Li Yanzhao followed General Du Jie's order, and after returning to the camp, he ordered the chief of each Shishi to lead his troops back to the camp, so that he could rest and recuperate.

For reasons of secrecy, he did not rush to tell his cavalry the exact time of their operation. It is only emphasized that after the disbandment and return to the camp, all departments must have a good rest and no other famous halls. Although the soldiers were puzzled, they had no choice but to obey his orders and return to the camp to rest.

Li Yanzhao also returned to the tent and ordered the guards on duty outside the tent to send orders to the guards on duty, so that they could shout themselves before dinner and drums. And he went into the tent.

Although his injuries have greatly improved compared to the previous days, perhaps because of excessive blood loss, Li Yanzhao still felt a wave of sleepiness coming. He strengthened his spirit, ordered the guard on duty to call Liu Jiwu, and instructed him to go to supervise the transportation of the weapons and materials that his cavalry must use after crossing the river. After sending Liu Jiwu away, Li Yanzhao, who was trapped and entangled, walked to the bed and fell asleep.

After the cavalry returned to the camp, they also strictly obeyed Li Yanzhao's orders, and seized the time to rest. Even the occasional energetic soldier lay on the bunk in the tent, not daring to disturb the rest of the robe. During the day, instead of going to the school field to practice, the cavalry battalion fell asleep in the tent one by one, which was the first time since Li Yanzhao entered the camp.

As the sun gradually sank in the west, at the end of the hour, the guard outside the tent entered the tent to wake up Li Yanzhao, who was still sleeping. After he got up and finished draping, and summoned the battalion sergeants and soldiers to assemble, the meal drum sounded in the camp at the right time.

After gathering and going to the room for dinner, Li Yanzhao called Liu Jiwu and asked about the transfer of materials.

Liu Jiwu replied that the ordnance department had transferred ten collars of iron armor from the arsenal, as well as some unpopular weapons such as axes and hammers, to be used by the powerful cavalry in the battalion, and more than 2,000 arrows were allocated for the cavalry to use. As a result, the horsemen were equipped with twice as many arrows as usual. The long-range strike capability has undoubtedly been greatly enhanced.

In addition, Liu Jiwu also allocated a full amount of dry food to the cavalry soldiers in the battalion for five days, and transferred a batch of trauma medicines such as Jinchuang medicine from the military medical department, which were already used as full compresses. Regarding Liu Jiwu's well-organized arrangements, Li Yanzhao was also satisfied from the bottom of his heart.

Not to mention the military talents that have not yet been displayed in sufficient space, or the preparation for the deployment of various materials and weapons in front of him to prepare for the battle, Li Yanzhao already feels that Liu Jiwu is already competent whether he joins the army as a scribe and treasurer in the curtain, or leads a single pawn or even a battalion of soldiers and horses.

After dinner, many soldiers returned to the camp, each dressed in military uniform, and checked his swords, guns, bows and arrows. Then under the leadership of their respective chiefs, they went to the stables to lead their military horses, and then Liu Jiwu's materials such as dry food, arrows, and medicines were also transported to the cavalry camp, and the chiefs of each party also took people to collect them.

Although the Guangwu Army is only a local state and county army, when it really faces the possible coming war, it still reflects the high efficiency and other qualities that it should have as an elite army. After dinner, after gathering, to receiving supplies, checking all kinds of weapons and armaments, to the preparation of the expedition, it only took an hour.

Li Yanzhao was very satisfied with the efficiency of his subordinates. However, at this time, there was still about an hour before the scheduled crossing time of the Thousand Governors. Li Yanzhao knew that he would not dare to rush forward in cooperation with the friendly forces this time, so he had to order Geshi to concentrate on taking care of the horses, and the soldiers returned to the tent to rest for a while.

