Chapter 96: Riding and Shooting

Situ Rui's heart thumped and he said in a calm voice: "Say."

Geng Zhong took a breath and said in a deep voice: "Bizhi just received the news that the Seizuo sent to Luojing half a month ago has successfully penetrated into Yanmen Pass and discovered a major military situation in Yanmen Pass. Two days ago, the guards of the Guanghui Empire had already set off from Yanmen Pass and were advancing towards Xiling at a fast march speed of hundreds of miles a day!"

"Oh?" Situ Rui raised his thick eyebrows and said in a deep voice, "This is a new situation."

The guards of the Guanghui Empire have completed their assembly at Yanmen Pass, and the two legions in the northwest and southwest are also assembly. Situ Rui just learned about this situation. It was Qiu Fengjin, the emperor of the Mingyue Empire who sent a letter to Qingzhou Base Camp with a flying pigeon, and the Qingzhou Base Camp was sent over to the 800 miles in a hurry.

When Situ Rui didn't expect, the Guards Legion actually set off so quickly.

Geng Zhong, who had been a staff member with Situ Rui for several years, spread the map on the table very quickly. Situ Rui immediately bent down at the table, first roughly measuring the interval between Xiamen Pass, Xiling, Yuncheng and Nanzhong with his fingers, and then pressed the map with his right hand, and tapped the two fingers on the map one by one.

Whenever Situ Rui made a major decision, he would do this. Those who followed him for a long time were already accustomed to his style, so whether it was Geng Zhong, Situ Yue and Tuoba Ye, the two division commanders, held their breath and did not even dare to breathe.

After a long time, Situ Rui took a heavy shot on the map and said excitedly: "This is an opportunity!"

Geng Zhong then breathed a sigh of relief and said happily: "I also think this is a rare opportunity."

"Oh?" Situ Rui said happily, "You have already had a slept in this way, so why not talk about your opinion first."

Geng Zhong knew that Situ Rui was broad-minded and extremely arrogant, and there was no need to be humble in front of him. He immediately pointed to the map and said, "Please look, the distance between Yanmen Pass and Xiling is thousands of miles away. Based on the rapid march speed of the Guards' army traveling a hundred miles a day, you can reach Xiling in ten days."

"This time, the Glorious Empire mobilized a total of three major legions to rescue Xiling. In addition to the Guards, there are the solemn Northwest Legion and the Southwest Leyu's Southwest Legion." After saying this, Geng Zhong pointed to the locations of Yuncheng and Nanzhong, and then said, "Governor General looked at Yuncheng and Nanzhong again. Yuncheng was closest to Xiling, only 600 miles away. You can reach it in a hurry for six days. Nanzhong is the farthest, and the road from Nanzhong to Xiling is rugged. It will take at least one month to arrive in a hurry!"

Situ Rui nodded happily and said, "Soon up."

Geng Zhong said again: "There is a big time difference between the date these three legions arrived in Xiling. Our army can completely use this time difference to defeat these three legions. As long as we defeat these three legions, we think that the Guanghui Empire will not be able to send reinforcements in a short period of time, so our army can turn around and slowly deal with the remaining enemies in Xiling City."

Situ Rui said: "Then how do you think this battle should be fought?"

Geng Zhong replied without hesitation: "According to the order of time, we will first fight the Northwest Legion, then the Guard Legion, and finally deal with Leyu's Southwest Legion."

"You." Situ Rui smiled and shook his head, saying, "It's still a lack of experience."

As he said that, Situ Rui couldn't help but think of his old partner Du Yu who had cooperated with him for more than ten years. If Du Yu was still alive, he would definitely not make such suggestions. Although Geng Zhong is also very outstanding, he is still a little younger after all, and his vision of looking at problems is still lacking.

Geng Zhong said the previous part correctly. If he could defeat the three armies that came to rescue this time, the Glorious Empire would not be able to send reinforcements to the place within at least half a year. With this half year, Situ Rui would be able to calmly attack Xiling and then open the Kailuo net to slowly remove the tiger with its teeth and claws.

However, Geng Zhong was very wrong in the latter part.

Although Geng Zhong was criticized, he was not discouraged and said humbly: "I would like to ask the Governor for advice."

Situ Rui smiled faintly and asked, "Don't you think the best choice is to fight the Guards first?"

Geng Zhong was stunned at first, then he realized something. He looked at the map and began to frown and ponder. Situ Rui didn't say anything and let Geng Zhong think about it himself. Some things are not enough to rely on others to point out, but they have to rely on themselves to understand them. If you can understand them, you will improve. If you can't understand them, you can only stand still.

Qingniutun.

In a blink of an eye, five days had passed, and most of the strong men in Jiuzhai 36 trunks had gathered in Qingniu Tun. Before the men in the remotest few had time to come, Qingniu Tun, which was originally empty, immediately became noisy. The two big villages in the south and north of the tun were quickly filled.

