In the north of Datong City, Jiannu Camp.

Jiannu's horse material has indeed been exhausted, and the men and horses sent out to plunder have not returned, so as a last resort, Haoge can only send troops to herd horses nearby, but fortunately, there are two rivers near Datong, Yuhe and Shili River, and the river valley area is a large field, and the crops and seedlings in the field are enough for the war horses to eat for a while.

The only thing that worries Haoge is the safety of the horses, it is not an exaggeration to say that these horses are the lifeblood of the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, it is said that Haoge should send enough cavalry to herd horses, but this will inevitably weaken the siege of Datong, in case the Ming army in the city takes the opportunity to go out of the city to attack the camp, the consequences will be unimaginable.

There was no way, Hauge could only send a small number of cavalry to herd horses, but at the same time strengthened the vigilance of the Muma River Valley, and there were scouts and rangers of Jiannu all over the hundred miles, and once they found any disturbances, the Jiannu cavalry of herding horses would drive the horses back to the camp at the fastest speed.

However, the stupid Hauge never understood a truth, no matter how strict the precautions are, there is a way to crack it!

On this morning, more than 200 cavalry Jiannu cavalry drove more than 8,000 horses from the camp north of the city, and after gathering more than 5,000 horses from the camp in the east of the city and another 200 Jiannu cavalry on the way, they rushed to the valley of the Yuhe River.

The crops closest to Datong have been eaten up by Jiannu's war horses, and from today onwards, Jiannu has to go to the river valley farther north to graze horses, the good news is that there are large wheat fields and sorghum fields, and the lush wheat seedlings and sorghum are enough for tens of thousands of war horses to eat for a while.

Sent by Hauge to graze cattle were the Mongol Zasak cavalry, and although they were far away in a foreign land, grazing was a common thing for these Zasak cavalry.

The sky is clear, and a blazing sun is rising from the eastern sky, and the air is filled with the fragrance of morning earth.

In the wilderness closest to the river valley, four hundred Zasak cavalry were leisurely grazing.

Suddenly, time and space seemed to be misplaced, and these Zasak cavalry changed from warriors back to leisurely herdsmen, they were swinging their long whips, driving herds of horses to eat abundant wheat seedlings and sorghum on the river valley, although there were no bonfires and no beautiful girls, but the Zasak herdsmen who loved to sing could not help but sing the songs of their hometown.

In the surrounding open valley, dozens of Zazak cavalry were scattered, their expressions highly nervous, their hands constantly holding their bows and arrows, and their vigilant eyes were constantly searching the surrounding wilderness.

A cavalry of Zasak who was in charge of guarding the horse slowly walked slowly across the meadow with a bow and arrow in hand, his attention was completely focused on the distant wilderness, he did not notice that there was a piece of ground not far away, which was actually very suspicious, and the grass on that ground had withered, which was completely different from the scene of abundance around him.

If the Zazak cavalry had been careful enough, he would have found that there were actually quite a few suspicious places like that on the ground, but unfortunately those Zazak cavalry were only concerned with searching for suspicious pedestrians in the wilderness, and the people of Datong, who had come to work in the river valley, had them kill dozens of them, but no one noticed the suspicious traces that could be seen everywhere on the ground.

The Zasak cavalry could not be blamed for their carelessness, because they had never encountered such a situation before, and they instinctively thought that the enemy was killed from the ground, and they did not even think that the enemy would sneak under the surface and wait for them to crash into the ambush circle!

The Zasak cavalry had just passed not far away, and the suspicious piece of land not far away suddenly turned over, revealing a shallow dirt pit, Jing Maocheng, who was hiding in the dirt pit, stood up from the dirt pit, pulled out his strong bow and put on the arrow, and aimed at the Zasak ranger who was riding in front of him.

"Whew!"

The arrows on the strings whistled away with a sharp whistle, and with a pop hit the jacket of the Zasak Ranger, the strong body of the Zasak Ranger trembled violently, and slowly turned back from the horse, but unfortunately, before he could see clearly who the person behind the cold arrow was, he fell from the horse.

"Whew!"

"Whew!"

"Whew!"

The screaming sound continued, and all the suspicious ground nearby turned over one after another, and the thieves hiding in the ground appeared one after another like mushrooms after the rain, and the thieves kept holding their bows and arrows to shoot arrows into the air, and then more ground turned over, and more thieves came out.

In less than a meal, at least 3,000 thieves have sprung up in the wilderness of the Yuhe River Valley!

For this ambush, Li Yan dispatched a total of 20,000 thieves, they took advantage of the night to come, dug 3,000 hidden pits in this carefully selected river valley, before dawn, Li Yan returned to Leigong Mountain with a large group of thieves, but Jing Maocheng and 3,000 thieves hid underground, waiting for the arrival of Jiannu and a large number of war horses.

