Chapter 013: Slaughtering the Racecourse
Due to the advance of the Kazakh chieftain, the 2,000 cavalry, who had been secretly marching, began to abandon some hidden detours and interspersed them with shortcuts. This made it easy for the monkeys who came to observe to send out these targets. So he and Zhu Jinlong set up a pocket array twenty miles west of Pancheng.
The leader of Ha, who thought that the march was still hidden, was eager to know the situation in Pancheng, but every sentry sent to Pancheng did not return, and was intercepted and killed by Zhu Jinlong's troops on the way. The unreasonable leader of Ha thought that Pancheng was in an emergency, and the sentries were stopped and killed under the city. So he marched more eagerly, wanting to fight with his son in the city inside and outside to annex the Han army besieging the city. Although the white wolf leader next to him repeatedly told the other party that he was a powerful character, he should be more careful. But the arrogant Ha chief did not listen at all. In his opinion, the defeat of the leader of the white wolf was a manifestation of his incompetence and had nothing to do with the bravery of the Han army.
As the so-called strong have their own strong hands, the two thousand troops of the Ha tribe planted themselves into the pocket array laid by Zhu Jinlong at dawn, and in the face of the fierce attack of the fierce Baima Yicong who is good at fighting, this tribe trusted by Tanshi Huai was wiped out without exception. Bai Ma Yicong, who killed the red-eyed man, did not give Zhu Jinlong a chance to order the capture of the leader of Ha alive, and slashed the enemy's neck with a sharp ring knife. When they reacted, all the Ha tribes had been killed, and they didn't know what the important identity of this tribe that they had wiped out was.
When Tian Kai cut off the head of the white wolf leader and hung the head of the leader of Ha outside Pancheng, Hahu in the city almost fainted. At this moment, he is not worried about revenge, but about his own life. Being surrounded by Bai Ma Yi is equivalent to getting into an iron bucket, and he can't escape. At this moment, he still has the lives of a thousand people in his hands. In exchange, Zhu Jinlong promised to release Hahu and his men from the city safely.
When Hahu stepped out of the city gate, Tian Kai carried Zhu Jinlong's subordinates on his back to launch a surprise attack, and Hahu's troops were wiped out in an instant. Because the Han Dynasty counted military exploits by the number of beheadings. In front of nearly a thousand enemy leaders, Tian Kai couldn't resist the temptation. The most important thing is that this captain, who has been completely enraged by Xianbei's brutality, should achieve his official career rather than let the tiger return to the mountain. So without hesitation, he gave the order to fight.
Since then, the danger of Pancheng has been completely rescued, and it has achieved the largest victory over Xianbei since the Eastern Han Dynasty, with a total of 33,000 beheaded. But this record was soon broken by someone again. Zhu Jinlong and the monkey led an army of 2,000, and the man only had 1,000.
Just when Zhu Jinlong led his troops into Pancheng to recuperate, Liu Bei's 1,000 horsemen had quietly detoured to the foot of Baishan. At the moment, they are resting and making a final battle plan for the raid on the main horse farm.
Under the blazing sun, Liu Bei ascended the White Mountain from the south under the guidance of the border Hermes-Epitek. Standing on the top of the hill and looking north, countless horses are kept in captivity on the endless plain. Ten thousand horses galloping, very spectacular.
"If we can take this horse farm, our army will definitely be able to recruit more cavalry, and at that time, Xianbei will not dare to underestimate our big man." Jian Yong let out a heartfelt sigh.
"Captain Shan, how much time does it take to train a well-trained cavalryman?" Liu Bei asked indifferently.
"The Hu people are born to be able to bow and ride, as short as a year, as fast as a few months; The Han soldiers trained cavalry, because they were not familiar with horses and did not know bows and crossbows, and it took ten or twenty years to be short, and seven or eight years to be fast. ”
"Before your cavalry training was completed, Tanshi Huai attacked. If you want Xianbei to look down on the big man, why wait for more than ten years! Liu Bei said to Jian Yong, and asked the guide what mountain paths could be walked by cavalry, and they were quite concealed.
The guide's answer made Liu Bei excited. "There is a path for collecting medicine in the deep mountains, and you can lead a horse through it without being strong." So the whole army picked up the bell and went into the mountains. After meandering in the mountains for three days, the whole army finally appeared at the foot of the northern part of Baishan without realizing it, and had entered the range of the horse farm.
Bai Ma Yicong, who was hiding under the trees, couldn't wait to hang up the horse bell, took down the wood, and under Liu Bei's command, he killed like a huge wind on the grassland. Liu Bei's only order to his subordinates was: "Don't leave a single mouth alive!" ”
Originally, the horse farm was guarded by 5,000 Karasuma soldiers, but on the orders of Tanshi Huai, the leader was re-elected. The new leader of Karasuma, who had been closed to news, had left the horse farm with 5,000 troops the day before yesterday and secretly advanced towards Pancheng. Prepare to rendezvous with the White Wolf Division.
At this moment, only a few old and weak soldiers and women are left in the horse farm. After discovering this situation, Liu Bei immediately issued another order: it was forbidden to slaughter old and weak women.
There was no fierce fighting, and Liu Bei's surprise attack easily occupied the entire horse farm after eliminating a small number of left-behind Karasuma Qingzhuang. Just when everyone was cheering, Liu Bei gave another order: kill all the horses.
All the soldiers were stunned, not only Zhang Fei, Jian Yong, Shan Jing, and He Jie couldn't understand it, but also the other soldiers couldn't understand it. It is important to know that 130,000 horses are a huge resource. In addition, they are all good breeds of ethnic minorities, which cannot be bought with money. If it is exchanged for the market price, these horses can buy the entire Jixian County.