Things were progressing even smoother than Meng Hu thought. When he heard that General Meng Hu, who represented the Governor, was going to share the land for everyone, the enthusiasm of these villagers suddenly increased unprecedentedly.

Life is not easy these days, and the lives of poor families are worse than those of wealthy families. Therefore, it is nothing to exchange for land for Ding. If Ding is not necessarily dead, it can be exchanged for real land. For the farmer, land is everything. Only with land can there be hope for this day.

Meng Hu, accompanied by Qi Diaozi, climbed the watchtower of Tunnan Dazhai.

Standing on the watchtower and looking down, the entire camp seemed to be full of fire and noisy. The three hundred veterans under the Leopard had now become instructors, and they formed the strong men from each village into small teams, and then formed them into squadrons, brigades, and corps. Meng Hu estimated that the strong men from the Nanda Village alone were enough to form two corps.

What made Meng Hu particularly excited was that these strong men had very good physical fitness.

Maybe because they live in mountainous areas all year round, these mountain people have huge feet and can run like flying even on the rugged mountain roads. They all look a little thin and have a good meal. They should be malnutrition caused by not having enough food for a long time. Fortunately, their physical foundation is still there. Meng Hu believes that as long as they are raised for a while, these men will immediately become muscular and powerful handsome men.

The most rare thing is that there are a large number of hunters among these mountain people who are good at shooting, and this time they brought their own bows and arrows, which is enough for Meng Hu to form a archer corps!

Of course, the bows and arrows used by these hunters are shoddy short bows, and they are incomparable to infantry long bows in terms of range and penetration. However, within a hundred steps, it is enough to kill people. Meng Hu suddenly had an idea in his mind, why not give the barbarians such a short bow?

With a short bow, the barbarians can shoot arrows on the horse's back, unlike long bows, which must be dismounted to pull them away.

Thinking of this, Meng Hu couldn't help but feel excited, and turned around to Qi Diaozi behind him and said, "Old Qi, let Xiong Batian come to see me immediately."

Qi Diaozi took the order.

While Qi Diaozi was looking for Xiong Batian, Meng Hu called Zhang Xingba in front of him and asked him to immediately collect four thousand short bows and enough arrow branches used by hunters in the mountains, and immediately send someone to the open land at the east end of Qingniu Tun.

In less than a meal, Qi Diaozi climbed the watchtower with his sweaty Xiong Batian.

These days Xiong Batian and all the barbarians have been "returning to their old careers" as coolies. Meng Hu cannot let them be idle. These barbarians do not know the customs of the Middle Earth. If they are idle, they know what will happen? Meng Hu sent them to Tunnan and dig ditches to build villages in Tunbei. Not to mention, the barbarians are really good at working.

After the last time, the relationship between Meng Hu and the barbarians had improved greatly, especially the two brothers Xiong Batian, Lang Hao and Langya, who admired Meng Hu very much. It is obvious that Meng Hu did not withdraw his troops under the circumstances at that time, but decided to fight to the death to rescue the trapped barbarian cavalry, which had won their friendship and respect.

When he saw Meng Hu, Xiong Batian stroked his right arm and asked respectfully: "Big leader, are you looking for me?"

When the competition was defeated just now, Xiong Batian was full of dissatisfaction, but now he was convinced and truly regarded Meng Hu as the leader of the Black Bear Tribe.

Meng Hu nodded and said, "Gather your tribe members immediately, as well as the Tiger Tribe and the Wild Wolf Tribe, and arrive at the open land at the east end of Tundong within a time limit of one incense stick."

"yes."

Xiong Batian agreed and then went there in a hurry.

After a stick of incense, Meng Hu rode with dark clouds and snow slowly to the open land in Tundong accompanied by Qi Diaozi. More than 3,600 barbarians had already assembled. Xiong Batian and Lang Hair, and wolf teeth stood solemnly in front of the cavalry formation, which was very majestic.

Zhang Xingba also brought people to send 4,000 short bows and tens of thousands of arrows to the edge of the open ground.

This open land is the only flat land in the mountains, about a hundred steps wide from east to west and about three miles long from north to south. It can be said to be a natural racetrack. It is ideal to check the archery of the Manqi here.

Meng Hu asked Zhang Xingba to send someone to distribute bows and arrows to the barbarians, and then he sent hundreds of scarecrows to erect along the open ground. At this time, the old, young, women and children who were idle in the village had already rushed to the open ground, pointing at the barbarians who were waiting in the distance, pointing at the faces of the surprise and fear.

After all arrangements stopped, Meng Hu nodded to Xiong Batian and said coldly: "Start."

Xiong Batian focused heavily, raised the sword in his hand and pulled forward, shouting: "Go!"

A team of about a hundred barbarians suddenly rushed out of the cavalry formation and approached the row of scarecrows standing on the open ground. The leading barbarians whistled, and more than a hundred barbarians twisted their bodies on the horse's back at the same time, then pulled their bows and arrows, aiming at the scarecrows next to them.

"Swish swish swish swish..."
Chapter completed!