Lizhou, on the vast snowy road.
"Stop the horse, call——"
A young Shu general on horseback stopped his horse silently and looked at the shocking scene ahead.
I don’t know when, on the frosty snow ground, someone picked up the heads of each of them with shaved wooden branches. These heads were clearly wearing Shu helmets.
"General Wei, this is the reconnaissance battalion who was killed earlier!" A Shu soldier who looked like a school captain said in a sorrowful voice. He trembled and started to take off the heads of the sacrificed robes one by one.
"Slow down!" Wei Xiaowu thought for a while, then his face suddenly became shocked. Unfortunately, as soon as the voice fell, it was already too late. The dozen or so soldiers who passed by suddenly screamed and fell into the trap pit. The wooden spears that had been laid out killed them all.
Wei Xiao's eyes were about to burst.
"Burn on the spot, send me a robe and return to the graveyard seventy miles away."
After the fire burned, three thousand Shu riders rode again. Waves of horse hooves trampled across the vast frosty snow.
"Scout, have you found the reconnaissance camp in Beiyu?"
"General Wei, about twenty miles to the south."
"Follow me and kill him!" Wei Xiaowu said with a calm face. Although the war has not started, the morale of the conquest cannot be weakened.
"After chasing down the enemy, use the same method to remove their heads and set up stakes with dead branches!"
…
"General Yuchi, we are about to enter the city."
After leaving the city to fight for nearly two days, there was no trace of exhaustion on Yuchi Ding's face. In this round, not many Shu people were wiped out, but no matter what, when the "good news" was brought back, the morale of the Beiyu army was boosted.
"Let's enter the city——"
Before Yuchi Ding's voice fell, at this moment, several fast horses came from behind.
"What?"
"Report to General Yuchi that the Shu cavalry camp was found in the buffer zone and they are constantly chasing and suppressing our Beiyu scouts."
Yu Chiding narrowed his eyes, "How many horses?"
"Two or three thousand."
"The leader is a veteran of Xishu?"
"I don't know him. He is probably a man who just came out of the General Hall of Western Shu. He cut off the communication, killed my soldiers from Beiyu, and then took the heads and set up stakes——"
"I know." Yu Chiding interrupted the scout and frowned. Undoubtedly, the little general from Xishu was probably angry with him.
While riding on the horse, he turned his head and squinted at the scenery outside the city.
"Commanders, follow me out of the city again."
"General Yuchi, he left the city again at this time..."
"Naturally, if I come back now, I will lose my morale and dare not fight with the young general of Xishu. In this world, I, the Wuliang of Hebei, must be famous all over the world."
"Scout, go immediately to explore the location of the Shu bandit! In addition, send someone to inform the little military advisor and ask him to send out another cavalry army to suppress the Shu bandits! I will be in the front and hold off the Shu bandits first. "
Instead of returning to the city, Yuchi Ding turned his horse's head confidently and ran out of the city with more than two thousand horses.
Outside the city, on the open terrain, three thousand Shu soldiers, led by Wei Xiaowu, used a roundabout method to continuously kill the reconnaissance camp and cut off its channels.
"How far is it from the Beiyu people's city gate ahead?"
"More than forty miles."
"Run back, don't go deep alone." Wei Xiaowu thought for a while before speaking.
"General Wei, we only have 3,000 cavalry. Even if we run back... the Beiyu army will definitely send people out after hearing the news."
"Three thousand cavalry is already quite a lot." Wei Xiaowu looked longingly at him while riding on the horse, "When my lord rejected Beidi, there were only three thousand cavalry, but he dared to charge into the Saibei grassland."
Looking back, Wei Xiaowu's face suddenly became serious again.
"General Wei, why don't we go around to the bald forest in the south."
"Going around there is no different from retreating. In the nearby area, around several large villages, we will find a way to defeat the Northern Chongqing Army and boost the morale of our Western Shu."
"General Wei, if the Beiyu people send a large army——"
"The war has not started yet, so this is unlikely. Besides, the Beiyu army really left the city. Taking advantage of the open terrain, I can also rush back to Dawan Pass. Distribute a thousand people and bury them at the bend of the long road ahead. The thorns that hinder the horses. Remember, if we run back, we must avoid this place that hinders the horses."
"Obey General Wei's order!" There were shouts from behind Wei Xiaowu just waiting for the order to be passed down.
…
Dongfang Jing sat at the top of the city and looked at the information he had received. The intelligence said that Wei Xiaowu had entered the buffer zone of the front line and did not return for a day.
"Military advisor...will something happen to Xiao Wu?" Chen Zhong hesitated to speak, but he was still worried after all.
"It's okay. Wei Xiaowu is a person who has fought hard battles. Not only did he provide intelligence, he also sent people back, saying that he would win the first victory in the Lizhou War in the buffer area."
"But there are only three thousand cavalry, which is already very close to the Beiyu people's main formation."
"My lord also rode three thousand horses into the grassland back then. If he had been timid, he would have failed to inspire the mountains and rivers. In my opinion, a newborn calf should not be afraid of tigers. If Wei Xiaowu's life and death were really concerned about it, it would be better to do it earlier. When the time comes, I persuade him to become a civil servant in Xishu."
"In this battlefield, it is the most normal thing for a corpse to be wrapped in horse leather. Just like the cliff eagle, if the young eagle is afraid when it first flies, its mother will push it off the cliff."
"My Western Shu generals will wither, and I respect the Eastern Shu generals. I hope that more and more loyal and brave Shu generals will join me in defending our territory and opening up our borders."
Chen Zhong, who was beside him, had a solemn expression on his face.
Just as the military advisor in front of me said, there are countless loyal brothers and sisters buried in the seventy-mile cemetery in Chengdu. The world of Xishu will one day be slowly handed over to the younger generations.
"Chen Zhong, you lead an army out of the city. You don't need to go too far. You can just cut down trees in the dense forest outside Dawan Pass and use them as baggage. It just so happens that they can also be used as strategic materials."
"Military advisor, why is this?"
Dongfang Jing smiled and said, "If this is the case, if Chang Sheng finds out, he will definitely be suspicious and think that Wei Xiaowu's three thousand cavalry is my cover for Dongfang Jing, and he does not dare to leave the city with his army at will. The war has not started yet, Chang Sheng considers There are only too many things, but it will make him stuck."
"The strategist's clever plan."
Dongfang Jing shook his head, "If Wei Xiaowu can win this game, the morale of both the young generals in the general hall and the newly recruited army will definitely skyrocket. This is why I asked Wei Xiaowu to leave the city. reason."
"I always feel like I'm getting old. But if you look carefully, I'm only in my late thirties."
On the wooden wheel, Dongfang Jing stroked his goat's beard, and his eyes suddenly became deeper.
…
"Detour!" Wei Xiaowu, who was riding a horse on the frosty snow, raised his iron gun and shouted.
Outside the open Lizhou wilderness, a dark dusk fell. Although it was almost night, the surrounding snow still reflected the whole world in a gray and bright light.
Three thousand Shu cavalry were shocked like thunder as their hooves trampled through the frost and snow.
