Shao Xun had been waiting for five or six days in the old city of Xinzheng before receiving the first batch of grain and grass.

He didn't take the things of the Yingchuan clan in vain, and gave a batch of the seized property to the Yingchuan clan and let them share it by themselves, which can be regarded as an act of buying grain, although most people don't want to sell it.

And at this time, the enemy forces were also moving frequently.

As Wang Bing saw in Waihuang County, groups of Hun cavalry gathered and rushed to the direction of the ancient city of Xinzheng.

Shao Xun, who was about to leave for the east, saw it and ordered the troops to stop.

The old city of Xinzheng is not big, and it is dilapidated because it has been abandoned for many years, but it still has a certain role of sheltering from the wind and rain.

On November 21, Shao Xun climbed to the top of the city, watching the cavalry gather more and more in the field, not knowing what they wanted to do.

The cavalry was mostly concentrated on the west, north, and east, leaving the south alone, which seemed to encourage Shao Xun to lead his troops to retreat.

In the rear of the cavalry, there were also foot soldiers who were struggling to transport grain and grass.

"Is this going to be consumed with me?" He frowned.

Now it's back to the situation when they faced Liu Cong last year, the Huns relied on the superiority of cavalry to control the field, blocking information and preventing you from contacting the outside world.

At that time, Shao Xun had a clear goal, that is, to advance to Luoyang, so he had no distractions, and he moved forward with one mind, and finally arrived at the city.

What now? What is the goal?

In the northwest of the ancient city of Xinzheng, Lu Ming led a cavalry army, fought and retreated, and rushed to a gentle slope with relatively undulating terrain.

When he was about to get closer, the peach leopard said loudly on the high slope: "Stop acting, people didn't chase after me." ”

Lu Ming turned his head and saw that hundreds of soldiers had turned their horses around and rushed back to the old city of Xinzheng.

He was immediately deflated.

The area where they are located may be relatively undulating because of its proximity to the mountains.

This terrain is certainly not very friendly to cavalry, but it is even less friendly to cavalry who rely on charging in close combat.

The more complex the terrain, the more mounted archery cavalry prevailed.

The simpler the terrain, the more mounted archers will prevail.

It sounds a bit contradictory, but it's actually quite simple -

On the complex hills, both sides can't rush up, and at this time, it is more of a test of riding skills.

In the Han Dynasty, Chao Cuo mentioned several places where the Hun cavalry was dominant: "going up the mountain and going down", "entering and exiting the stream", and "pouring on the dangerous road".

These places require more superb horsemanship, and there are not many scenes suitable for hand-to-hand charges, and it is not easy to be caught by the shock cavalry, which is conducive to the Huns to open up the distance and "gallop and shoot".

In fact, it is to give full play to the two advantages of the Huns' superb riding skills and accurate archery skills, so that the Central Plains cavalry, who are good at hand-to-hand combat, has nowhere to go, which is in line with the essence of the art of war of "promoting strengths and avoiding weaknesses".

Of course, on the hills and streams, no cavalry has infantry to wield, but that's another story.

And the terrain that is simple to the extreme, such as the endless steppe, there are not even a few rivers, except for the grassland is sandy, which is more suitable for the Hun light cavalry to fly kites in circles.

The most feared terrain is relatively flat, but there are many rivers, forests, houses, and ditches. There are many scenes suitable for charging, and it is not very conducive to riding and shooting in circles, which makes riding shooters quite a headache.

Today, Lu Ming wanted to lead the government soldiers to this undulating hill, and then use horse shooting to kill them, but he didn't expect the government soldiers to be fooled, and they retreated after chasing for a while, which made him laughed at by the peach leopard.

"Is the general coming?" Lu Ming dismounted and asked.

"I haven't been convinced." Peach Leopard sighed: "What if you don't come? Is there any food? ”

Lu Ming also sighed.

In May this year, he fought Shao Xun once, but it was stopped by the locust plague and ended in a hurry.

It can be said that this was an unsuccessful military operation.

At the end of the war, Da Hu comforted everyone repeatedly, saying that he had found a way to defeat the Shao thief.

The crowd was interested.

After Da Hu said the method he had pondered, everyone's expressions were lifted, and you and I said a word, constantly improving the details.

Try it today, it really works!

So he desperately hoped that Dahu would come over quickly and bring the 20,000 horsemen with him.

