Wang Lei's idea inspired Xu Wei. In addition to many horses, he also had many chariots. The infantry mounted on the chariots could not only increase the marching speed, but also form a chariot formation to resist the cavalry attack!
Xu Wei thought for a while and said: "We can use carriages to transport soldiers. The total number of carriages in Mayi is 12,000. One carriage carries 5 soldiers. We can transport 50,000 people and their supplies of food and grass at one time!"
Wang Lei said firmly: "50,000 people are enough for us to defeat these horse bandits!"
Niu Gui, who had just returned, said: "Captain, the Huns Chanyu Qiangqu has gathered 40,000 Huns cavalry in Meiji. I guess Qiangqu wants us and these horse bandits to suffer both losses. He will bring another fisherman to benefit. If we can pay a small price.
If these horse bandits are eliminated, the Huns may not dare to move due to concerns about our strength.
Therefore, my opinion is that we must mobilize all the military forces we can mobilize and strive to annihilate these 40,000 horse bandits in one battle. Qiangqu's Shanyu's status is already unstable. He does not dare to risk the heavy casualties of the Huns to deal with us.
Yes! I suggest that only 20,000 soldiers should be left behind, and the remaining 80,000 soldiers should be used to surround and suppress the horse bandits in Dingxiang County."
The Chanyu of Qiangqu was not popular among the Huns.
And all of this started in the sixth year of Xiping. The ambitious Emperor Ling wanted to teach Tanshihuai a lesson, so he sent an army of 50,000 soldiers in three groups to attack the Xianbei people. However, Tanshihuai was defeated by Tanshihuai.
They were severely defeated, and out of 50,000 people, less than 5,000 came back alive.
At that time, the Huns Chanyu also followed Zang Min to attack Tanshihuai. The Huns Chanyu wanted to rescue the people in the north (at that time, most of the Huns had defected to the Xianbei people and became Xianbei people), but they suffered a big defeat.
, if Tuteru's body is expelled, the Shanyu returns in depression. If Tutur's corpse is expelled, the Shanyu dies, and his son calls for Zheng to succeed him.
At this time, the Xiongnu Zhonglang general Zhang Xiu was an arbitrary and expert man. He had a close relationship with Qiangqu, the king of Youxian, and was at odds with Huzheng. In the second year of Guanghe (179), Zhang Xiu found an excuse to kill him.
After calling for a campaign, he appointed Qiangqu, the virtuous king of the right, as his chanyu.
Qiangqu Chanyu did not rely on his own strength, but relied on the help of the Han people to become a Chanyu. The Huns naturally disobeyed him, so his Chanyu status was also in jeopardy, and this forced him to get closer to the court.
He was the most obedient of the Xiongnu Chanyu to the imperial court. Over the years, he had been very cooperative with the imperial court in recruiting Xiongnu soldiers for war. However, the Han army discriminated against the Huns, and the long battles made the Huns resent the imperial court and the Qiang.
He was a Chanyu of the Huns, so Qiang Qu did not dare to take too much risk against Xu Wei and the others.
Xu Weiliu thought thoughtfully: "In other words, we need to fight a blitzkrieg and a war of annihilation to scare the Huns?"
Although Niu Gui heard about the blitzkrieg for the first time, he still understood the literal meaning. "Yes, if the war between us and the horse bandits drags on for too long, Qiangqu will definitely add insult to injury!"
For such a big event, Xu Wei summoned Old Man Wang, the 20 district chiefs and all the top officials in Mayi.
After everyone discussed for a while, they also felt that it would be best for them to take advantage of the enemy's division and concentrate their superior forces to annihilate one enemy unit. After all, there are too many bottles and jars in Mayi, so the battlefield should be set around Mayi, close to
A battle involving 200,000 people can only turn this place into a wasteland, and their efforts during this period will be in vain. If the battlefield goes to Dingxiang County, they can keep the construction in Mayi.
After unifying their thoughts, Wang Laohan and Niu Lao led 20,000 soldiers to stay in Mayi to look after their homes.
Xu Wei and others took 80,000 soldiers and took away all the horses and carriages. The 80,000 soldiers mounted on the carriages and attacked Dingxiang County in a mighty manner.
Wang Lei's two thousand cavalry were the vanguard.
Encountering a small group of horse bandits along the way, Wang Lei commanded the cavalry to outflank the horse bandits on both sides, cutting off the retreat of these horse bandits, and then fired crossbows. Generally, after such a round, the small group of horse bandits would suffer more than half of their casualties. After seeing this,
When the road is cut off, most people will raise their hands and surrender! But if there are still die-hard elements, Wang Lei will command the cavalry to break through the center and hack to death these die-hard horse bandits.
Relying on the advantages of equipment, Wang Lei and he kept clearing away the horse bandits around him along the way. Most of these horse bandits were like sparrows, in groups of dozens or hundreds. They were no match for the regular army like Wang Lei and others.
With less than 10 casualties, Wang Lei and others killed and captured more than 2,000 horse bandits!
After losing thousands of people, the horse bandits in Dingxiang County finally came to their senses. The Lei Gong Division from Mayi came over to kill them.
This is something that the horse bandits in Dingxiang County did not expect. They thought they had the advantage of the cavalry, and the Thunder Lord in Mayi could only defend and did not dare to take the initiative. But now more than 80,000 people are rushing towards Dingxiang.
County, directly frightened the small group of horse bandits, and the horse bandits who were close to Xu Wei's troops continued to retreat to Dingxiang.
"Everyone is talking about what to do. This Thunder Lord is not easy to mess with. Gongsun Zan, who is famous in northern Xinjiang, has been defeated by him repeatedly. Thirty thousand border troops can't do anything to him. I'm afraid we are not enough for him to deal with!" A one-eyed horse said
The bandit leader said worriedly.
"Lone Wolf, it's too late to be afraid now. People are coming to kill you. Do you want to escape without a fight? Don't let your brothers laugh at you. In my opinion, this is an opportunity for us. Originally, they had 100,000
People are surrounding Mayi, and it is still difficult for us to take action, but now that Lei Gong has come to the grassland with 80,000 infantry, we don’t need to be afraid. This is our territory. We, riding on war horses, can come and go freely and take the initiative.
Quan, eighty thousand Yellow Turban thieves may not be able to defeat a dozen!" A horse bandit leader named Huo Shaoyun analyzed seriously.
"Huo Shaoyun is right. This Thunder Lord is so proud after winning several battles that he dares to fight our cavalry on the plains. This is not asking for death. Let's gather all our brothers together and use 40,000 cavalry to fight 80,000 infantry. The advantage is ours!"
As long as we defeat these 80,000 infantrymen, the main force of Lei Gong's tribe will be completely gone, and Mayi's billions of wealth will be ours."
When talking about Mayi's billions of wealth, everyone became jealous. Those present were either horse bandits or mountain bandits, and among them were Qiang, Huns, Xianbei and Han people. Many people even had hatred for each other.
Isn't it because of these billions of wealth that they gave up their differences in identity and hatred?
"Huo Shaoyun, Mayi really has billions of wealth. I heard that this Yellow Turban thief is very poor. Most of the people can't even have enough to eat, and they don't have any weapons. So even if there are millions of people in each uprising, but
Still defeated by tens of thousands of Han soldiers!" Ke Zui from Xianbei said doubtfully.