Wei Ni

Leopard Cavalry General's guess was correct.

There is indeed a Xianbei outpost garrison near the tributaries of Yanghe River, with more than a hundred mounted scouts stationed there.

This information was mentioned by Baima Yi to Xia Houhui from the leader Gongsun Yi that night, and he also reported it to General Beizhong Lang very carefully, so that the three Cao army scouts would keep an eye on it.

Whether this garrison point should be demolished was also the biggest reason why Gongsun Yi was dissatisfied with Xia Houhui that day.

Although Baima Yicong's duty was to guard and spy on the military situation, Gongsun Yi, who had been warned by Tian Yu, wanted to show that his three hundred men were good at fighting. When Xia Houhui asked about the military situation, he also took the initiative to propose two marching routes.

The first is very conservative.

Instead, they kept walking through the hilly and mountainous areas and waited until they were near Macheng before setting foot on the grassland. They used concealment to ensure that the sneak attack was lightning fast.

The other is a bit radical.

He hoped to get Xia Houhui's permission to let Baima Yicong pull out the garrison built by Yuzhu Ge, and then let his people put on the costumes of Xianbei scouts, and pretend to chase and fight with other Baima Yicong. This attracted the attention of Yuzhu Gejian and the Mobei Xianbei Cavalry, and also allowed the Hubao Cavalry and Hussar Battalion who circled behind to find an opportunity to attack the Xianbei tribe's horse enclosure in one fell swoop.

Fighting on the grassland, the Xianbei people without riding horses are like cattle and sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

As long as the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the Hussar Battalion can succeed, it means that a one-sided pursuit has begun, and it also means that Xia Houhui has achieved the great feat of defeating the Yuzhu Gejian tribe and the [-] Mobei Cavalry with only [-] cavalry. .

However, after careful questioning, Xia Houhui finally chose the first marching route.

He felt that Baima Yicong could not pretend to be a Xianbei ranger scout.

First of all, it is midsummer now, and few Xianbei people in Monan are wearing cloaks or felt hats, so it is impossible to hide the difference in customs of "Han people wear their hair tied, Xianbei people wear their hair in a comb".

Another reason is that just a fight between hundreds of scouts cannot attract all the attention of Yuzhu Gejian. It might even be counterproductive, making him alert and ordering his tribe to prepare for war, and making sneak attacks less likely.

Another reason he didn't say was that he couldn't confirm that Gongsun Yi could kill all the more than a hundred Xianbei scouts without missing a beat.

After all, as long as one escapes, it means that all Wei Jun's plans will be in vain.

How could he approve of this kind of bet where the risk and reward are not proportional?
  However, with the cautious mentality of just listening and leaving a preliminary plan, he still asked Gongsun Yi in detail how he planned to attack the Xianbei scout outpost. Then, Gongsun Yi felt that his plan had been adopted and was about to be paid off. When everything is done, it is no longer possible.

This feeling of being played and not trusted was the reason why Gongsun Yi couldn't control his temper that night.

Perhaps neither of them expected that Xia Houhui would now "go back on his word."

Moreover, the unbearable mosquito bites and the rugged mountain roads were just incentives, and because inspired by Gongsun Yi's plan, Xia Houhui also thought of a better way.

On the bank of Dongyang River, there is Yuzhu Gejian tribal territory.

This Yanghe River Basin, which is sandwiched between the remaining hills of the Yinshan Mountains and the Yanshan Mountains, could not be called Beyond the Great Wall at first.

It was the residence of Colonel Huhuan Huan during the period when the Central Plains Dynasty was strong.

But after the rise of Xianbei, this place became a buffer for the central Xianbei invaders.

Once Xianbei cavalry appeared in Macheng (today's Huai'an County) and Guangning (today's Zhangjiakou City), it meant that the Han people would be burned, killed, and plundered.

Now the entire Yanghe River Basin has become the habitat of the Yuzhu Gejian tribe.

After the Wuhuan rebellion in Daibei was put down by Cao Zhang and Tian Yu, they quickly went south to expand their territories and replaced them.

For a long time, Yuzhu Gejian was very respectful to the Wei State, paying tribute and trying his best to restrain the tribesmen from going south to plunder.

The reason is that during that time, Ke Bi Neng went to conquer the Mobei Grassland. He was left to guard the rear and could not provoke the anger of the Wei State, so that Ke Bi Neng, who was far away, had nothing to worry about.

He did a great job.

At least when Ke Bineng was still the "King of Fuyi" in Wei State, Tian Yu, who was stationed in Changping, always fought fiercely with Su Li, the leader of Xianbei in the east, and never took any military action against his tribe.

Therefore, Kebi Neng's trust in him cannot be increased.

Now that he has reached the final step of planning to become the Great Chanyu of Xianbei, he has once again been entrusted with the responsibility of guarding the rear and commanding the [-] Mobei cavalry who will act as surprise troops.

This made him extremely ambitious.

As long as the war goes well, his father-in-law Kebi can become a chanyu, and he can also become a central or eastern Xianbei master based on his status and merits in this battle.

It also made him walk on thin ice.

It is not an easy task to settle the sudden influx of [-] people, restrain them from conflict with their own tribesmen, and prevent them from being alerted by the Wei army.

Especially since the [-] Mobei Cavalry have been in his tribe for more than a month. Just eating and drinking daily made his tribe overwhelmed and caused complaints among the tribe.

Still, it's all worth it.

Just yesterday, a messenger from the east brought him the latest news.

