The northwest in September was quite cold, the fields were already green and yellow, and many plants and trees began to turn yellow, and suddenly there was a little more desolate aura in the world, and even fewer birds that could be seen everywhere in normal times.

As night fell, the northwest wasteland was slowly swallowed by darkness, and the whole earth seemed to tremble in the cold, and most creatures returned to their warm and comfortable homes to sleep. However, at this moment, the wasteland was interrupted by a rapid march.

Yang Wenguang was wearing light armor and walked quickly with the family-born sword. Behind him was a battalion of 500 elite troops. Although the night in the northwest was very cold, Yang Wenguang and the soldiers behind him were steaming one by one, because they had been marching in a hurry since the night fell, and before dawn, they had to reach the predetermined location.

Yang Wenguang was also one of the soldiers who participated in the attack on Dangxiang this time. He was very lucky. He should have been assigned to Hebei, but because of Li Zhang's help, he changed to the northwest on the day he left the martial arts, and was also assigned to General Zhou Mei and Zhou as the battalion commander.

What's even more coincidental is that Zhou Mei was appointed as the vanguard officer to attack Dangxiang this time, and after Yang Wenguang came to Zhou Mei's subordinates, he quickly won Zhou Mei's attention with his outstanding performance. Therefore, during this expedition, Yang Wenguang and his soldiers were also assigned an important task, that is, to raid a tribal stronghold near the border of the Song Dynasty.

Yang Wenguang also attached great importance to the tasks assigned to him by General Zhou. According to the information he received, the Dangxiang tribe in this stronghold was not very large, with about two or three thousand people. After eliminating the elderly, weak, sick, disabled, and women and children, there were about seven or eight hundred remaining war-capable people.

Judging from the number of people, it seems that Yang Wenguang and his subordinates are not superior, but Yang Wenguang is not worried, because all the five hundred people under his command are elite soldiers he has trained himself. In recent times, their battalion can be ranked first under General Zhou. You should know that Yang Wenguang has achieved such results in just a few months after taking over this battalion. This is also one of the reasons why General Zhou values ​​him.

However, even if he had confidence in his soldiers, Yang Wenguang did not underestimate the enemy at all. In fact, their battalion came to the periphery of the Dangxiang stronghold two days ago, but he did not rush to attack. Instead, he sent someone to investigate the Dangxiang tribe. After finding out the situation and reality of the other party, he rushed all night and prepared to launch a surprise attack on the Dangxiang tribe before dawn.

It is worth mentioning that Yang Wenguang was just a small group of the vanguard army that attacked Dangxiang this time. In addition to him, Zhou Mei also sent several troops to attack Dangxiang's tribes. These tribes lived close to the Song Dynasty, so they had to be recruited to clear the road for the army behind.

Thinking of the above, Yang Wenguang couldn't help but feel a little excited. The attack on Dangxiang was strictly kept secret. Even the day before they sent troops, General Zhao Zhen, the chief general, summoned all the generals to announce the matter. The next day, Zhou Mei, as the pioneer, led them to leave the camp first. Zhou Mei had a total of 5,000 people, that is, ten battalions. Their early function was to remove these Dangxiang tribes close to the Song Dynasty.

"Commander, there is the Black Wind Division ahead. When will we take action?" At this moment, a spy suddenly rushed to report to Yang Wenguang that the other party was a spy he sent out during the day. He had been observing the Black Wind Division in the distance in the past two days and collected information. When he found that Yang Wenguang and the others arrived, he immediately stepped forward to report.

When Yang Wenguang heard this, he felt a stern, and immediately ordered the entire army to stop and move forward, and rest on the spot to recover their physical strength. They brought dry food and water, and now they could eat something. After all, the previous urgent marches also consumed a lot of their physical strength.

Others can rest, but Yang Wenguang cannot. He immediately asked the spies to take him to approach the Black Wind tribe quietly. They walked through the weeds half a man tall in the wasteland for hundreds of meters, and finally came to a low bush and leaned down. Not far ahead of them, a dimly lit camp was stationed.

The Dangxiang people were mainly nomadic, but since the Dangxiang people occupied Xingzhou, it is said that many Han people were arrested to Xingzhou to open up land and farm, which also guaranteed their food source. Of course, it was just the Dangxiang tribe in Xingzhou, and most of the Dangxiang tribes practiced the nomadic customs of their ancestors.

Yang Wenguang raised his telescope and looked at the camp of the Black Wind Division. It was almost 4:00 am now. Most of the people in the Black Wind Division were asleep. They could only light a torch in the center of the camp. There should be the leader's tent. Except here, other parts of the camp were also dark, and even if there was a telescope, they could not see it.

The spy next to him looked at the telescope in Yang Wenguang's hand and looked envious. Unfortunately, his envy was useless. The telescope was a graduation gift given to students by martial arts. Over the years, Li Zhang also burned more transparent glass and could make some simple monocular telescopes. So Li Zhang gave each martial arts student one, which is one of the benefits of martial arts.

After carefully observing the camp of the Heifeng tribe for a while, Yang Wenguang was almost sure that this tribe should have no precautions. In fact, it is normal to think about it, because it is already September now, with the weather in the northwest, it may snow soon, and the road will be closed, let alone wars, and even the road will not be able to go through. Therefore, at this time of year, most tribes have also entered a state of rest and recuperation, and their vigilance against the outside world has also been much relaxed.

Of course, in addition to the above reasons, there is another reason that the Dangxiang people are becoming increasingly powerful. Two years ago, Li Yuanhao almost unified Dangxiang, and last year he defeated the powerful Tubo people, attracting countless tribes to join Dangxiang. It can be said that the Dangxiang people have now become a domineering person in the northwest.

Although the Black Wind tribe is just a medium-sized tribe on the edge of Dangxiang, no one dares to mess with this territory. Even some tribes around that are stronger than them usually have to give in to them. As for the strength of the Song Dynasty, the army of the Song Dynasty rarely goes abroad. Therefore, as long as they do not enter the Song Dynasty, they generally don’t have to worry about the attacks of the Song Dynasty.

Unfortunately, the Black Wind Tribe's previous experience hurt them. This time, the Song Dynasty had made up its mind to solve the threat of Dangxiang. Yang Wenguang and others were the first time that the Song Dynasty took the initiative to show its fangs to enemies abroad after the peace in the years. As for the effect it could achieve, it depends on the performance of Zhao Zhen, Zhou Mei, and soldiers like Yang Wenguang.
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