Three Kingdoms

"Everyone has it!" Li Li gave the order loudly, "Follow me!" Go around in a circle! 』

The cavalrymen responded loudly. It didn't look like there were only a dozen people fighting against a convoy of hundreds of people. Instead, it looked like the convoy was heavily surrounded by more than a dozen cavalrymen.

If you can find a flaw, attack, if not, then shake!

More than ten riders behind Li Li also followed, slowly moving and observing outside the shooting range of the chariot array, where arrows and crossbows were missed. The war horse did not run very fast, walking lightly as if on an outing.

The smugglers in the car formation were extremely nervous. They were shouting and organizing their men to run around the car formation at all times, always pointing their defense towards Li Li and others.

"Captain, the car formations are all connected, it's difficult to rush..." A commander suggested, "Just rush, I'm afraid there will be some damage... It's better to send people back first..."

Li Li turned around and stopped again.

Fine bits of smoke were flying in the wind.

The war horses snorted and scratched their hooves, as if they were not enjoying their run to the fullest.

Li Li looked at the car array covered in fine smoke and dust.

The figures behind the car formation were shaking, with panic on their faces.

It's true that smugglers are all desperadoes. If they feel they have a chance to escape, then they won't risk their lives.

Because the incident happened suddenly, the smugglers could not find a good location, so they could only form a temporary car formation on the road.

There is a patch of bushes in the right front of the car formation, and the nearest bush is only twenty steps away from the car formation, which is the best position to throw the Five Elements Thunder into the car formation.

But if you want to reach that bush, you will inevitably be attacked by missing arrows.

Within twenty steps, the arrow's power is enough to penetrate the armor.

A strong attack is obviously a bad idea. It's like sending infantry to attack the city wall.

So you need to find the right method.

"Two go back!" Li Li ordered, "Call the people in the military camp to come, as many as you want!" 』

"Then... do you want to report it to the general?" ” Shi Chang asked.

Li Li smiled and said, "No need. How long does it take to go back and forth to Yinshan City?" At least a day or two? If we really had to rely on the generals to send troops, they would have already run away! go quickly! 』

"Follow the order!" ” Immediately, two cavalry were separated and headed to the rear.

Li Li looked back at the other people and found that the other cavalry did not look worried or fearful, so he smiled and said, "Actually, we can overturn this turtle's shell without any support!" Let the two go to the military camp, one is so that they won’t be able to move so much goods even after winning the battle, and the other is to make the people in the car array relax their vigilance, thinking that we can’t eat them..."

Everyone was obviously more interested.

We are not afraid that the leader is young, but we are afraid that the leader will command blindly. Since Li Li can tell one, two, and three things, it means that he is not the kind of person who is so reckless that he wants to use his own men to get credit.

The commander scratched his head and said, "Captain, I don't understand. Please explain in detail." 』

“Didn’t you also read the military report that the general sent last time? Li Li stared at Shi Chang, "So you didn't look carefully..."

"No, I looked carefully!" Hehe, but my memory is not good, I forgot..." Shichang defended with some embarrassment.

Li Li ignored Shi Chang's nonsense, because he also knew that everyone has his own ambitions. Li Li wanted to go further, and some, like the Shi Chang in front of him, felt that the moment was good.

In later movies and TV shows, no matter what kind of battle it is, there will always be scenes of generals motivating soldiers. In fact, it is all nonsense. Only in small-scale battles like the present, where the number of people is small and the intensity is not high, will agitation be needed. Otherwise, once the number of people increases, it will take a long time just to shout and spread the word. The enemy really looks like an honest man in the Spring and Autumn Period. Just wait for the other person to finish talking before calling?

"Isn't it written in the military newspaper?" In a war, we not only have to look at our own strength, but we also have to guess what the enemy is thinking! Li Li pointed at the smugglers in the car formation and said, "Why did these guys form a car formation? Aren't they just trying to buy time?" They keep us from fighting, and then at night they can take advantage of the darkness to escape... As soon as we send people to call for reinforcements, they don't know where our reinforcements are, so they must be thinking about how to escape now! After all, when our reinforcements arrive, they may not be able to escape, so they will inevitably..."

