Xiao Jingxuan stayed in ambush on this slope until noon of the next day, and finally waited for the barbarian raiding team.
Although there were only a thousand barbarians, due to the large amount of looted materials and the large number of civilians, the team stretched very long.
Xiao Jingxuan stared at the team for a long time, and after feeling nothing unusual, he felt relieved.
When the enemy team arrived at a suitable position, Xiao Jingxuan began to bend his bow and arrow, and the soldiers behind him also began to follow suit.
When the arrow in Xiao Jingxuan's hand hit the general leading the barbarian army, Xiao Jingxuan's men shot their bows and arrows at the enemy one after another.
After the rain of arrows, Xiao Jingxuan drew his saber and charged towards the enemy.
As the shouts of killing from Xiao Jingxuan's side rang out, Zhao Hu and Lu Xu also began to charge.
The Wei people in the enemy team began to flee in all directions, but the barbarian cavalry did not flee. Instead, they quickly formed a queue and began to move closer to the center.
Seeing this situation, Xiao Jingxuan frowned slightly and began to charge towards the enemy.
The enemy soon began to counterattack. Facing the numerous Wei troops, Manqi did not panic at all. After meeting in the middle, they launched a countercharge towards Xiao Jingxuan.
The two sides soon fought together. Xiao Jingxuan's martial arts was not in vain, it was almost a sword. However, Xiao Jingxuan was still looking around.
The fact that the barbarians could organize a counterattack so quickly meant that there was another general in the team, a very prestigious general.
However, the soldiers around them all wore similar uniforms, so they had no choice but to continue killing.
However, in terms of battle losses, the Wei side did not actually have the upper hand. However, after Xiao Jingxuan rushed to the head, he began to gather troops and horses, planning to launch another charge and make another breakthrough.
However, all this changed with the arrival of Zhao Hu and Lu Xu.
Many people may be surprised that the barbarians are very good at riding and fighting. Although Xiao Jingxuan has more people, most of them are new soldiers. The gap between the two sides is actually not big.
First of all, Xiao Jingxuan made a sneak attack, and the first round of arrows took away the lives of dozens of barbarians.
Second, the barbarian team was too long and it took time to assemble, and there were still many barbarian soldiers who did not participate in the charge.
Third, due to terrain restrictions, when cavalry fights from uphill to downhill, the speed and impact will increase, but this will not happen when going uphill.
In addition, the road is not wide. When the two sides fight, the arrow part actually plays the main role. You must know that although most of Xiao Jingxuan's hands are recruits, there are also veterans, and the foundation of one hundred Liangzhou Cavalry is still there.
All of the above made the balance of war quickly tilt towards Xiao Jingxuan's side.
After half an hour passed, there was no more barbarian cavalry on the battlefield.
At this time, Xiao Jingxuan said loudly to the people around him: "Folks, please quickly take your dry food and take shelter in the surrounding mountains, and then go down the mountain after the war is over."
Then he said to Xu Ce next to him: "Xu Ce, make arrangements quickly to distribute some food to the people around you and point them in the direction. You have to be quick.
Zhao Hu, Ye Xiong, and Lu Xu quickly cleaned the battlefield, taking away all the food, horses, and weapons they could without affecting their speed. If they couldn't be taken away, find an inconspicuous place and hide them.
Hurry, the army will set off in half an hour. Make no mistake."
After receiving some supplies, the people around them initially begged the sergeants for protection. When they learned that the army was still going to fight and it was more dangerous, they dispersed in panic.
Fortunately, there are a lot of mountains and forests around, so I should be able to escape. However, Xiao Jingxuan really can't care about that much at this time.
After the army was packed up, Xiao Jingxuan began to lead his army to retreat.
I thought there would be pursuers, so the army was very fast, but soon, Xiao Jingxuan knew that he was overthinking.
At this time, the barbarian army was so proud that they could not take any precautions.
After returning to the camp, Xiao Jingxuan began to take stock.
In this battle, Xiao Jingxuan fought with more than 3,100 men. He wiped out 1,032 enemies, captured more than 230 horses, and a certain amount of food, grass and baggage.
Three hundred and seventeen people were killed and more than 600 were injured. In terms of results, it was considered a great victory.
But as far as Xiao Jingxuan is concerned, it doesn't matter. The loss is too great. You must know that it is not easy to replenish soldiers now.
During the two days when Xiao Jingxuan intercepted and killed, Li Xiaoyun was not idle. First, a large number of traps were laid out at the mountain pass, and a camp was built in a hidden place.
Although this camp is very simple and time is limited, it is still quite good.
After arranging the wounded, Xiao Jingxuan arranged the sentries.
After doing these things, he went to rest with everyone.
In the following days, Xiao Jingxuan continued to attack. As long as the number of enemies was small, sometimes even if there was no terrain advantage, Xiao Jingxuan would not let go.
As the losses of the barbarians increased, the higher-ups of the barbarians finally came to their senses and increased the number of barbarian raiding teams. This resulted in fewer and fewer attacks.
However, at this time, Xiao Jingxuan has already completed avoiding the attacks. Although it is not possible to wipe out all the enemies every time, the results are still very rich.
Xiao Jingxuan wrote the battle report, called a personal guard, and said: "Send this letter to the Longzhou Governor's Mansion and give it to the Governor Xiao Yan. Then wait for the reply."
