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As for how many enemies there are, no one knows, maybe there are thousands of Chinese troops.

The defeat of the aristocratic coalition forces had already made Da Wodeya relax his vigilance, and at this time he finally chose to divide his troops.He asked his son to command [-] troops, and slowly escorted the luggage with slaves.With more than [-] troops and grain transport ships, he accelerated towards Sun Kewang.

He passed through several transfer stations in a row, all of which were burned by Sun Kewang, and he was so angry that Da Wodeya chased him faster and faster.

The prince who stayed behind to escort the luggage was named Chika Devaraja Wodeya.This guy whipped the slaves all the way, but the speed couldn't be increased, so he could only walk slowly.He had only [-] soldiers, but nearly [-] slaves transported his supplies.

In the evening, stop to set up camp.

The work of setting up the camp was also handed over to the slaves, and three thousand soldiers were sent out to guard, while Chica Wodeya sat down to rest.

Weng Yingqi, who had been dormant in the southwest mountain village for many days, also led his infantry out at this moment.When he got the news at noon, he immediately set off from the mountain village and marched for more than 30 miles in one afternoon. He had to cut down trees to make a raft to cross the river, and then chased after the traces left by the enemy.

Such a fast march was unimaginable for Chica Wodeya.This prince has also been on the battlefield before, but where has he seen troops that can march by force?

After the slaves set up camp, they were divided into several groups and slept outside the camp. Only soldiers, livestock and luggage could stay in the camp.

Weng Yingqi's infantry were further downstream, eating dry food to recover their strength.

The sky is getting dark and night is coming.

Hundreds of Mysore soldiers patrolled the camp, guarding the slaves while keeping an eye out for the enemy.These slaves were all captured Jin people, and they would run away if they were not careful.

The Kshatriya officer in charge of patrol felt very bored, so he sat down against the wall and took a nap by himself.The lower-level Vaishya officers also went to rest elsewhere, and only the Sudra soldiers were responsible for patrolling.

After wandering around for a while, the Sudra soldiers didn't bother to move around anymore, standing in twos and threes chatting in low voices.

The moonlight is good tonight, the big moon is hanging high.

And the temperature is also comfortable, has dropped to 20 degrees.It's a bit nauseating during the day, and it's almost late autumn, and the temperature during the day is actually above 28 degrees, and it can even go up to 30 degrees in the sun.

Not to mention that the Indians are too lazy. During the march a few days ago, the high temperature was 36 degrees.Weng Yingqi himself was so hot that he didn't want to move, so he just stayed up at night and looked for a place to hide from the sun during the day, even if he hid in the house, it was too hot to stick out his tongue.

Along the way, quite a few slaves fell down due to heatstroke.

The south side of the camp was close to the river, and Weng Yingqi divided hundreds of infantry into two groups to move towards the east and north sides of the enemy camp.

The perimeter of the camp is full of slaves, and they are ordered to lie down. Whoever dares to sit or stand will be executed for the crime of escape.

Around a small group to the north, suddenly a soldier felt that he stepped on something soft.

The soldier looked down, but saw a slave looking at him under the moonlight.

Most of the enemy troops on patrol were lying down and sleeping, and occasionally some sitting down were also dozing off.

"what!"

The slave who was stepped on got up and ran away in fright, and the nearby slaves also stood up.They didn't know what happened. They were tired, hot and hungry during the day, and now they slept soundly. After waking up from a dream, their tense nerves suddenly exploded.

Before the Han soldiers fired a single shot, or even lit the torches, the slaves outside the camp boiled up, completely falling into a state of frenzy.

"Fire the gun!"

Weng Yingqi was the first to shoot forward, and the rest of the soldiers followed suit.

This approach was purely to drive the slaves away, lest the slaves rush indiscriminately and trample the Han soldiers.

Gunshots rang out from the east and north, and nearly ten thousand slaves who had been screaming subconsciously ran towards the south and west.The simple walls of the village couldn't stop them. Anyway, the slaves only knew how to flee. The patrolling soldiers were also awakened. Hearing the sound of gunshots, they ran away, and those who moved slowly were trampled to death.

His Royal Highness, Prince Chica Wodea, took off his heavy armor and went to sleep.He woke up suddenly to the sound of gunshots and shouts, and knew immediately that he had been attacked at night.

While dragging the armor to go out, Prince Chika shouted: "Blow the horn quickly, the soldiers gather to me, don't be scattered by the enemy!"

At night, besides being on duty, which soldier would sleep wearing armor?

They got up in a panic, and before they could put on their armor, they were called to assemble by the officer.In this situation, trumpets can still be blown to gather, and in terms of military quality, it can throw the Madurai army a few blocks away.

It's just that, before most of the soldiers had assembled, Ying Xiao's slaves had already rushed over.These slaves only knew to run away, yelling without a clue, a large number of Mysore soldiers were dispersed, and the soldiers turned and fled subconsciously.

