Chapter 561: The Battle Is Decided
Before the Kushan tribesmen on the grassland who received the news of the Qin army's attack rushed to support, they heard those clansmen who were running around saying that Oduoga, the Marquis of Guishan, who had been missing for many days, had followed the Qin army.
He had reached an agreement with the Qin people and ordered his people not to rebel against the Qin army.
Marquis Odoga has ruled the Kushan Department for more than ten years, and his prestige has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of every clan, and now that he has come forward to appease him, it is naturally very useful.
Many of the tribesmen of the Kushan tribe lost their fighting spirit and lost the will to fight against the Qin army.
Under such circumstances, the Qin army drove straight in, and when he was about to stab into the heart of the grassland, he encountered the second wave of blocking.
"Are the people of the Kushan Department all cowards! How did you let Qin Jun rush so fast! β
Hou Mi Xi looked at the black-armored Qin army running over in the distance, shocked and angry.
When he came out of Sugartha's felt tent, he was actually a little excited in his heart.
He thought that the general of the Qin State was really too arrogant.
Dare to let more than 10,000 cavalry come to Helan for a long time, not to mention whether the Qin people's war horses and cavalry can withstand the physical strength, there are as many as 100,000 Yueshi people on the Helan grassland alone!
Even if the old and weak women and children were all watching the battle, the remaining nearly 60,000 Yue cavalry beat his more than 10,000 Qin cavalry, this is a five-to-one situation.
Five Hu fights one Qin!
Waiting for work at ease, beating him for a long run.
And this is not a win?
The Qin army threw itself into the net and sent the cavalry up, if they didn't swallow it, then they would really be sorry for the kindness of the general of the Qin State.
However, when the Marquis of Xiu Mixi went out to gather his troops, he was stunned to find that the Qin army was coming too fast, and he didn't give them time to summon the army at all.
Moreover, this Qin army was very purposeful, and did not kill everywhere on the grassland, but rushed straight to the location of Su Jiasha and other Yue nobles with their heads shut.
This is straight to the heart!
The thousands of people intercepted by the Guishan Department were pierced by the Qin army in one shot, which made the Marquis of Xiumi very shocked.
The number of people gathered under his command at this moment was only four or five thousand, but in this case, he had no other choice but to command his subordinates to come forward to resist.
The Yue's cavalry of the Xiumi Department first shot a burst of arrows at the rushing Qin people, causing many Qin cavalry to turn on their backs.
But they only had time to shoot this round before they were approached by the Qin army that was coming quickly.
"The people of the Moon Clan of the dog day, dare to shoot Naigong!"
Fan Xu cursed, his eyes red, and two shaky arrows stuck in his shoulders.
The arrows of the bone cluster shot into Fan Xu's leather armor, and the power was not great, only hurting the flesh and skin, but it made Fan Xu full of anger.
He was like an angry lion, roaring into the Yue Clan's military formation.
"Kill!"
Behind Fan Xu, Cao Shen and a group of Qin cavalry also rushed over, sweeping away thousands of the Yue clan of the Xiumi Division.
"It's over, I can't stop it!"
Seeing that the situation was not good, the Marquis of Xiu Mixi hurriedly retreated, throwing thousands of his subordinates to the Qin cavalry to kill, so as to delay time, and he fled with hundreds of guards.
Soon he galloped to the place where Sugartha and the others were.
"Su Jiasha, Dalasu, the Qin people have killed them, they are too fast, our people can't stop them, evacuate quickly, and gather the clansmen to fight again after escaping!"
The Marquis of Humi shouted loudly, looking anxious.
Sugartha was already on her horse, and her face changed slightly when she heard this.
Although she had a faint premonition in her heart, she didn't expect the Qin army's offensive to be so ferocious, and it was about to kill them in a short period of time.
"Someone must be leading the way for Qin Jun!"
She gritted her teeth and spoke.
The Marquis of Xiu Mixi was stunned for a moment, thinking of the words he had just heard from the Kushan tribesmen who were shouting while fleeing, and his expression suddenly changed.
He shuddered, "It's Odoga! He surrendered to the Qin people and was the leader of the Qin people. β
"Woo, it's Father! Father is back. β
Beside him, a little boy in a red robe who was sitting in a carriage by a woman immediately cried when he heard this.
He was Raja and Sugartha's younger brother, Darasu.
In the previous coup d'Γ©tat, he was put on the position of Marquis by Su Jiasha, in fact, Darasu was not yet ten years old, and he was a little child who was not very sensible, and when he heard his father's name at this moment, he naturally screamed.
The woman holding him was the most favored concubine of the Marquis of Guishuang, her face changed, and she said hesitantly: "The Marquis of Xi surrendered to the Qin people, are we also ......?"
In the distance, there were horses' hooves and shouts of killing, and it seemed that the subordinates of the Marquis of Xiu Mi were killed and scattered by the Qin army, and the cavalry of the Qin people was about to arrive.
Su Jiasha's face was cloudy, she glanced at Dalasu's mother and son, and said in a deep voice: "Father has descended the Qin people, maybe the Qin people will not harm you." β
She turned to Hou Mi and said, "Let's go." β
With that, Sugarsha rode straight forward and ran away from the Qin army.
Her group of guards looked at each other, some followed, others stayed.
After being stunned, the Marquis of Humi chased after him on horseback.
