The world of counterfeit magistrates competes in the world

Chapter 628
After staying in Suiyuan City for several days and making arrangements for Cao Jun's surrender, Lin Yifan led [-] cavalry to continue northward to Bailu Ridge guarded by Luo Feng.

At this time, 20 troops gathered at Bailuling, and their intentions were clearly revealed.When Kuerle got the news, his heart suddenly turned cold.Now he put all his efforts together, but he could only gather 15 soldiers and horses. Not only was the force insufficient for the Hengshan Army, but there was also a huge gap in terms of combat power.

Now, there are only two roads before him. One is to use the vast deep mountains and old forests as a barrier to block the Hengshan Army's pace layer by layer, dragging them down on the road.But this road is basically unfeasible now, because the failure was too rapid, and the Donghu people scattered all over the grassland have surrendered to Hengshan.With them leading the way, this barrier of deep mountains and old forests no longer poses a threat to the Hengshan Army.

The second way is to move the family.Now the only way to avoid Hengshan is to go north.However, the road to the north is not easy. There are few people there and it is cold all year round. What worries him even more is that the north is the territory of the Mobei barbarians. If they border on them again, conflicts will inevitably occur.After the previous battle between the Mobei people and Hengshan, the Mobei people who suffered heavy losses must hate themselves.

Just when Kuerle was hesitating and didn't know how to make a decision.On Bailu Ridge, 20 troops formally marched towards the deep mountains and old forests.

To the east of Bailuling is an endless forest, in which Donghu people live for generations by fishing and hunting.Whether it is a prairie person or a person from the Central Plains, they rarely go deep into it.If it weren't for Donghu Jiangjun as a guide for this large army's eastward expedition, the Hengshan Army would not have dared to go deep into it easily.

Sure enough, as soon as they entered the forest, the army was submerged in the forest. When they looked up, they couldn't see the sky, and when they looked down, they were full of trees.

Under the guidance of the Donghu people, the army slowly advanced into the depths of the forest.

Looking at the densely packed towering trees around, Lin Yifan pointed to these trees and said: "Luo Feng, look, these big trees are bigger than the trees in our Hengshan Mountain, have they grown for at least hundreds of years?"

Luo Feng glanced back and said with a smile: "That's right, the big trees in our Hengshan mountain range are almost cut down, and when the remnants of Donghu are eliminated, these can be used by us."

"Yeah, I can just use these trees to build a navy." Lin Yifan looked ahead in a daze, and said with emotion, "Now that we have captured Yanzhou, we can't go south without a strong navy." .”

"Brother-in-law, it's not a matter of overnight to build a navy." Luo Feng was slightly startled, and couldn't help asking: "So, after this battle, we have to rest and recuperate again?"

"Haha, what's the matter?" Lin Yifan glanced at him slightly, and said with a smile, "Are you still addicted to playing?"

"That's not it, I just want to end the troubled times as soon as possible, so that everyone can live a good life." Luo Feng scratched his head embarrassedly.

"End the troubled times?" Lin Yifan took a deep breath, "I want to too, but I can't rush it now. Now that the grassland has just been pacified, and Yanzhou has been taken down, everything is complicated and the foundation is unstable. If we rashly open the Central Plains In the battle of the war, the rear is extremely prone to change. I estimate that it will take a year or two to stabilize the grassland and Yanzhou."

"Two years?" Luo Feng couldn't help being discouraged when he heard that, "Then I'm bored?"

"Are you really addicted to fighting?" Lin Yifan scolded with a smile, "If you have this time, you can just go and spend time with my sister. Fight for these two years and have two children as soon as possible to make my father-in-law happy."

"Brother-in-law, no, brother-in-law." Luo Feng said with a bitter face, "Shuwan is fighting fiercely with those nobles in Huazhou, how can she survive. Besides, I have been fighting outside all year round, so I really can't care about it."

"It's my fault." Lin Yifan said with a sneer, "Well, I didn't think carefully before, so I'll give you a task when I go back this time, and make Shuwan pregnant with a child quickly. Once you have a child, She has no time to fight those gentry."

"With her temperament, I'm afraid it won't be that easy?" Luo Feng shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Now she is dedicated to defending the female bureaucracy, and she is leading the women's army around to educate and educate Huazhou women, fighting for them. I am worried, If she is allowed to conceive a child, I am afraid that the consequences of this excitement will be disastrous."

Lin Yifan's expression sank immediately when he heard this, "What Shuwan did was exactly what I wanted to change. She did the right thing. However, if something happened to her because of this, how would I explain to my uncle? Yours I am right to worry, and when I go back, I will think about how to solve this matter."

While the two were talking, suddenly there was a commotion in front of them, and shouts of killing were everywhere.

"Protect your lord!" Niu Dali rushed to Lin Yifan's side and shouted sharply.Immediately, countless personal guards gathered around him, vigilantly on guard.

"My lord, I'll go over to see the situation first." Seeing that Lin Yifan's side was heavily guarded, Luo Feng felt relieved, turned his horse around and retreated.

"Go ahead, you have to be careful." Lin Yifan nodded and said with a serious face.

Not long after, the fighting stopped.Luo Feng hurried over again, and said with an ugly face, "My lord, it's a group of Eastern Hu troops who used the cover of the forest to sneak attack us, but we have already repelled them now."

"Well, how about our casualties?" Lin Yifan nodded eagerly.

"Hundreds of casualties." Luo Feng said angrily, "The Donghu people are too familiar with this place, they come and go without a trace. We are very passive like this."

Lin Yifan snorted coldly, "It seems that the remnants of Donghu are planning to trap us in the forest and take advantage of the depth to wear us down step by step. Our army only carried three months of food and grass, so it can't last long."

"Then what should we do?" Luo Feng frowned, and said in a deep voice: "From Bailuling to Andong City, there is at least five hundred miles away. According to the current speed, it will take about 20 days to arrive. If they are dragged Don't worry, I'm afraid that our army's food and grass will be exhausted before we can break through Andong City."

"That's right, but what I'm more worried about is that if Donghu adopts the strategy of fortifying the wall and clearing the country, even if our army takes Andong City, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on." Lin Yifan said in a concentrated voice, "That's why I hope that our army can The quick battle made it impossible for Huerle to fortify the wall and clear the field. But now, it seems that he has spotted our weakness and wants to fight us with the advantage of the location."

"Then why don't we speed up the march immediately, regardless of the other party's harassment along the way, and go straight to Andong City?" Luo Feng suggested.

"It's not that simple." Lin Yifan said with a wry smile, "Our actions will soon reach Kuerle's ears, and he will definitely understand our intentions. As long as we send out a large army to block us in the deep mountains and old forests, we will be executed The strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the country, our army can only do nothing. The biggest goal of our Eastern Expedition is to annihilate the main force of the Eastern Hu and disintegrate their foundation, not just for the gains and losses of one city and one place."

"Well, if that's the case, what should our army do?" Luo Feng couldn't help being troubled.

"Fortunately, our army has not gone deep yet, and we can still change our strategy now." Lin Yifan sneered, "Since we want to bring this land under our control, the connection between Andong City and the outside world must be kept open. I decided to start from Bailuling , to open up a road leading to Anton City."

(End of this chapter)