On the evening of January 29, 426, the camp of the border guards under Liu Ji was still in Jiangzhuo County, Mingzhang County, Qianzhou.

In Liu Ji's tent in the camp, the atmosphere was solemn. Liu Ji and the generals under his command were not very good. When they encountered the battle between the Hu cavalry during the day, the cavalry team that had just been established under Liu Ji lost 523 cavalry at once, of which nearly 500 were killed in battle. Dozens of other people were seriously injured. Many seriously injured people could not go to the battlefield again after they recovered, and it was a problem whether they could survive. This was not considered the slightly injured cavalry during the battle.

Liu Ji smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't expect that the Hu cavalry was so fierce. After the attack of the infantry formation, the Hu cavalry was only about 500 cavalry left. As a result, our cavalry fought with it, but lost more than 500 cavalry. In the end, the Hu cavalry fled nearly 200 cavalry! By the way, do you know which clan Hu people this is?"

Cheng Yi immediately said: "Lord, these Hu cavalry are from the Loufan tribe, and can be regarded as elite cavalry of the Loufan tribe. Our cavalry has just been formed, and many cavalry even have just learned how to ride horses. It is already very good to fight with the elite cavalry of the Loufan tribe to achieve this battle loss ratio. You must know that even the most elite cavalry in the border army, fighting with the elite cavalry of the Loufan tribe is just like this."

Cheng Yi had been in the Great Jin border army for several years and was very familiar with the situation of the various races on the grassland. Just from the costumes of the Hu cavalry, it can be seen that this cavalry belongs to the Loufan tribe.

Liu Ji was going to Qianzhou to guard the border and also learned about the situation of all ethnic groups on the grassland. The Loufan tribes belonged to a very large nomadic tribe on the grassland. There were hundreds of Loufan tribes of all sizes. Once the Khan of the Loufan King's Court issued a gathering order, just one Loufan tribe could gather hundreds of thousands of cavalry.

There are several grassland nomadic peoples of the Loufan tribe on the vast grasslands in the northern part of the Great Jin Dynasty, and there are three grassland nomadic peoples that are even stronger than the Loufan tribe, namely the three most powerful nomadic peoples on the grassland, the Xiongnu, Xianbei and Khitan.

Thanks to the many conflicts between the nomadic peoples on the grassland, wars often broke out between tribes and tribes, and through wars, they plundered each other's population, wealth and pastures, and even tribes of the same ethnic group, they could not avoid plundering each other. Otherwise, if the nomadic peoples on the grassland united, the Great Jin State would have been destroyed by the Hu people long ago.

During the more than 400 years since the founding of the Great Jin State, even at its most powerful time, facing the nomadic peoples in the northern grasslands, they could only passively defend themselves, so that the cavalry of the nomadic tribes of the grassland did not dare to easily go south into the territory of the Great Jin State to kill, burn and loot. In the past 400 years, as long as the nomadic peoples on the grassland unite once, the Great Jin will be able to hold on. Fortunately, there was no such bad situation.

Now the national strength of the Great Jin Dynasty is weak, and the nomadic tribes on the grassland are either alone or in conjunction with each other, constantly invading several states in the northern part of the Great Jin Dynasty, plundering wealth and population. For example, the six or seven hundred Loufan cavalry that Liu Ji and the others encountered, at this time, it can be said that there are countless groups in the northern part of the Great Jin Dynasty!

"Have you caught a living? Is there any support for this cavalry of the Loufan tribe?" Liu Ji quickly asked with a little concern when he heard that it was the cavalry of the Loufan tribe. If the cavalry of the Loufan tribe encountered was just a vanguard of a large number of Loufan cavalry, then Liu Ji and the others would have to find a place to hide. Even if there were tens of thousands of Loufan cavalry, they would not feel strange when they entered Jiangzhuo County, Mingzhang County, Qianzhou at this time.

Le Yi said at this time: "Lord, we have captured a total of fourteen seriously injured Loufan cavalry. Fortunately, among the soldiers we recruited in Qianzhou, there were soldiers who knew Loufan's words. After interrogation of the Loufan cavalry, the Loufan cavalry that fought with us belonged to a Loufan tribe called Qingmu. This Qingmu tribe can only be regarded as a medium-sized tribe. There are about 6,000 cavalrymen in the entire Qingmu tribe. This time, only more than 700 cavalry were looted in the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty. The leading commander of the thousand-man was already dead under the sword of the Su Lie brothers!"

After pausing, Le Yi continued, "In addition, the seriously injured Loufan cavalry also told me that their Loufan cavalry had just entered Qianzhou territory and had not gained much. If they had not encountered our border guards, they would continue to go south and return to the grassland after they had plundered enough wealth and population."

Liu Ji couldn't help but smile bitterly. The cavalrymen should have entered Mingzhang County from Dai'an County. They had no harvest in Dai'an County, which means that the situation in Dai'an County was definitely very bad at this time.

However, even the Jiangzhuo County town in Mingzhang County has become a ruin. Needless to think about it, what would happen in Dai'an County, which directly borders the grassland.

Liu Ji sighed and said, "It seems that it is not so easy for us to gain a foothold in Chengyin County, Dai'an County, Qianzhou. Today we encountered more than 700 Loufan cavalry, which caused us to lose more than 500 cavalry. If the number of Loufan cavalry becomes 7,000, then our border guard army will be in danger! When we arrive in Chengyin County, let alone the 7,000 Hu cavalry, we may encounter it even if it is 70,000 Hu cavalry, alas——”

Su Lie said at this time: "Lord, in this encounter, although our cavalry is much weaker than the Loufan cavalry, the infantry formation is still performing well. Even when we arrived in Chengyin County, we are not slaughtered by the five thousand infantry we are now! As for the cavalry, we can only train slowly. After all, we Jin people belong to the farming people, and we are naturally inferior to the nomadic people who have lived on horseback since childhood.

Liu Ji nodded, very satisfied with the performance of Le Yi, Liu Pi, and Gong Du troops today. More than 700 elite Loufan cavalry were hit in front of a large formation composed of more than a thousand infantry under his command, but the losses of the infantry formation were minimal. It seems that if he wants to gain a foothold in Chengyin County, Dai'an County, Qianzhou, he still has to rely on the five thousand infantry under his command for the time being.

In addition, the long wooden spear jointly studied by Liu Ji, Su Lie and Le Yi was very effective in this actual combat. The infantry formation could block the impact of more than 700 cavalrymen, and the long wooden spear was the first to be the leader.

This time when Liu Ji fought with the Loufan cavalry, although Liu Ji's cavalry lost more than 500 people, the war horses did not lose as much. In addition, the war horses that killed Loufan cavalry, Liu Ji's number of war horses did not decrease but increased. Now there are about 1,800 war horses. Some Loufan cavalry are equipped with 2 war horses or even 3 war horses, so there are quite a few war horses seized in this battle.
Chapter completed!