The cavalry refused in their hearts, but all their mounts wanted to follow the Batu King.
Horses are very sensitive animals, otherwise they would not be vigilant and sleep standing up all year round. Changes in the environment have a great impact on horses.
Fortunately, they are not ordinary horses, but the strongest and bravest black wind riders in the Six Kingdoms.
They have undergone the most rigorous obstacle training in the military camp. This width is not difficult for them, and they can basically cross it with a run.
But some ponies just turned three are not well trained enough to adapt well to this complex environment.
The few ponies hauling food and grass at the end of the line hesitated, and under the repeated instructions of the trainer, a pony finally jumped with its hoofs.
However, it was not confident enough and did not exert force simply, only the front hooves landed on the opposite side, and the rear hooves stepped in the air all of a sudden.
It panicked!
The Black Wind King folded back, jumped into the ditch, and pushed the pony up with his head.
The little black wind riders in the back seemed to have support, and they mustered up the courage to jump up. The black wind king just stayed in the ditch and sent them over one by one.
After all the little black wind riders had crossed the ditch, the black wind king came up from the ditch full of silt and thorns.
Its legs were scratched several times by thorns, and Gu Jiao treated the wounds and continued on the road.
The marching order of the three battalions was the vanguard battalion, the charge battalion and the reserve battalion. Wen Renchong was the reserve battalion. He rode a horse and walked in the rear of the team.
As he walked, he used charcoal to record the landforms and routes in the woods.
"Hey, give me some water."
Zhao Dengfeng rode a horse to his side and reached out to him.
"No." Wen Ren said without looking up.
"You bastard!" Zhao Dengfeng glared at him, then turned to look at the cavalry on the other side, "Li Shen..."
Li Shen ignored him directly and rode his horse to the front.
Zhao Dengfeng gritted his teeth: "You one or two, who has a higher official position? Ignore people?"
When Gu Jiao wanted to reuse the three people at first, the three were either not in the barracks, or they didn't return to the barracks, but now it's better, they're back, starting from small soldiers.
Gu Jiao took the lead and led the way.
Master Hu and Mu Qingchen followed behind her against the scorching sun.
Gu Jiao suddenly stopped and looked around.
Mu Qingchen asked, "What are you looking for?"
"Little stream." Gu Jiao said, "There should be a small stream nearby. If you follow the stream upstream, you can climb over the mountains."
After a pause, she said, "Go and catch a deer, if you want to live, don't hurt it."
It is not difficult to catch a deer, but it is very difficult to not get hurt at all.
Mu Qingchen finally got back with a deer tied up after she fell to the ground.
Gu Jiao licked the deer's salt for a while, then let it go.
Gu Jiao patted Heifeng Wang on the neck: "Boss, keep up with it."
This has to be followed quietly, not to scare the deer away, the Black Wind King lightened his pace, followed the deer's breath from a distance, and soon came to a small stream.
The deer is drinking water with its head down.
Gu Jiao brought the large group over and walked up the stream, picking two wild fruits from time to time, or two herbs.
The whole army is waiting for the little commander to get lost and cry.
They imagined the appearance of the middle and small commanders: "Ah! What to do! What to do! I can't find my way! It's over! It's dark! The wolf is coming! I'm so scared! Snakes! There are poisonous snakes on the trees!"
In reality, the appearance of a certain commander-in-chief they saw—
He stunned a tiger with one punch, grabbed a poisonous snake as a rope, and rode the Black Wind King to disperse the wolves with a torch.
Take them safely through the swamp, successfully bypassing the miasma forest.
The most seasoned soldiers don't have the jungle survivability she has.
Gu Jiao found a suitable open space near Xiaoxi, "Okay, I'll camp here tonight, Cheng Fugui, Zhao Lei, you guys will take turns to watch the night tonight."
Cheng Fugui and Zhao Lei were the left and right commanders of the Pioneer Battalion.
The two bowed their hands and said, "Yes."
Gu Jiao said again, "In addition, I ordered to go on, not to make a fire."
The two responded again: "Yes!"
I can't make a fire, so I can only eat the cold cakes. The temperature difference between morning and night in the western part of Dayan is big, and the daytime is similar to summer. When swallowing, you can feel a hard scraping in your throat.
Everyone drank the cold water and swallowed the hard cakes that were scratching their throats. No one complained, and no one wasted.
Gu Jiao sat by the stream, she ate the same as the soldiers.
It's just that the soldiers hugged together and didn't get close to her, making her seem a little lonely.
Everyone looked at the small and green figure on the beach, and for some reason, they suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
…
Heifeng rode for two days and finally came to the upper reaches.
