Why did Kate and the others dare to determine the identity of those two forces at this moment? Because the two can't be compared at all! The difference is too great. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Looking at these Zhao Hu soldiers who are dressed in civilian clothes, only have a spear as a weapon, and have no other Zhao Hujun symbols except for the brigade flags, and have weak energy all over their bodies, you will know that the nearly 10,000 captured Zhao Hu soldiers are just ordinary troops, and may even be troops that have been placed in the militia sequence.

The truth, of course, made Kate stunned, because these captives were not even militiamen, they were actually slaves! And it's still the kind of slave who was working on the border territory of Zhao Hujun a few days ago, and was only incorporated into the battle sequence for a long time!

As for why slaves have a military atmosphere, Kate of course knows it, after all, Zhao Hu's penchant for reducing enemy soldiers to slaves has long been spread throughout the coastal provinces.

It is no wonder that Zhao Hu will use these slaves, you must know that these slaves are all soldiers, not civilians, and the slaves composed of these prisoners of war, as long as they are equipped with weapons, they are a force with a certain combat effectiveness and a certain combat experience.

It's just that it's dangerous to do so, and who knows if this slave will fight back?

However, since Zhao Hujun was not only willing to send elite troops out to block it, but also pulled out all the slaves to be cannon fodder despite the fact that the slaves would fight back, this shows that Zhao Hujun urgently needed time to prepare for the battle after receiving the information.

In other words, Zhao Hujun at this time is not completely ready!

As for whether it will be strange how the elite troops can ambush the exit of the valley in advance?

Of course, it is not surprising, since it is an elite army, it is just a basic skill to conduct a rapid march on a long journey in a very short time, and the Zhao Hu army with elite soldiers does not set up an ambush at the exit of the valley, which makes people feel a little weird.

After examining the captive, Kate shook her head helplessly.

Their captain, that is, the officer from the real Zhao Hu Army, actually ran away early, and none of the nearly 10,000 captives really Zhao Hu Bing existed, all of them were slaves!

After some questioning, only public information was obtained that the slaves were also involved in digging several trenches.

No one on Kate's side cared about this at all, knowing that the enemy army was a cavalry division, and it would be strange if he didn't dig a few trenches to put some horses away.

Kate, who didn't get much useful information, waved her hand, and the prisoners were handed over to the remaining Fifth Brigade and put in camp.

If the captives were loyal and unyielding warriors, Kate would order them all to be put to death, and if they were regular soldiers, Kate would bind them up and keep them tightly guarded.

However, these were all slaves, and they were captured and turned into slaves after the defeat of the battle with Zhao Hujun. Since these slaves can not care about freedom in order to survive, and they can also serve their original enemies without caring for the sake of survival, it is also very easy to switch to their own warlords.

With this kind of thinking, Kate inevitably had the idea of taking these slaves, after all, these slaves are all young and strong people from military backgrounds, and if these 10,000 captives are willing to take refuge, they can immediately form an infantry brigade.

These things were quickly put aside by Kate, and at this moment he had already led most of the cavalry, and finally the forward cavalry who had crossed the mountains and mountains finally rendezvous.

After camping, while Kate sent scouts to investigate the surrounding situation, all the captives in Kate's captive camp were cursing the damned deserter captain.

"Big brother captain, what should we do?" The dog baby is a little overwhelmed. After he became a prisoner again, he could only follow Zhou Xiang, the chief who took care of him very much, as for the three stupid big men, they were stupid, and after Zhou Xiang played some tricks to retract them, they had been following Zhou Xiang.

Zhou Xiang didn't respond, he was thinking about the weird smile on the face of the captain when he moved the team this way, and the captain also exchanged words with other captains from time to time, talking and talking, and suddenly snickered.

It seems that the captain has long known that the enemy army will come from this side, and has long decided to disappear before the battle?

But why do you do that? If you really want to organize, it will also fail, but it will not be like being captured without many people dying now.

How many people didn't die? Zhou Xiang's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked the dog, "How many people in our brigade died in battle?" ”

The dog baby thought for a moment and said: "There are not many deaths, most of them fell on the ground and surrendered when they saw the cavalry rushing forward, and the cavalry killed those who were so frightened that they ran around." ”

Seeing the dog baby's affirmative nod, Zhou Xiang made a decision in his heart, and patted the dog baby's shoulder very easily and said, "Don't worry, just listen to me." ”

The dog baby nodded first, and then said helplessly to Zhou Xiang: "Big brother captain, now more and more people are coming over, if we don't stop it, I'm afraid those cavalry will think that we are preparing to riot." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Xiang looked around and was immediately taken aback, what are hundreds of people gathered around him for? I don't want to be beheaded by Kate's army at this time.

