Chapter 136: Marching into the Gourd Valley
Lu Qi is a woman, and she empathizes with the Yellow Turban Army's robbery and humiliation of women, so although He Fang shouted to surrender, Lu Qi did not hesitate to kill him to relieve his hatred.
She felt that among the generals under the command of Liu Fu, even her own force was the first and second from the bottom, so what was the use of He Fang's waste wood?
Seeing that the bandit leader who plundered the village was killed, Father Qin and other villagers felt very happy.
But they have also seen that the Yellow Turban Army is mighty, and it is not just such a few people.
Now the official army is happy to kill the thief, but the official army is gone, what if the remaining Yellow Turban army comes back to take revenge?
So many people were killed at the entrance of their village, and when the remnants of the thieves returned, it was inevitable that their anger would be turned on them, and they were still slaughtered.
"This general, the little old man has something to ask for," Father Qin arched his hand at Han Hao and said: "When you return to the army, can you bring the little girl back to Yanzhou together, and send it to the mansion of the prince of Liu Ping to be a maid in the future, the little old man is grateful." ”
He felt that since Liu Ping could train the army that had not committed any crimes in the autumn, his character should not be bad, and since he was called a son, his status must not be low.
And his daughter is here, sooner or later she will be arrested by the Yellow Turban Army, and more than 20 bloody lives are still in front of her, rather than life in the future, it is better to die than to endure the pain and send her to the mansion of a noble son in Yanzhou.
As for whether to be a maid or a concubine, there is finally a way to live.
Han Hao smiled when he heard this, thinking that the prince was really a good blessing, and when he came out to fight, he could meet such a stunning beauty and rush to the mansion.
Thinking about it, even if he can't earn Dawan Horse and get a little beauty back, he should be satisfied.
"Father, you are here, and your daughter is not going anywhere!" Qin Luofu said decisively beside him.
"Silly girl, how many years do I have to live?" Father Qin sighed: "But your days are still long, you will come to the Liu Gongzi's mansion, you are so good to serve others, people are noble sons, the house must have big rules, you don't want to be petty like at home, what people tell you to do, you just do it." ”
"I'm not going!"
"If you don't go, I'll die here now!" Daddy Qin's angry beard flew wildly, threatening to hit the wall.
"Father, daughter...... Isn't it okay for my daughter to go......" Qin Luo's pear blossoms who were crying on his knees brought rain, so he had to agree.
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Han Hao interrogated the captives overnight and learned that He Man's lair was in Daqing Mountain, a place called Hulu Valley, which was only more than 20 miles away.
At this time, because Han Hao's Tuntian soldiers experienced the wonderful use of the Mandarin Duck Formation, seeing that it was so easy to kill the enemy, they were full of confidence one by one, and they asked for battle.
Now that they have proven that they are no worse than other armies, who is willing to let others laugh at them as long-legged troops?
Han Hao was naturally overjoyed, when had he ever seen his soldiers so many?
At this time, Qin Luofu suddenly ran to Lu Qi and said timidly: "Sister, I am very familiar with the area around Daqingshan, why don't I be your guide?" ”
"Fighting is not child's play, it is very dangerous," Lu Qi refused: "We can let those captives take them to Hulu Valley, you wait here, and we will take you when we return to the army." ”
Lu Qi felt that she was just leading the way, and there was no need to let a weak woman like her take risks.
But Qin Luofu insisted: "When my brother was alive, he often took me to Daqing Mountain to dig wild vegetables, the gourd valley is very secret, because it is named like a big gourd that has fallen down, there is only one road into the valley, and the mountains are full of wild grasses that are more than one person high, and the terrain is very dangerous."
"It's all weeds, you say?" Lu Qi's heart was shocked, at this time, the new grass had not yet grown, and there was dry grass everywhere, wouldn't that be just right to attack with fire?
She has also read a lot of military books and tactics since she was a child, and the strategy of fire attack will be recorded in almost every military book.
Lu Qi found Han Hao and told Han Hao what Qin Luofu said and her thoughts, and Han Hao immediately agreed.
Even if the mandarin duck array is wonderful, and it is impossible to say what the result will be if it is used to attack 10,000 people with 1,000 people, but there is only one road in the gourd valley, if they set the artemisia grass in the valley on fire, they only need to block the exit, then wouldn't all tens of thousands of people be burned to death inside?
Even if they can't burn them all, it will be much easier for them to kill the rest.
It was nearly midnight at this time, and in order to prevent Homan's army from leaving, they decided to march overnight.
That way they could arrive before dawn, when most people were asleep, and it was the perfect time to set the fire.
The plan has been decided, Han Hao first ordered the scouts to return to Xu County to deliver the good news of this encounter, and then led his army, led by Qin Luofu, and went to Hulu Valley.
By the time we arrived at Daqing Mountain, the moon had sunk in the west.
This big green mountain is indeed full of vegetation, and the mountains are full of dry weeds.
However, they did not get close to the valley mouth, so He Man was not a fool, and he would definitely arrange a secret sentry, and if he was alarmed, his efforts would be lost.
Han Hao asked Lu Qi to lead a hundred people, led by Qin Luoshi, and did not go into the valley, but outflanked the past and set fire to it from the side.
Anyway, the gourd valley is low, so they only need to light the torch from the mountain and throw it down, and when the hay is on fire, it will be enough to burn the sleeping thief.
And Han Hao led the rest of the military horses to guard the front, and then rushed over to block the valley mouth after the fire started, and killed one by one, ensuring that no one could escape.
In this way, the first gong is stable.
Even if the other two armies were able to defeat the enemy army, they probably wouldn't have been able to kill so cleanly.
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Cao Hong sat in Xu County, and when he heard that the first merit could get Dawan Ma, he couldn't help but feel like a cat scratching his heart.
Who doesn't want a big horse?
It's a pity that his task is to defend the city, otherwise he would also want to lead the army to kill it.
His subordinates were 3,000 of the most elite Qingzhou soldiers, and he asked himself how much worse his combat strength was than Xiahou Yuan's 6,000 men and Cao Chun's 5,000 men.
Now there is no choice but to watch Xiahou Yuan or Cao Chun make meritorious contributions, and the Dawan horse will inevitably become the mount of one of them.
It was just dawn, Cao Hong got up and went to the study, and the battle report of the first day was already on his desk.
The first is Cao Chun's battle report.
Cao Chun led the army to the south to attack He Yi, and on the first day, he encountered a small group of thieves, surrounded and annihilated him, killing 800 enemies and losing 100 himself.
This is a decent record, and it is not very impressive.
The second is Xiahou Yuan's battle report.
Xiahou Yuan was lucky, and he encountered the main force of the Yellow Turban Army dozens of miles out of the city, but as soon as the Yellow Turban Army came into contact, he felt that he was not an opponent and immediately fled.
Xiahou Yuan killed more than 1,200 people, lost 100 people to himself, and was chasing the defeated and fleeing thieves.
The two sides won at the same time, Cao Hong smiled and nodded, he wanted to summarize it, and finally report to Yanzhou.
The two first battles were triumphant, and it seems that they are not far from sweeping away the Central Plains thieves.
He opened the third Han Hao's battle report, only to see that it read: 1,452 enemies killed, 321 prisoners, and 26 self-losses (five killed, 21 wounded).