Chapter Forty-Nine: The Sword Pointed at the Huns
Li Zheng's actions surprised Xun You, and he was dissatisfied and expressed his incomprehension.
According to the plan of the imperial court, Li Zheng, as a nail behind the rebels, played the main role of the greatest amount of energy involved in the rebels.
However, Li Zheng's indifferent treatment of the rebels made Xun You frown. If Li Zheng has always expressed the attitude of not violating the river water with the rebels' well water, how can he involve the rebels' energy?!
This is completely inconsistent with the imperial court's plans.
Moreover, Li Zheng actually left only 1,000 foot soldiers to guard against the rebels, which made Xun You very puzzled. What if the rebels are really fighting the West?
This thousand foot soldiers can't resist it, and the next threat is Lingzhou, Li Zheng's base camp!
However, what Xun You didn't know was that on the night of Li Zheng's entry into Fuping, he received a summons from Zhou Lin's Lan Xiangniao and knew the reason for the rebels' use of troops this time.
But it turned out that in the right Fufeng, the rebels had already fought with the imperial army!
Li Zheng analyzed from Fu Xie's letter earlier that the imperial court used troops against Liangzhou, and no matter what happened, it would have to be next year. However, unexpectedly, at the end of August, the imperial court took the initiative to send troops.
This time, the one who led the army to conquer Han Sui rebelled was Zhang Wen and Zhang Boshen, the prince of the dynasty and the marquis of Huxiang.
There were several generals under his command, with nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, and they were menacing, so that Han Sui had to deal with it with all his might.
Hearing the news, Li Zheng relaxed a lot in an instant.
Attention immediately shifted from Han Sui's rebels to the north.
Earlier, Li Zheng decided not to take action against the Xiongnu near the pastures in the north this winter, and to bring all the pastures of those people into his hands.
The actions of the rebels in front of him almost made Li Zheng's decision come to naught.
But fortunately, I have to thank Mrs. Zhang, otherwise, Li Zheng would have gone with Han Sui stupidly. If you don't get half of the benefits, you have to lose something, which Li Zheng doesn't want to see.
Now that Zhang Wen's imperial army is involved in Han Sui's energy, Li Zheng can rest assured that he can boldly take the Qianren tribe and strive to eat this piece of fat before the year.
With a decision in his heart, Li Zheng asked Xun Yu to be invited.
The two sat opposite each other, and Li Zheng said: "The current situation is unknown, and there are many important matters in Lingzhou that I need to deal with personally, and I can't delay." So I'm going to go back to Lingzhou first, and here in Fuping, I want to ask Mr. Gongda. ”
Hearing this, Xun You frowned, his clear eyes couldn't help flashing, and said, "Since Captain Li knows that the situation is unknown, he should be even more cautious. If you go back to Lingzhou, if the rebels come to attack, I'm afraid you won't be able to react. ”
"It's okay." Li Zheng laughed and said, "Lingzhou is less than a hundred miles away from Fuping, and it can be reached in half a day." The soldiers under my command are well-equipped and well-trained, and relying on the city wall of Fuping, it is no problem to hold out for three or two days. ”
Xun You couldn't help but pause, thought for a moment, and was about to refute, Li Zheng spoke again: "Besides, isn't there Mr. Gongda you here?" Mr. Gongda has thousands of troops in his belly, even if Han Sui comes to attack, he must not be able to help you, Mr. ”
Xun You couldn't help laughing, pointed at Li Zheng and said, "Captain Li, I think you have ulterior motives!" ”
With that, he got up and brushed his sleeves away.
Li Zheng looked at Xun You's back and couldn't help but say: "Mr. Xun, please forgive me, Li does have a last resort!" ”
As a last resort, it is indeed a last resort.
Li Zheng wanted to use troops against the Huns, but he couldn't make sense of it.
But for the sake of the future, Li Zheng had to do this.
He also had to hide it from Xun You, because Xun You was not his person.
However, he also hated Xun Yu because of this, which made Li Zheng very disappointed. Presumably, Li Zheng has already passed by this talent, right?
After being silent for a while, Li Zheng lifted his spirits and asked Nuro to call him again and tell him to obey Xun You's orders. Of course, you must also be smart, don't be used as a gun by Xun You and become cannon fodder.
After giving the order, Li Zheng did not stay any longer, and immediately led three cavalry and 500 foot soldiers out of Fuping and quickly went to Lingzhou
October flies.
During this period of time, Han Sui's rebels were in full swing with the imperial army at the junction of Sanfu and Liangzhou. The rebels stationed on the border of Anding and Beidi counties have not moved.
Nuro's headquarters stationed in Fuping also did not move, and Xun Yu did not take any action except to order Nuro to be prepared.
As the winter moon approaches, the temperature in Northland County has dropped dramatically.
Families wore clothes thick enough to protect them from the cold.
But in the eyes of ordinary people, the cold is nothing to the soldiers under Li Zheng's command. The constant temperature effect of the armor protects them well and makes them energetic at any time.
After about a month of accumulation, hundreds of qualified recruits were produced, and they were awarded armor by Li Zheng. Now, in addition to the 1,000 foot soldiers stationed in Fuping, the number of war horse light cavalry under Li Zheng's command has increased to 400, and the number of elite foot soldiers has also increased to 800!
