Chapter 975
Soon Li Cunxiao selected [-] cavalry, although most of these [-] cavalry looked thin and short.But fortunately, the Kangju cavalry has fought many battles with Mongolia in the north over the years, and they are elite troops who have emerged from the flames of war.

Although these soldiers don't look very powerful, they are all motivated and dare to fight.It is more suitable to carry out this plan than the burly and strong soldiers.

After Li Cunxiao picked out the cavalry, Ruth said: "General An, Ruth, I hope you can return in triumph. Kangju still needs soldiers and horses to go back to guard, so farewell."

"Take care!" Li Cunxiao clasped his fists and said.

Then Ruth led the remaining 3 troops back to Kangju, Li Cunxiao got on his horse, Yu Wangzhao pointed to the south, and shouted in a deep voice: "Turn south to Guishuang!"

Li Cunxiao is now located at the junction of Dawan and Kangju, and he can reach Guishuang in the south.

Guishuang is divided into north and south, the north is located in the later Central Asia, and the south is located in the northern part of India.

However, Guishuang at this time, the birthplace of its culture is the map of Central Asia in the north, while the south is relatively backward.It's like the Han, Central Plains, and Henan regions are the birthplace of Huaxia, while the Yangtze River Basin in the south is relatively backward.

The north and south of Guishuang are also in the same situation as the big man.

Therefore, Lanshi City, the capital of Guishuang, is naturally located in the developed northern region.

Compared with Luoyang, the seat of the Great Han Dynasty, it is located in the center of the world. To the north is the Bingzhou Grassland, to go out of Hulao to Hebei, the hinterland of the Central Plains, to go out of Wuguan to Jingchu in Nanyang, and to the west is Guanzhong and Xiliang.

The Lan's City, which is the seat of Guishuang's government, is too far to the north. From the Kangju and Dawan border all the way to the south, it only takes three days to reach the Lan's City.

It's just that although Li Cunxiao is now raiding Lan's City, he is worried that the soldiers and horses will be discovered by Guishuang's soldiers and horses, but he can't swagger through the market. He must be cautious and approach the direction of Lan's City slowly.

First of all, after Li Cunxiao led the cavalry to Guishuang, he plundered a small town on the border.

Huaxia is one of the four ancient civilizations, and it is the only country that has passed down its culture.Therefore, the various skills of the Han Dynasty far surpassed other countries at the same time.

Even Guishuang, Anxi, and Rome, which are also the four great empires, are not as good as the big man in terms of architecture.

Among them, Guishuang is the weakest. Hundreds of years ago, Guishuang was a small nomadic country with tribes as its power. Although it is now unified, the city is not well built.

Not to mention the Lanshi City, the capital of the Guishuang Kingdom, its small border town, called a city, is actually just a small fortress, with no more than a thousand people in the city, and no more than a few dozen defenders.

Li Cunxiao distributed his soldiers and horses around the city, and personally led the troops to attack, but he destroyed the city gate in one shot.

"In order to prevent the people in the city from escaping and the news leaked out, all the people in the city can only be massacred, leaving no one behind." Li Cunxiao entered the city and ordered to the cavalry around him.

"General... killed them all?" One of Li Cunxiao's personal soldiers was dumbfounded upon hearing this.

I hope that the soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty will attack the city and occupy the land, and only kill the soldiers and horses, and will not harm the people. Now that Li Cunxiao wants them to slaughter the city, his soldiers are still a little uncomfortable.

Li Cunxiao sighed and said: "I don't want to slaughter innocent people, but there is no way to do it. If the people in the city escape, our actions will be leaked. If the wave is not eliminated, Guishuang has long been an enemy of my big man , not only my Dahan, Dawan, Kangju, and even Guishuang, but also more people will become victims of the war, sacrifice the small self, and fulfill the big self."

"Yes!"

Without any hesitation, a group of cavalry stretched out their butcher knives to the people of Guishuang, and within a short time, they slaughtered all the people in the city.

Afterwards, Li Cunxiao asked the three thousand cavalry to wear the clothes of the common people in the city, and divided the three thousand cavalry into dozens of groups. Each group of dozens of people pretended to be merchants and moved southward, slowly approaching the Lanshi City, the capital of Guishuang.

Of course, Li Cunxiao himself took the [-] cavalry under his command to explore the way first, and he said to avoid Guishuang's city and scout along the way.Walking to a safe area, let the rear cavalry follow up. In this way, the soldiers and horses arrived at the Amu Darya River in the north of Lan's City without any danger.

The Amu Darya River originates from the Pamir Plateau, passes through the northern part of Guishan from east to west, and flows into the Aral Sea.

The Amu Darya River is not small in scale, equivalent to the Huai River of the Han Dynasty. If Li Cunxiao and his party want to reach Lanshi City, they have to cross the Amu Darya River first.

It's just that three thousand cavalry wanted to cross the river, but it was quite difficult.

Now they came in secret, avoiding the people of Guishuang, soldiers and horses along the way, and they had to use boats to cross the river.But the boat is either in the hands of the navy or in the hands of fishermen in the nearby rivers. No matter who takes it from, they must be alarmed.

Li Cunxiao arrived at the northern part of the Amu Darya River first, followed by soldiers and horses. Li Cunxiao placed the cavalry in the reeds near the river, thinking about the way to cross the river.

A Kangju cavalry general walked up to Li Cunxiao and asked, "General, are you thinking of a way to cross the river?"

