Chapter 218: What an errand

Everyone in the world knows that "the iron cavalry of the Wei State is shocked by the world", and the Wei cavalry, which is composed of the vast majority of military households, is indeed better than many countries of the same era, but He Mulan never thought that it would be so easy to break the North Rouran.

It's no wonder that Tuoba Tao was about to send troops as soon as he heard that there was infighting in the royal court, and even ignored the fact that Yuan Poqiang and the others had not led the left army for a few days, and he didn't even have a long run-in with the Tiger Army.

Because this war is simply a devastating crushing style, and it doesn't require a lot of skills.

In the summer, Rouran needs to graze in all directions, even if it is a tribe in the same territory and the same ethnic group, it must be scattered and open grazing, otherwise the grassland will soon be eaten by cattle and sheep.

Because the tribes were scattered and grazed to places with abundant water and grass, they could not effectively organize resistance.

Rouran gathers and lives, small tribes only have dozens of people, large hundreds of people, thousands of very few, and the Wei cavalry system, a main general has at least 2,000 cavalry, plus horses, etc., when you meet a small tribe, you don't need any tactics, command ability, horn together, directly step on the camp, kill the resistance, capture the population, cattle and sheep, you can return to the camp victoriously.

Xianbei is also a grassland people, and has lived in this grassland, so they are no longer familiar with the life of herdsmen. They returned to the grassland, and unlike the Han people of countless dynasties in the past who fought against the nomads, the Xianbei people gave birth to their own horses, and now they are like fish in water.

The vast grasslands are the most suitable areas in the world for cavalry combat.

They didn't even need much supplies, as long as they brought ten days of dry food, they could sweep through a large area of Rouran Ran, destroy countless tribes, and get the supplies and booty they needed.

What tactics, the art of war, the virtual and the real, all are useless, everywhere the iron hoof goes, the cattle and sheep are innumerable, thousands of Rouran families are fragmented, children are reduced to slaves, and the faces of every Wei soldier of the Northern Expedition have "victory", "plunder", and "fanaticism" written on their faces.

He Mulan finally understood why the three armies before the Northern Expedition made so many people crazy. Because of the Northern Expedition, it is probably the easiest time for Wei to get military merits, as long as he becomes a general at that time, he will soon be able to be promoted to several levels.

In other countries, there are fortified cities, sharp arrows, and unyielding soldiers, but here, the endless steppes welcome everyone here, and whether you can win or not depends on your ability.

At a certain moment, He Mulan understood why Yuan Poqiang, Qiu Lin Mo Zhen and the others would be transferred to the Black Mountain camp at this time, because they were placed here by Tuoba Tao to obtain military merits.

As long as they take the soldiers with them, and the soldiers see that it is profitable and do not need their command, they will naturally go to victory. The soldiers of Wei are the best soldiers to bring, because there is no food, the cavalry of Wei are eager for victory, as long as they return victoriously, Yuan Poqiang and Qiu Lin Mo Zhen can get what they want by virtue of their military merits.

As for whether they will lead the army in the Montenegrin camp after this......

Who cares?

He Mulan's political and situational sluggishness made her not see this before, so she couldn't understand that the airborne landing of Qiu Lin Mo Zhen and Yuan Poqiang would disagree with so many people in Montenegro, and it was not just that they were new arrivals.

Being used as a springboard and a tool to help you brush up your experience points is not a pleasure in your heart.

But as he went deeper and deeper into the hinterland of Rouran, he realized more and more things.

When she kills to the point of numbness, in order to resist that psychological and physical disgust, she will begin to think about some problems, those things that she would not have thought about at all before, and she will understand them all at once.

Kumoti's generosity, General Xia's forbearance, why the commander of the left army was delayed, and why did General Tuoba Yan guard the camp at such a critical time......

Why was the Western Front led by the eldest grandson, Han Situ, instead of Tuoba Yan......

When I return to Montenegro, I'm afraid that the big camp will have to change its coach.

"General Hua, I also admire you. You can still wander in the sky while fighting! "One of the generals of the Left Army, traveling with Hermulan, was to patrol the area of the camp for a hundred miles to prevent worms from being ambushed.

There are not many places where Wei camped in Rouran, because Wei Guotie rode too fast, the baggage team often couldn't keep up, and most of the miscellaneous servants were spent cleaning the battlefield and guarding and transporting prisoners, so every base camp was very important and could not be lost.

