Chapter 471: The First Battle Thief with the Hoof
On Xingshan, Wu Yan had a black face and took Ji Yan to choose a house. In the end, Ji Yan fell in love with Wu Gan's Wangbei Tower, and unceremoniously moved in with a group of maids.
After Ji Chen's banquet that day, Ji Yan found Wu Yan early in the morning, and she had to follow her to Xingshan, and she didn't want to stay in Hanlu City if she was killed.
No matter how Ji Ye and Wu Yan persuaded her, Ji Yan was Wang Ba biting her fingers and not letting go. In desperation, Wu Jian had to agree to take her back to Xingshan.
Before leaving, Wu Yan asked Ji Ye for a few pass waist cards. Yang Zheng and Hu Jia planned not to return to Xingshan for the time being, but to go around the Tieshou Province to survey the terrain and customs, and feel the current situation of several families.
When the three of them travel, Yang Zheng will have a disguise technique, and he can disguise himself as a shepherd. But if you have a waist card, you can still save a lot of trouble.
Coming out of Hanlu City, Wu Yan separated from the three of them and accompanied Ji Yan back to Xingshan. Ji Yan pestered Wu Yan this time, obviously to escape from her brother's marriage, but in essence, the drunkard's intention was not to drink, but not to focus on Shui Congyue.
Shepherd women are not like human races, dare to love and hate, and there are many things about women chasing men, so Ji Ye stopped talking after a few words of persuasion.
At this time, Wu Yan was in trouble, for fear that this aunt and grandmother would be too enthusiastic and provoke the water from the moon.
Fortunately, after Ji Yan arrived in Xingshan, she was much quieter, changed into plain white clothes, and read by the window in the building all day long.
Looking from afar, between the white walls and black tiles, a few plum trees are craggy, there is a beautiful woman holding a soft hair, holding her cheek with one hand, her phoenix eyes are slightly raised, and she is overlooking the snow in the distant mountains.
With such a charm, it reminds people of the plain pear blossoms in the drunken sunlight for no reason, and it has attracted the attention of many people.
It's just a pity that the water passes by every time from the moon, but he never looks up, which has the taste of skeletons in the world.
Looking at Ji Yan, who was still every day, Wu Yan couldn't help but sigh, this little girl used her strength in the wrong direction.
Thinking about the water family, it is not only a cultivator, but also a family of poetry and books, and so on, and so on, I don't know how many I have seen when I am young.
Ji Yan abandoned the shepherd woman's fierceness, but went to learn the softness and delicateness, which was really a short and a long. Finally, before the dreadnought army was ready to go on the expedition, Wu Yan couldn't help it and secretly found Ji Yan.
One side is his own brother, the other side is his own brother and sister, always have to mention one or two, if you can succeed, you can't leave early, it's not good for anyone after a long time.
"Ji Yan, I already know your thoughts, but according to your current situation, this is not a solution." Looking at the north building, Wu Yan looked at Ji Yan with a sincere face.
After staying in the building for many days, Ji Yan's face became whiter and whiter, her long eyelashes drooped down, and she pouted and said aggrievedly: "But what can I do, I heard that you human race are so soft and graceful, so I stubbornly bent my temperament and read and painted here, but he ignored it, am I really that ugly." Wu Gan. Wu Yan had never seen Ji Yan behave like such a young daughter, so he hurriedly waved his hand again and again: "No, no, no, you are extremely beautiful." Ji Ye told me again and again, saying that you have a bad temperament, and I am afraid that you will not be able to think about it. I am very familiar with the moon, he is an aspiring person, not good for this kind of wind and snow, Qin Se and Ming. In two days, the dreadnought army will go out to quell the rebellion, it is better to promote your strengths and follow him to fight before the battle, I don't know what he thinks of you. Of course, it's not for you to go into battle in person, just sit in the middle of the battle. "In fact, the reason why Wu Yan asked Ji Yan to go, on the one hand, he really wanted to give the two of them a chance to get closer, and on the other hand, with the three young masters of the Ji family sitting in the battle, some families would also be much more restrained, and they would not have bad thoughts about the dreadnought.
After all, there are still many newcomers in the Dreadnought Army at this time, and their combat strength is uneven.
