Tibet

Chapter 150 Evacuation in the Valley
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The drums sounded, and a thousand Tongluo soldiers rushed towards the city wall carrying ten siege ladders.

Not long after, 1000 people rushed to the bottom of the city, built a siege ladder, and soldiers swarmed up.

Nagus felt something was wrong, he could see clearly that the defenders on the top of the city did not resist at all.

The gate of the city was opened, and Nagus entered Anle County with a livid face. The county town was empty, and there was no one there.

What made Nagus most angry was the sound of the drum. It turned out that a sheep was tied up in the air, and its three legs were tied up with ropes, leaving only one leg.Boom! ' sound.

Unable to bear the anger in his heart, Nagus drew out his knife and chopped the sheep to death.

A centurion ran over and said, "We looked through the account books in the restaurant, and it was still open the day before yesterday, which means they just evacuated yesterday!"

Of course, he left early yesterday morning. His nephew was shot dead by an arrow the night before yesterday. Nagus nodded, "They must be going to Xiaoguan!"

He immediately ordered: "Order the army to chase after me!"

Three thousand iron cavalry passed through the county seat and chased southward at full speed.

Li Ye was very anxious, the team walked too slowly, from yesterday morning to today's noon, they only walked [-] miles, and they still haven't covered half of the distance.

Li Ye felt a strong feeling of uneasiness in his heart. Tong Luo's cavalry would definitely come chasing him from behind, and Tong Luo's army had suffered a big loss in Anle County, so they would never let it go.

He urged his horse to the front of Wei County Magistrate and said: "The county lord, please arrange the yamen servants. Be sure to let the old people and children sit in the cart, and you must speed up the march!"

County magistrate Wei nodded, and he immediately sent the yamen servants to arrange for the elderly and children to sit in the cart.

Regardless of whose family's cart has any goods, arrangements must be made for the elderly and children to sit on it.

After solving the problem of delaying legs, the marching speed was significantly accelerated. By the afternoon and dusk, they had already walked 130 miles.

At this moment, Yang Li and two of his men galloped towards Li Ye on horseback, and shouted to Li Ye: "The team is on the mend, the rebel cavalry is coming!"

Li Ye fell into an ice cave, and what he was most worried about happened.

"How many cavalry are there?" Li Ye asked anxiously.

"About 3000 people. When we left, they were preparing to attack the city, at most two hours later than us."

That was when they arrived at night, Li Ye hurriedly looked around, and there were continuous mountains to the south, about [-] li away from them.

He immediately ordered: "Changing the road and marching in the direction of the mountain, go to the mountain!"

The team began to change direction, from taking the official road in the southwest direction to marching in the south direction.

Hearing that Tongluo cavalry were coming, the people were terrified and hurried on their way desperately.

At this moment, County Magistrate Wei came with an old man, and said to Li Ye, "This old man is a herb collector. He knows a place to hide, and it's very difficult to attack."

Li Ye asked happily, "Where is it?"

The old man pointed to the mountain and said, "In the middle of the mountain, there is a crack in the rock. The outside is very narrow. It can only accommodate two or three people walking side by side. The narrowest part can only accommodate one person. But inside it gets wider and wider. There are grasslands, lakes and other places. The forest can accommodate tens of thousands of people!"

This news made Li Ye seem to be saved from a dead end, he hurriedly said: "Then please ask the old man to lead the way!"

Li Ye said to the soldier Zhang Wei again: "Ride two horses and rush to Xiaoguan. If you encounter an army that comes to support, tell them that the enemy army has about 3000 people. We are hiding in the mountain depression. Please come to the rescue!"

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Zhang Wei rode two horses and ran along the official road towards Xiao Guan.
At one o'clock, the mighty crowd finally arrived at the hiding place.

This is a huge mountain crack. The rocks on both sides are steep, hundreds of feet high, and the entrance is about two feet wide. It suddenly opened up, and there was a valley with a length of more than twenty miles and a width of several miles. There were woods, grasslands, and lakes. It was an excellent place to escape the war.

Li Ye looked into the distance. They were at a high place, and they could see clearly the situation dozens of miles away. He could only see yellow dust billowing in the distance. About thirty miles away, a mighty cavalry team was heading towards this place. side to kill.

Li Ye sighed secretly, it seemed that he would not be able to go into the water to practice tonight.

In fact, if you don't practice for a night, it won't affect much. Li Ye is just afraid that there will be a beginning, and if there is a first time, there will be a second time.

Li Ye turned around and shouted: "Go into the valley quickly, the old man and the child go first!"

Yang Li, the fire chief, came to report, "The team is in the middle, the inside is very narrow, and the big vehicles can't get through!"

"What about the livestock?"

"War horses and livestock can both walk, but they can only be led."

Li Ye made a decisive decision: "Unload the cart and leave it outside, and bring the livestock in!"

Under the command of the soldiers, the people helped the old and the young, and walked into the canyon in an orderly manner. In just half an hour, tens of thousands of people entered the canyon, and thousands of carts were piled up at the mouth of the canyon.

Li Ye led [-] soldiers to guard the canyon. In addition to a dozen of his subordinates, there were also rural soldiers from the county and elites selected from among the civilian husbands.

Everyone is wearing Mingguang armor, wearing an eagle helmet, holding a spear, a bow and arrow and a shield on the back, and a sword in the waist.

These equipment are all armor and weapons collected from Tongluo soldiers.

Everyone was busy building fortifications. They built two fortifications. The outermost fortification was piled up with discarded carts, filled with caves, and built into a wall of wooden carts. When it was dangerous, they could set fire to block it. enemy.

In the back tens of feet away, another stone wall was built with big stones.

Li Ye ordered Wei county magistrate: "I guess we will use soil bags, please ask the county lord to organize civilians to dig soil and pack them into bags, the more the better!"

"I'll arrange it right away!"

As soon as County Magistrate Wei left, Yang Kan shouted at the entrance of the valley, "The team is on! They are here."

Li Ye rushed to the mouth of the valley and looked down the valley, only to see thousands of cavalry appearing one mile away, the dark army was very clear under the moonlight.

Through the messy footprints and ruts, Nagus led the cavalry to easily lock the escape route of tens of thousands of people in Changle County.

Three thousand Tongluo cavalry followed all the way to the bottom of the canyon. Under the bright moonlight, Nagus suspended the advance of the whole army, squinting his eyes to look at the situation in the valley.

The terrain at the mouth of the valley is relatively high, and they can only attack on their backs, which is very unfavorable to the cavalry attack, which means that they cannot enter the canyon through the impact of powerful cavalry.

There are not many people on the other side, and it is estimated that there will not be many. The small canyon can't accommodate too many soldiers, and there are at most dozens of people defending the valley entrance.

Nagus looked back at several generals, and finally his eyes fell on Ding Te. Of course, he would not let his own people go up for the first attack.

"Ding Te, you lead a thousand people to attack first and avenge your chief!"

Ding Te had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree, "I obey the order!"

He galloped out on his horse, held up the wolf's head order and shouted: "Huron, follow me!"

A thousand cavalry rushed out of the team. They got off their horses one after another, holding shields and spears, and rushed in line to the upper valley mouth.

(End of this chapter)