In the late eleventh month of the lunar calendar, it was already very cold in western Liaoning.

Li Su and his entourage still resolutely galloped on the Liaoxi Plain, avoiding groups of enemy scouts. Or when there is a risk of exposure and the number of enemy troops is small, they will strike with thunder and quickly annihilate them!

Today, in one day, Zhang Jujun scouts who have killed three batches and a total of fifty horsemen! Liu Bei's thirty sharpshooters with the best archery skills attacked together, and the efficiency was very high, once they attacked at close range, there was no way to escape the range.

As it was now night, I finally didn't encounter the snooping and reconnaissance of the enemy army again.

Li Su has also traveled south and north for more than half a year, and his riding skills have made considerable progress. In terms of the control of horses alone, it is not inferior to ordinary Han cavalry. It's just that he doesn't know how to swordsmanship and marksmanship, and he can't shoot arrows on horseback.

However, wearing armor and galloping for seven or eight hours a day, this kind of hard work was still something he had never experienced before.

The equipment of their group, Liu Bei can be regarded as having made a bloody investment.

Li Su and the generals wore Mingguang armor with outstanding protective effects, but it was slightly different from ordinary Mingguang armor - the color of the armor was dull black iron, and even the heart goggles were not reflective, which was very low-key.

Half of the soldiers wore black iron fish scale armor, and half of them wore rhinoceros armor, the highest grade of leather armor.

The reason why he wears leather armor is not that Liu Beijun can't make up 36 sets of iron armor, but that this team of guards needs to divide a part of the scouts who are known for their flexibility and mobility, and the iron armor is easy to affect the speed of long-term galloping.

No matter what kind of armor they wear, at least all of them have a cast iron helmet, black iron fish scales around their necks, and the outside is wrapped with windy fur, disguised as a Wuhuan man's animal skin hood, so that the enemy army will not see that this group of people is actually the elite of the Han army.

It's not easy to engage in diplomacy, without such an elite force escort, you won't be able to live to find the moment when you have a chance to speak.

"Changshi, it's almost time, do you want to camp and rest? Is it okay? Zhao Yun saw Li Su staggering on horseback, leaning over to support Li Su's back while asking carefully.

"It's okay, try to get to the Qiu Liju camp tonight," Li Su waved his hand as he turned to Wen Ze as a guide, "How far is it from the Wuhuan camp in Lonely Bamboo City?" ”

Wen replied: "There are still forty or fifty miles left at most." ”

Zhao Yun was cautious: "But what if it doesn't go well when you enter the camp?" Under the lack of people, it is not easy to get rid of accidents if they want to get rid of them. ”

Li Su said with a smile: "What we have to worry about is Zhang Ju's eyes and ears who spy on Qiu Liju, not Qiu Liju's descendants. Staying outside the camp for a long time is more dangerous than being inside the camp. After entering the camp, rest in batches. ”

Zhao Yun didn't object again, but said responsibly: "Then I will keep watch in the first half of the night, and call Dian Wei up in the second half of the night." Soldiers can rest in three shifts. ”

……

The group unified their thoughts and quickly moved on.

After walking for more than ten miles, only about thirty miles away from the enemy camp, Li Su and his party suddenly encountered a small accident.

Liu Dun, who was wearing rhino leather armor and led three or four comrades-in-arms to raid the outpost, suddenly turned around and came back to report:

"Changshi, I met a group of cavalry scouts in front, the size was about the same as ours, and the direction was also coming towards us. At most, it was just over a mile away, and I couldn't hear it in the dark if it weren't for the sudden neighing of their horses. ”

Li Su knew that Liu Dun was the best hearing among all the Wuhuan archers, so he had no doubt about the authenticity of the information.

He immediately asked, "If we hide right away, will they crash into it?" ”

Liu Dun thought quickly: "No, it is estimated that it will pass by a hundred steps on our left, as long as we don't make a sound, we can't see it in the night." ”

Li Su quickly thought of a poisonous plan: "Zilong, if you attract them, are you sure that you will kill them all and get away alive?" ”

Zhao Yun didn't think about it: "As long as it's close enough, it's not a big problem, but you have to surround them first." ”

Li Su nodded and instructed Dian Wei: "You take three people, light torches, and immediately run back to widen the distance from the brigade."