After the personal guards left, Xiao Jingxuan sighed.
Hey, during this period, although the battles were fruitful, the losses of the troops were not small. Now, in addition to the wounded, there are more than 2,000 people, and there are only more than 1,000 people who can fight, and almost 1,800 people died in the battle.
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The enemy has increased the number of plundering troops. Now, Xiao Jingxuan has lost the ability to continue fighting.
I don’t know if we can invite reinforcements from Longzhou this time. It doesn’t matter. As long as we can get 3,000 Liangzhou cavalry, Xiao Jingxuan can do a lot.
However, Longzhou is still a bit far here, and with the barbarians, I don’t know when I will get a reply.
Xiao Jingxuan waited on the mountain for six days, and finally waited until the personal guard who delivered the letter came back.
After saluting, the personal guard handed the reply letter to Xiao Jingxuan. Looking at the reply letter, Xiao Jingxuan was a little disappointed.
Nowadays, the situation in Longzhou is not optimistic. Xiao Yan cannot spare any manpower for the time being, but the court's reinforcements have already set off. Xiao Yan asked Xiao Jingxuan in the letter to wait for the opportunity.
Xiao Jingxuan was a little disappointed when he didn't get the answer he wanted, but he had no choice but to continue waiting.
Fortunately, Fengzhou City is still there at this time. After investigation by sentinels, it was found that the troops of King Krutai have not launched an attack on Fengzhou yet. This is also good news.
After waiting in the mountains for another half month, most of the injured soldiers were able to fight on horseback. So, Xiao Jingxuan calmed down for almost a month and started fighting again.
However, this time, Xiao Jingxuan did not insist on destroying the enemy, but looked for the enemy's food route.
Regardless of whether it was a plundering team or supplies transported by barbarians from the rear, Xiao Jingxuan would not let it go as long as the opportunity was right.
Killing the enemy second is mainly to destroy supplies and increase the enemy's burden. This is also a helpless move. Why is Xiao Jingxuan currently short of manpower?
While Xiao Jingxuan was attacking everywhere, reinforcements from the Longzhou court finally arrived.
The one who came back this time was not the eldest prince, but the prince.
As a prince, he usually sits in the capital in order to bring peace to the world. However, the prince really cannot feel comfortable handing over his military power, so he has no choice but to conquer it himself.
This time the prince brought his own troops, and the East Palace led the troops.
The left Yu Lin Wei was the central army, the left and right rear guards were the forwards, and the left and right garrison guards were the rear army. They also mobilized some surrounding armies, totaling 150,000 troops, to rush to the northwest to reinforce.
In fact, there are many armies in the northwest. There are 30,000 Liangzhou cavalry in Longzhou alone. Adding in Longzhou's own troops, Longzhou alone has almost 60,000 troops.
Coupled with the troops from other states and cities, there are probably still 150,000 troops under the rule of Longzhou Dao.
However, the Wei cavalry was still too few, and coupled with the heavy task of defending the city, there were fewer mobile troops to mobilize.
On the fifth day after the prince arrived in Longzhou, Xiao Jingxuan received the summons order.
Looking at the summoning order in his hand, Xiao Jingxuan felt strange and didn't know how the prince found him.
But now that you have received the order, let’s carry it out.
Xiao Jingxuan took all the cavalry in his headquarters and began to rush towards Longzhou. Finally, on the afternoon of the third day, the army entered Longzhou City.
After arriving in Longzhou City, Xiao Jingxuan immediately reported to the Marshal's Mansion.
Unfortunately, it was too late and I didn't see the prince who was busy with official duties.
However, it didn't matter. After Xiao Jingxuan learned that the prince had rested, he raised his head and looked at the sun that had not yet set. Then he mounted his horse and left the temporary Marshal's Mansion. He came to Xiao Yan's Mansion.
Xiao Jingxuan's great-uncle originally lived in the Dudu's Mansion. However, after the prince arrived, out of the way of a courtier, Xiao Yan gave up the Dudu's Mansion and served as the prince's commander's palace.
Then I randomly found a yard to live in.
After Xiao Jingxuan saw his uncle, his uncle was not surprised. He asked calmly: "Have you met the prince?"
"When I returned to my uncle, I didn't see my grandnephew. The guard at the door said that the prince had already rested."
Xiao Yan sneered a few times and said: "Whatever, it's just a show of force, but here comes your trouble."
"Please give me a clear explanation from my uncle."
"A few days ago, when the prince arrived in Longzhou, he asked me for the military power of Longzhou, and I gave it to him. But who knew that he wanted to mobilize the Liangzhou cavalry, but I refused because of his old age. This is not
, just dropped you back."
Xiao Jingxuan was stunned, "What's the use of calling me back? I'm just a small Dingyuan general, how can I command the Liangzhou cavalry?"
"Humph, I'm just using you to silence me. I've already submitted your battle report. If nothing unexpected happens, your reward will come down soon, and then trouble will naturally arise."
After chatting with his uncle for a while, Xiao Jingxuan said goodbye and left.
Although he could stay at his uncle's place, Xiao Jingxuan still wanted to stay with his subordinates.
Now that we have arrived in Longzhou, we can only let nature take its course. This chapter has been completed!