"Your own people?" The horse lance in Zhu Bofu's hand stopped, and his eyes were fixed on the grass that made a sound, which was three or four feet high, and it was covered with snow, so that he could not tell that there were still people hiding in it.

When he followed Qin Han here to observe the Ezo people just now, Zhu Bofu felt that something was wrong, and he always felt as if someone was peeping at him nearby, but he didn't find that person after repeated searches, Zhu Bofu just thought that he might have felt wrong, so he didn't continue to look for it.

It wasn't until he walked here when he was about to leave that the feeling of being watched suddenly became stronger, and he suddenly knew that there must be someone hiding near him, but he didn't expect that someone was hiding in this bush, and he was still speaking Chinese.

"Since I know you're hiding here, come out quickly, do you want me to invite you?" Zhu Bofu pointed to the grass in front of him with the horse lance in his hand and walked forward slowly, even if several soldiers hurriedly stepped forward to block in front of him, he drank back.

Zhu Bofu is still very confident in his skills, although Zhu Bofu has been relatively lazy since he was a child, and his father Zhu Rui's martial arts are only at an average level, but he can't stand the two masters of Uncle Wang Yong and Second Uncle Cheng Chong.

Since Wang Ze felt that he still had to learn more martial arts in troubled times and began to learn martial arts, the three of Zhu Bofu, including Cheng Hu, had put a lot of hard work into practicing martial arts under the high pressure of Wang Yong and Cheng Chong, otherwise Zhu Bofu and the three would not have such martial arts as they are today.

In addition to the teaching of Wang Yong and Cheng Chong, Zhu Bofu has been constantly fighting with the Japanese army in the past two years, so it can be said that as long as he leaves the camp, he is always in danger, if Zhu Bofu does not practice his martial arts, I am afraid that this little life will be explained here.

Zhu Bofu is more or less a young general with superb martial arts to this day, but it is not easy, these soldiers know Zhu Bofu's martial arts, so they also slowly retreat two steps, but the crossbow arrows in their hands are still pointed at the grass.

And Lao Zhang and Fu Wei, who had come to spy on the intelligence before, also had ugly faces, they were also monitoring the movements of the Ezo people nearby, and they stayed here for five or six hours, but they didn't find an enemy hiding in the grass not far away.

This omission could not be forgiven by every scout, and instead of staring at the grass that made the noise, they looked around, and since there would be one person hiding here, would there be anyone else hiding nearby?

Zhu Bofu didn't interfere much with the behavior of Lao Zhang and the others, after all, everything in the mountains and forests had to be very careful, he just stared at the grass a few feet away in front of him, although the man spoke Chinese, but who knows if it would be the enemy who pretended to be his own soldiers to paralyze himself, so several soldiers behind Zhu Bofu were still ready for battle.

Just when everyone was waiting impatiently, Qin Han saw a figure slowly standing out of the pile of snow-covered grass a few feet away, if he didn't hear him speak, it was really not much different from the mountain spirit tree monster.

At first, Qin Han was really startled by the figure that came out, but when he saw the costume on this person's body clearly, he was relieved, this was definitely not an enemy, it should be a scout who directly belonged to the blue wolf camp.

Although he didn't know which battalion it was, Qin Han, who was born in a Jiangmen family, knew a lot of things that Wang Ze had organized, and he knew that this person's costume was the tree demon scout of the blue wolf camp, and it seemed that there must be a team of the blue wolf camp not far away, and he didn't know whether it was Cao An's subordinates or Meng Xian's subordinates.

"Who are you? How did it end up here? Zhu Bofu motioned for the soldiers to put down the crossbow arrows in their hands, but the horse lance in his hand was still in his hand and asked.

The dryad scout in front of him took off the hat with a lot of messy things on his head, revealing a young and ordinary face inside, which made people feel good at a glance.

This person obviously recognized Zhu Bofu, so he said with a smile: "It turned out to be Captain Zhu in person, and below is Li Biao, the tree demon scout of the Blue Wolf Camp under General Cao, who came here to investigate on the order of my general. ”

Seeing that the look of vigilance on Zhu Bofu's face eased, Li Biao also secretly touched the cold sweat on his forehead, and anyone who was suddenly pointed at him with crossbow arrows by a group of people would probably be startled.

