Chapter 465 Raising soldiers for a thousand days should make extraordinary achievements
Chapter 465 Raise an army for a thousand days and accomplish extraordinary feats
Author: Playing with Basilisk
Chapter 465 Raise an army for a thousand days and accomplish extraordinary feats
The fall of Dongting.
The Han army disguised itself as Huns and occupied Dongting.
All the way down from the southwest of Dongting, stretching for hundreds of miles, is Xu Huang's defense line of more than a hundred miles.
At this time, Cao's army was still fighting with the Han army in various places, and the situation was tense.
Wu Dang led 15,000 Han troops. As soon as they captured Dongting, they held a meeting in Dongting to discuss the next move.
Deng Ai volunteered to be a detective and went to Sangquan to check the situation, pretending to be a Huns.
They waited for nearly half an hour and had not yet returned to Deng Ai. While they were wondering, two scouts came back to report to Wu Dang: "Report, General Yingyang learned from an old man that Cao Jun's food and grass were in Jiucheng, so he went to Jiucheng.
Already."
"Nonsense!"
Wu Dang angrily threw the brush in his hand on the table and shouted angrily: "What happened to Deng Ai? Believe what others say. On the battlefield, if the news is false, wouldn't it be ruined?"
Wu Tao also frowned and said, "Shi Zai is indeed a little impulsive."
"More than just impulse!"
Wu Dang said angrily: "It is simply lawless. According to the law, he should be killed!"
"It's not that serious."
Shan Yi quickly said: "Maybe Shizai just went to investigate?"
"Investigation?"
Wu Dang was still angry and said angrily: "Didn't you hear? He went on a surprise attack. How could he act without authorization like this?"
"Senior brother, don't be angry. Shizai has passed. Since it can't be undone, let's think about what we should do now. Should we attack Cao's army to the southwest, or go south and take Sangquan directly?"
Huo Yang advised.
What to do next?
Wu Dang hesitated for a moment and looked at Jiang Wei.
Among the six people, Jiang Wei and Deng Ai had the most clever ideas. Before leaving, Shijun also asked him to listen to their opinions.
Now that Deng Ai suddenly left the team and went to Jiucheng, he could only listen to Jiang Wei's thoughts.
Jiang Wei thought: "Since Senior Brother Shizai dares to go, it means he is confident. But it is indeed a bit dangerous for him to go with only a few hundred scouts. Senior Brother, in my opinion, it is better for us to divide our troops into two groups and defeat Cao's army all the way.
, I went all the way south to cut off Cao's army's retreat, and rushed to the aid of Senior Brother Shizai."
Are the troops divided into two groups?
Wu Dang thought for a while, and finally could only nod his head and said: "Okay, let's do it."
At that moment, the five men divided their forces. Jiang Wei led the cavalry composed of more than a thousand horses stolen from the Huns to go south to Sangquan, while Wu Dang and others went southwest to capture the main force of Cao's army.
Fortunately, there are many Liangzhou Qiang Di in the Han army, and they are all good at riding horses. It is easy to form cavalry, and they will soon split up.
Deng Ai was galloping on his horse, looking at the plains in the distance.
The plain stretches as far as the eye can see, and there are Han people and Hu people living on the land east of the river everywhere.
These hundreds of Huns did not attract much attention.
Because the Hu and Han people lived together in the land east of Hedong, around 217 AD, Cao Cao divided the Xiongnu in Bingzhou into five tribes, and appointed the nobles as commanders of the tribes. He also appointed Han people as Sima to supervise them.
Among them, Juzi County (Fenyang) is located on the left, Daling County (Wenshui County) is located in the middle, Qi County (Qixian) is located on the right, Puzi County (Xixian) is located in the south, and Xinxing County (Xinxian) is located in the north.
), the fifth department is still stationed in Pingyang.
Later, Cao Wei launched an army to attack Xiliang and ordered the Xiongnu Chanyu Huchuquan and Zuoxian King Liu Bao to send troops to assist. After being repulsed, some Huns, Qiang Di and Han people moved to the east of the river to graze their horses and use them as troops.
