Crossing the Huai River is a silver belt flowing in the Mongolian steppe, raising the cattle, sheep and human beings of this piece of water and soil, but unfortunately in a few years, it will disappear in this land with the vicissitudes of the sea and the change of the earth's climate, which is a very helpless thing.

But now it is still abundant in water, abundant in water and plants, and feeds this generation's creatures.

At this time, a cavalry army slowly walked downstream along the Huai River.

"Regiment Commander, Brigadier Wang Guixiang is here."

Li Dingguo was commanding the troops to move forward, when the scout came to report, and after hearing this, Li Dingguo was slightly stunned and said, "Where is it, I'll go to see Brigade Commander Wang."

Since he has entered the system, there are still some rules to be observed, Li Dingguo himself is from a military background, and he knows the importance of the concept of discipline of superiority and humility in an army.

You can be crazy and disobey the organization in all kinds of ways outside the system, but if you enter the organization and don't care about anything, no one will obey you, then it won't work.

I don't believe it, look at Sun Wukong, when he was making trouble in the Heavenly Palace, the madness was boundless, and none of the gods in the sky could enter his eyes, and the dignified Jade Emperor was just a Jade Emperor in his mouth.

But after learning the scriptures, his attitude has almost changed one hundred and eighty degrees, the Jade Emperor is not old anymore, and the star monarch in the sky can also politely say a word to others.

Some people say that Sun Wukong has changed too much, but those who have experienced officialdom, or some large-scale workplaces, should understand that this change before and after is not that people are different, but that their positions are different, so people have become different.

Li Dingguo is like this, now he is only the regiment commander, and he is not polite when he meets the brigade commander, isn't this a provocation?

Therefore, Li Dingguo wanted to take the initiative to greet him, and the reason why Li Dingguo and Wang Guixiang did not act together was because Li Dingguo set off from Shaanxi and rushed directly from Xuanfu to cross the Huaihe River Valley, so it was faster than coming from Guihua City.

And this strategic plan is divided into two parts, the first part is to find the logistics transfer station, and secondly, after the logistics transfer station is attacked, the first time will definitely bring the troops back to help, at this time, a force is needed to cut off their reinforcements in the middle.

Therefore, the main division of labor this time is that Li Dingguo's cavalry and Wang Guixiang's cavalry are the main force to find the best logistics transit station and destroy here, Li Chaohu led a large army of 5,000 people to ambush halfway, and he was caught off guard.

As for why Li Chaohu only brought 5,000 people, the main reason is that Guihua City also needs to be defended, and everyone can't be brought out, otherwise, if you kill a horse gun and attack Guihua City, or those restless Mongolian forces in the grassland to attack Guihua City, it will be a threat to Guihua City.

And Naturalization City, as the most important bridgehead of Lantian outside the Saiwai, is absolutely not allowed to have any mistakes, so Li Chaohu only took half of the soldiers and horses out of the city, of course, half of the soldiers and horses are enough, after all, the largest army is still wandering around in the Ming Dynasty, and there are not many people left to ensure logistics, only a few thousand.

Li Dingguo sorted out his brand-new Lantian military uniform, rode a horse to a short distance, and saw a huge cavalry unit parked in the distance, Wang Guixiang Cavalry Brigade, said to be a cavalry brigade, but over the years it has developed nearly 6,000 cavalry, these cavalry are sitting lazily on their horses, as if they have not woken up.

However, Li Dingguo could see at a glance that these are definitely the elite of the elite.

The complexion of these cavalrymen is generally darker than that of the Lantian people, which is obviously due to the strong ultraviolet rays of living on the prairie for a long time.

These cavalry horses have a lot of equipment, but it is obvious that the horses under the crotch of these people are all good horses, and they do not look very tired with cavalry and equipment.

These cavalrymen have prepared three kinds of weapons, a horse pistol made in Lantian, this kind of horse pistol Li Dingguo's regiment is also equipped, and it is the latest model, which is more high-end than these cavalry equipment, but Li Dingguo feels that if his own people conflict with these people, these cavalry in his hands will definitely not be able to defeat the cavalry in front of him.

In addition to the carbine, the cavalry also had a sabre, and the saber needless to say was indispensable, after all, no matter how powerful the musket was, there were also short soldiers

When you meet, you can't use a gun in hand-to-hand combat, because a musket is at best a burning stick at this time, so it is best to use not a gun at this time, but a saber.

