Chapter 7 The Road to Forbidden

Yu Ban's road is mainly composed of Wuheng cavalry. The reason why Gongsun Kang organized the 3,000 trapped camp and 15,000 Wuheng Eight Banner Army into a team was to let the trapped camp understand and learn the living habits and combat methods of the nomads in the grassland.

Unlike the Han Chinese army. The Wuheng cavalry dispatched without carrying grain and grass. They all drove herds of cattle and sheep for food.

Every time they plundered a village, they divided the spoils on the spot. Of course, according to the regulations of the Liaodong Army, they only take their own share. The share that belonged to the general Yu Ban and the fifty percent that was to be handed over to the military department, they were honestly handed over to Yu Ban. It can be seen that the Wuheng people do not follow the rules, but they have different rules from the Han people.

Dozens of villages and towns were plundered, and the number of captives gradually increased. Yu Ban sent 2,000 Wuheng cavalry to escort the captives back to Liaodong.

The deputy general from the Wuheng ethnic group suggested that the women and children be sent away and the young and middle-aged Goguryeo people should be left behind.

Yu Ban had his own guesses about this approach, but he didn't ask and readily agreed to the suggestion.

Before the 2,000 cavalry set off, all the Wuheng people entrusted them with their booty in large bags. The baggage is written with the name written on it, so you don't have to worry about getting confused. There is still trust between their people, and they don't worry about being swallowed up.

Yu Ban smiled secretly: If according to the practice of the Liaodong Army, after the loot is transported back in a unified manner, is it not good to distribute it uniformly after the war? Why do you have to divide it in advance and then ask someone to transport it back?

What he didn't know was: except for those who handed over the king (Gongsun Kang) and the general (Yu Ban). For the rest, whoever grabs it is whoever, and the trophies of each Wuheng cavalry are different, and the average distribution with the Liaodong Army is not the same.

Finally came across a well-defended city with a moat.

Vice General Wuheng drove Goguryeo Qingzhuang to fill the river with dirt bags on his back. If it was Zhao Yun, he would make a Mengke car out of cowhide, which is a wooden car covered with cowhide. The soldiers hid under cowhides and carried dirt on their backs to fill the river to avoid the fire of arrows.

And the practice of the Wuheng people is to drive the captives to fill the river, and no matter how many people die, they are not distressed.

After the moat was filled, Vice Admiral Uheng drove the Goguryeo captives to cut down trees and make a simple ladder. The walls of Goguryeo were all earthen walls, with a height of only three meters, and although cavalry could not jump into them, they were easy to climb with simple ladders.

Once the ladder is ready, it's time to storm the city. Now it's time to send out the soldiers of the headquarters, right? Nor did it!

Adjutant General Wu Heng said to the captives: "This charge, you go first!" If you can take the city and prove your bravery, I will allow you to join us!" You are no longer captives, you can share the spoils! ”

Each of them was given an iron spear with a wooden handle, and they were told to carry the ladder to the earthen wall.

The whole process, Yu Ban and the 3,000 soldiers of the trap camp were watching, and no one raised any objections, and they finally found that there were too many differences between the steppe nomads and the Han army.

The first city was easier to fight, but the Goguryeo Qingzhuang captives rushed to the city and opened up the situation. The Wuheng cavalry and the trap camp followed closely and captured the city.

The original Goguryeo Qingzhuang captives suffered heavy casualties, after all, they braved the rain of arrows and rushed to the city in the first wave.

Vice Admiral Wu Heng did what he said. He killed the badly wounded captives, leaving behind the lightly wounded and unwounded original young captives. Say to them, "Warriors! You've proven yourselves! We, the Wuheng Eight Banners, welcome you with open arms! You can join us now! ”

Goguryeo jumped up happily, proud to be able to join the Wuheng cavalry.

The process of transformation and brainwashing is so simple that Yu Ban and these Han soldiers are dumbfounded. You must know that it takes three months for the Liaodong Army to concentrate on lecturing, training, and brainwashing the prisoners before they can transform them, and the Wuheng cavalry only needs one battle to transform them into their own people.

