Fufeng Song

() July 24th.

It was a sunny day.The blue and clear sky is like a dome, covering the vast Luochuan Plain.In the distance, Yin Mountain, Taihang Mountain and other mountain ranges showed majestic figures in the sun, like giant dragons undulating, flying to the distance beyond the horizon.Summer is the most beautiful time for the grassland. The green grass is mixed with thousands of unknown flowers, which makes the horses running on the grassland seem to be excited.

Around the middle of the day, Lu Yao took more than a hundred horses to inspect the area between Dai County and Guangning County.They galloped their horses along an unknown river, and the sound of the horses' hooves would often startle groups of storks living in the reeds on the bank, making them circle in the air and making melodious calls one after another.

Lu Yao rode his horse to the front.At this moment, Daijun is generally peaceful, so he is not wearing armor, but a scholar's robe, with only a long knife hanging from his waist.This also has the meaning of declaring to the subordinates that the overall situation is under control.

If an ordinary general from the army dressed up like this, he would probably be severely criticized by the gentry literati, and even sentenced to prison for his crime.But Lu Yao, who was born in Bingzhou Maocai and Pingbei General Sima, is of course qualified to dress like this.However, even when he was dressed as a scholar, he still had a straight back and cold and sharp eyes.That kind of valiant military demeanor has gone to two extremes with those noble and noble children who are so relaxed that they look like mud.

Zhu Sheng rode a gray war horse, carefully following behind Lu Yao, a little short of half a horse's body.

Zhu Sheng was hit by an arrow in the back during the Qi Yishui battle. Fortunately, he was covered by leather armor, and the arrow did not penetrate very deep. He passed out due to excessive blood loss.At this time, many bandages were wrapped around his body, and his face was pale, but being able to ride a horse was already a blessing to the doctors who rescued him in time.

Lu Yao has always attached great importance to the timely treatment of the wounded.After conquering Daiwang City, he sent people to search for experienced healers, and even found many witch doctors from the Hu tribe.These people's medical skills are naturally uneven, and many of them are top-notch figures, but it is always possible to perform simple trauma treatment such as simple selection of herbs, cauterization of wounds to stop bleeding.

Zhu Sheng was one of the first wounded to receive medical treatment, and he was able to barely follow the army.His identity at the moment is one of Lu Yao's followers, relying on his understanding of various information, he can explain to Lu Yao at any time.He pointed to the east: "General, that's the Ono River. Duanbu originally mobilized a thousand cavalry from three tribes to confront us there, and even crossed the river with hundreds of cavalry to harass us several times. Under the king's city, thanks to the tight defense of Xiao Shi and Du Qin who guarded the Dai's king's city, they did not benefit from it. But since the arrival of our army, they have not dared to make any changes. Since noon yesterday, they began to withdraw one after another gone."

Lu Yao's power expanded faster than anyone could have imagined.At first, Duan Bu was not in a hurry to intervene because of his strong power, but only let the many servant tribes in Dai County solve it by themselves.Unexpectedly, the Wuhuan people tried to stand on their own first, but were taken advantage of by the Jin people; then the Murong Longcheng in Changshan also suddenly turned against each other... Duan Bu was caught off guard, and by the time he realized it, he was at a loss.

After the battle by the Qiyi River the previous day, on the one hand, Lu Yao continued to conquer and coerce a small group of Hu tribes; Qu Shuai, a Hu tribe in the area, took the initiative to come to serve.His military strength has grown rapidly like a snowball, and it is roughly estimated that it has exceeded [-].According to such an increase rate, in a few days, I am afraid that it will be close to tens of thousands.

Pei Qian, a famous official in the Cao Wei Dynasty and the ancestor of the Pei family in Hedong, wrote a letter to discuss the situation in northern Xinjiang decades ago.Now it seems that the war potential of this place is as amazing as he estimated.

The Hu people in northern Xinjiang are fierce and warlike, just like the ancients said: the people congratulate each other when they hear about the war, and the people who sing songs in the living and eating places also fight.These thousands of barbarian warriors are different from the farmers conscripted from the Central Plains. Almost all of them are excellent warriors who can ride bad horses and draw strong bows, and then they are forcibly entangled by Lu Yao with severe punishments and generous rewards. It gathered together a terrifying force.

