Xijon barracks, inside the big tent of the Chinese army.

"General, the losses in this battle have been counted......"

"How many casualties did our army have?"

"More than 700 were killed, and more than 1,200 were seriously wounded."

"Bump!" Murong Hao clenched his fists and said angrily: "Damn, since Ben joined the army, he has never fought such a battle. ”

"General, the last general feels that we are not unjustly lost."

"What do you mean by that?"

"As far as the three hundred cavalry sent by the Yongjun army is concerned, if they fight one-on-one, our army is not an opponent at all; First of all, from the armor and weapons, the Yongjun cavalry wore at least two layers of armor, while our army only had single armor and leather armor;

Moreover, the weapons they used were much sharper than ours, and the last general checked all the sabers brought back by the soldiers, and the best ones had several gaps, and some of them were even broken; When the last general withdrew, he picked up a saber used by the Yongjun cavalry, and the entire blade was only slightly curled, and there was not even a gap;

Then there is the kung fu of riding and archery, not to mention the trick of returning the horse and arrow, not many soldiers in our army can master it, let alone be able to hit seven or eight out of ten. ”

"The Yongjun army is indeed stronger than the general thought, especially the excellent bow and crossbow, which is far beyond the reach of our army." Murong Hao said: "However, the Yongjun also has its fatal weakness. ”

"The last general is unknown, please ask the general to make it clear?" The adjutant general said very respectfully.

"Ben will ask you, do you know why the Yong army only sent 300 cavalry to raid when our army was not firmly established?" Murong Hao did not answer the lieutenant's words, but asked the lieutenant general.

"I want to test the strength of our army!" The adjutant replied directly.

"Testing the strength of our army is only one of them; What is more crucial is to give our army a dismount. Murong Hao sneered: "Let our army not dare to attack easily, but the main general of the garrison doesn't know that they have exposed an extremely serious problem for this?" ”

"Questions? What's the problem? ”

"The Yong army is under-armed, especially the elite cavalry." Murong Hao said very confidently and proudly: "Think about it, if it wasn't 300 cavalry that attacked us just now, but 10,000 or 3,000, the two of us would still be able to sit in this big tent of the Chinese army!" ”

"The general is wise, and the enemy's inferiority can be seen from the battle alone, and the general admires it to the end." The adjutant hurriedly patted his ass; "In the general's opinion, what should we do next?"

"The general specially explained that the task of my forward army is not to be the first to break the enemy, but to establish a stable battalion here for the follow-up army, and wait for the main army led by the general." Murong Hao said: "So as long as the Yongjun army does not take the initiative to attack, we don't need to pay attention to them at all. ”

"The last will understand."

"From tomorrow, you will lead 10,000 troops to dig a trench one zhang five wide and one zhang deep for Ben General in front of the camp, and introduce the water of the Qingshui River into it, dig traps between the trench and the camp wall, arrange to resist horses, and do all the defenses;

In addition, 10,000 people were sent to the surrounding mountains to cut down trees, which were used to build siege equipment such as ladders and battering rams, in case they were needed from time to time. ”

"The last will obey." The adjutant general immediately received the order.

After the lieutenant general left, Murong Hao muttered in a low voice: "This battle is not easy to fight!" ”

Since this day, for seven consecutive days, neither the White Tiger Army nor the Xirong Forward Army have taken the initiative to attack the other side; However, both sides are closely monitoring each other's every move.

West Village, outside the East Gate.

Captain Luo, with a group of Xizhai officers, is bidding farewell to Hu Qiong, the commander of the White Tiger Army!

It turned out that since the first day, Hu Qiong stayed in Xizhai for seven days in a row, and never fought again, so it was not interesting for Hu Qiong to stay, and there was still a lot of military affairs waiting for him to deal with in the Great Earthquake Pass! So Hu Qiong decided to return to Dazhenguan to sit down.

Then Xizhai is not far from the earthquake pass, the cavalry can arrive in two hours, the infantry can arrive in one day at the slatest, once it happens, Hu Qiong can lead the army to help at any time.

"Luo boy, this Xizhai could have been handed over to you, you must always be vigilant, and you must not have the slightest contempt for the enemy." Hu Qiong finally admonished.

"No! Humble duty understands, please rest assured general. Captain Luo said.

"Stay! Lao Tzu is gone. After Hu Qiong finished speaking, he turned over and got on his horse and led Captain Luo and his scout cavalry to the east.

After seeing Hu Qiong stay away, Captain Luo led his subordinates back to the West Village, and as soon as the gate of the village was closed, the scouts all hurried to Captain Luo.

"Have you found out? How's it going? Captain Luo anxiously asked the scouts.

"Lord Captain, it's all clear." Du Tong said: "In the mountains and forests to the south! However, there are quite a few people on the other side, several thousand. ”

"Thousands of people are afraid." Captain Luo poked the scout Du Tong and said: "We are veterans in drilling mountains and forests, and besides, we are more familiar with the terrain in this area than them, so hurry up and let your soldiers gather here." ”

"No, I will be commanded." The scout commander was pleased to receive the order.

"Your Excellency, you don't really plan to go, do you?" Deputy Lieutenant Guo Yi asked.

"Lao Wang, you also know the situation in our house." Captain Luo said to Captain Wang: "This Captain Guoyi is only you, so after I leave, this Xizhai will be handed over to you, you just need to close the door of the village and guard the village, and I will come back in two days at most." ”

"Brother An, why don't you let me go!"

"Next time I let you go, my hands are itchy if I don't fight these days." Captain Luo patted Captain Wang's shoulder and comforted him.

The scouts are all one hundred and two, plus Captain Luo, there are a total of one hundred and three people, these are the most elite troops in Xizhai, and two-thirds of them are veterans.

In order to lighten the burden, the soldiers who went out this time did not even wear leather armor, each of them only wore a military uniform, held a bow and crossbow with a pot of arrows, plus a war knife and a dagger, and each person carried three days' rations.

In the mountains and forests in the south of Xizhai, a team of people wearing black military uniforms are jumping back and forth in the mountains and forests, there is no road in this dense primeval forest, if it is unfamiliar people who come in, it is easy to get lost, but the scouts in Xizhai will not, because this mountain forest has long been explored by them.

"It's too difficult to walk this way." Captain Luo cut down a small tree in front of him.

"No way, no one usually comes in here." The scout said, "This is a beast road we are walking now, and we accidentally discovered it when we went out to inquire about the news. ”

The so-called beast path is actually the path that the beast walks out, and such a road is rugged and difficult to walk, and in some places it can only be crawled over.

"How far is it from where the Xijon Army is logging?"

"It's not far away, my lord, just go around the front."

"Order, everyone stop marching, rest in place, hurry up and eat something and drink some water, we will do a big ticket in the evening."

"No! The lowly position will be arranged. ”