Liu Xiu's next target: the Spirit Fox Tribe.

There are more than 40,000 people in the Hongyue tribe who have entered the fortress, Liu Xiu knocked out more than 10,000 people in three consecutive battles, and now there are more than 20,000 main forces under Jiuyuan City, Liu Xiu can't gnaw at all, and the target that can be considered is the Linghu tribe.

The Spirit Fox Tribe is now located in the middle of the three cities of Dachengsai, Meiji and Jiuyuan, and the movements between the three cities are within the scope of his monitoring, if he is not knocked out, it will be very difficult for Liu Xiu to achieve a surprise attack, and the opportunity to take advantage of the short gap before the heavy snow like last time is not always available, besides, there are not enough medicinal materials in Shuofang City to concoct medicinal wine.

However, Liu Xiuyi's proposal for this plan was strongly opposed by Yuan Shao and Wang Yun, and even Liu Biao, who usually does not express his opinions, also raised objections. Their reason is very simple, this time from the big city, half a month to march six or seven hundred miles, and all in the snow, in the middle of only one night in Jiuyuan City rest, although the two big victories, the morale is very high, but the physical strength of the warriors has reached the limit, if you don't take a good rest, immediately attack the Spirit Fox tribe, in case the strong attack can not be captured, the first three victories accumulated sharp energy will be lost.

What worries them even more is that there are 10,000 people in the Spirit Fox Part, and the previous battles in the Changshui Battalion were all bullying more and less and attacking the weak with the strong, and suddenly attacking the Spirit Fox Tribe, which is twice as large as it, is it enough to be sure?

Liu Xiu turned the wine glass in his hand and exchanged a look with Xun You, and when Xun You proposed this plan, Liu Xiu also raised the same question. However, Xun You gave him a promise that he was very dissatisfied, Xun You said, how can there be immortals in the war, now that the morale is booming, you should take advantage of the victory to pursue, although the Linghu tribe has a lot of people, but their equipment is poor, and their combat power is not superior to the Changshui battalion. And the position they are in is sensitive, the Changshui battalion slipped out from under their noses, and it is better to eat him than this, even if it is worth paying half or even more than half of the casualties.

Xun You's legislative proposal was based on the fact that Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi's great military exploits were all based on a lot of bones, and there were no immortals in war. As long as he can win, the Son of Heaven is happy, even if he dies three thousand, an edict can be completed immediately. Why was the Han able to defeat the Xiongnu? It's just that there are a lot of people and they can afford it. Now that there are so many displaced people, isn't it trivial to recruit a few thousand soldiers?

Liu Xiu knew that he was right, and as long as he told Yuan Shao and them this reason, they would all agree. In fact, Duan Cheng once said to him that the combat power of the Han army is higher than that of Qianghu, at least three to one, and with the current equipment level of the Changshui Battalion, it can probably reach five to one, which means that in terms of combat power, he is twice as large as the Linghu tribe, and it is expected to defeat the Linghu tribe.

However, if you kill a thousand, you will injure yourself by eight hundred. If you compare it only from the numbers, defeating the Spirit Fox Tribe, he will lose nearly two thousand people. The price was too great for him to afford. His purpose is not only to make meritorious contributions, but also to train a cavalry that can deter nomads in the northern frontier in the future, and if he fights a small Linghu tribe, he will have to pay such a price, he is reluctant.

"The Linghu tribe is known as 10,000 people, but in fact, excluding the logistics personnel, they can really fight six or seven thousand people." Liu Xiu stood up and explained very calmly: "And in several battles, everyone has noticed that the Xianbei people are basically able to hold bows and go into battle, from the gray-haired old man to the hairless child with his mouth, they are all considered a warrior. Such a team can of course use the number of people to compare the strength and weakness of enemies who are about the same as them, but we are not like this, and each of our fighters is the most elite warrior for them. ”

Liu Xiu clenched his fists, raised his head hard, and swept his eyes on the faces of Yuan Shao and the others one by one: "The son of the third prince of the fourth world, the handsome man of the eight-hundred-year-old Wang family, the unborn talent of Xiliang, the general-handed general of Ma Fujun, the master of the people who ride and shoot unparalleled and crisscross the grassland, dare to ask which tribe can pick out so many talents?" You will all be able to take charge of your own affairs in the future, and I can say that in the first 50 years, and in the next 50 years, there will not be such a grand situation. ”

Lu Bu grinned and puffed up his chest, as if Liu Xiu was talking about him alone. Although Yuan Shao and Wang Yun listened to it comfortably, they didn't take it too seriously, they listened to it a lot, and they were even a little bored.

