Chapter 448: Attacking the West Depends on Luck

Seeing Hu Li riding his horse back, and seeing that he was about to retreat into the rear of Donghu, Zhao Kuo roared and threw the hammer in his hand hard, the heavy hammer tore through the air, whirring, and drew a terrifying trajectory in the air, with a piercing scream, and slammed into Hu Li's back viciously.

With a pop, flesh and blood splashed, Zhao Kuo's hammer penetrated from Hu Li's back, and then came out from Hu Li's chest, the hideous wolf tooth nails were full of bloody internal organs, and the red blood was dripping down the sharp wolf tooth nails, Hu Li's figure slammed down, slowly lowered his head, and was horrified to see that his chest was pierced.

The next moment Hu Li's hands loosened weakly, his fingers stretched, and the machete in his hand fell to the ground with a clenched sound, and his majestic body shook on the horse's back with a heavy hammer, and fell down.

The mount, which had lost its master, hissed in grief and galloped forward in panic, disappearing into the vast snowfield in a moment.

Zhao Kuo rode forward, stretched out his hand to lift the body of Hu Li on the hammer, looked up to the sky and roared, shaking the eardrums of all the Donghu soldiers, the Donghu cavalry turned back in horror, only to see a general who looked like the god of war standing in the formation, holding a bloodstained sledgehammer in his hand, and Hu Li's body hung on it.

The deep fear spreads and rages in the hearts of every Donghu soldier, the legend is illusory, I don't want to see a more terrible nightmare today, the enemy in front of me is simply not a person, it is simply a devil, only fools and idiots are willing to be their enemies, because the end of being an enemy is death, and it is extremely miserable.

"Woo ......"

The continuous sound of horns sounded from all directions, and the frightened Donghu soldiers looked around in shock, only to see that on the white snowfield, I don't know when a black cavalry appeared, this powerful cavalry has thousands of people, and is slowly crushing from all directions.

The lightning seemed to be unfinished, very dissatisfied with the snort, all the soldiers of the Great Shang Dynasty struggled to raise the saber in their hands, followed by cheers, the violent shouts pierced the sky, stirring and rolling between heaven and earth, for a long time, in the suffocating cheers, a cavalry rode out from the Great Shang Dynasty formation, and shouted in the Eastern Hu language: "Your Majesty the Great Shang Dynasty has an order...... Those who descend will not die......"

"We are willing to surrender...... Willing to surrender ......"

A Donghu warrior turned over and dismounted, trembling and bowing to the ground, the warriors of the Donghu Tianlan tribe dismounted one after another, bowed down on the icy snowfield, and looked around, in addition to the five hundred iron horsemen led by Zhao Kuo, no Donghu people dared to ride on horseback, Zhao Kuo's blazing eyes slowly swept over the Donghu soldiers who knelt down, and the heavy hammer in his hand slowly fell.

Nearly 2,000 cavalry Donghu soldiers instantly cheered from the heart, surrender means that the Donghu people will be able to avoid the doom of being slaughtered, everyone is Donghu people, seeing the people of the same clan being executed, that feeling is not very pleasant, after all, everyone has the same blood flowing in their bones.

The night was deep, Zhao Kuo stood solemnly next to the low and dilapidated tent with his hands in his hands, looking up at the bleak night sky, the catkins-like goose feather snow was falling from the sky, only a moment of effort, it accumulated a thick layer on Zhao Kuo's cloak, looking at it by the firelight, it almost became a solidified snowman, slightly lonely.

The fire in the Sky Blue tribe was soaring, the screams of men, the moans of women and the cries of children were intertwined, and Zhao Kuo's heart was cold, like the ice and snow falling in the sky, and the temperature was more than ten degrees below zero.

Although Zhao Kuo has forgiven the ordinary people of the Azure Tribe, it is impossible to forgive the nobles of the Azure Tribe, whether it is for the need to integrate forces or to reward the soldiers under his command, it is necessary to take these leaders to cut them, only in this way can he sort out the Hu people who surrendered.

