At the beginning, I became a county magistrate with greed of 500 million. The empress asked me to be

"Pass on my order to continue to closely monitor Pei Xingyuan's army's every move and observe their marching movements closely."

"Also, have Li Taisui lead an elite force to make a tactical detour to the northern part of Nanmo City and wait for my orders at any time."

After a brief thought, Xia Yun issued orders one after another.

No matter what Pei Xingyuan wants to do, this time he must take control of the 150,000 troops from Pei Xingyuan!

"It's the handsome man!"

Qin Tianye nodded in response, then hurriedly left the city wall to convey Xia Yun's order.

And in the meantime.

Outside Shuodong City, a large group of cavalry suddenly appeared, numbering at least several thousand people.

Moreover, these thousands of cavalrymen were galloping at lightning speed, obviously heading straight towards Shuodong.

However, on the city wall, when Xia Yun saw the sudden movement in the distance, there was no trace of worry on his face.

Quite the opposite is true.

When Xia Yun saw the scale of the thousands of cavalrymen, a look of relief involuntarily appeared on his face.

It was because those thousands of cavalrymen were the troops led by Xiang Wentian!

As early as last night, a letter from Xiang Wentian was received, informing Xia Yun that his large force would arrive at the front line today!

as predicted.

When these thousands of cavalrymen were only a thousand meters away from Shuodong City, a dark cloud suddenly appeared at the junction of the distant skyline, covering the city!

I saw hundreds of thousands of troops densely packed into the endless wasteland!

"Marshal, General Xiang is here!"

"Our main force is here!"

"Hurry up and notify the firemen to prepare a welcoming banquet immediately!"

"..."

Soon, all the soldiers on the city wall saw Xiang Wentian’s army appearing in the wilderness!

A look of fanaticism appeared on the faces of all the soldiers.

Afterwards, thousands of cavalrymen arrived at the foot of Shuodong City first. According to Xia Yun's instructions, these thousands of cavalrymen were directly taken into the military camp.

Then, about half an hour passed.

All the main forces led by Xiang Wentian have also officially arrived in Shuodong City!

"This general pays respect to you, Marshal! This march mission has been successfully completed, and I respectfully invite you to review it!"

When Xiang Wentian saw Xia Yun, he fell to his knees in front of Xia Yun.

"I'm wearing armor, so there's no need to be polite."

Xia Yun smiled and helped Xiang Wentian up. The hundreds of thousands of troops commanded by Xiang Wentian had originally set out from the capital with them.

But during the entire march, almost all of Commander Xiang Wentian's troops were on foot.

They had to sleep in the open air and travel day and night, and the suffering they endured was far beyond what ordinary people could imagine.

"Thank you, Marshal."

After this difficult march, Xiang Wentian's face looked more weathered.

"I have prepared a welcoming banquet for you in the city. Eat and drink tonight, and then rest for the night!"

Xia Yun said this and patted Xiang Wentian on the shoulder.

"Marshal, where are Chong Heihu and the others? Why can't I see them?"

While Xiang Wentian was delighted, he did not see Chong Heihu and others behind Xia Yun.

“They are on a mission right now.”

Xia Yun then explained.

……

At the same time, nearly 100,000 troops were hiding in a mountain range seven or eight kilometers away from Shuoxi City.

The army was led by none other than Chong Heihu and Zhao Xinlei!

Five or six days have passed since the two led their troops out of Shuodong City.

"Fox, when do we set out today?"

Under a towering tree, Zhao Xinlei found Chong Heihu who was resting, and there was a sense of urging in his words.

In the past few days, they have been hiding in the mountains during the day.

At night, he led his army to the outskirts of Shuoxi City and launched a surprise attack on the hundreds of thousands of barbarian troops besieged outside Shuoxi City.

After several days, their results were quite fruitful.

"The sun hasn't set yet, why are you in such a hurry?"

Chong Heihu opened his eyes lazily, took out a gourd from his waist, and began to drink water with a gulp.

"You are a full man but you don't know a hungry man is hungry."

"Normally, you are the one that the Marshal trusts the most. The Marshal always lets you do something first."

"We don't have as many opportunities as you do. I'm going to perform well this time no matter what!"

Zhao Xinlei curled his lips.

Although these words were just his complaints, they also contained some of his true feelings.

"Hey, Lao Zhao, where did you learn to be so cunning? I remember that you were not the kind of person who would settle small scores before."

Chong Heihu joked deliberately.

"Stop talking nonsense to me and get up quickly. I have the latest information here!"

Zhao Xinlei walked forward and kicked Chong Heihu lightly.

Chong Heihu then hurriedly climbed up from the ground.

"What information?"

Chong Heihu asked with a serious look, the playful expression on his face completely gone.

"Just now, the spies sent back news from the front line that a 50,000-man force was separated from the barbarian army and is currently moving towards the Mobei Mountains."

Zhao Xinlei then also showed a serious attitude.

"Mobei Mountain? What are they doing there? Are they trying to escape?"

As Chong Heihu spoke, he quickly took out a map from his waist.

Although the information on the map is incomplete, it is at least generally correct.

Among them, Mobei Mountain is located directly north of Shuoxi City. From the map, Mobei Mountain is also the border between Gansu and Mobei grassland.

Heading north from the Mobei Mountains, one leaves the territory of the Daliang Dynasty and returns to the barbarian grasslands.

"According to my estimation, they are running low on food and fodder, so they are sending 50,000 troops to transport the food and fodder."

Zhao Xinlei frowned slightly and analyzed the reason why the barbarian troops suddenly split up.

"Fuck him?"

Chong Heihu hesitated for a moment, then glanced at Zhao Xinlei and asked.

"Of course we have to take him down! Why wouldn't we take advantage of this great opportunity that's been given to us for free?"

Zhao Xinlei grinned.

Previously, they had been adopting the tactic of marginal harassment. Although they had achieved considerable results, the number of barbarian troops actually destroyed was quite limited.

The combat power that can be exerted by 250,000 barbarian troops tied together is astonishing.

But if they could separate 50,000 of them, with the existing 100,000 cavalry troops in their hands, they could swallow them up in one bite!

"What are you going to do? Tell me straight out."

A fanatical desire to fight suddenly rose in Chong Heihu's heart, even though he often quarreled with Zhao Xinlei.

But once the time came to actually take action, the level of trust between the two was almost absolute.

"Listen to me, if we do this this time, Mobei Mountain is now controlled by the barbarian army, and there are at least 20,000 soldiers hidden inside..."

As the night gradually enveloped the earth, half an hour later, Chong Heihu and Zhao Xinlei completed their pre-war conspiracy.

When the cool breeze of autumn leaves swept across the mountains, a hundred thousand cavalrymen came out in droves!

……