Under the northern sky, everything is remarkably quiet until twilight. The scent of wildflowers wafting through the wilderness, the occasional neighing of war horses, and the flash of a knife seemed to indicate that something unusual was quietly brewing and happening.

The young general, dressed in armor, sat on a rock at the end of the valley, silently watching the last rays of light in the west be swallowed up by darkness. After the bitterness of the grass roots chewed in the mouth, the sweet taste finally gradually tasted.

Five thousand cavalry rested in this valley. They've been lurking here for a whole day since last night, just waiting for the night to come again.

Murong Licheng had a few minor wounds on his body, but it didn't hinder him at all. In the several battles that almost ran through the past summer, the Hu cavalry that died at the hands of him and the Tiger Ben army was about several thousand. And in the process, they finally met a real opponent.

The Huyan Tribe, known as one of the four major tribes of the grassland, are indeed some tough and brave guys. The reason why they ran so far to plunder this time was because they wanted to grab enough living and production for their tribe before the next winter came. If there is not enough accumulation, the tribesmen will have a hard time in winter.

Hu Yanbo, who is forty years old, is one of the important figures in their tribe, and it is said that he has the courage of ten thousand people. A few months ago, he led more than 10,000 cavalry to take advantage of the weakness, swept through the northwest defense line, and directly attacked in front of Yanling Pass. If it weren't for the Zhao army that blocked them in time after seizing this area, I am afraid that Hu Cai's iron hooves would have crossed the Yanling Pass and went directly south.

When the Tiger Ben Army first came to Yanling Pass, without any preparation, they had several encounters with Hu Yanbo. And at that time, neither side took advantage of anything. Faced with the Hu cavalry coming from all over the mountains, they had to temporarily retreat into the Yanling Pass.

Prior to this, after several small-scale battles in the early stage, Li Mu had adjusted his strategic deployment in time, defended the city, and waited for the best opportunity. The reason why he did this was also a choice of last resort. Fighting against Hu Qi will inevitably cause great casualties. And Chu Jiangmian sent people to him several times, all of which required him to find a good opportunity to fight on the premise of minimizing unnecessary casualties. He was naturally able to understand the good intentions of this young Zhao King. For this reason, he had to put a lot of care and time into the strategic arrangement.

And the arrival of the five thousand tiger army led by Murong Licheng has become the key to the decisive victory.

Many times, looking at the Hu cavalry roaming and turning in the wilderness outside the city, Murong Licheng wanted to rush out immediately and fight them face to death. But under Li Mu's persuasion, he finally calmed down again and again, waiting for the arrival of the fighter plane in Yanling Pass.

Later, he learned the news that his sister Qiancheng and Chu Jiangmian were injured at the same time, and at that moment, Murong left the city and wanted to ride away alone and return to Dragon City to see what happened to them. If anything happened to the two best people in the world, he didn't know what the meaning of what he was doing would be. Fortunately, Chu Jiangmian personally wrote to him, indicating that Qiancheng had recovered well from his injuries, so he was relieved.

The Tiger Army, which has been recuperating for nearly a summer, is very eager to fight from top to bottom. In the past period, they witnessed the tyranny of the Hu people, and also saw that the opponent's army had increased from more than 10,000 cavalry to nearly 30,000 people. All the soldiers of the Zhao army knew very well that these wolves from the grassland may have reached the brink of starvation, and they would never retreat without a bloody battle to the death.

The latest order from Dragon City, arrived a few days ago. After Li Mu saw it, he urgently convened all the generals and colonels to discuss the strategy of breaking the enemy. Since it was Chu Jiangmian's own deployment, it must be that the current situation has changed significantly, and they need to start breaking the situation from this aspect.

After listening to King Zhao's order, all the generals suddenly boiled. In terms of the strategic deployment sent by the envoys of the royal court at the same time, Chu Jiangmian clearly put forward the strategic goals that must be achieved for them. That is, to defeat the enemy of the Hu invasion at all costs. After removing the threat in this regard, all the defenders of Yanling Pass will move eastward again, and the target is Jicheng of Yan Kingdom!

"The armies of Qin and Yan are jointly attacking Qi. For the sake of the overall situation, the king decided to save Qi! The army of Zhao State was divided into two routes, all the way across the border of Zhao Qi and marched eastward, while ours, from the north, took a detour from the north, directly crossed the land in the west of Yan State, and raided Jicheng! ”

Recalling the task conveyed by Li Mu at that time, Murong Licheng didn't feel how excited he was in his heart. Ever since he left Dragon City, he had already regarded the destruction of Jicheng as the most important goal of this northward operation. And the cavalry that wiped out the Hu people was just a tempering before that.

