted: "Herald, order the whole army to speed up!"
An hour later, the army arrived at the edge of the battlefield.
Liu Cheng, Yan Xing, Ma Chao and others rode their horses to the middle of the battlefield, their faces becoming more and more solemn.
"Most of these are Dingling people, and a few are Xianbei people.
It seems that King Dingling and Bu Dugen fought here.
You see, there are also Xianbei people's flags and Dingling people's flags here."
At this time, a knight ran over and reported: "My lord, I found King Ding Ling's flag."
"Where are you, take me there quickly?"
Liu Cheng was shocked.
Under the guidance of the knight, the group came to the middle of the battlefield.
King Ding Ling's flag fell to the ground and was in tatters.
"King Ding Ling" Ma Chao shouted.
Liu Cheng looked in the direction of Ma Chao's finger and saw a person lying on the ground.
He immediately jumped off his horse and turned the body over.
It turned out to be King Ding Ling.
After a long time, Liu Cheng stood up and said: "Meng Qi, call the most elite detective sentry here."
"yes" After only a while, a cavalryman came running over with his dusty horse, dismounted and bowed down: "Greetings to the Protector, General, my lords."
Liu Cheng pointed to the corpse on the ground and said: "Get up and speak.
Based on your experience, when did this battle start?
How long have these people been dead?
Under what circumstances did the two sides start the war?"
The detective stood up and said: "Back to the protector, based on my experience, King Ding Ling's men and horses should have been suddenly attacked.
The opponent came diagonally from the northeast and southeast.
King Ding Ling and his men should have been attacked.
It was a hasty response to the battle, and there was no way to avoid it by leaning on the seaside.
When they started the battle, I don't know, but the time when these corpses died should only be about a day, and the battle should not end for a day."
"The battle will end in less than a day," Liu Cheng asked, looking at the sentry.
"Yes" Liu Cheng looked solemn and sent the order: "Send the order, the whole army will pursue southward at full speed."
The army continued to set off and returned to the south at the fastest tactical speed.
Liu Cheng deployed a large number of ranger scouts on the front, rear and east sides.
The farthest distance was twenty miles away from the army, and the shortest distance was five miles away.
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At any time, he could attack Be well aware of your surroundings.
On this day, the entire army was marching on horseback, eating, drinking, and eating on horseback.
No one rested, and there were enough horses in the army for transfer.
When it got dark, Liu Cheng ordered the entire army to rest for an hour and eat and drink on the spot.
Before setting off, Liu Cheng told Ma Chao: "Send out all the scouts in the army.
Before sending out, give all the scouts code words, which are divided into passwords and reply commands.
No matter who you encounter during the exploration, let the other person know first.
Say the password and the other party will If you can't answer in a breath, send a warning signal immediately, and then start fighting after sending the warning signal; if the other party asks you to give the password first, after you say it, ask the other party to give the reply command.
If the other party cannot answer, immediately "shoot" "I understand, General Mo will make arrangements right away."
Ma Chao agreed and turned around.
An hour later, Ma Chao came to report: "Lord, all the detective sentries have been sent out, and the identity verification of passwords and reply orders has been arranged properly.
Everything is ready and ready to go at any time."
Liu Chengdao: "Then the order is passed.
The whole army sets off to pursue the Xianbei people overnight.
If there is no order in the middle, no one is allowed to stop.
Everyone eats, drinks, and has sex on horseback.
Horses are automatically changed every hour.
No one is allowed to stop unless there are special circumstances."
No sound must be made, and no one is allowed to light a fire.
Anyone who violates this rule will be killed without mercy."
"Follow your orders" The army set off again, marching in disgrace.
Fortunately, there was still moonlight tonight.
Although the sight was not very good, there was still some light.
The temperature was already very low in the Mobei night in late autumn.
During the march, the soldiers had to wrap the blankets given to them by the quartermaster to keep them warm.
However, at the time of ugly death, everyone's eyebrows and eyelashes There was frost on the ground, and hot air came out of every nostril.
Liu Cheng woke up from a deep sleep on horseback.
He turned around and saw that Chen Dao was following him, so he asked: "Uncle Zhi, what time is it now?"
Chen Da said: "It has just passed the Yin hour, and it is already the Mao hour."
"It's already Mao hour.
Have the sentinels ahead found no trace of the Xianbei people yet?"
Liu Cheng asked.
