Chapter 45: The Night Rain Rushes
Wuzhu left Shan Yu's eyes to shine, looked at the last elite troops of Shan Yuting in front of him, and said: "A few months ago, the soldiers and horses of Pingzhou offended my Huns for no reason. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info the army of Zuo Xianwang swore to fight to the death with them to resist the invasion of Pingzhou. Now although the army of King Zuo Xian has suffered losses, it has dealt a fatal blow to the invaders.
In the past two months, those bandits from Pingzhou no longer dare to offend our Xiongnu army for no reason. But they are plundering our Hun homeland, robbing our cattle and sheep, plundering our beautiful women, and taking possession of our rich meadows. Do you think we can say yes? ”
The crowd on the opposite side shouted like an explosion: "Can't! No! No! ”
Wuzhu Liushan Yu still had a serious face, and the white horse walked back and forth a few times, and then he said in a loud voice: "The Pingzhou bandits are only 450 miles away from us, that is, they are right in front of us. Someone persuaded me, saying that our Xiongnu territory is thousands of miles, and if the enemy is strong, we can avoid its edge. We can rely on our familiarity with the terrain, on our desert, on our 10,000-mile territory, and as soon as a strong enemy comes, we will leave, so that they cannot catch us. If the enemy is strong enough, we can enter the desert, and only we know the water source in the desert, and only we will not get lost.
The enemy will only be dragged down and exhausted, and we will deal him a fatal blow when the time comes. I also know that this method is safe, but these vicious bandits are not only dealing with our soldiers, they are dealing with our good herdsmen of the Huns.
We are gone, who will protect our herders, who will protect our rich meadows, who will take care of our cattle and sheep?
Besides, what kind of place is this, this is our Shan Yuting, if we leave, will there be Shan Yuting? And your home? The crowd collectively chanted again: "No! No! No! "The sonic boom is in the sky.
A smile appeared on Shan Yu's face, and with a wave of his hand, the team fell silent again, and everyone's eyes were fixed on Shan Yu.
Shan Yu said loudly again: "Although the bandits in Pingzhou are fierce, but after all, the number is limited, and we are the elite people in the court, each of them is one as ten, how can they be our opponents." In addition, yesterday's 100,000 troops of King Youxian have arrived, and it should be time to set off now. King Subu's army of 50,000 is coming from the north to take part in this great battle.
Our Shan Yuting elite is the most elite force among the Hun warriors, can we lag behind them? ”
The crowd collectively chanted again: "Can't! No! No! ”
Shan Yu then said in a loud voice: "The Pingzhou bandits have fallen into the encirclement of our army, and their end is about to come. When our armies come, they will perish. All warriors, the opportunity to make contributions has come, as long as you fight bravely to kill the enemy, you can become the warriors of the Xiongnu Empire, and the reward of the Xiongnu Empire awaits the triumph of your warriors. Okay, let's go! ”
After speaking, the crowd cheered. Uzhu left a single order to turn the horse's head and came to the north side of the procession, and the generals such as Captain Zuo followed closely behind him.
The army began to swell forward, the hooves of the horses beating against the grass, and the earth trembled.
The black clouds in the sky gathered more and more, and they gathered more and more densely. The Hun cavalry on the grassland was like a black cloud, but it slowly dispersed, spread all over the mountains, and poured away in the southeast direction.
Ignoring his old age, he took some generals and followed the army and rushed forward.
The Xiongnu army was coming to the southeast, and the army of horse reinforcements was also marching to the northwest.
Bean-sized raindrops fell from the sky, crackling and smashing into the advancing ranks. The person who was still feverish just now suddenly felt a chill.
The rain was so heavy that there was a lot of darkness ahead, and the speed of the team slowed down. Ma Yuanchuan gave the order to slow down and not stop, taking advantage of the heavy rain to give the enemy a surprise attack.
The army walked for another half a day, and when it was dark, the rain was still falling, and the grassland, patches of swamps, could no longer move forward.
