Chapter 3 The Burning of the Royal Court
The sky is blue, the wilderness is vast, the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep.
The grassland has its own grassland weather, but Zhou Yi has no time to appreciate it. Five thousand soldiers and horses, deep behind enemy lines, shouldered strategic heavy responsibilities and risks, all made Zhou Yi merciful.
It took nearly a year to adapt to the battlefield in time, but Zhou Yi still couldn't bear to attack defenseless civilians. Zhou Yi instructed that only adult men should be killed, and that women and children should be spared as much as possible. As for the extent to which the soldiers have carried out, Zhou Yi is out of sight. The values of a thousand years later are still different from those of this era, and this kind of thing cannot be forced.
Zhou Yi, as the commander-in-chief, naturally can't be more serious about this kind of thing.
At this time, Zhou Yi had important things to consider. On the third day of the army, for most of the day, not a single Xiongnu tribe was encountered, which made Zhou Yi not be cautious. Extend the fifty miles of probe horses to a hundred miles. The feedback is worrying, and there are signs of the gathering of the Xiongnu army hundreds of miles away.
It's definitely against yourself.
The Huns transferred troops and horses from the Shuofang front in such a short time. It can be seen that there is definitely a problem at the front. In a short period of time, it was impossible for the Han army to defeat the battle, so the Xiongnu knew their strategic purpose and wanted to eat themselves. No matter what the situation is, it is not optimistic, and Zhou Yi will not take risks.
Withdrawing, it is impossible, the Huns must be heavily defended on the way to go, and going back is looking for death. These 5,000 people are not enough for the Huns to stuff their teeth.
After thinking about it for a long time, he didn't have a clue, Zhou Yi put his heart sideways, since this is the case, he will play with a big ticket. Didn't the Huns intercept themselves in the south, and they went north, robbing and killing all the way, and they couldn't say that they could still hit the Hun court.
Zhou Yi decided to divide the two routes, one way to the west with 2,000 people, to tempt the Huns, not to fight with the Huns, and to escape back is victory. All the way 3,000 men, personally led, continued to the north, continued deep behind enemy lines.
Taking advantage of the night, they marched overnight and sneaked lightly, maybe the Huns would attack the camp in the middle of the night.
Although the attack is launched in the middle of the night, the probability of breaking the camp is greater, but there will also be many variables. The Huns obviously wanted to completely annihilate the Han army, and only launched an attack during the day the next day. But, apparently......
Xiongnu Shan Yu looked up to the sky and shouted: "People! Can 5,000 people still fly? ”
The fish that bit the hook actually ran away, which made Shan Yu angry, and those who made bait were all the people of the grassland. When the fish enter the sea, it is a bit difficult to find small fish. The angry Xiongnu Shan Yu cut down dozens of reconnaissance rangers in a row, and had to return to the front line of Shuofang, and the empty city plan could not deceive the Han people for too long. Where is the main battlefield of the Huns. Shan Yu let the Right Xian King lead 20,000 cavalry to continue the search for the pesky mouse.
Zhou Yi didn't know the anger of Xiongnu Shan Yu, and even if he knew, he would only laugh.
"General, we have been going north for a day, and we have not yet encountered the Xiongnu tribe, do you say that there is a problem, will it go in the wrong direction? If we go in the wrong direction, will we go to the desert, Huo Quzhi will go the wrong way and run into the desert, and almost can't come back......" Hearing this chatter, I knew that it was Lu Bu. But Zhou Yi also had to be patiently comforted.
"Our direction is correct, the Xiongnu tribe got the news in advance and migrated north, but their speed is definitely not fast, at most they will meet in half a day. When the time comes, we will be able to ask where the royal court is. If the royal court is empty, the time has come for us to make a contribution! ”
When the army encountered the Xiongnu tribe again, the army swept through the tribe, and all the people and animals in the places they passed were destroyed. This is also a helpless move, the action behind the enemy is top secret, if the news is leaked, it will face the encirclement of the Hun army. Fortunately, however, only two days later, he was able to find out where the royal court was from the captive.
Zhou Yi counted the information of the rebellious Xiongnu tribes this time, The total strength is 150,000, and Shan Yu brought 100,000 troops on the Shuofang front, the Holy Mountain has 30,000 troops, and the royal court probably has 20,000 troops, most of them are still newly recruited, and the combat effectiveness is not strong.
