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    Chapter 270 Betrayal to the End "Boom, boom, boom, boom" He Chiwen fled north with four thousand troops, but before he had gone twenty miles, the scouts in front stepped on a landmine, and the two hundred scouts became  cannon fodder.  .  .  "What's going on?" He Chiwen was shocked. He was really afraid of what would happen. He was most afraid of hearing such an explosion. He didn't expect such a sound. He didn't expect that on the way back, he would be plotted by the Xixia people again.  "This is the sound of a landmine explosion. There must be an ambush ahead." Zhebie was already very familiar with the sound of a landmine explosion and could hear it from miles away.  "Quick, change the route immediately and go west," He Chiwen said loudly.  "Okay." Zhebie didn't raise any objection. There were mine formations ahead, and going further north would be the same as dying. Although the Qiyan tribe were all warriors, they couldn't die in vain.  The army of Qiyan tribe no longer went north at all, but turned directly to the west. This allowed Du Gao to set up a minefield that only blew up 200 scouts. This number of people was not enough to fill the gap between his teeth.  "Leave a hundred people to raise the thunder, and the rest will follow and chase west." Du Gao quickly ordered.  When Du Gao's men moved, He Chiwen immediately noticed it.  "Shuhutai, you lead a thousand men and horses to cut off the rear." At this time, He Chiwen could not care about anything else and could only save his chariot at the expense of his troops.  "Yes." Shuhutai agreed. There was no fear on his face at all. On the contrary, he was secretly happy in his heart.  He also prides himself on being the brave general of the Qiyan tribe. Now everyone else in the tribe is afraid of Xixia firearms. If he can defeat the Xixia army, hehe, he will be the most brave general of the Qiyan tribe.  Although Shu Hutai really wanted to defeat the Xixia army, he did not dare to underestimate it at all.  After receiving the order, he divided his thousand-man team into ten-man teams into one hundred squads.  If there are too many ants, they can kill an elephant. One hundred ten-man teams are spread all over the mountains and plains. No matter how many firearms the Xixia people have, they can't lay mines everywhere, right?  In terms of group charge, the Qiyan tribe may not be as good as the Xixia army.  But when it comes to fighting alone, Shuhutai is confident that the warriors of the Qiyan tribe can definitely defeat the soldiers of Fanxixia.  As soon as Shuhutai's order was issued, Du Gao's army arrived.  From a distance, Du Gao saw beggars all over the mountains and plains.  "What the hell is going on?" Du Gao frowned. The current situation was like an adult facing hundreds of children.  "Commander, if you have anything to consider, just kill him directly." Zhao Shijie said disdainfully.  "They are not slower than us. If you kill them, what will happen to your back?" Du Gao asked with a smile.  "Then let's keep some people behind." Zhao Shijie also knew the intentions of these people. He risked his life to keep himself and others behind.  "How many people are appropriate to keep? If you keep too few, it will be like a meat bun beating a dog. If you keep too many, the pursuit will be in vain." Du Gao said with a chuckle.  "What should we do?" Zhao Shijie was also dumbfounded.  "Captain Zhao, look how many meat buns they left for us?" Du Gao asked with a smile. At this moment, he already had an idea in his mind. He only had a thousand people. Even if he caught up, he might not be able to make it.  Mostly in action.  Now that the other party has given me a big gift, if I don't accept it, I will be disrespectful to the begging department.  "There are at least a thousand people." Zhao Shijie's eyes were very poisonous, and he just glanced at them and said exactly what they said.  "Okay, first we defeated Temujin, and now we have sent another thousand Qiyan soldiers. Although our appetite is good, it is not bad if we can eat two thousand Qiyan soldiers. Come, pass on, send one  Monitor the Qiyan Division of the front group along the way, and the remaining people are going to eat steamed buns," Du Gao said.  "Yes." Zhao Shijie was now deciding whether to continue monitoring the beggar army or stay and eat steamed buns.  He is the commander of the reconnaissance battalion of the First Division of the Guards. It is his duty to track and monitor the enemy. However, he has also longed to go into battle to kill the enemy. How satisfying would it be to chop off the enemy's head with one knife?  But before he could think it through, Du Gao had already decisively issued the order.  "Lin Rufeng, you lead a company to continue surveillance, and the rest of you will eat steamed buns with me," Du Gao said.  "Yes." Seeing Du Gao give the order, Zhao Shijie knew that the military order had collapsed and it was impossible to replace it at this time. If he had proposed it earlier, the army commander might have given him a chance and he might have been able to stay, but now he could only  We can continue to go north to monitor Hechiwen's large forces.  "Sir, a hundred-man team from Xixia suddenly went north. I wonder if we should stop them?" A scout from the Qiyan Department suddenly reported to Shuhutai.  "There is no need to stop them. A mere hundred-man team is nothing to worry about. They just want to follow He Chiwen's army all the way. There will be no threat." Shuhutai shook his head and said.  Since the opponent only sent one hundred-man team,??I definitely don't want to pursue the army anymore. In this case, it means that these people who stay behind are bent on dealing with themselves.  "Sir, what should we do now?" "What should we do? It's easy to handle? When they advance, we retreat, when we attack, we run away. In short, we just don't fight them. Just one word: drag." Shu Hutai chuckled.  road.  Shu Hutai's move also made Du Gao feel like he had no choice but to look at "meat buns" everywhere, but he couldn't catch them, and he couldn't kill them.  "Commander, should we divide our troops like them?" "No, they want to hold us back. If we divide our troops, we will fall into the trap." Du Gao shook his head and said.  "Of course, we have to divide our troops, but we can't divide them like they did. Send the order and use companies as units to disperse and attack." Du Gao's division of troops made Shu Hutai uncomfortable. Du Yang ordered all the companies to go west.  , if Shuhutai's people don't chase, Du Gao will directly pursue He Chiwen's army.  If Shuhutai blocks it, his ten-man team cannot stop him.  Unless he also gathers his men in centurions.  But in that case, if the escort team fired grenades and javelins, Shuhutai would suffer heavy casualties.  But Shuhutai did not assemble his troops in the end. He expected that Du Gao had given up the pursuit and only wanted to keep his own men.  Therefore, when the convoy broke through and headed west, Shuhutai just followed the convoy unhurriedly and had no intention of forcing a stop.  Du Gao saw through Shu Hutai's intention at a glance, and he immediately ordered to speed up and pursue He Chiwen's army with all his strength.  His move made Shu Hutai unable to see through it. He should pursue him because he was afraid of falling into the trap of the escort. If he didn't pursue him, it seemed that he had not been able to complete his task of cutting off the enemy.  When Shuhutai hesitated for a moment, several companies of the escort team had disappeared.  "Chasing" Shuhutai gritted his teeth and spit out such a word.  But the speed of the escort team had already increased. If Shuhutai wanted to catch up, he could only pat his horse and hurry up.  But after driving for twenty miles, there was no sign of the escort.  Where is the escort?  Shuhutai became more and more panicked. When did the Xixia army become so fast?  Because they wanted to catch up with the escort team quickly, Shuhutai originally dispersed into a hundred teams of ten, but now they slowly gathered together.  But now Shuhutai has no plans to divide his troops anymore. With the escort team gone, his mission has not been completed.  They were originally going to stop the escort team, but now they don't even know where the escort team is.  What if the Qiyan tribe's retreat plan was ruined because of him?  "Pursue, keep chasing to the west, we will not stop until we catch up to the escort," Shu Hutai said.  But before they had gone ten miles, a group of people suddenly appeared from behind the hillside. It was Shuhutai's long-lost escort.  But at this time, the escort team also gathered together like Shuhutai.  Before Shuhutai could issue the order, the javelins of the escort team fell like rain on the queue of the Qiyan tribe.  Now Shuhutai deeply understands He Chiwen's helplessness when encountering the escorts. The escorts are well-armed and well-armored. If Qiyan's long bow cannot hit the vitals of the escorts, it will basically miss the mark.  But if the Qianbu was hit by a javelin, the wound as thick as a thumb would make people panic.  In addition, the escort's grenades seemed to be free of charge, and they were thrown at them. Even if the Qiyan Department's war horses had received assault training, they could not withstand the power of the grenades.  "Go forward, go ahead, blow the horn for me, you can only survive if you go forward." Shuhutai watched the surrounding tribesmen fall off their horses one by one, his eyes were red, and he roared loudly.  One general was incompetent and the three armies were exhausted. He clearly judged that the escort was going to go all out to treat him, but he still fell for it. He was fooled.  Shuhutai¡¯s judgment is indeed wrong. At this time, no matter whether the Qiyan tribe retreats or fights hard, it will only lead to self-destruction. Only by moving forward and breaking through the front line of the escort can it be possible to escape.  The horns of the Qiyan tribe suddenly blew, and all the soldiers of the Qiyan tribe were refreshed. They suddenly seemed like crazy. No matter how many javelins and grenades were in front of them, they just leaned on the horse's back. Some even  He also got under the horse's belly.  He ignored the attack of the escort and just rushed forward in silence. The effect of this move was immediately visible.  Because the horses of both sides were very fast, the javelins and grenades this time only caused less than 20% of the damage to the Qiyan tribe. Below Shuhutai, nearly 800 people broke through the formation of the escort team.  Shuhutai, who was walking in front, was overjoyed and finally broke through. Although he was also defeated at the hands of the Xixia army, compared with He Chiwen's entire army being annihilated, the losses were simply negligible.  Shu Hutai was complacent there, but how could Du Gao do what he wished?  Now that Du Gao has made up his mind to eat these thousand "meat buns", it is obviously impossible for Du Gao to keep these "meat buns".What a huge loophole.  After the Qiyan tribe broke through his queue, Du Gao did not chase immediately. Instead, he cleaned the battlefield first to ensure that no fish slipped through the net, and then slowly pursued Shuhutai in the direction of his escape.  It was impossible to catch up at such a speed. Shuhutai looked back and looked back. The Xixia army might be too tired or too happy. In Shuhutai's view, this speed was no different from a turtle's speed.  But the proud look on his face hadn't faded yet, and he was immediately stunned by the explosion underground.  Landmine Looking at the warriors of his tribe being lifted into the air, this word immediately came to Shuhutai's mind.  Only landmines can have such power, and only landmines can produce such effects.  "Boom, boom, boom" The successive landmine explosions made Shuhutai's mind go blank. He didn't know when the escort would actually plant so many landmines here.  You must know that this is the rear of the convoy just now. Isn't Xixia's army afraid of being scattered by itself and stepping on landmines?  But this idea only stayed in Shuhutai¡¯s mind for a moment and then disappeared. Considering the combat effectiveness and powerful firearms of the Xixia army, is there any other army on the grassland that can force the opponent to retreat?  No, not even Jamuka's army would be able to.  Then their intention of planting landmines behind them is obvious. This is tailor-made for them.  One careless move and everything is lost. No wonder the escorts were able to clean the battlefield just now. No wonder they followed behind them unhurriedly. It turned out that they wanted to step into the minefield and laugh. Just now, I was laughing at the turtles of the escorts.  Speed, it¡¯s ridiculous that I¡¯m still feeling smug. The people in the Qiyan Department suddenly stopped. No one dared to move. They were in a minefield. If they took a random step, they might cause the death of all humans and animals within thirty feet.  Who knows how many landmines the Xixia people who don't take firearms seriously will lay?  If you don't move now, you can still save your life. If you take a random step, not only you may die, but everyone within thirty feet around you may die.  Shuhutai also stopped. He originally wanted to retreat and prepare to fight to the death, but many people who saw the opportunity earlier stepped on landmines after they retreated.  Xixia's landmines were specially made for cavalry. They contained three kilograms of black powder alone. If one person stepped on them, the damage would be thirty feet.  It¡¯s not that people in the Qiyan tribe are afraid of death. They can die vigorously on the battlefield, but if they die by stepping on a landmine, they will feel very unfair and useless.  But just standing like this is not a problem. The Qiyan Department has no dedicated demining personnel, and it is not a safe zone now. Just a few hundred meters away, a Xixia guard team is watching them eagerly?  As long as they made the slightest movement, javelins and grenades would hit them like hailstones.  