In the past, Wang Jun formed an alliance with the King of the East China Sea, beheaded He Yan, the governor of Youzhou, and sent troops from Jicheng to the south to capture Yecheng in one fell swoop, thus confirming the hegemony of the King of the East China Sea.For such a significant military operation, all Wang Jun can use is Hu Jin's 2 people who are Duanbu's elite core.And last year, Yi Lu, the master of Tuoba Xianbei West, put all his eggs in one basket and tried his best to help Jinyang, but his strength was only about [-].At this moment, Lu Yao gathered seven thousand elites from Wu, Zahuhuan and other ministries with only one county!

Of course, these 7000 people almost included most of the able-bodied men of the various Hu tribes under the control or alliance of Lu Yao.Although they were recruited by Lu Yao, considering the grazing and production needs of various tribes, they were not a force that could be maintained for a long time.But right now, in July of the first year of Yongjia, this is the most powerful army in northern Xinjiang.

This victorious team is no longer something that the Duanbu Xianbei in Shanggu Second County, Guangning can directly fight against!

Faced with such a disparity in power, those Duanbu Xianbei people who got together temporarily knew that rashly provoking was just asking for humiliation. Even if they were unwilling, they had no choice but to bow down and retreat in order to try again.

Many subordinates were delighted to win without a fight, but Lu Yao knew very well that such a brutal expansion could not continue.Even if Hu was born with a strong personality, it was impossible for him to persist in high-intensity combat for a long time.More importantly, no matter whether the Tuoba tribe with a population of 40 or the Duan tribe who dominates western Liaoning, they will never allow the imperial court to try to cheer up in northern Xinjiang.According to the results repeatedly inferred by Lu Yao, Shao Xu and others: If you don't plan to force Duanbu Xianbei to jump over the wall in a hurry, combine the strength of the Zahu tribe, and occupy more than half of the Dai County in the gap between Tuoba Xianbei and Yuwen Xianbei, this is limit.

Lu Yao nodded slightly, and said to Zhu Sheng: "The Duan tribe in Shanggu Guangning area has no determination to fight us, so naturally they can only retreat. But Liaoxi is the main force of the Duan tribe. It is unknown what they will do. Tell me on your behalf Brother scouts, you must not slack off. From here, until Pan County, Xialuo, Zhuolu, any Hu tribe’s transfer, we must earnestly grasp it.”

"Yes!" Zhu Sheng showed a somewhat excited expression, and promised loudly.

After Zhu Sheng reorganized the army in Jicheng, he has been serving as the scout of Lu Yao's subordinates, and gradually accumulated success to become the leader of the team.But he made a lot of mistakes in the confrontation with Murong Longcheng, so that Tuoba Luguan's troops went straight to the central army, almost leading to failure.Therefore, Lu Yao, who has always been clear about rewards and punishments, dismissed him from his post and handed over the task of commanding the scout Qingqi to Ding Miao.

The thirty warriors who accompanied Lu Yao and Ding Miao to the Taihang east lost seven of them, Shen Jin, Ding Jin, Zhao Yao, Song Ti, and Mo Zhe Wanzai in Yecheng. Three of them were sacrificed successively.Almost all of the surviving 20 people, such as Xiao Shi and Du Qin, have held positions of more than a hundred generals.These 20 people are the elite selected by Lu Yao and Ding Miao in the Bingzhou Army, not all of them may have the courage to fight against a hundred people, but they all have considerable talents.Therefore, each of them has become an important figure in maintaining the entire army.

Zhu Sheng also made outstanding contributions. This former northern Xinjiang horse thief showed his ability to lead the scouts and horses in the recent military operations. It is no exaggeration to say that he is Lu Yao's eyes and ears.It is naturally a bit depressing to be dismissed for negligence during the war.But now that Lu Yao said so, it is obvious that he will still rely heavily on him in the future, and he will not make him bow down to the army for a long time.

