Chapter 785: Expedition
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On the eleventh day after the new year, the tense atmosphere in Hedong suddenly came.
Without warning, Zhu Biao issued an order for the army to assemble, and more than 80,000 regular soldiers converged to Hedong County.
All five battalions of cavalry were conscripted, numbering more than 53,000 horsemen;
The infantry troops Li Xian, Hu Yanqing, and Yang Yanzhang all pulled out camps, with more than 25,000 troops. Together with Zhu Biao's personal battalion of more than 3,000 people, and Li Yan's Xuanjia Iron Cavalry Battalion with 2,000 cavalry, the total strength reached 84,000 people.
Of course, there are 5,000 auxiliary soldiers in the army, and the total number of young and strong troops recruited directly from the people is as high as 120,000. For a time, the whole Hedong people were panicked, and the residual New Year's flavor quickly faded, and the stirring waves made Hexi, Anzhou, Pingzhou, and the entire Northern Han Dynasty hang their hearts.
Holding Zhu Biao's waist tightly from behind, his face buried in the cold armor, Shan Yuping's whole body was trembling slightly. It's not cold, it's cold, it's nervous, scared.
Zhu Biao plans to send troops on a snowy day again, and he will send more than 100,000 troops at a time, which is simply unimaginable to her. Shan Yuping does not understand military affairs, but he also knows the difference between 20,000 or 30,000 people and more than 100,000 people. This is not only reflected in the difference in numbers, but also in the difference between heaven and earth in terms of the purpose of the battle.
How could she not be worried.
hugged Zhu Biao's broad waist, hugged him stiffly, and didn't speak.
Zhu Biao held Shan Yuping's hand, and only felt an inexplicable sour aura flowing between the two. "I'll be back safely, definitely-"
This battle would be the first time he had fought against a large army of Hu people since he joined the army, and he believed that he would win. The Hedong Army will also complete the transformation again and again in victory after victory, and become the invincible elite on that side when the army was not expanded before. And the Hu people, the Hu dogs, and the Hu tribes will dissipate and rout in front of their own large corps battles again and again. Dissipate again, rout again......
Eventually, until perdition!
In the battle of the surrendered city, the Central Plains coalition army has gained the upper hand. After the heavy snow came, the bowstrings and crossbow strings all turned into soft noodles, the Hu Di coalition army lost the ability to ride and shoot, and the Central Plains coalition army also lost the strong bow and crossbow, and the fighting on both sides was even more bloody, and countless people fell on the dry yellow grass forever.
In the end, the Central Plains coalition army that gathered as one won the Hu Di coalition army, which did not distinguish between primary and secondary!
Except for one battlefield under the surrendered city, the remaining three battlefields of the Central Plains coalition army have defeated or broken through the obstruction of the Hu Di coalition army, and now more than one million troops are surrounded by the surrendered city on all sides. There were also two or three hundred thousand Hudi coalition troops in the surrendered city. There were also more numbers of military horses outside. The battlefield of the surrendered city is forming a situation of attacking the [defending the city] and sending reinforcements [rescue].
Because the war is an interlocking organizational movement, the Central Plains coalition army has a clear dominant leader, even if the sacrifice on the battlefield is great, the Zhou army has made a decision, Chen, Zhongshan, Yan, Wei and other ** horses will pinch their noses and stubbornly top their heads.
And the Hudi coalition army is different.
When the sacrifice is small, they can all work together. When the sacrifice is greater than the bottom line, it becomes an unsolvable problem to see who goes up and who doesn't. Neither the Hu people nor the Di people want their own strength to suffer heavy losses, but the other party's strength losses are relatively light. And the surrendered city is the territory of the Di people, and the Hu people have a sense of 'irresponsible' in their hearts. He also felt that he was here to help the Di people, and at the time of the decisive battle, the Di people, as the host, should bear heavier burdens and tasks.
And this burden and task often means sacrifice and loss.
If one link is not buckled, the whole chain will be broken. The defeat of Hudi's coalition army in three battlefields. There is no false evidence of this. They thought carefully in their hearts, and finally sent themselves to the position of failure.
The Hudi coalition has fallen into a disadvantageous situation, and it can even be said that it has fallen into defeat. However, because of the importance of the surrendered city, Hu Di's two armies could not help but fight here.
