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Chapter 92 Scout War
"Coward! Wolu, you are a coward!"

The strong Qianqi Commander Doosi was furious

"Didn't you see? That Han executioner desecrated the deceased so much. If you don't avenge everyone, are you still worthy of being my grassland man?"

The thin Qianqi Changwolu wiped the saliva from his face and said without changing his expression:
"Try your underdeveloped cerebellum, can't you see it?

Those Han people just want us to attack the city so that they can repeat their victory over the Xiba tribe. "

Wolu drew out his sword and pointed at the city.

"Why, do you want to say that Xibatou is also a waste?"

Dous pursed his lips and turned away.

Different from the sick little bamboo pole that everyone dislikes, the Xibatou people are brave and shrewd. They have always had a very good reputation and are the leaders that Dous respects very much.

Dous still can't figure out why the drunkard Paro who led the Northern Army was able to capture three counties, but their respected leader of the Southern Army, Sheba, died under this building.

He was still beaten like this by more than a hundred Han cavalry.

It’s so unreasonable!

"The Xibatou people are just like you and underestimate the enemy."

Wolu shook his head
“I, the Hu people, make pommel horses their home, hunt and shoot as a custom, and are good at riding and shooting with bows and horses.

But the Han people settled down and relocated, and they were closely related to each other by flesh and blood, and they were especially good at military defense.

The people of Xibatou abandoned their horses and attacked the city gates, using their own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strong points.

However, after being unable to attack for a long time and not retreating to rest, they instead made a desperate attempt to complete their victory in one battle. At this time, they were attacked by a powerful cavalry force. How could they be invincible? "

"That's very clear. After studying Han military art for several years, do you think you're great?"

Dousi snorted coldly. Normally, Dousi would not talk so much nonsense to Wolu.

However, the commander-in-chief of this attack, Commander Wan, was handed over to Wolu, so he could only sulk here:

"Then it's your turn, how are you going to fight here?"

In this regard, Wolu has only one sentence:

"Do not hit!"

"They didn't come?!"

In the pass, Su Yao, who had been bored for three days, was quite surprised that these barbarians were so uncooperative.

No, not only did they not cooperate, these barbarians even sent a captured Han prisoner over, cut off his nose and ears, and asked him to submit a letter of challenge.

The letter of war was written in Chinese and used various obscene words to insult the generals guarding the city. He bluntly stated that after the city was breached, their heads would be used as wine glasses, their wives and daughters would be turned into slaves, and they would make them wail day and night, and so on.

"But the barbarians didn't come to attack the city at all."

Cheng Lian gritted his teeth and reported.
"They just set up a large camp at the mouth of the valley twenty miles outside the city, and also erected several guard towers. They are motionless now. I don't know what they are planning."

"Wouldn't it be a good thing if they don't attack?"

Although Zhang Liao was angry, how could he be fooled by such a clumsy plan to provoke the general, so he analyzed rationally:
"In early spring, when vegetation is growing, it is not suitable for fighting. These barbarians have not brought any cattle or sheep with them, and they will retreat soon."

Zhang Liao's words were of course extremely correct in normal times, but now they didn't know that the Hu people had occupied three northern counties and obtained considerable supplies, which gave them the capital to persist for a long time.

"Then what are these barbarians doing here?"

Wang Ling was confused.

Only Su Yao came up with the correct answer after grasping Yuvluo's future development and observing the position in front of him through the map.
"They came to block the road."

Loufan County, located in today's Ningwu County, Shanxi Province, is a very important area in the southwest of Yanmen County in the Han Dynasty.

This is not only because Loufan has had a reputation since ancient times for its horses, which are among the best in the world. It is the center of horse racing in the north of the Han Dynasty.

The more important reason is its special geographical location.

Loufangguan is right at the mouth of the valley where Luya Mountain and Yunzhong Mountain meet on the northern branch of the Luliang Mountains. It is an important place facing the river valley and backed by three mountains.

