Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 812: A Gamble

Shi Gu Ku glanced at the excited He Su Jia.

"Don't be too happy too soon. If we do this, Lin Feng's Zhenxi Army will block us in Zhenxi and then destroy us."

"Never mind him. We have 30,000 troops. We can rampage through the west of the town and then take a detour back through Xixia Yinzhou. This will not only ease the crisis of the imperial court, but also severely hit their hinterland. What a good strategy, General Manager."

Shi Gu narrowed his eyes and looked at the prairie under the night sky.

"I just don't know if Lin Feng will turn around and chase us."

"Of course he will. Zhenxi is Lin Feng's base camp. How could he allow his base camp to be destroyed?"

He Sujia thought for a moment and said, "Besides, the Kuro people are all in Barukasi City. Nalan will never abandon her people."

Shi Guku shook his head and said, "This is a risky move. If Lin Feng leaves several thousand men in Barukasi City, we won't be able to capture the city in a short time. We can only go around it."

"Let's go around the city and answer Du'er, or we can go straight to the west of the town. I heard that the west of the town is rich, so we will definitely have enough food and fodder."

He Sujia is full of confidence.

Shi Guku was still full of concerns.

"I'm worried that Lin Feng won't turn around. If he marches westward, the imperial court will be in danger."

"There are still 10,000 elite troops in Balin City. Balin City has high walls and can hold out for several months. By then, we can turn back. 30,000 troops will become 40,000. Under attack from both inside and outside, the Zhenxi Army is outnumbered and cannot withstand our 40,000-strong army."

Shi Gu stared at He Sujia for a while, then uttered three words.

"A gamble?"

He Sujia nodded firmly: "Let's take a gamble."

"Or, we can just hold Lin Feng at the border west of the town and fight guerrilla warfare with him. They can't have the speed of our horses."

Shi Guku waved his hand and said, "Bring the map. Let's plan a route to hold back Lin Feng."

He Sujia immediately turned around to get the map.

The two men spread out the map on the grass, and by the light of the torches, began to study how to circle around the Zhenxi Army on the Zhenxi border.

Within half a day, the city of Tumoter was captured by the Zhenxi Army.

Most of the 8,000 Iron Man cavalry stationed in the city were wiped out, and a small number of people escaped from the city and scattered into the grassland.

The Zhenxi Army did not pursue them much, but gathered their troops and began to clean up the city.

The characteristic of Tiezhen's cities is that from Dadur City to Tumeder City, each city is larger than the previous one.

Lin Feng did not attack the people in the city, but treated the poor and the rich equally according to the rules.

Especially those large numbers of slaves, after being liberated, they will be provided with all the necessities of life such as food, shelter, and clothing.

There are not many adult men in the city, only the elderly, the weak, women and children.

Lin Feng only gave a general explanation of the equal rules. The specific implementation of the policy was up to Nalan himself.

After all, everything on this grassland will be left to Nalan to take care of in the future.

While Nalan was busy, Lin Feng had some free time. He came to the top of the city and looked towards the southwest, where was the last barrier before the Tiezhen Imperial Court's Balin City, Kalaqin City.

"Where are the elite troops of Tiezhen?"

Pei Qiyin, who was following behind him, replied immediately.

"The scouts just reported that the 30,000 elite cavalrymen of Tiezhen are less than 500 miles away."

Lin Feng nodded: "Let Tao Jinwang implement the city defense arrangements as soon as possible. He is familiar with this kind of city defense."

The messenger quickly ran down the city wall to convey the order.

"Tell me about the other party's situation."

Lin Feng didn't look back, but just said lightly.

Pei Qiyin had already sorted through all of yesterday's battle reports and memorized the important ones.

After hearing Lin Feng's words, I sorted out my thoughts.

"Tiezhen's elite troops number thirty thousand cavalrymen, led by a silver-armored warrior named Shi Guku. He is said to be both wise and brave, particularly skilled at leading troops into battle, and a master of archery and horsemanship. He is nicknamed the Three Absolutes Mad Wolf."

Lin Feng smiled and said, "Yes, Wei Bao's intelligence is very comprehensive, and Qiyin's memory is even more amazing."

Pei Qiyin also laughed: "I dare not be bad. Following General Lin, I have to be in awe all day long."

"It's not that serious, I'm very relaxed."

Pei Qiyin shook his head: "Don't be fooled by your warm appearance, you have a kind of aura. As long as your face changes color, others will be so nervous that they can't breathe."

Lin Feng frowned and thought, reviewing his usual behavior.

"Alas, I don't. I always keep smiling and try to keep my voice calm and indifferent."

"I can't help it. I didn't lie. If you don't believe me, ask Cheng Liang."

Pei Qiyin turned to look at Cheng Liang.

Cheng Liang's face suddenly turned pale and he shook his hands.

"No, no, no, I didn't... didn't notice these..."

Pei Qiyin laughed and said, "Look, is his voice trembling?"

Lin Feng reached out and patted Cheng Liang on the shoulder.

"Brother, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, relax a little."

Cheng Liang almost cried and could only nod vigorously.

Lin Feng turned around and pointed at the people around him.

"As for you, just do your job well. As for your words and actions, don't be too restrained."

Wen Jian, Ye Liangcai, Bu Yunting, Qiao Jushan and others nodded frequently.

Only the wooden face showed no expression, staring blankly into the distance.

The one who didn't care the least was Na Ren. He was a fearless person and always covered himself in a black cloak.

"The master's dignity must be maintained, otherwise how can we live without respect and hierarchy?"

Lin Feng turned his head and looked at him.

"You are a person hiding in a condom. No one knows what you will do next."

Na Ren was somewhat pleased with himself.

"Hey, this is exactly the effect I want."

Everyone was chatting and laughing on the city wall when a soldier came running up to deliver a battle report.

Pei Qiyin took it in his hand, unfolded it and took a look.

"General, Tie Zhen's 30,000 elite troops are heading southeast."

Lin Feng frowned immediately.

Tumeder City is located northeast of Kalaqin City. If the Tiezhen elite troops were 500 meters away from this city, they should continue to move northeast.

But they turned a corner. What were they trying to do?

Na Ren was very familiar with this place, and he spoke after a moment's thought.

"They want to bypass us and go straight to Balinka."

Pei Qiyin said: "He wants to cut off our retreat."

Lin Feng asked Na Ren: "How many people are left in Balinkashi City?"

"Twenty-three hundred men."

Na Ren replied.

Pei Qiyin then said, "There are only a thousand guards in Dadur City."

Lin Feng was already walking quickly towards the city.

Everyone followed him into the city, where engineers had already arrived and had pulled the prepared sand table there in a horse-drawn carriage.

Lin Feng stared at the terrain on the sand table and thought.

"Kalaqin is over 1,800 miles away from Barukasi. If they want to go straight to Barukasi, they have to run over 1,300 miles. But if we start from here, it only takes a little over 800 miles. Why would they do this?"

Everyone gathered in front of the sand table, frowning and thinking.

"Doesn't he know how obvious a target is when 30,000 troops are moving?"

"To be able to lead 30,000 elite troops, this Shi Guku must be no fool."

Na Ren laughed.