Now the two standard weapons of the escort, the javelin and the grenade, have caused the people of the Qiyan Department to suffer a lot. As for the sabers and repeating crossbows of the escort, the people of the Qiyan Department have not had the opportunity to see them.  "Everyone in the Qiyan Department, listen up. I am Du Gao from the Xixia Guards. Now you are cornered. The only way out is to surrender." Du Gao rode his horse to the mine formation and said loudly.  "Surrender? It's impossible. I, Qi Yanbu, would rather die standing than live on my knees." Shuhutai roared angrily.  "Who are you?" Du Gao said in a deep voice.  "I am Shuhutai, the commander of Qiyan tribe," Shuhutai said proudly.  "You are Shuhutai. I originally thought I caught a big fish, but unexpectedly it turned out to be a small shrimp." Du Gao sneered.  "Who are you? How dare you despise me." Shu Hutai looked at Du Gao. This Xixia general looked gentle and gentle, with tender skin and tender flesh. He had no heroic image at all. How could he be killed by him and have no way to escape?  The more he looked at Du Gao, the more dissatisfied he felt.  How could he, a famous and brave general of the Qiyan tribe, be defeated by such a person?  "I am Du Gao, commander of the Xixia Guard Army, and you are my defeated general. If I can't despise you, who else can despise you? You said that people in the Qiyan Department would rather die standing than live on their knees.  "Is this your intention or the intention of everyone here?" Du Gao didn't take Shu Hutai's disdain seriously. He did not regard Shu Hutai as his opponent. On the grassland, Du Gao had only one opponent, Qi Yan.  Temujin, the Great Khan of the Ministry.  "It's my intention and the intention of others." Shuhutai was very angry at Du Gao's ignorance, but now he had to bow his head under the stone eaves.  "That's not necessarily the case. I can understand that you are not afraid of death, but you can't cut off other people's livelihood." Du Gao said with a smile.  "Brothers, are you willing to die like me?" Shuhutai asked loudly to the begging men around him.  Shuhutai really wanted to hear a unanimous answer, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't hear anyone speak. Everyone was silent, expressing their dissatisfaction with him with silence.  If it weren't for Shuhutai, he would? They would not be in a desperate situation. If it were not for Shuhutai, they might be taking the Xixia people as prisoners now.  An incompetent general would hold his subordinates to die with him when he was about to die. Will such a general win the morale of the army?  "You? You are not worthy to be soldiers of the Qiyan Department." Seeing that no one responded to him, Shu Hutai was so angry that he almost lost his breath.  "Since Shuhutai said that you are not worthy of being a warrior of the Qiyan tribe, then you, Lord Shuitu, should simply reject his wish and serve me, Xixia." Du Gao said from the side.  "You" Shuhutai didn't expect that Du Gao would be so open to poaching himself. If word spread, I'm afraid he would be unable to hold his head up in the begging department for the rest of his life.  "Everyone, as long as you throw your weapons to the ground, your lives will be protected. But remember, you must put down your weapons gently, otherwise it will trigger a mine, which is none of my business." Du Gao said slowly  Said, he looked at Shuhutai with contempt on his face at this moment. It was his sorrow to be a general like this.  Everyone began to follow the instructions and dismounted one after another, but when they landed, they were very light. At the same time, they familiarly took off the long bow, arrow pot, scimitar, etc. on their body.  "Whoever captures Shu Hutai alive will be immediately rewarded with a hundred taels of silver and promoted to a captain of thousands." Du Gao said softly.  Everyone was given a meal, rewarded with two hundred taels, and promoted to captain of thousands. This was quite a temptation for them.  Now that he has betrayed the Qiyan tribe, why should he care about betraying Shuhutai anymore.  Looking at the people who were his own men just now slowly surrounding him, Shu Hutai felt a chill.  His face was uncertain, and he pulled out his scimitar in one move: "Who wants to step forward to lead me to death?" "Whoosh" a long arrow suddenly hit Shuhutai's back, who was holding the scimitar.  Shuhutai was pushed off his horse by this strong force. As soon as he landed, several people immediately rushed up and pressed him down. No matter how brave Shuhutai was, he could not move at all.  .  Updated, faster, all in ( )
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