July 24th.

The day was clear. The clear blue sky is like a dome, covering the vast Rakawa plains. In the distance, the 'Yin' Mountain, Taihang Mountain and other mountain ranges 'revealed' their majestic posture in the sun, like a giant dragon undulating, flying to the far beyond the horizon. Summer is the most beautiful time of the grassland, and the green grass is mixed with thousands of unknown 'flowers', which makes the horses running on the grassland seem to be excited.

Around midnight, Lu Yao took more than 100 horsemen to inspect the area between Dai County and Guangning County. They galloped along an unknown river, and the sound of their hooves often startled the flocks of storks that roosted in the reeds on the shore, causing them to hover in the air and make a pleasant chirping one after another.

Lu Yao rode his horse and walked in the forefront. At this moment, Daijun was generally calm, so he was not wearing armor, but wearing a scribe's robe, and only a long sword hanging from his waist. This also means to declare to his subordinates that the overall situation is in control.

If it was an ordinary general who came out of the army dressed like this, he would probably be violently attacked by the scholars and literati, and even imprisoned for his crimes. But Lu Yao, who is a Maocai in Bingzhou and Sima in Pingbei, is certainly qualified to dress like this. However, even when he was dressed as a scholar, he still had a 'straight back' and cold and sharp eyes. The 'fine' military demeanor and those high-ranking nobles who are so lax that they resemble silt have gone to two extremes.

Zhu Sheng rode a gray 'colored' war horse, and cautiously followed closely behind Lu Yao, slightly half a horse's body.

Zhu Sheng was hit by an arrow in the back in the Qiyi Water Battle, but fortunately he was covered by leather armor, and the arrow pierced not very deeply, and he fainted because of excessive blood loss. At this time, his body was wrapped in a lot of bandages, and his face was pale, but being able to ride a horse was already a blessing for the doctor's timely rescue.

Lu Yao has always attached great importance to the timely treatment of the wounded. After capturing the city of Daiwang, he sent people to search for experienced healers, and even found many witch doctors of the Hu tribe. The medical skills of these people are naturally uneven, and many of them are simply first-class people, but it is always possible to carry out simple trauma treatment such as simple herbal 'medicine' selection, cautery wound and hemostasis.

Zhu Sheng was one of the first wounded to receive treatment, and he was able to barely move with the army. His identity at the moment is a member of Lu Yao's personal soldiers, relying on his understanding of various intelligence, he can explain to Lu Yao at any time. He pointed to the east: "General, that is the Ono River, the Duan Department originally mobilized about a thousand horsemen from three tribes to confront us there, and even crossed the river several times with a hundred horsemen and horses to disturb the city, but fortunately, Xiao Shi and Du Qin, who guarded the royal city of the Dynasty, were well defended and did not let them benefit. However, since the arrival of our army's brigade, they did not dare to make the slightest move, and began to withdraw one after another from yesterday afternoon. ”

Lu Yao's power expanded faster than anyone could have imagined. At first, Duan Bu was in a hurry to intervene because of his strong forces, and only let the many servant tribes of Daijun solve it on their own. Unexpectedly, some Wuhuan people tried to stand on their own, but they were taken advantage of by the Jin people; Later, Murong Longcheng in Changshan also suddenly turned his face...... Duan Bu was caught off guard, and by the time he reacted, he was already out of luck.

After the battle on the waterside of Qiyi the day before yesterday, Lu Yao continued to conquer and coerce a small group of Hu tribes on the one hand, and on the other hand, he also relied on Hu Liuniang's relationship to recruit many horse thieves. His strength snowballed, roughly at over seven thousand. At this rate of increase, I am afraid that in a few days it will be 'forced' into tens of thousands.

Pei Qian, a famous minister in the Cao Wei period and the ancestor of the Pei clan in Hedong, wrote a book on the situation in northern Xinjiang decades ago, and specifically mentioned it in the chapter: Daijun Shima controls the strings and moves tens of thousands. Now it seems that the war potential here is as impressive as he estimated.

