Chapter 499 Counterattack
"The general is right." After hearing the explanation, the guard Adnan understood why Aff refused him and agreed softly.
But Aff mistakenly thought that the guard was still dissatisfied and wanted to comfort him a few more words. But before he could say anything, he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves coming from behind!
"General, what's going on?" someone said in panic. Although it was possible that his soldiers snatched the horse and successfully escaped, they also happened to flee eastward, these general soldiers who had been through the battle formation were instantly judged to be the Anxi cavalry.
"Go away quickly, don't talk!" Afef scolded, speeding up his pace, and praying in his heart that these cavalry must not come here deliberately because they noticed their movements, but were patrolling according to the regulations and would soon stay away from them.
But things went against their wishes. The sound of horse hooves not only did not disappear, but became closer and louder. Afef looked back and saw that although there were no traces of cavalry in his eyes, it was impossible for them to escape into the woods before the cavalry chased.
"I'm going to be caught up!" Suddenly, another soldier muttered in a low voice, his words full of despair.
"Have you finally used the strategy that General Afef came up with escape from the Qin army, and still couldn't escape in the end?" Adil couldn't help but say. He was a commander of a thousand men. According to the previous practice, he would not be executed as long as he did not fight to the death. However, in this life, no matter whether he was a prisoner at the hands of the Anxi Army, or escaped back or was released back to the Great Food Kingdom in the future, he had no future. Therefore, although he was not desperate, his heart was also cold.
"Fight against that man Qin! Anyway, they are all dead. Instead of being killed by the man Qin like killing a livestock, it is better to die on the battlefield!" A soldier said again, and stopped and took off the spear behind him. Influenced by him, many soldiers had to stop and prepare to fight against the Qin cavalry. They knew very well that they could not defeat the cavalry, but because the Anxi Army had almost no soldiers and prisoners before, they felt that it was better to die in battle.
Some people even pulled out knives or daggers to kill their wives. "You can't leave the woman to Qin."
"Stop!" Afeif suddenly called out and ordered: "You should immediately put on your wife with light-weight leather armor and then put on a helmet. If the soldiers do not have leather armor, the guards will lend them one." He suddenly ordered.
"Yes." The soldiers didn't know why he issued this order, but out of trust in the general, they stopped their original actions. They first took off their helmet and put it on their heads, then took a set of leather armor from the guards and put it on their wife. Because of the urgent time, the leather armor was just put in from the top of their heads, and even two arms were not extended.
The guards were not like the soldiers. Although they were a little anxious, they still took off their helmets in an orderly manner, but did not take out spare leather armor from their backpacks to put them on their wives. The soldiers were a little curious and looked at the guards beside them, but found that the guards' wives were already wearing leather armor.
They were very curious and were about to ask. But at this time the sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer, and they could almost see the figure of the cavalry. Aff gently called everyone to stop and then ran eastward.
"Stop immediately! If you don't stop, I'll shoot an arrow!" As soon as everyone made movements according to Afef's order, they heard the screams of Chinese language from behind.
"Don't be the one, don't be the one, don't shoot arrows. Let's stop, we are willing to stop!" Afef immediately stopped running eastward, turned around and shouted in fluent Chinese language.
"Are you, Anxi Army?" Afeif's actions obviously made the general who led the team stunned. He subconsciously pulled the reins and stopped the horse and asked again.
"Report to other generals, we were soldiers of the 62nd Regiment. Because the camp where the regiment was stationed was burned by the Great Food Army, the lieutenant was burned to death. We were worried that we would be punished by Lieutenant Liu, so we ran away!" Afef said.
"Where are you going to escape?" the general asked again.
"We plan to escape to a wood in the east tonight. On the way to the river toward the Dashi Army Camp, the captain said that there was a wood in this place.
We plan to hide in the woods for a night and a day, and walk to the river tonight, walk a few more steps to a place where there are no soldiers stationed, cross the river and return to the north bank, and then escape back to our hometown."
"Can you escape back to your hometown?"
