Chapter 160: Prisoners
Hearing the report from his subordinates, Qi Fuli did not feel panicked.
After discussing with his mentor Liang Rugu a month ago, Qi Fuli has made all preparations for entering the Xiongnu this time.
At the beginning, in order to hide people's eyes, he reluctantly took out half of his tribe's resources, cattle and sheep, and handed them over to the so-called tribal alliance.
He and the Liangru Gu soldiers divided into two routes, led by Liangru Gu, and sent envoys to the other five tribes such as Murong, Yuwen, Tuoba, Duanbu, Bald, and Tugu to paralyze each other.
And he Qifu Li secretly led an army of 20,000 to the west, advancing towards the post horse tu on the Xiongnu border, taking advantage of the gap between the king of Li, Luan Tikeya, who led the army to attack the Qin State.
And the reason why he let Qi Fu Li personally lead the troops was because it was expected that everyone thought that the reason why he was weak and sick would definitely be sitting in the rear and would not personally lead the troops.
And he and Liang Rugu also expected this blind spot, but did the opposite.
And in order to ensure his own safety, Qi Fuli also brought a lot of famous doctors from the remnants of the Six Kingdoms with the army, and arranged an extremely large number of guards around him to protect him.
The talent of Qifu Li to lead the troops is no worse than that of his father, and even stronger. Because he knew more tactics than the nomadic clans, all of this was achieved by Liang Rugu through the teachings of the Warring States War Book.
From the beginning of the invasion to the present, almost everything is walking according to his plan,.
In the end, the stagecoach was killed in a crushing way, which was a relatively important strategic location for the Xiongnu.
And plundered a lot of grain, cattle and sheep, women, slaves, and weapons. Combined, these resources are more than enough for his two beggar tribes.
Therefore, the purpose of replenishing their tribes by plundering in this plan has been achieved, and the rest is to weaken the power of the remaining five tribes by borrowing the hands of the Xiongnu.
"Where have the Huns gone?"
Compared with the somewhat panicked looks of his subordinates, although Qi Fuli was sick and weak, he did not show any panic, but asked calmly.
"According to the report of the spies, there is a thousand Hun cavalry that has arrived about ten miles behind them."
"And I also got the news that Luan Tikoya led the army to attack the border of the Qin State has been defeated, and according to the speed of the army, it is almost back in the stagecoach."
Hearing the second message, Qi Fuli frowned.
It's not bad news for Luan Tikeya's return, you must know that he can now run rampant in this grassland, because most of the Xiongnu's army has been turned away by Luan Tikeya's assembled attack.
And now that this army has returned, .
However, looking at the long load of looted materials in the rear, Qi Fuli smiled, and when he reached the position near Xixin Mountain, it was not far from their Donghu territory, so he had no intention of fighting hard at all.
"You haven't forgotten what you prepared in advance, right?" Qi Fuli turned to a young general beside him and asked.
The young general nodded: "What the king ordered, his subordinates did not dare to forget." The subordinates have already laid a lot of traps in the rear, as long as the other party dares to come, it will definitely make it unforgettable. ”
In response to the young general's answer, Qi Fuli nodded slightly affirmatively, and then said: "In that case, then the iconic objects prepared by the other five tribes prepared earlier should be replaced." ”
The so-called iconic object is the totem of the six alliances in the tribal alliance formed by Donghu, which is similar to the military flag between countries.
And the purpose of this is to pull the other five tribes into the water during the ambush, so that the Xiongnu side thinks that this is the joint raid of Donghu.
Although this looting was a bit excessive, it completely looted and burned down a large number of settlements.
But it is this kind of hatred effect that Beggar wants when the time comes, and when the time comes, the hatred can be evenly distributed among the other five tribes.
So if the Xiongnu dared to start a war, it would be in the name of the entire Donghu, not in the name of his begging and unstoppable.
After all, Beggar did this to help the other five tribes in front of him as a shield and weaken their power.
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Less than two or three miles away from the army of the beggar tribe, a group of Xiongnu troops galloping on the withered yellow grassland on war horses were rushing murderously towards the unknown front.
To be precise, it is to kill the "biggest culprit" who caused the disaster this time.
This light cavalry of 1,000 people, after receiving Luan Tikoya's order, hurriedly took three war horses each, and then rushed forward with light equipment and galloping at a wild speed.
In less than a day, they were already extremely close to the enemy.
The pursuing Hun light cavalry army crossed a road with the biting cold of winter, and the toilet kept running forward.
"Hurry up and keep up with the rest of you, the enemy of your speed doesn't know where to run for a long time!" A thousand tents who had come ashore shouted to the army crossing the river with a horsewhip in hand.
After all of them went ashore, they had no idea that the pair of deep eyes that were hiding on the surrounding shore at the moment were staring straight at them.
"It seems that this is the Huns who are chasing behind." The soldier of the beggar tribe who was lying in ambush in a bush on the bank of the river said secretly.
He looked at the location of the countless soldiers who were lying in ambush around him, and waited for the signal to be fired before rushing out.
After all the pursuing cavalry of the Huns crossed the river and landed, an arrow shot at the Huns who were shouting with a horsewhip with a sharp sound.
"Uhh
With the sound of a scream followed by a sudden landing, it was like a signal that activated the other Donghu soldiers hiding everywhere, and it was they who immediately raised their bows and arrows and shot at the Hun cavalry who were in a daze.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Enemy attack! ”
After the reflection, the Hun cavalry hurriedly shouted, trying to wake up their stunned companions.
However, without his awakening, most of the Hun cavalry had already reflected, and then began to ride their horses to hurriedly dodge the arrows flying in all directions.
The Hun cavalry, who had no intention or any preparation, was caught off guard in an instant, and the light cavalry, which was specially designed to catch up with the enemy at speed, was powerless to take out shields and weapons to defend against arrows at this moment.
Moreover, the commander of this Hun cavalry had already died at the beginning, while the other organized generals were busy dodging the arrows fired in all directions and the countless Donghu soldiers who charged at them.
In this case, they have no chance to stop the resistance, or the strength to break through.
As the sun set, the war ended without any suspense with the defeat of the Hun cavalry.
The blood stained the rushing river, and the sunset reflected in the sky was even more red and bewitching.