The surrendered city is not just a holy place for the Di people. It is also a meeting point between Hu Di's two parts. As soon as this place was lost, the Central Plains coalition army was equivalent to splitting Hu Di's strongest point outside the northern corner, and the knife continued to slide down, and the entire grassland could be divided into two.
Hoody's morale plummeted. Even if they retreated into the depths of the grassland, they continued to form a coalition army, and the Central Plains coalition army attacked the Di Danhan Mountain to the west. Or to the east to attack the Hu tribe's Dragon City and Wolf Juxu Mountain, could the Hu Di clan really let the other party's army enter their hinterland? Do you want to support the millions of armies on both sides alone?
And if it is not supported, the other party's hundreds of thousands of troops come to help, is it difficult to bring tens of millions of sheep and horses? Can that speed still be raised?
One qiē and one qiē are all like that, not cheap.
That's why Hu Di and the two sides spent the position of the surrendered city. It is not far from the junction of the two clans, and you can use your strength. And once this place is lost, the Hu Di coalition army, which was at its peak, faintly shows signs of separation.
Therefore, Zhu Biao thought that the battle of the surrendered city and the Hu Di clan would definitely fight resolutely. Then, this is a good time for him to lead his troops north.
Perhaps when he stepped on Yanran Mountain and continued to go north, it would be the time when Hu Di's two armies were completely defeated and surrendered.
Zhu Biao stood on the high platform, looking at the Hedong step rider that kept gushing out with blazing eyes. 120,000 horses and vehicles were so numerous that they filled the entire city of Hedong County like mercury.
Countless troops, countless flags, the sonorous clash of armor, the footsteps of soldiers, the sound of hunting with the wind blowing the flags, like a great tide is surging towards the north.
Under the winter sun, the sun shone on the rolling army from the south, the armor and swords and guns shone brightly, the sound of snare drums and trumpets everywhere, accompanied by the vast twilight, an indescribable sense of coercion and heavy pressure in the hearts of hundreds of thousands of people who were sent to each other in the surrounding area.
How many people will end up with their lives on the prairie?
No one thinks so much about it at this time.
Although the people of Hedong are worried about their children, Zhu Biao's undefeated prestige is there, and under the shroud of the halo of famous generals, people see victory. I don't know that even behind Zhu Biao's victory, there are also a lot of white bones.
One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither, this statement is not false at all.
The cold wind howled, and the cold and biting snowflakes kept hitting people's faces. Heaven and earth were frozen into ice by the cold, and all the exposed parts were very cold.
The 120,000 soldiers and civilians in Hedong who went out on the expedition all wrapped their clothes tightly on their bodies, but even so, the cold still kept seeping into the holsters. From time to time, warriors slipped and fell to the ground, because the ground was completely frozen. The traces of the melting snow form Xiaoice in the dead grass, and the ice melts a little under the sun's rays, but it becomes even more slippery. It's just that the wheels are rolling on the smooth ice, but it saves a lot of strength on the soldiers, as long as they can grasp the direction.
The winter will not pass to launch an attack, and the soldiers should suffer a little, Zhu Biao has made up his mind to pay such attention, and now he has already expected all the difficulties encountered by the Hedong army. For the cold and long winter of the savannah, after so many years, it is still unclear.
It is as if the bright light is shining on the snow-white field. After turning a hill, the horizon widened in front of the eye, and the knife-like cold wind seemed to have weakened considerably. After several days of arduous trekking, they got closer and closer to the mouth of Izumo.
Li Panlong's troops still stayed at the Izumokou fortress. But in the current season, being able to hide in a relatively warm fortress, Li Panlong's treatment is definitely better than that of ninety percent of the Hu people on the prairie.
After passing the Izumo Pass, Zhu Biao divided the team into three routes. The central road is naturally the main force of infantry and cavalry, and the two cavalry of Zhu Tong and Zhu Zhong are lined up on the left and right, twenty miles apart.
On the third day of entering the grassland, snowflakes fell.
In all directions, you can only see white diagonal lines formed by the falling snow. Because in the wild. The cold wind stubbornly blew all the qiē in one direction. On the right, on the left, there were white snowflakes everywhere. The human eye cannot find anything different, new. I couldn't see any color other than white, and there was a patch of snow everywhere.
Wind and snow are blowing in your face. The snowflakes blew so that the eyes were smudged, and the cold wind passed through every tiny crevice, and the frozen soldiers and people shivered. But there was nothing they could do but wrap their leather uniforms tighter.
