In the white city, Li Xiushan, who was covered with smoke and dust and his military uniform was torn, looked into the distance with the dragon flag in his hand, and when he saw Zhao Guanhou, he staggered over, followed by a bear hug. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "Old Fourth...... You're finally here, and if you're a few hours late, you'll be able to collect the body of the third brother and me. ”

"Third brother, I don't know what you can do? Even if I come three days late, you will stay the same. How about it, if you are injured, I will bring a good man and good medicine, let's treat the injury first. ”

"It's okay, a few minor injuries don't matter, do you have anything to eat? The city has been cut off, and it is best to have food. ”

Baicheng is not as good as Taonan, and there are not many grain reserves in the city, mainly relying on external purchases. As soon as the Rouran bandits came, the food in the city lost its source, the grain stock was exhausted, and the troops had to kill horses to maintain, but fortunately, Zhao Guanhou's department had always paid attention to supply, and there was no shortage of grain and grass, and the remnants of Li Xiushan and Feng Linge finally had a full meal.

After receiving the order to retreat, the Rouran bandits in the city fell into complete chaos, they were in the city at the time, and they did not retreat if they wanted to. Some of them rushed out of the pass and fled in all directions, while others were caught in the battle and could not leave if they wanted to. After the front army entered the city, most of these bandits surrendered with their guns, and a small number of recalcitrant ones were quickly eliminated under the coordinated attack of artillery and rifles. It was a battle, and more than 2,000 prisoners were captured. The captives tried to attack, but were soon shot indiscriminately, and since then they have been honest and do not dare to talk nonsense.

The city suffered this catastrophe, and the floating wealth of many large families was also plundered by officers and soldiers, and the real estate was burned down again, and there were almost bankruptcies. On the battlefield, Zhao Guanhou seized a lot of Rouran's lele carts and horses and livestock, and used some of the livestock, gold, silver, and even rubles on the carts as a means of repayment to compensate the victims.

In the past, the government has always relied on trapping the people to fight regardless of victory or defeat, and the soldiers are ruthless, and the people will be devastated. This time, instead of arresting women and setting fires, the officers and soldiers conscripted Latin, but instead issued subsidies, which was unprecedented. The survivors of Baicheng took food and silver, and they were all praising the grace of the officials and soldiers, and there were also young people who took the initiative to participate in cleaning up the battlefield and burying the corpses to earn some wages.

After these two battles, the front army suffered hundreds of casualties. Fortunately, it is possible to recruit young and strong supplementary troops from outside the customs, especially in Xinmin, where there is a supplementary battalion, as long as they return to Xinminfu, the soldiers will not be a problem. Sun Meiyao led her cavalry to chase the remnants outside the city for a day, captured more than 300 prisoners, and pulled back hundreds of horses.

This time, the wealth of the former army was mainly made by these horses. Rouran is a horseback people, and the people are good at riding and shooting, and they are also good at raising horses. In the past confrontation with the government, relying on the advantage of one person and two horses, they fought freely and flexibly.

This time, because the officers and men also had a large number of horses, and they had even better Don hippos, the Rouran bandits no longer had the advantage of maneuvering, and not only could they not win the battle, but even if they were defeated, they could not flee at will as they had done in the past. In several heavy defeats, horses and livestock were seriously lost, while the former army had already lost nearly 10,000 horses.

With such a huge herd of horses, Sun Meiyao saw it in her eyes and smiled on her face, her cavalry mark will no longer be an empty shelf this time, in addition to cavalry, there can also be mounted infantry, and even the flying cavalry artillery team, it is not difficult.

Zhang Yuting's division also came to Baicheng a few days later, and in the process of exchanging hostages, Zhang Yuting's division only faced a partial division of Baiyin Daben. His army was far greater than that of the Silver Dam, and he was the most cunning of the bearded troops. The ambush set up by the Rouran people was discovered by the beard in advance, and the fire was opened on the two boards, Baiyin Daben suffered a big loss, and a few of the more than 600 people in the department escaped, and Baiyin Daben himself was also captured alive. The meat tickets he brought were also successfully rescued, making Zhang Yuting a good reputation among the Taonan gentry.

Feng Linge followed Li Xiushan to guard Baicheng, also in order to hug the thighs of the government, and wanted to get a recruit in exchange for his background. His reputation in the green forest is greater than Zhang Yuting's, his seniority is also old, and there are many people, compared with the two, Zhang Yuting is almost impossible to win. But Zhang was lucky, and in the battle of Baicheng, Feng's vitality was greatly injured, none of his subordinates remained, and his strength was almost lost. And Zhang Yuting not only did not suffer losses, but on the contrary, he annexed a lot of handmaidens, and there were more people and horses than at the beginning, and the position of the commander of these three battalions was already nine out of ten. What is lacking is a good military merit.

Its achievements such as harassing the rear of Tiele, destroying warehouses and destroying railways cannot be counted as credits, and the credit that can be described on the surface is the Rouran bandits. Therefore, he was more enthusiastic than Zhao Guanhou for exterminating the remnants of Taoke Taohai, and as soon as he returned, he immediately asked for battle.

