Chapter 308: Fufeng Unstable

; This time, He Lanyan not only brought more than a hundred soldiers from the tribe, but also begged Cao Tiancheng to help him. One hundred cavalrymen were drawn from the Fufeng soldiers, and they joined forces and searched all the way.

There are only three hundred cavalry in this group, so it is inevitable that they will be attacked all the way. However, anyone who attacks this cavalry will basically have only one end, and the whole army will be wiped out. Although the number of this army is small, its equipment is very good. They are extremely well-equipped. In addition to standard equipment such as one cavalry with two horses, sabers, bows and arrows, one hundred cavalry from the Fufeng soldiers are also equipped with a crossbow. The craftsmen of China have improved and upgraded the arm tension crossbow many times, and successfully produced a repeating crossbow suitable for cavalry. It is still called arm tension crossbow to the outside world.

Compared with the original arm-stretching crossbow, the weight of this repeating crossbow has been reduced to less than ten catties, and the shooting range is greatly shortened. It only has a range of a hundred steps, but its destructive power is amazing. Within a hundred steps, it can penetrate heavy armor, and it is more lethal. What is frightening is that he can shoot continuously. One of this kind of continuous firing crossbow can be filled with three bolts at one time. The crossbow bolts are also a set of three, which are installed in a special card sleeve. The loading after firing is extremely simple. Even on a high-speed galloping horse, the loading work can be easily completed.

Along the way, most of the enemies encountered were followed by the Fufeng hundred cavalry with a round of crossbow shooting. The horse bandits rushed forward and took care of everything easily, He Lanyan basically didn't get many chances to make a move.

Of course, this is also because this journey is far away from the border of Qin and Zhao, and is very close to the Kingdom of Yan. Most of the surviving cavalry of the Huns will not appear in this direction.

After a short period of joy, He Lanxiong remembered something, and couldn't help but change his face, "Swallow, you brought out all the warriors in the tribe, who will guard the old camp? Once those old and weak women and children encounter these rebels, how can they resist? ?”

"Brother!" He Lanyan looked at He Lanxiong with a smile, "How could I not have thought of this? As soon as I knew that we were defeated by the Qin army, I immediately led everyone in the old camp towards Juliguan. The camp was set up at Juliguan, where there are Fufeng soldiers stationed, the old camp is of course safe."

He Lanxiong nodded silently.

"Patriarch Helan, thanks to Miss Helan's prompt decision, you may not know that not long after Miss Helan led her troops to move to the vicinity of Juliguan, Yan Shenghao, the governor of Hejian County in Yan State, had more than 10,000 infantry and cavalry under his command. Go out of Hejian and wipe out all the tribes of the Xiongnu within a hundred miles around Hejian County. If Miss Helan doesn't leave, then she will definitely be within Yan Shenghao's attack range this time." Bai Yucheng on the side laughed.

He Lanxiong took a breath, "Yan Shenghao also dares to send troops to attack us?"

"I didn't dare before, but it's different now!" Bai Yucheng pursed his lips, "Everyone knows that the elite of your Xiongnu fell into the hands of the Qin army and were almost wiped out. What is the appearance on the grassland now? Don’t you want a share of the pie? War horses, cattle and sheep, slaves, who doesn’t want it? Walls fall and everyone pushes them, drums and drums let others beat them, I’m not alarmist, in the future, your life will probably be even more difficult.”

He Lanxiong took a deep breath, forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart, although what Bai Yucheng said was harsh, it was an indisputable fact.

"Brother, don't be sad. The general situation is like this. What can we do for a small tribe in the Helan tribe? At least try to save the tribe. The future will last forever, and it will not always be like this "He Lanyan comforted.

"How can there be such an easy thing!" He Lanxiong said with a wry smile.

"Cao Tiancheng said that we can always live near Juliguan, where they can protect us." He Lanyan said: "The current Fufeng soldiers are amazing. Junguai brought thousands of soldiers to Fufeng, and now the number of Fufeng soldiers has surged to nearly 6,000, the soldiers are strong and strong, not to mention those defeated soldiers, even the Donghu people have no choice but to retreat."

"What?" He Lanxiong opened his mouth wide. Others fight with fewer and fewer soldiers. Who like Gao Yuan actually fights with more and more soldiers. One hundred thousand cavalry from the Xiongnu went to the Dai County of Zhao State, and after one battle, most of them were lost. Gao Yuan Originally, there were only more than 2,000 people at full count, but now there are more than 6,000 people. Compared with others, it makes people pissed off.

"Gao Yuan has returned to Fufeng?" He Lanxiong asked.

Hearing He Lanxiong's question, all the people from Fufeng shook their heads unanimously, and He Lanyan's face was filled with deep worry, "Brother Gao hasn't returned to Fufeng yet, it's a long story, and I don't know Where is Big Brother Gao now? Sun Xiao and the others have also sent a large number of people to look for Big Brother Gao everywhere!"

"What's going on here?" He Lanxiong asked in surprise.

"It's hard to say!" He Lanyan sighed, "Brother, let's go home first, let's go all the way, let's tell you all the way, now there are some problems with Fufeng, brother Gao is missing, and those later troops are a little uneasy, If it weren't for Naha and Yan Haibo's efforts to maintain it, I don't know what happened, I hope Brother Gao will come back soon, otherwise there will definitely be problems."

