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At dusk, the remnant sun is like blood.

On the banks of the Yang River, about fifty miles away from Wuzhou's Black Stone Fort, Yang Lin and one hundred Shatuo knights whipped their war horses like crazy, urging them to gallop.

"Drive!"

"Drive!"

One hundred and fifty miles away, half of the war horses were already exhausted on the way, but fortunately, Li Siyuan gave them one man and two horses. He also held out the hope of what happened, and wanted to invite reinforcements as much as possible. If you can't get to Blackstone Fort before dark, and it's even harder to get there at night, you'll be delayed for most of the night. What's more, Yang Lin was still worried that Black Stone Fort, a city close to Yunzhou, was still in the hands of the Qin army at this time.

But now it seems that it is an impossible task to rush to Blackstone Fort before tonight, and the horses are running slower and slower, but there are still at least fifty miles away from Blackstone Fort here.

Fifty miles away, he will no longer be able to move to the rescue in time!

The crisp sound of horses' hooves rises and falls in the valley like waves crashing against a reef.

"Stop!" Suddenly, there was a loud shout of rebuke from the valley.

"Phew!"

Yang Lin hurriedly reined in his horse, and as soon as the war horse stopped, he finally couldn't support it at this time, and his front hooves fell to his knees, and then the whole thing fell. Fortunately, Yang Lin has improved his riding skills a lot during this time, and he hurriedly picked up his stirrups and jumped off the horse, so as to avoid the bad luck of being crushed from the horse's belly. As soon as he fell off his horse, he immediately picked up his bow and arrows, got up and looked around. Many of the 100 Shatuo warriors behind him also fell to the ground, and the 100 warriors protected Yang Lin.

At this time, I saw behind the rocks and bushes on both sides of the river valley. Revealing one crossbowman after another. They had twigs stuck in their heads. Dressed in camouflage combat uniforms, if you don't take the initiative to show up, you can't find it at all. These soldiers were all carrying crossbows, and even Yang Lin found a few soldiers pulling open a few branches, revealing a few extremely hideous three-bowed eight-ox ballistae.

A boy who was only about fourteen or fifteen years old stretched out half of his body, and shouted in the voice of a male duck who was in the middle of changing his voice: "Who are you? ”

Qin Jun!

It's Qin Jun!

"Your own people, your own people. I am the liaison staff officer sent to General Li Siyuan by the expedition to the west, Yang Lin! Yang Lin couldn't suppress the joy in his heart, and asked loudly, "Which army are you from?" ”

"Yang Lin, the liaison staff officer sent by the camp to Li Siyuan's side?" The man looked at him suspiciously, then at the knight behind him, and then knelt down again.

A group of crossbowmen who only saw that they were teenagers at this time still aimed their crossbow machines at their group.

"What part are you, are you a new student army in Daibei?" Yang Lin had never seen such a young soldier deployed here in the Western Expedition camp before, so he guessed that they might be reinforcements from the new Daibei, and asked again: "I have an urgent military situation, and I have to mistake me." Take me to see the landlord quickly. ”

There was no response, but then a red flag waved. Then a brass trumpet echoed through the valley with a sound completely different from the sound of the bull's horn. At this time, he was even more sure that these teenagers were the new student army in Daibei. Because, the bronze army horn has only just been tried in various military schools, and has not yet been popularized in the whole army.

After a while, I saw a team of knights riding in front of him, and Yang Lin saw that the leader was actually a group of young soldiers, many of whom were still covered with acne, but the flag officer was tall and powerful, which was a little surprising. The leading young man, with his shiny dark blue bust on his breastplate, was a badge with the rank of cavalry sergeant. However, it is really impossible to see which cavalry they belong to.

The group of knights was about fifty paces away from Yang Lin, and the young sergeant just glanced at Yang Lin casually, then raised his head and shouted, "Siegfei, what's wrong?" ”

The male duck voice military attache above leaned up again, but this time he took off his steel helmet, revealing a yellow hair, and said with a smile: "Yang Weili, the person below claims to be the liaison staff officer sent by Zhang Shuai of the Western Expedition Battalion to Li Siyuan, and he signed up to be called Yang Lin." ”

When Yang Willy heard this, he took a closer look at Yang Lin, and saw that Yang Lin and his party were all embarrassed, there were blood stains everywhere on their faces and robes, and their war horses had fallen by a small half, and the knights behind him were obviously fierce and strong Shatuo cavalry. He was a little surprised, Yang Lin was an obvious Han man, and the standard scholar looked like a liaison staff officer. However, his face was silent, he just saluted as usual, and said: "Your subordinates have been ordered to guard this way, since Staff Officer Yang is his own person, please follow the next line." ”

"Coming with you?" Yang Lin was a little annoyed, and after a long time, a few non-fart children were pretending here, "Who are you?" ”

"Staff Officer Huiyang, under the post is the head of the left team of the reconnaissance battalion directly under the Iron Cavalry Regiment, Sergeant Yang Willy!" Yang Weili said lightly.

