Chapter 225 Searching for the Hu Tribe
Jiacheng, the shogunate.
Wang Bin sat in the study and looked at the map outside the pass.
"Dad, Lord Yang has already led the troops out of the country!"
At this time, Wang Sheng walked into the study and said.
Wang Bin raised his head, glanced at him, and said, "Where are the others?"
"We've all set off. We should all be able to leave the country today!" Wang Sheng replied.
This military order does not have specific tasks, but it requires the garrison of each city to leave the country on April 12th.
To put it simply, you must go to war. As for what you can do after you go to war, it depends on you.
There are no hard requirements or compulsory tasks, it’s all about freedom of expression.
If you are afraid of death, then take care of a place to hide for a few months. If you want military success, then go find the enemy yourself.
Those who just want to save their lives may be liquidated after the war, but they can save their lives.
Those who want to make meritorious deeds must fight with their lives.
"What's their attitude?" Wang Bin continued to ask.
Wang Sheng thought for a while, "It's not clear yet. They can leave the country today. As for what they can do after leaving the country, it depends on them!"
Wang Bin nodded slightly.
This is an expected problem.
Neither Liang Chu nor Lu Chongde placed their victory chips on these garrison camps. In their eyes, the garrison camps were just sticks to alert the enemy.
As long as these garrison camps wander outside the pass, they will inevitably make the Hu tribe take action, and as long as they take action, they will definitely leave clear traces. At that time, other teams can follow the traces they left to launch a pursuit.
The people responsible for pursuing the tribe were generals Wang Bin and Zhou Lan.
As for the Zhenbiao camp under Liang Chu, it was directly approaching Fushan City.
Although Chongshan Town is not a strong military force now, it is much stronger than four years ago. The military strength alone has improved a lot.
Four years ago, Chongshan Town could mobilize 100,000 troops at full strength, but today's Chongshan Town can mobilize 150,000 troops without affecting the defense lines in various places.
Liang Chu looked at the map, wondering where he should take action next.
According to the military order of the General Military Mansion, his mission was to clear the area three hundred miles along the coast, which was the area north of Jiacheng.
"Let's get rid of our scouts first!" Wang Bin thought for a moment and then ordered.
Wang Sheng responded and exited the study.
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The northern border of Anyuan City.
Yang Zhengshan has led the soldiers of the garrison camp out of the border for more than ten miles.
Yang Zhengshan did not advance with great success on the first day. After leaving the country for ten miles, he ordered the soldiers to set up camp.
A simple tent was set up, and Yang Zhengshan was also looking at the map in the tent.
Han Cheng, Song Dashan and Yang Mingzhen stood beside him, also looking at the map.
"Sir, what should we do next?"
"The superiors only asked us to leave the country, but did not give us specific tasks. We can't just rush around like headless flies!"
Han Cheng said a little tangledly.
He felt a little tricky.
The Northland is so big, more than a thousand miles long from east to west, and thousands of miles wide from north to south. In such a large area, they certainly cannot wander around without purpose.
It’s just that we can’t find the Hu tribe in the East China Sea. It would be terrible if Hu Qi targeted us and was attacked by surprise!
Yang Zhengshan asked very calmly: "What do you think is the first condition for the East China Sea Hu people to choose a settlement place?"
Han Cheng was stunned, "I really don't know this."
Although he has lived in Chongshan Town for most of his life, he really doesn't know much about the Hu people in the East China Sea.
"Sir, I know!" Yang Mingzhen said suddenly.
"What is it?" Yang Zhengshan looked up and gave him an encouraging look.
Yang Mingzhen said: "It is a water source. Whether it is people or livestock, they cannot live without water!"
"The thieves are used to moving and living. They will definitely not dig wells in fixed locations, so their settlement will definitely be next to the river!"
Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and said: "Yes, the first condition for them to choose a settlement is water source!"
"But there are many rivers in the North, so it's difficult to find them!" Han Cheng added.
There are no big rivers in the North, but there are many small rivers and streams.
Even if we knew they would live near the river, it would be difficult to find them.
"Well, the first condition is water source, and the second condition is fertile grassland!" Yang Zhengshan continued.
Although the Donghai Hu people are not purely nomadic, most of their tribes make a living by raising livestock.
Water and grassland are their biggest needs.
As Yang Zhengshan spoke, he picked up a charcoal pen and drew on the map.
He first demarcated the area facing the sea. "The area facing the sea is all saline-alkali land. There is no water source or grassland, so it can be eliminated directly."
Then he crossed out the area around Heiyun Mountain, "Although the mountain range of Heiyun Mountain is not steep, it is not suitable for grazing livestock. There may be some thieves who mainly hunt, but the number should not be too many. And search the mountains It’s too much trouble, we don’t need to go there.”
"There will definitely be a lot of tribes gathered near Fushan City, but there are too many Hu tribes there. We just don't have enough people to show off!"
"The west side is too far away from us, so we won't go there and rob it with our comrades!"
Yang Zhengshan crossed out areas one by one, and soon the map was broken into pieces by him.
"Source of water, Songyuan River!"
Finally, Yang Zhengshan chose a familiar area.
During the battle of Fushan City, Yang Zhengshan had delivered food and grass along the Songyuan River several times, so he was very familiar with the Songyuan River.
