Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

"Huh?" Xiao Xuexing opened his eyes: "No one? Is it a deserted village?"

Huo Si said: "Probably not, the general sent people to check and found that some villages had traces of burning and looting, and some villages were still occupied half a month ago, and the utensils were turned over. It was obvious that they left in a hurry.

Xiao Xuexing frowned. Fuyang can be regarded as the hinterland of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and Qi's soldiers and horses hadn't reached here yet, not to mention that even if they did, they would not be able to get rid of everyone directly.

"Explore again."

Xiao Xuexing turned his head to look at the map behind him, wondering if these people were the ones who were driven to the front line?

That's not right. The scouts had found out that most of the people were displaced refugees. Yuan Ke was a bit unscrupulous, but as an emperor, he shouldn't be so frantic.

It's a pity that the northern border is about to enter winter, and most of the crops in the fields have been harvested. It is impossible to judge what happened here from the state of the fields.

Soon Huo Si ran back with a serious expression: "General, I'm afraid that the Northern Wei Dynasty was not peaceful. Some villages were slaughtered, most of them were old people. The young and old, women and children were not there, and the food stored by the people's homes was not there. You said... Is it a robber?"

Although there are not as many mountains in the north as in the south, there are also bandits.

Xiao Xuexing glanced at him: "Yuan Ke can't let such a powerful bandit appear here."

Over the years, Yuan Ke has gradually taken back the power. This young emperor has his own means. If Xiao Zirong held the power in his hands by virtue of force and money-making skills, then Yuan Ke is the emperor with full political power.

It is hard to say which of the two is better, but there is no doubt that the temperament of an emperor can affect most of the courtiers in a country.

Yuan Ke is good at playing tricks, so his ministers are also good at it.

However, those who are good at playing tricks in Qi State have encountered a wall not once or twice at Xiao Zirong's place. Over time, they simply stopped making such troubles. Instead, they can get more by acting frankly, and the atmosphere in the officialdom is also cleared.

For the people below, an emperor like Xiao Zirong must be better, but Yuan Ke is not bad. Now that the Northern Wei Dynasty is booming, it is impossible to let such bandits appear.

What's more, what kind of bandits can directly wipe out more than ten villages?

Huo Si's expression was solemn: "Who is that person?"

Xiao Xuexing looked northwest and said, "Hey."

Huo Si was stunned for a moment: "Hey?"

Xiao Xuexing said: "Abducting young adults, women and even children, but massacring the elderly is a consistent style of nomads."

Young and strong are productive forces, women can have children, and children are the future. Only the elderly can't do anything and waste food. If they meet generals who are more lenient, the most they can do is to leave these old people here and ignore them.

However, if the food is taken away, there is a high probability that these old people will not be able to survive.

This is what happens when you meet those cruel people.

Huo Si's expression was ugly: "Why is Heda here?"

Heda's base camp is in the west, and the invasion of the Northern Wei Dynasty naturally came from the west. Now even Fuyang has Heda's figure, so how much territory did the Northern Wei Dynasty lose?

Xiao Xuexing pondered slightly: "It doesn't have to be Heda, maybe it's other barbarians. Anyway, let's go ashore first. If these people come, they can stay."

Xiao Xuexing didn't show any fear on his face, Huo Si was a little too late to react.

Indeed, there is no enemy that is their opponent now. Before that, he was still worried about whether his side would be attacked by the enemy. It is not easy to fight two countries at the same time.

Xiao Xuexing didn't stay on board this time, but boarded the landing craft and prepared to go ashore.

He was wrapped in a black fur coat and did not wear armor.

Now he no longer needs to go to the battlefield in person, all he needs to do is sit in the middle army and give orders.

After the Qi army landed, it was as if they were in an uninhabited land. They did not receive any resistance along the way, and they did not disturb the occasional villagers who escaped here and there.

When the villagers saw them, their first reaction was to be afraid, but after distinguishing that the military uniforms on the Qi soldiers were different from those of the Hu people, they dared to seek asylum.

Although there was a language barrier, after the exchange, these people were relieved when they learned that it was the Qi army.

For them, neither the army of the Northern Wei Dynasty nor the army of other Hu people was as friendly as Qi Bing, after all, they were of the same clan.

Especially Xiao Xuexing was very strict with the army, never disturbed and even took them all the way to Fuyang City, these people were even more grateful.

From this, Xiao Xuexing also learned a lot of relevant information. These people didn't know what kind of ethnicity the Hu people were invading. They only knew that they would bring a kind of black oil, which could burn for a long time and was hard to get rid of.

Black kerosene!

Xiao Xuexing judged in an instant that it was indeed He Da, and couldn't help but his face darkened: "Yuan Ke, this trash!"

Let Heda fight all the way from the west to the east, what is it if it is not waste?

