Chapter Eighty-Three: Prelude
From the forest to the east, Lu Dalin's 15,000 Dingzhou iron cavalry was like a torrent, swept through, and the small tribes within three hundred miles were swept away, in the process, Lu Dalin adopted Shen Mingchen's strategy, for the warriors of these tribes to kill as many as they could, never let go, but for other ordinary herdsmen, they were all spared, but they robbed their grain, killed their livestock, burned their tents, and then let them flee like the depths of the grassland. Over the past few days, no less than 100,000 herdsmen have fled to the depths of the grasslands, most of them elderly, weak, women and children.
Most of these small tribes only have a population of more than 1,000 tents, and some more are only 2,000 tents, and they are as vulnerable as grass chickens and dogs in front of Lu Dalin's army, and they are all about to collapse at the touch of an unpreparedness, and fall into a situation where they are slaughtered by the other party. And the difference between the two sides in equipment is too big, the Dingzhou Iron Cavalry is all dressed in iron armor, and the weapons are sharp, but most of these tribal warriors only have simple leather armor, and the weapons in their hands do not know how many years they have used. After all, grasslands are too scarce in terms of resources. This is also the biggest reason why Bayar is eager to take advantage of the weakness of Da Chu to Dongkou Central Plains, Bayar knows that if he lets go of the good opportunity now, once Da Chu awakens and a powerful figure appears and gathers the strength of the entire Central Plains, the grassland will be vulnerable.
What the sky is pitiful to see is that the current Great Chu family is divided, there are many contradictions between the various families, and the situation is about to erupt, as long as a little introduction, then the civil war of the Great Chu is inevitable, and the central court of the Great Chu has become a virtual reality, empty and has no strength to suppress the major families, which also leads to the fact that the current resistance to the grassland is only in Dingzhou.
Last year, he used a clever plan to kill half of the elite in Dingzhou, laying the groundwork for his large-scale attack this year, and after capturing Dingzhou, the grassland will have a bridgehead for the Central Plains, and the struggle for power and profit between the major families will inevitably bring greater opportunities for themselves. What's even more gratifying is that the competition between the families has spread to Dingzhou, the original Xiao Fang two alliances ruled Dingzhou, although Xiao Yuanshan and Fang Wenshan are not the best talents, but the two are united, and there is more than enough to keep it, but now that they have joined the Li family, their chances have increased greatly, and they must have greater internal friction.
Lu Dalin and Shen Mingchen both knew that after this battle, Bayar's plan to attack Dingzhou was completely unfeasible at least this year, without sufficient materials, it was impossible to conquer Dingzhou, a fortified city that had been in operation for many years, Bayar wanted to start over and drive these refugees into the depths of the grassland.
"Happy!" Lu Dalin stood on top of the war horse, looking at the herdsmen running in the distance, his heart was indescribably happy, for many years, I saw the various departments of the grassland rushing into the Central Plains, burning, killing and looting, capturing people, and making a mess of Dingzhou, and he could only hide behind the high wall and fortified city, helplessly watching the other party's iron cavalry rage, and today he was finally happy.
In front of them, a tribe's camp was burning with fire, black smoke covered the sky, and the corpses scattered all over the place showed that this tribe had resisted stubbornly, and Lu Dabing's blood stains galloped to his brother, tired but unable to hide his excitement.
"Big brother, this is the last tribe on our way, and a hundred miles ahead is Fuyuan."
Lu Dalin glared at him, bluffed Lu Dabing's neck, and said embarrassedly: "I forgot again, Deputy General Lu, our army has completed the sweeping task, please ask for instructions on whether to pull out immediately, today we can also rush back to Fuyuan, and join General Li Qing's troops victoriously, this time, we fought too happily." ”
Lu Dalin smiled slightly, knowing that his younger brother had suffered a big loss in Fuyuan, this time he finally got the field back, and said with a smile: "Okay, the herald army, we ......"
