Song Qing turned out that the cloth bag that Li Yanzhao threw over with his hand was caught off guard and was pricked by the thing inside. Song Qing suddenly exhaled in pain, but then he couldn't help his curiosity, and leaned over to pick up the cloth bag that fell to the ground, then opened it, and his right hand poked into it to grope carefully, and then finally took out something from the cloth bag, and then took advantage of the faint starlight at night to come to his eyes and take a closer look.

It was an iron artifact, like four iron spikes fused together, each an inch long, each sticking out in a different direction. Song Qing saw this, so he naturally didn't feel unfamiliar. He took the thistle terrestris in his hand and played with it, while showing a look of understanding, and nodded in approval of the temple calculation of the hundred generals.

These thistles were made by Li Yanzhao before he set out on the expedition to ask the craftsmen in the county. He paid for it out of his own pocket and spent a lot of money. It's not that the county government doesn't reimburse, it's that the approval and manufacturing procedures required for these special equipment are cumbersome. The Guangwu Army was about to set out, and Li Yanzhao had no time to go through this rather laborious administrative formalities. Anyway, whether it was a stirrup or a pencil before, Xin Fei, who made a lot of money, never forgot him. still gave him quite a generous dividend.

Now Li Yanzhao eats and lives in the army on weekdays, except for Qiao'er, there is really no place to spend a lot of money. The boxes of copper coins that Xin Taishou gave him were placed in the house and hidden. After all, this world is not very peaceful, although Liangzhou is much better, but there are often roosters and dog thieves. Goods and the like are placed in unoccupied mansions, after all, they still need to be properly hidden.

A few days before the expedition, Li Yanzhao went home, took out some of the hidden copper coins, and then went to find the workshop in the county town. Hu Gongcao of the workshop listened to Li Yanzhao's request, and saw him take out a heavy bag of copper coins, so he was full of promises and took over this private job.

And the copper coins that Li Yanzhao paid that day turned into the heavy bag of thistles in his hand at this time. Liu Jiwu also summoned several of his subordinates, and behind each of them, they were carrying a bag of thistles. In this era, there was no habit of nailing iron palms to war horses, so these thistles, if used properly, would undoubtedly make the pursuing Hun cavalry suffer a big loss.

"Later, after the Zhao army's outer fence was erected, Liu Jiwu's department was the front team, and Song Qing, I and Tao Bairen's long department were the rear team, rushed to the front, and fired five waves of arrows into the Zhao army camp. After the arrows were released, they dispersed, and the golden drums sounded in unison. If the Zhao army does not move, we will continue to confuse and fatigue the enemy with the sound of golden drums. And if the cavalry of the Zhao army goes out of the camp to meet the battle, we will close the formation and lead the Zhao soldiers into the valley. ”

Then, behind Liu Jiwu's palace, the soldiers with iron thistles were at the end, and while retreating with the brigade, they continued to sprinkle iron thistles on the ground in the valley. Liu Jiwu will tell his subordinates later, don't open the bag and throw it indiscriminately, but try to use it. The area of the spill must be wide. The mouth of the valley is only a little more than 100 paces wide. Zhao Jun chased after him, and there were always some people who wanted to be pierced horseshoe. ”

Liu Jiwu, Song Qing and Tao Heng heard this advice, and they all hugged their fists to receive orders, signaling that they would restrain their subordinates to follow the order. After receiving the assurances of the generals, Li Yanzhao also put his mind at ease and concentrated on observing the camp in the distance.

However, on the top of the hill three miles away, it is still not very clear. Li Yanzhao summoned a few hundred commanders, each led a few personal guards with him, and gradually walked quietly towards the mountain in front of him.

After climbing over two small hills in a row, Li Yanzhao was finally able to see the situation in the Zhao army's camp at a glance. According to his own visual measurements, the distance between this place and the Zhao army's camp was less than two miles. When at about 800 meters look. Several generals observed the situation in the Zhao army's camp, each assessing what method should be used to carry out the plan and what obstacles would be encountered.

Li Yanzhao also took advantage of the long-lasting fire in the Zhao army's camp to carefully observe the deployment of the Zhao army. Under the current circumstances, most of the cavalry of the Zhao army is still concentrated around the bonfire, eating and laughing at the same time. Scattered outside the camp were groups of Han Chinese, Di people, and Qiang people. Under the supervision of a small number of Hun cavalry, the wood was felled, transported, and the outer fence of the camp was built little by little.

