Chapter 316: Recovering Wuyuan County
After the Kui Tou announced the agreement signed with Gao Shun's envoy, it quickly stabilized the mood of the officers and soldiers of the army, especially the 10,000 cavalry of the original Helian Dawang, who became a staunch supporter of the Kui Chief.
With the support of the Great Han, the leader was full of confidence and was ready to launch an attack on Budugen.
When Gao Shun received the messenger's report, he was overjoyed and immediately made arrangements.
First of all, he ordered Tian Feng to speed up the march, take advantage of the weakness to recover Wuyuan County as soon as possible, and be sure to capture all the Xianbei people in Wuyuan County.
Secondly, he ordered the 40,000 troops under the jurisdiction of Lü Bu and Guan Yu to be stationed in Guangmu City, and the pontoon bridges had been dug and ready to enter the north bank of the Yellow River in Shuofang County at any time.
The army on this road was led by Guan Yu as the commander and Lu Bu as the auxiliary.
Guan Yu and Lu Bu also had many fights, Guan Yu's force value was 98, Lu Bu's force value was 99, and the two sides fought fiercely for more than 100 rounds, and Guan Yu gradually fell into disadvantage.
Lu Bu secretly sighed that the champion Hou and Guangnian Hou had gathered so many powerful people? However, he saw that the cavalry under Guan Yu's jurisdiction was comparable to the strength of his wolf cavalry guards, and he found some comfort in his heart.
Gao Shun promised Lü Bu that after the victory, he would allow his army to plunder Shuofang County for three days, and the spoils would go to Lü Bu, and Lü Bu was very happy about this, and it was another good opportunity to make a fortune.
After Tian Feng received the order for the first time, he asked Wen Chou, Yan Liang and others to lead the army to Xianyang City to make peace with him, and after receiving Gao Shun's order for the second time, he directly sent troops.
Because he learned in advance that the Xianbei people in Wuyuan County were empty in defense, Tian Feng was no longer cautious in using his troops.
The troops were divided into seven teams, and Tian Feng led 10,000 cavalry and Pei Yuan (Pei Yuanshao)'s trapped camp officers and soldiers to seize Jiuyuan County as a base camp.
Wen Chou led 10,000 cavalry to quickly march westward, went straight to the east bank of the Yellow River, deployed defenses along the river, and blocked the road for the Xianbei people to retreat westward.
Yan Liang, Zhang Fei, Li Su, Xu Lin, and Xue Yin, each led 6,000 cavalry to various parts of Wuyuan County, captured all the Xianbei people, and seized their wealth.
Wen Chou was already too guarded to his official position, and his desire for military exploits was not as strong as that of others, so Tian Feng gave him the task of arming along the river.
The officers and men under Gao Shun's command have never lost successive victories in battles against foreign races, and now they have dispatched 50,000 cavalry at a time, and their morale is even higher, and victory is within reach for them.
For Li Su, this is his hometown, where he grew up, and it is his dream to recover Wuyuan County.
Wen Chou, Xu Lin and Xue Yin, who recovered Yunzhong County last year, did not catch a little loot, which made them very disappointed, and they must be compensated this year.
Zhang Fei and Yan Liang were tired of staying in Ningcheng, it was purely uncomfortable with itchy hands, and killing barbarians was what they were most willing to do.
The young and strong in the fall of the city have been taken away, and the remaining old, weak, sick and disabled are the opponents of the Han border army? The Xianbei people of Wuyuan County were surrounded by the Han border army tribes, and those who dared to resist were killed, and the rest of the people were naturally honest, obediently according to the order, pulled up tents, materials, and drove cattle, sheep, horses, camels and other livestock, and moved to the nearest county seat, concentrated in the center, the advantage is that it is now autumn, there is pasture grass in the wild, livestock will not starve to death, and there are also pasture grass harvested by Xianbei people in advance, as winter fodder, saving a lot of trouble for the Han army.
These Xianbei people have been in contact with the Han for a hundred years, and have the experience of surrendering to the Han many times, knowing that as long as they do not resist, the Han will not kill them all, but will only change places for them to settle, in the period of weak strength, surrendering the Han may not be a self-preservation policy, they are now very obedient, making it particularly easy for the Han officers and soldiers to manage.
