As Yang Chuan had predicted, Yi Zhixian's 30,000 main forces, plus the 50,000 main forces of Youxian Wang, were hidden in the depths of Ulan Bu and an oasis west of the desert.

That oasis is sandwiched between two large deserts, with abundant water and grass, and there are twenty or thirty small seas, unless someone passes through the vast desert and the Gobi, it is difficult to find its traces.

What they were waiting for was that after Wei Qing's main force entered the Mobei grassland, they circled around the vast grassland desert, and were hung and flying kites from afar by several light cavalry coming and going like the wind, tossing until people were sleepy and horses were tired, and their fangs would be exposed.

This elite cavalry of 80,000 people has a clear goal: Shuofang County.

On the newly cultivated fertile land of the Han people, millions of stone wheat have been harvested, and now, there are hundreds of thousands of acres of flax, rape, melons and fruits, vegetables and vegetables, sugar beets, etc., the growth is gratifying, and it makes people angry to hear.

This piece of land, which originally belonged to the Huns for sheep and horses, how good the pasture was, how fertile the land, and now it is planted with crops, which is simply maddening.

Therefore, their first task was to gallop thousands of miles on the newly reclaimed farmland, burning, killing and looting, so that the hard work of more than 100,000 Han people for half a year was in vain.

Secondly, after a false shot, turn to the west, and find a way to cross the river and smash Chang'an City before the main force of the Weiqing army returns to defense!

Unexpectedly.

When these tens of thousands of Hun cavalry passed through Ulan Bu and the desert, crossed the big river, and quietly entered the Linrong and Wuhai areas of Shuofang County, they were all a little dumbfounded.

Standing on the hill in the distance, you can see a large and neat field of fertile land, some farmers are leisurely working in the fields, in the military village, the smoke is curling, and the herds of cattle and sheep are strolling on the fat pasture, which is simply a fat lamb, just waiting for the wolves to pounce on them.

But.

As they brandished their scimitars, whistled, and screamed and pounced.

Well, the Han people are too insidious, those seemingly flat and solid land, as soon as the hooves of the war horses step in, they sink most of their bodies into it, and after a few struggles, they are gone.

With just this charge, four or five hundred men and horses were inexplicably killed.

The centurions, thousand-sourers, pawns, and generals who followed closely behind looked at the muddy pond in front of them, looked at each other, and were helpless for a while, so they could only scold.

"The Huns, the Huns are coming!"

"Hurry up, those wolves are coming, ready to fight!"

The Huns came too suddenly, and Yang Chuan basically had no troops to deploy on Tuntian, so he could only distribute a large number of bows, arrows, spears, etc. in advance, so that they could find ways to protect themselves.

A group of peasants who had little combat experience suddenly saw the overwhelming Hun cavalry rushing over, raising smoke and dust to cover the sky, and some of them were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and they couldn't even hold the bows, arrows, spears, etc. in their hands.

However, when everyone found that those Huns entered the 'artificial swamp' after deep cultivation and irrigation, they were so deep in it that they were unable to extricate themselves, even if there were tens of thousands of horses on the opposite side, they could only stare dryly? Therefore, the courage of the military households gradually increased, and they quickly gathered, and under the organization of some Tuntian officials and soldiers, they entered those military villages and stone forts, and waited for them.

In this way, after a few hours of confrontation between the two sides, the Huns retreated.

Their goal is to plunder, slaughter and destroy, and they have no interest in facing an 'artificial swamp' that is thousands of paces wide......

……

"The 20,000 cavalry failed to enter Tuntian, and made a detour to the east, coming in the direction of Shuofang City?"

Shuofang City, too shou mansion.

Yang Chuan was lying on a rattan chair, staring at the map on the wall, listening to the urgent military reports from all over the place, and the strange smile on his face became more and more intense: "What's the situation over there Zhang Anshi?" Is there an update on the military situation? ”

Dongfang Shuo responded: "No, since he said three days ago that he was going to Kubuqi Haizi, there has been no news. ”

"What about Huo Guang? No news either? Yang Chuan stretched his waist and turned his head to look at Sima Qian, "Who is that, red-faced Sima Qian, make us a pot of wild chrysanthemum tea, what's the matter with you, you don't have any eyesight, how can you write history books in the future?" ”

Sima Qian's red face darkened, and he went to make tea silently.

There's no way, who made the family now Changning Hou and Shuo Fang Taishou, his top boss Sima Qian......

"Huo Guang's side has a secret report of military intelligence every day," Dongfang Shuo looked at Sima Qian, who was making tea bitterly, in a good mood, and said with a smile: "News came early this morning, Huo Guang followed Guo Jie's five hundred rangers, their whereabouts are uncertain, and they have already carried out three assassination operations, killing fifty-six people. ”

"By the way, they also stole back more than 700 good Hun horses."

