The first thousand one hundred and eighty-seven chapters
After half a day, the bodies of the soldiers were buried, and Cheng Kai also ended his mission after repeatedly instructing Jiang Lei to be careful when deploying cannons.
"Old Duke, we don't have much food and grass. I'll leave whatever we can with you. It's just a small favor, so don't refuse, old Duke!"
"The general's mission has been completed, and it's time to go back and resume his duties. I wish the old man a great victory in his northern expedition in advance!"
The three thousand cavalrymen behind Cheng Kai also looked respectfully at Wan Buhai and the Northern Expedition army behind him: "I wish you and my comrades a great victory in the Northern Expedition in advance!"
Wan Buhai nodded heavily: "The Northern Expedition is imminent, so I won't send you far away!"
Cheng Kai fisted his hands and said, "Take care, gentlemen, and say goodbye!"
"Brothers, go back to Yingzhou and regain your sight, come on!"
In the blink of an eye, three thousand cavalry flew away, leaving only a long line across the horizon.
Wan Buhai withdrew his gaze, got on his horse and raised the sword in his hand: "Beat the drum and gather the generals!"
The sound of war drums resounded across the grassland again, and the 200,000 Northern Expedition troops looked in admiration at Wan Buhai, who was riding a horse and moving slowly.
"Brothers, this is the Hetao Grassland. It is the heroic place where our ancestors shed blood and sacrificed their lives for generations and buried their bones in other places."
"The land conquered by countless martyrs was forcibly plundered by Turkic barbarians because of my temporary weakness!"
"How can we let the barbarians roam freely in the place where our ancestors lived?"
"You can come and go freely on top of the bones of our ancestors!"
"I can't imitate the champion Hou Huo Qubing and drive the Hulu three thousand miles north of Yinshan Mountain, but I can't just watch the Hulu act so wantonly on our land, as if they are in an uninhabited land!"
"If we don't regain the lost territory and drive out the barbarians, how can I and you guys have the face to meet our ancestors a hundred years from now!"
Wan Buhai roared with resolute and strong eyes: "Restore our rivers and mountains, expel the barbarians, and exalt the mighty power of China!"
Word of mouth spread, and in an instant, the 200,000-strong Northern Expeditionary Army roared and waved their weapons.
"Restore my rivers and mountains and exalt my heavenly power!"
"Restore my rivers and mountains and exalt my heavenly power!"
"Restore my rivers and mountains and exalt my heavenly power!"
"Go to war!"
"The commander-in-chief has ordered us to go out to defeat the bandits!"
Amidst the loud sound of the horns, the 200,000-strong Northern Expedition Army headed directly towards the tribes of Jialisi and Lurmu.
They knew that as long as they captured the two largest nails under the pavilion of the Hetao Grassland of the Royal Court of Spieth, most of the Hetao Grassland would fall into the hands of Dalong.
Wan Buhai also had the idea of a last-ditch battle, and even mobilized two-thirds of the troops stationed in Heshuo, leaving only 20,000 troops to serve as a basis for the Huyan King's court to clear up suspicions.
Let them not dare to set foot in the land of Heshuo easily.
Although Wan Buhai had already known that the Huyan Royal Court, the Kingdom of Jin, and Dalong had signed a peace treaty for more than a year, Wan Buhai knew it in his heart.
The so-called piece of paper won't have much effect at all.
Faced with the vast territory and fertile grassland of the Hetao grassland, it was impossible for the Huyan Royal Court to remain unmoved.
The previous scheming of the Huyan Royal Court almost got him into trouble. If the Duke of Jing hadn't brought a doctor with superb medical skills who happened to arrive, just that trick that made him mistakenly think that the Eastern and Western Royal Courts combined their forces would have put him in bed.
Not worth it.
Although this little girl from Huyan Wangting is not very old, she is full of cunning schemes and tricks to attack people's vital points.
You must not treat it with the same eyes as ordinary people, you must be on guard against it!
The army had been heading north for half a day, and it was already getting late.
Putting an end to dozens of scouts' uninterrupted reconnaissance, the distance between the two tribes was less than fifteen miles.
"Report to Commander-in-Chief, something is wrong with Jie Lisi's department!"
Wan Buhai tightened his riding whip and looked at the scout suspiciously: "What's going on? Is there anything strange?"
