Chapter 18: Jiannu is coming
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"Father, there's nothing to do now anyway, the child will take someone to the neighborhood to survey the nearby terrain again!"
The wait is so difficult, it seems that Zhou Huchen seems to be a little unbearable. In fact, the nearby terrain was already well known and had been surveyed many times, which was a necessary necessity for conducting military operations.
"It's good to go and investigate, remember not to go too far south, let's go! Go and come back quickly! "Zhou Huchen seems to be becoming more and more cautious, this is undoubtedly a good phenomenon, there is no harm in training, there is no enemy nearby, of course Zhou Yuji will not stop it.
Fifty fierce cavalry and thirty family soldiers rode out of the woods, and under the leadership of Zhou Huchen, their first target was Yangliuqing Town, northeast of this forest.
After a brief look at the periphery of the town, Zhou Huchen commanded the cavalry to begin to enter the town.
Yangliuqing Town is a nearby transportation hub and one of the most prosperous cargo distribution centers in the vicinity. Now, this once prosperous place is full of devastation, the corpses of the people who were killed in and outside the town can be seen everywhere, the doors of almost every family are open, and there is no one in the town, to be exact, not a single living person except the corpses.
"** Dongnu, these barbarians who should be cut by a thousand knives"
Except for Zhou Huchen, it is not the first time that the cavalry have seen this kind of tragic situation, despite this, none of the soldiers want to see this kind of scene, after all, this is the territory of their own country, and these people who were killed are their own people, and it is inevitable to keep cursing the brutal Jiannu.
"Now, follow my orders, find all the wells in the town, and fill them all for me!" Entering the town, Zhou Huchen immediately gave an order:
This is Zhou Huchen's purpose, a team of tens of thousands of people needs a lot of drinking water. Zhou Huchen wants to take advantage of the current freezing season, he wants to destroy the water sources, destroy the wells and ponds in these villages.
The well is easy to fill, there is no need to fill it at all, throw in a large amount of masonry, as long as there is no water, the well will be abandoned at a glance. But there are still three ponds in Yangliuqing Town, and these three ponds seem to be very large, although they are very strong, they can be chiseled, and the ice can be turned into water.
It didn't take long for all the wells to be filled with bricks and stones by soldiers and their families. Young Master Zhou Huchen Zhou is undoubtedly a very sinister person, and without the slightest hesitation, he once again ordered a job that no one was willing to do: "Give me all the way, clean up the latrine, and throw it into the pond." ”
If you don't want to, you can't do it, you can only carry it out, everyone knows Young Master Zhou's temper, there is no possibility of disobedience at all, and then think about some of the methods of Young Master Zhou, these cavalry and family members shudder. This eldest young master is too damaged, all of them have learned the yin damage of the eldest young master Zhou, and no one is willing to try again.
"Young master, this is useless, there is Wuqing Lake nearby, there is a river, Jiannu can dig ice along the road along the Yongding River to get water, our water cut has no effect at all!" The one who raised the question was Zhou Wanjiang, the head of the family, apparently he only thought that Zhou Huchen was going to cut off the water for Jiannu:
Zhou Huchen smiled and explained: "Uncle Jiang, the team of Jiannu is probably more than 50,000, plus the people who have been taken captive, I am afraid that the total number is not less than 100,000, plus a large number of livestock, how much water is needed?!" I also have to carry a lot of baggage, and I can't get up fast if I want to! Therefore, they will definitely move along the place where there is water, destroy the wells and ponds in the villages and towns along the road, and Wuqing Lake and Yongding River will become their soft underbelly! ”
"Oh, I see, the reason why we destroy the water source is that Jiannu will not dare to leave the water source, and then attack Jiannu when they are getting water, so that they will be exhausted, so that they can take advantage of the chaos to win!"
Zhou Wanjiang is right, this is one of Zhou Huchen's purposes, and Zhou Huchen has another purpose, but he is unwilling to say it now.
"I hope we can save the people from fire and water, and I hope we can bring effective killing to Jiannu!" Zhou Huchen's righteous and awe-inspiring words are true or not, but that faint sadness is absolutely true.
The efficiency of the cavalry was not bad, and for a whole afternoon, the town of Yangliuqing was the first target, and then, starting along the northwest bank of the Yongding River, the wells and ponds of all dozens of villages were baptized, either filled with masonry or disgusting yellow and white.
Finally, before dusk, fifty tired cavalrymen and their families returned to the woods of Yang Liuqing.
