Chapter 385: Idle is also idle

Huang Mang burst in the Xianbei cavalry pile, and more than 20 cavalrymen in the range rolled off their horses. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Hundreds of Han soldiers rushed into the town, and at the front was a young man in blue, and there was no one under the halberd.

The Zhulu Army came here to pick up the refugees, but he didn't expect to bump into this scene, Qu Chen didn't think about it, so he rushed up with the rock camp. This is the land of the Han Dynasty, how can foreign races be allowed to come here to do their power?

The Xianbei people soon realized that the Zhulu Army was not easy to deal with.

If it is encountered in the field, the Xianbei cavalry can rely on mobility and archery to gain the upper hand, and there is a great hope of victory. However, now they rushed into the town, full of houses and narrow streets, so that the cavalry lost their speed advantage, and the battle could only be close to hand-to-hand combat. But Qu Chen is like a god-killing existence, and Wang Ji's subordinates are also very hard, and the Xianbei cavalry keeps falling off the horse like cutting wheat.

When the leader was killed by Qu Chen, the Xianbei cavalry finally collapsed and fled one after another.

The roads and buildings in the town were once again a nightmare for the Xianbei cavalry, and the terrain had little impact on the infantry, and the soldiers could be seen everywhere besieging and pursuing the Xianbei people. The villagers who were so frightened that they hid before also joined the ranks of beating the water dogs, trying to create some trouble for the Xianbei cavalry who wanted to escape.

The long-awaited game of plunder by the Xianbei people quickly turned into a survival game.

The Zhulu army blocked the front door of the town, and then, under the reminder and leadership of the villagers, they blocked the back door before the Xianbei people, forming a trend of closing the door and beating the dogs. In desperation, some Xianbei cavalry escaped through some gaps in the fence, and less than 50 of the Xianbei cavalry of more than 300 people finally escaped alive.

The spoils of war made the soldiers excited.

The Xianbei people are cavalry, and this time they entered the town and were caught in the urn of the deer army, and the people were gone, and most of the horses were still there. After the battle, these horses became the pockets of the deer chasers. Xianbei people are nomadic people, go south to plunder, may fight with the Han army at any time, the quality of the war horse is even directly related to life and death, the Xianbei people themselves ride all good horses, proper high-grade war horse quality.

Wang Ji reported the results of the inventory to Qu Chen.

"Second General, the inventory is over."

"How much?"

"237 horses!"

Qu Chen burst into tears, according to the current horse market, these war horses are worth more than one million gold.

That's a lot of money!

Qu Chen has always dreamed of forming a cavalry, naturally he will not really sell horses, he pondered, the more than 200 war horses captured this time, plus the 50 horses given by Su Shuang before, plus a small 300 horses, can almost form a small cavalry force.

You don't have to wait for the big brother to allocate money to buy horses, and the cavalry dream has a chance to come true!

The townspeople of this small town have been terrified by wolves and Xianbei people, and their fate would have been very tragic if the deer army had not arrived in time. In the battle against the Xianbei people, the militia in the town suffered heavy losses and was no longer able to resist the attack of the wolves.

The Deer Army invited them to relocate, and the townsfolk responded enthusiastically.

Guarding more than 200 war horses and nearly 1,000 villagers, the deer army returned to Baiqiu Town, the advance stronghold.

On the way back, Qu Chen was thoughtful.

Back in Baiqiu Town, it was another busy time to resettle refugees.

Since entering the camp, the Deer Chaser Army's operation to lure refugees has once again entered the harvest season.

Baiqiu Town is very close to Yongnu County, which can basically be regarded as the central area of Yuyang, and is farther away from the Youji border, and the difficulty of the villagers in the system stronghold to flee abroad is much greater than that in the southern part of Yuyang County, and there are not too many refugees who dare to choose to take risks. The Zhulu Army's leading operation in the central area of Yuyang has made quite good progress. After searching around Baiqiu Town for many days, more than 5,000 refugees have been transferred to the Flying Fish Territory through the connection point on the south bank of the Qing River.

The success of the Deer Chase Army has directly led to the recent busyness of the fleet.

Baiqiu Town is far from the earliest Qinghe junction point, and it takes more than a day to go upstream, and it takes about half a day to work from the Qinghe junction to Feiyuling, and the journey is long. In order to transport the refugees back in time, the fishermen often have to sail day and night, and it is slightly better to go downstream, and it is very difficult to swim upstream.

The fleet arrived in Baiqiu in the morning, expecting to rest for a day or two.

Unexpectedly, just after noon, Qu Chen and others brought back nearly 1,000 villagers and more than 200 war horses.

The fishermen knew that the short break was over.

No one complained, and although they were hard sailing, they were nothing compared to the soldiers who fought for the deer. The soldiers are operating in the wolf-plagued area, and every time they attack with their heads, they can't come back if they don't get out, and the fishermen are boating on the water, at least they don't have to worry about being attacked by wolves.

