The discipline of the soldiers is good!

At the next moment when Xu Zheng suddenly ordered to stop, most of the cavalry suddenly reacted in time from the initial joke and restrained the war horses under them, and a few slightly slower ones also stopped the war horses after taking a few more steps.

Although the soldiers were able to stop the war horse in time, there was a reason why they were only trotting forward just now, and the speed of the march was not fast, otherwise it would probably cause some panic, but it was also possible to see the reaction speed of this cavalry.

Although the cavalry was a little puzzled by Xu Zheng's order, there was no trace of doubt when executing the order, after stopping, some of the cavalry immediately bent down to reduce the area under attack, and half of the cavalry immediately dismounted and picked up the bow to aim around, leaving only a dozen soldiers still riding around on horseback.

It can be seen that even if these soldiers were a little lax before, they are still very skilled in dealing with emergencies, and this alone is enough to be called elite soldiers.

After Xu Zheng was the first to dismount, he first pulled out the halberd hanging from the saddle, and after walking more than a dozen steps, he poked at a barren grass on the side of the road in the confusion of the soldiers, and suddenly more than a dozen bone arrows shot out towards the side road.

"Not good, there are enemies!" If the nearly 100 cavalrymen still can't know what is going on at this time, they are really fools! But they looked around and found no trace of a single person.

Except for a few dozen cavalrymen who still stayed on their horses to be on guard, the other cavalry dismounted and looked around, and more than a dozen people ran to Xu Zheng's side with small round shields to guard, and they realized that the bone arrow shot just now was just a nest bow buried by the Yan people on the side of the road!

"It's not the kind of bow you hunt with!" A cavalryman who has been living in the local area for many years was surprised when he saw it, "There is poison on the bone arrow, be careful to rub it!" Hunters don't lay their bows on the side of the road where people walk at all, and there must be wild people around! ”

A group of cavalry couldn't help but secretly rejoice, for more than ten days in a row, everyone did not find that there were savage soldiers around, and unconsciously everyone still relaxed their vigilance a little, if Xu Zheng hadn't discovered the wrong thing in front of him in time just now, I am afraid that the dozen or so bone arrows just now would have taken the lives of at least seven or eight people.

After a closer look, the soldier, who had been from a hunter's family for generations, affirmed: "The toxin used by this group of savages is a unique poisonous snake produced in Xianbei Mountain (the ancient name of the Great Xing'an Mountains, from which the Xianbei people got their name), and the toxin of this poisonous snake is extremely violent, and according to the way they set up their nest bows, there will be at least some of the Nanmurwei people among them!" ”

Looking at the head of this soldier's analysis, Xu Zheng also admired it in his heart, and he also recognized this soldier, called Sikong Jing, who was a descendant of the Han people who migrated to the Heishui Tongjiang River basin in the early days, that is, he only joined the army in the past two years, although his martial arts are not particularly powerful, but he has the potential to become a commander.

Xu Zheng was able to remember Sikong Jing's name, in addition to his rare surname, but also because Sikong Jing was a very small part of Xu Zheng's cavalry troops who joined the army in the land of Beji, as the predecessor of the White Wolf Battalion, most of the cavalry of Xu Zheng's department used to be soldiers of the original White Wolf Battalion.

This also shows that if you want your boss and boss to appreciate you, in addition to having enough talent and ability, you must also let your boss and boss be able to find you at a glance among thousands of colleagues, so that you can succeed.

It seems that this soldier named Sikong Jing is also a one-person talent, and he can be promoted in the future! Xu Zheng thought in his heart that in the current situation of the Xia Kingdom, the chief officials of various ministries can only occupy a certain position in the Xia Kingdom in the future only by constantly digging out more talents.

"Hey, there seems to be a figure in front of me!" A soldier's exclamation interrupted Xu Zheng's thoughts.

A horseman on horseback looked at the woods not far away and exclaimed, "I saw several wild men there, and they didn't see them just now when they were lying in the grass, and after watching us for a while, they immediately flashed into the dense forest!" ”

At the same time as the soldier exclaimed, Xu Zheng turned his head to look at it for the first time, and at this time, in the distant woods, he could still see several savage warriors with agile steps, and he couldn't tell whether it was the Yan Ya people or the Nanmurwei people, these people behaved very calmly in the jungle, and those who fled were even more calm.

"Captain, do we want to catch up?" A cavalryman asked Xu Zheng unwillingly, after all, they were only in charge of patrolling during this time, and they didn't capture any of the Tatar soldiers, if they could catch one today, it would be a credit!

The other soldiers were also shaken when they heard this, and they all turned their eyes to Xu Zheng!

Xu Zheng looked at the few people who had fled into the dense forest just now, and at the same time he was angry in his heart, but he was also quite unwilling, but after thinking about it, he still sighed and said: "Forget it, hurry up and inform the people of the wolf tooth and the grizzly bear, saying that the traces of the wild soldiers have suddenly been found in this forest!" "536 Literature

Xu Zheng's department is only a cavalry unit, and he is still good at charging on the frontal battlefield or pursuing the enemy in an open field, but it is a little difficult to enter the dense forest to pursue the enemy just now!