"Iron Cavalry?" Not only Yang Lin, but even the group of Shatuo people behind him were stunned. When did the Qin army have such a number? The legion, a temporary formation in the Qin army, is generally above the army and below the camp. Generally, they go out to fight, set up camps, and lead the armies participating in the war. However, sometimes a large number of troops and horses were dispatched, such as when the Northern Expedition to Liaodong was made, a new corps was set up in various armies, and the commanders of each corps led the troops alone. However, this temporary organization, which had great authority, was abolished immediately after the war, and was rarely established. At present, an iron cavalry legion has actually come out, not named after the main general, but with an official legion name, which means that this legion is not an ordinary kind of temporary legion, at least, the legion of the Qin clan has never had such a formal legion name before.

"Well, the Iron Cavalry Legion has twelve cavalry armies, 60,000 cavalry, plus the legion directly under the legion headquarters, with a total of 80,000 soldiers and horses. The current commander of the Iron Cavalry Legion is personally served by King Qin. ”

Yang Lin was surprised at first, a large army of 80,000 people, and a large cavalry army with 60,000 cavalry, this legion is so strong that it is simply unreasonable. When I heard that it was King Qin who served as the commander of the legion, I felt that it was a little normal. Then Yang Lin was pleasantly surprised, King Qin was the commander of the Iron Cavalry Legion, and now the forward reconnaissance battalion of this powerful cavalry legion was guarding this river valley here, wouldn't that mean that the Iron Cavalry Legion had arrived in Daibei. And the King of Qin also arrived in Daibei?

Twenty miles away from the river valley, the Broken Cloud Ridge military village. Gongsun Lan had just reported to Li Jingzuo an urgent report from Tanma. The Military Intelligence Bureau found the cottage where Li Siyuan was trapped outside the Great Wall, but the battle was over, it was just a white land after the destruction of the war, and the Hu people had already left, leaving only a dozen Jingguan, at least the heads of 5,000 Shatuo people.

"Li Siyuan is very likely to have been wiped out here!"

Li Jing was a little annoyed when he heard the news!

Although Jing Xiang and others had already stressed that there was no need to risk saving Li Siyuan, they even said that Li Siyuan was not a key person, but might be a hidden figure. But Li Jing is for Li Siyuan. There are still a lot of follow-up plans to be arranged. Now, it's a bit of a shame to be dead like this.

What Li Jing was annoyed about was not Li Siyuan, a brave general who could fight, nor the group of strong Shatuo cavalry under his command, what Li Jing was annoyed about was that Li Siyuan, such a good chess piece, was gone. After the defeat of Bai Shuiluo, Li Siyuan and his subordinates were able to organize at most two Shatuo cavalry armies. 10,000 Shatuo cavalry, for today's Li Jing. There are not many of him, and there is not much of him. But Li Siyuan's price is more than that. His value is actually outside of the military, and if he is used well, he can be worth at least ten cavalry armies.

But since he's dead, that's it.

Li Jing is not the kind of person who always looks back, he is a person who always looks forward. Li Siyuan may be valuable, but that's still alive. If he dies, he's worthless. It's not that Li Jing is cold, but that's the case.

When there is a war, the only thing the boss wants is how to win. And as a king, he has to think much more than that.

Li Jing's heart can sometimes be as hard as iron and stone.

Li Siyuan died, and Li Jing didn't think about revenge for him at all, it was meaningless and not worth it.

He had other things to think about now.

"The place where Li Siyuan was destroyed is almost three hundred miles away from us, and if we march day and night, and the cavalry comes out quickly, we can reach the battlefield in a day and a half." Li Jing broke the silence, "According to the information sent back by the Military Intelligence Department, it was about 30,000 Hu people who annihilated Li Siyuan's troops, including a Khitan cavalry of about 3,000 people, and the rest were tribal coalition troops composed of cavalry from various tribes such as Tatars, Xi, Goguryeo, and Uighurs. Although they annihilated Li Siyuan's troops, they also suffered about more than 10,000 tragic casualties, and Sha Tuo's dying blow was very lethal. There are about 20,000 Hu Qi trash fish left, and they can't run away right away, they should still be outside the Great Wall. Now that this combined cavalry has newly destroyed Li Siyuan's department, it is estimated that it is the time of pride and complacency, and he thinks that he is behind the large force of Hu army, and he will definitely not have too much vigilance. Therefore, if our army chooses to ride well and march day and night, it will only be a day away, and it will just be taken by surprise and unprepared, and it will swallow this 20,000-strong Hu cavalry in one fell swoop. ”

After Li Jing finished speaking, Jing Xiang and the others were all amazed by Li Jing's rapid change. Turning passive into active, Li Siyuan was destroyed, which was a bad thing, but King Qin found a new fighter from it in a blink of an eye. If it is really difficult to destroy 20,000 Hu Qi, it can be regarded as a round.

