The leader of the horse thief captured by the magic Moon Lake has no one willing to surrender for the time being, that is, there is no redundant soul eating pill to control. It is impossible to use it safely in a short time, so they all sealed the xuanmai spirit cave and imprisoned it first.
Compared with the leader of horse thieves with strong combat power, he doesn''t have so many scruples when he forcibly integrates ordinary horse thieves into the army. Ordinary people have herd mentality. After a certain period of training, it is easier for ordinary horse thieves to integrate; In a chaotic battlefield, if you don''t have the ability to escape, you can only participate in scuffle. In fact, these brigands have no choice.
Of course, it is difficult to control at ordinary times. From time to time, three or five people will flee into the depths of the vast desert. At this time, it is necessary to compile a law enforcement team and strictly enforce military law and discipline.
It''s just that the generals under fan Dachun, who were born as horse thieves, don''t know what military discipline is at this time. Many things still need a lot of time to sort out slowly.
In the following ten days, the soldiers and horses sent to Heishan, heifalcon cliff and jinxiangling to collect food, supplies and slaves returned to the magic Moon Lake one after another.
Chen Hai is determined to build Jingjue city in the magic Moon Lake and incorporate the nearby tribal forces in order to occupy a place in the future chaos. The tens of thousands of slaves who are weak and have no courage to resist the horse thieves will no longer be a burden, but a valuable human resource for the construction and development of Jingjue city.
The soldiers and horses who returned from Heishan stronghold brought more exciting news.
The tribes near Heishan stronghold have been subjected to years of cruel oppression and exploitation by Heishan bandits for many years, but they are unable to resist. At this time, they are greatly encouraged to see the miraculous rise of troops and horses in Yequ mountain.
When the soldiers and horses of Yequ mountain raided the black mountain stronghold, some tribes couldn''t help but wanted to rise up, but they were still frightened by the brutality of the Heishan bandits. They had great scruples. When they saw that the soldiers and horses of Yequ mountain conquered heifalcon cliff and Jinxiang mountain without any effort, and almost wiped out four or five thousand elite horsemen in the magic Moon Lake, six tribes decided not to bear the cloud anymore, Determined to move the family to enchant the Moon Lake and take refuge under the protection of the national envoy.
These six tribes are not large in scale. The total number of men, women and children is more than 40000.
These tribes have a deep relationship with the first group of Ma Bu army generals selected from the soldiers in Heishan stronghold. It can be said that a considerable number of people in the first group of Ma Bu army generals were forced to be sent to Heishan stronghold from thieves.
The six tribes jointly recommended Guo Hong, the leader, to go to the magic Moon Lake to contact Ju''s relocation, and Chen Hai is waiting for this moment.
Guo Hong is over forty years old. He is tall and dark skinned. He has the medium-term cultivation of breaking the spirit land and is also good at using battle halberd. He was originally a common son of the Guo family in the black mountain city. Kong Peng invaded the black mountain city. Guo Hong surrendered with the humiliation of the Guo clan, moved out of the black mountain city with his clan and lived in a small oasis nearby.
Although the Guo family endured humiliation and surrendered, Kong Peng still needed some face. He did not openly kill the Guo family, but he did not give up the persecution of the Guo family. In recent years, Guo''s few bilingjing martial arts practitioners have been killed by Kong Peng for various reasons. Guo Hong judged that he was the only one left.
Just like this, Guo Hongzhi, who was born with forbearance, also knew that he had to make a decision.
It should be done sooner rather than later.
There is no shortage of food and grass in the magic Moon Lake. After all, six or seven thief strongholds were desperately transporting food and grass to the magic Moon Lake, and finally fell into the hands of Chen Hai.
From Heishan, heifalcon cliff, jinxiangling and other villages, we can also transport back 23 million kilograms of grain. In addition, there are a large number of livestock, which can support 60000 or 70000 people to the next year of the Ming Dynasty; Now the most important thing for these six tribes is to transfer their people first.