Shen Mingchen suddenly interrupted Lu Dalin's words with a smile on the side: "Vice General Lu, let's camp here today, the soldiers are tired for a whole day, have a good rest, and leave tomorrow!" ”
Lu Dalin glanced at him in surprise, along the way, Shen Mingchen never precipitated any of his orders, just followed him silently, which also made him feel good about him, although his official position was lower than his own, but Lu Dalin knew that his position in front of Xiao Yuanshan was not comparable to himself, and he had already done it that this guy would dictate his military affairs, but he didn't do anything, why did he suddenly come to do it at this time? Looking at Shen Mingchen's smiling but resolute face, Lu Dalin was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "Then Mr. Shen, the soldier, order the army, and set up camp." ”
Lu Dabing glanced at the two of them puzzled, and said in a low voice: "It's only more than a hundred miles away, the army can't take two hours, why are you suffering in this wilderness, the brothers are still looking forward to going to Fuyuan to drink two sips of wine and be happy!" ”
Lu Dalin had a dark face and shouted, "What do you want to do, disobey the military order?" Get out of here! ”
Seeing that his eldest brother was angry, Lu Dabing pulled the reins of his horse and ran away. A moment later, next to the roaring tribal camp, the camp of the Dingzhou cavalry was erected.
The mountain wind is very dissatisfied, he has been away from Fuyuan Fortress for a few days, he did not catch the bloody battle in Fuyuan, although he also killed a lot of barbarians with Lu Dalin, but he never followed his own general to kill the enemy, here, if someone wants to hack his credit, he really has nowhere to find someone to reason, originally thought that he could return to Fuyuan today, and Wang Qinian and a few of them had a good fight, but they didn't want to stay here for another night. He and Wang Qinian don't know each other, and now the relationship is quite good, at least Wang Qinian no longer regards him as an enemy, Guo Shanfeng is determined to have a good relationship with these guys, they are the general's iron-clad team, the henchmen of the henchmen, and they are not comparable to the latecomers.
He was not Lu Dalin's direct subordinate, so he didn't have so many scruples, so he rushed straight to Lu Dalin and asked to lead his troops to leave first. Lu Dalin admired this big man very much, and he traveled all the way, watching him lead his troops to clear the enemy's sentry for the team, extremely shrewd, and when facing the battle, his ferocity was better than that of Lu Dabing. At this time, the mountain wind was also bloodstained, and the terrifying mace was still stained with a trace of flesh and blood, plus the scar on the face, how hideous and hideous, how fierce and fierce. This made Shen Mingchen a little uncomfortable.
"Captain, you've also had a hard day, why don't you take a break and leave tomorrow?" Lu Dabing said to stay.
"No, thank you Vice General Lu for your concern, but Guo Mou's heart is like an arrow, this time Fuyuan alone resisted Yan Bulu's tens of thousands of troops, I am afraid that the casualties are not small, Guo Mou still has many friends there, I am very uneasy, I want to go back to see first, and I hope that the general will be gracious!"
Lu Dalin pondered for a while, the mountain wind must not be his direct subordinates, but Li Qing lent him help, from this point it can also be seen that Li Qing is indeed selfless, otherwise this general will stay in Fuyuan and will give him a lot of help, but he did not hesitate to lend it to himself.
"If that's the case, it's inconvenient for Lu to stay as a lieutenant, this time Lu has to be helped by the lieutenant, so it will be so smooth, this first merit Lu will definitely give way to the lieutenant."
Guo Shanfeng grinned widely, "What kind of merit does Guo have to do, it's our General Li who is strategizing, I'm just running errands, I don't have to drop it, when General Lu reports the credit, don't forget our general." ”
Lu Dalin laughed, "This time is a big victory, General Li must be the first hero, this is something that no one can fight, you are a big man, but you are also loyal, let's go back to see your General Li quickly, if you are really forced to keep you, I am afraid that General Li will laugh at me for being stingy." ”
The wind was overjoyed, and he gave a military salute on his horse, and said loudly: "General Lu, you are also a man, Guo Mou can fight this battle with you, and he is very happy in his heart, so he left." He turned around and greeted his scout team, then left the team, and happened to meet Lu Dabing, and hugged his fists in the mountain wind: "General Lu Xiao, you are very skilled, there is a chance for the two of us to compete, how about it, you won't think I'm a small captain and disdain to do it with me, right?" ”
Lu Dabing has also been impressed by this former bandit in the past few days, and laughed when he heard this: "Okay, you bandit, hold grudges, okay, when I return to Fuyuan tomorrow, let's ask my eldest brother and your General Li to be notarized, let's do a good job, don't you lie down and I will write Lu Zi upside down!" ”
Riding away from the mountain wind, while galloping on the horse, he laughed wildly: "General Lu Xiao, you are not cunning, Lu Zi writes upside down, and he is still a Lu Zi!" It's just that the top is heavy and the bottom is light. ”
Lu Dabing was stunned for a moment, thinking that this was indeed the case, he couldn't help but be happy.