Seeing Tang Linkun embarrassed, Dazhi hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice, "Do you want to fight next?"

Tang Linkun nodded, and Dazhi said, "Then these captives will be handed over to you to deal with first!"

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"Vice Admiral Han, let these captives choose freely! Those who are willing to go with us are strongly welcomed. If you want to go, don't stop you. All officers of the centurion and above were given one mount each. ”

Of the 100,000 captives, more than 10,000 soldiers chose to follow. Almost all of them had two mounts, and their weapons were replaced with cavalry horses.

More than a hundred miles away from the woods, there is a ruined fortress called Manglan. I received the latest news from the two small soldiers sent by the scout captain Lao Pumpkin, Mazi and the butcher, saying that there was a large number of Kuxian Hu troops heading towards Tian Xin.

"We surpassed the front army of the Kuxian Hu Army in the Eight Immortal Village, and it is estimated that they will be able to reach here one day behind us. "Mazi and the butcher braved the rain for less than two days to travel nearly 300 miles, and they were tired enough.

Han A has participated in almost all the battles between Heavenly Court and Kuxian Hu in the past ten years, and he understands the combat effectiveness of the Kuxian Hu Army very well, and he is also self-aware of his current situation, with these Heavenly Court Army, it can only be regarded as a second-rate 60,000 foot cavalry, and it is categorically unable to stop the heavy attack of Kuxian Hu.

"Vice Admiral Han, we see that this Kuxian Hu has a lot of artillery......" Mazi swallowed the last bite of roasted naan and told Han A hoarsely.

"The number of this Kuxian Hu cavalry is at least 400,000, and we have counted the artillery, no less than a hundred, all of them are drawn by horses, and they are not slow at all. The butcher also reported.

"Got it, go down and drink water!"

Han Da is really worried, he wants to attack the No. 10 well, this battle is really not easy to fight. There must also be defenders in Well No. 10, and for the safety of 60,000 horsemen, it is the best policy to immediately turn around and evacuate to Well No. 7.

Han A and Tang Linkun held a military meeting for a whole hour, and unanimously decided to rely on Manglan to block this Kuxianhu army to reinforce the No. 7 well, and use the relatively complete abandoned city wall of Manglan, as well as tens of thousands of oil clay pots, it will not be a problem to defend it for half a month. At the same time, he sent flying cavalry to inform Vice General Zhao Yun and asked him to send the main force to flank this Kuxian Hu cavalry without fortifications.

"The main problem is the water source, if there is no water, you can't hold it for three days. The big yak said.

"Isn't it raining heavily? Mo Hu said.

"Give me my orders and build fortifications on the spot. Qiangba, come here...... You immediately select soldiers and form crossbowmen...... Han replied They immediately began to build the fortifications of Manglan, and dozens of mountain spirits with infinite strength came in handy. However, to build a complete fortification, it will take two days and two nights at the earliest.

In order to gain this precious time, the only way to delay the march of this Bitter Immortal Margin army was to find a way......

"Big yak, you lead the headquarters, first demolish the big stone bridge on the west side of Manglan, I'm talking about demolition, you hide the removed long stone slabs, so that it is easy to re-erect them, and the action must be fast. ”

"Yes!"

"Zhao Bangou, you split it in half, along the upper and lower reaches of Peach Blossom Creek, and dismantle all the large and small bridges within thirty miles. ”

"Yes!"

"Scouts, find out the movements of the Kuxian Hu Army, and report it at any time. ”

"Order-!"

Han A is a calculating person, he expected to dismantle the Peach Blossom Creek Bridge, at most it would only delay the Kuxian Hu Army for two hours, this Peach Blossom Creek is too narrow after all, although it is raining, this stream is still a little too shallow. If you want to hold off the cavalry for two days and two nights, you can't do it without fighting, but where is the best place to ambush?

"You go and find a few long bamboo poles, and then find a local herdsman to follow me to Taohuaxi to survey the terrain. Han Da instructed the dozen or so guards around him.

The two guards carried an old man in his seventies, and the old man's feet did not stick to the side of Tang Linkun and Han Da, who were testing the depth of the water with a long bamboo pole, "Uncle, let me ask you, which section of this Peach Blossom Creek is the deepest, which section is the shallowest and which is the shallower?"

The old man's white beard flew messily in the autumn wind, most of his teeth had been lost, and his whole mouth was deflated a lot, and he didn't answer for a long time, and Han Da was about to order the guards to find another young herdsman.

The old man opened his mouth and said, "Is the general going to ambush the Kuxian Hu army in Peach Blossom Creek?"

Tang Linkun nodded, he didn't expect this old man to have some eyesight.

