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From Yecheng to Luoyang, Chaoge is a must-pass place. Of course, you can also take Liyang, cross the Yellow River, and return from the Tiger Pass. However, this route is not only tortuous and difficult, but also passes through the junction of Luoyang and Yanzhou, which is more dangerous, and it is far worse than taking Hanoi.

After the tragic bloody battle of Lugushan Mountain in the fourth year of the first peace, the Black Mountain Army, which had been entrenched in Chaoge for several years, was crippled, and the remaining small remnants could no longer set off the wind and waves, and flowed in all directions. Since the Jizhou army entered Chaoge, it naturally had no entry and exit, and the cities of Dangyin (Tangyin), Lin Xi and Chaoge north of Hanoi County all fell into the hands of the Yuan family. However, Hanoi Taishou Zhang Yang garrisoned Yuye Wang, and his forces only advanced to the area of Huojia, and the Gongxian and Ji counties between Huojia and Chaoge became the military buffer zone between Jizhou and Hanoi.

Gonggong and Ji two counties, west is the reckless and vast Taihang Mountains, north is Jizhou Yuan's family, south is Henan Mahan forces, and east is a hundred miles away Yanzhou Cao Cao forces -- this is a typical three-regardless zone, coupled with the complex terrain, mountains and rivers are treacherous, it is no wonder that the Lugushan Black Mountain army will become Yuan Shao's henchmen.

Of course, things should also be looked at from two aspects, although the three regardless of the zone is conducive to avoiding pursuit, but being squeezed by the four major forces of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Ma Han, and Zhang Yang, the remnants of Montenegro can play some tricks of robbing houses and houses, but it is impossible to make any big moves.

Zhen Qin's team, because of her special status, is considered to be a semi-official background, walking in Jizhou, and every county she goes to, she is escorted by the garrison at that time. Safe and secure. As for entering Hanoi County, Zhang Yang also guaranteed his safety -- at present, the two forces of Hanoi and Hedong still have a very close relationship with the Luoyang side.

Therefore, for Zhao Yingzi's twenty female cavalry guards, Asu's ten wolf cavalry, and Shi Yan's thirty escorts, what really needs to be cheered up and vigilant is the journey of more than 150 miles from Chaoge to Huojia. This area is a military buffer zone between Jizhou and Hanoi, and neither side will send troops to escort them, so they can only rely on themselves.

Unlike Shi Yan's nervousness and anxiety, Zhen Qin is also good. Zhao Yingzi or even Asu was relaxed. They also passed through here when they went north, and even encountered the remnants of the Black Mountain bandits, but the other party saw the wolf-headed banner held by the white wolf cavalry from a distance, so they did not dare to move, and followed behind the carriage and horses for a while, and soon disappeared without a trace. Since then, several bandits have been encountered, and the same is true, there is no doubt about it. It must be intimidated by the might of the White Wolf Army -- the news of Ma Han's defeat of the Xiliang Coalition Army has already spread all over the world. This is still the power obtained by Ma Han concealing the news of the annihilation of the Southern Xiongnu, if these bandits know that the Southern Xiongnu elite cavalry in the river have died at the hands of Ma Han, they are afraid that they will turn around and run away when they see the wolf flag from afar. How dare you tailgating?

Under the fearlessness, the vigilance is also tight on the outside and loose on the inside. It doesn't matter if there are bandits or not, it's the bandits who are afraid of them anyway, not the robbers who are afraid of them.

According to the itinerary, this one hundred and fifty miles. It's going to take two days. On the first day, I walked smoothly to Ji County, during which there was only a trace of a group of bandits, but they did not get close. was expelled by the white wolf cavalry led by Aso, and there was no trace of the thief after that, presumably the thieves warned each other.

Shi Yan praised it, five horses drove away a hundred thieves, this courage and courage are really remarkable. Asu and the other white wolf cavalry didn't notice anything different - a hundred bandits who couldn't even match the most basic weapons were also opponents?

It was nearly dusk, and in the distance was Ji County, where only the ruins and remnants remained, and on the east bank was a sparkling clear water -- the name of this river was really called Qingshui, which originated in the northwest of Gongxian County, and flowed through Gongxian and Ji County, which was the source of water for the two counties.

There is no hope of lodging, so they can only be stationed on the shore of Qingshui, eight grain carts, four ceremonial carriages, plus three chariots, all in a row, connected from end to end, arranged in a semi-arc car formation. The gap between the two sides was dissatisfied, and they were all equipped with Liaodong's special, convenient and easy-to-carry simple three-gun to resist horses, and surrounded more than 10 camp tents with three sides, and the rear was a river to ensure safety.

They spent more than two months on the road back and forth, and they were already familiar with the vigilance of camping. The basic principle is that the Aso Ten Wolf Cavalry is divided into two shifts, each responsible for patrolling in the first half of the night and the second half of the night, and the patrol range is five miles away, which is the periphery; The thirty guards of Shi Yan had no horses, and most of them were on foot, and they were responsible for patrolling within a hundred paces outside the car formation, which was also divided into two groups; The twenty female riders were close to protect the three daughters of the Zhen family in the car formation.

In fact, whether it was Shi Yan's thirty guards, or Asu and other wolf riders, or even the more than twenty servants and maidservants who served the three girls, they didn't take this "Feiyan Ling" female soldier to heart. Although these female cavalrymen rode white horses one by one, dressed in red scarves and armor, small barbarians carried short knives at their waists, and on both sides of the saddle hung two large cowhide bags, built-in bows, crossbows and arrows and other standard weapons. But in the eyes of men, it is only five words - it is useless!

