I'm playing tricks in Daqin

The guy rolled his eyes and immediately had an idea, he stood up clutching his belly, laughed dryly, and left in a hurry.

Anyone can see this action, the military division on the right is going to squat down after eating too much.

The fishing positions of the two were already similar, and Wu You's fishing position did not drop any more bait, so the fish naturally moved to Li Wei's fishing position, competing for bait. Li Wei caught big fish one after another, and he was in a good mood.

Xiao Xiaoxiao has been sitting behind him silently, but her mind is unsteady. In fact, like Li Gang, she is curious about how the tiger and leopard cavalry can withdraw safely.

"Hey, are you really not worried at all?"

Chapter 298 Retreat

Someone so calm and calm aroused Xiao Xiaoxiao's curiosity even more, and finally couldn't help asking.

"Didn't I tell you?"

Li Wei replied with a wry smile, but without turning his head, he continued to raise his arms and swing his rod, fishing with peace of mind.

"Then you are still so free?"

Xiao Xiaoxiaoliu frowned slightly. She believed that Li Wei was telling the truth. Since this was the case, why didn't she care about the life and death of her subordinates at all? "Look, look, it's been said that Boda...uh, it's because the hair is long but the knowledge is short..."

Li Wei giggled strangely, just said it smoothly, and almost made a mistake. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and corrected it in time.

However, these words drew Xiao Xiaoxiao's eyes.

He analyzed the situation. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and anything can happen. Since it is difficult to determine, it is better to give the business the power to change in the future and let him make his own decisions.

Of course, with this decision, everyone including Shang Xingyun felt that it was the young master's absolute trust and reuse in Shang Xingyun, which moved Shang Xingyun to such an extent that he swore allegiance to the death to repay his kindness.

"Oh……"

Xiao Xiaoxiao responded in a low voice, her pretty face flushed slightly, but she had wrongly blamed him, but this guy's words were a bit irritating, making people want to bite them hard to relieve their hatred.

She suddenly remembered the scene where she accidentally saw someone "biting" Qing'er fiercely in the back garden, her clean pretty face flushed red, and her heart beat wildly.

Thinking of someone turning a blind eye to her, she had the urge to kick him into the river. She quietly reached into her sleeve and touched the small porcelain bottle given to her by the poisonous lady Zhao Fengqin. Does my aunt use this trick?

Li Wei is still engrossed in fishing, appearing calm and calm. In fact, he is paying attention to the development of the war all the time, and he is even more worried about the tiger and leopard cavalry who are alone in the emperor's hinterland. However, at this point, it is useless to worry. I hope that Gao Xingyun, who was standing alone for the first time, will not do anything stupid and let him down.

Before Shang Xingyun went out, he repeatedly told him that safety was the top priority, and even prepared for the worst. If the situation was really bad, he would abandon the horse and hide there, and try to come back after the battle was over.

You can buy another horse if you lose it, but it hurts him if someone hangs up. You know, every soldier of the tiger and leopard cavalry is one in a million. They have superb riding skills and must be born with bow legs. A lot of money has been invested, so it can be called the elite trump card of the empire, a prodigal army with extravagant equipment that makes people vomit blood.

"Master, good news."

Wu You, who used the excuse of squatting in a tuba, walked over excitedly, holding a piece of paper in his hand.

"The leader of the business is doing well."

Xiao Xiaoxiao couldn't help praising that the only battle in the empire at present is the three thousand tiger and leopard cavalry led by Shang Xingyun, and the only good news is that Shang Xingyun won the battle again.

"Um……"

Li Weiman responded, still holding the fishing rod in his hand, listening to Wu You's statement.

Yu Jiahui's [-] cavalry was exhausted by being lured by Shang Xingyun's hide-and-seek game, and was eaten up bit by bit. When Jiahui came to his senses, his [-] cavalry had only less than [-] left ride.

Afterwards, Shang Xingyun led three thousand tiger and leopard cavalry to confront Jiahui's five thousand light cavalry head-on. Using wolf pack tactics, he lured Yu Jiahui's five thousand cavalry to disperse again and again, and then concentrated his superior forces to encircle and wipe them out, finally defeating Yu Jiahui Hui's remnant, Yu Jiahui, was killed on the spot. Only [-] remnants of the [-] Jin cavalry scattered and fled, while the elite [-] imperial cavalry were wiped out.

