Half an hour later, the sky finally darkened. In the villages of the Bomibu tribe, dozens of bonfires are lit at the same time, and many soldiers are happily roasting cattle and sheep. There were also a number of horse thieves from the Doulu Inspectorate who had surrendered before who were very actively involved, and they were running triumphantly and hurriedly. Obviously, in the face of the captives of the Bomb Ministry, these characters, who had only surrendered for two hours, also had their own sense of superiority.

It is said that Hu'er in Northern Xinjiang is simple-minded, and it seems that this is indeed the case. Okay, very good. Thinking like this, Lu Yao walked between the bonfires, greeting the soldiers one by one every time he passed a bonfire. The soldiers of the beggar army had only been transferred to his subordinates not long ago, but by this time, Lu Yao had been able to call out the names of most of them. Even the people of the Jisang thieves, he also knew a lot.

He sometimes praised the bravery of the soldiers in battle, and sometimes half-truths and scolded the wounded soldiers for being careless. Even if the Doulu Ji Department surrendered today, Lu Yao tried his best to chat in a strange Xianbei language. Of course, he just turned over and over for a few sentences, and Xianbei was not so easy to learn.

Everywhere Lu Yao went, he often caused bursts of laughter. This laughter was not because of how funny and witty Lu Yao was, but because of He Yun and several others who were following him. They used large baskets to carry silk and money, and Lu Yao distributed them one by one to each soldier who participated in the battle. As Lu Yao promised: If you fight for me, everyone will be richly rewarded. This reward was paid on the spot and without delay.

Lu Yao was not particularly good at communication in his previous life, but in this era, the concept of equality in his bones was enough to make him unbelievably approachable in the eyes of the soldiers. Even when several of the original captives carefully picked up the buttermilk contained in the leather bag and presented it to Lu Yao, Lu Yao drank it all without hesitation, causing many people around him to cheer loudly.

Liu Yao stood in the dark a little farther away and looked at Lu Yao, and asked a little suspiciously: "General Xue, is General Lu usually like this?" I have seen many famous children of Jizhou, and they have never been so close to the soldiers. ”

After exterminating the horse thieves in Douluji's department, Xue Tong led a hundred horsemen to raid Douluji's lair, and returned at this moment. Although the horse thieves come and go like the wind and have no fixed place to live, they will eventually have a few fixed places to settle down, which they can use to house their families and daughters, and store necessary supplies. After Dou Lu Ji's death, most of his subordinates also defected, and the wealth accumulated by these horse thieves over the decades naturally fell into the hands of Lu Yao.

Xue Tong went here and collected more than 20 refined iron armors, five horse armors, more than 80 swords, nearly 100 spears, more than 10 pairs of bows and crossbows, and a large amount of grain. He led more than 100 cavalry escorting prisoners and supplies, detouring from the mountain path, and only arrived at the camp of the Bo Ministry, which he had just arrived at a moment earlier, to join Lu Yao.

Hearing Liu Yao's question, Xue Tong pondered for a moment. Before he could answer, Lu Yao had already walked quickly. Under the reflection of the last rays of the sunset, you can see the green tendons on Lu Yao's forehead bursting up, and his face is full of pain.

"What's going on?" Xue Tong and Liu Yao were taken aback.

Lu Yao waved his hand again and again, squatted down and spit out a big mouthful.

"Uh......" he let out a long moan, "what kind of pig and dog eat?" It's sour, bitter and smelly...... These Hu people, they usually drink this? It's going to kill me! ”

The Hu people in northern Xinjiang are generally not good at cultivating the walls, so their lives are poor, but almost all of them are fond of drinking. Since wine made from grain is rare, they use a hollow special stick to repeatedly stir fresh mare's and goat's milk to ferment it and make buttermilk to drink. Such things with strong flavors may be loved by some people, but Lu Yao's southerner taste is still difficult to change, even the mutton is not sensitive, and he suddenly poured a stomach of sour and fishy buttermilk, and did not vomit on the spot, he has already suppressed himself. Not to mention that the buttermilk was poorly made, and there may be blades of grass and horse manure floating in it, which really made Lu Yao miserable.

He Yun hurriedly ran to get a scoop of water to rinse his mouth. Lu Yao took a few sips, then put his fingers into his throat to retch, and gasped for a long time before he recovered.

