Jingling Theater, in front of a blazing battalion, Li Feng and his subordinates were a little pale, they had just participated in a small-scale battle with the barbarians with the army, a wing of about 2,000 cavalry of the whirlwind battalion raided a small tribe of the barbarians, and the elite soldiers of the whole clan of the other party were only a thousand, but in the battle, from the white-haired old man to the half-sized son who was not yet as tall as a horse, they all stepped on the war horses and participated in the battle, and the intensity of the battle was beyond Li Feng's expectations. They thought that the battle lasted for several hours, chasing for dozens of miles, before annihilating all this barbarian army, in front of the soldiers of the Whirlwind Battalion with superior troops, superior equipment and high morale that the enemy simply did not have, the resoluteness of the barbarian resistance made him dumbfounded, and the superb horse control skills of the two warring parties, especially the barbarians, the high hit rate of running and the courage to die, made him even more depressed, Li Feng saw very clearly, if the Whirlwind Battalion was not outnumbered and well-equipped, If you want to completely annihilate this brute force, you will have to pay a greater price, but Rao is so, and the Whirlwind Battalion still suffers hundreds of casualties.

"General Jiang Shen, are the barbarians' combat effectiveness so strong? Or is this an exception? Li Feng asked.

Jiang Kui shook his head and said disapprerovingly: "There, this is just a small tribe, whether it is combat strength or equipment, there is a big gap compared to the strong army of the barbarians on the grassland, like Wolf Ben and Long Xiao, if there is no subordinate to back me, I will definitely not fight with their cavalry." ”

"Aren't these people the best brutes?" Li Feng asked, "I think their combat effectiveness is quite strong!" ”

Jiang Kui smiled, tilted his head and looked at Li Feng for a while, before he said: "Little Houye, you just came to the grassland, you don't know much about the barbarians, the most powerful army of the barbarians is the Bai tribe's Long Xiao and Wolf Run, what we just exterminated is just some small fish and shrimp, which can be compared with the wolf Ben Long Xiao, these barbarians grew up on horseback since childhood, and they are not good at walking, so they can already ride horses, our cavalry is inferior to them, and only the Changsheng battalion selected by the marshal from the whole army can be compared with them. ”

Li Feng's face turned even paler. When he first came to Dingzhou, he wanted to make a meritorious service and make a name for himself, but he didn't want to bury the five thousand cavalry that came with him on the grassland, like this kind of fierce battle just now, if it was his own cavalry, he was only afraid that the loss of several times the manpower of the whirlwind battalion could be taken, his family knew his own business, and after seeing the real knife and gun death, Li Feng knew that the war was far from what he imagined.

"Little Hou Ye, now this barbarian, knowing that the end is not far away, the willingness to resist is stronger, now every battle is fought, we have to lose a lot of manpower, grandma's, these barbarian dogs jump over the wall in a hurry, it's really difficult to deal with." Jiang Kui's voice came, "But now that Xiao Hou Ye is here, haha, our Whirlwind Battalion is about to breathe a sigh of relief, we can finally renovate it well, I have already written to ask Xiao Hou Ye's troops to replace the Whirlwind Battalion, our battalion has been fighting for several months, and there has been no chance to renovate, this time we can finally take a breath." ”

Li Feng's mouth opened, but he didn't speak, but he made up his mind to pay attention to it, the Yizhou cavalry he brought must not be dismantled, but it must not be on the front line. I have to discuss it with my eldest brother, not only to let the Yizhou soldiers be refined, but not to suffer too many casualties.

Li Qing was very happy with Li Feng's request, and agreed to it in one bite, the Yizhou cavalry will be divided into two divisions, respectively responsible for maintaining the safety of logistics and transportation from Fuyuan to Zhilinli and Dingyuan to Jingling, as the war tends to go deeper into the grassland, small groups of barbarian cavalry often infiltrate in, sneak attacks and strikes on the two logistics and transportation lines, these cavalry are small in number, come and go like the wind, it is difficult to catch them, and Li Qing has no extra troops to send special troops to clear and suppress, However, the logistically heavy escort troops are far inferior to these barbarian elites in terms of combat effectiveness and mobility, and they have suffered tremendous losses in the past month or so.

Li Feng was very happy, in this way, his troops would be able to fight against the barbarians to achieve the purpose of refining, and they would not lose too much, killing two birds with one stone, why not do it! Five thousand cavalry, maintaining two transportation lines, is not a problem at all, from Li Qing received the order, Li Feng happily began to arrange for his troops to take office.

Now it is September, in the past years, starting from September, a few months is the most tense moment in Dingzhou, because this time is the beginning of the barbarian invasion and attack on Dingzhou, often lasting several months, until the end of early winter, since Li Qing entered Dingzhou, finally reversed the situation of Dingzhou's passive defense every year, years of pain and beating, this year is to attack the grassland in one fell swoop, most of the Dingzhou army went deep into the grassland, according to several strategic points, the front of the army, has been pointed to the core of the grassland, the Bai royal court.

