Chapter 41: Sending troops to the rescue
"Alas! It's a long story, but it's hard to put into words. Han Qianxun sighed.
"There is no way to faint, my brother Jinyan postponed the attack on Goguryeo, so he was convicted, and he took pity on our family of more than 80 people, all of whom were killed, but fortunately rescued by friends, my second brother and I escaped and ascended to heaven." Han Zhao's eyes were red, and he explained sadly.
"How unreasonable!" Zhang Zhongjian shot the case and shouted angrily.
"There is no place for me in the Central Plains, so I followed my cousin to join everyone." Han Qianxun said dejectedly.
From a great general to a sudden family ruin, this blow is very big, and it is no wonder that it is so bald.
"If you come, you can live with peace of mind, Yang Guang's hand can't be stretched out so long." Zou Yu comforted.
"Thank you, Brother Zou." Han Qianxun said gratefully.
"General Han is serious, and Uncle Li in this city has also made a lot of efforts."
"Brother Zou, don't be a general, the general's name, if you don't dislike the person in distress, just call Brother Han." Han Qianxun waved his hand.
"This..."
"It's decided, everyone pays their own way." Han Qianxun said resolutely.
"Alright! Then the little brother is welcome. ”
"That's the best." Han Qianxun said with a hint of a smile.
"You've worked hard all the way, so let's take a rest first, and talk about it tomorrow."
"Okay, that's trouble."
"There, in the future, they will all be their own family, you don't have to be polite." After some politeness, arrange for Li Keshi and his party to stay.
From the news brought by Zhang Zhongjian, Liu Jin and others, it is known that the Central Plains has been in chaos, especially in the north, and there are people in several places.
Liu Badao in Pingyuan (now Lingxian County, Shandong), Zhang Jincheng in Juan County (now Xiajin, Shandong), Sun Anzu and Dou Jiande in Zhangnan (now in the east of the ancient city of Hebei), Gao Shida in Bohai (now southwest of Yangxin, Binzhou City, Shandong), Zhai Rang in Weicheng (now southeast of Huaxian County, Henan), and Du Fuwei in Zhangqiu (now northwest of Zhangqiu, Shandong), made a lot of noise.
Zhang Zhongjian has not returned for many years, and his father and mother have passed away when he goes back, so he has no nostalgia, and he left with dozens of people; Liu Jin had only his wife and children at home, his wife went due to illness, and he only had one child, thinking of the ginseng in Fuyu City, and promised Zou Yu, so he took the risk and came back with his son Liu Renliang.
Because they came back, the manpower was much more abundant all of a sudden, and the next day, Li Keshi took Han Qianxun and the two brothers, and also expressed their willingness to contribute to Fuyu City. Of course, the more the better, because the snow is about to melt, so the four newly occupied tribes must also be relocated.
According to the speculation of the Khitans, they wiped out one-third of the people of the Heishui Ya tribe at once, and now they can't send troops because the snow has not melted, otherwise they will definitely suffer crazy revenge.
It is necessary to evacuate before the Tatar people retaliate, so that the meat that reaches the mouth can be swallowed completely, Zou Yu is not sure whether he has gone out or not, but this possibility is very high, so he has to hide his tail, so as not to find clues.
From far to near, gradually evacuated, and after waiting for people to leave, the melting snow washed away the traces, and for the sake of safety, he also deliberately rode a war horse in the direction of the Khitans.
Nomads have an advantage, after the conquest, as long as life is not worse than the original, they generally do not rebel, especially when the head people, tribal patriarchs, are gone, in fact, this is similar to the Central Plains, there is no leader to make trouble, the people can live, no one wants to rebel. As for cattle, sheep and horses, that's what the victor should have.
The only bad point is that the Heishui Tatar tribe is relatively barbaric, with very little farming, mainly nomadic herding and hunting, so Zou Yu implements military camps for them, and guarantees that half of their income belongs to them, and in the third year, they can pay only thirty percent of the tax like everyone else. As for those who were thorny and troublemakers, they were caught in the mines, where they mined cliff salt and copper ore.
At first, I was a little uneasy about my fate, which was normal, seeing the life of the Khitan people who had always been oppressed by them, the people of the Ya tribe could no longer calm down. For life, there are more expectations and less anxiety.
When Zou Yu and they settled the people of the Ya tribe, and finished planting the spring ploughing, the Ya people and the Khitan people had already played a real fire, and the strength of the Khitan people themselves was much lower, but the Heishui Ya was knocked out by Zou Yu and they knocked out one-third, so the two sides were half a catty to eight taels.
Because the tribesmen had lost too much, they gathered people in advance, worried that they would follow in the footsteps, and they could rob, so they gathered smoothly, gave up spring ploughing, and attacked the Khitan.
And the Khitans were forced to fight, and they were caught off guard at the beginning and suffered a lot of losses, but this also aroused the desperate thoughts of the Khitans, after all, if you attack in the spring, you obviously don't want people to live, so all the Khitans united to give the Black Water Turtle a ruthless one.
The nomads fought very simply, they all sent cavalry, chased and shot in the vast land, and they really started hand-to-hand combat, that is, it was time for a decisive battle.
Buyeo Castle! Castle Guard!
"It's the third time that the Khitan people have asked for help, and the first few times I have used spring ploughing as a reason to delay it, if I don't send troops, I'm afraid that the Khitan people below will have complaints in their hearts." Zou Yu introduced to everyone.
"It's really good that the Khitans can hold out for so long." Li Keshi exclaimed.
"The Khitan is divided into the Hui Xi Wan Dan Division, the He Da He Division, the Fu Fu Yu Division, the Yuling Division, the Rilian Division, the Pi Xuan Division, the Li Division, and the Tuliu Yu Division, a total of eight tribes, the formation of the Dahe Alliance, the Khan called the Mohui; In addition to some small alliances that have taken refuge in us, I also know that the He Dahe tribe has fully joined, and now the Khitans are seven tribes.
The Khitan people have been exchanging space for time, dragging the people of the Yan tribe, so they persevered, and close to the Xi tribe, the Heishui Yan also had some concerns. Zou Yu explained.
"That means we have to send troops, and as soon as possible." Li Keshi asked.
"Yes, so today I just want to discuss with you how to fight, and how many troops are appropriate? How to maximize benefits. Zou Yu asked.
Looking at Zou Yu, who was becoming more and more calm, Zhang Zhongjian secretly nodded in support and said: "At present, we have enough horses, and the cavalry has been trained for a period of time, so we can completely pull out to fight, as for the foot soldiers, there is no need to send troops." ”
"Five thousand cavalry, ready to go into battle at any time." Seeing that they all looked over, Qin Qiong replied confidently.
After Qin Qiong and Su Dingfang sparred, he was willing to serve as his deputy, five thousand cavalry, most of them were Khitans, and the others were mixed and selected elites, the only bad thing was that the equipment was still poor.