Chapter 129, the variant of dividing the fields - dividing cattle and sheep
The news that Wang Lei led the army to conquer Hantan Mountain was finally delivered to the Mayi battlefield. When Lüri Deduction learned the news, there were many dead souls, and he hurriedly returned to Pingcheng Wubao, joined Luoluo Bupo's army, and then retreated towards Zhehantan Mountain.
Time goes back more than ten days!
Although Wang Lei's group were cavalry, they did not have wide roads to walk on like Xu Wei, so their speed was not much faster than Xu Wei's. They marched all the way to Qiangyin County and then walked out of the mountains.
Junling came to the wide grassland, and by this time Xu Wei had been fighting Luo Luo Bupo for several days.
Wang Lei and others arrived in Qiangyin County, repaired for a day, and then marched at a speed of 150 miles a day, quickly heading towards Khantan Mountain!
At this time, the Xianbei people recruited by Xu Wei and the horse thieves who joined the army played a key role. They had traveled thousands of miles around Mayi for decades and were familiar with every plant and tree here. These people served as guides to help Wang Lei.
They won't get lost in the grassland, and they can always find a good camping spot.
In order to help keep the operation secret, all the small tribes encountered along the way were taken into custody by Wang Lei and followed the army. Fortunately, most of the Xianbei people went south with Helian, so there were not many Xianbei tribes encountered along the way.
Huo Shaoyun saw these detained Xianbei people and came to Wang Lei and suggested: "Commander, why bother to detain these Xianbei people? This not only delays our march, but also easily exposes us. The safest way!"
Huo Shaoyun slashed his neck, meaning to kill them all. This would be the end of the matter.
"If the commander can't bear it, I can ask my former brothers for help!"
Wang Lei glared at him fiercely and said: "We are the rebels who work for heaven, not the horse thieves and bandits you used to be. Killing innocent people indiscriminately is against military discipline. I tell you that if you dare to do such a thing, even if you have made meritorious service and returned to the army,
Ma Yi is also indispensable!"
"Do you memorize the three military disciplines and the eight cautions well? Anyone who violates any of the above will be punished by military disciplines!"
Huo Shaoyun couldn't believe it and said: "Commander, these are all Xianbei people and our enemies. Tens of thousands of Han people die at the hands of the Xianbei people every year. Now we use the same means to deal with the Xianbei people and no one can say anything. Why?
It's a violation of military discipline, and it doesn't make sense even among the Han army?"
Wang Lei said: "Do you think what the Han army did is right? Then why do we rebel? Not to mention that preferential treatment of prisoners is also one of our Tengjia Army policies. The Xianbei people are also poor people, and they are still treated by the Xianbei nobles.
Oppression, we can kill the nobles of the Xianbei people, but ordinary herdsmen cannot be touched. This is the principle of our Tengjia Army. Commander Qu has given you higher food and salary than the Han army, and his military discipline will naturally be higher than that of the Han army.
Gao, you are now Song Yi of the Tengjia Army, not a horse thief like Huo Shaoyun!"
Liu Hu on the side was extremely shocked and said: "Leigong Qushuai was really a hero at that time. He could really treat us barbarians fairly. From now on, I, the lone wolf, will leave my life to Lei Gongqushuai!"
Unlike Song Yi, Liu Hu is a Huns and has always been a second-class citizen on this grassland. He was ostracized by the Han people in the Han Dynasty and the Xianbei people on the grassland. He even became a horse thief and was ostracized by the Han and Xianbei horse thieves.
, almost becoming a third-class citizen. It was such an unequal living condition that made him pay special attention to these things. Originally, the Tengjia Army had strict military discipline and did not harass the people. He thought it was only targeting Han people, but he did not expect Xu Wei to include everyone.
, this made him feel treated as an equal for the first time, and he thought Xu Wei was a great hero with a broad mind.
But Liu Hu didn't know that Xu Wei copied these things from the New Heavenly Dynasty army. He couldn't copy 100% of the combat effectiveness, but he copied the originals in terms of military discipline and other aspects. Xu Wei knew that he was just an ordinary person, and what great men thought was good.
It is definitely better than what I have imagined, not to mention that a great man could use this magic weapon to directly drive the captain of the transportation team into the sea.
Song Yi looked at the excited Liu Hu, and then he remembered that more than half of their 10,000 cavalry were composed of Xianbei, Huns and Wuwan people. Treating these Xianbei people favorably would naturally be appreciated by these barbarians!
He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "This Lei Gong is really a person born to rebel. He can actually win the loyalty of the barbarians by relying on these simple military disciplines. His ability to deceive people is really great!"