In the end, even the officers ran away, because no one knew how many enemies came.

Prince Chica Wodeya managed to gather three or four hundred troops. Faced with such a situation, he didn't know whether to meet the enemy or run away as soon as possible.

Without thinking too much, Chica Wodeya decided to run away.

He is His Royal Highness, and he will be the king in the future.It doesn't matter if you lose a battle, it doesn't matter if the whole army is wiped out, these things are not as precious as his life.

The prince ran away on horseback, and so did the noble officers with horses, and even the prince's infantry guards were left behind.

Chica Wodeya ran from midnight to dawn, and the horse was so tired that he was foaming, so he stopped in shock.Looking around, there were less than ten people left, all of whom were Kshatriya officers with their own horses.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, so far they don't know where the enemy came from, and they don't know how many enemy troops have come.

They only knew that the [-] soldiers were gone, and the goods they had escorted were gone.

Night raids are rare in India. Most of the soldiers are Sudras, and a small half are from the Vaishya class.What kind of meat do they usually have?Many suffer from night blindness, making it impractical for such soldiers to operate at night.

After resting for a while, when the horse recovered its strength, the prince took several officers to ride to find his father.

"How could the baggage be gone?" Dawdya couldn't believe it.

Facing his father's questioning, Chica Wodeya bowed his head and said: "The enemy army launched a sneak attack at night, and the slaves went crazy and dispersed my troops."

"How many enemies are there?" asked Dawdya.

Prince Chica said, "I don't know."

Da Wodeya suppressed his anger: "Get out, you wait to receive the punishment."

There were still more than 6000 people in the Mysore army. Originally, there was enough food and grass. As a result, the prince's entire army was wiped out. Now only some grain ships still have food and grass.At most, I can last another half a month, and then everyone will starve to death here!

The king ordered the whole army to advance quickly, and he didn't want to get back the goods, so he hurried to the mountain pass, and his own country was crossing the valley.

A bloated army of more than 1 troops cannot survive a small group of elites.Weng Yingqi was gradually catching up to the mountain pass, which was still tens of miles away.

"How many enemy troops are there?"

"Only a few hundred."

Da Wodeya's face was cloudy and uncertain. He was frightened by the mysterious Han army, and now he felt that there was something wrong with everything he saw.

I have more than 6000 people, but the other party has only a few hundred people.

Hundreds of enemy troops swaggering after them, could they be bait?Maybe there is an army ambushing in the rear, maybe the enemy is just delaying time, and more enemy troops are encircling.

After much deliberation, it's better to go back to the mountain pass as soon as possible. When the time comes, it will be easy to fight or retreat.

The king said to his younger brother: "Chama, lead the cavalry to stop the enemy. Even if you defeat the enemy, you can't chase too far. Once you encounter the enemy army, hurry back to the mountain pass to join!"

There are not many cavalry in southern India, and only a few hundred cavalry were brought out this time.

The king continued walking with a large army, ignoring the hundreds of enemy troops behind him.He firmly believed that this was a bait, not the main force of the enemy army at all, even if he ate them all, he would be in danger.

Chama Wodeya, who has been battle-tested, led the cavalry and rushed over.

The two sides have the same number, but they are cavalry, so they can win easily.He divided half of the cavalry to circle around, and then charged from both sides, but saw that the enemy formed a strange hollow square formation.

The first wave of charge, Xilihutu failed.

The second wave of charge still failed.

The fleeing cavalrymen all looked terrified.

Chama Wodeya asked: "What's going on? They've all rushed close, why are they running around the enemy?"

The subordinate officer replied: "The enemy's formation is not chaotic, the front of the musket is erected with a blade, and the horse avoids it and does not want to charge forward."

"Useless things!"

Chama Wodeya went into battle in person, except for the side near the river, the other three sides rushed together.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The guards around Chama Wodeya fell, but he himself rushed closer and closer.Finally, only a few steps away from the enemy, he raised his spear and prepared to fight. He believed that the enemy must be in a disorderly formation when facing the cavalry charge.

Suddenly, the horse under his crotch was disobedient, and faced the bayonet formation, it automatically slowed down, and then avoided the bayonets and walked around the formation.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Two or three meters away, a bullet hit, and the royal family of Mysore fell from his horse and fell to the ground.

Of the hundreds of cavalry, less than [-] fled back.

When the king heard the news, he was even more frightened by the fighting power of the Han people, and was so frightened that he abandoned the surplus supplies and accelerated his march.He had a hunch that if he didn't leave, he would be surrounded by the army.

The army of bullshit, Zhao Kuangchen's men only have this few people, the king is purely scaring himself.

Weng Yingqi repelled the cavalry and did not continue to pursue, but retreated to find his donkey.

