The heroic cavalry guard is also the designation given by Xiao Chen to Xiao Ye's subordinates. The meaning is also simple and easy to understand, that is, the heroic cavalry.
Although both of them had only fifty people under their command, Xiao Chen gave them a guard organization.
"Boss, are they serious?" Tie Kunlun looked at Xiao Chen.
"Okay, Kunlun has just arrived, so don't pester him now. Let's wait until he recovers from his injuries. He can follow whoever he wants and do whatever he wants." Xiao Chen forced the two of them away.
Before going out, let Kunlun take a good rest first.
After resting for two days, Xiao Chen was ready to officially set off. He headed to the palace to bid farewell to Li Wanjiang, but saw that he looked haggard and his temples were white. He had not been seen for three days and he seemed to have aged by more than ten years.
He just gave Xiao Chen a few old words, but for the first time, he personally sent him to the entrance of the hall to show his honor.
Xiao Chen went to the harem to say goodbye to Murong Danqiu and the others. Needless to say, he felt a bit sad when he said goodbye.
Xiao Chen had 1,100 cavalrymen but only 800 horses. It was impossible for him to let 300 brothers walk, so when he was setting off, he led his brothers to rush in when passing by the racecourse, and robbed five of them without saying a word.
Hundreds of war horses.
Damn it, I originally asked for 5,000 war horses, but your Minister of War, Lu Jing, asked for 2,000 back. Now that my army has expanded and I am in urgent need of war horses, I will lend you 500, and I will return them to you when I get back...
If Lu Shangshu has any objections, let him go to Northern Xinjiang to find me.
The officials at the racecourse knew his temper, but they dared to be angry but dared not speak out. They could only watch as he took away five hundred horses.
It was too late to report to Lu Jing, because they had already taken action.
Heading all the way north, five days later, he successfully met with Zhuge Xiaosheng and others at a place called Wolong Pass.
It is only about a day's journey from Wolong Pass to Yanyunguan Pass.
Wolong Pass has a dangerous terrain and is also a very important pass. It is known as the second most important pass in the north.
If Yanyunguan fails, this is the gateway to the Great Zhou Dynasty, so Li Wanjiang also stationed tens of thousands of elite soldiers here, and there are also several large granaries, thinking that Yanyunguan has strong backing.
The general guarding here is Xue Jinshan, one of the famous Four Black Dragons under Li Wanjiang, and he is leading the Black Dragon Iron Guards, the most brave and capable heavy armored cavalry of the Thirty Thousand Great Zhou Dynasty!
Wei Yuntian was originally from the Black Dragon Iron Guard. Just looking at his quality, you can tell how powerful the Black Dragon Guard is in combat.
Xue Jinshan was one of Li Wanjiang's most trusted generals and a pure soldier, so he expressed great admiration... and sympathy for Xiao Chen's feats in the Northern Expedition.
Knowing that Zhuge Xiaosheng wanted to rest and camp here, he vacated a ready-made camp without saying a word, and also sent a lot of pork and mutton to reward the three armies, which can be said to be very interesting.
As soon as Xiao Chen arrived, he didn't have time to rest, so he went to visit him personally and thanked him.
Seeing Xiao Chen's dusty appearance, Xue Jinshan was very moved and said he didn't dare.
Because in terms of grades, Xiao Chen is the first grade, and he is only the second grade. Speaking of which, he is still Xiao Chen's subordinate.
But he was a general who commanded 30,000 Zhou Dynasty's elite Black Dragon Guards, while Xiao Chen was just a marshal of a miscellaneous army. The contrast in real power between the two was hugely different.
After the greetings were finished, we talked about the Yanyun War. The situation was already very tense. The Xianbo cavalry had almost swept across the entire territory of Yanyun, and now it had begun to approach the north of Yanyun Mountain, and there were signs of gathering.
Yanyunguan has entered the first level of combat readiness to prevent them from launching a sudden attack.
"The total Xianbo cavalry is only over 20,000 people. Yanyun Mountain is a mountainous terrain. It is difficult for their cavalry to spread out. They shouldn't launch an attack, right?" Xiao Chen was also surprised when he heard this.
Do they really dare to go south?
"Lord Xiao, you don't know. They surrendered tens of thousands of Zhou's troops in Yanyun County and captured tens of thousands of strong men. Now they are said to be a hundred thousand strong! I heard that they have begun to build catapults and other large-scale offensives.
They also sent many small troops into the mountains to harass the city. The situation is not optimistic." Xue Jinshan said.
"Well, the clown jumped off the beam, this is crazy!" Xiao Chen began to think about the possibility of having a decisive battle with them at Yanyunguan?
It was probably impossible. Li Wanjiang's imperial order was for him to leave the pass and recover Yanyun County. He could not stay in Yanyun Pass.
Unless the Xianbo cavalry comes here now.
"What are Mr. Xiao's plans for this trip?" Xue Jinshan asked.
"What's the plan? It's just a matter of taking it one step at a time." Xiao Chen sighed, and Xue Jinshan stopped talking, instead expressing deep sympathy.
Lin Yue recruited 3,000 strong recruits in Haining Bay, plus the original more than 1,000 people, plus the 1,000 elite cavalry brought by Xiao Chen this time, the total number is only more than 5,000 people.
The new soldiers have not been trained and their combat power is quite weak. The more than a thousand soldiers are veterans, but they are all infantry. The only ones who can really compete with the Xianbo cavalry are the thousands of fine cavalry.
After all, it is still a mob.
Moreover, they were going to face the Xianbo cavalry directly on the plain terrain, and there was not even a city that could be defended!
It is said that Yanyun County had nearly 100,000 soldiers in total, but they were all defeated despite the fact that they were defended by the city... If Xiao Chen and a few thousand people passed by, the chances of winning were not very good.
Almost zero.
"Brother, something is strange when you come here. Why don't you see a commoner who escaped from Yanyun County?" Xiao Chen said.
"Oh, Yanyun Pass guard Qin Gang has closed the pass. All people coming from northern Xinjiang, no matter who they are, will be turned away and no one will be allowed to enter." Xue Jinshan said.
"Why?" Xiao Chen was shocked and angry.
"He is afraid that there may be spies from the ethnic minority among them. If the switch lets them in, it will be difficult to defend the Yanyunguan Pass." Xue Jinshan said.
"What the hell, then let the people of Yanyun County be killed by the Xianbo people?" Xiao Chen said angrily.
"Soldiers are bad things. This is war!" Xue Jinshan said, "If Qin Gang and I were brothers, this would be the only way we could do it." Xue Jinshan shook his head and sighed.
"General Xue doesn't have to cover up for him... Is this the emperor's intention?" Xiao Chen said coldly.
"It's what the Queen Mother meant." Xue Jinshan hesitated before saying.
As we all know, Qin Gang is the nephew of the Queen Mother and one of the generals who holds military power among his relatives.
In fact, Li Wanjiang did not want him to guard Yanyunguan at the beginning, but under the insistence of the Queen Mother, Li Wanjiang had to compromise.
Because after all, Qin Gang is also his cousin, and he can also be regarded as a fierce general.
But Yanyunguan was too important to the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Li Wanjiang had always wanted to replace it with his trusted general.
He tried to transfer Qin Gang several times, but was stopped by the Queen Mother.
He ordered Xue Jinshan to guard Wolong Pass to monitor Qin Gang. If Qin Gang made any changes, his supplies would be cut off immediately.
The military strength of the Great Zhou Dynasty was stretched everywhere, in fact, it was because the consumption of this kind of internal fighting was too great...