Chapter 3: The Temptation of Pickles
Just when Yun Yue inspected the elephant garden, the Donghu people were already like a scythe for harvesting. Swept from the Xiongnu grassland, the Huaxia villages encountered on the road were all looted. Although there were sporadic resistances, they were all crushed into powder one by one in front of the huge Donghu army.
The day of the winter solstice, the day when the sun is at its lowest. The Donghu army crossed the border between the Xiongnu and Daqin, but it was incomprehensible. These fierce guys have turned a corner in the Yiqu grassland. There was no intention of harassing the Yiqu grassland, but directly rushed to Pingliang and killed the past.
Three days later, the Yun family's scouts met the Donghu army for the first time at the border of the Yiqu grassland. At this time, they were already less than 400 miles away from Pingliang. According to the footsteps, they will be able to reach the city of Pingliang in three or four days.
Yun Yue held a pre-war meeting attended by officers above the rank of brigadier general in the conference hall!
"The enemy army has crossed the Yiqu grassland, and they have not clashed with the Yiqu people. Instead, it has gone all the way, and its forward has reached the border between us and Yiqu. It is estimated that the frozen Jingshui has now been crossed, and it will reach Pingliang City in two or three days. Fan Zeng stood in front of the huge sand table and plugged the blue horse into the water.
"How many enemy strikers are there?" Yun Yue looked at the terrain of Jingshui and asked.
"According to the scouts, there are about 30,000 people, followed by a large group of people. There are seventy or eighty thousand, and it seems that they are still gathering. The scouts said they were surprisingly numerous. The long queue seemed to stretch all the way to the horizon, and they couldn't tell how many people there were. Fan Zeng's answer made everyone present gasp. It seems that this invasion of the Donghu people is much larger than originally thought.
"How many troops do we have now?" Yun Yue turned around and asked Wei Fang. He asked this just to give everyone a bottom, so that everyone could know how big the gap between the Yun family and the other party was.
"After reorganization, the infantry divisions are basically full. Because the militia trained by Qi Guoyuan was very good, the combat strength was roughly the same as before. Only three cavalry divisions were reorganized into a full force, and the rest were still training. It's ...... that the cavalry is not well trained."
"In the future, allocate more horses to Qi Guoyuan, so that the militia can also train riding skills when they train." Yun Yue said to Li Si. The farming peoples were far less enthusiastic about horseback riding than the steppe nomads. The infantry trained by Qi Guoyuan is still like that, and those killers are generally not very enthusiastic about cavalry training.
"Whoa!" Lees nodded in agreement, in fact he allocated a lot of horses to the militia. It's just that those guys don't like riding horses and grinding their thighs. But this is not the time to discuss this matter, and it is the same to talk about it in private.
"How are the Modao Battalion and the Heavy Armored Cavalry reorganized?" Yun Yue looked at Chu Dayong and Zhang Han again. It's been almost a month since the order to prepare for war was delivered, and these two are fist troops. Their readiness is crucial.
"It's all ready, just wait to take the Donghu dog sacrifice knife!" Chu Dayong said with a big grin. The Modao Battalion has always been a popular place for the infantry, and he has the right to choose soldiers first. Of all the teams, the Modao Battalion was the first to be fully replenished.
"We're still 200 men short, mainly because the newcomers can't ride. Still training. Zhang Han said helplessly.
"Well, got it. Don't rush them, this matter is not in a hurry. Captain, go on! ”
"The militia has been organized into 30 divisions with nearly 80,000 men. These soldiers were pulled out to fight in the field, but there was no problem in consolidating the city defenses. Together with the original garrison of Pingliang, there were ten divisions, adding up to almost 100,000 people. Wei Fang said as he shook the remuneration in his hand.
"Okay, when we fought the Huns. If there are less than 10,000 soldiers, there will be only a few of you. Today, we have an army of 100,000. Still afraid of the Donghu people? I would like to tell you the good news that Ma Xiong will join us with 50 elephants. Yun Yue waved his hand and said with great momentum.
The generals were very excited when they heard this, they had all seen that kind of behemoth. Even the Yun family's heavy armored cavalry and Mo Dao battalion that despise everything are like scum in front of them.
"With these elephants, I decided that we would eat their strikers first." Yun Yue smashed her fist on the small green flag at once. The crooked little flag was smashed into the sand table, as if the fate of these more than 30,000 people was thus decided.
This year's winter had very little snowstorm, except for two snowfalls in early winter. There was hardly any snow, the weather was dry and cold, and the four-wheeled carriage "creaked" and "creaked" on it. The soldiers wore cotton hats and shrunk their heads in the car and froze like turtles.
In order to eat the 30,000 strikers of the Donghu people, Yun Yue can be said to be the elite. Ten infantry divisions, plus three cavalry divisions, and the banner guards of the Modao battalion and the heavy armored cavalry battalion all pulled up. The total number of people is as high as more than 40,000 people, and not only that, Yun Yue also brought 20 rhinoceros and 50 elephants from Ma Xiong to help. This time, we must give the Donghu people a dismount.