Chen Dao shook his head and said, "Not yet."
"Where did Bu Dugen take his people?"
Liu Cheng muttered to himself.
Chen Dao comforted and said: "Lord, don't worry too much.
The outposts ahead are following the traces left by the Xianbei people.
Since they have been heading south without turning, it means that there is no problem in the direction of our pursuit.
If the Xianbei people leave If the direction changes, the sentinel will definitely come to report it."
Liu Cheng thought for a while and ordered: "Keep chasing until dawn.
If you still haven't caught up with the Xianbei people after dawn, let the soldiers stop and rest, and then chase after they have rested."
Chen Dao agreed: "Yes" Another hour later, just when Liu Cheng was no longer very hopeful, a rider suddenly came galloping from the front and shouted at everyone he met: "Where is my lord?
There is an urgent military intelligence report."
Liu Cheng soon met this man, who was really the messenger sent by the forward Ma Chao, "Your Majesty, General Ma ordered the villain to come and report that our spies found the Xianbei people twenty miles ahead, and they were camping on the beach. " Liu Cheng became energetic and said, "Okay, go back and tell Ma Chao quickly and ask him to lead people to approach the Xianbei people's camp secretly.
Be careful not to be discovered by the Xianbei people.
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Wait for the main force of our army to arrive before attacking.
If there is an accident on the way, He can act on his own camera” "Yes, my lord" Liu Cheng turned his head and looked around, listened carefully, looked up at the sky, and told Chen Dao: "Uncle is here, please pass on the order to slow down the march of the whole army."
"yes" Chen Dao understood what Liu Cheng meant.
The purpose of slowing down was to reduce the vibration and noise caused by the large-scale cavalry march and reduce the chance of being discovered.
Based on the current daybreak time, the sky would not be completely bright at Mao hour.
Yes, even if the marching speed is slowed down, the entire army will have enough time to reach the Xianbei camp at dawn.
Although Ma Chao is young, he has learned a lot in the past two years of fighting with Liu Cheng, and he has also learned to be calm and calm.
He acted very steadily.
First, he sent elite troops to sneak over and kill the Xianbei people's ranger posts outside the camp, and then led three soldiers.
Thousands of men and horses quietly reached the high hills two miles away from the Xianbei camp.
Here, even if he is discovered by the Xianbei people, he can lead his troops to attack as soon as possible.
However, although he can defeat the Xianbei people, some of them will inevitably escape.
If he waits until Liu Cheng's main army arrives to join them If he takes action, this situation will not happen, so unless there are special circumstances, he has to wait quietly and patiently.
Xianbei camp.
Bu Dugen was sleeping in his tent when a subordinate came outside the tent and called: "Chief, Chief!"
When Bu Dugen was woken up, he stood up and said, "Come in."
The general walked into the tent, stroked his chest and saluted, saying: "Chief, something seems to be wrong.
Several mobile sentries we deployed in the north have not returned for an hour."
Bu Dugen frowned, stood up and asked, "Have you sent anyone to replace them?"
"Sent, but the person who was replaced did not come back.
My subordinates sent a few more people a quarter of an hour ago, but there is still no response.
I suspect that all of them have been killed.
I am afraid that some enemies have touched our "around" Bu Dugen said: "There are only Dingling people here, are there other tribes?"
The general thought for a while and asked: "Could it be the Han army?"
"We haven't heard from them for almost ten days, and we don't know if they have chased them.
However, we cannot rule out the possibility.
But if the Han army will chase them from the north, it seems unlikely that what will happen now It's time?"
Bu Dugen asked.
"It's already dawn" Bu Dugen immediately said: "Hurry up and gather the troops."
"yes" After a loud sound of horns, the Xianbei people ran out of the camp one after another, took their horses and began to assemble in the camp.
At this time, a large number of cavalry appeared on the high hills two miles away in the north, and the darkness quickly attracted the attention of the Xianbei people in the camp below.
"Enemies, there are enemies" Bu Dugen, who was riding on horseback, looked at the dark cavalry on the high hill in the distance and one of the extremely eye-catching flags.
His heart skipped a beat, but then he became calm again.
He did not expect that the Han army would pursue them here.
When he came, he knew that this was the last battle with the Han army.
If he won, the Han army would not be able to enter Mobei for at least a few years; if he lost, everything would be behind him.
Bu Dugen shouted: "Fight":