Chapter 572 Attack Mobei
In the spring of the twelfth year of Xingping, Gao Shun ordered a northern expedition.
Li Qiang led Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Chu Yan and others to the east road and out of Shanggu County; Judge as a military advisor.
Ma Gui led Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Yan Rou and others to the west road and out of Shuofang County; Feng Ji is a military advisor.
30,000 soldiers and horses on each road.
Gao Shun and Cao Shan led the youth army as the middle road, out of Yanmen County, the troops included Gao Shun's cavalry escort and infantry escort 5,000 each, as well as Cao Shan's headquarters 10,000 cavalry, Gongsun Kang and Li Su each led 5,000 cavalry, also 30,000 main force.
An army of 100,000 met in Wolf Juxu Mountain.
Everyone is full of passion, and "sealing the wolf Juxu" is the dream of every hot-blooded man.
Sun Cheng, Xi Zhicai, Jia Xu, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and others stayed in Yecheng.
By the time the army arrived at its designated location, it was the end of April.
There were 5,000 wagons on the east and west roads, and the scarce food needed to be fed. The headquarters of Gaoshun carries a large amount of food, and if the two departments are in urgent need of food, they can move closer to the middle road.
At the same time, Tian Feng and Huang Zhong were ordered to closely monitor the barbarians north of Pingzhou, and if there was any abnormal movement, they could jointly attack.
Outside the plug in May, the sky is high and the clouds are light, flowers are everywhere, and the green grass is like a huge carpet, which is refreshing.
Passing through Yinshan Mountain, he met a small Xianbei tribe and asked everyone to make a tooth sacrifice. All the men and the elderly were killed, and the women were left behind as trophies, and cattle, sheep, horses, etc. became trophies, which were hurried to follow the movement of the large army as a mobile grain depot.
Gongsun Kang and Li Su were also eager to try and applied to Gao Shun, hoping to act alone.
Gao Shun felt that there would be no problem, so he approved their application, and ordered them to lead 5,000 cavalry to divide or so, and move alone within 200 miles, not far away.
The two happily took the order and left.
The small tribe that the two left out, Gao Shun will send another cavalry to exterminate it.
Three days later, the two returned with a large number of female captives and booty.
All the members of the youth army were very envious and wanted to go out to fight as a striker.
Gao Shun approved their request and allocated them 3,000 high-ranking cavalry, the prince as the military commander, the Dianman and others who were less than 20 years old as the tun commander, and Guan Ping, Chu Fang and other people who were 20 years old as the military marquis; The scribes joined the army.
Gao Shun demanded that they not exceed the army for two hundred miles, and everyone happily agreed. At this distance, Gao Shun can monitor it, and there will not be much danger.
After getting out of the stopper, the east and west roads are divided into left, middle and right parts, and push them to Beiping.
After so many years of stability, the Han army did not go out of the fortress, and the Xianbei people were defenseless, and in the early stage, a large number of tribes were wiped out and suffered heavy losses.
Pawn is eighteen years old, and his force value is 84, which is much worse than his father, but he has about the same brain, is very loyal, and takes the initiative to apply to be the bodyguard of the prince.
Leaving Gao Shun's career, the youth army easily encircled and annihilated a small tribe for the first time, and they became bolder, and after discussion, they were also divided into three divisions: left, middle and right, with 1,000 people each.
The news of the brutal killing of the Han army soon spread throughout Mobei, and occasionally there were those who slipped through the net or the Xianbei people who were not in the tribe at that time, and after they fled for their lives, they traveled day and night, hurried north, and spread the news of the Han army's attack.
The steppe was immediately in turmoil, and the tribes rushed to move, some to the north, some to the east, or to the west.
There were many tribes that were encountered by the Han army during the migration and were easily wiped out; Some escaped for the time being.
There were more and more tribes going north, and in less than a month, tens of thousands of people were gathered, some were ready to fight a decisive battle with the Han army, and some were already afraid of being killed by the Han army, and were ready to continue to flee north.
When the Xianbei people couldn't agree on their opinions and quarreled, Ma Gui and Li Qiang went more than 100 miles a day, and they were extremely happy; Li Qiang has been holding back for so long, and he is looking forward to today's killing, and his hands have long been itchy; And Ma Gui is the first time to lead a large army to the battlefield alone, and he is even more excited and enthusiastic.
