Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Seeing that Zhang Yue was about to be hit by the owl fox's axe, Zhang Yue exerted force on his waist in an instant and spun his body. The ax scraped the tip of his nose, but he successfully dodged it.

"Oops!"

The owl fox secretly thought, and subconsciously ducked to the side, but at this time it was too late, Zhang Yue's long sword raised up, and suddenly hit his thigh.

There was a burst of severe pain, and the owl fox groaned, and he knelt down involuntarily. Zhang Yue took advantage of the situation and slashed at the owl fox's neck with his long sword...

Ouhu accidentally made a move and Zhang Yue scratched his thigh. The severe pain made him kneel down involuntarily.

Zhang Yue's long sword swept across, and hit the owl fox's neck with one strike. A human head flew up and blood spurted out.

A horse thief nearby was coming from the side with a scimitar raised, trying to help the owl fox, when an arrow flew from the west and hit him in the face.

Only then did the horse thieves on the side react and shouted in horror, "The big leader is dead... The big leader is dead..."

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Yue chopped down two more horse thieves.

When all the horse thieves in front of him were gone, Zhang Yue raised the head of the owl fox and shouted, "The owl fox is dead, why don't you surrender quickly?"

The Han soldiers on the side also shouted after him.

The attacking horse thieves were all startled at this moment. When they looked up, they saw that the Han army officer was indeed holding the head of the leader Ou Hu.

When the horse thieves were panicking, Cai Ting took the opportunity to launch his crossbow. The thick-armed crossbow arrows suddenly cleared a bloody path on the battlefield.

The flying flesh and blood became the last straw for the horse thieves.

The horse thieves shouted and turned around and fled down the hill. Their morale had completely collapsed and they no longer had the courage to continue fighting.

"Second and Third Sons, mount your horse and chase the enemy!"

Zhang Yue gave an order, and the cavalrymen jumped on their horses as quickly as possible. Under Cai Ting's command, they opened the gate of the Dunbao and rushed outside the fort.

Zhang Yue took the lead and led his cavalry to chase the horse thieves.

The road cleared by the horse thieves in order to attack the Dunbao turned them into a desperate situation.

"Ah...ah...ah!"

There were screams one after another, and a famous horse thief fell under the hooves of the Han army's horses.

Seeing that there was no way to escape, Ada decisively knelt down and surrendered. Seeing that the two leaders had surrendered, the remaining horse thieves also knelt down obediently.

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Zhang Yue was riding on horseback, and a heroic spirit rose from his heart. Although the opponents in this battle were just a group of horse thieves, it had a special meaning to him and his small army.

This was the first battle he commanded independently, and it was also the first battle after his soldiers formed an army. The victory of this battle broke the spirit of him and his small army.

After the baptism of this battle, his small army finally completed its transformation and transformed from a ragtag group into a real army.

Although this army is still inconspicuous now, Zhang Yue believes that it will eventually become a nightmare for the Huns!

"Uncle Dub, we are rich!"

Zhang Hao ran over and shouted excitedly, and Zhang Yue was also awakened by his shout.

Zhang Yue patted Zhang Hao's shoulder and looked around with a smile.

"Guard the prisoners and count the loot. It's getting dark and we don't have much time!"

"promise!"

Zhang Hao agreed and shouted excitedly to everyone to take care of the horses. This time they captured nearly 300 horses.

There are so many horses that there is no room for them in the fort. When Zhang Yue was worrying about how to deal with the extra horses, a group of soldiers and horses suddenly appeared on the horizon.

The visitors were none other than the Longshouzhan garrison led by Han Feng.

"It's Han Junhou..."

After confirming the identity of the visitor, Zhang Yue, Li Si and others hurriedly greeted him.

"Meet the military lord!"

Before they could reach Han Feng, Zhang Yue and others had already prostrated themselves on the ground.

"Everyone please get up quickly..."

Han Feng stepped forward quickly, took Zhang Yue's arm and pulled him up.

"Zhang Jun is indeed an athlete of our Han family. He defeated the incoming horse thieves in such a short time. I should take credit for Zhang Jun..."

Han Feng put his arm around Zhang Yue, laughing and praising Zhang Yue and others.

"Marquis Miao Zan. Today's victory is all due to the foresight of the Marquis. Without the reinforcements sent by the Marquis, it would be difficult for the servants to hold on to the fort."

Han Feng smiled and shook his head, patted Zhang Yue on the shoulder and said: "You are too modest. It is your credit that should be yours..."

Because it was late, the Han army was ultimately unable to complete the inventory of the loot that day.

In order to prevent the horses from freezing to death, Li Si had to direct everyone to find a leeward spot in the valley and light bonfires everywhere.

Such was the situation, early the next morning, more than ten horses were still frozen to death.

Zhang Yue felt very sorry. These were rare and good horses, even among the Huns.

However, there was nothing he could do about it, so Zhang Yue had no choice but to skin the frozen horses and stew them, which served as a meal for the soldiers.

In order to prevent more horses from freezing to death, Han Feng returned to Longshouzhan early in the morning with 200 horses and 30 camels.

When he left, he left Zhang Yue with two thousand infantrymen. In addition, Guo Kai's ten thousand cavalrymen were also officially allocated to Zhang Yue. Zhang Yue was also promoted to the position of commander.

The reason why Han Feng kept those two infantrymen was, on the one hand, to help Zhang Yue guard the prisoners, and on the other hand, he also wanted to see how Zhang Yue would deal with so many prisoners of war, and whether his farming strategy was feasible.

After Han Feng left, Zhang Yue directed the prisoners of war to build dens in the valley.

Zhang Yue saw this thing in a book of later generations. It is said that it was a cold-resistant building invented by refugees.

The construction method is quite simple. Just dig a hole in the ground, find some stones and branches to build a small wall around it, and then put some thatch on top to build a house. This kind of construction is simple and effective, and does not require any raw materials.

With a certain amount of firewood, grass and charcoal wood, it can withstand the severe cold very well.

This is also the best solution Zhang Yue can think of now.

Zhang Yue quickly handed over the construction of the underground nest to Cai Ting. The more than 100 horse thieves captured this time provided Zhang Yue with sufficient manpower.

Zhang Yue watched Cai Ting commanding the prisoners to build their nests in an orderly manner, and felt very satisfied. Although Cai Ting was a little timid and his force value was not high, he was very good at managing logistics.

Born as a businessman, Zhang Yue feels that his work has become much easier with him.

At night, each of the dens had taken shape, piles of firewood were lit, and the prisoners all showed smiles. Although I and others were prisoners of the Han army, at least they did not have to freeze to death.

At night, Zhang Yue called Guo Kai, Li Si, Zhang Hao, Cai Ting, and the newly arrived chiefs Wang Hu and Dong Shan to his barracks.

"Today we have summoned all the monarchs to discuss two matters. The first is the garrison arrangements, and the second is the settlement of the land in the coming year. I wonder if you have any advice!"
Chapter completed!