The results were brilliant, but Li Wei frowned tightly, with a worried look on his face.

He flicked the fishing rod, stood up, led the crowd back to the city, lay down on the desk, and stared at the map.

"Old witch, should the tiger and leopard cavalry be withdrawn?"

"It's time to withdraw?"

Xiao Xiaoxiao said in a daze, her pretty face turned red immediately, she didn't understand why the tiger and leopard cavalry was withdrawn at the moment of the big victory, but she was worried that someone would say that she had long hair and short knowledge.

Knowing that a certain person is speaking for fun, but I feel a little uncomfortable, saying that she has no experience?

It's just that she's not good at military affairs. When it comes to martial arts, someone isn't even a scumbag.

Xiao Xiaoxiao didn't realize that she had changed unconsciously, she just wondered why she cared so much about someone's feelings.

Wu You was stunned for a moment, then nodded, Yu Jiahui's defeat and death must have enraged Jin Wang Huazhao into a rage, once Jin Wang got angry, mobilized an army to encircle, and then sealed off the border, the tiger and leopard cavalry not only lost room to maneuver, but were even killed. If the retreat is blocked and it is difficult to withdraw safely, then the trouble will be great.

At this time, Shang Xingyun was leading his men to hide in the woods of Mount Mang Mountain to rest. When he led the tiger and leopard cavalry to loot everywhere, he sometimes encountered some powerful families who resisted stubbornly, which caused some casualties to the tiger and leopard cavalry. , and the biggest loss was the final battle with Yu Jiahui.

Although the tiger and leopard iron cavalry achieved brilliant results in annihilating nearly 350 Jin cavalry, although only a few 700 soldiers were killed, there were as many as [-] people who were lightly or severely injured.

Shang Xingyun could only scatter and hide more than 200 seriously injured people in farms or countryside for treatment with the help of special night agents and lurking local spies.

The number of people has decreased by one-sixth, but the number of war horses has continued unabated. The Imperial Forest Cavalry of the Jin Empire is the son of the emperor's army. They are all good war horses outside the Great Wall. Some officers from aristocratic families even ride horses worth tens of thousands of gold. Famous horses, these war horses have become the spoils of tiger and leopard cavalry.

The tiger and leopard cavalry captured a large number of war horses. However, except for the horses of the Imperial Forest Cavalry, the war horses in the three counties of Yanyun and Shuzhou in Pennsylvania were not very good. For the military horses to be eliminated, Shang Xingyun carefully selected more than 2600 good war horses, and let them go away on their own.

Shang Xingyun has been hiding in the woods in the mountains of Mount Mang for five full days. The supply of arrows, dry food and other intelligence information from the outside world are all provided by special night-buying and lurking local spies.

As a cross-traveler, Li Wei is well aware of the importance of intelligence. Since the Li family successfully entered Chang'an and controlled the court, he has paid attention to this aspect, established the Imperial Military Intelligence Department, and also established the first military academy. Training for a certain period of time, and then sent to the major empires on the mainland to lurk and take root first.

Gold hit the road, and these spies lurked easily. Many of them became landlords and squires in enclosures. In the era of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, landlords and squires who guaranteed food supply were welcomed by those in power. Lao Cai's intelligence personnel also often help the poor people in the village, winning the reputation of a great benevolent person.

Therefore, it is a trivial matter to disperse hundreds of seriously injured tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers in several large farms, and there is no need to worry about their safety.

While busy transporting the seriously wounded, a farmer with a simple and honest appearance handed a small scroll to Shang Xingyun.

Shang Xingyun unfolded it and couldn't help frowning.

Chapter 299

The order Shang Xingyun received was to immediately find ways to safely withdraw to the country. Although he was a little puzzled and reluctant, the military order was like a mountain, and he had to obey it.

