The entire Hongshui Camp, following Cao Peng's order, entered a battle-ready state. It was heavily guarded and exuded a strong atmosphere of murder. It was getting late, the lights in the small camp were brightly lit, but it was pitch dark in the big camp. The soldiers
They all picked up their weapons and were waiting for the order to attack at any time. Hao Zhao was wearing heavy armor, Liang Kuan and Jiang Xu were lined up on both sides, waiting for the order.
As for Cao Zhang, Wang Shuang, and Niu Gang, they were all neatly dressed and included in the formation.
There are four guards around Cao Peng, and all of them except Cai Di will participate in this battle. Cai Di is young and not suitable in Cao Peng's opinion, so he stays in the camp on duty. Even Li Ru,
He also dressed neatly and knelt down behind Cao Peng.
It is impossible for Liang Kuan and Jiang Xu to have no idea about Hao Zhao taking control of the army as soon as he arrived.
But they are both smart people. After learning about Hao Zhao's background, their little thoughts disappeared.
He has followed Cao Peng since the second year of Jian'an, and it has been six years now.
Those individuals who followed Cao Peng back then, such as Pan Zhang Bu Zhao, Wang Mao and Deng Fan, and even later Kan Ze and Gan Ning, the worst of them now are Zheng Qiang Captains and have embarked on a prosperous road. But Hao Zhao still follows.
By Cao Peng's side. When he knew that Cao Peng was going to control Hexi, he said goodbye to the prosperous life in Xudu without saying a word, turned down the post of City Gate School Captain and Sima of the Department, which was worth eight hundred stones, and came to the desolate Hexi.
, serve Cao Peng...
This kind of loyalty and trust cannot be compared to Liang Kuan and Jiang Xu, two people who followed Cao Peng for only two months.
Even Liang Kuan secretly admired him.
He admired Hao Zhao's loyalty, and even more envied Cao Peng's unreserved trust in him.
And they know better that this trust cannot be cultivated overnight. At least, they cannot replace Hao Zhao.
Although Hao Zhao has just arrived in Hexi, his ability can be seen from the four hundred black men under him.
Liang Kuan and Jiang Xu were extremely envious of the mellowness of the four hundred men turning their arms and executing orders. They both believed that under the same circumstances, they would not be able to train such a good soldier. Therefore, there is no doubt about Hao Zhao's ability!
If he had no real ability, how could Cao Peng hand over his most elite tooth soldiers to Hao Zhao to control? This man has real ability!
Cao Peng had no time to receive Cai Yan, so he asked Guo Huan and Buluan to entertain her mother and daughter.
Cai Yan also knew the importance, so he didn't blame him. The three women were chatting in the small tent, listening to Cao Peng's past anecdotes.
Outside the Chinese army's big tent, three hundred black men were ready to go and stood solemnly around the small camp.
"General, Shi Kui's station has been thoroughly investigated."
Jiang Xu led the old Hu Nu into the big tent and listened to the old Hu Nu's eloquent story while Jiang Xu translated on the side.
The old Hunu's name is Zan Kebi, and he is Xiutu Grenren.
Since he has lived in Muyuan, Hexi for many years, he has a very good understanding of the topography of Huanghualin.
According to him, the terrain in Huanghualin is complicated, not to mention the uneven trees, but also the swamps in the wormwood beach. If someone who is not familiar with Huanghualin walks in, he will be trapped in the swamp and end up with no bones.
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In short, Zan Kebi believes that it will be very difficult to eliminate Shi Kui in Huanghualin.
"This old man does know some art of war."
Cao Peng smiled and turned to Li Ru behind the curtain.
Jiang Xu said: "Zan Kebi was originally a young commander who slaughtered Huqi. Later, he was injured and his tribe suffered heavy casualties, so he became an ordinary person."
"oh?"
Cao Peng nodded and waved his hand to signal Jiang Xu to lead Zan Kebi to retreat.
"Master Ru, what do you think?"
"If you go by what Hu'er said, Shi Kui will be quite difficult to defeat.
However, he just said that the east side of Huanghualin is the most difficult to walk, so I have an idea. I just don’t know how powerful Master Hei Qian is?"
"Although a certain family of black spirits only has three hundred, each of them can make one worth a hundred."
"That's it!"
Li Ru suddenly lowered his voice and whispered to Cao Peng for a while.
Then, he said in a deep voice: "However, if the young master kills that Shi Kui, it will definitely offend the interests of the Hongze people. But I wonder if the young master is ready to quarrel with the Hongze people? If he is ready,
Just fight..."
Cao Peng tapped his fingers lightly on the wooden case, and after a while he smiled sadly.
"We have to fight sooner or later. It depends on whether Dou Lan has the courage!"
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Huanghualin is located in Hongshui County, adjacent to Gengjiamu Plain.
That's right, it's Gengjia Muyuan. They were stationed in the west of Hongshuiji before, but due to various reasons, they finally gave up their original station and handed it over to the Li family tribe. Then Gengjia Muyuan annexed two small tribes and transferred the station to
Moved to the current location. On the one hand, he needs to recuperate, on the other hand, he has the responsibility of monitoring Hongshui County. According to the previous plan of Dou Lan and others, the Shikui tribe was to be merged with the Geng family. But this Shikui
He was unruly and unruly, not to mention members of the Geng family, even Dou Lan and Li Qi, the two major forces, he didn't take seriously...
In addition, the Shikui tribe has more than a thousand people, so it can be considered a powerful force.
In the Shikui tribe, regardless of age or gender, even children can kill with a knife, so their fighting power is extremely strong.