In other words, Li Zheng's expedition against the Xiongnu Beiluo reached more than 1,300 troops.
Four hundred war horses and light horses, eight hundred elite foot soldiers, and one hundred mountain wolf horses and thirty green armor war horses!
In the past few days at the beginning of winter, Zhang Shan, White Wolf and others seem to have discussed, you come and go, and you seem to get to Li Zheng's house.
But they are all gearing up and eager to fight.
They knew that Li Zheng was going to make a move against the Xiongnu in the north in the winter moon, so they were all very excited. Especially Zhang Shan, who did not have his share in the previous expedition, made him lose for a long time.
Li Zheng asked them to press for the time being.
Because Li Zheng felt that the time was not yet right, and the preparation was not enough.
First of all, although the temperature has dropped a lot, it is still within the tolerance range of the Hu people who live on the grassland all year round.
Secondly, the exclusive armor required for the Mountain Wolf Ride has not yet been fully crafted.
Yes, the exclusive armor for the Mountain Wolf Ride.
On the first day of the winter month, when Li Zheng visited the mystery store, he bought such a formula. At that time, Li Zheng knew that although they were both first-order armor, different war horses had different exclusive armor.
The previous formula is not universal, but an exclusive armor for the Qingjia War Horse. War horses can be equipped because the posture of war horses is not much different from that of Qingjia war horses.
But if this kind of armor is applied to the mountain wolf rider, it will be very incongruous. Li Zheng also saw it earlier, but he didn't care.
And now that we know why, we will naturally be perfect. The exclusive armor equipment of the Green Armor Warrider is given to the Mountain Wolf Rider, which has defense, but hinders the flexibility of the Mountain Wolf Rider.
Mountain wolf rides must also have their own exclusive armor.
Now that I've bought the blueprints, the next step is to do my best to build them.
On the second day of the winter month, Li Zheng saw the first batch of finished wolf riding armor.
Different from the Qingjia War Cavalry, the Mountain Wolf Ride is in the default of the system and belongs to the light war cavalry species. So there is only one type of wolf riding armor.
On the whole, the wolf riding armor is a light leather armor. However, this kind of leather armor is different from the leather armor of the Qingjia War Horseman, with different eye colors and different shapes.
There are two aspects that stand out the most, one is the helmet. The leather helmet is in the shape of a wolf's head, and the upper jaw can also be pulled down to shield the face from dust or branches.
The other is that this kind of armor is inlaid with some metal rings.
As the wolf rider runs, these metal rings collide with each other, producing a crisp sound. At the same time, because of the rapid movement, the air will make a whining sound as it flows through these metal rings.
The combination of the two voices is simply a ghost crying wolf, which is terrifying.
Fortunately, the helmet of the war rider has the effect of reducing noise, otherwise the wolf rider will be dazzled and deaf before he can kill or injure the enemy.
The above is the equipment of the wolf knight, and the armor of the war horse itself is very different from the armor of the green armor war horse. The wolf riding armor is divided into three parts, the head, the body, and the limbs, and the wolf riding should be dressed in order. After the top, each part has metal rings interlocking, and it looks very compact, as if wearing a straitjacket, unlike the blue armor and the armor of the cavalry.
Such armor is on the maximum distance, ensuring the flexibility of the wolf ride.
As for the weapon used by the mountain wolf cavalry, it was a huge scimitar four feet long and weighing more than ten catties, and it was also equipped with bows and arrows.
With the production of the first set of wolf riding armor, in just five days, with the supply of sufficient raw materials, the required hundred sets of wolf riding armor were completely built.
Then it was a costume change, and the wolf riders that were originally equipped with the leather armor of the green armor war horse were all replaced with exclusive armor.
After the fifteenth day of the winter month, another batch of recruits who passed the test were awarded equipment armor, and the number was nearly two hundred.
However, it is a little regrettable for Li Zheng that the battle horse cultivation formula has not yet completed the search for raw materials. Otherwise, after a training battlehorse, the combat effectiveness will be stronger!
But Li Zheng couldn't wait, the time was almost up
To the north of the Shenzhou grassland, on the edge of the hilly area, in a valley.
Li Zheng stood by his sword.
Riding Qingyun, Li Zheng looked back at the phalanx behind him. Looking at the majestic soldiers, looking at their fine food equipment, and feeling their high morale, Li Zheng was full of spirit.
"Where is the white wolf?"
"The end will be here!"
"The captain of this school ordered you to command a hundred wolf horses, think that they are the vanguard, break the formation and destroy the enemy, and open the way for me!"
"Whoa!"
"Where is Zhang Shan?!"
"The end will be here!"
"Order you to command four hundred war horses and light horses, cooperate with wolf horses, and quickly advance forward!"
"Whoa!"
"I will lead the Qingjia War Horse and a group of foot soldiers to follow closely behind you and others, and you will pay attention to contact at any time, and if you have any information, immediately send a message to me with the Blue Flying Bird!"
"Yes!"
"Then, all the soldiers, let's go!"
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