Before this battle, there were 60,000 barbarian soldiers, a total of 20,000 horsemen

For the barbarians, the cavalry is the elite of the elite, and it is also the personal soldier of the barbarian king, so among the 20,000 cavalry, more than half of the barbarian celestial pillars are concentrated in the celestial star - those are the future princes and generals

The barbarian cavalry fell into death, and the barbarian king was terrified and ordered the infantry to attack the chariot battalion to save the cavalry, but half an hour later, although at any cost, half of the chariot battalion was destroyed, but the cavalry was also killed

Seeing this situation, the barbarians were terrified, Fang Xin 5,000 cavalry took advantage of the situation to charge, the barbarians were defeated, and fled to Mengchengguan, although the cavalry pursued behind, but the barbarians still had heroes, after putting in most of the barbarians, seeing that there were more and more enemy troops behind, they decisively closed the city gate - although the closest relatives cried under the city, they did not open

Fang Xin arrived, and when he saw this, he just smiled and said, "Shoot all the people under his city." ”

The camp was slow, the push was not fast, and there were corpses everywhere, overlapping and overlapping, so they directly transferred 3,000 archers to shoot at those people outside the city, and it took half an hour to shoot most of them to the ground, and as for the few people who pretended to be dead, they naturally ignored it - for this kind of people, it is really unwise to rush to the city, and suffer casualties from the other party

"My lord, what should you do with the prisoners along the way?" The person who spoke was Yue Ming, the general of the Three Towns and Five Guards, this person was originally the first general in the army, and his prestige was very high, and in the past three years, although his prestige has gradually decreased, he is still the invisible head of the old school, and he has always been unruly. "Since the army has won, why bother to kill and wound uselessly, after this battle, the collapse of the barbarian division is not far away. Just appease. At this time, it was Zhang Zhuo, the counselor of Wenbo, who spoke.

Fang Xin pondered for a moment, his eyes were full of murderous intent, but he smiled, and he didn't say whether it was or not, just said, "Seriously injured." Make up for a knife, lightly wounded and unwounded, take prisoners first, well, use the exile's people's army to do it, at this time, first count the battlefield, and heal the wounded soldiers. Even if you are killed in battle. Also make a note of the name tag and ship it back to your hometown! ”

Of course, transporting them back to their hometown consumes military resources and materials, and under normal circumstances, Fang Xin is also unwilling, but now it is different. Now that the main force of the barbarian cavalry has been wiped out, the chariot battalion has little use. Therefore, it is possible to transport the corpse back to collect the hearts of the soldiers

After that, a lieutenant of the Chinese army immediately came, commanded him a few words, and ordered him to immediately send orders to the whole army.

This order was conveyed, and immediately the army cheered, in ancient times, who didn't want the fallen leaves to return to their roots? Transporting corpses killed in battle has always been treated only by high-ranking officials, and this is Longen.

Hear this deafening cheer. The people of the shogunate. Everyone was happy, but the old-school soldiers had subtle expressions

At this time. It was only at noon that the Chinese army immediately set up camp in a clean place and let Fang Xin rest and eat, while the other generals counted the first pole, counted the number of people, and re-camped, which was very labor-intensive.

The most important work is not people, but horses, in the original camp area, stretched for several miles, full of dead bodies of people and horses, the Chinese army chased around those war horses that had lost their owners, pulled the movable ones into the camp one by one, and even if the horses were wounded, they were also examined and treated as much as possible.

Wounded horses are also resources, as long as they are not castrated, they can give birth to new horses, and in the future, they will occupy large pastoral areas, and the number of breeding horses required is very large, and only the kind of horses that cannot be saved and dead horses will become horse meat—although horse meat is coarse, it is also meat

For most of the soldiers, who rarely get meat, they will definitely not mind, and there are even a large number of soldiers who have found edible and non-poisonous wild vegetables nearby, so there is not much time, and the smell of horse meat stewed wild vegetables spreads throughout the camp

Yuan Cheng at this time, has already walked through the camp, he is dressed in the eight-grade official robe, most of the soldiers he saw saluted, although Fang Xin ordered to use the people of the Central Plains Liumin Army to check and manage the prisoners, but from time to time, I also saw the soldiers from Fang, the prisoners near the camp, killed one by one, those who were wounded and lying on the ground, most of them have given up resistance, closed their eyes and died, and some desperately struggled to resist, but died faster and more cruelly.

Eighty thousand troops were encamped, ten miles in range, and all the captives were killed.

Yuan Cheng saw it and felt compassion in his heart, but he also knew that in the past ten years, the barbarian division has reduced nearly 2 million Han people in Anchang Province to 200,000 at once.

With a sigh in his heart, he had already walked in front of the Chinese military camp.

The guards conveyed their request to be seen, and they didn't have much time to let them in.

