"Report ———!"

In the big tent of the Chinese army, just as Li Li and Li Xuan were drinking each other, a high-pitched scout emergency report came into the big tent.

Suddenly, Li Li's heart was shocked, his face changed color slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Come in!" ”

"Whew!"

As the tent was lifted, a breath of dust came with the wind.

The scouts hurriedly walked into the big tent, knelt down and said: "My lord, there are a large number of suspicious alien light cavalry around the wasteland, there are more than 1,000 Southern Xiongnu light cavalry in the east, 3,000 Qiang iron cavalry in the west, 5 or 600 Northern Xiongnu cavalry in the north, and 2,000 light cavalry from the south are unknown, it should be the Han light cavalry from the direction of Guzang City. These four light horsemen appeared very suddenly, as if they had come over the mountains and mountains, and were not ambushed around the wasteland in the morning. General Li Zheng believes that these light cavalry are not coming at our army, but have other plans, but at present, our army scouts have not yet found out their true intentions. ”

"Oh? The four light horsemen came from the east, south, west, and north directions, with a total of nearly 6,000 light horses. They don't sleep in the middle of the night, what are they doing in the wasteland? Yuan Zhong, what do you think about this matter? Li Li said with a slight shock.

Li Xuan pondered for a moment, his solemn expression gradually relaxed, and a somewhat calm smile appeared on his face.

"My lord, my subordinates may be able to guess the intention of these light horsemen to come to slaughter the wasteland."

Li Li was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "Huh?" Yuan Zhong knew the purpose of these four light horsemen with different identities coming to the wasteland late at night? Tell me, what are they doing here? ”

Li Xuan said in a good time: "Lord, judging from the situation reported by the scout, Captain Li Zheng's inference should be correct. Li Zheng followed General Li Dao to fight for many years, and a few years ago he also followed Dong Taishi to Xiliang to quell the rebellion, and he knew a lot about the foreign cavalry. Therefore, his judgment of the origin of the four light horses should not be wrong. That is, these four light cavalry did not come against our army, but had other plans.

From this point of view, the subordinates suddenly remembered that the Teng brothers had told me last year that at the junction of the northernmost mountains and forests of Xiutu and the homeland of the Northern Xiongnu in the west, there is a herd of wild horses that often appear in this area. This group of wild horses stopped near my Taohua Village for a short time twice, and was discovered by the escort team led by the Teng brothers, and then chased for hundreds of miles until the Hutu Wasteland did not give up.

At that time, although his subordinates were curious about this matter, they did not take it to heart. However, combined with the situation detected by the scouts, coupled with Captain Li Zheng's inference, his subordinates were seventy percent sure that they had come to capture the herd of wild horses, and they were likely to have been eyeing the herd of wild horses for a long time, but they had not succeeded for a long time.

His subordinates advised the lord to immediately extinguish all the fires in the camp, and to lay crossbowmen and antlers around the camp, so that as long as they did not approach the camp, our army would not move, so as not to startle the snakes and increase casualties. ”

Li Li thought for a moment, and then said aloud: "Evil comes, order the whole army to extinguish all the lights, and after a quarter of an hour, there must be no more fire in the camp." The three heralds Teng Yu, Teng Xiao and Fan Yong led 1,500 iron cavalry guards around the camp, laying antlers and traps, and guarding day and night! ”

"No, my subordinates take orders!" In the sound of the promise, Dian Wei's figure suddenly flashed out of the shadow of the screen behind Li Li, and he strode out of the big tent to convey Li Li's military orders.

When Li Xuan saw Dian Wei suddenly appear, his whole body trembled for no reason, and the awe of Li Li in his heart deepened a lot.

After Li Li gave the order, he found that Li Xuan was staring at Dian Wei's departing figure in a daze, with a different expression; Suddenly, a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

As the head of the people, Li Li always retains a little awe of himself, which is essential.

"Yuan Zhong, come, while there is still light, let's drink two more glasses of wine, and after drinking, go back and sleep peacefully.

The Hutu Wasteland is hundreds of miles in circumference and a vast area, and our army happens to be camped in a low-lying river valley in the middle of the wasteland, and it is night at this time, and it is not easy for the foreign cavalry to discover our army. Even if there is a war, its own generals will lead the troops to defend against the enemy. You're a scribe, and things like charging into battle are not your forte, so you can rest assured! Hehehe! ”

"Yes, thank you for your concern, your subordinates respect you, please!" Li Xuan picked up the small lamp and said respectfully.

"Okay, let's drink this together!" Li Li smiled and drank it all.

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There is no moon in the night, the cool breeze is blowing, and the sparse starlight dots the night sky, adding a bit of color to the night.

The night is dark and the wind is high, and the night kills people.

Li Li passed through the small county of Xiutu this time, and in order to avoid extraneous branches, he deliberately avoided the city of Xiutu, walked the wasteland, and went straight to Guzang City.

It's just that it is up to people to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen.

What Li Li never expected was that he deliberately avoided unnecessary battles, but he still couldn't avoid them.

