Chapter 31: Deepening
When the sleigh cart came, it was full of supplies, and it was not empty when it went back, and the remains of the soldiers who died in the battle and the wounded soldiers would also be transported back to Qin Wuling with these sleigh carts, although now Qin Wu led each thousand people to be equipped with a military doctor, and the entire army was equipped with a medical battalion, but on the front line, the conditions were always much worse than Qin Wuling, as long as the wounded who could withstand the long journey were transported back to Qin Wuling, after these wounded soldiers recovered, as long as they could still set foot on the battlefield, they would become the backbone of Qin Wuling's leading army in the future, this is a consciousness that Ye Qing instilled in his generals after taking power, and after several years of fighting, Qin Fei and others also really realized thisThe soldiers who have returned from their wounds have not only greatly improved their combat skills, but also far stronger than before in terms of ferocity.
The fierce battle between the two sides also brought great losses to the Qin Wu army, and the soldiers killed in the battle alone were already thousands, plus the wounded, the hundreds of thousands of Qin Wu troops had been reduced by nearly 100,000 people, and the losses were almost one-fifth. But Qin Fei believes that the price paid by the husky will not be lower than that of himself, and he can afford these, but the husky can't afford it.
Will the huskies choose to withdraw from the army? Qin Fei weighed repeatedly in his heart, if he retreated, then Yang Fan, whom he had sent out earlier, would play a great role, but what if the huskies did not withdraw and chose to forcibly support them here? Qin Fei felt a faint sorrow in his heart, Yang Fan's military resources with the army could not be supported for long, and it was impossible for him to replenish him, how would he deal with this situation.
"We must not retreat" Husky flatly rejected the advice of his generals.
"We have no way to retreat" The husky sat behind the big case and said categorically: "If we retreat, we will put these hundreds of thousands of enemy troops into the grassland, we can retreat there, we can only retreat to the Blood Eagle Tribe, and the result of retreat is to directly burn the war to the hinterland of the tribe, and now His Majesty the Emperor is concentrating all his strength to deal with the Murwei people, if we lead this enemy away, have you thought about what the consequences are?" It is not easy for us Blood Eagles to gain a foothold in this grassland, and if we retreat now, the situation that the patriarch has managed to open up will be ruined. If that is the case, how far are we from destruction? ”
"But Marshal, if we don't retreat, we will not be far from destruction" A general stood up excitedly, "Marshal, do you hear? Our battalion, the wounded soldiers are wailing and untreated, they are dying in pain, our swords have been cut off, but they cannot be replenished, our quiver is seriously short of feathers and arrows, our food and grass are no longer enough to feed the soldiers, and our war horses have become sluggish due to lack of food, Marshal, how can we still hold on?"
The husky stood up and said, "If there is no food, we will kill the horses, and if the wounded soldiers cannot get better, we will give them a good time." The knife is broken, the arrow is gone, and we still have two hands. In short, we must stay on the Wolf Slope and wait for the tribe to come to our rescue, or perish here."
The generals looked at the huskies in shock, confirming that the huskies were indeed serious about this, and they were all a little stunned.
Overnight, rows of fences were erected in front of the husky camp, and between the fences were filled with earth and water, and a shiny wall of ice appeared in front of the camp, and behind this ice wall, more ramparts were being built by soldiers frantically. Seeing all this, Qin Fei and Fu Bo glanced at each other, the husky was about to fight the trapped beast, and he had no intention of retreating at all.
"Fubo, where is Yang Fan, do you want him to withdraw? There is no point in him staying there. Qin Fei asked.
Fu Bo shook his head, "Captain Qin, instead of letting him withdraw, it's better to let him fight out." ”
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This is Yang Fan's most difficult grass since the army, the snow is misty, as far as the eye can see, it is all snow-white, and it is extremely difficult to distinguish the direction, fortunately, the army has many soldiers who grew up in the frontier, although they have been lost several times, but they are stumbling and stumbling, and they are still approaching the hinterland of the blood eagle step by step.
After receiving Qin Fei's order, Yang Fan set off with a total of 50,000 horses with the personal guard battalion plus some support soldiers, braving the wind and snow.
In the wind and snow, there were hundreds of people who were left behind and physically exhausted, but Yang Fan couldn't take care of them. All the horses were used to haul heavy supplies, and even Yang Fan himself, like ordinary soldiers, marched through the thick snow.
"When will it be a head in the heavy snow raised by this dog?" Yang Fan touched the hair on his face, between his eyebrows and hairline, it was already frozen, and when he touched his hand, he frowned in pain.
"My lord, of course, I found a barbarian colony in front of me!" several scouts of the snow ran over in a row.
