Feng Xue rode on the horse, looking at Ning Cheng, who was crowded, and there was not a single tear in his red and swollen eyes. Cracking Wind took the reins of her horse and stood three paces away from her, looking at the city with hatred, her eyes full of cruelty.

Feng Xue searched for Liu Xiu's shadow in the crowd, she wanted to take another look at this instigator who caused her to lose face and also make Huai Zong embarrassed before leaving, she wanted to keep his face in her heart forever and kill him once a day in her heart.

"Girl, that man is not in the city." The iron wolf lightly urged the war horse, approached Feng Xue's side and whispered, his eyes were like an eagle falcon, if Liu Xiu was at the head of the city, he would definitely be able to find out.

He ...... Where did it go? Feng Xue wanted to grit his teeth and scold a dog thief, but when the words came to his mouth, he involuntarily changed his name. She blushed at her hesitation, but then she defended herself and said that Xianbei people respect all worthy of respect, even if this person is an enemy of life and death, and there is nothing wrong with doing it herself.

Iron Wolf's thick eyebrows trembled, inexplicably a little worried, he looked around, shook his head and said: "I don't know, I heard from the scout, five days ago, dozens of people came out of the city, all the way to the south, and the scout found the Black Feather Guard in it, and the dog thief may be among them." ”

"He's out of town?" Feng Xue was taken aback, turned his horse's head, and walked slowly forward. Seeing this, Tempest kicked the horse's belly lightly and followed closely, and behind them, the army that had already packed its bags also began to set out on the way home.

"He's out of town." Splitting the wind and snow, he gritted his teeth and said, "It's better if he has the courage to pursue us, in this case, I will have a chance to catch him, and then break his legs, and make him your slave." ”

The wind and snow want to talk and stop. She originally wanted to say to Cracking Tempest, if Liu Xiu is outside the city, then we have to be careful, but then she thought about it, no matter how powerful Liu Xiu is, the number of cavalry of the Han army is limited, and there are now more than 10,000 cavalry under Cracking Tempest, and the two sides are really going to meet, and Cracking Tempest is still sure that Liu Xiu will be cleaned up.

She also thought the same as Split Wind, she was not afraid that he would come, but she was afraid that he would not come, but what if she came? Do you want to kill him, or do you want to see him again? Fengxue suddenly felt a little flustered, and looked around weakly. She felt that she really shouldn't have such thoughts at this time, Liu Xiu had hurt her so badly, Abba Fengfeng was still in the dungeon of Ningcheng, she should hate Liu Xiu.

I'm going to kill him once a day in my heart, Feng Xue solemnly reminded himself again, and then thought, if you really want to catch him, do you want to break his legs? It is said that he broke Brother Huai Zong's leg, and I should also break his leg, but he doesn't have the ability of Brother Huai Zong, once he breaks it, it is difficult to recover, so can he still laugh so happily?

As soon as he thought of Liu Xiu's smile, Feng Xue's heart was like numbness. She is a famous beauty on the grassland, not only Abba and Brother love her, but also the king Tanshi Huai also loves her, Huai Zong can't look down on so many flower-like girls, but has a soft spot for her, she faces every day is full of pity or envy of the eyes, even if there is some jealousy hidden under the smile, can only make her more proud.

Only Liu Xiu never looked at her with such eyes, on the contrary, every time he saw her, Liu Xiu either stared at her or joked and teased her, either making her blushing and ashamed, or making her embarrassed and hateful.

However, now she doesn't have to face Liu Xiu's hateful smile, but she feels a little reluctant, she thinks this idea is too strange, but she can't control it.

I wanted to hear him tell jokes like a haiyu. It was so easy for Feng Xue to find a reason for himself.

"Axue?" Split Wind turned his head sideways and looked at Feng Xue in confusion, "What do you want?" Smiling so happily, are you thinking about your marriage with Huai Zong? I can tell you, if you don't get Abba's back, he won't marry you. ”

"Brother-" Feng Xue didn't know what to say to the Split Tempest, so he had to feign anger and urge the war horse to run forward.