When Zhou Huchen returned to Zhou Yuji's side, the scouts had already brought news, and a huge team appeared in the mouth of the stream ten miles away, they were moving very slowly, and those banners and the scouts in front of them had already shown that this was the Jiannu team that the detective had detected.
As night fell, Jiannu's scouts did not appear in the field of vision of Zhou Yuji and the others in ambush.
The night was very cold and cold, the enemy was not far away, and in order to prevent being discovered by Jiannu, the soldiers no longer raised fires and did not dare to make any big movements. Zhou Huchen and Zhou Yuji were no exception, they could only nibble on those frozen stiff dough cakes for dinner, and in order to prevent the water bladder from being frozen into ice lumps, everyone had to put the cold water bladder in their arms.
The night was very peaceful, but it was very difficult, Zhou Huchen, like all the soldiers, only had one piece of felt at night, and this was the only item to spend this cold night.
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The eastern sky glowed fish-white, and then, a faint blush appeared.
The battle was coming, and the soldiers who woke up moved their stiff hands and feet, and then began to get busy, taking the opportunity to hurry up and eat something, carefully serve their horses, and organize all kinds of weapons and equipment.
This is the first time Zhou Huchen has participated in actual combat, it is impossible not to be nervous, while preparing like everyone else, he began to ask Zhou Wanjiang, the leader of the family around him: "Uncle Jiang, you and this Jiannu have fought against, are they really as powerful as the legend in the Beijing Division?" ”
Zhou Wanjiang had already completed his work, and while checking the belly strap of the war horse for Zhou Huchen, he replied: "Jiannu is just like that, it is a dare to fight, the military law is relatively strict, the military merits depend on the victory, and the upper and lower ranks are very clear, so everyone is brave, just to accumulate war merits for themselves." ”
"Jiannu is known as a peerless cavalry and archer, can he be more powerful than our cavalry?" Zhou Huchen continued to ask:
"What kind of riding and archery is unparalleled, it is just that the mobility is relatively strong! There is no big difference between the Jiannu cavalry and our cavalry, that is, there are more horses and more cavalry, and the cavalry corps that comes and goes like the wind is the most difficult to deal with! Moreover, Jiannu's armored soldiers are more powerful, and the military discipline is extremely strict, and they are not afraid of death when they fight! These soldiers in the imperial court who eat mixed rice have no future, and they still have to keep their heads to eat! Who wants to die in vain! ”
Zhou Huchen looked at Zhou Wanjiang and continued to ask: "Then we don't have no chance of winning this time, this strength is a little too different!" ”
At this time, Zhou Wanjiang packed up the war horse for Zhou Huchen, he patted this rare horse and praised it: "Huzi's horse is so good!" ”
Then, Zhou Wanjiang turned his head and smiled at Zhou Huchen and replied, "Not really! Tens of thousands of people ~ How many real cavalry are there? I'm afraid that at most one or two, a thousand rides! Even if there are 3 or 5,000 cavalry, it is just the appearance, I am afraid that they are all peasants on horses, and for real cavalry, they are just sheep! Jiannu is a team of tens of thousands of people, and a large number of materials have to be transported, as well as a large number of captive people, how huge will this team be?! How could Jiannu's cavalry come over! The combat effectiveness of the cavalry lies in mobility, even if our attack is not effective, will the cavalry of Jiannu really dare to pursue us? ”
"I understand, of course Jiannu doesn't dare to !! This is our Ming territory, they are afraid that we are bait, and the cavalry of Jiannu will not dare to break away from the large army at all, they can only
Adopt drive tactics, so as long as we maintain mobility, we will always be invincible! ”
Zhou Huchen shouted excitedly, the mystery of history is in front of him, this is the real battle of Yang Liuqing, a battle that cannot be lost.
In this battle of Yang Liuqing, Zhou Yuji used a strong mobile force, he was not facing the main force of Jiannu, but only some auxiliary soldiers, those incompetent Ming troops who surrendered, and then some farmers who put down their farm tools. Jiannu's real cavalry is too few, and Zhou Yuji faces an enemy a hundred times his own, so as recorded in history, more than 700 Ming cavalry can kill thousands of people, and the enemy is too weak, this is the truth of history.
If there can be reinforcements soon, Zhou Huchen sighed in his heart, no if, these troops of the Ming Dynasty are already incorrigible, they have been frightened by Jiannu, it is impossible to have such courage, the towering tree of the Ming Dynasty has been completely hollow and decayed, and it is now only left with a gentle push.
However, with Zhou Huchen here, Zhou Yuji has a stronger cavalry than in history, what will be the result?
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