Half an hour later, the sky finally dimmed. In the village of Bomei tribe, dozens of bonfires were lit at the same time, and many soldiers were happily grilling beefs and sheep. Several horse thieves from Douluji tribe who surrendered before were also very active in participating and were running happily. Obviously, facing the captives of Bomei tribe, these people who surrendered for only two hours also had their sense of superiority.
It is said that Hu'er in the Northern Xinjiang is simple in his mind, and it seems that he is indeed the case. It is very good, very good. Lu Yao thought this way, and walked between the bonfires, and greeted the soldiers one by one every time he passed by a bonfire. The soldiers of the beggar army were only transferred to his subordinates not long ago, but by this time, Lu Yao was able to call out the names of most of them. He even knew a lot of the surrenders of the Jisang bandits.
Sometimes he praised the soldiers for their heroic performance in battle, and sometimes he half-truely scolded the injured soldiers for being too careless. Even if the surrendered soldiers of the Douluji army who had just defected to this day, Lu Yao tried to talk to the strangely singredient Xianbei language. Of course, he only had a few words to turn around, and Xianbei language was not so easy to learn.
Wherever Lu Yao went, he often caused bursts of laughter. This laugh was not because Lu Yao was so funny, but because of He Yun and several others who were following him. They used large baskets of silk and money and distributed them to each soldier who participated in the war. As Lu Yao promised: If you fight for me, everyone will receive a generous reward. This reward will be fulfilled on the spot without delay.
Lu Yao was not particularly good at communication in his previous life, but in this era, the concept of equality in his bones was enough to make him incredibly approachable in the eyes of the soldiers. Even when several former prisoners carefully picked up the butterfly juice filled with skins and presented it to Lu Yao, Lu Yao drank it all without hesitation, causing many people around to cheer loudly.
Liu Xia stood a little far away and looked at Lu Yao, and asked suspiciously: "General Xue, does General Lu usually do this? I have seen many famous families in Jizhou, who never get so close to the soldiers."
After destroying the horse thieves from Douluji's army, Xue Tong led hundreds of cavalry to plunder Douluji's nest and returned at this moment. Although the horse thieves had traveled like wind and had no fixed place, they would eventually have several fixed places to settle their families and women and store necessary supplies. After Douluji's death, most of his subordinates turned against each other, and the wealth accumulated by these horse thieves over the past decades naturally fell into Lu Yao's hands.
Xue Tong found more than 20 refined iron armor, five horse armor, more than 80 swords, nearly a hundred spears, more than ten bows and crossbows, and a large number of food. As for the gold jewelry and jewelry treasures collected by Dou Luji, it was difficult to estimate the value for it. The more than 100 cavalry he led escorted prisoners and supplies, and walked around the mountain paths until he had just arrived at the camp of the Bomi tribe to meet with Lu Yao a while ago.
After hearing Liu Xia’s question, Xue Tong pondered for a moment. Before he could answer, Lu Yao had already walked quickly. Under the last sunset, he could see the blue veins on Lu Yao’s forehead bulging with a look of pain on his face.
"What's going on?" Xue Tong and Liu Xia were both surprised.
Lu Yao waved his hands repeatedly, squatted down and vomited a big mouthful.
"Uh..." He moaned long: "What kind of food do pigs and dogs eat? It's sour, bitter and smelly... These Hu people usually drink this? This is my life!"
The Hu people in northern Xinjiang are generally not good at farming walls, so they live in difficulties, but almost all of them love drinking. Since the wine made from grain is rare, they repeatedly stir fresh horse milk, goat milk, etc. with a hollow special stick to ferment and make butterfly to drink. Such strong tastes may be loved by some people, but Lu Yao's southerners' tastes are still hard to change. Even the mutton is insensitive. They suddenly poured a stomach of sour and fishy butterfly, and did not vomit on the spot. Not to mention that the butterfly is made in a coarse and poor manner, and there may be grass leaves, horse manure, etc., which really makes Lu Yao feel painful.
He Yun hurriedly ran to get a puff of clear water to rinse his mouth. Lu Yao took a few sips, then put his finger into his throat to retching, and he gasped for a long time before he recovered.