Dongfang Shuo added, and said with a smile: "Changning Hou, I, Dongfang Shuo, really convinced you this time, the cultivated land is full of water, and tens of thousands of Huns can only stare at the large tuntian!" ”

Yang Chuan smiled and asked rhetorically: "What if the Huns come to attack in winter?" ”

Dongfang Shuo couldn't laugh.

Yang Chuan then asked: "In addition, if the Huns insist on entering the tuntian, there are still some places that cannot be irrigated, in fact, they can find a way to pass, but at the moment, they are still in the dark, thinking that the land that has been deeply cultivated is a swamp that has been irrigated, and when they react, the little troops we left on the tuntian are not enough for people to stuff their teeth." ”

Dongfang Shuo's face turned green.

Yang Chuan sighed and said: "The foundation of our Shuofang County is too thin, and it can't withstand the toss at all, if we don't hurt and be scared this time, you look at it, when it is winter, they will definitely come again." ”

"Therefore, while fighting, our infrastructure construction cannot be left behind, and before winter comes, the road to the land of the ten counties must be connected!"

Dongfang Shuo couldn't help but ask, "Shouldn't we build the city first?" How to build the road first? ”

Yang Chuan waved his hand, muttered 'If you want to get rich first, build a road first', then turned his head to look at the map on the wall: "Okay, how to fight next, you and Sima Qian are familiar with each other, and Ben Hou should also go out to move his muscles." ”

"The progress of the daily battle report, just let the stupid eagle pass it on to me at any time."

"Your main task is to defend Shuofang City, and the longer it drags on, the better......"

……

As the county magistrate, he should be in Shuofang City.

However, Yang Chuan didn't want some of his hole cards to be exposed in advance, so he decisively chose to go out of the city to 'play guerrilla'.

That night, he met Zhang Anshi and the three thousand Hun boys.

"I've seen the teacher."

"I've seen the Heavenly Khan!"

Yang Chuan stretched out his hand and rubbed the top of Zhang Anshi's head, and asked with a smile: "How is it, the recent training has been going well?" ”

Zhang Anshi nodded: "It's very smooth, these Hun boys are born cavalry, plus our bilateral stirrups and Takahashi saddles, now they can almost face the enemy head-on." ”

Yang Chuan nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "An Shi, you must always remember that no matter how fierce an army is, with the best weapons and equipment in the world, you can't have the mind of wanting to fight hard with others, that is a tactic that can only be used when there is really no way;

The biggest advantage of our army is that it is flexible and mobile, and if it can fight, it will run, and if it can't, it will run, and it will fight while running......"

Zhang Anshi arched his hand and said: "The student wrote it down, that is, what the teacher said, the enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and I disturb, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I chase." ”

Yang Chuan said with a smile: "Yes, it is this sixteen-character formula, in specific circumstances, it must be flexibly applied, in a word, you can only take advantage and not suffer losses."

By the way, is there an up-to-date hostile situation? ”

Zhang Anshi took out a roll of parchment maps from his arms, gently spread it out on the table, and brought over an angry wind lamp: "Teacher, look, this is the latest situation from the twelve scouts I sent out. ”

"In the two counties of Linrong and Woye, there are three Hun cavalry, one of which is 10,000 people, has detoured to the south bank of Kubuqi Haizi, and traveled in the direction of Xiudu and Dacheng, which should be looking for an opportunity to cross the river to the south, and the target is Ganquan Palace and Chang'an City; The other two, totaling less than 20,000, are still operating on the periphery of Tuntian in the area of Woye County, and they should be trying to find a way to enter Tuntian. ”

Today's Shuofang County, the topography and landform are very different from those two thousand years later, for example, this large area of Kubuqi Haizi will be a desert after two thousand years.

"Is there a ship?" Yang Chuan asked suddenly.

"There are only more than three hundred small boats, and there is no way to transport the war horses over," Zhang Anshi seemed to guess Yang Chuan's thoughts, and pointed to the corner of the map and said: "However, there is a passage in this place, although it is muddy and difficult to walk, and there is more than three miles of shallow water, but we can find a way to pass through." ”

Yang Chuan made the final decision: "Okay, if you think of it, you will do it." ”

"I'll send a message to Amu and them immediately, and let me send an infrastructure battalion to help us open the way ahead......"

……

In the army of the Han Empire, there was actually a similar existence of 'infrastructure battalion', which also participated in training such as array and cavalry archery on weekdays, but its main function was to open mountains, build bridges, and build roads.

