Chapter 983 Leave no trace behind
As soon as General Guan left, Governor Feng led the soldiers returning from the north to Wuyuan County and took over the entire camp.
“Where is Ke Bineng?”
As soon as Feng Jishi got off his horse, he immediately asked Liu Liang who greeted him.
Liu Liang, who was staying at the camp, relaxed his tense nerves when he saw the familiar face of Governor Feng.
Although people have been sending him information about Kebineng, General Guan is not here and he lacks a sense of security.
I was afraid that Kebi would take advantage of this opportunity to suddenly appear and burn the camp down.
“Some old friends in Gaoque sent me news that Kebineng’s men and horses have been gathered and are heading east.”
"According to the current speed, if it is the fastest, it will arrive tomorrow; if it is the slowest, it will not exceed the day after tomorrow. Kebineng will arrive in Wuyuan County."
Liu Hanzi finished speaking in one breath and couldn't help but wipe the sweat on his face.
It was too hot and he was too excited, so Liu Hanzi was sweating a little.
When Governor Feng heard this, he smiled:
“You seem to have quite a lot of old friends.”
Liu Hanzi laughed dryly:
“It’s all thanks to the king’s blessing…”
This sentence is a subconscious truth.
After traveling all over the country for so many years, Liu Liang has finally seen the world’s human nature.
So he understood one thing. Without the resources of the Xinghanhui system, there would be no Liu Hanzi in this world.
The so-called hero takes advantage of the situation. This sentence only tells half of the truth, or in other words, it deliberately conceals half of the content.
That is, before you can take advantage of the situation and become a hero, you must first have money, food, and people.
Of course, it would be better if there are some unique resources that others do not have.
Those who don’t have these things, but still feel that they can be heroes, or are beaten by society until they recognize the reality.
Or most likely he became a knight-errant.
Those who cannot even become a knight-errant are green-skinned scoundrels.
On the contrary, with enough resources and a little bit of luck, it is easier to become a hero than others.
For example, Zhang Yuan is now following Feng Junhou like a shadow.
Logically speaking, when such a gray-headed son of Guizhou enters the army, he will basically rush to the front and die.
Unless you are lucky enough to have a narrow escape, it is possible to get a small chance of advancement.
Unlike now, he is the chief senior brother of the students in the martial arts hall and has been promoted by Feng Jishi.
Now he is the Sima of the Liangzhou Army, responsible for supervising the camps in Liangzhou.
How many people with better talent than him died in obscurity on the battlefield because they did not have the resources of a martial arts school or became a student of Feng Governor.
When other people were picking up the bodies, they didn’t even know their names...
Another example is Ke Bineng, who became the overlord of the grassland from Xiaozhong Xianbei. Is he heroic enough?
But he did not follow the general trend and did not have enough resources to fight against the Liangzhou Army.
So Liu Liang believed that he would be a dead man soon.
Liu Hanzi told the truth, but Governor Feng seemed to take it as a courtesy. He smiled, then turned around and ordered:
"Zhang Yuan, you take the people from the staff to arrange for the camps to be set up. Tufa Tianli, you are responsible for the security around the camp, especially the west side, and see if you can find out any news about Kebineng."
Then he said to Liu Liang:
“Let’s go, take me to see the supplies.”
“Your Majesty, please come this way.”
There was a heavily guarded place next to the commander's tent in the original camp. A ditch was dug around it to form an independent stronghold.
General Guan led the army away, and the camp suddenly became empty. Only this small village was still guarded by soldiers.
Liu Langjun led Feng Junhou into the small village and came to a tent.
Lifting up the linoleum covering, there were all jars wrapped in straw ropes.
Governor Feng picked up a jar at random, cut the straw rope with his dagger, and then cut open the oilcloth at the mouth of the jar.
Under the oilcloth, there is wax mud that seals the mouth of the altar. When you peel off the wax mud, there is another layer of oilcloth. You lift the oilcloth, reach in, and take out a piece of dry food.
Put it in your mouth and take a bite.
“Click”!
Some powder splashed out from his mouth, and the sweetness of brown sugar with a fishy milky taste immediately filled his mouth, making Feng Jishi frown.
It tastes really bad!
Chew hard, try to secrete saliva, and soak the powder in your mouth, so that you can swallow it.
Much more palatable than the early dry military rations of later generations.
