Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Barbarian Movement

Just after Chushan defeated Wuyuan County, Hedong County and Changshan County, the princes of other states and counties of the Han Dynasty were very panicked, afraid that Chushan would send troops, so they were constantly recruiting troops and buying horses, and only the soldiers and horses in their hands could give themselves a little comfort. Just when all the princes were surprised by the strength of Chu Shan, just when they were surprised by the speed of Chu Shan, just when they were worried that Chu Shan would attack them, and when they were terrified, a piece of news made them sigh a long sigh, that is, the barbarians in the north raised 400,000 troops to attack Pingyang Pass in the north. At the same time, the soldiers and horses of the various tribes of the grassland also began to move, and it seemed that they were preparing to attack Wuyuan County.

It turned out that when Chushan sent troops to the three counties, the barbarian people of insight were ready to build yƬ to attack Pingyang Pass. But they didn't expect Chu Shan's actions to be so fast, and in just one month, the three counties had already been pacified, and the dust had already fallen. At this time, their army had just gathered, and it was still a hundred miles away from Pingyang Pass. As for the grassland tribes, the pace is even slower, they need to coordinate the interests of each tribe, discuss the number of troops to be sent, how to distribute the benefits after the war, and so on. Therefore, after a month, there was still no proper discussion, and in the end, under the coordination of the barbarian envoys, he reluctantly came up with a plan, hurriedly pulled up an army of 300,000, and came towards Wuyuan County with great momentum.

The express reports of Pingyang Pass and Wuyuan County immediately reached the hands of Chu Shan. Wuyuan County has 80,000 troops of Tai Shici and Zhou Cang, and 300,000 combined troops against various tribes in the grassland, which seems to be slightly insufficient. So Chu Shan ordered Gao Shun to pay attention to the battle between Tai Shici and the alien races of the steppe at any time. We are ready to support at all times and do not need to be announced. At the same time, he ordered Zhang Liao to divide 20,000 troops and enter Wuyuan County to support Tai Shici. As for Pingyang Pass, Chu Shan was ready to lead Li Daniu and Dian Wei to join Zhang Li. As for Zhao Yun's army, it is in the process of being formed, and it will not be useful for a while. So Chu Shan asked Zhao Yun to form an army on his own, and then trained himself. Guarding the Northern County. We will also support Gohara-gun, Hedong-gun, and Changsan county at any time.

The three of them have a total of more than 200,000 troops, and relying on the superior geographical environment of Pingyang Pass, it seems that there is no problem in resisting the 400,000 troops of the barbarians. Besides, even if you can't resist it in the end. Chu Shan went out alone. It's also able to resist for a while. At that time, Chu Shan retreated from the barbarian army of 100,000 by himself.

The efficiency of the movement of Chushan's troops was very high. It was only a day's work, and the teams were all in place. Chu Shan and Dian Wei rushed to Pingyang Pass first, and Li Daniu still needed to lead an army of 100,000. Therefore, the speed is slower, and it is a day late to arrive. However, there are still 100,000 troops on Pingyang Pass, and there is no problem in holding Pingyang Pass. After coming to Pingyang Pass, I found that Zhang Zhang had already greeted him at the pass.

"Greetings!" said Zhang Li, kneeling down on one knee.

Seeing this, Chu Shan hurriedly lifted the tension and said with a pleasant face, "This time I didn't let you participate in the battle of the three counties of Pingding, but because the Pingyang Pass you guarded was very important, and you didn't have any complaints, right?"

"The public is too worried!" Zhang Zhang said, "The last general will guard Pingyang and care willingly. Besides, isn't there a battle now? These barbarians are not weak, and fighting them is even more exciting!"

"That's it!" Chu Shan said with a smile, "This time, we will leave the 400,000 troops of the barbarians behind, and let their vitality be greatly damaged, and then we can take the initiative to attack." Also, Da Niu led 100,000 troops to arrive later, and the guards of Pingyang Pass will be much more comfortable at that time, and they don't have to be so nervous to endure it. ā€

Zhang Li was very happy. To tell the truth, his 100,000 against 400,000 barbarians, although he has the geographical advantage of Pingyang Pass, he is not completely sure, but if Li Daniu comes, he may directly eat the 400,000 barbarian army.

