Chapter 238: Recovering Dingxiang County

Back in August, Xu Lin, Xue Yin, Wen Chou, Lu Min, Xu Fu and others were very excited after receiving the order, they were fighting for the recovery of the country, which was a very glorious task.

Tian Feng commanded in the center, Ma Gui, Zhao Xiong and others provided material support, and things went very smoothly.

The large-scale army mobilization in Dahanbian County made Helian, Budugen, and the kings of Xianbei in the central and eastern parts very nervous.

The first to act was Xu Fu, according to Tian Feng's deployment, leading the 2 Qu 10 Tun cavalry to take the lead in setting off and stationing in Qiangyin County. Because he didn't carry much baggage, he marched very fast, and it took only three days to reach Qiangyin County.

And Xue Yin, who was stationed here, was already impatient, he had already made preparations, and the day after Xu Fu arrived, he led the 3 Qu 15 Tun cavalry to set off for Wujin County.

Wujin County is located at the junction of Yunzhong County, Dingxiang County and Yanmen County, and is currently occupied by the Xianbei people, but it is located on their periphery and is not taken seriously, and only scattered small towns are grazing here.

As early as when he arrived at Qiangyin, Xue Yin sent many scouts to spy on the strength of the surrounding Xianbei forces, and now this information is just in handy.

The 3 cavalry was divided into three roads: left, center, and right, Xue Yin led the middle road, and the troops fanned out towards Wujin.

Due to the confrontation with the Han border army for nearly a year, the slightly stronger Yiluo here has long been moved, and the rest are all weak Yiluo, and Wujin County happened to fall into the hands of Xue Yin.

Now for Xue Yin, all Xianbei people are his enemies, and he doesn't care about the old, weak, sick, disabled, women and children, as long as they are Xianbei people, there is no forgiveness for killing.

Even the powerful Yiluo are no match for the regular cavalry, and these Xianbei people are all vulnerable groups that are not taken seriously, and they are suddenly attacked, and they are wiped out like chopping melons and vegetables.

These Han cavalry, formed for nearly 2 years, have been training hard, have not been on the battlefield, encountered these weak Xianbei people, it is really a good opponent for their first training.

Successively exterminated the small Xianbei towns, captured a lot of them, and each won many heads, and the morale of the Han cavalry was high.

When many local tribes heard the news, they fled with cavalry, and even the cattle and sheep did not have time to drive away, and tents and other materials were abandoned and became trophies for the cavalry.

When the cavalry arrived at the county seat of Wujin, the local area was already in disarray, and the local tribal commander had abandoned the city and fled.

Xue Yin took over an empty city, which was already good, at least they had a foothold, they were no longer afraid of the cold in winter, and used this place as a base for their constant attacks on Xianbei Yiluo, gradually expanding their territory; Wen Chou in the south is responsible for supplying logistics baggage, and in the east, there are Koji people and Xu Fu to protect the flank, which can be attacked and defended, Xue Yin is very satisfied with the location of Wujin County.

Ma Gui's actions were very rapid, and after receiving Gao Shun's order, he immediately mobilized cavalry and civil and military officials to garrison several forts in the west, and mobilized displaced people to build roads.

The road from Taoyuan Fort to Zhaozhuang Fort, Jiabi Mountain South Fort, Sancha Fort and so on has long been repaired, and now the road between Qinglian River Fort and Xinjian Fort is mainly built, and the farthest to the Partial Pass Fort is built.

This made the southern defense line of Dingxiang County very stable, which facilitated Wen Chou's advance.

At the beginning of September, Xu Lin led his troops to Shanwu County, and together with Wen Chou, the route of the march and the logistics supply were also involved.

