"Newspaper, newspaper, newspaper...... The lord and captain Wu Dayong of Chen Cang asked to see him outside. A personal guard ran into the lobby of the Taishou Mansion to report to Guo Qiyu.

"Wu Dayong, why is he here, let him in!" Guo Qi said lazily.

"Humble Wu Dayong see the lord." After Wu Dayong came in, he knelt down and saluted Guo Qi.

"Get up! What is the matter with this king? Go ahead! ”

"My lord, after our army took Shangtai City, some local people reported to our army that there were a large number of horses, cattle, sheep and livestock of the Xirong Khanate in the Weishui Valley north of the Shangtai Valley;

However, due to the fact that our army received the news a little late, the general judged that it was very likely that they would flee west along Weishui, so he sent an army to raid Fuqiang, preparing to intercept it, and in order to prevent it from escaping, he asked the lord to send reinforcements. Wu Dayong said in one breath.

"How many horses, cattle, sheep, and livestock are there?"

"There should be 60,000 or 70,000 horses, hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep and livestock."

Hearing this number, Guo Qi stood up from the Taishi chair behind the bookcase, and immediately ordered: "Come here, order Zhuo Yidao to come to see this king immediately." ”

After a while, Zhuo Yidao came in and reported: "The last general will see the lord." ”

"One sword, how many cavalry are there in Chengji City now?"

"Lord Yu, the hussars guard the cavalry of the five mansions, except for the thousand fine cavalry transferred to General Tang Bi; There are still 5,000 cavalry left, and as a result of the war, the cavalry lost by our army has not yet been urgently replenished, and now only 4,500 cavalry can be mobilized. Zhuo Yidao reported to Guo Qi in detail.

"In addition to the horses used by the hussars, how many horses have been captured by our army?"

"There are nearly 30,000 horses, but now there are about 10,000 horses, and the rest of the horses are transporting the baggage!"

"You immediately select soldiers who can ride horses from the whole army, and your commander will lead the army to reinforce Fuqiang, and you will follow Dayong." Guo Qi immediately ordered: "The specific situation will be told to you by Dayong Road." ”

"No! Commanded by humility. Wu Dayong immediately took the military order.

An hour later, the six thousand cavalry led by Zhuo Yidao and Wu Dayong left Chengji City, all the way to the mountain Wu Dayong told Zhuo Yidao what he knew, Zhuo Yidao was very excited after hearing it, urging the army under his command to move forward quickly, how fast and fast he could.

After Zhuo Yidao led the cavalry away, Guo Qi immediately summoned the generals in Chengji City and began to arrange the matter of going south to Fuqiang.

In the early morning of the next day, Guo Qi personally led more than 7,000 infantry troops south to Fuqiang, and when Guo Qi led the army to Fuqiang, it was already three days later.

Yongjun Sun Guoqing and Zhuo Yidao, one on the south bank of Weishui and the other in the north of Elephant Mountain, respectively set up a large camp, and the two camps were horns between each other, firmly locking the road for the remnants of Xirong to flee westward.

Weinan Daying.

"How? Didn't let those grandsons run away! Guo Qi walked into the battle with the Chinese army again, and asked Zhuo Yidao at the same time.

"No, but they're all cowering in the city now." Zhuo Yidao followed behind and said.

"The horses and livestock are in the city?" Guo Qi frowned and asked.

"When Lao Sun arrived, he happened to run into a flight from here to the west, and a third of it was intercepted!" Zhuo Yidao said.

"What about horses and livestock?"

"It's all hidden in Lao Sun! Lord, this kid is too thief, he hides somewhere and doesn't tell me, and I haven't even seen a horsehair until now. Zhuo Yidao complained to Guo Qi.

"Lao Zhuo, I knew that you were arranging Lao Tzu in front of the lord again." Sun Guoqing walked in from outside the tent; "The last will see the lord."

"Get up and sit down!" Guo Qi laughed; "You can sit down with a knife!"

"My lord, this is a list of all the horses and livestock that have been seized up to date." After Sun Guoqing got up, he put the ledger on the handsome case in front of Guo Qi.

Guo Qi didn't even look at it, and asked Sun Guoqing directly: "Look at your cracked mouth like a lotus, let's talk about how much has been seized?" ”

"My lord, 31,827 horses, 13,876 cattle, and 76,327 sheep......," Sun Guoqing reported to Guo Qiyu one by one.

"Ha, ha, ha...... National Day, you have made a great contribution this time. Guo Qi said with great joy; However, we have to make persistent efforts to take all the cattle, sheep and livestock in Fuqiang City to Lao Tzu. ”

"No! The lord is wise. The two got up and bowed to Guo Qi.

"In order to prevent the enemy from jumping over the wall, this battle cannot be forced, but can only be outwitted." Guo Qi said to the two: "It's best to take Fuqiang City without spending a single soldier." ”

"Lord, I'm afraid this is a little difficult!" Zhuo Yidao said with some surprise.

"No matter how hard it is, you have to do it." Guo Qi said solemnly in front of him: "Fifth son, you go and prepare, this king will personally go to Fuqiang City." ”

"The lord ......," Sun Guoqing and Zhuo Yidao said at the same time.

But before the two could speak, they were interrupted by Guo Qi's gesture, Guo Qi continued: "You all know how important those horses in the city are to us, rest assured that this king will be fine." ”

Guo Qi rested in the big tent of the Chinese army for a while, and came to the west gate of Fuqiang City under the protection of Li Wu and more than 100 personal guard cavalry.

Fuqiang City is a small county town, the city wall is rammed, but it has long been dilapidated, now in Fuqiang City everywhere can be seen horses and livestock, in order to drive these horses and livestock into the city, the Xirong officials responsible for protecting these horses and livestock, drove all the people in the city out, the whole Fuqiang City has become a huge livestock pen.

"Hoo, hoo, hoo......" Guo Qi rode to chase the wind and stopped outside the west gate of Fuqiang City.

"Listen to the Xijon army in the city, tell your steward to come out, and my lord wants to see him." Li Wu shouted in an almost commanding tone: "If he doesn't dare to come out, we will attack the city." ”

When a Xirong centurion defending the city heard this, he immediately shot an arrow with a bow and shot at Li Wu, and Guo Qi saw the Xirong centurion in the city shoot an arrow, and he also immediately shot an arrow, but Guo Qi shot an armor-piercing arrow, and after the first arrow was shot, Guo Qi shot a second arrow.

"Smack!" The first arrow shot by Guo Qi directly cut off the arrow shot by the centurion of Xirong.

"Poof!" The second arrow directly penetrated the centurion's body and was shot by Guo Qi on the spot.

Guo Qi's divine martial arts shocked all the Xirong soldiers who were defending the city, and another centurion hurriedly hid, and his colleagues sent someone to inform the 'steward'. (Note 1)

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency...... Oh no, a person from outside the city who said that he was the lord of the Yongjun army shot the captain of Hara Centurion to death. A soldier ran to the steward in a panic to report.

"What do you say? Is Hala dead? The steward exclaimed.

"Yes, my lord, they also said that they wanted to see your lordship, and if they didn't, they would attack the city."

The steward's body was so weak that he almost didn't collapse on the ground; As for the situation in Fuqiang City, the Yongjun outside the city did not know, but the steward knew very well.

Although there are still tens of thousands of horses and a large number of cattle, sheep and livestock in the city, but in fact, there are not many people, only a thousand people, and most of them are raising horses and grazing, and there are only more than 300 second-rate soldiers who can really fight.

Note 1: The Steward was an official of the Sijon Khanate who kept horses.