With 30,000 cavalry in hand, even if it is just a light cavalry with a single horse and no armor, as long as reasonable tactics are used, Shao Xun will definitely suffer a big loss.

But the real question is also ahead: Is there enough food?

"In the summer, there will be a plague of locusts. Winter comes, and there is a shortage of food. Shao thief's luck is so good? The more Lu Ming thought about it, the more angry he became, he pulled out his waist knife and slashed it on a bush.

"That's fate." Peach Leopard smiled and said, "It's hard to catch Shao Thief, but we can't consume him, alas." But it's okay, come back next year. Set up a good set, branch the Shao thief to a hundred and ten miles away, and then slowly climb back. ”

"Haha." Seeing that Peach Leopard was talking interestingly, Lu Ming's mood also improved.

The way to use troops is to make use of their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, and to avoid the real and make it virtual.

Shao Thief's silver spear army and government soldiers can fight, so I won't fight you.

You always have weaknesses, there are always places that can't be covered, and we just stare at these places.

"Forget it for today. Tomorrow I will go, and I will tempt his cavalry again. Tao Leopard said: "It is not easy for Shao thieves to raise cavalry, and it is good to consume one more." If it can be used up completely, it will be easy to fight next year, and there may be a chance to make Shao Thief make a mistake and annihilate his Silver Spear Army. ”

"Silver Spear Army, ......" Lu Ming groaned a little: "These people can fall asleep in the shouting and killing in the sky, and the longest has been a soldier for six or seven years, right?" I want to annihilate them, and I don't know what price to pay. ”

"Take your time." Peach Leopard smiled: "Give it a try tomorrow." ”

"That's right." Lu Ming nodded.

The next few days were strange for both sides.

Shi Chao went south from Chen Liu and entered the Yangxia realm.

He brought more than 10,000 foot soldiers and 1,000 cavalry troops to besiege the county town of Yangxia, because he heard that there were many so-called "Tuntian camps" gathered in the city.

The fighting lasted four or five days, but it was never overcome.

Shao Xun led his troops to leave Xinzheng, relied on vehicle shelter, and headed east to Weishi.

The cavalry under the command of Lu Ming, Taobao and others was like flies, following behind, repeatedly harassing and constantly blocking.

They even sent people to dig roads in front of them, destroy bridges, and do everything they can to create obstacles for you.

On the first day of the march, the large army traveled only ten miles.

The next day, thirteen miles.

Day 3, Seventeen Miles.

After three days, Shao Xun realized in his heart: the Huns also learned war in the war, constantly improved, and made progress.

The enemy cavalry looks like this, more like it is covering a certain unit.

He had to admit that the side that had a large number of cavalry could indeed effectively delay the side dominated by infantry.

He had to admit that people can make progress.

He took out the car formation and broke through the layers of Hun interception last year, which was a bit unexpected. But by this year, the Huns seemed to have figured out a way to deal with him.

It took him forty miles in three days, which made him smell danger.

On November 29, it snowed heavily.

The Hun cavalry, who had been staring at them before, suddenly withdrew and disappeared without a trace.

Maybe it was too cold, maybe there was not enough food, maybe they had completed the task, but in any case they ran.

The next day, Shao Xun led his troops to recover Weishi County, which had been captured by the enemy.

Shi Chao attacked Yang Xia Buke, lost his troops, and then attacked Yuan's Wu Fort, but he did not conquer. Seeing that the army was running out, he had no choice but to retreat.

Before leaving, he destroyed some irrigation canals, blocked the wells in the vegetable fields, and set fire to some of the houses of the people of the Tuntian camp, and then hurriedly retreated through the Liang State.

At this point, the war east of Tiger Prison Pass seems to have come to an end.

This ending is not satisfactory for both parties.

Shao Xun saw a huge crisis.

The Huns consumed the grain, cattle and sheep they had so hard to accumulate, and lost a lot of infantry and cavalry horses, and in the end they could only retreat in disgrace and gain nothing.

Next year, they probably won't come back.

In the spring, when the pasture grass has not completely returned to green, and it is even more green and yellow, he is worried about food, not to mention the Huns.

There may be forage in the summer, but why should they come to Luoyang?

Perhaps, starting next year, his main combat object will become Shile.

