Liu He naturally knew that once the Xi tribe was captured, it would immediately attract a counterattack from the Khitan and Xianbei, so he didn't wait for the Khitan and Xianbei to send troops, and immediately decided to command all the troops to immediately cross the Great Snow Mountain and go to the Jurchen's current lair to assassinate Luwei.

Although it is more than 1,000 miles away from here to Thorn Lu Wei, and the road is full of lofty mountains, not to mention the difficult and dangerous roads, but also to face altitude sickness, what is even more terrifying is that the path is difficult to find, it is almost impossible to reach Thorn Lu City accurately, but Liu He has already made full preparations for this, before the expedition, he has already transferred Gao Xianzhi to the army, his "rush" skill makes the army can ignore the terrain when marching, and will not slow down, plus Xu Huang's long drive skill makes the formation will not collapse, and the combat effectiveness will not decline, A thousand-mile march was not a problem for them, it was like walking on the ground.

As for the path, Liu He doesn't have to worry about it, he has a system, which is equivalent to opening a precise positioning navigation, which direction is the enemy's lair in? Where there is a path, where is safe, and even where there is food and prey all came to Liu He's mind.

Therefore, along the way, although the army advanced lightly, it did not encounter any danger, not even the problem of food, thousands of miles away, climbed several mountains in a row, and reached it in ten days, this speed is simply beyond the limits of human beings, no matter who it is said, it is impossible to believe such a fact.

Although Nurhachi did not station a large army on the border from the Xi to the Jurchens, but he still attached more importance to the nest, he deliberately sent his younger brother Murhaqi, Shuerhaqi, and Yarhaqi as the main and deputy marshals when the Ju tribe migrated, including a troop of generals Fei Yingdong, Eyidu, He Heli, Huerhan, An Feiyangu and others as escorts, although the generals of this army are all Jianzhou Jurchens, but the soldiers are mainly soldiers of other tribes who surrendered, these tribes mainly include Sanhan, Wanyan Jurchen, and some other small tribes, such as the Haixi Jurchen, the East China Sea Jurchen, etc., a total of 20,000 people, although the equipment is poor, but due to strict military discipline and strict training, the combat effectiveness is not weaker than some weak Eight Banners forces.

What's more, the Jurchen is a nation on horseback, the people have grown up on horseback since childhood, and the ability to ride horses and shoot arrows is like eating and drinking, although now the young and strong have been conscripted into the army, but if the war requires, those sixty to seventy years old, fourteen to sixteen years old can go into battle to kill the enemy, so once necessary, it is enough to make the nest one or two thousand more elite knights.

It was precisely because of this strength that Nurhachi believed that even if Liu Hezhen led the army to arrive, they would be able to protect the peace of the tribe with these horses.

It is precisely because of this that Nurhachi did not send troops to the border, this person is an excellent military strategist, knowing that the border line is thousands of miles long, it is impossible to really defend it, and as long as it concentrates on holding the fundamental ground, the Han army has no way.

At this time, Murhaqi and the others were drinking fine wine, eating barbecue, and living a comfortable life in the big tent.

The veteran Fei Yingdong had just received the news of the demise of the Xi people, so he told everyone the news, and then said: "This Liu He has always been elusive in war, and he likes to attack the other party's fundamental place by surprise. ”

But seeing the deputy marshal Shuerhaqi said disapprerovitically: "You are a little worried about this old fee, hehe, although the Han army is acting strangely, but it is not stupid, now they are facing the interception of the Xianbei and Khitan 100,000 troops behind them, not to mention quickly find a way to meet with other teams, or hurry up to deploy defense, is it stupid enough to attack us?" You know, from the Xi people's hometown to us is thousands of miles away, and this road is still lofty mountains, not to mention the Han people, even us, if you want to cross several major mountains to the Xi people, it will take at least 20 days or even a month, even so, it is also in the case of the local aborigines as guides, Liu He is not familiar with there, and there is no guide, how difficult should it be to come to us? If they bring food and supplies, they will slow down the journey, and if they don't bring them, they will starve, and even if they barely get to us, they are already exhausted and seriously attritional. ”

Murhaqi nodded when he heard this and said: "What the third brother said is reasonable, but we can't take it lightly, because Liu He led the army to sneak attack so many times, I haven't heard of any defeat because of serious attrition and exhaustion, from today onwards, we need to send more scouts, strengthen monitoring, and in case the Han army comes, we can also deal with it in time." ”

Since Murhaqi said this, it was naturally inconvenient for others to object, so Qi Qi stood up and received the order awe-inspiringly.

However, at this moment, I only heard the rumbling sound of horses' hooves in the distance, thousands of horses' hooves stepped on the ground, like an earthquake, even the camp tent felt a huge tremor, and the generals' faces changed when they saw this, and their families knew their own affairs, because at this time, the Jurchen cavalry was all within the clan, and they did not go out of the city at all, and in this case, the only one who could create such a momentum was probably the Han army.

So almost all of them were pale, they expected that it must be a large force of the Han army attacking, which also made them unbelievable, especially Shuerhaqi, who had just made a detailed analysis for them and thought that the Han army could not come, said in disbelief: "This, how is this possible?" This can't be the Han Army, right? ”

However, then the return of the soldiers shattered the illusion in his heart, it was indeed the main force of the Han army that attacked, their red banner was very obvious, and there were thirty or forty thousand people densely packed, which was also very consistent with the number of Liu He's army.

"Actually, it's really the Han Army! Even if they did come, they couldn't have been so fast, could they? As soon as we got the news of the extermination of the Xi people, they arrived, even if they were galloping with all their might on the plains, it was only at this speed, but they had to climb mountains and mountains, and they didn't know the road, there were snow-capped mountains and pine forests in the middle, why was it so fast? This is simply beyond common sense! ”

Shulhazy's face was full of shock and he muttered.

But he saw that the second brother Murhaqi hit him on the head, and said in a deep voice: "It's all at this time, not to mention immediately gathering troops to prepare to meet the enemy, but still thinking about these things?" It doesn't matter how he came, anyway, they are not more numerous than us, and we rely on our geographical advantage, will we beat them? ”