Chapter 271: Trap

The army broke camp and returned to Yanliang Pass the next day. They took away all the food and grass they could take away, and let go of the horses that couldn't be taken away.

Shen Yu kept her promise not to kill the Xijue prisoners, but she did not loosen their bonds when the army left.

The Xijue soldiers listened to the evacuation of the army, and when there was really no sound around them, they leaned against each other and untied the ropes.

The soldier rubbed his shoulder, which was aching from being tied up, "This Shen Yu really doesn't kill prisoners."

"Hmph, the kindness of women." The soldier shook off the rope, "A woman is a woman, and a true general will not give the enemy a chance to come back."

The soldier pulled one up and said, "Let's go out and see the situation."

The number of captured Xijue soldiers was counted to be hundreds. The camp was turned into a mess and everything that could be moved was moved away. There was not much food left in the camp. It seemed that the army had indeed left.

The Xijue soldiers lit a fire, found some food, and sat around to discuss countermeasures.

"What do we do now?"

The deputy general who led the troops before died. This group of Western soldiers lacked a backbone, so they elected a leader.

"We can't go home. Xijue men don't desert. We have to go to the leader's camp."

A soldier said: "The Zhou people are very cunning. Will they let us go back on purpose and then follow behind?"

"Probably not. I heard the man named Xiao arguing with the woman last night. The woman named Xie Tingzhou was scared and wanted to go back to Yanliang Pass. The man named Xiao didn't agree. The two had a fierce quarrel."

Several soldiers who were detained nearby heard it and gathered together to roughly recount the content of the quarrel between the two.

"It seems that the man named Xiao is not convinced by Xie Tingzhou's woman."

"The Zhou Dynasty is different from us. We look at military achievements, but they look at status. A grown man will definitely not accept his work under the hands of a woman."

The scout came running through the snow, "Princess, General Xiao."

Xiao Chuan raised his chin, "How is it?"

The scout squatted down and said, "They haven't moved yet. I don't know if they are alert or something else."

Xiao Chuan looked at Shen Yu, "Princess, what should I do? These people are not stupid."

"Just wait." Shen Yu said: "The food in their camp is only enough for them to survive tonight. They will run out of food tomorrow. The later they set off, the greater the chance they will starve to death on the road."

"I didn't kill those people because they had some backbone. With people like this around, others wouldn't run away. They would definitely go."

"The princess is still more powerful." Xiao Chuan said with a smile: "If the princess hadn't reminded me before bringing the prisoners in, I wouldn't have thought of this move."

Shen Yu glanced sideways at Xiao Chuan, "Don't flatter me."

Xiao Chuan smiled and touched his chin. The beard on his chin had grown, "I, Xiao Chuan, never lie."

"Oh." Shen Yu stood up, "Then your scene last night was probably from the heart."

"Of course not."

Shen Yu left him with a back view and waved her hand towards him.

…

The soldier on the watchtower rubbed his hands and saw someone passing below. He stretched out his hand and made a gesture to indicate that nothing was wrong.

Shen Zhao nodded and entered the tent holding a military newspaper.

"Here we come." Xiao Changfeng was sitting in the tent with his upper body naked, and the military doctor was applying medicine to his back.

Xiao Changfeng was injured in the previous battle, and a three-inch long gash was cut on his back.

Shen Zhao looked at Xiao Changfeng's scar-covered back and thought of Shen Zhongan. Shen Zhongan had the same condition, and it was hard to find a good patch of skin on his body.

After Shen Zhao and Xiao Jiajun entered the hinterland of Xijue, it was easy to occupy the camp here.

Boda's army pressed against Yanliang Pass, and there were not many soldiers in the camp.

This place is backed by the Red River, so you can go deeper if you go in, and you can quickly evacuate if you go back.

When Shen Zhao decided to lead his troops to leave that day, Xiao Changfeng finally relaxed and decided to lead the Xiao family's army deep into the hinterland of Xijue.

The Xiao family army has not had a good fight for a long time. They have been guarding Chihe for many years, and they have faced the guerrillas of the Xijue tribe. From time to time, they would hit each other a few times, harass them, or steal things and then leave.

The land here is barren and it is thankless to be stationed here. When I return to Beijing to report on my work, I will be laughed at by the morons from the Ministry of Revenue, saying that the Xiao family army eats the food of the common people and plays hide and seek with the Xijue people at the border every year. , I'm afraid the knife is all rusty.

If one million military pay can be allocated to eighty, it would be considered lucky, Xiao Changfeng could only swallow his anger.

Fortunately, Shen Zhongan often helped, and whenever Yanliangguan had some surplus food, it was always sent to Chihe.

Xiao Jiajun urgently needs a victory to prove himself.

They have already faced off against Boda twice. Boda's troops are superior to theirs and they can't fight head-on. So they learned the tactics of the Western Jue people and fought guerrillas with them. Instead of engaging in frontal attrition, small groups harassed Boda. Running around.

Although time was delayed, neither party gained anything.

"We should have played like this a long time ago." Xiao He said on the side: "Boda is good at offense, but not good at defense. We will play fast break with them and run away after the attack."

"There is a military report." Shen Zhao raised the military report in his hand and handed it to Xiao Changfeng to read first.

After Xiao Changfeng read it, he handed it to Xiao He and said, "You and your sister were both taught by Shen Zhongan and have the same brain."

Shen Zhao smiled and said, "That girl's thoughts are more lively than mine."

"It's a pity." Xiao Changfeng said: "It's a pity that I gave birth to a daughter."

"My dad said the same thing."

Xiao Changfeng waved his hand, "That's different. Your father feels sorry for her because she is a girl, but I am really sorry that she was not born a boy."

After Xiao He read the emergency report, he couldn't help but glance at Shen Zhao and said, "Your sister is really courageous."

"Right." Xiao Changfeng glanced at Xiao He, "If I hadn't married Xie Tingzhou, I would have wanted to ask her to be your wife, but it's a pity that Wang Jie from the north got there first."

"Dad." Xiao He glanced at Shen Zhao awkwardly, "My brother is still here, so just stop talking nonsense, okay?"

Xiao He used to dislike Shen Zhao, but after this period of time, he has relaxed a little bit, and it is limited to not stumbling for the other party.

Xiao Changfeng laughed, hurting the wound on his back, "But it is true that without King Beilin it would not be your turn. Your brother is still with her."

Xiao He was embarrassed and embarrassed, so he quickly changed the subject, "Let's get down to business, Shen... Princess Beilin led the troops to repel the Western Jue at Yanliang Pass, and also pulled out the camp where they retreated. I don't know what happened next. , assuming that Boda is under attack from both sides, but the channel for us to exchange information with the princess is too slow. "

"Take this military report as an example. It says that it happened on December 17th. The news returned to Yanliang Pass and made a big circle. We are already 23 now and we don't know the situation there at all. It is impossible to launch a front-to-back attack.”