456 West Wind Flame (23)
At the same time that the army was assembled outside the city of Juyan, Zhang Yan ordered the thunderbolts buried under the ground of the city to be carefully excavated, and then all of them were gathered together, all of them were carried by his subordinates, and they brought enough dry food and water, and officially went to Jiluo Mountain with Ayub as a guide.
Before leaving, Zhang Yan specially left 600 soldiers who had lost their horses to garrison Juyan City, and sent scouts to inform Ma Teng, asking Ma Teng to send troops to reinforce Juyan City.
Juyan City is a strategic place, and it is also the only oasis within a radius of several hundred miles, and this place must not be lost.
After the army was assembled, the soldiers were all gearing up, it had been more than half a month, and the big battle they were looking forward to had not come, this time, they could gallop across the field and make contributions.
More than 20,000 cavalry, divided into several parts, Zhang Yan, Ayub, Ma Chao, Tai Shici walked in the front, Pang De, Ma Dai walked in the middle, Xu Chu, Pang Tong, Yang Fu in the rear, each with a torch, in this silent night, formed a long fire dragon, illuminated a qiē around them, they carried the fire of revenge symbolizing light, approaching Jiluo Mountain step by step.
About 20 miles out of Juyan City, the group entered the Gobi Desert, the Gobi Desert is full of rocks, walking is extremely slow, and the Gobi Desert, which has lost its exposure to the scorching sun, is full of a cold coolness. However, in the daytime, the Gobi Desert will be as hot as an oven under the scorching sun, so no matter what, you must get out of the Gobi Desert as quickly as possible to avoid the high temperature and exposure during the day.
Fortunately, Ayub was the guide, and he rode a brown war horse. Holding a torch in his hand. Walk at the front of the whole army. Then follow the markers he left himself.
Ayub was a young man, but he was an extremely intelligent man, and a few years ago, when he crossed the Great Gobi Desert for the first time, he almost died here, but luckily, he met a caravan, which saved him. And brought out the Gobi Desert. Later, Ayub learned that this Gobi Desert is known as the Ghost Domain, and once people and animals enter this big Gobi, they will go astray, unable to get out of this big Gobi Desert, and thus be trapped alive in this Gobi.
Originally, this Gobi Desert was very normal, although it was difficult to walk, but it would not be trapped here. But when the Han Dynasty captured the city of Juyan, they established a vassal state here. In order to prevent the Huns from invading Juyan City from Mobei, one of the subject governors brought 3,000 people. Go deep into this barren Gobi Desert, make a transformation here, use these clumps of rocks, arrange a maze, anyone who enters this area, will be lost, once made a great contribution to resist the invasion of the Huns.
From the beginning of this maze to the death of the commander of that subject country, tens of thousands of Huns were trapped alive on this Gobi Desert.
When the commander of this subject country arrived on the Gobi Desert for the last time before his death, he saw the piles of bones in the maze, and even some caravan goods left behind, and his heart was slightly unbearable. It was only at this time that the lieutenant of the subject country felt that he had done a little too much, so he told his son how to get out of this maze, let his son remember it firmly, and stayed near this Gobi Desert to bring out the caravan that had strayed into the maze.
Later, his son became the guardian of this maze, and no less than 10,000 people were rescued from him.
Among them, there are smart caravans, and how to get out of this maze firmly in their hearts, since then passed down from generation to generation, the maze has also become an alternative refuge for these caravans, if they encounter an attack, they can directly enter this Gobi desert, those marauders, do not dare to enter this place called the ghost domain without permission, so they have to give up.
Ayub was an extremely clever man, and after walking through the Gobi Desert, he kept in mind how to get out, and left marks along the way that only he could understand, so that when he passed through this place in the future, he would lose his way again.
More than 20,000 troops, under the leadership of Ayub, soon crossed the Gobi Desert, and when the last cavalry walked out of the Gobi Desert, the sky was bright, the sun rose from the east, and the golden sun shone on the body of this army, as if to shroud this army with a layer of holy light.
Out of the Great Gobi Desert, there is a steppe of flat rivers, the advantage of the cavalry was immediately brought into play, and after the group ran for fifty miles, they finally showed their fatigue, and found a nearby forest that could provide shade and rest.
So all the horses went into the woods, and hid in the shade of the trees, and slept on the ground, and had a good rest.
The grassland area is an extremely open area, and you can see any wind and grass from afar, so it is very dangerous to expose the target during the daytime march.
According to Ayub, although the Xianbei people were busy dealing with Hu Yanhui's coalition forces in Jinwei Mountain, they did not relax their defenses in the area of Jiluo Mountain, and the patrol team and patrol locations were even doubled compared to usual, fifty miles away, there were dense patrols, each patrol team was about 500 horses, if they collided, they would be discovered, and there would be no sneak attack effect at all.
