Chapter 214: The Golden Cicada Leaks Out of Shell

More than half a month has passed in a blink of an eye.

Meng Hu, with more than 2,000 barbarians and more than 1,000 craftsmen, had already reached the junction of the Northwest Province and the Northern Province, and had also traveled back and forth several large circles in the Northwest Province, causing the Northwest Legion responsible for blocking and interception, as well as the two special condemnants Li Yu and Yue Meng who were following and chasing him, were exhausted and half-death.

In the end, Li Yu did not dare to disobey the military orders of the Ministry of War and left the third and fourth divisions of the Eastern Legion in the western provinces. He led the first and second divisions to form the North Lute Condemnation Team, and these two divisions were not fully organized, because four of the Semitic Regiments had long been transferred to the Western Legion.

The North Lute Condemnation Team led by Li Yu and the South Lute Condemnation Team led by Yue Meng were like a pair of iron clamps attacking left and right, trying to cooperate with the blockade and interception of the Northwest Legion ahead to encircle and annihilate Meng Hu's lonely army in one fell swoop. Unfortunately, Meng Hu was too cunning, and the lonely army led by Meng Hu was also slippery like a loach. After working for half a month, he didn't even touch half of their hair.

In terms of military use, Li Yu can only be considered a general at most. Although Yue Meng has the qualifications of a famous general, he is still too young after all and lacks the guidance of famous teachers like Meng Hu, so he cannot be compared with Meng Hu in terms of experience, because although the two special condemnants of the North and South have an absolute advantage in military strength and their mobility is not inferior to Meng Hu's lonely army, Li Yu and Yue Meng have always had no choice but to Meng Hu, and even let Meng Hu seize the opportunity to win several battles.

But then again, although Meng Hu's lonely army won several battles in the pursuit battle, it could not pose a fatal threat to the two special condemnation teams. On the one hand, Li Yu and Yue Meng were cautious enough, but on the other hand, it was because there was a huge gap in military strength between the two armies. In addition, Meng Hu had to leave a considerable number of troops to suppress the western craftsmen who went out with the army, and the troops were even more difficult.

The southern foot of the Great Wilderness Mountain, an unknown valley.

The lonely army led by Meng Hu was temporarily camping here. It was already early June and the weather gradually became hot. The soldiers who were tired of walking were lying in groups of three or three on the grass in the valley to rest and enjoy the cool air. The five hundred Western craftsmen who were captured were always with Zhang Xingba's 500 guards.

In the center of the camp, Meng Hu had already gathered the main generals such as Jia Wudao, Xiong Batian, Zhang Xingba, and Lang Hao.

Jia Wudao spread the map on the grass, looked at the map for a while before pointing at the map and said, "General, we should be in this position now. Three hundred miles eastward is the small orphan city in the northern province, which is where Yue Meng, the commander of the Nanlu Special Condemnation Team, burned 100,000 galaxy light cavalry."

"Little Gucheng?" Meng Hu pondered, "So we will soon meet Ma Sifeng?"

Xiong Batian was overjoyed when he heard this, "Now, Ma Sifeng has a very good relationship with our Tiger Legion. No matter how you say it, you should give up a way to let us go?"

“This is impossible.”

Meng Hu said decisively, "Ma Sifeng is a pure soldier. He will never be favored and will not give way to us. If he were such a person, otherwise he would not have risked his life to go down the mountain."

"ah?"

Xiong Batian was shocked when he heard this, "That's a problem. If Ma Sifeng can't get along with us, we may not be able to penetrate this northern province? Although Ma Sifeng's northern legion is like the Northwest legion, they are all newly formed recruits, but after all, there are two cavalry divisions in the northern legion."

Jia Wudao also said worriedly: "Yes, the power of the light cavalry is too terrifying, and the terrain of the northern province is relatively flat, which is more conducive to the maneuver of the light cavalry. If we really enter the northern province, the situation we face in the future will probably be more harsh than imagined."

Zhang Xingba scratched his head and said in a muffled voice: "Or why don't we just go north to the grassland in the desert north. Now the Galaxy Empire is fighting against the Guanghui Empire. They will never help the Guanghui Empire fight us, right?"

Xiong Batian immediately shook his head and said, "This is not possible. Although the Galaxy Empire is fighting with the Glorious Empire, they may not let us go, and it is even more impossible to help us. If the Galaxy people know that there are nearly a thousand accompanying craftsmen in our army, the consequences will be even more unimaginable. The Galaxy people are also short of excellent craftsmen now."

Jia Wudao said with great emphasis: "Old Xiong is right. We must never walk on the Great Pasture in the South of the Moon. In addition to the reasons mentioned by Lao Xiong, there is another reason, that is, it is already June. When we walk through the Great Pasture in the South of the Moon, it will be September. At that time, the temperature in the Great Pasture in the South of the Moon will drop sharply, and there may be a blizzard. Then, let alone crossing the Great Pasture in the East of the Moon, entering the Great Pasture in the Great Pasture, it is unknown whether we can find a camp for wintering. Maybe we will freeze to death on the Great Pasture."

Zhang Xingba said in a panic: "Then what do you think you should do? You can't go south to Jingjin, right?"