Seeing that the deer army had captured more than 200 war horses, the fishermen cheered.

Liu Lang, the mayor of Hailang Town, who temporarily served as the captain of the transportation team, came over and asked whether to send people or horses first.

"Let's give it away first."

Qu Chen said: "We only have medium-sized fishing boats, it is okay to carry people, it is really reluctant to carry horses, it took a lot of effort to help Mr. Su transport horses across the Qinghe River last time, and it was all because of the experienced horsemen under his command who accompanied the boat to appease, so that there were no major mistakes." We don't have horsemen in Baiqiu Town, some horses are afraid of water, and the war horses go directly to the boat in case there is a situation along the way, you may not be able to handle it, so it is better to send people away first. ”

Liu Lang nodded, he was actually worried that the war horse would go crazy while sailing.

Qu Chen said again: "The war horse circle is in the town, and the food consumption will be relatively large, you bring more food after you go back, remember to tell Mr. Xun about this, and ask Mr. Xun how to transport these war horses back." ”

"Okay."

"By the way, leave two boats here, I'll be useful."

"Don't worry, this time I only sent people away, and I won't need so many boats."

The discussion stopped, and the town soon became lively again.

Although the town of Baiqiu is only two miles from the river, no one knows if there are wolves lurking nearby, and the protection of the troops is the standard procedure for evacuating refugees.

Qu Chen called Wang Ji and said in a low voice: "You will take some people and take a boat to the Pinggu area to see if there is a suitable town, such as Baiqiu Town." ”

Wang Ji was taken aback: "Second general, do you want to move the nest?" ”

"There's going to be that."

"But we haven't finished searching around here, isn't it a bit early to find the next stronghold?"

A mysterious smile appeared on Qu Chen's face and asked, "Do you know how many people we sent back?" ”

Wang Ji is the No. 2 person in the Jizhou Army, and he is personally responsible for many specific affairs, Qu Chen's problem naturally does not bother him, and he said in a deep voice: "Counting the batch we just sent away, we sent more than 6,100 people from Baiqiu Town; In the past, about 5,000 people were sent away at the Qinghe pick-up point, adding up to about 10,000, so we received so many? ”

"Yes, one in case, do you know how many more people can be placed in the Flying Fish Territory and the two dependent territories?"

The upper limit of the population of the first-class city is 20,000, and the upper limit of the population of the two affiliated first-class towns is 1,000, and the current Jizhou territory can have a maximum of 22,000 villagers. Before the outbreak of the wolf plague, the total population of Jizhou territory was less than 9,000, and it could receive about 13,000 people at most.

The Zhulu Army's leading operation in Youzhou has absorbed 11,000 people for the territory.

It's only two thousand!

Considering the expansion of the Exocet Territory and the upgrading of dependent territories, the actual population gap will be larger. But the population of the Jizhou territory is about to be full, which is obvious. Unconsciously, the population problem that has plagued the Flying Fish Collar for a long time has come to an end. There are still some areas around Baiqiu Town that have not had time to be searched, and it is easy to bring in thousands of refugees.

Wang Ji was puzzled and asked, "The people are almost enough, why do you want to go north to open up a new stronghold?" ”

"I didn't say I'd go north to pick up people, I wanted to beat people!"

"Beat someone?"

Qu Chen said with a smile: "That's right, it's closer to the Great Wall, we can go over and beat the Xianbei people!" ”

Wang Ji gasped.

He finally understood what kind of medicine was sold in Qu Chen's gourd.

Today, I went to pick up the refugees, and unexpectedly met the Xianbei cavalry, which was the first time that the Zhulu army fought with the Xianbei people, and the Zhulu army won a complete victory, capturing more than 200 war horses and making a lot of money. Qu Chen tasted the sweetness, and the task of luring the refugees was about to be completed, so he started the idea of the Xianbei cavalry. Wang Ji estimated that Qu Chen was properly thinking about the horses of the Xianbei people, and wanted to take advantage of this rare opportunity to get the high-grade war horses necessary for the formation of cavalry troops.

The white wolf with empty gloves brought back the high-grade war horse for free for the territory, and Wang Di was also very happy.

But Wang Ji knew that the reason why he won so beautifully today was because the Xianbei people died in the town, lost their speed, and could not fly with their wings, so they were blocked and beaten in the town by the deer army. The victory of this battle was very accidental, the Rock Battalion was a light infantry, lacking a strong long-range strike means, if you encountered Xianbei people in the field, unless it was an ambush, it would definitely be the Rock Battalion that was hanged.

Light infantry took the initiative to provoke cavalry......

Wang Di's confidence in Qu Chen's mystery is no longer able to complain.

As the No. 2 person in the Jizhou Army, Wang Di felt that it was his responsibility to eliminate this dangerous idea.

"Second General, we, we can't beat it, right?"

"Look at your memory, where did those horses come from?"

"That's a geographical advantage, a head-on ......"