These hundreds of donkeys were captured during night raids, and they were used to carry food along the way.The weather is too hot here, he doesn't want to leave during the day, but chases along the river bank at night.

As for the small town in Taniguchi, the goods and food had long been removed by the slaves. Sun Kewang led a few hundred cavalry to observe the situation in the direction of the town from afar.

The king of Mysore forced to leave, but no one could stop him.

Chapter 973 [The Tactics of Veteran Rogues]

Weng Yingqi either commanded the Datong Army or the peasant army composed of farmers and soldiers.

Leading a group of miscellaneous soldiers to fight, Weng Yingqi has no experience.Therefore, Weng Yingqi did not report any expectations for the coalition of thousands of nobles, but let them lose the battle.

The enemy commander was really fooled. After defeating the noble allied forces, he went back to the army with confidence and boldly. The main force and the logistics troops were soon separated.

Weng Yingqi took the opportunity to defeat the enemy army, not only seized a large amount of luggage, but also captured thousands of food slaves.These slaves were the common people of the Jin State captured by the enemy army along the way, and they could also be trained as miscellaneous soldiers to fight.But Weng Yingqi only let them carry away the luggage, and continued to chase with a small amount of food on his donkey.

And what about Sun Kewang?

In Sun Kewang's eyes, as long as he is a living person, he can be thrown into the battlefield to fight!

The goods seized from the border town were not transported too far away, but were only transferred to nearby cities whose walls had been removed, so as not to be attacked by front and back if they stayed at the valley entrance.

Sun Kewang attacked the grain transport station all the way, burned all the supplies there, and took away all the grain transport slaves.Counting the residents of the border cities who did not escape, and the farmers in the surrounding villages, there are more than 3 people, men, women and children.

Including the untouchables, there are more than 3 people, which is a [-] army!

The old routine of the rogues.

The army of more than 3 people was divided into four teams by Sun Kewang.

The first army selects the strongest Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Sudra, and distributes the armor they robbed to form an elite of about 3000 people.

The second army, selected relatively thin Vaisyas and Sudras, armed with kitchen knives, sticks and other weapons, was led by several Kshatriyas with horses, and the number was about 7000.

The third army selects the old, weak, sick and disabled from Vaishya and Sudra, with only wooden sticks, and the number is about 8000.

The fourth army is composed of untouchables, with more than 1 people.

Then, Sun Kewang held a military parade outside the city and personally lectured on the oath.He first said to the first army: "After this battle is over, everyone who survives will be rewarded. Kshatriya who have done meritorious service, the king will give you land, not as before, managing the village land for the king, but you Own your own land!"

"The best 100 Vaisyas and Sudras who have done meritorious service will all be promoted to your caste. Vaisyas can be Kshatriyas, and Sudras can be Vaishyas. The rest of the soldiers will all be given small pieces of land!"

The translator with the army immediately stepped forward to inform the officers, and asked the officers to pass the message to the soldiers.

Everyone is inexplicably excited, Kshatriya can own private land, and Vaishya and Sudra can raise caste.Such a grand reward is simply unprecedented, and even dilutes their fear of war.

Then, Sun Kewang ran to the second army: "Among the 7000 of you, the 30 who performed the best will be able to raise their caste and obtain land. The rest will be given a small piece of land!"

Then go to the third army: "You 8000 people, the 15 people with the best performance, can raise caste and get land. The rest of the survivors can also get a small piece of land!"

Finally, I went to the untouchable team of more than 1 people: "As long as you make meritorious deeds and survive, you can fix the land for tenant farming, or be permanent slaves to the nobles!"

For the untouchables, caste is not given, and land cannot be given, otherwise other castes will be unhappy.

However, the two forms of rewards that can be obtained as permanent tenants or as domestic servants are enough to make the untouchables willing to take risks.

……

Dawdya led the main force back to the town without being attacked on the way.

He has reached the mouth of the valley, and as long as he passes through the valley, he can return to his own country.But he began to hesitate again. If he returned to the country in such a desperate manner, he would lose his prestige. Not only did he fail to grab the goods, but he also lost more than 6000 soldiers.

Da Vodeya has only been king for two years, and he still killed his nephew in a coup d'état. Losing troops will be very detrimental to his rule.

Taniguchi piled up so many goods, the enemy must not have transported them too far, can they find a chance to get them back?

Anyway, I have already reached Taniguchi, even if I lose a little, I can escape back to my country at any time.

Just as Da Wodeya was hesitating, a team of sentinels came back: "Your Majesty, there are enemy troops in the northeast!"

"how many people?"

"About twenty to thirty thousand."

"How's the strength?"

"The march was messy. The weapons were all farm tools, kitchen knives and wooden sticks. There were even a lot of untouchables who didn't even have clothes, just a pair of trousers."