After Yan Xu and Helian Yu rushed to Liangzhen with their soldiers, Zhao Mang did not follow him, but returned to the mountain col five miles away from them, and they also had their own tasks.

Behind a narrow mountain path was a wide valley where more than a thousand soldiers of the Fury Blade battalion were stationed. Of course, they who came over the mountains and mountains, like the Red Wolf Battalion, also had no mounts and were reduced to foot soldiers, but for them, it did not affect their combat strength.

Around the piles of bonfires, there were piles of soldiers, all sitting quietly, or talking quietly, or keeping warm by the fire, and some lying on their sides to recuperate.

"Lord Lieutenant is back, and it looks like we have work to do." Seeing Zhao Mang's horse slowly entering the valley, many people whispered that for this operation, many people couldn't wait to fight with the Yan Army. You must know that in addition to the basic salary, the soldiers of the Huolin Army have made meritorious contributions, but they have a lot of rewards. For this reason, the Huolin army is all militants, and as soon as they heard that there was a war, they all asked for war. Rao started a war with the Red Wolf Battalion this time to infiltrate the Yingzhou capital, and it took Zhao Mang a lot of effort to obtain this qualification.

"Prepare, we will rush to Wohu Mountain now, Xiang Yan, send someone to Wohu Mountain to say hello first, we will rush to Wohu Mountain before dawn to meet them, so that they can be prepared, I don't want to clash with the Yingzhou army when we get to Wohu Mountain, and it will be a big deal." Zhao Mang got off the horse and gave the order.

"Captain, didn't you say that we would rest here all night and leave early tomorrow morning? Why do you have to travel overnight? Hearing an order that was different from the plan, Wen Ding and Gao Wen were a little surprised, and thought that something had happened.

Zhao Mang said: "There are only 1,000 troops from the Funi Department who went out of the city first, which is not as many as we expected, which has some impact on the later plans, so I want to join the Yingzhou army to see if we can set up an ambush once and deal a heavy blow to the Fu Nirvana army, so that our follow-up plan can be implemented without mistakes." There are only 300 war horses captured this time that can be ridden, and I will leave them all to the Red Wolf Battalion, they are the main force below. Without mounts, we had to speed up so that there should be no accidents, so that the brethren could move quickly and get ready to go. ”

Four thousand intact war horses were captured at one time, and the battalion state army suddenly became lively, although most of them were not good at riding, but it did not affect their love for war horses. Not to mention anything else, with a war horse, even the journey will be much faster. In addition, the grain, money and stored valuable materials of those "big households" in Xinyan Town were also transported away.

Looking at the lively soldiers on the road, Li Xu and several instructors from the pro-guard battalion all shook their heads secretly.

"What? With such a big victory, several instructors don't seem to be very satisfied? Zhang Wei, who was so happy that he couldn't find the north, saw a few instructors secretly shaking his head and couldn't help asking.

Li Xu said: "A little victory, just get carried away, it is difficult to become a big weapon, and the arrogant soldiers will be defeated, fortunately, it is far away from Le'an County." ”

An instructor on the side also said: "Yes, if my Huolin Army participates in this battle, now it is definitely a rush to speed up to Crouching Tiger Mountain, after all, after dawn, the greater the danger." Perhaps, the rescue cavalry from Le'an County is chasing us. ”

The smiles on Zhang Wei's faces gradually faded, according to Li Xu and the others, the Yingzhou Army, which was already an elite soldier in his eyes, was still much worse than the Huolin Army if he wanted to compare.

How strong is the Fire Lin Army? Xu Qian and the others glanced at each other, and they all saw this question in each other's eyes, and at the same time there was a faint shock.

"Let the soldiers speed up, don't make loud noises, don't fall behind!" At Li Xu's signal, Li Qian immediately ordered the whole army to retreat quickly.

Although he knew that the pursuers of the Yan Army in the county seat of Le'an County would be intercepted and killed, Li Xu did not want anything to happen. In such moments, prudence has only good, no harm.

"Brother Li, there is news from the Shadow Guard, saying that the pursuers of the Ying Ya Army have all been killed, but the Nufeng Battalion is going to rush to Crouching Tiger Mountain to join us and prepare for follow-up actions, so that we can make a notice with the Yingzhou Army, so as not to cause conflicts."

Li Xu heard this: "Meet us? Well, I'll go and inform the Yingzhou Army in a while, it looks like the Nufeng Battalion is going to launch a big operation here. ”

When I returned to Crouching Tiger Mountain, the sky was already slightly visible, although it was still dark, but within a few meters, I could already see the figure vaguely. After arranging for the excited soldiers to go down to rest, Li Xu summoned the lieutenant and the lieutenant of the Yingzhou Army to discuss the matter after the battle. For ordinary soldiers, if they win, they don't need to care about anything else, but for generals, there are many things to consider.

Seeing that seven or eight people were seated, Li Xu said lightly: "How is it?" Have the horses been settled? ”

Otherwise, Zhang Wenyan of logistics said: "Don't worry, Lord Li, there is a lot of open space in the back village of Crouching Tiger Mountain, which is enough to house the war horses, but we also need a lot of forage, and the war horses not only need forage, but also add soybeans and other beans to make the war horses not lose weight." ”

Li Xu said: "There is no need to worry about this, we will all have it in a short time." Let me tell you, a thousand Fire Lin troops will arrive here and join you in the battle. ”

"Fire Lynx?" The rest of the people were shocked.

