It is not easy for tens of thousands of troops to pull out camp, and after retreating twenty miles, Rong Mi's army re-encamped in an open field, which is eighty miles away from Xiao Town, and Hu Rui's heart is a little calm. If the town wants to rob the camp here, it can only use light horses, and it is impossible for light horses to transport catapults, so it should be safe here.

He divided the battalion into two parts, the front and the front, which were spread out and wide, forming an arc to protect the rear army. There is no shortage of sand in the Gobi, high mounds are piled up with sand around the camp, and the camp is also full of sand, and Zheng Jun can use sand to extinguish the fire with firebombs. Hurui's royal tent was heavily protected, and Choukedo and his guards guarded his tent around it, and the king's tent was also surrounded by sand.

In the king's tent, Hu Rui was a little uneasy, his head was always hovering with the appearance of a heavy horse in the sea of fire, if he wasn't afraid of shaking the army's heart, he really wanted to set off overnight and return to the country.

Bei Qisi comforted: "Don't worry about the king, your majesty sees that the fire bomb can spontaneously combust, it should not be easy to store, the minister carefully looked at the number, Zheng Jun threw more than a thousand fire bombs and then did not throw them again, it is estimated that the stock is not much." This place is eighty miles away from Xiaozhen, and as long as you tighten your guard, Zheng Jun should not dare to come. ”

Hu Rui's heart palpitated, and said: "Send more scouts, in all directions, spread out twenty miles away, report to the king at any time if there is any wind and grass, if Zheng Jun comes, this king will wake me up when he falls asleep." ”

"There are many thick things", Hu Rui shouted: "You take people to explore, I don't worry about you doing things." "Chouko walked out of the camp on the soft sand, and the night began to spread on the Gobi, and the camp behind him was lit up, reflecting the yellow sand like gold.

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In Xiaozhen, the news of the retreat of the Rong Mi army came, and the army was jubilant, and the Rong Mi army was defeated.

In the lobby of the Shuaifu, the generals argued about the pursuit of Rong Mi's army. Originally, the camps of the two armies were separated by dozens of miles, and it was risky to rob the camp at night, but with the sharp weapon of fire bombs in hand, everyone was eager to make meritorious contributions and wanted to take a risk. Now that the Rong Mi army has retreated, the catapults cannot be transported to a distance of 80 miles overnight, and the fire bombs must be carried with them, so that they must be killed in the camp of the Rong Mi army before they can set fire to the camp.

Eighty miles of road, the infantry army is obviously unable to go, the Zheng army has 10,000 light cavalry, and the Rong Mi army has 50,000 people, it can be imagined, the Rong Mi people were defeated at the beginning, tonight must be well defended, the lone army is already tired when they arrive at the Rong Mi military camp, and they have to fight back, the slightest carelessness will wipe out the whole army, everyone wants the credit, but the probability of failure is too great, most of the generals are not in favor of taking the risk of attacking.

Jiang Anyi is in a dilemma, and the risk of taking the risk of attacking is too great, but if he does not go to the raid tonight, the farther the distance between the two armies will be tomorrow, although the Rong Mi army will be defeated, but the vitality will not be injured, if he returns to the country safely and defended the city, the Zheng army may have difficulty in attacking the city and plundering the land with 30,000 horses. The supply of the expedition was difficult, and the number of firebombs was limited, and if the living force of the Rong Mi army could not be annihilated in large numbers, the western expedition was likely to be a failure.

Before the expedition, Jiang Anyi and Zhang Keji repeatedly studied the goals of this expedition: first, to control the Gobi region in the hands of Zheng Jun, although the Gobi is desolate, it is the only way for the Western Regions to trade with Zheng State, and it is found that there is stone paint, and now the fire bomb is the most powerful weapon in Jiang Anyi's hands, and the output of stone paint means the number of fire bombs. The second is to strike at the Rong Mi army, which greatly hurts the vitality of the Rong Mi country. For decades, the Rong Mi Kingdom has been the convening state of the Eastern Invasion of the Western Regions, and the enmity between the two countries is insoluble. The third is to loot materials, the Son of Heaven allowed Jiang Anyi to lead his troops to attack, the main purpose is to relieve the urgent need of the empty treasury, if Jiang Anyi can't do this, I believe that the court's rebuke will come soon.