In order to smoothly carry out the order, and to let the soldiers know the true intention in their hearts, Liu Bei lectured Bai Ma Yicong for the first time.
On the vast horse farm, the banner of the white horse is swaying in the wind in the sun. The blazing sun makes everyone feel hot. Especially in this case: the manager wants to destroy the second-largest racecourse in the East.
Liu Bei sat upright on his horse, his eyes as sharp as a falcon hovering high in the sky.
Many brothers were wondering how 130,000 handsome horses were enough for the entire Youzhou. Hunt and kill now, why? Ben Shuai wanted to ask a question, but Tan Shihuai knew that the horse farm was attacked, and he would definitely send a large army to recapture it. At that time, 100,000 or 200,000 Xianbei troops will be pressing, although we are not afraid, although we can block ten with one, but how can we block one hundred? ”
"By then, the horses will not have to be returned? Therefore, since it is going to be taken away, it is better to hunt it down. Do you want to keep the cheap and brutal Xianbei, and then let them take advantage of this horse to trample our crops, slaughter our people, and plunder our goods? Soldiers of the White Horse. How many times have you set foot in this land of Beidi? ”
The soldiers were silent.
"I'm afraid it's the first time. What does this mean? It shows that our Han cavalry is incompetent. Always passive defense, passive beating. Always hide behind the Great Wall and wait for the enemy to come to the door. What kind of behavior is this? It's the act of a! Why can't we cross the Great Wall and burn the flames of war to the enemy's land? ”
"The mighty Great Wall is like a long cordon, always reminding us: drive the enemy out and prevent the enemy from entering. And we never thought to jump out. This is the shortcoming of our military-strategic thinking. Let's change from passive to active, pay tribute to the majestic Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and take Wei Qing, the god of cavalry, and Huo Qubing as the greatest faith. Here I would like to tell you that the soldiers of the White Horse Righteous Followers have jumped over the Great Wall and come to the enemy's land. Then, we can't go back in vain. If you want to go back, you can go back now, and Ben Shuai will never stop you. ”
The cavalry was silent, but their hearts were surging. Remembering the passive beatings they had received before, they were furious.
"Since no one wants to go back, I believe that you all remember in your hearts the border compatriots who were brutally murdered by Donghu for hundreds of years. Donghu kidnapping our people, killing my people, and taking my goods are all bloody pains and lessons, and we cannot let our descendants suffer an infinite cycle. This shame must end at our feet and be disgraced in our hands. Xianbei can invade the Han for hundreds of miles, and we can sweep each other for thousands of miles. If you can go, so can I! ”
"The Han army is mighty! The Han army is mighty! Under Jian Yong's shout, the voice gradually spread throughout the racecourse.
All the cavalry resolutely stepped on their horses and carried out a hunting operation. Zhang Fei took the lead, although the bow skills were not perfect, but the ring hand knife made the sky fluttering, and all the horses that caught up only needed a knife.
Seeing the knights scattering and chasing away, Jian Yong and He Jie walked over.
"Xuande, He Jie has some questions I want to ask you." Jian Yong stood aside as he spoke.
"Boss. I don't understand. Nakaro-sama has been teaching us to defend. Why did it turn into a counterattack when it came to adults? He Jie asked.
"I ask you. Does the counterattack work? You've won every time you fight back against Karasuma, has Karasuma stopped attacking? Liu Bei asked rhetorically.
"Nope. Karasuma seems to be not afraid of failure, and he has been defeated again and again, showing extraordinary bravery. He Wang sighed.
"That's because Karasuma knows that you won't cross the Great Wall anyway. So they can be very relieved to invade boldly, the big deal is failure, anyway, there is no danger of being exterminated. It's like two people, one is strong and prosperous, but has no strength; The other is cowardly, but his strength is good, but he only drives the other party out of the door every time, and does not go out into the street to chase and kill the other party. In the long run, although the other party knows that he is invincible, he will come to try his luck. Because he knew that as long as he escaped the door, he would be safe. ”
"But is it better to cross the Great Wall than to be inside the Great Wall?" He Jie asked suspiciously.
"Of course not."
"Then why does the manager insist on his opinion?" Liu Bei looked at Jian Yong when he heard this. Jian Yong admits that this is his problem.
"Are you afraid that there will be no return on the vast plains, and the whole army will be wiped out?" Liu Bei asked, the two were silent and did not answer, but their eyes were telling each other that this was the case.
"In the grassland battle, of course, we can't compare to the Xianbei cavalry. However, they have developed a war mindset. It's just that we won't cross the Great Wall, and even if we do, we won't go deep into their hinterland. So, this is the psychological tactic that I played this time. The art of war is surprising to win. I'm going to be surprised. How surprising? It is to break through the Xianbei war mentality, carry out large-depth combat of cavalry, and defeat the enemy in the movement. ”
After He Jie left, Liu Bei said to Jian Yong: "This is an adventure. I have already ordered someone to prepare a few fine mares from the horse farm, and tonight you will lead a few horses back to Youzhou and hand them over to Gongsun Zhan. Such a purebred horse, we don't have it yet. ”
Without waiting for Jian Yong to refute, Liu Bei rode away.
Throughout the vast horse farm, 130,000 horses were shot in one day. And Liu Bei led the thousand horses from the white horse to disappear into the vast night. No one knows where he's going. But others are sure that Liu Bei will not return to Youzhou.