Chapter 213: Unprincipled Attack on the Camp
Murong Xuan pursued the Han army and never returned, and Murong Zhi, who went to the ambush in advance, did not come back, after a worried night, the heads of the two were thrown into the camp of the Xianbei people by the Han army scouts, and none of the 40,000 cavalry came back, a fiasco!
What's even more serious is how did these 40,000 people fail? Why didn't any of them escape? Will anyone dare to fight in the future? This inexplicable result has dealt a more serious blow to the morale and psychology of the Xianbei people, which is also the purpose of Li Yuanzhi's deliberate attempt to lure the Xianbei people to go out. *
After a severe blow, the Xianbei people can only gather tightly in the camp, so that Fengning County can make full use of the player's numerical advantage to carry out unlimited raids and harassment battles, or unprincipled raids on camps.
Although Fang Zhiwen is also very covetous of the hundreds of thousands of people of the Murong tribe in the south of the water, it is not an easy thing to gnaw on this hard bone, not to mention that the Murong clan has a way out, as long as they are willing to admit defeat and obediently return to Hebei, Fang Zhiwen has no way to take them for the time being.
Therefore, in dealing with the Murong clan, Fang Zhiwen wanted to rely more on the player to get things done, because the benefits were insufficient, and Fang Zhiwen didn't have that much energy, in comparison, it seemed that he could get more benefits from the direction of Danhan Mountain.
Therefore, the task that Li Yuanzhi received was to beat the Xianbei people into fear, so that they did not dare to go out of the camp, at least at night, and then when the players showed their powers, they could play whatever they wanted, killing people and setting fires, poisoning and stabbing them, as long as they could hit the Xianbei people, the way of attacking the camp was not limited, the time of the attack on the camp was not limited, and the scale of the attack on the camp was not limited. There is no bottom line and no principle in everything, which is referred to as unprincipled camp warfare.
And Li Yuanzhi and Zheluo took turns wandering around the Murong clan's camp, resolutely attacking the Xianbei people who dared to go out of the camp, even during the day, Li Yuanzhi dared to use his speed advantage to compete with the Xianbei cavalry. As a result, the Xianbei people did not dare to leave the camp at night, so they could only retreat in the camp and try their best to resist the attacks from the players.
The area of the camp for hundreds of thousands of people is very large, and if it is a city of Han people, a small city that is not very large can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people. However, it is obviously impossible for the Xianbei people, so the camp area of the Xianbei people is very large, and the large area means that the defense range is also very large, that is, the density of troops is also very limited.
When the player gathers more and more around the Xianbei camp, the Xianbei people already have a feeling of being defenseless, but when they want to take the initiative to attack the player during the day, the player immediately scatters, even if they desperately pursue, they can only destroy a small number. It doesn't mean anything to the overall situation now, and if you're not careful, you may be entangled by Li Yuanzhi, and then players will flock to it and come back to beat the water dogs.
After this kind of thing happened once or twice, the Xianbei people didn't dare to chase the player to death. You can only expel them. But at night, seeing that the Xianbei people didn't even dare to go out of the camp, the player's actions immediately escalated, and the various attack methods definitely made the Xianbei people want to die. Even Li Yuanzhi was amazed!
For example, a small trebuchet, which can be carried in the package of the player's general. This kind of trebuchet is generally used in defending the city, because the range is not far, only 400 steps, and the weight of the objects thrown is not large, so it is not very useful in the attack, and the defense also depends on the number to win.
However, when the player attacks the camp, they use this small catapult to throw burning oil and sulfur, or throw a crockpot filled with venom, although the goal is not clear, but this situation lasts for several days, and any Xianbei people who live near the edge of the camp suffer, either the tent is burned, or the cattle and sheep are poisoned, so the Xianbei people will move into the interior of the camp, and the camp will be compressed unconsciously.
What's more serious is that the endless means of players have created heavy psychological pressure on the Xianbei in the camp, and the morale in the camp has dropped rapidly along with the grain and grass, and many Xianbei nobles have already made the idea of retreating and secretly transferred their property to the north bank. The question is, in this small place, if you want to do something, how can no one see it? Therefore, the behavior of leaving a back road is not a matter of one or two, and after two or three days, the whole camp is actually in a panicked situation.
At this time, another dangerous voice appeared, that is, the voice questioning the old patriarch of Murong Han, why under the leadership of Murong Han, the heroic and invincible Xianbei people repeatedly folded their wings in front of the Han army, when did the eagle on the grassland fall to the situation of being casually washed by the Han army? !
Someone should come forward to take this responsibility!
As soon as this voice appeared, it immediately won the support of a large number of Murong nobles and rulers, one of them was to find reasons and scapegoats for the frequent failures of the Xianbei people, and more importantly, it was the desire for power in their hearts that was causing trouble.
The poor old patriarch Murong Han can only watch this black cauldron on his back, no matter what the responsibility for this failure is, it can't be pushed off, as for what these people want to do behind their backs, Murong Han is naturally clear, but it is clear that if he wants to stop or change all this, Murong Han is powerless.
