Chapter 143 Jiannu is still far from

North of Datong City, Jiannu Daying.

Jiannu's horse materials were indeed exhausted, and the people sent to plunder had not returned yet. As a last resort, Haoge had to send troops to herd horses nearby. Fortunately, there was Yuhe River near Datong, two rivers, Shilihe River, and the valleys were filled with large fields. The crops and seedlings in the fields were enough for war horses to eat for a while.

The only thing that made Haoge worried was the safety of the horses. It is no exaggeration to say that these horses are the lifeblood of the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry. In theory, Haoge should send enough cavalry to herd horses, but this would inevitably weaken the siege of Datong. If the Ming army in the city took the opportunity to leave the city and attack the camp, the consequences would be unimaginable.

There was no way, Haoge could only send a small number of cavalry to herd horses, but at the same time, he strengthened his vigilance against the Wrangling River Valley. Jiannu's scouts were everywhere within a hundred miles. Once any movement was discovered, the Jiangnu cavalry of the horses would drive the horses back to the camp at its best speed.

However, the stupid Haoge never understood a truth, and no matter how strict the defense is, there is a way to crack it!

That morning, more than 200 cavalry of Jiannu cavalry drove more than 8,000 horses from the north camp in the city. Halfway through the way, more than 5,000 war horses from the east camp in the east camp and another two hundred cavalry of Jiannu cavalry, rushed to the Yuhe River Valley. Half an hour ago, more than 200 cavalry of Jiannu cavalry had set out with a sound of arrows.

The green crops and seedlings closest to Datong have been eaten up by Jiannu's war horses. From today on, Jiannu had to go to herd horses to the river valleys further north and farther away. The good news is that there are large areas of wheat fields and sorghum. The flourishing wheat seedlings and sorghum have been enough to eat tens of thousands of war horses for a while.

The Zasak cavalry sent by Hauge to grazed were Mongolian. Although they were far away from a foreign country, grazing was a very common thing for these Zasak cavalry.

The blue sky is like washing, a scorching sun is rising from the eastern sky, and the fragrance of morning soil is floating in the air.

The closest to the valley, four hundred Zasak cavalry were grazing leisurely.

Suddenly, time and space seemed to be in a wrong position. These Zasak cavalry turned from soldiers to leisurely herders. They were wiggling their long whips and driving groups of horses to eat plump wheat seedlings and sorghum by the river valley. Although there was no bonfire or beautiful girls, the Zasak herders who loved singing still couldn't help but sang the songs from their hometown.

There were dozens of Zasak cavalry scattered in the open river valley around them, their expressions were highly nervous. They kept holding bows and arrows with their hands all the time, and their vigilant eyes were constantly searching the surrounding wilderness.

A cavalry in charge of the alert, the Zasak cavalry rode his horse slowly over the grass with a bow and arrow in hand. His attention was completely focused on the wilderness in the distance. He did not notice that there was a piece of ground not far away. The grass on the ground had withered, which was completely different from the lush scene around him.

If the Zasak cavalry were careful enough, he would have discovered that there were actually many suspicious grounds like that. Unfortunately, the Zasak cavalry were only concerned with searching for suspicious pedestrians in the wilderness. They came to the valley to work and asked them to kill dozens of people, but no one noticed the suspicious traces that could be seen everywhere on the ground.

This cannot be blamed for the carelessness of the Zasak cavalry, because they had never encountered such a situation before. They instinctively thought that the enemies were all killed from the ground, and they had never thought that the enemies would secretly lurk under the surface, waiting for them to crash into the ambush circle!

The Zasak cavalry had just passed not far away. The suspicious land suddenly turned over, revealing a shallow pit. Jing Maocheng, who was hiding in the pit, stood up from the pit, pulled out his strong bow and hit the arrow, and aimed at the Zasak ranger who was marching forward in front.

"call out!"

The arrows clamped on the strings whizzed away with a sharp roar. With a puff, the Zasak Ranger's vest was hit by the vest. The Zasak Ranger's strong body trembled violently and slowly turned back from the horse's back. Unfortunately, before he could see who was suddenly emitting the cold arrow behind him, he fell from the horse's back.

"call!"

"call!"

"call!"

The screaming sound was still not over, and all the suspicious grounds nearby were overturned. The thieves hidden underground were like spring bamboo shoots after rain, and the thieves kept pulling their bows and arrows and shooting arrows into the air. Then more grounds were overturned, and more thieves emerged.

In less than a meal, at least three thousand thieves emerged from the wilderness of the Yuhe River Valley!