"The Fire Lin Army is here? How did they get here? Didn't you say that there was a garrison outside Yanshan Fort? ”

Li Xu said: "Okay, needless to say, the Huolin Army has indeed arrived in the north of Yingzhou Mansion. After we captured 4,000 war horses, Le'an County also sent pursuers, but they were all killed by the Huolin army. But we robbed the 4,000 horses of the Warrior Army, and they would never give up, and we killed another 1,000 cavalry of the Warrior Army, and they hated us even more, and they would never stop until they killed us. I estimate that there is already a large army out of the city in Le'an County now, rushing here to investigate, and maybe the rest of the army will come soon. Therefore, we need to join forces to solve the Taya army in Le'an County first. Does the army have any opinions? After saying that, a cold gaze swept in front of everyone's face, making everyone feel cold.

Xu Qian took the lead and said: "Then welcome the arrival of the Huolin Army, I think, with the addition of the Huolin Army, it is no longer a luxury to defeat the Yan Army." ”

The rest of the people suppressed the distractions in their hearts and said in unison: "Yes...... With the Fire Lin Army, it is not a problem to defeat the Evil Army. ”

Li Xu said again: "This Nufeng battalion is the personal guard of Lord Zhao Xunzhao, the commander of the Huolin Army, and it was originally a cavalry, but in order to sneak into this place, they didn't bring mounts, so they ......."

Under Xu Qian's signal, Zhang Wei hurriedly said: "This mount, we have provided it, anyway, most of our soldiers don't know how to ride horses, and in the short term, it will be useless, it is better to send it to the Huolin Army, on the battlefield, kill a few more enemies." Furthermore, we obtained war horses, but the Fire Lin Army also killed the pursuers of the Indigo Army for us, and perhaps a thousand war horses, as it should be. ”

"Yes, I also think that Captain Zhang is reasonable, and we provided more than 1,000 war horses." Xu Qian followed suit.

The rest of the people secretly hated Zhang Wei and the two of them for speaking in front of them, but they couldn't help but say it at this moment, and they hurriedly echoed the words of the two. In this way, more than 1,000 war horses from the Fufeng Battalion were in hand.

Li Xu nodded at Zhang Wei and said with a smile: "Then thank you, the Huolin Army will not forget you." ”

As Li Xu said, Le'an County is also preparing for the dispatch of troops.

"My lord, since General Changwen left the city last night, he hasn't sent a message back, isn't it ......?"

The sky was slightly bright, and Lei Du gathered the generals of Le'an County and prepared to send troops to Xinyan Town to find revenge on the Yan army who had robbed his war horse.

There are not many garrisons in Le'an County, because at its northern end, there is the Yanshan Fort camp, where there are 8,000 troops stationed, and Le'an County, which is in the rear, naturally does not have much to worry about, so the garrison is only 3,000 people. However, because Le'an County also had to bear the grain and grass of the Yanshan Fort battalion, it later transferred 3,000 soldiers from other counties, totaling 6,000 soldiers, in addition, there were 2,000 servant troops, that is, the "puppet army". The original government army and battalion soldiers of Le'an County were transformed. At any time, there is no shortage of renegade and betrayal of ancestors, let alone just ordinary people who want to live.

Hearing the words of his subordinates, Lei Du was also faintly uneasy. His own orders were to track down the whereabouts of that group of troops, not to engage them. Although cavalry is superior to foot soldiers, in the dark night, everything is possible, which makes Lei Du regret his impulsiveness, he should not send a thousand cavalry to kill Xinyan Town, in fact, he only needs to send some scouts.

"There are still 5,000 light cavalry and 2,000 servant troops in the city, I will take 2,000 light cavalry to Xinyan Town to check it out, Yun Ru, you stay behind and give me a good look at the county seat of Le'an County." Lei Du thought about it for a while, but decided to go and inspect it himself, he always felt that something was wrong.

Yun Ru, who had a national character face and a wide mouth with angry eyebrows, said: "General, let's bring more people, after all, there are more than 3,000 Yan troops who have appeared." ”

Lei Du shook his head and said: "It's not that the general is arrogant, don't say it's three thousand steps, it's five thousand steps, and the general doesn't take it seriously." How is the government army of Yingzhou Mansion, you don't know it, and it is vulnerable. Compared with the four thousand war horses, the food materials in Le'an County are more important. Yan country lacks horses, but my Yan tribes are not short of horses, and if you want to occupy the great land of this Yan country, you can only relax your supervision after you have a solid foundation. Therefore, the remnants of this Yingzhou government army that are making trouble in Le'an County must be completely disposed of, otherwise, it will only have a very bad impact on my rule here. ”

Yun Ru said again: "If no one stays behind, the last general will take someone to check and see what is going on?" ”

"No!" Lei Du waved his hand and said: "This matter should have been handled personally, but I want to see, how could the two or three hundred remnants of the army last time suddenly become more than three thousand?" ”

In fact, Lei Du still felt a little uneasy in his heart, and even now he guessed whether the 1,000 cavalry of Changwen had been completely wiped out by the Yan army, but he still had luck in his heart.

"No, Changwen must have tracked down the remnants of this Yan army, how could a thousand cavalry be defeated by the Yan army, which is full of foot soldiers?" Lei Du thought to himself.

The two thousand cavalry of the Devil Cavalry once again faced the cold wind and the faint morning sun, heading towards the north, and in the fields not far away, a few people also quietly left.