Chapter 380: The Conquest of Urgan (4)
The young Germanic man named Weld was indeed the most famous hunter in the region, and after about eight days he returned to the town exhausted, bringing back the exact location of the Urgan army, while the other hunters who had gone with him all returned dejected after three or four days, except Weld who returned on the eighth day, and there was no trace of the Urgan army.
The richest courtyard in the town was requisitioned by Qin Dong as his command post, and at this time, Weld reported to Qin Dong all his experiences and observations in this courtyard: "...... On the fourth day, when I came to the foot of a mountain, I think I saw them, and the place had no name, so I called it the Broken Foothills, yes, there was a great lake in the northeast of the foothills, and when I got to the top of the foothills, my God, my lord, guess what I saw? ”
Qin Dong cooperated and asked, "What do you see?" ”
"There are tents everywhere on the shore of the lake, yes, you heard it right, the edge of the lake within a radius of more than ten miles is almost full of tents, large and small, I don't know how many there are, anyway, there are many, many of them, and there are countless horses, cattle and sheep grazing in the surrounding open space, and some are drinking water! My lord, do you know why I would know they might be there? ”
"Why?"
Weld said very seriously: "Because there is only one place in the whole mountainous region of central Germania that can accommodate so many people!" ”
Qin Dong listened to Weld's words and nodded, and after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly said: "Weld, that day you said that you are familiar with every inch of land in this mountain forest. It looks like you're not lying! ”
"Of course, my lord, you can take my word for it. Every word I say is true! I have lived here since I was a child, I have been hunting with my father since I was a child, and I have a strange ability to communicate with animals and flowers in the mountains, so I can come back from the dangerous mountains and forests intact every time, and it is because of this ability that I can be completely familiar with this huge mountain forest! Weld was very confident and proud of himself, and he was a little proud when Qin Dong affirmed him.
"Someone. Deliver a hundred oxen and a hundred sheep to the great warrior Weld, if he wishes to join the king's army. You can directly recruit into the recruits, and when he finishes training, he will be promoted to the rank of chief! Qin Dong didn't talk nonsense and directly fulfilled his promise.
Weld was a very honest and upright young man, and he saluted like a Hun soldier saluting Qin Dong and said, "My lord." You are a man who keeps his promises. I like adults like you, and Weld is willing to join your army to fight for you! ”
Qin Dong smiled and got up, helped him up, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Do a good job, I'm very optimistic about you!" By the way, Weld, can you draw the topography of this mountain forest? ”
Weld touched his head, shook his head, and said, "My lord, I don't know how to draw, but I know how to get there, and where there is a road." Where there are mountains, streams and lakes! ”
It would be nice if Weld knew how to do map work, Qin Dong said in his heart. But it didn't matter, as long as he could speak, he called in the captain of the guard, Qi Muge, and ordered: "Go find a few painters with the army, and let them draw a rough map of this central mountainous area according to Weld's description!" ”
"Yes, King!"
The map took a day, and the next afternoon Qin Dong saw the map of the mountains drawn by the painters according to Weld's description, this map was very rough, but some of the main peaks and obvious roads, streams, and forests were still drawn, although it was not satisfactory in terms of detail, but with this map, Qin Dong could use a plan to lure out the army of Urgan.
After Qin Dong studied this rough map for an afternoon, he thought of a solution to Urgan completely, in addition to a few roads that are easier to go down the mountain, there are a total of three downhill paths to the outside world, the town where Qin Dong's army is located is a passage, there is a passage down the mountain in the westernmost part of the mountain forest, and the passage to guò can enter the plain, and then enter the Teutoburg Forest, which is more complex in terrain, in addition to these two roads, There is also a passage to the southernmost side that can lead to the Bavarian Plateau, but the Bavarian Plateau was Sambus's territory before, and since Sambus surrendered to Qin Dong, all the defenses in his territory have been handed over to the royal court, so Urgan definitely does not have the courage to go down the mountain from the south into Bavaria, and will definitely enter the plain from a passage in the west.
"Someone, let Afald come over!"
"Yes, King!"