&Wrong," Chu Shan said with a smile, "Let's go in first!" After speaking, he took the lead and walked towards Pingyang Pass.

At Pingyang Pass's residence, Chu Shan said, "Actually, although there are 400,000 barbarian troops this time, their combat effectiveness is not as strong as imagined!"

"Zhang Li, apparently, did not understand what Chu Shan meant.

& Once the barbarians lost more than 100,000 troops here. At this time, only about twenty years had passed. The population of the barbarians is about three million, although their personal strength is very powerful, these three million people can be regarded as warriors, but the real soldiers like the last time may not exceed 500,000 among the barbarians. What's more, the barbarians are not the only enemy of us, if they bring out all the troops, then their lair will definitely be empty, and they may be attacked by others at that time, and it is impossible for the barbarians to take this risk. In this way, at least half of the 400,000 troops are ordinary people, and although their strength is not weak, they are not as difficult to defeat as last time. ā€

>> "The tension seemed to suddenly understand. After thinking for a while, he continued, "My lord, even if it is 200,000, it is a huge number. Last time, it was about 200,000, not to mention that there are still 200,000 ordinary troops now. It will not be easy to wipe them out. ā€

&Don't worry. "Chu Shan is confident. looked at Zhang Zhang and said, "Now let's go out and see what the specific situation of the barbarian camp is, and then we will make a calculation!"

So Chu Shan, Zhang Li, Dian Wei and the fifty guards who accompanied them secretly went to Pingyang Pass, came to a high ground, and looked at the barbarian army in the distance. I saw that the barbarian army Dazhai had 400,000 troops, and it was really continuous, and there was no end in sight. The barbarian army village here is still more than 40 miles away from Pingyang Pass, and the surrounding trees are luxuriant, but the weather is still a little cool now, until about a month later, the weather will become very hot at that time, maybe there will be a way to do it then.

After a careful observation, Chu Shan immediately returned to Pingyang Pass. So he said to Zhang Li, "There is nothing to do now, you must hold the pass well and not take the initiative." In a month's time, there may be a turnaround. ā€

Although Zhang Li did not understand Chu Shan's intentions, this did not affect Zhang Li's execution of Chu Shan's orders. A day later, Li Daniu's troops also arrived. An army of 200,000 firmly held Binh Duong Pass. The barbarian soldiers began the attack on the first day of Li Daniu's arrival. An echelon of 10,000 people, continuous attacks, trying to disrupt the rhythm of the Chushan army. However, Chushan had 200,000 troops, so it was also divided into 10,000 people in an echelon to take turns to defend it, breaking the tired plan of the barbarian army. The battle lasted twenty days, and the two armies remained at a standstill. In order to quickly engage in a decisive battle with the defenders and attract the defenders out of the battle, the barbarian army frequently sent people to the front of the battle to insult and challenge, but Chu Shan calmly ignored it. Later, the barbarian army sent thousands of generals to camp on the flat land, and ambushed 10,000 horses in the valley. Trying to lure Chu Shan into battle. Wait for the opportunity to gather and annihilate. But this plan still did not succeed.

Chushan's insistence on not fighting undermined the strategic intention of the barbarian army to rely on superior forces to seek a quick victory. The soldiers of the barbarian army gradually lost their fighting spirit and lost their dominant position. After another half a month, the casualties of the barbarian army at this time had reached 30,000. But Chushan's army also had almost 30,000 casualties. The only difference is that the army in Chushan has plenty of food and grass. And the barbarian army's food and grass gradually ran out. Because they need to bring grain from their own people, it is very inconvenient. In the days that followed, the weather became hotter and hotter day by day. The barbarian soldiers were overwhelmed. The leader of the barbarian army had no choice but to set up his military camp in the deep mountains and dense forests, near the stream, and the troops were stationed to rest, preparing to wait until autumn before launching an attack. Because the barbarian army was located on a rugged mountain road more than 20 miles outside Pingyang Pass, far away from the rear, there were many difficulties in logistical support, and in addition, the barbarian army was scattered for 100 miles of company camps, thus providing an opportunity for Chushan to carry out a strategic counterattack.

