Chapter 568: The Battle of the Hetao
"Sikong, it's a fight!" On the vast Hetao Plain, on a raised hill, dozens of horsemen and horses stood solemnly on the side, and a scout galloped over and bowed to Liu Yi.
"Well, I see!" Liu Yi put down the bamboo binoculars, nodded at the scout and said, "Drink saliva and go rest." ”
"Sikong." Pound looked at the two centaurs that had begun to intertwine in the distance, licked his lips and said, "What should we do?" ”
"Watching a play." Liu Yi sat on the chair he had just made and smiled at everyone: "We are a neutral camp, fighting and killing is not what we should do, and when they are almost done, we will come forward to mediate." ”
This time, the Huns dispatched 30,000 fine cavalry, and there are more than 30,000 on the side of the Tuoba Department, the two sides are different in strength, but the gap is not big, on the vast grassland, there are more than 60,000 cavalry gathered into a dense cavalry formation, like flying locusts began to meet, the two sides did not directly impact, but continued to throw each other with exquisite riding and archery skills, the huge cavalry array in a short period of convergence, quickly swept by, chaotic and dense arrow clusters in the air after a short period of convergence, fell to each other's cavalry array.
The cavalry battle between the Xiongnu and Xianbei is very interesting, although the two huge armies hedge against each other, but there are not many scenes of real frontal collision, they turn into a small cavalry formation of one hundred and ten people, or hundreds of people, on the huge battlefield, forming a small war group.
When the conditions are sufficient, they will avoid close combat, but such a huge war, it is impossible to completely avoid it, the tactics of both sides are similar, they are fighting in a guerrilla situation, such a battle is a great test of the commander's ability, not that the more people there are, but it is obvious that whether it is Liu Bao or Tuoba Yu, they don't drink much in the commander's ability, so after the war, in the eyes of Liu Yi and others as bystanders, it is a chaotic battle.
The frantic hooves of the horses trampled the ground, the dust raised enveloped the entire battlefield, and among the two chaotic groups of men and horses, arrows were flying wildly, and the sound of seeping metal grinding could still be heard several times from a long distance, but more hysterical roars and screams converged into a killing feast.
There are 10,000 people, there is no bank, and 60,000 people are fighting together, even if they look at it from a distance of more than ten miles, it is still thrilling, as if two torrents are constantly contacting and separating.
There are also people who disperse like an ant tide, such a fierce fight, for the nomads with very low discipline, when the danger is too great, they will automatically break away from the battle and will not choose to fight to the death, and what is really entangled is the elite of the two families.
It is not the first time that Liu Yi has led his troops to fight, but it is the first time to see such a shocking cavalry confrontation at the moment, even if he is the initiator of all this, looking at the vast land, the two pure cavalry troops are constantly entangled and fighting, and still feel an indescribable thrill, this battle scene in which infantry is generally fought in the Central Plains is completely different, even if the princes of the Han family are fighting, there will also be cavalry participating in the battle, but it is not the same thing at all with such a large-scale cavalry battle.
The scope of the battle began to spread over time, Pang De came to Liu Yi's side, bowed down and said: "Sikong, let's avoid the edge for the time being, when the two sides fight here, we will also be in danger." ”
As a general of Xiliang, Pang De is obviously no stranger to such a scene, such a large-scale cavalry battle, as a bystander, even if it is now separated by more than ten miles, it is also in a dangerous range, once the cavalry battle is fierce, the range can be much larger than that of the infantry, especially now that the two sides are evenly matched, this range is expanding rapidly, and the place where they are staying is no longer safe.
"It's okay!" Liu Yi waved his hand to the guards behind him and said, "Plant the flags you made before around!" ”
"Whoa!" Several guards quickly planted the flag they had prepared around them, the flag was finely made, planted on the ground, and the flag shook in the wind, but for some reason, it gave people a very decadent feeling.
"Sikong, this ......" Pang De looked at Liu Yi with some puzzlement, what is the use of planting this military flag? Is there something wrong?
Liu Yi raised his head with a smile and said, "It's good for Ling Ming to look at it, if someone enters the range of the military flag, shoot it directly." ”
"Whoa!" Pang De was puzzled, but since Liu Yi was so sure, he didn't want to ask again.
Negative Banner: -56 Morale, -58 Presence, +57 Comfort, -59 Vigilance, +54 Laziness
Liu Yi spent a lot of effort to collect such a negative energy attribute, just to avoid being discovered by the enemy when he was investigating the enemy's situation.
The war between the Xiongnu and Xianbei continued, and the scope of the impact became larger and larger, even if it was a general like Pang De, who had been through a hundred battles and had enough experience, it was difficult to see the situation clearly, and it was even difficult to clearly distinguish which side was the Huns and which side was the Xianbei people.
