Chapter 1273: Scorched Earth

Yanmen Pass.

Huo Qubing had already led his cavalry to arrive first, and after waiting for Ran Min and Long Ji's cavalry to arrive, the 60,000 elite cavalry went directly out of the fortress and into the grassland, turning him upside down.

"Here we are."

Li Dingguo, the guard of Yanmen, showed a look of surprise, Huo Qubing hurriedly looked into the distance when he heard it, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after confirming that it was his own person.

Instead of being late, the 34,000 cavalry came early.

Ran Min and Long He walked side by side, but one person walked in front of them, and he was the new military division of the Jin army, Zhuge Liang.

Huo Quzhi hurriedly greeted him, grabbed Zhuge Liang's hand, and said with a smile: "Zhuge Military Division, the lord has also sent you." ”

Zhuge Liang was not very accustomed to Huo Quai's self-cooking, so he withdrew his hand a little embarrassed, shook the feather fan lightly and said with a smile: "This time out of the plug is very important, the young master sent Liang to assist the general." ”

"Great, with Zhuge Military Division, Huo Bing's trip will definitely be like a tiger."

Huo Qubing knew that this Mr. Zhuge was born in the Ghost Valley, and he was the same senior brother of the lord, who had seen through Murong Ke's tricks several times, and participated in the formulation of the entire set of counteroffensive plans, and his strategy and military level were not inferior to Liu Bowen, the military advisor of the Qin army.

With such wise men participating in this operation, it is also a layer of insurance for this operation, and Huo Quzhi naturally welcomes it with both hands and feet.

After the 60,000 cavalry joined forces, they did not stay too long, and left Yanmen Pass after a short rest.

Li Dingguo stood on the Yanmen Pass, watching the army continue to pour out of the gate, and a trace of envy flashed in his eyes.

Li Dingguo actually wants to go out of the plug with Huo Quai, after all, as long as he participates in such glorious deeds as the stopper, whether he succeeds or not, he is destined to become a hero.

It's a pity that Li Dingguo has to guard Yanmen Pass, which is his duty as the guard of Yanmen Pass.

"General Huo Bing, Zhuge Military Division, your trip will definitely be successful." Li Dingguo secretly blessed.

Qin Hao made sufficient preparations this time, and the 60,000 elite cavalry were all one person and two horses, that is, a total of 120,000 war horses were dispatched, which was definitely an extremely luxurious configuration for the cavalry of the Han army, and there had never been such a large-scale cavalry battle in the past hundred years.

In order to ensure speed and mobility, each of the 60,000 elite horsemen who went out of the fortress this time only brought ten days' rations.

Even if you rush without sleep, you won't be able to reach Dragon City in ten days.

Therefore, if the Han army wants to successfully kill Longcheng, it can only use the method of fighting to nourish the war, take it from the enemy and use it for the enemy, and all the Yuanmeng tribes along the way are the supply places of the Han army.

After rushing for half a day, Huo Qubing ordered the army to stop and repair, after all, after entering the grassland, a big war may break out at any time, so he must ensure that the army under his command has enough physical strength to deal with the possible big battle.

After Huo Qubing summoned Zhuge Liang and the generals, he spread out a grassland map handed over to him by Qin Hao, pointed to the location on the map and said: "Now that we have reached this position, there is a small tribe of Yuanmeng in the northeast and northwest, and then we need to divide the troops into two ways to start the operation, all the way by destroying these tribes to supply military supplies, and finally make peace in Longcheng."

At present, Yuanmeng has not discovered the movement of our army, this is a great opportunity for our army, and then we will implement the scorched earth strategy on the grassland, and all the tribes we encounter will be killed, burned and robbed, and only in this way can we force Temujin to transfer the army back to reduce the pressure on the main army of the Hetao.

Do you understand? ”

"Understood." The generals shouted in unison.

"Ryo is also adding."

Zhuge Liang showed a solemn look on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Since Yuanmeng invaded the Hetao, countless fertile fields have been destroyed in the war, and the people have been killed or injured no less than 500,000.

Therefore, we are out of the fortress this time, not only to force Temujin to transfer troops, but also to avenge the dead and wounded people in Hetao.

Remember, don't be soft-hearted, for kindness to your enemies is cruelty to your own people.

We want to kill the prestige of the Han people, and the Yuan Meng who killed is frightened, and we will no longer dare to invade the south. ”

Zhuge Liang's ability to demagogue people is still quite powerful, and as soon as he said a few words, all the generals, including Huo Quzhi, were quickly infected by Zhuge Liang's words, and hatred appeared in their eyes.

"Divide your forces."

With Huo Quai's order, the 60,000 elite horsemen who came out of the plug were divided into two roads.

The first way, with the main general Huo Quai, led Yuwen Chengdu, Ran Min, Ding Yanping generals, led 30,000 troops, went to the northeast, and killed Longcheng.

On the second road, Zhuge Liang, the military division, led Long Ji, Xiang Yu, Luo Yi, Luo Cheng and other generals, led 30,000 troops, went to the northwest direction, and killed Longcheng.

A day later, after paying more than 100 casualties, Huo Quai's army easily defeated the Yuanmeng's Xia Rigaole tribe, and except for a small number of people in the tribe who fled, all the others were captured by Huo Quai.

"General Huo Bing has an order, don't leave prisoners, everyone, kill." Ran Min ordered with a cold face.

When the tribal leader heard this, his face changed dramatically, and he shouted, "Why? We've surrendered. But no one paid any attention to him.

Ran Min directly shot the tribal leader to death with an arrow, and then shouted: "Let go of the arrow." Then arrows rained down.

A massacre began, and more than 20,000 herdsmen captured by the Gaole tribe in the summer, regardless of men, women, and children, were all slaughtered by the Han army, and the Gaole tribe in the summer was completely turned into a Shura hell.

Listening to the screams that kept sounding around him, Huo Quzhi's face couldn't help but become a little ugly, he didn't really care about slaughtering aliens in his heart, but he didn't want to slaughter women and children.

Looking at the hateful eyes of countless Yuanmeng children, Huo Quzhi couldn't help but feel a sense of guilt in his heart, which affected his emotions.

"We'll do this kind of thing many times in the future, and you may not be used to it at first, but it's good to get used to it."

Yuwen Chengdu handed a water ribbon to Huo Quai, and comforted him with a smile: "When Dong Ping was in Liangzhou, he also massacred the Qiang people.

Aliens are like that, if you are kind to them, they will despise you, and the more ruthless you are, the more they will fear you. ”

Huo Quzhi took the hose and poured a big mouthful, then sighed, "Thank you."

Tell the order to go down, take all the supplies and horses you can bring, and march to the next tribe. ”

"No."

After Huo Quai's order, the Han army burned the entire tribe with a fire, and then continued to march towards the next goal with all the materials that could be brought without affecting the speed.

At the same time, Zhuge Liang's army also broke through the Qimud tribe, and after slaughtering more than 17,000 Yuanmeng herdsmen, the tribe was also burned clean and turned into a scorched earth.

In just one day, two small tribes of Yuanmeng were raided and slaughtered by the Han army, and nearly 40,000 herdsmen died, and it was just the beginning, and more tribes were about to face annihilation.