Chapter 1689: Victory or defeat depends on this battle
Elevate one foot high on the ground, lay out beams and wooden piers, and then lay layers of wooden boards on it. The inside is basically hollow, but a lot of thin and thick wooden sticks are added as supports.
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Coupled with a large number of wooden nails, the foundation of a camp soon gradually formed a frame. All that was left was to fill the space between the empty wooden boards below and the ground with insulation materials.
For this purpose, all the generals who had practiced Qi to become Gang were basically ordered to come over for wood shaving. Almost seven to eight thousand fine pine and fir trees were forcibly chipped, soaked in oil and then filled into the gaps between the boards and the ground.
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After being warmed and soaked in oil, pine shavings were added with a large amount of sawn wood. The thermal insulation properties were terrible. After the efforts of more than 10,000 Yuan troops, eight days later, the Han army finally completed the construction of its own camp, covering 2,500
The terrifying scope of Yumu.
By the way, this camp is more than a foot higher than the Northern Huns, but the snow is falling so heavily now that there is no obvious difference at all. The heavy snow has successfully completely covered up what Shen Pei and others wanted to hide.
Of course, during the eight days when the Han army was building their camp, the Northern Huns did feel that their days were like a year. Finally, on the sixth day, they could no longer bear it and sent more than 3,000 tribesmen to attack the Han army in the wind and snow.
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Unfortunately, starting from the fourth day, Xun Chen had ordered people to loosen up the outside and tighten up the inside, strengthen the alert, canceled all night patrols, and instead deployed a large number of secret sentries in specially built wooden camps. After moving the movable wooden boards one by one, the secret sentries only needed to
Just climb in.
A large amount of pine and fir shavings are as warm as winter clothes. The whistler only needs to lie down inside. The hollow wooden structure allows the sound of footsteps to be transmitted more clearly, so most whistlers only need to lie there to accurately know the surrounding area.
Is there an attack?
Some secret sentries even prepared quilts in advance. They would sit in groups of three and lie in the wood shavings covered with quilts to rest. It was no worse than in the tent.
The originally miserable situation of patrolling in the winter was forced by Xun Chen to lie in bed and monitor. Apart from forcing the three of them not to rest, Xun Chen did not pursue much in other aspects.
Naturally, in this case, no group of Han soldiers' secret sentries would be able to cheat. Also in this case, the Northern Huns' sneak attack had no chance of success. After all, it would not be possible to kill the Northern Huns.
They will think that the soldiers of the Han army are at their feet.
Under such circumstances, the night attack on the sixth day when the Han army camp started to be built was a tragedy for the Northern Huns.
Even the secret sentry itself did not know that Xun Chen scattered more than 3,000 people among the wood shavings under the camp floor as a secret sentry. With such a terrifying scale, even without a single patrolling soldier, it was absolutely impossible for the Northern Huns to hide their presence.
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Of course, the Northern Huns who made a sneak attack thought that the Han army was too negligent and gave them a considerable opportunity. As a result, the Northern Huns entered the camp and went deep into the camp for a long time. They confirmed that the Han army really had no soldiers patrolling at night. They were overjoyed and prepared to forcefully attack the Han army at night.
At the core, we were attacked by the Han army from both front and rear!
The more than 3,000 Northern Xiongnu were all killed except for the more than 1,000 Shenpei who stayed behind specially. The sudden front and rear attacks by the Han army caused the Northern Xiongnu to suffer a heavy blow without even reacting.
Then, under the leadership of a certain Northern Huns brave general, the Northern Huns rushed left and right, and successfully approached the grain and grass storage area at the core of the Han army. By setting fire to attract the attention of the Han army, they successfully broke through the encirclement and escaped.
Of course, these are all nonsense. Shen Pei just wants to let the Northern Huns out. After all, if they want to win a big victory, they must think of some strategic things when their troops are insufficient, and now is a good opportunity.
After killing 2,000 Northern Huns with relatively small losses, Shen Pei and Xun Chen no longer focused on the Northern Huns.
On the eighth day after the camp was completely built, Xun Chen and others finally entered the verification stage before implementing the strategy, and several people began to make detailed comparisons.
"The food here is not very safe. Do you have any good ways to deal with it?"
What should we do? Food is the foundation of survival.
