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Li Bao walked in quickly, cupped his fists and said: "General, the whereabouts of the three of them have been clarified. Just now, Fu Zhan sent someone to say that the three of them went to Fancheng with the sled team of the Vanguard Army. When he finds out about this At that time, the pioneer army had already stepped on the ice and crossed the Wuhou Qinshui and entered the territory of the Kumoxi people. He wanted to send someone to send the three of them back, but he was worried that they would be attacked by the Kumoxi people when they returned, which would be even more dangerous. , it’s better to let them follow the vanguard to be safer, he said, please rest assured, the general will definitely protect the three of them!”

"They ran away with the vanguard army without making a sound. These three bastards really pissed me off! Li Bao, please remember. For three days and three nights, locked in a small black room for ten days without seeing anyone!"

"Uh... General, this punishment is too heavy. In the final analysis, the three of them are just children. They haven't grown up. It's normal for them to be playful. When they arrive, the general can just talk about it. Don't frighten them, if you frighten them out of courage, wouldn't the gain not be worth the loss?" Li Bao advised.

Hua Mulan asked back, "Li Bao, what were you doing when you were their age?"

"My grandpa and aunt died early, and I have been in charge since I was 12..."

Before Li Bao finished speaking, Hua Mulan said: "Isn't this the end? They are all spoiled! Let me tell you, you must never spoil them. You think I want to keep them under my wings forever." Is it because I am annoyed that they secretly followed the vanguard without saying hello to me in advance, if they tell me, don't I give them a chance to practice?"

As soon as Hua Mulan finished speaking, Cui Hao walked in with a smile on his face and said: "General, Fu Zhan sent someone to send a good news. Last night they set off late at night, crossed Wuhou and Qinshui, and raided Kumo Xishide's department one after another. In a stockade, more than 200 enemies were killed, and more than [-] people were captured. At that time, these stockades were busy packing their things and planned to withdraw after dawn. Unexpectedly, our army would attack overnight, and it was too late when they wanted to withdraw , tried to gather together and was defeated by our army one by one!"

Chapter 611 Timely Rescue

Hua Mulan was overjoyed when she heard the battle report. She never expected that Fu Zhan's vanguard would be so fast. It only took two days to finish off Kumoxi's Shide Department.

However, she immediately realized that the main force's departure was too late and the vanguard army would not receive timely support. She asked, "How are the soldiers preparing?"

Cui Hao replied: "Everything has been prepared, but it's past noon now, should we wait until tomorrow morning to start?"

"No!" Hua Mulan waved her hand, "Come on, pass on the order, the army will leave in an hour!"

Although Cui Hao had never actually commanded a battle, he was well-informed by the side of several emperors, and he knew the reason why soldiers are expensive and fast, so he didn't say anything else.

Only [-] infantry were left in Pinggang, and all the other troops were taken away by Hua Mulan. Obviously, Hua Mulan did not regard Pinggang as the location of logistics supplies. Xi's nearest border, although the city is in ruins at this time, it is a dead city, and it is a city that is mostly buried by heavy snow.

The main force set off from Pingcheng after noon, and did not stop on the way until dusk.

At dusk, the army passed by a bush. Hua Mulan ordered the army to rest on the spot for half an hour, and asked the cooks from various ministries to quickly dig the stove, gather firewood and boil water.

Hua Mulan took a fancy to the large number of dead branches in this bush. Although the ground was covered with heavy snow, it was very dry under the heavy snow, and the dead branches were collected and burned easily.

A large pot was set up, the cooks piled clean white snow in the pot, and lit firewood at the bottom of the pot. The snow water in the pot melted at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon burned to the ground. Dried noodles are packed in clay bowls and lined up to get boiling water in front of the cauldron.

The cooks scooped up ladles of boiling water and poured them into their clay bowls. The soldiers took the boiling water and walked away one by one, stirring the batter in the clay bowls with chopsticks. time.

