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Chapter 11

As of noon, when Huang Yu's scout battalion returned and was willing to accept employment, there were less than 6000 people who came to Xujia Village, and most of them came from Xishan Town.

The reason is very simple. Li Si hired hundreds of young men from Xishan Town yesterday, and bought a large amount of grain, pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, etc. from there, and even emptied the stocks in various shops. Yes, Li Si's lavish spending has left a deep impression on these common people, so they don't object.

Especially all the valuable things that could be sold at home were sold, and they didn't worry about being stolen by thieves, so they simply dispatched the whole family.

There are more than 8000 people in the entire Xishan Town, and nearly 6000 of them came to work for Li Si.

As for Wangzhuang Town, which is farther away, there are very few applicants.

"Your Highness! The latest enemy situation, the black-toothed barbarians about a thousand cavalry did not come along the east road, but entered Huangzhuangji along the official road! General Huang believes that these thousand black-toothed cavalry are strong and strong, and they don't seem to be The reinforcements that the defeated soldiers brought from Jincheng are more like the vanguard of the Black Tooth King's early investigation of Lucheng, and he requested to transfer the defensive area."

At around [-]:[-] noon, just as Li Si took off his heavy armor, a traveler sent him the latest military information.

"These black-toothed barbarians are really rampant."

Li Si's heart was heavy. While the Black Tooth King was besieging Jincheng, he also wanted to plan Lucheng at the same time. I don't know if he was so arrogant or really confident?
Or, the situation in Jincheng battlefield is not good anymore?
"I just hope that this good-for-nothing boy can see it in the face of my fourth prince of Yan, so come over and talk." Li Si was a little anxious. .

If the thousand black-toothed cavalry ignored him and drove straight to Lucheng, then he really had no choice. After all, the opponent went south along the official road, and he was not afraid of being ambushed. Maneuver, no problem.

"Order General Huang to lead the Shesheng Battalion and the Swordsman Battalion to move their positions."

"How many pits have been dug? How many people are digging? How well has the horse been built?"

Li Si went back to ask Gong'e Zhouyue. Early this morning, he had to focus on using eunuch Sun Jin and Gong'e Zhouyue, because these two were the only choices when no scholars could be recruited.

Eunuch Sun Jin has not only read books, but also has a strong memory ability, can be called a photographic memory, and can solve nine chapters of arithmetic, so he was sent by Li Si to supervise and direct the excavation of the pit.

Gong'e Zhouyue also came from a wealthy family. She has been educated since she was a child and used it to keep accounts and record documents without any problems.

The two of them formed Li Si's primary internal affairs system.

"Reporting to Your Highness, there are currently 370 farmers recruited. Excluding the old and weak, women and children, there are 300 young and healthy women, 40 craftsmen, and 30 refugees from Dongjia Town and other three places. People, more than [-] horse pits have been dug so far, one step horizontally for the first mile, one step vertically, and two steps for the last two miles, densely covering the entire valley to a depth of three miles."

"There are another 500 refusal horses, all deployed on both sides of the valley, and 500 wooden shields, and [-] spears, which have been equipped for all recruits."

"As for the harvested ears of rice and wheat, they have also been transported to the camp on the south side, and Chen Qing, the leader of the logistics camp, is handling them."

Gong'e Zhouyue's voice is waxy and soft, but she utters words clearly, neither fast nor slow, which sounds very comfortable, but for Li Si, it is a surprise that Zhouyue can clarify the affairs.

"Record, order the scout battalion Huang Yu to send [-] scouts, hire local hunters, enter Luming Mountain, choose a secluded place with a wide view to set up a temporary outpost, and focus on the direction of Lucheng."

"Record, order Chen Qing, the heavy camp, to lead many women, children, old and weak to bury pots and cook food. Don't worry about food consumption. Let them be busy instead of doing nothing."

"Record, order Xu Guan, the garrison camp, to inspect the surrounding area of ​​the camp. If there are fleeing civilians, they will be persuaded to return. If there are troublemakers, they will be severely punished. If necessary, they can be killed to establish their prestige."

After issuing three orders in a row, Li Si rode his horse to inspect his pit formation. The thousands of young and strong women he hired were very reliable. They dug in the middle of the night yesterday and half the morning today, and then dug the wheat fields in this area. , the paddy fields were rough harvested, and now the whole valley was covered with horse traps.

This trapping horse formation is divided into two parts. The first part is purely for trapping the horses, so there is still a lot of space between them.

The second part not only traps horses, but also traps people. The diameter of each pit varies from 25 cm to [-] cm, and the depth is [-] cm. There is only a gap of [-] cm between the pits. Eyeballs all over the place.

With such dense pits, even if the enemy abandons his horse and fights on foot, one foot will be deep and the other will be shallow, and he will not be able to charge at all.