Ji Yan's eyes lit up, and she stood up,
"That's great, that's what I'm good at, wait, I'll bring my men with me."
"Okay, that's it. In the past two days, you should prepare and recover. Wu Jian looked at the other party's somewhat pale face, and couldn't help but sigh a little, the woman was infatuated, and she couldn't care about anything.
Three days later, the Dreadnought Army reorganized at the foot of Xingshan Mountain, preparing to go out to quell the rebellion. This time, the Dreadnought planned to dispatch 1,500 people, plus Ji Ye's 1,500 people, to make a total of 3,000.
The two armies are together, and the nominal commander is Ji Yan, but the actual coordinator is Wu Yan and Xue Xin Zuofu. The real leader of the Dreadnought Army this time is Shui Congyue, and this is also the first time he has led the Dreadnought Army into battle.
In order to counter the rebellion this time, in order to fit in with the fighting style of the dreadnought, Shui Congyue even carved an inscription on his body against his will.
You must know that he is an extremely proud person, a person who disdains to rely on any help, and even after entering the Five Realms, he forcibly suppressed his momentum and only responded to the enemy with his own body.
After years of plundering, in fact, they have long since broken away from the days of wandering and robbing and established their own camps.
This group of horse thieves and their families numbered five or six thousand, and according to the rules of the shepherds, it would not take another two years for such a large force to become a family, turn from black to white, and become one of the many ruling forces in the Iron Hand Province.
At the beginning, various families would also encircle and suppress this horse thief, but with the turmoil of restructuring over the years, large and small families intentionally or unintentionally indulged the growth of horse thieves, which allowed them to grow to this extent, thus causing chaos in the rule of the Ji family.
Because there are many such rebellions, large and small, it is impossible for the Ji family to send their precious guards to kill such small but extremely vigorous bandits, and most of them still rely on the nearest family.
Now the major families are passive and slacking off, deliberately forcing the horse thieves to move to the direct territory of the Ji family, and finally settled in a place called Cuisong Mountain.
Now the various families are even more reluctant to send troops, and sit and watch the jokes of the Ji family. Wu Gen's frequent talk about the great cause of counterinsurgency refers to such a person.
As for those families who have been recognized by the Ji family, they can't be moved, and if they move, it may cause a series of reactions, causing the entire Iron Hand Province to fall into chaos.
In the case that the Ji family is not prepared, this must not be allowed to happen. According to Yang Zheng's intelligence, there were three leaders of the horse thieves, named Che Tu, Niu Ye and Bu Kai.
There are two camps, one large and one small, on the Cuisong Mountain, among which the small camp is just located at the intersection of the mountain, and the big camp is the horn of each other, supporting each other.
If you want to attack the big camp, you must first take the small village of the mountain pass, so as not to cut off the back road. For the first battle of the Dreadnought Army into the Iron Hand Province, Wu Jian took out all the family funds he had accumulated recently, including the fifteen Danghu birds that Suoji could fight, and the two shuttles built by the bridge team.
Sitting on a pure black one-horned horse, looking at the banners in front of him, the soldiers and horses with strong and stubborn determination, Wu Yan nodded with satisfaction.
Turning his head to look at Ji Yan beside him, he said softly: "Third young master, let's go." Ji Yan looked at the black soldiers and horses in front of her in a daze, and was a little distracted, it turned out that the three thousand people and horses had such momentum.
Hearing Wu Yan's voice, Ji Yan woke up in shock,
"Oh, it's all up to Wu Qianhu to decide, the war is big, you don't have to ask me again." Turning his head to look at one of the generals beside him,
"Zu Yuantong, this battle is dominated by Wu Qianhu, everything must be obeyed by his orders, and there must be no mistakes." Zu Yuantong is Ji Yan's thousand households of 2,000 people, and when he heard this, he clenched his hands into fists,
"Obey the orders of the young master." Wu Yan glanced at the other party, and he was amused in his heart, the two armies have been fighting for so long, and this time he was forced by Ji Yan to be the deputy general, and it is estimated that this guy is also holding his stomach.