The rest of the people returned to the ridge where they had just passed through the wheat field, dismounted and scattered and laid an ambush, and waited for the enemy scouts to be attracted by Dian Wei and pursued them, and then they would kill the enemy nearby, and be sure to kill them all.

You can also leave a few alive and cut off your hands and feet for me to torture - it would be of great benefit if you could disguise yourself as an enemy scout and return to the camp and infiltrate the Chuli army without us knowing. ”

It is impossible to completely encircle it, but if the direction of the enemy's return is cut off, and there is a martial arts advantage, it should not be a big problem to kill and destroy the mouth.

Dian Wei quickly lured the enemy according to the plan, and fled back with electricity. The torches were too obvious in the night, and the light could be faintly seen from miles away, so the unknown enemy scouts were really attracted by Dian Wei and deflected the original trajectory of searching and probing.

The people on Li Su's side even had time to collect the withered wheat straw on the spot, and rub some long ropes that resembled tripping ropes to block the main road in this farmland as much as possible.

In fact, there was nothing left in the wheat fields in early winter, and the cavalry could completely trust the horses and horses. But the path in the field is definitely harder than the dirt in the field, and the probability of walking is greater after all.

These stumbling horses were originally fought with dates without dates, and they didn't expect to really trip over a few people, so that the enemy army could be a little sluggish and chaotic, and the goal would be achieved.

Sure enough, about half a cup of tea, the enemy scouts passed not far in front of Li Su. The dozens of horsemen were scattered, and only three or five of them took the road in the field, and only two horses were tripped by the simple tripping rope, but it caused chaos.

The enemy thought that there was an accident at night Luhei, but they didn't realize that it was an enemy attack, and the speed of the whole team slowed down, and they didn't care about chasing Dian Wei, and some people even got off the horse to check and help their comrades.

The scouts lost speed, which was fatal.

Zhao Yun immediately turned over and got on his horse, and Zhou Tai and Wen Zejian on the other side were killed, and before they could get in close combat, they were shot by Zhao Yun five or six people, and those people wanted to get on the horse and run away to report the news, but it was too late, and the two sides fought in a melee.

Moreover, Li Su's preparation was very sufficient, and at the same time as Zhao Yun was killed, he ordered the cavalry in the rear row to light torches with flint and ignite some dry wheat straw to light up the battlefield. There is not much left of the stubble that has been withered for months, and this little fire will not burn people, but it can light up the battlefield and prevent anyone from escaping.

With the reflection of the firelight, Li Su also saw it completely clearly, these people on the opposite side were all Wuhuan people, and the leader was a centurion, so it should be Qiu Liju's descendant, not Zhang Ju's person.

But Li Su didn't regret killing some of his future teammates' subordinates who were about to win over first—as long as such a killing could add even a little safety to his own progress.

The Wuhuan centurion still wanted to organize resistance and order his subordinates to send someone to report the news first, but before he could speak, he saw a little cold flash in front of him, and then he was directly stabbed into the brain by Zhao Yun from the eye socket, and he died so much that he couldn't die anymore.

The Wuhuan scouts who lost their command were all wiped out, and none of Li Su's side died.

Zhao Yun pulled over the two captives who looked like they had broken hands and feet, and asked Li Su for torture: "You are the scouts of Lord Qiu Liju, right?" Is there a password to return to the camp tonight? Whoever speaks first, who can live. ”

The two were stunned for a few seconds, and one of them seemed to be pondering the stakes, and hurriedly confessed: "There is a password, I know." ”

Then he said quickly, Li Su had a look, and when he said it, Zhao Yun killed the other one with a sword.

