In the evening, Liu Youzhu came to Qin Chuan dejectedly, and said hesitantly that Bayala had accidentally been killed by him.

It's not all done by him, many of the Guan Emperor Army have a share, and there are also Batu's clansmen, who are always idle and have nothing to do to go over and punch a few punches, and the attack is not light or heavy.

Qin Chuan wanted to scold him, but after opening his mouth, he still couldn't scold in the end, so he didn't angrily ask him to go and make the head nitrate, and keep it and take it back for food.

Jiannu's head is very recognizable, and the scalp that has been shaved since childhood is smooth, which is very different from the newly shaved scalp, and it can be recognized at a glance.

At the same time, the head of Jiannu is also the most valuable, and after pulling it back, many people are willing to exchange silver for food, and even earn their heads and blood.

Without prisoners, Qin Chuan didn't know how many enemies there were in Guihua City, and he didn't know how many troops Houjin would send to connect with the Fan family.

He could only ask his subordinates to reduce unnecessary activities, try not to use horsepower, except for the sentry scouts on shift, the others slept in the ground nest after they had eaten and drunk, and the horses were also tied up in the sheltered place of the ground nest, and fed one pound of beans and two pounds of hay every two hours.

Among them, Qin Chuan and the old bandits of Jiuji Mountain, as well as the mounts of Zhao Wuliao with three guns, were fed eggs in order to reach the peak of the physical strength of the war horse.

At the same time, Qin Chuan re-perfected the retreat plan, and if Hou Jin came too many troops, he would not hesitate to retreat.

Liao Sangun and Batu both returned, but they still left a dozen people outside to continue to intercept and kill the Fan family's spies.

Luo Wentian had already led the two hundred old and weak members of the Mongolian Chi'er Mountain tribe out of the side wall, and was heading towards the area of Flint Mountain in the west as planned, preparing to cooperate with Qin Chuan's grain transportation team to attack and kill the Fan family in that area.

Lao Huang also sent someone to report the news, saying that after the Zhang family and other big families delivered the grain to the Fan family at the Bitou Pass, they returned to Lan County, and the grain team was taken over by the Fan family.

After receiving the news, Qin Chuan was in a somewhat solemn mood.

Coupled with Batu and other Mongolian Chiershan tribes, he only rode 680 horses, and the other party only had 1,000 people in the Fan family, not counting Jiannu and the Mongolian tribes.

This battle is not easy to fight.

……

In the early morning of the next day, Qin Chuan was awakened by the sound of hurried footsteps in his sleep, and subconsciously picked up the long knife next to the pillow and rushed out of the nest.

The old bandits of Jiuji Mountain in several surrounding dens also drew their knives and rushed out.

"It's me who is in charge, Lynx."

In the morning light, a short figure hurriedly spoke.

Qin Chuan breathed a sigh of relief: "What's so urgent?" ”

"Jiannu is here, the big boss, Jiannu is here." The lynx ran over with an excited face.

Qin Chuan frowned: "How many centaurs came?" Where's it going? ”

"When I came back to report the news, they were still ten miles away, and now there should be five miles away, and it was too dark to see how many of them there were, but it was estimated that there were hundreds, certainly not more than a thousand, and there were no mules and carriages, all of them were light horses."

Hearing Lynx'er's words, Qin Chuan frowned slightly and thought about it carefully.

There are no mules and carriages, which means that this group of Jiannu is not here to trade.

If they have already discovered that they are fakes, there should be more than one of them, but it cannot be ruled out that the other side does not have enough troops, or divides the troops to attack.

In short, prepare for the worst.

If they just wanted to connect with the Fan family in advance and inspect the grain, things would be easy.

You can eat this group first, and then plot against other enemies.

"Big boss, why don't we set up an ambush in Jingai Mountain." Liu Youzhu suddenly leaned over and said.

Qin Chuan shook his head: "At this time, if you set up an ambush again, I'm afraid it's too late, it's impossible for the Jiannu march to be without spies, and we can't hide it from the other party, so we can only wait for work, trick them into taking the bait, and then suddenly attack and kill." ”

After thinking about it carefully, Qin Chuan ordered: "Divide the people into two parts, one with three hundred people left on the gentle slope by the river, don't get too close to the grain cart, ready to rush down at any time, and the other will follow me to meet by the river, don't bring so many javelins, hide behind the grain cart, and when Jiannu is halfway crossing, listen to my command to rush and kill at any time." ”

"Li Dingliang, you send some people to demolish a few nests and pave a road on the river beach, so that Jiannu knows that we are welcoming them."

"When the war starts, first break the opponent's forward with a javelin, aim at the person who is sure of the head, and kill the opponent's Bayala first, these people are the elite of Jiannu, basically wearing double armor or even triple armor, some Bayala wears the iron armor outside, it is easy to recognize, even if you don't wear the outside, the body will be very bloated."

"Liu Youzhu, you first take people to demolish a few ground nests, prepare the wood, and immediately after the battle starts, build a bridge on the river beach two hundred steps to the west, and then take three hundred people to kill the river from there, outflank Jiannu, and force Jiannu into the narrow river beach at the foot of Jingai Mountain in the east."

"Zhao Wu, you tell Batu to let him bring his eighty tribal warriors, also prepare wood, and as soon as Liu Youzhu crosses the river, he will immediately pave the way to cross the river, no need to fight hard with Jiannu, just contain the other party."

"Yes."

Zhao Wu turned his head and chattered at Batu next to him for a while.

After hearing this, Batu nodded heavily at Qin Chuan and patted his thick chest.

