Chapter 332: Both Sides
"Dudu, the barbarian general who led the 10,000-strong team this time is called Kuha. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
"Tell the governor, now the barbarian team of 10,000 people is less than a hundred miles away from Yunzhou."
"Back to the governor, the barbarian cavalry slaughtered and plundered along the way, and the victims of Jizhou suffered heavy casualties."
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In the Yunzhou camp, the hussars who went out to investigate kept returning and reported the news they received.
"Smack!" When a lot of news came, Lu Fei slammed the table and said angrily: "Dudu, the barbarians are retaliating with a tooth for a tooth, and they are ready to take the same method we have to attack the fiefdom in the same way as on the grassland." β
Niu Ben's expression was solemn, and he finally understood why a team of 10,000 people broke away from the main force of the barbarian cavalry and came in the direction of Yunzhou.
"Kuha, that's a familiar name?" Luo Xin suddenly frowned, "The last general remembers that Wang Xuan once mentioned it. β
When Niu Ben heard this, he suddenly remembered, and he said: "This Ku He is a strong general under Chagatai, but the last time I led the cavalry into the grassland, I attacked his tribe and slaughtered all the men, women, and children in his tribe. β
Wang Xuan has been in charge of collecting information about the grassland tribes, and the information of the generals on the grassland has now been provided to the Qingzhou army.
"If this is the case, it will be even more dangerous, and Kuha will surely take revenge on our people." Lu Fei was worried.
The other generals looked worried at the same time.
Niu Ben groaned for a moment, and he said: "The barbarians have been collecting intelligence in Qingzhou, and they must know that I led the troops to destroy his tribe, Kuha came with hatred, if he knew that I led 10,000 infantry to aid Jizhou, would he come to take revenge?" β
"Kuha's temperament is violent, it may not be, but it is too dangerous for the governor to do this." Lu Fei said.
"It's not necessarily dangerous, Kuha doesn't know that the Qingzhou army is equipped with flintlock pistols, His Royal Highness said that he will take advantage of the barbarians' strangeness to flintlock pistols to make a surprise attack, so we may not lose."
Luo Xin nodded, "Kuha's 10,000-strong team has been discovered by us to have lost the lead, maybe we can set up a hollow phalanx on the road that Kuha must pass through and set a trap for Kuha." β
Niu Ben nodded, he looked at the map, pointed to a place thirty miles outside Yunzhou City, and said: "This place has been surveyed by the hussars, the road is very wide, there is grass on both sides of the road, and there are woods outside the grassland, and Kuha must take this road if he wants to enter the hinterland." β
The Great Chongqing State is different from the grassland, the grassland is wide, and the cavalry can walk as much as they want on the grassland.
However, in the country of Dayu, the custom of farming civilization was to set up the city in the traffic fortress, and the barbarian cavalry could go around the city without attacking the city, but they had to take the spacious official road.
Of course, the barbarian cavalry can also choose to take the small road to avoid the official road and go straight to the rear city.
But in the case of unfamiliar life, few generals will choose this kind of risky behavior, after all, a person who does not pay attention to the army will face the danger of getting lost.
Based on this, Niu Ben decided to put the army on the broad official road.
After demarcating the place of operation, Niu Ben immediately ordered the musket team, vehicle soldiers, and artillery to go to the designated place to prepare for the battle.
After receiving the order, Lu Fei and Luo Xin immediately dispatched troops.
Now Kuha is only a hundred miles away from Yunzhou City, and according to the barbarians' marching speed, they can reach the outside of Yunzhou City tomorrow, and this is still on the basis of the barbarians' full-speed march.
In fact, the horse is an animal with very poor endurance, and it is okay to sprint, but the long-distance horse must stop and rest after running for a while, otherwise it will only waste the horse's run.
It's just that barbarians often have one person and four horses, so this time Niu Ben assumed the fastest marching speed of the barbarians.
That night, Qingzhou City went out of the city overnight and set up a position on the official road outside Yunzhou City, just waiting for Kuha to come.
At the same time, taking advantage of reconnaissance, Niu Ben constantly sent hussars to investigate, and hung his flag very high, deliberately luring Kuha to come.
At this time, fifty miles away from Yunzhou City, Kuha was leading a cavalry brigade to approach Yunzhou City along the official road.
The scouts are constantly bringing in the news they have gathered.
This time, the strategy of bypassing Yunzhou and taking Qingzhou City directly was formulated by Chagatai, and he was the first to undertake the attack plan this time.
After losing all his people, hatred spread in his heart day by day.
As long as he can get revenge, he Kuha is willing to lose his life.
"Commander Wan, we found the Qingzhou army twenty miles away, and they seem to have set up a position and are waiting for us." The scout said.
Kuha frowned, "Why can the Qingzhou Army find us in advance every time." β
The scout was silent, he didn't know, and now he didn't find any of the scouts of the Qingzhou Army, but the Qingzhou Army seemed to know their whereabouts, and he didn't understand it either.
After hesitating for a moment, he said: "Ignore them, this time we will bypass Yunzhou City and take Qingzhou directly, and plunder the grain and grass near Qingzhou City." β
The Jizhou Rebellion allowed them to seize the opportunity, and last year the severe cold on the grassland froze many livestock to death, and the Golden Horde had a food problem for the first time.
For this reason, the various tribes sold many slaves to save food, and many more slaves were killed to save food.
This time, their most important mission was to plunder.
It's just that when they pass through Jizhou, all they see is barren land, hungry and crazy victims, and they can't find food at all in Jizhou.
After deliberation, Chagatai asked him to go to Qingzhou to retaliate.
"It's just that we have no other way to go except the official road." The scout said.
"Idiot, won't you catch a local man and ask for directions? Don't go yet. Kuha said angrily.
The scout left, and then another scout came and said, "Captain Wan, the Qingzhou army in front is all infantry and chariots, only a small number of cavalry, and the military flag in the middle has the word Niu Ben written on it. β
"Niu Ben!" The name instantly made Kuha's eyes red.
Now they have understood who plundered the grassland in the first place, one is Lu Fei and the other is Niu Ben, and Niu Ben is his enemy.
"I'm going to kill him...... Kuha's chest heaved violently, and he grabbed the reins and was about to rush out.
At this time, a commander said: "Kuha, I'm afraid this is a trap, we can't fall for the tricks of the people of the Great Yu Kingdom." β
Kuha gasped violently, and after a long time he calmed the anger in his heart, calmed down and continued to wait for news from the scout.
An hour later, the scouts came with the news that there was no one in the village outside Yunzhou City, and all the people had fled.
Kuha felt a frenzy in his heart when he heard this, and at this time, another scout came to report that there were only more than 10,000 Qingzhou troops blocking the road in front.
The consumption of food and forage for the day's march was very great, and if there was a delay here, the soldiers and horses would be hungry.
Knowing that there were only more than 10,000 people in the Qingzhou army, and that they were far away from the city and in the wilderness, Kuha finally made up his mind, "Send scouts to find out if there is an ambush in the woods on both sides, and the rest will come with me." β
(To be continued.) )