Kebineng, who traveled south from Pingcheng and arrived at Beiping City, was already confronting the main force of the Wei army, and both sides began to try to attack. The white horse Yi Cong, the eastern Xianbei cavalry attached to the Wei State, and the Youzhou cavalry subordinate to Wei Bei Zhonglang General Appeared on the battlefield!

This also meant that he no longer had to worry about the [-] Mobei Cavalry being discovered.

And the messenger also brought a message from Kebineng.

Let him lead his headquarters and Mobei to ride east to Gaoliu City the next day to prepare for the ambush of the Wei army.

Everything is moving in the direction of hope, and the dawn of victory in the war has emerged. How can we not hesitate in our ambitions?

Yu Zhugejian walked out of Qionglu and looked at the ruins of Lima City in the rising sun. He began to long for the moment when the rule and prestige of the Central Plains Dynasty in northern Xinjiang fell apart.

Yes, today's Ma City is in ruins.

After Tian Yu left the fortress and waited for reinforcements from Yitoma City, he persisted until the reinforcements arrived, and the combined forces defeated Ke Bineng and pursued him, leaving the Xianbei tribes lying dead for more than [-] miles. Yuzhu Gejian then allowed his clan to level the city.

Venting anger and making amends are one aspect.

The more important reason was his determination to seek revenge on Tian Yu and level the Wei frontier fortress.

Coincidentally, on the bank of the tributary of Yanghe River, Xia Houhui looked at the Xianbei outpost that had just been razed with the same ambition, and also bathed in the dawn of victory in the sneak attack on Macheng.

The Leopard Cavalry general killed the hundreds of Xianbei ranger scouts stationed here in less than half a quarter of an hour.

The reason why it went so smoothly was that the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was worthy of being the most elite in the world.

After calculating mentally and unintentionally, and after the Youzhou scouts informed these Xianbei rangers of their daily activities, it was only natural for them to win a battle.

On the other hand, these Xianbei ranger scouts were slacking off.

They had received a message from Yuzhu Gejian last night, and had learned that Wei Guoyou had merged with the two states and could move out of the fortress. The cavalry had all appeared in Beiping. Therefore, they felt that their duty of vigilance had been completed, and they could sleep peacefully and peacefully, alleviating the tension that had been building for more than a month. heartstrings. Therefore, when they were attacked, many of them, as scouts, died in their sleep.

Xia Houhui, who didn't know the reason, was a little surprised by this.

Originally, just to be sure, when the Leopard Cavalry General led a hundred cavalry to attack, he personally led two hundred cavalry on the outside to watch out for any fish that slipped through the net and ran back to report the news, but he didn't even have a chance to draw his bow and set an arrow.

Are the people of that traitor Yu Zhi Jian so vulnerable?
  Or did I underestimate the strength of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry?

With such doubts in his heart, Xia Houhui ordered two hundred horsemen to surround him in a fan shape to search for any Xianbei people hidden in the grass. He rode his horse to the killing place, and took Youzhou Xizuo who led the way last night to check the dead Xianbei tourists one by one. Number of rides.

General Leopard Cavalry, who had just experienced a fight, didn't even bother to wipe the blood splashed on his face, and hurriedly came up to meet him. He apologized with some embarrassment, "General, the cavalry under my command have not been in battle for a long time. For a moment, He did not hold back his hand, so that no one was left alive, so I would like to ask the general to punish him."

Well, before the attack, Xia Houhui had told him to leave one or two tongue torture messages.

"Don't blame yourself Le Sima, it doesn't matter whether you are alive or not."

Although he was a little unhappy in his heart, it was done, so Xia Houhui did not show it, and said with a smile, "And today I witnessed the power of the tiger and leopard cavalry, and I am worthy of the reputation of being the most capable in the world! It can also be concluded that Sima Youle and his subordinates When we go to Macheng with our cavalry and soldiers, we will surely frighten the Xianbei barbarians in a battle!"

"Hahaha~ The general is overly praised."

Hearing this, the Leopard Cavalry General led Changhuai. Although his eyes were full of contentment, he still said humbly, "This is because the Xianbei barbarians were unbearable, and this time our army was pressed down by a landslide. It would be better to replace it with other cavalry." Pawns can also be decided in one battle."

After he had humbled himself, he saw Xiahou Hui riding his horse slowly, counting the corpses of the Xianbei scouts one by one, and the other cavalrymen who had followed him had jumped off their horses and stripped the corpses of their clothes, and he couldn't help but asked out of curiosity, "General, are you worried about missing people? My men have just counted them. There are [-] people in total, which is the same number as our army reported in detail last night. Also, why did the general let these cavalry pick off the Hulu? Clothes? These clothes are not valuable, and we, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, are the Emperor’s personal soldiers, so we don’t need to cut off our ears to record our merits during the expedition.”

Already checked?

The fighting has just ended~ Where did you find the time to count the bodies?

Involuntarily, Xia Houhui looked sideways, raising his eyebrows slightly with confusion in his eyes.

The Leopard Cavalry General seemed to know his doubts and replied directly, "Hey, my cavalrymen have not been to the battle for a long time, and they are all happy to see the battle. Moreover, each commander made a bet privately before the attack, so what? It would be fun to kill more. So we just fight, and the general will learn from the mouths of the chiefs how many Hulu have been killed."

It turned out to be the case.

Xia Houhui suddenly understood. He first praised the tiger and leopard cavalry a few words, and then explained, "The tiger and leopard cavalry are brave and good at fighting. One is worth ten, so it is inevitable! And I asked the soldiers to take off the clothes of the Xianbei Hulu, because one Hulu's clothes can make our army One rider can be worth a hundred in this night attack!" (End of this chapter)