Exclamation, neighing, crying...

The process of the attack went even more smoothly than Pan Xiaogu and the others expected, and after the inheritors cleared out a few Hu warriors, there was no decent resistance from the two Hu tribes.

According to the plan made before the attack, no prisoners were left in this battle, and all the Hu people who were not killed were driven to the north, preventing them from escaping to the two target towns to report the news.

The raid was launched at dawn, after which the cavalry divided into several groups and pursued them alternately for a whole day, until dusk when they turned back one after another, and the next day at noon they all returned to the advancing camp.

The two tribes were devastated, the nearest tribe lost ninety percent of the population, the one far also lost eighty horses, and only a few hundred people escaped the pursuit of the two tribes in total, but they have lost all their cattle and sheep, and it is difficult to say whether they will survive this winter.

The saddest thing is that even if these survivors want to take revenge in the future, they don't know who their enemies are, because the attackers didn't have any flags at all, and they themselves didn't bother to look at each other's outfits and looks when they fled for their lives...

After solving these two hors d'oeuvres, Pan Xiaogu actually got a windfall.

Because the two tribes together are less than 10,000 people, according to the requirements of the system, it is impossible to obtain a certificate of territorial construction.

However, Pan Xiaogu didn't expect that although he didn't have a territorial certificate, he had harvested 5 fragments of territorial credentials, and collecting 10 of these fragments could be combined into a territorial voucher, which was undoubtedly a big surprise.

Pan Xiaogu was not happy about the 5 fragments he had already gotten, but was surprised by the fragments he hadn't gotten yet.

Because it is not easy to find a settlement with a size of more than 10,000 people, in this era, such a population can be regarded as a small city, not only is it scarce, but it is also very difficult to attack.

And it is much simpler to obtain territory fragments, as long as the population exceeds a thousand people, a fragment can be generated, before the two tribes had a total of more than 6,000 people, after being divided into two tribes, one was more than 2,000 people, and one was more than 3,000, so Pan Xiaogu was provided with 5 fragments.

In this way, Pan Xiaogu has a lot of choice, he can leave behind those large towns that are difficult to bite, and focus on raiding small strongholds to obtain territory fragments.

However, it is still beneficial to directly attack the town of 10,000 people, because in addition to the territory certificate, he will also get development points and other random rewards that he is currently in short supply, so how to choose needs to be carefully considered.

Two small tribes were swept away, not only to clear potential hidden dangers, but also to harvest a number of livestock, mainly cattle and sheep, and five or six hundred horses.

The cattle were temporarily placed in the wintering pastures of the two small tribes as a reserve of military rations, and the cavalry, who had come from herdsmen, were left in the camp and instructed to collect the carts and banner tents left behind by the Hu people.

This order made the others very puzzled, and they didn't know what Pan Xiaogu was going to do when he collected these materials that were no longer needed.

"Why didn't Lord Assassin just slaughter these cattle and sheep? The dead grass here can't last long, so adults don't plan to transfer forage from the rear, right? Cheng Yun was very worried about Pan Xiaogu's behavior of not slaughtering livestock, so he kindly reminded him.

Cheng Yun is afraid that Pan Xiaogu will bring danger to the whole army because of his greed for these livestock, you must know that cattle and horses can eat more than people, if you want to transport forage from the rear to feed these livestock, with the current supply capacity, I am afraid that everyone can only grab grass with cattle and horses to eat, and even then they may not be able to eat enough!

Of course, Pan Xiaogu would not make such a low-level mistake, and he kept these cattle and horses for the time being for other purposes.

"Cheng Duwei don't worry, these livestock only need to be raised for a few more days, rest assured, I know that it is not easy to transport grain and grass, and it will not be wasted on these cattle and sheep." Cheng Yun has come to Pan Xiaogu several times in the past two days, all for this matter, and this time he not only came by himself, but also brought other people.

Yang Zhenbang, who was behind Cheng Yun, came to the front and asked, pointing to the cattle and sheep not far away

"Then why don't you kill these cattle and sheep now, Pan Tingshi is afraid that too much meat will spoil if it is too late to dry? Don't worry, now such cold meat will not stink if it is not dried, if it is a few days later, these cattle and sheep will lose fat if they are not good, and it will not be cost-effective to kill them again. ”

Although the climate in northern Persia is not as bitter as in northern Persia, the average winter temperature is also below freezing, and it is now December, and the temperature has already dropped below freezing.

Pan Xiaogu looked at Cheng Yun and the others around him, and couldn't help sighing, knowing that he couldn't explain it.

"I've been thinking about how to break down the two towns of Gilholz and Rezwan, and according to the results of the investigation, both towns have walls, and we don't have siege equipment, so we can only rely on sneak attacks or surprise attacks to succeed." Pan Xiaogu deliberately stopped, and saw that everyone else was deep in thought, so he continued to talk about his thoughts.

"The terrain around the two cities is flat and unsheltered, and the situation is tense, and the two cities have been on heightened alert, so it is basically impossible for the surprise attack to succeed. So we can only rely on sneak attacks, but most of us look like Han Chinese, very different from those Persian Hu, it is impossible to make up and blend into the city, and it is very difficult to sneak attack. ”

"So I thought that although a Han person can't make up Hu people, but a group of Han people can dress up as Hu people, my requirements are not high, as long as I can take the opportunity to get close to the city within a mile, I can be sure to use the cavalry to quickly charge and occupy the city gate! I kept these herds and carts for the purpose of dressing up as the Hu tribe later. ”

With Pan Xiaogu's explanation, Cheng Yun and the others immediately understood the purpose of leaving the Hu people's livestock and those flags, but this did not mean that they did not have new questions.

"Now the situation in Persia is tense, and any strange tribe approaches, the other party will be vigilant, and it will not be so easy to seize the door." Song Jiang shook his head, not too optimistic about Pan Xiaogu's strategy.

"Of course that's not all I have on my agenda." Pan Xiaogu defended himself, because the task of seizing the city gate still depends on these guards of the Zhichong Mansion, so he must convince the other party.

"I have some Turkic spies under my command, and I have ordered them to disguise themselves as merchants and infiltrate Gilholtz to find buyers in the name of exchanging livestock for winter supplies.

"On the day of the transaction, our brigade dressed up as a migrating tribe for the winter, stayed outside the town police boundary, and paralyzed the defenders one step at a time, while a small group of elites dressed as people who entered the city to trade, controlled the city gate in one fell swoop, and received the army into the city."

"In addition, I will deploy a cavalry before the battle to block the connection between Gilholtz and Rezwan, prevent the news from leaking, and prepare for the next capture of Rezwan..."