Chapter 1275: scorched earth
Chapter 1275 Scorched Earth
Chapter 1273: Scorched Earth
Yanmen Pass.
Huo Qubing had led his cavalry to arrive first, and after waiting for Ran Min and Long Qie's cavalry to arrive, the 60,000 elite cavalry went directly out of the fortress and charged into the grassland, turning him upside down.
"coming."
Yanmen Pass guard Li Dingguo looked surprised. Huo Qubing quickly looked into the distance and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that it was one of his own.
Thirty-four thousand cavalry not only did not arrive late, but came early.
Ran Min and Long Qie walked side by side, but there was one person walking in front of them, and he was the new military advisor of the Jin army, Zhuge Liang.
Huo Qubing rushed up to meet Zhuge Liang, held Zhuge Liang's hand, and said with a smile: "Commander Zhuge, my lord has sent you here too."
Zhuge Liang was not used to Huo Qubing's familiarity. He pulled his hand back with some embarrassment, shook his feather fan lightly and said with a smile: "This is a crucial time to get out of the fortress. The young master sent Liang to assist the general."
“That’s great. With Zhuge’s military advisor here, Huo Bing’s trip will be even more powerful.”
Huo Qubing knew that Mr. Zhuge was born in Guigu and was a fellow disciple of his lord. He had seen through Murong Ke's tricks several times and participated in the formulation of the entire counterattack plan. His strategic and military skills were not inferior to those of the Qin army's military advisors. Liu Bowen.
Having such wise men participate in this operation also provided a layer of insurance for this operation. Huo Qubing naturally welcomed it with both hands and feet.
After the 60,000 cavalry united in one place, they did not stay too long and left Yanmen Pass after taking a short rest.
Li Dingguo stood at Yanmen Gate, watching the army pouring out of the gate, a trace of envy flashed in his eyes.
Li Dingguo actually wanted to go out of the fortress with Huo Qubing. After all, as long as he participated in such glorious deeds as going out of the fortress, he was destined to become a hero regardless of success or failure.
It is a pity that Li Dingguo has to guard Yanmen Pass. This is his responsibility as the guard of Yanmen Pass.
“General Huo Bing and Military Advisor Zhuge, your trip will be successful.” Li Dingguo secretly blessed him.
Qin Hao had made sufficient preparations for this trip to the fortress. All 60,000 fine cavalry were equipped with one person and two horses, which means a total of 120,000 horses were dispatched. This was definitely an extremely luxurious configuration for the Han cavalry. It had been used for nearly a hundred years. There has never been such a large-scale cavalry battle.
In order to ensure speed and mobility, each of the 60,000 elite cavalry who went out this time only brought ten days of rations.
Even if we travel without sleep, we will not be able to reach Dragon City in ten days.
Therefore, if the Han army wants to successfully reach Longcheng, it can only adopt the method of supporting war with war, taking it from the enemy and using it on the enemy. All the Yuan and Meng tribes along the way are the supplies of the Han army. land.
After driving for half a day, Huo Qubing ordered the army to stop for repairs. After all, a war may break out at any time after entering the grassland, so he must ensure that his army has sufficient physical strength to deal with the possible war.
After Huo Qubing summoned Zhuge Liang and the generals, he spread out a grassland map given to him by Qin Hao, pointed to the position on the map and said: "Now we have reached this position. There are small Yuanmeng tribes in the northeast and northwest, and Next, we need to divide our troops into two groups to start the operation, relying on destroying these tribes to supply military supplies, and finally converge in Dragon City.
At present, Yuanmeng has not discovered the movements of our army. This is a great opportunity to correct our army. Next, we will implement a scorched earth strategy on the grassland. All the tribes we encounter will be killed, burned, and looted. Only in this way can we force Temujin mobilized his troops back to reduce the pressure on the main force in the Hetao.
Do you all understand? "
“Understood.” All the generals shouted in unison.
“Liang is also adding something.”
Zhuge Liang showed a solemn look on his face and said in a deep voice: "Since Yuanmeng invaded Hetao, countless fertile fields have been destroyed by wars, and the number of civilian casualties is no less than half a million. So, our mission this time is not just to force Temujin The purpose of deploying troops is to avenge the people who were killed and injured in Hetao.
Everyone, remember, never be merciful. Kindness to your enemies is cruelty to your own people.
We must kill the Han people to show their prestige and kill Yuan Meng until they are so frightened that they will never dare to invade southward again. "
Zhuge Liang's ability to confuse people is quite powerful. After saying a few words, all the generals, including Huo Qubing, were immediately infected by Zhuge Liang's words, and hatred appeared in their eyes.
“Divide your troops and attack.”
Following Huo Qubing's order, the 60,000 fine cavalry who left the fortress divided into two groups.
The first route, led by the general Huo Qubing, led Yuwen Chengdu, Ran Min, Huang Zhong and other generals, leading an army of 30,000 people, heading northeast towards Longcheng.
The second route, led by military counselor Zhuge Liang, led Long Qie, Xiang Yu, Luo Yi, Luo Cheng and other generals, leading an army of 30,000 people, heading northwest towards Longcheng.
One day later, Huo Qubing's army easily defeated Yuanmeng's Xia Gaole tribe after paying more than a hundred casualties. Except for a few people in the tribe who escaped, all the others were captured by Huo Qubing.
“General Huo Bing has an order to take no prisoners and kill everyone.” Ran Min ordered with a cold look on his face.
Upon hearing this, the tribal leader suddenly changed his face and shouted, "Why? We have surrendered." However, no one paid him any attention.
Ran Min shot the tribal leader to death with one arrow, and then shouted: "Fire the arrows." Then arrows rained down.
A massacre began. More than 20,000 herdsmen of the Xia Gaole tribe, regardless of age or sex, were all massacred by the Han army. The Xia Gaole tribe was completely transformed into a Shura hell.
Listening to the screams that kept ringing around him, Huo Qubing's face couldn't help but turn a little ugly. He actually didn't care about killing the foreigners, but he was unwilling to kill women and children.
Looking at the hateful eyes of countless Yuanmeng children, Huo Qubing couldn't help but feel a sense of guilt in his heart, which affected his emotions.
“We will do this kind of thing many times in the future. You may not get used to it at first, but you’ll get used to it.”
Yuwen Chengdu handed a water hose to Huo Qubing, smiled and consoled him: "Dong Gongping also massacred the Qiang people when he conquered Liangzhou.
This is the case with foreigners. If you treat them well, they will despise you. But the more ruthless you are, the more they will fear you. "
Huo Qubing took the water hose and took a big gulp, then sighed: "Thanks.
Send the order, take all the supplies and horses you can carry, and head to the next tribe. "
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After Huo Qubing gave the order, the Han army burned the entire tribe with fire, and then continued to march towards the next target with all the supplies they could carry without affecting their speed.
At the same time, Zhuge Liang's army also defeated the Qimude tribe. After massacring more than 17,000 Yuanmeng herdsmen, the tribe was burned to ashes and turned into a piece of scorched earth.
In just one day, two small Yuan and Mongolian tribes were raided and massacred by the Han army. Nearly 40,000 herdsmen died. But this was just the beginning. More tribes were about to face annihilation.
(End of this chapter)