"Old Xue, are all those prisoners in good condition?"
"As you told me, the man, Ding Zhuang, the elderly, weak, women and children set up camps separately, and people have arranged to keep the guard firmly, and there is no problem."
"Well, send two soldiers to tell them that in the early morning of tomorrow we will recruit all the male members of the Bomei tribe, take them as pioneers, and continue to attack the next Zahu tribe's garrison. If you don't do your best in the battle, you will kill all the women and children in detained!" Lu Yao patted Xue Tong on the shoulder and said casually murderous words.
Xue Tong responded naturally: "Yes."
At this time, Chu Kun had found a flat rock nearby. Shao Xu spread the geographical map on it at the right time, and personally raised a pine-ming torch to illuminate it in front of him. Ding Miao, Xue Tong, Liu Xia, Liu Fei and others surrounded the school immediately.
This picture is specially painted on white silk, and every mountain, river, forest, and meadow has been marked in detail. After Lu Yao decided to take action in Dai County, Zhu Sheng led the scouts in front to continuously convey the latest information, and this map has been continuously improved and supplemented, and has been scribbled densely. The eyes are a little bit short of the time, and they have to be closer to see clearly.
Any battle is always carried out in a certain space, so geographical conditions have an important restrictive role on both sides of the war. Lu Yao always believed that without understanding the geographical environment, he could not command the war. After the end of the Jinyang War, during the rest of the army for more than a month, Lu Yao seized the opportunity to train key officers, which included the basic concepts of military geography and surveying. Among all the officers who were exposed to this knowledge, Zhu Sheng was one of the best.
Zhu Sheng, who was responsible for geographical surveying and mapping and enemy situation reconnaissance, Hu Liuniang, who was responsible for analyzing various forces, and Shao Xu, who was responsible for picking up the remains and filling in the gaps. The cooperation of these three people ensured that Lu Yao could accurately grasp the situation in Dai County.
Lu Yao squinted his eyes and looked at the map for a while, pondering and said, "Today we wiped out the horse thief and the Bomei tribe of the Douluji tribe. The Hus who were originally planning to rob him suffered a great loss. After the other tribes found out that they were deceived, they originally gathered about two thousand people to chase us. But an hour ago they stopped moving forward and are gathering here..."
He clicked on a rolling slope on the map at the junction of Guangchang County and Dai County, and continued: "It is obvious that they cannot figure out where we are coming from, and are suspicious, so they dare not act rashly. The Zahu, Xianbei, and Wuhuan people in the upper and lower parts of Dai County should have received news now. But they all need time to investigate our details and judge our intentions, and it is impossible to react immediately."
Lu Yao looked at Shao Xu, and Shao Xu analyzed: "In addition, the news of the abnormal movement of Dai County reached the north of Shanggu, and it would take about two days to reach the eastern Tuoba Xianbei in Yanshan across us; it would take one day to reach Duan Shifuchen in Juyang. At this time, Tuoba Luguan was fully prepared for the ceremony of the Dahan Mountain worship of the sky. His enemy lies in the Xianbei in the West, not the rest, so we don't have to worry about him in the short term. Duan Shifuchen was the deputy of Duan Wumuchen of western Liaoxi, and his actions were also restrained by Wang Jun, general of Ningbei... Even if according to the worst case, Duan Shifuchen was determined to use military means to deal with us, it would take at least three days for him to mobilize the ministry and enter Dai County."
"One day, three days, one day." Lu Yao bent his fingers one by one and nodded heavily: "So, we can have at least five days!"
"Five days..." Xue Tong rubbed the thick and hard beard of his jaw, and laughed: "Okay, we'll kill you in these five days!"
Lu Yao patted the map: "That's right! These five days are enough for us to take down Dai County. We will first eat the soft ones, then chew the tough ones, come one by one! First eliminate these miscellaneous Hu, and then fight against the Wuhuan people; after Wuhuan, we will solve the bandits on Changshan." He stood up and looked around the generals and schools around: "Before the external forces react, we can unite the various departments of Dai County, and then gather the power of Dai County to shock the Xianbei!"
Chapter completed!