The assembly point mentioned by Feng Qingwu was the bridgehead where the stragglers of the Eagle Cavalry Army attacked. It is actually a very ordinary grassland, the only difference is that there is a small lake nearby. In winter, the lake is exceptionally calm, and when viewed from a distance, it looks like an irregular mirror placed in the grassland. This lake has a beautiful name called the Pearl Sea, and it is said that if you are lucky, you can collect pearls in it.

There are countless such lakes in the savannah, and unless you are very familiar with the prairie, you will not notice their existence at all. After Feng Qingwu chose this place as a bridgehead for the Eagle Cavalry to attack, he set up many tents here to provide personnel to rest, replenish ammunition, repair equipment, and so on. It can be said that near the Pearl Sea is a small logistics base for the Eagle Cavalry.

After giving the order, Feng Qingwu also hurriedly rode his horse and returned to the meeting point in the Pearl Sea. As a result, before he had time to dismount, his face suddenly changed. The faces of the other Eagle Cavalry stragglers who came back with him also changed at the same time. It turned out that the Eagle Cavalry stragglers who were resting at the base of the Pearl Sea stood solemnly one by one, not squinting.

Xu Xingxia!

They actually saw Xu Xingxia!

Oh, my God! Xu Xingxia actually came to the Pearl Sea!

Feng Qingwu was slightly stunned subconsciously, feeling quite surprised. He couldn't have imagined that Xu Xingxia actually came to the front line. It's far away from the town, but it's thousands of miles away. As the supreme commander of the White Army, Xu Xingxia's appearance here is indeed too interesting. Could it be that Xu Xingxia is ready to personally command the Eagle Cavalry stragglers to strike a more ferocious blow at the Hellergin tribe? Or is there something bigger to come?

"Senho-sama! Feng Qingwu reports! Feng Qingwu tried his best to stabilize his mind, turned over and dismounted, and steadily came to Xu Xingxia's face, stood up and saluted, and reported aloud.

"Feng Qingwu, how many people can be gathered before sunset tomorrow?" Xu Xingxia raised his hand and saluted and said bluntly. In the middle, there is no element of polite greetings. So everyone around them felt that there must be a big operation to be carried out.

"About forty people." Feng Qingwu replied crisply. Originally, there were nearly 100 carvemen active in the vicinity of the Pearl Sea. However, they are too scattered and communication is difficult. Xu Xingxia asked for the time before sunset tomorrow, and it was only a day and a half away from now. With his ability, he could only gather forty people.

"Okay, that's enough! Time waits for no one! Xu Xingxia nodded and said with a serious expression.

Feng Qingwu was curious and wanted to ask, what was the matter that made Xu Xingxia appear here, and he was ready to gather the stragglers to act, and the time to gather the stragglers was still so anxious. But in the end, he wisely did not ask. The principle of secrecy of the white-clothed army, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, he still remembers it very clearly.

In fact, Xu Xingxia did not reveal the purpose of the trip at all. In the time that followed, Xu Xingxia stayed in a tent in the Pearl Sea, silently studying a map he had drawn himself. By his side, Wang Xia and Mao Thirteen were like two door gods, blocking all irrelevant people. Sometimes, Feng Qingwu is also on the side to help with the details. However, Feng Qingwu had no other information except that he knew that this was the basic map of the Mongolian steppe, and that the mission he might perform should be in the Mongolian steppe.

Those Eagle Cavalry stragglers who came back one after another found that Xu Xingxia had actually come to the Pearl Sea in person, and they were naturally puzzled. With their surnames, of course, they wanted to know why Xu Xingxia came here and what kind of mysterious mission he was going to lead them on. However, Xu Xingxia never said, so they naturally didn't dare to ask. The White Coats put a lot of emphasis on discipline, and the rules of secrecy were very bad, and they certainly did not dare to violate them easily.

"Attention! Adults have orders! Wang Xiahu blushed and announced a series of orders.

Xu Xingxia's order was that every skirmish of the Eagle Cavalry who came back must seize the time to rest, and at the same time arrange weapons and ammunition, check equipment and horses, and prepare for a long-distance raid. He also demanded in detail that each Eagle Cavalry skirmish must be equipped with two horses, each carrying at least one hundred and eighty rounds of mini ammunition, and sufficient propellant. At the same time, each person should also bring enough forage, dry food, water, medicine, etc., which can be used for about ten days.

"What are we going to do here? Is it a long-distance sneak attack on Helekin? ”

Such an order once gave the stragglers of the Eagle Cavalry Army an illusion that Xu Xingxia was going to lead them to directly attack the camp of the Great Khan of the Hellerkin tribe and directly kill Hellerkin. Otherwise, what to do on a long run? Around the Pearl Sea, the target who could let Xu Xingxia personally lead the team to sneak attack seemed to have no one else except Helgein. However, the Eagle Cavalry only has a strength of forty or fifty people, so they want to raid the camp of the Great Khan of Kyllegin and kill Kyllegin directly, is this a bit of a joke?