"However, this section of the Songyuan River is located between Chongshan Pass and Fushan City. When the war comes, the Hu tribes that originally lived here will definitely move after hearing the news."
"They will stay away from this area, but they will not completely leave the Songyuan River!"
"So I think there should be some Hu tribes in this area!"
Yang Zhengshan pointed at the upper reaches and several branches of the Songyuan River.
Han Cheng scratched his head. He felt that there was a big gap between him and Yang Zhengshan. He only thought that finding the Hu tribe in the north was like finding a needle in a haystack, but he didn't expect that there were so many factors to consider.
"Your Excellency is still thoughtful!"
Yang Zhengshan smiled, looked at Yang Mingzhen and said: "Mingzhen, you will search this area early tomorrow morning. Be careful when searching!"
Before the expedition, Yang Zhengshan adjusted the responsibilities of Han Cheng, Song Dashan and Yang Mingzhen.
Han Cheng led the cotton-armored infantry, Song Dashan led the iron-armored infantry, and Yang Zhengshan personally led the cavalry. Yang Mingzhen, as his deputy, was responsible for the preparations.
"Yes!" Yang Mingzhen responded with joy.
After coming to Chongshan Town for several years, he was finally able to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and make merit, which made Yang Mingzhen a little excited and excited.
Even if Yang Zhengshan only asked him to go for reconnaissance and search, he still felt very excited.
One night passed in a flash.
The next day, just after dawn, Yang Mingzhen led dozens of riders to leave the camp and headed for the area mentioned by Yang Zhengshan yesterday. Yang Zhengshan also led the remaining soldiers to continue to march north.
At the same time, the capital of Daling also spread the news of the coming war to various tribes.
The capital of Daling was the former Fushan City.
Since the founding of the Daling Dynasty, Fushan City has been the capital.
However, the Darong Dynasty did not recognize the existence of the Daling Dynasty, and naturally would not recognize any capital, and still called it Fushan City.
It was impossible to conceal the fact that Chongshan Town went out of the pass to attack, and it was also difficult to conceal the fact that a large number of garrison soldiers went out of the country from the Daling Dynasty.
Although the Daling Dynasty could not guess the specific plan of Lu Chongde and Liang Chu at the beginning, it did not prevent them from taking precautions and warnings against the garrison camps that went out of the pass.
The news quickly spread among the tribes, and these Hu tribes also responded quickly.
They began to hide themselves and began to look for garrisons operating outside the pass.
For a time, the entire Northland became a large hunting ground.
The garrisons of each city and the Hu tribes were both hunters and prey.
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Yang Mingzhen's luck was not very good. He led dozens of cavalrymen to search for several days in the upper reaches of the Songyuan River without finding any trace of the Hu tribe, which made him a little anxious.
Finally, there was a chance to make merit, but in the end, he couldn't even find the shadow of the enemy. How could he make merit?
On the bank of the Songyuan River, Yang Mingzhen looked at the surging river and sighed a little dullly.
But at this moment, three cavalrymen came galloping from the northeast.
"Sir, Sir~"
The voice came before the person arrived.
"Have you found anything?" Yang Mingzhen was shocked and asked hurriedly.
"Yes, just ten miles to the west, we found traces of Hu cavalry there!"
Yang Mingzhen was completely alert, "Let's go and take a look!"
After that, he jumped on top and galloped along the river to the west.
The distance of ten miles is very close, and it only takes a quarter of an hour to reach it if you gallop.
This is not a plain with a flat land, but a hilly land with small hills rising one after another.
Yang Mingzhen did not approach immediately, but got off the horse at the foot of a small hill, and then crouched down and touched the hill.
"Sir, look over there!"
Yang Mingzhen looked over and saw that in the opposite valley, there were more than a dozen Hu cavalrymen sitting together to rest, and they also made a fire.
Judging from their appearance, they should be cavalrymen from a certain tribe, not ordinary Hu people.
They definitely didn't come here to graze or hunt.
"There must be a tribe of the Hu people nearby!"
Yang Mingzhen observed for a while and said affirmatively.
Because he found that there were many traces of activities at the location where the Hu cavalry were, which means that the place was not a temporary resting place they were looking for, but it was probably their fixed resting place.
Just when Yang Mingzhen wanted to observe further, a warning suddenly came from his side, "Sir, there are also Hu cavalry over there, they are rushing towards us!"
Yang Mingzhen suddenly raised his head and looked, and couldn't help but burst out a swear word.
"Fuck"
Just on the hilltop to the north of them, three Hu cavalry rushed towards them.
Obviously, when they were observing the Hu cavalry in the valley, the Hu cavalry on the hilltop also discovered them.
These Hu cavalry were also smart. While resting, they did not forget to set up guards around them.
"Go!"
Yang Mingzhen ran down the hillside without any hesitation.
At this time, there were only five people around him, and there were more than ten people on the opposite side.
Even if they could win, it is estimated that they would suffer heavy losses.
And their mission was not to fight with the other party, but to find the other party's trace.
Since the other party's trace had been found, there was no need to fight with the other party now.
Yang Mingzhen was very decisive and ran very fast. Before the Hu cavalry caught up, they had already ridden their horses and ran away.
However, this unexpected encounter was obviously not over yet.
