Li Ye felt a little more comfortable receiving this letter, Lan Fang didn't leave his side for a long time, and suddenly left, his heart was really a little empty.

And he paid three thousand taels of silver in his account, and when he counted it as it was about the same, he called the messenger to bring it back, and he was relieved. It just so happened that Qin Yujin also arrived in the border city with grain and grass.

The team that delivered grain and grass, because the truckload of grain was too heavy, the road was not easy to walk, and they finally arrived at the border city, Li Ye took people to greet them, and by the way, they arranged the places where these grains and grass went.

Qin Yujin had been weathered all the way, his face was yellow, as if he hadn't eaten well or slept well, his eyes were all black and blue, and when he saw Li Ye, he shook his head and said: "If it is possible in my lifetime, I am reluctant to go far away, this road is really uncomfortable!" ”

"Thank you for your hard work, prepare good wine and food tonight, and wash the dust for you!"

"This can be hehe......"

But the top priority is not these, but also need to settle down these grains and grasses, this is about to be a deep winter, the border city must be snowing heavily, if these grains and grasses are not properly disposed of, damp, then these soldiers will have nothing to eat in the coming year.

Zhong Laosan was very good at these things, so when even Mao Sui recommended himself to deal with these grains and grasses, Li Ye handed over the matter to him.

The time to change horses was approaching, and Li Ye took people to pull the two thousand captives and went to Yangshan Mountain.

Both sides said that they would only bring men and horses, not weapons, and that they would only change people and horses on this trip, and not fight.

But in order to prevent the other party from cheating, Li Ye called people in advance and hid weapons near the mountain col, so as not to prevent them from suddenly turning back, and he was a little prepared on his side.

When Li Ye took the two thousand captives to the mountain pass, he saw from a distance that the Hu people on the opposite side, with a large group of horses under black pressure, were already waiting there.

He smiled faintly, with these horses, go buy some more, this raid team is fully equipped!

Zhuo Zhuo looked at the man at the front of the horse from a distance, dressed in black, wearing a golden crown on his head, he looked handsome, but he looked no different from ordinary Central Plains people.

But this man has a belly of insidious tricks, and he actually exchanged two thousand men for two thousand horses!

Zhuo Zhuo looked back at the horses, they were all fed with croton when they came, and it was estimated that they had just returned to their barracks, and these horses couldn't walk!

He smiled coldly and waved the scimitar in his hand downward, and someone behind him slowly drove the two thousand horses to this side, Li Ye saw that the horses over there moved, and he also turned around and waved his hand, and the two thousand captives who were tied in their hands also moved.

The two sides agreed not to fight without weapons, but they kept their promises, and after exchanging horses and prisoners, the two sides retreated.

The Hu people need to bring these captives back so that the people who are making trouble can be quieted, and Li Ye and they need to bring these war horses back and be ready to send troops at any time.

But as they walked on the road, the soldiers on horseback said that something was wrong, and the horse was pulling as it went, and it was restless, as if something was uncomfortable?

If you look closely, you can see that all of these horses are pulled thin......

The two lieutenants of the team leader were angry and told Li Yeyu: "Those Hu people are really insidious, they must have fed these horses with croton before they came, so that now these horses are all strained, and even walking is a problem, if these two thousand horses return to the barracks, maybe they can still be used?" Maybe some of them will be dragged to death, what should the prince do now? ”

Li Ye frowned, he didn't expect that those Hu people would actually feed the horses Croton, just because as soon as he got these horses, he would send troops to them, which was really thoughtful! However, there was a military doctor in the barracks, and it was thought that he would be able to save the situation a little, so he ordered a hurried march to try to let the horses return to the barracks as quickly as possible, so as not to get dehydrated on the road and be troublesome if they couldn't walk!

"Tell all the soldiers to dismount, don't burden the horses, pull these horses as much as you can, and get back to the barracks as soon as possible."

"Order! Come down, everyone, and lead the horses! ”

Leading the horses to walk, although it is to reduce the burden on the horses, but the same speed has also slowed down, these horses are pulling while walking, this road is the smell of stinking, for a while these soldiers are bitter, finally after dark and walked for a long time before returning to the barracks, these horses are all panting, restless.

Because Li Ye had already sent people back to the barracks, and asked the military doctor to prepare some potions for the horses, the soldiers saw that the horses were pulled back, so according to the original plan, the three of them took care of a horse and fed the horses medicine.