"No matter how we deal with this thing, we can dig out such troublesome things. Find a place to dig a hole for this thing, lay wooden boards below, cover it with wooden boards, and then bury them all." Xu You curled his lips and said, "This
Leave the matter to me. By the way, you have made a lot of wood shavings and have no way to deal with it. Leave it to me."
"First of all, have you dug through it?" Xun Chen looked at Xu You and asked. Recently, Xu Youbai picked up a large piece of dark green jade, and his IQ has increased a lot. By the way, Xu You, who is cheap recently, always wants to dig that jade in the open air.
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"It worked. The soldiers worked harder than I thought. Probably there must be brave men under the heavy reward. The tunnel has been dug. Because of the heavy snow, the sound of tunnel digging was basically absorbed by the snow." Xu You.
He nodded and said.
Xu You estimated that he had dug somewhere, so he had someone take a peek late at night, and then sealed the place with loess.
"But what surprises me now is that the Northern Huns actually implemented unified management. Women also cook together. There are many guards in the middle camp. It seems that they also know what is most important." Xu You said with a solemn expression.
"What are your plans?" Xun Chen looked at Xu You and asked.
"I need some wood for support. I plan to hollow out the place. It is expected to take three days. If it is done day and night, it will take two days. If it is only done when it is safe, it will take three days." Xu You said.
"Well, on that day, Ziyuan, you and I forcefully stop the heavy snow, and leave the rest to Zhengnan, living on the torch. I'm really worried that one of us will be careless one day." Xun Chen said slightly.
He said helplessly that their current camp was really dangerous.
"Three days, wait three more days and we will see the outcome." Xu You said solemnly, looking at the two of them.
"Okay, this aspect is up to you." Shen Pei also looked at Xu You with great solemnity, and then Xun Chen also stretched out his hand, "We are confident of victory. Total annihilation is not that easy. Ziyuan, you have been here for the past three days.
Do your thing, Zhengnan and I will think about how to annihilate the Northern Huns."
Shen Pei nodded and agreed with this. What Xu You has to do is really related to the next victory or defeat.
After the three people discussed it, they went to report to Yuan Tan, and then Xu You continued to study how to take away the Northern Huns' granary. You must know that the Northern Huns' current grain is mainly divided into cattle buried in the snow.
Sheep carcasses, and a large amount of grain in the granary.
Taking away the grain in the granary is not a problem for Xu You, but the extremely large number of cattle and sheep buried in the snow is Xu You's biggest problem.
Even if they burn the grain, the Northern Huns are destined to run out of food soon, but the millions of fat sheep buried in the snow are enough to feed the Northern Huns for more than a month, and for Shenpei and the others, they are not that good at all.
A lot of time is spent here.
[It’s a gamble. There is no way to move or burn those cattle and sheep buried in the snow in a short time, so we can only rely on guidance.] Xu You pressed his temples and thought silently.
[Hongnu talk? There must be someone in the camp who can, but even so, it will not be enough to completely annihilate the Northern Huns. Once the Northern Huns scatter and run away...]
Xu You's face looked a little ugly, although he also knew that total annihilation was very difficult. In fact, as long as he achieved nine achievements of total annihilation, he would have basically destroyed the Northern Huns.
"Uh, what are you doing?" When Xu You was walking in the camp, he found a commander who was not patrolling properly and was actually playing in the sand!
"I've seen Military Master Xu!" Chen Jie reacted quickly. After noticing Xu You, he immediately stood up and saluted Xu You.
"Let me think about it, by the way, your name is Chen Shurong. You were recommended to the lord by Gongze a few years ago. I remember you were already a captain before, so why are you now a captain of thousands?" Xu You stared at Chen Jie for a while.
, finally remembered why he looked familiar. This guy was recommended to Yuan Shao by Guo Tu and had appeared in front of him several times.
"Commander Xu actually still remembers me." Chen Jie said with a hint of surprise.
"What are you doing?" Xu You didn't want to pursue Chen Jie's questions at this time and asked.
Chen Jie was slightly embarrassed and took out a spoonful of sand from the wooden bucket on the side. When he turned around to scoop water into another bucket, the water in the bucket had frozen. He reached out to break the ice and poured a spoonful of water over it.
On the sand, with the cold wind blowing, Chen Jie vigorously broke off the frozen sand.
Then he scratched his head and said to Xu You, "Commander Xu, I was born in Yingchuan, and I have never seen anything like this before, so I am getting playful. Please forgive me, military counselor."