After the "Lord ......" came in, he saluted, and saw that Fang Xin was the only one in the tent, and there were several young underground-level officers, who were students of the martial arts hall, who were recording and saying some experiences

Fang Xin was dining, and when he saw this, he immediately smiled and said, "It turned out to be Mr. Yuan, please take a seat, have you had lunch?" If not, use it together. ”

Glanced at it, it turned out to be horse meat, but did not shirk, thank you, and ate together, this horse meat tasted, it was really thicker, although the most tender piece of the horse was cut, and the preparation was quite good, but it was indeed horse meat - the Lord will eat with the soldiers, which in itself represents many meanings.

Of course, the meal in the army was simple, and while the two of them were eating, they listened to a few officers talking.

"Lord, the chariot battalion has proven to be very perfect, the cavalry swords, slashing arrows and even spears, are not enough to enter, and they can't even climb, they are destroyed, only the infantry use giant hammers and the like to destroy the deck, but to accomplish this, it will kill several times the manpower."

"Form a hollow phalanx, with the characteristics of a fortress, do not enter, but also, once entered, there is no dead end, no matter which direction the attacker attacks from, it will face firepower from several directions, and there is no cover for cover - in this battle, tens of thousands of cavalry have no room for resistance at all."

"My lord, the cart camp is pulled by horses and oxen, and food and weapons can be placed on the cart, and the cart is equipped with a thick deck, and the front and tail of the cart have hooks and rings, so once you find that there are enemy horses, turn from a column to a circular team, and then drive the livestock to the middle, people can get on the cart, or prepare in the car circle, and the whole process can be completed after the cavalry is visually discovered, and it does not consume much physical strength, so the enemy harassment war will only tire yourself."

"Although the chariot camp is simple, there are thick planks, crossbows, spears, food, and rest, and there are no trebuchets and cannons on the grassland, and there is no large amount of fire, so once you encounter the enemy cavalry, in the face of ten times the manpower, you can hold it for ten days and a half months, and if you want to break it, you will pay several times the price.

From the words, I heard a strong respect, the grassland people have harassed the Central Plains for thousands of years, but they have suffered from nothing to control, but now, it has been solved by Fang Xin, and they can't help but have respect.

Even Yuan Cheng thought about it, and his eyes were surprisingly bright, and he said: "Although the grassland is large, there are not many locations suitable for large-scale pastures. ”

When Fang Xin heard this, he was also complacent, smiled, and said, "What are the disadvantages of this method? ”

"If it is broken, it will pay several times the price, which is not a disadvantage, but this method can only be practiced on grasslands or large flatlands, such as hills, woodlands, and lakes, it is difficult to do."

"There are many rocks, fires, lakes, and complex terrain in the interior, all of which can be broken, and they are even more useless for siege."

The people who spoke of the martial arts hall had already carefully analyzed it, and when they said it one by one, Fang Xin nodded again and again, but said: "Although it is not effective for the Central Plains in the mainland, it is enough to break the grassland!" ”

The barbarians are not pure nomads, after Mengchengguan, they are the real steppes and nomads, although they are not yet a climate at this time, but there are many records in history, there is this chariot, on the flat land of the prairie, it is an invincible weapon, and the court will not be harmed by it in the future.

At this time, when he had almost finished eating, he washed his face, and the people who had counted in the army had already asked to see him, and after allowing it, he came in and said in a deep voice: "Lord Futai, in this battle, I have obtained 11,000 undead horses, of which 4,000 are intact, and after 2,000 have recovered from their wounds, they can continue to fight." ”

This is the biggest gain, Fang Xin heard it, and immediately rejoiced, and said: "Good! ”

"Lord Futai, the enemy cavalry has been executed, counting the corpses, it is indeed 19,500 horsemen, and there are only more than 100 prisoners left."

"Lord Futai, the enemy infantry, first consumed with the car battalion, and then after the great defeat, our army pursued down, a total of more than 3,000 people were captured, more than 6,000 people were killed, and there were 2,000 people under the city, and there were 12,000 people in total."

"Yes, the barbarians have gone to 32,000 men, the enemy thieves have gone to more than half of them, and there are only 25,000 people in the city."

"And our army has only more than 4,600 people killed, which can be called a great victory!"

Hearing such news, although Fang Xin had already expected it, he was also overjoyed, this was an unprecedented victory, after this battle, the strength of the barbarians for more than ten years was empty, and there was no longer the power to fight for hegemony, and all the ethnic groups were young and strong, all of them were among them, if they were eliminated, the tribes distributed in various places would no longer have the power to resist, at this time, if the clan was wiped out on a large scale, it would not cost much to pay, perhaps, it was time to completely solve it, thinking of this, Fang Xin couldn't help but move.