Just when Tou Mandan Yu led 100,000 cavalry, under the cover of darkness, attacked the Qin army's camp.

Under the Yin Mountain, the sky is like a dome, covering the four fields.

Zhao Tuo, the general of the Qin State, sat on his horse, and behind him was a dense cavalry.

They braved the wild prairie night breeze and looked at a black spot on the prairie in the distance.

Head Manchester City.

This is the city built by the Huns with bricks and tiles after going south to Yinshan and demolishing the city fortress of Zhao such as Gaoque.

This city represents the hegemony of the Xiongnu people on the Yinshan grassland, is the political center of Toumandanyu on the grassland, and has the same lofty status as the Xiongnu Dragon City located in Mobei.

"Touman's old boy wanted to sneak attack our camp, but he didn't expect to be stolen by the general to steal his hometown, hahaha, if he knows about it later, I'm afraid he will vomit blood in anger."

Chen Ping stepped forward immediately, looking ahead and smiling, his eyes full of excitement.

Zhao Tuo said lightly: "I don't know if Touman vomits blood, but the Huns are over after this battle." ”

His eyes were fixed on the stone town in the dark night in the distance, and the small blurred black dots outside the city.

It was a large area of densely packed herdsmen's felt tents.

These are the tribes of Toumandanyu, numbering tens of thousands.

Zhao Tuo closed his eyes and felt the direction of the wind.

God help me.

He opened his eyes and said in a cold voice: "Chen Changshi, order Guo Qing and the Marquis of Guishuang to attack, kill all the Hun men, drive away their livestock and beasts, and ...... Set the prairie on fire! ”

In the end, Zhao Tuo's eyes were full of coldness.

Chen Ping took the order.

But after a while, the Marquis of Guishan, who commanded the cavalry of the Yue clan this time, rode over.

The leader of the Yue clan begged Zhao Tuo: "General, the grassland under the Yin Mountain is fertile and lush, and it is a good land for animal husbandry, even if it is not inferior to Helan. After the Huns were destroyed, Daqin could raise horses here, and there was no need to burn it down. ”

The following translator immediately translates.

Zhao Tuo looked at Guishuang Marquis coldly.

Nomadic people live on the grassland, which is their home and the land on which they live.

Therefore, the people of the grassland never use fire attacks when they fight, because grassland fires will not only burn the grassland, but also destroy the grassland ecological environment, reduce the carrying capacity of livestock, and promote the degradation of the grassland.

Grassland fires are a real catastrophe for nomads.

Especially in autumn and winter, the grass and trees are dry and lack of water, once the fire is set out, it is really a prairie fire, out of control, even in the era of advanced science and technology in later generations, it is very difficult to extinguish a grassland fire, and even powerless, let alone in this classical era.

Therefore, Tou Manshan attacked the Qin camp at night, and never thought of setting fire to the camp, because he was afraid of the uncontrollable spread of the fire.

But for Zhao Tuo, this is not a problem at all.

The Qin army was originally a people from the south, who ate grains and governed agriculture, and had no need for the grassland.

They came here to take over the territory of the former Zhao State on the order of the emperor, and what they wanted was this land to complete the map on the case of the first emperor.

After the fight, they will go home, and it doesn't matter what the land will become or what it will be used for in the future.

The Qin State wanted to raise horses, and even immigrate to farm, and the land of Helan south of the Great River was enough to meet their needs, and this Yinshan grassland was just an addition.

On the contrary, after burning it with a fire, it can not only kill and injure a large number of Xiongnu herdsmen, but also bring many benefits to the Xiongnu's nest.

For example, it is easy to deter the Yueshi people who surrendered to the Qin State.

Zhao Tuo stared at the Marquis of Guishuang in front of him, his eyes full of indifference.

Marquis Guishuang's lips trembled, feeling that the general was looking at him as if he were looking at a dead man.

"Xihou, do you know that the grass on the plain is something that cannot be burned by wildfires and blown by the spring breeze. Today, the fire will be burned out, and when the spring rain falls next year, it will become a green grassland again. Do you understand that? ”

After the translator translated, the Marquis of Guishan bowed his head tremblingly and said, "I understand, what the general said is true!" ”

"Well, you go, don't waste time."

Zhao Tuo said lightly.

Only then did the Marquis of Guishuang feel relieved and retreated with sweat on his head.

Chen Ping exclaimed: "If the general does this, the people of the Yue clan will not dare to rebel against my Great Qin in the future." Once the war starts, let's go on the fire, they will lose a lot whether they win or lose, and they have to think about it before doing things. ”

Zhao Tuo's face was calm.

Burning the grasslands has always been a means of defense for the Han people against the nomadic people in the north in history, especially in the Ming Dynasty, it has become a custom to deal with the Mongols, and it has been implemented almost every year.

The so-called "Ming people say "at the beginning of each winter, the general will lead the troops out of the plug to burn the grass, called 'burning the waste', take the wind to set fire, burn the weeds, and eliminate the horses." In addition, in the critical place, poison its aquatic plants, and the captives dare not invade. People die when they drink water, and horses die when they eat grass. ”

Burning the wasteland and poisoning it was a two-piece set for the Ming Dynasty to deal with the grassland.

Zhao Tuo was not so ruthless as to poison and drugged, that thing was too vicious, and the Ming army also had cases of overturning from time to time, so it was better to set fire to it, at least it would not make any backlash against the Qin State.