Xia Yu held on to the city wall, looked at the Xianbei people who were gradually moving away, squinted his eyes, and remained motionless. The soldiers and civilians next to them saw that the Xianbei people had withdrawn, and the month-long siege of Ningcheng had ended, and they were laughing excitedly, and they began to shout loudly, I don't know who started: "Long live the captain!" ”

"Long live the Captain." Lu Min turned his head with a smile, his mood was very good, and his attitude became very good: "My lord, this is an exciting victory." ”

"Thank you, sir, for your condescension." Xia Yu was also in a good mood, squeezed out a smile, and arched his hand to Lu Min and Zhang He and the others behind him: "If it weren't for Mr., without the help of Liu Xiu and you, we might not be able to win this battle." ”

Everyone hurriedly and modestly returned the salute, and laughter came and went for a while.

"It's not a complete victory, though." Xia Yu smiled, looked at the people around him seriously, and then said to Lu Min: "I want to ask Mr. to guard the city for a few days." ”

Lu Min was stunned for a moment, and the smile on his face slowly faded: "Your Excellency wants to go out of the city to pursue?" ”

"Yes." Xia Yu clenched his fists and slammed the city wall hard: "If you let them go like this, they won't remember their surnames for a long time, and maybe they will come again next time." I want to hurt them and let them know that the land of my Han is not a place where they can come and go when they want, so that they can be more restrained. ”

"But ......" Lu Min shook his head again and again: "You only have more than 1,600 knights, not to mention that Huai Zong may not have gone far, there are more than 10,000 people in the Niutou tribe alone, although the adults are brave, but the disparity in strength is too great, this is too dangerous." Otherwise, let's wait for Lord Thorn Shi to come. ”

"Lord Thorn?" Xia Yu sneered, "It's been a month, and he hasn't come, I don't think he will come." Sir, rest assured, though I have only 1,600 men, we are armed with stirrups and spears, and all of them are clad in iron armor, and our combat strength is not comparable to that of those who wear leather armor and wield bows and arrows and short knives. Besides, I won't rush to fight them recklessly, I'll look for an opportunity to surprise them. ”

Lu Min sighed and kept silent, he didn't agree with Xia Yu's opinion, but Xia Yu obviously wouldn't listen to him, it was already commendable to explain to him so politely. He set his eyes on the soldiers around Xia Yu, but found that their eyes were also full of desire to go out of the city and fight.

These martial artists, in order to make meritorious contributions, do not hesitate to risk their lives. Lu Min shook his head gently: "I advise adults to be careful." ”

"Thank you sir for reminding me, I'll be careful." Xia Yu smiled slightly, and beckoned to Wang Chan: "You accompany Lu Jun to guard the city, when I am not in the city, all affairs are subject to Lu Jun, and there must be no mistakes." ”

Wang Chan was stunned and extremely disappointed, but he didn't dare to disobey the order, so he had to bow his fist unwillingly. Xia Yu nodded at Lu Min, and then strode down the city to arrange matters related to the pursuit out of the city.

Half a day after the Xianbei people disappeared outside the city, Xia Yu quietly left the city with knights equipped with iron armor, stirrups, halberds, and spears and disappeared into the mountains. Five days ago, Liu Xiu took advantage of the exchange of hostages to arrange a few pot stoves with food remnants in the places where the wind and snow passed, to show that there was enough food in the city to hold on for a while. Originally, Xia Yu didn't have much hope, but the development of things surprised and delighted him, in the next two days of attack, the determination of the Xianbei people seemed to have been greatly hit, vacillating between attack and defense, perhaps because of the loss of Dou Gui, a general who was familiar with siege tactics, their attacks appeared chaotic and inefficient, even Feng Yuan could not break through, and after killing and wounding hundreds of people in vain, they completely stopped attacking.

Huai Zong sent people into the city again to ask for redemption of the wind crack, Xia Yu would not be so stupid, he found some excuses, and asked for a price, but the two sides did not negotiate. Two days later, Huai Zong suddenly pulled out the camp alone, left Ningcheng, only the Niutou tribe was left outside the city, and the unwilling split wind attacked the city alone, but unfortunately he was really not good at attacking the city, and after several temptations, he reluctantly gave up his efforts and was in a dilemma.

Today, the cracking wind couldn't withstand it, and left Ningcheng in a gloomy manner, and the month-long Ningcheng offensive and defensive battle ended with the Xianbei people gaining nothing. But Xia Yu was not satisfied with this, he wanted to expand the results of the battle, and used the iron cavalry that had been trained in the city for many days to pursue the Xianbei people, beat them to the ground, let them remember their surnames for a long time, and let them know that the territory of the Han Dynasty was not a pasture where they could come and go freely.