The Hu people in northern Xinjiang are strong and warlike, as if the ancients said: the people congratulate each other when they hear about the war, and the people who sing songs in the living and eating places also fight. These thousands of Hu warriors are different from the farmers recruited in the Central Plains, almost all of them are 'colorful' warriors who can ride inferior horses and wield strong bows, and then they are forcefully entangled by Lu Yao's means of severe punishment and reward, and they have gathered into an extremely terrifying force in a short period of time.

In the past, Wang Jun formed an alliance with the King of the East China Sea, killed the assassin Shi Heyan of Youzhou, and sent troops from Jicheng to the south to capture Yecheng in one fell swoop, thus determining the hegemony of the King of the East China Sea. For such a significant military operation, all Wang Jun could use was 20,000 Hu Jin with the 'elite' of the Duan Department as the core. And last year, when Tuoba Xianbei Western Lord Yilu made a desperate bet and did his best to aid Jinyang, his strength was only about 20,000. And at this moment, Lu Yao only used one county to summon 7,000 'elite' people from various departments such as Wu and Zahu Huan!

Of course, these 7,000 people almost included most of the strong men of the Hu tribes under Lu Yao's control or alliance influence. Although they were recruited by Lu Yao, considering the needs of various tribes for grazing and production, they were not a force that could be maintained for a long time. But now, in July of the first year of Yongjia, this is the most powerful army in Northern Xinjiang.

This defeated and captured team is no longer something that the Xianbei people of Duanbu in the second county of Shanggu in Quang Ninh can directly oppose!

In the face of such a huge disparity in strength, those Duan Xianbei people who were temporarily entangled naturally knew that rash provocation was just self-inflicted humiliation, even if they were unwilling, they could only bow to the wind and retreat in order to do it again.

Many of his subordinates were overjoyed that they had won without a fight, but Lu Yao knew very well that such a fierce expansion could not be sustained. Even if Hu Shengsheng is strong in nature, it is impossible to persist in high-intensity combat for a long time. More importantly, whether it was the Tuoba Tribe, which had 400,000 people, or the Duan Division, which dominated Liaoxi, it would never allow the imperial court to try to cheer up in northern Xinjiang. According to the results repeatedly deduced by Lu Yao, Shao Xu and others: if you don't plan to 'force' Duanbu Xianbei to jump over the wall in a hurry, entangle the strength of the Zahu tribe, and occupy most of the Dai County between Tuoba Xianbei and Yuwen Xianbei, this is the limit.

Lu Yao nodded slightly, and said to Zhu Sheng: "The Duan tribesmen in the area of Shanggu Guangning do not have the determination to come with us, so naturally they have to retreat. But Liaoxi is the main force of the Duan Division, and it is still unknown what they are doing. Thou shalt tell the reprimands on my behalf, and do not slack off. From here on, until Panxian, Xialuo, and Zhuolu, we must effectively grasp the movement of any Hu tribe. ”

"Yes!" Zhu Sheng 'revealed' a little 'excited' look, and promised loudly.

After Zhu Sheng reorganized the army in Jicheng, he has been serving as a scout under Lu Yao, and gradually accumulated merit and became the leader of the team. But he made a lot of mistakes in the confrontation with Murong Longcheng, so that Tuoba Luguan's men and horses directly took the Chinese army, almost leading to defeat. For this reason, Lu Yao, who had always rewarded and punished clearly, relieved him of his position and transferred the task of commanding the scout light cavalry to Ding Miao.

The thirty warriors who followed Lu Yao and Ding Miao to Taihang in the east lost seven people in Yecheng, including Shen Jin, Ding Jin, Zhao Yao, Song Yi, and Mo Zhewanzai, and three more were sacrificed in the successive battles in Daijun. At present, almost all of the 20 surviving people, such as Xiao Shi and Du Qin, have held positions of more than 100 generals. These twenty people are the 'elite' selected by Lu Yao and Ding Miao in the Bingzhou army, and they may not all have the courage to rival the hundred people, but they all have considerable talent. As a result, each of them became important figures in maintaining the entire army.

Zhu Sheng is also very credited, this former horse thief in the northern Xinjiang has fully demonstrated his ability to command detective horses in recent military operations, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is Lu Yao's eyes and ears. However, he was dismissed for negligence in the war, which is naturally a little depressing. But now that Lu Yao said so, it is obvious that he will still rely on him in the future, and he will not be able to succumb to the army for a long time.