In addition to him, Cao Zhongkun in Taonan, Wu Jingfu was overjoyed when he learned the results of the battle, and also suggested to Cao Zhongkun that he must step up the extermination of the horse bandits. The original purpose of the battle was to seize the important city and establish the capital of the country. Now that we have suffered defeat in a row, we will not take care of the affairs of nation-building, and we will inevitably put our main goal back on destruction.

Although the Rouran bandits have been defeated one after another, the current army can still gather a few thousand people, and if they continue to harass the rear of Fusang, the damage will not be less than that of Zhang Yuting's troops. In the past, the Rouran people had already attacked several warehouses in Fusang and seized a lot of supplies. If they continue to harass, the logistics of the Fuso people will also have problems.

At this time, the battle of Shahe had already been decided, the Tiele army, which had no salary and lacked supplies, was demoralized, and was defeated in the battle and retreated to the front line of Fengtian, and the Fusang army also suffered heavy casualties, temporarily stopped advancing, and prepared to wait for the arrival of the reinforcements to carry out a winning blow to Fengtian.

In Lushun, Nogi Noshinori's Third Army advanced layer by layer, almost in the form of filling the pit with human lives. In terms of casualty ratio, the price paid by the Fusang army was much higher than that of the Tiele people, but Tiele's defense line was gradually compressed, and the defensive circle was getting smaller and smaller.

At sea, Tieler's 2nd and 3rd Pacific Fleets were combined under the command of Vice Admiral Rozedestefansky, intending to break the Fuso fleet blockading Arthur and Vladivostok. As for Fuso, due to the death of Heihachiro Togo, he had no choice but to appoint Shoto Hidaka as the commander-in-chief of the fleet, and lead a mixed fleet composed of the remaining warships that had barely been able to go into battle after emergency repairs, as well as a mixed fleet composed of special warships converted from merchant ships, to meet the Pacific Fleet.

In Wu Jingfu's opinion, the battle of Tiele Fusang is almost the time to see the difference, and at this time, a little change may lead to a change in the battle situation. Daikin has helped Fusang too much, and if Tiele turns the tables, he will definitely not give up with Dajin, and then it will be another big disaster. Therefore, it is necessary to exterminate the Rouran horse bandits as soon as possible and cut off this foreign aid from Tiele.

His battle plan was written very carefully, and Cao Zhongkun himself saw it in a fog, so he had to let Wu Jingfu send it to Baicheng for an interview.

Wu Jingfu followed Taonan's caravan to Baicheng together, Baicheng's commerce was not as developed as Taonan, this time the former army opened a large price to purchase materials, from pork and rice, to good wine and even women. Many Pingkang women packed themselves up very beautifully and took a big car to Baicheng to earn the soldiers' salaries. When he arrived at the temporary barracks in Baicheng, Wu Jingfu handed over the notebook, and Gao Sheng, who was guarding the door, glanced at him a few times and said: "You are the person from the uncle, you are on a mission, you go to the house first and wait for a while, there are still guests in our handsome." ”

Gao Sheng was very polite to him, preparing tea and handing snacks, Wu Jingfu looked at these pieces of snacks and asked, "Where did this pastry come from?" ”

"Sent by Taonan, our Lord Sun likes to eat sweets, and specially asked Taonan's dumplings to be spread to the prepared fruit boxes. Brother Wu tasted it, although it can't be compared with Kannai, but in this place, it's already good. ”

Wu Jingfu didn't move his snacks, but asked Gao Sheng, "Is there any trace of the Rouran people near Baicheng now?" ”

"It's long gone, they suffered a big loss in this battle, and thousands of people were planted in it. Lord Sun swept again with the cavalry, killing and taking prisoners, and there were hundreds, and the Rouran people were injured, so they didn't dare to come here, and it was very peaceful here. Moreover, Xu Zhijun wanted to implement a new policy outside the Guan, and Baicheng also wanted to set up a reclamation bureau, and many businessmen rushed here to buy land and build houses, in order to make a fortune in the future. In order to protect these merchants, we also have to clear the neighborhood of the bandits, otherwise the horse bandits are rampant, and how can any merchant dare to do business here. ”

Wu Jingfu nodded, chatted with Gao Sheng for a few words, and then asked, "Who is the current guest?" ”

"President Li of the Taonan Chamber of Commerce. Brother Wu should have come in their car, so many materials, how to trade, whether to use cash or things, all have to be discussed very carefully. This is the first major thing at the moment, and the small ones are not easy to disturb. ”

Wu Jingfu didn't say anything anymore, just looked at his watch there, and after more than an hour, he saw Zhao Guanhou personally sending President Li out, and the two talked and laughed, and it seemed that the business was good. After he returned to the room, it didn't take long, so he invited Wu Jingfu.

For the people who came from this brother's side, Zhao Guanhou was very polite, and he gave him a seat, tea, and asked about the hard work along the way, his current residence and other miscellaneous matters. Until Wu Jingfu took out the battle plan, Zhao Guanhou only rolled his eyes a few times and put it aside.