A few days later, just as he led his people north to Junyi, by the way to clean up the possible remnants of the enemy, news came from the west of the Tiger Pass: the Xiongnu retreated in a big way, passing through Hongnong and Hanoi, and the troops withdrew in two ways.

He immediately turned around and headed in the direction of Xingyang, and at this time, he met Wang Bing, who was chasing after him in a hurry.

"Prince." After dismounting, Wang Bing bowed directly to the ground and cried: "Situ Xue is gone." ”

"Huh?" Shao Xun didn't react for a while.

But when he remembered that "Situ" referred to Sima Yue, the expression on his face suddenly became very rich.

Wang Bing glanced at him secretly.

At this time, Shao Xun was already contemplative.

"When will he die?" He asked.

"It's been half a month."

"What do you mean by coming west? Funeral? ”

"I am willing to take my son back to Xuzhou."

"No!" Shao Xun said subconsciously.

Wang Bing chuckled in his heart, and sure enough, it was similar to what he thought, Shao Xun was reluctant to let go.

Shao Xun frowned.

Wang Bing said to take the son away, but how can it be so simple? Is the princess going to follow along? This- how can it!

Shao Xun was there and was silent for a long time.

Wang Bing was anxious, got up silently, and said: "The prince has been protected by the prince and the marquis, and he has been grateful for a long time. If he can take back Xuzhou, he will be friendly with the prince and marquis in the future, watch and help each other, and work together for the imperial court. ”

Shao Xun had already stabilized his mind, glanced at Wang Bing, and said, "Guys! Do you know, this is going to harm the world! ”

Wang Bing hurriedly defended: "We all swear to the heavens, and we are willing to serve the son of the world as the lord and everyone can see it." ”

"You swear?" Shao Xun sneered and asked, "I don't know the old foundation of those soldiers and horses in Fan County. How many people are left in the East China Sea Kingdom Army? ”

"Three thousand."

"The most reliable are only these 3,000 people." Shao Xun said: "The rest of the soldiers are either from the beggar army, or from Henan and Yan'er Prefectures. I'll just ask you? Is the beggar army obedient? ”

Wang Bing was silent.

"The soldiers of Yu and Yan Erzhou, some of them were recruited by Situ during his lifetime, and some of them were powerful tribes of the Erzhou Shi clan, let me ask you again, are they obedient?"

Wang Bing couldn't resist it, and argued strongly: "We have been bound by military law for a long time, so we are naturally obedient. ”

"Don't be so confident!" Shao Xun pointed his finger at Wang Bing's chest and asked unceremoniously, "How did Zhang Fang die?" ”

Of course, Zhang Fang was killed by Zhi Fu, so do you need to ask? Wang Bing was about to say something, but stopped again.

Why was Zhi Fu able to kill Zhang Fang? And after killing someone, can you still swagger away? If you are in a no-man's land?

It's a question worth pondering, and it's tied to your roots.

"Looks like you've got some of it in your mind." Shao Xun patted him on the shoulder and said, "Go back to Luoyang with me first, and then see the princess and the prince." Even if you want to take the son of the world back, it's not such a way. ”

"It's fine." Wang Bing nodded and responded.

This time I came to the west, I was going to meet the princess and the prince. If it weren't for the war, he would have arrived.

After a major event in his heart, he asked again: "Junhou, this is the Great Broken Thief Army, recovering Chen Liu?" ”

"It's not a big deal." Shao Xun shook his head and suddenly asked, "Do you know Wang Youzhou?" ”

"Wang Jun?" Wang Bing shook his head and said, "I have never had anything to do with it." ”

After speaking, he added: "This person is arrogant and has no eyes." The prince has offended him greatly, and he is afraid that he will not have a good face. ”

Shao Xun frowned secretly. The battle of Chang'an back then, the legacy is still today.

However, he quickly adjusted his mentality, if it weren't for the horses he snatched that time, it would be impossible for one person and two horses to intercept Wang Sang's department this time.

These Xianbei horses, although they are all getting old and can no longer charge into battle as war horses, still play a key role in his military system.

There are advantages and disadvantages, how can there be such a thing in the world that only takes benefits without paying a price?

A manly man should not be opportunistic everywhere.

Shi Le's new tactics, if he wants to think of other ways to deal with it, can the living still suffocate urine?

On the 30th, the army set off for Xingyang, and while deterring the enemy, it passed through the Tiger Prison and entered Luoyang.