Jiangnan general Zhang Yu led 200,000 Jiangnan troops and 600,000 auxiliary troops to advance from the south to the north, and sent troops to Liucheng County into the Khitan. XsHuoTXt

The Khitan originated from the Xianbei or Xianbei Yuwen Department, and later absorbed the Donghu and other tribes, and the Khitan became increasingly prosperous and developed to the south.

Emperor Gao Yang of Northern Qi personally led a large army to attack the Khitan tribe in the south in the fourth year of Tianbao (553), capturing more than 100,000 people and hundreds of thousands of livestock. The Khitan tribe suffered heavy losses, and was later harassed by the Turks, so "the tribes were scattered, and they were not retro eight tribes".

At the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, the Khitan were attached to the Sui Dynasty and the Turks, and were nomadic in the western Liaoning region.

In the first year of the Great Cause of the Sui Dynasty, when the Khitan people went south to the Yingzhou area, they were attacked by the Turks under the command of the Sui generals, and 40,000 people were captured and suffered heavy losses again.

At this time, the Khitan can be said to be the weakest period, and Zhang Yu's 800,000 army is really slaughtered.

In the middle of the road, Zhang Yu personally commanded 100,000 Jiangnan troops and 300,000 auxiliary troops, a total of 400,000 troops directly attacked the chief He Luo.

The other left and right roads each had 200,000 troops spread out and marched together, preparing to wipe out the Khitan tribes in one fell swoop.

When the Khitan chieftain Dahe Duluo learned that an enemy army was coming, the Jiangnan army was not far from his old lair.

In this nomadic season, the tribesmen were scattered all over the country, and in a hurry, the chief Dahe Duluo gathered 10,000 cavalry to meet the Jiangnan army.

Although the cavalry has a strong impact force, 10,000 cavalry is too thin in the face of an army of 400,000.

On the battlefield, Zhang Yu had 100,000 troops in front of him, arranged a thick formation to meet the Khitan cavalry, and let the 100,000 auxiliary troops on each wing outflank the Khitan cavalry, and finally formed an encirclement.

The Khitans were not afraid of infantry, and the chieftain Dahe Duluo personally led the Khitan cavalry to rush and kill.

10,000 cavalry. The sound of 40,000 iron hooves stepping on the ground is indeed amazing. But the auxiliary army opposite them had already been trained to be like robots, and they did not move like a mountain without orders, and it seemed that during the war, there was only one thing about advancing and not retreating.

The Jiangnan Army was lined up in the rear of the auxiliary formation. When the Khitan cavalry entered the range of the attack, the bows and arrows of the Jiangnan army rained down on these cavalry.

Shooting with a three-wheeled bow and arrow. Let the Khitan cavalrymen turn on their backs, losing at least more than a thousand people.

Despite the huge losses, they did not stop the advance of the Khitan cavalry.

The cavalry galloping at high speed saw that they were about to rush to the front, and the flags were waved, the war drums were beaten, and they only listened to the orders issued by the leaders: "Hold the armament and fix it." ”

Good guys, the huge formation suddenly erected dense bamboo poles, and the sharp ends formed like hedgehogs and pointed obliquely at the rushing cavalry.

Looking at the dense bamboo-tipped war horses, you will also be afraid. But the cavalry galloping at high speed could not contain the war horses at all. Some of the horses raised their front hooves, but they were hit by the horses behind, causing local chaos. Most of the horses slowed down, but they still collided with the bamboo tip.

Many Khitans were stunned when they looked at the dense bamboo tips, and watched themselves crash into it.

This is quite a cruel war, some of the auxiliary troops in the front row stabbed the Khitans, and some people stabbed the bamboo tip into the war horses that rushed over, but the huge impact still made some of the fallen war horses crash up and smashed on the bodies of the auxiliary army, yes, there was a gap in the formation. But it was quickly made up by the auxiliary army

Whoever dies is unlucky, and the auxiliaries who are not dead continue to assassinate.

The entire auxiliary army had enough thickness, and the dense bamboo tips made the Khitans feel great fear. Someone tried to restrain the war horse and collided with the cavalry in the back row, causing confusion among the Khitans.

The cavalry continued to rush forward under the inertia of inertia, continuing to hit the bamboo tip, the frightened screams of the Khitans, and the wailing of the war horses before they died, and the sound of the bamboo poles breaking were mixed together, except for the sound of the auxiliary army.

The tail of the long bamboo pole is fixed to the ground, but the huge impact force still makes the bamboo pole unbearable. Many poles were broken.

Each of these auxiliaries stared at the oncoming cavalry with small eyes, and tried to choose the right position to stab. There is no concept of backing down in their minds. The only way to do this is to advance or kill the enemy in front of you.

After an initial burst of fierce assassinations, the Khitan cavalry almost stopped. Some people tried to run back, but there were cavalry blocking behind, causing confusion among the Khitan cavalry.

At this time, the formation of the auxiliary army was no longer standing still, but advancing in a thick formation.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

While shouting the trumpet, the auxiliary army advanced with neat steps, and the bamboo tip stabbed at the chaotic war horses and Khitans.

Once the cavalry stopped, it suddenly became the target of slaughter, and the huge formation of the auxiliary army rolled forward, and the casualties under the bamboo tip were heavy.

The rear formation of the Khitans finally began to run back, but it was too late, the auxiliary armies on both wings had already completed the outflanking, and the surrounding area was full of dense forest-like bamboo tip formations.

Compressed, compressed, this became a slaughterhouse, and the Khitans were so frightened that they peed their pants.

300,000 auxiliary troops surrounded less than 10,000 Khitan cavalry, and they were also cavalry that could not run, and the auxiliary army could stab these Khitan cavalry to death almost with their eyes closed.

It was so dense and so brutal that the massacre ended in less than half an hour, leaving a trail of dead bodies in the middle of the field.

This is the auxiliary army trained by the Jiangnan Army, they have not trained any weapons at all, they just arrange formations and carry out orders.

The simplest way is probably the most effective way, the simpler the better, the auxiliary army does one thing repeatedly every day, almost becoming a robot.

Of course, there are other ancillary matters.

The entire auxiliary army has become accustomed to this kind of life, they only have killing and violence, as long as there is food and women, the rest is battlefield fighting.

So, it's an army of beasts.

Eliminated the Khitan cavalry led by the chieftain Dahe Duluo, and the rest was easy to solve. This is also the most concentrated force of the Khitan, because it is still the nomadic season at this time, and most of the Khitans are scattered and nomadic everywhere.

Not counting the Jiangnan Army, the 600,000 auxiliary troops advanced from south to north like scraping the ground, sweeping away everything that could be seen. The women remained to be the spoils of war, and the men were killed or captured to replenish the auxiliaries, and wherever the auxiliaries passed, there were no people or animals.

There was also a small tribe called Xia between the Khitan and the Turks, which was also wiped out along with the Khitan.

Further north is Murowei, which is larger than the Khitan, but the population is not large, and it is very scattered, which is easier to exterminate than the Khitan.

The 600,000 auxiliary troops advanced fifty miles a day, and a large number of women followed behind them to collect all kinds of booty and supply the army.

Of course, they also have to provide some special services.

The war lasted until the end of September, when several small peoples in the eastern Turkic region were wiped out in one fell swoop. Moreover, in this war, the Jiangnan army obtained a large number of war horses.

The war is coming to an end, and the Jiangnan Army has to prepare for the coming cold. (To be continued)