Liaoxi, Fufeng County, Juliguan, within a short period of one or two months, Cao Tiancheng's hair has turned half gray. It is not an exaggeration to describe his current situation with a scorched forehead. After Gao Yuan left, Fufeng's military is basically controlled by Sun Xiao, while the old county magistrate Wu Kai is in charge of the political affairs. It seems that Cao Tiancheng is only in charge of the army's logistics and business, but in fact, the whole Fufeng has the most decision-making power. It's him.

After Gao Yuan left Fufeng, Suoke, the prince of Donghu in Yulin, extended his tentacles to the Niulanshan camp of Fufeng soldiers like a cat smelling fishy smell. The Lanshan camp fought more than a dozen battles with the Donghu soldiers, large and small, but the Donghu soldiers fought more and more. When they saw something was going wrong, fortunately Zhang Shubao led the army to help him, so he stabilized the line of defense and kept the Donghu soldiers away. Outside Fufeng.

But it was only to maintain a balance of power, and Cao Tiancheng was helpless in the face of Suoke's continuous increase in troops, and Zhang Shouyue, the governor of Liaoxi County, unexpectedly remained silent about Fufeng's embarrassment, Cao Tiancheng Puzzled, the news he got from Zhang Shubao finally made him dumbfounded, Zhang Shubao led the army to Fufeng for reinforcements, it was not Zhang Shouyue's instruction, but his own initiative.

When the news of Gao Yuan's victory in Yuyang County came back, Fufeng was full of joy and morale was greatly boosted. Immediately there was news from Jicheng that Gao Yuan had been granted the title of General Conquering the East, opened a mansion and built teeth, which made the left-behind people in Fufeng rejoice. And one month later, Naha, Yan Haibo, Meng Chong, and Xu Yuan returned to Fufeng with more than 4,000 soldiers, which fundamentally alleviated the situation of Fufeng's lack of troops.

Fufeng, with sufficient soldiers and food, became a difficult problem for Sock to solve. He attacked many times, lost troops and lost generals, and had to retract his outstretched hand.

But when everything in Fufeng was on the right track, the news from Jicheng once again gave everyone in Fufeng a hard blow. The fire in Jicheng, Gao Yuan was assassinated, Gao Yuan's whereabouts were unknown, one after another heavy news , knocking everyone dizzy.

The news of Gao Yuan's life and death caused Fufeng a great uproar, especially the more than 3,000 soldiers represented by Meng Chong and Xu Yuan who returned from the Yuyang battlefield. Not here, they can't help worrying about the future, and the morale of the army has shown signs of instability.

Wu Kai, the magistrate of Fufeng County, had to go to the camp in Niulan Mountain to appease him.

"Wu Gong, is everything all right?" Seeing Wu Kai appearing in Juliguan with red eyes, Cao Tiancheng asked bluntly before he had time to inquire.

Wu Kai, who had just returned to Juliguan from the Niulan Mountain camp, was already drenched in sweat, "It's almost stabilized for the time being, but if there is no news about Gao Yuan, I'm afraid it's hard to say. It's a good thing." You saw the opportunity early. At this critical juncture, you made a decisive decision and decided to pay the soldiers' salaries. No matter whether they are local soldiers in Fufeng or foreign soldiers, they will be treated equally. This has stabilized those foreign troops. Now Naha and Yan Haibo are dumb Where they are, try to stabilize the three thousand soldiers."

"If it can be delayed for a while, it will be delayed for a while." Regarding the current situation, Cao Tiancheng is also helpless. He was overjoyed when the thousands of troops arrived before, but once Gao Yuan is gone, this army will become a big trap. Came from afar.

"Has that one left yet?" Cao Tiancheng asked in a low voice, pointing his finger at it.

"At this time, he is naturally unwilling to leave, and he is still trying his best to get in touch with Meng Chong and Xu Yuan." Wu Kai smiled bitterly, "More than 3,000 soldiers who have fought in the battlefield have been trained by Gao Yuan for a long time. It's impossible not to make people jealous. Luckily, Meng Chong and Xu Yuan are quite determined, and it seems that if there is no definite news from Gao Yuan, they will not make any moves for the time being."

Cao Tianchang sighed, "That's good, that's good!"

Wu Kai reached out to wipe the sweat off his face, and looked at Cao Tiancheng, "Tiancheng, are you so confident that Gao Yuan will come back alive?"

"Of course I have confidence!" Cao Tiancheng said passionately, "Since there is no news of the death of Lieutenant Gao, then Lieutenant Gao must be alive and will definitely come back, not only me, Sun Xiao, Zheng Xiaoyang, Naha, Yan Haibo thinks so. What we have to do is to stabilize Fufeng's form for Gao Xianwei before he comes back."

"That's all I can do. Do you have enough money here? The salaries of thousands of people have been paid out at once. This is a huge amount. There was no such budget before. If it is not enough, where can I borrow some money? "Wu Kai asked: "There is no other way right now, and it is also a way to stabilize them with money first."

"It's enough for the time being!" Cao Tiancheng sighed, "The Xiongnu is in chaos right now, and it's impossible to do business with them. This part of the money can be used to pay for it. If it's not enough, I won't talk to the county magistrate. You are welcome."

"Where did this kid Gao Yuan go?" Wu Kai suddenly became angry, "This brat, at least I sent a letter! Our old guys' legs are almost broken."

Listening to Wu Kai's grievances, Cao Tiancheng could only smile wryly.

Suddenly there was a burst of noise outside, and Cao Tiancheng, who was suffering from depression, couldn't help being furious, and was about to open the door and go out to yell at him, but the door was pushed open with a bang, looking at the person standing in front of the door, Cao Tiancheng opened his eyes wide, full of surprise.

"Tianci, you're back? Where's the county captain?" He called out loudly.