Chapter 145 Late Night Counterattack

Chapter 145 Late Night Counterattack

Chapter 145 Late Night Counterattack
Soon, Xiao Xia and fifty soldiers were given a raise. All their weapons, horses and armors were surrendered, and their daggers were also confiscated. Now they were unarmed, and they lined up in a row with their hands tied behind their backs with leather ropes that became tighter the more they struggled.

A long rope tied all the people together, making them look like a string of grasshoppers. They actually became prisoners of war of the Tuyuhun people.

The team was escorted eastward by five hundred Tuyuhun cavalrymen armed with spears. After walking for more than ten miles, they turned south and deviated from the original route.

Xiao Xia looked at the carts in front of him, which were filled with their weapons and armor. Chang Sun Sheng placed his hopes on them, and he was thinking about how to escape.

There was a captain in the team named Li Wang, who was from Xiping County. Changsun Sheng specially arranged for him to dress up as a soldier. He could speak a few words of Qiang language. Except for the nobles who spoke Xianbei language, the low-level generals and soldiers of Tuyuhun all spoke Qiang language.

He followed behind Xiao Xia and found an opportunity to whisper to Xiao Xia: "The situation is not good. I heard their conversation. They are not sending us back to Chiling. They are most likely sending us to the Turks. We must break out as soon as possible!"

Xiao Xia felt that there were cavalrymen running towards them, and he said hurriedly: "Let's talk about it tonight!"

"Snap!" A whip hit Li Wang's back hard. Li Wang shivered in pain and immediately distanced himself from Xiao Xia.

Five hundred Tuyuhun cavalrymen stood high above them, staring at their every move like wolves, and they didn't stand a chance.

They only had a chance at night when most of the Tuyuhun people were asleep.

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As night fell, the Tuyuhun people found a place sheltered from the wind and ordered all the Sui soldiers to sit down on the spot, and tied their feet with leather ropes.

The Tuyuhun people lit several bonfires and began to enjoy their spoils. Among the Sui army's supplies, there was a large amount of frozen mutton. Hundreds of Tuyuhun people grilled meat around the bonfire and drank the milk wine they brought with them.

Several Tuyuhun soldiers came over with leather bags, stuffed a piece of dry biscuit into the mouth of each Sui soldier, and then gave them a few sips of milk wine. This was their dinner and also to keep them warm.

After several soldiers left, the Sui army returned to silence. Thirteen Tuyuhun soldiers in charge of guarding were staring at them in four directions. The Tuyuhun soldiers kept drinking and eating roasted mutton.

At this time, Xiao Xia moved his Dan Qi to his fingers, and with a slight "click!" sound, three small finger knives popped out of the rings on his fingers. These finger knives were given to him by Xiao Lin, the head of the Jinling Xiao family.

The finger knife is currently the only missing piece in all of their equipment, and it completely exceeds the Tuyuhun people's cognition.

The sharp finger knife easily cut the leather rope on his wrist. Xiao Xia lay on his side, still pretending to be tied up, and he was patiently waiting for an opportunity.

An hour later, the opportunity came and the Tuyuhun people began to change shifts. At this time, the leather rope on Xiao Xia's ankle was also cut off.

Just as the old Tuyuhun sentry turned away impatiently and the new sentry was still a dozen steps away, the opportunity came.

Xiao Xia turned over and ran away into the distance like a cheetah on the grassland, as fast as a shadow. Only his companions noticed something unusual, and even the other Sui army soldiers did not notice that he had disappeared.

Li Wang watched Xiao Xia disappear, and he immediately took Xiao Xia's place and pressed the cut leather rope under his body.

Thirteen Tuyuhun soldiers walked forward and checked the leather ropes on the hands and feet of each soldier. They continued to sit at their sentry posts, monitoring every prisoner of war.

Xiao Xia had already crawled under the weapons cart. There was no one guarding the place, so he quickly found his weapons: a long spear, a straight knife, and a bow and arrow. He also took thirteen soldiers' daggers. Why thirteen? Because there were thirteen sentries.

He planned to kill the opponent with flying knives. Although the bow and arrow could be used to shoot arrows at a long distance, it still took a little time to take the arrows, draw the bow, and release the arrows. Unlike flying knives, five or six arrows could be shot out in an instant, killing everyone before the opponent could react.

Xiao Xia lay in the bushes about a dozen steps away, continuing to wait patiently for an opportunity.

As the time gradually approached the third watch, most of the Tuyuhun soldiers were fast asleep. The sentries could no longer bear it and dozed off one by one. Several of the sentries could not sit still and simply lay down.

The opportunity came again. Xiao Xia crawled behind a sentry, covered his mouth and stabbed him in the back.

