Datang New Order

"Since the winter livestock camp of Pinbu was broken, the number of Khitan rangers in the north of the mountain has increased significantly, so the effectiveness of the scout team's field training has also increased a lot. In the past month, the scout team has encountered a total of ten encounters with Khitan rangers. Seven times, of which the two sides fought seven times. Two of our side were killed and seven were injured, and the Khitan Ranger was injured three. It is estimated that one of them was seriously injured. It only appeared for the first time in the last two times, which is circumstantial evidence that our scout team is gradually strengthening..." At this point, Wang Dalang paused, picked up the tea bowl on the table and took a sip.

This was a military meeting held in Li Chengzhong's cave dwelling. All officers above the team officer participated, and Feng Dao's reconciliation also appeared in this military meeting.

Li Chengzhong waved his hand and said, "Everyone knows these things...you just get to the point."

Wang Dalang nodded: "Since yesterday, when the scout team went out to explore, they found a problem. The Khitan ranger outside the White Wolf Mountain suddenly withdrew. The search went ten miles outside the mountain, but there was no trace of the Khitan ranger. Hao Xianen, the corps leader who was in charge of the scouting at that time, was afraid of being caught in the ambush, so he led his troops back."

Seeing Li Chengzhong frowned, Wang Dalang hurriedly said: "When they came back, Xuan Jie was giving a lecture in the classroom. I was thinking about seeing the situation today, so I didn't report to Xuan Jie."

Li Chengzhong waved his hand again: "This is not an example! Continue to talk."

Cold sweat dripped from Wang Dalang's forehead, he took a sip of water from his tea bowl, wiped his sweat in a concealed manner, and said: "Today, the instructor of the reconciliation center personally led the team out for a tour, and continued to explore for twenty miles. The camp of the Wai Khitans by the White Wolf Water. We found that the camp has changed. The whole camp has shrunk, but the rules are much better, and the pens for cattle and sheep in the original camp have also been reduced. The surrounding herdsmen have also disappeared. , All the Khitan soldiers entering and leaving the camp. Xie Li said that he smelled a strong smell of blood. Uh... Xie Li has some speculations about this, and the specific situation is still for him.”

After Wang Dalang finished speaking, Xie Li said, "Yes, my lord, I smelled a strong smell of blood. I think there should have been a fight in that camp the night before or during the day yesterday. It turns out that the herdsmen in the camp They disappeared, and the number of cattle and sheep decreased greatly, but there were many more Khitan soldiers entering and leaving the camp. Based on the counting of the tents, I estimate that there should be 600 to 600 people in the camp, and most of them are soldiers. We know the soldiers, there are about [-] of them... Therefore, things have changed a lot. When I came back just now, I wanted to ask the boys from the 'Wolf Army', but Captain Wang said it was too urgent , I need to tell you first..."

Li Chengzhong immediately ordered several chief inspectors from the "Wolf Army" to be brought to the cave.

When Wu Mali, A Zhu and Gu Si heard about this situation, they all frowned and thought deeply.After a few people babbled in Khitan, Gu Si, who is a better learner of Chinese, hesitated and said: "My lord knows, we are all from Wuli, the young man of Pinbu, and Bailangshan... is also the owner of Wuli. Account... We told the adults before that there are two products in the product department..."

Li Chengzhong asked: "You mean, your Dalang Lord has come to reinforce? What about the bloody smell mentioned in the explanation? What about those herdsmen?" He asked urgently and quickly, which immediately made Gu Si a little confused .Gu Si hurriedly turned to Xie Li, seeking Xie Li's help.

I heard that Xie Li and Gu Si talked for a while, and then Xie Li reported: "My lord, Gu Si said that it is impossible to reinforce, it should be a fight between the two sides. At that time, the two sides have already been unable to resolve it. If there is no mistake, this battle should be won by Dalang Jun Tuli."

Li Chengzhong looked at Womali, Azhu, and Gusi, who had sad faces, and then at Jieli, and said slowly: "So, the enemy we are facing has changed? It is no longer Wuli, but Tu profit?"…,

Xie Li nodded and said, "Gu Si said it was just speculation, they want to see it for themselves."

Li Chengzhong ordered to intensify the inspection of the Khitan pinbu camp by the White Wolf River, and asked Wang Dalang not to delay information in the future.

After witnessing by Wu Mali, A Zhu and Gu Si, the matter was finally confirmed. The Khitan camp by the White Wolf River changed its owner, and Xiao Lang Jun Wuli was defeated. It is unknown whether he was killed or fled.Judging from the traces remaining in the northeast of Daying, the herdsmen and large herds of cattle and sheep of the original Wuli tribe were moved to the direction of Liucheng, while those who stayed in the camp were the real main force of the Pinbu, about [-] to [-]. Six hundred Khitan soldiers, in addition to an unknown number of Han slaves.

In the following month, the Khitan Division gradually resumed the blockade of White Wolf Mountain, and encounters between the former battalion scouts and Khitan rangers occurred frequently.The soldiers of the scout team selected by Li Chengzhong are all ordinary people who have experience in horseback riding and animal husbandry outside the pass. Coupled with the careful training of Xie Li, an expert, in Zhang Xingzhong's opinion, even compared with the cavalry of the Badu, one by one is not much better than the other. Let it go, if it is placed in the south, it can almost be regarded as an elite cavalry.But even so, in the contest with the Khitan rangers, they still showed their immaturity, and they often had to rely on the joint efforts of the whole team to compete with the Khitan rangers organized in groups of four or eight.

