Zhao Xiaoxi, who said goodbye to the Duan brothers and hurried overnight, finally returned to the camp on the fifth night after leaving the cavalry camp. As soon as the wake-up call rang the next day, Zhao Xiaoxi appeared on the general platform again, preparing for the final war mobilization.

Five days after he left the camp, Zhang Tingguang took Zhao Da and some veterans who had been on the battlefield, playing the role of nomadic cavalry. Adopt a drill method close to actual combat, so that the five thousand-man cavalry teams that are ready to go can truly feel what war is.

This kind of practice of grinding guns in battle is not fast and light, but also makes some rookie cavalrymen who think they are elite have a clear understanding of the battlefield they are about to embark on. That is, their skills and tactics are much worse than these veterans.

And these veterans who survived the battlefield can be said to have fought to the death with the nomadic cavalry, and they know better the history of the nomadic cavalry's riding and archery. If we don't raise our vigilance, it will be a matter of time before the gutter capsizes.

Considering that the next five cavalry teams of 1,000 people will secretly advance to Qinfeng Road, where they will make the final preparations before the battle. Waiting for the rabbit, waiting until the weather was cold, those who crossed the border and burned and looted the Western Xia cavalry in the Song Dynasty.

Telling the cavalry officers and soldiers who had already entered the state of war that the five branches already had some, Zhao Xiaoxi gave the order to rest for the first time since the formation of the army. Give them two days to rest and adjust, relax and recharge their energy and embark on the road to the expedition.

This order made the people standing in the audience hear it a little wrong, but Zhao Xiaoxi said with a cold face: "What? Can't you hear what Ben is just saying? For the next two days, eat and sleep well, and serve your war horses well.

Two days later, the Jinxing camp took the lead, and the whole army set off for the border of Qinfeng Road overnight. In order to avoid leaking the news, the path that Ben will choose for you is not easy. So, this long-distance training. You all have to be prepared to endure hardship. The whole army is disbanded! ”

It is clear that a person is always tightening a string and it is easy to have problems. Let them relax once in a while, which is more conducive to the rest of the march. If you don't have enough energy, this long march will definitely wear out a lot of cavalry soldiers.

The officers and men of the cavalry, accustomed to the prohibition of orders, quickly returned to their respective barracks under the command of the five new guerrilla generals. All of a sudden, you don't have to train. Many people feel a little unaccustomed.

Only some children from the martial arts family know that relaxing at this time means that they must be prepared to endure hardships in the future. I went to the stables to get a lot of fine materials, and I accompanied the war horses assigned to them to contact their feelings.

As a cavalryman, the quality and tacit understanding of the horses directly affect their life and death on the battlefield. This is also why many cavalry officers and soldiers are more distressed when they see their horses die in battle than when they die in battle.

In his previous life, Cho Hyo-seok learned that 'a gun is the second life of a soldier'. Swap into the cavalry barracks. It becomes that the war horse is their second life, and it is also the brother of life and death that they must believe in on the battlefield.

If you want to survive in that kind of fierce battlefield, you must ensure that every detail is done to the best. Take advantage of the rest time to deepen your relationship with the war horse. It is also the valuable experience that the children of these martial arts families have gained from their elders.

With these martial arts children, who mostly served as military attachés at the grassroots level, took the lead, and the rest of the cavalrymen who didn't know what to do, they quickly understood this simple truth.

They pulled their horses out of the stable. After washing them, they were also led outside the barracks. Let these war horses who are also tired enough to choke these days. Relax.

By the way, between people and war horses, it also deepens a feeling. And Zhao Xiaoxi, who saw this situation, also felt that it was also a good thing for the cavalry to have these Wuxun children set an example.

In contrast, Cho Hyo-seok, as the commander of this cavalry army, was not so easy. It needs to be constantly improved. What happened on the way of the various cavalry armies. The most important of these is undoubtedly logistics.

Fortunately, with the intelligence network of Bu Yige, and Zhao Xiaoxi's power as the minister, the post stations along the way will cross the border for the cavalry and provide supplies and supplies. Among them, the amount of materials is the largest. It is undoubtedly the essence of these war horses every day.

In order to ensure secrecy during the march, it was impossible for Zhao Xiaoxi to let the cavalry put the war horses outside to graze to satisfy their hunger. This meant that the cavalry needed to prepare an adequate supply of horse feed wherever they went. Ensure that these war horses will not lose fat during the transfer.

In a sense, this kind of secret march was also a test of the cavalry's march. Therefore, Cho Hyo-seok must consider the plan carefully and strive for the greatest possible situation.

These elite cavalry of nearly 5,000 people were secretly transferred to the vicinity of the border of Qinfeng Road and stationed. When the Western Xia cavalry entered, it was not enough to take them by surprise.

After everything was ready, several cavalry squads of the Pro-Guard Army could not rest. They had to take the lead in the relocation of troops, and they all carried secret instructions issued by Cho Hyo-seok.

They will contact the state capitals and county offices that pass along the way, so that those officials can secretly replace the cavalry and provide sufficient material support for the next transfer route.