In order to prevent the horse thieves in Guhuo mountain from being attacked by troops after they got the news, Chen Hai asked fan Dachun to lead the patrol of the camp, in order to move the men, women and children of the six tribes to the magic Moon Lake as soon as possible.
Soldiers and horses composed mainly of horse thieves, prisoners and slaves in Yequ mountain can only win wars, and they will be arrogant in case of victory, but in case of a setback, their morale will easily be lax or even collapse.
The six newly attached tribes are all half farming and half grazing in the depths of the vast desert. They are martial. They can choose three or four thousand Jianyong to be incorporated into the Riding Camp and horse infantry army, which will greatly improve the fatal disadvantage of the current Army''s lack of toughness.
Moving the six tribes into the magic Moon Lake can also select a group of generals who will be more loyal to their families and careers.
The strength of the six tribes is still too weak. There are only nine martial arts practitioners whose accomplishments are above the spirit realm. No wonder they are afraid to resist the brutality of the black mountain bandits.
Black Mountain bandits only black mountain Wu Zun Kong Peng can destroy any of their tribes at will. It is necessary for stronger forces to rise before they dare to unite against black mountain bandits.
However, in the depths of the vast desert, there are few people and monsters. Many tribes face a bad living environment and have a tradition of advocating martial arts. Although the number of martial arts above the spirit setting area is very small -- compared with densely populated agricultural areas such as Yanzhou, this proportion can be regarded as very high -- this is mainly due to the lack of inheritance of martial arts. However, there are as many as 300 or 400 tribal children who have the foundation of practicing in tongxuan area, which will provide a number of high-quality basic military officers for Riding Camp and Ma Bu army, which Chen Hai urgently needs at this time.
With the addition of six tribes, the cavalry camp was rapidly expanded to 2000 people, while the horse infantry army was further expanded to 9000 people. More importantly, with the children of the six tribes and the freed slaves, the number of people attached to the magic moon lake suddenly increased to 50000 or 60000, which is already a fairly strong force in the depths of the sparsely populated desert.
With such a foundation, Chen Hai officially built the Jingjue city in the name of the envoy of the state of Dayan, and set up the Jingjue city master''s house and the Jingjue army manager''s house. Deng tong''er was the Jingjue city master and the left lieutenant of the Jingjue army manager''s house, fan Dachun was the deputy city master and the right lieutenant of the Jingjue army, and Guo Hong and Han Wen were the left and right secretaries of the Jingjue army manager''s house, First, set up the flag of the elite army in the magic Moon Lake.
At this time, even if there are people who know the soldiers in Guhuo mountain bandits, they know that relying on the relatively elite riding advantage and relying on the strong stronghold to form an array is an effective way to fight against the stone throwing crossbow and spear array. Chen Hai is also sure to win the battle, so he will no longer hesitate.
Chen Hai ordered Deng tong''er to lead two thousand horse infantry soldiers to stay at the magic Moon Lake, lead the baggage camp, the children of the six tribes and a large number of released slave dependent people to jointly build a new Jingjue city. At the same time, he continued to move the remaining materials of the six tribes to the magic moon essence, and continued to comfort the nearby tribes to jointly confront the horse thieves who looked less terrible at this time.
Chen Hai and Ning chaner, together with generals fan Dachun, Guo Hongxuan and Han wendang, led 7000 horse infantry and 2000 riding camps to Guhuo mountain 700 miles away.
There are many painful lessons learned from black mountain stronghold, black Falcon cliff, Golden Elephant ridge and magic Moon Lake. Although there are nearly 5000 elite horse thieves gathered in guhuoshan, mainly the left behind soldiers and horses from bajiathief stronghold, they do not have the courage to stay and fight with the elite army.
Guhuo mountain is very close to the magic Moon Lake. Guhuo mountain has been watching the movement of the magic Moon Lake. Seeing that the magic Moon Lake sent troops, four or five thousand horse thieves abandoned the stronghold and fled.
