Shanggu County was one of the most important counties in the north of the Han Dynasty, and it was responsible for fighting against Donghu. Since the rise of Xianbei in the Donghu branch, Shanggu County has faced more and more military pressure, and often suffered invasions that led to the capture or death of the Taishou, so the county guards have been replaced one after another, and there have been seven Taishou in a year. Shanggu County has a synonym in the officialdom of the Han Dynasty: the tomb of the county guard.

Hundreds of years ago, during the Warring States Period, King Yanzhao founded Shanggu County, and used it as a base to attack Donghu, forcing it to retreat for more than 1,000 miles. Today, Xianbei, the most important branch of Donghu, has made a comeback after hundreds of years of recuperation, and has invaded the border counties of Youzhou, including Shanggu County, all over the body, and Youzhou has become a veritable "worrying state" in the court.

Although Sun Zhan, the prince of the assassin world, has successfully resisted the invasion of Wuhuan in Donghu many times since he took the throne for half a year, he has never fought head-on with the powerful Xianbei cavalry corps. Because of Chang Sheng, Gongsun Chan despised Donghu more and more. Although he despised it, fortunately, he still ordered his right-hand man Zhu Jinlong to enter Shanggu County to carry out the necessary defense.

Zhu Jinlong was "driven" out of the canyon by Liu Bei last year, and returned to the Shangtun camp of the Northern Army to resume his post as Sima. Because of his bravery in the battle against Wuhuan, he was promoted to captain of Shangtun and has been stationed in Shanggu County recently.

Zhu Jinlong has always believed that Wuhuan's invasion was just a test, and the purpose was to find out the strength and deployment of troops in Youzhou. Just after a few big victories over Wu Huan, he already felt that a big battle was coming. So please transfer Shanggu County, and Gongsun Chan also had this intention, so Zhu Jinlong led a thousand horsemen from his headquarters to secretly enter Shanggu County.

Coincidentally, Zhu Jinlong was inspecting Pancheng at this time, and his subordinates had already discovered that a group of 700 Xianbei cavalry pioneers had broken into the county, and burned and looted along the road, bringing great losses to Shanggu County in terms of personnel and goods.

According to the analysis of previous battle reports, Zhu Jinlong found that the Xianbei cavalry fought bravely and had first-class archery skills, and the enemy had been shot into a hornet's nest before the enemy approached them during the battle, thus reducing their combat effectiveness sharply. In addition, Xianbei was very good at reconnaissance when fighting, and now he is killing the past head-on, once it is discovered by the enemy soldiers, it may not be able to defeat a barbarian cavalry, and if it is a detour, the time will drag on too long, and the battle situation will change.

How to avoid the enemy's detection is the most headache for him. Suddenly, a gleam appeared in his eyes, and a vision of annihilating the enemy army appeared in his mind. However, he needs to create opportunities.

"Captain Zhu, there are Di soldiers in Gujiazhuang, send troops to drive them away." The county commander of Pan County climbed the city tower nervously, and said nervously to the pensive Zhu Jinlong that he had lost the danger that a county order should have. "Oh, my lord, don't even think about it. It is important to send troops. ”

"Do you know how many soldiers there are?" Zhu Jinlong was secretly happy, the opportunity came.

"It seems like seven hundred."

"Seven hundred, how many soldiers does Wang Zhixian think should be sent?"

"Di soldiers are good at fighting, and they must send at least seven hundred cavalry."

"With only 700 soldiers, why do you need 700 cavalry armor to fight? Enough of the soldiers in the city. The lieutenant has to go on patrol in other places. Zhu Jinlong said and went downstairs to leave.

"My lord, Di Bing is brave, how can an ordinary errand soldier be an opponent?" Wang Xianzhi was very anxious and pleaded.

"Some Di soldiers who don't obey the indoctrination, can't Wang Zhixian successfully drive them away with dozens of errands?" Zhu Jinlong turned to look back.

