Fufeng Song

After rushing out of the enemy's camp, Lu Yao and others galloped on horseback, taking advantage of the complex terrain to get rid of the pursuers.

The weaknesses of the different tribes of this Xiongnu army were fully revealed at this time.Except for Qiao Xi's cronies, the vast majority of Jiehu and Wuhuan people do not seem to have a strong desire for revenge.They roared and rushed out of the barracks, but rode their horses blankly in the pitch black night, and retreated within half an hour.There were no more than 50 people who insisted on chasing Lu Yao and others.

Although these people are fierce horse thieves determined to revenge, they are not difficult to deal with in the eyes of the Bingzhou cavalry who have experienced many battles.Lu Yao and others fought and left, killing several carbine guns one after another on the way, successfully annihilating more than half of them, and the rest had to retreat.

At this moment, Lu Yao and the others could finally feel a little relieved.They walked along a narrow valley, and the moonlight failed to penetrate into the depths of the valley, so the road was very dark, and they were already a few feet away from the torches that were held high, and they could not see their fingers.The soldiers deftly steered their horses through the gravel beach at the bottom of the valley, all the way to the north.

After walking for about half an hour, the river bed gradually rose. They steered their horses eastward and turned into a mountain depression.

When they arrived at this col, all the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.This is the meeting point agreed with Xue Tong's rear team in advance. The straight-line distance between this place and the barbarians' camp is about forty miles, and the road stretches along the undulating terrain, so the actual distance traveled is almost twice as long.Unless there is a guide who is proficient in the terrain to lead the way, it is impossible for the Hu people to catch up here tonight anyway.Not to mention that they are falling into the dilemma of no leader, and there is no way to make appropriate countermeasures.

Lu Yao sent several elite soldiers to the top of the mountain to watch, and let the rest of the soldiers rest for a while.Then, he immediately counted the number of people.During the raid, the soldiers killed 42 people on the spot, and another six people were killed and six were seriously injured on the way to retreat.At this moment, there are still 93 people including Lu Yao in the col, and [-] of them are still able to fight.

Although the casualties were heavy, the morale of the soldiers was unprecedentedly high.

In the past two years, the government and army have suffered consecutive defeats against the Huns.The Bingzhou Army, which once had [-] troops and prided itself on its strength and bravery, now has only a few remnants and defeated generals who were incorporated into Liu Kun's Jinyang Army.Although Yue Shigong never showed favoritism, the officers and soldiers really got some supercilious looks, facing the soldiers of Yue Shigong's direct line, they always felt that they couldn't hold their heads up.

Now everything is different, they are just a small army to investigate the former enemy, but they can attack forty times the enemy at night with a meager force of 150 cavalry, and take the head of the enemy's general. What a brilliant feat. What an elated record!Even the few soldiers who were seriously injured and couldn't move had pride on their faces.

After the fierce battle, Shen Jin's armor was torn, his body was covered in blood, and the wounds that were randomly wrapped in coarse cloth looked a bit scary, but he himself didn't seem to notice it, and he still looked like a dragon and a tiger.At this moment, his nostrils were turned upside down, and he said with a haha, "I'm telling you, these barbarians are a mob... If it wasn't for Daoming that you have already succeeded, I would definitely be able to suck out all their shit!"

Not far away, a soldier responded, "Master Shen, all you need is a barbarian's head. If you 'did' shit like this, you should suffer yourself!" The soldiers burst out laughing.

Shen Jin stared and said: "Which bastard dares to make fun of grandpa!" He threw the helmet over casually, only to hear a scream, and he didn't know who it hit.The soldiers laughed more and more happily.

Lu Yao was sitting next to Shen Jin.His left rib was cut deep and long by a sharp knife during the fierce battle, and he seemed to be fine at the time, but now he can feel his fascia twitch and hurt even when he speaks a little loudly.He resisted the urge to laugh, kicked Shen Jin lightly, and cursed: "You said it yourself, how dare you deny it? I'm also surprised, old Shen, what the hell are you thinking?" What?" Hearing Lu Yao's words, the soldiers were laughing and jubilant, like boiling water.

The soldiers of the Bingzhou Army hadn't laughed so happily for a long time.

The bad luck that has haunted the Bingzhou Army for several years seems to be finally gone at this time.Amidst the laughter, the sentries shouted in surprise from the top of the slope: "Look! Look! It's our brothers! They're following!"

Before the sentry finished speaking, Lu Yao rushed up to the top of the slope in three steps at a time.Looking around, I saw a group of soldiers and horses striding forward with pine torches in the north, and the queue stretched along the winding mountain road, like a twisting and circling fire dragon.Lu Yao's eyes were sharp, and he could see clearly immediately: this team was a mighty man, wearing heavy armor, carrying a huge suitcase for four or five people, with swords, spears and other things placed horizontally on it, like a man. A mobile arsenal—who can carry heavy loads for other soldiers during the march, if not Xue Tong?