So let alone the Huns, even if the Qiang and Di people appeared here, it would not be surprising. Especially in such a war, Cao Jun would also order the Huns and Qiang Di people to send soldiers to assist.
The only trouble is that occasionally he sees other Huns. The Qiang and Di troops rush west to the front line. When they meet, Deng Ai can't speak the Huns, so he can only stare at them fiercely and look at them.
If the other party is jealous, he will leave.
These people's eyes were fierce and murderous, and they were not easy to mess with at first glance. Although they were walking in the opposite direction, the Huns and Qiang Di people were not stupid either. They naturally knew what should be provoked and what should not be provoked.
Soon they arrived at Usu Castle almost without any obstruction.
Jiucheng is a small city, also known as Jiusheng, which was first built in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Jin Dynasty. In the Han Dynasty, it was not a county town, but could only be regarded as a township, pavilion, and townhouse. It was used as a city because there were some city walls left over from ancient times.
At this moment, there are still more than a thousand Cao Jun in the city. It is more like a stockade than a city. There are some stockade walls left over from ancient times on the outside, and some military facilities are scattered around.
Hundreds of Huns suddenly appeared on the road. Cao Jun on the high oars in the distance just glanced at them and went about their own business without being alert.
This morning, Shen Chen's army approached Puban. Xu Huang immediately dispatched cavalry from various Xiongnu and Qiang Di tribes to support the battle. At the same time, he sent people to Jiucheng in the rear to escort a batch of supplies to the front line.
So Usuki also knew at this time that the enemy was coming to fight again.
Moreover, Xu Huang had previously sent someone to tell us that the Huns might come to ask for horse feed, so he had said hello in advance.
The Huns' food and grass were also supplied by Cao's army. The Huns had come to ask for food and grass before, so when Cao's army saw hundreds of cavalry in Xiongnu costumes, they thought it was the frontline Huns troops who came to ask for food and grass.
"These Huns cavalry are not very good at fighting. They eat more than anyone else."
One of Cao Jun complained.
Another old Cao Jun shook his head and said: "The main reason is that horse feed is used a lot. It is not a trivial matter to raise war horses. You have to use bean seeds to raise them."
"The damn Han army has not fought for more than a year, so why do they have to come?"
That Cao Jun cursed.
"There's nothing to scold, let's just fight. Compared to the Han army, I hate the Huns more."
Old Cao Jun glanced at the Huns in the distance.
Although the Huns were defeated by Cao Cao, they have been dishonest in recent years. Moreover, the blood feud between the Han people and the Huns cannot be resolved in a day or two.
The Han people are inherently hostile to the barbarians outside the Great Wall.
It is a pity that the imperial court suffered consecutive defeats in the south and Huainan areas, which made the western front very passive and had no choice but to recruit the Huns to help participate in the war.
Otherwise, what kind of thing would it be for Wei's army to provide food and fodder to the Huns?
Soon the Huns approached outside Jiu City, and Cao Jun outside stepped up to intercept them. The complaining Cao Jun before scolded: "Stop, command!"
Although I guessed that the other party was here to get food and grass, I still had to ask.
However, Cao Jun soon discovered that something was wrong. Although the Huns who came were wearing Huns costumes, their hair was disheveled like the Hu people, slightly covering their faces.
But the exposed skin is not like the flushed or bronze color of those who live in the desert all year round and are exposed to the sun and wind, but the yellow skin of a serious Han Chinese.
He was puzzled for a moment and was wondering.
A ferocious smile appeared on Deng Ai's face. In the astonished eyes of the Cao army soldier, he suddenly drew his sword and struck down!
"Pfft!"
Blood splattered and heads flew high into the air.
This sudden change immediately shocked Cao Jun who was standing guard outside and started shouting.
"The Huns rebelled."
"Someone come quickly."
"Blow the whistle, blow the whistle quickly."
All kinds of messy sounds resounded throughout the camp.