Especially when Li Biao saw Zhu Bofu holding the arm thickness in his hand, and the horse lance that was one and a half feet long, he felt that it was too dangerous just now, if he hadn't seen Zhu Bofu find out that he had spoken in time, wouldn't he have been skewered by this horse lance?

Li Biao wiped a cold sweat and said with a flattering smile: "Originally, the Ezo people here were discovered by our blue wolf camp first, but since Captain Zhu also led people to discover here, otherwise this Ezo tribe will be dealt with by our two families, right?" ”

Zhu Bofu didn't speak immediately, he lowered his head and pondered the Tao here, Zhu Bofu didn't believe too much in Li Biao's previous words, the guy in front of him obviously knew himself, but he hid and didn't see himself before, and the root cause was the competition between the cavalry and the infantry.

As long as this dryad scout does not show up, then with his own strength, he will definitely not be able to deal with the Ezo tribe in front of him alone, if he is looking for helpers, Ji Xiang, Yang Wu and other cavalry have basically returned, and Cheng Hu has no news at the moment, so he can't find allies, and finally he has no choice but to return.

After he left, the blue wolf battalion could concentrate all his forces to attack the wintering point of the Ezo people in front of him, it was simply a one-man battle feat, these guys were too vicious, if he hadn't found out that this blue wolf battalion scout named Li Biao was hiding aside, I am afraid that he would really have to give up.

It's just that Zhu Bofu was a little moved by Li Biao's suggestion, and finally agreed to Li Biao's suggestion, although he was a little dissatisfied with the small tricks played by the blue wolf camp, but after all, he couldn't eliminate these Ezo people by himself, and it was better to share the battle with others than nothing.

Moreover, the surrounding area of the Ezo tribe in front of him is surrounded by mountains and forests, which is very suitable for the blue wolf battalion that is good at jungle warfare, not to mention that in addition to the five thousand blue wolf battalion soldiers under Cao An, there are also five thousand Kuyi soldiers, so it is easier to wipe out these Ezo people.

Although most of the post-war achievements will inevitably be taken away by Cao An, it is much better than missing this opportunity, after all, his supplies are running out, and if he misses it, he doesn't know when he will have to wait.

Seeing that Zhu Bofu agreed to his proposal, Li Biao secretly turned around and made a gesture behind him, Hula jumped down from a tree, and then a tree demon scout also came out of another relatively flat snow dozens of steps away, it turned out that there were two veterans Zhang Tao and Gu Lun hiding nearby, and hiding them separately This is also the practice of tree demon scouts.

"I didn't expect these guys to be so rough-looking, but their minds are quite delicate!" Zhu Bofu muttered to himself in his heart, he had to admit that this kind of separation of duties was indeed better, but Zhu Bofu's soldiers couldn't do this.

Time waits for no one, and now the winter days are very short, seeing that it is close to noon, and the sky is going to get dark again in two hours, Zhang Tao and the three of them discussed, and immediately Li Biao and Gu Lun set off to find Cao An on skis, and Zhang Tao stayed as a liaison.

Zhu Bofu watched the two of them skiing away, swaying from side to side in the dense jungle from one big tree to another, as easy as a night owl in the jungle, and his skiing skills obviously surpassed those of Qin Han and these soldiers.

It seems that these are all masters, even the red deer in the mountains and forests will have a very difficult time when the snow is falling, not to mention that there are still one or two feet of snow accumulated in the mountains and forests.

The Ezo people in the col probably felt safe here, and were not as heavily guarded as the other tribes that Zhu Bofu and the large army had wiped out before, although there were some young men on guard, but they did not send out patrols because of the previous snowfall.

Of course, this is also related to the snowfall for several days in a row, and now that the heavy snow has gradually stopped, it is easy to spot their movements when the Ezo people come out to hunt, so Zhu Bofu and Cao An's movements must be fast.

Cao An obviously knew this, and when he arrived with most of his soldiers, the Ezo people in the col were clearing the snow around the camp, otherwise when the snow melted, it would make this place very suitable for wintering very muddy.