It wasn't long before Alfald came, "See the King!" ”
"Excuse me!" Qin Dong raised his hand and beckoned, "Alfard, come here!" ”
Waiting for Affard to come over, Qin Dong pointed to the map and said: "You see, we are here now, and Urgan and his remnants of fifteen thousand people, plus four thousand servant troops, a total of nineteen thousand people are now in this area of the lake, if my army enters the mountains, it will definitely be discovered by Urgan, most of us are cavalry, cavalry plays a small role in this mountain forest, and it is a waste of grain and grass to enter, we have a small number of infantry, and Urgan has four thousand Germanic servant troops, once the fight starts, there are many wins and losses, Even if we don't go into the mountains and send troops to besiege this huge mountainous area, the burden of military spending is too great for a long time, of course, Urgan can't afford it, his 19,000 troops eat the grain and grass they need every day to eat horses and chew is definitely not a small amount, but they are in the mountains and forests, they should be able to hold out for a while, but this king doesn't want to spend time here with him, you see, there is a small road in the west of this mountainous area where you can go out and enter the plains after going down the mountain, and Urgan can continue to retreat westward. Withdraw all the way to the Teutonic Forest, where the terrain is more complicated, if that is the case, it will be more difficult for us to completely eradicate him, so we must settle Urgan here, I speculate that Urgan will definitely go out of the mountains from the west into the plains, because his daily use of nearly 20,000 troops is too expensive, and he has been being pursued by us, and he will certainly not have a lot of grain, grass and livestock with him, and he will not be able to find a way out of the mountains for long, you will now take your fifth officer and immediately rush to the area around Saxa at full speed, And hide in this area and wait for Urgan and his remnants to appear, and the rest of the roads down the mountain, the king will send another army to set up a position to defend it, and if they are not allowed to pass Guò, Urgan can only take the path, and Saxa will become his only choice! ”
Alfald nodded: "Understood, king, the last general immediately reorganized the men and horses, and after dinner, set off for Saxa overnight, can I take this map with me?" ”
Qin Dong waved to a guard standing next to him: "I have already prepared it for you!" ”
Afald took the map and left, Qin Dong immediately sent two divisions of troops to move quickly to defend the two roads that were easier to go down the mountain, so that when Urgan found that the two main roads down the mountain were blocked by Qin Dong, he could only choose to take that path, Urgan must have thought that Qin Dong would not know that there was such a path, after all, Qin Dong's army came from afar and was not familiar with the situation here, but how did he know that the local Germanic people in Qin Dong knew about this secret path?
Qin Dong's army besieged this huge mountain forest, Urgan and his army were a little unbearable, his army was not a small number, close to 20,000 people, how many things did so many people have to eat every day? In less than two months, he took hundreds of cattle and thousands of sheep with the army to be eaten, not only that, but even the woods around the lake where they landed were gnawed away, under hunger, Urgan had to endure the pain of slaughtering the last batch of war horses to satisfy the soldiers, he knew that this would not work, and if he stayed here again, he would starve to death sooner or later, and the sense of crisis made him have to send people everywhere to find a path out of the mountain and not be discovered by the army of Qin Dong, after a few days, the people sent out came back, Finally someone found a path to the outside world, the direction of this path made Urgan very happy, he found that he could take this path directly into the plains, loot in the plains, and then take a little rest and then continue to evacuate westward, and finally enter the Teutoburg Forest, which is different, not only is the terrain dangerous, but there are many places in the forest suitable for raising cattle and horses, and of course they can be cultivated, and it is his territory, his lair, as long as he returns there, he can hold all the dangerous places, so that Qin Dong was helpless.
Seeing the hope of life, Urgan immediately threw off the exhausted army and continued to flee, at this time it was already a cold winter wax moon, and the heavy snow covered the entire mountainous area overnight, which made the situation of the Urgan army even worse, and countless people froze to death and starved to death because of the cold this night.
The next morning, Urgan found that he could no longer command the army, and that the snow-covered world was beautiful, but it concealed the murderous purpose of death, and he reluctantly gathered the people who were still alive and went on the road, and walked for another day and could not walk again, because his generals and soldiers no longer obeyed his orders.
Taking advantage of Urgan's snoozing due to fatigue, one of the generals drew his scimitar and cut off his head, and then the general carried Urgan's head to the top and shouted, and all the soldiers who were still alive let out a cheer, knowing that they still had hope of survival, because they could carry Urgan's head to the royal court.
Alfald was depressed, and was depressed when he emerged from the ambush with the Fifth Legion and saw the army approaching in tatters, all the soldiers shivering from the cold. After identification, he knew that this was Urgan's army, but he never expected that when he was ready to lead the army to attack, the front of this army waved the banner of surrender, and a soldier came over with a snowball wrapped in snow, and then smashed the snowball with a cold scimitar, revealing the head of Urgan inside.
After carefully identifying Urgan's head, Alfald was convinced that this was the original goods, and he reluctantly ordered the guards around him: "Report to the king immediately, Urgan was beheaded by his generals, and they surrendered with his head!" (To be continued......)