He looked very powerful when he took the initiative to fight against Qi, but how could he be so shy when facing Xie Da?

Xiao Xuexing lifted his chin slightly and said, "Go, send someone to ask where those Heda people are."

But where do the people know where their camp is?I can't wait to take a detour, how can I take the initiative to inquire?

Xiao Xuexing had no choice but to let people ask what other villages were nearby.

The purpose of these Xida people is very obvious, to grab money and food, and if they encounter resistance, they will kill them, and if the resistance is not particularly strong, they will take people away.

So it is easy to find Xida wherever there are people.

Especially the villages without protection measures, the most vulnerable places to invade.

It was easy to ask this question, Xiao Xuexing asked people to record it on the map while changing the direction of the army.

Huo Si asked curiously: "General, are we going to fight?"

Xiao Xuexing's face was serious: "First drive these animals away."

Their generals have started to curse people, it seems that they are very angry.

Huo Si hesitated for a moment before asking: "What if the Northern Wei Dynasty takes the opportunity to call?"

Xiao Xuexing raised his eyelids: "They better have the guts."

For a long-term battle, the number of soldiers sent would definitely not be particularly large. Under such circumstances, the Northern Wei Dynasty was almost powerless to fight back. At least Xiao Xuexing, who was not worth it here in Fuyang, took care of it.

However, he couldn't see the barbarians raging in this land, and the five barbarians are the pain in the hearts of all Han people. When encountering such a thing, he would rather put the Northern Wei aside first and drive Xi Da away.

Anyway, the Northern Wei Dynasty couldn't run away even if they stayed there. It would save trouble if they ran away.

When the vanguard sent by Xiao Xuexing met Xie Da, the other party was looting a village, burning, killing and looting, doing all kinds of evil.

Some people even saw the Heda people provoking the baby's corpse with a gun and laughing wantonly.

The cries of the people gradually weakened, and the Pioneer Battalion was almost tearful seeing this scene, and immediately dispatched archers.

There are still living people in the village, and firearms cannot be used.

The Heda people were massacring and looting recklessly. After dozens of people were shot by arrows, they realized that the enemy was coming, and immediately prepared the army to charge.

When the Heda people discovered the vanguard battalion, they didn't pay attention to these people. They were just some archers. A cavalry charge could disrupt the opponent's formation.

Especially when seeing that the opponent doesn't even have heavy cavalry and heavy crossbows, it is natural to underestimate the enemy.

In this case, infantry cannot beat cavalry.

General Heda said a bunch of words, and his soldiers immediately followed him and prepared to charge.

The charge of the nomads is different from that of the Han people. They don't have any formation at all, and they come from everywhere.

However, it is precisely this that makes it very difficult for archers to deal with. Shooting fast-running cavalry is all about luck. If they run here scattered, they can be found in any direction. Archers should also be divided into different directions to shoot, and the probability of hitting is greatly reduced.

What's more, these cavalrymen are also very slippery with scimitars in their hands. With their bodies lying on the back of the horse, they may not be able to hit people if they hit the horse.

The horses of the Heda cavalry also have protective leather on their horses. A rain of arrows can cause very limited damage to the cavalry.

As for whether someone will die in the process, most generals don't care about this issue. How can there be undead in a war?

That is to say, Xiao Zirong, who suffers from lack of firepower and has a headache due to lack of people, will frantically pile up force values, trying to make fewer sacrifices for his own people.

Just when General Heda had already started to think about robbing the opponent's food and grass after he had dispersed the opponent.

To be honest, the people here are very poor, and the food they robbed is not much at all, which is just enough for them to go back and forth, let alone money.

They have already decided to rob the nearby villages and then run to attack the city, or the town is more lucrative.

It's just that neither the villages nor the towns can compare with the food and grass of the army. Originally, he regretted that Wei's army hadn't been dispatched and wondered if he hadn't killed enough people. Otherwise, why didn't they send troops to resist?

As a result, I didn't expect to meet here.

The Heda people could see that the clothes and spirits of these people in front of them were different from those of Wei Jun, but they didn't take it seriously, thinking that the other party had sent elites.

No one would have thought that the Qi State would go ashore by land and sea, and even these Xida people didn't remember the existence of Qi State very much.

The archers of the assault battalion did not change their formation, but just shot the arrows in their hands.

Only at this time did General Heda realize that there seemed to be something else on the opponent's bow. It looked different from ordinary bows, and the accuracy was very scary. This wave lost more people than before.

Of course, this much is within the acceptable range, so he didn't order it to stop.

They are already very close to each other, as long as they rush over in one breath, they can break up the opponent's formation!

And those archers put away their bows and arrows after shooting a round, got up and retreated in an orderly manner, revealing their comrades who were blocked behind them.

So General Heda saw the strange black pipes held flat in the hands of the soldiers and pointed them at them.