Zhao Kuo was not interested in participating in the carnival of the soldiers under his command, but he did not mean to stop them at all, this was the reward they deserved, which was both a punishment for the defeated and a reward for the victor, everything was justified.

Hurried footsteps sounded from behind him, and Li Si walked over on the snow wrapped in a thick sheepskin, and the whole person seemed to be fat, looking a lot stronger.

Zhao Kuotou didn't reply, and said indifferently: "You're here!" Don't have a favorite woman? ”

Li Si folded his hands in his sleeves, bent down and shrank behind Zhao Kuo, shook his head and smiled: "Your Majesty, the scout cavalry has been dispatched to guard the radius of thirty miles. ”

Zhao Kuo is accustomed to sneak attacks, so he naturally will not give others the opportunity to sneak attack him, but whenever he conquers the city, he will inevitably send a large number of scout cavalry after breaking the city, so as to ensure that the soldiers under his command will not suffer from the sudden attack of the enemy army when they are indulging in carnival, which has become a fine tradition of the Great Shang Dynasty.

Zhao Kuo bowed his head slightly, turned his gaze to stand solemnly at Feng Zhai beside him, and said in a deep voice, "Feng Zhai." ”

Feng Zheng took a step forward, knelt down on one knee and said, "The last general will be." ”

Zhao Kuo said: "Lead three hundred elite soldiers to patrol, but if there are stubborn ones, don't count killing." ”

"Yes." Feng Zaihu roared and took the order, this was his favorite job, and now, Feng Zai's name of murder has spread among the army of the Great Shang Dynasty.

Li Si took a breath and said in a low voice: "If Weichen expected it to be true, at this time, the king of Donghu must have mobilized a large army outside the king's tent, and was waiting for His Majesty to throw himself into the net, but he definitely didn't expect that His Majesty would attack the east and west, and the surprise attack on the Donghu king's tent would be empty, and the attack on the Tianlan tribe would be real......"

The corners of Zhao Kuo's mouth once again bloomed with a sly smile, the show had just begun, and this raid on the Sky Blue Tribe was completely accidental.

The smile on Li Si's face gradually faded, replaced by a faint worry, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, our army attacked the Tianlan tribe by surprise and pacified this Donghu tribe in one fell swoop, but the rain and snow weather is not conducive to the migration of cattle and sheep population, which will seriously delay the marching speed of our army. ”

"It doesn't matter." Zhao Kuo said indifferently, "It is more than a thousand miles away from the Donghu King's tent to the Tianlan Tribe, and when the Donghu King knows the news of the defeat of the Tianlan Tribe, it will be at least ten days later, and it will take at least five days for the Donghu King to organize a large army to come, and when he comes, everything will be too late." ”

Li Si frowned and said, "Your Majesty, King Donghu is only afraid that he will also invade the base camp of Lin Hu's hometown with light horses!" ”

"Light cavalry?" Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "I hope that the king of Donghu will be stupid enough to send light cavalry to attack the base camp, but the possibility of this is very small, and the Donghu people are not so stupid." ”

Li Si's expression moved, looking at the white snow on Zhao Kuo's back and fell into contemplation, he always couldn't keep up with Zhao Kuo's train of thought, which made Li Si very discouraged, it seems that he has a grasp of the overall situation, he is not a little worse than Zhao Kuo!

In the tent of the king of Donghu, "The army of the Great Shang Dynasty should not have been frozen to death on the grassland, right?" One of the sons of King Donghu flashed with an incomparably fierce glint in his eyes, and he said angrily.

Le Shi shook his head and said: "This is not necessarily, although the army of the Great Shang Dynasty has many old troops of the Zhao State, it will not be frozen to death in the grassland. ”

"With just a few thousand broken soldiers, what kind of conspiracy can there be?" There was a Donghu man who waved his fist impatiently and said viciously: "It's better to go to the headquarters of Lin Hu with all the army, and take the old nest of the Great Shang Dynasty in one fell swoop, so that he can't return home when the time comes, and be a lonely ghost, freeze to death, and starve them to death."