After a while, everyone finished eating, those who should urinate, those who should defecate, and those who should feed the horses. After half an hour, it was dark, but Hua Mulan gave an order: "The whole army continues to set off, and rush to the place where the horses are." The city rests again!"

Experienced soldiers and generals all know that in the twelfth lunar month of winter, the most painful part of the march is not marching, but sitting down and resting. Once you stop to rest, the body’s heat production will decrease, and the body will gradually become cold. Frozen and never even get up.

Thanks to Zhao Junsheng's strict military management, once an order is issued, it cannot be questioned or disobeyed, and must be carried out to the end. The soldiers continued to march from dark with torches, and walked all night.

At dawn, the army arrived at Fancheng. It used to take two days to travel from Pinggang to Fancheng, but Hua Mulan's army took an afternoon and a whole night to complete the journey, and it was still in the twelfth lunar month of winter.

The first thing she did when she arrived in Fan City was that Hua Mulan did not order everyone to rest, but ordered everyone except the cooks to go into the city to clear the snow on the ground and on the roofs of the houses. Rest and fall asleep, otherwise I am afraid that many people will find it difficult to wake up.

With a temperature of more than 20 below zero, Hua Mulan never thought that she would be so crazy that she led [-] soldiers to walk such a long distance overnight. There is no doubt that the soldiers have done a good job of keeping warm, with helmets and armor. Fur inner villages, thick leather boots and gloves, the whole body is covered by two layers of thick fur, coupled with the strong willpower of the soldiers who have been training hard for a long time to complete this journey.

All the 2 people mobilized and cleaned up the streets of this small city in half an hour. All the houses were cleaned up, and Hua Mulan allocated houses to various departments.

The soldiers who had a place to stay had not had time to sleep, and the order came down again. Everyone went to line up to get the boiled batter to eat. After eating, they had to light a fire in the room, but they were not allowed to close the doors and windows, so that they could fall asleep. .

With only one night of sleep, the young soldiers were able to hold on, but the weaker civil servants who accompanied the army could not hold on. The two thousand infantrymen who were assigned to guard the place where the logistics supplies were stored took on the role of security guards.

Guard mission, everyone else fell asleep.

At noon, Hua Mulan woke up and walked around the city. Walking on the street, she could hear continuous snoring from the houses on both sides.

A messenger galloped into the city from outside the city on horseback, saw Hua Mulan head-on, reined in his horse and jumped down to report: "General Qi, General Fu ordered the villain to send the battle report!"

Hua Mulan immediately took the battle report, opened it and read it quickly, her nervous expression relaxed a little, but her brows frowned again.

Fu Zhan said in the battle report that he led the vanguard cavalry to continue northward after solving the Shide tribe, and then raided the Qijia tribe with lightning speed. Hoffer was resisted.

The Mohefo tribe assembled more than 600 horsemen to confront the cavalry led by Fu Zhan to cover the evacuation of the tribe. Due to the rush of time, the Mohefo tribe had no time to drive away the livestock, food and daily necessities. The soldiers led by the war came over, so they had to discard the baggage and animals and fled in a panic. More than 600 people who blocked them were defeated after the battle of Fu Zhan's army, and then Fu Zhan led his army to catch up with the retreating men and women of Mohefu Old and weak, take them all captive.

However, the news had spread, and the Mukun tribe in the northeast got the news. Before Fu Zhan and his army arrived, they abandoned the livestock and living utensils, and hurriedly retreated into the mountains with only a small amount of food.

Fu Zhan also brought a piece of news in the battle report that the general Yuchi Yandong of Yuyi Town led an army to attack from the west and defeated the main tribe of Hunhe in the upper reaches of Ruoluo River, but the news was quickly disseminated. The Ahui clan in the area learned that the Ahui clan quickly retreated into the forest with their families. According to Hua Mulan's request, Yuchi Yandong has led the army to block the exit of the Ahui clan going down the mountain, and sent Ren got in touch with Fu Zhan.