Watching several squads of the pro-guard army leave, Zhao Xiaoxi did not forget, just like those cavalry soldiers. For the white horse who has been tired enough in the past few days, he washed it and fed it a lot of favorite food, so that this white horse also enjoyed a rare VIP treatment.

In addition, Cho Hyo-seok also convened the remaining military attaches and held a military meeting. Tell the remaining cavalry soldiers that they need to be ready for battle in addition to maintaining normal training.

It's just that compared to most of the cavalry, entering the Qinfeng Road to fight the Western Xia cavalry, they need to be prepared for battle. It is to beware of a small group of Tibetan cavalry that may cross the border.

If he is not there at that time, and the Xiang army on Chengdu Road asks for help, they must also show the courage of the cavalry camp and kill these small groups of cavalry who crossed the border in the Song realm.

In order to ensure that these cavalry troops can cope with relatively tricky and sudden situations with more fights and fewer fights. Zhao Xiaoxi also deliberately left some veterans of the pro-guard army in the company, responsible for sitting in the cavalry camp to guard against changes.

Although it is not suitable for large-scale cavalry battles in the territory of Chengdu Road, there are occasionally small groups of Tibetan cavalry. Wander around the border before winter, and when you see an opportunity, you will cross the border and loot.

At that time, it is possible to send out cavalry to encircle and annihilate these small groups of Tibetan cavalry. Therefore, the cavalry battalion cavalry left behind does not mean that there is no battle to fight.

For today's Song Dynasty, this period is the most difficult before the heavy snow falls. The entire border garrison bordering the three countries is in a state of mental tension.

In this late autumn season, the people on the border can see it from time to time. The wolf smoke rose from those border passes, indicating that the people in the rear were hostile. The people who were still working outside began to dodge in all directions as soon as they saw the wolf smoke.

If the dodge is slow, they will wait for their fate, or they will be mercilessly killed. Either they were simply taken captive by these and captured by the Fanbang cavalry, and dragged to their country like cattle to serve as free labor.

This kind of day when it comes to late autumn, when the military and civilians are nervous, the Song Dynasty has not been less in recent years. And this time Zhao Hyo-seok is to tell those who like it. The Fanbang people, who made a fortune by plundering the Song Dynasty, knew the truth that people died for money.

At the same time, Zhao Xiaoxi also hopes that the appearance of his cavalry camp this time can improve the morale of the border soldiers and civilians. Being bullied so much by the Fanbang people every year, the border people and the soldiers of the border army have a little bit of a bad feeling in their hearts.

It's just that the situation is not as good as people, and many times in order to take care of the overall situation, they can only stick to the city. Waiting for these Fanbang cavalry to cross the border, they returned after finding no one and not being able to grab anything. Only then will the border return to its former calm!

As long as Xixia is given a profound lesson this time, Zhao Xiaoxi believes that the border people and the border army can not only improve their confidence. The rest of the Fanbang, who plan to rely on small actions to provoke the Song Dynasty, must also be psychologically prepared to 'steal chickens without losing rice'.

And this idea is also what Zhao Xu, who is now in charge of the imperial power, expects, and every year at this time, it is a loss to the border. How many people were killed by the Fanbang cavalry today, and how many things and people were robbed there.

This kind of day when there is never much good news before winter, Zhao Xu also hopes to raise his eyebrows once. Don't let the people on the border feel that he, the emperor, is too incompetent.

It is precisely the two brothers who have this idea of fighting a war to show the military power and national strength. Zhao Xu relinquished power to Zhao Xiaoxi, hoping that the county king, who had the highest military force in the royal family, could play the prestige of the Song Dynasty and the royal family.

As Qinfeng Road, which borders two states, every time it comes, it is the day when the border army and the border people are most worried. In recent years, compared with the border with Liao, most of them have built complete fortress cities, and the border army can defend the city.

And Qin Fenglu has always been in the strategic place that the Three Kingdoms are vying for, and every winter, the cavalry of Tubo and Western Xia will come here to take a walk.

Even if it can't be captured in the end, there is an important town that the border army of the Song Dynasty focuses on defending, but the people nearby are often killed or even plundered. In many places close to the border between the two countries, there are even very few people living in them, and they are afraid of being robbed and killed.

This was undoubtedly a great disadvantage to the Song Dynasty, which ruled this region. Therefore, a few victories in this place can undoubtedly change the morale and confidence of the local military and civilians.

It also makes those border people who curse the incompetence of the court behind their backs know that the court is still worried about them and will hold up a safe sky for them. With the support of those border residents, the border defense there will naturally be strengthened.

Because of these considerations, Cho Hyo-seok finally chose to fight in this place. Because he believes that Helian Tieshu, who planted his heel in the Song Dynasty, in order to regain the face of the so-called general. This time it will inevitably be launched, surpassing previous invasions.

suffered such a big loss, and there was no act of protesting to the Song Dynasty when he went back. This means that Helian Tieshu intends to throw the face he lost in Jiangnan back on the face of the Song Dynasty.

And take advantage of the war to put forward some unequal conditions for the Song Dynasty. This may also be the so-called, using the victory or defeat of the war as a bargaining chip for negotiations between the two countries! (To be continued......)