Li Chengzhong was not worried about the Khitan people's blockade of Bailang Mountain for the time being. As winter passed and the snow melted, spring came unexpectedly. For cattle and sheep, it is not a problem to maintain the supplies of the people and soldiers in the mountains for half a year.

Li Chengzhong is not a person who is willing to shrink his head and endure. Now that the supply is not a problem, he began to think about his opponent.Since you can cut off my supply lines, why can't I harass your supply camps?With the previous successful experience, Li Chengzhong continued to set his sights on the Khitan people's livestock camps, and the scout team's scouting mission also included the project of finding the Khitan people's livestock camps.

The Khitan soldiers had to eat cattle and sheep, and the cattle and sheep had to graze grass. As the seasons changed, it was impossible for the Khitan people's large herds of cattle and sheep to stay in one camp all the time, and those animals would definitely migrate around the camp.Li Chengzhong's focus is still on the north of the mountain. The grassland is lush with water and grass, and it is an excellent livestock camp.And there is a back mountain path out of the mountain, which can have a good effect of surprise attack.

It's just that after the last success, the Khitan people never set up the animal husbandry camp on that pasture again. I just don't know if the new owner of the White Wolf Water Camp will know or absorb that lesson?Well, it is extremely unreliable to rely on the carelessness and negligence of the opponent. For this reason, Li Chengzhong intends to take the initiative to help the Khitan people make a choice.

He adjusted the scouting time for the scouts, blatantly letting the scouts set off from the pass just south of the White Wolf Mountain, and deployed a large group of infantry to respond to the pass, letting the scouts come and go around the southern foot of the White Wolf Mountain to ambush those who fell. A single Khitan wanderer, looking around for the Khitan's livestock camp at the southern foot.In short, the bigger the movement, the better.At the same time, he ordered to reduce or eliminate the tours to the north of the mountain during the day, and try to make it a "safe area" considered by the Khitan people.

Because of the steady consumption of vegetables, beef and mutton, especially the organs of cattle and sheep, the night blindness of the soldiers in the front battalion has been greatly improved, and some soldiers have been able to move normally at night, which provided conditions for Li Chengzhong to choose night scouts.The task of these night scouts is very simple. When night comes, they sneak quietly to the pastures in the north of the mountain to see if there is any sign that the Khitans have set up a livestock camp there.

Li Chengzhong's arrangement achieved good results. The Khitan people began to set up tents and fences on the fertile pasture in the north of the mountain.A few days later, Li Chengzhong received a report from the night scouts that the Khitan camp in the north of the mountain was completed, where thousands of cattle and sheep were grazed, about 80 guards were deployed, and nearly a hundred Han Chinese slaves were grazing cattle and sheep. …,

Excited, Li Chengzhong ordered to strengthen the surveillance of this livestock camp at night.After three days of continuous observation, he finally gave the order to attack.

Li Chengzhong deliberately found Zhili and asked him if he could lead the "Blue Army" to the expedition.The reason for this consideration is that, on the one hand, he wants to mobilize all the troops he has in his hands to ensure the safety of this expedition; on the other hand, the "Blue Army" has performed very well these days, and he also wants to pass the This time it is relatively safe to use troops to test the mentality of these Khitan surrenders. To put it bluntly, it is to test their loyalty and provide basis and reference for how to use these Khitans in the future, and even how to formulate strategies against Khitan surrenders.

Listening to Li Chengzhong explaining his intention, Xie Li said coldly: "Your Excellency is still worried about us. I told you before that as your Lord's prisoners of war, they have actually become your Lord's slaves. Those women can be your Lord's and his subordinates It is the law of the prairie that the soldiers have children, and those soldiers can fight for the adults. It is the law of the grassland, so you can rest assured. What's more, they have a good life under the hands of the adults. It is better than being brought back by the current master of the product department It is much better for Liucheng to be a slave."

Faced with Li Chengzhong's hesitation, Xie Li patiently explained: "They have been following Wuli before, but now that Wuli is defeated, if they are captured by the victor, they will become slaves of the victor, even if they are of the same clan. Especially It is this kind of thing that involves fighting for a catty. Their future life will be very miserable, and it is far less comfortable to live with the adults. What's more, they have surrendered to the adults. To be honest, they can't go back, um, I overthrow me In the previous words, they would not even be brought back to Liucheng. There may be only one way for the Pin Department to deal with them, and they may not even have the qualifications to be slaves. If this dispatch of troops really encounters the main force of the Pin Department, don’t worry, my lord. , Their determination and courage to fight will not be much worse than your soldiers."

At this moment, Li Chengzhong understood, and he immediately remembered that the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese Communist Party in the Anti-Japanese War in later generations often attacked those stubborn puppet troops and traitors more severely than the real Japanese army. This is actually a truth.

Li Chengzhong really wanted to ask Xie Li how the Sudden Judgment Department would treat and deal with Xie Li.But he is not really stupid, if he really asks this, the special relationship established between him and Xie Li may directly disintegrate, and Xie Li will probably fight him desperately.

So Li Chengzhong was relieved. He gathered all the soldiers of the front battalion, plus the Khitan "blue army", a total of more than 430 soldiers as the main force, and recruited all the remaining males from the Bailang Mountain people, a total of 600 people, In the early hours of the night, I went down the mountain from the back mountain path and went straight to the livestock camp set up by the Khitan people on the pasture in the north of the mountain.