"Someone ran out!" 』

Before Li Li could finish his words, a soldier on the side raised his hand and pointed at the car formation.

Suddenly, some people emerged from the car formation and fled in all directions.

Li Li laughed, "Look, that's it..."

"Tun chief, do you want to pursue me or not?" ” Shi Chang asked.

Li Li smiled and said, "Chase!" Xiao Otozaburo, you two should catch up first, don’t chase too far! You must always pay attention to my orders. Once the summons whistle sounds, you must come back no matter where you are! The same goes for everyone else, do you understand? ! 』

"I understand!" 』

"Set off! ”Li Li waved his hand.

In fact, it is not difficult to guess the thoughts of the smugglers in the car array. Goods are important, but people are more important.

If the goods are gone, you can make back the money by making two more trips at most. But if you lose the people, or you are followed to find the boss behind the scenes, it will not be fun.

Therefore, unless smugglers are forced into a desperate situation, they usually run away when they can. They will never fight bravely or engage in counterattacks like in movies and TV shows. If you have the time, run a few more times. Can't you go out?

The smugglers who refused to give in when they met the regular army and stalked them, and then even after their brothers were beaten to death, they still kept their morale and screamed in sorrow and continued to charge forward...

"I Have a Picture Book of Ghosts and Gods"

The smugglers Li Li blocked this time were ordinary models, not specially made for film and television, so when he saw Li Li sending people back to move troops, he panicked.

Li Li and others knew that there were not many reinforcements, that is, there were more than ten or twenty cavalry in the Beijun stronghold, but the private soldiers did not know that. They did not know how many reinforcements would come. If more reinforcements came, they would still continue. Sitting in the middle of the traffic, isn't it like being made a dumpling?

It's easy to escape after dark, but will reinforcements arrive before dark?

Who can guarantee that?

Therefore, they could only run away before reinforcements arrived.

The first group used for testing ran in two directions. Of course, they will not go in the direction where Li Li is, but in the other two directions, with the intention of pulling Li Li and other cavalry...

Li Li and other cavalrymen seemed to have really fallen into the trap. They were divided into two teams, one with more people and the other with less. However, no matter how many they were, as soon as the cavalry started running, the sound of hoofbeats and the sound of dust flew into the air, plus whistles and whistles. With the sound of drinking, the momentum came up.

Sure enough, shortly after Li Li and others chased them out, two more groups of people in the car formation got out of the car formation in a direction away from Li Li and others and escaped...

Then Li Li and others shouted and sent out people to chase them.

The smugglers in the car array thought they had a trick, and were about to quietly move some of the cars locked together, and then a big wave came, but they didn't notice that Li Li had touched the bush from behind. Then he pulled out the fuse from the handle of the Five Elements Thunder. After lighting it, he didn't rush to throw it away. Instead, he waited for a while and watched as a section of the long fuse was burned. He estimated that it was almost done, then he flicked his arm and headed towards the car formation. Throw it away.

Then, there is the second one.

Not everyone has a big heart.

I was preparing to escape. Regardless of whether it was victory or not, I was holding on to my anger, but there was a loud bang, and then a second sound. Isn’t this a mental breakdown?

When Li Li secretly looked up from behind the bushes, he saw that no oncoming arrows had been missed. He only saw a lot of people running out of the smoke from the explosion, at least sixty or seventy people...

"It's done!" ” Li Li grabbed the whistle tied around his neck and blew a sharp whistle. Then he got on his horse and began to observe the smugglers who had escaped.

In the distance, I found that my cavalry had turned their horses and began to catch up with the fleeing troops and launch an assault.

Li Li did not pursue easily. He was looking for the leader of the smugglers.

Soon, he found out. His eyes were fixed on the figures of a few people escaping in front of him on the left. He took out the sword from his waist, turned his horse and chased those people.

Those few people heard the sound of horse hooves behind them. Some of them looked back while running. Their eyes were full of fear, but they didn't know what to do. They could only turn back and continue running.

"Infantry without formation is like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered when faced with a cavalry assault. 』

This is the original statement in the military newspaper, and it was also emphasized many times by General Li Dian during his training.

As a cavalry, it is not absolutely necessary, and it is not recommended to charge directly into the formation.