Although the Geng family was dissatisfied with Shi Kui, they did not dare to push him too far.
After all, two small tribes have just been annexed, and the population has increased to 3,000. It will take time to digest it. If we rashly start a war with Shi Kui at this time, let alone the outcome, even if we win, it will be a tragic victory.
ending.
By then, the two tribes that had just merged would most likely rebel.
The Geng family's tribal leader is named Geng Qing, the same Geng whom Cao Peng met at Hongshuiji. He is quite calm and sees the stakes very clearly. Therefore, Shi Kui has always been independent, but
Geng Qing turned a blind eye, because he knew that he couldn't swallow Shi Kui now... After he digested those two small tribes, the tribe's fighting power would be condensed and formed. By then, a successful battle with Shi Kui would definitely improve his ability.
Position in Hongze.
In the yellow flower forest, Shi Kui was having a banquet.
Beside him, ten marshals changed glasses and toasted in turn.
The soldiers and horses who attacked Hongshui County also gained three to four hundred people, which was undoubtedly a big gain.
The most important thing is that these three to four hundred Hu Nu hate the Han army. These people are warriors in the tribe. Now they join Shi Kui, which can increase Shi Kui's military strength by more than 30%. The most important thing is,
Shi Kui doesn't need to worry about these Hunu cliques. They are young men selected from more than a dozen tribes, fighting on their own, and there are still quite a few grievances between them. Such a group of warriors can serve as his Shi Kui.
The sword in hand.
The Han army was stationed at Hongshui, which didn't seem like a bad thing.
At least, Shi Kui provided him with a lot of people...
Wait a few days and rob him again. I heard that there are thousands of Hunu in the Red Water Camp. If you can raid the camp...
When the time comes, he will leave, even if he joins the Qiang and Hu, he will still be a handsome man, free and happy.
Thinking of this, Shi Kui couldn't help being in a good mood, and burst out laughing at the banquet. Of course, the handsome men didn't know what Shi Kui was thinking, but they all came forward to propose a toast very sensibly, and they kept hearing all kinds of flattery.
Shi Kui was happy to hear this and drank more wine.
When it was getting late, he was so drunk that he fell on the couch and fell into a deep sleep.
He had a dream that after attacking the Hongshui camp, he chopped off Cao Peng's head, and then dominated Hongze and became the real overlord of Hongze. At that time, Ma Teng and Han Sui, including those living in Hexi, The Qiang and Hu leaders from various tribes came to congratulate one after another. They all knelt at his feet and respectfully called him King Shi...
Even in his dream, Shi Kui couldn't help laughing.
Suddenly, a rush of war drums sounded, awakening Shi Kui from his sleep.
He turned over and sat up with a sigh, and the white wolf skin mattress he was wearing silently slipped to the ground.
"what sound?"
"Sir, something bad is going to happen, something going bad is going to happen!"
"Why panic?"
Shi Kui put on his clothes and stood up, walking outside the tent.
I saw a servant kneeling at the door of the tent, shouting in panic: "Han army, Han army has surrounded Huanghualin."
"What?"
Shi Kui couldn't help but be shocked.
On the surface, he seemed not to be afraid of the Han army; but in his heart, he was still a little afraid of the Hongshui Camp.
After all, the tens of thousands of people in the camp were ten times as many as his Shi Kui tribe. If a fight really broke out, Shi Kui would never take advantage. Something as trivial as the attack on the Han army yesterday, There is no need to be afraid... Firstly, Huanghualin is secretive and unknown; secondly, in Shi Kui's view, although the number of Han troops is large, the leader of the Han army is not a tough person. When he first came to Hongze, he always wanted to Please consider the Hongze people's thoughts and don't dare to make a big fuss.
However, Shi Kui did not expect that the Han army would find Huanghualin so quickly.
He didn't even expect that the Han army would send troops regardless of the situation, seemingly not caring about the feelings of the Hongze people.
Shi Kui was so excited that he shuddered, and he suddenly woke up from the wine.
"How many people from the Han army came?"
"not sure!"
"Where did they come from?"
"Surrounded from the north, south and west, it looks like they are coming out in full force."
Three directions: north, south, west?
Shi Kui frowned, and after thinking for a moment, a ferocious smile appeared on his face.
"Pass my order and prepare the whole clan for war."
"Here!"
"Wait a minute, gather all the young men and wait for my order."
The subordinate didn't know why, but out of fear of Shi Kui, he didn't dare to neglect and ran away almost rolling and crawling.
After a while, several close marshals came over. When they saw Shi Kui, the marshals panicked and asked: "Sir, what should we do? The Han army is calling... Damn it, how did they know that we are stationed there?" In Huanghualin?”
Shi Kui Niu glared and shouted: "Are you so panicked? Isn't it just the Han army coming to your door?"
This Huanghualin is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even if the Han army comes over, they won't be able to find us for a while... Let me ask you, do you want to die or live?"
"Sir, what do you mean by this? It doesn't matter if you want to die, or if you want to live?"
"It's easy to die. We guard the camp and fight to the death with the Han army. However, the Han army has sufficient strength, and we will inevitably die in the end. If we want to live... take our soldiers and break out from the east. Listen to the sound of drums
, the number of Han troops in the east should not be large. In addition, there are swamps there, so the Han troops would definitely not think that we would break out from the east.
As long as you can get out, there are plenty of opportunities for revenge.
But in this case, I am afraid that some people will be abandoned... It is best not to take those old, weak, women and children around you." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to ***(**
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