Chapter 1219: Revealed! (Thanks to the big boss: Please update quickly) [2]

"Haha!"

Outside the Tianshan mountain range near Lijue Pass.

Mohutu looked at the Han cavalry swarming into the mountains like a hive and laughed loudly, pulling on his horse's reins.

The tens of thousands of Wusun cavalry who had long received orders did not continue the pursuit, just watching with their own eyes as the routed Han soldiers 'fled' into the mountain ridges.

Mohutu looked triumphantly at Han Sui beside him and said, "At this moment, Duan Yu should be watching us from somewhere, waiting for us to chase inside, right?"

Han Sui, dressed in a black robe and following at Mohutu's side, nodded with a smile, then swept his gaze toward the distant mountain ridges.

"It is a pity I cannot see Duan Yu's disappointed face with my own eyes."

"In these three times of luring the enemy, the Liangzhou troops have suffered losses each time."

"These surroundings are endless deserts; those Han soldiers who fled in all directions will not find it so easy to run back."

At this time, it was nearing noon, and the scorching sun of early May was baking the earth.

This is not the Central Plains, where one can find inhabited places everywhere.

The Western Regions desert is rootless; let alone places where people live, even finding a water source to survive is a difficult matter.

Inexperienced soldiers who flee in all directions, once separated from the main army and losing their direction, will likely die of thirst or hunger in the desert.

"Can we withdraw the army now?" Mohutu asked Han Sui at his side.

Han Sui nodded.

"Yes, the King of Guici, Bai Hui, must already know of the General's achievements."

"Returning now, the King of Guici will surely welcome you with the whole city!"

Mohutu laughed loudly and said, "Thanks to Mr. Han's brilliant plan and intelligence."

"Mr. Han, rest assured, I will certainly report this truthfully to the Kunmo."

Saying this, Mohutu gave orders to the deputy general at his side to pass the military order to retreat.

The tens of thousands of Wusun cavalry began to turn their direction at the foot of Tianshan, preparing to retreat.

And just a few miles away from this place, on a high sand dune.

There was another group of people also under the scorching sun.

Duan Yu, riding his Black Tiger, watched the dense mass of Wusun cavalry in the distance.

On both sides of him were Jia Xu, Xun You, and Cheng Yu.

And behind the high sand dune were Duan Yu's personal guard cavalry.

Watching as the Wusun cavalry actually began to turn around without entering the pre-arranged encirclement.

Cheng Yu's eyes widened.

And Yimei, sitting in Duan Yu's embrace, bit her lip and tentatively feigned surprise, saying, "General, they seem... seem not to have taken the bait."

Duan Yu smiled and raised an eyebrow, "Oh?"

"Is that so?"

Yimei immediately nodded innocently, "This servant sees that they have already turned their direction."

"Hehe."

"Turning their direction does not mean they haven't taken the bait."

"Ah?" Yimei gave a surprised 'ah', turned her head to look at Duan Yu behind her, and asked, "But they haven't entered the place where the General laid the ambush?"

"Is that so?" Duan Yu slowly raised his left hand and pointed to the west, where the Wusun army was turning, "Look... what is over there."

At the position Duan Yu pointed to.

A cloud of dust, like a sandstorm, suddenly rose more than ten miles away.

Yimei's beautiful eyes widened, but she could only see the yellow sand rising into the sky.

And besides the direction of Duan Yu's finger.

In the other two directions of the ten thousand Wusun cavalry, clouds of yellow sand also appeared.

Soon, Yimei realized where the problem was.

There was no wind or waves at this time; how could the yellow sand on the ground rise for no reason?

Just as Yimei was wondering, points of light reflecting the direct sunlight within the rolling yellow sand flashed in her eyes through the dust.

Weapons!

That was the reflection of sharp weapons.

It was cavalry, a large number of cavalry!

Yimei's eyes widened suddenly.

She turned back and looked at Duan Yu in disbelief.

Her eyes were filled with terror!

"That is... cavalry!"

Cheng Yu, who had seen clearly, exclaimed, "It is the Qiang volunteers!"

Duan Yu nodded slowly, "Zhongde is right, it is indeed the Qiang volunteers, but it is not just the Qiang volunteers."

"Lord, this..."

Duan Yu waved his hand to interrupt Cheng Yu's words and said with a smile, "Zhongde, Gongda, Wenhe... where do you think all those soldiers who went deep and suffered losses and routs over these many days have gone?"

Cheng Yu looked blank.

Three times they lured the enemy deep, and each time a large number of cavalry were routed; this, of course, had to be counted as losses.

If not for this, he wouldn't have made that move last night.

"Since things have reached this point, I will not hide it from you anymore."

"Although the strategy of luring the enemy is good, the probability of failure is also very high."

"If the Wusun general were a cautious person, or if the opposing general were replaced by any one of you, would you have taken the bait?"

Xun You shook his head to indicate he would not.

The art of war says, do not pursue a desperate enemy.

But that is when fighting in the Central Plains.

The Western Regions... to be honest, they did not regard these uncivilized barbarians as any decent opponents.

"Therefore, no matter who the enemy is, my habit is not to put all my chips in one place."

"I did hide some things from you here."

"Just when you were setting up the plan to lure the enemy, I made some adjustments."

Duan Yu reached out and pointed to the Qiang volunteers and the elite Liangzhou cavalry who were unfolding an encirclement toward the Wusun cavalry.

This expedition to the west had a total of fifteen thousand cavalry.

Besides the three thousand Southern Xiongnu volunteers currently blocking the Northern Xiongnu north of Tianshan, there were about twelve thousand cavalry left.

And these days, the number of cavalry sent out to lure the enemy each time was over three thousand.

Three times in total, each time 'losing' about a thousand or so.

"In order not to alert the Wusun or let the news leak, I increased the three thousand cavalry sent out each time to five thousand, and they departed before the sky brightened."

"Of these five thousand, two thousand immediately separated from the main army after leaving Lijue Pass."

"In this way, over the three times, I hid six thousand cavalry in the surroundings."

"And every day, more than a thousand cavalry 'routed' and went missing; of course, these were all calculated by me in advance."

"These routed cavalry would immediately gather at the previously designated locations."

"Over these three times, that is another three thousand cavalry, totaling nine thousand."

"Plus the three thousand led by Zhang Xiu today, that makes a total of twelve thousand cavalry!"

"And at this moment, there are no cavalry left inside Lijue Pass."

Hiss!

Cheng Yu gasped.

No wonder, no wonder that these past few days when he inspected the military camp, many areas were designated as restricted zones.

In that case, apart from the infantry, the Lijue Pass camp was already an empty camp.

Moving troops out so quietly.

In the distance, counting the troops led by Zhang Xiu who had routed toward Lijue Pass, three groups of cavalry were unfolding an incredibly huge encirclement toward the Wusun from the west, north, and south.

And Zhang Xiu, who had fled toward Lijue Pass, led his troops and killed his way out again. ===== CHAPTER 1221 =====