More than a hundred miles...
An Wenkang looked up at the clear blue sky in the north and ordered: "Try to catch up."
You may not be able to defeat them, but at least you have to figure out where this group of people are coming from.
The reason why the ancestors of the Angel tribe were able to occupy such a large piece of grassland deep in the grassland was naturally not without bloody methods.
Nowadays, most of the young men in Angel have gone to the east to fight in the war, leaving the tribe internally empty. An old enemy from the past might be ready to make a move.
But a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.
The old enemies obviously didn't dare to come over, so they had no choice but to come over in the middle of the night to make a sneak attack and inflict insults on Yun Chui Ren.
It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.
The more An Wenkang thought about it, the more he realized it was true, and he quickly warned: "We must catch up with them."
The messenger left in a hurry.
To the north, Gu Datou and others didn't know that their team had the title of "Bald Army", so they still urged their horses to continue heading north, not too fast nor too slow.
A hundred miles in radius is not small, but for a large and medium-sized tribe like Angel, it is still within its core range.
Therefore, even if Gu Datou and the others try hard to move forward, they don't have to worry about running into another Xiliang tribe.
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The eagles and swans circling in the sky kept chirping, which was very annoying.
However, with binoculars in hand, a group of bald heads on the ground turned a blind eye to these flat-haired beasts.
"Lao Lu, where are we going?" Gu Datou asked.
Lu Youtian smiled: "Continue to go north. We will postpone the rest until evening."
Only at night will the clear sky come down to rest. Only then could they disappear in the eyes of Xiliang people.
Gu Datou nodded, glanced hard to the west a few times, and then reluctantly withdrew his gaze.
Their group has been in the grassland for too long, and no one understands the Xiliang language, so they have no idea where they are.
If you continue to head west recklessly, you will most likely end up near the Prairie Royal Court, and it may not be easy to escape then.
"I don't know what's going on with the fortress," he said.
"Don't worry." Lu Youtian laughed, "The fortress has been resisting Xiliang for hundreds of years. The Zhenguo Palace has never seen any situation. It should be okay this time."
As he spoke, he glanced towards the east. Lu Youtian was more worried about Dingxi County behind the fortress.
Dingxi County, Luoxia Mountains, Yangguan Ancient Road.
Xia Bangwei, the captain of Dingxi County, stood on a big rock and looked coldly at the thick smoke rising from the foot of the mountain in front of him.
The Xiliang people had already arrived here years ago.
However, the rugged mountainous areas are very different from the flat grasslands. No matter how many soldiers and horses the Xiliang people have, they can only form long snakes heading east.
Xia Bangwei only had 20,000 troops in hand. Although the Zhenguo government later sent some more guards, they were still somewhat stretched because they had to guard eight ancient roads heading east.
He did not intend to stand in front and engage in a one-on-one battle of attrition, but instead led his troops to ambush on the mountains on both sides. Wait for the Xiliang people to form a long queue and then attack the center from a condescending position.
Although this method did not kill many people and was basically unable to destroy the enemy on a large scale, it was very effective. At least it blocked the Xiliang people to the west of Luoxia Mountain.
No, the people of Xiliang have been unable to move eastward, so they were so frustrated that they just returned to their old profession.
Arson!
Burn the mountain!
The Luoxia Mountains run north-south as a whole, like a natural screen between Dingxi County in the west and Laigu and Tianshui County in the east.
Therefore, the climate east of Luoxia Mountain is mostly humid, while the west is generally dry.
Fortunately, it is spring, the season when all things grow.
Although the people of Xiliang had tried very hard to set the fire, the fire was not very big. Instead, it caused thick smoke billowing up and down the mountain.
But in this way, Xia Bangwei had no choice but to retreat step by step with his men.
"Sir," a man with a blackened face came over panting heavily: "Brothers worked overtime and collected more than 10,000 arrows. It will be enough for a while."
He paused and said hesitantly: "But we are running out of food. My subordinates have estimated that we won't be able to survive for three days."
Xia Bangwei frowned, then laughed and patted his subordinate on the shoulder.
He comforted and said: "Don't worry, the Luoxia Mountain in front of you is an inexhaustible treasure house. There are many things on the mountain that can be filled with belly."
"There is thick smoke everywhere at the bottom of the mountain. The Xiliang people will not attack in the short term. You first organize the brothers to find some wild fruits and yams on the mountain to use as temporary army rations."
Qian Chang moved his mouth but did not make a sound. He bowed his hands and turned around and left in a big stride.
Since entering the Luoxia Mountains, they have carefully combed the nearby hills several times, and there are no mountain fruits anywhere...
In order to see clearly, Chabon raised his head and looked deeply to the east.
When will Laigu County and Tianshui County be settled?
Laigu County, to the east, outside Xishui County.
The Seventh Prince Chen Xiujian’s face was as dark as water. He paced impatiently up and down the room with his hands behind his back.
Chabon was anxious about what he was anxious about.
Since the successful pacification of Mist County last year, Chen Xiu's confidence has greatly increased, and he fully believes that he will soon pacify Laigu County, reopen the post road between the east and west lines, and then return in triumph.
However, a few months later, no matter how much he urged and encouraged, the counter-rebellion army was still unable to take a step forward.
Only then did Chen Xiujian realize why even the coffin of the Duke of Laozhen was blocked in this rundown little county.
Stopping, he looked at the map on the wall.
The area of Laigu County is neither too big nor too small. However, branches of Luoxia Mountain are everywhere in the county, lying like a centipede with teeth and claws lying on the west side of Yunchui Empire.
Every foot of this centipede is important ground and can easily block the way of the quelling army.
Moreover, Laigu County itself has a strong folk custom, and most of the people are half civilians and half bandits. They were the source of this civil unrest, so no matter how Chen Xiujian sent people to persuade them to surrender, almost no one put down their weapons.
Just as he was thinking, hurried footsteps sounded outside the house.
Chen Xiujian's guard walked in quickly with blood all over his body.
"Your Highness, General Li has been unable to attack for a long time, so he has withdrawn his troops again."
Chen Xiujian was not surprised at all and asked, "Has anyone attacked the city?"
The guard shook his head regretfully, "No."
well.
Master and servant looked at each other in silence.
As the saying goes, you are not afraid of not knowing the goods, but you are afraid of comparing goods.
Ever since Chen Xiujian walked into the command room of the Suppressing Rebellion Army outside Wuliang City, he officially stood up. It was precisely because of this that he truly understood the true strength of this anti-rebellion army.
If the rebels in the four western counties were a rabble, then his anti-rebellion army was only slightly stronger than the rabble.
As long as the opponent has the slightest advantage in terrain, it will be almost impossible for them to move forward.
"Your Highness," Chen Xiujian's counselor said, "I heard that Your Majesty has been waiting for you to pacify Laigu in front of you. Once it is pacified, His Majesty will initiate military reform."
"By then, it is estimated that all the straw soldiers in front of us will be cancelled."
"Well done." Chen Xiujian had already held back his anger and said bitterly: "The generals have no intention and the soldiers are incompetent. They are all mediocre and incompetent people. Raising them is a waste of the empire's tax money."
However, despite the criticism, how to pacify Laigu County was still a difficult problem before him.
"The season waits for no one, and spring plowing will be over soon. Prolonging the war like this will only force more desperate people to join the rebellion."
The counselor thought carefully and said, "How about your Highness request reinforcements from Xingji City?"