Just do it, the army tried to find out the situation of the royal court as much as possible while thinking about the royal court's advance.
I don't know if Zhou Yi himself was lucky, or Lu Bu was still a son of luck at this time, when he arrived not far from the royal court, Shan Yu dropped 10,000 people from the royal court to go to the front line, it seems that General Zangmin is worthy of being a famous general of the Han Dynasty. In this way, the royal court was completely empty.
Three thousand against ten thousand, but three thousand elites against ten thousand recruits. There are still calculations and no calculations, sneak attacks, and there are a dozen in this battle.
In order to form an advantage in the arms, it is first necessary to disperse the war horses of the Huns, so that the Huns can become infantry.
In order to reduce your casualties, use fire attack first, after all, there is no shortage of wind on the grassland.
The tactics have been decided, night attack, fire attack, driving horses, charging.
That night, Zhou Yibing was divided into three divisions. Five hundred men dispersed the horses first, and five hundred set fire to cause chaos. When the time came, the cavalry charged.
In the middle of the night, the Huns slept soundly, many people were burned to ashes before they left the camp, and many of them escaped from the camp without weapons, and those with weapons could not find horses.
The battle ended quickly, and the Huns had little decent resistance.
Smell the pungent smell in the air and look at the corpses scattered all over the ground in the firelight. Zhou Yi decided that the army should bring useful supplies, kill the prisoners, and retreat overnight.
One is that there is a war here, and there are too many corpses that are prone to epidemics, and the army does not have time to deal with this situation.
Second, if the Huns knew about this battle, they would definitely hate themselves to the core. The degree of danger to oneself and the army will increase considerably.
Just as Zhou Yi was waiting for the end of the army, Zhang Xiaowushen, a personal soldier, mysteriously brought a box over.
"General, I found this" Zhou Yi opened it and looked at it, and his face did not change. It turned out to be a box of letters, or written in Chinese, and the most recent one talked about the strength of the Han army, who led the troops, and the strategy of the court. However, it is not possible to determine whose letter it is. Zhou Yi didn't have time to look at these things in detail now, so he told Xiao Wu to put them away.
After a while, Lu Bu came over with a show of strength.
"General, do you see if I'm handsome?"
"Handsome, Lu Bu, why don't you get off the horse, don't you know the rules?" Zhou Yi didn't find that Lu Bu was handsome, except that the armor was stained with blood, so it was uncomfortable to look up and listen.
"No, general" Lu Bu hurriedly jumped off the horse, pointed to the horse and said, "Look at this horse, handsome or not, this is a good horse." ”
Zhou Yi saw that it was indeed a good horse, but it was black. It should have just come of age. The war horses that Lu Bu was angry with before were a little delicate to Lu Bu.
It's like a car with a two-ton weight and a 1.6 engine. The horse directly lifted the engine to 2.0T. The horse is a good horse, but Lu Bu is among the people, and Lu Bu of the red rabbit among the horses is riding a black horse, which is funny when you think about it.
Seeing that Zhou Yi didn't speak, Lu Bu felt that Zhou Yi was angry, (in principle, you can't keep good things for yourself) and hurriedly said: "General, I'll get you a good horse." As he spoke, he asked someone to bring over a white horse of divine steed.
Looking at the white war horse that was one size smaller than the dark horse and Lu Bu who was apprehensive, Zhou Yi was looking forward to how to thank Lu Bu. Lu Bu was in a hurry over there, thinking that Zhou Yi was not satisfied, "Either the dark horse will be ...... to the general" The voice is getting smaller and smaller, and it is really embarrassing for Lu Bu to say such a thing.
"General Lu, the general has already given an order before, The spoils of this war belong to your personal income, and the war horses you captured will naturally be distributed by you. If you can give me one, I'm too late to be happy. That's right, I'm a horse of thousands of miles of smoke and clouds, and you're a snow-stepping black horse, right, has Xiang Yu ridden? Zhou Yi did not hesitate to keep the horse for himself, and a good horse would have a much better chance of surviving on the battlefield. By the way, I want to praise Lu Bu.
"Xiang Yu's one is a snow treading black horse, and the hooves are white, and my one is all black, and I am holding the moon black cone......" Lu Bu had a terrifying expression of ignorance.
"Withdraw", the battlefield was cleared, and Zhou Yi issued an order to withdraw the troops.
The army of three thousand, coming softly, walking gently, disappeared into the vast night......