Instead, we have to find a way to disperse the infantry array, so that we can naturally start harvesting.

Li Li rode his horse forward, quietly turned the horse's head, and marched to the right side of the fleeing people.

This is the instinct in fighting. When cavalry is fighting, the position of the right arm is very important. Li Li is right-handed, so of course the sword is on the right side. What should I do if I ask a left-hander? There were left-handers among the scattered fights, but within the military formation, there were only uniform right-handers. Even left-handers are trained to be right-handed.

Although he didn't have to think too much during the chase, the instinct honed in training and battles still allowed Li Li to subconsciously occupy a more advantageous position on the right.

At the moment when the horse's head was about to catch up with the last person, Li Li bent slightly sideways and slashed the man's neck with his sword, just like what he did most often on the training ground.

The slight vibration of the sword made Li Li frown slightly.

This was cut to the bone.

Not everyone can be stabbed and their heads will fly up. Those are all things done by monsters, monsters on the battlefield who seem to have endless energy to waste. Li Li is of average build and even thinner than the average person, so he has to save his energy and will not do it easily. What a big move.

If you are skilled, you can cut off a third of it just right. In this way, you will not cut into the bones and risk breaking the blade of the sword, but it will also cause maximum damage to the enemy, and you will be hopeless on the spot. kind of.

You’re not proficient, you still need to practice!

The thought flashed past, and Li Li subconsciously glanced at the man who had just been chopped from the corner of his eyes. The man was twitching on the ground and thought he wouldn't live for a few seconds.

"You're risking your life, so why choose this path?" 』

He whispered, feeling unworthy of the person who was still twitching but had not completely died. The two people had never met before, but they knew life and death at the moment. Fortunately, he knew why he killed, but the person who was killed didn't know why he died.

Li Li turned around, gently shook the blood on his sword, and went to chase the next one.

……??????????……

The dust has settled.

The smuggling car array lost its original function, and the remaining smugglers in the car array chose to surrender. Most of those who ran out before were hacked to death, and the rest also surrendered and were tied into a long line, squatting on the ground waiting for the subsequent cavalry reinforcements to come and take them away.

Li Li got off his horse, pressed his sword, and walked in from the position where the chariot formation was untied.

One of his men cut the hemp rope off the baggage cart and then lifted off the felt covering. A pile of iron utensils were exposed inside, including stirrups and armor, arrows, swords and guns.

Li Li sneered.

These things were urgently needed by the Hu people, and they could not buy them in the exchange market. The quantity alone was enough to sentence these people to death.

The smuggling leader had committed suicide before being caught by Li Li. He had nothing special on him and seemed to have been destroyed before he escaped.

Nothing was found on the man's body, so Li Li wanted to go to the car array and take a look.

The commander in the distance was shouting something loudly, as if he was sending a warning post to prevent the oriole from following behind.

Seems like a simple fight.

But it's not easy. After all, there are more than two hundred opponents, and Li Li's side only has a dozen riders.

After the commander assigned the tasks, he came to Li Li, saluted, and then said with a smile, "The commander is really good at it. This time everyone can share some of the credit!" You can also take away the word "false" on the head of the village chief! 』

"Don't worry, you will be indispensable." After staying for a long time, Li Li naturally understood what Shi Chang meant, "It's just...whose family do these guys belong to...tsk!" No token found..."

"Well? ” Shi Chang’s eyes widened, “Don’t you think those people were all recruited by the Wang family’s people? 』

"Taiyuan Wang family?" Li Li smiled and said, "I'm afraid not necessarily... Call a few more people and search around the area. I always feel that this guy may have buried the seal in the ground..."

Generally speaking, ordinary people's seals are made of stone or copper, and it is not easy to damage them. Of course, there are also seals carved out of wood. However, Li Li felt that smuggling was so profitable that ordinary stones or wood should not be used, but privately engraved copper seals would probably be used.

The chief nodded, whistled, called two or three veteran scouts, and began searching the vehicle array and the surrounding ground.

Unfortunately, it was not found.

This is not surprising either.

There is a lot of sand in the desert. Once something is buried, even if you remember its original location, you may not be able to dig it out later, let alone not knowing where it was buried.