"My lord has won the award, but no matter how talented we are, we can't be a thousand, otherwise our strength is on par with the Spirit Fox Tribe." Yuan Shao joked and said seriously.

"Not really." Liu Xiu shook his head: "A snake can't fly without a head, a bird can't fly without a head, and the same team, led by different people, will have completely different performances." ”

"Your Excellency is right, there can be one soldier bear, and there will be a nest of bears." Lu Bu interjected angrily.

Yuan Shao glanced at him with disdain, and directly ignored him, Wang Yun was also very unhappy, and said directly to Liu Xiu: "My lord, I think it's too risky. We attacked the Xianbei people twice, it is impossible for the Xianbei people to be defenseless, what if the Linghu tribe moves closer to Jiuyuan? What if they set a trap to lure us into an ambush? By that time, there would be 30,000 or 40,000 people besieging us. ”

"Because of this, we have to kill the Spirit Fox Tribe before they can react, and if we wait here for one more day, we will lose a chance. Once they start to get closer, we don't have a chance to raid. Liu Xiu said, "Jiuyuan and Shuofang now have sufficient food reserves, enough manpower, the possibility of the Xianbei people breaking the city is very small, they can't attack for a long time, the Xianbei people will inevitably retreat, and when they retreat in a group, can we stop them with only our little strength?" Then our battle exploits are only three raids, which sound beautiful, but in fact, they are all the baggage soldiers of the other side who attacked. ”

Yuan Shao and the others stopped talking, each thinking about their own thoughts.

"As for the issue of troops, I will ask that the Marquis of Gudu cooperate with me in the battle, after all, this is his pastoral area, and he has the responsibility to help us fight against the Xianbei people." Liu Xiu paused, and then continued: "However, the hardest bones must be gnawed by us, because in the future, the most important defense here will be borne by us, not the Huns." Everyone also saw that if there was no strength, even the Huns would not be obedient. ”

On the shore of Qingyanze, the arrogant face of the Right Virtuous King Qiangqu appeared in front of everyone, and anger gradually appeared from their faces.

Lu Bu stood up, shook his hand, and clasped his fists with both hands: "My lord, I am willing to go with my lord, and I will never give up." I will also cut off the fox head with my own hands and present it to my lords. ”

Zhao Yun also stood up and said in a deep voice: "I am willing to follow the adult, and I will never give up." ”

Han Sui also got up, Yuan Shao and Wang Yun looked at each other, and also stood up.

"Follow your lordship, never give up!"

When the Simas were making mobilization orders, Liu Xiu found the Marquis of Danggu and put forward a request that he could assist in the battle. When Yu Guduhou was a little hesitant, his troops were limited, and he didn't want to be tossed by the Han people all at once, but he didn't want to anger the Han people, and the Han people also had the strength to wipe out all his tribes at once. Seeing Liu Xiu's attack on the battle of Shuofang with his own eyes, and then thinking of the previous two battles, he was a little in awe of Liu Xiu from the bottom of his heart.

"I will ask the wizard to receive the gods immediately, and if the will of heaven is so, I will obey it and carry the whip for the lord with my own hands."

"Thank you." Liu Xiu thanked him very politely. As soon as he came out of the camp of the Marquis of Gudu, he called Wang Zhi, who was accompanying him, and gave a few words of instruction softly. Wang Zhi took the order and left.

In the evening, when Hou Xing came to Liu Xiu's big tent in the bone capital, he excitedly told Liu Xiu that the sorcerer had received the will of the gods and asked him to cooperate with Liu Xiu in the battle, and the gods said that the Han people were the fire virtues, the messengers of light, and the warm summer, and it was the natural mission of the Huns to follow the Han people closely...... Liu Xiu listened to the nagging expression of loyalty when Yu Gudu Marquis, his face was grateful and humble, but his heart was full of contempt. This Hun is slippery enough, if he hadn't sent Wang Zhi to pretend to be a ghost, so that the wizard came to the same conclusion three times in a row, as long as there was a little vague information, this Hun would hesitate and would have pushed back.

