On the third day of the arrival of Man Ruhai and Yunlan, 30,000 soldiers and horses from Bingzhou arrived as scheduled, and the leader was Wu Zheng's second cousin Ning Tianci, who had not been seen for a long time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info presumably this was arranged by Man Ruhai during the merger of states, so Wu Zheng was not surprised.

After a short rest, Guan Xiangying, the envoy of Youzhou Mansion, selected 20,000 cavalry, and personally led a joint army with Ning Tianci and camped outside Youzhou City.

"Lord Guan can now reply to Jia Yi's will. ”

"Okay, please also ask the seniors to make it clear. ”

"Without him, he only said that he obeyed the orders of the imperial court and was ready to welcome the Hun soldiers and horses into the customs at any time. ”

After Guan Xiangying wrote the chapter and sent someone to send it to the capital, the soldiers and horses in Youzhou also began to be secretly mobilized.

First, in the name of changing guards, the garrisons stationed on the border were withdrawn and replaced with soldiers and horses from the state who had just arrived. At the same time, the selected 20,000 light cavalry were divided into four teams and pretended to patrol the border from four directions in order to confuse the ears and eyes of the Shatuo Khan.

After the soldiers and horses of the state were in place, the 20,000 light cavalry divided into four teams led by Guan Xiangying himself had also arrived at the position that had been discussed in advance. So, on a dark and windy night of the month, 50,000 horses were divided into three armies, Ning Tianci led 5,000 cavalry from Bingzhou as the front army, Guan Xiangying led 20,000 cavalry from Youzhou in the center, and Wu Zheng also personally went into battle, with the remaining 25,000 soldiers and horses, people and horses quietly sneaked into the territory of the Xiongnu.

After dawn, when Ning Tianci's 5,000-strong army quietly appeared in front of the Xiongnu border guards' barracks, the other party was unexpectedly defenseless.

Without the slightest hesitation, with Ning Tianci's order, the five thousand cavalry rushed straight to the Hun camp like a tiger descending the mountain.

Suddenly the shouting of killing was loud, and the Hun soldiers who were still in the bed woke up from their sleep, and they didn't wait to get up in a panic, and they were already killed under the swords and guns of the soldiers and horses of Bingzhou.

There was hardly a trace of resistance, it was purely a one-sided massacre, which lasted for half an hour, and a Shatuo Khan outpost camp of nearly 10,000 defenders was razed to the ground by 5,000 cavalry led by Ning Tianci. Waiting for Guan Xiangying's Chinese army to arrive, Ning Tianci, who didn't care about cleaning up the battlefield, reported the battle situation, and then led 5,000 cavalry to continue to go deeper, and went straight to Mingsha City, where Shatuo Khan was located.

Guan Xiangying arranged for the soldiers to clean up the battlefield and count the spoils, and at the same time sent people to the rear army to report to Wu Zheng. He also didn't stop long, and according to the prior arrangement, he continued to follow Ning Tianci's five thousand men and horses, and also galloped towards Mingsha City, which was two hundred miles away.

When Wu Zheng arrived with 20,000 troops from the state, it was already noon, but he did not continue to advance, but stationed on the spot. It's just that a group of scouts are sent every other hour, not only to deliver news from the front army and the Chinese army at any time, but also to carefully probe the surrounding situation.

"Newspaper--, the former army has arrived at the foot of Mingsha City. ”

"Newspaper--The Chinese army has joined the front army under the city of Mingsha. ”

"Newspaper--, the Hun defenders in Mingsha City abandoned the city and fled. ”

"What?! ”

The reason why he had to surprise and attack Shatuo Khan was because he knew that the whereabouts of the Hun cavalry were erratic and elusive. The news that Shatuo Khan in Mingsha City abandoned the city and fled was definitely not what Wu Zheng wanted to hear.

"Newspaper, the former army has captured Mingsha City, but it has not blocked Shatuo Khan as planned. ”

"Newspaper--, not long after the Chinese army engaged tens of thousands of cavalry of Shatuo Khan, they rushed into the depths of the desert and lost their traces. ”

Until the evening, after Wu Zheng got the latest news, his brows couldn't help frowning.

This unprepared attack was indeed unexpected by Shatuo Khan, and it was understandable to abandon the city and flee, but why did tens of thousands of cavalry flee into the depths of the desert without a fight?

"Report--, General Ning, the former commander of the army, asks for instructions on whether to continue the pursuit?"

"What does Master Guan of the Chinese Army claim?"

"Lord Guan disagrees with Lord Ning's opinion. Instead, we have to stick to Mingsha City and wait for the opportunity to move. ”

Wu Zheng thought about it, and then sent an order: "Go ahead of the village and rush to Mingsha City overnight." ”

Wu Zheng's 25,000 men and horses came to Mingsha City smoothly and set up camp after they set up camp, Ning Tianci and Guan Xiangying also came together.

"How's it going in the city?"

"The Xiongnu people are quite calm, but they have lost the trace of Shatuo Khan. ”

"How many defenders were there?"

"A rough estimate of no less than 50,000 soldiers?"

"There are so many soldiers and horses, why are they crushed in one blow?"

The city in the desert is far from having a tall city wall like the Central Plains, but it is surrounded by a sand wall more than half a person high, so it has no defensive function at all. Especially for cavalry, there is no difference as a flat ground confrontation.

"King Qiqi, according to Ben Shuai's observation, the 50,000 cavalry of Shatuo Khan did not show too panicked expression when he fled. Although we were caught off guard, the morale of the army did not waver. Therefore, Ben Shuai did not approve of continuing the deep pursuit. ”

Ning Tianci's opinion was just the opposite, and after Guan Xiangying finished speaking, he immediately said to Wu Zheng: "King Qiqi Xiaoyao, the last general agrees with Lord Guan's statement that the Huns' soldiers and horses are not distracted, but they are obviously in a hurry and have not brought any military food and grass, if they don't take the opportunity to pursue, when they are relieved, they will inevitably lose their fighters." ”

After listening to the two arguing, Wu Zheng finally decided: "Please ask Lord Guan to sit in Mingsha City, and divide your troops to ambush people and horses in dangerous places on both sides of the road to Youzhou, ready to respond at any time." General Tianci and I led the team to follow Shatuo Khan and continue to go some distance to test the other party's reaction. ”

"The King of Escape....... ”

"Don't worry, Lord Guan, this is just a temptation, not a battle to the death with Shatuo Khan. As long as Master Guan guards Mingsha City and guards the passage back to Youzhou, we won't have any mistakes. ”

"Yes, Guan obeyed. ”

Just rested in Mingsha City for an hour, Wu Zheng and Ning Tianci led 5,000 Bingzhou cavalry to set off on the road again, following the direction of Shatuo Khan's escape, groping forward into the depths of the desert.

When I walked to dawn, I saw that the traces left on the sand gradually moved from northwest to west, and then turned to the south, it seemed that Shatuo Khan was making a big circle and was about to sneak attack Youzhou.

"What does my cousin think?"

"Even if Shatuo Khan really wants to sneak attack Youzhou, it is natural to have Yum General Manchurian in charge. I'm afraid that this is a suspicious plan set up by Shatuo Khan. ”

Wu Zheng also thought the same thing in his heart. It's just that why did Shatuo Khan set up traces of his journey south to show himself, and where was he going?

Wu Zheng knew that in this vast desert, although he couldn't see Shatuo Khan's men and horses, the other party could easily grasp the whereabouts of his five thousand men and horses with his well-trained falcons.

When the enemy is open and we are secret, we must beware of the trap of the middle.

Wu Zheng couldn't help but remind himself in his heart. (To be continued.) )