Yang Chuan formed a large number of this infrastructure force, because, from the very beginning, he consciously guided craftsmen and people in the direction of the 'militia', so while they were engaged in engineering, their daily military training did not fall behind at all.

A muddy path of more than 30 miles was quickly dredged.

"Anshi, send a team of 100 people to lure the enemy."

After sending the infrastructure camp away, it was bright in the sky, Yang Chuan pointed to a Hun camp tent in the distance and said with a smile: "While they have the gas to get up, return immediately after a round of disturbance, and then, hold the military village at the other end of the road, and order anyone to escape." ”

"The words say, if it comes, it will be safe; What does that mean? That is, since they are here, let them be buried here. ”

Zhang Anshi's eyes lit up, and he nodded fiercely: "Obey!" ”

It's a coward.

After a dozen breaths, a sound of horns and golden drums suddenly sounded, breaking the silence of Kubuqi Haizi; Several large flocks of waterfowl flew up in panic, hovered high in the air for a while, and then flew away without hesitation.

In the temporary tent of the Huns, there was chaos when they landed.

Yang Chuan expected it well, these wolves were really elite main forces, and in just a dozen breaths, seven or eight teams of cavalry had been integrated, and they galloped towards this side without a sound.

Two or three hundred steps away, in a small boat, Yang Chuan began to eat breakfast for a long time.

Recently, he has been so tight that he doesn't have time to cook a few meals, and many times, his three meals a day are cold-cut mutton, marinated beef tendon in sauce, plus two pot helmets; Of course, it's okay to take a sip or two of wine on this good morning.

Seeing Zhang Anshi leading a team of 100 people to 'flee in a hurry' into the muddy path, throwing flags, clothes, sheepskin bags, etc. on the ground, while rushing towards the other end of Kubuqi Haizi, Yang Chuan smiled.

Look, this is the gap between people.

Zhang Anshi's cowardice, at a young age, is stable and meticulous on the battlefield, which is not something that ordinary people can do......

Thundered!

Wave after wave of Hun cavalry, quickly following up, poured into the 'water passage' that only allowed two or three horsemen to run in parallel; in the distance, Yang Chuan could still hear one or two Hun words, but it was nothing more than 'quickly keep up' and 'don't let those Han pigs run away'.

These Huns were very arrogant, and they never suspected that a passage suddenly appeared in the middle of the two waters of Haizi, and they even plunged into a team of seven hundred people, and it seems that they never cared about the field ability of the Han people.

Such an enemy, what a good!

Counting with his fingers, there are almost 5,000 elite cavalry in this Hun camp.

In this way, nearly 10% of them can be killed?

For this result, Yang Chuan is already very satisfied; In the face of a fat bison, you can't chop it with three knives and two axes, you always have to cut it one by one, so that the enemy will hurt and slowly weaken its vitality.

So, seeing that the Huns' camp no longer sent a hundred-man team, they killed cattle and sheep on the spot, and began to bury pots and make rice......

Yang Chuan moved.

He rowed the boat quickly, came to a place where the wood had been built, and divided it by two, and then broke the passage.

This gap is more than 20 zhang, even if the Huns cut down the wood and want to repair it, it will take at least half an hour, enough to kill the 700 people.

Just as Yang Chuan was dismantling the wood on the passage, dozens of Huns who were standing on the edge of Haizi and looking out found him, and they rode their horses and galloped over, and at the same time, they also took out their bows and arrows and shot a rain of arrows at Yang Chuan's boat.

However, the distance was too far, and those wolf-tooth arrows fell into the water, stirring up a small wave.

Yang Chuan turned his head, chuckled at the Huns, and rowed a small boat quickly to the depths of the sea, and sang a few fishing songs inexplicably: "Grandpa was born between heaven and earth, not afraid of the court or officials, the water is scattered in the net, and the turtle king is inside the eight covers; Grandpa was born in heaven and earth, did not seek wealth and did not become an official, Liangshan Boli lived a lifetime, delicious and delicious. ”

Yang Chuan's five tones are incomplete, the songs he sings are very difficult to hear, and this 'fishing song' is not very suitable for the occasion.

But he felt a pang of joy.

Listen, 'Grandpa was born in heaven and earth, not afraid of the court or officials, the water is scattered in the net, and the turtle king is inside the eight covers', how beautiful......

……

As the sound of the fisherman's song faded away, the Huns on the shore were stunned.

It is very strange that the seven hundred-man team disappeared into the vast water of the misty Kubuqi Haizi like this, and there was not a single sound coming out.

"Hurry, hurry, logging!"

"Build the bridge!"

Soon, the Huns reacted.

They sprang into action, drove a group of Han Chinese slaves with whips, cut down trees in the nearby woods, and began to build the passage......

(End of chapter)