The places within a radius of more than ten miles are all battlefields, but the strange thing is that there are not many fights around this hill, and occasionally someone breaks in, and they will be quickly shot by Pound, and the people around them seem to be invisible.
"Sikong, this flag is good, but our soldiers seem to have been affected." Pound obviously felt that his mood swings were difficult to get excited, and there were all around him in the hellish killing field of Shura, but some people on his side even began to doze off, and the fierce fighting did not make them feel the slightest nervousness, and even himself, even if he tried to make himself vigilant.
Liu Yi nodded, everything has advantages and disadvantages, this negative military flag is best used for concealment, but there is no need to think about morale, lazily lying on the recliner and said: "Just look at it, when the battle is over, let people pull out the flag, this thing, kill the will, I'll sleep for a while, you watch!" ”
Pound smiled bitterly and nodded: "Wow! ”
The sky has gradually darkened, but the killing on both sides is still continuing, but it is no longer concentrated together, but spread around, the commander's ability is not enough, can only be divided into this small army to fight, and the battle is gradually no more intense.
Pang De ordered someone to put away the flag, came to Liu Yi, who was already asleep, and gently pushed Liu Yi: "Sikong, it's time to go back." ”
"The battle is over?" Liu Yi opened his eyes, rubbed his temples, and slept comfortably.
"Not yet, but it's nearing completion." Pang De shook his head, such a large-scale battle, I'm afraid it won't end for a while, although there are a few flags to protect, but after all, it is still too dangerous, it is more practical to retreat to Lian County.
"Let's go!" Stretching his waist fiercely, Liu Yi only felt refreshed, and then took Pang De and more than a dozen soldiers who had recovered their will down the mound and rushed to the direction of Lian County.
After returning to Lian County, Liu Yi immediately arranged for someone to inform Mi Wei to discuss the matter of trading population with Tuoba Yu, and asked Jiang Wan to inform Jiang Wan to continue to increase the population and food here, and in the next winter, the Xianbei and the Huns were fighting, but it was not easy here, a large number of people came in, and public security had to be paid attention to, and after this winter, it was almost time to finish.
Three days later, Liu Yi was discussing the land planning of the Hetao area with Deng Ai in the coming year, but saw Mi Zhu hurriedly come in and smiled at Liu Yi: "Boyuan, great joy." ”
"Congratulations." Liu Yi smiled at Mi Zhu.
Mi Zhu was stunned, then waved his hand and said, "It's not me, it's the result of the Battle of Hetao." ”
"Oh?" Liu Yi raised his eyebrows: "The winner has been divided?" ”
"Not divided, but Tuoba Yu has the upper hand, the Xiongnu side has been annexed several large tribes, and now my son has led more than 8,000 Hun people to this side, and at the same time Tuoba Yu has news that they need more arrows and food." Mi Zhu smiled.
"Eight thousand people?" Liu Yi doesn't know how to describe his current mood, 8,000 people must be a lot for Xiliang today, many counties do not have such a population, but so many people pour in all of a sudden, how to arrange and distribute it is a big problem: "Let the men go to mining, manage food, housing, and money, and arrange for women to go into various factories to learn to work, and children to be raised by the government." ”
The expansion of the farm plan is now suspended, the proportion of Han people cannot be too small, otherwise the priority will be reversed, and at the same time, there are not so many people in grassroots management, and next year we have to discuss with the major academies, and the talents who are discharged from the hospital will be given priority to Xiliang.
"Good!" Mi Zhu nodded, with such a large population, although it is troublesome to deal with, as long as it continues like this, Liu Yi's plan to annex the Hetao may really be able to have results before the spring of next year.
"What about the Huns?" Liu Yi looked at Mi Zhu and smiled: "Liu Bao still refuses to let go? ”
"There is no news about the people sent, but this time the Huns have suffered a lot of losses, if they want to recover, even if Liu Bao does not let go, the other four commanders may not be able to continue." Mi Zhu smiled.
Liu Bao is quite far-sighted, he saw Liu Yi's plan, but it was useless, Liu Yi's plan was designed for the overall situation of the Huns, even if Liu Bao could see it, but he was not Shan Yu after all, the other four were in the case of serious losses, it was difficult to resist the bait thrown by Liu Yi, not to mention that in order to make them agree to Liu Yi's plan, Liu Yi's support for Tuoba Yu this time was a loss, and even gave Tuoba Yu some arrows with attributes.
Liu Yi looked at Deng Ai's Tuntian plan and said: "This side is also ready, as long as the spring ploughing is over next year, I will take the soldiers back to Chang'an to complete the marriage, this time the general will not only have the queen mother say, I will also go to the general in person to say." ”
"Whoa!" Speaking of this, Deng Ai looked a little flustered, and he didn't say anything, Liu Yi and Mi Zhu couldn't help laughing, this battle is stable.