Chapter 136: Embarrassed

At the end of the morning of the seventh day of the Xianbei Massacre, Han Yi gathered the soldiers of the subordinate who had rested for two hours and prepared to march on the new day. As soon as the www.biquge.info had finished preparing the army, he heard Wang Yang, who was standing guard on the hillock, raising his arms and shouting, and ran towards Han Yi while shouting. The soldiers on both sides got out of the way, so that Wang Yang could smoothly arrive at the location of the main general.

"Lord, ten miles ahead, there is a Xianbei assault of about 3,000 people, rushing towards us?" Wang Yang said slightly breathlessly.

Han Yi nodded, saying that he understood, and he should have come, otherwise, how would the Xianbei people who stayed behind serve the public in the future. Han Yi shouted: "Pass the order, the 'Blood Hate Army' is in the middle, the Qianping Army is on both wings, and the whole army is ready to retreat." ”

Three thousand Xianbei rode forward at a rapid pace, and Lord Xianbei took the lead and shouted angrily. From three days ago, when he heard the news, Xianbei invaded a group of more than 1,000 cavalry who did not know whether it was the Han army or the Wuhuan people, and slaughtered the entire three Xianbei people.

At the beginning, Mandu was secretly happy, but it was none of the matter anyway, so the range of the pasture would increase greatly. It wasn't until the day before yesterday that the general return of the Ministry of Liberal Arts sent a message, and Mandu didn't know the seriousness of the matter. The women and children left behind by the Xianbei people who invaded the Han land were slaughtered for no reason, and the prestige of the various departments left behind in the Xianbei land was greatly reduced, even after the slaughtered tribal army returned, it was also a big irritability to seek revenge from the remaining tribes.

The barbarians had no choice but to gather all the people who could handle the bow in their department as an army, and divided them into two parts, one to guard the house, and the other to follow the barbarians to hunt down the invaders. After two days of tracking, the seasoned steppe scouts of the ministry guessed the traces of the invaders from the horseshoe prints and horse dung. After pursuing, dozens of miles away last night, I saw a raging fire burning in the Tucker Department.

Because the distance is too far, it can't be saved. Therefore, Mandu did not lead his troops to attack last night, but rested for the night, and at the beginning of the second day, he ordered the 3,000 troops in his department to chase all the way. Dozens of miles, the army marched for nearly two hours, and just as it approached the vicinity of the original Tucker Department, several scouts hurried back.

"Report, Lord Mandu, the thieves are seven miles ahead, there are about six thousand horsemen, countless horses, and a lot of gold and silver goods, as if they are about to flee."

The scout's words made the brute hesitate for a moment, six thousand horses? Aren't there only more than 1,000 riders? Flee? Did they already find out about our ministry in advance? But 6,000 riders versus 3,000 riders, no matter what, there is no need to escape. Mandu was very puzzled, so he cautiously asked, "How do you know that they are going to flee?" ”

"They were in a lot of confusion, and many of the Chinese were arguing, and from time to time there were small groups of men and horses who were not obstructed by others, and ran towards the west on both wings, leaving a lot of gold and silver goods along the way. The subordinates and the others observed for a while, and then they were sure. ”

Mandu hesitated for a moment, and the untruthfulness of the enemy's strength made Mandu not dare to immediately wave his troops to pursue, but ordered the cavalry in his subordinates to march slowly and march forward. Not wanting to wait for the brute to lead the troops, outside the burned Tucker camp, there was also an intruder of hundreds of people looting and fighting in place, and the ground was covered with glittering gold and silver goods. The sharp-eyed brute seemed to have seen a string of pearls on the ground, thousands of miles to the east, collected by the Wofu people in the near sea.

The approach of the barbarian army surprised the invaders who were in the melee, and they didn't want thousands of Xianbei enemy horsemen to suddenly appear. The intruders paused for a moment, and quickly reacted, some screaming and charging with arrows, while others simply turned their horses and fled westward. The queue was chaotic, the face was frightened, and there was no command to speak of, and at first glance it was a rabble.

Brute was prepared. The arrows in his hands were fired first, and the bows and arrows of the subordinates were overwhelming, killing dozens of intruders who rushed over at once, and the rest of the troops rushed up, killing this group of terrified invaders, with high morale and excitement.

In the eyes of the warriors of the barbarian degree, these invaders were not the rumored killing gods, but shining military exploits, rich rewards, especially the gold and silver spilled on the dead war horses. It also boosted their morale, and they chased and killed the invaders bravely without anyone's orders.

The warriors killed these invaders screaming and screaming, and from time to time more gold and silver were dropped, which irritated them more and more. So much so that later, even with red eyes, screamed and rushed into the intruder's brigade alone. In a short period of time, the bravery of the warriors was almost comparable to that of the Xianbei warrior himself.

Many intruders abandoned the baggage around them and wanted to reduce the burden on the war horses, hugging their heads and running around, extremely embarrassed. At the same time, there were more and more valuables such as gold and silver goods on the ground, and I don't know who was the first to make a move. However, the invaders had already fled without a trace.

Seeing this situation, his brute face turned blue, and he beckoned to the guards around him, and shouted and scolded these rioting soldiers. and found the little commanders of each ministry and asked them to restrain their own subordinates.

