Chapter 317: The Battle of the Hetao (4)
The young master was killed by random arrows, and many of the warriors of the tribe screamed to rush forward to avenge the beggar knot. But the big village behind him was blowing the trumpet again, asking everyone not to attack...... All of a sudden, the cavalry of the entire beggar department was in disarray and became confused.
"Hmph, it's just a group of herdsmen. Today's me! β
"Better than Lu Bu~~~!"
"Hahaha~~~ That's it! Brothers, charge! β
"Huh~~~!"
The 14,000 Han cavalry opened a huge attack surface. After Wen Yang in the middle took the lead in the charge, Li Zhen and Beigong Xiong on both sides also led their respective cavalry and began to charge.
Three fierce generals with extremely high personal force value made arrows, and more than 10,000 well-trained, well-equipped, and veteran Han men followed behind them. Such a battle has lost all suspense.
Under the critical attack of the Han family, the cavalry of the beggar army, which had been fighting fiercely for half an hour, fell off their horses one after another. Especially the three killing gods of Wenyang, Li Zhen, and Beigong Xiong. In front of them, none of them will be light. Often, half of the body is chopped off or the whole person is picked into the air. Such a scene gradually overwhelmed the courage of the beggar cavalry...... First a U-turn, then hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of cavalry turned around. The cavalry of the beggar division resisted for about a quarter of an hour before crumbling.
Looking at the deserters all over the mountains, the women and children crying everywhere. Wen Yang had no interest in killing at all: "It's too weak, it's really boring." Heralds. β
"Please show me the general."
"Go and call the chickens up and let them go after the deserters. All units of our army, with Qu as a unit, searched and took care of the various enclosures in the camp, and tried not to let cattle, sheep, and horses run around. β
"No!"
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As the bald tree function itself said, the nomadic herdsman cavalry at this time lacked organization and was not resistant to attack. However, in the end, it grows in such a cruel environment on the grassland, so there is no shortage of courage or something, and fighting a good fight is even more powerful. At a time when hundreds of thousands of people in the beggar tribe are losing their organization and effective resistance. These thirteen interracial coalition troops, even if there are only six or seven thousand people left because of the fighting some time ago, they can still drive away tens of thousands of young men who are in the begging department and cannot raise their heads.
Moreover, the cavalry of the Han army may subconsciously put away their knives when they see the old and weak women and children in the pursuit, and these alien coalition troops. Hehe......
Gradually, the killing of the battlefield became the battlefield of killing. Countless civilians died in despair without resistance under the sabers of different sizes and styles......
"General, are these barbarians going too far? Shall we take care of it? β
The person who said this was Li Xiang, a student of Guan Yi. Speaking of which, when he was a child, he was also struggling to survive in the mountains of Wuling, and the living environment was also extremely harsh. But no matter how bad it is, no matter how many villages fight each other. Generally, they only kill the young and strong, and rarely do it to the old and weak women and children.
"Hehehe, Captain Li, what's the matter? It can't be managed. It was not Wen Yang who answered, but another Li Zhen: "Although our Di people are mainly engaged in farming, we have also dealt with these nomads for decades. On the grassland, what is lacking is not people, but grassland. After the river was fell, the tribes wanted to migrate their tribes here to graze. What are you doing with so many people? β
"Well, Xuan Xuan said it well. These things have nothing to do with us. Let them figure it out on their own. All we need is these cattle and sheep. When Ben General sent troops, Da Sima only emphasized that the cattle and sheep here should be imported into Guanzhong to alleviate the famine, but he did not tell Ben General that he wanted the population here. β
"Hey, heaven and earth are not kind, and all things are used as dogs......"
"But then again. There should be a Hermes-Epitek in this beggar department...... Come, send scouts and follow the leaders of the alien races. Greet in Chinese, just say that those who kneel on the ground with their heads in their hands will not die! β
"No!"
On November 17, 268, the Wenyang army went down to the winter camp of the begging department in a battle.
The time to fight is short, but the time to kill is long. The alien coalition led by the Bald Tribe, at first, gathered together in the camp to hunt down. Later, as the herdsmen of the beggar tribe rode their horses and fled in all directions, the various tribes in the coalition army also spontaneously divided into multiple detachments to chase and kill. The brutal killings continued until November 20. The troops returned to their original camps and regrouped.
