Chapter 119: The young general is fierce
When Yan Rou arrived at the city of Guangning with the main force in a hurry, Kebineng had already eaten and drunk enough to leave with the team for two hours.
Looking at the empty warehouses and the mess all over the city, Yan Rou suddenly felt the urge to cry out loud.
Nima, don't play like this! Didn't I just want to be the fisherman in the battle between the snipe and the clam again? After reaching the worst, I became the most bitter one!
Ningcheng was occupied by Xian Yu auxiliary soldiers without blood, okay, I can bear this breath!
More than 3,000 Xianbei people who ate inside and outside the steak followed Kebi to run, and I can bear this breath!
A large amount of grain and grass looted when I went south to Jizhou was plundered by Kebineng, and I can still bear this breath!
However, Kebineng, you shouldn't have led tens of thousands of people over the White Mountain to harm my territory!
You chose such an escape path, and it is safe, but all those Wuhuan old and young people on Lao Tzu's territory will suffer!
Well, now is not the time to cry out. Damn it, don't let Lao Tzu catch you!
Yan Rou scolded people in the empty city of Guangning, then stomped his feet fiercely, and hurriedly led his troops to the north to chase Kebineng, but naturally left an empty city behind.
Yan Rou can't chase if he doesn't chase, if he chases slowly, Ke Bineng may not be able to harm the various tribes of Wuhuan north of Baishan!
Yan Rou can have today's strength, all thanks to the Wuhuan people in the Baishan area and the attached Xianbei people to support him, all tribes have sent troops for him to deploy and use, now Kebi can choose to flee from Baishan to the north, it is equivalent to a hungry wolf into the flock, Yan Rou runs a little slower, these tribes will suffer a catastrophe!
Yan Rou led the team to chase after Kebineng in a hurry like a dead old lady, but Sun Li led the team to chase down the Xianbei soldiers who were given up by Kebineng.
When Kebineng went south, he came with nearly 20,000 strong men from the tribe and tentatively launched several battles with Liu Yu's army in the area of Macheng, resulting in more than 2,000 injuries. Later, Yan Rou gave up Guangning, and Kebi could easily lead the army into the station, which made him feel confident that he could eat in Youzhou in the future.
However, not long after, Kebineng suffered a major setback by the water, under the desperate resistance of Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan and other grain protection generals, Kebineng not only lost more than 2,000 troops, but was also forced back by Yan Rou, who rushed to reinforce in time, and did not grab half a grain of grain.
In this way, the remaining strength of Kobi was more than 15,000 people, and it did not hurt the roots.
However, Kebineng, who had the idea of taking a vote and leaving, was blinded by greed, and finally ventured to attack the largest grain team of the Han army, and suffered very heavy losses!
Before launching the attack, Kebineng divided his troops into two places, of which more than 2,000 people remained in front of the road of the Han army's food team to serve as a feint, and Kebineng led 13,000 main forces to prepare to launch a fatal blow from the flank of the Han army, but was completely disrupted by the Han army's iron thistle array.
The first round of the Xianbei people's charge cost thousands of lives, Kebineng then let Suo Nu lead 4,000 soldiers and horses to attack the tail of the Han army, and as a result, they encountered the Han cavalry who had already been ambushed, and in the face of Zhao Yun's terrifying lethality, the four thousand Xianbei cavalry completely lost their determination to resist and began a meaningless rout.
The reason why this is a meaningless rout is only because these 4,000 Xianbei cavalry chose to flee to the south, on the way they fled all the way, not only were there 10,000 Han troops waiting for them in Gaoliu, but the various dock forts along the road would also make them unable to breathe, and the Han army behind them would not let them go easily!
The 4,000 Xianbei people led by Suo Nu are completely finished, and the more than 3,000 Xianbei people who served as feints have also come to an end. Although the fake "Zhao Yun" is not as brave as the real Zhao Yun, he is a stunned young man who is not afraid of tigers when he is a newborn calf, and although Sun Li, who is only eighteen years old, is still the first time to represent the Han army, his ability to kill people is not bad at all.
Sun Li led 2,000 cavalry to easily kill and capture more than 1,000 Xianbei people who were stranded on the south bank before they had time to cross the river. He led his troops back to camp with a roar of the captives, and then asked Liu He for instructions to cross the river and continue the pursuit of the scattered Xianbei deserters.
Liu He felt that the situation on the north bank was undecided, and Sun Li only took 2,000 cavalry to go over a bit of an adventure, and was about to refuse Sun Li's request, but received the latest news, learning that Kebineng did not drill into the pre-set pocket, but took the troops to the direction of Quang Ninh.
Liu He then sent Sun Li a thousand men and horses, and ordered him to cross the river to the north, while pursuing the scattered small Xianbei troops, while inquiring about the whereabouts of Kebineng and Yan Rou's movements. Liu He made such an arrangement, and did not expect Sun Li to make new contributions, mainly because he did not want to dampen the enthusiasm of the young general.
Sun Li received the order, happily led the army across the river, and launched a merciless pursuit of the Xianbei deserters in the wide north bank area.
The more than 1,000 Xianbei stragglers who crossed the river, because they lost the command of their leader, some of them fled in the direction of Macheng in the west, some fled directly in the direction of Baishan in the north, and some were like headless flies.
In this way, it caused a lot of trouble to Sun Li's pursuit. Because no matter which direction Sun Li chooses, the other two directions will always be vacated, and he will definitely not be able to completely annihilate these Xianbei people who fled in all directions.
In a hurry, Sun Li didn't think about it a lot, so he knew that Lu Dao was bored and followed behind the Xianbei people with a large number of people and a large scale to pursue and further expand the results of the battle.