With a calculation or not, Jiannu really broke into the ambush circle.

The Zasak cavalry, who were herding their horses, were completely stunned by this sudden scene, and looked at the thieves who suddenly emerged from the ground like ghosts, and before they could come to their senses, the thieves had already shot a flurry of arrows, and they shot over more than a hundred horses at that time.

The remaining two hundred or so Zasak cavalry immediately scattered and fled, and no longer bothered to disturb the large herd of horses scattered in the river valley.

Many thieves were killed, turned over and stepped on the naked horse that was eating green seedlings, and was about to chase and kill the scattered Zasak cavalry, but Jing Maocheng stopped him loudly: "Brothers, don't chase, don't chase, hurry up and grab the horses, and drive these war horses back to the camp of Lei Gongshan." ”

The thieves who had already chased them out of the distance turned back one after another, and drove their horses to Lei Gong Mountain.

When Hauge received the news and personally led 800 Yellow Banner Iron Cavalry to the river valley, there was no longer even the shadow of the horse, only many "corpses" of the Zasak cavalry were scattered in the river valley, and these poor Zasak people, whose heads had been separated from their bodies, and their torsos had been cut into countless small pieces.

"Damn!" Haoge's face turned blue with anger, and he shouted, "Let's go, go to Lei Gong Mountain!" ”

"Master." Xifu hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded, "We only have 800 cavalry, so we can't go." ”

"This king can't swallow this breath." Hauge said angrily, "That's more than 10,000 war horses!" ”

"If the war horse is gone, it's gone, as long as the people are still there." Xifu persuaded, "Besides, without these more than 10,000 war horses, don't we still have nearly 20,000 war horses?" ”

Hauge said angrily: "Is that it? ”

Xifu persuaded: "Master, as long as Datong is defeated and Wang Pu is destroyed, how can this group of clowns jumping from the beam on Lei Gong Mountain escape from the palm of our Eight Banners Iron Horseman?" When the time comes, the horses they have stolen will return to us intact, hehe, let them help us keep them for a while. ”

Let Xifu persuade, Haoge's anger was also a little smoother, and he said with a dark face: "If these 10,000 war horses are lost, they will be lost, but the war horses of the camp in the west of the city and the camp in the south of the city can no longer make mistakes, you send someone to send a message to Sony, so that he will not go out to herd horses in the next few days, and then send someone to urge Tazhan to hurry up and bring a batch of forage back." ”

"Wow." Xifu replied respectfully, "The slave will do it." ”

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Lei Gong Mountain Camp.

Looking at the crowded horse heads on the school field, listening to the endless neighing of horses, including Li Hu and Li Xuan, almost all the soldiers of the rebel army were crazy, they couldn't believe their eyes!

For the soldiers of the rebel army, the war horses are all treasures, the cavalry is the highest and most powerful type of troops in their eyes, and the subordinates of King Chuang are only a few thousand cavalry!

But now, the Shaanxi Righteous Army has tens of thousands of war horses all of a sudden, which means that among the 25,000 soldiers of the Righteous Army on the mountain, 10,000 will become cavalry! To become a qualified cavalryman from infantry, it may take a long time of training, and even more so, it needs constant combat training, but so what?

Even if it is an infantry on a war horse, it is much more powerful than pure infantry.

Among all the thieves, only Jing Maocheng's excitement had passed, and he strode up to Li Yan and asked, "Dashuai, how do you know that Jiannu will definitely be tricked?" ”

"Because Jiannu doesn't know how good we are!" Li Yan laughed and said, "In terms of riding and archery kung fu, we Han people are far inferior to Jiannu, but in terms of wisdom and strategy, hehe, Jiannu is still far behind!" It's not that Ben Shuai looks down on them, even if Jiannu learns for another hundred years, he may not be able to learn a little fur. ”

"Dashuai." Jing Maocheng clenched his fists with both hands and said convincingly, "The last general is convinced." ”

Li Yan smiled and asked rhetorically, "So Senior Brother Jing didn't obey this handsome before?" ”

"This ......"

Jing Maocheng was stunned when he heard this, and a trace of embarrassment suddenly appeared on his face.

Li Yan smiled, stepped forward and grabbed Jing Maocheng's arm affectionately, and said, "Senior Brother Jing, don't mind, Ben Shuai is just joking with you, go, Ben Shuai will choose a good horse for you." ”

"Huh?" Jing Maocheng exclaimed, "Will the handsome man still be a horse?" ”

Li Yan smiled and said, "I understand a little." ”

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(To be continued)