Chapter 150: Winter Offensive (1)
Although Du Xuan wants to completely solve the entire Sichuan Mansion this winter, before that, Du Xuan has another thing to complete. A few months ago, when Du Xuan accepted the soldiers of the Agoura tribe, he had promised to help them rescue the people from the barbarian domain. But since then, Black Bear Castle has been suffering from internal and external troubles, and there is no chance to rescue the Agoura tribe. Now that the matter has finally come to an end, Du Xuan must complete this matter.
Of course, Du Xuan's purpose was not just for the Agoura tribe. The people of Great Qi don't know anything about the Barbarian Domain, which is the main reason why Daqi has always been at a disadvantage in the war with the Barbarian Domain. Du Xuan wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to go to the Barbarian Domain.
"Third son, you can leave this matter to us with confidence. You are the backbone of the Black Bear Guard, and you can't take risks lightly. And Black Bear Guard has a lot of things going on right now, and everything is inseparable from you. You're here to command, and you're more useful. Yang Wancai said.
"I'm not going, can you command the Brute Eagle? Can you communicate with the Brute Eagle? Now that the Brute is covered with snow, it is very difficult for ordinary war horses to walk, but our dragon scale horses are tall and will not be affected at all. There are barbarian eagles in the sky patrolling a hundred miles of range, and on the ground there are Asya and other Agouras who are familiar with the terrain of the barbarian region. We can avoid the barbarian army in advance, what danger will there be?" Du Xuan asked.
"That's what I said. However, I am not afraid of 10,000, I am only afraid of what if. In the barbarian realm, there are crises everywhere. Now everything in the Black Bear Guard is counting on you, and you must not go to the Brute Domain. Wang Yuansen said.
"Don't be verbose. Whoever is verbose, I will not take anyone with me. I've already decided to go anyway. Sooner or later, we and the barbarians will have to separate the winners and losers, and if we don't figure out the barbarians sooner, we will suffer a big loss when we fight the Golden Crow in the future. The Golden Crow would never have imagined that I would dare to run into the Brute Domain, so in fact, I am not in danger at all. Du Xuan said resolutely. He wants to take advantage of the defeat of the Golden Crow, the Golden Crow Barbarian Kingdom must be very lax, he wants to take advantage of the slack of the barbarians to go to the Barbarian Domain, and have a comprehensive understanding of the situation of the various tribes in the Barbarian Domain. If you have the opportunity, it is best to win over some barbarian tribes that are hostile to the Jinwu tribe.
"Lao Hu, hurry up and persuade the third prince to say a few words. Yang Wancai hurriedly said to Hu Benrui.
Hu Benrui shook his head: "As a scout camp thousand, I have to go to the barbarian domain." Others can not know about the Barbarian Domain, and I, the scout camp Qianhu, must not be ignorant of the Barbarian Domain. ”
Hu Benrui said it so reasonably, Yang Wancai rolled his eyes, and he couldn't find a refutation of Hu Benrui's words, he didn't dare to speak nonsense, he didn't want to always stay at home to train recruits.
"Third Prince, how many men are you going to take with you on this trip?" asked Wang Yuansen.
"A thousand men are enough. However, I need to bring one or two thousand dragon scale horses, so that I can help the people of the Agoura tribe to transfer when the time comes. Du Xuan said.
"A thousand centaurs, is it too little?" Yang Wancai asked with some concern.
"No, there are too many people, but the target is bigger and easy to expose. The advantage of fewer people and fewer people is that you don't need to bring too many supplies. Du Xuan said.
Chongyue was thrilled when he heard that Du Xuan was preparing to go deep into the barbarian domain to rescue the people of their Agoura tribe. hurriedly found Du Xuan, and kept kowtowing to Du Xuan with great gratitude.
"Chongyue, we are not familiar with the road to your Agoura tribe, and we must rely on you to lead the way. Du Xuan's eyes looked at the sketch of the barbarian terrain drawn by Chongyue and the others.
On the second day, Du Xuan took the people of the Agoura tribe and some soldiers of the Black Bear tribe, as well as about half of the veterans, a total of about 1,000 horsemen, and braved the biting cold wind to attack the barbarian domain.
Out of the Black Bear Guard, the snow cover can submerge an adult's waist, and ordinary war horses have basically floated on the snow when they step on it. Most of the places have frozen, and the surface is like glass, which is very slippery, and if you are not careful, you will turn over on your back. Fortunately, Du Xuan led the dragon scale horse cavalry. In places where the snow is thick, the dragon scale horse will not have a big obstacle, and the frozen road surface, the dragon scale horse's hooves are like half of the hard teeth of the iron nails, and the grip is very firm, even on the ice, it will not slip.
The group was all dressed as barbarians, and the thick fur almost showed only two eyes, and from a distance, it was impossible to tell whether it was a Daqi person or a barbarian. Coupled with the icy and snowy weather now, no one will come out to wander around at all. Du Xuan and his entourage traveled all the way, and they didn't see a single figure along the way.
The barbarian eagles soared in the sky, they were not afraid of the cold weather at all, once they found that there was a large number of human activities on the ground, or found that there was a large barbarian settlement in front of them, they would immediately warn Du Xuan. Du Xuan immediately avoided the route in advance. All the way, smooth sailing.
Du Xuan galloped all the way, recording what he saw on the road and drawing it on the topographic map, which was much more detailed than the sketches drawn by Asya and others.
However, not all places can be detoured, and if you encounter some places with special terrain, you have to wade through them.
"The front is a must-pass place, because there is a big lake here, called Tuya Lake, and if you go around, you may have to go around for hundreds of miles. But there is a large tribe in this place, which is the place of the Jinwu tribe. The place is close to a large lake and the water and grass are fertile. The Jinwu tribe took a fancy to this and drove all the tribes here away and monopolized the place. Asya said.
"How big is this tribe, how many people, how many warriors?" Du Xuan asked.
"This is the big horse farm of the Jin Crow tribe, and most of the war horses of the Jin Crow people come from this Tuya horse farm. It has a large population and is known as Tuya City, which is even more majestic than Mauihan. The population is at least a few tens of thousands. Among them, tens of thousands are young and strong. You know, in our barbarian domain, young people are warriors when they take up arms. Chongyue said.
"Let's find a place to rest nearby, and I'll take the Wild Eagle in the air to check the terrain and the activities of Tuya City. Pass by Tuya City at night. Du Xuan said.
When Du Xuan rode on the back of a wild eagle and flew into the sky, when he arrived above Tuya City, he found that it was really not easy to avoid Tuya City. Although Tuya City did not completely block the way forward. But round tents can be seen everywhere outside the city. If Du Xuan and his entourage want to pass through this place, they will definitely be discovered by the barbarians.
"Even if we sneak through at night, we are afraid that the barbarians will cut us off. When we came back, it was difficult to pass through here. Yang Wancai said.
"I don't think so, we didn't leave too many traces all the way, and if we didn't look closely, we wouldn't know we were coming. Even if you see the traces we have left behind, you will definitely think that some tribe has secretly passed through here. The people of the Golden Crow have always been brutal, and it should not be surprising that other tribes fear them. Hu Benrui said.
Du Xuan nodded: "We still pass quietly at night, try not to leave traces." ”