But this is already the highest-grade toffee dry food for the Liangzhou Army.
The only thing that can be compared with it is special dried meat.
Liu Liang has been in Yinshan for so long that he built a warehouse in Gaoque to store goods in the name of the caravan.
Few people know that the real function of the warehouse is to store materials for making dry food for the Liangzhou Army in advance.
After the army set up camp in Wuyuan County, all the inventory in the warehouse was naturally moved over.
General Guan spent most of his time in Wuyuan County making dry food.
Feng Yong threw the jar to Zhao Guang behind him.
Zhao Guang reached in eagerly, took out a piece, opened his mouth and bit it, and most of it was gone.
Everyone is on the road in a hurry these days. The dry food they often eat is a powder that is mixed with soy flour and flour in proportion and fried with oil and salt in advance.
That thing is incomparable to something as good as this.
No, Zhao Guang ate too quickly and started to choke and rolled his eyes.
“General Guan took half of it away before he left.”
Liu Liang explained, "The remaining half is reserved for the princes."
As he spoke, he took out a letter from his arms and said, "General Guan also left a letter for the prince."
Governor Feng opened the letter and took a look at it. There were only two lines written on it:
I'm waiting for you in front, but you should also be careful.
The calligraphy is made of iron and painted with silver hooks. It is hard yet soft, and Feng the Governor felt inferior to it.
“Xu Xun!”
Logistics staff officer Xu Xun, who was chewing toffee and dry food, quickly closed his eyes and swallowed hard, causing his throat to hurt.
“The end is here!”
"Check it out and distribute it to each battalion when the time comes."
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Putting it into a jar is to extend the shelf life.
In order to make it easier to carry when marching in a hurry, basically it can only be wrapped in oilcloth and kept as dry as possible.
Seeing that he was well prepared, Governor Feng could finally relax.
After rushing for days, even Governor Feng, who was accustomed to military life, felt a little overwhelmed.
After making sure that all the camps were set up, he had a good sleep in the commander's tent left by General Guan.
It wasn’t until the sun was high on the second day that I got up. I drank a bowl of crispy milk tea, two large bowls of broth, and three meat buns, feeling full in my stomach.
by By — ’s’ Bald-faced Khotan Li, who had been waiting for a long time, quickly came over to report the situation after learning that Feng Governor had risen:
“Your Majesty, Ke Bineng’s advance army was discovered a hundred miles away.”
"Hey, he came very quickly." Thinking of what Liu Liang said yesterday, Feng Jishi smiled, "It seems that he came here as fast as possible."
"Let the army distribute some meat to Yi Cong and Hu Qi so that they can eat enough. They will fight in the front line in this battle."
“No!”
The reason why nomadic people are difficult to deal with is that they have no fixed place to wander and live in pursuit of water and grass.
In the vast desert, you must first fight against nature and identify the direction.
Then we will fight with logistics to ensure the food and grass for the soldiers.
The last step is to fight the barbarians in the grasslands. Not only must we be able to defeat them, but we must also be able to outrun them.
In the several battles between the Han Dynasty and the Huns, the number of war horses dispatched was often tens of thousands, which ensured the mobility of the Han army.
At the same time, the victory of every major battle was either to find the main force of the Huns and to defeat them.
Either find the Huns’ royal court and destroy it.
Generals like Li Guang who either get lost or miss the mark every time they lead an army to fight against the Xiongnu are typical generals who are excellent at internal battles but unprofessional at external battles.
Feng Jishi naturally would not learn from him.
So just to explore the route, Governor Feng had to prepare for three years.
Furthermore, the cavalry strength in his hands now is not only at least two levels ahead of Xianbei.
At the same time, due to the improvement of the war horses, the mobility of the Liangzhou Army was also better than that of the Xianbei Huqi.
More importantly, he also knew Ke Bineng’s court account very clearly.
Face this situation, Kebineng has only two ways to go.
The first is to give up the Hetao area that they have worked **** and lead their troops to Mobei.
It’s just a big question how many Qushuai are willing to follow him at this time.
Even Ke Bineng may not be willing to leave the Hetao.
Because he is old and has no chance to do it again.
So Kebineng chose the second path, which was to fight to the death.
As long as he defeats Feng Thief, he can not only avenge his son, but also show his goodwill to the Wei people.