To the south of Yinshan is the Beihe, to the south of the Beihe is the Great River, and further south is the Kubuqi Desert, these three huge barrier belts make it impossible for the fire to reach Helan Mountain and Qin proper.

Hundreds of miles to the east is Yunzhong County of the Qin State, with a large lake and the Yinshan Mountain Range in the middle, and even the Great Wall of the former Zhao State on the border, so it is also very safe.

The Qin infantry were camped near the Beihe River, and if the fire went south, they could also cross the river immediately through the boat division, so it was also safe.

In this case, Zhao Tuo would choose to set fire to the Hulu.

And his arson was not entirely strategic, but tactical.

This side was on fire, and Tou Mandan was bound to have no master, so he hurriedly led the army back to help, and rushed for dozens of miles.

This is the opportunity for the Qin army to break the enemy!

"The general's sentence just now that the wildfire is inexhaustible, and the spring breeze blows and grows, and when you think about it carefully, it is really interesting."

On the side, Chen Ping was still chewing on that strange five-word slang, lamenting that every sentence the general said was so profound, which made him gain a lot.

Zhao Tuo nodded, watching the cavalry of the Qin army and the cavalry of the Yue clan slaughter towards the defenseless Touman City in the distance.

"The nomads on the grasslands are also like weeds that burn inexhaustibly, blowing and rebirth, a tribe is wiped out, and new tribes will rise, if you want to completely eliminate the northern troubles, you still have to rely on the Central Plains to be strong."

In Manchester City, there are fires.

Zhao Tuo squinted his eyes and whispered: "But this fire is enough to win decades of northern peace for Great Qin, and it's worth it." ”

……

The night is about to recede.

On the battlefields in the south, the sound of fighting is gradually fading.

The Qin army sprinkled a lot of thistles outside the barracks, and dug horse traps and trenches as a means of defense.

The night attack launched by the Huns was even more miserable than the previous attack on the Qin army.

A large number of war horses broke their legs and fell down because they were trapped in horse pits, and they jumped around because of thistles, which disrupted the offensive rhythm of the entire Xiongnu and lost the suddenness of the sneak attack.

And Tou Mandan, who was located in the rear, could not know the battle situation ahead because of the sky, and only knew that the Qin people had set many traps outside the camp to deal with the cavalry, and as for the state of the Qin army, he could not find out.

So he decided to let the Huns dismount and kill into the camp, so that the horse traps and trenches dug by the Qin would not be of much use.

As long as the speed of the Xiongnu warriors is fast enough to rush into the Qin camp before the Qin army reacts, they can still win a big victory.

With the order issued, the Xiongnu warriors dismounted and wanted to enter the Qin camp, but they were faced with the spear and beryllium jungle of the Qin army.

Before the small short spear and small short knife in their hands could play a role, they were stabbed to death by a spear from the Qin pawn hiding behind Wu Gang's car.

Because of the relationship of the night, the Huns in front were poked to death, and the Huns in the back did not know, and still fearlessly charged towards the Qin camp, resulting in one being killed one by one.

"These Huns are so brave that they are not afraid of death and injury!"

Wang Ling sighed, poked out a spear, and poked a Hun who rushed over with a whoow scream to the ground.

Xi Juan and Wang Sue also poked out with long weapons, and said with a smile in their mouths: "Good Hu people, they are all here to send people's heads, and when they go back after the battle, they will not be able to change their lives!" ”

However, this situation did not last long, and was discovered by the Xiongnu kings such as Wuluxu and Xu Budang.

Their chests almost exploded in anger, and they hurriedly shouted and began to collect their troops, while they ran in the direction of Touman Danyu, to tell them what was going on in person.

"Da Danyu, looking at the posture of the Qin people, I am afraid that they have seen through your strategy of deceitful attack, they have laid so many traps, just waiting for us to jump in, this battle can no longer be fought!"

Wulu gritted his teeth.

Subdang also shouted, "Yes, what a night attack to death. If I continue to fight, my people will die, this is a complete trap, I have to withdraw! ”

Tou Mandan's face was pale, and the words of the two Gu Li kings were already full of dissatisfaction, not only the two of them, but also the entire Xiongnu, large and small, nobles and nobles were full of resentment towards his plan.

"This is obviously a good ploy to defeat the Qin people, why did it come like this?"

"It must be Zhao Tuo, this damn Zhao Tuo saw through my plan, why is he so cunning?"

"I think he is a wolf, a cunning and treacherous Qin wolf!"

Tou Mandan's teeth clicked, and his fists were clenched together.

However, before he could make a new decision, several Huns shouted.

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

Tou Manshan Yu said angrily: "What fire? My heart is full of fire! ”

But when he turned around, his whole face was stunned.

Tou Manshan Yu muttered, "Fire ......"

Checking the information, I found that the Ming Dynasty started from Zhu Di, and every year would send people out of the fortress to poison the grassland burning, which is quite interesting.

Xu Youzhen: Emperor Taizong built the capital of Beijing and suppressed the northern captives. Take the winter to send out of the fortress and burn the sentry sentry.

"Xuanfu Town Chronicles, Volume 19"; Officers and soldiers were sent to the places where the captives were infested, three or five hundred miles away, and set fire to the wind and burn the weeds, so as to exterminate the horses.

"Daily Knowledge": The soldiers guarding the border, every autumn moon and the grass withered, out of the plug and arson, called burning the wasteland.

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