Under the northern sky, before twilight came, everything seemed particularly quiet. The fragrance of wild flowers floated in the wilderness, the occasional neighing of war horses, and the flash of sword light seemed to indicate that something unusual was quietly brewing and happening.

The young general in a military armor sat on a rock at the end of the valley, silently watching the last ray of rays of light in the west being swallowed by the darkness. After the bitterness of the grass roots in his mouth, he finally gradually tasted the sweet taste.

Five thousand cavalrymen rested in this valley. Since they arrived last night, they have been lurking here for a whole day, just to wait for the night to come again.

Murong Licheng had several minor wounds on his body, but this did not hinder him at all. In the battles that had almost penetrated the past summer, there were about several thousand Hu cavalry who died in the hands of him and the Hu Ben Army. In the process, they finally met their real opponents.

The Huyan tribe, known as one of the four major tribes in the grassland, is indeed all brave and brave guys. The reason why they ran so far to plunder this time was to get enough life and production expenses for their tribe before the next winter came. If there was not enough accumulation, the tribe people would be very sad in winter.

Hu Yanbo, who was only 40 years old, was one of the important figures in their tribe. It is said that he had the courage of ten thousand men. A few months ago, he led more than 10,000 cavalry to take advantage of the situation and swept across the northwest defense line and directly attacked the Yanling Pass. If the Zhao army had not blocked them in time after capturing this area, the Hu cavalry's iron hooves would have crossed the Yanling Pass and headed south directly.

When the Hu Ben Army had just arrived at Yanling Pass, they had fought several encounters with Hu Yanbo without any preparation. At that time, neither side had any advantage. Facing the Hu Qi coming from all over the mountains, they had to temporarily retreat into Yanling Pass.

Before this, after several small-scale battles in the early stage, Li Mu had timely adjusted his strategic deployment, defended the city, and waited for the best opportunity. The reason why he did this was a forced choice. Fighting with the Hu cavalry would inevitably cause great casualties. The orders Chu Jiangmian sent him several times required him to find a good opportunity to fight while minimizing unnecessary casualties. He could naturally understand the good intentions of the young King Zhao. For this reason, he had to pay extra attention and time in strategic arrangements.

The arrival of the 5,000 Tiger Army led by Murong Li City became the key to the decisive victory.

Many times, when he saw Hu Qi walking around the wilderness outside the city, Murong Licheng wanted to rush out immediately and fight them face to face with them. But under Li Mu's persuasion, he finally suppressed his mood again and again and waited for the arrival of the fighter plane in Yanling Pass.

Later, he learned that his sister Qiancheng and Chu Jiangmian were injured at the same time. At that moment, Murong Licheng wanted to ride alone and return to Longcheng to see what they were like. If there were any accidents with the two best people in this world, he did not know what his actions would mean. Fortunately, Chu Jiangmian wrote to him personally, indicating that Qiancheng's injuries were well recovered, which made him feel relieved.

The Hu Ben Army, which had been replenishing its energy for nearly a summer, was eager for a battle from top to bottom. In the past period, they witnessed the tyranny of the Hu people and also saw that the other party's army increased from more than 10,000 cavalry to nearly 30,000 people. All the Zhao army soldiers knew very well that these wolves from the grassland might have reached the brink of hunger. They would never retreat without a bloody battle to the death.

The latest order from Longcheng arrived a few days ago. After reading it, Li Mu urgently summoned all the generals and schools to discuss strategies to break the enemy. Since it was a personal deployment made by Chu Jiangmian, it must be that the current situation has undergone major changes, and they need to start breaking the deadlock from this aspect.

After listening to the orders of King Zhao, all the generals and schoolmen suddenly became excited. In the strategic deployment sent by the envoy of the Wangting, Chu Jiangmian clearly proposed the strategic goal that must be achieved for them. That is, to defeat the invading enemy of the Hu people at all costs. After relieving this threat, all the defenders of Yanling Pass rushed to advance eastward, targeting Yanguo Jicheng!

"The army of Qin and Yan State are jointly attacking Qi. For the sake of the overall situation, the king decided to save Qi! The Zhao State army divided into two groups, crossing the Zhao-Qi border and advancing eastward. On the way, we detoured from the north, directly crossing the land in the western part of Yan State, and raided Jicheng!"

Recalling the mission conveyed by Li Mu at that time, Murong Licheng did not feel so excited. Since he left Longcheng, he has already regarded the attack on Jicheng as the most important target of this northward battle. The elimination of the Hu cavalry was just a trial before this.

