The wind was howling, and hundreds of knights were riding their horses slowly through the frost-covered and rugged wilderness. It was Yang Zhong and his soldiers who had arrived here a few days ago.
But at this moment, this group of people looked a little embarrassed, their clothes were messy, and their military appearance was not neat. Some soldiers did not even carry basic weapons such as bows, knives, and weapons with them. What's more, some of them were even riding on horseback. Unstable, sluggish, and shaky, he had to be tied to the horse's back with a leather rope, and needed help from the left and right robes.
There are various blood stains on these horses and horses. They must have experienced fierce battles. It is impossible to tell whether the blood stains on their bodies are their own or those of the enemy.
After receiving the news, Li Tai, who went out to meet this group of people, couldn't help but feel a little worried when he saw their appearance. He quickly came to Yang Zhongma and asked: "Mr. Yang, what kind of accident have you encountered?" ?Is the loss serious?”
Yang Zhong followed his advice and led his troops to this area, but as a result, he and Li Mu lagged behind Yang Zhong. If the other party suffered any major losses, Li Tai would feel guilty, even if Yang Zhong Without further investigation, no one would know how to face Dugu Xin.
After hearing the words, Yang Zhong waved his hand with a smile on his face: "Don't worry about Li Zheng. It was a bit unexpected, but the loss was not big. When I explored the thief's nest before, I found that one of the thief army's garrison was disconnected from other armies. , Worried that the thief army would be alert and adjust and lose this opportunity, they lured the crowd to destroy it first. When they left, they were intercepted by other thief troops and had to fight for a while before they could escape."
"Yang Shijun is so brave! I originally sent a message to invite you to come to help in the battle, but I couldn't come in time, but I asked you to fight alone against the bandit Hu's army. I'm really sorry!"
Li Tai was also surprised after hearing this, and hurriedly clasped his fists and said, I really didn't expect Yang Zhong to be so fierce. There were only a few hundred people watching his formation, but the Shuofang Hu and Lishi Hu people distributed in the surrounding area were There were tens of thousands of people, and without the support of friendly forces, he dared to go straight to the bandit camp and break it, and even managed to escape. He was worthy of being the last big boss in Wuchuan.
Although Li Tai also had the experience of hundreds of guerrilla thieves, he mainly relied on his mobility to shoot and change places, and had been avoiding the pursuit and attack of the main thieves. Chong Ji Hu's army.
Even if he makes any risky moves, he either has a strong purpose but lacks strength and needs to use his small skills to make a big difference, or he is forced to adapt to the situation, but he is still a very cautious person at heart.
The relationship between the father and the eldest son is already quite delicate, and is generally difficult to deal with. If it involves the inheritance and distribution of power and interests, it will even contain a huge crisis.
Among them, Yu Wengui’s Xiazhou troops have the largest number of troops. Xiazhou is already the most powerful among the northern states. It also has the convenience of being a landlord. The rebels suffered heavy losses and lost their initiative on the battlefield. After taking power, all the powerful chiefs in Xiazhou became more courageous and actively responded to Yu Wengui's call. The number of people gathered has reached more than 15,000.
The vast majority of these Hu people are not natives of this area, but were driven here or migrated here. They are not as familiar with the geographical environment as their original hometown. In addition, the cold environment also greatly limits their migration. Ability to escape and other activities.
Yang Zhong's men and horses had already traveled a long way to the area along the Yellow River in Xiazhou, and fought several battles with enemy forces that were ten times their size. Their current condition was really worrying, and some of the horses even needed to be bled to maintain their operations.
Ability, but it only overdraws the vitality of the war horse. There is almost no possibility of survival in this freezing environment.
Yang Zhong brought the fewest troops, less than a thousand, but no one blamed him for this.
Shuofanghu tribes are scattered around Lishihu. Some of them have more than ten thousand people, while small tribes only have a few hundred people. The internal integration situation is very worrying. There is no powerful chieftain who can overwhelm the masses.
He ordered all the tribes to disperse and fight independently. When everyone was discussing the details of tactics, he was not even taken as seriously as Li Shihu, whose power of men and horses had been greatly reduced.
After all, for him, who is familiar with the historical context, he has his own plans for his life, and he often considers people and things from another dimension. Under such a disparity in the strength of the enemy and ourselves, if he were to choose to be like Yang Zhong
If you do, at least you have to be able to capture Gao Huan's level of temptation and reward by going to battle.
If these Hu people can be successfully surrounded, killed or captured, then in the next few years, the northern states and counties will be able to avoid large-scale harassment by Hu bandits. Although northern Shaanxi is the only way for Ji Hu to survive.
Paradise is deeply rooted and difficult to completely eliminate, but the natural reproduction and growth of Jihu, including the wandering of Hu tribes from other realms into this realm for replenishment, will also take a certain amount of time.
After Liu Kuzhen entered the camp and saw the head on the case, he was stunned for a moment, then he couldn't help laughing, and couldn't help but dance on the spot, until Li Tai scolded him twice,
He did not dare to continue his dissipation. He knelt on the ground and explained with a happy face: "I would like to report to the Governor and all the generals that the deceased's name is Liu Man. He is my eldest half-brother, because he is the oldest among the brothers.