"Why can't you go south to Jingji?" Meng Hu, who hadn't spoken just now, suddenly stood up and said, "Xingba, you're right. This time we are going south to Jingji!"

"What?"

"Going south to Jingjin?"

"I really want to go south to Jingjin?"

Jia Wudao, Xiong Batian and Zhang Xingba changed their faces when they heard this. Obviously Meng Hu's words were beyond their expectations. Jia Wudao even asked back: "But General, we have already reached the Great Wilderness Mountain now. If we go south to Jingji, then cross Jingji, the two major eastern provinces, and then head north from the Great Desert Road to the Great Wilderness, wouldn't that be a long way to go?"

Meng Hu said calmly: "Who said we want to cross the capital, the two major eastern provinces, and then cross the Death Desert?"

"Huh?" Jia Wudao exclaimed in surprise and asked in confusion, "I don't understand the humble position. Please help me solve my doubts."

Meng Hu took a breath and said in a deep voice: "I thought of a strange plan, which will make the golden cicada escape!"

"Golden Cicada escapes from the shell?" Jia Wudao asked, "How can a golden cicada escape from the shell?"

Meng Hu did not immediately answer Jia Wudao, but asked back: "I heard that Xiaogucheng is a military center in the northern province. There are two heavy infantry brigades and three light cavalry brigades stationed in the city for a long time. The west of the city is the famous Gushan Military Horse Farm in the northern province, where tens of thousands of military horses are stocked, right?"

Jia Wudao nodded and said, "It's true. Gushan Military Horse Farm is the third largest military horse farm in the northern province."

“That’s right.”

Meng Hu said in a grim voice, "What we lack most now is the war horses that can transport. As long as we have war horses, our mobility and combat effectiveness will be greatly improved. If Li Yu and Yue Meng two special condemnation teams want to catch up with us, it is impossible, so the most urgent task is to attack the Gushan Military Horse Farm and seize the horses!"

The eyes of Jia Wudao, Zhang Xingba, Xiong Batian and others couldn't help but lit up.

However, Jia Wudao still reminded Meng Hu carefully: "General, we urgently need horses to increase our mobility. So will the old thief Shi Miyuan instigate Ma Sifeng to use the military horses in the Gushan Military Horse Farm to set up traps and lure us to take the bait? Ma Sifeng really wants to set up a trap in the Gushan Military Horse Farm. Wouldn't we fall into the trap now?"

"So you fall into the trap?"

Meng Hu murmured twice, then laughed to the sky, "That's not necessarily the case. Even if the old thief Shi Miyuan and Ma Sifeng set up a trap, they might end up with a tragic ending of losing their war horses and losing their soldiers, hahaha."

Northwest Province, Komatsu Forest City.

Xiaosonglin City is a small town in the southeast corner of the northwest province.

Walking two hundred miles east from Xiaosonglin City is the northern province, walking two hundred miles south is the western province, walking four hundred miles south east and then crossing Yanmen Mountain, you will enter the territory of the Jingji province. Therefore, although Xiaosonglin City is small, its geographical location is very important. Before the founding of the Guanghui Empire, it was a place that military strategists must fight for.

A few days ago, Meng Hu's lonely army went back and forth between Xiaosonglin City and Dasonglin City, making the Northwest Legion responsible for the encirclement and Li Yu, the Yuemonte Condemnation Team stupid. Then last night, Meng Hu's three thousand lonely army suddenly lost its trace.

Xiao Songlin City is effective, Li Yu is in charge.

The Northwest Governor Zheng Chongyuan had arrived overnight, and Yue Meng, the commander of the South Lute Condemnation Team, also rushed to Li Yu's tent. Meng Hu's lonely army suddenly lost its trace. This is not a trivial matter, and it was Li Yu who chased Meng Hu's lonely army, so both of them wanted to hear Li Yu's explanation.

In front of Zheng Chongyuan and Yue Meng, Li Yu cried out: "I don't know what's going on. Last night, my scout team clearly saw Meng Hu's lonely army heading into Xiaosonglin City with great fanfare, but when I led the special condemnation team to arrive, I found that Xiaosonglin City was simply an empty city. Except for the three or four thousand panicked people, there was not even a ghost of the rebels."

Zheng Chongyuan frowned and asked, "Du Li, hasn't there been any abnormal situation in the middle?"

"No."

Li Yu replied with great certainty, "After Meng Hu's lonely army left Dasonglin City, our governor's special condemnation team has been following behind. The two armies have never been more than fifty miles apart. But when our governor chased Xiaosonglin City, Meng Hu's lonely army is gone. Lao Zheng, do you think it's evil?

Yue Meng next to him suddenly said: "After what Duke Li said just now, he suddenly remembered the incident outside Kawahara City. At that time, Meng Hu's 30,000 remaining soldiers took advantage of the darkness and heavy fog and fled from the base without knowing the truth. However, the prince's three armies were led away by Meng Hu's suspicious soldiers. When the prince discovered that Meng Hu's 30,000 remaining soldiers were already hundreds of miles away."

Zheng Chongyuan suddenly said: "General Yue said that this time Meng Hu used the same trick again to use the suspicious military strategy?"
Chapter completed!