Xu You looked up and down at the piece of sand that was basically frozen solid in Chen Jie's hand, and his eyes couldn't help but shine. He suddenly realized that the issue of the Northern Huns' escape was not unsolvable.
"Shurong, do you know the Xiongnu dialect?" Xu You asked casually.
"Yes." Chen Jie was stunned for a moment and replied, "Actually, I can not only speak Xiongnu dialect, but also Xianbei, Nanyue, Jie dialect, and seven or eight local dialects."
Xu You was stunned at this moment, "Why do you learn so many languages?"
"It's not what I want to learn." Chen Jie scratched his head, "It's just that I can barely communicate with the locals after staying in one place for more than half a month. After staying in a place for three months, I can communicate with them just like them.
Their language is very familiar, and the reason why I know so many languages is because I have lived in those places."
Xu You looked surprised and said, "Sure enough, fate is with us as a big man. Say a few words of Xiongnu dialect for me to listen to and make it fluent. For example, let someone follow you to rush or something."
Chen Jie didn't think much, so he repeated it in Xiongnu dialect. His words were so fluent that Xu You even doubted whether Chen Jie was a Huns wearing Han skin.
"That's very good, very good, hahahaha!" Xu You looked up to the sky and laughed, "Now I will give you a task. Take my warrant to find the lord. The lord will arrange the task for you. You will be with your two clans.
Like my brother, it will be sung by Qing History."
Chen Jie didn't understand why Xu You was so excited, but after receiving Xu You's order, he began to execute it to the letter.
Yuan Tan looked at Xu You's handwriting and looked Chen Jie up and down, "From now on you will be a lieutenant colonel. Now lead your three thousand men, as well as Zhu Han, Jiang Qi, and Wang Mo's troops to the camp.
Outside, use the same method you used to play with sand to build a wall around the camp."
"No!" Chen Jie said excitedly.
That night, 12,000 Han troops built a wall thirty meters outside the camp. The wall was not high, only more than two meters, but it was two feet thick. It was all built that night by the Han troops digging up the soil on the spot and then watering it.
Success, but this level is far from enough for Xu You's requirements.
Of course, the Han army, which built the outer wall with their own hands, did not surprise the enemy at all, but the next day, the Northern Huns who suddenly discovered that there was a wall outside the Han army's camp were shocked.
But this is not important. Construction continued the next day, using local materials. The efforts of 21,000 people made the city wall five feet thick. Seven feet thick was reinforced with ice to form an integrated city wall. It has caught up with or even surpassed
The thickness of most city walls in the Central Plains is unscientific!
However, the city walls in the Central Plains have been warmed and maintained by the residents of the city, and are twice as strong as normal, so they still need to be reinforced.
On the third day, which was the last day, the Han army no longer cared about hiding or not. All the Han army took action day and night. For this reason, the original plan was even postponed for a day, and the entire outer wall was thickened to the point of
Ten feet, the height has also been increased to ten feet.
A wall of this level, even if it has not been warmed by clouds, relies on the integration effect achieved by the frozen sand and soil, is enough to withstand the damage of the legion's attack.
To put it simply, even the large-caliber artillery of later generations has no good way to deal with buildings of this level.
Only four entrances and exits about ten feet wide from east to west, south and north were preserved, and the other places were all surrounded. The Northern Huns were particularly excited to see it.
They even started to imitate the Han army in construction during the day of the fourth day. However, due to the continuous harassment of the Han army, only a wall of about three kilometers has been built so far. The manpower of the Northern Huns is several times that of the Han army.
, it took less than a few days to completely establish a defense line, but the Northern Huns no longer had those few days.
"It almost smells like sheep." Shen Pei looked at Chen Jie who was no different from the Northern Huns and said after thinking for a moment, and soon a piece of sheepskin with a strong smell was wrapped around Chen Jie.
Chen Jie had a look of disgust on his face, but he quickly adapted to it, and then made a normal expression as a Huns. The judge expressed satisfaction, and then looked at Xun Chen and others and nodded.
"Let's go." The judge bowed deeply to Ji Ling, Gao Lan, Jiang Qi, Wang Mo and others, "The victory or defeat depends on us, we must not back down!"
"I will obey the general's order!" Ji Ling and others said solemnly.
After that, Shenpei led the generals to the tunnel that Xu You had dug before. After a period of sleepless and continuous work, these more than a dozen tunnels had successfully reached the target. Each tunnel was dug enough to be three people wide. Among them,