Otherwise, the cavalry returning from the sweep will not be able to find the base camp, and they will not know how far they will go to the next place.

"Well, it's not a battle......

He Mullan sighed.

"It's just a matter of dispersing a group of panicked herders."

"Don't underestimate the herdsmen, just give them horses, weapons and leaders, and they can become warriors at any time!" The general of the left army liked this young general very much, and he couldn't help but say more." Back then, my Great Wei had fought off the worms several times, and had also gone deep into the grasslands to destroy countless tribes, but soon they were still able to multiply and grow. Don't leave a trace of luck to chance, be vigilant! "

"Yes."

He Mullan cheered up.

yes, what problem can she solve by thinking about it here? This is the hallmark of the whole era, the way to survive in this world of extremely low productivity.

There are so many resources, if a country wants to become strong, it can only strengthen itself first, and then destroy the enemy. This is the same as raising Gu, only those who live to the end can really live.

"There is no trace of the enemy nearby, and the only ones found are only some herdsmen, so let's go back, and when the team escorting the baggage and grain and grass arrives, some are busy."

This general of the Left Army. [,! The army Mingjin withdrew his troops, and when He Mulan saw it, he also immediately Mingjin and followed him back to the camp.

Difu Pond, which was originally the favorite place for herdsmen to camp in the western pastures, has now been broken by the Wei people and re-established a military tent.

The water of the Difu Pond is a collection of melting snow water from the Tianshan Mountains, and this place belongs to the right sage king of Rouran, Yujiu Lubi, and of course, now belongs to the army of the Western Front.

He Mulan and the general returned to the military tent to resume their lives, and as soon as they opened the tent curtain, they were stunned.

There was a large line of generals kneeling at the head of the eldest grandson, who seemed to be deliberating, and had been discussing it for a long time.

"General, Tiger General Mulan/Light Car General Yigufa, come to restore your life!"

As the two men interrupted them as they entered the tent, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and looked grateful to them. He Mulan and Iguvar looked at each other, completely unaware of what was happening, and saw that everyone was relieved, and their hearts were also strange.

When Changsun Han saw them coming in, his expression finally improved: "Are there any remnants of the tribes found in the west and north, or the new army?"

"There was no sign of it." The general of the light car preemptively answered, and pressed the middle of the way to disperse a group of herdsmen without mentioning it.

He Mulan glanced at him in surprise, as if he couldn't understand why he didn't say it, but it was not appropriate for her to sell her teammates at this time, so she only made up her mind to wait to inform General Xia about this, and she was silent.

The eldest grandson Han instructed the generals of the left army and the generals of the right army to patrol day and night without stopping, so he asked He Mulan and Yiguvar to listen to the orders in the tent first, and said to them with a somewhat bad face:

"You're late, and I don't know. I just received the military report, and my majesty has been breaking through all the way, and now I have reached Monan. I've only arrived here on the western route now, and the speed is a lot worse than the eastern one......"

As soon as He Mulan heard Changsun Han's words, he knew why everyone's faces were ugly.

The eastern and western fronts jointly conquered Rouran, but because the creeping people living on the western front were more scattered, and the water source was not concentrated in the east, the march was slower than in the east.

In addition, the Yulin Army and the Chinese Army led by Tuoba Tao are known for their speed, and Tuoba Tao makes good use of cavalry, and more than half a month has passed, and the western front has not touched the side of the royal court, and the eastern front has already arrived in Monan.

The east and west fronts captured the Rouran royal court together, but the royal court of Rouran was not like the palace of the Han people, it would travel between the east and west, and the range was between the Tianshan Mountains and the valleys with rich mountains and grasses.

The Rouran Royal Court is a large group of tents, and it is nonsense to say that it is guarded by any kind of wall, so almost whoever can reach the Rouran Royal Court first will be able to make the first contribution.

Changsun Han and the army that went west with him this time naturally hoped to hit the royal court earlier, but they didn't dare to grab this credit with Tuoba Tao, but in any case, if the emperor had already arrived, the western front was still slowly grabbing the population, cattle and sheep to break through the tribes, not to mention the credit, Zang must have a lot.

Therefore, Changsun Han summoned all the generals to discuss this time, and he came to give an order, abandon his baggage, bring enough rations, and lead a light horse and horse to attack and join Tuoba Tao.