Liu Xiu accepted the good intentions of being the Marquis of Gudu, but he did not levy all the troops of the Marquis of Gudu, he just asked the Marquis of Yu Gudu to pick more than 2,000 strong soldiers. He assured the Marquis of Gudu that the two thousand warriors would return laden with honor and spoils.

When Yu Guduhou was distressed and helpless, he didn't dare to disobey the will of heaven, there was something in the tribe, and the wizard had never asked the god more than twice, this time he specially asked the wizard to invite three times, and the result was the same three times, so that he didn't dare to have any doubts. Coupled with the news that the wizard brought back from Mei Jishan Yuting, even if he felt sorry for the troops, he would not dare to compete with the darling of the Fire God in the world, not to mention that Liu Xiu's record was also real, maybe it could really be as he said.

At the same time, Cao Hong had already prepared dry food and baggage, and he handed over the clothes he had stripped from the Xianbei people to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu asked the two thousand Huns and the horse thieves under Lu Bu to change into the clothes of the Xianbei people, as the two wings of the army, and left Shuofang City and disappeared into the snowfield.

The spiritual pressure gap between Duan Song, the little handsome of the Spirit Fox Tribe, is very large.

His position was very dangerous, with Dachengsai in the southwest, Shan Yuting in Meiji in the southeast, and Duliao Camp in Manbo in the east. One of these two people is the son of the king of Danhan Mountain, and the other is the son of the marshal of the Hongyue tribe, whoever dies, Duan Song can't afford it, so he doesn't dare to take it lightly, he even sleeps with a knife on his pillow, and he doesn't dare to take off his clothes.

After Liu Xiu ambushed Wumeng outside Yiliang City, he sent a message to Duan Song, he didn't say much, just told Duan Song to be vigilant and not let similar things happen again. Duan Song had followed Fall Gandra for many years, and knew that he was very angry now, but before the battle was over, Drop Gandra would not deal with him. While being surprised at how Liu Xiu had crossed his blockade line and ran to Yiliang, Duan Song also breathed a sigh of relief, since Liu Xiu had run to Yiliang, there would be no danger in the direction of the big city fortress, which was not a good thing for him.

The thing that made him even happier came next, the main Xiongnu force of Meiji Shan Yuting and the Duliao camp of Manbo did not go west, but went east, and later he got the news from the settlement of Gandluoluo, saying that Murong Feng of the Golden Eagle tribe had invaded Yunzhong County, and he knew the reason. Duan Song and Murong Feng were very familiar with each other, and knew very well how powerful this famous general was, since he had entered Yunzhong County, it was impossible for the Huns and Han people to have the leisure to come to Wuyuan in the short term, in other words, his several tasks were all gone in an instant.

If the drastic change made Duan Song a little at a loss, he sent a messenger to the direction of Jiuyuan to ask if his garrison position needed to be adjusted, but he wrote back to him and said, don't move, just stay there, I will rush to Jiuyuan soon, and I need you to protect my future.

Although Duan Song didn't think that there was any danger in the rear wing, since he said so, of course he didn't dare to object. In the midst of the dull and boring waiting, a scout came to report that two or three thousand Xianbei people came from the northwest.

When Duan Song heard this, he was very surprised, didn't he go to Jiuyuan, what did he send people here for. He hurriedly sent people to inquire, but the news soon came, those people had just arrived from the grassland, and had been ordered to reinforce him, and at the same time the marshal understood that he was too hard here, so he brought him fine wine, cattle and sheep.

Duan Song inquired in detail about the appearance of those people, and the news was also reassuring, there was no problem with those people in terms of appearance and accent, mainly Huns. The Xianbei and the Xiongnu are one family, when the Northern Xiongnu were defeated by the Han, hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu joined the Xianbei people, if the other party does not specifically explain, it is generally difficult to say whether he is a Xiongnu or a Xianbei person. It has happened that the other party has not been pretending to be the other party, but since the other party has taken the initiative to explain that he is a Hun, it is even less dangerous.

For the sake of prudence, Duan Song still ordered the convoy to stop outside the camp, and the general who led the team sent someone to confirm it first, and then opened the camp gate to welcome the army into the camp.