Deng Ai didn't care about this, he raised the knife in his hand and killed the other person, roaring: "Kill!"
"kill!"
Hundreds of Han cavalry roared and spurred their horses to charge.
The camp gate had no time to close, and they rushed forward.
It happened that the soldiers of Cao Cao who were guarding the camp heard the noise and ran out one after another.
They ran into the Han cavalry head on.
An officer of Cao's army was still calm. He shouted and organized his soldiers to immediately form a formation to intercept them. At the same time, he ordered people to close the gate of the village.
Deng Aile turned his horse, called a few personal guards, and rushed directly towards the officer.
A moment later, the man was beheaded by him with his own hands, and the newly formed formation was overwhelmed by the rest of the Han army.
For a time, the entire camp was in chaos.
There were sounds of houses collapsing, various screams and cries, and even calls for surrender and escape.
In the chaos, no one knew who lit the fire. The camp was filled with flames, silhouettes of people, and fierce sounds of killing. The banging sounds of swords and guns intersecting were far and near, making people's hair stand on end.
Suddenly, there was a cry from the gate of the village, like a ghost crying or a wolf howling, "The camp is broken!" "The enemy is coming." For a moment, everything seemed to be completely silent between heaven and earth. In a moment, the sound of horse hooves could be heard coming from the distant wind and rain.
Did the Han army invade?
This is the thought in the minds of all Cao Jun soldiers in Jiucheng.
Immediately afterwards, Cao Jun's soldiers no longer wanted to resist, and turned around and ran towards another camp gate to the east.
In an instant, flames shot into the sky.
However, not long after Cao Jun ran out of Jiucheng, he was shouted down by the generals guarding the city.
After killing several fleeing soldiers, the general organized a team of several hundred people, entered through the east gate again, and launched a counterattack against the Han army.
There are millions of grains and grains stored in Uucheng. If it is burned, the general will definitely die, so he can only choose to go back and fight for his life.
The two sides launched a desperate battle in the camp. On the chaotic battlefield, no one noticed that at this time, more than a thousand war horses were slowly approaching on the official road to the west of Jiucheng.
The people who came were a group of authentic Hun cavalry.
Because they were temporarily recruited by Xu Huang to join the battle, the leader of the Xiongnu tribe living in the east of the river summoned five to six thousand cavalry to assist.
But in order to preserve horsepower during wartime, horses should not just eat grass, but soybeans.
Therefore, Xu Huang also gave a warrant before, asking the logistics department to prepare some soybeans for the Xiongnu tribe as horse feed. People from the Xiongnu tribe will come to pick them up today.
Deng Ai was wearing Huns' clothes and accidentally hit Cao Jun, which made Cao Jun relax his vigilance.
When the Huns in the distance arrived at Jiucheng, they saw thick smoke billowing from the city. They were surprised for a moment. The leader of the Huns, the captain, pointed to the distance and muttered to the rear.
Then the Huns quickly approached the city. When they passed by, they happened to meet a few Cao Jun who had escaped. Cao Jun was so frightened when he saw them that he wanted to escape.
The commander chased after him and said in Chinese: "What happened ahead?"
"Who are you?"
Cao Jun asked back.
The captain said: "We are King Youguli under the command of King Zuoxian. We have been ordered to come here to get food and grass. General Xu has already said that this is the order."
As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper with the seal of Xu Huang's right general stamped on it.
Due to the widespread appearance of paper, the upper echelons of Cao Wei no longer use bamboo slips for document communication, but use paper uniformly, which is much more convenient than bamboo slips.
When the soldiers of Cao's army saw that these people were real Huns, they quickly pointed to Jiucheng and said with great joy: "A group of Han troops are pretending to be Huns and are coming. I ask you to go over immediately and defeat them. The court will definitely give you a heavy reward."
The captain asked cautiously: "How many people are there?"
"Only a few hundred?"
Hundreds?
Hearing that there were not many people on the other side, the chief officer said happily: "Okay."
