Chapter 80: Joining Forces

Looking at Gao Yuan's gaze, He Lanxiong smiled and said, "You're not playing my mind, are you?"

Gao Yuan snapped his fingers, "Yes, Brother Helan, are you interested in doing this business with me?"

"In my opinion, this is only a loss-making business!" He Lanxiong held the wine bowl and stared at the rippling wine in the bowl, "Brother Gao, I didn't pour cold water on you. There are less than 500 cavalry, but these 500 cavalry can survive in their brutal tribal war. There is no doubt that they are all elites, and they are all rare warriors. On the other hand, you and I, you have 300 people under your command, more than half of them. It's a new recruit, even those veterans, they have fought and experienced life and death? Even if I add me, yes, I can make up two hundred cavalry now, but among the two hundred cavalry I belong to Helan. There are no more than 100 knights, and the rest were newly added last winter. If I win, that’s all. If I lose, they will leave me immediately. , I don't want to be beaten back to the original shape in a blink of an eye, if you push back the time of your hands for a year or two, I'd be willing to join forces with you."

"Where did I wait so long?" Gao Yuan smiled and said, "Brother Helan, what you said is the truth, but if this is a battle that must be won, will you participate?"

"There is no guarantee of victory in war." He Lanxiong shook his head and said. "Also, I really can't see that you have any certainty of victory."

Gao Yuan walked to the wall, holding a charcoal pen in his hand, and began to scribble the map on the wall. After he completed the last few strokes, the topography between Curie Pass and the old camp of the Donghu tribe was revealed. Throwing away the charcoal, Gao Yuan walked back to the table, picked up the wine bowl, and took a big sip: "If it is said that a large army of tens of thousands of people fights, it is true that there is no certain victory, and any small accident will It will affect the final direction of the war, but this time, it is just a war between hundreds of people. The two sides combined, there are not more than a thousand people. If I am not sure about such a war, how dare I mention it to you? I won’t even invite you to join, if I have a hundred cavalry in my hand, I won’t be bothered to ask you to share the results!”

He Lanxiong stunned, "Brother Gao, why are you so confident?"

"Brother Helan, this battle is not on a whim, nor is it an impulsive desire for revenge, but something that I have been thinking about many years ago. This time, you will talk about the details of this tribe, my thoughts It's even more determined." Gao Yuan smiled and said, "Brother Helan, let me ask you, what is the most lacking thing for your tribe to develop now?"

"It goes without saying that one is money and the other is people!" Helan Xiong said.

"By the way, I'm not short of people, I'm short of money!" Gao Yuan laughed loudly: "Does this Hutu group have no money? They used to be a large group with thousands of soldiers, so they must be doing their best , Such a tribe, even if it is defeated, but the thin dead camel is bigger than a horse, and if he falls a little from the gap of his fingers, it is enough for us to eat and drink well, right?"

Listening to Gao Yuan's words, He Lanxiong's eyes slowly lit up.

"The two of us are stubborn, and our strength is not much different from his strength. As long as we plan our strategies properly, it will not be difficult to win." Gao Yuan strikes while the iron is hot.

"But Brother Gao, I don't want to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred. Even if I win this kind of battle, it won't do me any good, my situation is different from yours, if I don't have enough strength , In the blink of an eye, the Helan Department will be annexed by others, I have been walking on thin ice for the past few years, I don't want to lose the foundation for this unexpected talent, don't make money, but don't spend it." Although He Lanxiong was moved, he still had doubts in his heart.

"I'm just like you. I treasure the lives of every brother under my command. In this battle, I want a complete victory at a very small price." Gao Yuan vowed.

"I don't know what good strategy Brother Gao has? You are so confident?" He Lanxiong was completely hooked by Gao Yuan, his eyes widened, his eyes full of excitement.

"Brother Gao, there are roughly two times each year when the Donghu people loot my Dayan. One is after autumn and before winter begins, when they have to stockpile grain for the winter, and the other is at the turn of spring and summer. The food is exhausted, and the cattle and sheep have not grown up yet, and a series of tasks such as breeding the livestock have been completed. They will come out to grab a handful when they have nothing to do and are hungry. The situation of the Hutu people Now it is even worse than the average Donghu people, so I estimate that the time for them to come out to loot will be earlier. If I am right, they should come out to loot us at the end of March or the beginning of April. At that time, We can set a trap for him calmly!" Gao Yuan waved his arms.

