In March, the grass grows and the warbler flies. Even in Liangzhou, north of the Great River, it is a vibrant scene. Su Fu took off his armor this time, wearing only a satin robe, and walked slowly towards Lingju County.

Li Yanzhi was watching the drills of the newly selected cavalry outside the county seat, and the results of these cavalry drills were also very remarkable, and now both archery and horse warfare have greatly improved compared to the beginning. Although it is still far from the standard of "elite" in Li Yanzhi's mind, if it is said that he is qualified for the role of a horse bandit, it is more than enough.

A number of crude-looking weapons were also specially crafted in the workshop. After the method of filling steel was put into use, the efficiency of producing ordinary weapons was also greatly improved. With the cooperation of more than a dozen craftsmen, it took less than two months to produce simple swords, spears and spears for the use of these horsemen, plus a batch of two-winged arrowheads. Under Li Yanzhi's order, Tao Heng also went to the camp to inspect these weapons. Some three-winged arrowheads were also extracted from the treasury to be mixed in, making the arrows used by these cavalry even more complicated.

These weapons were also distributed to the horsemen. and replaced the weapons they were equipped with. All the intensive planning is going on silently.

Su Fu slowly walked outside the camp, then dismounted and handed his name to the sergeant guarding the door, asking to see Li Yanzhi. The sergeant went for a while and led Li Yanzhi back to the camp gate. Li Yanzhi strode out, and sighed as he walked: "It's still your brother at ease." At this time, I still look leisurely. ”

When Su Fu heard this, he laughed twice, then pointed to the wine and food in the hands of the two entourages behind him, and said to Li Yanzhi: "I'm here to find Sima and conspire to get drunk." I don't know what Sima wants? ”

Li Yanzhi smiled all over his face, patted Su Fu's shoulder and said, "Welcome, welcome." Su Bairen will come, and Li can't ask for it. After that, he raised his left hand and pointed to the path to the county government, and Su Fu led two followers along the way. Li Yanzhi and Su Fu were talking about some inconsequential things on the road, but in their hearts, they already knew the purpose of this meeting.

Since Li Yanzhi arrived at the county government, he has not had time to buy a house for himself. He had been living in the county government before, but with the completion of the workshop and Xin Yan's appointment to the county, he moved some of his personal belongings to the camp. However, there are still several vacant wings in the county hall. The two of them chose a side room and sat opposite each other to drink.

After three rounds of drinking, the topic between Su Fu and Li Yanzhi gradually shifted to the many affairs that would be carried out in the spring. Su Fuyan and Cao Jian will be transferred to the county government in the near future. But it also made Li Yanzhi's heart ripple slightly.

Now among the county soldiers, all the generals at all levels have been appointed, and if Cao Jian is transferred back, Li Yanzhi really doesn't know what position to put him in for a while. If he is sent to an errand, it will waste his good martial arts and outstanding military command talents. However, if he replaces others and gives Cao Jian a real position to lead troops, he may cause criticism. It may not be long before this cavalry will go to Longxi to change generals on the spot, so that there is a lack of opportunities for the soldiers to run in and get along with each other, which is also a taboo for soldiers.

Li Yanzhi pondered the wording for a while, and then said to Su Fu: "Cao Jian is skilled in arching and horse, and he is good at riding and shooting. At the same time, the arrangement of troops is a rare talent. And now the cavalry of the Guangwu army led by Brother Su is mostly under the command of Cao Jian, and if he can be commanded by Cao Jian, he will be like an arm. You might as well go to Longxi this time, and Brother Su will leave Cao Jian under your account as a general. In the future, it will be rebuilt, and then transferred to our department? ”

When Su Fu heard what Li Yanzhi said, he laughed and said, "Cao Jianshi is a rare talent. Since Brother Li is willing to temporarily put it under my command, I will be disrespectful. When I return from Longxi in the future, I will naturally send Cao Jian to you......"

Li Yanzhi saw that Su Fu agreed, and said with a smile: "Cao Jian will definitely be able to show his ambitions under the command of Brother Su." Since Brother Su agreed to this, I am also relieved. However, in the future, the two will go to Longxi together, and they will have to take care of it a lot, advance and retreat together. I have sent several spies to Longxi. If there is any hostile situation, you will inform Brother Su, please rest assured. ”

Su Fu looked at Li Yanzhi with a confident expression. He had passed through the fort of Liuwu in Guanzhong earlier, and how could he not know the importance of the sentinel spies. He picked up the bowl and swept away the wine in the bowl, then took out a stack of hemp paper from his arms, and said: "Earlier, I had sent spies to Yuzhong, Haoqing, Baitu, Didao, Sangbi, Jicheng, and even Longxi, Nan'an and other places in Longxi. The enemy's situation has been detected, and it is already here. Brother Li might as well take a look, and then let's think about it in the long run......"

