"Xiao Changwei, how far is it?" Si Hu yawned, turned around and asked dully.
As a scout, Chang Wei was a little annoyed.
"Brother Tiger, are you thinking about eating meat? You asked me eight times in half an hour. I will only tell you once, about twenty miles away."
Twenty miles, if you move faster, you can get there in less than two hours.
Xu Mu turned around and looked at the people who were following him. During the march, many of the people got acquainted with each other and stuffed him with the only eggs and wild vegetable cakes they had. The bag under General Feng's belly was filled to the brim for a while.
"The Beidi army should have passed Wangzhou." Lian Yong frowned, his voice a little helpless.
Xu Mu nodded.
It is estimated that the furnace layout in Wangzhou North City can kill at most ten thousand people. After all, they are not fools. They will retreat when they see something wrong and think of ways to put out the fire.
"To put it bluntly, the old soldiers I brought are too tired. Even in the bottom of my heart, I feel that there is no successor."
"The late emperor suffered many defeats back then, but at least he dared to lead an army to fight against Beidi..."
Lian Yong choked in his throat and clearly couldn't speak any more.
The marching team consisted of at least three or four square formations, all of which had pale hair.
Although he is old and unable to live a long life, he still has to hold a sword and a bow to defend the world for his children and grandchildren.
How sad.
After marching for about another hour, Chang Wei was finally greeted with cheers. Chang Wei, who knew martial arts, could fly on horseback, and with his spear and iron armor, he actually had the heroic spirit of an angry horse hero.
"My little boss, I have seen Hezhou City!" Chang Wei stopped his horse without stopping, "I have seen it. As expected by my little boss, there is a large army surrounding Hezhou City."
"Xiaofeng camp?" Lian Yong next to him had an angry face.
"There's no one else but him."
"Chang Wei, where is the sentinel from Xiaofeng Camp?"
"There were some who ran farther away, maybe three or four, and I chased and killed them all." Chang Wei grinned, "They all thought I didn't know how to do martial arts."
"As expected of Xiao Changqiang."
Xu Mu's face darkened. According to Chang Wei, there should be no news at Xiaofeng Camp.
…
Excluding the old pawn camp, Xu Mu only had more than 20,000 troops. There were only three thousand cavalry, and the rest were all new infantry.
Over at Xiaofeng Camp, including the remnants of the army, there were more than 30,000 people, 20,000 of whom were light cavalry.
The battle is not easy to fight. The only advantage is that within a short period of time, the Xiaofeng Battalion did not know that there was a large army in the rear.
"General Xu, it is not wise to fight in an encounter." A general beside him said in a deep voice.
Regardless of whether they are light cavalry or heavy cavalry, their lethality to infantry is incomparable. In the cold weapon age, it was dad who rode horses and fought.
Xu Mu recalled from a distance that he had taught the villagers the "Queyue Formation" in Mati Lake Village. But the conditions required for the moon formation are too harsh under the current situation.
"Chang Wei, take people to cut down some trees and move faster."
"What is the little boss going to do?"
"Make a wall."
As the name suggests, the horse-rejecting wall was built to block horses and cooperate with the defenders to shoot them with halberds and flying arrows.
But again, the horse-rejecting wall has a huge drawback.
Because it needs to be arranged one step ahead, if the enemy cavalry cannot fall into the trap, it will become a useless arrangement. Generally speaking, it will not be used in encounters in the wild, unless it is the only way for the enemy cavalry to pass.
"According to Zhao Qingyun's temper, Xiaofeng Camp will be very cautious." Xu Mu frowned, broke off a dead branch, and drew on the dirt.
Not far away, Si Hu dragged up a double-edged axe, and chopped down a tree with two axes. Chang Wei behind him was startled, and for fear of making too much noise, he made a silent gesture and scolded his mother.
"My dear boss, how about abandoning the horse-rejecting wall and using wooden caltrops?" Lian Yong suggested.
"They can be used together, but the lethality of Tribulus is too low. And if you are trapped in a horse formation, there is no suitable terrain nearby. It is safer to use a horse-rejecting wall."
As long as the charge of 20,000 light cavalry is intercepted, the remaining soldiers of Xiaofeng Camp will not be a concern.
The reason for using the horse-rejecting wall is more important...Xu Mu wanted to steal the horse.
Even if you can only grab a few thousand horses, it is almost enough to form a force of ten thousand people.
"General Xu, what method are you using to lure the enemy?"
Only by luring the enemy to the vicinity of the horse-rejecting wall can we achieve success.
But with a high probability, Xu Mu estimated that Zhao Qingyun would run away. This bitch's greed for life and fear of death can be regarded as an example to all generations.
"We remember that when General Xu attacked Changyang, he used the strategy of using the remaining soldiers to lure the defenders of Guancang in the south of the city." General Pi smiled.
Lian Yong also has bright eyes. He has also heard about the small boss's great defeat in Changyang.
"It is indeed the best policy to lure the defeated army to the enemy. But the only candidate for the remaining soldiers is the old general." Xu Mu raised his head and glanced at Lian Yong hesitantly.
You know, Lian Yong was yelling at Zhao Qingyun to kill him, but now he was going to act like a defeated general in embarrassment.
"It's nothing, so what if I just go away." Lian Yong's face was calm.
Xu Mu's voice was filled with emotion, "When we left Wangzhou, the Xiaofeng camp didn't know the news. They must have thought that Wangzhou had broken the city. The old general panicked and wanted to escape back to Hezhou City."
"Zhao Qingyun is extremely greedy for merit. After losing Hezhou, he must have another thing. As a surrender certificate, the old general's head is the most suitable. Therefore, when he sees the defeated old general, he will definitely pursue him. Killed."
Xu Mu stood up and pointed to the official road not far ahead. On both sides of the official road, there were dark woods at night.
"If I block the official road with a horse-rejecting wall and plant caltrops, and wait for 20,000 cavalry to rush in, I will immediately raise the wall to reject it. The ambush troops ambushing on both sides of the forest will also cooperate with the old general to kill the enemy, and it will be a big deal. Can be expected.”
It's not a very profound strategy, but it actually captures Zhao Qingyun's greedy ambition.
"Hezhou City will also send signal arrows when the time comes, asking Yu Wen to lead eight thousand people out of the border and attack Xiaofeng Camp."
"Ambush on all sides." Lian Yong raised his head in surprise.
"Almost. It's a pity that there are too many woods near Hezhou and the terrain is not very good. Otherwise, we should be able to block the infantry as well."
Xu Mu rubbed his forehead, "If we don't kill Xiaofeng camp, we will definitely become Beidi's loyal dog pioneers in the future. Being a dog in the Central Plains has always been a very unpleasant thing."
"In this battle, I only hope that all of you will share the same hatred of the enemy and show the courage of the Central Plains people."
"We, the people of the Central Plains, who stand tall on the sky and on the earth, should not be afraid of having their heads cut off."
"Don't forget, these people like me are now the last barrier at the Daji border."
The faces of the two generals present and Lian Yong all showed extremely determined expressions.
Xu Mu turned his head and looked at the soldiers around him. Unconsciously, an unspeakable feeling surged up inexplicably.
People will die in war.
This round, he will probably lose many familiar faces.
