At noon the next day, Gan Ning led the army back to the camp.
At this time, Taishi Ci had led his army back.
Gan Ning asked the soldiers to return to camp to rest without training. All the soldiers had stayed up all night and marched in the ice and snow, and were exhausted. Although Gan Ning was a little tired, fortunately he had been practicing martial arts all year round and his physical fitness was excellent.
It didn't have much impact, especially since Gan Ning was extremely excited and didn't feel sleepy at all.
In the main camp of the Chinese army, Gan Ning looked at Taishi Ci and asked, "Ziyi, how are you doing there?"
Taishi Ci smiled and said: "Liu Bao, the wise king of Zuo, was killed, thousands of Xiongnu soldiers were captured, and 7,000 war horses were captured."
"Seven thousand horses?"
Gan Ning gave a thumbs up and said: "You are so awesome, you can actually capture 7,000 war horses."
Taishi Ci smiled, the role of seven thousand war horses is very great.
Zhang Liao asked: "Xingba, you led the troops to attack Qubei. How was the situation? I see that your army returned without any losses and did not bring back a single prisoner. However, you brought back Qubei's head. After all,
What's going on?" Although Zhang Liao knew that Gan Ning had returned victorious, he did not know the specific situation.
Taishi Ci, Huang Xu, Li Ru and Pang Tong all looked at Gan Ning and wanted to hear about Gan Ning's situation.
Gan Ning chuckled and said: "This time when I went to attack Qubei, only 120 of the 20,000 elites I led were injured, and none of them died. Forty of the 120 injured were frostbite, not injured.
Killing and wounding. As for the 10,000 fine cavalrymen who went to humble places, not one of them escaped, they were all killed, including the war horses."
Gan Ning had a proud look on his face and was very excited, but he also took huge risks to accomplish this.
"Hi! His!"
Taishi Ci gasped and looked at Gan Ning in surprise.
He led his troops to deal with Liu Bao's 10,000 elite cavalry. He knew that the cavalry would be difficult to deal with. Unexpectedly, Gan Ning Company killed all the horses and soldiers. It was really ferocious.
Pang Tong asked: "Captain Gan, how can you debase yourself?"
Seeing Pang Tong asking, Gan Ning felt even more proud. At that moment, Gan Ning told everything about last night, from intercepting more than ten cavalry sent by Huchuquan, to sneaking in the snow late at night, and finally outside the Xiongnu camp.
An ambush was laid, and all the scenes were described vividly and with gusto.
Zhang Liao, Li Ru, and Huang Xu were also frightened when they heard Gan Ning's words.
Pang Tong sighed: "Captain Gan, it is very difficult to march in the snow, and we have to attack on a snowy night. You really caught me by surprise!"
Huang Xu's eyes flashed with admiration.
Zhang Liao said: "Xingba, you have stayed up all night and go and have a rest. I will discuss with Ziyi and Shiyuan about attacking Huchuquan and strive to resolve the last Huns army as soon as possible."
Gan Ning nodded, turned and left.
Only Zhang Liao, Tai Shi Ci, Huang Xu, Pang Tong and Li Ru were left in the camp.
Zhang Liao said: "Liu Bao and Qubei were killed, Huchuquan lost 20,000 fine cavalry, and our strength was greatly reduced. On the contrary, our strength did not suffer much, and we also gained 7,000 horses, which increased our strength. Now the Xiongnu army is
Only Huchuquan is left. If you guys have any ideas, tell us and we can discuss it."
Huang Xu muttered: "There are Mr. Pang and Mr. Li, as long as they are sure."
Taishi Ci said: "We captured 7,000 horses of the Huns' cavalry. I think these 7,000 horses can be used on the battlefield to form a cavalry to contain the Huchuquan cavalry."
Pang Tong shook his head and said: "Seven thousand cavalry is too few to form a combat effectiveness. After all, Huchuquan has more than 30,000 elite cavalry under his command, and our soldiers are all infantry. Without training, even if they are formed into cavalry, it will be difficult to adapt quickly.