This year's Dingzhou is completely free of the tense atmosphere of previous years, instead of a scene of living and working in peace and contentment, Li Qing's strategy for the grassland is to stretch the war, and the decisive battle with the barbarians in the autumn is not a good time, this time is the time when the barbarians are fat and strong, and the time when the combat power is the strongest, when the debt is raised to a large amount of silver, Li Qing's confidence is more sufficient, his ideal time is to start a general offensive in the winter of this year, at this time, the gap between the cavalry of the two sides will be narrowed to the greatest extent, The foot soldiers of Dingzhou have an incomparable advantage over the barbarians, not to mention, fighting in winter, it is no longer just a competition of combat effectiveness of soldiers, logistics and equipment will become another important factor in determining the success or failure of both sides. Li Qing, who had made a fortune, was determined to use this advantage to the limit.

"I'll stone you to death with silver!" Li Qing thought proudly.

Under this strategic guiding ideology, the fierce offensive of the Dingzhou Army came to an abrupt end after supporting it for a short period of time, and was replaced by sending troops to constantly clear out small groups of tribes, and at the same time began to concentrate on building barracks, accumulating supplies, and preparing for a long-term battle.

Bayar is not unaware of Li Qing's thoughts, but now he has a hard time, he needs time to redeploy the grassland troops, because in the early stage of the war, most of the grassland elites were concentrated on the front line of Dingzhou, and the rear was stirred up by the mountain wind and the Murwei army, and the army was in a mess, and the army was crushed, so that tens of thousands of elite soldiers who passed the mountain wind approached the royal court hundreds of miles away, and they could launch an attack on the royal court at any time, and the Murwei people were like locusts, divided into several groups and plundered on the grassland.

Both sides quieted down at the same time, both gathering strength and waiting for the final moment.

The grassland is filled with a strong atmosphere of war, and all the men who can get on the horse have been conscripted into the army, which has allowed Bayar to accumulate nearly 200,000 troops in a short period of time, of course, the combat effectiveness of these soldiers cannot be compared with the previous soldiers, Li Qing suddenly stopped the attack, and also made Bayar in the middle of it, if there is a few months for him to reorganize the army, then the combat effectiveness of these newly recruited soldiers will also be greatly increased, both sides have their own thoughts, but they have invariably slowed down the pace of war.

Unlike the grassland, the pace of Dingzhou's preparations for war is orderly, and now Dingzhou's main mind is no longer on the decisive battle with the grassland, at least not in the past few months, because there is another major event that has begun to spread throughout Dingzhou, and the princess of Allure will marry Li Qing, the marshal of Dingzhou, on the first day of the new year.

The princess's marriage will have a far-reaching impact, not only that Li Qing will bid farewell to the nominal single life, and Dingzhou will usher in the duchess, but more importantly, it will have a far-reaching impact on the political pattern of Dingzhou and the entire Great Chu.

Li Qing, Shang Haibo, Lu Yiming, and Qingfeng constitute the most core decision-making circle in Dingzhou, and at this moment, they are discussing this marriage that is enough to have a great impact on both Dingzhou and Dachu.

The party Li Qing regarded his wedding as a political event, but he did not have the joy of being a groom, not to mention, at this moment he was concerned about Qingfeng's mood, Qingfeng who was sitting under him did not have the slightest expression on his face, and the expression in his eyes was also very calm. You must know that when the princess marries Dingzhou, the first person affected is Qingfeng herself.

Lu Yiming is admired, Shang Haibo is fearful, the calmer Qingfeng is, the more worried he is, he prefers to see Qingfeng angry or angry not to attend this meeting, but now Qingfeng's reflection is completely unexpected to him, Qingfeng is too calm, Shang Haibo believes that there must be great danger under this calm, Qingfeng has never been a good man and a woman, and has always been a merciless blow to things that threaten her, and he can have the upper hand in the battle with him, At present, it is completely due to the fact that Da Shuai deliberately restricts the surging of Qingfeng's forces, and Shang Haibo is very worried that in the next period of time, Da Shuai will not connive at Qingfeng out of regret for Qingfeng. This is something you have to consider.

The separation of the Military Intelligence Division from the Statistical Investigation Division is a major victory for itself, and the separation of the two intelligence services will greatly limit Qingfeng's influence in the military, and the new director of the Military Intelligence Division, Mingyan and Qingfeng, are not on good terms with each other. When Qingfeng founded the Statistical Investigation Department, he unceremoniously excluded the intelligence veteran Mingyan, forcing Mingyan to go away to fight the world, and now he has returned with success and is naturally appointed as the highest official of the Military Intelligence Investigation Department.

Although the current Military Intelligence Investigation Department cannot be compared with the Statistical Survey Department in terms of strength and scale, and in many things it has to rely on the intelligence network that the Statistical Investigation Department has matured in many matters, Shang Haibo believes that with Mingyan's personal ability to be inferior to Qingfeng, coupled with his own strong support, it will not be long before the Military Intelligence Investigation Department will become an intelligence giant on a par with the Statistical Investigation Department.

When I turned around, I had to tell Mingyan that during the period of time when the princess was married, I must be vigilant and keep an eye on the breeze at all times. Shang Haibo thought about his own thoughts.

(To be continued)