The next morning, a detachment of cavalry appeared on the steppe ten miles outside the border wall. On the grassland, two large camps, one large and one small, appeared in front of everyone.

The first of the cavalry was a tall man, with a beard on his face, and his hair was braided into several fine braids, and his pigtails danced in the wind together. He held a beer belly, held a horsewhip wrapped in gold wire in his hand, and sat on a horse with a thin head and a high neck and slender limbs.

The group quickly entered the smaller camp, and it was not until they reached the front of the Chinese military tent that everyone dismounted. A general who had been waiting in front of the tent saw the coming, hurriedly walked down the wooden steps, grabbed the reins of the sweaty horse, and said, "King Youguli, you are finally back." ”

The person known as the King of the Right Valley is the younger brother of today's Kedun, Yu Sheshi and An, and the leader of the Xiong Ben army. He was greeted by the commander of the tribal army, the Kun Evil King Ashina Siyuan.

Yu Shotshi and An looked at Ashina Siyuan and didn't speak, walked into the camp tent with a sullen head, sat on the main seat and said, "Has the situation in Shuofang County been investigated clearly? ”

Ashina Siyuan sat down on the left side and said: "This king came to the right valley to talk about this matter, the various cities in Shuofang County have basically been explored, but the situation in Guangmu City is a little special, and our scouts have not explored the specific situation in the city. ”

Yu Sheshi and An picked up the mare's milk wine brought by their own soldiers was a cow's drink, and his thirsty throat was relieved, and he then asked: "Guangmu City is not in a hurry to talk about it first, let's talk about the situation in other cities first. ”

Ashina Siyuan walked to Yu Sheshi He'an's table, spread out a sheepskin on it, on which was a simple map of Shuofang County, he pointed to the other cities in Shuofang County and said: "The cities to the west and east of Shuofang County have been sealed, and the city is crowded, they should have mobilized the young Zhuang to defend the city, the scouts said that they could hear the sound of soldiers training in the city. ”

Yu Sheshi and An said disdainfully: "Hmph, no matter how much you train, a lamb can't become a tiger, but our siege equipment is limited, and the foot soldiers of the Kumamoto army are precious, so we can't waste them on these cities at will." ”

Ashina Siyuan nodded in agreement and continued: "There is another situation, the farmers and herdsmen outside the cities in Shuofang County are nowhere to be found, and it is estimated that they have been moved into the city. This is called Jian's wilderness on the Yongguo side. ”

Yu Sheshi and An said with a smile: "It's called Jianbi Qingye, this is a way for the Yong people to reduce their own losses. They are afraid of our plunder. It's just that they think too much, and the looted things can only be regarded as lottery heads, and they don't have much impact on our logistics. ”

Ashina Siyuan frowned and said, "But it is also a big trouble for us for these Yongren to shrink into the city, and it is not realistic for us to knock them one by one." ”

Yu Sheshi and An Ze said confidently: "Don't worry, I won't waste my troops on these cities, it's not worth it." Now let's talk about the situation in Guangmu City. ”

The two did not discuss Shuofang City, it was meaningless, the Zhengbei General's Mansion strictly implemented the township soldier system in Shuofang City, and the training of township soldiers was very strict, so the defense of Shuofang City was second only to Guangmu City.

Ashina Siyuan frowned and said: "The big war is about to break out, but we have no way of knowing the situation in Guangmu City, is there any way for the King of Right Valley Li?" ”

Yu Sheshi and An smiled slightly: "The troops and equipment in Guangmu City are indeed a secret to us, but I believe that my warriors are not afraid of any enemy. As the information collected at the beginning said, although Shuofang County established the three governor's mansions in the east and west to strengthen the military strength of the county, the execution time was still short, how could a group of peasants who had just put down their hoes be the opponents of my warriors. The Kun Evil King scattered all the scouts on the road to Guangmu City, and we went straight to Guangmu City, as long as Guangmu City was defeated, the other cities would be fine. ”

Ashina Siyuan looked at the confident Yu Shot Shi He'an, and couldn't help but feel a little worried in his heart, but the difference in status between the two made it impossible for him to say anything against it. He believed that as long as he dared to disagree, the fat man sitting on the main seat would definitely pull out the scimitar he had in his hand and slash at him.

He had to nod in agreement: "I will give an order as soon as possible, let the scouts investigate well, and probe the passage clearly, so as to prevent the Yongren from ambushing." ”

Yu Sheshi and An waved their hands and said, "Then please ask the Kun Evil King to work hard, now prepare to pull out the camp, we must rush to Guangmu City as soon as possible." Ashina Siyuan nodded, and then went out of the Chinese army's big tent.

The cold wind mixed with snowflakes raged in the vast forest sea, and the dark clouds obscured the sky and the sun, and there was no sunlight all day. On the passage in the forest, a large army is marching through the forest.

Yu Sheshi and An rode on their horses, looking at the endless team in front of them, and their hearts were full of pride. This was the first time he had led an army alone, and he had led an army of more than 100,000 men.

In the dim woods, the sunlight was completely obscured, and no human figure could be seen a dozen steps away. Several armies of more than 1,000 men were marching at a rapid pace.

