"Report!" At this time, a scout galloped back on horseback and came to Zhang Hao to bow and said, "General, General Qin found a Wuhuan cavalry with a number of about 8,000 on the south bank of Xiaoliaoshui, thirty miles north of here.

When General Qin discovered them, these Wuhuan cavalry were slaughtering civilians in a township. General Qin went to meet the attack and sent his subordinates back to report to the general. ”

The scout's words aroused the excitement of the crowd, and the soldiers bowed: "General! ”

Zhang Hao directly turned over and shouted to everyone: "Go!" ”

It's just that when Zhang Hao arrived, he was still one step too late, and the battle was already over. And Qin Wen is comforting the surviving people.

"General Qin, what's the situation?" Zhang Hao walked over and asked directly.

"General," Qin Wen saw Zhang Hao coming over, so he saluted him, "When the last general led his troops to pass by, he happened to see the Wuhuan cavalry of eight thousand people burning, killing and looting. It's just strange that when the last general went to meet the battle, they actually withdrew to the west. ”

Zhang Hao was a little strange: "The enemy army is twice as large as you, and you left without a fight?" ”

"That's right, so the general thought there should be a deception in it, so he didn't chase them, but sent a few scouts to follow their tracks."

Zhang Hao nodded: "Well, it's better to be cautious." ”

At this time, the scout sent by Qin Wen to track down came back.

"General Qiyu, half an hour ago, those Wuhuan cavalry found another village, burned and looted, and then fled south."

"What!" Zhang Hao roared angrily.

At this time, Du Ping, who joined the army, seemed to think of something, and he said to Zhang Hao: "General, according to my opinion, these Wuhuan cavalry are afraid that they are deliberately harassing the rear of our army and killing the people by constantly attacking and killing the people. Let my main army be exhausted here, and then have no time to look north, which can also greatly damage the morale of our army. ”

When Zhang Hao heard this, this was really the case, and the partial division constantly harassed the rear of our army to buy time for the main force.

"But why, most of the main force of Wuhuan is cavalry, since they are going south to plunder, why do they have to bother with the small city of Wangping?"

Zhang Hao seemed to be asking Du Ping, and he was also asking himself.

"I'm afraid they don't just want to loot, they also want to occupy Liaodong." Yan Zhong said suddenly.

Zhang Hao was a little surprised in his heart, thinking about it carefully, there is also this possibility, after all, for nomads, the Liaodong Plain is a place with a dense water network, which is too suitable as a pasture.

"I don't have to worry about it now." Zhang Hao threw away the question he had just asked, "The most important thing now is how to solve it, which is a rat that is making trouble behind us." ”

Qin Wen shook his head and said, "General, I'm afraid this is not easy to do." These Wuhuan people are all cavalry, if they intended to engage us head-on, it would be easier to deal with, but they did not contact us at all, even if the force was far superior to me just now, they still ran away. ”

Yan Zhong agreed: "What General Qin said is extremely true, this is really difficult to do, they don't want to confront us head-on, they can leave at the touch of a button, and the cavalry comes and goes like the wind, we can't catch up at all." If General Qin led the only 4,000 cavalry to force the pursuit, there would still be danger. ”

Du Ping didn't have any good ideas after thinking about it, so he had to say to Zhang Hao: "General, these cavalry have no baggage, and they feed the war with battle. For the sake of today's plan, I had to move all the people living outside the county towns to the county towns where they were located, and order all the county towns to clear the wilderness. ”

"But if we do this, it will take a lot of manpower and material resources, so that our own losses will be higher than the losses caused by this cavalry." Yan Zhong retorted, "My subordinates think that we can ignore this cavalry for the time being, and we will directly go north to fight a decisive battle with its main force." ”

Du Ping said: "Does Yan join the army to encircle Wei and save Zhao, but with our current strength, at most it is equal to its main force, and it is his main attack and my main defense." It doesn't have the effect of getting them to come back at all. ”

"But if we do it here, it will be even more disadvantageous to our army. If we can find a fighter in the process of confronting the main Wuhuan force and defeat it in one fell swoop, then this cavalry left in our hinterland can be slaughtered by us. ”

"Okay, there is no need to say that Yan joined the army." Zhang Hao stopped the two from arguing, "I also think that the people should be the most important at this moment." According to what Du Senjun said, these Wuhuan cavalry did not have heavy supplies, and if the walls were clear, they could not only protect the people, but also force them to retreat. ”

Zhang Hao said to Qin Wen: "General Qin, you can send the cavalry in the army to rush to the counties, and ask the county officials to collect the people outside the city and take away all the supplies...... Wait a minute. ”

He stopped halfway through his words, and a thought crossed his mind.

"General Qin, now this Wuhuan cavalry should only be operating near Liaoyang County, am I right?"

Qin Wen replied: "That's right, General, according to the report from the scouts, this cavalry is indeed only operating in Liaoyang. The last general thought that his leader should want to sweep all the villages outside Liaoyang City before going to other counties. ”

Zhang Hao looked at the three of them and said to them: "Since this cavalry needs to fight to feed the war, and we need to clear the wilderness with strong walls, in order to prevent it from obtaining supplies and killing the people, and because we can't catch up with them, then why can't we let this Wuhuan cavalry take the initiative to come to us?" ”

……

There was a village twenty miles southeast of Liaoyang County, and because she happened to be on the way when Zhang Hao came, she was lucky enough to escape the catastrophe and did not become the next target of the Wuhuan cavalry after the village on the south bank of Xiaoliaoshui was destroyed.