In this way, he killed six people one by one. He suddenly stood up and shot out seven flying knives in his hand in succession. Each knife pierced the opponent's throat. The seven sentinels fell down almost at the same time. Xiao Xia pounced on them like lightning and killed them one by one with his knife.

All the Sui army soldiers stared at Xiao Xia with wide eyes. Xiao Xia turned around and cut the leather ropes of several soldiers. The soldiers also rushed forward, pulled out their throwing knives, and cut their companions' ropes.

"follow me!"

Xiao Xia waved his hand and led the soldiers to run towards the cart. Many soldiers had numb hands and feet, so they had to support each other and limp. The fifty soldiers got their weapons, and their morale was boosted immediately. Xiao Xia was not in a hurry and asked them to put on their armor.

After everyone's hands and feet had recovered and their armor was put on, Xiao Xia led fifty people to rush towards the war horses.

The horse tying area was at the other end. The Tuyuhun soldiers drove down more than a dozen wooden stakes and tied hundreds of war horses to the stakes, guarded by ten soldiers.

Xiao Xia waved his hand and asked the soldiers to squat down, and he moved forward like a ghost.

A flying knife shot out like lightning, "Puff!" and penetrated into the back of a soldier's head. The soldier fell down without making a sound.

Xiao Xia was overjoyed. Even if the knife penetrated into the head, the opponent would not scream. This was easier than stabbing the throat and then stabbing again.

His daggers shot accurately into the heads of the five soldiers one after another, and the five soldiers on the west fell to the ground.

Several soldiers on the east side noticed something was wrong, drew their knives and slowly surrounded them. They saw cold lights flashing continuously, and with each flash, a soldier fell to the ground. The last soldier saw the dagger stuck in his companion's head, and he turned around and fled in fear, shouting, "Come!"

Before he could even yell the word "人", a flying knife shot into the back of his head with a "Puff!". He felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, and then his eyes went black, and he knew nothing.

After killing ten guards, Xiao Xia waved his hand and fifty soldiers immediately rushed forward, cut the reins, and jumped on their horses. Xiao Xia also jumped on his own Fire Cloud Horse.

"Captain Li, is there any way to drive away the enemy's horses?"

Li Wang had experience, and whispered to his ten men, "Listen to my command. We will form a fan shape, stab the horses with spears, and drive them eastward!"

Ten soldiers followed Li Wang and drove five hundred war horses eastward. Li Wang was very methodical and kept driving a dozen leading horses, while the rest of the war horses followed behind.

Suddenly, several Tuyuhun soldiers discovered that their horses had run away. They shouted in shock, "The horses have run away! The horses have run away!"

Xiao Xia turned around and shouted to his men, "Life and death depend on this day. Follow me and kill them!"

Forty Sui cavalrymen made up their minds and, under the leadership of Xiao Xia, charged towards the enemy troops.

Dozens of Sui soldiers rushed into the sleeping group of soldiers like a whirlwind, piercing the chests of the enemy soldiers one by one with their spears. The Tuyuhun soldiers were immediately thrown into chaos and got up and ran away.

Xiao Xia stared at the other side's captain, who was shouting, "Don't panic, there are only a few dozen people on the other side!"

Xiao Xia ran past him in an instant, swung the Sky-Breaking Spear, and the sharp blade of the spear cut off his neck as easily as cutting off a gourd.

The head flew up and rolled a dozen feet away, blood spurting out of the headless neck.

Xiao Xia found the golden medal given to him by Changsun Sheng from the arms of the centurion.

Xiao Xia jumped on his horse, turned around and rushed towards the chaotic group of soldiers again. His long spear was heavy and sharp, killing the enemy soldiers was as easy as cutting melons and vegetables. Dozens of Sui soldiers were also furious and chased after the fleeing Tuyuhun soldiers.

As the sky gradually brightened, the Sui army was exhausted from killing. After chasing the enemy southward for more than thirty miles, they finally stopped killing.

Almost all of the five hundred Tuyuhun soldiers were killed by them, and only less than ten people escaped the pursuit.

At this time, Li Wang returned with ten soldiers and hundreds of horses. Chiling was heavily guarded by Tuyuhun troops, and they could not get through at all.

Xiao Xia pondered for a moment and decided to leave five soldiers in a valley to guard the horses and reunite with them when they returned.

There are pastures and water sources in the valley, so there is no need to worry about food for hundreds of war horses. Xiao Xia also left one month's food for five soldiers.

Xiao Xia then led the soldiers to pile up hundreds of enemy corpses, burned them, and buried them in a deep pit. The soldiers roasted lamb legs and had a hearty meal, then turned around and rushed westward.

(End of this chapter)