Qin Yujin freshened up a little, looked at these horses, sighed helplessly and said: "These Hu people are really damaged, in this way, how can we use these horses to send troops?" ”

Li Ye breathed a sigh of relief helplessly when he heard this: "Although we have horses, they are not good enough, and when we send troops, we may delay the retreat time because of the lack of stamina of horses, causing losses to our side." That's why I found a way to change 2,000 horses, and although 2,000 is not enough, it can solve our urgent needs to some extent. But the 2,000 horses that were exchanged for this are now like this, so they can only buy horses according to the original plan. ”

"It's not easy to buy a horse at this time, even if you can buy it, it is estimated that people are lions with big mouths, this is not easy to do, and the army's funds are not so sufficient, Prince, I brought a few thousand taels of silver with me when I came, if you can use it, I will ask someone to send it over in a while."

Li Ye raised his eyebrows when he heard this, looked at him and smiled and said: "The prince is generous and righteous, then I will be disrespectful!" ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and went to General Zhong's room together to discuss the matter of buying a horse, this matter had already been decided, but it was delayed because of the recent war. It just so happens that the Hu people should have been busy placing those prisoners in the past two days to stabilize the mood of the clansmen, and they will not go to war if they think about it, so they just took advantage of this time to buy horses and come back, so they are ready to take the initiative to attack at any time.

General Zhong listened to their intentions, and directly handed over the people who had been arranged a long time ago to Li Ye, and asked these people to take them to the Yiluo clan to discuss the purchase of horses.

They went back and forth for three days, and when they came back they came back with a thousand horses, but the people of the Iroth would sell only a thousand, and not one more.

Those horses who ate croton drank the medicine for two or three days, and after a few days of recuperation, they could be regarded as almost half of their vitality, and if they were healthy for a few days, they would definitely be able to return to their previous state.

However, there are still some horses, which are old horses or sick horses, because these horses have eaten croton, and there are many who have died without resisting the past, fortunately, the weather is not hot now, these horses can be dried and eaten in the future, and the rest is still one thousand seven or eight, plus the thousand that was bought, it is about two or three thousand, and it is almost the same with the raid team.

At dusk on this day, the golden afterglow of the sky fell, and three thousand soldiers, on their horses, all refreshed and energetic, followed by Li Ye's order, three thousand men and horses, and galloped to the first place of tonight's battle.

This night, 3,000 men and horses did not stop, and attacked the three garrisons of the Hu people, burned their grain and grass and armory, and the rain of arrows fell on their tents.

When it was almost dawn, three thousand men and horses returned triumphantly, unharmed, and the morale of the soldiers was high, although they were tired, but for so many days, the qi under the hands of the Hu people finally came out!

Zhuo Zhuo was furious when he got the news, and when he was called over by the boss king, he ordered him to immediately send troops to attack the border city.

Zhuo Zhuo knew that Li Ye's morale was now good, and now was not the best time to send troops, but the boss didn't listen and forced him to send troops, so he had no choice but to go to order troops to prepare for battle.

But even if it was so urgent, Li Ye and they also got the news in time, the Hu people were said to have sent 10,000 troops, and Li Ye and they sent 30,000 troops.

Zhuo Zhuo was wounded in the shoulder and returned to the barracks with the remaining five or six thousand men.

Even if the boss Wang Dang got the news, he couldn't do it angrily, because this was one of the few fiascos for Zhuo Zhuo.

Even if he knew that Zhuo Zhuo was injured, he still only sent scolding, but without the slightest comfort and greeting, his heart was cold.

Because of the large number of people on Li Ye's side, although there were casualties, there were not as many people as on the Hu side, and most of them were only injured and lost their lives, about 1,000 people.

It snowed the next day, and Lan Fang came back before the heavy snowfall, with more than a dozen truckloads of cotton clothes and shoes, before the soldiers were frozen.

As soon as she returned to the room, Li Ye came back, as soon as she opened the door, she walked in with snowflakes on her body, looked at Lan Fang, who had not been seen for more than ten days, and rushed over, it was a warm hug.

"It's snowing, and it's just in time for you to come back."

She smiled, hid in his warm arms and said, "It's just a coincidence." ”

"When you come back, my heart will not be empty."

She looked up at him, she lost a lot of weight, I heard that he has been very busy recently, and it is natural to lose weight, but it is still distressing to look at it.

"I made you a cotton coat just when you come back, change it, it's snowing, you often walk outside, don't catch a cold."

Li Ye smiled and stretched out his arms, waiting for her to change his clothes.

"This snow, even if it has entered the deep winter, the Hu people should also stop, they suffered heavy losses in the last battle, I think maybe they won't play this year, now just wait, after a while, when the city is stable, we will go back to Beijing."

As soon as she heard that she was going back to Beijing, Lan Fang was happy, thinking of the two children in the capital, and with a smile on her lips: "If you can go back before the year, it will be better." ”

Li Ye smiled and thought for a while and said, "A few days ago, Jing Xuan wrote to say that there was some problem on his side, and I thought that if I had time in the past two days, I would go over and take a look, and you would wait for me in the barracks." ”