Zang Ba after receiving the task. There was no need to rush to lead the troops, but carefully and meticulously carried out various preparations.

He first selected 2,000 tall soldiers from the heavy cavalry division who looked similar to the Fuyu soldiers in appearance, and then mixed them with the 3,000 Fuyu soldiers after dismantling, and then according to the principle of bringing the old with the new, each cavalry company was equipped with a Han army leader, and then a deputy company commander of the Yaoxing tribe and two deputy company commanders of the Fuyu tribe.

After the formation of the troops, Zang Ba had all the soldiers put on the costumes of the Fuyu, put the protective plate armor in the animal skins and linen clothes, and asked the soldiers to paint their faces like monsters according to the method of applying paint to their faces during the sacrifice of the Fuyu. In this way, as long as the Han soldiers who were mixed with the Fuyu people did not speak, it was difficult for either the Karasuma people or the Goguryeo people to notice, and they thought that they had encountered the Fuyu people.

In order to let this mixed unit give full play to its combat effectiveness, Zang Ba patiently organized the troops to carry out adaptive training while waiting for the Shadow Soldiers to send back operational information, and required the three deputy company commanders of each company to meet the standard of silent command with gestures with the company commander in the shortest possible time.

While making these preparations, what made Zang Ba most concerned was the progress of the training of the military dog unit by the Fuyu soldiers.

Since the Blue Wolf Army came to Fuyu, the soldiers found that almost everyone here had to keep a few large and powerful dogs as helpers when hunting. When the Blue Wolf Army recruited 10,000 soldiers in Fuyu, it was only natural that these young men would enlist with their dogs. The officer in charge of conscription promptly reported the situation to the higher authorities, and received a reply that the soldiers of Fuyu who had been conscripted into the army with their hounds were strongly welcomed!

In fact, there is nothing surprising in historical records, as early as 4,600 BC, dogs were used for hunting, guarding and attacking enemies. How could Zhao Xing, who was born as a special soldier, forget to develop military dogs? It's just that at the beginning of the beginning, the geographical location of the various armies of the Jin State did not have particularly suitable dog breeds for large-scale deployment of troops, so Zhao Xing could only have people secretly train some military dogs in small quantities, and then distribute them to the Crouching Tiger Security Office and the reserve forces in various cities, mainly to be responsible for patrolling and guarding.

Although Zhang Xiu did not know that the hunting dog beloved by the rest of the husband was called the Mongolian Shepherd Dog in later generations, this did not affect his keen judgment on the timely formation of a military dog unit.

In the past, Zhang Xiu had heard Zhao Xing mention that in the northeast region and the northwest snowy plateau, there are two dog breeds that are very suitable for military dogs, and now he sees the mountain hounds raised by the husband, he can be sure that he has found a kind of military dog favored by Zhao Xing, so he asked the soldiers to seriously train the hunting dogs brought into the army, and strive to put them into the battlefield as soon as possible.

According to Zang Ba's private understanding, the husband and wife who live between the large and small Xing'an Mountains are very fond of hunting, and they have to take the female dog in heat every year through the gap between the two mountains, and come to the Hulunbuir grassland to find the purebred wild dogs living here, find a way to let them mate, and then bring back the pregnant female dog to return, and after half a year, you can get a litter of high-quality hunting dogs.

Due to the harsh geographical environment of the Mongolian Plateau, which is unique to the Mongolian plateau with high cold winter and scorching summer heat, it has created the characteristics of Fuyu Hound with thick hair, strong disease resistance, fierce and brave, and not afraid of wild beasts. And whether such a dog breed can withstand the test of the battlefield with such a dog as a military dog is a secret task that Zhang Xiu gave to Zang Ba.

In order to stimulate the enthusiasm of Fuyu soldiers for dog training, after asking for instructions, Zang Ba asked all military dogs to make collars engraved with the name and number of dogs, and in order to keep secrets, they used the unique marks of Fuyu, even if occasionally a lone military dog was captured by the enemy, they could not detect the relationship between military dogs and Jin troops.

Zang Ba also registered each military dog and distributed food expenses in a fixed amount every month, which made the soldiers happy. They could originally receive two-thirds of the monthly salary of the Han soldiers, and if the food expenses of the military dogs are added, it will be the same as the Han soldiers or even slightly more because of the more dogs.

After a period of mixed training of people, horses, and dogs, Zang Ba, a mixed army of 5,000 people, showed combat effectiveness that shocked Zhang Xiudu. Because of the assistance of hunting dogs in the search and participation in the battle, the overall combat strength of this unit led by Zang Ba was more than 30% higher than that of the purely Han cavalry.

While training and waiting, the team members secretly sent by Zhao Hu finally got in touch with the Blue Wolf Army, and soon news came from the south - a fleet was heading upstream, heading in the direction of Gaoxian!

Zang Ba, who had received accurate information, immediately gathered his troops, adopted the method of day and night, and sneaked towards the middle of the Great Liao River.

Along the way, the 2,000 military dogs that accompanied the army finally played a jaw-dropping role. When night falls, the soldiers will command their dogs to disperse in all directions, and then search for all the living creatures hidden in the jungle, either bite them to death and bring them back as game, or a few dogs will surround strangers and wait for their owners to come and arrest them. In short, these military dogs were able to uproot all eyeliners in the path of the troops, leaving the Karasuma and Xianbei people completely out of contact with these places.

Not only did military dogs show an advantage in terms of search, but they also performed well in terms of safety vigilance. Whenever daylight came, Zang Ba would have his troops sneak into the jungle and hide, while the dogs were deployed on the outskirts of the camp to form a steady blockade. Without waiting for a small group of enemy sentries to approach Zangba's troops, the dogs would attack the uninvited guests, stalling for time and waiting for their masters to come to their aid.

After five days of secret lurking, Zang Ba finally led his army to Da Liaoshui. At this time, there was still one day before the agreed joint time, so Zang Ba sent several teams with military dogs to reconnoiter the terrain near Da Liaoshui.

At noon on the second day, the team members who had gone out to investigate came to report that they had found the fleet near Gao Xian, but what was puzzling was that the fleet did not seem to have any intention of continuing upstream.

Zang Ba was puzzled in his heart, what he was most worried about was that Guo Huai, who was stationed in Gaoxian, discovered the secret of the fleet, directly detained the fleet in Gaoxian, and then forcibly seized this batch of military materials.

In order to avoid the failure of this operation, Zang Ba decided to take the risk and approach the direction of Gaoxian, and when the situation was urgent, he forcibly snatched back this batch of important armaments directly from Guo Huai!