When there were still thirty miles away from Xiaozhen, it was close to Shenzheng, and Feng Siyan ordered to set up camp, and after the Chinese army tent was settled, he would convene the generals to discuss the matter.

Feng Siyan first asked, "Can the spies in Xiaozhen send information?" ”

Marching Sima Zhao Wanfeng shook his head and said: "The last piece of information was two days ago, saying that someone in Xiao Town had begun to evacuate, and the black smoke was gathering people. ”

After the army was dispatched, according to the agreement, Longwei's spies would deliver the information before the third watch every day, and the army approached Xiaozhen, but the spies missed the appointment, and there was no need to ask whether they were trapped in the town or were discovered.

Feng Siyan pondered for a moment and ordered: "Tomorrow Mao is eating, at the beginning of the morning, pull out the village, the light cavalry will arrive at Xiaozhen first, trap the horse thief, and wait for the infantry to arrive before attacking." Intensify patrols at night to prevent horse thieves from raiding. ”

The Gobi is accessible on all sides, and the horse thieves have war horses as the name suggests, Feng Siyan didn't plan to divide his troops to encircle him, he just wanted to take the town, grab the property, and send it to the capital.

The camp is set down, there is no wood in the Gobi, the army vehicles are strung up with iron chains as the wall, the entrance and exit are sealed with a horse rejection, the watchtower is built with a pile of wooden boxes, and a trench is dug outside the wall, sprinkled with thistle, although it is a temporary camp, but no one dares to be careless. After dinner, Feng Siyan took his generals to inspect the camp, the camp was arranged in an orderly manner, the soldiers rested in the barracks, the patrolling guards shouted and asked for orders from time to time, and the camp was well defended.

Tomorrow to launch an attack on the horse thief, Feng Siyan was ready to personally lead the light cavalry first, and he fell asleep at the right time. At the end of the day, the men in the camp had already begun to get up to prepare the breakfast of the army, and the general was eating when he was ready, who dared to miss the military order. The smoke rose in the curling air, and Liu Mingyi yawned when he looked upstairs, and it was time to change the guard in half an hour, and looked up at the sky to the east where the fish belly was already white, and the sky was almost dawn.

Suddenly, Liu Mingyi rubbed his eyes, widened his eyes and looked into the distance, there seemed to be a black line at the junction of heaven and earth. Liu Mingyi pushed the sleepy Liu Qing beside him and said, "Liu Tou, look at it, what is that?" "Liu Mingyi is a recruit who enlisted in the second year of Changqing, and Liu Qing is his team leader, a seven-year veteran who has fought with the people of the Western Regions. Liu Qing carefully distinguished, and exclaimed: "It's not good, the enemy is attacking, sound the gong quickly." ”

The loud gong broke the silence, and the camp became noisy when it was neutral, the captain was in the team, the team was restraining the team leader, the team leader was scolding the chief, and the orders were conveyed one by one, and when Feng Siyan walked out of the big tent neatly, the camp had become orderly.

The horse's hooves shook the sand on the ground, and the sound of hooves came like thunder and tide, and the marching Sima Zhao Wanfeng stepped forward and said: "Report to the general, the horse thieves are divided into two parts, the north and the south, and there are about 5,000 people. ”

Feng Siyan sneered: "These horse thieves heard that Ben Shuai was coming, so they couldn't wait to send the horses. Archers prepare, diffuse within fifty paces. Mounted lightly and waited for the commander's order. ”

Feng Siyan climbed the high platform to watch the enemy, only to see that the north and south sides of the camp were black and pressing, and the horse thief brandished a scimitar and flashed a faint light, reflecting a few stars in the sky, exuding a cold chill.

"Winch crossbow, shoot two arrows first, kill the arrogance of the horse thief." Feng Siyan gave the general order on the high platform. The war continued, the Ministry of Industry accelerated the manufacture of ordnance, and soon after Huazhou was invaded by the Western Regions Alliance, Guan Pingzhong did not less reach out to the Ministry of Industry to defend the city, and the winch crossbow alone will reach thirty-six in the past two years. Feng Siyan went on this expedition and asked for four winch crossbows from the baggage officer, thinking that when he attacked the horse thief's den, a crossbow arrow passed, and the house destroyed the wall and fell, which was a blow to the horse thief's momentum, but he didn't expect to use it here first.

Last night, the winch crossbow, as a defensive weapon, had already been ready to be called at any time, so Feng Siyan passed the order, and the winch crossbow was in place. The horse was pulled away, and the horse thief shouted a hundred paces away and pounced directly on the camp. "Collapse" sounded several times, and the crossbow arrows pierced the group of horse thieves with the sharp roar of death.

