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Chapter 17 Wind and Snow Night

On a snowy night, the wind was cold and there was no moonlight. Although it was pitch black everywhere, the white snow in the field allowed Yuchi Dun to see the ground clearly. At this moment, under the escort of the cavalry, he rode his horse towards the north.

Behind him are the enemy cavalry who are chasing relentlessly.

I don't know how long I have been escaping from the battlefield outside Chai Village. Yuchi Dun, who was commanding a large army to attack Chai Village, is now in panic like a stray dog. There are only dozens of cavalry following him, and the number of pursuers behind him is at least over a hundred.

The other cavalry are unknown now, but if they are defeated today, they will probably have more than half of their casualties.

With superior forces in hand, Yuchi Dun was extremely angry, but he had no choice but to regret why he didn't lead more cavalry to the south.

If it weren't for leaving thousands of more cavalry in Xuanhu to guard against Yu Wenwen in the city to break through, he would have had more troops behind him today, and the sudden appearance of the cavalry would not have successfully attacked, and he would not have lost.

And now, the embarrassing rushing to the road has made the feeling of many years ago reappear.

It was nearly ten years ago, when Emperor Tianyuan Yuwen Yun suddenly passed away, and his relative Yang Jian actually assisted in the administration and took control of the power. Yuchi Dun was in Chang'an at the time and felt that the bloody storm was coming.

His father, Yuchi Jiong, the Duke of Shu Kingdom, was the chief supervisor of Xiangzhou at that time. Yang Jian specially asked Yuchi Dun to go to Yecheng to pass an order, asking Yuchi Jiong to return to Beijing to attend the funeral of the emperor.

What is there to say about this kind of thing? The relatives of foreigners seize power with obvious intentions!

Yuchi Jiong raised an army to rebel against Yang in Yecheng, supported Zhao Wang Yuwen Zhao's youngest son Yuwen Qiankeng as emperor, and asked Yuchi Dun to lead a hundred thousand troops to fight the imperial army. The two sides confronted each other in Qinshui.

At that time, Yuchi Dun was full of confidence and wanted to give the enemy a headache. As a result, in the battle of Qinshui, he lost all his money and fled back to Yecheng in a hurry. The feeling of panic was like a broken dog that made him unforgettable for his life.

I lost so badly at that time. Now, my soldiers are still there and have not lost yet!

Thinking of this, Yuchi Dun recovered some fighting spirit and began to wake up.

The most urgent task is to get rid of the pursuers behind him, and these pursuers belong to the cavalry that attacked the back of his own formation. They had come from the north before.

Yuchi Dun had fought for many years, but he dared not say he was a famous general in the world. At least he had rich experience in fighting. He commanded the army to attack Chai Village and released the cavalry to guard the outside world. As a result, an enemy cavalry came in. What's going on?

The north of Chai Village is about forty miles away from Song Ping. Song Ping is a city controlled by the government army. Could it be that the guard general has rebelled?

After this idea came out, it was quickly rejected by Yuchi Dun. He carefully selected the governor of Song Ping, and there were more than one person, and they also had to restrain each other and it was impossible to rebel.

Then the cavalry that was attacking was most likely the surprise soldier he had judged before.

The Hulin Army feinted the attack on Song Ping, which led reinforcements to attack, and then retreated southward. Another surprise soldier set up an ambush or sneak attack somewhere, annihilated the army pursuing the Hulin Army.

This was Yuchi Dun's judgment that might have adopted tactics of the enemy before. Now he was really attacked from the back by a cavalry, but he really couldn't figure out how this cavalry emerged.

And the timing was very good. After a day of fighting, the Hulin Army rushed over to his original formation and rushed over at the right time.

Such a perfect cooperation is really incredible. Yuchi Dun couldn't figure it out, but he could figure out another thing: the cavalry that was chasing him, and the mounts were almost unable to hold on.

The opponent came from the north and rushed to the formation without having time to run to our formation to warn. I think it was galloping all the way, so some of the cavalry chased him until now, so how could the horses hold on?

However, the horses that Yuchi Dun and his party rode were different. The battle started in the morning, and the horses were doing nothing in the formation. They did not run north until the battle situation suddenly changed in the afternoon.

So Yuchi Dun has not divided his troops to intercept the pursuers so as to gain time for his escape, but has been running forward and fighting for endurance.

As expected, the distance between the pursuers and them gradually grew. After a long time, the pursuers disappeared.

After running for a while, he confirmed that the pursuers had been thrown away. Yuchi Dun and his party slowed down so that they could slow down their mounts. After running for so long, they would not let the horses rest for a while. Once they were exhausted, what should they do on this snowy night?

It is too dangerous to stay and find a shelter to spend the night. If the pursuers catch up, they will not be a joke.

Based on his experience, Yuchi Dun estimated the time and how far he had traveled. Finally, he felt that he should be not far from Song Ping, so he decided to continue his journey and rush to the Huai River.

Song Ping was located on the north bank of the Huai River. If you want to go to Guangcheng to the south, you have to cross the river. When Yuchi Dun led his troops to pursue the Hulin Army, he built a floating bridge on the Huai River outside Songping City to facilitate the army to cross the river, and also allocated soldiers to guard the bridge.

So he planned to cross the river at the Huai River floating bridge overnight, ask to open the city gate, and make arrangements immediately after entering the city, gather the collapsed cavalry and fight again in the future.

Yuchi Jing was defeated in Tongguan, Yuchi Youqi was defeated in Guangling. Now it was his turn, the head of the Yuchi family, who was defeated in Xizhou. If he continued to lose like this, the foundation of the Yuchi family would really shake!

Thinking of this, Yuchi Dun was a little anxious. Because of the successive accidents, the development of the situation was completely different from his idea. Nowadays, the sudden defeats will inevitably make the people in the court feel fluctuating, and some people will have different thoughts.

Without caring about the heavy wind and snow, Yuchi Dun and his party rushed forward and finally arrived at the south bank of the Huai River. Seeing the dark outline of the small village in the distance, Yuchi Dun ordered people to go up and say hello first.

There are defenders on both sides of the Huai River Floating Bridge. They set up small camps to station. When it gets dark, they will set up a horse to stop the bridge. Now it is dark in the middle of the night. Yuchi Dun is worried that the defenders think they are enemy soldiers and that a random shooting will be very dangerous.

More than ten riders rode their horses forward, and they shouted loudly, "Military emergency! Open the door!" in order to attract the attention of the sentries on the arrow tower.

The wilderness on both sides of the road was covered with grass. Because the grass was high and waistless, the defenders were worried that someone would use it to cover the attacks near the camp, so they set fire to the fire before. At this time, the wilderness was like a dog gnawed, and the weeds were uneven.

The ground was covered with black grass gray and white snow. It was mottled under the night. Tian Liuhu, who had been lurking in gray cloth for a long time, was so cold that he was running nose, and he tried his best to stare at the uninvited guest not far away.

There were many people lurking around him, all of whom were covered with gray cloth, indigo on their faces, and weapons in their hands.

"Young Master! Why are there people coming here in the middle of the night? They are all cavalry!"

"Stop talking, aren't we here in the middle of the night?"

"Can it be the person sent by Tian Biejiang..."

"General Tian Biezheng led his troops south, so he had no time to send people to launch a sneak attack..."

Tian Liuhu and the people around him lowered their voices and murmured. Everyone finally got here in the wind and snow, and were about to touch the enemy camp and kill people and set fire to break the floating bridge. As a result, the sudden arrival of cavalry disrupted their plans.

What do you do if you don’t sleep in the middle of the night?
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