I played as an assistant in ancient times

Chapter 217 Momentum

Taoist Priest Qingxi nodded slightly: "With hundreds of thousands of soldiers and three hundred thousand civilians, it will take a long time to lay the groundwork.

Otherwise, the emperor would not have left the capital in early February and arrived at the border town of Xinghe in March.

As for the college entrance examination, your uncle cannot take part this year, but he can apply for a special permit to enter the Imperial College, and there is no rush to take the exam next time."

"I hope that His Majesty the Emperor's army will arrive in Mobei as soon as possible." When the Central Plains dynasty went out to fight, horses were not the first priority, logistics was the key, because there was only one champion marquis in the world.

After Shen Xiaoye finished speaking, he saw Taoist Qingxi pacing and shaking his head with a smile, and Taoist Hengxi continued: "If the cavalry advances, the speed will not be too slow. The key issue is to be able to capture the Northern Tartar army. Otherwise, if they hide their whereabouts for more than 20 days, the cavalry will retreat on their own without any reinforcements."

"So we'd better find them as soon as possible and take the opportunity to infiltrate them." Shen Xiaoye knew that things had turned around again. "Now, it depends on when Bart and the others will set out again."

As soon as she finished speaking, she felt the ground beneath her feet shake. The little black cat jumped down and listened carefully.

"Coming from the west." Taoist Qingxi also lay on the ground with his ear to the ground.

At this time, the sound of a wooden whistle came from far away. Two scouts came on fast horses in the distance. They warned loudly: "Three hundred cavalrymen are coming from the west. They look like Waqif people."

"Let's go!" Hengxi grabbed Shen Xiaoye and lifted him up. After a few jumps, they returned to the entrance of the camp and arrived almost at the same time as the scouts.

Inside the camp, the troops led by Xia Huwei quickly organized themselves. They abandoned their vehicles and simply mounted their horses and drew their bows for defense.

On the other side, the scouts in Bart's camp also rode back to the camp to sound the alarm.

Neither side had much friendship with the Waqi, and there were many conflicts and hatred between the Dadada and Waqi tribes, so the two camps, which were seven or eight miles apart, sent people to negotiate and prepare for temporary cooperation.

Since there were many women and children on Bart's side, Lu Guan, who came forward to negotiate, no longer cared about the formalities and agreed to let his team merge with them.

At this time, Shen Xiaoye was arranged to the rear, together with several female crowns and five other women in the team who were disguised as female soldiers, and reunited with Qi Ge and other female relatives.

Although the women and children of Dada had been vassal states of the Great Zhou for many years, most of them had not lost their riding skills. In just a short while, a team of thirty people was formed.

Now, everyone is fully armed and riding their horses in line.

Qi Qi Ge was just sitting in the last row, almost next to Shen Xiaoye who was also in the back row.

She looked at Shen Xiaoye curiously, and because they seemed to be of similar age, she wanted to take the initiative to say hello.

But as soon as she pulled the horse forward, the deafening sound of horse hooves arrived from the west of the camp. The dust raised was not too thick thanks to the newly green grass.

Shen Xiaoye couldn't help but urge his horse to the west, but the senior sister used force to push him to the back row, "Together, we have more than 300 people."

"But if you look, it also includes this group of people." Shen Xiaoye gestured to her to look behind the last row, where there were still 20 to 30 old, young, women and children. "I just want to see who these people are and where they came from?"

"Let's go after we stop fighting." The eldest senior sister would not always follow her advice.

"If you don't fight when you meet, the fight will be more difficult later." Shen Xiaoye's rebellious judgment is still very close to life.

Her judgment was basically correct. It was not that the 300 "Waqi" people did not fight on their own initiative, but it was because of this large group of people. Not only were they dressed in rags, but their horses were also extremely weak. Some of them seemed to be killed by a strong wind.

Lu Guan and Shen Changsui didn't mind having someone else represent their side, and standing behind the second Master Wu to add to the momentum.

The two of them divided the work, one kept an eye on the outside and the other was responsible for watching the inside.

The second Mr. Wu was talking to the other side's leader in Dada language. Unfortunately, Lu Guan didn't quite understand it, but Shen Changsui understood it completely.

The other party asked Wu Er, "Are you Benya Khan's men?

We have several hundred people behind us, who have also joined the Khan and the Grand Master."

On their journey westward, the things they had saved became more and more scattered, and some people fell ill and did not receive timely treatment, and died on the way.

What’s more, most of the horses could not get any bean feed and were becoming increasingly weak.

Originally, they wanted to follow the custom and rob some small tribes of cattle and horses on the grassland to merge with them, but strangely, they basically didn't encounter any along the way.

The reason why I dare to reveal my identity to the enemy is because my subordinates are all good at fighting. There are at most 200 people inside and outside the enemy's camp, with different attire and formation. How can they be an enemy of my regular troops?

If Shen Changsui knew what he was thinking now, he would definitely be so angry that he would laugh.

But the second son of Wu would not do that. He just breathed a sigh of relief and then started to lie, "We came from Shazhou and heard the Khan's summons, so we went to pay homage to him.

Unfortunately, it snowed again in the north after the beginning of the year, making the roads here difficult to pass. We met today and we can go together. "

But the other party thought about it and rejected his proposal, but proposed to use cowhide, cow horns and cow tendons to do business with them again. Naturally, Mr. Wu was willing.

However, what the other side urgently needed was food and soybeans, including salt and sugar which were in short supply on the grassland.

"Food, we have prepared military rations. We can exchange some for you, but forget the salt and sugar? It's too little." Young Master Wu went deep into the grassland and could be said to have brought enough food. In fact, the rice was the kind of military rations that had been steamed and dried ten times.

The cakes can be strung together with a rope and eaten while being used as weapons to hit people, just like real bricks.

When the other party heard that there was food to be exchanged, he agreed without hesitation.

Not long after, Shen Changsui and the others looked at the big bag of beef tendons that were exchanged for the Wu family, their eyes shining, but they also blinked away the light tacitly.

The preferred source of tendons for making bowstrings is cattle from Mobei.

Shen Changsui, who was already extremely excited, waved Sun Mi to come closer and said, "Help Xiaoye send a message and ask her to share some salt and cloth."

"Yes." As you can imagine, Shen Xiaoye couldn't wait any longer after receiving the letter. He wanted to finally sell the things he bought, so they weren't bought in vain.

He quickly asked everyone in Taixu for help and moved all the items that he had left in the temporary camp seven miles away.

Shen Xiaoye instantly had an excuse not to stay at the rear, and with Taoist Qingxi personally protecting them, they separated into a team and went to get the things.

Fortunately, this small camp was located northeast of the Bart camp, and some of the things inside had not been broken in and taken away after I left.

Shen Xiaoye left the task of moving things to Taixu's disciples, and she went straight to the small tent where she used to live, and moved a jar out of the space at an extremely fast speed.

The little black cat jumped again, "If you suddenly bring out a jar, they will guess that there is gold inside.

Aren't you afraid that someone might come and scare you in the middle of the night, or kidnap you for money?"

"Salt, I want to exchange it for more beef tendons and horns to take back.

That is to say, it is also rented openly:”