"But we'll be able to get it all down soon!" A general said a little unwillingly: "Now that we go to the east on light horses and horses, all the worms here will escape, and when we capture the Rouran Royal Court, these worms don't know where to flee!"

The population of the Rouran royal court must be returned to His Majesty, and if you want to run along the way, you can't stop and continue to plunder, the west is not as rich as the east, and this trip down, but there is nothing to catch.

"Military orders are like mountains, if there is disobedience, behead them!"

Changsun Han seemed to have been provoked by everyone's negative attitude before, so he showed a very resolute expression at this time. He was the most prominent auxiliary minister in the court, and he was also a marshal, although these generals were unwilling, they still held back.

"In addition, the high-chariot tribes to the north and west want to join and fight to the death with the worms. In order to prevent the creep from retaliating, the high-chariot tribe used the high-speed cart to send the old and weak women and children south, and we must have a team go out to meet and escort this tribe, and take them to the large camp in the rear, where they will be protected by the soldiers stationed in the camp." Changsun Han's headache was why Tuoba Tao handed over such a thing to their people.

"Your Majesty's will, let the men and horses of the Western Front protect this team, and make sure to reach the rear safely."

The eastern and northern high-chariots are even more powerful, and the entire territory above Rouran is the territory of the Eile people. As long as the high-rook people are attached, they will be better than thousands of troops. Even if the worm wants to flee north or west, there are tribes of high-riders in the north and west, so they can only be captured obediently.

Of course, it is a good thing that the high chariot is attached, but the generals in the tent are not happy, and no one wants to take this errand.

Protecting the elderly, the weak, women and children?

Or send it to the rear?

Everyone knows that the military merits are in the Rouran Royal Court in the east!

For a moment, there was silence in the tent.

Qiu Lin Mo Zhen looked around, saw that no one spoke, obviously unwilling to take this errand, and was about to stand up to take it, but saw He Mulan, who was sitting under General Xia, stand up and hugged his fists and said:

"The last general is willing to lead the Tiger Ben army to go!"

"No, your Tiger Army is the elite cavalry of my right army, how can you temporarily transfer to do such a thing!" Xia Hong directly stood up and denied it, and bowed to General Changsun and said, "Hua Mulan under the command of the last general is not thoughtful, please don't be surprised by Changsun Situ!"

Xia Hong was afraid that Hua Mulan would be confused and run to do such a waste of troops, so he didn't give He Mulan a chance to explain and ask for his life at all, and directly overthrew it.

"Tiger Ben rode bravely, this kind of escort errand is in a relatively safe place on the Western Front, as long as two or three thousand people are sent. The Tiger Rider is the vanguard army, and it is simply to pick up people. [,! It is to kill chickens with a knife, and although General Hua's loyalty to the country is commendable, it is not advisable."

Yuan Poqiang, the general of the town army of the left army, also stood up to veto.

"I have had a discussion with General Hua, he is shrewd in battle, and he is indeed talented, and he should be used in more important places, rather than this kind of idleness."

"This matter is related to the allegiance of the 100,000 Gaoche tribe, how can it be a trivial matter?" Changsun Han thought for a while, looked at the other generals in the tent, and said in a loud voice: "The generals also think the same way?"

At this time, everyone was worried that this drudgery would fall on their heads, and asked them to rush to the battlefield and be willing to be the vanguard, naturally everyone enthusiastically recommended themselves, and now when they want to ride and ride lightly to attack the royal court, they ask an army to turn around and do this kind of mother-in-law and mother-in-law thing, who can be willing?

So for a while, most of the generals echoed Changsun Han's statement, saying that the safety and lives of the old and young of the Gaoche clan were extremely important, as if the Gaoche clan would affect the overall situation as long as there was a little mistake, and they would eventually lose.

Xia Hong suddenly hated He Mulan. He Mulan's life and capture of ghosts attracted the attention of countless people in Wei for a while, and many important ministers and generals were waiting for her to shine in this northern expedition, and she could stay in the rear to pick up the high-speed people......

He Mullan's willingness to ask for his life was not the result of a hot brain, but a deliberate one.

First of all, the safety of the Gaoche people must be related to the situation of the Northern Expedition, if she remembers correctly, the final result of this battle is that Da Tan ran westward, but Tuoba Tao was ambushed and did not order to pursue again, as a result, the royal family of Rouran was not destroyed, and it was still breathing, and the goal of the Northern Expedition was not achieved;

Even if the Khan of Rouran fled, it was impossible for him to take only a few men with him, so as long as he fled westward, and he remained in the west, he would definitely be able to find their army.