Jiang Anyi breathed a sigh of relief, the property obtained from the black wind in the Yin Fog Ditch had been transported into the customs, and according to the agreement, Guan Pingzhong would send another 20,000 soldiers and horses to come, so that the soldiers and horses in Jiang Anyi's hands would reach the upper limit of 50,000 allowed by the Son of Heaven. Jiang Anyi prepared to secretly get in touch with the Great Qi State, Shasu State, and Tian Wei State after defeating Rong Mi's army, and let them participate in beating the water dogs, biting Rong Mi, Wei Che, Jusu and other countries, and weakening the strength of the good warring states in the Western Regions, while Zheng Guo's army went north to seek an opportunity to fight with Xiu Li, and let Zhang Keji vent his anger by the way.

Zhang Keji looked at the sand table without saying a word, the garrison of the Rong Mi army was reset, it would take an hour to set off from Xiaozhen to the Rong Mi station, and the horses should be allowed to rest and maintain their physical strength in the middle, it was an hour and a half, and it was now two quarters of the unitary hour, and it would take nearly an hour to arrive after an hour.

It takes more than three hours to fight back and forth, and there must be a lack of people and horses, in order to ensure combat effectiveness, at least one person must be ridden twice, then the number of light cavalry that goes to attack the camp is at most 5,000 people, with one enemy and ten, and the attack is long-distance, Zhang Keji sighed and shook his head.

Jiang Anyi came to the sand table and said, "No matter whether you succeed or fail, you have to give it a try." Tonight's attack on the camp is improvised, not too many men and horses, only 3,000 light horses, two horses per person, and 1,000 war horses to transport supplies, I will personally lead the team to go. Jiang Anyong went out with me, immediately went to select the soldiers, and set off an hour later. ”

He pointed to a steep valley thirty miles away from Xiaozhen and said: "He Xigui led six thousand infantry to start after half an hour, went here to set up defenses, and received the light cavalry attacking the camp, and Xiaozhen and Yeyang Lake were unified under the command of Zhang Keji, who joined the army. ”

Zhang Keji said: "My lord, this attack on the camp is very important, no matter what, I have to accompany him, and the defense of Xiaozhen may as well be handed over to others." ”

If this attack on the camp succeeds in defeating the Rong Mi army, the Rong Mi Kingdom will inevitably fall into chaos, and Tian Wei, Daqi and other countries will definitely take advantage of the fire to rob, driving Shasu, Qianglan and even Teng Gongli, Jusu and Weiche will definitely be involved, and according to Jiang Anyi's plan, then the Zheng State will have no worries about the west for at least ten years. In Zhang Keji's heart, this battle will determine the future direction of the lord Jiang Anyi, and as a minister, he must not miss it.

The order was handed down, the generals agreed, and the three armies moved when they heard the news.

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At the second moment of Haizheng, fifteen miles away from the military camp of Rong Miguo, 6,000 war horses, and 2,000 Zheng troops rested in a low-lying place. Jiang Anyi only selected 2,000 light horses, one person and three horses, and it only took half an hour to change horses and move forward. Sixteen hundred light horsemen carried sheepskin sacs on their backs, and the fire bombs were packed in the sacs, which were made of fluffy wool, so that they could ride on their horses so that they could not worry about the clay pots breaking and catching fire.