Looking at the high-spirited but orderly knight behind him, Xia Yu was extremely satisfied, although the number was a little smaller, but he was absolutely sure that he could win in the face of three times the enemy, but it was a pity that the number of the Niutou tribe was too much, far more than three times, so he could only sneak attack, not hit hard.

Based on this plan, Xia Yu decided to sneak attack the baggage team of the Split Tempest, and defeat their baggage, there will be more casualties if the cow's head falls on the way back, coupled with the fact that Fengxue's father and daughter have been captured one after another, the prestige of the cow's head falling on the grassland will plummet, and one of the main forces under Tanshi Huai's men will lose all glory.

Defeating the Xianbei prince Huaizong and the Xianbei general Feng Crack, this is a battle feat that can make Xia Yu happy for a few days - Xia Yu is not just satisfied with the people who are satisfied with defending the city, that kind of thing can be done by any qualified general, and there is no doubt that the Han people have enough advantages in defending the city, which is beyond doubt and is not worth boasting about.

Xia Yu sent a large number of scouts, patiently followed behind the Split Wind for three days, and followed them until they reached the west of Macheng, which was only ten miles away from the Great Wall, and two hundred miles away from Ningcheng.

"My lord, when are we going to strike?" Jun Sima Zou Ping asked a little anxiously.

"See the scouts of the Xianbei people?" Xia Yumo rubbed the horsewhip in his hand, lowered his eyelids, and asked softly.

"It's been a long time coming." Zou Ping laughed: "There are still a lot on the first day, and it will be halved on the second day, and I basically didn't see it today, these dogs definitely didn't think that we would chase so far, and we were like arrows, just waiting to go home." ”

Xia Yu smiled slightly, the reason why he followed for three days but never launched an attack was because he guessed the psychology of the Xianbei people. In the previous wars, the Han army rarely went out of the city to pursue, and those guards who could hold the city were already shouting luck, and they could report their victories without shame, boasting of their military exploits, where did they dare to go out of the city to pursue, even when the famous man Li Ying was the captain of Wuhuan and the general of Duliao. The Xianbei people have taken all this as a matter of course, and it is already prudent that the Split Wind can still send scouts two days ago, and if they change to other generals, they are afraid that they will not be so careful at all.

After all, he is the son of Feng Crack, although his talent is average, but he is still a little better than others with a good old man.

Xia Yu wants to break this habit today, he wants to tell the Xianbei people, you are wrong, the Han people are not only good at defending the city, but they are no worse than you in cavalry. He also had to tell Liu Yu that if you had mobilized more Wuhuan cavalry for me earlier, and if you had transferred the assault cavalry from Yuyang and Shanggu to me earlier, I could even leave Huai Zong's head.

The mountain wind blew the pine leaves, rattling, Xia Yu sat on the horse, as stable as a mountain, the war horse gently snorted, the horse's hooves dug the ground twice, and the layers of fallen leaves spread a thick layer on the ground.

"Is there any news of Huaizong in Biansai?"

"Huaizong came out of the plug three days ago, and there has been no news since then."

"Is there any news of Liu Xiu and them?"

"Not either." Zou Ping shook his head: "The scouts who went to Sangqianhe came back and said that Lu Pofeng was not there, and they might also be looking for fighters, but they saw that Xianbei was powerful, so they didn't dare to do it." He laughed and added, "I think they should be behind us." ”

"These Wuhuan people will only pick up cheap, and if you really want to rely on them to fight, that's not good." Xia Yu laughed contemptuously, glanced at the white wolf guard in the distance, closed his eyes gently, and was silent in thought. Because of the defeat in the hands of Huai Zong, Liu Xiu took Lou Lu and his Black Lingwei, but did not take Lou Ban and his white wolf guard, Lou Ban felt very faceless, he wanted to follow Xia Yu out of the city to pursue, Lu Min resolutely disagreed, Xia Yu understood Lu Min's worries, if Lou Ban died, then they couldn't explain to Qiu Liju. Lou Ban can't help it, it's best to arrange ten White Wolf Guards to follow Xia Yu, and someone from White Wolf Mountain participated in the battle.