Cao An, who was dressed in mountain armor, glanced at Zhu Bofu who was wearing a rhino skin fish scale armor beside him, the naughty young man at the beginning has now become a heroic young general, especially the relationship between Zhu Bofu and Wang Ze determines his extraordinary status in the future. cruel

In fact, Cao An is only five or six years older than Zhu Bofu, and I don't know when he began to feel that he had gone through all the vicissitudes of life, he smiled at Zhu Bofu and said: "Bofu, you are the first to be able to find these Ezo people this time!" But there are a lot of Ezo people here, you can charge after me in a while, be careful and you won't get hurt! ”

Cao An was very familiar with Zhu Bofu when he was in the cottage, plus he was still the son of Wang Yong's sworn brother, and Wang Ze's iron buddy, and Cheng Hu's father Cheng Chong was Cao An's master, so Cao An also paid great attention to Zhu Bofu's safety.

Zhu Bofu was a little unappreciative of Cao An's suggestion, and he followed others to achieve some military exploits, even if he was promoted, it was not a glorious thing, not to mention that Zhu Bofu wanted to wait for Yan Xiaowu to show off to him after he came back, if he followed Cao An, where would he have the face to brag.

What's more, Zhu Bofu felt that Cao An's smile was a little weird this time, but since Cao An was Cheng Hu's apprentice, he would not harm himself no matter what, and Zhu Bofu was still very confident in this.

It's just that regardless of whether Zhu Bofu wants it or not, Cao An has already given an order according to the arranged arrangement, and tens of thousands of soldiers from the Blue Wolf Battalion and the Kuyi people rushed straight to the Ezo people in the mountain col, leaving Zhu Bofu and a group of cavalry of the White Wolf Battalion who were temporarily converted to infantry behind.

The Ezo people are worthy of being hunters who hunt all year round, and when Cao An's army just rushed out of their hiding place, they realized that something was wrong, and immediately all kinds of strange cries of warning filled the entire mountain col, and everyone took out their usual weapons for hunting.

There are also some timid Ezo people who want to take the opportunity to escape, to say that this col is sheltered from the wind, and the temperature of the hot springs is two or three degrees higher than outside, but it is a good wintering place because of this terrain, which also makes it a natural cage, and if you want to run, you are surrounded by this col and cannot escape.

Although this col is very hidden, as long as it is discovered by foreign enemies, it can be easily completely blocked with a small number of troops, and it is easy to catch turtles in an urn.

Seeing that they couldn't escape, five or six thousand young and strong Ezo people were also aroused, and they took the clubs, bone spears and other primitive weapons in their hands to counterattack the soldiers who rushed up, but these weapons were okay against ordinary beasts, but it was really a bit of a challenge to deal with the heavily armed soldiers of the Blue Wolf Battalion.

What's more, these soldiers of the blue wolf battalion in front of them have been constantly killing people since they first set up camp on Jeju Island, they are all professional killers, and the killer demon king is not far behind, even the Buddha may have to retreat when he sees it, and it is even easier to deal with the Ezo people in front of him.

What made the Ezo people even more frightened was that Cao An led hundreds of masters around him to sweep through the entire Ezo people's camp, and everywhere they passed, all the young and strong Ezo people had their necks cut off, and even a few guys known as Ezo warriors didn't even block Cao An's move.

Since it could not be stopped, resistance was also sent to death, and when a few staunch resisters were killed in battle, more than half of the others threw down their weapons and surrendered.

When Zhu Bofu ran down with the more than 1,000 horseless cavalry around him, only the 100th Ezo people who were unwilling to surrender were left to him in the col, and Cao An deliberately left such a few people, after all, Zhu Bofu also has merit!

Cao An only said, "Bo Fu, look at the fact that I have left you so many military exploits, it's interesting enough!" Zhu Bofu, who was out of breath and out of breath, had tears in his eyes.

Cao Erlang, you white-faced Hesi is too inauthentic! It's okay to attack the Ezo people together, and distribute the battle merits according to the number of people, but in a blink of an eye, you only left me with such a few Ezo people, are you worthy of my brothers?

Although the contradictions between the cavalry and the infantry sometimes caused a little spark, on the whole, the big guys were quite harmonious, and there were no mass incidents of fighting each other because of the battle merits, or they did not let the upper echelons know that there was a group fight, and everything was a harmonious atmosphere.

In the end, in order to appease Zhu Bofu's mood, Cao An still handed over all the captured women and children to Zhu Bofu, and Cao An didn't look down on these women and children.

