In the wild, horse hooves are rushing and messy. In this cold and cold winter day, even a little bit of rest can be spread to a very long distance.

The knights on the horse were haggard and their robes were messy. In order to avoid the surging cold wind in front of them, they almost buried their heads in the flying horse's hair, and their bodies were tightly attached to the ups and downs of the war horse, as if wrapped in a piece of worn felt cloth on the horse's back.

They had no idea how long they had lasted for the escape in the wilderness, and they were also confused about their future and did not know where to escape.

This is a group of knights from the Jie Kingdom. Even if they were in such a situation more than ten days ago, they were not in this way. They often avoided the main force of the Jin army in the southern country and appeared on various logistics lines of the Jin army, constantly invading and looting the logistics supply team of the Jin army. Every time they succeeded, they could maintain consumption for a long time and also suppress the various military activities of the Jin army.

Although their overall military strength is far inferior to the Jin army, they are not burdened by the city. They wander around along the situation where the Jin army spread out on the land of Hebei and can always gain something. Although the Jin army also has a powerful ranger to protect the logistics route, it is a huge network that covers counties and towns for thousands of miles, how can it be covered in everything?

These Jie soldiers were divided into small pieces, often dozens or hundreds of people into a small team. They did not provoke those major military guards, but only focused on some small remote camps.

Especially in the rural areas between Yangping and Wei County, since the Jin army had begun to organize people to enter the garrison and farm, these livelihood strongholds often store certain grain and grain, but they did not have enough troops to defend the garrison, which was their best target. After they succeeded, they immediately fled far away. Even if the Jin army cavalry rushed over and heard the news, they had already fled far away.

Of course, there is no evidence of military merit in small-scale battles in these areas, and the intentions of these Jie soldiers are not here. They just need to seize materials for their own survival.

Although activities in the occupied areas of the Jin army are inevitably dangerous, in the eyes of these Jie soldiers, their lives are much more arbitrary than before. At least they are accepted by themselves with a smile, and there are no soldiers, so they are taking over the commander.

As for a longer-term future, maybe even the Lord of Xindu doesn’t know what the future will be. Why do they have to work hard for this? It’s already a profit for them to be able to have a full meal in one day.

However, such days did not last long. The Jin army suddenly increased the suppression and purge of Jie soldiers in the territory. These Jie soldiers naturally did not know that the Shangbai Jie army, which had attracted a considerable part of the energy of the Jin army, had been destroyed, but the number of Jin cavalry patrolling in the suburbs increased several times, which made them feel deeply.

In particular, several slightly larger Jie army rangers in the territory were swept and killed. Even their previous general Zhu Bao was tracked up by the Jin army's cavalry a few days ago, which made these Jie soldiers and cavalrymen panic all day long.

Moreover, with the arrival of winter, the transportation of materials of the Jin army gradually decreased, and order in the countryside gradually formed, allowing them to further exploit the space they wanted to survive.

The Jie soldiers who ran through the wild were originally hundreds of people, but they had not intercepted Jin army supplies for many days. Even if people could still collect hunting and fill their stomachs, the horses could not be replenished in time, and their horsepower dropped severely. In such an environment where the horsepower was enemies on all sides, the lack of horsepower would be like sitting and waiting for death.

Because even though they knew that the danger in the countryside had increased several times, these people still plucked up their courage to attack a remote village camp in order to survive.

However, halfway through the attack in the camp, the Jin cavalry who had already patrolled around came to the news and started a pursuit of them. The Jie soldiers were exhausted and did not dare to collide with the Jin cavalry, and they fled and separated. I don’t know how far they had escaped, but only the more than thirty people were left.

Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves came from afar from the left. The Jie soldiers looked at each other and looked extremely devastated. Naturally, they did not dare to expect the friendly forces of Jie Kingdom to come ahead, so they could only turn their horses and change directions to continue to flee.

However, the turn was not long, smoke and dust rose from afar in the other direction.

"How many soldiers have these southern thieves sent..."

The Jie soldiers cried out with a cry, and they had no strength to curse, so they could only raise their strength to make a turn. This time they ran towards a hill in the distance. Although the country was empty, the Jin cavalry seemed to be everywhere. Even if they could still grit their teeth and persevere, the state of the war horse was already in danger. Large clouds of turbid air spurted out from the horse's nose, and the horse's body was covered with white frost condensed by sweat, which could be exhausted at any time.

Although I know that even if I escape into the mountains and hide temporarily, it is just a difference between dying early and late, it is good to be able to live for a moment.

But even this pitiful wish became a luxury. While running, a war horse suddenly staggered. After feeling it, the knight's face changed suddenly. He lay on the horse's back and hugged the horse's neck tightly. His other hand kept rubbing the horse's belly, muttering something in his mouth, as if he was cheering up his mount, and as if he was begging for the sky.