Li Su ordered without blinking: "Tie up, shut your mouth, and take him back to the camp together, we are the Han envoys who were ordered by Liu Youzhou to negotiate with Lord Qiu Liju, if the password is true, you can be rewarded for leading the way." If our mission is blocked, we will kill you before retreating. ”

The captive was quickly tied to his horse, and it was at this time that he seemed to be afraid: "Don't, in fact, the password just now is fake, I don't know that you are just messengers, I thought that you would kill me whether I said it or not......"

Then he hurriedly repeated the real password.

"That's right, you Wuhuan people are scheming with us Han people, that's not looking for death." Li Su patted the captive on the shoulder from behind, and then stabbed his sword through the vest.

It's safer for your kid to lie at first, or to silence it.

After killing the enemy, Li Su did not forget to order: "Don't think that if you cheat the password he gave for the second time, you will be safe, and if you can, you won't need it, and if you can, you won't open your mouth." ”

All negotiations have to be said by Li Su himself, even if he really wants Wuhuan people to say it considering the accent problem, Li Su will secretly tell Liu Dun to speak well.

The group followed the order, threw away the burqa on the outside of the iron armor, and replaced it with the old robes that were taken off the bodies of those Wuhuan soldiers, and all other small objects that were conducive to camouflage were also searched and replaced as much as possible, and the realism was raised to a higher level.

Since then, I have encountered patrols many times, and the enemy soldiers have always shouted: "Who is coming!" ”

But Liu Dun prevaricated in the name of night scouts, and he didn't even use a password.

……

Thirty miles away, Wuhuan camp.

Qiu Liju himself stayed up late at night, and two large butter candles were lit in his tent, and he was personally checking the accounts of the grain stock.

As the chief of the Hu people, Qiu Liju's cultural level is not very high, and he only knows numbers and some very commonly used words in Chinese characters.

But recently, because the types of military rations have begun to become diverse, he even had to learn and recognize dozens of words in person before he could be regarded as satisfying the need to understand the grain account.

Even the words rat meat and artemisia rods, which were never used in the accounts, had to be put on the shelves to admit them - if he didn't admit it, rat meat had become an important strategic material, and if it was not distributed fairly, the soldiers of the battalions would be angry.

In the past few months, the remorse in his heart, which is similar to that of "44 years of devotion", has become stronger and stronger.

"Alas, it's too slow to see the opportunity, and the reaction is slow in two steps in a row! That's why we're suffering so much today! If I had been well-informed before I was persuaded by Zhang Ju, or I had found another way to fight with Gongsun Chan again, and dragged Liu Youzhou to officially take over and become Gongsun Zhan's boss, why did I come here?

Even if he misses that time, but when he is arrogant and arrogant as the emperor later, if he decisively breaks with him, maybe there is a possibility of a reversal. It's a pity that now that Zhang Ju has been crowned a prince, the court will definitely not be able to tolerate us...... It's not a way to go on like this, at least half of the people have to die, and half of the rations are left to survive next year's spring famine, and the more it drags on, the fewer people will survive......"

Every person who deserves to die a day later would have wasted another person's rations.

Just when Qiu Liju was worried, there was a slight agitation outside the camp, and he hurriedly got up and went out to see that there was already a small group of scout cavalry, which was a hundred steps away from his Chinese army's tent.

"What's the situation?" Qiu Liju didn't want to show his head rashly in the dark, so he only took a peek at the curtain.

"My lord, the person who came disguised himself as a scout for our army to return to the camp, and after being discovered, he shouted to us to stop first, and asked to hand over this token to you."

"Could it be the messenger? Why don't you come in style? Qiu Liju was suspicious, but he still took it and looked at it.

It didn't matter if he looked at it, he immediately realized that he had seen the golden talisman in his hand more than ten years ago.

"Is it a secret envoy sent by Liu Youzhou?" Qiu Liju's heart moved, and he hurriedly ordered: "Please come in quickly, don't leak the news!" If Zhang Ju's people asked, they said that the scout handover time was early, and the soldiers had a dispute because they were lazy! ”

The henchmen immediately understood and went down to arrange.

Zhang Jupai's eyeliner in Qiu Liju's camp didn't know that outsiders had come to Qiu Liju.