On the forest road, a barbarian cavalry galloped forward on the muddy road.
The team has just finished a night of patrolling.
But this is a hellish place, not even a shadow of Jingyang Bing.
What's there to patrol?
Patrols have also become routine fortifications.
Especially on a rainy night.
Anyone who wants to go on patrol in the rain has simply lost his mind.
Not only was my whole body wet, but I was even more chilled and uncomfortable by the night wind.
At this time, if there is a bottle of wine or a warm woman in their arms.
That's the best way to spend a rainy night.
The cavalry did the same thing.
Last night, he galloped all the way out of the camp and arrived at the nearby town of Jingyang people. He first killed a few people who resisted.
Afterwards, the women and food were searched out.
Just spent the night in the town.
There is nothing good about this town, except for some old rice wine and some women who are not very showy.
There are only some villagers who are as ignorant as the barbarians.
The reason why they were able to avoid being slaughtered was that they thought there was little to gain and the barbarians did not bother to waste their energy on such villages or towns.
Furthermore, the barbarian patrol soldiers hope to use this place as a supply location during patrols.
Women, food and water.
This small town has everything.
In the past, patrolling all night was a chore.
Nowadays, it is a good job that many people are vying for.
After the barbarians arrived in the town last night, they started a carnival. They didn't have much etiquette and shame to begin with.
Naturally, I can do anything.
Like an animal, he wandered around the town all night.
But they must return to the team's station early in the morning at the specified time.
It is undoubtedly very uncomfortable for them to march in the dark at this time, especially when they have to brave the cold wind and autumn rain.
"drive!"
The leading cavalryman shouted loudly and beat the horses under him wildly.
"Hurry up, I need to go back and catch up on my sleep. Don't stop and give me ink marks!"
The teams behind did not dare to delay, and urged their horses to follow the leader in front.
Going back to catch up on some sleep was not just the idea of the leading cavalryman.
So does everyone else.
However, while they were hurriedly on their way, they did not notice that many Jingyang soldiers armed with crossbows were ambushing in the surrounding woods.
Listening to the approaching sound of horse hooves, Zhao Xiaole in the woods closed his eyes and waited.
As the sound of the opponent's horse's hooves got closer and closer, almost reaching his ears, Zhao Xiaole suddenly opened his eyes and shouted:
"put!"
As his order was conveyed, the soldiers who were ambushing on both sides were immediately pulled up with a stumbling rope across the forest road.
At this time, the barbarian cavalry had just arrived, and because it was too dark, his horses had no time to stop.
The horse's legs immediately tripped over the stumbling rope.
Yu Yu Yu~
As the horses neighed, the leading barbarian also roared, and immediately the horse flipped over and fell to the ground.
Then, because the horses behind them were too close, they either rear-ended each other or hit the trip wire.
The neighing of horses and the screams of barbarians formed a chaotic mess.
"No, I'm just admiring people!"
"There's an attack!"
"Hide!"
"..."
More than a dozen barbarian cavalry were in complete chaos.
Before he could stabilize his body and see the shadow of the enemy, the crossbowmen who had been lying in wait in the forest were already ready and fired their arrows immediately.
Swish swish swish!
Arrows fell like rain.
They attacked the barbarians and horses one after another.
Some barbarians were still on the ground, while others were turning their horses' heads, but no matter what they were doing, the arrows did not have eyes.
I just stabbed whatever I saw.
Puff puff puff!
The barbarians didn't even see what the enemy looked like, so they were pricked into hedgehogs by the rain of arrows that fell one after another.
Zhao Xiaole then walked out of the forest with a long knife.
Autumn rain fell on the back of the knife, dripping down along the tip.
The rain of arrows has stopped.
The autumn rain is still falling.
The blood stains on the ground were spread by the rain and spread everywhere.
Zhao Xiaole picked up the knife and walked in front of the barbarian leader. Because his body was blocked by the dead horse, he was not shot to death by arrows.
However, his legs were pinned down by the dead horse.
Unable to move.
When Zhao Xiaole approached, the barbarian was trying to pull out his leg. When he saw Zhao Xiaole approaching with a knife, he was shocked.
The barbarian shouted: "You...who are you?"
Zhao Xiaole stabbed him to death without saying a word.
Then, he pulled out the knife and began to read the other party's memory.
The barbarians captured six cities in total. Although they captured them, they left very little defensive force behind.
The main reason is that there is a lot of food stored in these six cities, and some people need to be left to guard it.
These six cities are Yecheng, Zhangchuan, Linyi, Bahe, Changyuan and Suicheng.
Among them, Suicheng was close to Juyongguan and stored more than half of the barbarians' grain and grass, while Yecheng was backed by the Guangchuan River and was the only channel for the barbarians to retreat south.
These 50,000 people, in the event of a war, can retreat to defend the southern barbarians' passage, and advance to unite with Saihan's dozen or so troops to attack the city.
These are the general information that Zhao Xiaole read from the other party's memory.
If Zhao Xiaole wants to cut off the barbarians' retreat, the best way is to occupy Yecheng. Once the barbarians' retreat is cut off.
Then the barbarians will collapse without a fight.
Among them, Yecheng, Zhangchuan and Linyi were all on the territory of the King of Southern Fujian. Even so, in terms of urgency, Yecheng and Suicheng were undoubtedly important places where the enemy deployed heavy troops.
These two cities are naturally Zhao Xiaole's goals.
After reading the information.
Zhao Xiaole put away his long knife and asked others to deal with the corpses on the road. Then he returned to the carriage again.
How should we deal with 50,000 people?
Zhao Xiaole only has 2,000 men, and they are still cavalry.
With this small number of people, if they were to attack Yecheng, they would not even be able to climb the top of the city, let alone repel the 50,000 defenders.
Because my fingers kept tapping Yecheng on the drawing.
When the empress saw this, she sneered and said: "Yecheng is the passage for the barbarians to retreat south. Be careful where you go to fight. You are looking for death!"
"unless……"
Unless the King of Minnan is willing to help.
But she didn't want to say this.
Because it seemed to be urging Zhao Xiaole to give it to the King of Minnan.
Zhao Xiaole sneered, "With or without him, I can capture Yecheng. Do we want to make a bet?"
"What are you betting on?" The Queen naturally didn't believe it.
Zhao Xiaole thought about it and said, "How about just betting on a promise. Whoever loses must follow the other party's order to do something?"
The queen snorted and didn't bother to pay attention.
Naturally, he disdains this kind of bet.
"You can't win." The Queen hugged the thin quilt around her body and continued to sleep against the carriage.