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A spy came to report, saying that about 400 miles to the west, there was a Wuhuan tribe. Jiang Hexing thought about it, now the cavalry is still too thin, they have just started training, and they are basically useless, and the cavalry needs to be practiced when they become an army. There are 120 pikemen, including 95 recruits, plus some cloud thunder, with these, Ma Biao should be able to deal with them.

Jiang Hexing ordered Zhang Jie to guard here, train troops, build houses, build roads, build weapons, etc., Zhang Jie did not dare to slack off, and took the order. Jiang Hexing ordered Ma Biao to take all his men and horses, all the newly built spears, and all the remaining gunpowder, and drive west with the carriage.

Along the way, the scenery on the grassland is very beautiful, the blue sky, the gentle white clouds, the green meadows, full of all kinds of flowers, red, white, yellow, the troops along a small river to the west, the river is like a jade belt embedded in the green space, but unfortunately, everyone has no mind to appreciate. After half a month of training, this spear team, although not very strong, is still much better than the team called Hanako at the beginning, at least it is presentable. Jiang Hexing rode on a horse, looking at this team, unhurriedly moving forward, walking at the back of the team are 15 mine-throwers, each height and arm length, in order to protect them, now deliberately let them walk in the rear, they also carry spears, lined up in a neat queue, closely follow the team.

Jiang Hexing didn't dare to go too fast, and sent spies to the surroundings to guard the surroundings along the way, learning about the surrounding situation as he went.

The 400-mile journey, the river walked for almost 10 days, the pikemen were both marching and training, seeing that it was almost there, the river stopped the team, rested for two days, and used this time to send spies to investigate the situation of the tribe again.

One day later, the spies reported that this place was a big tribe, and the tribal leader's surname was Hao, and the Wuhuan people called the tribal leader an adult, so they only knew Lord Hao. Lord Hao is 32 years old, controls this place, and has more than 200 towns under his jurisdiction, each of which is different in size, and can produce an average of 30 cavalry, adding up to five or six thousand cavalry.

Jiang Hexing's brain suddenly became three circles, he used to rely on surprise attacks, but now even if the raid has an effect, once this Lord Hao gathers a large team of people to come over, the little people he brings are not enough for people to stuff their teeth.

Jiang Hexing sent a few more spies to inquire about the situation of this tribe. Jiang Hexing summoned Ma Biao into the tent and told him about the situation, and Ma Biao, who had always been happy, lost his smile, kept rubbing his hands, and circled back and forth in the narrow tent.

After turning around for a long time, Ma Biao suddenly said, "Mr. Jiang, why do we have to beat them?" Can we get them to beat us? ”

Jiang Hexing pondered for a while and said: "We were careless this time, I didn't expect to encounter such a big tribe, how to bite is a little difficult." I still have to find a way to fight us from them, but now the cavalry is not with us, and in case of passivity, we will not be able to run, and I will have to adjust my tactics. ”

The two discussed for a long time, and Jiang Hexing sent someone to ride a fast horse and go back to convey the order. In addition, Li Ming was transferred to be responsible for logistics, leading some herdsmen, driving horses, cattle and sheep, and bringing more war horses.

Jiang Hexing set up camp under a small hill with a small river in front of him, so that he trained his troops every day and was not in a hurry to march in. After about 8 days, Jianghexing's dry food was almost finished, and at this time, Li Xiaowu and Li Xiaoquan arrived with a cavalry squadron.

Li Xiaowu and Li Xiaoquan's brothers were full of excitement, and they came to see Jiang Hexing. Jiang Hexing introduced the situation to them in detail, and they realized that the big tribe of Wuhuan did not have a door just by relying on the spear team. The two were secretly excited, and thought to themselves: The pikes want to conquer the world, it's a joke, and now they finally have to see their cavalry exert their power, to see whether the pikes are fierce or the cavalry is mighty.