Qin Chuan said again: "Zhao Wu, you pick twenty bows and arrows to make it good, meet Jiannu by the river with me, and shoot the opponent's generals first as soon as the battle starts, by the way, what is the armor rate of Jiannu's horses?" ”

Zhao Wu replied: "Very little, Jiannu lacks iron, and the armor rate of the soldiers is only three to forty percent, and there are very few war horses in armor, but their generals are basically wearing two layers of armor, and it is difficult to shoot through with armor-piercing arrows at a distance of twenty paces. ”

"Okay, when the time comes, you will be improvised, Liao Sangun will charge with me, you two are most familiar with Jiannu, let me tell you about their tactics."

"Yes."

Zhao Wu broke a branch from the side, smoothed the soil on the ground, and held a torch on the ground while drawing and explaining.

The Qingshui River began to get busy, and the Guan Emperor soldiers began to feed the horses, dismantle the ground and nests, and inspect weapons.

……

At dawn, on several mountain beams on the north bank, the figure of the Houjin spy appeared.

Not long after, a detachment of cavalry appeared on the north shore.

There were about five hundred people, and the leader was a burly man in iron armor, the exquisite armor shining in the morning sun, but the mount under the seat was not armored.

On the south bank, Qin Chuan led 300 imperial troops to stand 50 steps away from the river, and Liu Youzhu led 300 people to stay on the hillside 200 steps behind, either sitting or walking, or standing up and watching curiously, pretending to be horsemen and porters, looking lazy, Batu and 80 tribesmen were also there.

"The chief steward, a total of about 500 people, 300 Tartars, about 200 Jiannu, and about 80 armored men, should be the strength of a cow, and each of the Jiannu is seventeen or eighteen Bayala."

After Zhao Wu looked at it carefully for a moment, he leaned into Qin Chuan's ear and whispered.

Qin Chuan nodded, then led Li Dingliang and Zhao Wu and slowly approached the river.

When the water level of this section of the Qingshui River was high, it was five zhang wide, and when it dried up, the riverbed on the side was strong enough for mules and horse-drawn carts, and only the middle of the river and a few feet of small streams and a zhang of silt mixed with stones remained.

They walked straight into the riverbed and were twenty paces away from Jiannu before stopping.

"Who's coming?"

A Jiannu on the other side of the river asked in a loud voice in fluent Chinese.

Qin Chuan clenched his fists and smiled politely: "My surname is Qin, and I am the steward of the Fan family of Zhangjiakou Fort, and I came here to do business with the warriors of the Dajin Kingdom." ”

After a few words to the leader next to him, the Jiannu asked, "Didn't you say that the good seven thousand stone grain?" Why only 200 cars? ”

Qin Chuan was a little apologetic: "I'm really sorry, our lord has encountered some trouble in the Ming court, there is a place called Lou Fu Town in seven hundred miles, just on the edge of Taiyuan, there is a very capable thief in that place, who is specifically against our lord, not long ago he robbed our lord of 5,000 stone of grain, and a few days ago he went to the area of Lanzhou to attack our Fan family's grain transportation team." ”

"In order not to delay the transaction with the warriors of the Dajin Kingdom, the lord ordered me to bring two thousand stone of grain to come first, and after he repelled the thief in the back, he will arrive in less than two days."

On the other side, Jiannu chattered and exchanged again, and then asked: "You said that you are from the Fan family, do you have any evidence?" ”

"This ......"

Qin Chuan was a little embarrassed, and said with a wry smile: "Fellow warriors, I haven't heard the master say that trading with the warriors of the Jin Kingdom also requires items such as codes or tokens to prove their identity, so I am not prepared for this." ”

"But, Qin has transported two thousand stones of grain here, isn't it enough for Qin's identity?"

This time, after Jiannu chattered for a while, he didn't ask any more questions, but shouted at Qin Chuan: "In that case, why don't you quickly let your people get off their horses and retreat, and wait for me to wait for the warriors of the Dajin Kingdom to cross the river to check the grain." ”

"Well said, well said." Qin Chuan laughed with him, and then his face was a little embarrassed, "It's just that Qin is here to make a deal with the warriors of the Jin Kingdom, why don't you see the goods of your warriors?" ”

"Humph! Okay, you Nikan, you dare to negotiate terms with the warriors of Dajin Kingdom? Who gave your dog guts? ”

This time, the general in the middle spoke, scolding in stiff Chinese.

The general is none other than Turush.

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Qin Chuan hurriedly laughed with him, and then shouted to the back.

The three hundred cavalry Emperor soldiers behind them dismounted, turned their horses' heads, and walked back twenty paces.

At this time, two horsemen came out of Jiannu's team, came from the bridge built on the river beach, and walked towards the grain cart parked by the river with knives.

Qin Chuan smiled all over his face and accompanied the two horses over to inspect the grain.

He complained bitterly in his heart, looking at the other party's position, he didn't plan to cross the river, and he would only cross the river to trade when the large army behind arrived.

If the other party doesn't cross the river, it will be difficult to attack and kill this group, and even if they win, the results will not be too great.

But if you don't fight, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to fight when the opponent's large army arrives.

The opponent's forward is as many as 500 people, and there will only be more behind, if the total strength reaches more than 1,005, even if he is surprised, it is difficult for him to have a chance of winning, after all, he is only 680 people, and his individual combat strength is not as good as the opponent's.

Do you want to fight?

Just as they were hesitating, the two Jiannu had already stabbed several sacks with knives, and after seeing that there were golden wheat and millet flowing out of them, they walked towards the grain cart behind.

"Big boss, do it, if you don't do it, you won't have a chance." Li Dingliang whispered beside him.

Zhao Wu also said: "That's right, let's do it, there is at least a ninety percent chance of winning by surprise, and how many can be killed." ”