The bandits were frightened by the wind and had no will to fight. It was a good opportunity for Chen hai to pursue defeat.
Moreover, in the name of the black mountain army, the main force of 20000 horse thieves who may have the participation of Tibetan and Qiang troops is far away. Of course, Chen Hai will not easily let go of the guhuoshan horse thief who fled in a hurry and did not have a strong will to fight.
Fan Dachun and Ning chaner led 2000 elite riders to pursue first, but they were not in a hurry to contact. Chen Hai asked them to keep an eye on and delay the Guhuo mountain horse thief who fled to the East, making it difficult for them to sleep and eat. They could not get effective rest in the depths of the vast desert, consuming their physical strength and energy.
Chen Hai, Guo Hong, Han wendang and other generals led 7000 horse infantry far behind, avoiding unnecessary detours as much as possible, reducing the marching distance and saving the physical strength of people and horses.
Chen Hai learned this tactic from the sand wolves and wolves, and the horse thieves are used to harassing the business brigade with this tactic. When they drag the business brigade and guards to the most exhausted moment, they give a fatal blow.
Guhuo mountain is in the northwest of the magic Moon Lake. Nearly 5000 horse thieves circle the front of the magic Moon Lake and flee to the southeast. They intend to meet with the black mountain Army leaders in the area of Yequ mountain and Songyang lake. In fact, they have to go seven or eight hundred miles more than the Jingjue army.
At the same time, the Guhuo mountain horse thief wanted to bring thousands of family members of the leader of the horse thief and two or three thousand strong slaves. He was reluctant to discard or burn a large amount of goods. He used thousands of horses to carry them on the road together. The marching speed in the depths of the vast desert was hardly fast. The next day, in the south of the magic moon, he was bitten by two thousand fine horses led by fan Dachun and Ning chaner.
Guhuo mountain horse thief wants to have a strong army and first solve the two thousand fine horses pursued by fan Dachun.
Fan Dachun led his troops to avoid. With the iron scale spirit eagle''s wide field of vision of three or four hundred miles, he circled with Guhuo mountain horse thieves in the depths of the vast desert -- when the horse thieves wanted to turn quickly, the formation must be loose, and fan Dachun led his troops to force them up and threaten their flanks; When the brigands wrapped their luggage and family members in the center and formed a charge formation on their two wings, fan Dachun led his troops to avoid them and prowl 40, 50 or even hundreds of miles away.
At this time, Chen Hai led the main horse of the 7000 horse infantry army after moving orderly and slowly three or four hundred miles away.
This is also the advantage of the spirit eagle.
With its powerful demon body and fearless of the sharp wind that scrapes the bone like a knife, the spirit eagle flies at a high altitude. There are several strong people in the enemy''s territory, but they are not able to kill the spirit Eagle at a high altitude. They can''t know where the excellent main force is, but Chen Hai can rely on the spirit eagle to maintain the contact between the pioneer Riding Camp and the main force of the horse infantry at any time and stare at the Guhuo mountain bandit.
The main force of the Ma Bu army will not lose its way in the depths of the vast desert. The actual journey is much shorter than that of the pioneer Riding Camp and the Guhuo mountain bandits, which ensures that the general of the Ma Bu army will not be overdrawn.
Of course, there were twenty or thirty thousand kilograms of medium and low-grade miraculous drugs such as stone mistletoe honey seized in magic Moon Lake, which also played a vital role.
On the sixth day, Guhuo mountain horse thieves only walked out of 1700 miles. They were already exhausted and had to retreat nearby, leaving the empty stronghold of Heishan city to defend for help. At this time, fan Dachun led two thousand fine horses and was tired. Five or six thousand war horses were tired to death. However, Chen haisuo led the main force of seven thousand horse infantry, still full of combat power, and surrounded Heishan stronghold.