"To be honest, we are Shule people. We go east from the land of Bahanna country, and you can return to your hometown by climbing a mountain, without having to pass through Suye Town. And on the land of these foreign countries in the west, as long as you carefully avoid the troops stationed by our Anxi Army, will the locals dare to stop us and ask where to go?"
"Are you not afraid of being found to escape privately? If you are found to escape privately, the person you are the leader will definitely be executed, and others will be punished heavier than the lost camp."
"Even the lieutenant was dead, and we only had one hundred people. Whether we were killed by the Great Food Soldiers or burned to fire, it would be natural to die. The loss tonight was quite large, and Lieutenant Liu was probably in a state of great anxiety. If we were not caught by other generals, he would not have investigated this small matter in detail."
The Anxi cavalry general asked repeatedly, and Afeifu deliberately responded with a slightly panic tone. The cavalry general didn't ask any questions, but looked at the soldiers. He couldn't see their expressions clearly in the dark. He saw that although these people were holding weapons in their hands, they did not have much murderous aura, and they were more panic and scared. He basically recognized Afeifu's words in his heart and said in a deep voice:
"You escaped without permission after the death of the lieutenant. However, the crime is unforgivable! You should follow me back to the camp quickly, and maybe you can still fight for leniency. If you insist on escaping, I can only kill you on the spot!"
"When we were discovered by other generals, we knew we could not escape." Afeif said with a wry smile: "The speed of the cavalry is far higher than that of the infantry, how can we run? Now we can only follow other generals to return to the camp honestly. I just want Lieutenant Liu not to kill me, save my life, even if it is demoted to a civilian, and there is always hope to go back alive and see my family.
We must not hide it from others. The reason why we want to take the opportunity to escape home is because we don’t want to continue fighting and want to go home to see our family.”
"Even so, Lieutenant Liu will not let you go!" Hearing him say that one of the purposes of escaping back was to meet his family, the man's suspicion was completely removed and he said to them: "Okay, all of you line up in two rows and go back with us. For your good attitude, I will plead with Lieutenant Liu."
"Thank you, don't," Afev said kneeling down, feeling happy. 'My plan has been successful.'
Afeifu had long expected the cavalry to be patrolled after escaping from Anxi camp. Although he did not know the details of the trees, there were at least thousands of cavalry here. Liu Qi, the commander of the Anxi army, was not a fool. How could he not have been burned in some camps and sent cavalry to patrol outside the camp to inspect the fleeing big food soldiers?
Afeif first thought of leading these hundred men to ride through Anxi camp. It would be easier to escape after encountering Anxi cavalry, but this would be too dangerous to pass through the camp, so he could only give up. So he adopted a second plan to let everyone change into Anxi army-style helmets and leather armor. Although the Dashi Army defeated more and won less in the previous battle, there were some captures. He looked like Anxi army. Once the Anxi cavalry was caught up, he would say this to confuse the Anxi general. Because the second plan needed to be kept confidential, Liu Qi only told his guards, and even Adil did not tell him.
If this plan is not successful, he can only risk his life to fight with the Anxi army. He will fall to the ground and pretend to be dead after being injured in order to survive. But the Anxi soldiers are likely to finish the fight, and he will most likely die, so the third plan can only be used under the most forced circumstances.
‘Luckily the second plan was successful. Now all soldiers must do it according to the requirements of the general Qin, but they will not really return to the camp. Instead, they will suddenly kill them when they are at their lowest vigilance, and take away the horses and escape.’ While kneeling down and talking, Afef thought to himself.
"Thank you, no general." After Afev knelt down, all the soldiers and soldiers knelt down, and the Chinese-speaking people said.
"All get up, hurry back, go back soon, go back a little while and get rid of it early. You, maybe you still think in your heart that I am just a different general, and you have the right to plead with Lieutenant Liu." The Anxi cavalry general said to Afev again.
"I don't dare."