Now the main force of cavalry led by the greedy king is less than ten miles away from this village. Two scouting rangers are constantly watching the outskirts of the village to determine if the village is in danger.

Since the king of greed encountered the cavalry of the Han army, he knew that the main force of the Han army had gone north, and he became much more cautious.

After some disguise, the two rangers pretended to be villagers and blended in.

As soon as they entered the village, they heard the sound of gongs and drums, and thought that something important was happening in the village.

Following the flow of people, they came to the grain field where the villagers were meeting, and saw a Han soldier standing on a high platform, announcing something to the villagers.

As ranger scouts operating in the territory of the Han Dynasty, they could somewhat understand some Chinese. I only heard the soldier say: "Folks, I believe everyone has heard of it, in the past few days, several villages in the north have been attacked by the Wuhuan people one after another, and none of the villagers in the village have survived.

Therefore, in order to prevent those Wuhuan people from attacking other villages again, and for everyone's safety, Lord Assassin Shi decided to settle everyone in the county seat first. After defeating the Wuhuan people, let everyone come back. ”

As soon as the soldier finished speaking, the audience immediately discussed.

"This is what I heard, it was Zhang San'er from the next village who told me that he went to Weijia Village in the north to see his relatives, but after he arrived, Weijia Village had been reduced to ashes, and there was not even a single living person."

"That's the case, ouch, it's really miserable, these Wuhuan people are really not things."

"It's not, it's just a brute!"

"Yidi leads beasts to eat people, and there is no humanity!" There was actually a reading person in the crowd.

"In that case, it's still too dangerous outside, so let's listen to Lord Shi, go to the city and hide."

"Yes, yes, I need to go home and pack my things."

After listening to this, the two rangers glanced at each other and quietly left the crowd. Back outside the village, the two did not dare to slack off, and quickly got on the horse and went back to report it.

The experience of living on the grassland for many years has taught the greedy king that he must always be vigilant, otherwise he will not be able to detect when the enemy comes behind him.

The rangers who were in charge of reconnaissance and vigilance, of course, he would not assign a team, he sent them in all directions. While they were scouting, they would also bring back to themselves the situation of several surrounding villages.

"My lord, the small one detected that the Han people planned to transfer all the people and materials outside the city to the city because of our actions."

All the rangers who had scouted the nearby villages had sent back the same news, which made the greedy king frown.

"Father, the Han people are planning to cut off our supply source, what should we do?" On the side, his son Toli said anxiously. This urgency made his already fierce face look even more hideous and terrifying.

King Greedy suddenly laughed: "What's the hurry, when the warriors on the grassland are hunting, the most taboo thing is to be in a hurry, the people of the Han Dynasty want to move their people to the city, then let them move." ”

"But father, in this case, we won't get anything outside, and the Khan's mission won't be completed."

The greedy king said angrily: "Don't mention any khan, he Qiu Liju is just relying on his own soldiers and horses to forcibly pressure the leaders of the tribes to submit to him." In my heart, I never admitted that he was a khan. ”

He stared at his son Tuo Li, and told him word by word: "Tuo Li, you have to remember that the grassland is the law of the jungle, and today Qiu Liju can rely on force to let all the Wuhuan tribes call him Khan, and tomorrow when we are strong, we can do the same." ”

Toli nodded earnestly: "Son remembers." ”

The greedy king nodded, very satisfied with his eldest son. Toli was the most satisfying of his sons, so he was just an adult when he was taken to the battlefield to be sharpened.

"But father, you haven't told me yet, why don't you stop the Han Dynasty?" Tory then asked.

"Hahaha~" The greedy king laughed and said to his son: "This is a good opportunity, the people of the Han Dynasty got together by themselves, and they also brought all the supplies, didn't we have to go to find them one by one?" ”

Toli suddenly realized: "Oh~ I see, when we intercept them halfway, we can get several times as many things at once." ”

The greedy king was very pleased with his son's intelligence, so talented, the throne of Wuhuan Khan in the future must belong to their tribe.

"Let the wolf cubs rest for a day, and the rangers will closely monitor the movements of those Han Dynasty people."

The next day, the ranger came back to report.

"My lord, now all the people of the Han Dynasty within a radius of thirty miles have gathered together, about two or three thousand people, and there is a convoy of nearly a thousand vehicles, transporting food and supplies. The Han Dynasty's troops are now on their way to Liaoyang. ”

The greedy king, who had been sitting on the ground eating barbecue, stood up suddenly, threw the bone in his hand aside, took off the Ming Di from his waist and blew it.

When the Wuhuan cavalry heard the call of the greedy king, they immediately put the food in their hands into their arms, rode their war horses, and came to gather at the side of the greedy king.

The greedy king turned over and shouted to his subordinates: "Wolf cubs, follow me and kill all the people of the Han Dynasty!" ”

He raised his whip and rushed out like an arrow. And the cavalry behind him also rode their horses to follow.

For cavalry, a thirty-mile journey was nothing more than a matter of a few whiplashes. Soon, the greedy king spotted a long line ahead.

He blew his horn again, this time as a clarion call for the attack.

"Men and women, young and old, kill them all, kill me!"