Black Wind Shakotov is a native of Huanglin, because he was suppressed by the government and fled to the Gobi as a thief, because he was outstanding in martial arts, fair and generous in the distribution of stolen goods, and soon gathered a group of people and became a well-known figure in the Gobi. bright

Someone from the country of Lin came to contact him, gave him horses and weapons, and asked him to find out the news for Huang Lin Guo, with horses and weapons, Kotov began to annex the pony thieves, but after seven years of hard work, Black Smoke became one of the three major horse thieves in the Gobi.

The horse thieves gathered in the town to discuss the establishment of a military town in Huazhou, but Jiang Anyi made a big fuss, the boss of Mobei Eagle was blind, the wasp thief Teng ran away, and the horse thieves on the Gobi were panicked, and many people took the looted gold and silver to settle down and become good citizens.

Kotov was also nervous for a while, and found that the establishment of two military towns in Huazhou did not expand outward, but only occasionally sent troops to protect them at the request of the merchants, as long as they did not take the initiative to provoke, the soldiers and horses of Huazhou would not take the initiative to attack the horse thieves.

After realizing that his family was dominant, Kotov saw an opportunity, first gathered a lot of Mobei Ying's scattered people, and then seized Mobei Ying's property in the town, set up a banner to recruit soldiers and horses, and the number of horse thieves under his command doubled.

Kotov is a person with great ambitions, Teng Gongli became the lord of the city, and he was also a little moved, but now the city of Weiche Country has to pass through the territory of Daqi State and Teng Gongli, both of them protect food very well, especially Daqi State, and they regard Weiche Country as a plate of Chinese food, and others are not allowed to interfere. Also bordering the Gobi are the two countries of Rongmi and Huli, which are too strong for Kotov to want to hit a stone with an egg.

If you can have an army of 100,000, you can fight whoever you want. Kotov was patient, and he developed in a muffled voice in the town, waiting for the time to soar into the sky. But God didn't help, and more than a month ago, the spies from Huiye Mansion brought back the news, and Emperor Zheng asked the Huazhou Economic Strategy Envoy to lead the army to clear the Gobi. Cold water was poured into hot oil, and the pot was immediately fried, and more than a dozen gang of horse thieves disappeared that day.

Kotov knew that Zheng's army was not mainly targeting horse thieves, but the Western Regions countries, but he had to clean up the Gobi before attacking the Western Regions. But even if Zheng Guo's army arrives, the Gobi is so big, are you afraid that there will be no place to go? Even if Zheng Jun can seal the Gobi, he can go north to enter the desert country, go west and return to Huanglin, and then find a country in the Western Regions to take refuge, and if he wants to come to Xiuli, Rong Mi and other countries will welcome him. Six thousand light horsemen in his hand, wherever they are placed, they are a force that cannot be seen.

The people of Xiaozhen were panicked, and Kotov remained unmoved, showing up from time to time in the town's restaurants and green buildings, eating and playing. As the boss of the Gobi horse thieves, his attitude can indeed take the role of calming people's hearts, and the town gradually returned to its former calm. The news that Zheng Jun was coming was shouted for more than a month, and the horse thieves got used to it, got drunk and ruthless, and shouted that Zheng Jun would be buried in the Gobi.

Feng Siyan led the army out of the customs, and four days later, Kotov received the news that it was the new deputy governor of the Anxi Protectorate who commanded the army, Kotov breathed a sigh of relief, and the pressure brought by Jiang Anyi to the horse thieves was obvious, not only Kotov relaxed, but those horse thieves were also obviously relaxed, and the voices in the town shouting for Zheng Jun to teach him a lesson were very loud. Kotov decided to fight a battle to extinguish the prestige of Zheng's army, and by the way, lay the foundation for the next move.

Zheng Jun's every move was under the control of Kotov, who knew that Xiaozhen was mixed, and two days ago he ordered that only entry and exit were allowed, and then passed down the summoning order, gathering more than 6,000 people. When the news came that Zheng's army had set up camp thirty miles away, Kotov decided to attack the camp, and the time of the attack was at the end of Yin, when the soldiers had not yet woken up, and their hands and feet were weak and unresponsive.

The horse thief survived on horseback, and his riding skills were no worse than those of the desert people, and the light horsemen divided into two teams leaked to the Zheng army camp like flowing water. Kotov's horse slowed down, and countless horse thieves swept past him, shouting and rushing towards Zheng Ying.

The sound of the strings of "collapse", Kotov felt his scalp explode, it was the sound of Zheng Guo's winch crossbow firing. The horse thief charging in front of him scattered and splattered like a wave crashing into a reef, and a crossbow arrow grazed Kotov's horse and flew backwards, splashing blood falling on his face with warmth.