In hand-to-hand combat, muskets are not as good as burning sticks.

Apart from these two, the most conspicuous thing that stood out there was the compound bow.

The compound bow is the most important equipment of Wang Guixiang's cavalry brigade, and its importance even exceeds that of the musket.

Although the carbine is easy to use, it is too inconvenient to change the bullet on the horse, so the Wang Guixiang cavalry brigade will only use the carbine when the distance is long, and when it is close, it will be replaced with a compound bow.

The strongest tactic of Wang Guixiang's cavalry brigade is the kite tactic, with the strong mobility of the cavalry, combined with the ultra-long-distance shooting of the compound bow, the enemy is pierced by the head.

Over the years, Wang Guixiang's troops have fought with the Mongols on the grassland, the Tatars who wandered to the grassland, and even Wusizang, as well as *** who came from Liaodong to spy on the military.

And these peoples, who are known as on horseback, after encountering the cavalry brigade of Lantian, are all honest, and how many times have they been collapsed by the kite tactics of the Lantian cavalry brigade.

Of course, during this period, the Lantian Cavalry Brigade also suffered casualties, after all, these Mongols and Tatars also have some talents, especially ***, I don't know if it is the so-called god favor, the probability of a master in the army is far more than that of other nationalities.

This may be the Mandate of Heaven, just like during the Three Kingdoms period, there were four famous generals, and there were countless people who had the courage of ten thousand people, and the force value was above eighty.

And there are many such masters, and *** also gave these skilled people with bows and horses a resounding name, the Condor Shooter.

What is an eagle archer, that is a ruthless man who can shoot a hard bow on a horse and shoot down all the eagles in the sky.

But even if such a ruthless person went to the grassland, near Guihua City, he was hunted by the Lantian cavalry, and there were more than a handful of them.

Of course, there are many such masters who hunt, and *** also knows how terrible Lantian is, so he doesn't send the Condor Shooter to investigate the situation in the Naturalization City, after all, the Condor Shooter is also a rare resource here in ***, and he took out one of the existences that can be regarded as Baturu, and died tragically under the Naturalization City, and he didn't bring back any information, which is a waste.

This is the strength of this unit, a more ferocious existence than the Mongols in the steppe.

Li Dingguo looked at the team in front of him, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, he didn't expect Lantian to have such a terrible cavalry on the plug.

"Alert!"

Li Dingguo was thinking about it, and suddenly he heard someone shouting in the cavalry brigade, and the next moment all the wilted and chirping, and all the cavalrymen who were napping stood up suddenly, and their eyes became brighter, and at the same time, their respective weapons were unsheathed, and their eyes were staring at Li Dingguo, who was about to approach, and an invisible murderous aura locked on Li Dingguo.

The hairs on Li Dingguo's body stood up, which was a feeling of being stared at by a fierce beast.

"Your own people, your own people, rest, rest."

Just when the cavalry entered the state of alert, a man who seemed to be the leader waved his hand and said, "Let's all rest, it's okay, my own people, my own people."

Saying that, this person rode his horse to Li Dingguo, saluted and said, "Hello Regiment Commander Li, Zhang Haoke, the lieutenant of the brigade commander of Xiawang."

Seeing this, Li Dingguo immediately replied, "Adjutant Zhang, where is Brigade Commander Wang?"

Hearing this, Zhang Haoke said, "I am resting, my brothers have been on the road for a day and a night, and they are all very sleepy, so take a little rest and sleep for a while."

Hearing this, Li Dingguo pointed to the soldiers around him and said, "Brothers are sleeping on horseback?"

Hearing this, Zhang Haoke said: "Well, this is the basic skill of our brigade, not to mention the horse that stands still, even the horse that runs, some of us can also sleep, but this sleeping on the back of the horse can only temporarily solve the fatigue, and cannot be used as a means to relieve fatigue for a long time."

Hearing this, Li Dingguo nodded and said, "I see, I have been taught."

Zhang Haoke said, "Come, Captain Li, let's go and meet

Brigadier, Commander."

Zhang Haoke said, leading Li Dingguo around the rest of the cavalry in front of him to the back, Wang Guixiang was sitting on a big stone at this time, beating his knees with both hands, this horse has been riding for a long time, and his legs can't stand it first.

This down-to-earth feeling is still very comfortable.

"Brigade Commander, Li Dingguo, Regiment Commander Li is here."

Zhang Haoke watched Wang Guixiang guide Li Dingguo, and Li Dingguo saluted, "I've seen Brigade Commander Wang."