These ten white wolf guards are now mixed in the Han army knights, looking very lonely, although they are all the elite of Qiu Liju's subordinates, but in front of these equally elite Han army knights, they do not have any capital to be proud of, whether it is courage or martial arts, these knights are not weaker than them, and they obviously did not expect Xia Yu to dare to pursue the Xianbei people with only 1,600 horses, which does not conform to their impression of the Han people, even Qiu Liju is afraid that he does not have such courage, you must know that it is a powerful bull-headed tribe, Although Cracking Wind is not as strong as Wind Split, he has more than 10,000 people and has an absolute numerical advantage, as long as Cracking Wind does not make mistakes, Xia Yu will never have a chance.

They had already vaguely guessed Xia Yu's intentions, and they didn't dare to underestimate Xia Yu, in their opinion, it still required a lot of courage and wit, and Xia Yu obviously had these two points.

Xia Yu suddenly opened his eyes and said in a cold voice: "Follow ten miles more and launch an attack outside the fortress." ”

Zou Ping was stunned for a moment, then understood what he meant, and bent over to obey: "Oh! Then he walked away, spreading the news of Xia Yu to the ears of every knight. Everyone immediately took action and walked forward silently.

Out of the stopper, in front of the endless grassland, Xianbei people suddenly relaxed, laughter, they scattered the formation, along the Yu Yanshui forward gallop forward, leaving the Great Wall far behind.

"Ah Xue, you can go to Ruji City for the night today." Cracking Storm was also happy, pointing to the distance and laughing loudly: "Maybe you will see Huaizong in Ruji City." ”

"Humph!" Feng Xue snorted unhappily and had some opinions about Huai Zong. After she came out of the city, Huai Zong didn't want to fight anymore, he proposed to retreat, Split Wind did not object to retreat, he also knew that he couldn't capture Ningcheng, but he had doubts about how long Ningcheng could support it, and hoped to wait a little longer, maybe Ningcheng would not be able to support it soon. Don't attack the city, surround the head office, right? Feng Xue also thought so, with her understanding of Liu Xiu's cunning surname, she felt that the pots and stoves she saw were probably deliberately shown to her, because Huai Zong and others besieged the city too suddenly, and the food reserves in Ningcheng were not very sufficient, which can be seen from the daily food supply of those displaced people.

But Huai Zong didn't listen, and after arguing with them, he left the Niutou tribe and left alone. Feng Xue had a very good opinion about his move, feeling that this was not Huai Zong in her impression, no longer the fearless and invincible Huai Zong, since he was defeated by Liu Xiu in Mingji Mountain, he lost that most charming self-confidence.

"Ah Xue, do you think Huai Zong is not interesting enough?" Crack Wind smiled meaningfully.

"I don't want to mention him." Feng Xue forcibly endured the unhappiness in her heart, jerked the war horse, and rushed into Yu Yanshui, the horse's hooves kicked up the cold water, splashing the coldness on her face, making her troubled heart finally calm down.

"Hehe, Ah Xue is angry." Splitting Wind turned to Iron Wolf and said.

"It's okay, she'll understand soon." The iron wolf was expressionless, patted his horse to catch up with the wind and snow, and was just about to speak, when a rapid horn suddenly sounded behind him. Feng Xue turned his horse's head in surprise, looked at the somewhat scattered team behind him, and said a little nervously: "There is an enemy? ”

The iron wolf listened attentively for a moment, and his face showed ecstasy: "This horseman is really still behind, great, the adult is saved." After speaking, he stretched out his hand to pull the reins of the horse in the wind and snow, and said in a loud voice: "Hurry up, hurry up!" ”

Feng Xue was confused, but quickly understood, and said in a trembling voice: "You did it on purpose? ”

"Hahaha......" Iron Wolf laughed, stretched out his hand to take off his bow, and raised his arms and shouted: "The guard battalion will follow me-"

The trumpets came and went, and the warriors of the Niutou tribe, who were jogging on the meadows by the river, immediately took action, gathered under their respective little commanders, turned their horses, and lined up in a charging formation, although they were attacked, they were not panicked, they already knew from the sound of the horns that the other party was less than 2,000 people, and all of them were Han troops.

On the grassland, with more than 12,000 people against less than 2,000 Han troops, they were confident enough to defeat their opponents, perhaps, they had been looking forward to such an opportunity, to wash away the shame of being captured by the wind crack and attacking the city in vain.

Now, the Han people have sent an opportunity, and they will never lose it.

The majestic horn sounded, and the cracking wind informed the attacked baggage battalion to spread out to both sides, making way for the main force to charge, and he raised his sword and ordered the two thousand Chinese troops to begin to speed up.

(To be continued)