However, some news brought by the spies made him frown. According to reliable information, Xiong Molin, the prefect of Pennsylvania, has set up checkpoints on several roads leading to the border, and has also built fortresses and stationed heavy troops. The road for the tiger and leopard cavalry to withdraw from Pennsylvania to Longjiang County was blocked.

In Shuzhou County, Cheng You, the prefect, has also ordered troops to guard several roads. The soldiers are currently digging the earth to build fortresses. When these fortresses are built, the tiger and leopard cavalry will really be trapped to death in the territory of the Jin Empire.

Things are a little troublesome. It seems that the complete annihilation of the three thousand imperial cavalry made King Jin furious, and he was determined to exterminate the tiger and leopard cavalry.

"My God..."

Shang Xingyun ordered the guards to call all the lieutenant-level officers to a meeting. Unexpectedly, the sky suddenly exploded with thunder, and soon dark clouds covered, strong winds blew up, and a heavy rainstorm was about to come.

All the tiger and leopard cavalry officers and soldiers carry marching bags and rain shelters, so they don't worry about getting wet at the conference, but it is raining heavily at this time, which is not a good thing for the tiger and leopard cavalry who are about to evacuate. No wonder Shang Xingyun couldn't help but burst out with foul language.

Before the torrential rain fell, all the tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers had set up simple tents, and each of them huddled in the tents to avoid the rain, while Shang Xingyun and a group of lieutenant-level officers were discussing affairs in the commander's tent.

The army officers were somewhat puzzled by Li Wei's order to retreat. The tiger and leopard cavalry had just achieved brilliant results, and it was time to strike while the iron was hot and make a big fuss, turning the hinterland of the Jin Empire upside down. Why did they retreat?

Although a group of officers were dissatisfied, the military order was like a mountain, and they did not dare to disobey, and at most they only complained a few words.

When Shang Xingyun told the unfavorable news, everyone shut their mouths.

The situation is quite bad. When the imperial army seals off all the border roads, the army will continue to step by step and slowly reduce the space for the cavalry to move, and the trouble will be serious.

After urgent discussions, Shang Xingyun decided to take the Shuzhou Road and retreat back to the country. However, before that, he had to set a few fires everywhere to confuse the Jin army before he could evacuate safely.

The rainstorm came suddenly and went away quickly. Half an hour later, the dark clouds dissipated and the sky cleared.

Several lieutenant-level officers led the headquarters to leave in a hurry. These teams were responsible for releasing smoke bombs and covering the transfer of the main force. At the same time, they had to catch up with the main force. Each of them was equipped with five horses.

On the same day, incidents of Tang troops looting rich families occurred in Yanyun and Pennsylvania. At noon the next day, even Yanzhou, the southeast gateway of the imperial capital Xijing, found a Tang army rushing in with light cavalry, killing several households in Guanjia Village, Pingkou County. Rich families were looted.

Jin Wang Huazhao leader Yan was furious and helpless, so he could only urge the prefects of the counties to step up the "hunting" deployment, and must seal this hateful cavalry of the Tang army in the country, and then encircled and wiped it out.

On the night after the rain stopped, Shang Xingyun led the main tiger and leopard cavalry to quietly leave the mountain pass of Mount Mang under the cover of the night, galloped out of the boundaries of Pennsylvania under the hazy moonlight, quietly entered Shuzhou County, and hid in a dense forest.

In the wilderness shrouded in night, on the official road leading from Yanyun to Moyun, Xia Houheng is leading a team of tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers to gallop. Although the moonlight is dark tonight, the official road is spacious and flat, and he is not too eager to hurry. Marching is not very troublesome.

Originally, this team of 300 tiger and leopard cavalry soldiers was led by the school lieutenant Wang Mutian, and went to Yanzhou County to loot in order to attract the attention of the Jin army. Zhong Jingbo was critically ill and died on the spot, and Captain Xia Houheng took his place.

After completing the harassment mission, Xia Houheng quickly led his team to withdraw from the border of Yanzhou County, hid in the mountains and forests to rest, did not emerge until dark, and galloped towards the agreed rendezvous place.

