Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Late at night.

The Jing soldiers in Guancheng were resting in their respective military tents.

Li Yuanzhao, as an excellent logistics officer, plus the fact that the Jin army had withdrawn and was unlikely to re-enter Guancheng for a sneak attack,

was naturally granted permission by Emperor Jing to personally lead the night watch, as he volunteered.

Therefore, the task of guarding the city wall area was successfully handed over to the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

The three thousand men were scattered, some patrolling inside the city, and more standing on the city wall, watching.

Li Yuanzhao stealthily climbed the city wall, and the Embroidered Uniform Guards immediately looked at him.

“Let the brothers bring all their equipment, we'll sneak out of the city and rescue Lao Fang.

Zhao Lie, you go and notify the others, keep your voice down, and don't let anyone discover us.”

Zhao Lie was guarding the city wall, and upon hearing Li Yuanzhao's order, he licked his lips and waved his hand, and a group of people behind him responded one after another and ran down the city wall.

The patrolling Embroidered Uniform Guards began to receive notifications one by one, and acted secretly.

They had received news of the operation a few days ago, and were just waiting for today!

In the quiet Guancheng, undercurrents were surging.

The three thousand Embroidered Uniform Guards took supplies in batches and changed into their equipment.

The Embroidered Uniform Guards had brought a separate set of equipment, including grenades, muskets, and explosive packs, which had been hidden in the military logistics and never used.

Not only that, Li Yuanzhao also privately kept a batch of Jin army heavy armor that had been captured before.

Moreover, they had been secretly numbered and distributed to people!

The Embroidered Uniform Guards in the darkness were well-organized, and soon completed all their dressing quietly.

Although they were divided into districts, there were still soldiers from other camps on night watch who inevitably discovered the abnormalities.

In the middle of the night, someone was wandering around wearing heavy armor, which looked strange.

Fortunately, Li Yuanzhao personally came forward to explain in the first time, claiming that the brothers had never worn good armor and wanted to enjoy it at night, and resolved the crisis in time.

He had already transferred a batch of horses to the area under his responsibility in broad daylight.

Each person led two horses and began to sneak out of the dilapidated city gate in the dark.

Li Yuanzhao walked to the outside of the city and stood at the city gate, excitedly counting them one by one.

Finally, everyone arrived, Li Yuanzhao clenched his fist fiercely, turned over and mounted his horse...

His leg was halfway up, and then he put it down.

This armor was too heavy, he couldn't get on.

“Zhao Lie! Zhao Lie, come and help me!”

Zhao Lie came to meet him and helped him onto the horse.

Li Yuanzhao pointed forward with great pride: “Let's go!”

The main force began to move forward.

Until they had gradually moved away, Li Yuanzhao relaxed and roared: “Brothers, follow me!”

“Pintai City, here I fucking come!”

......

“This beast! I'm going to kill him!!”

Emperor Jing's face was uncertain, and there were still attendants helping him put on his armor behind him.

He had just woken up early in the morning when he heard this 'bad news'.

Originally, everything was going smoothly, but this brat had to cause trouble at a critical moment!

Emperor Jing was now furious, suppressing his anger and listening to the reports from below.

“Three thousand Embroidered Uniform Guards, six thousand war horses, and some of the captured heavy armor maps were also taken away by them.

Also, the supplies they brought with them earliest, no one knows what they are, no one has ever checked them, and they were also taken away.”

“According to the statistics of the grain officer, they each took away about five days' worth of rations.”

After putting on his armor, Emperor Jing closed his eyes and took deep breaths: “Did you send someone to chase them?”

“Yes, their horseshoe prints are very deep and easy to identify, and this subordinate has sent fast horses to chase them.”

Emperor Jing nodded helplessly, and in an instant, he seemed to have aged several years.

His heart was filled with regret.

Making trouble... completely making trouble, he shouldn't have brought this beast here.

“Your Majesty, please calm down and don't hurt yourself.”

Emperor Jing roared: “Calm down!? How can you let me calm down?

How many people will be killed to chase this bastard?”

“Prepare the entire army, and follow me to Pintai City now! Immediately!”

......

On the grassland, a mighty army of horses galloped.

Ten days had passed!

This group of heavily armored Embroidered Uniform Guards still looked very energetic.

Although they all had outstanding appearances, their nutritional supply level in the capital, coupled with the intensity of training, had obviously exceeded all the elite soldiers in the capital.

The only thing lacking was actual combat experience.

And in actual combat experience, the most important psychological construction had been completed on the bloody battlefield in the early stage.

They had long seen the scene of corpses lying everywhere, and they no longer had fear of killing.

After leaving Guancheng, Li Yuanzhao did not proceed according to the map.

If Wu Tu wanted to fight a guerrilla war, the official road would be the most dangerous place.

They only had three thousand people, and their weapons and equipment were limited, so they couldn't withstand too much war.

They could only follow the map to find rivers, and then advance along the direction of the rivers.

Although it took some detours, the nomadic people lived by water and grass, and it was convenient to find supplies along the way.

Along the way, they had overthrown more than a dozen small tribes.

Although they were all small tribes, the folk customs of this grassland were fierce, and they had some hatred towards the Jing people.

Seeing the Jing army suddenly kill into the depths of the grassland, they were shocked and picked up their weapons to resist.

As a result, as expected, the scattered tribes were unexpectedly defeated with one blow.

Even swords and spears did not need to be used, and the opposite side was completely overthrown in one round of charge.

Those who resisted fiercely were killed on the spot!

The remaining young and strong herdsmen were directly had their legs broken and left in place with the other old, weak, women and children.

Then they slaughtered a large number of livestock, took enough meat, and quickly left the place, leaving the rest in place.

Their actions were fast, so they didn't have to worry about those living people running to report the news.

After a series of experiences, Li Yuanzhao already had a stubble beard, and his originally fair skin had become rough.

After breaking the legs of dozens of people in a row, his heart had become as cold as a knife.

And the Embroidered Uniform Guards who followed him on the expedition became fatter and stronger.

The weather was cold along the way, and everyone chose to eat fatty meat, which made them feel hot and get blisters on the corners of their mouths.

In a tribe, Li Yuanzhao was carefully studying the map, constantly exhaling white air from his mouth, and he was preparing for the next step of action.

Zhao Lie walked quickly from outside the tent and said: “Your Highness, our scouts have discovered a large number of troops moving towards us in the southeast direction.

Roughly estimated, there are more than 20,000 people, most of whom are wearing heavy armor.”

Li Yuanzhao raised his eyes: “What about the flags?”

“There are no flags, and they didn't dare to get too close to observe, there are too many of them.”

“Let the people below gather and move away from here first.”

“What about those captured herdsmen who were just tied up?

They will report the news, do you want to...” Zhao Lie made two gestures on his neck.

“No... untie them, and then we will advance to the highlands...” A look of excitement flashed in Li Yuanzhao's eyes.

Has a big fish finally appeared?

Now, running is impossible, but he has the strength to fight.

After all... the secret weapon has not been used yet!

Zhao Lie also breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ran out of the tent.

The Embroidered Uniform Guards were also unwilling to kill those herdsmen.

Although everyone was not afraid of fighting and even less afraid of killing, they couldn't help but feel a little disgusted in their hearts.

Usually, they all had ideals, love, and a shining image of justice in the capital, and they had long been accustomed to playing with the common people.

The herdsmen were all ordinary people of the Jin Kingdom, and looking at them, they looked no different from the Jing people, so it was inevitable that they would have a sense of compassion.

It's best not to kill if possible.

Before long, Zhao Lie ran back into the tent again and reported loudly: “Your Highness, the entire army has assembled!”