Among the soldiers brought by Li Cunxiao, there was one who could speak Kangju dialect, and the soldiers quickly translated, Li Cunxiao nodded and said: "Yes, the Amu Darya River is not small, and our army has no way to go without relying on ships In the past. To get a boat, you must either borrow it from the fishermen, or snatch the boats of the soldiers and horses in the ferry, no matter what, you must alarm the Guishan people.”

General Kang Ju said in a deep voice: "The fishermen only have one or two small boats in their hands. If we want three thousand soldiers from our army to cross the river, I'm afraid it will alarm many fishermen. And it can't be done in a day or two. Now we are far away from Lan's The city is not far away, and there are many people and soldiers nearby, so we can't do this, we can only raid the nearby ferry and snatch it from the officers and soldiers."

Generally, ferries are set up on rivers, and some ferries are specially set up by the government, where brave officers and soldiers and officials come and go.The Amu Darya River is located in the northern part of the capital, Lan's City, and soldiers and horses come and go frequently, and there are always many large ships at the ferry.

Li Cunxiao nodded and said: "You're right, I think so too, tonight it's dark, I'm going to search along the river myself, to see which one is convenient for me to do."

General Kang Ju said: "General, last year I led the soldiers and horses to escort our envoys to Guishuang to pay tribute. I passed a ferry. The ferry was small and there were few soldiers and horses. There were only dozens of people. Now only one year has passed. It is estimated that the strength of the troops inside is still the same, general, you can try it!"

"Oh? I don't know how far it is from here?" Li Cunxiao was overjoyed when he heard this.

"Only twenty miles away!"

Li Cunxiao clapped his palms and said, "This is really great. It's going to be dark soon, and you will follow me to find out in person later."

"Ok!"

At night, Li Cunxiao took the Guishuang general to the nearby ferry. Taking advantage of the moonlight shining on the river, Li Cunxiao approached the ferry quietly. He saw that the ferry was dotted with stars, and there were not many lights. Obviously, there were not many soldiers.

Li Cunxiao wrote down the layout of the ferry, and after thinking about how to attack, he returned to the station of soldiers and horses.

In the middle of the night, Li Cunxiao led his cavalry into the ferry, and after a fierce battle, he captured the ferry.

"The general is not well. Just now, two Guishuang soldiers who are familiar with water jumped into a small boat and escaped." When Li Cunxiao asked the soldiers to clean the ferry, a soldier came to report.

"What?" Li Cunxiao went to the front to wait and see, and saw a small boat on the river heading south.

"I'll take the soldiers under my command to chase after him first, and I'll come to support you by boat!" Seeing this situation, Li Cunxiao said hastily.

If these two soldiers were allowed to flee back to Lan's City to report the news, once the soldiers and horses in the city were prepared, it would be difficult for him to attack Lan's City even if his force was high.On the contrary, these soldiers and horses brought over will also be besieged and killed by Guishuang soldiers and horses, and die in a foreign country.

It took a lot of time for [-] cavalry to board the ship, so Li Cunxiao had no choice but to chase after him with his own soldiers.Let the cavalry follow.

"Don't worry, general, we'll be there soon!" Colonel Kang Ju said, patting his chest.

Then Li Cunxiao and the eighteen cavalry boarded a boat and chased south.Originally Li Cunxiao brought twenty personal soldiers, but just now when he seized the ferry, two personal soldiers were killed, now there are only eighteen left.

When Li Cunxiao was in the middle of the river, he watched the two escaped Guishuang cavalry come ashore and run towards the land.

"I'm afraid there are horses in the opposite ferry, hurry up and row!" Seeing the soldiers landed, Li Cunxiao was very anxious.

Soon Li Cunxiao also landed on the opposite ferry, and a pair of men and horses came out of the ferry, obviously they were also soldiers stationed at the ferry.Fortunately, this is only a small ferry, not a water village, and there are only dozens of soldiers and horses.

"Those who stand in my way will die!" Li Cunxiao quickly landed on the ferry, and King Yu swung wildly, killing all the defenders in the ferry.

But immediately Li Cunxiao and twenty cavalry took over the ferry. It is already February and the snow has melted, but the ground is still wet. Li Cunxiao looked south and saw a row of horseshoe marks on the ground going south.

"No, they have already cavalry headed for the Lan's City, let's chase after them quickly!" Li Cunxiao quickly got on his horse and chased towards the south.

The Amu Darya River is only twenty miles away from Lanshi City, Li Cunxiao and the eighteen soldiers chased them all the way, and caught up with these two soldiers three miles north of Lanshi City.

"Close the city gate quickly, the enemy is coming!" The soldier uttered a final roar towards Lan's City before dying.

It was late at night when Li Cunxiao raided the ferry, and after taking down the ferry, he crossed the river again, fought and chased, and now the sun is already rising.The gate of Lan's City has been opened at this moment, and there are people coming and going near the gate.

Moreover, the terrain around Lan's City is open, and the distance of three miles is enough for the soldiers and horses on the gate to spot Li Cunxiao and his cavalry.

"What's going on here?"

"It seems that someone is fighting?"

"What did that voice call when you came here? Close the city gate, enemy attack?"

"Seize the city gate quickly!" Li Cunxiao saw that the people nearby and the guards on the top of the city had been alarmed, so he took the lead and killed the city without hesitation.

"Close the city gate!"

Hearing the discussions of the surrounding people, the defenders on the top of the city also realized that the enemy was coming to attack, although it seemed that there were only about twenty cavalry.But there might be a large group of troops in the rear. Just to be on the safe side, the guard quickly ordered the city gate to be closed.

(End of this chapter)

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