Looking at the dust in the sky in front of him, Shi Hu's young face was filled with doubt.
He turned the horse's head and asked Wang Zhang next to him.
"Uncle, do you think we can really frighten the Qingzhou thieves in the city with this method?"
Wang Zhang burbled twice, spit out a mouthful of loess, and then said.
"The soldiers under Liu Yu are not that easy to scare!"
"Then why are we going to all this trouble?" Shi Hu said, somewhat dissatisfied.
After entering Chenliu County, the Jiehu cavalry led by Shihu Wang Zhang attacked several surrounding forts and captured many of them.
However, behind these victories, there were considerable losses for the Jiehu people themselves.
For Jiehu, who now only has tens of thousands of people, it is impossible to bear the loss of even hundreds of people.
After encountering difficulties in these forts, Shi Hu led his troops and never dared to attack the larger cities in Chenliu County, but only sought some benefits from some small forts.
"Hehe, we are not doing this to scare the rebels away from fighting." Wang Zhanghun didn't care about Shi Hu's displeasure.
However, the seventeen-year-old Shi Hu was cruel and ungrateful by nature, and Wang Zhang had long seen through his nature.
However, now that Wang Zhang does not have much military capital, he still needs to rely on the power of these Jie people, so he can only act magnanimously.
"Then what are we here for?" Shi Hu asked doubtfully.
"It's just to buy more time!" Wang Zhang said quietly.
In several small-scale battles with the Han army in Chenliu County, Wang Zhang was deeply impressed by these soldiers. They were all lunatics who were happy when they heard the battle. Not to mention the Jiehu people who were defeated by them, even the Xiongnu massacred everyone. With the elite coming, the Qingzhou Han army should also be equally crazy.
"Now the situation has changed. Since we have planned to withdraw from Chenliu County, once the thieves know the truth, they will definitely follow us." Wang Zhang continued.
"We not only have soldiers now, but we also have so many old, weak, women and children accompanying us. If we are caught up by the traitors, we will have to answer here."
The order given to them by the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong was originally to raid Yuzhou and Yanzhou in order to contain the Han army in Hanoi.
However, the situation has changed now.
Just a few days ago, Wang Zhang's subordinates received news that Zu Ti's headquarters of the Han army in Hanoi on the north bank of the Yellow River had begun to cross the river south and prepared to enter Xingyang County.
Once these Qingzhou Han troops enter Xingyang County, they will cut off the retreat of Wang Zhang, Shihu and others.
If they continue to linger in Yuzhou, the final result will be a complete defeat, and they may even risk their lives here.
"So, with our bluffing method, Li Feng in the city must not be able to see our intentions clearly." Wang Zhang said.
"If he couldn't clearly see our intentions, would he really not be able to pursue us?" Shi Hu didn't quite believe it.
After learning that the retreat route of Xingyang County might be cut off, Shi Hu and his troops wanted to lead his troops to retreat immediately. Judging from the time, they could basically retreat before the Han army in Hanoi County captured the key point of Xingyang County. ,
However, Wang Zhang, who learned about Shi Hu's plan, strongly opposed it.
And adopted this strategy of deceiving soldiers and deceiving soldiers.
"I have some impressions of Li Feng." Wang Zhang looked at the general flag with the character "Li" in the city in a daze.
"He seems careless and reckless, but when he encounters something like this, he turns out to be cautious."
"We basically didn't get much advantage in Chenliu County, and Li Feng didn't suffer any big losses. As long as we continue to act unfathomable, it will be enough to make the Han army in the city not dare to act rashly."
"As long as there are two or three days, the old and weak women can evacuate to Yingchuan first."
Today's Jiehu people are like frightened birds. The women and property of the tribe have always traveled with the army, and they are as evil as guarding against the friendly troops of the Huns as they guard against thieves.
Even when marching, with these people dragging them down, the Jiehu tribe refused to give up.
"If this is the case, as long as women's property is not in danger, then we will have nothing to worry about!" A look of joy immediately appeared on Shi Hu's face.
After entering Chenliu County this time, due to the drag of the old, weak, women and children, the Jiehu cavalry, which had been coming and going like the wind before, turned out to be a slow-moving existence. Even though the Jiehu cavalry, both old and weak, were good at riding, after all, Can't compare with soldiers.
