Chapter 378: The Beginning of the Counterattack
The Khitans divided into five ways to kill the Great Wall, wreaking havoc on the land of Youzhou, now the Great Wall is just a dotted line, the Tang Dynasty that advocates attack did not build the Great Wall on a large scale, but only established passes in some important areas, set up surrendered cities.
For a self-confident and strong man, there is indeed no need to build a Great Wall that is too wasteful of money. But when the strength is relatively insufficient, a Great Wall can play a great role, which is equivalent to adding an anti-theft door.
Ye Hua planned to build the Great Wall as soon as possible, establish a defense system, protect Youzhou, and protect the Central Plains...... However, before the Great Wall can be built, there must be a safe environment.
"We have to divide our troops and fight back against the Khitan!" Ye Hua showed a strong enterprising spirit at the military meeting.
"We took back Youzhou, but psychologically, the Khitans still firmly believe in their riding and archery skills, and feel that we will only defend passively, and they can take what they want!" Ye Hua said categorically: "This is the shame of my Great Zhou generals, Your Majesty is personally driving, every soldier must show enough courage to expel the Khitan, sweep away the east of the river, and completely stabilize the north of the Great Zhou!" ”
Ye Hua set a high goal for this Northern Expedition.
Not only the Khitans, but also the Northern Han!
All the generals couldn't help but straighten their chests, and their faces showed excited looks.
Only by fighting can the value of a warrior be realized.
Master Hou, we're all waiting! Everyone was in high spirits.
Ye Hua quickly announced his plan, and the Zhou soldiers divided into three routes, from the east, the middle and the west, and marched north together to drive the Khitans.
The main attack in the middle is the veteran general Zhao Hongyin.
The old general commanded part of the forbidden army and part of the Tianxiong army, and acted quickly, from Youzhou, to Shunzhou, and then to Danzhou...... Continuing on, it is the Gubei Mouth.
Chen Ming is the head of the Tianxiong Army, and during the last Northern Expedition, he was just an ordinary engineer, and he rose to the position of the head of the capital by relying on the merits accumulated in the battle.
Chen Ming commanded seventy-six men, including thirteen standard-bearers, twenty archers, and the rest pikemen.
They marched quickly across the wilderness, as the vanguard of the whole army, scouting the enemy.
"Look!"
There are soldiers pointing to the sky, hovering crows, vultures, like a huge black cloud, the appearance of these birds, often indicates that something bad is happening.
Chen Ming hurriedly urged the war horses, and after half an hour of galloping, they finally came to the scene of the incident.
It's a very large village, with almost a few hundred people.
By the time Chen Ming arrived, there were already dead bodies all over the place, and the thick bloody aura went straight to the sky, attracting not only birds of prey that liked carrion, but also some wild wolves.
Chen Ming inspected the condition of the corpses, some of which had been dead for three days and had begun to decompose, while others had just been killed, and that had only been spent half a day at most.
When I went to the village to inspect again, every household was looted, pots and pans, hoes and shovels, and daily necessities were almost swept away, especially ironware, and nothing was left.
What is even more infuriating is that there are no young women among the corpses, that is, they have all been looted!
In any case, women cannot be allowed to be humiliated!
"A bunch of savage brutes, all damned!" Chen Ming was furious, he gritted his teeth and said, "Blood debt and blood payment, brothers, go!" ”
The rest of the soldiers were even more angry, and everyone jumped on their horses, and quickly chased after the capital.
Maybe there will be a lot of Khitans, maybe it will be beyond their capabilities, but as the vanguard of the whole army, they are fearless.
After chasing them out for thirty miles in one go, the sky darkened, and everyone was exhausted, but no trace of the enemy was found. At this time, a lot of horse manure appeared in front of me.
Chen Ming immediately became excited, he brought a few brothers over, and after taking a look, several people were immediately disappointed, the horse manure was already cold, and it seemed that the Khitans had run away. The enemy's situation was unknown, so he rashly pursued it and encountered an ambush, and the consequences were unimaginable.
Everyone looked at each other and couldn't help but hesitate, what should we do next?
At this moment, a detachment of men rushed from the side.
At the head of the group is a huge and friendless tiger, who has now changed from a tiger to a "bear", but his skills are still so flexible.
Coming to the front of the horse manure, a tiger looked at it, suddenly grabbed a horse dung ball, clenched it with his hand, and yellow-green water flowed out from between his fingers.