They knew that it was Jiang Hexing's mistake, but they didn't dare to criticize it publicly, so they only kept their minds in their hearts. Li Xiaowu introduced: "Mr. Jiang, our cavalry squadron, although the training is short, but these people are good at riding, plus after using the saddle stirrup, they immediately exercised for a month, and the elite soldiers can't talk about it, but it should be possible to fight Wuhuan, after all, they don't have this kind of saddle stirrups, and there is a huge disparity in strength immediately, but there are too many of them, and they have bows and arrows." If you are really afraid to fight immediately, what you are afraid of is the bow and arrow. ”

Jiang Hexing nodded and said: "I think so too, this Lord Hao of Wuhuan, the spies reported that he has a high prestige in this tribe, and it is not a problem to mobilize various towns, it is difficult for us to fight directly, once we fall into a heavy siege, it will be troublesome, we don't have archers, they rain arrows, and we will all become hedgehogs." If we want to fight by surprise, and then let their bows and arrows not work, we will be considered successful. ”

Jiang Hexing continued: "This tribe used to be the capital of Youbeiping County, and then it was given to the Wuhuan people, which is really inexplicable. The spies reported that now the city was in ruins, and they barely rested. Fight into the city, stir them up, and then lead them to the ravine where our pikemen are ambushed to the east. So we'll be able to clean them up, and you'll see how it goes. ”

The second brother nodded, and then Jiang Hexing said: "You are in a hurry, rest for a few days first, and in addition, you and Ma Biao choose a place together, practice twice, and prepare for all possible situations." ”

The two brothers went back to set up camp, rested the cavalry, and explored the surrounding terrain with Ma Biao.

After a few days, they found a place, and Jiang Hexing surveyed with them. About 20 miles northwest of the place where they camped, about 20 miles away from the original right Beiping County, there is a valley, there are deep mountains on both sides, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, it is a good place for ambush. They came here on horseback, and saw that the valley was not wide, but it was very deep, and there were not many trees, but it was overgrown with weeds, and the reeds were everywhere, and the breeze blew, and the grass kept swaying. Outside the valley mouth, there is a grassland, an endless green field. Jiang Xing looked at the sky, and a few white clouds flowed through the clear blue sky, and sighed.

Everything was arranged, the cavalry and pikemen also practiced twice, and they knew how to advance and retreat.

Early this morning, Li Xiaowu and Li Xiaowen each took their cavalry squadrons and came to the east gate of the city. The city wall of the east gate is in disrepair, and the city gate here, because it is built of bricks, can be seen in its original appearance, and there is not even a wooden gate, perhaps because these grassland departments never consider how to defend here.

Li Xiaoquan was outside the city gate, by a wood, and stopped the team and rested here. Li Xiaowu led the team, accelerated the speed, rushed through the city gate, the Wuhuan people had their heads, the men did not grow their hair, they shaved it in the middle, and only left some hair in a circle, and the women began to grow their hair after they got married. Li Xiaowu looked at the Wuhuan people on the road, he didn't have any fraternity and humane thoughts, he remembered the humiliation of being a slave in Wuhuan, raised the saber flat, the horse was everywhere, the saber stretched out, aimed at the person's chest, and twisted the wrist of his right hand to the left, the saber pierced into the chest of the Wuhuan man with the speed of a fast horse, and then twisted his wrist to the right, pulled hard, and the saber was pulled out, and the saber was stained with blood, and the Wuhuan man who had just been stabbed had become a corpse underground.

The fast horse flew across the street, and the corpses on the ground were lying on the ground, the small city was not big, and in the blink of an eye, Li Xiaowu had already walked to the west gate. Turning the horse's head, Li Xiaowu found that there was no one in sight on the street, all the shops were closed, and he led the team to the north and south streets, there were still a few people, but that was enough for them to slaughter like this, and after a while, there was no trace of people on the north and south streets.