After this debate was known to the Hu soldiers, they became more loyal to the Tengjia Army and enhanced their sense of belonging to Mayi.
But Wang Lei felt very strange after marching for two days. He traveled 300 miles on the grassland, but he only encountered 6 tribes and less than 300 herdsmen. Although he knew that the grassland was empty, it couldn't be so empty, right?
He was worried that the Xianbei people had discovered their raid, so he asked Song Yi and Liu Hu to ask?
"The commander-in-chief does not know that Helian has summoned 100,000 Xianbei soldiers, which is almost all the young men in Monan. The young men have gone to Mayi, and the old and weak women and children of the Xianbei people should have been arranged by Helian.
The mountains are full of sweat, so naturally there won’t be many tribesmen here. There are 200,000-300,000 herdsmen missing along the way, so it’s normal for the commander to not see any herdsmen!”
Liu Hu also followed up and said: "Since the Xianbei people defeated us Huns and defeated the Han army to become the undisputed overlord of the grassland, there has been no force to challenge their position on the grassland for more than ten years. It is impossible for them to think that we would send troops to attack the Khan."
Bullshit!"
Only then did Wang Lei let go of his worries!
On the third day of the army's march, Wang Lei's 10,000 cavalry finally arrived at the outskirts of Khantan Mountain. The land here was full of cattle and sheep, and there were also a lot of herdsmen.
Wang Lei knew that this should be the logistics center of Helian. He asked the 10,000 troops to hide first, and he took Song Yi and the others to investigate the situation around the entire Khantan Mountain, and even captured dozens of herdsmen to inquire about the situation on the Khantan Mountain.
Condition.
As a result, he was surprised to find that there were only 200,000 old, weak, women and children left in the entire Khantan Mountain, and there was not even an army left behind. It was even emptier than the county towns of the Han Dynasty.
This situation made Wang Lei feel unreal. He asked doubtfully: "Isn't He Lian worried that someone will take over his lair? In the art of war, we all know that we must guard the food road with heavy troops!"
Song Yi said calmly: "Commander, the last time the Han army went out was ten years ago. These Xianbei people are suppressing the big Han people. Who dares to come to the Xianbei people's lair? He Lian will naturally not fight against him."
The royal court has deployed too many troops!"
Yes, since the defeat of Xia Yu and others 10 years ago, the Han army has never appeared on the grassland. The Xianbei people no longer have the idea that the Han army will appear on the grassland, so naturally they will not defend themselves.
After all, although Khantan Mountain is close to the Han Dynasty, it is thousands of miles away from other hostile forces of the Xianbei people. If any hostile forces really attack the Xianbei country, they will not be able to attack Khantan Mountain.
Han Danshan was actually so weak that Wang Lei suddenly had a new plan.
He summoned the army's senior officials above Sima and said: "I have just inquired about the news about Khantan Mountain and found that Helian, an idiot, did not send troops to garrison Khantan Mountain. There are only 200,000 old, weak, women and children in the entire Khantan Mountain, and only a few young people."
Zhuang, it can be said that as long as we kill them, we can destroy the cattle and sheep that Helian even feeds the 100,000-strong army, and make them run out of food!"
"Commander, what else is there to discuss? We can just go up to Khantan Mountain!"
Wang Lei smiled and said: "But there are more than a million war horses, cattle and sheep in Khantan Mountain. If we go directly to kill them, we can only slaughter or drive these war horses, cattle and sheep. What a huge wealth this is, just in vain."
Wasted?"
There are millions of cattle and sheep. Everyone is jealous when they hear this data. This is an incalculable amount of wealth for them, and it really cannot be wasted like this!
"Commander, what do you think?" the army commanders immediately asked!
Wang Lei said confidently: "It is not difficult to break through Hantan Mountain. What is difficult is to transport these millions of cattle and sheep to Mayi. Although we are short of manpower, we do not have 200,000 herdsmen. As long as they help us drive the cattle and sheep, these million
What’s the problem in bringing cattle and sheep to Mayi?”
"Commander, these herdsmen are all Xianbei people, how can they help us?"
Wang Lei said with a smile: "We are still Han people. Did the Han people think of our compatriots when they oppressed us? The climate in the desert is worse than that of the Central Plains. Could it be that these aristocratic leaders of the Xianbei people oppressed the people lightly? Commander Qu was in Weijun.
The fields can recruit hundreds of thousands of people to join the Tengjia Army. Why can't we divide the cattle and sheep on the grassland? These are not ours anyway. As long as we divide the cattle and sheep, won't these herdsmen become part of us?