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Yan Liang and others have not participated in the killing for many years, and they have always existed as a deterrent force, and now they have a place to use, and they are all fighting bravely.
These people are all strong in martial arts, the world's top existence, and there is no one in Xianbei.
At this time, the two military divisions also lost their strategic function and became the commanders of the troops, in charge of logistics and captured booty, because in the face of these barbarians, there was no need for strategy at all.
The abundant seizures and the huge amount of loot are also the driving force for everyone to kill wildly.
Ma Gui did not go west into the mountains, but went northeast along the Gobi Plain, and began a fierce pursuit in the direction of the escape of the Xianbei people. Ma Gui, Wen Chou and Yan Liang thought that there must be a big seizure ahead, and they were no longer interested in small fights.
Li Qiang's eastern route first headed northeastward, then along the western plain of the Great Xianbei Mountains (Daxing'an Mountains), where there were fertile grasslands, so that they could plunder the plunge, and when they reached the cold zone, they were blocked by a large river and there were few tribes in the north, so they traveled west along the river.
The seizure along the way made Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others smile.
The flat grassland, the speed of the march is very fast, the north bank of the river is about Yu and Zhang Fei, the south bank of the river is Li Qiang and Chu Yan, divided into four armies, swept all the way, the field of vision on the grassland is broad, there are almost no tribes missing, and there are very few Xianbei people who can escape the pursuit.
Reluctantly slaughtering cattle and horses to eat, mutton became the staple food of the officers and soldiers, after more than ten days, they were tired of eating, fortunately there were many fresh and tender wild vegetables on the grassland to improve their taste; The soybeans and raw bean sprouts used as horse feed by the chefs who followed the expedition became a favorite dish of the soldiers, and the small pickles made with wild vegetables were refreshing and delicious, and they were also very popular with the soldiers, which was much better than eating mutton every day.
was so angry that Zhang Fei scolded them for forgetting their roots, and it was only a few days of hard life, and they were even tired of eating mutton.
The morale of the whole army was high, and they thought that this was the formidable barbarian who had been feared at the beginning. It's a sick cat! It's not like going out to fight, it's more like coming to collect rent, or raiding homes.
Ma Gui's Western Route Army deliberately pursued the large number of Xianbei people who fled north, and for this reason, sent a large number of scouts, and found their assembly place in less than five days.
Ling Fengji led 5,000 soldiers and horses to stay in the rear to take care of the baggage and booty; Ma Gui and Wen Chou and the other four people were divided into four roads, surrounding tens of thousands of Xianbei people; Guan Yu first went straight to the north, cut off the way for the Xianbei people to flee north, and launched an attack from the northwest; Zhang Fei first went east, then turned north, and attacked from the northeast; Chu Yan attacked from the south.
Ma Gui was the main direction of attack and launched an attack from the southwest.
Ma Gui's 10,000 army was divided into three divisions, he led 4,000 to the middle, and there was an army on the left and right wings, and Sima led 3,000 cavalry.
Now Ma Gui's force value is 97, full of confidence, riding a blood-red premium war horse, taking the lead, rushing to the forefront of the troops, waving spears, and the Xianbei people he encountered were all killed by Yihe, which made the morale even higher, stimulated the passion of the officers and soldiers, and all became very bloodthirsty and murderous.
Tens of thousands of Xianbei people live on a very large territory, the An tribe is distributed, the defense facilities are poor, and there are families, and the residence is very scattered, they have not been able to organize an effective counterattack; Ma Gui led 10,000 horsemen, as if entering a no-man's land, and the blood of direct killing flowed like a river.
The other three armies outflanked and formed a siege of the Xianbei camp.
The Xianbei people were powerless to resist in a hurry, only a few abandoned their families and tribes to flee, and most of the Xianbei people were either killed or became prisoners of Ma Gui and others.
This time, Ma Gui did not exterminate them all, but treated them all as slaves, helping to take care of cattle and sheep and other livestock; In order to make them work with peace of mind, the elderly were not killed, but the elderly, women, and children were imprisoned separately.