This intense excitement made Zhu Sheng's face flush, and he could barely hold the reins. And Lu Yao unceremoniously struck him on the shoulder with a horsewhip, allowing him to stabilize his shaky 'desire' figure.

When Lu Yao and Zhu Sheng were talking, Shao Xu, Ding Miao, Liu Yao and others followed not far behind. After such a huge victory, everyone was in a good mood.

Shao Xu's riding skills are outstanding among the literati, and he freely 'operates' the horse to cross a canopy of reeds, and said with emotion: "With more than 1,000 soldiers, he turned to fight on behalf of the land, subdued Xianbei and Wuhuan, and took the border counties within ten months, so that the wealthy people in northern Xinjiang were afraid to go...... In the decades since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, how can there ever be such martial power? This is a miracle that Shao could not have imagined no matter what, and now looking back on the hard work of the past ten days, it seems like a dream. General Lu is really a god and a man! ”

"That's right! That's right! Liu Yao nodded again and again.

In the mountains of Guangchang County, Lu Yao promised him the battlefield that he would give him a full display of. The officer, who had been idle for several years, had indeed been able to fight in recent days. In the eyes of Liu Yao, who is eager to make contributions, there is no general more worthy of following than Lu Yao.

Most of the 300 cavalry who followed Liu Yao to Daijun have now been transferred out and added to the command of the generals to become backbone officers at all levels. Such a move could easily cause a backlash from the leading officer, but Liu Yao did not complain about this, because after collecting a large number of miscellaneous beards, his troops had been expanded like never before.

Xue Tong, Shen Jin, Liu Yao, plus Ding Miao, who temporarily served as Lu Yao's deputy, these are the four generals who are currently leading the army independently under Lu Yao's subordinates. Each of these four men had a full army, ranging in number from the early 1,000s to the fifteen hundred. The reason for the difference in the number of troops is mainly due to the need for logistical food supply, and the number of cavalry is large, and the total strength is correspondingly smaller. Compared with Ding Miao, who is an official general of Wuwei, and Xue Shen, who has the official military position of a partial general, Liu Yao is far inferior in terms of seniority, status and fame, but Lu Yao never attaches less importance to him than others. This kind of generous treatment is enough to make Liu Yao feel 'excited'.

And Ding Miao put his hand on the pergola and looked east for a while, and sighed: "It's a pity that Duanbu Xianbei's grandsons actually ran away." I also hope that they will be brave enough to cross the river and let me kill it with a heart. ”

Shao Xu smiled and said, "Haven't the fierce battles in these days made Wen Hao addicted?" ”

"The first few battles were quite enjoyable, but then they ...... Alas, the limelight has made Liu Yao's little boy out! Ding Miao shook his head with a look of regret on his face. He squinted at Liu Yao beside him, and said viciously: "Heroes are not allowed to perform, so the shaft becomes famous!" ”

Liu Yao didn't answer, so he directly turned his head to take the long lance, and put on a posture of wanting to duel with Ding Miao, which immediately caused everyone to laugh.

Ding Miao is born lazy and jumps out of 'sex', while Liu Yao is reckless, and the two don't know when they look at each other. Although it is said that it is always fighting, in fact, the 'friendship' is very good.

While they were talking and laughing, someone urged the horse to hurry from the side and rear, 'stirring' up a cloud of smoke and dust.

Lu Yao raised his hand to signal, and everyone immediately fell silent.

But he saw the knight roll the saddle and dismount, and said on the ground: "General Qiyu, Murong Longcheng has returned from Changshan. General Xue asked if the general had any opinion of him. ”

"So fast!" In the queue of attendant knights, several irrepressible exclamations were issued at the same time. And since Shao Xu, the faces of everyone below are a little heavy. For this Changshan thief who once forced the Jin army into a dead end, and single-handedly turned the tide and brought victory, although everyone didn't say it, they were more or less afraid in their hearts.

Lu Yao groaned for a moment, and said with his head bowed: "After all, this gentleman is already an ally, so he should not be ignored." Ladies and gentlemen, let's get back to camp as soon as possible. ”

The people turned their horses and galloped toward the camp.

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The number of words in these chapters will be more, and there will be a little more room for these two days, and there will be some arrears......