Exit the city gate from the north of Guansai, pass through the mouth of the valley, which can accommodate ten riders at its narrowest point, and head east along the plain. On this plain in the center of Yanmen County, there is not only Loufan County, but also the Yin Hall of the Yanmen Government Office. Wangtao County and Zhang Liao's hometown Mayi are also located here. And if the barbarians bypassed the Loufan Pass and headed east along the relatively gentle mountain official road behind the city.

They can then enter Yuanping County, the area behind the mountains of Yanmen County, and then go all the way south and cross the mountains directly into the Taiyuan Plain.

It can be said that Loufanguan is the throat that separates the north and south of Yanmen.

Because of its dangerous geographical location, the famous Ningwuguan Pass was rebuilt on this ancient pass site during the Ming Dynasty a thousand years later.

At that time, it became the first of the three passes of the Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty, with the strategic position of screening Datong in the north, blocking Taiyuan in the south, supporting Pianguan in the west, and supporting Yanmen in the east.

Because of this, when Su Yao and the others had just crossed the valley and arrived here, they saw that the pass at the foot of the mountain was under siege, and immediately learned about the battle situation at Yanmen.

And for the same reason, after Su Yao defeated 3,000 people of the Xiba Tribe, the Ten Thousand Cavalry Commander Luo Luotuo immediately sent people to stop here.

Otherwise, once Yuvluo detours out of here and heads west, the large plain reaches the Hetao. If people are allowed to go there, it will be difficult to find it.

"Therefore, we must break the blockade of the barbarians, otherwise we will only perish by being trapped here."

“Break the blockade?”

Commander Du was stunned for a moment and said in surprise
"Is the Governor planning to take the initiative?!"

"No, it won't, right?"

Zhang Liao was also a little confused.

It's true that he fought well in the last battle, but it has to be said that Su Yao seized the opportunity to attack very ruthlessly.

But now the enemy troops are stationed outside the valley twenty miles away, and it is clear that the main purpose is to defend.

If you take the initiative to attack, isn't that using your own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strengths?
They don't have infantry to attack the stronghold.

"Who said that if you take the initiative, you have to attack his camp?"

Su Yao smiled softly

"Let's fight the scout battle first."

"Scout battle?"

Scout battle.

It is the most frequent and most brutal local battle in the war.

The importance of vision and information in warfare is unquestionable.

To put it bluntly, the scout battle is a battle in which the army surrounds the key visual area and wards each other before a head-on group fight.

Originally, if it was a serious siege and the camp was set up within ten miles outside the city, then there would be no room for a scouting battle.

Xu had doubts about the number of defenders in the city and was worried about being attacked by a large army. The barbarians retreated twenty miles away in one breath and camped by the river at the mouth of the valley. The conservative approach left room for a scouting war. .

So Jin Fangyan instinctively realized that it was time for him to appear.

Sure enough, Su Yao looked over:

"First remove the eyes they put in. How many people do you have left to fight?"

The reason why Su Yao asked this question was because his nearly one hundred barbarians had suffered the most losses in the previous battle, with more than ten people injured in the battle.

The battle was so wonderful. Su Yao, who was the leader of the attack, and the Han cavalry behind him passed by each other in the charge, and they were invincible, and they played perfectly without any damage.

Hu Qi, led by Jin Fangyan, followed closely behind. They formed the center and tail of the attack and withstood the pressure of the enemy's counterattack.

Of course, these attrition affected the morale of the Huqi after the war. For this reason, Su Yao also specially gave them permission to eat and drink.

After all, the loss of these dozen people made Su Yao extremely distressed. Regardless of whether they were Han or Hu, they were all his combatable soldiers!
So until he comes down and can replenish new blood, he can't be so reckless.

In other words, we can't be reckless for the time being. After a big battle, the repairs of armors and weapons are in progress. There are only two blacksmiths in charge of the repairs in Loufanguan, and there may be trouble in a few days.

Therefore, the scout battle is just right.

So Su Yao took Jin Fangyan with him, ordered a few agile and clever horse archers, took the archers and arrows, and went out to torture people.

(End of this chapter)