Langya Pass.

Wu Lie has led his troops to join the defenders at Langya Pass.

However, they were only taking a temporary break, pretending to be ready to storm Langya Pass at any time.

Another group of people had been sent by him to collect dry food from the tribes around the horse-grazing grassland.

This time they were going to raid with light equipment and could not carry too much food and fodder.

Human rations are secondary, the main thing is to ensure food for war horses.

Fortunately, Bambu had made arrangements in advance and prepared fodder for the war horses.

Near the Death Valley, there were also tribes that prepared grass and bean fodder for their war horses.

After resting there for another day, they can then march lightly into the rear of the Northern Army.

As long as they could capture a city first and seize food and fodder, both fodder for horses and rations for personnel could be obtained.

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They have made full preparations for this raid!

You will definitely succeed!

Thinking of the benefits that a successful raid would bring, Wu Lie couldn't stop getting excited.

Once this plan succeeds, in the entire Shuobei, except for the important location of Beilu Pass, there will be no other city that can stop the army of Beihuan!

Just when Wu Lie was secretly excited, the spy came to report, "Reporting to the great prince, the Shuofang garrison has made unusual movements. It seems that they are going to send reinforcements to Langya Pass!"

After hearing the spy's report, Wu Lie couldn't help laughing and asked, "How many people are there?"

“There should be tens of thousands of people!”

The spy replied.

"Tens of thousands of people?"

Wu Lie laughed loudly, "Explore again!"

"yes!"

The spy immediately took the order and left.

Watching the spy leave, Wu Lie couldn't help laughing again.

Yun Zheng was fooled!

The rear of Shuofang must be empty!

As long as their army breaks out of the Valley of Death, they will be able to easily capture Suqu and Shuofang!

By then, even if they fail to capture Mayi, they will be invincible!

"My Lord, should we order our men to storm the Langya Pass and make it more dramatic?"

At this time, the left commander beside him asked Wulie again.

Wu Lie thought for a moment and nodded, "You can try to attack, but it must be a feint!"

"yes!"

The left commander immediately went forward to give the order.

Wu Lie sat in the tent, his mood fluctuating.

If the soldiers who went to collect dry food had not returned yet, he would have been eager to rush to the Death Valley.

The previous two battles had brought great humiliation to him, the eldest prince.

This battle must be fought to avenge the humiliation!

As long as he wins this battle, he will become a hero of Beihuan and will be respected by all Beihuan warriors!

Be it the Left Wise King, the Right Wise King or the Daming King, none of them could threaten his position in Beihuan!

This battle will be enough to clear all obstacles for him to inherit the position of Great Chanyu in the future!

The more Wu Lie thought about it, the more excited he became. He couldn't help but take off the wine bag at his waist and gulp down a few mouthfuls of mare's milk...

After resting for a day at Langya Pass, Wulie immediately led an army of 40,000 to attack the Death Valley.

The 40,000-strong army galloped all the way, making almost no stops along the way.

Before dark, they arrived at a large tribe only twenty miles away from the entrance of Death Valley.

Thanks to Bambu's advance instructions, the tribesmen had already prepared the grass and bean feed needed for their war horses.

They only need to rest here for one night, and they will be able to charge into Death Valley early tomorrow morning!

We learned from the captives who escaped earlier that the Death Valley is about a hundred miles long.

Their biggest trouble now is dealing with the snow in the valley.

Because of the howling cold wind, the snow in the valley was not too deep.

But in some places the snow is still waist-deep.

Such deep snow will definitely affect the speed at which the war horses can pass.

They must pass through the Death Valley as quickly as possible and attack the rear of the Northern Army!

After thinking silently for a while, Wu Lie called two captains and ordered them: "Early tomorrow morning, you will lead your cavalry into the Death Valley before the main army sets out. If you encounter deep snow, trample it flat with your horses!"

"This..." One of the centurions looked embarrassed and said cautiously, "Prince, we don't know how deep the snow is. We only have 2,000 people. I'm afraid..."

Before the man could finish his words, a knife flashed suddenly.

brush!

Wu Lie's scimitar slashed across the neck of the speaking centurion.

The centurion covered his neck tightly and looked at Wu Lie in disbelief.

He didn't expect that just a casual remark from him would bring him a fatal disaster.

The body of the centurion fell straight down with a heart full of reluctance.

“Drag him out!”

Wu Lie waved to his personal soldiers, then looked at another captain with a frosty face, "Do you have any questions?"

Facing Wu Lie's gaze, the captain shook his head vigorously, "No... no problem!"

How dare he say there is a problem!

If he really dared to say there was a problem, he would follow in the footsteps of the person just now.

"It'd be great!"

Wu Lie put away his scimitar and looked at the captain coldly: "I don't care what method you use, even if you have to use people to press, you must create a path for my army!"

Speed ​​is of the essence in war!

Beihuan’s war horses are all excellent war horses!

A distance of about a hundred miles usually takes half a day.

Even though it is winter now and there is snow in the valley, he can't delay for too long!

Before dark tomorrow, their army must pass through the Death Valley. Early the next morning, they will divide their forces to raid Shuofang and Suqu, and then attack Mayi with thundering force!

No one can stop them!

That night, Wu Lie was extremely excited and hardly slept the entire night.

The next day, before daybreak, everyone started feeding the horses and preparing them.

As soon as it was daybreak, Wulie ordered the army to begin assembling.

After the army was assembled, Wulie immediately led his troops to the Valley of Death.

The two thousand people leading the way set out almost an hour earlier than them.

With the people in front leading the way, their marching progress was not affected too much.

However, at noon, they caught up with the two thousand people who were leading the way ahead.

There was a road section with deep snow covering about ten miles ahead. The two thousand men had cleared most of it, leaving only two or three miles to be cleared.

Upon learning that the marching speed would be affected, Wu Lie became furious on the spot.

Seeing that Wu Lie was about to kill the captain who was in charge of clearing the way, the left commander beside him tried to dissuade him, saying, "Prince, there are only two or three miles left. We won't be delayed for long. We can just give our men and horses a break."

Wu Lie thought about it, then put away his knife with a frosty face.

"Order the entire army to rest!"

Wu Lie gave a command to the messenger beside him, and then looked coldly at the frightened captain, "I'll give you two quarters of an hour. If you can't get through the back road, watch out for your head!"

"yes!"

The captain did not dare to delay and hurried over to urge the front troops to fight to open the way...