Led by Xue Tong, Gao Xiang and Guo Huan's 600 elite infantry set off from Jinyang at night two days ago.They sprinted all the way, following the cavalry's route and marching forcefully, and finally joined the vanguard at this moment!

Lu Yao pressed the wound on his rib and laughed loudly.With this support army, you can do more!

Two hours later.

The long night is coming to an end.But when the dawn was approaching, the night became darker and darker.

When the Jin army attacked at night, they set fire everywhere, almost burning down most of the camp.After the Jin army retreated, the soldiers worked hard for a long time to put out the fire.At this time, the fires everywhere were basically extinguished, and some charred remains of the tent were gathered together, emitting light smoke.Many soldiers put their weapons in a mess and sat on the ground in disgrace.After sitting for a while, my head gradually tilted, and then I woke up startled and looked up; after a while, my head gradually tilted down again.

Most of the flags in the camp were down, but the strange thing was that only the "Champion General Joe" flag was still fluttering in front of the tent of the Chinese army, and no one cared about it.

More than a dozen mid-level officers were waiting in front of the tent, either sitting or standing.And their superiors, a chieftain of the Huns, a chieftain of Wuhuan, and three marshals, were discussing in the tent.

An officer was pacing the open space in front of the Chinese tent, chewing on a grass stalk.This officer was about thirty years old, with a high nose bridge, deep-set eye sockets, very sharp facial features, and an unshaven beard under his chin. It seemed that he hadn't taken care of it for a long time, and he looked a little decadent.

If you look carefully, you will find that the number of steps he paced back and forth has never changed, and the distance of his steps is as precise as if he had measured it with a ruler.Seventeen steps to the east, turn around and go west, another seventeen steps.He had walked hundreds of times, and the meeting in the Chinese military tent seemed to have not reached a conclusion, but the voices of threatening and cursing each other could be clearly heard more than ten feet away.

This army was improvised, consisting of Huns, Wuhuan, Jie, and Hexi Zahu, led by the chiefs of each ethnic group.Even the chief general, Qiao Xiren, could not directly issue orders to the soldiers beyond the chiefs of various ethnic groups.The chiefs did not have strict status and authority over each other. Once Qiao Xi died, several chiefs with different strengths immediately fell out.What is the next step for the troops?And whose command should I listen to?They discussed for several hours without any results, and seeing everyone's anger grew.The officer shook his head uneasily.

The officer's name is Shi Le, and his style name is Shilong. He is a member of the Jie tribe in Wuxiang, Shangdang.His original name was Gu Le, and his grandfather and father were both young commanders of the Jie tribe, but his family was very poor in his generation, so he worked as a tenant farmer for others.During the Tai'an period, there was a famine in Bingzhou, and Gu Le planned to seek money by taking advantage of it, so he and his friends planned to go to Shandong to sell various tribes of Hu people for profit.Unexpectedly, man's calculations are not as good as heaven's calculations. Ma Teng, the Dongying company's governor at the time, dispatched troops and horses to plunder and sell the barbarians.

Prostrate and reconciled to slaves.He summoned the forces to fall into the bandits, and went out to plunder the living.Later, he accepted Ji Sang, a giant bandit in Jizhou, and Ji Sang gave him the surname "Shi".

Two years ago, Gong Shifan, a general following Chengdu King Sima Ying, set up troops in Shandong, and Ji Sang and Shi Le led hundreds of cavalry to join him.However, not long after, Gongshifan tried to lead his army to cross the river via Baima in Puyang, but was defeated by Gou Xi, the prefect of Puyang known as "Uncle Tu".Most of the rest of the Gongshi Fan were taken over by Ji Sang, and then they withdrew their forces to the Daluze area in Neihuang County, Weijun County. This is where the imperial court horse garden is located. The swamps are densely covered and the terrain is complicated.But the Shile people entrusted their soldiers and horses to Jisang, led some cronies back to their hometown Bingzhou, and took refuge in the Huns and Han.

According to Shi Le's intention, he hoped to take advantage of the great reputation of the Xiongnu Han Dynasty to regroup as soon as possible, but the development of the situation was often not as expected.The Xiongnu called the dynasty system in name, but in essence it was still the tribal alliance.Most of the people in the court were crude and illiterate, and lacked vision; and the state system was completely dead.

In the army of the Huns, except for the great prestige of Liu Yuan, the chief of the tribe, none of the chiefs under him obeyed anyone.Such a crude system is fine when it goes well, but if it suffers a little setback, it will immediately fall into chaos-and it is true.

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In the past two days, I have encountered some bottlenecks in writing, but Xie will definitely break through.Thank you Tang Bing\caoyufh\drunk\depressed star\very surprised\Chen Yujia and other friends for their encouragement and support in the book review area.All the way, it looks like nothing.

I would also like to thank the mayor of Daliushu for his support.

How to repay, but work hard to write.