Screams rang out, two bloody alleys appeared in front of him, and Kotov felt a chill. But he immediately came to his senses, brandished the scimitar in his hand, and shouted, "Brothers,

Zheng Jun's winch crossbow was fired, and everyone rushed forward to avenge the death of their brothers. ”

The shouting woke the sluggish horse thieves, who rushed forward with a new shout. On the watchtower, Liu Qing shouted loudly: "Don't worry, everyone, wait for the horse thieves to enter forty steps before shooting, don't be afraid, the horse thieves rushed over and the brotherhood in the camp came out of the camp to fight." Just do your own thing, fuck, there are so many horse thieves, count yourself lucky, you can shoot as much as you want. ”

Liu Mingyi felt a lot more stable, and he was praised for training his archery skills on weekdays, just like Liu Tou said, if he could shoot a few horse thieves, he might be promoted to captain.

"Shoot", a loud shout accompanied by the sound of drums, Liu Mingyi let go of the string, and the arrow only shot at the horse thief who was aiming in advance, and the horse thief reacted smartly and waved his knife to chop the arrow down. Liu Mingyi released the string again, and another arrow flew out, then reached out to take the arrow and shot it again. The horse thief dodged three sharp arrows one after another, and was shot in the cheek by Liu Mingyi's fourth arrow, and fell twenty paces away with a miserable scream.

Liu Mingyi waved his hand excitedly, and Liu Qing beside him slammed into him, and with a "duk" sound, a sharp arrow pierced his cheek and pierced deep into the wooden pillar beside him.

"Little Yanagiko, are you fucking looking for death? What kind of god is stunned on the battlefield, hurry up and shoot back, pay attention to concealment. Liu Qing shouted angrily.

The rain of arrows was intertwined, and the horse thieves quickly swarmed to the gate of the wall, and they were greeted by a burst of crossbow arrows, and the horses neighed and fell, from the winch crossbow to the present, nearly a hundred horse thieves had fallen in front of the gate of the south wall.

The horse thieves were trying to survive on the line of life and death, and the smell of blood in the air aroused their ferocity, and Kotov stood up slightly on the horse's back, leaning forward, and the horse's hooves galloped forward, rushing forward with a strong wind. The archers in the camp retreated, rows of shields blocked the road, and spears pointed forward.

Pieces of felt were thrown forward and landed on the thistles, which were almost swept away as the horses passed by and lifted them up. Kotov sneered, and Zheng Jiang thought that he would go straight to the gun, underestimating himself. The walls of the carriages were more than a man high, and the horses could not jump over them directly, and the horse thieves swung their machetes and slashed forward, and the sawdust flew and it did not take long for them to be broken.

On the high platform, Feng Siyan was slightly surprised, this group of horse thieves was a group of bandits, and they actually dared to storm the army camp. "The order was given, and the infantry formed a formation and went out of the village to meet the enemy. Mounted lightly and waited for the attack. Following Feng Siyan's order, the Zheng army rushed out of the wall in eight groups, with the shield in front and the spear behind, and the machete swept towards the horse's legs.

Kotov ordered a retreat, allowing the Zheng army to rush out of the camp, and the light cavalry was fast, and could quickly attack from all sides. Zheng's army was a phalanx of 500 people, and four phalanxes stood on the Gobi like a fortress, Kotov led the army to attack several times, but was resisted by the phalanx, and Zheng Guo's light cavalry was cruising on the side, Kotov saw the thunderbolt cart pushed out from within the wall, knew that the fighter plane had been lost, and ordered to withdraw.

The horse thief came and went like the wind, and disappeared in the sky in a moment, at this time the sky was already bright, standing on the high platform and seeing a wolf on the battlefield, the morning wind with the smell of blood, the dying war horse made a sad roar, Feng Siyan stood on the high platform and was full of spirit, the horse thief suffered more than 230 casualties in this battle, and the Zheng army only suffered more than 40 casualties, which was a big victory.

Looking back at the marching Sima Zhao Wanfeng and said: "Zhao Sima, ask for merit from the Taiwei Mansion and the Ministry of War, and say that our army encountered 8,000 horse thieves, and annihilated 1,000 horse thieves in battle, and only 27 people were killed in battle. "It is common in the army to exaggerate the results of the battle, and even the marching Sima did not object, and his reward was indispensable.

Liu Mingyi was very happy, he shot eight horse thieves, according to the military merit regulations, enough for him to be promoted to the captain. Liu Mingyi excitedly asked Liu Qing what reward he would have, Liu Qing sighed and said, "Xiaoliu, you are still too young, if you follow General Jiang and General He to fight, this battle will naturally be indispensable to you." But it is Deputy Governor Feng who is in charge of the army, and it is up to two to say how much credit you can make. ”

Feng Siyan didn't pay attention to the mood of ordinary soldiers, while ordering to clean up the battlefield, and on the other hand, ordering the light cavalry to eat first, half an hour of soldiers, he wanted to strike while the iron was hot and take the light cavalry to seize Xiaozhen.