The bitter cold froze the entire prairie into a large ice mound. The wind is howling. The snow is falling, and the team is ...... Always on the move.
Zhu Biao boldly gave up the old route to Yanran Mountain. It was a route with seas and rivers along the way, and in the past, it was naturally a gathering place for the Hu tribe, and the army did not need to worry about drinking water when they walked there.
But isn't it snowing now, there is a ready-made water source, Zhu Biao is secret, although he marched into the grassland with such fanfare, the news may have leaked to the Hu people a long time ago. But as long as Uveta could not control his marching route, the force was just as sudden.
In three days, 120,000 soldiers and civilians braved the wind and snow and walked 500 miles in the snowstorm. When the heavy snow stopped, even the green horse that Zhu Biao was sitting on lost weight.
Eating grass can only keep the horse alive, and to keep fat, it still depends on bean cakes.
But the snow is falling, the cold wind is biting, and it is difficult for people to open their eyes, so it is certainly not as convenient as before to feed the bean cake. Besides, in the heavy snow, although the marching speed has decreased, the consumption of horses is definitely a lot.
"Poof-" was the sound of a sharp knife into the flesh.
"Ahh
"Boom—" This is the sound of the collapse of the horse pen and the tent.
In the small Hu camp, the vanguard Hedong army was like an invading locust, rapidly devouring a qiē creature they saw.
People, kill. Cattle, horses, sheep, take away.
This is not the first Xiaohu tribe that the Hedong Army has encountered. Before that, they had met three others, and together with this one was the fourth, the fourth with a population of less than 10,000, or more accurately, a small beard with a population of about 5,000.
The cavalry led by Zhu Tong suddenly appeared to the west of Hubu. This small bearded tribe that had been tormented in the cold winter was unguarded and slaughtered by the Hedong cavalry, which was comparable to his own total population. The only young men had no time to react, and they were crushed by the Hedong cavalry.
In less than an hour, there was no second Hu person alive in the entire tribe. At this time, the news was also reported to Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao didn't react, don't take prisoners on this march, the Hu people are men, women, young and old, and they will be killed if they are killed.
Moreover, he knew very well why these small beards had taken the risk of moving south back to the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain. Because spending a cold winter farther north can cause them to lose their other tribe of sheep, horses, and livestock, which are already young and in desperate need of recuperation.
It's something their entire tribe lives on. A long cold winter is enough to make the entire tribe's flock of sheep and horses fall by thirty percent or more.
Small tribes are not big tribes, and they can't afford such losses. Therefore, moving south to the north of Yinshan Mountain to let the cold winter pass faster, this is the only hope for their tribe to continue to thrive.
It's pathetic. Isn't it? But if there is hope, Zhu Biao is more willing to let a more tragic scene than this land land in Dragon City and on Wuji's head.
Although Zhu Biao has a 'revenge and family hatred' with Hu Ren, this 'hatred' itself is not very strong, no matter what others say in front of them. He didn't really have any feelings for his father. But, however, entered Naju. Seeing so many refugees who have been displaced and uprooted from their homes, and seeing so many warriors whose homes are broken and still insist on resisting, Zhu Biao's heart is not touched.
The Hu people killed the Han people of Luozhou like animals, which was enough to fill Zhu Biao's heart with real anger.
Then there is Uweida's 'Thousand Miles of Killing', don't kill him. Zhu Biao couldn't take a breath. Although no system tasks were born, in terms of attention, he had already transferred Uwei to the same level as S-class tasks. In Zhu Biao's eyes, the life of Wu Wei Tuo's dog is more valuable than the Hu people's big orders and Wu Ji.
"Boom, boom, boom—" The war horse galloped.
It was Zhu Tong's camp head again, and thousands of elite horsemen rushed towards a Hu camp that was much larger than the four Hu tribes he had encountered earlier.
The fence was smashed to pieces by horses. The felt shed flew into the sky. Another Hu camp came to 'open the door', so that the Hedong cavalry would be embarrassed not to go in and take a walk.
"The bearded warriors—"
"Jiaozi ...... of the Prairie"
"Immortal ......"
The shouts of the Hu people's martyrdom rang out in the Hu camp.
The scale of this beard department is 10,000 or 20,000 people, and there are 35,000 young and strong men, and there are four small beards before handing over. There is still some resistance.