When the time comes, if Da Tan is captured alive, or Wu Ti is captured, Rouran will be wasted. Without the Rouran of the Khan and the royal court, at best, they can only be regarded as tribes like the Lu Shuihu or the Qiang people, and there is no cohesion and a large climate.

Secondly, Di Yefei still stayed in the land of the alliance at the southern foot of Jinshan, and this time the old and weak women and children of the high car went south, and Di Yefei must also go south. He only took two hundred men and horses out, but he escorted such a large number of old and young people, if they encountered a creeping pursuit on the way, or encountered other dangers, it was difficult to guarantee that they would not die in this place.

Di Yefei has a stubborn personality and a heavy sense of responsibility, and it is not impossible to break off. In order to avoid this kind of thing, He Mullan personally went to greet him, at least to give his comrades a little more protection.

The most important thing is that her three views as a modern person are really overwhelmed, and she is doing "killing", "looting", "killing", "looting" every day, being scolded by herdsmen, and crying for mercy by herdsmen, which has reached the extreme point of outbreak.

She would rather fight with Worm on the battlefield than continue to slaughter like this.

She remembered that this battle lasted for half a year, set out in April, and returned to Pingcheng in October, because most of the Rouran royal family fled, this battle finally continued to rise into the grassland, and the eastern Eile and most of the other nomads were all disabled, and then robbed countless tribes to go to Monan to graze, and did not allow them to return to their hometowns to continue to reproduce, so that the Great Wei could supervise in the future.

The eastern Ele is a high chariot, but it has already migrated here, and it also has its own huge khanate, which nominally belongs to and Rouran. Since she still has to go there later, the tall car person she accepts must be of great use, maybe there will be a use for hitting the high car later, so it is necessary to brush the favorability.

After Gaoche was annexed, it instantly became another powerful force in the Northern Wei Army, and Di Yefei's rise so fast later had a lot to do with the improvement of Gaoche's status.

In the previous life, the eastern Eile was defeated to be attached, and now there is a western Eile persuasion, if it can really be persuaded to surrender, the status of their own surrender must be higher than that of the surrender after the defeat, plus there is not much damage to the annexation, and with countless cattle, sheep and horses, I want to jump will become the most important one in Zahuli.

It was precisely because he knew the importance of the high-speed car man that He Mullan volunteered to take on this task.

But as Xia Hong said, the Tiger Ben Army led by He Mulan is the elite of the Right Army, and no commander will like the subordinates under him to assert themselves so much, so no matter how much Xia Hong admires Mulan, he is angry when he sees her so messy.

At this time, Qiu Lin Mo Zhen stood up and said to Changsun Han: "General Changsun, Hua Mulan is indeed an important general of my right army, and as the general of the right army, I should focus on the overall situation of the right army, so let me lead my generals to escort the Gaoche people."

Someone snatched this errand again, and everyone in the right army was finally relieved. Compared to Mulan, they naturally hoped that Qiu Lin Mo Zhen would take over this matter.

General Wang didn't expect Qiu Lin Mo Zhen to stand up and ask for this errand, and looked at him a few more times in surprise, as if he wanted to see what he thought, whether it was a fake model, or really focusing on the overall situation.

He saw nothing but worry and sincerity in Qiu Lin Mo Zhen's eyes, and nothing else. General Wang thinks that he can see people quite accurately, and seeing that this Qiu Lin Mo Zhen is indeed a Xianbei person who knows the overall situation and understands sacrifice, the shock in his heart can be imagined.

A group of people pushed back and forth, and some of them were stopped, so that Changsun Han made a face.

When he became famous, this tent, including General Xia, was still a hairy boy, so he naturally knew what they were doing this for, and when he flicked his sleeves, he said coldly:

"You'll regret it later. I've already made arrangements for this, so you don't need to worry about it. Xia Hong and Hua Mulan stay, and the rest of the people leave."

A group of generals are photographed. [,! The majesty of Yu Changsun Han left the big tent one after another. General Wang and Qiu Lin Mo Zhen wanted to speak several times, and finally were "invited" by Changsun Han's personal guards to leave the big tent and go to the door to guard.

Changsun Han waited until there was no one inside or outside the tent, and the guards were also guarding ten steps away and would not overhear it, so he began to pace in the tent.