A tiger grinned, Chen Ming and they couldn't stand it, it was too disgusting.
"What do you know!" A tiger chuckled: "This is the usual trick of the Khitans, they pour horse manure with cold water to make the dung balls cool!" A tiger laughed and said, "It's a pity that they can't hide my eyes!" I expect that the Khitans are not far away, and those who have the courage will come with Lao Tzu! "A tiger got on a war horse, and his men galloped away with more than two hundred men.
"Who's afraid of whom!"
Chen Ming also chased down, with a total of about 300 people on both sides, moving forward quickly.
They ran five miles away, and the reconnoitring brothers reported that across a stream, outside a grove of trees, there were many war horses, leisurely eating grass and drinking water.
In the valley not far away, there was cooking smoke, and it seemed that the Khitans were burying the pot and making rice!
"Finally found it!"
Chen Ming clenched his fists excitedly, and he was about to rush forward, but a tiger grabbed him and scolded: "Why are you more anxious than Lao Tzu? ”
"How can you not be in a hurry? The Khitans have robbed a lot of women, we have to hurry up and save people! Chen Ming said angrily: "Those are all our people, we can't watch them being ruined by Khitan beasts!" ”
A tiger sneered, "You can't only have momentum in a war, we don't have as many people as them, and if you rush forward, you will suffer!" ”
"So, what should I do?"
A tiger's eye rolled, "Look at me!" ”
He turned around and called two brothers, asked them to pretend to be ordinary herdsmen, and then drove a dozen war horses to approach the Khitan herd.
As the sun sets, the glow of the sun shines on the horses' backs, reflecting an orange halo.
The two herds of horses approached, and suddenly, the Khitan war horses panicked, raised their big heads, and stared at the horses on the other side of the river.
Suddenly, several brothers of a tiger jumped on horseback, whipped the horse, and galloped away.
The Khitan horses also ran and gave chase. A few of the horses took the lead, and the rest of the horses followed, quickly chasing after them...... Almost instantly, the Khitans lost their horses.
"It's done!"
A tiger grinned and laughed.
"Boys, follow me!"
A tiger takes the lead, Chen Ming doesn't know why, but he doesn't dare to slack off.
"Kill!"
He quickly urged his horses, and the soldiers rushed like thunder, killing the clear stream, and rushing to the mouth of the valley.
The Khitans desperately shouted at the war horses, but it was too late, and they couldn't call back the cattle that ran away, so they could only pick up their weapons and meet the battle in a hurry.
Chen Ming's eyes flashed with bloodthirsty light, he urged the war horse, sped up, and broke into the Khitans, and several people were knocked into the sky by him and fell heavily to the ground.
Before the Khitans could get up, the hooves of the war horses stepped on their bodies, trampling through their stomachs, so that they were not desolate.
Chen Ming waved the weapon in his hand and rushed to kill wantonly.
The Khitan soldiers, who had lost their horses, turned into a flock of lambs to the slaughter, and unfortunately, they chose the valley to rest, with hills on both sides, and the only road was blocked, and they fell into a desperate situation.
They were ruthless, rushing up to Chen Ming and his brothers, and launched a desperate counterattack.
"Hmph, if you are impatient with life, Lao Tzu will fulfill you!"
"Thorn!"
The long cavalry spear was as fast as lightning, accurately stabbing the Khitan people in the chest, the head of the spear protruding from the back, dripping with blood, and terrifying......
Dozens of people were poked in one photo.
"Rush, keep rushing!"
The cold spear, with a thunderous momentum, continued to move forward, and the battlefield turned into a one-sided slaughter.
After a short period of resistance, the Khitans turned into a tidal rout, and they ran towards the slopes on both sides, and Chen Ming rushed to the interior of the valley in one go.
He looked up and saw a tent in front of him, and inside the tent, there were dozens of women, all of whom were looted by the Khitans.
At this moment, the women had already picked up the stones and threw them at the Khitan soldiers who were guarding.
"Sisters, Master Wang is here, take revenge!"
The women threw the Khitan soldiers to the ground, biting them with their teeth, grasping them with their hands, using all means, and by the time they got up, the Khitans had become a blur of flesh and blood...... What a powerful Youzhou woman!
"Brothers, don't let women compare, kill me!"
Chen Ming was the first to jump off the war horse, he rushed up the steep hill in three steps and two steps, the knife in his hand slashed down, and a Khitan let out a miserable cry and rolled down the hillside......