When Li Yanzhi heard Su Fu's words, he was suddenly surprised in his heart. He didn't expect that Su Fu had formed such an intelligence network composed of spies and sentinels in such a short period of time. But he didn't think that Su Fu had a better advantage than him, that is, the loyal soldiers under his command.

The spies sent by Su Fu were all filled by these subordinates. These people are basically the old people who followed his family when he was still in Guanzhong, and their loyalty is undoubted. And in the land of Guanzhong, it has already experienced the test of blood and fire. Speaking of scouts and spy intelligence, all of these people sent out are good hands.

Li Yanzhi hastily recruited prisoners to act as spies, although he also held the lives of these people in his hands, but when it came to spying intelligence, he could only be said to be a novice. It may take quite a while for these people to grow up. The situation they reported back in the early stage can only be used as a reference.

From this point on, Li Yanzhi began to deeply feel that the power he could control now was still too weak compared to these scholar clans. After all, it still takes a long time to accumulate it. He took the thick hemp paper handed over by Su Fu and flipped through it. I saw that there was even a drawing of each city and the layout of the military forces in the city! The more he watched, the more astonished he became.

Based on the level of detail of the information he has now obtained, Li Yanzhi is already very satisfied. Knowing the defense situation and troop deployment of each city, it is possible to delineate the general target of the attack and the target. When these spies send information on the transportation of money and food in the counties and towns, they can use the information to decide when to attack, how to attack, and other detailed issues.

Holding this precious information in his hand, Li Yanzhi looked at it again and again, and roughly remembered all the information on the hemp paper, and then handed the hemp paper back to Su Fu with a smile, and said: "Su Bairen counted the temple first, and I didn't leave the house, and I already knew the enemy situation well." If he succeeds, Su Bairen will make a lot of contributions......"

After carefully reading this information, Li Yanzhi's grasp of this matter has improved to seven or eight points. In the middle of last year, Liangzhou made peace with Liu Zhao. Now that they are planning this matter in private, Liu Zhao is in the open, and they are in the dark, and with such detailed intelligence support, the success rate has been greatly improved......

On the issue of the route, Li Yanzhi, who has not yet been able to complete independent intelligence gathering, suggested that the two ministries cooperate tacitly and act together. This is not the case with Su Fu, who has complete intelligence support. He prefers to act separately on both sides, cooperate with each other, and blossom everywhere. As a result, Liu Zhao could not take care of both the end of the day, and then through highly flexible tactical tactics, he carried out uninterrupted strikes on predetermined targets, including convoys and small units of enemy sentry horses. So as to firmly grasp the initiative in the Longxi region, and let these Hu people and their subordinates change their faces......

The two were at odds, and neither could convince the other. In the end, each gave in, and Su Fu agreed that Li Yanzhi would send a liaison officer in his army. He also promised that if he received information, he would send a liaison officer to contact Li Yanzhi's department as soon as possible. And the condition is still to let Li Yanzhi take his Lingju County cavalry to find another goal.

Although Li Yanzhi was slightly disappointed that he couldn't join forces, since he could share information with Su Fu, it was not bad. So he immediately made a decision and agreed to this proposal.

Seeing that Li Yanzhi agreed, Su Fu also breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, for him, it is not necessarily necessary to take the first action. It's just that he himself doesn't think much of the combat effectiveness of those soldiers in Lingju County. Therefore, he insisted on leading the cavalry of the Guangwu Army to act alone. It's just that Su Fu ignored one point. Who trained this Guangwu cavalry?

On the seventh day of February in the twelfth year of Jianxing, after a whole winter of intensive preparations, Guangwu County and the county of Liangzhou ordered the county to march out of a cavalry of more than 100 people, and went south from the gallop road, crossed the big river, and disappeared in the verdant mountains and forests of Longxi.