"Old Xue, those prisoners are all closely guarded?"

"According to your orders, the men Ding Zhuang and the old and weak women and children have set up separate camps, and they have all arranged for people to guard them firmly, and there is no problem."

"Well, send two soldiers to tell them that tomorrow morning we will requisition all the men of the Bohu tribe, and with them as the pioneers, we will continue to attack the next Zahu tribe station. If you don't do your best in battle, you will kill all the women and children you have taken in! Lu Yao patted Xue Tong on the shoulder and said murderous words casually.

And Xue Tong responded as a matter of course: "Yes." ”

At this time, Chu Kun had found a flat rock nearby. Shao Xu spread out the geographical map on it at the right time, and personally raised a pine torch to illuminate it in front of the side. Ding Miao, Xue Tong, Liu Yao, Liu Fei and others immediately surrounded the school.

This map is specially painted on white silk, and every mountain, river, woodland, and meadow is marked in detail. Since Lu Yao decided to take action in Daijun, Zhu Sheng led the reconnaissance cavalry in front to continuously transmit the latest information, and this map has been continuously improved and supplemented, and now it is densely scribbled. The eyes are a little bit closer, but you have to get closer to see clearly.

Any battle is always fought in a certain space, so geographical conditions have an important restraining effect on both sides of the war. Lu Yao always believed that without an understanding of the geographical environment, there was no way to command operations. After the end of the Jinyang War, the whole army rested for more than a month, and Lu Yao seized the opportunity to train key officers, which included the basic concepts of military geography and surveying and mapping. And among all the officers who came into contact with this knowledge, Zhu Sheng was the best among them.

Zhu Sheng, who was in charge of geographical surveying and mapping and reconnaissance of the enemy's situation, Hu Liuniang, who was responsible for analyzing various forces, and Shao Xu, who was responsible for picking up and filling in the gaps, worked together to ensure that Lu Yao could grasp the situation in Daijun in a detailed and accurate manner.

Lu Yao squinted at the map for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "Today we exterminated the Doulu Ji Horse Thieves and the Bo Scorn Tribe, and the Hu'er who were going to plunder suffered a big loss. When the rest of the tribes found out that they had been deceived, they had originally entangled about 2,000 men to chase after us. But an hour ago they stopped their advance and are now gathered here......"

He pointed to the undulating slope on the map at the junction of Guangchang County and Dai County, and continued: "It is obvious that they are not sure where we are coming from, and they are suspicious, so they dare not act rashly. Including the Zahu, Xianbei, and Wuhuan people from all over the county, they should have all received the news by now. But they all need time to investigate our details and judge our intentions, and it is impossible to react immediately. ”

Lu Yao looked at Shao Xu, and Shao Xu analyzed: "In addition, the news of the change in Daijun has reached the east of Tuoba Xianbei, which is north of Shanggu and across Yanshan from us, and it will take about two days; It will take a day to spread to Duan Shi Fuchen's side of Fuyang. At this time, Tuoba Luguan made every effort to prepare for the Danhan Mountain Sacrifice Ceremony. His great enemy lies in the western Xianbei, not the rest, so we don't have to worry about him in the short term. After all, Duan Shi Fuchen was the deputy of Duan Muchen of Liaoxi Gongduan, and his actions were also restrained by Wang Jun, the general of Ningbei...... Even if according to the worst-case scenario, Duan Shefuchen is determined to use military means against us, it will take at least three days for him to mobilize his subordinates, and one day to enter Daijun. ”

"One day, three days, one day." Lu Yao flexed his fingers one by one and nodded heavily: "So, we can have at least five days!" ”

"Five days ......" Xue Tong rubbed the thick and hard beard of his chin, and laughed: "Okay, we will kill in these five days!" ”

Lu Yao patted the map: "That's right! These five days are enough time for us to take Dai County. Let's eat the soft first, then the hard one, one by one! first exterminate these miscellaneous beards, and then go all out to deal with the Wuhuan people; After Wuhuan, deal with the thieves on Changshan. He got up and looked around at the generals around him: "Unify the various departments of Daijun before the external forces react, and then, you can gather the power of Daijun to deter Xianbei!" ”

"Yes!" The generals responded in unison.