"General, don't test the depth of the water, the whole Peach Blossom Creek is the same depth, the deepest part will not be deeper than half of this bamboo pole, and the bottom of the stream is full of stone slabs, and it is not too difficult for the cavalry to wade through the water. ”

"Uncle, please sit down! How can it be effective to block the Kuxian Hu soldiers from attacking Manglan?" Tang Linkun saw that the old man was speaking very methodically, and seemed to know a little about war, so he took off his coat and cushioned it on the high hill by the stream, and helped the old man to sit down.

Several guards hurriedly took off their rain gear and put it on for Tang Linkun and the old man, and one of the guards spread out his coat next to the old man and asked Han A to sit down.

"General, fight snakes and fight seven inches, it is best to burn their grain and grass, the army has no food, it is chaotic, the soldiers can carry the dry food on their backs, and we can't pick them one by one, but the forage for this military horse, the Kuxian Hu cavalry must carry a large number of them, and it is also a good choice to burn the forage, the fields are empty in this autumn, where will they find something to feed the horses for a while?"

Han A originally wanted to extinguish the artillery of Kuxian Hu in this Peach Blossom Creek, but now listening to this old man's high arguments, it was like an initiation, "Old man has a big name, your method is really good." Did my uncle also serve as a soldier when he was young?"

"Farmer in the village, General Bu Lao asked, who has not been a soldier for a few years?"

The old man, who refused to give his name, answered Han A's question lightly, and then continued his own train of thought and said: "The Kuxian Hu cavalry who have no forage must be looking for fodder to feed the horses, what if they find a forage field?

This old man's words completely conquered Han A, but he didn't expect that in this remote pasture where there are more horses than people, there is a folk master who is well versed in tactics, Han A couldn't help but pat his thigh: "Wonderful, this trick of the old man is wonderful." However, the old man's croton...... Where are you going to get it in a while?"

"Those are croton trees, every household in this neighborhood will collect some crotons in the autumn, or sell them to the base for some silver, or keep some scabies scabies, my family has about ten catties, and I will ask my grandson to send them to you later." I don't think it will take two hours for the general to receive enough crotons for a horse to eat a bad stomach. ”

"Thank you, uncle...... Immediately ordered the whole army to collect croton and horse feed. Han A stood up and bowed deeply to the old man, "The old-timers will teach me today, and my Han Dagou will benefit for life." ”

The two guards couldn't help but laugh out loud, and the new commander introduced himself as Han Da when he took office...... Han Da also realized that he had leaked his mouth, and kicked one of the guards in the ass, "Lao Tzu's nickname is called Big Dog, what's wrong? It's so funny! You two escort the old man home and send him to a safe place, if there is a slight difference, Lao Tzu wants you to look good!"

"Yes!" Vice Admiral Han. ”

"No, I have a dozen grandchildren, and they can carry me away from the battlefield. ”

The guard who had been kicked picked up the old man on his back and ran more than ten feet away before he laughed.

As the old man estimated, after two hours, more than 3,000 catties of croton and mountains of grass were piled up by the stream, Han Da left 2,000 people to grind the croton into powder, mix it into water, and then go through each handful of grass in the croton water, and then re-pile the forage into stacks, the old man did not leave immediately, he has been on the scene to guide the soldiers to be busy.

The scout came to report, and the Kuxian Hu cavalry stopped at Dushan to rest. Han A led the remaining 18,000 cavalry across the Peach Blossom Creek and went straight to Dushan Town, in order to achieve the poisonous overturning of all the military horses of Kuxianhu planned by the old man, the premise was to burn all the forage of the Kuxianhu army.

In order to save the great protector Hyacinth, who was seriously injured in the golden lock, after the injury was healed, he became a cripple, according to the regulations of the Kuxian Hu Army, according to his disability level, he can be demobilized and go home. However, the Great Protector issued a special edict allowing him to continue to stay in the army and be named a first-class rear general. His adoptive father, Kingo, was almost fifty years old when he became a first-class hussar general, and Jinsuo was now only twenty-six years old.

This time Jin Suo was entrusted with a heavy task, he naturally cheered up a hundred times the spirit, urged the army, a three-day rapid march, seeing that Manglan was not far away, in order to restore the physical strength of the soldiers and horses, he ordered the whole army in Dushan to rest for a night. Although he did not encounter the Heavenly Court Army along the way, Jin Suo still cautiously abandoned the two camps selected by his subordinates in succession, and finally ordered Dushan Town to be the rest place of the whole army.

Dushan Town, as the name suggests, is a single mountain on the side of the town, which is not high, but as long as a small number of troops are placed on the mountain, it is enough to resist the attack of the enemy on both sides. (To be continued.) )