Chapter 37: Chickens and Dogs Are Not Left
Emperor Guo Wei's heart is turning over the river and the sea at this time, the most outstanding son in the martial arts is going to carry out the task of nine deaths, as a father to say that he is not distressed, it is false, hearing that Guo Xing still has thoughts about this war, he said, "You say, what you said is not right, I and a few old commanders will not blame you, after all, your contact with the military is still short, less than a month" This sentence can be regarded as leaving a step for Guo Xing.
Guo Xing thought for a while and said, "Father, the grassland barbarians, the people of Yidi, greedy and profitable, are sent to the left, and have a human face and a beast's heart. They are used to looting, only the fist is believed, whose fist listens to whom, you are only more ruthless than him, they will be afraid of you, will beat you to pay attention to the mind, the sons of the ministers look at the historical records, which dynasty and which generation are defense-oriented, only the former Han Dynasty, take the initiative to attack the grassland, the barbarians who fought can not turn over, in exchange for nearly four hundred years of stability, therefore, the sons of the minister means, even if the war in the Han Pass is over, can not be stopped, but also send a large army to sweep the prairie, do not fight them scared to the bone is not finished, although it will be difficult for a while, but can be exchanged for a long period of peace, this is the humble opinion of the son, hope that the father and the emperor will be clearโใ
This is said to be very much about the thoughts of several old marshals, Emperor Guo Wei is not unaware, but it is really like the former Han Dynasty to fight the barbarians with the strength of the whole country, the cost is not something that the court can afford, if it really makes the court sad for a while, it can achieve the established effect, but the result is uncertain, it is difficult to make a decision.
Guo Xing continued, "Now the difficulties of the imperial court are known, but it is necessary to send troops to the prairie, in the past few hundred years, the footsteps of my Han people have not set foot in the grassland, there must be an army to tell them, those who offend my Great Jin, although far away will be !!!punished" After saying this, Guo Xing didn't say it, and said in his heart, I shouted out the words that the former Han didn't shout, do you dare to disagree with me to go on the expedition.
The emperor and everyone present carefully pondered Guo Xing's words, "Those who offend me in the Great Jin Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away", and their hearts were boiling, and even Wang Tao, the eunuch, was boiling with blood in his heart, not to mention the soldiers present.
Emperor Guo Wei's heart was also boiling for a while, his youngest son's knowledge was not comparable to the crown prince, but his heart was no longer on the throne but on the martial arts, he should be happy or sorry, Guo Jun was really convinced when he listened to it next to him, he knew how much the bigwigs in the army valued Guo Xing after today's words came out.
The emperor didn't know how many times the heavens and men had fought in his heart, and his own children had grown up, and he was not blind in doing things, so he said, "You can think about the difficulties faced by this strange army."
Guo Xing replied, "Erchen has thought about it, there is no support, there is no food and grass, there is no way back, and the child thinks very clearly."
Emperor Guo Wei looked at Guo Xing and said, "Okay, my father approved you to go" Guo Xing was overjoyed, and knelt down to give a salute and thank you.
Guo Xing then turned to his second brother Guo Jun and said, "This strange army is all cavalry, one person and two horses, each only carries five days' rations and a few large tea bricks on each person, and knows the danger of this operation, voluntarily participates, and it depends on the second brother to help organize it."
Guo Jun next to him said, "Don't worry, I will make it clear to them in advance, they are all experienced veterans of a hundred battles" Guo Jun was willing to invest this time
Emperor Guo Wei said, "Those who participate this time will be rewarded heavily, 5 times the bereavement pension for the dead, and those who come back will be promoted by two levels, and there will be another heavy reward."
Several old commanders present agreed with Guo Xing very much in their hearts, and said that if this lord took over, how good it would be, the spring of the generals would come, and they didn't have to be so depressed now, how difficult it would be to encounter a war.
At this time, the emperor waved his hand and asked them to go down to prepare, but Guo Xing was left, everyone didn't say anything, knowing that this was the emperor's reluctance, and anyone would be reluctant.
Everyone is gone, and there are only two people left, the emperor and Guo Xing, and the emperor Guo Wei asked, "How many layers of certainty do you have for this operation?"
When Guo Xing heard this, he replied: "Back to his father's words, the sons and ministers have ten layers of certainty, which makes the barbarians in front of the Han Pass uncertain."
The emperor waved his hand, stopped Guo Xing from speaking, and said, "What I'm asking is how many layers of certainty do you have to come back."
Guo Xing knew what Emperor Guo Wei meant, and he said that just now in order to divert the topic, but now the emperor could only answer positively when he was pressed, and said, "Erchen has five layers of certainty."
Emperor Guo Wei knew what Guo Xing meant, and he didn't speak for a long time, and finally said, "You go down, and Guo Xing answered "yes" and walked out.
This is the words of Emperor Guo Wei, "You must come back alive to see me, think about your mother" Guo Xing stopped, took a deep breath and walked out.