The four teams chasing the wild horses unexpectedly appeared around the wasteland and invisibly formed an encirclement of Li Lijun.

Liangzhou has been war-torn for a long time, and the Han people and the Qiang people, the Xiaoyue clan, the Southern Xiongnu and the remnants of the Northern Xiongnu tribes and other four major alien tribes live here, and horse thieves and rogues are raging, which is really chaotic.

The most important thing is that any of the soldiers and horses here, whether it is a horse thief, a rogue, or an alien safari team, are all light horses, ranging from dozens or hundreds of people to thousands of people, and there are even large gangs of horse thieves with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses like Pegasus thieves.

In short, on the border of Liangzhou, most of the foot soldiers are used to defend the city or stay in the cottage. In the field battle, the light cavalry is the key to victory or defeat, and it is also the embodiment of strength.

Horses are indispensable to the people living in this land, bows and arrows are indispensable weapons, and at least one or two of the five men are skilled in bows and horses. Where life is more difficult and chaotic, the more fierce the men are, and at least three or all of the five adults are brave.

Therefore, don't look at the total population of Liangzhou, which is far less than that of the rich prefectures and counties in the Central Plains, but the number of brave light horsemen here is very large, and the combat power is overwhelming.

Li Li personally led 3,000 iron horsemen to march to Guzang, paying attention everywhere along the way, and did not stop at the counties, so as not to cause extraneous branches.

But tonight I can't get away with it.

After extinguishing the fire and turning off the lights, Li Li, under the protection of Dian Wei and Teng Yu, dressed in black armor, rode a yellow horse and stood quietly at the gate of the wilderness, looking coldly at the dotted torches and shouts on the edge of the wasteland.

Inside the gate, 1,500 iron horsemen lined up, and all the war horses were wrapped in hooves, and their mouths were silent.

Li Xuan rode a black horse and stood beside Teng Yu, he did not follow Li Li's order to go to sleep, but chose to be with the army.

"My lord, an hour has passed, and it is late at night, and these people have not left yet, and it seems that they have not yet found the habitat of the wild horses. It's time for us to prepare for war, seeing that they are getting closer and closer to our army's camp, a fight is inevitable! ”

At the silent gate, Li Xuan said softly to Li Li.

Li Li looked at the dense torches around the river valley with a cold gaze, snorted coldly, and said in a deep voice: "Our army didn't want to increase the killing in vain on this trip, but since they came up to die by themselves, Ben Taishou will fulfill them!" In this battle, can Yuan Zhong have a good strategy? ”

"Yes! Just ······" Li Xuan responded confidently, but when he was about to say a plan, he stopped talking.

Li Li turned sideways, Li Xuan took two steps forward, leaned over and whispered to Li Li.

"What? You can't do that! After listening to Li Xuan's strategy, Li Li suddenly frowned, shook his head and vetoed.

Li Xuan was stunned when he heard this, and argued with reason: "Lord, this method was originally intended to guard against the enemy against us, but now why can't it be applied to these cavalrymen of unknown origin?" Moreover, three of the four groups of alien light cavalry were obviously friends and enemies of our army, and even the more than 2,000 Han cavalry were likely to be the soldiers and horses of Li Kan and Cheng Yin. In this way, these four light cavalry are all the enemies of our army, and this method can kill them in one fell swoop and minimize the casualties of our army, why not?

Is the lord worried that our army will also be affected? In this regard, the lord can rest assured. It was the height of summer, and the southeast wind was blowing tonight, and our army was in the middle of a river valley, low terrain, and the surrounding area was very empty. When the evening camp was set up, his subordinates had ordered people to remove the weeds within 200 paces of the camp, so our army was sure to be safe, and only needed to appease the war horses from being frightened. ”

In the dark, the expression on Li Li's face was cloudy, and a little unbearable color flashed in his eyes.

"Yuan Zhong, what you said makes sense. It's just ······ This move is too cruel and hurtful! ”

"This ······"

Li Xuan was suddenly stunned, and his mind was full of ideas, and he said, "The lord is too worried. Since ancient times, battlefield battles have been done to the extreme, and it is the best policy to exchange the minimum casualties for the maximum results. Success and defeat, the way of heaven has always been on the side of the victor; As long as the lord can achieve hegemony in the future, there will be no harm to heaven and harmony! Otherwise, the wasteland is bisected by a river valley, with a smaller area to the north and a vast area to the south. Taking advantage of the fact that most of the enemy army was in the northern wasteland, the lord sent Teng Xiao and Fan Yong's iron cavalry to infiltrate the southern wasteland, shoot them with bows and arrows, and gradually drive them to the north. Immediately, the lord led the iron cavalry to guard the line of the river valley, and the strategy offered by his subordinates was activated in time, so that it was the best of both worlds. What is the Lord's will? ”

Li Li readily agreed to this compromise strategy, and immediately ordered Bocai's troops to obey Li Xuan's dispatch, and Teng Xiao and Fan Yong's troops attacked the southern wasteland to harass, and drove the more than 2,000 Han cavalry to the northern wasteland.