When they were approaching the meeting point, they accidentally caught a messenger from the Jin army. After interrogation, they learned that nearly a million coalition forces were attacking Qing'an City. The consumption of equipment, food and grass was huge, and the counties collected a large amount of food, grass, weapons and equipment to transport to the front line. A food transportation team composed of Yanyun County, Pennsylvania, which transported [-] shi of grain, left the boundary of Yanyun in the evening. It's getting dark now, and it is estimated that we will camp halfway to rest.

This unexpected information moved Xia Houheng's heart. If the [-] shi of grain could be burned, the Jin army who was sticking to Qing'an would definitely lose their morale due to the shortage of food, and the coalition forces took advantage of the momentum to recover Qing'an City.

One shi of rice is about [-] to [-] catties, [-] shi is a huge amount, and it is very troublesome to collect it. The country gentry and local tyrants who hand over the grain are very heartbroken and even unwilling. , This is something that offends people, and it is thankless.

Even if it is easy to collect food, it will take ten and a half months before you start shipping it, and the day lily will be cold when it is shipped to the front line of Qing'an.

Xia Houheng couldn't bear the impulse in his heart and decided to take a gamble. However, he also knew how serious the consequences of disobeying military orders and acting without authorization were.

Moreover, he also decided to enter Moyun County to harass after burning the Jin army's food, in order to attract the attention of the Jin army and cover the retreat of the main force.

This is a mortal task, so he did not force his subordinates to follow, but asked for their opinions.

None of the [-] soldiers in the team hesitated, and they were all willing to follow him to rob food. Xia Houheng had no choice but to order two people, put the treasure map into their hands, and let them rush to the meeting place to report the situation to the leader Shang Yun .

The two were "picked out" by Xia Houheng

The soldiers watched helplessly as they fought side by side, and the brothers who were like brothers disappeared into the night. They both wiped away their tears, turned their horses, and galloped towards Shuzhou County.

Shang Xingyun looked up at the sky, and waved decisively: "Let's go!"

At this time, the sky was still gray and did not light up. He had to lead the cavalry team to Lishan in Shu County to hide and rest before dawn, and he could not act until dark.

For Xia Houheng's unauthorized actions, he was both annoyed and helpless. He could only hope that he could successfully burn the Jin army's rations, and the merits and demerits would be offset. Otherwise, even if he could come back alive, it would be hard.

Xia Houheng's abilities are good, that's why he was moved to love talents, poached the young master's corner, and wanted to train him to be his deputy, but it's superfluous to say anything now, and we can talk about it when he comes back alive.

Before the evacuation, he still politely asked for assistance from the special forces at night, and asked them to help inform the intelligence personnel lurking in various places, pay attention to the movements of Xia Houheng's headquarters, and help out if necessary.

The tiger and leopard cavalry moved under the cover of night, and Shang Xingyun personally came to the rear, commanding the guards to clean up the messy hoofprints left by the cavalry.

Chapter 300 Nine Deaths

In a hillside depression leading to the official road of Moyun County, the raging fire completely enveloped the entire barracks, and also illuminated the surroundings like daylight, and the sky was reflected red.

In the light of the fire, there were rampaging animals everywhere, screaming and fleeing figures, and burning men struggling and howling. The whole camp was in chaos.

It was pure luck that Xia Houheng was able to successfully burn the 5000 shi army rations. Although the Jin army had a food protection team of [-] people, the security was very loose. Put strips of cloth soaked in oil, cut the reins, and let the terrified animals charge through the camp.

The sound of hundreds of frightened animals running wildly is extremely frightening, and the destructive power is even more frightening. Many soldiers who got up from the tents in fright have not yet figured out what is going on. They were either knocked to pieces or crushed to pieces. Cake, the entire barracks was washed to pieces.

Xia Houheng led his troops to rush to kill in chaos, ignited the carts of grain, threw the torches into the barracks, and set the tents on fire. Hundreds of livestock swept up like a flood and trampled into meatloaf. The general died, and the panicked soldiers had no one to command them. They could only watch helplessly as Xia Houheng and others went away and disappeared into the vast night.

These panicked soldiers and civilian husbands looked at me and I looked at you, staring at each other, and they didn't know who was leading them, so they ran for their lives with a coaxing sound.