"Commander, when the two armies are fighting, the Turkic tribes will send a large number of eagle shooters back and forth on the grassland to conduct reconnaissance every day."
"Now our army is less than twenty miles away from the Jielishi tribe. Normally, the Jielishi tribe's vulture shooters should have discovered our traces, but now there is still no movement from the Jielishi tribe!"
"The lights are bright but no one is around. Could there be an ambush?"
"Command the three armies to stop advancing!"
"The commander-in-chief has ordered the three armies to stop advancing!"
"Map, summon the generals from all ministries to discuss!"
"Got the order!"
Wan Buhai picked up the map and looked at it for half a stick of incense. All the generals came on horseback.
"Commander, why are you summoning us?"
"It's getting late, do we have to stay here to recuperate?"
Wan Buhai signaled the generals to be silent, told them about the scout's report, and then held the map and placed it in front of them.
"Not long ago, we had a close battle with Jielishi and Lurmu. It is impossible for Jielishi's army not to know that we are likely to send our troops northward at any time."
"But right now there is no movement in the Jielishi Department, which is contrary to common sense. From now on, there are two possibilities!"
"First, Jielishi's troops have laid out a suspicious formation and set up an ambush for us to attack the camp at night."
"Two, the Jielishi tribe has moved north to join forces with the Lurmu tribe, which is about fifteen miles away. The scene in front of us is deliberately delaying our speed."
"The reason is nothing more than that we want to borrow troops from the Khan Spismult of the Spieth Court, and then the three parties will surround us and fight together to kill us."
"Either situation is bad for us."
"The people in Jie Lisi's department are familiar with the terrain. We are going deep alone, with no support on either side."
"According to intelligence, Jie Lisi's troops can fight as many as 90,000 soldiers, maybe more, and most of them are cavalry. They can escape if they can't defeat us."
"But we can only pursue passively. Without backup, if we continue to go deep into the vast grassland alone and completely cut off contact with our brothers in the grain and grass troops, we will easily encounter most of the Western Turks outside the Hetao Grassland!"
"The Commander-in-Chief has thought about it for a while. In order to avoid suffering greater losses, no matter what the Jie Li Si Department's plan is, we cannot let them succeed."
"I intend to send a vanguard force to attack Jialisi's headquarters at night to find out what's true. Which one of you is willing to be the vanguard general?"
"This is an arduous and dangerous matter. I can give you time to think about it!"
"No need to think about it, the last general Wan Shoujiang is willing to serve as the vanguard general to attack Jie Lisi's troops at night!"
Rongwei Hou Cai Jun was stunned and shook his head hastily: "No, you are..."
Wan Buhai's face darkened and he glared at Cai Jun: "Shut up!"
Cai Jun helplessly lowered his face and stayed aside without making a sound.
Wan Buhai sighed and looked at Wan Shoujiang: "Shoujiang, I will give you 20,000 cavalry to attack Jielishi's camp at night! Before you attack, the sword and shield soldiers will cover the artillery battalion, trebuchets and eight-niu crossbows.
Sneak over the formation and launch a wave of long-range attacks first!"
"As soon as the cannon fire ends, you will attack immediately!"
"The final general Wan Shujiang has been ordered to do so!"
Wan Buhai took out a command flag and handed it to Wan Shoujiang: "Come and order your troops!"
"I'll say goodbye!"
"The rest of the ministries will act according to the situation and divide their troops into three groups to launch an encirclement. Pay attention to sending fifty scouts each to investigate Jialisi's tribe within a radius of about seven miles."
"Got the order!"
"Generals, obey the order!"
"The horse's feet are bound, the man's head is in the title, and he attacks Jie Lisi's tribe at night."
"Got the order!"
After the generals dispersed, Rongwei Hou Cai Jun looked around with a complicated expression and then looked at Wan Buhai.
"Commander, let the general go. This boy from Shoujiang is your youngest son. If something happens, how will you explain it to your sister-in-law?"
Wan Buhai's face darkened and he glared at Cai Jun. He held the horse's rein and raised his hand to wave in a circle.
"Shoujiang is my son, whose sons are these brothers?"
"Since you have chosen to fight on the battlefield, you must be prepared to be wrapped in horse leather!"
"Just because Shoujiang is my son, I can't charge into battle!"