Late at night, Li Wu led five thousand Xia troops to quietly surround a tribe of barbarians, at this time the Xia army's grain and grass has been about to be cut off, if there is no food and grass supply, Li Wu and the five thousand Xia army may only starve to death on this grassland, this tribe of barbarians is like a gift from God to Li Wu, as long as Li Wu can conquer this tribe, the Xia army who sleeps in the open will be able to have a good meal.
According to the original plan, Li Wu and Gao Rui each led two thousand men and horses to attack the tribe from two different directions in the dark, and the remaining one thousand men and horses were responsible for surrounding it to prevent anyone from escaping, for these Xia army soldiers, this was simply a one-sided war, the whole tribe did not have the slightest resistance in front of the Xia army, with the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, the Xia army rushed into this nomadic tribe, and soon remembered all kinds of screaming sounds in the tribe, as well as the helpless cries of women.
The only remaining old, weak, sick and disabled people in the tribe began to resist the Xia army, but in the end it was all in vain, and Li Wu controlled the entire tribe in only half an hour; This is the first time Li Wu has participated in the battle, blood and killing made Li Wu become enthusiastic, but when the blood is left only to vomit over the river and the sea, in the numb killing, Li Wu still has no feeling, but when the battle is over, looking at the bloody battlefield Li Wu vomited.
"Your Highness, are you alright?"
Gao Rui asked when he came to Li Wu's side.
Li Wu said to Gao Rui: "It's okay, I will feel like vomiting." ” Gao Rui smiled and said, "It's okay, Your Highness, it's good to get used to it, and it's okay to go through it a few more times." ” Li Wu felt that the sour water in his stomach was vomited out, although Li Wu was very uncomfortable, he did not forget to ask Gao Rui: "How are the casualties of our army?"
Gao Rui said proudly: "Your Highness, this kind of battle has not caused any casualties to our army; Except for a few unlucky ones who fell and were injured, our troops did not suffer any casualties. ” "That's good, once our army goes deep alone, once the casualties are large, the situation will be unfavorable to our army."
Li Wu covered his stomach and said.
"Your Highness, we have captured a lot of women in this battle, how to deal with these women" Gao Rui asked Li Wu.
Li Wu waved his hand and said, "You look at it, right, pick some ones with a better appearance, don't kill them all, and when the time comes, you can give them to Ye Hu of the Qarlu people as a gift." ” "Yes, the end will understand; It's not early, Your Highness should rest early," Gao Rui said to Li Wu; "The last will be retired."
That night, all night, the whole tribe was full of women's howls, in addition to these women, Xia Jun also captured a lot of cattle, sheep and horses this time, when Xia Jun left, the whole tribe had already been looted by Li Wu, leaving only corpses all over the ground and tents that were not completely burned; Otherwise, these corpses will become food for wild wolves, vultures and other animals, and these people born on the grassland will eventually return to the embrace of the grassland.
The next day, when the sun was rising, Li Wucai led his 5,000 cavalry and drove cattle, sheep, horses and women out of the garrison; Li Wu wants to take these things south to find the Qarluqs, from Zhaisangbo to the northernmost territory of the Qarluqs is more than 500 li, for the Xia cavalry can reach it in two or three days, but now Li Wu is driving a large number of cattle and sheep, and there is no ten days and half a month that cannot be walked, but the fighter plane is fleeting, and the most precious thing for Li Wu now is time.
After walking for a day, after the army chose a suitable place to set up camp, Li Wu sent someone to find Gao Rui and said: "The speed of our march is too slow, when will we be able to find the Qarluq people according to this way?"
"Your Highness, the nearest tribe of the Qarluqs is also five hundred miles away, and at our current speed, it will take at least ten days."
Gao Rui said to Li Wu.
"Ten days is too long."
Li Wu said; "In this case, I will lead five hundred cavalry to find the Qarluqs, and you will lead the army to find a hidden place on the southern edge of Jaisangbo, and if I can't come back in ten days, you will throw away everything and lead the army back to the Great Xia Kingdom."
Gao Rui immediately objected: "No, Your Highness, your safety is the most important, or let the last general go."
"There's no need to argue, the matter is settled."
Li Wu said firmly; "I am the prince of the Great Xia Kingdom, the son of the Emperor of the Great Xia Kingdom, the Holy Heaven Great Khan, only if I go in person can we show our sincerity, and it is possible for the Qarlu to send troops to help."
"Okay," Gao Rui could only agree stubbornly; "However, His Highness has too few five hundred cavalry, after all, your safety is still the most important, and at least half of the soldiers and horses must be brought forward."
"Then add another five hundred."
Li Wu smiled at Gao Rui and said; "It's not easy for you here, if you are discovered by the barbarians, you will be in danger, so before I come back, don't make any moves, don't irritate the barbarians."
"Yes, the Admiral understands."
Gao Rui immediately took the military order.
The next day, Li Wu led a thousand cavalry to leave the large army and go south, it was not easy to find the Qarluqs, it was too difficult to find a person in this vast grassland Gobi, let alone a tribe, although there was a map in Li Wu's hand, but the ghost knew how wrong the map was, and there was not even a landmark building around, Li Wu had no way to determine the coordinates, so Li Wu got lost again and broke into the desert again.
Only this time Li Wu had sufficient preparations, before entering the desert, Li Wu prepared a lot of water, anyway, there were horses and camels, and he was not afraid to get more of these things, three days later, Li Wu led a thousand cavalry to finally get out of the vast sand sea, not long after walking out of the sand sea is a lake, in the junction of the desert and the lake is a wetland, the scenery of the grassland appeared in front of Li Wu's eyes again, looking at Li Wu in the distance, he could also see the sheep grazing freely on the grassland.
"Looks like we've found the right place this time, and the Qarluqs should be not far ahead."
Li Wu said to the lieutenant beside him.
"Your Highness, do you want to lead the cavalry to reconnoiter forward?"
The lieutenant asked Li Wu.
Li Wu smiled and said, "No need, let's go directly." ” Under the leadership of Li Wu, more than 1,000 cavalry of the Xia army swooped down from the desert and came towards this tribe by the lake; At this time, the herdsmen of the tribe had already discovered the cavalry of the Xia army, and the horn of "woo, woo, woo, woo" spread throughout the grassland, and when the horn warning was heard, the men of the whole tribe rode war horses with bows and arrows and sabers, and assembled outside the tribe, and all the women, children and sheep were driven back to the camp, and if the enemy on the opposite side dared to attack, the men in these tribes would use their own flesh and blood to defend their homeland.
"Your Highness, you see that they have already set up a position, and it seems that they want to fight us to the death," the captain said to Li Wu in a sarcastic tone; "Just because they also see the iron hooves that block our Xia army, it's really overwhelming."
"Don't talk nonsense, we are not here to fight, but to ask for help, and the order is to go down and the army will stop advancing at a stone's throw away, and I will go alone in a while."
Li Wu ordered the captain beside him.
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