In April of the 30th year of Longshuo, Guo Xing left the Han Pass with a cavalry team of 3,000 people, and he didn't bring all of them, not to mention those who don't know, and silently blessed them in his heart, hoping to come back more, these people are heroes, Emperor Guo Wei silently watched Guo Xing's departure on the city tower, his eyes were moist, the old handsomes were watching from the side, and Wang Tao next to him sighed, how good it is that you are not a prince, how good it is for our family to recruit you as a son-in-law.
The group of people went out day and night, and when they arrived on the grassland, Guo Xing spoke to these people on this day, "Brothers, I believe you also know that this expedition is more auspicious and less auspicious, but, for the sake of the family behind us, we have no way out, only to kill all the way, now I want to say that from now on, there is no military discipline, only military orders, there is no living thing where it passes, and it is too late to withdraw now, otherwise there will be no chance later, and no one will blame you for quitting" Guo Xing looked at everyone after speaking.
Everyone looked at each other and one of the veterans said, "Lord, you are not afraid as a prince, what else do we have to be afraid of, the head has a scar the size of a bowl, not to mention that the grassland barbarians have a deep blood feud with me, since I came, I didn't think about going back" This is said categorically.
"Okay, brothers, we may not be able to go back, the key depends on what we do" Guo Xing took the lead after speaking, and everyone behind followed silently without speaking.
It's been two days since I entered the grassland, and there is only one day left for the rations, everyone has no complaints, and the people who are exploring the way back report that there is a small tribe fifty miles away, Guo Xing called the three generals as soon as he heard it, and divided it into three ways to surround this small tribe, and finally Guo Xing said, "Remember, we came to the grassland to kill people, regardless of men, women and children, all killed" The last killing word was murderous, and the three generals nodded and went to prepare.
This small tribe was a point of life for the Zarhaburo tribe who belonged to the Zuo general, and the men of the tribe had all gone out with the Great Khan to conquer the Great Jin, and hundreds of years of stability had made them forget the might of the Han people.
In the middle of the night, the people slept soundly, unaware that death was running towards them with a scythe. When they fell asleep, they felt the shaking of the ground, and the steppe people were very sensitive to the shaking of the ground, and after years of fighting, they were very sensitive to the vibrations generated when running with the cavalry.
Different from the Central Plains, once the tribes on the grassland are conquered by other tribes, then the days waiting for them are not much better than death, the Great Snow Mountain Wheel Temple felt that the tribal fighting was not good for the population, so it set the rule that those who were not tall but the wheels would not die, and those who violated the rules had disappeared in the long river of history, and now no one dared to disobey, and they felt the ground shaking and knew that the cavalry was coming, and the habit of being in the bones came together to catch the weapon in their hands.
The leader of the tribe rushed out of the tent, and wanted to negotiate, but he didn't think that it was the army of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the army came up and began to kill and poke, and for a while the sound of slashing and killing and crying was chaotic, and it didn't take long for the battle to end, and there were less than fifty tribes of more than two hundred people left, Guo Xing arranged to take a few to the scouts to interrogate, and the other women chose their own choice, and those who didn't choose were killed directly, even the selected women and soldiers had to be killed after they had fun.
Guo Xing said in advance, "These filthy people are not worthy of the blood of my Great Jin", arranged people to go to the sentry and prepare food, eat in batches, have not eaten hot rice for a few days, and after eating, each person has to drink a bowl of tea soup cooked from tea bricks, and then they can rest.
The next day, all cleaned up, ate another hot meal, and finally set off with a few days of food towards the next target, the news obtained by the scout, the next target is more than 200 miles away, it is a medium-sized tribe, with a population of more than 1,000 people, and a certain protective force.
After a night's rest, the troops have eaten two full meals, and after drinking the tea soup, they are ready to pull out, don't underestimate the tea soup, in the prairie are all meat without the greasy treatment of tea soup, and the body will not be able to stand it in a few days.
A vigorous run, galloping for about a hundred miles, saw the scout, the scout is divided into three levels is also Guo Xing's original, respectively, there is one hundred miles, seventy miles, and thirty miles, and there is an emergency can also send a code message, which greatly improves safety.
According to the scout's report, the distance from the tribe was about one hundred and twenty miles, Guo Xing decided to go forward thirty miles to rest in hiding, and launch an attack after sneaking thirty miles in the evening, or attack in three ways, leaving no chickens and dogs.
The troops were resting, Guo Xing didn't let people protect the Fa, and cultivated his own internal strength, when the sky was just dark, Guo Xing woke up, ate some dry food like a soldier, and began to exercise, the troops slowly advanced, and there were scouts in front of them to explore the way to rest thirty miles away from the tribe.
After resting for half an hour, he got up to prepare for battle, there were no casualties among the small tribes last time, and Guo Xing did not want to appear this time, and the troops moved forward slowly separately.
When there were still ten miles away, Guo Xing sent a signal to the whole army to attack, a picture of killing and poking was staged, and there was no defense at all, Aqilang gave a strict order when he led the southern invasion of the south, and all those who dared to annex the tribes during the southern invasion were exterminated, and made an oath to the gods they believed, so the people left behind on the grassland were not guarded at all.