41. The Unexpected and the Unexpected (II)
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Perhaps this day is destined to be a day of unrest.
Just when a certain usually stereotyped little Zhengtai put away the "show-off" in front of his brother that rarely appeared in his thoughts, and the brothers were about to go to the city lord's mansion where Li Shushi was located to report to see if they could fight for an official position for their brother, the scouts trained by Cao Xing's subordinates came with a surprising news: a merchant group of more than 1,000 people was attacked by Hu cavalry dozens of miles away from Shicheng.
The news had already arrived, and immediately made the soldiers who had been in the barracks for more than a month all have their eyes on fire, and they all looked like they were gearing up. After Lu Bu sent a person to inform Li Shushi in the Taishou Mansion, he directly selected ninety-nine people from the Xiliang cavalry who remained under him, plus the scout, to form a team of 100 people and rushed out.
The reason why this was done was because according to the rules and regulations of Xihe, the transfer of soldiers with more than 100 people required Li Shushi's approval, and the commander Lu Bu, a soldier with less than 100 people, could decide on his own. Therefore, Lu Bu, who was afraid that Li Shushi would hand over this opportunity to others, immediately rushed out with his subordinates first, so as to create a fait accompli.
And those who also rushed out with Lu Bu were the brothers Cao Chun and Cao Ren and the rangers brought by Cao Ren.
Although the thousands of men and horses originally recruited by Cao Ren in the battle of Qian County were almost wiped out by Li Shushi, Cao Ren was still Cao Ren after all, and he ran to his own brother Qi Chunchang Cao Hong and came back and raised a team again, and also made many gains in Runan County and Peiguo, and its scale was no less than the level before it was eliminated by Li Shushi before it reached Xihe.
And these people obviously have nothing to do with Li Shushi's county soldiers, and Cao Ren also just wants to win a "vote" for himself instead of relying on his brother's nepotism, so he is naturally happy to set off with his own brother. It's just that most of these rangers under Cao Ren are horseless infantry, and there are not many cavalry with horses, and they can't compare to Lu Bu and those Xiliang cavalry in terms of speed.
Of course, at the same time that Lu Bu received the news, there was also a scout who had already delivered the news to Li Shushi, who was chatting with Yan Zhong not long after eating, so when Lu Bu led the people to rush out, Li Shushi also quickly ended the conversation with Yan Zhong and led Jia Xu to gather people and horses to prepare for a battle.
A caravan with a thousand-person escort is willing to gnaw, so obviously the other party is either brain-dead or confident, although Li Shushi hopes that it is the former, but unfortunately the ideal situation is not good until the last moment without knowing the enemy's situation at all, so Li Shushi would rather believe that the other party is an elite cavalry with an organization and a large number of people.
What? You said that if it was really a large number of elite troops, those caravans would have been slaughtered by the Hu cavalry before Li Shushi could rush over? So Li Shushi, this is completely in vain, and it is easy to be ambushed by the other party?
Li Shushi was not too worried about this, because the old and sophisticated caravans would have some ability to protect themselves, such as Li Dang, who could clearly know that there was an enemy early on. Moreover, the caravan will have a large number of carts carrying goods, as long as those Hu cavalry are not motivated to kill people and not to steal goods, these carts are the best means of defense.
Form a circle with carts, and place people in the circle, which would be perfect if you had some shields and bows and arrows. Thinking about the fact that with more than 5,000 Jingchu swordsmen, Li Ling and his subordinates knew how powerful this defensive formation was, when more than 5,000 Xiongnu cavalry could fight until all the supplies were exhausted, and they could not let the Huns attack the formation.
Therefore, as long as the Hu cavalry does not set the cart on fire, then it should not be a big problem for those people to hold out for a day or two.
Of course, having said that, Li Shushi still needs to quickly transfer troops to reinforcements, otherwise if others know that they can attack the caravan with impunity at such a close distance from Shicheng, then Li Shushi believes that the mystery he has accumulated since taking office will be gone. Last time, it can be said that the sight was affected by the wind and snow, but this time, Li Shushi definitely has to give those Hu people a good dose of fierce medicine, otherwise the other party will not treat his Xihe as a dish.
But fortunately, Lu Bu had already rushed out with people, and Cao Chun also chased after Cao Ren with his subordinates, presumably these people could at least delay the offensive rhythm of those Hu cavalry, and if they were lucky, they might have a lot of gains.
In general, the efficiency of the executive agency under Xihe Taishou is still quite high, although a certain Xiao Zhengtai who is about to deteriorate sneaks away, but the equipment he is responsible for is more responsible for the manufacture and improvement of weapons on weekdays, and the key staff officer Peng Cao Ling and logistics Peng Tai Shi Ci are enough to deal with this rescue operation. And in order to exercise the ability of the two people, Li Shushi led Su Xiaololi and Jia Xu to run away with their own guards and guards to reinforce directly.