Of course, there is also a hidden danger in doing so, that is, mountaineering. In the future, a brave Goguryeo man came forward, and he could establish his own power and tribe, and set up his own mountain within Wuheng. But apparently, the people of Wuheng don't care about this. Perhaps their subconscious meaning is that brave warriors deserve all of this as a matter of course.

In this way, after a month of fighting, other teams fought less and less, while Yu Ban's troops fought more and more.

Now after his men have lost the casualties, there are 14,000 Wuheng cavalry and 2,800 trapped in the camp. There were more than 4,000 Goguryeo soldiers. Total: 21,000.

The Wuheng cavalry are all good at shooting, and they usually ride bareback horses without saddles and can turn around and shoot arrows. Now that they have a three-piece cavalry set, they are like tigers, even if they shoot against the Xianbei and Hun cavalry, they are not inferior.

After a month, they finally met the brigade of cavalry of Goguryeo. These cavalry were urgently summoned by the Goguryeo king Baegu from the eastern tribes, and the formation was very chaotic, led by more than 10 original tribal leaders. The chief was Juanuga, the son of Bergo.

The Goguryeo cavalry numbered about 40,000 men, covering the eastern wilderness.

The deputy general of Wuheng asked for battle and said: "Your Excellency, our king has taught us the kite flying tactics of Wuheng's cavalry, and our horses have been replaced by long-lasting and hard-working Mongolian horses. Please watch the battle below, from afar. ”

Yu Ban agreed, and left the battlefield far away with the trapped camp and the Goguryeo Eight Banners Army. The remaining 14,000 Uheng cavalry faced the combined forces of 40,000 Goguryeo tribes.

The Wuheng people began to shoot one hundred and fifty paces away from the Goguryeo cavalry. Their bows and arrows have all replaced their bowstrings with whale tendons, which are more elastic and have a longer range. Even generals above the centurion were holding the third-generation alloy bow of Liaodong, which was lighter and stronger. According to the Grand Prince, Sun Kang, after two years it can be pushed to ordinary soldiers.

Groups of Goguryeo cavalry were shot down, and more soldiers rushed forward on horseback. The Wuheng cavalry did not fight them, but turned their horses and fled. In the process of escaping, the Wuheng cavalry can also turn around and shoot arrows. The double pedals and Takahashi saddle helped them hold their bodies in place. And the Goguryeo cavalry held the reins in one hand and the sword and gun in the other, and could not use a shield to cover it, nor could they shoot arrows, only the share of being shot!

The Wuheng cavalry all carried three pots of arrows with them. Each pot had thirty arrows, enough for them to shoot for a while. It is estimated that when the second arm hurts and the bow cannot be opened, the arrows will not be able to be shot.

The Wuheng cavalry did not wear iron armor, even if they were generals, they only wore light shark skin armor and whale skin armor.

There are also many who only wear cloth clothes, and they do not even wear leather armor, which can be said to be extremely light, and it reduces a lot of burden on the horses.

At the same time, every Wuheng cavalry wears silk underwear, and the protective ability of this kind of thing is better than that of iron armor.

Liaodong in this era was still relatively warm and humid, and the world temperature was higher than that after 2000. In recent years, silkworm raising, cocooning, silk production and silk production in eastern Liaoning have been widely promoted and become a pillar industry. For Liaodong soldiers, two silk underwear for each person has become standard. Saved a lot of iron to make armor.

When the Goguryeo cavalry stopped chasing, the Wuheng cavalry also took the initiative to follow, stopped one hundred and fifty paces away, and continued to shoot arrows.

The 14,000 Wuheng cavalry fully implemented Grandpa Mao's 16-character policy for guerrilla warfare: "'When the enemy advances, I retreat, when the enemy is stationed, I disturb, when the enemy is tired, I fight, and when the enemy retreats, I pursue." dragged the 40,000 cavalry of Goguryeo to death.

With this tactic, no matter how many Goguryeo cavalry there were, it was only a matter of time before it collapsed.

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