"Frontal hits? You don't have a fever, how can we fight the cavalry head-on? We can find an ambush! Find a feng shui treasure to wait for the rabbit, there are Xianbei people coming, first use the legion skills to say hello, and then shoot a few rounds from afar, Xianbei people don't know how many of us are, most of them will leave quickly after being attacked, and then, we just need to send some people down to lead the horse......"

The more Qu Chen spoke, the more energetic he became, his eyes flickered, and his saliva hung on his lips.

Wang Ji still shook his head: "Ambushing cavalry, how easy is it to talk about it......"

"Wang Ji, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person!"

Qu Chen's eyes widened angrily, and he shouted: "Xianbei Koubian, kidnapped my Han people, and his crimes are heinous. As a soldier, I know that there is a foreign race in front of me, how can I be afraid of death because of greed for life? I think that at the beginning, I waited in Yizhou to resist the strong enemy, but I never flinched, you, you have fallen! ”

Wang Ji smiled bitterly and said, "Second General, are you demonstrating the method of agitating generals......

Qu Chen's face turned red, and he changed his words to play the emotional card.

"Some time ago, Zhulu Ling was besieged by rebels and Wuling Kou, you should have heard about it, right? Those who participated in that operation also sent 500 cavalry to show off their might in our territory. Now the deer collar is full of foot soldiers, and can only follow the cavalry to eat ashes, if we had a cavalry at that time, how can we have the insolence of the cavalry of the wooden horn leader? With a cavalry, the rebels and the Wulingkou are not so comfortable attacking our dependent territories. ”

"The cavalry needs to be formed as soon as possible, at least a thousand cavalry is barely enough!"

"A thousand cavalry, at least a thousand horses. With so many war horses, relying on the territory to slowly save enough money, I am afraid that I will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse Month. Now there is an opportunity to get a war horse for free, and if we don't cherish it, we will definitely regret it in the future......"

"We went to the north to find a place to ambush the Xianbei people, and it was done, saving a lot of money for the territory; No, we don't have anything to lose, and we're idle anyway......"

"The 1,000 recruits recruited by the Flying Fish Leader should be almost trained by now, and the soldiers who have never been on the battlefield are not soldiers, and I plan to pull them to the front line to feel it. The more people, the more effective the Legion skills become......"

"Think about it, how many people in the north are waiting for us to save ......"

……

Wang Ji still knelt down after all.

"Second general, I'll go, I'll go!"

"Don't force ......"

"Not reluctantly, I was confused just now......"

Qu Chen is the chief general of the Jizhou army, and he has the right to make a decision in the military aspect, so there is no need to discuss it with Wang Di. But Qu Chen's ambition is to lead the cavalry, he is the commander of the Jizhou Panshi Battalion, and he needs to train a successor in advance, and the affairs of the Panshi Battalion are mostly handed over to Wang Ji to take care of, Qu Chen does not just throw the work to Wang Ji, but also has the necessary respect, and really treats Wang Ji as the general of the Panshi Battalion.

Wang Ji is the strongest of the many military generals who have been transferred, he has been born and died for the territory many times, his blood-stained battle robe, and he has always been conscientious after being sent to Jizhou, Qu Chen feels that he deserves his respect.

Wang Ji called more than 20 soldiers to board the fishing boats, and several fishing boats slowly headed north.

His destination was Pinggu.

Yongnu to Pinggu, take the waterway can go retrograde along the ditch, to the Lu River, Gu River water, and then turn to the north of the Lu River, directly to Pinggu County, almost all of them are against the water boat, the road takes about two days. Even if it is easy to come back, considering that you still have to find a suitable base, it is good to be able to come back in three days.

Soon after Wang Di left, Qu Chen ordered the transferred military generals to lead their troops to rest and recuperate, and he took a boat back to the Flying Fish Territory.

Going to Pinggu to wait for an opportunity to fight Xianbei is not something that the military commander can fight if he wants to, and he can't do without the support of the rear. Xun Yan is the head of the special territory, he is from a famous family, talented, and respected by Qu Chen and others. With such a major matter, he naturally had to go back and discuss it with Xun Yan.

After listening to Qu Chen's statement, Xun Yan thought for a moment and quickly gave an answer.

"If you are willing to agree to one condition, I support this operation."

"Sir, but it doesn't hurt to speak!"

"Make use of strengths and avoid weaknesses, and never fight in the field."

Xun Yan has his own aura of "loyalty", and it is his natural instinct to protect the interests of the lord, of course he knows that the deer leader needs to form a cavalry unit, and the territory can't take out so much money to buy war horses in a short period of time. Fighting Xianbei people has the chance of dropping a top-grade war horse, Xun Yan raised his hands and feet in favor.

The Panshi battalion is a foot soldier and does not have the strength to fight the cavalry head-on, but Xun Yan knows how strong Qu Chen is.

As long as Qu Chen promised not to mess around, Xun Yan had no reason not to support the actions of the Rock Battalion.