Sure enough, the Kumoxi people played the old routine again, retreating into the deep mountains and old forests if they couldn't beat them, trying to drag down the advancing army. Although Hua Mulan had already prepared for this in her heart, she still felt a little tricky.

But generally speaking, the four Kumoxi tribes were wiped out in the first battle, and only two tribes retreated into the deep mountains and old forests. Hua Mulan felt much less pressure.

But she was still worried that Yuchi Yandong and Fu Zhan would underestimate the enemy and be attacked by the Kumoxi people.

Without further ado, Hua Mulan immediately sent someone to blow the trumpet to order the soldiers to gather.

"Woo-woo-woo--"

When the soldiers heard the sound of the horn, they jumped up and ran out with their weapons in their hands. A messenger galloped down the street on horseback and shouted, "Everyone, gather in the open space outside the city lord's mansion!"

Hearing this sound, the soldiers ran towards the City Lord's Mansion.

Not long after, the open space outside the city lord's mansion was densely packed with soldiers, and the phalanxes were quickly filled by the soldiers. Such a large open space could not accommodate 2 horses, and the others who could not get in could only be on the streets. collection of arrays.

"No extra nonsense, this general will give you one hour to eat, drink, and clean up everything. After an hour, gather outside the north city gate and leave!"

The soldiers quickly dispersed again, still washing the batter with boiling water, and after finishing eating and drinking, they packed up their things and went out of the city to gather.

Before dark, the army arrived at Murodebu's residence, an old stockade.

This is the first time for Hua Mulan to see the living environment of the Kumoxi people. Because the village was attacked by soldiers led by Fu Zhan, many wooden houses have been burned down. In addition to some old wooden houses, there are also many mountains in the village. The stone houses built together, whether they are wooden houses or stone houses, are always in a mess, with one here and one there.

All the people in the village were killed, and the corpses were lying everywhere, even the dogs were not spared.

Hua Mulan frowned looking at this scene, Cui Hao noticed her expression, and said: "This Fu Zhan is really true, no matter whether they are killed or buried, this mess is still thrown to our main force, isn't it too late to collect the corpse?" Can't you get out? General, don't be angry. I know that you are blaming General Fu for killing too much. He didn't even spare children and women. But he went deep alone and his troops were not many. If he captured soldiers, he would keep them Hacking and killing, this is even weaker for his own small force!

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Hua Mulan also knew that what Cui Hao said was true, but she always felt uncomfortable in her heart, no matter what the circumstances, she could not kill women and children.

Compassion does not command soldiers!Hua Mulan finally understood why Zhao Junsheng often said this sentence. If his heart is not hard enough, he is really not suitable to control the army. Follow your own temper.

"Cui Gong doesn't need to persuade me, it's not that I don't know the importance!"

Hua Mulan waved her hand and said to Guo Sheng: "General Guo, order the soldiers to camp and rest in this stockade. Clean up and bury the corpses first. Send people to search all the stockades to see if they are still alive. If there is something alive, try to rule out the risk factors!"

"Don't worry, general, these things will be arranged in the future!"

Hua Mulan led the army to catch up with Fu Zhan's vanguard army around Shen time the next afternoon. What she was worried about finally happened. After Fu Zhan wiped out three Kumoxi tribes in a row, he underestimated the enemy. When the blockade was carried out, the vigilance and guards became lax, and they were attacked by the Mukun tribe at night.

Fighting hard all night, Fu Zhan lost more than 1000 people. All the horses ran away during the night attack, and most of the luggage was burned. After dawn, he had to abandon the luggage and retreat to Tianwang Mountain to defend.

The news that Hua Mulan came with the main force was discovered by the spies of the Mukun tribe, and the Mukun tribe quickly withdrew into the mountains and forests again with the baggage that Fu Zhan had discarded.