Wen Chou was afraid that Xu Lin would steal the credit, so he said: "Xu Sima, the civil and military officials stationed in the three counties of Wucheng have been arranged, and they can move in on a certain day." ”

Xu Lin smiled very heartily: "Haha, Wen Taishou don't worry, Lin doesn't rob you of your credit, just the credit for occupying Jiling County is enough glory, and in the future, Lin will also count on Wen Taishou to ensure logistics and strategic support, don't dare to make you dissatisfied." ”

Seeing Xu Lin say this, Wen Chou was a little embarrassed, Xu Lin, as Gao Shun's brother-in-law, needed too many combat exploits in the headquarters, so he explained with a smile: "Haha, Xu Sima said that it is our responsibility to ensure logistics and provide timely support; The main reason is that Wucheng and other three counties are a buffer zone, there are no Xianbei people grazing, and there are no Xiongnu and Wuhuan people, if the soldiers under them get military achievements, their morale will be higher in the future, and they will be more active when providing support. ”

"Haha, Lin understands this truth, and will never be greedy for the exploits of his subordinates; Now Wen Taishou will talk about the situation in Jiling County, let's prepare. ”

Wen Chou said: "Xu Sima doesn't need to worry, Jiling County is the southernmost area where the Xianbei King and the company are grazed, where is a marshal, that is, a thousand people long, and there are more than ten towns under his command to graze here; If there is no support from Helian, we will easily annihilate it. ”

Xu Lin thought for a while and said: "Wen Taishou, there are two ways, the first is to fight steadily, first recover the three counties in the west of Dingxiang County, and then settle in Jiling County, the disadvantage of this is that the Xianbei people have defense, we are not good at occupying Jiling County, even if we occupy it, I am afraid that there will not be many seizures; The second way is that we concentrate the cavalry and quickly surround the county seat of Jiling, at this time they are scattered around for grazing, there are certainly not many Xianbei people in the county, it is easier to occupy the county seat, and the grazing towns outside the city are scattered, and the forces are scattered, we will break each one, it is very easy, and the capture must be rich, and when the time comes, we will have two square trophies; I don't know what to do with Wen Tai's intentions? ”

Wen Chou is very happy about Xu Lin's generosity, anyway, the exploits are different, and it is not bad to share the spoils, besides, with Xu Lin sticking to the front, his Dingxiang County will be safer. So he said: "Haha, the soldiers of the Choudai thank Xu Sima for his generosity, let's have a surprise attack on the Xianbei people." ”

After agreeing on a big strategy, Wen Chou then arranged the deployment of troops; Each county arranges a middle-level military attache to be stationed to lead a group of cavalry and a song of infantry, and a middle-level civilian officer is arranged to be the county magistrate, responsible for civil affairs, and a Wuhuan family is arranged in each county, which is also under the jurisdiction of the county magistrate.

The cavalry followed Wen Chou and others to occupy the county seat of Jiling, and plundered the cattle and sheep grazing in Xianbeiyi.

The infantry and the county magistrate protected the Wuhuan tribe and then stationed themselves in various county seats.

On the tenth day of September, Wen Chou stayed in Shanwu County.

Xu Lin led the cavalry of his headquarters and the Sanqu cavalry of the three western counties of Dingxiang County to suddenly attack and went straight to the county seat of Jiling. Xu Lin's headquarters was responsible for encircling and occupying the county seat, and the other Sanqu cavalry was responsible for plundering the Xianbei Empire, and finally distributed it equally.

On 11 September, the infantry set off with heavy loads.

There was no suspense in the war, and the cavalry stationed in the county town of Jiling was less than 500 people, and they were drummed down; And the Yiluo were caught off guard by the Han cavalry, and the Yiluo cavalry was killed before they had time to assemble.

Xu Lin had a great hatred for the Xianbei people, and like Xue Yin, the Xianbei people were all killed, leaving no one behind.

The Wuhuan people in the army are particularly fond of this kind of killing, charging forward every time, and killing the Xianbei people without mercy.

The seizures were very rich, with nearly 100,000 fat sheep and more than 5,000 cattle and horses alone.

All the officers and soldiers were very excited, especially those Wuhuan people, each of whom could get at least ten sheep, and some even exchanged the heads of Xianbei adult men for the sheep assigned by the Han officers and soldiers, and each head was exchanged for one sheep.

According to Gao Shun's order, when plundering aliens, 20% of the total amount of loot was rewarded to the participating troops.

After the arrival of the follow-up infantry, they urgently repaired the county town of Jiling and strengthened the defense.

Wen Chou dispatched troops in the rear to quickly stabilize the city defense of the three western counties.

By mid-September, the various ministries successfully completed the tasks assigned by Gao Shun, not only easily recovering the counties under the jurisdiction of Dingxiang County, but also seizing the two counties of Yunzhong County, forming a situation of encirclement of Yunzhong County.