It was not easy to put the ranks in order, and when they were counted, there were less than ten people who died at the hands of the invaders, and twenty people who died in cannibalism. In this conflict, the first part of the Mandu lost nearly thirty people, most of whom died at the hands of their own people.

Mandu looked at the frustrated and ashamed generals of the various departments, and he also sighed. The Xianbei people have been poor for generations, they are herdsmen in peacetime and cavalry in wartime, and they are not like the Han Emperor in the south, who has a rich standing army of hundreds of thousands of elites. The warriors did not have the Han army's monthly stipends and rice, and only after defeating the enemy could they capture the enemy's spoils as a reward.

The amount of the reward is directly proportional to the greed of the tribe lords, and if the tribesmen live in the greedy lords, there is almost no reward to speak of. Before the war, the tribesmen brought their own horses, bows and arrows, and fed with cattle and sheep, which was basically a vain loss for the tribesmen.

Mandu is not a greedy adult, but in the Xianbei melee at the beginning of the year, Mandu did not capture much booty, so he couldn't take much money to reward the warriors. But at this time, the invaders had countless looted treasures to take from other tribes, which was just right to reward the heroes at the beginning of the year.

In a flash, Mandu decided to let these generals go this time, so he said softly: "You are not strict in controlling the people, killing each other, causing most of the thieves to flee, I will write down the whip for the time being, and then punish it later." Murderers, stand up and return to the Ministry, and you will compensate half of the property of the slain. If the families of the slain want revenge, I will personally preside over your duel. Finally, these gold and silver treasures will be pooled and distributed according to military merits after the war! ”

The prestige of the barbarian in the ministry is extremely high, and the prestige of the barbarian department is almost beaten by the barbarian with his bare hands, if the barbarian really wants to punish them, they will definitely be punished obediently, and they will not dare to resist. Now that he saw that Mandu had spoken lightly, he was immediately overjoyed, and admitted his mistake again and again, saying that he would definitely wear the guilt and make meritorious service and wash away the shame.

Mandu waved his hand to let these generals leave, and then looked at the direction of the invaders' rout, and his heart was also puzzled. After a brief encounter, the invaders abandoned more than a hundred corpses and fled to the west, not looking like they were tempting the enemy. Mandu has followed Tanshi Huai Da in many battles, killing countless enemies, and this little bit of vision is still there.

Brute cautiously stopped the pursuit of his subordinates, and personally dismounted and carefully examined the dead bodies on the ground. The face that is by no means the same as the Xianbei people makes the barbarians very sure that the invaders are the Han army, not the Wuhuan people of the same species as the Xianbei people. However, Mandu found that most of the dead bodies were people with yellow faces and thin muscles, ragged clothes, thick black hands and feet, and slightly hunched backs, and it seemed that they were people who could not eat enough after working all day.

Barbarian Du suddenly realized, this army of 6,000 people, most of them turned out to be Han slaves, thinking of the obscene Han slaves in the department, that can also be regarded as a warrior? Such an army, even if there are 60,000 or 600,000, the brute dares to break it with one blow.

The loot is very rich, not to mention the gold and silver property, the war horses abandoned by the Han army are more than 1,000 horses, although many of them are injured or out of strength, but for the Xianbei people who are good at raising horses and loving horses, they only need to recuperate for more than a month, and they can basically be healed.

In the grassland desert, whichever department has more warriors and more horses will have a greater right to speak. The fleeing Han people plundered a lot, and there were at least 30,000 or 40,000 good war horses, and countless treasures. If all these seizures are captured by the Barbarian Ministry, then won't the future Barbarian Ministry be rich in the world? The barbarians then tried to lure other small tribes to surrender with their wealth, and the barbarian tribe ......

The more he thought about it, the more the corners of Mandu's mouth turned up, until in the end, Mandu could no longer hide the joy in his heart. The surrounding generals Xiaoshuai saw Mandu's appearance, and seemed to have guessed Mandu's thoughts, they were also very excited, and the discussion continued, and the atmosphere was warm, which made people deeply infected.

Mandu hurriedly sent a large number of scouts to track down the fleeing Han Chinese, and finally found out that the 6,000 Han Chinese had fled in all directions, but most of them had fled to the west. In the cautious hesitation of the brute, he had already run out of more than ten miles.

Mandu was anxious for a while, for fear that the fat mutton in his mouth would fly away again, and hurriedly ordered the army to pursue forward. But after chasing out of the twenty miles, after a cool breeze blowing, Mandu became a little suspicious. Fang Cai himself is also the same as the little marshal in the department, in order to achieve victory, he is confused by the massive and rich spoils, and immersed in the beautiful and refreshing future. But now that I have calmed down, I always feel suspicious.

Isn't it all going too well? This Han army fled without a fight, and at first glance it was a rabble, where is the murderous killing god who crisscrossed the desert for several days and slaughtered tens of thousands?

However, the performance of these Han troops was very normal, they only had more than 1,000 horsemen, but they carried 5,000 Han slaves, but they were pursued by the elite assault cavalry of 3,000 horsemen. The self-robbery in front of the enemy, the panic when encountering the enemy, the panic when engaged, and the embarrassment when fleeing, aptly show that an army that has lost the courage to fight because of too much looting should reach the state that everything is normal.