Wang Guixiang stood up at this time and replied, "Li Dingguo, hahaha...... I have long heard from my brothers in Lantian that there is a Li Dingguo in northern Shaanxi who is a good man, and it is really a blessing to be able to meet him today."

Li Dingguo didn't expect Wang Guixiang to be so polite, so he smiled and said, "Brigade Commander Wang is polite."

Wang Guixiang smiled: "What's polite, you call a hero out of a young man, hahaha."

Saying that, the two sat down, Wang Guixiang rubbed his legs and said: "I've been riding a horse for too long, I like the feeling of stepping on the earth, my county lord once told me that our cavalry is very good, but it's not grounded."

Hearing Wang Guixiang's words, Li Dingguo smiled, followed by adjutant Zhang Haoke brought two bowls of hot mare's milk and said, "Use it slowly."

Wang Guixiang smiled and said, "Come, Dingguo, we don't have anything to eat when we march and fight, just make do with this mare's milk, don't dislike it."

Li Dingguo smiled when he heard this: "What do you dislike, when I fled from the famine in northern Shaanxi, if I could drink a sip of mare's milk, I wouldn't be alive and dead, hahaha......

Speaking of this, Li Dingguo took a sip of mare's milk, and there were tea leaves in this entrance, Wang Guixiang said: "Our cavalry has been in the grassland for a long time, and it is difficult to eat green vegetables.

Li Dingguo smiled when he heard this and spit out the tea leaves in his mouth, but Wang Guixiang took a sip of mare's milk, and then chewed the tea leaves in his mouth and swallowed it.

Looking at Wang Guixiang eating tea, Li Dingguo actually had a little admiration in his heart, these men stationed in the grassland are real warriors, and they should be the most elite troops in Lantian.

Li Dingguo thought that at this time, Wang Guixiang had already drunk a bowl of hot mare's milk into his stomach, and then picked out two dried yaks from his arms, handed one to Li Dingguo, and chewed it by himself.

When the food was almost finished, Wang Guixiang looked at Li Dingguo and said, "What's the matter, have you gained anything these days?"

Li Dingguo heard this and said: "These days, we have searched along the upper reaches of the Huai River and have not found the location of the transfer station, but today we just arrived at the middle reaches of the Huai River, and we saw the horseshoe prints trampled by the cavalry.

Hearing this, Wang Guixiang said: "Well, if we find large-scale horseshoe prints, it means that we have entered the range of ***'s life, and then as long as we scatter enough cavalry scouts, we will definitely be able to find ***'s transit station, which is a good thing, at least it proves that our general direction is not wrong."

Wang Guixiang said, Li Dingguo said: "That's right, I have sent more than a hundred scouts to look for it this morning, and I think there will be news soon."

Wang Guixiang heard this and said, "Well, if you don't change the Huai River valley, the Huai River valley is very large, and more than a hundred scouts are not enough, so I will send another 200 people, let's have a carpet search."

"Carpet?"

Li Dingguo didn't understand what the meaning was, Wang Guixiang smiled and said: "You still follow the county for a short time, you will know what it means after a long time, the carpet is that kind of wool blanket, the so-called carpet search is to rush to the wool blanket generally, leaving no dead ends."

Hearing this, Li Dingguo said: "I see, it's quite vivid."

As the two spoke, Wang Guixiang said, "Come on, find two hundred scouts to search downstream along the Huai River."

"Yes."

Hearing this, the adjutant immediately went to find two hundred experienced scouts, if you want to talk about scouts, these cavalry scouts who have been in Naturalization City for a long time are the most powerful, at least they have been operating on Cypriot for a long time, they are very familiar with the environment here, and they even encounter enemies, in Zandan

In the case of a single pair, it is not necessarily necessary to lose to these *** who obviously have a physical advantage.

The cavalry was sent out, Li Dingguo said a few more words to Wang Guixiang, and then left Wang Guixiang's garrison.

Hearing this, Li Dingguo said: "Lantian County really hides a dragon and a crouching tiger, and this Wang Guixiang is very human."

Hearing this, Wang Jiadong smiled and said, "This is a good thing, the more masters there are, the easier it will be for us to fight."

Hearing this, Li Dingguo smiled and said, "That's right, let's go back, get ready to prepare, find the *** transfer station, let's show our skills."

Wang Jiadong smiled when he heard this: "Okay, that's exactly what I mean."