The long convoy stopped at five hundred steps outside the camp, and Lu Bu and a Hun commander walked into Duan Song's camp with a few retinues. When he saw Duan Song, Duan Song sat on top of the tiger skin, looked at the two commanders, and felt a little surprised.

Although he didn't dare to say that he knew everything about the tribes on the grassland, he had a clear picture of the heroes on the grassland, although the man in front of him was dressed very ordinarily, but he was nearly nine feet tall, and he was very handsome, with slender arms, broad shoulders and thick back, and what surprised him even more was that his hands and index fingers had thick calluses, which showed that he was not skilled in archery, and he was a master of double shooting.

There is no reason why he has never seen such a person, is it a new debut?

"What tribe are you from, why haven't I seen you?" Duan Song sat up vigilantly, and pressed the handle of the knife with his hand.

"I'm from the Changshui tribe." Lu Bu laughed, threw off the felt helmet on his head, took off the leather robe on his body, and revealed his jet-black hair and black and red battle armor. Duan Song gasped, knowing that he had been tricked, he blurted out in surprise, and as soon as the words came out, Lu Bu stepped forward and pulled out his knife.

He was tall and long-legged, and when he stepped out, he was in front of Duan Song, before the long knife was unsheathed, the knife ring had been fiercely built on Duan Song's chest, Duan Song's eyes were dark, and blood gushed out in a mouthful, blocking the screams that had just come out.

Lu Bu took advantage of the force of the rebound, drew the knife out of the sheath, the knife flashed, Duan Song's head was rushed up half a foot high by the blood in the cavity, Lu Bu stretched out his left hand, grabbed Duan Song's hair, and said with a smile: "This hairstyle is good, it's easy to grab." ”

When the Hun centurion heard this, he was shocked.

Duan Song's guards found something unusual, some rushed in, some rushed over to beat the drum to warn, where would Wei Xu and the others waiting outside the tent let them succeed, one by one pulled out the ring knife, and split their heads. The two men took out the horn in their arms and whined.

The strange tone, the strange rhythm, the Xianbei people in the camp were confused when they heard the sound of the horn, but the people who stayed outside the camp heard it clearly, and immediately blew the trumpet of the charge, giving the order that the army could charge.

The Changshui battalion, which had been waiting impatiently, immediately threw away its camouflage, let go of its secondary horse, and five thousand iron horsemen rushed towards the Xianbei camp.

Xianbei people were shocked, and hurriedly prepared to close the camp gate, where did Lu Bu dare to let them succeed, he pulled out his knife and rushed up, slashing his head and covering his face. In a few moments, the iron horse galloped in.

Lu Bu chopped over Duan Song's more than 20 guards like chopping melons and vegetables, rushed out of the camp, and Cheng Lian led his big red horse to gallop. Lu Bu flew on the horse, put the knife into the sheath, took the halberd in his hand, and roared sharply: "Use me in the first battle-"

Cheng Lian shouted: "Use me to win-"

The 1,000 soldiers behind him shouted in unison: "Victory!" Win! Win! ”

On the other side, Zhao Yun was only ten steps apart in Zhang Ji, and galloped side by horse, the two iron halberds were like dragons out of the water, and there was no one in front of him, and the Xianbei people who were caught off guard did not have time to make any effective counterattack, so they were picked off the horse.

The two thousand Changshui battalions were interspersed in the Xianbei camp at an extremely sharp speed, and they did not seek to kill a large number of people, but only pierced them as quickly as possible, separating the Xianbei people in the shortest possible time, and crushing any resistance that could be organized.

The Xianbei people didn't expect this to be the case at all, they had been here for half a month, Duan Song couldn't sleep peacefully, they were also trembling, it was easy to live in peace for two days, and now they came to give it to the nursery, the beauty is too late, where would they have thought that these Xianbei people who are dressed exactly like themselves would actually be enemies, and who would have thought that behind these fake Xianbei people, there are thousands of Han people who roar like wildfire.

The front had already been slaughtered into a sea of corpses and blood, and the people in the rear camp did not know what was happening, and they sent out their horns one after another to ask, but no one received any effective response, and they only heard the sound of war drums getting closer and closer.

Hearing the sound of war drums, the Xianbei people realized that it was the Han people who called. They were shocked, not knowing which direction the Han people came, how many people there were, how quickly they attacked, and in a short period of time, they actually attacked the Chinese army.