At the beginning of the hour, with the sound of the bamboo whistle that was convened again, the cavalry in the various tents in the cavalry camp also came out of the tent one after another, leading the military horses and gathering. With Li Yanzhao's order, this cavalry team up to 100 people, down to ordinary soldiers, all turned over on horses, under the leadership of the leader Li Yanzhao, rode the horse slowly, until out of the camp gate, then turned the horse to the south.

According to the discussion of Li Yanzhao and the team leaders and the commanders, after crossing the river, Li Yanzhao led Cao Jian's cavalry, a total of ten people, to go out to reconnoiter and lure the enemy. The two teams of Liu Jiwu and Shao Lei are separated by ten miles from each other. He also assigned herald cavalry to keep in touch with Li Yanzhao and the sharp soldiers sent by the Thousand Governors to cross the river and lurk.

It was agreed that the cavalry was quickly divided into three parts. They crossed the river at intervals of several miles. On the big river, there was already a ferry arranged by Du Jie. Most of the people who hold the oars are disguised as veterans in the Guangwu army.

After crossing the river, Li Yanzhao did not immediately lead his troops to go deeper. Instead, he sent a herald to Liu Jiwu and Shao Lei respectively to confirm the crossing of the river by his subordinates. After the two departments crossed the river in full, Li Yanzhao gathered his subordinates, and a group of ten people slowly went deep along the road last time.

At this time, Li Yanzhao couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion. For the first time, I don't know if it was because of my own lives or some other reason, except for an unsuccessful wolf raid and two of my own injuries. It was also a smooth and safe completion of the mission and return to the camp. Compared with the Chen team rate and Lin team rate who later carried out the investigation here, I don't know how lucky these people are.

However, this time I came here to avenge the Chen team and the Lin team who died here, and by the way, we continued to reconnoiter the movements of the Qiang camp on the bank of Taoshui. Li Yanzhao's state of mind is also very different from last time.

After crossing the river, the two teams led the cavalry, and they all opened a frontal distance with Li Yanzhao's troops who needed to go forward to scout and lure the enemy. All the divisions went out to sentinel cavalry, and they also sent herald cavalry to liaise with each other. Before setting off, Li Yanzhao had already demarcated the areas where they would march to the people, as well as several areas where the enemy sentry cavalry was very likely to appear. Therefore, the current two team leaders, as well as Li Yanzhao himself, are also exploring the hinterland of Henan in accordance with the established strategy.

Under the careful deployment of the generals of the Guangwu army, a large net has quietly shrouded the sentry cavalry of the Chen An army in the land of Henan.

This time is different from the past, Li Yanzhao has already ordered the cavalry of the department to use a battle formation, ten horses lined up, and the distance between each horse is also enough to be a horse's width. In this way, even if you are attacked by the opposite sentry, you can make adjustments in time according to the situation. or rush forward to fight the enemy, or turn the horse back, temporarily avoid and lure the enemy.

Cui Yang went first, two hundred steps away, thinking that he was an outpost. In this hazy night, Cui Yang's figure was almost invisible. Between the front and back, only the bamboo whistle is used to communicate.

On the left and right, Liu Jiwu and Shao Lei are also very fast. At this time, the herald cavalry sent had already reached the left side of Li Yanzhao's headquarters, and established effective liaison and coordination with Li Yanzhao and others.

Li Yanzhao separately ordered the herald to report the general direction of each unit back and forth, and ordered the two teams to lead more outposts, and after reconnoitring the enemy situation in front, they would advance cautiously, so as not to stray into the enemy's encirclement, and the rest of the troops could not be rescued, so that they would encounter disasters.

After walking for more than ten miles, Li Yanzhao and his entourage saw that the scenery of the mountains and forests near the left had become familiar, and they knew that they had entered the vicinity of the resting place where they had rested when they led their subordinates to investigate the sentry last time. After arriving here, Li Yanzhao became particularly vigilant, except for Cui Yang, who was still in front, and sent Zhang Xing and Wang Qiang forward for vigilance.

