Chapter 459: Luring the Enemy and Attrition
The recipe for longevity is good at everything, but there are bugs.
Bai Zhong let the system automatically comprehend that if he accidentally embarked on the road of the young marshal Kou Zhong, he couldn't give birth, which was quite helpless, but if he could live forever, it didn't matter what he was.
"There will be later."
Bai Zhong comfortingly hugged Yingshu and stroked her little belly.
Ying Shu didn't dwell on it too much, she had been married for so many years, and she had long been used to this, and said with a smile: "I understand, eat quickly, rest well, and then there will be a war." ”
"Good!"
It is much more difficult to destroy the Xiongnu than to destroy the Donghu.
The Xiongnu were not only larger than Donghu, but also had a larger population, a wider area, and stronger strength, especially the cavalry, but when they destroyed the Yan before, they fought with the Xiongnu, and they could fight and win.
It's just that the strategy and method of exterminating Donghu are applied to the Xiongnu, which is not suitable, and we need to find another way.
The next day.
Bai Zhong called everyone to a meeting, spread out the map of the Xiongnu, and study the next strategy and how to exterminate the clan.
"How many troops are there to build the Great Wall in the clouds?"
He looked at Meng Tian first.
"One hundred and fifty thousand!"
Meng Tian responded: "Originally, there were 300,000 troops, but I arranged to defend all parts of the Great Wall, and only 150,000 remained in the clouds. ”
Bai Zhong said: "We also have about 300,000, plus the guards in the clouds, a total of 450,000 people, enough, how to fight, do you have any ideas?" ”
Meng Tian and the Xiongnu have been arguing for so long, and they have the deepest understanding of the Xiongnu, so he first said: "With the merger of the Xiongnu tribes of Touman, a real country has been formed in the north, and the Xiongnu have a lot of troops, according to my guess, there can be 600,000. They can be soldiers of all people, even if they are eleven or twelve-year-olds, they can carry a knife and kill the enemy, even if they are fifty or sixty years old, they can ride their horses. ”
These are incomparable to Donghu.
It is not unreasonable that the Xiongnu are strong enough to become a threat to the Central Plains Dynasty.
"There are more women of the Huns than those of Donghu, and most of them are still plundered back from our Daqin borderlands."
"These women are only responsible for giving birth, and through continuous childbirth, they have a large population, even if 600,000 troops are killed by us, they can quickly recruit people from the rest of the tribe, which is not easy to fight."
"If you want to fight, you can only weaken the strength of the Xiongnu through attrition."
"Like the Donghu, the practice of directly pushing the country to destroy the country is not applicable to the Xiongnu."
Meng Tian continued.
His analysis was correct and got to the point.
Chen Ping said: "According to General Meng's analysis, in fact, we can lure the enemy. ”
"How to lure the enemy?"
Bai Zhong asked again.
Chen Ping continued: "First show weakness to the Huns and let them pursue, but when the Huns' pursuit is about to succeed, the Huns will be defeated, the approximate approach is to lure the enemy first, and then kill back, and finally give the Huns a little hope, I feel that this time I am careless, and next time I gather more troops to chase and kill, I will definitely succeed!" Every time, it is almost a little bit of success, which will make the generals of the Huns feel unwilling, continue to pursue, and continue to be consumed by us. ”
His plan is to take advantage of the human psyche.
It's like a gambler.
If you lose money, you will definitely not want to win it back.
The dealer only needs to give some sweetness to the gambler to taste, that is, to see hope, keep betting, every time almost to return to the capital, and even earn, will continue to gamble, and finally lose all.
This approach also has a drawback, that is, it requires the sacrifice of some soldiers to lure the enemy.
The sacrificed soldiers are the sweetness that the Huns tasted.
Tzu is not in charge of the army.
If you want to lead the troops to fight and destroy the enemy, you should not have the idea of mercy, the generals present are all brought out by Bai Zhong, most of them will not be merciful, listening to Chen Ping's plan, I feel that it is very feasible, as long as I pull a few more times, I can destroy most of the Xiongnu's troops and weaken the strength of the Xiongnu.
"The subordinates feel that Changshi's plan can be used."
Meng Tian said first.
Wang Li agreed: "First lure the enemy, weaken the strength of the Xiongnu, and wait for the Xiongnu to react, it is already too late, our army takes the opportunity to drive straight in, go straight to the royal court, and kill the head man." ”
"Do what Chen Ping planned."
Bai Zhong thought for a while: "The strength we declare to the outside world is only 150,000, and the rest will stay in the south of the Great Wall for the time being to wait for my order, early tomorrow morning, we will first send 100,000 troops to destroy several tribes, induce the Huns to chase and kill, and after luring the enemy to go deeper, the light and heavy cavalry will cooperate with the interception and killing, and the first batch of the Huns who will be lured will be completely wiped out." ”
Let's use Chen Ping's plan to play two games first, try the water, and see how it works.
After deciding on the strategy, everyone dispersed.
Meng Tian first prepared the soldiers and horses, and Li Xin and Zhang Han were in charge of the cavalry.
Early the next morning.
The 100,000-strong army, led by Meng Tian to the north, was all infantry, and if it lured the enemy, it was not very suitable to use cavalry, and after walking out of the camp, it would cross the Great Wall that had not yet been built, and enter the grassland.
The army soon came out of a tribe.
This tribe of the Huns, suddenly saw that the Qin army was attacking north, or so many people attacking, they were immediately frightened, they quickly gathered the men in the tribe, picked up bows, arrows, sabers and other weapons to resist the counterattack.
But these weapons are not worth mentioning in front of the Qin army.
"Shield, up!"
"Crossbow, shoot!"
Meng Tian shouted: "Attack! ”
The arrows of the Huns were all blocked by the shields of the Qin army.
The Qin army's strong crossbow, with a longer range and stronger strength, shot into this Xiongnu tribe, and immediately harvested a large number of heads, even if the Huns used a shield, they could not stop the attack of the strong crossbow.
The strong crossbow suppressed the Huns, and they fled into the tribe in embarrassment.
After the arrows of the Qin army swept for a while, Meng Tian issued another order, the horizontal sword was unsheathed, the shield was raised, and the tribe was approached under the cover of the crossbowmen, and then the infantry separated, and the soldiers with horizontal knives climbed over the fence of the tribe and killed them with their knives.
"Kill!"
The horizontal knife of the Qin army is sharp and hard.
A soldier of the Qin army can cut off the enemy's saber with one sword, and can also kill the enemy, under such a sharp weapon attack, the Huns in this tribe have no ability to resist at all.
"Hurry up and get on the horses, the cavalry rush out!"
The leader of the tribe, who commands the men of the tribe to resist.
It is also a fact that the Huns are fierce, even if they are killed indiscriminately by the Qin army, the blood on their bodies is not cold, they are all afraid of death to resist, some people resist the attack of the Qin army, some people run to the rear, jump on their war horses, and after rushing out of the tribe, they want to kill Meng Tian behind.
"Shoot these cavalrymen!"
Meng Tian continued to command and said unhurriedly.
The soldier with a strong crossbow immediately turned the crossbow arrow and shot it at the Hun cavalry.
The sound of arrows breaking through the air was sharp and piercing, but as soon as the sound fell, the horses were quickly shot partially.
The Hun knights, who fell off their horses, were also easily shot.
The battle situation became more and more chaotic, even if the Huns were fierce, they were still vulnerable in the face of strong strength, and the cavalry was quickly killed, and the entire tribe was then killed.
In less than half an hour, this tribe was completely wiped out!