The battlefield was chosen in a valley in Linjing, where Zhang Han once led people to exterminate a Qiang village. It is a valley with a small mouth and a big belly, and it is flanked by high mountain cliffs. With only two exits, it is a good place to fight a war of annihilation.
This time, two battle groups were still chosen, and Fan Zeng led all the cavalry, including the heavily armored cavalry, including Yun Yue's flag guards, to return to the valley mouth behind the mountain. Wei Fang led all the infantry, including the Modao battalion, to line up at the front valley mouth. This was done because the mouth of the back valley was relatively narrow, and the cavalry had to run farther. The mouth of the front valley is relatively wide, and it takes a large infantry phalanx to completely seal it.
Originally, Yun Yue's plan was to personally lead the cavalry to outflank Hou Gukou, but everyone unanimously opposed it. Under the bitter pleading of the generals, Yun Yue can only be as good as a stream.
However, before leaving, he warned Fan Zeng and Ao Canghai that Hougukou would be like a floodgate to close the Donghu people. In the case of unleashing rhinos and war elephants, they will desperately break through from behind. To break through the siege later, we must block this time, we must annihilate more than 30,000 people, and let the Donghu people know that it is powerful.
What Yun Yue is most worried about is that the Ruodong Hu people are relatively strong. If the battle cannot be resolved for a while, Fan Zeng Ao Canghai is likely to incur a flank attack from the front and back, in which case the cavalry can only retreat first. It's all cavalry, and it's no problem to run if you can't beat it. This is also the reason why Yun Yue used cavalry in the valley mouth behind the mountain.
"Master Hou, don't worry, this time we will set up a situation of closing the door and beating the dog. Donghu can't run away from any of them! Ao Canghai left a word, and rushed into the thick night with the flag guards.
Lao Jin also took a captured Yun family carriage, and in fact, the big heads of Donghu who had heads and faces tried their best to get one. This made Murong Dan more or less make a small fortune.
On the hearth in the carriage, the copper kettle was steaming white, and the warm and humid air made Lao Jin enjoy it very much. Even the phlegm disease that I have been suffering from seems to be much better. Along the way, because of the four-wheeled carriage, he suffered a lot less bumps. His complexion was ruddy and his breath was long, and his body seemed to be much better than when he set off at Tianlong Cliff.
Along the way, in order to get more loot, his tribe rushed to the front. Because of robbing the villages of the Chinese people, he is now very rich. Robbing such a poor village will have such a harvest, if you get Pingliang City, which is famous for its wealth...... Lao Jin would wake up laughing when he dreamed in the middle of the night.
But he seemed to have forgotten every penny he had captured. All carry the unjust souls of the Chinese people, and his tribe owes countless blood debts to the Chinese people along the way. It can be said that each of them has the blood of the Chinese people on their hands. The blood debt can only be paid with blood. Today is the day to pay off the debt!
Lao Jin lifted the curtain and looked at the white belly of the fish on the horizon outside. As soon as he moved, an old servant climbed into the carriage and knelt down in front of Lao Jin. Lao Jin slapped the slick girl beside him, and the girl got dressed and swam out of the carriage like a fish.
In fact, many years ago, he had no need for women. When people are old, their bodies are not as good as before, and holding this girl every day is just a human body heater.
"Master, the genius has just dawned. What are you doing when you wake up so early? The old servant has followed Lao Jin for many years, and put a cotton robe on Lao Jin to comfort him.
"When people get old, they don't sleep much, hey...... The years are not forgiving! This Chinese people's things are good, much lighter than mink. This trip is the right one, who will take the lead today! Lao Jin looked at the dark outside and said.
"Today is the black light of the Wuheng clan, and the third watch will be gone. I also talked to the old slave last night. I want to grab another yellow flower girl for the eldest elder to come back to warm the bed. Hehe! The porridge is ready, you take a sip. The old servant brought a bowl of white rice porridge with shrimp. And a jar of pickles!
This pickle was originally eaten by the Yun family's servants on the way, and Murong Dan felt that the taste was not good after taking a bite. Thinking about the sick old man, he gave it to Lao Jin. Unexpectedly, Lao Jin, who had finely cut pickles, liked it very much. Every morning, you have to drink porridge and eat pickles. It's a pity that there is no shortage of things to grab along the way. But I didn't grab this pickle at all! Even if I grabbed some, it was bitter and astringent. How did he know that the Yun family's soybean sauce was not made by anyone.
"What we have is that the yellow flower girl has it, if someone can exchange this pickle with the old man. The old man would rather exchange those yellow flower girls with him. Lao Jin shook his head helplessly.
If the Yun family knows, a jar of pickles can be exchanged for a yellow flower girl. Lao Jin will definitely drown in a sea of pickles.
"Hey, hey! Don't worry, old master, I heard from the people who came to say that the front is the territory of the Yun family. The old slave had already told them that they didn't want anything else, they had to get a few jars of this pickle. You wait, there will be in the evening. ”
"Hmm!" Lao Jin nodded with satisfaction and continued to drink porridge. (To be continued.) )