After walking about 100 steps, a mournful and tight bamboo whistle suddenly sounded in the mountains and forests ahead. In the dark night, Li Yanzhao identified his position, which was from Zhang Xing on the left. So he ordered the horsemen to line up and take their bows in their hands. Cao Jian also took out a bamboo whistle and blew it frequently, summoning the outpost to quickly return and get closer to the brigade.

Not long after, Cui Yang and Wang Qiang ran out of the mountains and forests respectively and returned to join the brigade. And I didn't see Zhang Xing running to it, and the bamboo whistle in that direction stopped ringing.

Li Yanzhao only said that Zhang Xing had mostly encountered accidents, and his heart became more and more anxious. He couldn't take care of much, so he hurriedly called Niu Erzhuang and Qin Dayong, and ordered them to set off quickly to the two team leaders, so that the two of them led their troops to get closer to him. Then he instructed his cavalry to stay here in a queue and not to move without permission. He himself took his bow in his hand, and went out of the crowd to the edge of the forest.

Cao Jian wanted to accompany him, but was stopped by Li Yanzhao. Then he rode back to the team sullenly, and looked anxiously at the direction where Li Yanzhao was going. Li Yanzhao rode his horse, but after a few breaths, he had already reached the edge of the mountain forest, slightly controlled the speed of the horse, and then along the edge of the mountain forest, he galloped and shouted: "Zhang Xing! Zhang Xing! ”

Li Yanzhao didn't stop, and when he was galloping on the horse, he heard the sound of arrows breaking through the air behind him. At this night, most of the hidden enemies in the mountains and forests are invisible, but only sound and target.

However, the horse's speed was not slow, and the sound of the horse's hooves reached the ears of the enemy in the forest, and when the enemy's arrows were fired at the place where the sound was made, the horses moved forward some distance, so the arrows shot in the forest repeatedly missed.

Li Yanzhao shouted several times, and only then did he hear a low bamboo whistle from the edge of the mountain forest not far from the left. This was followed by a dense burst of aggressiveness, apparently because the enemy had heard of the bamboo whistle and fired a wave of arrows at the approximate location, but most of them went into the trunks of the trees.

After finding out the approximate location of Zhang Xing, Li Yanzhao was awe-inspiring, drove the horse around the same place for two circles, and then clamped the horse's belly with both legs, and the horse went straight to the place where Zhang Xing made a bamboo whistle.

Li Yanzhao drove the horse around in a circle, and the dense sound of horses' hooves led out a wave of arrows from the other party to go straight to the circle where Fang Cai went around. However, Li Yanzhao had already left and ran towards the approximate location of Zhang Xing in the mountains and forests. He swayed from side to side on his horse, running out of zigzag routes, causing the arrows flying out of the forest to miss repeatedly.

Horses gallop into the edge of the forest. Li Yanzhao saw Zhang Xing lying on the ground by the faint moonlight shining through the canopy. The horse on which he rode had long since fallen to the side.

Li Yanzhao rushed over, ignoring the arrows flying in the forest, firmly grasped the reins of the horse with his right hand, stepped on the stirrup on the side of the saddle with his left foot, leaned out to the left, and aimed his left hand at the black shadow on the ground. But it happened to hit Zhang Xing's belt. With a happy heart, his left arm hurriedly exerted force, and he wanted to drag Zhang Xing back on the horse.

However, even if Zhang Xing is short in stature and Li Yanzhao is extraordinary, he is quite struggling at this time. His left arm gripped the belt of Zhang Xing's armor with great effort, and his waist and his left foot in the stirrup were used together to pull Zhang Xing onto the horse's back.

Li Yanzhao was able to place Zhang Xing, and was waiting for the horse to rush out of the mountains and forests with a whip on the horse, but suddenly heard the sound of the bell, and then felt a huge force coming from the iron helmet on his head, and couldn't help but drive his head to shake, and he knew that it was the enemy's arrow, and his heart was cold, and he suddenly clamped the horse's belly, and the horse was galloping towards his own team outside the forest.