In order to protect our own cattle and sheep, they will naturally help us drive these cattle and sheep back to Mayi."
Facing Wang Lei's superb strategy, these army commanders could only give a thumbs up in admiration!
After discussing this, the cavalry troops were divided into five lines, four of which surrounded Khantan Mountain from all sides. At dawn, it was the time for the army to launch an attack.
The other group of 2,000 people was stationed in the south to prevent the Xianbei people from reporting what happened in Hantan Mountain to Heliantong in Mayi.
So the 10,000-strong army was divided into five groups and marched in the evening. When the sun slowly rose, the four groups of armies attacked Khantan Mountain in unison. The sound of killing was so loud that the Xianbei people in the dream did not know what was going on.
They were all captured.
Many people took advantage of the chaos to escape, but they were all stopped by the cavalry stationed in the south.
After occupying the entire Khantan Mountain, they counted the cattle and sheep in Khantan Mountain. Wang Lei and the others were so excited that they almost fainted. The reason was simple. The number of these cattle and sheep was too large, and the completion was beyond their imagination. The entire Khantan Mountain was
There are 100,000 war horses, 200,000 oxen, and more than 2 million sheep in the mountain. This huge wealth is about to overwhelm them.
Fortunately, Wang Lei and the others calmed down quickly. They knew that this was only the first step to the success of the plan. If the subsequent plans went wrong, the wealth would be lost sooner or later.
So according to the plan, Wang Lei drove all the Xianbei people on Khantan Mountain to a pasture. He stood on a high platform and pulled an iron trumpet and said: "We are the Tengjia Army of Mayi!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the Xianbei people instantly became commotion. They finally understood who the enemy was. It turned out to be the Mayi Tengjia Army that their Great Khan was attacking!
Wang Lei pulled out his saber to calm them down, and then he continued: "Don't worry, everyone, we are heroes who do justice for heaven and help the poor. What we have to deal with are Helian and the Xianbei nobles and leaders, and we won't do anything to you.
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When Wang Lei said this, the Xianbei people felt a little more relaxed!
Now all you have to do is find He Lian's wife, son and other relatives, as well as the tribal leader's wife, son and other relatives, and we will reward you. For every person who reports, we will reward you with a sheep, your own sheep!
These words caused a sensation among the Xianbei people, but for a long time everyone did not dare to take action. After all, Helian's pressure could not be eliminated in a short time, and they were also worried about being retaliated by Helian.
Wang Lei is not in a hurry either!
But at this time, a man in sheepskin appeared and said: "I am a Han Chinese. As long as you take me home, I can help you pay for Helian's wife and son!"
Wang Lei said: "Yes, not only can we take you home, but your reward will not be less!"
So he immediately pointed to a beautiful young woman in the group and said: "She is He Lian's wife, and in his hand is He Lian's little son!"
This man pointed at a dozen people in succession, and all of them were taken out.
Wang Lei asked someone to bring out 15 sheep and said: "These are all yours!"
Seeing these 15 sheep, the others couldn't bear it anymore.
"I am also a Han Chinese, and I also know these noble leaders!"
Soon thousands of Han slaves, Huns slaves and Xianbei slaves found ways to identify the families of tribal leaders among the Xianbei people.
And Wang Lei also rewarded their cattle and sheep.
Thousands of noble family members were arrested, and then he arrested some of the older children of tribal nobles and detained them separately!
Wang Lei continued: "If you are willing to follow us, I will give you 10 sheep. I promise to do what I say. Even the wives of these nobles can also give us 10 sheep!"
This statement caused a sensation among everyone. One of the Han slaves shouted: "Is everything you said true?"
Wang Lei said with a smile: "Have I ever spoken without counting?"
The man immediately stepped forward and said, "I want this to be my wife!"
Wang Lei smiled and said: "You do know how to choose!"
This Han slave actually chose He Lian’s wife, she was considered the most beautiful among the Xianbei people!
The Han slaves were also a little embarrassed and worried that Wang Lei would not give them.
But he didn't expect that Wang Lei waved his hand and asked his subordinates to press He Lian's wife, Lian Lian, and hand over He Lian's youngest son to him, along with 10 sheep and a cow, and then said: "This woman will be your wife from now on."
, this child will also be your son from now on, these cattle and sheep will also belong to you, and you can live a good life when you return to the Han Dynasty!"
He Lian's wife just got a slave, 10 sheep and a cow. Once again, everyone was in a stir. The Han people kept their word, and everyone couldn't bear it anymore. How could such a good thing be without themselves, so they stood up one after another.
He got up and wanted to take away his wife, cattle and sheep.