Chapter 553(1/2)
"General, we only have enough food and grass for three days, what should we do?"
A general came over and said to Gou Xi.
"Three days of use? It's enough!" Gou Xi looked confident.
In order to cross the stretching mountains as soon as possible, Gou Xi had ordered the abandonment of too much supplies before the departure, including food and grass.
"Qiao Jiulang, what are the rich families nearby?"
Gou Xi said.
The person who led him was named Qiao Tao, who ranked ninth.
Gou Xi called him Qiao Jiu directly.
"General, I happen to know that there is a Wu family ahead, which is a Guanghan clan. There are tens of thousands of children and servants in the family, so there is naturally no shortage of money and food." Qiao Jiu said.
"All children's servants?"
When Gou Xi heard this, he immediately frowned slightly.
This big family with thousands of child servants is definitely not a bully.
What Gou Xi wants is the kind of Dingkou's force that doesn't have too much force, and it can save money and food enough for thousands of people to spend ten or eight days.
Instead of this kind of "three-in-one" rich family.
Qiao Jiu seemed to see Gou Xi’s concerns, so he immediately spoke and persuaded him.
"General, the Wu family has long surrendered to the Di chief Li Xiong. Several of the people in the clan served as commanders for the Badi slave thieves. Now Li Xiong is leading troops to the north, and there are many private soldiers of the Wu family."
"You mean, the Wu family doesn't have many soldiers now?" Gou Xi immediately heard it.
According to Qiao Jiu's intention, if we can obtain the grain and grass reserves of the Wu family, the powerful Guanghan Wu family, we can use these grain and grass to recruit nearby refugees, and then raise our troops to attack Guanghan City.
Since the Ba Di people entered Yizhou from Guanzhong, refugees from all over Yizhou have never been cut off.
Gou Xi's original plan was to spread the banner after entering the hinterland of Yizhou, recruit nearby refugees to strengthen their momentum, first attack Guanghan, cut off the connection between Chengdu and the north, and then go straight to Chengdu.
"The general is right. The Wu family's troops are now only one or two thousand people, and there are also some children, servants, the elderly, weak, women and children, which is not worth worrying about." Qiao Jiu patted his chest and said.
In fact, this is one of the purposes of Qiao's guidance for Gou Xi. The Wu family in Guanghan has always been incompatible with Qiao. Since the Ba Di people occupied Yizhou, the conflict between the two families has surpassed before.
Qiao Xuan had fully understood the strength of the Han army, so he naturally wanted to use the power of the Han army to suppress the Wu family.
"Okay, lead the way right now!"
Gou Xi said without hesitation.
Since he had already taken the risk and went deep into danger, he naturally no longer looked back and simply took over this powerful family and supplemented his strength.
Only in this way can we make the hope of winning Chengdu more important.
"Don't worry, General, the villain is here to lead the way!"
Qiao Jiu immediately responded happily.
Gou Xi immediately ordered the left and right generals.
"You all go back to the headquarters and fight all the flags so that the people of Yizhou will know that the royal army of the Han Dynasty has entered Yizhou!"
Several generals agreed in unison when they heard this.
Gou Xi then ordered the accompanying Yang family, Ma family and other commanders of the Qiang and Hu tribes.
"Spread all your cavalry and cut off all the roads to the north as much as possible. Don't let Li Xiong, who is in the north, know that we are coming too early."
"Anyone who goes north from Guanghan will be killed without any hesitation!"
After several commanders of the Qiang and Hu tribes received the order, they all happily took the order and left.
Now the entire Yizhou is very empty, and their cavalry are invincible and can use this name to block the road and rob.
"As long as you can win Chengdu and pacify Yizhou, it will be enough to make you feel at ease."
Gou Xi frowned, looked at the north with a serious face, and said silently in his heart.
When he was in the Helan area, he had fully realized the unpredictable future.
Even if Liu Yu will not harm him in the end, he will definitely be with those barbarians and savages for the rest of his life.
So, when he was called to attack Yizhou, he immediately rushed to the scene without stopping.
Gou Xi hopes to make himself into a person who cannot be underestimated by establishing great achievements.
He didn't ask for any real rupture of the land, but only hoped that after Yizhou, he would take the initiative to hand over military power and get a guarantee.
As the flags of each army rose again, tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry moved forward with an unstoppable momentum.
The first thing we discovered was the Wu family of Guanghan who emerged from the mountains and forests.
Someone from the Wu family happened to be the prefect of Guanghan, so he naturally gave all the clans to the name of a county soldier.
"Who are those?"
A small group of soldiers in Guanghan County who were patrolling were puzzled by the large number of flags that suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Maybe the victory was won in the north?"
A county soldier stretched his neck and said.
He saw various colorful flags in the distance, but his illiteracy made him not know which team it was.
I just felt that the march ahead was rapid and did not seem to be like a defeated soldier retreating.
"What kind of victory is there in this direction? There are only some Qiang people."
The other person immediately said that it was not very reliable.
"It may also be that Zi Tong won the battle. I heard that our head is the emperor who is the eldest son, and he went there!"
The team's little leader said.
"Let's go and take a look first, it must be our own people anyway."
Several people think it makes sense.
This is the hinterland of Yizhou. In addition to the army of Dacheng Kingdom, no other army could appear.
A group of people walked quickly towards the front.
They had just walked not far when they saw a team of cavalry appearing in the roar of flags ahead.
These cavalry seemed to be coming to them.
"Hey, it's not right."
Seeing this, the head of the county soldiers couldn't help but murmur in his heart, and a bad premonition surged into his heart.
Almost a moment, the cavalry urged the horses to unfold horizontally at high speed.
Judging from this attitude, it seems that they are going to surround them.
"Not good, withdraw quickly!"
The head of the county soldier panicked, shouted, and immediately turned around and ran backward.
At this time, the rapid sound of horse hooves had already reached everyone's ears, and a sharp whistling sound followed.
"ah!"
"ah!"
A few screams sounded beside him, clusters of feather arrows shot straight towards him, and the two county soldiers fell down with a scream.
"Give me your life, spare me your life!"
Seeing this, the remaining county soldiers knew that they could not escape. They all gathered together and begged to the cavalry company surrounding them.
"Who are you!"
A cavalry riding a dark horse asked fiercely.
Seeing this, the little leader of the Guanghan County soldiers replied immediately.
"We are from Guanghan County soldiers and Wu Fujun!"
"Mr. Wu's Mansion?"
The cavalry looked puzzled, as if he had never heard of Wu Fujun's name.
Several Guanghan County soldiers were frightened when they saw this.
The cavalry who killed the two of their comrades all had accents from Guanzhong. They were definitely not natives from Yizhou, and even the accents were different from those of the Di people.
They all vaguely guessed that these cavalry must be enemies!
At this moment, another group of well-equipped cavalry rushed over.
The leader was wearing shiny armor and looked like a general with a very high rank.
"General, these are all county soldiers from Guanghan, and they are also called Wu's troops!"
When Gou Xi heard this, he was immediately overjoyed.
To be continued...