"The Han people are really cunning!" Kiyura's fist slammed into the table.

Since Zhao Fu found that he seemed to have an army of 100,000, but the distribution of these 100,000 troops along the long border line seemed very embarrassed, and he was completely unable to deal with the harassment of the Hu people. After consulting Xia Yingyang, Zhao Fu ordered to abandon some inconsequential towns and concentrate his troops on key roads that were easy to defend and difficult to attack.

This is not a good idea, as it would involve a large-scale transfer of civilians and the burning of all the materials that could not be taken away in order to keep the enemy from the enemy. But at least this can reduce the casualty rate of the cavalry units gradually encroached on by the Hu people, as long as it is supported until the new recruits are trained and can be sent to the battlefield, it is a victory.

However, the current Zhao Fu is also facing the same problem as Hu Lu De before, that is, the morale of the soldiers. Although the previous battle of Valen City brought great encouragement to the whole army, the people were evacuated one after another, the town was abandoned, and under the deliberate ostentation of the Hu people, the morale of the army was slowly dissipating.

"The scouts brought back news that the Hu people had gathered twenty or thirty thousand horses in the east, and they should have made some moves." Liu Anyuan reported.

"To the east? What city are we stationed in the east? Zhao Fu asked.

"White Blade City." Liu Anyuan has lived in the northwest since he was a child, and he is very familiar with the geography here.

"Bai Feng?" Zhao Fu has heard of this name, and this is also a legendary name of its own.

At the height of the Marigold Empire, a murderous general was exiled to the frontier as a centurion because he offended the magnates of the capital. Unexpectedly, this general not only did not despair, but became more courageous, and soon he was promoted from centurion to thousand. Of course, the commander of the thousand was not his end, and after another two years, because of his unrivaled military exploits, this general was once again promoted to General Jin Ling and returned to Beijing to be crowned.

From General Jin Ling to exile to become a centurion, and then from the centurion to return to the column of Jin Ling step by step by relying on his military exploits, it only took three years! This is a myth in the eyes of many people. But the general didn't care, and he took the fifty guards who entered Beijing with him to find the powerful man who had framed him back then, and shot the powerful man dead on the spot in disregard of the law.

The story did not end there, the emperor at that time cherished his talent and refused to kill this rare general, but even he had to give an explanation to those famous families, so the general was exiled again, only this time to the north.

At that time, the Marigold Empire was about to give up the vast but barren land in the north, which was constantly infested by the Hu people, but this changed because of the arrival of that general.

This Jin Ling general led the Northwest Army, which was small in number at that time, and after dozens of battles, large and small, he drove all the Hu people out of the territory of the Jinzhan Dynasty, and demarcated the border in Baifeng City, "Those who dare to cross the border will die!" ”

Naturally, this was said to the Hu people, and indeed, in the more than 20 years that he had been in Baifeng City, the Hu people really did not dare to take a step south. In the three years since his death, the north has also been eerily quiet.

It was also for him that the Marigold Dynasty abolished the position of General Jin Ling, and replaced all the official uniforms originally inlaid with Jin Ling with black feathers, and there was only one General Jin Ling in the whole country!

"What the hell do the Hu people want to do?" Zhao Fu didn't understand, Bai Fengcheng has always been a pain in the hearts of Hu people, a golden feather and a blood spear are a big stone pressed on the chests of all Hu people, do they want to wash away the humiliation?

"Perhaps, it is to take Baifeng City." Liu Anyuan said on the side.

Zhao Fu thought about it, although Bai Feng City was not one of the four major towns in the northwest, but as a major military town in the previous dynasty, it did have the value of occupation, but why did they think that they could attack such a city?

"Do you want support? Who to send? Liu Anyuan asked on the side.

"I'll go." Zhao Fu looked at Xia Yingyang, who was sitting in a corner drinking.

Xia Yingyang waved at him, meaning that you are free to do whatever you want, don't worry about him.

"How many defenders are there in White Blade City?" Zhao Fu asked again.

"Originally, there were only five thousand, but after integrating the surrounding forces, it should now be more than seven thousand." Liu Anyuan has a good memory, and most of the large and small documents have passed through him, so he remembers the distribution of troops in the northwest very clearly.

Zhao Fu smiled, seven thousand people, enough. Even if the enemy gathers 30,000 people, it is impossible to capture the 7,000-strong Baifeng City in a short time, as long as the reinforcements arrive, they can defeat those tired divisions under Baifeng City in one fell swoop.

It was immediately decided that Zhao Fu would take the 7,000 cavalry stationed in Valun City, and the 3,000 Hu soldiers led by Zheng Yuan, one man and two horses to Baifeng City to support. Strive to intercept the Hu people before they retreat.

The cavalry from Valen City to White Blade City was a two-day journey, which was a very short distance for that era.

"Sir, what should we do?" Since Zhao Fu received the news, Bai Feng City has been attacked by the Hu people for three days and three nights, even though Bai Feng City has been fortified, but because there has been no war for many years, Bai Feng City has changed from a border city to a relatively inland city, and in the face of a sudden war, Bai Feng City is a little difficult to deal with.

