Chapter Ninety-Nine: Beacon Fire and Wolf Smoke
With the arrival of the last army, Gao Shun, the army under Dong Zhuo is now basically gathered in the southeast of Wuwei County and the northeast of Jincheng County.
Counting the combined forces of Han Sui and Shaodang Qiang, there are a full 100,000 troops in Guzang alone, of which 60,000 are cavalry.
Coupled with the tens of thousands of troops deployed along Jincheng, Wuwei, and Hanyang, there were more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under Dong Zhuo's command at this time.
At this number, even Dong Zhuo himself was taken aback, with so many people, he could form a group army.
It's just that all the soldiers and horses are in place, but how to lock the position of those Hun cavalry, and then send a large army to encircle and suppress it, this is a very critical problem, if it can't be solved, then there is nothing to say, it has been in vain, these hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses are still disbanded and go home to farm.
No, in order to solve this problem, all the generals and colonels above the level of Sima under Dong Zhuo's command gathered in the conference hall for a meeting, and there were dozens of people, crowding the originally very spacious hall.
"Now our army has blocked the road from Wuwei to Jincheng, Hanyang, Anding and other counties, and according to the Tanmalai report, the Hun cavalry did enter the southeast of Wuwei, and now everyone is talking, how can we catch the 30,000 Hun cavalry and Nahu Chuquan, and completely annihilate it?"
Dong Zhuo knelt on the throne and looked at everyone, wanting to hear what they could do.
Han Sui looked at his nose and his nose, his eyes were slightly closed, he sat on Dong Zhuo's left, quietly observing the generals and colonels in Dong Zhuo's army, but he didn't say anything.
Han Sui was now in Dong Ying, and he didn't say a word, just waiting to defeat the Huns and return to Jincheng to continue the war with Dong Zhuo. It's just that now Dong Zhuo has a lot of generals, Han Sui really has no confidence not to defeat the battle, Dong Zhuo defeated their nearly 100,000 coalition troops with 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses, and the four leaders of the coalition army, Bian Zhang, Li Wenhou, and Beigong Boyu are all dead, and only he Han Sui is left, and now that the forces of the two sides have been transferred, his hope of keeping Jincheng is very slim. Han Sui now only hopes that Dong Zhuo can see that he can fight against the Xiongnu together and leave him a way to live.
Han Sui didn't speak, Cheng Gongying and Yan Xing behind him naturally couldn't say anything, as for the Qiang patriarch, you can't tell him why.
Everyone else was racking their brains, but only Hua Xiong jumped up excitedly as he looked around the hall at the people who were meditating.
I saw Hua Xiong say as a matter of course: "Then do you still need to think about it?" Of course, it is directly sent out to scouts to investigate everywhere, once the traces of the Huns are discovered, it is not enough to send a large army to encircle and suppress them! ”
Zhang Xiu, who was behind Hua Xiong, hurriedly pulled his boss and asked him not to be so embarrassed, my ancestor, if things could be so simple, would the boss be so aggressive to gather all the people together to discuss?
"Xuanba's method is simple and crude, huh...... It's very useful, but it's too time-consuming, do you have any suggestions, all speak up and listen? "Huaxiong is also Dong Zhuo's number one general, representing Dong Zhuo's face, Dong Zhuo naturally wants to jump out for Huaxiong.
Dong Zhuo was also speechless, wasn't Hua Xiong the head of the Tao when he calculated Li Renxiao a few days ago, why is his IQ not enough now?
Hua Xiong sat down in a daze, Dong Zhuo's words and Zhang Xiu's small movements undoubtedly showed that what he said just now was wrong. Hua Xiong is not a stupid person, he just doesn't like to use his brains.
Huangfu Jianshou thought for a while and said: "Lord, our army can arrange a large army on all sides, and then slowly close the siege and completely surround the Huns in the army. ”
"Although the Jianshou method works, it is not advisable to require too many soldiers." Dong Zhuo shook his head imperceptibly, rejecting Huangfu Jianshou's suggestion, and then looked at everyone again, and said with a smile: "You still have a peace plan?" ”
This idea sounds good at first glance, but it is not very practical, the southeast of Wuwei is not big, but it is not small, it is not small, hundreds of kilometers around the left and right, if you want to surround the enemy like this, how many soldiers and horses do you have to have?