Therefore, these seven thousand war horses cannot be used here, otherwise it will be a waste of soldiers."
"What can Shiyuan do?"
Hearing this, Zhang Liao nodded and agreed with Pang Tong's statement. The soldiers in the army were all infantry. Although they were capable, the cavalry was formed temporarily and the soldiers were not familiar with it, so it was unlikely to be of much use.
Li Ru said: "How to place seven thousand war horses, I have a way."
Zhang Liao hurriedly asked: "Mr. Li, what do you pay attention to?"
Li Ru said: "I think we can use 7,000 war horses to pull the chariot, and use the chariot to attack the Huchuquan camp. Although these 7,000 war horses may not survive the attack on the Huchuquan camp, but seven thousand horses will not survive.
Thousands of war horses charging at the same time will definitely cause chaos in the Huchuquan camp. We will take the opportunity to surround and kill the Huchuquan cavalry."
Zhang Liao said: "This method is feasible and worth a try!"
Pang Tong shook his head and frowned and said: "Although the strategy is good, to use chariots to charge, at least several thousand chariots are needed. It is impossible for our army to make so many chariots at once when we are marching. The only way is to attack from the surrounding areas.
Recruitment from each county. In this way, the time consumed will be at least ten days and a half. Can Huchuquan wait for so long?"
After hearing this, Li Ru also frowned.
He only thought about strategies to defeat the enemy, but forgot that Huchuquan could not sit still and wait for death.
Zhang Liao said: "Huchuquan doesn't take the initiative to fight, and we can't come up with a good way. This is a helpless move. In my opinion, we will use the method of war horses and chariots."
Tai Shici said: "I think Mr. Li's method is feasible and worth a try."
"Huchuquan got the news that Qubei and Liu Bao were killed, and that the soldiers led by the two men were destroyed. He would have three options. One is to take the initiative to send troops to fight us. In this way, Huchuquan takes the initiative, and we
The produced chariot cannot be used flexibly in battle, it is not very useful, and it cannot stop Huchuquan's elite cavalry, so we have to maintain the status quo and focus on defense."
"The second option is to avoid fighting in Huchuquan and not send troops. They will stay in the camp and spend time with us, waiting for news from Wuhuan and Xianbei before considering the advance and retreat of the army."
"The third option is that when Huchuquan learns that Liu Bao and Qubei have been killed, he takes the initiative to withdraw his troops and no longer confronts us. If Huchuquan takes the initiative to withdraw his troops, it will be impossible for us to catch up with Huchuquan with our strength. After all,
The Huns cavalry are superb in riding skills and come and go like the wind. It is impossible for us to catch up, so we can only let Huchuquan leave."
Taishi Ci quickly expressed his thoughts, making everyone's eyes brighten.
Pang Tong thought about it for a while and said with a smile: "Huchuquan is in charge of Niyang County and has not yet received the news of the defeat of Wuhuan and Xianbei. If we spread the news that Wuhuan Tadun was killed, we can then send Kebineng and
The news of Bu Dugen's murder, coupled with the murders of Liu Bao and Qubei, was enough to scare Huchuquan away."
Huang Xu muttered and said, "What if Huchuquan doesn't plan to evacuate?"
Li Ru said: "Huchuquan has lost its allies, Liu Bao and Qubei, and its strength has been greatly reduced. There is a high possibility of withdrawing. Your Majesty has already begun to sweep Jizhou and Youzhou. We should end the war as soon as possible and use our force.
Send troops to deal with Cao Cao, and after defeating the Wei army, it will not be too late to send the army northward."
After a pause, Li Ru continued: "As for Huchuquan, if he chooses to stay, then we will build chariots and use them to fight Huchuquan's cavalry and completely destroy Huchuquan."
Zhang Liao smiled and said: "Okay, just follow Shi Yuan's method. Immediately send people to spread the news about Wuhuan and Xianbei, and then spread the news about Liu Bao and Qubei."
Several people reached a consensus and wanted to end the battle quickly.
