The Shadow Guard is a very special entity in the Chu army. In addition to the first guard and the second guard, each guard is divided into two battalions, each battalion has a thousand men, and the baggage battalion is not included.
Since half of the three guards were assigned to control the artillery and firearms for patrolling, they could only bring out half.
With three guards and one thousand men and four guards and three thousand cavalry, the target on the grassland is indeed too big.
At most, one or two hundred people can be hidden, otherwise the secret will be exposed.
When the time comes, I will count the bones and see that there are three thousand cavalry!
Their tribe's standing army was only over 2,000 people, and their horses were confiscated, so they could only fight on foot.
Two thousand infantry versus three thousand cavalry?
They had to move overnight!
Xu Qing was interested in the people of Shugu Department, so naturally he couldn't let them run away.
Thinking of this, Xu Qing said: "Brother Xiao, you are right. This hillock where we camp can only hide one or two hundred people at most. If there are more, they will be exposed. Brother Xiao, think about it, we are so grand."
If someone leaks his whereabouts, the Department of Bones will definitely think it's a fraud and will send scouts and the like to find out the truth first. In this case, why don't we make it more realistic?"
Xiao Ye asked; "What does Brother Xu mean?"
Xu Qing said; "Brother Xiao will lead a hundred people to camp here, and leave another hundred people to lurk everywhere. Of course, there is no need to lurk too obviously. We just want them to discover these lurking people, so that they will
Feeling more at ease, the rest of the people evacuated to the south, away from Brother Xiao. When the Bone Department believed it, they felt that there were only two hundred people including the lurking people, and they would definitely lead a large army to attack. Brother Xiao could use the telescope to determine their location.
, wait until they are about to kill, then use the thunderbolt as a signal."
Xiao Ye heard Xu Qing's words and continued: "If the troops going south hear the sound of thunder, they will immediately rush back to help, catching them off guard! This is a very good plan."
Xu Qing's strategy is obviously very useful.
two days later
Number of bones
At this time, the Bone Counters Department had made complete preparations, and a full two thousand people had gathered in an open space.
Except for leaving more than a hundred people in the Wanyan tribe to guard the camp, all the others were sent out.
Anyway, if someone really starts to attack their tribe, on the grassland, all the people can be mobilized.
If there is an actual enemy attack, just send your herdsmen out to defend the tribe together.
Yesterday, Skull Bell sent spies to investigate, and finally found traces of Prince Xian. Skull Bell has obtained what the investigators saw.
Moreover, the Bone Clock also discovered the conspiracy of the Prince Xian. He did not have one hundred cavalry, but two hundred cavalry.
A part of the cavalry was stationed on the hill where the news came from, but the news returned by the spies was that there were a hundred people hiding in a hidden place two miles away from the hill.
This makes the Bone Clock have to sigh at the wisdom of the Bone Element.
As expected, this news was deliberately released by Prince Xian. His purpose was to show weakness to the enemy.
Prince Xian must have thought that if they heard that Prince Xian only had a hundred people, they would send at most three to four hundred warriors to raid and capture Prince Xian alive.
But now if Prince Xian has one hundred more cavalry, if their three hundred warriors are fighting fiercely with those one hundred cavalry and another hundred cavalry rushes out, their warriors will definitely be annihilated.
But what a pity!
Shu Gu Zhong never thought of sending only three hundred people!
This time he was fighting a last-ditch, desperate effort. He said that almost all of the standing troops they had maintained were sent out.
An army of two thousand versus two hundred!
Even if all of Chu's two hundred cavalrymen are from the Loach Grassland, the two thousand men can still hold them all in their hands!
This is the future of their Bone Counting Department!
At this moment, Shu Guzhong silently praised his wit.
When other leaders learned that there was a small group of Central Plains people attacking the camp, they only had a little more grassland than the other side, but not too much.
Too many will not show the bravery of their grasslands!
But he was different. Even if there were only two hundred people on the opposite side, he would mobilize with all his strength and capture them with thunderous force.
He never relied on his own bravery, so he did not take the people of the Central Plains seriously.
Even if the opponent is very weak, you must go all out!
Where in the world is there such a smart leader as him?
Only a smart leader like him can achieve great things!
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After spending half an hour counting bone clocks and finally completing the pre-war mobilization, two thousand people set off in a mighty manner. Their only goal was to capture the wise prince alive!
After witnessing the army leaving the tribe, Shuguzhong also returned to his leader's tent. In a good mood, he took a pot of kumiss and prepared to drink it while waiting for his two thousand warriors to kill the hateful prince.
A bundle of flowers was delivered to your door.
It was as if his army had just set off, and he saw the final fate of the wise prince.
After a few minutes, he poured the mare's kumiss into a bowl and drank it, exclaiming happily.
Since all the horses in the Bone Department were confiscated by the Khan, I have been drinking a little bit of the kumiss.
Unable to mount a horse and gallop, and unable to drink kumiss, I didn’t know how to spend the next few days.
But these hard days are almost over.
As long as the virtuous prince can be captured and the virtuous prince contributes to the Khan, it will be a great achievement!
When the time comes, they will be able to fall under the three major tribes. It is not impossible for them to mount war horses again!
The more I think about this, the more I feel hopeful.
I don't know how long it took, but a prairie man wearing animal skins came in and said: "Chief!"
The Bone Counter suddenly stood up and said overjoyed: "Is my warrior from the Bone Counter Department back? What about the Prince Xian Wang?"
The grassland man wearing animal skin said: "No, leader, the army has just set off not long ago, and the leader is a little impatient."
Counting Bones Zhong said; "Then what do you want to report to Ben Khan?"
The prairie man said: "Report to the commander that a prairie caravan has arrived outside and wants to do business with our Bone Counting Department?"
"Caravan?" Skull Bell asked in confusion: "How many people are there? Are they pulling goods?"
The grasslands are not peaceful at this time. I heard that some people used the name of traveling merchants in the Central Plains to sneak into other people's homes and kill people and steal things.
They took away everything they could.
After that, they had to set fire to other people’s tents. It was really terrible!
If you don’t pull the goods and just rely on two words, it must be fake!
The grassland man said: "Report to the Khan, they brought two carts of grain, and one cart of salt and tea! They are all good salt and tea, and the grains are full. There is no mistake!"