"Just throw Dalasu and them to the Qin people? We can use him to gather the people of Guishan and fight against the Qin army! β
The Marquis of Humi asked puzzled immediately.
Su Jiasha stared ahead, and said loudly: "It's useless, my father has taken refuge in the Qin army, with his prestige in Guishan for so many years, coupled with the terrible strength shown by the Qin army, my people will not resist, the entire Guishan will fall into the hands of the Qin people, and my father will help the Qin people to pacify them." β
"Dalasu can't ride a horse, he can only ride a car, and if he follows us, it won't be long before he will be caught up by the Qin people. If he stays there, the Qin will stop the pursuit and give us time to escape. β
Hou Xiu Mi looked at this woman with some admiration, in a short period of time, she actually thought of so many details.
He asked anxiously, "So what do we do now?" My people have been scattered, or shall I rush out first, and let me gather my defeated men, and then retreat to the north to join my people? β
The Marquis of Humi did not mention the matter of gathering his troops to counterattack the Qin army. He himself was frightened by the fierce offensive of the Qin people, and he could no longer raise the mind of counterattacking.
Sugartha glanced sideways at him and said, "Gather your people?" If you don't leave, I'm afraid the Qin army will catch up and arrest you first. β
"Xihou, take off your clothes and golden crown first, the Xihou of Shuangmi and Guishan have fallen into the hands of the Qin people, if you wear this dress again, maybe you will become the third Xihou captured by the Qin people."
Xiu Mi Xihou blushed with shame when he heard this, and thought that if he also fell into the hands of the Qin people, it would really be three Yueshi Xihou, and none of them ran away.
Su Jiasha said: "As for your clansmen in the northern grasslands, I'm afraid they won't be able to save it. β
"Now the Qin army is only using cavalry to raid Helan, and their foot soldiers are still hundreds of miles south of Helan, if we go to the northern grassland to meet your people at this time, then the main foot soldiers of the Qin army will rush to Helan during this time, blocking our way south back to Yueshi, and everyone will not be able to run away at that time."
Hearing this, the Marquis of Humi's face changed drastically.
That's true.
His people are grazing in the Hetao steppes in the north.
To the east of that location was the Shang County of the Qin State, so it was naturally impossible for them to go there.
To the north is the Yellow River, and across the river is the Yinshan area occupied by the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu and the Yueshi have never been on good terms, not to mention that the two of them raided Henan and drove the Huns to the north of the Yellow River, which is a great enemy, at this time, they do not dare to take refuge in the Xiongnu.
As for the west, there is a desert quicksand, and in the state of a group of old and weak women and children, it is basically impossible to travel through the past and return to the west of the river occupied by the Yue clan.
The way they returned to the Yue Clan homeland could only be south of Helan Mountain.
Therefore, if the Marquis of Xiu Mixi really went north to join his clansmen, then the main force of the Qin army blocked Helan's road and released cavalry to patrol around, and none of them could escape.
After all, unlike simple cavalry, his clansmen are all old and weak, women and children, and they have to drive a large number of cattle, sheep and horses, the target is too big, and if they go south together, they will definitely be discovered by the Qin people.
The Marquis of Humi said in a trembling voice: "So, am I going to give up the tribesmen in the north?" β
Su Jiasha said in a deep voice: "If the Marquis still wants to return to the Yue Clan alive and freely, I am afraid that I can only give up going north and give up your people." β
"Let's take advantage of the fact that the Qin army's infantry is still a hundred miles away, bypass the Qin cavalry in Helan, and then return to the Yueshi from the south, this is the only way to survive."
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On the grassland more than 100 miles south of Helan Mountain, camp tents are everywhere, and countless Qin people shuttle back and forth among them.
"General, according to the time, the cavalry of our army should have set foot in the Helan grassland, right?"
In the handsome tent, Chen Ping said with some uneasiness.
Even though he had long admired the general's ability, he was now a cavalry of 12,000 people, going to attack the Helan Grassland, which had 100,000 Yue clansmen!
This disparity in the number of people makes people's eyelids jump, how can Chen Ping, who is on the battlefield for the first time, not worry.
Zhao Tuo saw Chen Ping's worries and said with a smile: "Don't worry, since even you Chen Ping thinks that I am taking a risk by doing this, then the people of the Yue Clan will not expect that my Great Qin's cavalry will appear in Helan." This is precisely the surprise attack in the art of war, and with the cooperation of the Marquis of Guishuang, this battle is not a big problem. β
Chen Ping nodded silently.
At this time, General Shi Xiaohe walked in and reported to Zhao Tuo: "General, General Qiang and General Yang Yuan have already sent people to send letters, and they have led the army to the place mentioned by the general to start arranging and patrolling. β
"Okay, this is really a turtle in the urn."
Zhao Tuo laughed, and a flash of anticipation flashed in his eyes.
This time he led the army to the Northern Expedition, not only with the 200,000 Qin troops led by himself, but also with two other divisions.
It's summer July, and the Yellow River is rising, and there aren't many places for people to cross it.
Yang Yuan's partial division was to block several crossings of the Yellow River to the north.
Its purpose was to prevent the Huns in the north from taking advantage of the situation to move south, and at the same time to prevent the defeated Yueshi people from going north.
The Qiang in Longxi County will follow the Yellow River in the south, blocking several important ferries and important passages on both sides of the Yellow River.
It is the only way to get to the Kawasai Yueshi.
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