Ma Yuan had no choice but to camp on the spot to rest, and the army set up tents in the rain and set up camp. It was busy until late that the construction was completed, and in the heavy rain, there was no way to bury the pot and cook, so the whole army had to eat some dry food in the rain.
Ma Yuan was in his own Chinese military tent, frowning, thinking about the development of the battle situation. He personally led the 5th Army to meet Shan Yuting's 30,000 army, in order to speed up, he came with two light cavalry divisions, the Yunlei Regiment and the Iron Armor Division, which were still behind, and the Iron Armor Division was much slower than the light cavalry.
Ma Yuan listened to the sound of the rain outside, thought of the cloud and thunder regiment, thought of the bows and arrows of the whole army, and sighed.
Outside the big tent, there was a sound of people shouting horses, and the soldiers came in to report, and some spies came back to report the military situation.
Ma Yuan's nervous heart was put down, and the spies were called into the big tent and reported them one by one.
Wu Kui and Hao Zhan's army was separated because of the heavy rain, Wu Kui led two lightly armed cavalry divisions to walk in front, Hao Zhan's cart was almost 50 miles away due to muddy roads, and Wu Kui's two cavalry divisions were only 50 miles southwest of this place, and Wang and Zhang Jie were all with Hao Zhan, in the rear of the chariot army.
Ma Yuan secretly said in his heart that it was not good, Wu Kui was going to face the 60,000 army of Youxian Wang, and now the two armies were separated, giving the enemy a chance to take advantage of, although they did not have a big problem in self-preservation, but it seemed that it would be difficult to destroy the enemy alone.
After a while, another spy came back, entered the camp and reported that Yu Ting's army had been dispatched, and was preparing to go to the southeast to attack Pingzhou's soldiers and horses, today due to heavy rain, Shan Yuting's army marched at a speed, only ran 40 miles a day, and now it is only 90 miles away. The army of King Youxian and the army of Shan Yuting basically set off to the east at the same time today, but as soon as it rained, they ran south, and now their whereabouts are unknown.
Ma Yuan asked the spy, does Commander Wu Kui know? The spy replied that someone from Wu Kui's military department had already reported it, and he must have known about it.
After listening to the military situation from all walks of life, Ma Yuan frowned, stepped on the thin mud, and the sound of "poof" sounded on the soles of Ma Yuan's feet. Ma Yuan seemed to have no time to take care of it, pacing back and forth in the big tent.
Outside, it was stormy, and there were occasional bursts of thunder, sometimes as if they were sounding overhead of the big tent. The lights kept flickering, sometimes big and sometimes small, and there were a few times when it felt like it was about to be blown out.
Suddenly, Ma Yuan stopped, turned his head to look at a few spies and said, "The army of the Xiongnu Right Xian King, is there no sign at all?" Their herd, their flock, supposedly can't go too fast, right? Do you have any news? ”
The spies shook their heads one after another, and a tall spy stepped forward and said, "Ma Shuai, we went to the side of the Right Xian King this time, and we didn't see any herds within a few dozen miles." I don't know where they hid the herd? ”
Ma Yuan pondered for a while, raised his head, and said with a smile: "Okay, you have worked hard. But I'll have to give the order later, it's raining heavily outside, and it's better to walk on horseback, can you find your way on foot at this time? ”
The tall spy said: "Ma Shuai, this compass can still be used, although it is not clear at night, but the heavy rain will not fall all the time, we still know how to walk along the way." ”
Ma Yuan said: "Okay, wait until we go to Commander Wu and Commander Hao Zhan to pass on my military orders." ”
Ma Yuan said, walked quickly to the lampstand, brushed and wrote the order, and sealed it in two parchment bags, one of which had three chicken feathers under it.
The spies understood that this was an urgent military situation.
Ma Yuan gave orders to the spies, and after a while, they were out of the camp, and there was a loud sound of wading water outside, which became farther and farther away, and became smaller and smaller, and finally heard only the howling wind outside, the heavy rain, and the dull thunder from overhead.
Ma Yuan passed down the generals in the army, and sent spies on the spot to investigate everywhere to prevent the Hun army from sneaking up on the camp.