minions live

Chapter 229
more than a hundred miles...

An Wenkang looked up at the clear blue sky in the north, and said, "Try to catch up."

You may not be able to fight, but at least you must find out where this group of people came from.

The reason why the ancestors of the Angel tribe were able to occupy such a large grassland in the depths of the grassland was that the process naturally did not lack bloody methods.

Now most of Angel's young and middle-aged people have gone to the east to join the war, and the tribe is empty.The old enemy of the past may be just around the corner.

But the thin dead camel is bigger than the horse.

The old enemies obviously didn't dare to come over, so they had to come and attack in the middle of the night, and planted dirt on Yun Chuiren by the way.

It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

The more An Wenkang thought about it, the more he felt that it was true, and he hurriedly said: "We must catch up with them."

The orderly hurried away.

To the north, Gu Datou and the others didn't know that their team had gained the title of "Skinhead Army", and they still urged their horses to continue northward, neither fast nor slow.

The radius of a hundred miles is not small, but for a large and medium-sized tribe like Angel, it is still within its core range.

Therefore, even if Gu Datou and the others try their best to charge forward, they don't have to worry about crashing into another Xiliang tribe.

chirp~
The hawks and swans hovering in the sky kept screaming, which was very annoying.

But binoculars in hand, a group of bald men on the ground turned a blind eye to these flat-haired beasts.

"Old Lu, where are we going?" Gu Datou asked.

Lu Youtian smiled: "Continue to go north. The rest will be discussed at night."

Only at night will the eyes of the sky descend to rest.Only then can they disappear in the eyes of Xiliang people.

Gu Datou nodded, glanced fiercely to the west for a few times, and withdrew his gaze unwillingly.

The group of them had been in the grassland for too long, and no one knew Xiliang, so they had no idea where they were.

If he went west recklessly, it was very likely that he would break into the vicinity of the Grassland King's Court, and it might not be easy to escape at that time.

"I don't know what happened to the fort," he said.

"Don't worry." Lu Youtian laughed, "The fortress has resisted Xiliang for hundreds of years, and the Duke of Zhen has never seen anything. It should be fine this time."

As he spoke, he glanced towards the east.Lu Youtian was more worried about Dingxi County behind the fortress.

Dingxi County, Luoxia Mountains, Yangguan Ancient Road.

Xia Bangwei, the captain of Dingxi County, stood on a big rock and looked coldly at the thick smoke rising from the foot of the mountain in front of him.

People from Xiliang had already killed here years ago.

However, the rugged mountainous area is very different from the plain grassland. No matter how many soldiers and horses there are in Xiliang, they can only be pulled into long snakes and head east.

Xia Bangwei only had [-] troops in his hands. Although the Zhen Guo Gongfu sent some guards over later, they were still a bit stretched because they had to guard the eight ancient roads going east.

He didn't intend to stand in the front for a one-on-one attrition battle, but led the troops to ambush on the mountains on the left and right sides.Wait for the people from Xiliang to pass by in a long line, and then condescendingly attack the middle.

Although this method didn't kill many people, and it was basically impossible to destroy the enemy on a large scale, it was very effective. At least it kept the Xiliang people to the west of Luoxia Mountain.

No, the people of Xiliang couldn't move eastward for a long time, so they got so frustrated that they simply started their old business.

Arson!

Burn the mountain!

The Luoxia Mountains run north-south as a whole, like a natural screen blocking the connection between Dingxi County in the west and Laigu and Tianshui County in the east.

Therefore, the climate in the east of Luoxia Mountain is mostly humid, while in the west it is generally dry.

Fortunately, it is spring, the season when all things grow.

Although the people of Xiliang had tried their best to set the fire on fire, the fire was not very strong, and instead made thick smoke billow up and down the mountain.

Only in this way, Xia Bangwei had no choice but to lead his subordinates to retreat step by step.

"My lord," a Qian Chang with a blackened face came over panting, "Brothers worked overtime and saved more than [-] arrows. It's enough for a while."

He paused, and stammered: "But our food is almost gone. The subordinates estimated that it won't last three days."

Xia Bangwei frowned, then laughed and patted his subordinate on the shoulder.

He comforted: "Don't worry, the Luoxia Mountain in front of you is an inexhaustible treasure house, and there are many things on the mountain that can fill your belly."

"Now the mountain is full of thick smoke, and the Xiliang people will not attack for a short time. You first organize your brothers to find some wild fruits and yams on the mountain, as temporary military rations."

Qian Chang moved his mouth but made no sound, he bowed his hands and turned around to leave in big strides.

Since entering the Luoxia Mountains, they have carefully combed the nearby hilltops several times, and there are no mountain fruits...

In order to see clearly, Xia Bang raised his head and looked deeply to the east.

When will Laigu County and Tianshui County be settled down?
Laigu County, east, outside Xishui County.

Seventh Prince Chen Xiujian's face sank like water.He paced up and down the room impatiently with his hands behind his back.

He was also anxious about what Chabang was anxious about.

Since Miwu County was successfully pacified last year, Chen Xiujian's confidence has greatly increased. He fully thought that Laigu County will be pacified soon, and the east-west post road will be re-opened, and then he will return in triumph.

However, as the past few months passed, no matter how much he urged and encouraged, it was still difficult for the Pingluan army to move forward.

It was only then that Chen Xiujian realized why even the coffin of the Duke of the old town was blocked in this dilapidated small county.

Stopping, he looked at the map on the wall.

The area of ​​Laigu County is neither too big nor too small.However, there are branches of Luoxia Mountain everywhere in the county, lying on the west side of Yunchui Empire like a centipede with teeth and claws.

Every foot of this centipede is important ground, which can easily block the way of the army of suppressing chaos.

Moreover, Laigu County itself has a strong folk style, and most of the people are half civilians and half bandits.They are also the source of the civil unrest, so no matter how Chen Xiujian sent people to persuade them to surrender, almost no one laid down their weapons.

Just as he was thinking, there were hurried footsteps outside the house.

Chen Xiujian's guard walked in quickly with blood all over his body.

"Your Highness, General Li has been unable to attack for a long time, and he called for gold to withdraw his troops."

Chen Xiujian was not surprised at all, and asked, "Has someone captured the top of the city?"

The guard shook his head regretfully, "No."

Ugh.

The master and servant looked at each other silently.

As the saying goes, don't be afraid of not knowing the goods, but be afraid of comparing goods.

Ever since Chen Xiujian walked into the command room of the Pingluan Army outside Wuliang City, he officially stood up.It is also because of this that he truly understands the true strength of this anti-insurgency army.

If the rioters in the four counties in the west were a mob, then the anti-insurgency army under his command was only slightly stronger than the mob.

As long as the opponent has the slightest advantage in terrain, it is almost difficult for them to move forward.

"Your Highness," Chen Xiujian's counselor said, "I heard that His Majesty has been waiting for you to pacify Laigu in front of you. Once it is pacified, His Majesty will start the reform of the military system."

"At that time, it is estimated that the group of grass mold soldiers in front of me will all be cancelled."

"Good cancellation." Chen Xiujian suffocated for a long time, and said bitterly: "The generals have no intentions, the soldiers are weak, they are all mediocre and incompetent. Raising them is a waste of the empire's tax money."

However, scolding comes after scolding, how to pacify Laigu County is still a difficult problem before him.

"The season waits for no one, and the spring plowing will be over soon. If the war continues like this, it will only force more desperate people to join the rebellious army."

"And I don't know what happened to the western fortress." The counselor thought about it: "How about, Your Highness asks Xingji City for reinforcements?"

(End of this chapter)