After detailed research at Yanling Pass, they jointly formulated a strategy to defeat the enemy. The time to raid the Hu Qi camp was chosen tonight. In order to maintain the secret of the action, Murong Li City, who was lurking in the valley behind the enemy, did not send anyone to convey the news about Yanling Pass again. However, he believed that Li Mu must have made all preparations long ago and just waited for him and the Hu Ben Army to launch a sudden launch.

"How can I just defeat the Hu people? Brother Mian, wait. This time, on the land of Yan State, I will not only revenge the hatred of the Murong family being massacred, but also build this territory for you, so that the land and subjects of Yan State belong to Zhao State, so that everything here will be crawled under your king's sword... In this way, I can be worthy of the friendship I first met in the Peach Blossom Valley!"

The grassroots in Murong Licheng spit out, and also put away the distracting thoughts in his heart. Although Chu Jiangmian would not ask him to do anything, this was his first goal. All the Hu Ben Army resting in the valley saw their young general standing up, and they also jumped up one after another, sorted out their armor and weapons, and tightly controlled the reins of the war horse.

The sky is like ink, and the stars are everywhere. The knife is unsheathed and the arrow is in the strings. Their moment of glory has finally arrived!

"There is no need to show mercy in this battle. All enemies you encounter will be killed without mercy... Let's go!"

Murong Licheng jumped onto the war horse, held his spear in his chest, and with his fingers, the five thousand Tiger Army soldiers were like tigers coming out of the cage, jumping out of the hiding valley at lightning.

Outside Yanling Pass, there are many mountains and undulating gullies and ravines far and near. In the past, this was a good place for Huqi to appear and kill. However, tonight, within a radius of hundreds of miles, it will soon become the battlefield for them to bury.

The more than 30,000 cavalry commanded by Hu Yanbo were almost all elites in their tribe. With this place as the base camp, they frequently appeared within a few months, and almost all of them were robbed within hundreds of miles around. Although they were unable to break through Yanling Pass for the time being, they could not go to the land of the Zhao people to continue to do evil. However, judging from the current gains, they are quite satisfactory.

Since the robbery proceeds can almost ensure that the tribal people in the rear will no longer be hungry, the Hu Qi's sharpness seems to be a little restrained for the time being and no longer as crazy as it was at the beginning. Moreover, with the intermittent wars in the past few months, the army of Zhao on the opposite side seems to have little combat power. Apart from the constrained and small-scale wars, they have never fought fierce battles. This makes the Hu people look down on them.

Under the influence of this general underestimation of the enemy in the army, even Hu Yanbo believed that after the death of King Chulie of Zhao, the Zhao army had a low morale and no longer had its former prestige. It was precisely because of this that he gave up his plan to continue to attack the big cities of Yan State in the east, and instead focused on carrying out a complete robbery within this territory.

The stolen goods, cattle, sheep and food were constantly transported back to the grassland. Even so, the stolen things were piled up in the back of the camp where they were stationed, and they could not be transported for a while. Hu Yanbo and his tribal warriors were in a very comfortable mood. Therefore, on this moonlit night, a bonfire was lit on the open space in the camp, and a large-scale food and drink activity was held to reward the meritorious warriors.

Compared with the vassal states in the Central Plains, such so-called celebration and reward will certainly seem very shabby. It is just cooking beef and mutton, everyone sits on the ground, cuts it with a short knife, and grabs it with large pieces with their hands. This is already an extremely sumptuous "feast" in their eyes. As for the only few jars of wine that were stolen, only Hu Yanbo and more than a thousand men are qualified to drink it separately.

Hundreds of people gathered here, happily eating meat, hands and mouths flowing oil, and the atmosphere was very warm. When we arrived at the happy place, the warriors of those tribes began to perform wrestling and slamming. Although they were just brute force contests, they won loud cheers.

The aroma of boiled meat wafted around the fields. The Hu people patrolling outside couldn't help but suck with their noses greedily while looking up. Now their biggest wish is to wait for someone to take over soon, so that they can eat and drink with all their hearts. Such opportunities are not often available, and it is finally time to be one turn, and no one will let it go.

It was just the first time that the Hu cavalry, which had been tens of miles, was in a relaxed state. The absent-minded patrolmen never expected that the Zhao cavalry that appeared from somewhere was like a ferocious demon descending from the sky, with iron hooves thunder trembling and shaking the earth, and suddenly appeared in front of them.
Chapter completed!