For this ambush, Li Yan dispatched a total of 20,000 thieves, who took advantage of the night to dig out three thousand hidden pits in this carefully selected valley. Before dawn, Li Yan led a large group of thieves to return to Leigong Mountain, while Jing Maocheng and the three thousand thieves hid underground, waiting for the arrival of Jiannu and a large number of war horses.

With intentional calculations but no intentions, Jiannu indeed broke into the ambush circle.

The Zasak cavalrymen who were grazing the horses were completely stunned by the sudden scene. They looked at the thieves who suddenly emerged from the ground like ghosts. Before they could come back to their senses, the thieves had already shot over a wave of arrows, and shot over more than a hundred cavalry at that time.

The remaining more than 200 Zasak cavalry fled in scattered and no longer cared about the large group of war horses scattered in the valley.

Many thieves were so angry that they turned over and stepped on the naked horses that were eating green seedlings. They were about to chase and kill the Zasak cavalry who were fleeing in all directions, but Jing Maocheng shouted: "Brothers, don't chase them, don't chase them, grab the horses, and drive these war horses back to the Leigong Mountain camp."

The bandits who had already chased far away turned back in chaos and drove their war horses to Leigong Mountain.

When Haoge received the news, he personally led the eight hundred cavalry of the Yellow Banner to the river valley, there was no sign of the horse there, and only many "corpses" of the Zasak cavalry were scattered in the river valley. The poor Zasak people's heads had separated from their bodies, and their torso had been cut into countless small pieces.

"Damn it!" Haoge's face turned pale with anger and shouted sternly, "Let's go to Leigong Mountain!"

"Master." Xifu rushed forward and persuaded. "We only have eight hundred cavalry, so we can't go."

"I can't swallow this." Haoge said angrily, "This is more than 10,000 war horses!"

"If the war horses are gone, they will be gone. As long as the people are still there," Xifu advised, "Besides, if we have more than 10,000 war horses, aren't we still have nearly 20,000 war horses?"

Haoge said angrily: "Would you just forget it?"

Xifu advised: "Master, as long as you capture Datong and destroy Wang Pu, how can this group of jumping clowns on Leigong Mountain escape from the palm of our Eight Banners Iron Cavalry? The horses they stolen from will return to our hands intact. Hehe, just treat it as letting them help us maintain them for a while."

When Xifu persuaded him, Haoge was a little more angry and said with a dark face: "If you lose these ten thousand war horses, you can lose them, but the war horses in the west and south of the city can't make any mistakes. Send someone to pass on a message to Sony, telling him not to go out to shed horses in the next few days, and send someone to urge Ta Zhan to transport a batch of fodder back quickly."

"Zhe." Xifu responded respectfully, "I'll do it now."

Leigong Mountain Camp.

Looking at the heads of the horses on the school grounds and listening to the endless neighing sounds of horses, almost all the soldiers of the rebels, including Li Hu and Li Xuan, were crazy. They could not believe their eyes!

For the rebel soldiers, war horses are all treasures. In their eyes, cavalry is the highest and most powerful army, and the King of Chuang is only a few thousand cavalry under them!

But now, the Shaanxi rebel army suddenly has tens of thousands of war horses, which means that among the 25,000 rebel soldiers on the mountain, 10,000 will become cavalry! To become a qualified cavalry from infantry, it may take a long time of training, and more importantly, continuous practical training, but so what?

Even if you ride a war horse, it is much more powerful than a pure infantry.

Among all the bandits, only Jing Maocheng's excitement had passed. He strode to Li Yan and asked, "Master, how do you know that Jiannu will definitely fall into the trap?"

"Because Jiannu doesn't know how powerful we are!" Li Yan laughed, "In terms of riding and shooting skills, we Han people are far inferior to Jiannu, but in terms of wisdom and strategy, hehe. Jiannu is still far from being far away! It's not that I underestimated them, Jiannu may not be able to learn a little bit of the matter even if he learns for another hundred years."

"Masterman." Jing Maocheng clasped his fists with his hands and said with conscience, "I'm convinced."

Li Yan smiled and asked, "Sir Jing was not convinced by this before?"

"this……"

Jing Maocheng was suffocated when he heard this, and a hint of embarrassment suddenly appeared on his face.

Li Yan smiled, stepped forward and grabbed Jing Maocheng's arm affectionately, and said, "Senior Brother Jing, don't mind, I am just joking with you. Let's go, I will choose a good horse for you."

"Huh?" Jing Maocheng said in surprise, "How can the general be like a horse?"
Chapter completed!