However, although the three or five thousand young men are not completely vulnerable, it also depends on who the opponent is. The elite combat power of Hedong was not something they could resist at all, and when the young men who shouted slogans and charged into battle to resist to the death, they were killed and wounded. The entire Hu camp was also slaughtered by the Han army.
The great lethality of the cavalry was fully reflected here, and the Hedong Army showed no mercy to the Hu cavalry. The galloping horses' hooves passed by, and there was a mess. By the time they entered the camp with the people, they were presented with a disgusting picture.
Limbs are mutilated, fleshy heads are stepped on, and stumps and broken arms are everywhere......
Two days later, the Han army approached Jiluo Mountain. The news was finally conclusively delivered to Uwei Tuo's hands, and he was immediately torn to pieces by the hated Uwei Tuo.
It can be expected that Zhu Biao's target must be Yanran Mountain. Uwita is faced with a choice: escape or war?
But in fact, he has no second choice, the only thing he can do is war.
The shape of the surrendered city is very bad, and the possibility of defeat of Hu Di's coalition army is very high. Even in the siege, the Central Plains coalition army will suffer a lot of losses, and the Central Plains coalition army will take the surrendered city after all.
At this time, how to continue to retreat and give up the royal court to him, this is too strict for Dahu's morale and people's hearts.
Fortunately, Uwei Tuo had already received a report from the Han Di, and had already gathered a large army in Yanran Mountain. He won't be caught off guard again.
"Woo woo woo ......" The next day, the sound of the horn sounded up and down Yanran Mountain.
Uweida did not plan to wait for the Han army to approach the mountain before fighting, although he would be at ease, he would also lose his sharpness. was beaten to the door of the house, and the leader of the troops is still Zhu Biao, a person who has already had two 'experiences'.
"Newspaper—"
"Marshal, I saw the vanguard of Hu Gou. It's less than a hundred miles from our army—"
The hardest and most dangerous part of the march was still the Dysprosium.
Zhu Biao's eyes looked ahead, with his current geographical value, it was still easy to find a suitable place to camp. But the current land is not suitable.
"On-"
A dozen war horses led the guards and ran forward.
In this decisive battle, Zhu Biao didn't know if he could decide the outcome in one battle. Moreover, his team brought so many people and military rations, even after fighting a war, he had to find a stable camp.
A hundred miles is not a long road, even if there is snow on the grassland. Tomorrow the two armies will meet.
Zhu Biao went more than ten miles to the northeast and found a good place. There is a water on one side and a high ground on the other. The Hedong Army could have set up a village near the water, and then set up a small camp on the high ground on the side.
Of course, in winter, the frozen ground is like iron, and it is difficult to move hard shovels, and it is not easy to build a camp. However, the history of war in this time and space for tens of thousands of years has left too much wealth for future generations.
Relying on the branches of the trees and the compacted snow, buckets of cold water were poured on the wall, and the speed of the construction of the outer parapet wall of the camp was not ordinary.
Some of the horse-drawn carriages in the army were also dismantled and used in the construction of the parapet wall of the camp. A large camp in the surrounding area of twenty or thirty miles is larger than the county seat of an ordinary small county. After the outer parapet wall was built, the interior was also interlocked with vehicles, and the picture was divided into small camps. At the same time, the 'camp walls' of these 'camps' can also greatly protect and deter the enemy in the event that the outer retaining wall is breached.
There were also more than 50,000 cavalry in the Hedong Army, and the number of war horses was twice that number. The division of small battalions within the large battalion must also have a great impact on the entry and exit of the Hedong cavalry. However, it is inconvenient to choose the big and the small to consolidate the defense of the barracks, and it is inconvenient to do so.
"Poof—"
An arrow hit the vest of the Hu cavalry galloping in front of him, and a scream was heard from afar, and the Hu soldier on horseback turned over and fell under the horse.
"Let's go—" Zhu Pingchuan had a strong bow in his hand. Beckoning his men and horses, all covered in white, the blade galloped across the snowfield like the wind.
"Report to the commander, the Hu cavalry forward is only fifty miles away from our army-"
"Report to the marshal, Uwei Tuo has led the army into our army thirty miles away-"
……
In the big tent of the Chinese army, a horse rode like a gallop and reported the movements of Hu Cai in detail.
(To be continued)