As he spoke, he picked up the scimitar in his hand, howled like a wild wolf from his mouth, and shouted in Hun dialect to the Huns behind him: "My sons, the opportunity to make a great contribution has come, come and kill with me!"
"kill!"
The Huns burst out with a shocking roar, and their cavalry swarmed towards Jiucheng.
Since Deng Ai is the commander of an army, he is not a reckless man. When he broke through the camp gate before, he had left more than ten people to guard the camp to prevent the retreat from being cut off.
At this moment, I saw a group of Huns roaring and galloping towards me from a distance. The Han soldiers outside the camp quickly ran in to report the situation to Deng Ai.
"die!"
Deng Ai was brandishing a ring-shaped sword in his hand, his face was covered in blood, and he was fighting fiercely with Cao Jun.
Hundreds of them alone could not ignite all the millions of grains and grains in the flames at once, and so far they had only ignited a grain silo near the west gate.
After Cao's army was initially repulsed, they quickly organized a resistance. For this reason, Deng Ai had no choice but to engage in bitter fighting and entanglement with them.
He fought hard and finally defeated Cao's army again. Suddenly someone from behind shouted: "General, the enemy's reinforcements are coming."
"How many people came?"
Deng Ai gasped and turned around to ask.
The scout replied: "Nearly a thousand people, all Huns."
"Follow me and get out!"
Deng Ai said without hesitation.
This group of uninvited guests obviously disrupted his rhythm.
If it weren't for this group of Huns, he would have just repelled Cao's army and would have burned all the food and grass of Cao's army just by continuing to set fire.
But it's definitely not okay to just leave like this.
The fire had just started. If they left, Cao Jun and the Huns would quickly control the fire, and the battle would be in vain.
So he could only force the soldiers to gather and fight with the Huns outside.
Soon, the Han soldiers who had just experienced a life-and-death fight gathered towards Deng Ai's position. After giving the order, the soldiers wiped the blood and sweat from their bodies and came to the gate of the camp.
There was still a fire burning behind them, and the heat wave forced them to stay away from the flames. After they came out of the camp, they saw billowing dust and smoke.
Thousands of Huns were less than a hundred steps away from them.
At this time, the Han army was exhausted, and the opponent's number was nearly three times greater than our own, making everyone on the Han army's cavalry look solemn.
After the Huns approached, they reined in their horses and stopped, taking a look at the Han army from a distance.
Immediately, the Hun commander shouted a few words, and the thousands of Huns immediately stopped their offensive momentum, separated their left and right wings, and surrounded the entrance of the camp.
If they charge directly, let alone the fact that light cavalry are not good at charging into formations. Simply speaking, the road is narrow. A direct charge will obviously only cause the soldiers in front to fight, and the soldiers behind will not be able to get up. Instead, it becomes a fueling tactic.
Therefore, the Xiongnu commander obviously had some tactical knowledge and chose to outflank the enemy from both sides and attack from three sides. In this way, the Han army was passively beaten and fell into a disadvantage.
Why didn't Deng Ai see this?
He frowned, clenched the steel knife in his hand, and suddenly shouted with a deafening voice: "Raise the army for a thousand days, build extraordinary achievements, make generals and worship them, today, soldiers, follow me to kill!"
"
"kill!"
The Han army roared loudly, then galloped forward and launched a reverse charge towards the Huns who were three times their size.
If you wait for the enemy's encirclement to form, you will definitely die.
So I might as well fight to the death.
Before the enemy encirclement is formed, make a surprise attack first to have the possibility of turning defeat into victory.
Thousands of horses' hooves trampled the ground, creating thunderous sounds, and dust and smoke rose everywhere, swirling with the force of wind and thunder.
The Huns obviously did not expect that the Han army was so fearless and fearless. Their charging momentum was stopped and it was difficult for them to exert their collision force.
The Han army penetrated like a sharp arrow, and the enemy and our soldiers in the front row instantly fell on their backs.
The two sides fought together, and soon the sounds of killing and roaring filled the battlefield.