"What are you afraid of? I don't know about you guys?" The general sneered and said seriously: "I am not a different general, I am Guoyi, and my name is Mo Yuan. Is this identity qualified to plead with Lieutenant Liu?"
"It turned out to be Mo Guoyi." Afeifu's voice immediately showed surprise. "Mo Guoyi is Lieutenant Liu's confidant general and is also a person highly valued by His Highness. How could he not be qualified to plead with Lieutenant Liu? But," he paused deliberately and continued: "Why do you have to lead troops to patrol in the middle of the night?"
"You don't have to ask this." Mo Yuan did not answer his question, but said: "You guys, hurry up and walk back to the camp in two rows, don't be too slow."
"Yes, yes, how dare my subordinates disobey Mo Guoyi's words?" Afeifu agreed, walked back to everyone, and said loudly in Chinese: "All soldiers obey Mo Guoyi's orders and lined up in two rows!"
He also said to the guards in extremely light big food words: "Don't kill Mo Guoyi when you take action later."
"Yes." The guards who knew Chinese agreed, then started queuing up, and said to the soldiers who did not understand Chinese in a very small voice. The soldiers were still confused at this time, and the situation was a little confused. Fortunately, they were very small, and Mo Yuan gave up his suspicion of being a cannibalist, only worried that they would hurt people so far away in order to return to their hometown, so they could not hear the low voice and found no flaws.
After a while of chaos, the soldiers of the great food were lined up in a crooked queue and returned to the camp under the surveillance of the cavalry.
"Who are your surnames and who are your most important names in the army?" After walking a few steps, Mo Yuan suddenly asked Afef.
"To be honest, Mo Guoyi is under the commander of the 1st Brigade of the 62nd Regiment, named Li Qingshan." Afeifu replied.
"It turned out to be a brigade commander. I said, you can escape with a hundred people. Although everyone misses homesome and misses their loved ones, you must have prestige in the army. It turns out that you are a general." Mo Yuan said, and saw that he is far away from him, and said, "How are you talking so far away? Get closer."
"Yes." Afev handed the spear and shield to one person and walked to Mo Yuanma.
When he came over, Mo Yuan glanced at his face, but he didn't notice any abnormality. At this time, Afeifu's face was very dirty and covered with soil and black and gray, and it was night and it was hard to see clearly. Moreover, there were many soldiers of all races in the Anxi army who looked between the Great Cannibal and the Central Plains people, and they looked a little like the Great Cannibal and it was not worth caring about it.
"Your surname is Li, or your surname is Guo."
"I can't even have a big relationship with my subordinates. To be honest, Mo Guoyi's ancestors were Tuqi Shiren. I settled in Shule from my grandfather's generation, and I changed the surname Li by myself." Afeif said while estimating the success rate of sudden action in his heart.
"Haha, even if you are a thunderbolt, it may not have nothing to do with the royal family!" Mo Yuan said. Although no one said that the northwest ethnic descent of the ancestors of the Li Tang royal family did not mean that they did not know it.
"What Mo Guoyi said," Afeif smiled apologized, thinking to himself: "At this time, I am only about three feet away from him. If I suddenly rise up and attack him with a dagger, I may kill him or subdue him.
But killing him alone is useless, and other cavalry will not let us go. They must kill or injure most of them at the same time. Thinking of this, Afef raised his head and looked forward, recalling that there was a big rock in front of them just blocking their way. When they passed by, the queue would definitely be in disguise. That was a good time to attack.
"You are fighting with the Dashi Army now. Although you have committed serious crimes, you will most likely not be executed when you are employed. Instead, you will be demoted to a soldier and make meritorious service. If you can catch Affe, you may be able to restore your post." Mo Yuan said again.
"Afef ran away?" Afef said in surprise.
"How could he not run away tonight? But don't worry, he will definitely be caught back!" Mo Yuan snorted coldly.
"Yes, yes." Afev agreed, and saw that they had walked to the big stone, took out a dagger from their arms to attack Mo Yuan; the soldiers of the great food were also quietly prepared.
Chapter completed!