"Calculate the time, the general should be almost there." Yang Shizhu, the protector of Bai Feng City, received the news that General Zhao Fu personally brought troops to help him a day ago, and it was precisely because of this that he had the courage to face an enemy several times his size.

Although Yang Shizhu is the protector of Bai Feng City, to put it bluntly, he was only sent to the border to gild, but he didn't expect to really encounter a war during his tenure and was targeted by the Hu people.

While constantly comforting himself, he can't panic, and on the other hand, he keeps shaking, and the message that can be conveyed is just "Hold on, hold on!" Words like that.

Bai Feng City has long been less peaceful than usual, but it is strangely calm in the Hu people's incessant attacks: the Hu people seem to be constantly putting pressure on Bai Feng City, with small forces of different numbers constantly attacking the walls on all sides of Bai Feng City, but except for the east wall that has been chiseled open, the other three walls are relatively intact.

In the distance, Zhao Fu could already see the tent of the Hu people, and immediately ordered the whole army to step up their horsepower and attack the enemy camp at night.

"Our army has been running thousands of miles, and the soldiers are exhausted, do you really want to attack at night?" A staff member is a little worried.

"No, the enemy's morale will inevitably be low if it can't be attacked for a long time, and the new arrival of our army is the time when morale is at its highest!" Zhao Fu made up his mind, and after Zheng Yuan led his troops around, he led the main army to break through the camp head-on.

Because of Hu Lude's self-inflicted cleverness, the night attack plan was not implemented, causing Zhao Fu to have been thinking about the night attack, and now he saw a large area of the enemy camp tent with torches, and he couldn't wait to quickly lead the army to three in and three out.

And this time the night attack was not hindered at all, and even the enemy did not even set up sentries, Zhao Fu broke into the empty camp very easily, except for the wounded soldiers who had almost no ability to resist, there was no one else.

Then, Zheng Yuan and Zhao Fu connected, and similarly, there were only a few wounded soldiers and some slaves who were responsible for carrying equipment, grain and grass in large camps.

"Not good! Evacuate! Zhao Fu broke out in a cold sweat, if the enemy's purpose was not to take Bai Feng City, but to surround the point and send reinforcements, then they would be in danger.

"Master, it's not an ambush." Zheng Yuan guessed Zhao Fu's thoughts and immediately explained.

Zheng Yuan is now a linguistic talent who is proficient in two languages, and after he led his troops to break into the enemy camp, he did not find the enemy, and immediately captured a few prisoners and asked where the enemy was going. Although most of the captives did not speak, a few of them pointed to the west under severe torture, but could not give a more definite answer.

"West? What's on the west side? "Zhao Fu is from the west, except for a few mountains, there is nothing else, and there is no town, if you really plan to transfer the tiger away from the mountain, there is no need to transfer the tiger so far. Zhao Fu dispelled the possibility that the Hu people were ready to march into Valen or Lanting again, even if the Hu people really had this idea, Xia Yingyang and Feng Yu would be enough to defend Zhao Fu to help.

"That...... Yang Shizhu, the protector of Baifeng City, sent a message before, saying that Baifeng City could not accommodate the people who had migrated from the surrounding area, and placed a large number of people on the hill not far away...... "At this time, Liu Anyuan seemed to remember something, and reported to Zhao Fu in a hurry.

"Yang Shizhu, that idiot!" Zhao Fu scolded secretly, at the beginning, the population capacity of each city was accurately calculated and then deployed, saying that it could not be accommodated was actually just because he didn't want to increase the burden on the city.

Zhao Fu was about to lead his troops to the west, but he saw that there was still a small group of Hu soldiers not far away under Bai Feng City and the defenders of Bai Feng City "flirting and scolding", and in a fit of anger, he led 10,000 people to rush directly to clear the Hu soldiers around Bai Feng City.

Yang Shizhu saw that Lan He's army finally appeared outside Bai Feng City, and he was so happy that he collapsed on the city wall. Fortunately, although Yang Shizhu didn't know the art of war, after all, he was born in a famous family in the imperial capital, and he still understood the rules, so he hurriedly asked people to open the main city gate to welcome Zhao Fu's arrival.

Zhao Fu directly refused the invitation to enter the city, he mainly wanted to find out which mountain Yang Shizhu placed the people in and how many soldiers he sent.

After learning that Yang Shizhu also sent two thousand soldiers to garrison, Zhao Fuxin calmed down a little, the Hu people are good at horse fighting, but they are not good at fighting in the mountains and forests, two thousand soldiers should be able to hold out for a while, if they really want to divert the tiger away from the mountain, with an empty camp and feint soldiers to drag Zhao Fu's army, then this time I am afraid that they will have to suffer again.

Zhao Fu turned his horse's head again, regardless of the fatigue of the sergeants, and went west to reinforce him, while Yang Shizhu seemed to know what he had done wrong, and hurriedly transferred 3,000 cavalry from the city to Zhao Fu, and by the way, he was the guide to open the way in front.

Of course, before leaving, Zhao Fu had the enemy camp set on fire, and all the prisoners were escorted to Baifeng City. Zhao Fu was not a murderer, and while he acknowledged that it felt good to slash at an enemy with a knife, he refused to carry out such senseless killings in the face of the defenseless wounded and slaves without human rights.