Although it is said that the Helkin tribe was defeated and their vitality was greatly damaged, they were still able to raise two or three thousand cavalry! With the addition of other messy personnel, it is estimated that there are still 4,000 people. Dozens of Eagle Cavalry stragglers want to kill Helkin directly from the hands of two or three thousand Tartar cavalry, is this kind of action too risky? In other words, the continuous combat ability of the Moon Gun is actually not very strong! In the event of a large force of Tatar cavalry, the only way to do this is to retreat.

Of course, no one thinks there will be anything wrong with this. With Xu Xingxia personally leading the team, what is there that they can't handle? Could it be that Xu Xingxia would personally take them to death? It's simply impossible! For Xu Xingxia's confidence, the stragglers of the Eagle Cavalry Army have all reached the point of blind worship.

Perhaps, in a place they can't see, the other units of the White Army are catching up in full swing! They are nothing more than vanguards. To put it mildly, the entire white-clothed army now has a scale of four or five thousand people. It is not impossible to pull them all out and give Hellerkin Tartars a surprise and wipe them out directly. The premise, of course, is that Helkin did not know anything about such a large-scale military operation beforehand.

Before the fall of the next day, Feng Qingwu gathered all the stragglers and counted the number of people, a total of forty-three people. plus Mao Thirteen and Wang Xia brought by Xu Xingxia, as well as Xu Xingxia himself, a total of forty-six people. This is all the power that Xu Xingxia can use. If he can use such a small number of troops to successfully attack the camp of the Great Khan of Helgin, it is estimated that his name will spread throughout the steppe again in the shortest possible time.

Xu Xingxia stood at the front of the team, waved his hand vigorously, quieted everyone down, and said bluntly: "Brothers, we are going to run three hundred and eighty miles!" ”

All the stragglers were in good spirits. Running 380 miles, of course, not for sightseeing, must have a very special mission! What can make Xu Xingxia personally dispatched will definitely not be an ordinary task! With Xu Xingxia personally leading the team, not to mention running 380 miles, it is 3,800 miles, there is no problem! However, Xu Xingxia did not say anything about the specific destination, but just asked everyone to prepare for departure.

Some clever skirmishers could clearly determine that the destination of their raid should not be Hellerkin. Because the Pearl Sea is not at all three hundred and eighty miles away from the camp of the Great Khan of Khairkin, at most less than two hundred miles. Three hundred and eighty miles should be a farther target. It's a pity that they guessed and guessed, but they didn't know what valuable goals there were, three hundred and eighty miles away. If it's the Edun tribe, it's too far.

"Let's go!" Xu Xingxia waved his hand and ordered the troops to set off. Wang Xia and Mao Thirteen led the way in front, the other Eagle Cavalry stragglers followed behind them, and Xu Xingxia and Feng Qingwu personally broke the rear. This formation is a bit strange, as if it is afraid of someone leaking secrets. In fact, on the road, Xu Xingxia did repeatedly emphasize the code of secrecy, which inevitably made the group of Eagle Cavalry stragglers feel that the mission of this trip was more mysterious.

Along the way, the stragglers of the Eagle Cavalry could tell that they were galloping to the northeast. Wang Xia and Mao Thirty-two must know the destination. They have been here before, and they are very familiar with the surrounding terrain and landforms. Otherwise, Xu Xingxia would not have asked them to lead the way. It's a pity that the two of them are also stuffy gourds and have never been willing to disclose the slightest information. Riding a horse all the way silently, after reaching the edge of the Yellow River, the direction of progress turned due east, and continued to gallop in the direction of Guihua City.

Along the way, Xu Xingxia took them, like ghosts, to march desperately, ignoring everything around him. Encountering sporadic Tartars, they all chose to take a detour. This deepened everyone's confusion even more. What exactly is Xu Xingxia going to take them for? Could it be that he is going to attack Lin Dan Khan in Naturalization City? God, if that's the case, the battle is too exciting. You must know that under the command of Lin Dan Khan, there are 50,000 iron lance cavalry! Forty or fifty people, against fifty thousand, it's too exaggerated!

The distance of 380 miles, the stragglers of the Eagle Cavalry Army arrived in two days and two nights. This time may seem a bit long to outsiders. There are war horses to walk, a distance of 380 miles, and it takes two days and two nights? If the war horse is galloping at full speed, two days and two nights are enough to walk five or six hundred miles.

In fact, in the vast prairie, there are basically no roads, and you have to choose your own path to move forward, and it is impossible to speed at full speed. In addition, I had to avoid sporadic tartars, and I was delayed for a part of the time, but it was quite good to be able to complete this distance in two days and two nights. This is something that everyone can only do with two horses in rotation. If there is only one war horse, it is estimated that it will take three days and three nights to arrive.

(To be continued)