Chapter 1469 Yu Shizhong's Actions

Towards Sakya.

"General, the enemy has been completely defeated, and our troops are pursuing the remaining enemy troops!"

Yu Shizhong received reports from the army on the front line.

"very good!"

Yu Shizhong's eyes flashed coldly, and he asked, "Where is that bastard Kalon? Has he been caught?"

He hated Kalon to the core.

If Kalon had not led the Xibo tribe to launch a surprise attack on them last year, even if they were defeated, their losses would not have been so severe.

Originally, the primary goal of this battle was to defeat the 40,000 enemy troops who were defending against them.

But a few days ago, those 40,000 enemy troops simply retreated.

It goes without saying that it must have been their other armies that posed a huge threat to the enemy, forcing the enemy to withdraw these 40,000 troops and concentrate more forces to deal with greater threats.

As the 40,000 troops withdrew, their first goal became to annex the Sibo tribe and capture the bastard Kalon alive!

They wanted to cut off Kalon's dog head as a sacrifice.

"No."

The soldier who came to report the news replied: "Kalon fled with less than 500 men."

"This bastard runs fast!"

Yu Shizhong felt unhappy and immediately gave an order: "Order Huo Gu to wipe out the remaining enemies of the Xibo tribe as soon as possible. Anyone who refuses to surrender will be killed! Order Huo Luxing and Zuo Ren to lead their troops to the direction of Xiqu Wangcheng immediately to collect food and grass for the follow-up army!"

"Yes!"

The messenger immediately took the order and left.

"Yu Shuai, is this... not good?"

After the messenger left, Tang Zhao asked in a low voice.

Now, Tang Zhao was transferred to Yu Shizhong's side as a lieutenant general, and he also intended to train Tang Zhao.

He had followed Yu Shizhong for so long, so he naturally understood what Yu Shizhong meant by collecting food and fodder.

To collect means to plunder!

In other words, looting!

Fight to feed war!

In the past, this was nothing.

But in this battle, they wanted to completely conquer Xiqu.

If all the food was looted from the people of Xiqu, Xiqu would probably suffer the same fate as the Northwest Protectorate before, with a large number of people starving to death.

There may be some trouble when managing the West Canal in the future.

"Nothing bad!"

Yu Shizhong shook his head resolutely: "As long as they don't surrender, they are the enemy!"

"There is no mercy when it comes to the enemy!"

"Governance is a matter for the future. Let's take down the West Canal first!"

"Besides, our main force in this battle is cavalry, so we don't have that much time to wait for food and supplies to catch up!"

"If Xiqu surrendered earlier, at most we could use the food and grass behind to provide disaster relief..."

Yu Shizhong had always wanted to train Tang Zhao, and he patiently explained the pros and cons to him.

Even though they have 50,000 troops, if the grain transport team on the Saga side is included, there are almost 80,000 troops, but the real main force is these 25,000 cavalry.

If the cavalry is still waiting for food and supplies from behind, what is the point of fighting?

The sooner the war against Xiqu ends, the better it will be for them.

Yu Shizhong was a man who had fought with Yun Zheng in many places, and his use of cavalry also inherited Yun Zheng's blitzkrieg ideas.

Since you are cavalry, don't worry about food and fodder.

Wherever you hit, you eat!

If the cavalry is restricted by food and fodder, it is the commander's own incompetence.

Listening to Yu Shizhong's words, Tang Zhao couldn't help but reveal a look of enlightenment, "Thank you, General Yu, I understand now!"

"Now that you understand, stop talking nonsense!"

Yu Shizhong waved his hand and said, "Prepare your troops immediately and prepare to join Lu Xing and Zuo Ren! Leave the rest to Huo Gu and the others!"

"Yes!"

Tang Zhao immediately took the order and left.

Looking at Tang Zhao's back, Yu Shizhong couldn't help but shook his head and smiled.

This kid is so similar to my past self!

After this battle, this kid can almost stand on his own.

At dusk, Yu Shizhong led his troops to meet Lu Xing and Zuo Ren's troops in a valley covered with green grass. When they arrived, Lu Xing and Zuo Ren had already prepared food and fodder for their troops.

"Meet Yu Shuai!"

When they saw Yu Shizhong, Lu Xing and Zuo Ren immediately stepped forward to salute.

Now, Zuo Ren is Lu Xing's deputy general.

There is nothing we can do about it.

After all, Zuo Ren had commanded infantry before and lacked experience in commanding cavalry, so he could not be allowed to lead a cavalry unit alone right after he arrived.

He let Zuo Ren serve as Lu Xing's deputy general, also to allow Zuo Ren to accumulate military merits.

After all, they are the vanguard troops and are more likely to gain military merit.

"You two bastards, stop disgusting me."

Yu Shizhong glared at the two of them with a smile.

This group of people were Yun Zheng’s earliest team.

He was lucky enough to be transferred to Yun Zheng's side and trained personally for a period of time. After that, he participated in many battles, big and small, and accumulated a lot of military exploits as well as a lot of practical experience.

If he was replaced by Zuo Ren or Lu Xing, they would have achieved the same success as they have now.

"I can't help it. Who asked His Highness to appoint you as the commander?"

The two laughed.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense!"

Yu Shizhong smiled and asked again: "Did the scouts find the 40,000 troops?"

"found it!"

Lu Xing replied: "The 40,000 troops have withdrawn to the vicinity of Gaduo Mountain in the territory of Yalong. They are obviously relying on the favorable terrain around Gaduo Mountain to block our troops and prevent us from attacking Xiqu King City."

As Lu Xing spoke, he unfolded the map in his hand.

Yu Shizhong quickly found the location of Gaduo Mountain on the map in Lu Xing's hand.

"Gaduo Mountain should be less than 700 miles away from Xiqu King City, right?"

Yu Shizhong asked.

"I really don't know about this."

Lu Xing replied: "This map is not very accurate. The people we caught couldn't tell the exact distance between Gaduo Mountain and Xiquwang City. Some said it was about 700 miles, and some said it was about 800 miles..."

"Then calculate it as 800 miles!"

Yu Shizhong did not dwell on this question. He stared at the map for a while and said with a smile, "We are cavalry. How can we let them stop us? At worst, we can go around to Gongbu and see who is more anxious, them or us!"

Anyway, he didn't plan to carry any food!

As long as they don't worry about the grain escort team being attacked, these 25,000 cavalrymen can kill and eat wherever they go!

You can go around it any way you want!

"Report..."

At this moment, they heard the voice of the messenger.

Soon, a messenger came galloping over: "General Yu, while we were chasing Kalon, we accidentally ran into scouts from General Feng Yu and General Dugu Xin..."

Feng Yu and Dugu Xin had already led their troops from the original Western Ghost faction into Xiqu.

Before this, the area had been harassed by many "horse bandits", and the two small tribes of Xiqu had suffered heavy losses. As soon as they arrived, the two small tribes surrendered.

At present, Feng Yu and Dugu Xin are also leading their troops to attack in the direction of Xiqu Royal City.

"Oh, they're pretty quick!"

Hearing the news brought by the messenger, Yu Shizhong couldn't help but be slightly surprised, and immediately gave the order.

"Order Huo Gu to immediately move closer to Feng Yu and Dugu Xin's troops, and tell them that our troops will bypass Gaduo Mountain and march towards Gongbu. The enemy forces in Gaduo Mountain will be handed over to them..."