Li Yanzhao and all the hundreds of people were lying on the top of that small hill for more than half an hour. After seeing the situation in the camp of the Zhao army, inside and out, Li Yanzhao saw that the work of the Zhao army's foot soldiers to set up the outer fence was nearing completion, and was about to take the generals to withdraw from the hill and go to the place where the brigade of men and horses gathered behind the two mountains to prepare for the action, but suddenly saw a few Hun cavalry at the camp of the Zhao army, which was heading to the north where his brigade was located.

When Li Yanzhao saw this scene, his heart was not good, and he hurriedly led several hundred people and their own guards to the north along the mountain. He was extremely nervous, for fear that these Hun cavalry would sabotage his long-planned operation.

However, Li Yanzhao and they were on the mountain in the north, and their respective military horses stayed in the north brigade. At this time, with two legs, trying to reach the place where the large group of people and horses gathered before the four legs of the Hun army horses, how could it be possible. However, in this place that was nearly two hundred paces away from them, it had long exceeded the range that Li Yanzhao's bow and arrow could reach.

Seeing that the Hun cavalry were getting closer and closer to the cavalry he had deployed outside the two mountains on the north side, Li Yanzhao's heart was undoubtedly in his throat. While he was secretly worried in his heart, he was even more tiger under his feet, and he couldn't wait to rush back instantly, and then wipe out these horsemen without alarming the Hun camp. Then set it up right away and start moving right away.

Li Yanzhao's worries really came true. The Hun cavalry went straight to the north side, and then seemed to see something. With a look of astonishment, he turned his horse back. However, from the position where his own brigade was hiding, a wave of arrows suddenly fired. Those Hun cavalry were instantly shot into hedgehogs by dense arrows.

However, although one of the Hun cavalrymen fell from his horse, he still did not lose his breath, he put the bamboo whistle hanging on his chest to his mouth, and then used all his remaining strength to turn it into an air flow in his mouth, until the bamboo whistle sounded violently!

Seeing those horses fall to the ground, Li Yanzhao, who was already relieved, heard the terrible bamboo whistle sound, and his whole body tightened again.

He can't take care of a lot anymore, and this bamboo whistle means that his actions this time have lost their suddenness. If such a sneaky attack like the one he led his troops to carry out loses its suddenness, then the result may be extremely serious, not to mention that as the chief general in the army, he has not stayed in the army because he went to reconnoiter in person. Therefore, the reaction time of these cavalry of the Guangwu army led by him was bound to be weaker than that of the Hun cavalry of the Zhao army.

Thinking of this, Li Yanzhao began to run desperately, regardless of the bitter night wind mixed with the whining echoes in the mountains blowing across his face, and the strong wind in the mountains blew so hard that he couldn't open his eyes. He didn't care that he was running on the top of the hill at this time, and the uphill was laborious and the descent was difficult. He just wanted to rush back to the army as soon as possible, and then make the most prudent command judgment according to the current situation.

When going downhill, Li Yanzhao fell down several times in a row, but he didn't have time to worry about anything else, just got up and ran desperately towards his finish line.

Li Yanzhao was still a hill away from the gathering place of the group at the finish line, but the Guangwu cavalry hidden in the valley had already made some moves.

The Guangwu cavalry, which had been slightly scattered in between, had recovered from the previous panic and confusion under the leadership of the first one, and the soldiers began to form battle formations under the supervision and strict orders of their respective generals in order to deal with the upcoming battle.

Under the strict training of Li Yanzhao and his subordinate officers and assistants, such as 100 commanders and team leaders, the Guangwu Army has made great progress in both combat skills and psychological quality. At this moment, once the morale of the army has settled down, under the orders of the various generals, they have already moved quickly. The brief panic and confusion that had existed before had long since disappeared.

In the Guangwu cavalry formation, a general came out of the formation, and did not wait for the soldiers behind him to be completely prepared, and the Hun cavalry who had already walked quickly to the side of the Hun cavalry who had just been hit by the arrow, and then the spear in his hand nailed the Hun cavalry who had just whistled and was not yet dead to the ground.

The general drew his spear expressionlessly, and then turned back to see that the horsemen behind him had already followed his horse, so he clamped his legs between the horse's belly, and while the horse galloped, he gave a loud order to the rear: "Whistle! ”

As soon as the words fell, the general had already taken the bamboo whistle hanging on his chest, then put it to his mouth and blew it vigorously. With his bamboo whistle, the more than 200 horsemen behind him took out the bamboo whistle hanging on their chests and put it to their mouths and blew it vigorously.

For a while, the screams of countless bamboo whistles mixed together quickly spread throughout the area through the strong wind whimpering in the mountains. In this deep night, these bamboo whistles sound like weeping and complaining, which is extremely terrifying.