"Leave these horses for you, go that way, after the mountain is the edge of the grassland, we can't tell you the way we came, you can only figure out your own way."

Pointing to the map, Xiang Er pointed out the direction to a group of liberated Han slaves, and listened to their repeated thanks, the veteran in his thirties scratched his head a little shyly.

I've always been accustomed to carrying a knife to deal with the enemy, and I'm really a little uncomfortable in the face of the thousands of thanks from my compatriots.

Looking back at the cavalry that was already being prepared, Xiang Er hurriedly bid farewell to this group of Han people and began to urge the horses forward.

To get out, he still has to go to the front to explore the way, the boss has issued a military order, from today onwards, he will run all the way, as a scout, he knows very well what this means.

It means that as scouts, they have to find out all the enemies in front of them, which means that they have no time to rest.

Deeper into the steppe, the next way, they were either discovered and besieged by the Mongols, or they succeeded in bringing news to the cavalry behind them that could change the tide of the battle.

Xiang Er, who was accustomed to this feeling, was not uncomfortable, he just regretted that few of the Han people behind him estimated that few of them would be able to get out of the grassland alive.

This kind of thing is very cold and cruel, but as a soldier, he and the manager can't change it.

In fact, Gu Huai was able to leave them some horses and food, which was already the greatest kindness to these comrades.

Running on the grassland, it is impossible to take these compatriots with them, they have to travel all the way to various tribes, what is the matter with this group of compatriots?

And the way they came, they couldn't tell them the direction in which their cavalry were going, and they couldn't tell them, because in Gu Huai's heart... This group was almost destined to be captured by the Mongols.

If you are a little more ruthless, like those generals of the Ming Dynasty, it is not a strange thing to slaughter these own people.

Leaving them behind, after all, is to leave some risks for their own back road, the news must have spread at this moment, but the enemy only knows that there is such a cavalry army making trouble on the grassland, if they know the specific details, the specific route, then how to deal with the royal cavalry who have not arrived for a long time?

But Gu Huai still can't do it after all, because these people... They are all Han Chinese.

So Gu Huai forbade them to have any contact with the cavalry, did not let them know any information about this army, only gave them horses and food, and gave their lives to themselves.

With a sigh, Xiang Er grabbed the reins, and in the face of the blowing wind, leaned over the horse's back to save strength.

The cavalry that began to reorganize and prepare for the march was very solemn, and Xiang Er, who rushed by on horseback, quietly looked at these comrades who were full of murderous aura because they had killed people all night.

It seems that one by one should have a good harvest, although there was still some battle damage last night, but at this moment the cavalry faces are full of smiles, the Faqiang tribe as an old tribe of the Mongolian steppe, although it has declined a little over the years, but gold and silver treasures must be indispensable, not to mention the rest, just look at the clothes of those cavalrymen, and the empty things that are placed on the horse, you know that the Faqiang tribe is estimated to have been scavenged.

Xiang Er shook his head, these cavalry are still too greedy, just grab some gold and silver, and even bring big objects with them, this is not what to do to seek death, consume horsepower in vain, and are destined to die on this, and even slow down the speed of the march because of this.

As a soldier, I don't know if I can go back alive after entering the grassland, do I have the life to spend after robbing so much money one by one?

The horse's hooves brought up some of the soil on the grassland, and the smell of grass and sunshine in the early morning air was not good, but it was refreshing.

The sound of horses' hooves stopped, and Xiang Er's horse, which had been far away from the large army, walked in front of Chen Ping: "The scout battalion reports to Er!" Those Han people have been sent away! ”

Facing the rising sun, Chen Ping was sorting out the current situation of the entire cavalry army, Gu Huai didn't care much about this, only he was such a formal deputy to deal with, according to Gu Huai's instructions, the names of the fallen soldiers were written on a booklet, he finished the last stroke, raised his head: "Good job, go to the right flank, take five people, insert fifteen miles forward, and report immediately if there is a situation!" ”

Xiang Er nodded: "Where's the direction?" ”

As soon as the words came out, the two laughed at the same time, yes, where else do you need any direction? For them, Gu Huai had already told them the direction, and that route had been engraved in their minds.

Northward! All the way north!

Xiang Er didn't say more, he had never been a person who flattered Shangguan, so he directly turned his horse's head and led the fifteen people under him.

At the beginning, there were about the same number of people who went into the grassland to hunt, but this time the difference was that it was no longer a dozen or twenty people who were fighting a little, but a cavalry army waving a butcher's knife and rushing to the various tribes that sent troops to the Ming Dynasty.

Although it is a borrowed guide, but at this moment Xiang Er can't help but have a sense of belonging to this army, he has been on the border for so many years, and has dealt with the Mongols for so many years, only this time he feels happy from the bottom of his heart, and some doubts and scrutiny at the beginning have all disappeared at this moment, and the Ming Dynasty has been founding for more than 30 years... This may be the first time that such a hearty and relieving run has occurred.