The news of his son's death came from his son-in-law, which made Kebineng, who was still somewhat heroic, seem to have aged by more than ten years.
In him, he finally appeared old enough for his age.
One of his younger brothers, Marquis Juluo, was killed by Bu Dugen and Xie Guini a few years ago.
The remaining younger brother Ruoluo Aliu was deceived by the Han into joining the army, and he probably didn't end well.
The son Pu Heyu died, and the only remaining son-in-law, Yu Zhi Ge Jian, is not sure what is going on now.
Kebi Neng felt more lonely.
He felt as if he had lived his whole life in vain.
Approaching Wuyuan County, Ke Bi Neng wrote, "The prince wants to hunt with me in the Yin Mountains, or does he want to hunt in Guanzhong?" and shouted:
“Comer.”
“Sir, what are your orders?”
“Send someone to deliver this letter to the Han people.”
After being sent the letter, Kebineng just sat there blankly.
His hair is messy, some of the braids on his head were scattered at some point, and some were only half scattered.
In some places, gray hair roots are exposed, making the hair even more messy.
If you don't know the details, you will see a real bad old man. How can he still have the aura of a grassland overlord?
Of course Ke Bineng knew that he was old.
This is what he said personally to Feng Thief at that time.
Who would have expected that Thief Feng would be so ungrateful in martial arts, first he deceived, and then he launched a sneak attack...
Kebineng muttered to himself, his eyes seemed lifeless, but they were staring at a certain place, with a hint of madness in despair.
I don’t know how long it took, but the sound of rapid footsteps came:
"grown ups."
"Come in."
"Sir, Thief Feng... the messenger we sent over saw Thief Feng with his own eyes!"
Kebineng, who was originally a bit stooped, seemed to have touched a certain switch.
I saw him standing up suddenly, like an old lion defending his territory, exuding amazing momentum.
"Really Feng Thief is here? OK, OK!" Kebi Neng said with hatred, he squeezed out three "good" words through his teeth, "What did he say?"
"Feng Thief only asked the messenger to bring back some things, saying that he wanted to give them to the Lord..."
“Let him in quickly.”
The things the messenger brought back were two boxes slightly larger than the head.
Seeing these two boxes, for some reason, Kebineng felt as if his chest had been violently punched, and at the same time, his heart felt as if it had been torn apart.
“What is this? Quick, open it quickly!”
Kebineng felt a little dizzy and gasped for breath.
Looking closely at the heads of his son and son-in-law, Kebineng's eyes gradually turned blood red.
"ah!!"
He suddenly screamed wildly, his voice full of shrillness and madness.
Then he looked like he was going crazy, drew his sword and slashed hard.
The messenger standing in front of him couldn't escape and was chopped to the ground on the spot.
The remaining people saw that Kebineng had gone crazy and did not dare to speak out to persuade him, lest they be hacked to death in a daze, so they fled out of the sweat tent one after another.
“Come on, come on!”
“Send troops! Send troops immediately!”
“I want to kill Thief Feng, I want to kill him with my own hands!”
“I want it, I want to chop him into meat paste and feed it to the dogs!”
Kebineng, who fell into a semi-crazy state, could not wait for a moment, led 20,000 Huqi, and rushed towards Wuyuan County.
He swore that he would massacre Wuyuan County with blood!
“Your Majesty, Hu Qi is here!”
“Well, I saw it.”
There was a faint muffled sound of thunder from the west, and then a long black line appeared on the horizon.
The black line gradually expanded, and through Feng Jishi's telescope, countless Hu riders could already be seen riding towards them.
“Is Kebi crazy? He doesn’t care about horsepower so much? Does he still think I’m defenseless?”
Seeing Hu Qi's appearance, Governor Feng was a little confused.
What he didn’t know was that when Kebi could see the Han army, his blood-red eyes were like a wounded beast, and he pointed his riding whip towards the opposite side:
"Whoever can kill Feng Thief should succeed me!"
“Hoo **** ho!”
“Kill!~”
Xianbei Hu Qi shouted strange slogans and accelerated his horse speed.
Governor Feng felt even more strange. Is the army led by the grassland overlord like this?
Doesn’t it mean that Kebi knew how to use flags and golden drums to command his troops?
Why does it now seem like they are just fighting with those small tribes, just swarming them in a chaotic manner?
Compared with the Hu cavalry led by Puhe Yu, Ke Bineng's tribe seems to be a little far behind...