The anxious Zhou Xiang immediately led his men to persuade these people to disperse. After much talking, the crowd finally dispersed.

At this time, Zhou Xiang realized that this was still his fault. Because there was a team that was absolutely united all around, and there were three strong men among them, it made his own small army attract the team under his command to follow him closely, and dozens of united soldiers made people feel a sense of security in this prisoner camp.

Why do you feel this way?

It's very simple, now in the prisoner camp, only Zhou Xiang's team is still together, and the other teams have dispersed immediately after leaving the deterrent range of Zhao Hujun, even if some strong captains can keep the team intact, but they don't want other captains to be convinced.

Therefore, Zhou Xiang's group is very conspicuous, which makes some scattered slaves subconsciously approach this side, and more and more as time goes by.

Seeing Zhou Xiang's inexplicable cohesion, those strong captains are not all brainless goods, and they tentatively came to contact Zhou Xiang. Zhou Xiang, who was trying to pull more strength to complete his idea, of course warmly befriended these strong Wu Commanders, and with Zhou Xiang's eloquence, he quickly became familiar with ordinary Wu Commanders.

If it weren't for the fear of being too eye-catching, I'm afraid Zhou Xiang would have a family affair with hundreds of Wu Chang.

Therefore, after Zhou Xiang got in touch with dozens of Wu Chang, he died down and began to quietly wait for the time to come.

After getting the scout information, Kate found that Zhao Hujun had blocked the passage of 20 kilometers with five trenches, although he did not know the width and depth of the trench, but he was able to dig such a long trench in such a short time, which showed that Zhao Hujun had at least used tens of thousands of labor.

Regardless of whether it was soldiers or slaves mobilized or the people in this area were forcibly conscripted, anyway, being able to gather so many manpower and dig such a long trench in such a short period of time shows that Zhao Hujun's ruling ability is very strong.

The reason is very simple, if you don't have a solid foundation and excellent grassroots managers, you won't want to make this achievement without spending a few months.

Thinking of the administrative ability in Haiquan Province, Kate couldn't help but sigh in her heart: "It should be the ability brought by Bikud, right?" It's a pity that if I hadn't been so eager, I wouldn't have turned against Bikud......"

"Marshal, the enemy army has probably arranged the strength of an infantry division on the side of the trench, if we don't solve the trench problem, I am afraid that we will have to spend a lot of sacrifices to break through the enemy's defensive line." The youngster said a little eagerly.

Kate said casually: "It's easy to solve the trench, let the logistics team organize people to cut down the big trees, and then use war horses to pull them directly to pave the bridge." ”

The young general frowned, of course he knew that he would have to pave a bridge to break through the trench, but in this way, his side would have to pay a certain loss to complete this task.

In a flash of inspiration, the young general suggested: "Dashuai, don't we have 10,000 captives?" How about escorting them over and letting them build the bridge? ”

"Okay, you go and order the Fifth Brigade to bring the prisoners over."

In terms of the choice of forming a new infantry brigade and preserving the existing cavalry brigade, Kate chose to preserve the existing cavalry without thinking about it, and it was very normal for the other party to be just a prisoner and drive them to pave a bridge for themselves by arrows.

As for whether the captives will fight back?

There are four cavalry brigades on his side to suppress the formation, so that there are only 10,000 people, and the unarmed prisoners have succeeded in the rebellion, so they can simply wipe their necks and commit suicide.

But what if the captives don't build bridges and don't turn back, but run back to Zhao Hujun's side?

In fact, it is better to let these captives make their way for themselves, and their own cavalry can follow the captives into the enemy formation.

The young general obviously understood these problems, did not raise any objections, and immediately conveyed the order.

Seeing that the enemy army began to go up the mountain to cut down trees, the ordinary soldiers and low-ranking officers on Zhao Hujun's side were very depressed.

If the enemy army fights steadily, the trench is not of much use except for delaying time, and once the enemy breaks through the trench, it is a big deal, and his side can be described as a flat horse, which is the most suitable for giving full play to the power of cavalry.

Could it be that the Overseer is ready to mobilize all his troops and horses for a grand offensive and defensive battle with the enemy?

It's impossible, Zhao Huling is surrounded by enemies, and the current troops are very reluctant to defend it, if they are all transferred here, I am afraid that before they defeat the group of enemies in front of them, the nest will have been occupied!

In contrast to these soldiers and junior officers, the senior officers were making a gleeful bet: "I bet he will clear the way with the captives, and he doesn't care about the time!" ”