Dong Zhuo was helpless, so he had to set his eyes on Jia Xu, old fox, don't hide it, if you have any ghost ideas, say it quickly.
Jia Xu originally planned to wait for everyone else to finish speaking before he expressed his opinion, but seeing Dong Zhuo's eyes, it was obvious that Dong Zhuo was impatient to wait, and he didn't dare to delay any longer, so he spoke directly.
"The lord can let people build beacon towers all over the southeast of Wuwei, one in ten miles, once the traces of the Hun cavalry are sent, you can use the beacon fire to warn, and when the time comes, 60,000 cavalry rush to the past, you can annihilate one by one."
"The military advisor didn't know that the lord ordered the implementation of the policy of clearing the wilderness with strong walls, and he had ordered people to move out the people in the southeast of Wuwei County, and there were no people in that place, and there was no labor to build the beacon tower."
As soon as Jia Xu's words fell, the "good boy" Zhang Xiu pointed out the infeasibility of it, as a fellow countryman, Zhang Xiu felt that he had the obligation to remind Jia Xu.
In Zhang Xiu's view, Jia Xu's plan is no different from repairing the Great Wall, and the labor force mobilizes the people, but the problem is that there is no one in that area, who will repair it, and the big soldiers can't repair it.
Jia Xu didn't expect Dong Zhuo to have such a method, isn't this going to starve the Huns to death, what kind of battle is this, directly lock the Huns' retreat, so that they can't run out in their pockets, and wait for starvation to die and bury them directly.
Of course, Jia Xu just thought about it, if he really said that Dong Zhuo had to kill him, since Dong Zhuo had to find a way to catch the Huns, he must be angry with the Huns who starved to death and wanted to do it himself.
Dong Zhuo has always felt that the biggest advantage of Jia Xu's strategist is that he doesn't sell anything to you, and he will finish it directly if he has something to say, unlike other strategists, who won't say anything halfway through, and will let you guess.
No, Jia Xu didn't wait for Dong Zhuo to ask again, so he said directly: "It's okay, you don't need to mobilize the people to really build any beacon towers, just send a few sergeants to burn a pile of dry firewood and some cow and horse dung!" ”
When the generals present heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up, this method is quite simple, easy to operate, but you can try it.
Dong Zhuo said: "What a beacon fire, Wen He is very good at this, since this is the case, follow Wen He's method, and the people will listen to the order!" ”
At the end, Dong Zhuo's voice involuntarily raised and shouted.
"The last general!"
Everyone was in a state for a while, and the few bigwigs who were sitting quickly got up and stood in the hall with their heads held high, waiting for Dong Zhuo's order.
"Huaxiong, Li Renxiao, Yan Xing, Cheng Gongying, and Huangfu Jianshou, order the five of you to lead 10,000 cavalry each, and stationed them in the cities of Pu Qi, Yuanwei, Huyin, Zuli, and Warriors. Remember, this battle is mainly about encirclement, and you must not let it escape, understand? ”
"The last general understands!"
The five generals who were named by Dong Zhuo stepped forward, responded sonorously and then returned to their original positions.
"The rest of you went with a certain family, with an army of 50,000, to Yunjie and stationed. In this battle, I hope that everyone will work together to destroy the Hun thief army! ”
"The last general commands!"
Everyone gave up their hands and answered loudly.
"Alright, let's all go down and prepare! The army will cook tomorrow on the fourth watch, and set off on the fifth watch, there must be no mistake! ”
"Yes!"
All the generals were ordered, and they all retreated to prepare, only one Jia Xu was left, as a military advisor, there was nothing to prepare, and when the time came, it was okay to follow Dong Zhuo.
"Let's go, Wenhe, go out with a certain family for a walk!"
After everyone retreated, Dong Zhuo got up from behind the handsome case and left the hall with Jia Xu.
At this time, the Hun invasion was about to end, and Dong Zhuo's mood was not as heavy as before, so he wanted to call Jia Xu to go outside for a walk.
In addition, Dong Zhuo still has some things to discuss with Jia Xu.