Li Xiaowu saw no trace of the Wuhuan people, walked slowly on the street, and shouted loudly with his cavalry team: "Those who release the Han slaves will not die." The voice was higher and higher, after shouting, Li Xiaowu led the team and came to the east gate, Li Xiaoquan was in a hurry, seeing the second brother come back, his body was blood-red, and the blood-red of his linen clothes turned black and red. The two brothers waited here for the Wuhuan people to pursue, and after waiting for a day, no one chased them out. Li Xiaoquan was furious, and led his cavalry team like Li Xiaowu into the city again, and the corpses on the street had been collected, but there were still some people, Li Xiaoquan turned these people into corpses on the side of the road, and shouted again: Those who release the Han slaves will not die! After the sonic boom roof tiles, Li Xiaoquan also withdrew from the city.

On the morning of the third day, when the day was just dawning, the two brothers were discussing what to do by the woods, when they felt the earth tremble slightly, and from the north and from the east, they felt the cavalry of the brigade coming towards them.

The two felt that there were many enemy soldiers, and after some discussion, Li Xiaoquan took his squadron to the direction of the city first, Li Xiaowu quickly arrived at the city gate, and a group of people and horses came out of the city gate, about 80 or so, each hand raised a bow and arrow to Li Xiaowu, Li Xiaowu turned the horse to the south, this Biao man and horse followed down, while chasing and shooting arrows, but the distance was a little far, the bow and arrow did not even shoot to the horse, maybe they hated Li Xiaowu too much.

Li Xiaoquan ran south for 10 miles, and the Wuhuan people behind him gradually moved away, as if he didn't want to chase anymore, at this moment, the back was dusty, Li Xiaoquan knew that the second brother had led the Wuhuan people over, and now he couldn't see the Wuhuan people behind.

A godsend, Li Xiaoquan raised his saber in his hand, led the cavalry team, and killed the horse pistol. This Biao man has already put a lot of bows and arrows, and suddenly there are enemies in front and behind, panicked, and speed up the release of arrows, because there is no stirrup saddle, the strength and direction of their arrows are affected, to shoot well, only to stop the horse, or get off the horse to shoot arrows, so just now this is the reason why they have no lethality.

Li Xiaowu's cavalry team has rushed to 10 zhang away from the Wuhuan people, bows and arrows began to increase, Li Xiaowu gritted his teeth, rushed in from the left side of the Wuhuan team, there were a few people in front of the arrow, but there was no fatal injury, these cavalry gritted their teeth, raised their sabers and killed behind Li Xiaowu. The Wuhuan people have no other weapons, the handover of short soldiers, only the fate of being killed, after a while, Li Xiaowu killed inside, and the bows and arrows of the Wuhuan people no longer had power in front of the sabers, and the team was in chaos. At this moment, Li Xiaowu's men and horses killed and rushed in from behind, the Wuhuan people saw that the situation was not good, and the clever horses ran away, and the rest were killed in front of the Li brothers' team, leaving only some horses to mourn emptyly, refusing to leave the master lying on the ground, constantly circling around, touching the Wuhuan warriors lying on the ground with the head of the horse.

With a stick of incense, Wu Huan, a good man, was basically wiped out. After Li Xiaowu and Li Xiaoquan met, they took a short rest, and the people ate some dry food and the horses ate some forage.

At this time, the dust behind them was flying, and the earth trembled, and they knew that the Wuhuan brigade was chasing after them. Li Xiaoquan opened the way in front, and after Li Xiaoquan made an arbitrary decision, the two teams merged into one team and rushed eastward. The Wuhuan people chased closer and closer, and the two estimated that it was almost over, and seeing that the time was almost noon, they began to rush north, towards the valley where the ambush had been laid in advance.

After another hour or so, the Li brothers were tired and sweating profusely, and turned their heads to look back from time to time, the vanguard of the Wuhuan people was getting closer and closer, not to see the dust, but to see the clear men and horses rushing over, shouting something loudly in their mouths. Seeing that the valley was in front of him, Li Xiaowu slowed down his speed, and saw the bows and arrows of the Wuhuan people shooting over, and when the bows and arrows were about to hit people, Li Xiaowu lifted the reins of his horse, increased his speed, and ran into the valley.