The bald-haired Khotan Li who led the Yi Congjun did not have as much thought as Feng Jishi. Seeing his opponent in such a mess, he grinned:
"The prince has said that if he defeats Kebineng and does a great job, he can freely plunder his clan. Except for horses and grain, all the rest will be his own!"
“Woo!”
The surrounding Yi Cong and Hu Qi all cheered.
No matter how bad the Yi Congjun is, it is still compared with the regular army of Liangzhou.
Having followed Feng Langjun for so long, I still have good eyesight.
The Xianbei Hu people in front of me are no different from the small tribes that let them hunt.
Except there are more people.
More people means more labor, more cattle and sheep, more women...
“Drumming!”
“Dong dong dong!”
Although Yi Conghu Qi was not as strict as the Han army, he still knew the most basic coordinated operations.
The front army began to raise their bows and flashed their weapons at the same time, and the two wings had already begun to circle out, and the hunting began!
“Brother, why go to all this trouble? I can pierce through these **** with just one charge without even a formation…”
“Shut up, it’s none of your business today, just watch carefully!”
Feng Jishi shouted impatiently.
The Yi Congjun were the ones who clashed with the Xianbei Hu people at Qiaoshan, and most of the people who massacred the Xianbei Hu people were also the Yi Congjun.
Back to Wuyuan County, those who fought with the Xianbei people could only be Yi Congjun.
How can Governor Feng feel confident about his next move if the two sides are not allowed to form a **** feud?
The menacing Xianbei Hu Qi were met head-on by Yi Cong's Hu Qi, and their momentum was stalled!
Saddles are basically present on both sides, although the shapes are a little different.
But Yi Cong's Hu cavalry were all equipped with stirrups, and the weapons in their hands were much harder and sharper than those of Xianbei's Hu cavalry.
There was only a "dang" sound, and a spark flashed, and a large piece of Xianbei Hu Qi's rusty knife was broken.
This is pretty good.
Some of those bone weapons were even cut off directly.
Yi Congjun's movements on the horse were extremely flexible. With his legs controlling the horse's speed, he turned sideways and then struck again.
The opponent who had no way of turning around in time was cut off on the spot.
At the same time, Yi on both wings began to harass Hu Qi with mounted fire.
Although the number of Yi Cong Hu Qi was less than half that of Xianbei Hu Qi, they quickly gained the upper hand.
The battlefield continued to expand, and more and more Hu cavalry began to fight together.
“There is no technical content at all.”
Governor Feng used a telescope to watch a group fight of 30,000 people and muttered something.
“Kebi is no better than Erer!” Bald-faced Kheli sneered.
No one among the grassland tribes can fight this kind of chaotic war better than the Yi Congjun.
He began to send all the Huqi in his hands up.
Although the Yi Congjun had the upper hand, the number of their opponents was twice as many as theirs.
If you want to finish the fight early, you can't leave any remaining force, and judging from the current situation, there is no need to leave any remaining force.
Feng Jishi saw this scene and chuckled:
“Now it’s interesting.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the Xianbei Hu cavalry who had been retreating suddenly made a loud noise, and a group of fine cavalry rushed out from the middle!
Because the frontal battlefield was too wide and not thick enough, the Yi Congjun was rushed through by this elite cavalry in a premeditated manner, and was suddenly broken through.
The fine cavalry kept charging straight towards Feng Jishi's handsome flag.
Seeing this scene in front of him, Bald Kheli was immediately frightened and dumbfounded.
He was tricked by Ke Bineng!
“Brother, let me go!”
Zhao Guang laughed happily, gearing up and eager to give it a try.
Feng Jishi no longer had any hope of training this guy to become the commander of the first army.
"I told you to just watch today. Someone, go and call Tufa Tianli into the formation, don't really let Kebineng rush you to death."
The Yi Congjun were all entangled and could not retreat at all, because retreating at the cost of gold would only lead to a rout.
Moreover, the whole army has been released and it is impossible to take it back at once.
“Raise the spear!”
The Han troops arrayed in the rear had large pillars as tall as a man's shoulders, and a forest of spears and halberds arrayed in front of the array, like hedgehogs.
The Han army was originally a Yi Congjun in front of the formation, so there was no bow and crossbow formation at the beginning.
Now Governor Feng is too lazy to mobilize.
