Chapter 35: The Horse Snatching Operation in the Prairie
On the tenth day of July in 198 AD, although the territory could not be expanded anymore, in order to obtain sufficient war horses, Hu Li and Zhao Yun led 10,000 Changshan wolves to ride and take three big brown bears through Yanmen County and arrived at the Saiwai grassland. When passing through Gouzhu Mountain, Hu Li took the Siberian Tiger family of five who were still entrenched in the camp of Gouzhu Mountain and the wolves whose population had grown to more than 60 horses to the grassland, and the Siberian Tiger family of five was incorporated into the beast camp, and more than 60 wolves were handed over to Changshan Wolf to ride and domesticate, which could not only track the enemy and prevent being ambushed, but also assist in guarding at night to avoid being suddenly attacked by the enemy.
With enough goshawks and three golden eagles controlled by Hu Li to search the grassland, this operation to plunder the war horses was much more efficient than three years ago, when they found those nomads with less than 1,000 tribal warriors, Hu Li and Zhao Yun divided their troops and went to kill all the warriors, plunder all the war horses, as for the old and weak women and children, let them fend for themselves, and did not carry out the massacre three years ago. Three years ago, the massacre was carried out because the wolf rider and the Hu people at that time had an unforgettable hatred, and the second was because the wolf rider was weak at that time, and he was afraid of leaking the news, so he could only kill them all, and the battle of Wuhou Qinshui three years ago was because the wolf rider did not have enough strength to encircle and annihilate the enemy, and the fleeing enemy attracted a large army to pursue, and finally Hu Li could only take the wolf rider to escape back to Changshan in embarrassment by detouring the sea through the wet water. Now it was different from the past, there was a high-altitude reconnaissance like cheating, in this endless steppe, Hu Li with 10,000 wolf horses was not afraid of anyone at all, so Hu Li did not carry out a massacre, so that the nomads could herd more horses for him, and wait for Hu Li to come back to harvest when the time came, just like cutting leeks in the field, cutting stubble and growing stubble.
After spending another half a month to sweep away the surrounding tribes with thousands of people, Hu Li obtained 15,000 war horses, 8,000 horses, and arranged 1,000 Changshan wolf horses to be transported back to Taiyuan County one after another. The unexpected harvest is that the size of the wolf pack has expanded again, as Hu Li and others go deep into the grassland, there will always be hungry wolves wandering around the camp ridden by Changshan wolves every night, delusionally trying to take the opportunity to prey on war horses to satisfy hunger, but how can all this be concealed Hu Li, who has four owls and more than 60 wolves, were all captured after Hu Li arranged a circle, and in half a month, the wolf pack expanded from more than 60 to more than 300. Hu Li first domesticated the head wolf of the wolf pack to lead by example, and then let five Siberian tigers and three big brown bears deter by force, the two-pronged wolf taming work is progressing gratifyingly, and now more than 300 wolves are basically adapted to live in the wolf pen arranged by the wolf rider in Changshan, just wait for the run-in of time, must be a group of right-hand men suitable for reconnaissance and vigilance.
On July 26, Hu Li found through the vision of the golden eagle that 30,000 cavalry had gathered in the depths of the grassland, and its target was the Changshan wolf cavalry who wantonly killed and plundered the war horses on the grassland. Although more than 8,000 Changshan wolf riders can leave the grassland and return to the state, it is too embarrassing to be driven out of the grassland in such a gray way, and although this trip to the grassland has harvested 15,000 war horses and more than 8,000 horses, it is far from reaching the goal of 50,000 war horses for Hu Li's plan to travel to the grassland. After being chased by the 30,000 Hu cavalry in the rear for two days, Hu Li finally found the problem through the vision of the golden eagle, there are always five goshawks circling in the sky above the Changshan wolf, and it has been circling for two days, proving that this is not an ordinary wild goshawk, but has been domesticated by people, it seems that the problem is in these five goshawks, it is the five goshawks that expose the position of the Changshan wolf ride, so that the 30,000 Hu horses chase all the way to this point.
If it were someone else, they might be helpless even if they knew what the problem was, so they could only flee the grassland in embarrassment, but Hu Li was an exception, and on the third day, after seeing the five goshawks appear in the sky above the Changshan wolf, Hu Li released the five golden eagles that brought the grassland. After Hu Li controlled the three golden eagles and made the other two golden eagles do the same, the five golden eagles flew directly above the five goshawks silently, and then suddenly swooped down. So the 30,000 Hu riders who chased the Changshan wolf rode saw an incredible scene, the five goshawks that had few natural enemies after their hard training were caught by the five golden eagles that came out of nowhere and flew into the distance, and the 30,000 Hu horses without the guidance of the goshawks were naturally thrown away by the Changshan wolf riders commanded by Hu Li after several changes of direction.
On the third day, it had been decided to disband the 30,000 Hu cavalry, and several Hu cavalry leaders who had returned to their tribes to strictly defend themselves found a scene that made them doubly happy, three of the five goshawks that were captured yesterday actually returned, although they were covered with scaly wounds, and even had the strength to fly, but after the falconers carefully fed and applied special special medicines, the three goshawks took on the important duty of tracking the enemy army. As a result, as soon as the three goshawks rose into the air, it didn't take long for the falconry Hu people to find that the Changshan wolf ride was not far ahead through the frequency of the goshawk's wings, it seems that this group of Han people is not as good as our steppe warriors who grew up on horseback, after being chased for three days, the Han people thought that they would get rid of the chasing soldiers and sleep without worry, several Hu cavalry leaders so brains made up for the reason why this happened to the Han people, and thought that the encirclement and suppression of Changshan wolf cavalry that was declared bankrupt could be continued, how could this not make several Hu cavalry leaders ecstatic.
When the 30,000 Hu cavalry gradually approached the Changshan wolf riding camp, the falconry Hu people learned through the goshawk that the Changshan wolf cavalry was divided into three routes and 3,000 cavalry, and fled into the distance. The 30,000 Hu riders who hated Changshan Wolf rode were also divided into three roads and 10,000 Hu riders, each with a goshawk and a falcon Hu man chasing the assigned target.
The 10,000 Hu cavalry on the left side learned through the goshawk in the evening that the 3,000 Changshan wolf riders in front of them had become a three-way 1,000 cavalry and fled from the grassland in three directions, it seems that the Han people finally found that the situation was not good, and wanted to retain some vital force by means of breaking it into pieces, the three leaders of the 10,000 Hu cavalry on the left thought so, after a brief discussion, the three Hu cavalry leaders decided to take more than 3,000 cavalry to chase and kill the Changshan wolf cavalry in three ways, anyway, the road with the goshawk more than 3,000 Hu cavalry can definitely annihilate a thousand Changshan wolf cavalry, And their other two Hu cavalry also have a great chance of gaining, even if they can't be wiped out, but it is also a very happy thing for the Hu people to be able to kill one more Han cavalry.