"At that time, when we retreat, we can let go and plunder!"
When he thought of murder and arson, Shi Hu immediately looked eager to try.
"Haha, my nephew is right, I think so too."
Wang Zhangyan said insincerely.
In fact, he thought in his heart that as long as he got rid of the drag of those women, children, old and weak, he could lead these stupid Jiehu people to fight all the way south.
After the death of his brother Wang Mi, many of his tribesmen remained as bandits in the Huaixi area.
As long as he takes these Jiehu people and kidnaps them all the way, he can immediately contact those old troops.
Coupled with the people who were robbed and coerced along the way, Wang Zhang could immediately have a team of tens of thousands of people.
At that time, Wang Zhang planned to find an opportunity to kill this stupid Shihu plan, and then annex his tribe.
Anyway, for these Jiehu people, there is no loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness at all. As long as there is a strong person who can lead them to plunder and survive, it doesn't matter if they change their leader.
Because of this, Wang Zhang was very tolerant of Shi Hu's rude behavior.
After all, in Wang Zhang's heart, he already regarded Shi Hu as a dying person.
A stupid little boy can press him to death with just a move of his little finger!
Shi Hu, who was imagining the scene of wanton killing and plunder, did not notice the killing intent in Wang Zhang's eyes.
In Shi Hu's heart, he still regarded this uncle as a good-tempered guide.
Yes, that's right, in Shi Hu's heart, Wang Zhang is just a 'guide'.
After all, in the endless land of the Central Plains, they Jiehu people can't even tell the difference between east, west, north and south. If there is no one who is familiar with the geography and military situation along the way, I am afraid that tens of thousands of people will die without knowing how.
If you think about it at a higher level, Wang Zhang is only half of Shi Hu's 'strategist'.
"Since uncle has this clever plan, we can start a big plunder in two days." Shi Hu said with a smile.
When they originally lived in Shangdang County, Bingzhou, these Jiehu people were still hard-working farming and herding slaves.
But after nearly ten years of continuous fighting, it has almost completely turned into a bandit group that survives by robbery and massacre.
To maintain this kind of bandit group, it must be supported by successive robberies. Otherwise, even the brave Shihu will not be able to suppress the tribes.
Following Shi Hu's order, more Jiehu cavalry joined the 'bluffing' team.
The entire wilderness outside the city was almost completely obscured by the noisy Hu Qi dust.
Li Feng, who was on the top of the city, had his brows furrowed into a knot.
He couldn't help but wonder in his mind: Are these Hulu crazy? For the sake of bluffing, logically speaking, 30,000 cavalry are enough. If they don't come to attack the city, I won't care about them no matter how wild the loess fields outside are.
"There is no need to be so bluffing!" Li Feng could be said to be puzzled.
"General, these barbarians are so arrogant, they must be demonstrating. Why don't we give the last 500 elite soldiers to go and defeat the barbarians?" A general asked.
"General, these barbarians must be afraid of us, that's why they are threatening us like this, but we didn't fall for the trick and went out with our entire army to defeat them!"
The closest distance between these Hulu cavalry is only three to five miles. If the Han cavalry in the city attacks, they will definitely gain something.
After all, these Hulu cavalry dispersed the entire team in order to bluff. If they were hit hard by the Han army, it would be difficult for them to organize an effective counterattack.
Even if the Hulu organized a counterattack, once the battle was unfavorable, the Han cavalry could quickly return to the city and rely on the support of the defenders at the top of the city to get rid of the pursuit.
"If all the Youzhou cavalry were in my hands, I would personally lead the army to beat up these Jiehu bastards!"
Li Feng pointed to the outside of the city and said loudly.
"However, there are only less than a thousand cavalry in the city now. If we are ambushed by Hulu, it will be dangerous."
After entering Yanzhou, the five thousand cavalry troops that Youzhou had just formed were basically divided into thin groups in each city.
Therefore, although the Youzhou cavalry is powerful, they can only rely on the city to counterattack, and cannot easily fight far away from the city.
"General, just give the last general 200 horses. I can definitely capture some prisoners alive for the general. If you ask me what the Hulu's plot is, you will know!"