Chu Shan saw that the morale of the barbarian army was depressed, and he thought that the time was finally ripe for him to fight back. Although in fact, Chu Shan himself, with his own strength, was also able to kill the barbarian army seven in and seven out. However, in this way, Chu Shan's strength will be exposed, although Chu Shan's current strength is very powerful, but there will definitely be monks in this world, and when the time comes to provoke these people, his own power will probably collapse, so he can't use supernormal means, he can only defeat the enemy with secular military strength, so that he can develop his own power unconsciously. This idea has been instilled by Chu Shan to Tian Feng, Zhang Liao and others, and it has been implemented in this way over the years.

Chu Shan thought of the classic example of Chu Shan burning the barbarian army in history. The current situation of the barbarian army is very similar to that of the barbarians, the weather is hot and sultry, and the barbarian army's camps are all made of wooden fences, and they are surrounded by woods and thatch, and once a fire breaks out, it will burn into a piece. Therefore, Chu Shan's order was to order the soldiers to each hold a handful of thatch, raid the barbarian camp at night, and set fire to the wind. Suddenly, the fire was fierce, and the barbarian army was in chaos. Chu Shan took advantage of the situation to launch a counteroffensive and forced the barbarian army to retreat westward. Zhang Zhang led an army of 30,000 to break through the front of the barbarian army first, plunged into the rear of the barbarian army, and entered the barbarian army with Li Daniu's department to encircle the barbarian army in a hundred miles outside Pingyang Pass, cutting off the retreat of the barbarian army. The main force of Chushan launched an attack on the barbarian army. Due to the chaos of the barbarian army being burned by the fire, Chushan's plan progressed smoothly, and more than 40 barracks of the barbarian army were soon breached. The barbarian generals fled in all directions, and the scene was extremely chaotic. When the leader of the barbarian army saw the collapse of the whole line, he immediately fled back. The three armies of Chushan were united, concentrated their forces, besieged them on all sides, and annihilated nearly 10,000 barbarian troops. At this point, the barbarian army was crushed, most of them were killed and wounded and scattered, and tents and other military supplies were lost.

After a rough count, the barbarian army was directly burned by the fire and killed only thirty or forty thousand, but the scene was extremely chaotic at that time, coupled with Chu Shan's cover outside, the barbarian army trampled on each other, and the number of deaths was no less than forty or fifty thousand. In the end, Chu Shan continued to encircle, chase and intercept, rob and kill everywhere, and with more than 100,000 troops in his hands, he directly killed no less than 150,000 barbarian troops. Therefore, the remaining army of the barbarian army was no more than 100,000. Not all of these people fled, at least half of them fled into the surrounding mountains and forests, where poisonous insects and beasts were very powerful, and I am afraid that less than one-tenth of them could come out. In the end, the number of people who were able to flee to the barbarians was only about 70,000. Now the barbarian army lacks baggage, no grain and grass, and the tribe closest to the barbarian army here has more than 500 li, and these people only have half of the cavalry, and the number of people who can escape back by the time is not known. Besides, Chu Shan is now leading his 50,000 cavalry to chase and intercept behind, and there is a posture of killing them all, and these barbarian troops are even more afraid. However, Chu Shan did not have the slightest mercy, and after chasing and killing for two days in a row, he killed nearly 30,000 people before returning to Pingyang Pass.

The barbarian army of 400,000 in this battle, and in the end only 30,000 or 40,000 remnants were able to return along the way. As for the army at Binh Duong Pass, they lost 30,000 in the defense of the city, 10,000 in the final decisive battle, and 160,000. This is a classic battle of winning more with less, and after this battle, Chushan instantly became famous in Dahan. In the past, he only knew that Chu Shan's personal strength was super strong, but now he must add one more, and he uses soldiers like a god. (To be continued......)