After all, these cavalry are not infantry that specializes in operating in the jungle, and if they pursue without authorization, they are likely to be wiped out by others.

Although the cavalry ordered by Xu Zheng was also unwilling, they did not dare to delay after all, and immediately galloped away in the direction of Hecheng.

The news of the discovery of savage soldiers here not only excited the soldiers of wolf fangs, grizzly bears, and poisonous snakes, but also made the soldiers and civilians of Hecheng, who originally thought that the people of the Wild Men had retreated, become nervous again, and even Pei Xiu personally went to the city to patrol the surrounding area.

Pei Xiu found that in just an hour's effort, thousands of soldiers from the wolf's fang, grizzly bear, and viper troops were advancing towards the dense woods from all different directions, and the cavalry teams led by Xu Zheng, Yan Xiaowu and others stationed around Hecheng, as well as the infantry stationed in Hecheng by Xu Ning's Second Army, also began to patrol around the woods.

Even in the end, there was a naval army on the difficult water, and Pei Xiu greeted it only to know that it was Zhao Qin who personally led the naval army here, although it was a bit of a coincidence, but it also showed that the Xia army attached great importance to these Ya people.

In fact, everyone feels very idle during this time, and now they finally have something to do, so let's get involved, even if they can't catch the enemy, they can pass the time.

"General Zhao has worked hard!" Pei Xiu, the captain of Hecheng, smiled at Zhao Qin, who came with the troops in person, and said, "Seeing that it is July, it is not too early for the army to set out, I don't know how the armies in other places are preparing now?" ”

In ancient times, the army went to war, in fact, according to normal economic activities, the cycle of major wars was based on years, such as the frequency of conquests in the Central Plains countries and the Xia Kingdom in the East China Sea in the past two years, even compared with the Warring States Period, when the wars were most frequent in ancient times, it was also rare.

Zhao Qin looked at Pei Xiu, who was dressed in military uniform, and secretly sighed in his heart for the girl's heroic posture, but he smiled and said politely: "It's not hard, it's not hard, you don't have to go by yourself like General Xu's infantry all the way, our navy is much more comfortable!" Originally, General Xu was going to lead the army to set off on the third day of the first lunar month next month, but this year's rain was heavy, and houses in many places were washed away. ”

Zhao Qin said that it is not hard to be wrong, compared to winter, it is actually more dangerous to go to Hecheng from Zhenhai or Sanjiang City in summer, because there is a lot of rain in the summer, the difficult water in the lower reaches of Hecheng, and the water of Wanshui and Wushui River skyrockets, and a large amount of rain begins to form a large lake in the downstream of Hecheng dozens of miles.

This seasonal lake is so large that it stretches downstream from Hecheng to Sanjiang Castle (Boli), and even to the northeast to Casting Sword Castle (Gongqingcheng), and to the south to Linzhou Castle (near Zhenbao Island) in the middle of the Wushui Valley.

Even the vast Sanjiang Plain in later generations is only a small part of it, and the area covered by the super large lake is almost nearly 100,000 square kilometers.

Along the way, when Zhao Qin came from Sanjiang City, it was actually quite risky to cross such a lake comparable to the sea, and Pei Xiu also knew this in his heart, and when he heard Zhao Qin's words, he was also particularly staggered about this year's rainy season, but fortunately, the terrain here in Hecheng was higher, so he escaped the catastrophe.

For Zhao Qin, as the most convenient transportation of the naval army is a must, seeing that the war is imminent, even if the Goguryeo army has not yet come to attack, but Zhao Qin must ensure the safety of Hecheng here, you must know that it is the appearance of this big lake that makes the geographical location of Hecheng very important.

This is not only an important starting point for the Xia State to attack Goguryeo in the upper reaches of the difficult water, but also a bridgehead to defend the Goguryeo attack.

Not only did the scope of defense be greatly increased, but also made the door of their hinterland wide open, which was very unfavorable to the defense of the Xia State, and if the Xia State held Hecheng, Goguryeo could only concentrate troops and horses to attack this place, which was the original purpose of the establishment of Hecheng.

It's just that I don't want the Goguryeo people to keep their eyes on the fertile land on both sides of the upper reaches of the difficult water, and the strategic vision is not as long as Wang Ze imagined, which leads to the fact that Hecheng has not been attacked by the Goguryeo people since its establishment, which can be regarded as a vain blind Wang Ze's thoughts.

Sending Zhao Qin away, Pei Xiu carefully wiped his beloved horse lance, this horse lance was the horse lance that Wang Ze got from Han Zigao when he first met Pei Xiu, who would have thought that the original few people were already from the Xia Kingdom.

There is a lot of rain in Hecheng in summer, and if the weapon cannot be maintained in time, it is easy to have all kinds of rust, but the horse lance in Pei Xiu's hand is very well maintained, obviously Pei Xiu cherishes this horse lance very much, and this kind of love is not only because it is a good weapon.

"Lord Captain, there seems to be abnormal movement in the mountains and forests in the southeast outside the city!" A soldier hurried to say goodbye! Pei Xiu's heart immediately tightened!