The urgently needed rations ahead were burned by the enemy, and their heads were beheaded when they returned, so it was better to run for their lives.

Xia Houheng led his troops to evacuate. He counted the number of people, and there were only 150 of the [-] men left. Nearly half of the lost soldiers encountered the tenacious resistance of the Jin army when they set fire to food. Fortunately, it was dark and the vision was unclear. Hundreds of frenzied livestock helped out, smashing the barracks of the Jin army to pieces. Many soldiers still haven't figured out what's going on. With this alone, there is no way for people to ignite all the food and grass.

He looked up at the sky, and it was still more than an hour before dawn.

He looked around at his subordinates, clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: "I, Xia Houheng, thanked everyone here first. Everyone understands that this time is a narrow escape. If you don't want to go, you can quit. No one will blame you."

No one uttered a word, everyone stood upright, with a resolute expression on their faces. In order to cover the main force's safe evacuation, they had no choice.

"Okay, let's go!"

Xia Houheng felt that his nose was a little sore, he turned his head quickly, waved his hand, gave the order to set off, and galloped towards Moyun County.

When the sky was bright, more than a hundred of them dead men had already entered the border of Moyun County, hiding in a forest near Dongpo County to rest, and occasionally met a commoner who got up early and hurried on the road, and killed them on the spot. Drag it to the woods and bury it.

You can't blame Xia Houheng for killing innocent people indiscriminately. It's an extraordinary time, and it's extremely important to deal with it. Besides, he is also responsible for the lives of more than a hundred brothers under him, and for the safe evacuation of the main force.

Knowing that it was a narrow escape mission, he still hoped that all the more than a hundred brothers could go back alive to reunite with their families.

After a short rest, Xia Houheng led his team to rush out of the woods, ransacked several gentry and landowners in the nearby villages, and then quickly withdrew, using the super mobility of one man and five riders, galloped for dozens of miles in one breath, and rushed into another village. Cleaned up several squires and landlords in the village.

Next, Xia Houheng buried the stolen gold, silver and jewels while resting and eating dry food. After noting the marks on the map, he went to Gutian Town and washed all the big families in the town.

They met slight resistance, however, and two soldiers were killed and five wounded.

In order to make a big noise, Xia Houheng flew to Jiangyang County non-stop, wiped out the rich squires in Wujiazhuang, and then burrowed into the mountains and forests to hide.

Tang Jun Qingqi appeared in Moyun County, and the news of the looting not only alarmed Liu Qi, the prefect of Moyun, but also made him furious. While writing a letter to King Jin to report the news, he took strict precautions against attacking the city.

The news that the main force of the Tang army's light cavalry was in Moyun County quickly spread to the imperial capital. The King of Jin was overjoyed and sent messengers one after another to urge the prefects of the counties to dispatch the army.

Under the high pressure of the imperial decree, although the prefects of the counties were worried that the fortresses blocking the main roads had not been fully built. If the Tang army discovered and broke through, the hunting operation would fail completely, but no one dared to disobey the imperial order. Still staying in Moyun County, did not find this loophole.

At this time, the tiger and leopard cavalry led by Shang Xingyun was hiding in Yanyun Mountain, more than [-] miles outside of Luoping County, Shuzhou. There was a special Ye Bushuo who fully assisted and cooperated. He knew the situation outside well.

The [-] stones of grain and grass transferred by the Jin army to the front line were attacked and burned by Xia Houheng's troops.

Affected by this, the tens of thousands of Jin troops guarding the important town of Qing'an had to abandon the important town of Qing'an and retreat to Jiankang because they were facing the danger of being trapped on all sides and running out of food.

Compared with the Jin Empire, Jiankang City is indeed a dangerous pass that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is only facing the northern city wall of the Jin Empire. If it is attacked from the southeast two sides, it will only be a strong city.

After nearly a million coalition forces regained the important town of Qing'an, with the vigor of victory, they marched to the city of Jiankang in a mighty manner. The battalion alone stretched for hundreds of miles, and the battle flags fluttered like the sea. The momentum was astonishing.