This elite cavalry of several hundred people rushed to the Han army's formation within a stone's throw. Someone shouted:
“Tie Feng, do you dare to fight me to the death?”
Governor Feng smiled softly and said, "Chief Kebineng, is this why you led the army here?"
Soon, some guards ran to the front of the formation and spread the words of Governor Feng.
“Thief Feng is so shameless and despicable that he is not worthy of being a son of a human being…”
Governor Feng was not angry and waved his hand.
"drink!"
The shield soldiers and spearmen advanced ten steps in unison, with an astonishing momentum.
Ke Bi Neng stared at the Han army in front with blood-red eyes, his teeth were almost broken.
“Chief Kebineng, it is said that those who know how to do things are heroes. Now that your situation is over, why would you send your people into disaster for your own selfish interests?”
“I hate that I can’t kill you to satisfy my hatred!”
Kebi Neng smiled sadly at the sky, raised his knife and shouted: "Kill!"
"kill!"
The Jingqi behind him started running again.
He was only halfway through the charge when he saw a knight who had been following Kebineng suddenly pull out a long sword with a sharp blade!
"No!"
Some people's eyes are about to burst.
Some people have cold eyes.
Some people have burning eyes.
"flutter!"
The blood mist dispersed.
The body without the head continued to rush forward for a while, and then fell off the horse.
The uncontrolled war horse finally neighed, turned around and ran wildly to the side, no longer daring to rush towards the waiting spear array.
“Brother, this is...”
Zhao Guang was stunned.
“Oh, it’s Han Long, the chief instructor of the Guards Battalion and the Dark Night Battalion.”
Governor Feng looked at the rolling heads in front of the battle and said calmly.
Then he looked thoughtful.
Kebi Neng’s behavior of seemingly committing suicide must have noticed something abnormal:
After Puhe Yu’s 20,000 fine knights were destroyed in Qiaoshan, he had lost the ability to control some tribes below him.
Again, he is already old, so he knows that he has no way out.
A hero dies in his old age and his relatives are all dead. If he is humiliated, it is better to die.
Governor Feng looked at Hu Qi, who was still fighting, and suddenly felt a little admired:
As expected of a grassland hero, even if he died, he would still be buried with someone who might betray him.
“Junhou.”
Han Long, dressed as a barbarian, appeared quietly next to Governor Feng.
The bald man swallowed his saliva and quietly took two steps back.
He suddenly felt that he might have passed by Huangquan Road before.
“Thank you for your hard work, sir.”
Han Long smiled heartily: "From then on, from Liangzhou to Jiuyuan, the border barbarians are no longer able to cause trouble. What does this little guy's hard work mean?"
“Sir, you are a great righteous man! In my opinion, the silver saddle shines on the white horse, it rustles like a shooting star, it kills one person in ten steps, and it leaves no trace for a thousand miles. These are the words of your master!”
“Hahaha! Your Majesty deserves the prize!”
A man in his forties, smiling like a cute child, with his narrowed eyes almost invisible.
Then Master Han smacked his lips again and glanced at Zhao Guang: "It's just a pity that there is no silver saddle and white horse..."
As a man in his forties, do you want to be such a coquettish guy?
"The matter here is over. I will lead the army to support General Guan in the near future. I will also need Mr. Hardworking to go ahead and report a message to General Guan."
“Easy to say, easy to say! I’ll set off right now.”
“There’s no hurry, sir, you can take a rest tonight and it’s not too late to start again tomorrow.”
“The yellow sheep by the river are tender and delicious. It would be a pity not to taste them.”
"Drinking wine and eating meat, sitting by the river, admiring the desert night, dancing with swords and singing, isn't it a beautiful thing?"
"Okay, okay!" Han Long held his hands and laughed, "You are worthy of being the confidant of knights in the world. You know me and I know you!"
Governor Feng smiled slightly and said, "I have a few horses with pretty good legs. I will give them all to you when the time comes. I will definitely be able to make it in time."
When Zhao Guang heard this, his eyes lit up, then immediately dimmed, and he muttered:
“Brother doesn’t love me anymore!”
One of my brother’s mounts is a Pegasus from the Western Regions. It is said that it can travel hundreds of miles in a day. On weekdays, he would not even be able to borrow a horse to ride on it.
Now I am more generous and I give it away as I say.
(End of this chapter)