It took no effort to recover Wuyuan County, and the seizure was abundant, but there were more than one million cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock, which made everyone happy; What made them even happier was that there were more than 100,000 Xianbei people who had been captured, and many of them were young girls, which could solve the personal marriage problems of a large number of single officers and soldiers.
Tian Feng didn't know how to recover Wuyuan County so easily, so he immediately readjusted his defenses and prepared for battle, so that he could attack the Xianbei people of Shuofang County at any time.
Wuyuan County is located in the south of Yinshan Mountain, west to the Yellow River, the geographical location is very important, occupy here, you can keep the safety of Yunzhong County, Dingxiang County and other places, and the land here is fertile, belongs to the alluvial plain, the stream water from the mountain and the Yellow River that surrounds half a circle, provides convenient irrigation conditions for the local area, suitable for agriculture and animal husbandry, occupy here, can greatly weaken the war potential of the Xianbei people.
Budugen is very uncomfortable now, and the news that comes is all bad news.
To the south is the army of the chief, equal in strength to him; To the east along the Yellow River was the 50,000 border troops of the Han Dynasty; To the southeast, in Guangmu County, south of the Yellow River, there are still 40,000 Han troops eyeing each other; His forces are still nervous against one side, and no matter how resourceful he is in the face of the attack of the three sides, he is powerless, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.
It is estimated that the Xianbei Yiluo of Wuyuan County has been controlled by the Han people, and his heart is dripping blood, that is his people and the people of the original Helian Dawang tribe, if the officers and soldiers know that their families have been hijacked by the Han border army, can they still obey his orders?
The border army of the Han Dynasty is too cunning, for so long, it has been lurking, taking advantage of their emptiness, suddenly dispatched an army of 50,000, a thunderous blow, so that he has no power to resist, and he has no time to react, Wuyuan County has been recovered by the Han.
In Bu Dugen's view, even if there is no rebellion of the leader, the Xianbei people will suffer a fierce blow from the Han border army this time, but the losses will not be so serious.
Damn Helian, if you die, you won't let everyone live in peace, and Budu can't help but curse.
Now it is difficult to give way to Dugen to ride a tiger, and cooperate with the Kui Tou, you can temporarily protect yourself, but he has lost all his subordinates, can the Kui Tou cooperate with him? Even if he cooperates, can the leader let him go after repelling the Han army?
If they don't cooperate with the leader, the two continue to fight, and they will definitely let the big Han reap the benefits, and even annihilate them all.
Where does he go from here?
After thinking about it, Bu Dugen felt that only escaping from the place of right and wrong was the only way to preserve his strength, away from the Han border army, and away from danger.
Before it was surrounded, he immediately led the existing cavalry and the captured leader and the tribesmen of the Fuluohan tribe, as for him and the people of Helian, now they can only give up, as long as there are more than 100,000 tribesmen, he can stabilize the mood of the cavalry, and after a few years of development, he can still develop the tribe stronger than before.
If he didn't flee immediately, when the leader's army surrounded him, let alone lead his people to flee, it would be difficult for his existing cavalry to escape.
The decision was made, and Budugen immediately summoned all the commanders, thousands of commanders, as well as the shamans and nobles who accompanied the army, to negotiate the escape.
Everyone also felt the seriousness of the matter, the people of this tribe were plundered by the Han, with their current strength, they could not be recovered, if there were the tribesmen of the leader and Fu Luohan, they could also make up for their losses, and all the officers and nobles happily accepted Bu Dugen's opinion.
Everyone thinks that Bu Dugen is right, even if he joins forces with the leader temporarily, he will not be able to take back their families from the border army of the Han Dynasty, and they will be gradually annexed by the leader, and they will even be unable to save their lives, so it is better to protect the interests of the first place; After developing a strong strength, it is not too late to come back to seek revenge on the big man.
Budugen was very satisfied with everyone's attitude, which reassured him, so he promised everyone that the tribesmen and livestock of the Kuitou and Fuluohan tribes would be distributed to everyone when the time came, so that everyone would be loyal to Budugen; Budugen has always had a good reputation, and everyone believes that he will never break his word.
So Budugen issued an order to migrate immediately.