These thousand-man teams were tribal soldiers whose mission was to clear the army of dangers ahead and find the boats to cross the river. Unfortunately, they searched the river several times, but they could not find a boat to cross the river.

When Yu Sheshi and An heard the scout's report, their faces did not change, and he said to the captain of his personal guard: "Gesai, you have given an order to prepare a sheepskin raft and prepare to cross the river seven or eight miles west of Guangmu City. When Gesse heard the order, he immediately sent his men to give the order.

Of course, it was impossible to hide the movements of the Bearded Man, and Wang Bian received the news that the Bearded Man had crossed the river. He looked at the four thousand elders sitting in the tent and said, "The Badbeards have already begun to cross the river, and according to their speed, it will take at least a day to transport all the soldiers over." ”

The second thousandth elder Ma Yuansi suggested: "Captain, why don't we take the initiative to attack and give them a half-cross attack." ”

Wang Rong listened to Ma Yuansi's words, and was noncommittal, he handed the information to Li Sujie and said, "Sujie, you can read it to a few thousand elders." ”

Li Sujie took the paper on which the information was written, and said: "The first wave of the Humen to cross the river today is the cavalry of the Xiong Ben Army of thousands of people and the foot soldiers of the Xiong Ben Army. When the cavalry came ashore, they cruied outward, monitoring the movements around them. After the foot soldiers came ashore, they began to build a simple pontoon bridge. They used sheepskin rafts as supports and built several pontoon bridges. The speed at which the bearded man crosses the river increases exponentially. ”

Wang Rong continued: "Different from the Badbeard Army in our impression, the soldiers of this Xiongben Army are all tall and tall, and they are the elite selected from the Yu Shooting Division, all of them are wearing heavy armor, holding long contradictory cards, and their combat effectiveness is very strong. Moreover, this army is the most familiar with siege warfare among the Bearded Army, and we cannot take it lightly. ”

Time passed quickly, and Wang Rong stood on the top floor of the arrow tower and looked westward, where the rudiments of the camp had already appeared, and the sky was full of dust. A large village that is more than ten miles long from north to south and several miles wide from east to west was quickly built.

Wang Rong said in a deep voice: "Su Jie, notify me to double my patrol tonight to strictly prevent night attacks by the Bearded People." ”

Li Sujie bowed and said, "Oh! ”

It was overcast all day, and the clouds hung even lower at night, completely obscuring the moonlight and the stars. The black mist of night shrouded the whole land, and the darkness could not see the five fingers, and the sight could only see less than ten steps.

An army of more than 1,000 men marched rapidly in the darkness, this army was a tribal army of the Bearded People, led by a commander of a thousand people, and their mission was to attack the western camp of Guangmu City at night.

This team of 1,000 people is tall, wearing heavy armor, carrying scimitars at their waists, holding spears and shields, and this elite team selected from 60,000 people has very strong combat effectiveness.

They marched very fast, and it took less than two hours to pass through the night and reach a hundred paces away from the camp in the west of Guangmu City, lurking in the grass.

In the platform of the arrow tower, several township soldiers of the Governor's Mansion sat on the wooden floor and rested against the wall panel, and the soldier standing on duty endured his sleepiness and looked around boredly.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, the soldier leaned over and put his hand on the pergola and looked into the grass dozens of paces away. Although the Bearded Tribal Army was very careful, the movement outside the camp in the west of Guangmu City was not small. The soldier looked out, only to see a hundred paces away, a black shadow moving rapidly on the grass, although the night was very dark, but this fast-moving black shadow was slightly lighter in color, and could see a rough outline.

The soldier is a veteran, and he used to deal with the Bearded Man. He directly picked up the small hammer and hung the small bell beside him with great speed.

The alarm bell of "bell bell" directly woke up the patrol post in the arrow tower, and the captain immediately opened his eyes and immediately asked, "What's wrong?!" ”

The soldier said loudly: "Captain, there is an enemy situation!" ”

Wu Chang didn't say a word, he directly picked up the Ming Di in the arrow box, and shot the Ming Di into the air with an arrow. A sharp scream sounded, and the entire camp resounded with a hurried alarm bell, and the sleeping soldiers of the Governor's Mansion were awakened one after another.

When the commander of the Badbeard tribesmen army heard the alarm bell, he knew that his group had been exposed, but he was not afraid, and shouted "Kill," and led the Badbeard tribesmen army who were lying in ambush in the grass, and they got up one after another, and slaughtered the camp with shields and spears.

In order to be better camouflaged, Wang Rong asked the villagers to lay a layer of wooden strips on the ditch and cover it with weeds.

Thousands of Badbeard tribesmen attacked the Western Battalion under the leadership of the Commander, and then they knew what it meant to "die before they left the army".

Dressed in heavy armor, they easily trampled on the camouflage of the trench, and before they could even shout, they were well served by the traps in the trench.

The trenches were covered with venomous tribulus thorns, and sharp spikes pierced the soles of their boots, piercing their skin directly. At the same time as the spikes pierced into their bodies, the poison also entered their bodies, and a few soldiers of the Badbeard Tribal Army who were lucky enough to dodge stood up slowly, but they wanted to cry without tears, this trench was too deep for them to climb up at all.