What He Mullan was most afraid of before crossing was that the leader did not speak and only thought. Because generally at this time, it often means that something tricky has happened, and it is very troublesome.

The eldest grandson Han paced for a while, and then walked up to Xia Hong and Hua Mulan and pressed Xia Hong's shoulder.

"Xia Hong, you are my old subordinate, I will not harm you. This time to greet the high-speed car people, you must have Mulan."

"This ...... General, I don't understand, Worm is now defeated, even if there is a large army, it will attack our army, it is impossible to attack the Gaoche people, why send the Tiger Ben army......"

"Because it's not just the high-riders who pick up." Eldest Sun Han interrupted him. Xia Hong, I know that you love talents, and I hope that your subordinates can make a name for themselves, this time Mulan took this order, it seems that she is far away from the battlefield, but in fact, it is the time to really get merit. The candidate for this appointment was recommended by Cui Hao and Kumoti, and His Majesty personally ordered that whether you want it or not, it will be Mulan."

As soon as these words came out, He Mulan and Xia Hong were shocked.

"Cui Taichang and General Yingyang?"

"Majesty?"

"Yes. I left you so that you can be cautious, especially Xia Hong, and not let the right army be shaken, thinking that the army cannot treat the right army fairly." Changsun Han looked at He Mulan and said with a smile: "You volunteered to take this matter, which shows that Your Majesty did not see the wrong person."

"The general praised it."

He Mulan cried out in his heart with shame. She didn't expect this to be the result.

"I'll make it clear to you that those old and weak women and children are naturally true when the high-speed car people are attached, but there are still a few big people among them, and this is the key person for you to protect this time. She is the Feng family, the princess of Lelang in Beiyan, and the Kedun of the Khan of Rouran Hulu, and now the Yan clan of the Rouran Khan Datan, and the biological mother of Yu Jiu Lubi, the king of Rouran Youxian."

Changsun Han continued:

"She and Da Tan have a daughter, and they were also sent out, and now these two women, one old and one young, will also be sent to the Gaoche tribe by our spies in Rouran, and follow them south."

Xia Hongjiu was in the army, so he naturally knew that in the past few years, there had been spies and envoys from Rouran who had contacted the Rouran Royal Court, and there was a big man in the Rouran Royal Court who was the internal response of their Great Wei. If the matter of Shuozhou hadn't been delivered to Montenegro before the Rouran army was dispatched, their majesty might have been captured alive.

Previously, Xia Hong had been curious about who this big man was and why he would help Wei Guo deal with his own people, but now when he heard it, his heart was like a mirror, and he was dumbfounded and said: "It's difficult...... Don't...... Could that person be ......?"

"It's him." Changsun Han was the first minister to build a yƬ Tuoba Tao activity to divide Rouran, and there was hatred between many tribes in Rouran, and every change of Khan's position was also full of blood, tears and conspiracies, and many blood feuds were formed.

When Lu Bi's father was expelled to Beiyan, he had already died and returned to China, but who expected that Datan sent troops to quell the chaos, and Rouran suddenly became peaceful again, so Hulu Khan borrowed troops to prepare to go back to Rouran, but was killed by the soldiers of Beiyan halfway.

These soldiers have not been found until now, but afterwards Da Tan sent an envoy to make friends with Beiyan, and gave Hulu Khan the same amount of dowry as he gave to Beiyan that year, and married Hulu Khan's Lelang princess as the Yan clan, and ascended to the position of the Great Khan, which made many people suspect that Hulu Khan's death was unusual.

Yu Jiu Lubi is obviously not a stupid person, otherwise he would not have survived in this harsh environment, and he also became the Right Virtuous King, so in just two years of hard work, this Right Virtuous King completely defected, formed an alliance with the Wei State, and wanted to avenge his father.

"It is precisely because the Right Virtuous King entrusted his family to us that His Majesty believes that he must be submissive to us, and not want to borrow our hands to ascend to the creeping sweat seat. Da Tan's Yan clan is not an ordinary person, once he disappears, someone will definitely track him down, you must protect the safety of Princess Hao Lelang until you return to our camp." Changsun Han said, "Moreover, His Majesty wants Mulan to do one thing......"

He lowered his voice and said to the two of them:

"His Majesty wants Mulan to lead the high-chariot warriors of Guishun to cut off the retreat of the worm and the west......"