However, these were all futile. The horse's legs were gradually stiff, but they rushed out more than a foot after inertia. Finally, they fell to the ground with a twitch and swung, and gradually weakened. The knight rolled to the ground. After struggling for a while, it was difficult to get up. He could only wave his hand to his companion helplessly and shouted: "Save me, save..."

But at this moment, the people were almost exhausted, and who would have exhausted their horsepower to carry the person on the road? Everyone seemed to have not heard of the man's begging and continued to run forward.

The death of a war horse seemed like a signal, and the escaped teams were falling down one after another. The Jie soldiers who had no regard for their life and death before did not escape far. They crawled on the countryside one after another, looking at the sky depressedly, with a despair expression.

Soon, a team of royal soldiers wandered here and found a row of Jie soldiers and horse corpses on the road. They couldn't help but smile and make little achievements. They rode their horses and looked at the Jie soldiers who were tired and sank on the ground and were unable to escape. If they found that the Jie soldiers were in poor condition, they would cut their heads with one knife. If the Jie soldiers begged for mercy and still had a little vitality, they would wrap their waists and necks with a rope and drag them in the wilderness to continue moving forward.

The whole process went smoothly and there was almost no resistance.

Similar situations are common in the entire area occupied by the royal division and are frequently staged. Although the arrival of the cold winter suppressed the military activities of the royal division to a certain extent, the suppression of these Jie soldiers was even greater, especially the timely defeat of the Bai Jie army, and the central battlefield added enough cavalry strength, which further enhanced the control of the royal division's territory.

The person responsible for clearing the remnants of Jie army in the wild was Xie Yi. His cavalry gradually increased to more than 15,000 in the past period of time. Starting from Ji County, relying on the logistics network of the royal army to clear the territory, and in a very short time, they captured the Jie army in the territory, bandits and resisted the powerful armed forces of the town.

Just at this time, the winter material reserves of various personnel on the front line of the King's Army were initially completed, and the troops used to maintain the logistics route had a large surplus. After the initial clearance work was completed, Xie Yi led 8,000 main cavalry and arrived at Shahe, where the front camp of the middle route, as scheduled in early November.

The general of Shahe River was Xie Ai, the governor of Fangtou. He was also very happy that Xie Yi arrived as scheduled. He personally left the Shahe Camp to welcome the reinforcements along the way, and introduced Xie Yi's troops into the camp that had been arranged long ago.

"There is no need to be polite in the war. My son is thirsty in the battle. After a little rest, please ask the governor to arrange the war immediately."

Although they both have the positions of governor, Xie Yi was mainly responsible for the safety of logistics lines before, and Xie Ai was the legitimate commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army, who was half a level and was fully in charge of the attack on Xiangguo. The rest of the front line, including the Fenwu Army, were all controlled by Xie Ai.

The general's letter to Xie Ai is also enviable. In order to ensure that Xie Ai has enough authority to preside over the attack on Xiangguo, the itinerary for the original scheduled inspection of Shahe Camp was interrupted to prevent the chaos of leaving many doors, and actively avoid one seat and withdraw the three stations.

Of course, this is because the rules and regulations of the three Taiwans have been laid out and Weizhou will be officially established this winter. A large number of administrative affairs, including personnel appointments, require the general to take charge and communicate with Henan's travel and Taiwan to ensure that the military and civilian settlement in Weizhou will be laid out as scheduled in the spring next year.

Xie Ai Du held the military power on the front line, and was extremely grateful to the general, but he did not become arrogant because of this. After he introduced Xie Yi to the camp, he quickly told the current situation around Xiangguo.

Although Xiangguo was captured by the Fenwu Army last year and was then abandoned by the Jie Lord, it does not mean that the old capital of the Jie Kingdom has become an unprepared ruin, and the power it retains is still very powerful.

The first one is the men and horses who were commanded by Ma Qiu, who were guarding Ye in the old territory of Jie Kingdom. Ma Qiu still had many military talents. Although he was forced to leave, he still brought back nearly 40,000 troops to Xiangguo.

Among them, the main elite was drawn away by the Jie Lord Shi Hu to protect Xindu, but some of the soldiers and civilians of Xiangguo were left behind, and the total force was still maintained at around 50,000. It can be seen that although the Jie Lord moved the capital, he still did not completely give up Xiangguo and regarded it as a fortress to block the Jin army's northern expedition.

"Ma Qiu lost his territory and defeated generals and was garrisoned on the border for a long time. Because of his lack of prestige, he could not coordinate with the army. In this way, the Jie army, which had occupied Shangbai, had left from Xiangguo..."

The more critical the country's situation is, the more intense the internal struggles will be. Just like the Central and Koreans, and the Huns and Han countries, the Jie Kingdom is also unavoidable. Although Shi Hu ordered Ma Qiu to guard Xiangguo, he also arranged for the guard general Zhang Hedu to stay in the country, divide the military power of Xiangguo into two, and keep his son Shi Kun to control the two armies.

However, at this stage of the war, the Shahe King's Division mainly faced his old opponent Ma Qiu.
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