What's even worse is that even if they blow their throats, they won't get a little reaction from the Chinese army.

Some battalions spontaneously organized themselves to resist, while others began to break and flee.

Lu Bu and Zhao Yun were left and right, and they were invincible to kill Duan Song's Chinese army, and Lu Bu raised the bloody iron halberd in his hand, and shouted in high spirits: "Zilong, how about a second competition?" ”

"Accompany you to the end!" Zhao Yun was also a little excited, and replied loudly.

One red and one white, like the sharp claws of an eagle stretched forward, grabbed fiercely at the back camp of the Xianbei people. In front of their powerful power, even if the other party is a stubborn stone, it will be pinched into powder.

The Huns, who served as the guard task, were stunned when they saw the Han army's overwhelming offensive, attacking 10,000 with 5,000, even if there was a leader who killed the opponent first, but it was still a little unimaginable to break the opponent's front army and the middle army at such a fast speed. Where 5,000 people are charging, their power is simply more fierce than 10,000. Where is this less to hit more, weak to attack strong, is simply to catch rabbits with eagles. No wonder Lord Liu only needs 2,000 Huns to help, and now it seems that even if there are no 2,000 Huns, the Han army alone is enough to eat these 10,000 Xianbei people.

The Huns originally had a deep-rooted shadow on the Han people, but these years slowly faded, hidden in the depths of memory, seeing this scene in front of them, countless stories told by grandmothers came alive in front of their eyes, and the fierce Han people who chased the Huns to run for their lives appeared in front of them again.

The Huns were surprised and delighted.

Following Lü Bu and Zhao Yun, Yuan Shao, Wang Yun, and Han Sui fought their way into battle, once again ravaging the Xianbei people's positions and smashing their remnants of resistance to pieces.

Lou Lu looked greedily at the soldiers chasing the north and smacked his lips: "My lord, now we are getting more and more opportunities to fight." ”

Liu Xiu listened to the sound of war drums from the front to break through the enemy's rear army, and only then did he relax, turned his head and looked at Lou Lu with a smile: "You will be Lord Wuhuan of Shanggu in the future, how dare I let you always go into battle?" I am very honored that you can deign to be my personal guard governor, and I dare to let you suffer a little harm. ”

Lou Lu was a little frustrated: "I begged Aba for so long, but it was just to come to fight." ”

"Well, there is a fight." Liu Xiu thought for a moment: "However, riding these hundred and ten people with personal guards is too boring. Young wolf lord, perhaps...... It's time for you to go back to White Mountain. ”

"Your Excellency, you ...... What do you mean? Lou Lu was taken aback, "What did I do wrong to you, you just said it, don't drive me away." ”

"It's not to drive you away." Liu Xiu smiled, "I'm happy if you don't leave for the rest of your life." But I need your help now. He stretched out his hand and patted the foot of the building hard: "Tanshi Huai has invaded in a comprehensive way this time, and the pressure on Shanggu is not small. A few of you came to me to help, and it had a great impact on Kamigu's strength. ”

When Lou Lu heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little complacent.

"Junyi is in Luoyang, I can't leave, Zilong, I can't leave for a while, and only you can go back to Shanggu." Liu Xiu said very solemnly: "You go back to Baishan immediately, with the art of war you learned from Duan Gong, and with your actual combat during this time, I believe that you will soon become a famous general in Shanggu Wuhuan and become the pride of Lord Nanlou." ”

Lou Lu was silent in thought.

Liu Xiu said earnestly: "Young wolf master, I am not at ease with Bunton, I hope you can help me defend the middle line and block the offensive of Tanshi Huai." ”

There was a burst of excitement in Lou Lu's heart, and he hugged and said: "Since adults value me Lou Lu so much, how dare I disobey Lou Lu." I just hope that one day I can fight side by side with adults. ”

"There will be a day." Liu Xiu raised his hand, drew an arc in the northern sky, and said impassionedly: "At that time, our battlefield will be a vast grassland, our spoils of war will be all the wealth of the grassland, our prestige will reach the farthest place that the horse's hooves can reach, our names will be chanted by the singers, and will be hidden in the hearts of the girls, and we will think about it night and night." ”

(To be continued)