As for the two sides of the trap formation, the west side is Luming North Mountain, the foot of which has been dug into a cliff, and Juma is scattered all over it.

On the east side is the Luming East Mountain behind Xujia Village, and the foot of the mountain has also been dug into a cliff.

In short, the two roads are blocked. If he passes by force, Li Si will be so happy that he will call the general on the opposite side his brother. Relying on the favorable terrain, his [-] Shesheng Battalion is not a vegetarian.

In short, all the Black Tooth King's 4th-level cavalry are proficient in cavalry and archery, and there are as many as a thousand people. Under normal circumstances, Li Si's troops don't even know how they died. All he can rely on is his identity, and the Take a look around to see if you can lure the enemy over with a two-pronged approach.

Unless the general on the opposite side is a smart person, he retreats directly or simply goes to Wangzhuang Town. Huangzhuangji, a town of [-] people, arrests people to fill up the horse pit.

However, now that the black cavalry barbarians came all the way from Huangzhuangji, they naturally couldn't predict the future, so the people of Huangzhuangji and Wangzhuang Town, as long as they were not killed, should have fled to Luming Mountain.

All in all, Li Si had thought of all the factors and was just waiting for the opponent to make a move.

Shaoqing, Huang Zhong led the Shesheng Battalion and the Swordsmen Battalion arrived at Xujia Village, and began to disarm all members, eat and rest, and ensure their physical strength.

Yes, due to the huge amount of armor in reserve, the 300 archers in the Shesheng Battalion and the 50 swordsman captains in the Swordsman Battalion are all wearing iron armor and equipped with melee weapons.

And in order for them to move quickly, such as moving from the mountain ridge on the east line to the front line of the sinking horse pit, approaching ten miles, if they walk with their feet, don't fight.

So Li Si prepared a war horse for each of them. It doesn't matter if they don't know how to ride a horse.

Recruit hundreds of young and strong, hold the reins of the horses, and give a silver coin for a day of walking, what a fat job.

Now, the most important soldiers in Li Si's hands are 300 archers in the Shesheng Battalion, 50 swordsman captains in the Swordsman Battalion, and 44 cavalrymen in the Cavalry Battalion, a total of 394 people.

300 recruits can only watch at the moment.

As for the scout battalion's trooper, the head of the escort, it was enough just to pass on the information.

The garrison battalion had to stabilize the rear, which was also very important. If the black cavalry barbarians rushed over, but the people behind bombed the battalion and wanted to flee to Lucheng in a swarm, it would be really reckless.

That's why Li Si granted Xu Guan the right to act arbitrarily, if it really didn't work, he would kill people to establish his prestige!
Currently, in Xishan Town, Huang Yu's scout battalion is persuading those who don't want to leave, while observing the movements of the black cavalry barbarians.

There are also some scouts who went to Luming Mountain. Although in terms of time, Lucheng Lu's reaction may be very small, but he has to guard against it.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, forty miles to the north, thick black smoke rose from the location of Huangzhuangji, and soon the scouts reported that about [-] black cavalry barbarians left Huangzhuangji, but there were still [-] black cavalry barbarians Staying behind, robbing and murdering wildly in the town, the people fled to Futou Mountain in panic.

At 02:30 in the afternoon, black smoke was ignited in Wangzhuang Town, but most of the people in the town fled in all directions with their families because of the warning from Huangzhuang.

But most of them fled to Lucheng, and a small part fled into the mountains.

That's right, the official road turns to Lucheng here, and the road from Wangzhuangji to the south to Xishan Town is just a branch road built by the people here.

Looking at the situation, the black cavalry barbarians are really as Huang Zhong expected. They just want to plunder Huangzhuangji and Wangzhuang Town madly, and then test the reality of Lucheng, and then prepare to return. The Fourth Prince is just to the south.

However, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the horn sounded so shrill that it could not be heard even forty miles away.

But Li Si could imagine the faces of those black cavalry barbarians at this moment.

After all, the Jingguan with 350 barbarian heads piled up cannot be faked. If this fails to attract these black cavalry barbarians to go south, Li Si will recognize it.

"Your Highness, the scouts from Xishan Town reported back with the reflection of the bronze mirror, and the black cavalry barbarians blew their horns in Wangzhuang Town. Thousands of black cavalry soldiers are gathering and heading south at any time."

"Order the scout battalion to retreat!"

"Order General Huang, our army is in armor! Tell the people to retreat, hire young men who dare to die, and reward one gold. If this battle is won, all soldiers will be rewarded ten gold each!"

With an order, Li Si put on his armor again and mounted his war horse. Now he can trot his war horse for a certain distance on flat terrain without being led by others.

He couldn't participate in the previous two battles, but in today's battle, he has to watch it from beginning to end.

As for the overall command of the battlefield, he has already entrusted it to Huang Zhong.

(End of this chapter)