Therefore, Zhang Yancai decided to recharge his energy during the day and discredit the operation at night, anyway, with Ayub as a guide, he would not get lost.
Most of the men were so tired that they fell asleep, leaving only a few men to stand guard outside the woods, and to change the guard in time so as not to tire the soldiers.
Unconsciously, when they all woke up, it was already late at night, and there were still about two hundred miles away from Jiluo Mountain, Zhang Yan regrouped his army, embarked on the journey again, and ran all night, stopping at a place about sixty miles away from Jiluo Mountain, and then sent scouts to inquire about the news, pay attention to the time interval of the Xianbei patrol, and the location of the patrol, to see if he could use the loophole to directly enter the hinterland of the Xianbei people. The rest of the people waited quietly in their habitat.
About an hour later, the scouts sent out all returned one after another and informed Zhang Yan of the situation of the Xianbei patrol.
After careful analysis, Zhang Yan finally found a few places where the defense was relatively lax, and ordered to enter from these places in batches, and then unify at Jiluo Mountain to rendezvous.
However, before that, it is necessary to let the soldiers rest well, and only when the spirit is good can they win the battle.
After another day's rest, at night, Zhang Yan divided the army into eight parts, he personally led Pang Tong and Ayubu as a part, and Tai Shici, Xu Chu, Ma Chao, Ma Dai, Pang De, Wang Shuang, Yang Fu each led a part of the troops.
There are four loopholes of the Xianbei people, eight parts of the army are divided into four roads, respectively from four different directions towards Jiluo Mountain, and so into the hinterland of the Xianbei people, the four route army is divided into two again, respectively from all sides at the same time to the Xianbei people of Jiluo Mountain to attack, each part of the force is carrying a part of the thunderbolt, after killing the camp of the Xianbei people, the main object of attack is the Xianbei people's single court, and for the purpose of creating chaos, completely disrupting the entire Xianbei people's camp.
If you don't do this, the Xianbei people are large after all, and they are all a people on horseback, riding a war horse, holding a bow and arrow, they are soldiers, once the Xianbei people react, it will be very unfavorable to them.
When the battle order was given to everyone, everyone was full of energy, ready to try, and those who went to the battlefield for the first time and changed from militia to soldier were especially excited. From the moment Zhang Yan recruited the militia, they turned into militiamen, and they have been soldiers for almost several years, except for maintaining local law and order, they have not been on the battlefield.
When Zhang Yan pacified Hebei, he once transferred the militia to the battlefield, but he only took on the task of transporting grain and grass, and never confronted the enemy head-on. Moreover, many of these militia members are accustomed to this kind of military service, and there are also many capable people who urgently need a war, a glorious battle that belongs to them, in order to achieve the goal of making meritorious contributions.
The order was issued, and the army was divided into four routes, Zhang Yan and Tai Shici one way, Ma Chao and Yang Fu one way, Xu Chu and Ma Dai one road, Pang De and Wang Shuang one road, and four soldiers and horses, arrived at four locations respectively, and then when there was a loophole, they rushed into it to avoid trouble.
Carefully planned and tightly organized, Zhang Yan's four-way army has entered the heart of the Xianbei people very smoothly, and once entered, it was like a wild horse that had escaped, out of control, and galloped all the way away while the night.
The Fourth Route Army galloped for more than 30 miles, and you could vaguely see the Xianbei people's dome and the bonfire burning in the field, but the Fourth Route Army ignored these and went straight to the heart.
The further you go, the more the dome, the more people, the bonfires are everywhere, most of the people of the Xianbei people form a circle, dancing in front of the bonfire, drinking mare's milk wine, eating roast mutton, laughing and laughing, a peaceful atmosphere.
However, no one noticed that the four-way army suddenly split into two, going in different directions, without torches, and kept walking in the dark, hiding their identities.
The scene of ten thousand horses galloping, for the Xianbei people, has long been accustomed to, these days the Xianbei people are fighting with the Huns in Jinwei Mountain, almost every day there will be a scene of ten thousand horses galloping, coming and going in the habitat of the Xianbei people. Even if there is no war, those warriors who go out hunting during the day will return with a full load at this time, and the galloping war horses are also this kind of scene.
Although from time to time there will be Xianbei people looking towards the place where the horses galloped, but because the night is shrouded in darkness, except for the people on the side of the campfire, they can not see anyone, just drink and eat meat by themselves, happy, and dance around the bonfire, a qiē is so comfortable and peaceful, no one can imagine that soon, they will suffer a heavy disaster. (To be continued......)