Le Shi said awe-inspiringly: "Don't underestimate the enemy, you need to know that in the battle of Xue Que, the Great Shang Dynasty defeated more than 10,000 cavalry in Xue Que with only more than 1,000 elite soldiers, and the battle of Nitou Mountain, the 50,000 elites of Touman, the son of the Xiongnu Shan Yu, was helpless to take the Great Shang Dynasty!" ”

King Donghu nodded and said, "Yes, how brave are the Hun cavalry?" I don't want to fight in Nipple Mountain, 50,000 iron horsemen were wiped out in a battle, let me ask everyone here, who is confident that they have such ability? Before we don't know the exact movement of the army of the Great Shang Dynasty, our army still waits and waits for it to happen. ”

The son of the king of Donghu said in a loud voice: "Could it be that the Great Shang Dynasty will not show up for a year, so we will wait for him in the king's tent for a year?" That's too much of a bag. ”

"You don't have to wait a year." Le Shi smiled faintly and said, "If the Great Shang Dynasty really has other plans, it is expected that there should be news back in the next few days." ”

"Report, Sky Blue Tribe Urgent!" Le Shi's voice fell, and there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the hall, and King Donghu and the others turned their heads to look outside, only to see a person rushing in, kneeling under the hall and saying loudly: "King, there is a tribe in the upper reaches of the Tu River that has sent a letter." ”

"Upper reaches of the Tu River?" Le Shi muttered, his face changed in an instant, and he shouted. "Oh no, I've been tricked"

The eyes of King Donghu and the others fell on Le Shi in an instant, Le Shi took a deep breath, tried his best to calm the agitation in his chest, and said in a deep voice: "Big brother, now it seems that nine times out of ten people in the Great Shang Dynasty have already guessed that the eldest brother has a source outside, and it is true that he threatened to attack the king's tent by surprise, and it is true that he has attacked the Liu Tianlan tribe for thousands of miles. ”

"What!?" King Donghu was taken aback and said hurriedly, "Quick, come up." ”

The man hurriedly presented the book in front of the case of King Donghu, King Donghu opened it and hurriedly read it, his face was pale, and he looked at Le Shi for a long time without saying a word, only a pair of eyes showed inexplicable shock.

Seeing that King Donghu was silent for a long time, everyone couldn't help but hurriedly say, "King, what's wrong?" ”

King Donghu sighed and said, "I was right by Le Shi, and the Great Shang Dynasty broke the Tianlan ......tribe five days ago."

The son of King Donghu said in disbelief: "There are no less than 20,000 people in the Sky Blue Tribe, and they were wiped out in one battle? It's not fake news, is it? ”

Le Shi sighed: "What do you think is the combat effectiveness of the Sky Blue Cavalry compared to the Hun Cavalry?" ”

The son of the king of Donghu said: "The Hun cavalry is fierce, and the Azure tribe is quite inferior to it. ”

Le Shi sighed: "Fifty thousand Hun iron horsemen were still wiped out in one battle, not to mention the 20,000 men of the Sky Blue Tribe, this is not a crime of war, it is actually too cunning ...... the Great Shang Dynasty."

After a long while, Donghu Wang Shi sighed and said to Le Shi: "Where should we go now?" ”

After only a while, Le Shi's frowning eyebrows were stretched again, and his face returned to his original calmness and calmness, and he said to King Donghu: "Big brother, the Great Shang Dynasty is indeed unguardable, this time he did let him win first, but it doesn't matter, our army still occupies an overwhelming advantage, the eldest brother can do his best, kill Lin Hu's hometown, and break the nest of the Great Shang Dynasty in one fell swoop with a strong military advantage. ”

The son of the king of Donghu clapped his hands and said: "What my uncle said is extremely true, as the so-called one force will drop ten meetings, all strategies will be useless in the face of absolute force, let the Great Shang Dynasty taste the taste of our Donghu iron cavalry!" ”

The snow stopped, the howling north wind stopped, and there was silence in the heavens and the earth, except for the occasional sizzling sound of the blazing torches, which exploded a few sparks.