Zhang Keji's face was a little pale, it was not easy for him to run around in front of the horse for an hour, and Rao Feng, the personal guard who took care of him, took out the wine bag and let him take a few sips. Alcohol is not allowed in the military, but Zhang Keji is an exception. After a few sips of wine, Zhang Keji's face regained a trace of ruddyness, and when he saw Jiang Anyi coming over, he stood up and said: "Lord, this place is not far from the Rong Mi camp, there are scouts everywhere, I am afraid that our whereabouts have been discovered by the Rong Mi people, and we can't stay for a long time." ”

Jiang Anyi said: "Along the way, I have encountered many scouts of Rong Miguo, and thousands of soldiers and horses have acted too loudly, and it is impossible to hide it. Simply let the soldiers and horses recover their strength, and let's move again. ”

This robbery camp was destined to be a strong attack from the beginning, the Rong Mi military camp was brightly lit, and the news of the Zheng army's attack from afar had spread throughout the military camp, and the soldiers in the camp were all dressed neatly, waiting for the order of the lord.

In the king's tent, Hu Rui's expression was slightly frightened, and he muttered indiscriminately: "Zheng Jun actually dared to come to send them to death, they actually traveled eighty miles to rob the camp, they came to send them to death, I want to kill them...... Let people prepare more sand and be careful of fire bombs......"

He cautiously advised: "The king, according to the latest report, the Zheng army is resting fifteen miles northwest of the camp, and I ask the king to give orders on how to deal with it. ”

Hu Rui was stabbed for a moment, straightened up and said, "Send someone to kill them, how many of them are there?" Send more men, and not let them come near the big camp. ”

He sighed secretly in his heart, the lord of the country was already in turmoil, and he couldn't let him be the master at this time. He replied in an accentuated voice: "King, I can't tell how many Zheng troops are attacking in the dark night, but the scout cavalry should be more than 5,000 horsemen when listening to the sound of horses' hooves, and there are 50,000 soldiers in the camp, as long as the camp is strong, don't worry about these Zheng troops." When they were exhausted, his subordinates could annihilate them with 3,000 men. ”

Hu Rui calmed down a little, Zheng Jun's number was small, and he didn't have to worry about it. Hu Rui said: "The matter of meeting the enemy is handled by Pes, and this king will hear the news of victory." He bowed down and agreed, and left the king's tent with the generals, and heard the voice of Hu Rui in the tent: "Is Chou Keduo back, let him come to see the king quickly." ”

At two o'clock, Zheng Jun, who had rested for half an hour, set off again, as if he smelled the breath of the big war, and Charcoal rushed to the front of the queue briskly, if it weren't for Jiang Anyi taking the reins from time to time, Charcoal would have taken the lead.

Jiang Anyong said enviously: "Brother, charcoal is really a divine horse, the horse I ride is its grandson, and it doesn't look as good as its grandfather." ”

Jiang Anyi patted Charcoal's neck lovingly, and said to his younger brother Jiang Anyong: "An Yong, you lead a thousand light cavalry to feint to attack the west, as long as you attract the attention of Rong Mijun, don't be greedy, don't rush into the camp, do you hear it." ”

Although he was already a fourth-grade general, Jiang Anyong was still a little afraid when he saw his brother's face, and nodded in agreement: "Brother, don't worry, I know the severity." ”

It was only five miles away from the Rong Mi military camp, Jiang Anyong rushed to the west of the Rong Mi military camp with 1,000 light cavalry and 4,000 air cavalry, and Jiang Anyi quietly turned south with another 1,000 light cavalry, and the wind blew to the south tonight.

In the camp of Rong Mi, the horn sounded, and Pelius stood on a high platform and commanded the battle. The sound of hooves in the west was loud, and the sound should be about 5,000 horsemen, and the main force of Zheng's army was coming to the west. He ordered his soldiers to form a wall of shields, and the archers lined up in long columns, crouching forward and standing behind, waiting for the Zheng army to approach before taking turns to shoot. The high pile of sand was shaken by the horse's hooves and kept rolling down, and Bei Qisi could already vaguely see the black Zheng cavalry, if he could annihilate the five thousand Zheng army light cavalry here, the chance of victory and defeat would be reversed, and the army could attack Xiaozhen again.