Just like when I was a kid, I buried my shoes in the sand, thinking I would dig them out later and use them as a "treasure." But when I turned around, I realized that they really had become a "treasure" and couldn't find it.

Nearly an hour passed, it was getting dark, and reinforcements arrived.

Li Li had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​looking for the seal and let the cavalry escort the people and goods to the northern army stronghold.

The entire journey was silent.

After arriving at Beijun Village, Li Dian from Yinshan City received the letter soon. Then he seemed to think that Li Li had done a good job, so he sent someone to tell Li Li back and commended him for promotion on the spot.

After all, Li Li was also promoted by Li Dian at that time. Li Li did well, which means that Li Dian had the ability to recognize people.

Of course, the most important thing is that Li Li himself strives for success. During his time in Beijun Village, he not only cleaned up the original mess, but also made new achievements. It can be said that he is bold, careful, and quick-thinking. In time, he may not be able to achieve something. .

Li Li arrived at Yinshan City.

Yinshan City is high in the north and low in the south. Standing at the north crossing, you can see Yinshan City in the distance and some scenery to the south of Yinshan City.

As the sun sets, Yinshan City, which has been expanded several times, looks like a black monster, crawling on the side of the mountain wall and cliff, and then traversing the mountain road.

On the city wall, on the high platform, there are crossbows of crossbows flashing coldly in the sun, and bronze cannons squatting on them, hiding murderous intent.

Bronze cannon!

Yes, due to its geographical location, Yinshan City may not be as good as Tongguan and Hangu, but it is still a very important pass, so among the first few bronze cannons produced, Yinshan City had one.

There may be more in the future...

When the bronze cannon was tested before, Li Li was also watching the ceremony.

Under the thunderous roar, all Xiaoxiao's thoughts were put away.

Li Li remembered how wonderful the faces of the Southern Huns were at that time...

Within range, there is peace and tranquility.

Far to the south of Yinshan City, on both sides of the water source, are large areas of farming land.

Lush and green, a strange fragrance ripples around Yinshan City.

The farmers nearby were doing their own thing leisurely, and some of the cattle and sheep herders who had returned from grazing used their long whips to keep the greedy little guys away from the fresh and juicy wheat seedlings.

Several carriages, dragging goods, slowly came from a distance, preparing to enter the city.

It feels soothing to look at it, as if no matter how hard and busy I was, seeing everything in front of me, I feel that the previous busyness and hard work were worth it.

Before, there were only weeds here in Yinshan Mountain.

Later, General Hussar came and brought a large number of people. Although it was not possible to achieve double cropping, with the use of horse plowing, crop rotation, and composting, this area that could only be used for grazing began to have the vitality of farming.

Here, there are not only Han refugees from various places, but also barbarians who defected from the grasslands.

Xianbei was scattered, and Ding Ling lost momentum again. Some scattered small tribes had no idea of ​​​​passing down the so-called desert shanyu from generation to generation. The most important thing was to have enough to eat.

And in the grassland and desert, the smaller the tribe, the easier it is to die. In other words, they will be annexed by other large tribes sooner or later, so choosing a strong person to rely on is also the survival rule of these tribes. Since the Han people are the strongest here, what is the problem with relying on the Han people?

At this point in time, the technology, culture, organizational methods, and military strength of the farming Han people far exceeded those of the Desert Hu people who had not had much progress and development for a long time. It was only natural to suppress them.

Coupled with the propaganda methods and educational operations of the General Hussar, under the Yinshan City, the Han farmers and the Hu people responsible for herding lived together in a nearly integrated manner, learning from each other's strengths and making up for their weaknesses, with few fights.

"came back? How many days will you stay? ” The military officer on duty who was responsible for guarding the city gate greeted Li Li, “I heard that you did a good job. The general is going to personally award you with a medal and promotion!” 』

"What a coincidence, what a coincidence..." Li Li laughed, "I should be able to stay here for a few days. I'll treat you to a drink later!" 』

"become! I can wait! ” The military academy also responded with a smile.

Unfortunately, things did not develop as smoothly as Li Li imagined. When he took off the word "fake" and was promoted, he was also given an order to bring a whole group of one hundred cavalry with him, wasn't it? Return to Beijun Village, but rush to Taiyuan...