Of course, in addition to Dian Wei and Xu Chu, who must follow, there are also Zhang Xiu, who ran out with him in the name of protecting him, Zhao Yun, who was damaged by Zhang Xiu, and the battle maniac Cheng Lian, Guan Yu, Le Jin and Xu Huang. Only obedient good children like Gao Shun and Liao Chun were left in the rear, looking helplessly at Cao Ling, the chief officer of the staff officer who was dumbfounded and listening to the soldier's report.
However, in the end, Gao Shun was still a battle-hardened general, and he often had to wipe his ass for Lu Bu, who was easily attracted by battle, and he was quite experienced in such situations, so he immediately asked Wei Yuehe to lead all the light cavalry from Shicheng to follow behind Li Shushi's troops as the next echelon. Guan Hai and Liao Chun took the Yellow Turban Army as the last troops to press the formation, and Gao Shun himself led the light infantry troops to guard the departure from Shicheng to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the gap. Of course, because it is close to the city, there is no need to prepare logistics troops separately. It's just that because the incident happened at noon, many troops did not eat, and the body lĂŹ was a place that needed attention, so the Yellow Turban Army was ordered by Gao Shun to eat before marching.
Well, although Li Shushi's troops were the third to set off, it was just that he had already encountered the troops of Cao Ren and Cao Chun brothers in less than half an hour, so the two-legged ones were really not as good as the four-legged ones, especially when the other party didn't have time to gnaw on much dry food. However, it was just right for Li Shushi and Cao Ren to meet each other, and even when Li Shushi and others embarked on the journey again, there was already another guy by their side.
As for Cao Chun, the poor little guy was pressed into the hands of those Jianghu rangers with a look from his brother, even if Cao Chun's little pot friend used invincible tears to coquettish **, but Zhengtai, who was about to pass the expiration date, obviously had almost zero effect with this method. At the same time, when half an hour had passed again, Li Shushi found Lu Bu who was eating on the side of the road and Cao Xing, who had just reconnoitred and was about to go to Lishi City to report to Li Shushi. This kind of scene made Li Shushi quite speechless, because many of his own subordinates didn't have time to eat because of various tasks.
But soon he knew the reason why Lu Bu was able to eat slowly and methodically here.
"There is an old friend of ours in that caravan, so although the attack of the Hu cavalry is quite fierce, the defense of the caravan is quite solid, and we can slowly rush to the battlefield and wipe out those Hu people."
Cao Xing's face was calm when he spoke, as if the caravan could easily deal with those Hu cavalry. However, Li Shushi could still find a hint of schadenfreude in Cao Xing's calm face.
So, who could make Cao Xing show such a bad expression, and he was still an old friend of Lu Bu and Li Shushi?
Li Shushi, who met this condition, immediately thought of two candidates, and it happened that these two people were a "family", one was called Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan, and the other was Zhang He and Zhang Junyi.
Although it is said that Zhang Liao is in Bingzhou and Zhang Heyuan is in Jizhou, it should be more likely that Zhang Liao is in Jizhou, but how can Zhang Liao, the master of the history of the assassination of Zhang Liao, be the master of the history of the state, do this kind of work like a bodyguard, even if he is a bodyguard, the army under the history of the state assassin is enough to solve the other party easily, how can he want to be a businessman and persist there.
Therefore, putting aside all the wrong answers, there is only one truth, no matter how incredible and unacceptable the answer is, Zhang He should indeed appear in the escort of the caravan in front of him and is still fighting.
"Okay, Fengxian, Shengran, I know that you are quite dissatisfied with Jun Yi's departure in the first place, but everyone has their own ambitions, and since those Hu people dare to attack our caravan so close to Shicheng again and again, this is simply a slap in the face of all our generals and county soldiers in Xihe. I don't know if you'll be able to bear it, but I'm very, very annoyed by this more than the conflict with Junyi. But I don't know how Feng Xian feels? â
With a bang, Lu Bu, who was originally sitting on the Hu bed, immediately stood up with red eyes, obviously Li Shushi's words stimulated this proud warrior. And as Lu Bu stood up murderously, the Xiliang cavalry who followed Lu Bu immediately accelerated their eating speed, and completely solved it when Lu Bu stepped on the red rabbit horse that had obviously finished "communicating" with Lu Bu.
"Lord, you're right, compared to Zhang Junyi's ungrateful villain, those Hu people who don't take us seriously at all are even more annoying. Uh-uh! Let those miscellaneous people sing my Lu Fengxian's painting halberd today!! â
After speaking, Lu Bu's body burst out with a light similar to domineering, and with Lu Bu's hideous face, the effect was full.
"A little agitation will be violent, and sure enough, Lu Bu is actually still a 9 with less than half my intelligence."
Seeing Lu Bu leading the troops away with red eyes, Li Shushi felt that his eyebrows seemed to jump unconsciously. Of course, Su Xiaololi, who heard his words, did not forget to give him a health ball attack for free.
"Well, let's go, then." At this moment, Li Shushi's tone was unusually bland, well, it should be called Danding.
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