"Mr. Wu, this matter is not in a hurry, you probably haven't been to Baicheng yet, don't be in a hurry to go back to Taonan in the past two days, you can have a good time in Baicheng, and go back with the caravan's carriage. Thank you for me, eldest brother, he manages Taonan well, and businessmen say good things about him. The merchant's business has to be done, and the military supplies of our troops will have a way, which is a great credit to him, and our former army should thank him. ”

Looking at Zhao Guanhou, Wu Jingfu secretly evaluated him in his heart, he almost went to the former army of Wuwei to join the army and became the staff of this young hero of the dynasty.

It's just that he was born in Xiucai after all, and he doesn't have a good impression of this gangster-born general, and he has been icing on the cake since ancient times. In addition, in terms of the age of the two, they are also Wu Da Zhao Xiao, and the thought of being driven by someone younger than him makes Wu unhappy, and this matter did not succeed after all. Today, looking at Zhao Guanhou smoking leisurely with an ivory cigarette holder in his mouth, he seemed to be quite complacent, and he didn't plan to risk hard pursuit of Rouran Bing, and his evaluation of him was a little lower in his heart.

"My lord, the soldiers are fast. Although the Rouran horse thief was injured this time, if he returned to the grassland, it would not take a few years to recover his strength, and then he would be able to destroy them, and it would be difficult to destroy them at that time. ”

"Mr. Wu, don't worry, they came all the way once, and they went back without grabbing anything, and the troops couldn't maintain it. Therefore, Tauk Taohai will definitely not collect troops now, his two sons are prisoners in my hands, and the sworn brothers are also in my hands, and the family is almost lost. If you don't make a few big deals, how can you be willing to leave? ”

"That's why we can't be careless. Only a thousand days to be a thief, not a thousand days to prevent thieves, if a little careless, for the Rouran people to ruin our joint Fusang to break the iron lele, then the future is endless. Jingfu traveled a lot outside the Guan, and the people were martyred by the Tiele people, and Jingfu saw it with his own eyes, and his heart was like burning. If the Tiele people win, then the land outside our pass will no longer be owned by the imperial court, and the more pitiful are the innocent people, and they will continue to be harmed by the Tiele people. Please think for the common people, for the court, send troops as soon as possible, sweep away the remnants, and return the people to a peaceful world. ”

Zhao Guanhou glanced at the thin scholar in front of him a few times, and smiled slightly, "Mr. Wu, you are serious." The situation is now such that my troops are fighting continuously, the soldiers are tired, and the losses are very large. Soldiers, weapons, and ammunition all need to be replenished, and military salaries and rewards must also be distributed. Your plan is well written, I will ask the court for credit for you, I will set up a banquet for you tonight, and then invite you to watch the play. There are a few women who sing and bounce very well, and the horse widow opens a shop, and the singing has a unique flavor. ”

Wu Jingfu's face changed slightly, and he almost wanted to attack, but considering the relationship between the upper and lower levels, he just said goodbye with a blue face, but his evaluation of Zhao Guanhou was extremely low in his heart. Sun Meiyao turned out from behind, sat down next to Zhao Guanhou and asked, "Why don't you tell him the truth?" ”

"He has served as an intelligence officer for the Fuso people, he has too deep ties with the intelligence agencies, and he is a big plan to save the country and the people, and he doesn't consider the small account of the gains and losses of the troops, how dare I tell him the truth? I hope that the Rouran people will rob me of a few more Fusang people's warehouses, and then kill them all, and eat the spoils of war as thieves, so that no one can speak. This kind of thing can only be said by ourselves, not with him. ”

Zhao Guanhou looked at Wu Jingfu's plan again, "This person is a good hand at leading troops to fight, and he can do a lot of things for him by his eldest brother's side." It's a pity that he can't get along with me, he is too upright and has no little abacus of his own, and when he comes to me, he will fall out sooner or later. It's good that he has an opinion about me today, and in the future the two of us will have less contact with each other, better than anything else. ”

Sun Meiyao glanced at him angrily, "As far as your ghost mind, outsiders can guess thoroughly." Tonight, Li Laosan wants to invite you to watch the play, and tell you that you are okay, you are only allowed to watch it, and you are not allowed to come nonsense. ”

The soldiers slaughtered pigs and sheep, enjoyed the reward, and threw the pay and bounty on the women of Kitasato. Zhao Guanhou accompanied Sun Meiyao to hunt on horseback, or listen to music and watch plays, and after ten days in a row, an unfavorable news came from the green forest.

Bo Yisun, the leader of the Fusang bandits nicknamed Bo Tiangui, was ambushed by the Rouran people and the whole army was annihilated, and Bo Yisun himself was also shot and died, and his entire force was uprooted. The Rouran people took advantage of this east wind and swept more than a dozen Fusang people's military stations and warehouses in a row, and the bandits resurged.

On the twelfth day, Fusang's envoy Itanishi Hachiro led a special team to Baicheng to visit Zhao Guanhou. (To be continued.) )