The two horsemen acted separately, but their subordinates were surprisingly identical: each rider had two horses, one on horseback, and the other on dry rations, bedding and other supplies. And the horsemen all wore only leather armor and bows and knives at their waists. In addition to this, each person was equipped with a spear with a slightly rougher appearance.

However, the spears, which at first glance look crude, are carefully crafted by craftsmen in the workshops of both places. The tip of each spear emits a chilling glow that selects and devours people under the sunlight.

Su Fu led his troops out of the state border, and after crossing Jincheng, he led the crowd straight to the east. In Haokang County, not far from Jincheng County, there are about 1,000 Zhao army foot soldiers stationed there, and there is also a 100-strong Zhao army cavalry team. Obviously, although Liu Zhao made peace with Liangzhou, there was still no lack of precautions for Liangzhou. For Su Fu, the surrounding area has already been branded as a forbidden area. If you attack the enemy's transport convoy near Haokan and attract more than 100 Zhao cavalry to help, even if you can win, it will definitely be a disastrous victory.

Su Fugan's robbery is not once or twice. Therefore, for the trading that is destined to lose money, of course, it is resolutely not done. Therefore, the Guangwu cavalry followed Su Fu through the valley in the mountains and went straight to Yuzhong on the east side.

Yuzhong is more than 100 miles away from Jincheng. According to the information that came back in advance, although the Yuzhong garrison was also more than 1,000, there were no organized Zhao army cavalry stationed here. This is also an important reason why Su Fu decided to choose the vicinity of Yuzhong to start.

The information sent back by the spies showed that at the beginning of each season, each county had to escort money and food to the county. Nowadays, the specific governance power of Longxi is basically in the hands of the leaders of the Diqiang tribe and some local wealthy clans. Most of the money and grain handed over to the escort every quarter were also obtained by these people from looting the people's fat and ointment under their rule. In order to show their loyalty, and to curry favor with those county guards and others sent by the Huns. For these ill-gotten gains, Su Fu did not feel guilty about robbing them. On the contrary, when planning this matter, there was a faint pleasure of revenge.

The spies sent quickly got in touch with Su Fu. And delivered an important situation: this season's money and grain from Yuzhong to Longxi County have already been loaded one after another, and it is likely to be shipped in the next few days.

Su Fu took out a map and carefully observed and planned on it. Yuzhong leads to Longxi County, which is a long way, and most of them are still mountain valleys. It is more suitable for infantry ambushes than for cavalry charging and maneuvering.

Su Fu pointed to the winding curves drawn on the map with his right hand. Those are mountain valleys that can accommodate convoys. He watched closely, not smacking his mouth, but combing through them one by one, looking for a place where the horsemen could hide and ambush.

Slowly moving along a curve, Su Fu's right index finger finally paused at a certain point on the map. He looked at a mountain stream that passed through it and the relatively flat area on either side of the mountain stream, and suddenly he thought about it.

The ambush site he had chosen was more than 100 miles away from Yuzhong County. So far, the spies he sent to Yuzhong have not given the signal for the convoy to leave. He could only set up the plot of ambushing the enemy army over and over again in his own imagination. In view of the fact that the enemy army may take different valleys, several substitution schemes were envisaged. However, the preliminary action was basically decided: divide the cavalry under his command into two parts, and after the spies in Yuzhong City sent out the information, one part would follow and monitor the enemy convoy, while the other part would travel day and night to the predetermined ambush site.

If the enemy goes up different valleys, the horsemen who watch over them gallop on their horses. Then Su Fu ordered his subordinates to continue to set up ambushes on the road that the enemy army must pass.

Su Fu spent two days in the midst of his repeated plans. On the third day, the spies lurking in Yuzhong City sent information that the money and grain in the city had been loaded and were preparing to be shipped.

After receiving the report, Su Fu was very excited, and immediately sent more than ten sentry riders to monitor the four gates of Yuzhong, and instructed them to come and report any convoy they saw.

With the opening of the Yuzhong City Gate, animal carts loaded with goods, grain and rice, lined up in a neat formation, drove out of the south gate of Yuzhong one after another. On the mountain beam a few miles outside Yuzhong City, a sentry saw it, and immediately got up and ran towards the dense forest behind him.

When Su Fu got the news, he climbed the mountain to look, and saw that a convoy that had been winding for several miles had already embarked on the road from Yuzhong to the south. While counting the number of cars in this convoy, Su Fu excitedly ordered the heralds to pass the order and let the various departments act separately according to the pre-agreed duties......