"But how can you be sure that he will definitely come to rob you instead of going around the Curie Pass to grab some other cottages? In my opinion, it is easier to rob those cottages than you, especially the current Curie Pass. It doesn't look like a good bone to chew on!" He Lanxiong shook his head.

"Brother He, rest assured, no matter whether he robs me or not, the final result is the same. Of course, if he robs me, it will be easier. We can use the city wall to cause some damage to them." Gao Yuan said.

"What did you plan?" He Lanxiong finally gained some confidence at this time.

Gao Yuan walked to the map, "He Lanxiong, please look, the Hutu Department is here now, you are here, and you are a little farther away, so for this plan, you have to approach this side slowly and without a trace, only to reach It is enough to reach a suitable distance, and we Curie Pass, at this point. If the Hutu people do not come out, we must not take the initiative to attack him, it is not brave, it is brain-dead, and they will be easily defeated by them , so our first step is to wait for him to attack. Brother Helan, before that, you have to be responsible for another thing, that is to find out the specific time when your opponent may attack. You are all nomadic tribes. I believe that when the opponent is preparing for a war, you will definitely be aware of certain signs."

"Of course. Before we decide to start a war, it will take a certain amount of time to prepare weapons, war horses, and assemble!"

"That's enough, when you determine the time of the attack, notify me immediately, and I will lead an elite team out of the customs as soon as possible and ambushed in this place!" Gao Yuan pointed at a certain point on the map , "It's suitable to hide a troop here without being discovered. What's more important is that Hutu's department never thought that we would dare to leave the customs, so he would not detect whether there is an ambush around."

"Are you going to ambush him halfway?" He Lanxiong said in surprise.

"How is that possible?" Gao Yuan shook his head again and again, "I am taking a hundred troops to ambush a cavalry with four or five hundred people? I have no water in my mind. This is not an ambush, this is courting death!"

He Lanxiong stared at the map for a while, then suddenly jumped up, "You want to attack his old camp!"

"That's right, the Hutu clan is all out, and I'm going to attack his old camp." Gao Yuan sneered: "So, whether he is going to harass my village in Fufeng or attacking me directly at Curie Pass, I won't care, I'll go. Hit his old camp."

"Then what do I do, attack him halfway!"

"Brother Helan, after I attacked his old camp, I will release some people to inform the Hutu warriors. What do you think they will do when they get the news?"

"Of course it's going back desperately!" He Lanxiong said without hesitation.

"By the way, they ran all the way to attack and loot. After learning that the old camp was attacked, they ran back all the way frantically. Will their horsepower be lost?"

He Lanxiong's eyes lit up.

"The old camp was attacked, and they were in a hurry to drive back. Will the team still maintain a good order? Are some horses fast, some slow, some better at riding, and some less? They will not Will it make the line very long?" Gao Yuan narrowed his eyes.

He Lanxiong's eyes became brighter and brighter.

"You don't have to stop them all, just cut the team in half with a knife from the middle and stop the second half." Gao Yuan's tone was already murderous: "At this time, my team at Curie Pass will also Strike at the right moment and join you in attacking these cavalry who are behind, or you just need to bring them all together and my brothers will settle the battle!"

"After we've dealt with these people, we'll quickly come to support you and deal with the remaining Hutu cavalry!" He Lanxiong slapped his hands and said excitedly.

"That's right!" Gao Yuan laughed and raised his wine bowl, "Do it or not?" Gao Yuan made a pun.

"Of course I have to do it!" He Lanxiong excitedly raised the wine bowl, the two of them slammed into each other, smiled at each other, raised his neck, and drank it all in one go.

Determined to join forces, the two sat at the table excitedly and began to discuss some details. Before they knew it, it was the early morning of the next day, until the loud sound of horns and the noise of soldiers getting up. With a sound, the two of them realized that the night had already passed.

Although he didn't sleep all night, He Lanxiong was not tired, "As long as everything goes as we planned, it will be difficult for us to lose this battle."

"We have thought about every detail and every possible change. If we still can't win, I might as well buy a piece of tofu and kill me!" Gao Yuan laughed.

"Who is going to be killed, who is going to be killed?" He Lanyan, who had been drunk all night, finally woke up, opened her sleepy eyes, and looked at the two of them blankly.

Gao Yuan and He Lanxiong looked at each other and both laughed out loud.