"What's the sound?" One soldier suddenly pricked up his ears vigilantly, and after a moment of staring for a moment, he said to the other soldier with a heavy face, "The sound of horses' hooves...... Three or five hundred horsemen...... Go and summon the garrison sergeant. ”

As the soldier spoke, another soldier heard the faint sound of thunderous hooves, rolling in from the dark snowfield ahead.

"Blow the trumpet at once and wake up the brothers."

The next moment, the loud sound of bull's horns rushed up from the barrier, shattering the silent and cold night, and the barracks next to the fortress were boiling in an instant, the sound of weapons and armor, the curses of soldiers and the sound of chaotic footsteps sounded together, and in a moment, there were soldiers who acted quickly and hurried up to the barrier with their sleepy eyes.

One of the captains put a cold iron helmet on his head and shouted loudly, "What's the matter?" Why the trumpet? ”

The Donghu soldiers who were on guard knelt down on the cold barrier and said loudly: "Lord Hui, there are unknown cavalry approaching, more than 300 horsemen. ”

The captain's face froze, and he turned his head to look, only to see that a vague silhouette of a cavalry had faintly appeared on the vast snowfield outside the barrier.

"Archers ready to ......"

At the captain's order, more than 100 archers who were already in place hurriedly ran forward, lined up along the ramparts, their longbows were already full, and sharp wolf's tooth arrows were already hanging on the strings, aiming at the cavalry galloping in front. "Let's watch the first release of the literary network, please support genuine reading, support the author's creation, your one light click, warm my whole code word life."

"Open the door, open the door quickly." In the suffocating waiting, a horse galloped out of the frenzied cavalry, and the wind blew under the barrier, and by the light of the blazing fire, he saw Mao Sui sitting on the horse's back.

"What about Your Majesty?" Mao Sui turned over and fell off the horse, too late to tidy up the crooked crown belt, and too late to wipe the sweat on his face, opened his mouth to ask.

At this moment, a majestic figure greeted him, Chong Mao respectfully hugged his fists as a salute, and said loudly: "Pomegranate see your lord." ”

"General Pomegranate?" Mao Sui gasped violently twice and asked. "Where is Your Majesty now?"

Pomegranate said: "Lord Hui, Your Majesty is not in the barrier, and he has led a large army to attack the tent of King Donghu before the fifteenth." ”

Mao Sui sighed: "Hurry up, hurry up, I didn't expect it to catch up." ”

Pomegranate said: "Why are you so urgent to find Your Majesty?" ”

Mao Sui sighed: "The general doesn't know, this is not the time to start the war, the strength of our army is still too weak. ”

Pomegranate said: "When our army was fighting fiercely with the Xiongnu army in Nitou Mountain, the king of Donghu actually reprimanded Xue Que's old army for a sneak attack, and His Majesty was very angry......

Mao Sui said, "This time is indeed not the time to start a war, our army is weak and the foundation is not stable, the king of Donghu is powerful, and the king of Donghu has been operating in Donghu for many years, and his power is deep-rooted. ”

Pomegranate said: "As the saying goes, the first strike is strong, and the second attack suffers, if Your Majesty does not take the lead in attacking, when the king of Donghu mobilizes a heavy army to press the border, I am afraid that it will be too late, and the defense does not have an advantage over our army with few troops." ”

Mao Sui said: "To deal with people like King Donghu, it is actually very simple, restrain his hands and feet, paralyze his spirit, and then he can be trapped in the city of sorrow, but it's a pity." ”

Pomegranate said: "What is a pity? ”

Mao Sui said: "Your Majesty's threat to attack the Donghu King's tent is false, and it is Your Majesty's true intention to attack the upper reaches of the Tu River and destroy the Donghu Tianlan Department. Mao Sui also looked up to Zhao Kuo a little, and he didn't know that Zhao Kuo's slaughter of the Azure tribe was cheap.

"Why are you so sure?" Pomegranate was a little unconvinced.