"Your Excellency, your Excellency. The lowly office understands that the lord has important things to do, and I beg to seconded seven hundred horsemen to drive them away. ”

"Seven hundred?" Zhu Jinlong squinted and defied. "I am a great Han Heavenly Army, and 700 cavalry and armor have dealt with tens of thousands of soldiers. In this way, when the captain sees that you have managed the county well, he will make an exception and lend you a hundred horses. ”

"Just a hundred?" Wang Xianling sighed dissatisfiedly: "A hundred is a hundred." ”

"Vice General He, transfer a hundred brothers to Wang Zhixian." Zhu Jinlong then whispered: "Give him the seventy remnants of Mazi's subordinates." ”

"But it's only seventy ......," Vice General He said this, seeing Zhu Jinlong blinking his eyes, he immediately understood, turned around and went down the city tower.

"Wang Zhixian, tonight the captain will rush to Juyong (Shanggu County Administration) to have a banquet with the county guard, and the Japanese captain will come back after a while."

"Phew! You know the eight lambs who eat and drink. Wang Xian Ling scolded secretly in his heart and sent him off.

Standing on top of the city tower, Wang Xian Ling looked at Zhu Jinlong and led the neat cavalry team to leave Pancheng, and saw the old and weak cavalry who stayed in the county seat, and scolded his mother angrily in his heart.

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After traveling more than 50 miles to the northeast of the Shangtun camp, Zhu Jinlong ordered the deputy general: "The rear team will change to the front team, and the front team will become the rear team, and return to the city." ”

The adjutant general said puzzledly: "My lord, are you going back to Pancheng?" ”

"Of course, if you don't go back to Pancheng, will you go back to Jicheng (Youzhou Zhishu)?"

"But you've just left the city, why do you want to go back? If something is left behind, the lowly horse will fetch it for you. ”

"The heads of the seven hundred cavalry of Xianbei, can you get them back?"

The adjutant general became more and more confused, how could Pancheng have the heads of Xianbei 700 cavalry? Don't say anything else, there are no Xianbei cavalry in the city at all.

"Rabbit cub, learn from your brother-in-law about war, you have learned." Twenty-one-year-old Zhu Jinlong laughed on the horse. The deputy general is He Zulong's youngest brother He Jie (see the chapter "Participating in the Yellow Turban" for related incidents), and his sister's marriage to Zhu Jinlong was satisfactorily resolved because of Liu Bei's help.

He Jie is eighteen years old this year, and he follows Zhu Jinlong because he admires his archery skills. For this brother-in-law, Zhu Jinlong felt like he was carrying a big stone on his body, and he was uncomfortable. But there is no way, the woman's younger brother has to be taken care of.

"Uncle, you can explain it to me."

Hearing that Zhu Jinlong was going to explain, the other generals approached invariably.

Zhu Jinlong said with a slight expression: "When it comes to cavalry battles, we can't help but admit that this is our shortcoming, but if we can make proper use of this shortcoming, we can create a favorable fighter." Let me ask you, what will Wang Zhixian do if he gets cavalry? ”

"Brother-in-law said that Wang County ordered the diligent government to love the people, so of course he led the army to drive away Di Bing." Adjutant General He Jie replied.

"How many men will Wang Zhixian lead?" Zhu Jinlong asked rhetorically.

"Seventy Cavalry."

"Not only seventy, but also the servants in the city, Wang Zhixian will lead them together. Then you will be captured by the enemy! The other party learned that there were no Han soldiers stationed in Pan County, do you say that you can not attack the city? ”

"Don't go, don't go!" On the other side, the two military marquis argued.

"What's going on!" Zhu Jinlong drank.

"Don't stop me!" The Marquis of Shangtun (commanding two hundred troops) pockmarked his horse and approached with a big grin. "I know you've always looked down on the Hu people. You're trying to suppress me in every possible way. ”

"Since they have submitted to the Han Dynasty, they are all the people of the Han Emperor, who can look down on whom." Zhu Jinlong was slightly angry.

"Fart!" Pockmarks slurp phlegm.

"Bold!" The deputy general He Jie drank violently, and the atmosphere immediately became solemn, full of gunpowder. The knights looked bustling and moved closer to the middle.

"Let him speak." Zhu Jinlong was indifferent.

"Why didn't you go into battle last time you attacked Wuhuan? Lao Tzu charged forward, which time he killed the most heads! Only that time came in second. They are jealous of anger and anger than you can fight! Asako roared angrily.

"Didn't you get hurt that time?"