After thinking about it, Murong Han felt that it was a small matter for him to lose power, after all, he had been a patriarch for decades, although power was cute, but compared to the future of the Murong family, his own gains and losses, fame, fortune and power were still trivial!
Once you can't go in love, it may even cause a split in the Murong clan, and in this autumn of life and death, the split Murong clan has only one way to die.
So Murong Han used the excuse that the Murong tribe was not only the tribe south of the water, but also the tribe on the north bank, so he couldn't just act on the opinions of the people in the current camp, he asked to convene a meeting of the entire clan leader to re-select the patriarch, and Murong Han's concession made the ambitious Murong clan nobles excited.
However, in order to realize Murong Han's request, the tribe can only be withdrawn to the north bank first, otherwise once these tribal nobles leave the southern camp, the tribesmen in the camp will definitely think that they are running away instead of going to the meeting, maybe they will leave the camp on the front foot, and the big camp on the back foot will completely collapse.
Murong Han's statement is actually equivalent to forcing the order of the southern tribe to withdraw to the north bank, so that those hardliners in the clan completely lose the market, but the price he paid for this victory was a little too great, but Murong Han decided to sacrifice his own power at the cost of preserving the vitality of the southern tribe, and re-give the Murong clan who was on the verge of splitting a chance to reunite, he thought that such a sacrifice was definitely worth it.
Objectively speaking, this kind of unprincipled attack on the camp is somewhat brutal, because it is an indiscriminate attack, so most of the people who die in the end are not soldiers, but old and weak women and children who run slowly, especially children, because they don't know how to dodge, a large number of people died in the attack, but the war itself is cruel, either you die or I live, especially now this kind of life-and-death war between races, there is no mercy and no mercy, only naked killing and plundering.
In fact, Zhe Luo and Li Yuanzhi were still very distressed to see that civilians were constantly being killed and injured, of course, not because of how merciful they were, but because they felt that these people should be the people of the lord in the future, and it was a pity to die in vain now, but through such cruel killings, it was worth it to let the Xianbei people retreat and complete the lord's plan.
In fact, according to the plan of the lord at the end of last summer, it will take one to two years to conquer the central Wuhuan, and now due to the unexpected cooperation of the Badun, the whole process will be greatly advanced, a winter, not only the central Wuhuan was completely wiped out by the lord, even the Shanggu Wuhuan difficult building has also been made ancient, the eastern Su Yanfu under the suppression of Duan Zigang and Li Shehu, is also panicked, and now Fengning County is eyeing the Xianbei people who dominate the southern grassland, this achievement, every Fengning person should be proud.
The current Murong tribe is the last point of this year's winter offensive, as long as the Murong tribe can be forced back and the city planned by the lord can be established here, basically the situation in the northwest of Youzhou will be stabilized, and Fengning City will also be far away from the front-line war, becoming the fulcrum and rear of the entire grassland front, and the entire Fengning County, even if it is initially settled, can fully develop production, and is fully prepared for the storms that will come in spring and summer.
Fang Zhiwen has hardly stopped these days, and led his troops to light fires everywhere in the northeastern part of Danhan Mountain, as if he had returned to the era of capturing the Wuhuan people on the grassland, but now the targets of the captivity have been replaced by the Xianbei people.
Although the targets of the captives are all small tribes, the key is that before the arrival of this winter, the Xianbei people definitely did not expect that the war would burn to their doorstep before the arrival of spring, so the tribes did not shrink at all, and the distribution area was naturally relatively broad, due to the dispersion of the tribes, the soldiers were not able to assemble in time, and under Fang Zhiwen's rapid attack, the entire northeast region suddenly suffered heavy losses.
While Li Yuanzhi and Zhe Luo were anxiously waiting for the change of the Murong tribe, Fang Zhiwen had already confirmed from the clues that the Murong tribe had begun to prepare for the evacuation of the southern tribe.
After Fang Zhiwen, who had just finished the battle, received Li Yuanzhi's latest battle report, he immediately replied to Li Yuanzhi, asking him to pay attention to the movements of the Murong tribe, thinking that they should have prepared to retreat north, if Li Yuanzhi wanted to bite a piece of meat from the Murong tribe, then he had to plan quickly, otherwise the Murong tribe would suddenly retreat north, and Li Yuanzhi would be caught off guard, so he could only watch the population of the Murong tribe and the cattle and sheep disappear on the north bank of the water.
Fang Zhiwen's reply arrived in a very timely manner, and Li Yuanzhi was still a little puzzled, why the Murong Department was so honest these days, and when the camp was attacked, it seemed to be much calmer, and he would not be busy rescuing the burning tent, but first took the cattle and sheep away, transferred the personnel, and let the tent burn down.
Now as soon as Fang Zhiwen reminded him, Li Yuanzhi immediately realized that the Xianbei people were ready to run away. To be continued.