In the eyes of the White Wolf Cavalry and the guards of the Zhen Mansion, these female cavalry are to give the three little ladies courage, because only female soldiers can "protect" them closely, and they can always feel at ease when they see the sassy and heroic posture of carrying a knife and a bow in front of and behind them, right?

The night was getting dark.

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After dinner, Aso led a group of wolves to ride and left the camp for three miles, patrolling in two directions to the west and south. Asu's ten horsemen, except for their lengths, are all white wolf cavalry, not white wolf cavalry, what is the difference between the two? It is that the white wolf cavalry is a regular horse, and the white wolf cavalry is an auxiliary horse.

Ma Han lacked soldiers in the early days, regardless of whether they were qualified or not, they were all stuffed into the White Wolf Battalion, and after completing various trainings, those who were qualified were regular riders, and those who were unqualified were auxiliary riders. Since then, as the strength of the horse warrior has become stronger and stronger, especially after entering Liaodong, his cavalry source has been quite sufficient, and there will no longer be a situation where the Central Plains people who are not good at training horses and riding horses are forced to do half the work. Therefore, the standard of the white wolf cavalry has also been improved accordingly, and it has become a person who has participated in actual combat and accumulated merit to the rank of captain or above before he can enter the elite of the cavalry.

The cavalry of Asu was all recruits who escorted Ma Jun southward in the previous time, and they basically had no experience in battle formations, so they were only cavalry of the White Wolf Battalion, not elite cavalry. Despite this, it does not mean that their combat skills are not good, they just lack the baptism of actual combat. At least Aso had confidence in himself and his companions, and his companions didn't disappoint him.

At the end of May, the sky is full of stars, the moon is obscure, the mountains and rivers are far away, and it is dark and dull. The farthest line of sight is only a few dozen steps, and the only thing you can really rely on is your ears rather than your eyes.

Aso and the two cavalrymen each kept a distance of twenty or thirty paces, did not light torches, and only relied on starlight to guide the way, like a dark night horse, swimming back and forth on the plains.

This kind of patrol is the most boring and difficult, and it is easy to make people mentally tired and slack. However, for Aso and other patrol riders, they are also used to it, because this is one of the regular training of the White Wolf Battalion, and when they were in the training camp, they didn't toss three or five times a month. Whoever dares to be careless, if it is not done well, it will be cleaned up by the "blue army" of the simulated war.

As soon as he reached the bottom of a hill, a wolf-ridden horse snorted restlessly and refused to move.

When Asu heard the movement, he rode his horse and ran back, unpleasantly said, "Muguo, what's the matter with your horse?" ”

Muguo is a miscellaneous beard, that is, a Hu person who can't figure out whether he is Karasuma or Xianbei or Xiongnu. There are many such Hu people in Liaodong, but not many of them go south with Ma Han. Mu Guo stroked the horse's neck with one hand, pointed to his lips with the other, and sighed softly.

Aso was terrified, and the horse stopped.

Mu Guo jumped off the horse and listened to the ground for a while. At this time, Aso and another ranger also gathered around and asked in a low voice, "Is there a situation?" ”

Mu Guo straightened up, took something out of the coat, pressed it on the ground, and put his ear on it. Almost at the moment when he put his ear on it, he jumped up suddenly and said hurriedly: "Behind the mountain bag, within a hundred steps, there are no less than ten horses, and at least a hundred people. ”

Asu immediately said to the other patrolman: "I'll go up the hill with Muguo to find out, and you should go back quickly to report the news." ”

The sound of hurried hooves, heard far away in the middle of the night, alarmed Shi Yan's escorts, and also alarmed the uninvited guests behind the mountain bag.

Aso and Muguo turned over and got on their horses, and as soon as they rushed halfway up the slope, they saw black shadows appearing on the ridge of the mountain, ghostly like black shadows, and the black pressed a large area. Although the starlight was bright, it could not illuminate their faces, but only the sharp blades in their hands shone coldly.

Aso and Muguo hurriedly reined in their horses, and the dirt fell with iron hooves, and the gravel rolled. Needless to say, these people must have come for them.

Just as the two of them turned their heads and ran down the hill quickly, a horse suddenly appeared on the top of the slope like a hell monster, and when they saw the two horses running below, they dragged the spear of a foot soldier, shook it in their hands, and threw it out with a sigh.

Dozens of paces away, Mu Guo, who was half a horse behind, screamed and fell heavily from the horse's back.

Aso was shocked, hurriedly reined in the horse and drove back, and by the starlight, he clearly saw that half of the bloody spear tip appeared from Mu Guo's chest, and Mu Guo convulsed all over, constantly vomiting blood foam, and saw that he was no longer alive. In the moment before he took his last breath, Mu Guo trembled and pointed to the war horse that had lost its owner and galloped back.

Aso nodded sadly, scooped up the reins, led Muguo's war horse, knocked his feet on the horse's belly, and rushed out with all his might—almost as soon as he rushed out, seven or eight arrows landed where he was standing.

A group of dark shadows on the hillside cheered in unison: "Good rider!" ”

The rider raised his hand: "Raise the fire!" ”

Fluffy and fluffy, one torch after another lit up, illuminating the top of the mountain in all directions.

The blazing fire shone on the face of the Riding Governor, but he was in his thirties, with a narrow face, eyebrows like knives, cold eyes, and a black beard. At this moment, he brushed the green scarf wrapped around his head, shook the two-gear armor on his body, took off the spear from the side of the saddle, pointed forward, and roared like a wolf: "Rob a woman!" Grab the supplies! Kill the guards! Boys, rush me! ”

The black-pressed attackers on the hillside roared and roared, swords and spears raised, and under the moonlight they poured down the hillside like a tidal wave towards the night-blatant camp miles away. (To be continued......)