Li Yanzhao chose this kind of inaccessible valley to march precisely to avoid possible enemy situations. It stands to reason that encountering an enemy in such a place is generally nothing more than a sentry spy or so at most. However, seeing the vigilant sentry on the top of the mountain waving three times in succession, it was obvious that the enemy situation he saw at the top of the mountain must be difficult for the rest of his men to deal with alone.

"Shao Lei, find two people, go out of the valley to investigate! Send one person up the mountain to take over the police officer and report down the mountain! The rest slow down and move forward carefully! ”

When Shao Lei heard Li Yanzhao's order, he responded with his fists neatly from a distance of more than ten steps, and then summoned two cavalrymen who looked more clever, and left the team to scout forward. The order summoned a rider beside him and ordered him to abandon his horse and go to the mountain to replace the warning sergeant. Shao Lei grabbed the reins of the horse for him, and together with the brigade, slowed down and slowly advanced.

The soldiers who abandoned their horses climbed to the top of the mountain with their hands and feet. The cavalry of the brigade in the valley had already drawn their swords in their hands in the outer circle quite tacitly, and the inner circle had already picked up their bows and arrows, and waited for them, looking around with a little nervousness, as well as the guards who were standing on the top of the mountain. Now, this cavalry no longer needs to be told by the commander of the captain to tell them what to do, and in the face of emergencies, the soldiers themselves can form a tacit understanding.

The guard rider who was replaced down the mountain stumbled all the way down the mountain, and then went straight to where Li Yanzhao was, clenched his fists and knocked on the ground, and before Li Yanzhao could open his mouth to ask, he had already reported to him: "Hundreds of generals, five miles ahead, there are two teams of men and horses fighting. ”

When Li Yanzhao heard this, he was slightly stunned, and then opened his mouth to ask: "Since there are two teams of men and horses fighting, how many troops do they have, have you ever seen it really?" ”

Hearing Li Yanzhao ask such a question, the reporting soldier lowered his head a little ashamedly and said: "The subordinates didn't see it really, but they saw that one side was weak, and it seemed that they were being chased and killed by the other side's team. On the weak side, some people have fallen off the horse one after another, and they are already helpless. And the team that pursued them, according to the observation of his subordinates, the strong side was at least 100 people in size. ”

"As you say, where is the weaker side going?" Li Yanzhao thought for a moment, and then asked again.

"According to the observation of his subordinates, the weaker side seems to be fighting and retreating, and it seems to be heading north."

"To the north?" Li Yanzhao frowned, and then ordered: "Shao Lei, pass on my command, and all the men and horses will quickly advance towards the valley mouth!" Divide a group of people and horses to go first and seize the hill on the right side of the valley mouth! ”

When Shao Lei heard that the 100 generals had changed their orders, he also quickly made arrangements, and sent a commander to lead the team to speed up the march and go to the valley mouth three miles away. The rest of the men accelerated slightly, but still maintained a slightly higher and uniform speed, so as to preserve the precious physical strength of the war horses and move when the time came.

The soldiers who were driving the replacement horses behind the formation also drove the horses that were used for rotation to the back of the brigade, so that when there was a situation and a surprise attack, they would use these rotation horses, which had recovered a lot of physical strength, to replace the horses that the cavalry had been slightly tired.

Thanks to the strong rise of official trade and the centralized, standardized, and streamlined handicraft industry of the county government, the county government of Guangwu is now much richer than before. In addition, two crops of agricultural crops have been officially planted since the beginning of this year, and the problem of food shortage is about to be alleviated. Today's Guangwu County can be said to be wealthy.

At the end of last year, not long after the expansion of the Guangwu Army, Xin Taishou instructed the commissioner to go to Xiping and Jinxing counties, and used a large part of the income of the county government to purchase more than 1,000 cattle and horses for the county government from the scattered Xianbei nomadic tribes near the two counties. Cattle were mainly used for cultivating the fields, and horses were added to the Guangwu army.

In this way, the cavalry of the Guangwu Army is no longer the one with few soldiers and fewer horses. There is a cavalry unit that has a rank of lieutenant, but there are only more than 100 people. Today's Guangwu cavalry, although the number is only three hundred people, about three hundred people, but now one person and two horses, well-trained, and the previous Guangwu cavalry has long been different.

Whether it is the most valuable mobility of cavalry, or the level of training, there has been a lot of improvement. It's not that Ma Duwei was not strict in governing the army and training before. But now the Guangwu cavalry is full of many people. These displaced people have left their hometowns, and now it is easy to settle down, so the belief in defending the land and defending against the enemy has become stronger than that of the local soldiers in Liangzhou.

Not to mention that these people used to have nothing, and they were repeatedly looted by bandits and soldiers, so they had brought the brave and ruthless style of the homeless people into the cavalry camp. Li Yanzhao also maintained an ambiguous attitude towards this. He did not say what would happen to the fight, but issued a stern ban: those who were armed to fight were to have 50 rods. Whoever causes death in armed private combat shall be beheaded.