There was a sudden burst of crisp applause in front of him, and the clear voice clearly entered the ears of Mao Sui and Pomegranate, "It is worthy of Mr., all my thoughts cannot escape the eyes of Mr. "Zhao Kuo has no modest intentions.

Mao Sui and Pomegranate turned their heads in shock, only to see Zhao Kuo standing in front of him under the escort of a large group of cavalry, the two did not dare to slack off, hurriedly saluted, and said loudly: "See Your Majesty." ”

Zhao Kuo turned over and dismounted, stepped forward to hold up Mao Sui and pomegranates one by one, and then turned back to Zhao Xin, Feng Zheng and other generals and said, "You all come to discuss some things!" ”

The generals agreed and walked within the barriers.

Zhao Kuo strode to the military topographic map hanging on the wall, and beckoned to everyone: "You all come here, come closer." ”

Everyone came to the front, Zhao Kuo pointed to the military topographic map on the wall, and said loudly: "Just now, Mr. Mao Sui said that I used the surprise attack on the Donghu King's tent as a cover, and I ran thousands of miles to attack the Tianlan tribe and broke off one of the arms of the Donghu King, and I still want to hear everyone's opinions." ”

With the expansion of the army under his command, Zhao Kuo felt more and more that a person's energy was limited, and it was no longer possible for him to command thousands of soldiers like before, and it was urgent to cultivate the ability of the generals under his command to think independently and stand alone, which Zhao Kuo had only recently thought of.

Zhao Kuo turned around, and his eyes swept over the generals in the solemn hall, including Zhao Xin and Feng Zheng who have been following for a long time, as well as people like Pomegranate and Wu Liti who only joined later, and a few Donghu generals who only joined recently, but unfortunately everyone lived up to Zhao Kuo's hard work, and they couldn't say the point, so Zhao Kuo had to let a few generals take the lead.

For a moment, only Zhao Kuo, Mao Sui and Li Si were left.

Mao then stroked his beard under his chin and said with a smile: "Your Majesty deliberately released a rumor to attack the Donghu King's tent, so that the Donghu King gathered all his troops outside the king's tent, and then forced the Donghu King to move west to fight a decisive battle with His Majesty, the intention is not only to kill the Donghu King to boost morale, but also to use this battle to temper an elite army, right?" ”

Zhao Kuo said: "Yes, the combat effectiveness of our army is still a bit uneven!" ”

Mao Sui said: "Training soldiers in battle, although you can train an elite soldier in the shortest time, but the casualties will not be small!" The Great Shang Dynasty may not be able to consume it! ”

Zhao Kuo said: "The soldiers are expensive but not too expensive, these more than 10,000 Donghu soldiers, if you can get 5,000 elite soldiers from them, it will be enough, and the strength of our army will also be opened." ”

Mao Sui said: "But all this must be built on the basis of victory, what puzzles Weichen is, why is Your Majesty so sure that this battle will be won?" You must know that there are hundreds of thousands of cavalry in the hands of King Donghu! That's not a small number, looking at the Central Plains, the countries together don't have 100,000 cavalry. ”

Zhao Kuo said: "There is no battle in this world that must be won, only the battle of daring or not, as the so-called narrow road meets the brave wins, my father's famous words are very reasonable." ”

Mao Sui said: "Your Majesty's words have some truth. Mao Sui felt that as long as Zhao Kuo personally pressed the formation, it would be easy to win the battle, but he was afraid that Zhao Kuo would lack skills!

Zhao Kuo said: "Mr. has always been like a god, and my mind cannot escape Mr.'s eyes, but there is one thing that Mr. definitely didn't expect." ”

Mao Sui said, "Wechen would like to hear about it." ”

Zhao Kuo beckoned and said to Mao Sui and Li Si: "You all come here with your ears......

Soon after, Li Si's hissing inhalation sounded in the hall, but Mao Sui complimented loudly: "Your Majesty's use of troops is amazing, breathtaking, and the world is difficult to reach!" ”