This kind of intense excitement made Zhu Sheng's face flushed, and he almost couldn't hold the rein.And Lu Yao unceremoniously tapped his shoulder with a horsewhip, making him stabilize his shaky figure.

When Lu Yao was talking with Zhu Sheng, Shao Xu, Ding Miao, Liu Xia and others walked and talked not far behind.Everyone is in a good mood after such a huge win.

Shao Xu's riding skills are considered outstanding among literati. He freely steered his horse over a clump of reeds, and said with emotion: "With more than a thousand soldiers, they moved to Daidi, subdued Xianbei and Wuhuan, and took over the border counties within ten months. , so that the nobles of northern Xinjiang left in fear... The Jin Dynasty was founded for decades, how could it have been so powerful? This is a miracle that Shao could not imagine anyway. Looking back on the hard work of the past ten days, it seems as if in a dream . General Lu is really a god!"

"That's right! That's right!" Liu Xia nodded repeatedly.

In the mountains of Guangchang County, Lu Yao promised him a battlefield that would give him full play.This officer, who has been idled for several years, has indeed gotten a hearty battle in the past few days.In the eyes of Liu Xia, who is eager to make contributions, there is no general worthy of following than Lu Yao.

Most of the [-] cavalry who followed Liu Xia to Daijun were transferred out, and they were recruited into the generals to form backbone officers at all levels.Such a move could easily cause a backlash from the leading officers, but Liu Xia had no complaints about it, because after gathering a large number of miscellaneous beards, his troops had expanded unprecedentedly.

Xue Tong, Shen Jin, Liu Xia, and Ding Miao, who was temporarily acting as Lu Yao's deputy, these are the four generals currently led by Lu Yao's subordinate Du Li.Each of these four men has a complete army, ranging in number from a little over a thousand to fifteen hundred.The reason for the difference in troop strength is mainly due to consideration of the need for logistics and food supply. The number of cavalry is larger, and the total troop strength is correspondingly smaller.Compared with Ding Miao, who is an official of the Wuwei General, and Xue Shen, who has the official military position of a partial general, Liu Xia is far inferior in terms of seniority, status and reputation, but Lu Yao never values ​​him less than others.Such generous treatment was enough to make Liu Xia tearfully grateful.

And Ding Miao looked eastward for a while with his hands on the awning, and sighed: "Unfortunately, the grandsons of Duanbu Xianbei actually ran away. I also hope that they will be brave enough to cross the river, so that I can kill them quickly."

Shao Xu laughed and said, "Could it be that the fierce battles these days haven't satisfied Wen Hao?"

"The first few battles were quite enjoyable, but later... alas, this little boy Liu Xia has lost all the limelight!" Ding Miao shook his head, with a regretful expression on his face.He squinted at Liu Xia who was beside him, and said viciously: "Heroes are not allowed to show their talents, so that makes Zhu Zi famous!"

Liu Xia didn't answer any more, and turned his head to grab Chang Leng directly, posing as if he was going to duel with Ding Miao, which immediately made everyone burst into laughter.

Ding Miao was born with a tired and lazy temperament, while Liu Xia was a reckless young man, and the two saw each other right at some point.Although we always bicker, we actually have a very good friendship.

While they were talking and joking, someone urged the horse to hurry up from the side and rear, causing a cloud of smoke and dust.

Lu Yao raised his hand to signal, and everyone fell silent immediately.

But saw the knight rolled off the saddle and got off the horse, prostrated himself on the ground and said: "General Qi, Murong Longcheng has returned from Changshan. General Xue asked if the general has any opinion on him."

"So fast!" Several uncontrollable exclamations came out at the same time in the queue of knights.And everyone from Shao Xu down looked a little heavy.For the leader of the Changshan bandit who once drove the Jin army to a dead end, and then turned the world around and brought victory, although everyone didn't say anything, they were more or less fearful in their hearts.

Lu Yao pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "After all, this gentleman is already an ally, so he should not be ignored. Everyone, let's return to the camp quickly."

Everyone turned their horses back and galloped towards the camp.

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There will be more words in these few words, taking advantage of these two days with a little spare time, and I still have some debts...