It was also a coincidence that on the afternoon of the second day when Sun Li left the riverside camp with his troops, he didn't know where Lu Dao had pursued, but in short, he caught up with hundreds of Xianbei stragglers after killing and arresting. And when he looked up, he suddenly found a city not far away!
Sun Li hurriedly sent a cavalry sentry to investigate, but the sentry came back to report that there was an empty city unguarded ahead, and the word "Quang Ninh" was engraved on the city gate.
Sun Li only knew that Yan Rou was originally stationed here, but now he heard that Guangning had become an empty city, but Yan Rou and his team were nowhere to be found, and his heart suddenly pounded!
"I can't do that much! Since there is no army stationed in Quang Ninh, let's go in and occupy it! Sun Li roared, and led the troops into Guangning City with a majestic and high-spirited manner.
After entering the city, Sun Li immediately sent someone to report this bizarre incident to Liu He, and at the same time ordered the soldiers to lower the city gate and wait for the reinforcements and stationing of his own troops.
Sun Li was so fierce here, but the camp of the grain team was busy collecting prisoners, counting captures, and treating wounded soldiers and horses.
In this battle, the Han army's grain team counterattacked with a beautiful defense, and beat Kebineng fiercely, not only causing him to lose half of his troops, but also capturing thousands of high-quality horses, capturing thousands of young and strong laborers, as for the rest of the wounded horses, dead horses, and all kinds of abandoned weapons are countless!
Li Yan organized some personnel to count them, and found that there were more than 2,000 war horses stabbed by thistles! Among these war horses, a few were trampled to death by the Xianbei people themselves, a few were shot to death by the archers of the Han army, and most of them were lying on the ground unable to move because of the horse's hooves.
Liu He ordered all the people who were transporting grain to help collect the thistles that had been spilled out. In order to encourage everyone's enthusiasm, Liu He formulated a reward method, as long as the people handed in an iron tribulus terrestris, they could receive two cents, and the more they paid, the more they get, and there is no upper limit.
When the men who had nothing to do heard that there was such a good thing of "picking up money", they all ran out of the camp to look for thistles, and although they were in danger of being punctured on the soles of their feet, the wisdom of the people was infinite, and they removed the planks from the burned pallets and crashed cars, and tied them to their feet, so that the thorns of the thistles could not pierce them.
The reason why the wounded horses could not get up was because after the thistle terrestris pierced into the hoof, it would be firmly embedded in the flesh, and if no one came to help remove them, the war horse could only lie down and wait for death. At that time, once the Xianbei people who charged forward were thrown off their horses, they were either trampled to death, shot to death, or quickly covered their butts and fled back, who had time to help the injured horse remove the thistle terrestris from the hoof?
But now that the battle is over, and the thistles scattered on the ground have also been cleaned up by the people, Liu He can calmly send soldiers and medical officers to the original "minefield", one by one for these injured horses to pull out arrows, take out the thistles, and then take them away!
It's really that simple. The iron teeth of the thistle terrestris are no more than an inch long, after piercing the cuticle on the horse's hooves, it is actually only a few points into the flesh, the pain is very painful, but it will not hurt the muscles and bones, as long as it is pulled out, the war horse can immediately get up and walk slowly!
This is also the length that Liu He repeatedly calculated when he asked people to make thistle, and after it was sprinkled, it only hurt the horse's hooves, but it would not completely cripple the horse. War horses are extremely important war resources, and shooting and maiming them casually is a kind of ruined behavior!
After some busyness, the grain team has been staying on the riverside for two days.
Zhao Yun led 2,000 cavalry to return to the camp yesterday night, he was worried that after the pursuit was too far, if Gongzi's side encountered a situation, he would not be able to rescue. This time, Zhao Yun made the first contribution, not only beheaded the important leader of the Xianbei people in front of the battle, Suo Nu, but also led 2,000 cavalry to defeat the Xianbei 4,000 cavalry, chased down all the way, beheaded more than 1,500 people, captured more than 1,700 people, and only let more than 800 Xianbei people flee to the south.
These 800 Xianbei people, who were like frightened birds, even if they escaped Zhao Yun's pursuit, they could not escape the fate of being surrounded and attacked by the Han people along the road.
The already huge grain team suddenly had thousands of Xianbei prisoners and more than 5,000 war horses, which seemed even more bloated and huge. Because he didn't know where Kebineng was going, and he didn't know what Yan Rou would do next, Liu He ordered his troops to stay where they were, waiting for news from all directions.
That night, Liu He, who had already begun to worry about the young general Sun Li, suddenly received an urgent report from Sun Li, claiming that he had led the army to occupy Guangning City. Liu He was very surprised when he heard this, and felt that this matter was a little unbelievable, so he hurriedly asked Li Yan and Zhao Yun to help analyze the authenticity of this matter.
Liu He was worried about whether Sun Li was controlled by Yan Rou, and then forced him to write such a letter to lure him to send troops to "deliver food".
Li Yan pondered for a long time and said: "Childe, I think Yan Rou's sudden disappearance has a lot to do with Ke Bineng, as long as we wait for the accurate news from the direction of Ningcheng and confirm that Captain Xian Yu has led the army into Ningcheng, we might as well immediately lead the army to cross the river to Guangning City!" ”
Liu He looked at the topographic map of the march, and pondered in his heart: This place is only more than 20 miles away from Guangning City, but it is more than 60 miles away from Macheng, and now Macheng has enough grain and grass, but Ningcheng is empty, if it can be stationed in Guangning City, not only will Kebineng and Yan Rou be driven out of Youzhou in one fell swoop, but also Ningcheng can also get supplies from Guangning City in the future, which is really the best result!