Compared with the young and strong Ezo people who can do heavy work, the women of the Ezo people are short and ugly, which is very inconsistent with the aesthetics of the Han people, so it is very worthless, Cao An of course does not want this kind of money-losing goods, as for the children of the Ezo people, it will take a long time to become laborers, and it is even more cumbersome to bring them back from the front line.

However, Cao An's reluctance does not mean that Zhu Bofu is unwilling to do it, although the women of the Ezo people cannot do heavy work, but the work of tanning leather in the leather workshop is smelly and dirty, and many Han women are unwilling to do it, and most of the women looted from Baekje Silla are assigned to meritorious soldiers.

Therefore, these similar leather workshops have a very large demand for labor, and these Ezo women and even these Ezo children can be qualified for these jobs, so that the contradictions between the two sides are resolved, and they are all happy.

No matter what kind of contradiction occurred between the cavalry and infantry on the front line, the high-ranking generals in the rear did not seem to know about this contradiction, and at this time, Hu Bingchang, who was sitting in the north of Pingmachuan, was full of joy in his heart, and it turned out that the order given to him by the little marquis Wang Ze was to advance the battle line to the north for 200 miles before the beginning of spring next year.

But now it is not yet the Chinese New Year, and in only two months, the soldiers on the front line have successfully completed the tactical tasks assigned by themselves, advancing more than 200 miles north from Pingmachuan, not to mention, the Kuyi soldiers who served as the forward battalion have even gone almost 300 miles to the north.

In the past two months, more than 100,000 Ezo people have been wiped out by the army, and now the whole of Pyeongmacheon has calmed down, and I heard that the families of the first batch of militia who have migrated from Jeju Island have already boarded the ship, and they are rushing to Pyeongmacheon to celebrate the New Year with their families.

As for the number of immigrants from Changzhou and Qinjin, these soldiers were very satisfied with the vast plains of Pingmachuan, which were much better than Changzhou and Qinjin, where the mountains accounted for the vast majority, and of course it would be better if it could be a little warmer.

Compared with the militia who greeted their families with joy, the more than 100,000 Ezo people in the northern part of the Pingma River had to move north, and these Ezo people had to have their own hunting grounds when they migrated north, which led to the dissatisfaction of the Ezo tribes who had lived further north.

Well, you thieves don't open your eyes and provoke a powerful enemy, and if you can't beat people, you will come to us to divide the territory, but the territory here is originally divided, and if you have more, there will be fewer people, so where is there enough food for our children to eat.

After going back and forth, the Ezo tribes further north began to have conflicts with the newly migrated Ezo tribes, and if there were contradictions, there would be fights and even wars, which led to the overall strength of the Ezo people on Choshu Island being further weakened.

There are some fights among the Ezo people, Hu Bingchang doesn't care so much, and now the forward battalion seems to be not far from Taizhou (Sendai) in the mouth of the little marquis, or simply learn from the example of the Pingmachuan landing, and entrust the navy to directly transport the cavalry over, Taizhou is flat and a plain with a large area.

Although the area of this plain is not as large as that of Pingmachuan, it is also more than 1,000 square kilometers, and it is also further south than Whale Island and Sakhalin Island, which is not only suitable for farming, but also suitable for grazing horses, cattle and sheep, and is also a good place to develop the city.

As long as you quickly gain a foothold here, just like the tactics of seizing the Hirama River and the Nobi Plain, you can cut off the Ezo forces north of the Hirama River into two parts, the north and the south, or the middle flowering tactic is more appropriate.

Another point is that the cavalry is not very useful in the rugged mountains north of the Pingma River at the moment, but in Taizhou (Sendai) it is a battlefield that can give full play to their combat effectiveness.

As long as a large number of cavalry enters the Taizhou Plain, then it can blossom on all sides, and combine your own troops from the west coast, north and south to launch an all-out attack on the Ezo tribes in the north of Choshu Island, so that within a few years the entire Choshu archipelago will really become your own territory.

With these plans in mind, Hu Bingchang wrote them down one by one in his plan book, listing the plan of sending cavalry to land in Taizhou (Sendai), and waited for the beginning of spring next year to implement it.

At present, things are going very well, just waiting for Wang Ze to come to inspect and guide the work, but Wang Ze, who originally came to Pingmachuan in a month, is still staying in Changzhou City, and it seems that he will continue to stay.