No matter what the fucking logistics and supplies, support and breakthrough, just to let the Mongols see, the bloody nature of the Ming people!

Looking at the rising sun and thinking about where he was going, the bearded Qiu Ba swung his whip vigorously on his horse, not willing to whip the horse, but he also made a whip sound in the air.

When Chen Ping couldn't see his back, Xiang Er let the war horse run freely, reached into his arms and took out a few rings, swept away the faces that he despised those soldiers who were greedy for money, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't see enough.

Pure gold, pure gold, yo and jade.

He didn't care that the ring had been taken from the dead man, he rubbed it his chest, and raised it to face the morning sun, his eyes full of that brilliant light.

This time, the old ladies can't find a reason to say that they won't make money, right? I have been counted down for so many years, saying that I have suffered a lot by marrying myself, and now look at this thing, how much furniture is enough to buy!

This time when I go home, I must throw this thing in front of my mother-in-law and let her know who is the head of the family!

……

Today's Datong, can be called extremely chaotic, the border line of the various tribes of Wara continue to bypass the Great Wall to attack the city, without support and supplies of the Ming army can only rely on the city wall to support hard, once the city is broken, most of them will fall to the end of being slaughtered, so the low morale is true, but it is also true to desperately defend the city, under the fall of one city after another, the border has been a piece of erosion.

And in Dezhou, Li Jinglong heard that Datong was in danger, and as Zhu Di expected, he hurriedly sent troops to Bauhinia Pass to help, Bauhinia Pass is located on the Bauhinia Ridge in the west of Yixian County, and it is one of the main roads for the Hebei Plain to enter the Taihang Mountain, but this Xiongguan, which is known as "one man is the pass", has been captured by the King of Yan with a thunderous force, Li Jinglong has been determined to take this pass back, and must not let the King of Yan go out of Datong at any time, but what he didn't expect was that when his army arrived at the Bauhinia Pass, he didn't see any Yan soldiers.

Strange to strange, Datong still has to go, but Li Jinglong's army out of the Bauhinia Pass, in the ice and snow of the Taihang Mountains for half a long march, received the news, Yan King Zhu Di sent Zhu Neng to lead the army in Datong to search for a while, and bypassed the Ming army from Juyong Pass to return to Beiping, really made Li Jinglong so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven.

The matter is not over yet, until Li Jinglong gritted his teeth and endured this evil breath and ordered the withdrawal of troops, before leaving Taihang Mountain, Zhu Neng brought another 50,000 soldiers and horses into Datong, these 50,000 are almost all cavalry, how could Li Jinglong be able to catch up and stop them? And it has to go through the mountains and mountains, and this mobility has been thrown off a few streets, so I can only drill into the Taihang Mountain.

One and two times, the expedition of more than 100,000 southern troops was tossed to death, finally climbed out of the Taihang Mountain, ten out of ten soldiers and horses fell ill, not to mention the war, just entered the territory of Datong, Li Jinglong hurriedly ordered the nearby states and counties to gather Langzhong, and collected a large number of medicinal materials for treatment, the whole 100,000 soldiers and horses just watched Zhu Neng with 50,000 Yan troops in Datong to attack the city and plunder the land, it is a wonder.

If you count the local defenders of Datong, the four armies and the tripartite forces are performing on this stage to their heart's content, such big figures as the Southern King of Mongolia, Zhu Di, the King of Yan, and Li Jinglong, the general of the imperial court's rebellion, where are they in the mood to take a look at the lowly and dusty frontier people?

The times are like this, and there is no need to say more.

If nothing else, looking at the movements of the Yan army, Zhu Di intends to implement this harassment strategy to the end, yes, Datong does not necessarily need to be completely defeated around the New Year's Festival, the border is eroded, the Yan army has entered, and it is Li Jinglong and the imperial court in Texas who are tossing after all.

As long as it is not Warat to knock down Datong, when the time is almost right, let Zhu Neng lead the troops over to help, and when the time comes, shout the slogan, and then fight back Warat, save the people of Li from fire and water, and make a lot of money with fame alone.

Zhu Di thought to himself what I was panicking, but Li Jinglong didn't panic.

Li Jinglong thought to himself that I didn't panic, Datong would go to Beiping if there was no spring, anyway, it was the same in the end, the Mongolian group of people who just wanted to grab a handful of soil buns occupied Datong and didn't dare to go south, so it would be over if they did it to block the mouths of the ministers of the imperial court, don't go up and say that he is afraid of the enemy and does not help.

And those Wara tribes who attacked the city of Daming were even less panicked, groups of Han slaves were sent to the grassland, gold and silver treasures and even iron pot carriages were emptied, but as long as the city they captured, there were few living people in sight.

The situation was so deadlocked, and at the end of the first year of Jianwen, Datong seemed to have become the center of the whole world.

And far away from this center, the royal cavalry that had been marching for several days stopped, and Su Keqi, the king of the south, gently played with the horsewhip, looked at the ruins of the tribe that were still burning and smoking in front of him, and chuckled:

"Found you."