The words of this general made Li Feng quite moved.
Just as Li Feng was thinking about whether to agree, the person next to him spoke.
"No!"
When everyone heard this, they all looked at that person.
It turned out to be Xu Miao, the governor of Chenliu County.
Li Feng and Xu Miao both came from the Donglai rebels together. However, Li Feng followed Liu Yu, while Xu Miao initially followed Wang Mi. It was not until Wang Mi defected to the Hulu that Xu Miao led his troops. All the East returned to Liu Yu.
"Brother Xu, why do you say that?" Li Feng has always admired Xu Miao.
"General, the general just inquired and learned that although the cavalry outside the city is Jiehu, some of the general's men have discovered some situations!" Xu Miao said.
"What's going on?" Li Feng asked immediately.
Xu Miao, Gao Liang and others all have many skilled cavalry and archery troops. For some war investigations, they are even better than the tooth soldiers in Li Feng's hands.
"Among these Jie people, there is actually Wang Zhang!"
"Wang Zhang?" When Li Feng heard this name, he didn't even think of who it was.
"Yes, that's Wang Zhang!" Xu Miao said with a gloomy face. When he was still following Wang Mi, it was brothers Wang Zhang and Wang Sang who encouraged Wang Mi to lead his men to eat human flesh when they were short of food.
It is precisely for this reason that Xu Maocai, Gao Liang and others fled Wang Mi in the wind and snow.
"It turns out it's him!" When Li Feng saw Xu Miao's appearance, he remembered who this Wang Zhang was.
"Yes, General! Wang Zhang is vicious and cunning at this time, good at conspiracy, and has a vicious heart. If he uses such a strategy, there must be danger hidden in it."
Xu Miao looked at everyone looking at him and immediately continued.
"If they didn't have any conspiracy, why did they let us discover their little tricks so easily?"
The more Li Feng thought about it, the more it made sense.
"The Hulu outside the city almost didn't even attack Wubao Castle except for bluffing. They must have some purpose!"
"Then what should we do?" Li Feng asked immediately.
Because Xu Miao once fought and marched with Wang Zhang, he must be very familiar with Wang Zhang's character.
"Let's leave them alone for the time being and let them run for two days. At that time, while they are tired, we can test them with a small amount of sudden cavalry!"
Xu Miao told his clever plan.
"If Hulu is vulnerable, then of course it's for the best!"
"But if the barbarians fight and then retreat, then I'm afraid we need to be more careful."
After Li Feng heard this, he greatly agreed.
Now that he is serving as the governor of Yuzhou, but he is guarding the waterways and rivers in Junyi, as long as he does not sit back and watch the barbarians slaughter and plunder, there is no big fault.
"Okay, let's ignore them for now!"
Li Feng immediately made a decision.
He stroked the crenellations of the city wall with his hand and looked up at the clouds in the sky.
"The black clouds are thick now, and it will only get colder and colder in the past two days. These Hulu will also freeze to death!"
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Lu Zicheng.
Unlike the cities in Chenliu County, which are hundreds of miles away, the atmosphere here does not seem to suggest that a war is coming.
The continuous years of peace have already made Luzicheng look like a peaceful and prosperous land.
Moreover, the atmosphere in Lindu Luzi City today is very different from usual.
There was joy everywhere on the streets of the city.
At this time, there is actually still some time before the Winter Solstice.
And the soldiers and civilians in these cities were all happy, not because of any festive season.
As for the reason, it was because their emperor Liu Yu finally had his own son.
After three daughters in succession, the Han emperor finally had his own heir.
Moreover, this newly born prince is the daughter of the royal empress Wang, so he can be said to be a standard legitimate son!
Coupled with the fact that the queen was born into the famous Taiyuan Wang family, this baby who was only two days old was almost a standard Megatron model.
From time to time, on the streets in the capital, there were rows of cars of dignitaries driving towards the palace.
These people naturally went to congratulate the emperor.
Today, the Han Dynasty is filled with a large number of common people and nouveau riche, and some customs of the lower classes are still popular.
This kind of behavior that violated the solemn etiquette immediately made some high-ranking and idle scholars in the city secretly laugh.
