When Chelitsu led the Qiang warriors and hurried back to the tribe, they saw the Anran herdsmen waving hello to them. Everyone was shocked and looked at Chelitsu in confusion, as did Chelitsu. After looking at it blankly for a moment, he asked in an extremely corrupt manner: "Father, did you deceive General Zhang? Did you deceive your son?" The Qiang leader sighed helplessly: "I didn't."
"Xianbei and the Han Dynasty are about to go to war. We can't stay here anymore. I want to move with the tribe. The general is afraid that you won't leave, so he said that on purpose!"
Cheriza's face turned red, he gritted his teeth, and veins popped out on his forehead. He suddenly turned around on his horse. The leader was shocked and shouted: "What do you want to do? Where are you going?"
"The general treats me well. At this time, I will not abandon the general. I want to find him!"
"What about us? Your tribe, your relatives, your lover, do you want us old and weak people to migrate alone?" The leader shouted, and Cherizu, who was about to leave, suddenly took the reins again. , hesitated a little, turned around, looked at their relatives who were watching them quietly, paused for a moment, and said: "Okay, I will migrate with the tribe..."
At this time, the Xianbei army had entered many counties in the North. Here, they encountered great obstacles because it was close to Chang'an and was an extremely important military point for the Han Dynasty. The city walls here were reinforced by successive emperors. It is extremely tall and steep. It is different from Youzhou, Youzhou and Bingzhou. It is far away from Chang'an and is not valued so much by the court, but it is the last barrier outside Chang'an.
Chang'an was also the ancient capital of the Han Dynasty. The three- to four-foot-high city wall here stunned the Xianbei warriors from the grasslands. Especially Yi Zhuo was shocked and asked: "How come there is such a wall? The Han people are so cowardly. Ah!! This...if old man Zhang Huan stays in the city, how are we going to destroy him? Our army of tens of thousands cannot hold on for long without additional supplies!"
The man on the side, Qi Li, sighed and said: "I told you a long time ago, this is not Youbin, this is the center of the Han Dynasty. If you still want to attack Chang'an, if the city wall of Chang'an is not two meters higher than the wall here, Zhang Huan, I will feed myself to the wolves!" Yi Zhuo then fell silent without saying anything, and then he continued: "We have been in Beidi County for a few days, but we have not seen Zhang Huan. We'd better be on guard, I think he's already approaching us!"
"Hahaha, come close to us? If I had such a tall wall, I wouldn't go out!"
"So, you are not Zhang Huan..." Yili Qinhao whispered, and then sent out scouts to explore everywhere, and divided the general brigade into three groups to avoid causing chaos in the troops under attack. Moreover, such separation , can also use several armies to outflank the enemy at any time, thereby annihilating them all. This division has indeed brought a lot of trouble to Zhang Huan, who is following them from afar.
He frowned and was thinking, and the Sima beside him was even more respectful to him. At this moment, Zhang Huan looked like a god in front of him. This god had marched for four or five days and arrived in the north without making any announcement. , but by observing horse dung, marching traces, etc., he began to follow the enemy. He even obtained the opponent's quantity and a lot of information through the quantity and quality of horse dung, as well as stove fires, marching traces, etc. material.
The two generals of Xianbei were as helpless as babies in front of this old man. They were completely manipulated by him in the palm of his hand. They followed him for four days without any notice. On the contrary, Zhang Huan became more and more aware of his enemy. Understanding, Zhang Huan dismounted again at one place, carefully observed the horse dung on the ground, and said with a smile: "It seems that the continuous rapid march has made these guys a little unbearable. Hahaha, very good, today Later, we should defeat the enemy!"
Hearing Zhang Huan speak so firmly, Sima did not have the slightest doubt even though they only had less than 3,000 troops.
He ordered the soldiers to stop and rest, waiting for night.
The soldiers also knew in their hearts that the general wanted them to make final preparations for a fierce battle. However, they simply worshiped Zhang Huan blindly. They could not help but have no fear at all. Instead, they were eager to try. Zhang Huan smiled and said, Sitting among the soldiers, he rested, talked, and ate with them. In the evening, he looked at the Sima beside him and whispered: "You can set fire to the grass four miles away. The bigger the better." , we must let those guys find out!"
Sima was a little stunned and said: "Aren't we going to attack Xianbei by surprise? Why do we set fire to an uninhabited place?"
Zhang Huan smiled at him and said, "Just do as you are told!"
Sima took the order, and Zhang Huan led many knights to wait here. After a while, under Zhang Huan's order, they all mounted their horses and waited for the next battle. Zhang Huan led them and slowly arrived at the grassland. To the west, not long after, the Sima arrived with a few soldiers and set fires everywhere. Under their deliberate arson, fires burst out everywhere, and a sea of fire formed in the grassland.
As for the Xianbei army, which was about to rest at night, it was naturally easy to spot the anomaly in the distance at night. Yili Qinhao stood up nervously, while Yi Zhuo looked over there and smiled. Said: "There's a fire over there, it's okay." Yi Zhuo shook his head and said: "At this time, the grassland is all wet grass, where could there be such a big fire? I think there is probably Zhang Huan there. Headquarters!"
"What? Zhang Huan? Did he accidentally cause the fire?"
Yi Zhuo asked in surprise.
"Zhang Huan is very strict with his army, so it won't be that simple. I think there may be an ambush there, and he is waiting for us to attack. Let the soldiers be on guard. We only need to hold him down, and there is no need to go over! Send scouts around. Investigate!" Yili Qiao said calmly.
Zhang Huanze led his troops to wait for a long time, and when he saw nothing unusual, he couldn't help laughing and said, "It seems that Yili Qinhao has put some thought into it. If he rushes to get here, our army will be waiting for work, and they will After working hard for a long time, we will definitely be able to defeat the enemy here in one battle! What a pity, what a pity!"
The military commander on the side said helplessly: "What a pity we have such a big fire!"
"Hey, they can't do anything about my tired strategy. Even if they don't come, can they have a good rest tonight? Hahaha, they must have sent out scouts to inquire around. You go and lead some elite soldiers to Their scouts were killed, their heads were tied to the heads of horses, and they were sent back!" Zhang Huan said coldly from the side. The Army Sima nodded, led an army of elites who were good at riding and shooting, and galloped away After leaving, Zhang Huan led everyone to rest here in a swaggering manner.
It's a pity to use tactics to weaken the troops and attack the heart. If I have 10,000 cavalry in my hands, why would I need these trivial skills?