Therefore, if there is any friction between these soldiers now, most of them will meet to fight in a secluded and unoccupied place. Even if some of the two poles are angry and dare to ignore the ban of hundreds of people to fight with the robes, most of them will be taken away by others.

Therefore, since the expansion of the battalion, although there have been several brawls, at most the two sides have broken the bloodshed, but there has never been a vicious incident of armed private fighting.

Now, the second ancestor Song Xiaohu, who fought with Li Yanzhao privately and almost pulled out a knife and hacked Li Yanzhao to death, has also been promoted to the leader of the infantry battalion. The lesson that Li Yanzhao gave him before seemed to be not light. Even if he is now a team leader, he is still in good order, even if he occasionally scolds his subordinates, he will never bully his robes again.

Seeing that the rear team of horsemen would take turns to come, Shao Lei also ordered the cavalry to continue to speed up the march at the right time. However, after half an hour's effort, Shao Lei saw that all the horsemen who had come out before had all tied their horses to the bottom of the mountain, and the twenty or so gray figures were all climbing hand and foot towards the top of the small hill on the right side of the valley mouth.

On the top of the commanding height, there were already soldiers who had been sent by their own side to guard before, waving the command flag, turning back and forth in the air twice, and then paused on the ground. Then there was a long bamboo whistle with two long and three short.

Seeing this, Shao Lei looked back at Li Yanzhao, waiting for his next instruction. Today, Li Yanzhao, a hundred generals, has almost become the absolute soul of the Guangwu cavalry.

Li Yanzhao looked at the hill on the right side of the valley mouth, and the soldiers who had seized the commanding heights were basically in place, so he turned back to Shao Lei and said, "You and lead your troops to rest in the valley mouth for a while, and I will bring a few people to investigate." ”

When Shao Lei heard this, his face changed slightly, and he hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed down: "Hundreds of people are now in a big position, how can they be in danger in person?" Why don't you lead a few people to come out, find out the general's situation, and then come back and report to the hundred generals? ”

Li Yanzhao shook his hand calmly and said, "It doesn't have to be like this. You stay at the mouth of the valley, let the soldiers rest for a while, and I'll come when I go!" With that, he clamped his legs hard, and the horse that had just changed was already neighing and rushed out of the valley. A few soldiers who had been appointed earlier also turned their horses forward at this time, and went to the front with a hundred men to investigate.

Li Yanzhao galloped for a while, and the rest of the cavalry kept the same speed, supporting him from beginning to end, and no one was left behind. Nowadays, with the help of such a novelty as the stirrup, the riding skills of the Guangwu cavalry can be said to have improved by leaps and bounds, even compared with the Huns who spent all the year round on horseback, they are not lagging behind.

Li Yanzhao took these cavalry soldiers out of the valley and walked about a mile forward, and the situation at the place of the battle group was already in full view.

This place is at the confluence of several valleys, but it is a small flat land with a radius of more than two miles. Li Yanzhao sat on a galloping horse, carefully observing the entrance to the valley on the north side of the small plain. Beyond that valley, there were about 100 Hun cavalrymen.

It is clear that the weaker side that had been hunted down earlier had retreated into the valley and found some support. The Hun cavalry wandering outside the valley mouth had gathered several assaults of more than ten horsemen, but they always returned in vain. Correspondingly, several people died in each time in such futile and tentative attacks.

When Li Yanzhao was about to go forward to explore further, a cavalry soldier beside him had already approached, and grabbed the reins of his horse with one hand, and said in a loud voice: "Hundred generals, don't move forward again!" ”

At this time, Li Yanzhao and the others had approached a place less than half a mile away from the Hun brigade cavalry wandering outside the valley mouth. Hearing that his cavalry stopped him, Li Yanzhao had to nod and said, "Please wait, I will see the situation clearly, and then make a decision." ”

He didn't know in his heart at all what the weak side of the Hun cavalry was fighting with the Hun cavalry was. Therefore, I am in a dilemma between saving and not saving.

However, judging from the direction in which these remnants retreated, it is estimated that it is not Chen An's person. Chen An's base is not only located in the south of here, but also more than 100 miles away. If Chen An was defeated, it would be impossible for these people to escape all the way here.

Therefore, Li Yanzhao also has a strong interest in the identities of these remnants whose identities have become obsessed. It must be known that he personally led his subordinates to cross the river this time, precisely to explore the various situations and situations in Longxi and even Guanzhong as much as possible. These people fought with the Huns, and looking at the undying posture of the Huns, they obviously cared very much about these remnants who fled for their lives.

After a short period of weighing in his heart, Li Yanzhao had already made up his mind, and beckoned to the cavalry around him: "All of them, turn the horse's head and return to the valley!" ”

At the moment when Li Yanzhao led the cavalry to turn their horses, the Huns, who were wandering outside the valley mouth, also discovered these uninvited guests of unknown origin.

Obviously, the Huns looked at the bright clothes and armor of Li Yanzhao and others, as well as the bright swords in their hands, and knew that these people would not come to the party for no reason. After a short period of silence, a group of more than a dozen Hun cavalry chased straight towards Li Yanzhao's department, who turned away......