There is a wide river here, and at the end of the river is a waterfall that is as high as 100 feet.
The closer you get to the waterfall, the narrower the river, the shallower the river, and the easier it is to cross.
However, today's rivers are a bit turbulent, and if you are not careful, you may be washed down by the current.
"Boss." Gu Jiao tugged on the reins, "Can I go over?"
The Black Wind King took a few steps back, the texture of his body suddenly tensed, and he threw himself into the water.
The water was not deep at this time, just below its knees, it walked over calmly.
The rest of the black wind cavalry also jumped into the river one after another like dumplings.
But what no one expected was that it was the turn of the last few little black wind riders to suddenly become more turbulent, and a big wave hit, and a little black wind rider dragging grain and grass was washed down.
The Black Wind King rushed out and bit its reins!
The Black Wind King tried his best to withstand the turbulent river, and tried his best to pull the little Black Wind up little by little.
Both horses came ashore, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Little Black Wind Rider's life was saved, the food and grass on its back fell, and it lowered its head in frustration.
The Black Wind King rubbed his wet head against it, like a silent appeasement.
The army moved on.
This little episode did not have much impact on the army, except for the little black wind rider.
Having lost its food and grass, it followed listlessly at the back of the group, and it was only when Gu Jiao put the herbs she had picked along the way on her horse's back that it regained its composure!
It took two days to go up the mountain, and it was much faster to go down.
It only took them a day to reach the foot of the mountain.
Mu Qingchen was amazed: "It really only took three days."
Traveling on the road takes a lot of physical strength. All the soldiers and war horses are very tired, but they only have one day to repair. As soon as tomorrow is over, they have to prepare to attack the city.
midnight.
The Heifengqi scouts sent by Gu Jiao came back. At this moment, Gu Jiao was sitting under a big tree, discussing the plan of siege with the six commanders, and Mu Qingchen was also there.
"Speak." Gu Jiao looked at the spies and said.
The scout cupped his hands and said, "If you return to the commander-in-chief, there is good news and bad news."
Gu Jiao held a branch with a map in her hand, glanced at him, and said, "Let's talk about the bad first."
The scout said: "The bad news is that we have lost three more cities, two of which were voluntarily surrendered to the Han family and the Nangong family, and the other city was captured by the Jin army."
Gu Jiao's branch scratched on the Yanmen Pass: "The Jin army has entered, so to say, Tianshan Pass has completely fallen."
The scout said sadly, "Yes."
"What about the good news?" Gu Jiao asked.
The scout said: "The good news is that Quyang City is running out of food and grass. There are two county towns delivering food and grass to Quyang City. It is expected to arrive at the north and east gates of Quyang City tomorrow night."
They are worrying about how to attack Quyang City. After all, Quyang City has a strong wall, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, they are cavalry first, and there is no chariot baggage for infantry to attack the city, which makes breaking the city gate from ordinary difficulty to hell. difficulty.
The news that the scouts inquired back was indeed timely rain.
Cheng Fugui said: "You can rob their food and grass. Without food and grass, they can only be trapped in the city hungry, and they will definitely come out to retake the food and grass, that is our time."
Gu Jiao nodded: "Well, that's the truth."
But if the forage arrives tomorrow night, it means that their attack plan must be advanced.
An hour later, the scouts went to check the whereabouts of the food and grass again, but brought back the news that they had delivered the food and grass overnight.
This conveys two signals.
First, the food and grass in Quyang City is very urgent, and it cannot last for a day.
Second, they can arrive at Quyang at noon tomorrow at the latest.
The attack plan had to be advanced half a day!
This was a huge challenge for the Black Wind Rider who had been rushing for more than ten days in a row, especially over the mountains and mountains for three days.
"How many troops are there?" Gu Jiao asked.
The scout said, "It's all five thousand."
Gu Jiao thoughtfully said, "Is there a lot of food and grass? You actually sent 5,000 troops."
The 50,000 Heifeng cavalry she had in her hand included baggage and war horses, and the actual combat cavalry was 20,000.
The opponent has 10,000 troops, which doesn't sound like a big problem.
The point is that taking the food and grass is only the first step, and the Nangong army that was killed from the city in order to regain the food and grass is the highlight.
That's an army of 80,000!
They have to fight one after another without recovering their physical strength, and use 20,000 troops against nearly 100,000 troops. This is simply hitting a stone with an egg!
The scout asked worriedly: "Sir, shall we… fight?"
Gu Jiao clenched her fists tightly, her eyes narrowed: "Fight! The order goes on, I have a good rest tonight, don't have to get up early tomorrow, in the afternoon - follow me to attack the city!"
(End of this chapter)