With a wave of his hand, Zhuo Ke behind him waved a small flag, an impassioned horn sounded, and the three thousand cavalry slowly started, and the iron hooves were dusty, like a rolling dragon, winding towards the west.
Horses, such a heroic and fierce animal, if combined with humans, constitute a complete means of killing.
There is no doubt that cavalry is the most powerful and heroic soldier on the battlefield, and even in today's situation where there are more and more practitioners, cavalry still vigorously supports all countries and continents.
Three thousand iron horsemen galloped across the field, like a black torrent, drowning everything in its path. The horse's hooves struck the ground with iron palms, as if a continuous thunderclap sounded.
Among the three thousand horsemen were thirty eight-horse carts with glowing crossbows.
These giant crossbows were built by the bridge class according to Wu Gan's intentions, and were specially used for siege cities. Each giant crossbow was loaded with eight spirit jades, plus the Heaven Shaking Bow that had been reconfigured for the soldiers, and Wu Gan's spirit jade was consumed at once.
had no choice, so he had to temporarily let Ji Yan move some of his private money from his own private money, so as to ensure the needs of this operation.
What to fight in a war is a resource. Now Wu Gen is deeply touched by this truth, and now he only thinks that the harvest of counterinsurgency can make up for the consumption of this trip.
If it doesn't work anymore, Wu Gen is ready to move the ideas of those small families. In the sky, the herald bird was constantly circling over the team, scouting the movement ahead.
As for those who were birds and shuttles, they remained in Xingshan and stood by, and they would not go out until the cavalry was about to reach Cuisong Mountain.
The team traveled all the way, eating and sleeping in the open air, and after four days, it was less than seventy miles away from Cuisong Mountain. Finding a wide area by the river, the team stopped, ready to rest and regain their strength for the night.
In the big tent in the army, Wu Gen and Ji Yan sat side by side on the main seat. Shui Congyue sat with her arms crossed and closed her eyes to recuperate, avoiding Ji Yan's arrow-like eyes.
The other generals were gathered in front of the sand table in the center of the tent, discussing the terrain of the horse thief camp. Wu Gen habitually touched his waist, but did not find the wine jug.
Only then did I remember that according to my own orders, no alcohol should be drunk in the army during war, and I, as the commander-in-chief, took the lead in complying with it.
Somewhat unaccustomed to taking a sip of the milk tea in front of him, Wu Jian stood up and walked to the sand table.
Seeing Wu Gan coming, everyone stopped talking, and Shui Congyue also came to Wu Gan, leaving his wide back to Ji Yan.
"Ahem." Wu Yan coughed twice, and pointed to a map the size of a table with a long copper rod,
"The horse thieves we are going to attack this time are said to be 6,000 people, but we can actually fight about 3,000 people, and the rest are just some servants and dependents. So we don't suffer in terms of troops. We have already rehearsed this battle many times, and the top priority is to capture the small village in the mountain pass and remove the obstacles to our advance. The time for the attack on Xiaozhai was set for tomorrow night, and the water from the moon will be Suoji and the Yihu soldiers will raid from the air first. Xue Xin abandoned his horse and led 500 elite soldiers to ambush in front of Xiaozhai, and when the Yihu soldiers broke through the gate of Xiaozhai, they took the opportunity to enter. This battle must be fast, with a thunderous blow, and you have to take it without waiting for the enemy's main village to rush to help. According to detailed intelligence, there are about 1,000 people and horses in the small village, and there are some fierce beasts, but the horses are not needed. Another treasure elephant with 300 dreadnoughts and 300 men and horses under Zu Qianhu, from the mountain road detoured to the main village, if the small village was broken, take the opportunity to kill the main village. When you enter the village, don't care how many people you kill, and set fire to the enemy's hearts in all directions. Please take 500 people to cruise outside and intercept the horse thieves who are outside to help. As for me, I took a giant crossbow and 500 men to guard the road from the main village to the small village to block the enemy's reinforcements. The rest of the men and horses served as a reserve and obeyed the command of the three young masters. But I understand everything. This battle plan has been deduced by Hu Jia and others many times, and the people present are clear, Wu Gan ordered it, and they all surrendered their hands and said yes, and even Zu Yuantong also responded in a low voice under Ji Yan's instructions.