Yang Fan's spirit perked up, "How big, how many people?" Almost all the barbarians are in the army, even some healthy women, who can also draw bows and shoot arrows, almost as many people, how many soldiers there are.
"My lord, it's not much, only a few thousand at most. The scout said excitedly.
Yang Fan laughed, hundreds of tents, at most tens of thousands of people, after being recruited by the Blood Eagle Tribe, these tribes, I am afraid that there are not many warriors, even if everyone in it can fight, but in such a snowy weather, who would have thought that a Qin Wu army would suddenly appear here?
"Sons!" Yang Fan waved the spear in his hand, "Take down the enemy in front, let's take a sip of hot soup, get a good night's sleep, and then go to other places to see." ”
After several days of marching, Yang Fan and his army were exhausted, hearing Yang Fan's words, green light appeared in their eyes, they drank a sip of hot soup, and had a good night's sleep, now it is the best temptation for them, of course, if they want to achieve this goal, they must first sweep the enemy in front.
The guards battalion quickly untied the horses from the sleighs, and the soldiers began to assemble their equipment, then mounted their horses and, guided by the scouts, went around the attack from both sides.
There was no suspense in the battle, it was a completely one-sided battle, all the adult males of this tribe had been withdrawn, and when the wolf-like earth terran soldiers rushed into this settlement, they were greeted by old and weak women and children with frightened faces.
When the Blood Eagle Patriarch heard the news, he couldn't believe his ears, how did these Qin Wu led the army come about? In the Wild Wolf Slope, where were the huskies still firmly nailed, how could it be that Qin Wu led the troops to sneak over, could it be that the huskies had already been defeated? An ominous premonition made the Blood Eagle Patriarch restless.
"How many are there?", the Blood Eagle Patriarch asked as he stared closely at the messenger who was reporting the message, and the other chiefs and generals in the tent also pricked up their ears and looked at the messenger nervously.
"Patriarch, there are some women and children in that tribe, and the appearance of Qin Wu's troops frightened them, they don't know how big the enemy is, they just say a lot, a lot. As soon as the messenger said this, most of the people in the tent changed color. A lot of it is a big or small concept, but in short, it's definitely not a small force. Whether this force is a few thousand or tens of thousands, once it appears under the hinterland, the shock to the entire tribe will be staggering, and the consequences will be extremely terrible, and it is likely to lead to an avalanche of collapse, and now the fate of the steppe is hanging by a thread.
"My lord, we must send troops to exterminate them!", a general stood up and said, "The elite of the tribe below has been drained, if this Terran soldiers are allowed to run around, the consequences will be unimaginable!"
"Yes, of course, the herdsmen are the foundation of our clan, and there is no room for mistakes!", the generals stood up one after another and echoed.
The Blood Eagle Patriarch was extremely depressed in his heart, he had been integrating the power of the tribe for a while now, weakening the power of the affiliated tribes, and finally unifying this Blood Eagle into a whole, which was already on the verge of success, as long as he was given a little time, he would be able to retract the power of the patriarch under his command, but the barbarian god really did not stand on his side this time.
"Has the barbarian god forsaken me, the people who worship him and serve him?", the Blood Eagle Patriarch cried out in pain in his heart. This time we lost the opportunity to smash the enemy in front of us, "Will I have such an opportunity? No, there will be no more."
But he can't help but send troops to rescue, he doesn't collect power for the sake of the people under their command, if he doesn't have those people, what use is it for him to collect power.
What can you do by sending one back, if there is less, it will become fish and meat under the enemy's knife, and if there is more, how can the enemy in front of you deal with it?
"Order, send an army of 100,000 to destroy this Terran invader!", the Blood Eagle Patriarch closed his eyes.
The Blood Eagle Patriarch knew that without the support of this 100,000 army, when he faced the patriarchs under his command, he would lose a trace of confidence, and the matter of gathering power would be yellow.
"Lord Yang, why don't we go directly to the Blood Eagle Headquarters?" The general Wang Gang was very puzzled, the scouts had already found out that there were only tens of thousands of defenders in the Blood Eagle Headquarters, and by surprise, they should be able to take down the other party's headquarters in one fell swoop, what a great credit this should be!
Yang Fan glanced at him, lifted his spear and knocked on his helmet, and when there was a sound, Yang Fan said angrily: "Fight the Blood Eagle Headquarters? You want to make meritorious service and go crazy, don't you want to die? How many people do we have, less than 50,000 horses, you want to gnaw at the other party's royal court, you are all mud and paper when you are a barbarian! Even if there are only tens of thousands of defenders in the other party's headquarters, it is not something we can attack." I figured that now the Blood Eagle Patriarch should send troops after us, and we have to run for our lives......"