"A little bird wound is something. You are simply biased, Lao Tzu is not your cronies and subordinates, and he is not a Han Chinese, so he clearly looks down on Hu people. Mazi's eyebrows were upside down, and spat was flying.

"What madness are you old boy! The medic said you can't go to war again, or you'll have to have your leg amputated. You yourself said that your legs could not walk at that time!" He Jie pulled out the ring knife and was furious.

Mazi suddenly became dumbfounded, and said stubbornly unconvinced: "I can't walk, but I can ride a horse." ”

Zhu Jinlong laughed loudly, and everyone who couldn't help it for a long time also laughed loudly, and some of them rolled off the horse. The tense atmosphere immediately became lively.

"Hu people are Hu people, there is only fighting and killing in their eyes!"

"It's a good thing to be able to fight, but you can't be killed."

"I knew that the captain was not this kind of person, and Mazi drank the wrong medicine."

"Son of a bitch. What proof do you have! Zhu Jinlong asked with a straight face.

"Don't talk about that, I don't know. Why did you get rid of my seventy weak soldiers today? They followed my father to fight for decades, from the foot of Kunlun Mountain to Youzhou. My father was shot dead at the moment before entering Youzhou, so they embraced me as the patriarch and joined the Han army with me, thinking that they could avenge my father. And now you have sent them to their deaths. Xianbei has seven hundred cavalry, they only have seventy, how can they dare to drive it? How can you win? Will you be able to come back alive from this trip? Can you still see them in the Ming sacrifice? ”

Mazi, who was in her early twenties, said with red eyes and tears in her eyes. The iron-boned, bleeding prairie boy couldn't help shedding tears for the second time when he talked about the sore spots. The first time was when my father was dying.

Zhu Jinlong felt the same and sighed. "Although your clan and Xianbei are both clans of the Donghu Alliance, but your clan has formed an alliance with my Han Dynasty, then your danger is also the danger of our clan. Needless to say, you all know the big things. Now that the court is corrupt, how can we defend our homeland and stop the invasion of Xianbei? ”

"The Xianbei cavalry is fierce, and the Han army can't resist it at all. Although we have defeated Wuhuan several times, the Wuhuan cavalry is far less powerful than the Xianbei cavalry. How many cavalry did Xianbei have? A full 600,000. And what about our big man? There are no 300,000 cavalry, which is why Xianbei is so rampant in northern Xinjiang, repeatedly violating our country's land, killing my compatriots, taking my women, and plundering my property. ”

"The court doesn't care, but we have to take care of it. Who called us soldiers? So, we have to resist, we have to fight back! How to fight back? Rush up and tear it up? No way. That won't work. That would only make us lose even more. You have to use your brain, and fighting a war is actually the most nerve-wracking thing. These words were uttered by a descendant of the royal family that the Captain had followed. This lieutenant has always kept it in mind. He fights wars and is eclectic. Win in the face of danger. He can lead a thousand cavalry to run a long distance to attack the million-strong army formation of the Yellow Turbans, and go straight to the opponent's command camp, so that the million-strong army instantly loses its command and is in chaos. This kind of courage, this kind of courage, and this kind of ability are not something that ordinary people can have. I can say that Gongsun is far inferior to him. ”

"Where is he now?" I don't know which knight asked.

Zhu Jinlong did not blame. "He's in the White River Gorge."

"I know that place, it's a place of beautiful mountains and rivers." The other knight said.

"Why didn't he come to fight Xianbei?"

"Yes. I believe that one day, he will come and lead us to defeat Xianbei, smash the other party's tooth tent (Xianbei capital), and raise my great Han Tianwei!"

"The Great Han is mighty! The Great Han is mighty! The cavalry was incited to shout loudly, and the sound was terrifying. Under the sun, the cavalry were like hungry wolves that had been shut down for several years, just banished from the grassland, fangs and sharp eyes looking for prey.

"Mazi, let your seventy old clansmen be bait, this captain ......" Zhu Jinlong was very emotional.

"As long as you can kill Xianbei people, you can use pockmarks as bait. To fight a war is to shed blood! Dead people! Mazi shouted with tears in her eyes.

"Rejoice! Come back to the city with me, brothers, and destroy the devil stained with the blood of my people! ”

The crowd was furious, and more than 900 horsemen went crazy and went straight to Pancheng.