After a detailed study at Yanling Pass, they worked out a strategy to break the enemy. The timing of the raid on the Huqi camp was chosen tonight. In order to maintain the secrecy of his operation, Murong Licheng, who was lurking in the valley behind the enemy, did not send someone to deliver the news back to Yanling Pass again. However, he believed that Li Mu must have made all preparations a long time ago, just waiting for him and the Tiger Ben Army to suddenly launch.

"How can you just defeat the Hu people? Brother Mian, you wait, this time in the land of Yan Kingdom, I not only want to personally repay the hatred of the Murong family being slaughtered, but also lay down this territory for you, so that all the land and subjects of Yan Kingdom belong to Zhao State, and let everything here prostrate under your king's sword...... In this way, we can be worthy of the friendship of the first acquaintance in the Peach Blossom Valley! ”

Murong left the city and spit out the grass roots in his mouth, and also put away the distracting thoughts in his heart. Although Chu Jiangmian would not ask him to do anything, this was the first goal he set. All the tiger soldiers who were resting in the valley saw their young general standing up, and they also jumped up one after another, sorted out their armor and weapons, and tightly controlled the reins of their horses.

The sky is like ink, and the sky is full of stars. The sword is unsheathed, the arrow is wound, and their moment of glory has finally arrived!

"There is no need to show mercy in this battle, and all enemies encountered will be killed...... Let's go! ”

Murong Licheng jumped on his war horse, his spear on his chest, and in the direction of his finger, the five thousand tiger soldiers were like tigers out of the cage, galloping, jumping out of this hiding valley.

Outside the Yanling Pass, there are many mountains and valleys near and far, and the ravines are vertical and horizontal. In the past, this was a good place for Hu Qi to haunt and kill. Tonight, however, this 100-mile radius is about to become the battlefield where they will die.

The more than 30,000 cavalry commanded by Hu Yanbo were almost all the elite of their tribe. With this as their base camp, they frequented frequently within a few months, and almost all of the surrounding areas had been looted for hundreds of miles. Although he can't break through Yanling Pass for the time being, he can't go to the land of Zhao to continue to do evil. But judging from the current harvest, it is already quite satisfying.

Since the looting gains were almost enough to ensure that the people of the tribes in the rear would no longer starve, Hu Cai's edge seemed to have temporarily retracted, and he was no longer as crazy as he had been at the beginning. Moreover, with the intermittent war in the past few months, the army of the opposite Zhao State does not seem to have much combat effectiveness to speak of. With the exception of entrenchments and skirmishes, they never fought a fierce battle. This can't help but make Hu people feel contempt.

Under the influence of this general contempt for the enemy in the army, even Hu Yanbo believed that after the death of Zhao King Chulie, the morale of the Zhao army was low and it was no longer the prestige it used to be. It was precisely because of this realization that he gave up his plan to go east to continue attacking the big cities of Yan, and instead concentrated on carrying out a thorough raid in this territory.

Those looted things, cattle and sheep grain, etc., were constantly escorted back to the grassland. Even so, behind the camp where they were stationed, it was still piled up, and it could not be transported for a while. Huyanbo and his tribal warriors were in a very good mood. Therefore, on this moonlit and clear night, a blazing bonfire was lit in the open space in the camp, and a large-scale eating and drinking event was held to reward the meritorious warriors.

If compared with the vassal states of the Central Plains, such a so-called celebration reward certainly seems very shabby. It's just cooking beef and mutton, everyone sits on the ground, cuts it with a short knife, and grabs it with both hands to eat. This is already an extremely rich "feast" in their eyes. As for the only few jars of wine that were robbed, only Hu Yanbo and those above the commander were qualified to drink it separately.

Hundreds of people gathered here, happily, eating meat, with their hands full of oil, and the atmosphere was very warm. And when it was pleased, there were those warriors of the clan, who began to perform wrestling and wrestling, although they were only brute force contests, but they won loud applause.

The smell of boiled meat wafted in the four fields, and those Hu people who were patrolling outside inevitably inhaled greedily with their noses while looking at each other, and now their greatest wish was to wait for someone to take over soon, so that they could eat and drink to their heart's content. Such opportunities do not come often, and when it is finally a turn, no one will let it go.

The hour has just arrived at the first watch, and the Huqi garrison, which stretches for dozens of miles, is the time to relax. The absent-minded patrolmen, who never expected that the cavalry of Zhao State who appeared from nowhere appeared, were like fierce gods who fell from the sky, and their iron hooves thundered, shaking the earth, and suddenly appeared in front of them.

Countless Hu people widened their eyes in horror, looking at the galloping of thousands of horses that were overwhelming in the night, and before they could react, a rain of black arrows cut through the moonlight, directly enveloping everything in front of them.