496 Mountain People Are Coming!
Meng Tian was very happy to see such a situation. Because, the main force of the Qin army did not make a large-scale sortie, and it was driven by commercial interests to drive the Huns in Mobei thousands of miles away. And the losses of the Huns could no longer get enough food before the onset of winter. They lost a lot of horses. The loss of cattle and sheep is even more heavy, and there are not enough cattle and sheep to support them through this cold winter. Moreover, according to Meng Tian's understanding, the severe cold in the north came relatively early. The farther north, the colder it gets.
In order to monitor the Xiongnu's southward adventure to attack the two states of Qin, Meng Tian moved the mixed cavalry and infantry of the two brigades forward, and set up a large number of bridgeheads in Mobei. A regiment of engineers will help them build a large number of fortifications. They had to closely monitor the power vacuum of the Qin armed forces after they moved south for the winter.
Qin was very satisfied with such a great victory. It's what people talk about every day. For victory, the Qin people have begun to get used to it.
On the other side, on the new large grasslands of Dongmeng Prefecture, this pasture originally belonged to Donghu, but they were quickly driven into the mountains in the east by the Qin people. The steppe has been redivided. Large areas of new pasture were established. But Donghu, who had retreated to the mountains, frequently harassed him. The Qin army dealt a severe blow to it.
Under the iron fist of the Qin army, Donghu's harassment was reduced a lot. But a new adversary began to emerge.
The eastern mountains were also one of the sources of new slaves hunted by armed men in the eastern part of the Qin state. When Qin said about the eastern mountains, he meant the Great Khing'an Mountains. The Great Xing'an Mountains are the dividing ridge between the Inner Mongolia Plateau and the Songliao Plain today. At the same time, it is also the place where the ancestors of the Xianbei people and the Wuhuan people lived. The forestry resources here are unusually abundant, Xianbei, and the ancestors of the Wuhuan people live here. They live by hunting, and adult men are extremely warlike.
However, the armed forces of the Qin State have been targeted by a large number of people who are full of dreams of making a fortune, and they have begun to continuously attack the ancestral tribes of the Xianbei and Wuhuan people. The Great Khing'an Mountains are full of primeval forests, and fighting here, the Qin army has very little experience in this area. Both sides many times less. There are mutual losses.
Xianbei, the ancestors of the Wuhuan people, used the primeval forests of the mountains as a cover and constantly ambushed the armed personnel of the Qin State. The armed men of the Qin State took advantage of the weapons in their hands and also used the method of sneak attacks to attack the ancestral tribes of the Xianbei and Wuhuan people. Once these tribes were attacked, it was a large-scale bloody massacre. Even babies are spared, which is very rare in previous attacks.
The armed men have their reasons for doing so. Because their personnel have suffered certain losses, and these mountain people, the mountain people here refer to the ancestors of the Xianbei and Wuhuan people. They were very tenacious, and they fought until the end of the day. It doesn't matter if it's a man, a woman, an old man, or a child. All of them fought until the last man. Fighting willpower and fighting spirit are not weaker than those of the Qin people at all. These armed men themselves sighed that the mountain people were very difficult to deal with, they were too capable of fighting.
Frequent harassment and brutal killings forced the ancestors of these Xianbei and Wuhuan people to unite. They began to reach out to nearby tribes. This is a crisis of unprecedented magnitude. They decided to fight these people head-on. in order to destroy them completely. They continued to send out a large number of scouts to find out where these armed men were located. Then, they secretly assembled. They don't know anything about this. In fact, it is impossible to know.
On the mountainside of the Great Xing'an Mountains, that is, on the side of the Great Xing'an Mountains in Tongliao today. There are more than 500 armed personnel of the Wenyang East Trading Company stationed here, and in addition to these, there are also a large number of armed personnel of other companies. In total, there are more than a thousand people. The others are here to do business and deliver supplies.
"Look there, what's that?" A sentry standing guard on top of the tower shouted.
These armed men cut down all the nearby forests for their own safety, just to get a good view of the area. It is a temporary station, set up for easy access to the mountains. As soon as the winter passes, it is likely to be abandoned at any time and re-established the following year.
I saw that a dense crowd of people began to come out of the mountain forest. They were all dressed in the garments of the beasts.
"Oh. Damn. It's a mountain man. "The tallest here is a retired lieutenant colonel. But his rank is recognized by all. Because, the establishment of armed personnel is also based on the ranks of the army.
"There are almost 5,000 people." The lieutenant colonel looked around with a telescope.
"Oh, vigilance. The mountain people are coming. An officer with a captain's badge next to him shouted.
"Woohoo." The trumpet sounded. Everyone entered the wooden barracks.
"Are they crazy? There were so many people gathered. The captain whispered.
"Perhaps." The lieutenant colonel put down the binoculars in his hand and said.
"Woo woo wow. Woooooooo "The mountain people began to howl that was characteristic of the pre-war period, and they were emboldened. They're boosting morale.
"Let everybody take up arms, whoever it is, and you must do what I do. I'm the commander here. Do you understand? Just go. The lieutenant colonel shouted.
The captain began to convey orders.
"Sir, they're only four hundred paces away from us. Shall we open fire? An artillery lieutenant came over and asked.
"Open fire. Let them stop there. The lieutenant colonel shouted loudly.
"All gunners, four hundred in the East." The lieutenant shouted coordinates. This is a simple command slogan.
"Put."
"Bang. Boom. Boom. "The three-inch guns of the armed men began to fire grenades.
"Whew." "Bang." Shells whizzed by, exploding in the dense mountain crowd. Those mountain people were killed without even hiding. But they soon had gathered together. The artillery killed and wounded the mountain people in such a dense manner.
"Wow, aa The mountain people began to roar. Apparently they were not satisfied with what the Qin people had done. I was disdainful of the Qin people's style of play that they did not dare to fight.
"Woo woo woo." They began to use their sticks, sticks, and desperately hit the earth and rocks. A roaring voice of discontent.
"Stop firing. Let the gunner prepare the shotshots. I think they're going to make a splash. Let everyone load all their muskets with bullets. The lieutenant colonel shouted loudly.
The crowd in the mountains began to cheer, and they shouted wildly. It seems that this is the only way to raise the anger in their hearts.