In this killing, the two idle chess pieces that Wen Yang had originally buried had great gains. Wen Hu on the north road stopped the largest group of herdsmen from the begging tribe who fled in all directions, and in the end he did not have the habit of killing prisoners. Therefore, this team of more than 20,000 people, after surrendering to Wenhu, actually retained intact.
And the biggest surprise came from the four small tribes such as the Jielu tribe that were ambushed on the east bank of the Yellow River. They actually caught the beggar who fled across the Yellow River on a sheepskin raft.
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"General Pingbei, Xia Guan is fortunate not to be dishonored, all materials, livestock, and prisoners have been counted."
The war has been over for a long time, but with so many supplies to be counted, it is a huge project. Wen Yang threw this pile of things to Huang Funing: Otherwise, what did Da Sima send you to do with us? Isn't that what you do?
Then, from November 20, Huang Fu Ning, with his staff, commanded the hundreds of people who were quite smart and could count, as well as some of the herdsmen who had not been hacked to death, for seven days. Finally came up with a rough list of supplies.
"Good, Mr. Zhongshen has worked hard." Looking at Huang Funing's blood-red eyes, Wen Yang smiled gently and personally brought him a bowl of hot soup.
However, not only Emperor Funing's eyes were red, but all the foreign leaders sitting in the big tent now had blood-red eyes at this moment.
"Ahem. Ladies and gentlemen, all leaders. The following is an update on the capture of this operation. The first cattle were 133,000 head of cattle, 175,000 horses, and 1,258,000 sheep. Because the manpower is really limited and the number of livestock is too large, the number below 1,000 is not studied by the lower officials. β
"Then there are people, the lower officials personally interrogated the leaders of the tribe such as Qifu Youlin, hehe, they themselves can't tell how many people there are in this tribe. But before the war, it should have been no less than 250,000. This time, we counted about 185,000 people. Among them, there are more than 14,000 elderly people over the age of 50 and more than 27,000 children under the age of 10. Among the remaining young and strong, there are more than 123,000 women and more than 21,000 men. In addition, the lower officials have also ascertained that before we came here, the beggar department had already divided 10,000 people to move north. About sixty or seventy thousand livestock were taken away. Also, in the end, the whole camp is too big, although the leaders of all walks of life are pursuing separately, it is inevitable that a small number of people will escape. In short, after some conversion, the beheadings this time were no less than 50,000. β
"Then came other supplies, including 200,000 stone of grain, various gold and silver utensils, and copper coins, which were worth about five baht and three million yuan. The above is the overall benefit of this operation. β
"In terms of expenditure, our coalition army lost more than 9,700 people and nearly 10,000 horses. Among them, more than 3,000 Han troops were killed (several times more than the actual number), and more than 2,300 horses were killed and wounded and could not be used. In addition, since all the logistical materials that the coalition forces have traveled all the way have been provided by our Han army, half of the 200,000 stone of grain has been consumed. The lower official has finished reporting. General Pingbei, please. β
"Good! Zhongshen has worked hard. Ladies and gentlemen, let's divide the stuff next. β
As soon as Wen Yang said this, deep breaths of different thicknesses sounded in the entire big tent.
"The first thing to divide is the territory. There are three sets of Hetao, I only need one set of Han, and the remaining two sets will be grazed for you. β
"Dare to ask General Wen, which set does the big man want? What about the distribution of the remaining two sets of pastures? β
"Before this expedition, my family's big Sima had clearly instructed that my big Han should set up a front set (Tumochuan Plain, Baotou, Hohhot and Ordos on the other side of the Yellow River). Both the back cover and the suit are for you. β
The so-called Houtao is Bayannur, which is the best pasture in northwest China. But for the Han people, who are good at farming, although this place is good, it is a bit wasteful to use it for cultivation in this era: there are no cold-resistant rice seeds, so they can only grow spring wheat. In addition, it is too far away from Chang'an, and the toss of transportation back and forth may not be as good as grazing.
The west set is the Yinchuan Plain. Needless to say, this place is good. However, due to the shelter of Helan Mountain, the temperature in winter is often above freezing. Therefore, this is the favorite wintering place of various nomadic tribes in this era. So Guan Yi wasn't going to take this place in nowβhe was still looking forward to so many alien races fighting for the winter pasture.
So, it's okay to get the back set for the time being. With this, it is a nail embedded in the nomadic area.
"Next, there is the distribution of two local pastures, the front and the west. The meaning of this will be that the front set is grazed in spring and summer, and the west set is used for winter. So, these two places were divided into seventeen small pieces. β