"What does the left staff envoy think?" Li Jing asked Jing Xiang.

"I think that the art of war is a hundred miles away from the general who fights for profit, if he attacks, he is a lone army deep into the enemy's henchmen, and the king of Qin is too risky to discuss this." Jing Xiang, as the No. 1 strategist, his words and deeds greatly affect the strategic direction of the Qin army, therefore, he is becoming more and more conservative now, because the Qin army is powerful, and conservative is sometimes steady, even if it is a little slower, it is worth it. But if you take too much risk, the risks and benefits are actually not equal. "The key point is that we don't know where the 20,000 Hu people in Ludao are, it is true that there is only one day and one night to the battlefield here, but after one day and one night, whether we can find the enemy is another matter."

Li Jing snorted, and then turned to Gai Yu, the staff officer on the right side: "What does Gai Gong think?" ”

Gai Yu glanced at Jing Xiang, and then at Li Zhen, who was silent, he knew in his heart that Jing Xiang's proposal was more stable, but he also felt that although Li Jing's proposal was a bit risky, it was indeed very likely to eat 20,000 Hu people. This initiative is risky, but it also has great results. Moreover, this is the opinion put forward by the King of Qin, who in the past liked to summarize after the most reluctance, and was unwilling to let his speech affect the decision-making of others. But this time, he threw out his opinion early, obviously wanting to send troops. After hesitating for a while, Gai Yufang said: "My subordinates think that if we can annihilate this Hu army in one fell swoop, it will be of great significance to the Northern Campaign, which can not only greatly improve the morale of our army, but also severely damage the spirit of the Hu people and cut off one of their arms." As long as the Military Intelligence Department can get a little more accurate information about the 20,000 Hu people, it can attack. ”

Before he could finish speaking, he heard a report from someone outside the tent: "Yang Lin, the liaison staff officer of the Li Siyuan Army stationed in the westward battalion, has an urgent military situation outside to ask for a meeting!" ”

"Huh?" The hall was full of surprises and joy, and everyone looked out together, and even Li Jing couldn't help but get up at this time, and said loudly: "Announce him coming in!" ”

"Yes!"

Under the guidance of the two guards, Yang Lin, who was stained with blood and had several wounds on his body, appeared in front of everyone.

As soon as Yang Lin saw Li Jing, he fell to one knee with a plop, and said excitedly: "Please send reinforcements to King Qin quickly and save General Li Siyuan!" 100,000 urgent, please send troops quickly to King Qin! ”

When Li Jing heard this, his heart couldn't help but move. It seems that Li Siyuan is not dead yet, he has broken through. He asked in a deep voice, "Staff Officer Yang is not in a hurry, what is going on?" ”

One hundred and fifty miles.

It is only one hundred and fifty miles, no, as agreed between Yang Lin and Li Siyuan, maybe Li Siyuan is under the Great Wall eighty miles away at this time.

"God help me, God help me!" Although Li Jing was calm on his face, he was really overjoyed in his heart. Eighty miles, at the speed of cavalry, set off now, and we will be able to arrive in the middle of the night today. And what about the 20,000 Hu people? They have been attracted by Li Siyuan's bait, and unconsciously they have reached him eighty miles away, far away from the main force of the Hu people.

This was an excellent opportunity, Li Jing restrained the excitement in his heart, and began to secretly calculate all aspects. As a handsome, you can't immediately move and act as soon as you hear favorable news. We also have to consider all aspects of the entire plan, the chain effect.

When Yang Lin and Li Siyuan separated, Li Siyuan was still one hundred and fifty miles away, and he should have to consider that maybe Li Siyuan was caught up by the Hu people, so there were two other possibilities. One is that Li Siyuan was caught up, outnumbered, and destroyed. One is that Li Siyuan is stubbornly waiting for reinforcements on the spot, then the distance will be one hundred and fifty miles, and the troops will be dispatched at the earliest, and they will not arrive until tomorrow afternoon at the earliest. Li Siyuan, can you hold on to that time?

Anything else is missing?

Li Jing pondered carefully.

No, no, no!

I shouldn't be so anxious, I should be calmer, I should look at the whole thing from a different perspective.

After pondering for a long time, Li Jing suddenly flashed in his mind, and a new plan was born.

Saving Li Siyuan and destroying 20,000 Hu troops, this plan is too simple and too careful. He should think bigger and plan farther.

After thinking about it for a long time, the corners of Li Jing's mouth finally rose slightly, revealing an unfathomable smile.

"Beat the drums to gather the generals, blow the horns and count the troops!" (To be continued......)