Chapter 115: A Difficult Task
While Ma Shuo gathered his people, the scouts and hidden guards were also released by him.
Bai Qi gave him the location and requirements of the mission, but he had to be very clear about the specific situation there. Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one not be defeated. Besides, he can't take the men and horses under his command seriously, although the loss of such a mission will definitely not be light, but if he can die one less, then one less will die.
After this period of training, the overall quality of Luo Min and Xu Wei's men and horses has been greatly improved, and the combination speed is especially obvious. In just a few moments, all the thousand-man teams were assembled. On this mission, there will be no baggage team to follow, so everyone brought enough dry food.
With Ma Shuo's order, the team of more than 20,000 people left the camp. As he was only responsible for luring the enemy, Ma Shuo placed the infantry in front, while the cavalry kept some distance from the infantry. Without fully understanding the situation, Ma Shuo did not plan to press all the people up.
Yuguyuan.
A place in Ximen County is actually only more than 30 miles away from Sanyang Mountain. This place is between the first line of defense and the second line of defense set up by the border army. During the time when Ma Shuo was training in Sanyang Mountain, a large number of barbarians broke through a section of the first line of defense there and entered this place.
Because the resources of this place are relatively rich, the number of barbarians attracted by it has reached about 300,000. At this time, these more than 300,000 barbarians were besieging Yugu City, the city here in Yuguyuan. It's just that, under the insistence of Yugu City, they have not been able to break through the city for a while.
This information was brought back by the guards and scouts.
Looking at this information, Ma Shuo couldn't help frowning. Bai Qi's purpose is obvious, he wants to eat these 300,000 barbarians in one go. However, relying on more than 20,000 people on their own, can the other party be fooled?
However, now that he has taken over the task, Ma Shuo knows very well in his heart that he has already boarded the thief ship, and it is impossible to think about it.
"Ladies and gentlemen, tell me what you think!"
Ma Shuo gathered several commanders together, told them about the situation, and then said. At this time, he needs to listen to the opinions of the audience, one person counts the short, the other counts the long, the number of people is powerful, and he can always find a suitable solution.
At present, there are a total of five commanders under Ma Shuo's command. They are Guan Yun, the commander of the left cavalry battalion, Zhang Chen, the commander of the right cavalry battalion, and Luo Cheng, Xu Liang and Liu Zheng, the commanders of the three newly formed infantry battalions.
"My lord, we can just kill it. Kill him in a ruckus, and ignite the anger of those barbarians, they can't chase us if they want to. "The first one to open his mouth was actually Luo Cheng, this guy was actually a militant.
After Luo Cheng finished speaking, the others did not answer immediately, but began to think about it. After a lot of effort, Zhang Chen spoke:
"Perhaps, we can pretend to be a team transporting grain and grass supplies, as long as we find a way to get the news to the barbarians, the barbarians will definitely be attracted to it. Of course, there must be a lot of grain and grass to prepare, and there must be enough of it! ”
"That's a good idea!" Guan Yun obviously agreed with Zhang Chen's suggestion, and immediately agreed.
Hearing Zhang Chen's suggestion, Ma Shuo also pondered, speaking of which, Zhang Chen's suggestion is really good, it is better than rushing up to fight. Although he is not afraid of sacrifice, there is no need for inexplicable sacrifice.
It is not actually a difficult task to get the news to the barbarians, or through the hidden guards, or through the barbarians in their own team, the task of spreading the news can be easily achieved. The slightly troublesome thing is to prepare enough food and grass.
Of course, you don't necessarily need real grain and grass, as long as there are enough carts for camouflage.
By the way, build some big cars as soon as possible. Then, turn some of the war horses into pack horses, so that when the time comes to really act, the speed on your side will not be too slow.
Fortunately, just for the sake of pretending, it doesn't need to be particularly sophisticated. Therefore, Ma Shuo simply asked the people who knew how to carpenter to make a batch of simple carts by themselves using the surrounding wood. There is a lot of strength in numbers, even those who don't know how to carpenter can help cut down trees and carry wood.
Tens of thousands of people worked together, but in half a day, more than 1,000 simple cars were built. Not only that, but the cart was camouflaged with cut branches and covered with shelter, so from a distance it really looked as if it was loaded with supplies.
Ma Shuo arranged for a part of the infantry to transport these fake supplies to another route, which would be the route for everyone to retreat back to Sanyang Mountain. The place chosen by Ma Shuo is about ten miles away from the barbarians, and it is also more than ten miles away from Sanyang Mountain.
This arrangement is still very reasonable, once the barbarians get the news, after they rush over, everyone will be able to rush back to Sanyang Mountain.
After all the arrangements were made, Ma Shuo asked all the infantry to stay, and all of them were used as food and grass to transport and escort the troops. All the cavalry were scattered in the mountains and forests between Yuguyuan and the fake grain and grass station, with the aim of constantly harassing the barbarians from both sides as soon as they came.
This kind of harassment is actually a means of cover-up, otherwise if it makes the barbarians think that it is too smooth, they may not be fooled. At the same time, this harassment can also arouse the anger of the barbarians, affecting their judgment.
At the same time, the men in charge of disseminating the news were also dispatched.
Soon, news spread among the barbarian army besieging Yugu City.
"Have you heard, just over ten miles away from here, a heavy army of the Qin people carrying thousands of carts of supplies is passing by!"
"I heard that the Qin people's material team to support Yugu City is nearby!"
"Great! There are so many good things, just grab it directly, why bother to attack the city here! ”
One by one, the news spread rapidly among the barbarian camps, and a large number of barbarians were attracted by this news, and there were thousands of carts of materials transporting them.
"You've all heard the news! Do you think this is credible? ”
In the heart of the barbarian army, the leaders of several barbarian tribes are gathering. The one who spoke was the temporary commander of this large army, Chi Kun, the leader of the Chiyang tribe from the Kunwu tribe. After the leader of the Chiyang tribe learned the news, he was somewhat moved. However, as the commander of the army, he managed to calm himself down.
"Leader Chikun, it's better to let someone take someone to explore it yourself!" The one who answered Chikun's words was the leader of a medium-sized tribe, and this guy took the initiative to answer, obviously with the intention of patting Chikun's ass.