He is older and has managed some clan affairs a few years ago. He has recruited a group of minions within the clan to be driven by him. He even tried to assassinate me and get rid of me. My father has always been wary of him..."
After listening to Liu Kuzhen's explanation, everyone understood why this unlucky guy was camping in the core area but could not effectively coordinate with all the friendly forces. It turned out that the root was here.
After seeing this, Li Tai stopped talking nonsense and ordered people to return to the camp to prepare enough tents and supplies. At the same time, he led Yang Zhong and his party back to the camp, and on the way sent a team of people to collect the people hidden nearby.
The remaining troops of Yang Zhong were summoned to join them.
There were more than 7,000 immigrants from the coalition forces of Li Tai and Li Mu. Li Tai brought 3,000 people, and the rest returned to the Black Water Defense in the south with some of the loot they had obtained outside Guangwu City to prepare for the invasion.
Heishui Hu took advantage of the war in Beizhou to cause chaos and trouble.
The Yanchi in Xi'an Prefecture is already under great defensive pressure in autumn and winter. It is necessary to maintain a considerable defense of men and horses in order to deter Xiao Xiao. It is an unexpected surprise that Yang Zhong is willing to come to help. What's more, Yang Zhong's station is far away from this situation.
The farthest, but the fastest to arrive, and it also provided important information about the thief and defeated one of them. It cannot be called a stroke in any case.
After Yang Zhong ordered people to take out the thief's head and wash it, Li Tai also ordered several thief Chief Hu, including Liu Kuzhen and others who had accompanied the army, to be brought into the camp to identify and confirm the identity of the unlucky man.
The remaining troops were handed over to the command of Yang Zhong as a reserve force to deal with all parties. If the battle situation was too fierce at any point, Yang Zhong would lead his troops to support him. Yang Zhong's troops, plus the two troops entrusted to him by Li Tai,
Yu Wengui mobilized more than 2,000 people to make up 5,000 troops.
At this time, most of the remaining troops of the Shuofanghu tribe and Lishihu who harbored evil intentions and disobeyed Xiazhou's control had been driven to the area close to the Yellow River. There were large and small people scattered in the wilderness within a radius of dozens of miles.
There are at least 50,000 to 60,000 tribal forces.
In addition to these results, Yang Zhong, who arrived in advance, also got a rough idea of the distribution of the bandits in this area, which greatly saved the time of several coalition forces conducting reconnaissance.
After the coalition forces of several parties joined forces, their strength was also considerable.
After a simple meal to satisfy his hunger, Yang Zhong began to tell the story of the thief that he knew.
Yang Zhong gave a description and roughly outlined the distribution of thieves, barbarians and horses in this area.
Because they were deep into the bandit camp and in a hurry, Yang Zhong's men did not dare to stay long to collect the loot. They just cut off the head of the leader of the bandit camp that they had conquered and brought them out.
Among them, Li Shihu is at the core position, with about ten thousand remaining troops. Considering that Li Shihu suffered heavy losses in Dongxia Prefecture and Xi'an Prefecture, and can still maintain such a large number of troops, it should be because some of the defeated troops successfully defeated them.
Escaped back to this place, it can be seen that the wandering life in the past year or so has not been without gains, and I have accumulated relatively profound experience.
In the camp, Yu Wengui and Li Mu learned that Yang Zhong and his troops had arrived, and they quickly went out to greet him. When they learned that Yang Zhong had actually gone deep into the rebel camp to fight with great results, they were all amazed.
This also shows that Yang Zhong's eyesight is so precise and he observes every detail. Even if he doesn't understand the inside story of these human relations, he can still find the right target and successfully kill him and escape unscathed.
After some discussion, everyone decided to divide the troops into several groups and march separately, so as to drive as many rebel soldiers and horses as possible into the encirclement. Xiazhou had the most people, so they were responsible for the most positions, and Li Mu also made meritorious deeds.
He was eager and took the initiative to fight for the attack and encirclement from the south.
When talking about the prospect of such a victory, several people present were very excited. They were also fed up with continuing to fight with these Jihu tribesmen. Even if they could win all the time, their achievements were not outstanding enough. In most cases, the Jihu tribe was the enemy.
There is not enough oil and water, and every time they fight, the gains outweigh the losses in the end.
Li Tai was not responsible for specific combat missions, but he did not feel disappointed because of this. He felt that others did not trust his abilities.
After the battle outside Guangwu City, he had clearly felt that his battle experience had reached a bottleneck period. Simply fighting opponents of Jihu's level could no longer bring significant improvement, so when allocating combat tasks
, so they are not very active in fighting for it.
After all, the weather is freezing. Instead of sleeping in the snow and drinking ice outside, it is better to stay in the base camp and sleep by the stove. Moreover, there is also the illusion that the three generals are driven by themselves and lead troops to fight for themselves, although at the moment he
This Lu hasn't stopped the boss from being killed yet, but it doesn't stop him from enjoying the addiction of being the boss in advance.
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