Chapter 173 The West Wind Is Cold, and the Flowers Are Broken (9)

The king of Donghu is also worried, after many years of fighting, he finally achieved the hegemony of today's grassland, relying on his extraordinary wisdom, two consecutive wars, the loss of Donghu troops was close to 60,000, and the remaining 100,000 soldiers and horses were 80,000 in the Donghu Wang tribe, and the remaining 50,000 soldiers and horses were commanded by several major tribes, and the tribes close to themselves were defeated, and the remaining tribes would not go all out even if they agreed to send troops, and the next battle could only use Wang Wei, which was exactly what the king of Donghu did not want to see.

"Father, forget it, go back to the carefree days of herding horses and sheep on the grassland, why bother fighting and killing all day long." Erdona looked at her father with a sad face, although she had been riding a horse and shooting arrows since she was a child, she dreamed of becoming a hero on the grassland, but she had not been trained in war, and it was the first time she had seen such a large-scale fight.

"Have you forgotten? The snow almost froze all the cattle and sheep to death, and how many people starved to death, and they never wanted to live like that again, and my father did this not for himself, but for the sake of future generations. ”

Erdona slowly lowered her head, although she was small at that time, she still remembered that it had snowed for a few days and nights, and she watched her father and brother keep busy every day, removing the thick snow on the yurt, and once it was inevitable that it would collapse after a long time, looking out through the gap in the yurt, her father stood there and sighed, there were a few more piles of white on the snow, which were his favorite sheep, all dead, stacked high together to form a small mountain, it was a huge test, most of the cattle and sheep starved to death, and the herdsmen could only fill their hunger with snow, and did their best to keep the sheep, If all the sheep are unable to survive the winter, the entire tribe will be wiped out.

The scalded wine emitted bursts of heat, King Donghu's face was gloomy, the expressions of the other tribal leaders were almost the same, and King Yan coughed, "It's just that the Zhao people are too cruel, and the outnumbered people are fighting with the Zhao people to the end." ”

"Yes, we can't forget the hatred of today."

"Fight to the death with the Zhao people!"

Donghu people are good at fighting, more fearless of life and death, everyone believes that this is fate, life and death are also the call of the god of the grassland, even if they die, the soul also returns to this grassland of birth and nourishment, Donghu people have no burial habits, and after death, they are directly sent to the depths of the grassland to receive a sky burial.

The people of Donghu asked for war one after another, and the king of Donghu nodded, "It's okay to fight, you have to talk about a way." "The positional battle can't break through the camp of the Zhao army, the night attack on the Zhao people is prepared, it seems that there is only one way to hold on to it, if this is the case, how can we talk about defeating the Zhao State and conquering the Central Plains in one fell swoop, it is better to return to the grassland obediently.

"There's a trick available!"

King Yan was secretly happy in his eyes, these barbarians were the easiest to use, but a few words completely aroused the other party's fighting spirit, and the deeper the grudge between the two, the better.

"King Yan, please speak."

King Yan smiled, his expression revealing a bit of mystery, "Fire Horse Array!" ”

"Fire Horse Formation?"

Everyone looked puzzled, and they had an understanding of the wonderful art of war in the Central Plains, what is the one-word long snake formation, the two dragons out of the water array, etc., the formation strengthens the power of the camp, as for the reason why the fire horse formation is still the first time to hear it.

King Yan sighed, "I won't hide it from you, that day, the army of Yan Kingdom besieged Linzi City and almost attacked, but unfortunately it was finally defeated under the Tiandan Fire Bull Formation, and thousands of Fire Oxen rushed into the camp, and the power was infinitely better than 100,000 elite soldiers!" ”

"Isn't King Yan going to follow this method?"

King Yan nodded, "As long as thousands of war horses are enough!" ”

King Donghu laughed when he heard this, "What's so difficult about this!" "There are more than 10,000 war horses in the camp of the Donghu army, and the cavalry killed in the previous battle is close to more than 10,000 remaining war horses, since it can replace the best troops.

"Since Brother Wang agreed, come and burn Zhao Ying tonight, and after tomorrow, the good name of the fire horse will definitely spread."

"Good!"

The plan was agreed, everyone smiled, the previous frustration disappeared completely, and they all raised their glasses and drank bitterly, just waiting for the fire horse array to conquer the Zhao army camp in one fell swoop after dark.

All the generals in the Zhao army's camp gathered, and they were also in a good mood to win repeatedly, only Zhao Kuo frowned deeply, and Zhang Liang stepped forward, "King, why are you worried?" ”

Zhao Kuo said: "The alliance between Yan and Donghu is completely beyond the expectations of this king, if this battle can be quickly decided, it will be fine, lest it be delayed for too long." ”

Zhang Liang nodded, "The king's mind Zhang Liang can understand that now the Yan army guarding the city plus the Donghu army should have no less than 200,000 troops, even if they rush to kill in formation, they can't capture the city fortress in a short time." ”

"It's not appropriate to rush and kill in formation." Zhao Kuo shook his head, after the two battles, the damage of the troops was close to more than 20,000, and the strength of the Donghu cavalry was not under the Qin army that day, and no one could get any benefit from the two sides.

"Does the king have a way to break the enemy?"

"Can the military advisor still remember how to defeat the Qin army led by Bai Qisuo that day?"

Zhang Liang's face was happy, "The method of luring the enemy!" ”

Zhao Kuo nodded, "Yes, although the Donghu people are good at fighting, how can they not understand the art of war, the art of war is just like Sun Bin back then, and the broken foot can break Pang Juan's powerful Wei army." ”

"Take the initiative to withdraw from the army."

The two looked at each other and smiled, it was most appropriate to keep Zhang Liang by their side when they went on the expedition, in comparison, Li Si, Tian Dan and others were more outstanding in handling political affairs, and no one could compare with Zhang Liang in terms of the art of war and strategy.

"The matter of retiring from the army is very important, and this king can't make a decision for a while, so I invite the military advisor to come and discuss."

Zhang Liang said with a smile: "The king can rest assured, the soldiers in the army regard the king as a god, and no one will question any decision of the king, and Zhang Liang is the same." ”

Zhao Kuo smiled indifferently, having said that, there are some things that still need to be considered, "Immediately order the whole army, the grain and grass go first, and exit the camp in turn before dawn, Bai Ying led the crowd to set up an ambush on both sides of the canyon, and Mu Chen was responsible for the rear." ”

The order was issued, the battalions of Zhao State moved one after another, just as Zhang Liang said, the king ordered, everyone acted quickly, the camp tent was put away and loaded on the wooden cart, and the soldiers who were responsible for escorting the grain and grass were sent to the camp first, and the rest of the soldiers were assembled into a formation and only waited for the order of the main general, the strength of the Zhao army was close to 200,000, and the retreat was far from being so simple, and the camps were in order, even so until late at night, except for Bai Ying who led his troops to leave, the rest of the camps were still in the camp.

Inside the city fortress

The war horses gathered, the soldiers were lined up with torches on the left and right, followed by a team of cavalry, the king of Yan nodded, the city gate opened, the war horses went out of the city one after another, someone quickly stepped forward and lit the firewood and grass hanging on the tail of the war horse, the fire rose instantly, the war horse was in pain and galloped wildly, and the cavalry behind him shouted and drove the war horse straight to the Zhao army camp with weapons.

"Look, my lord!"

The light of the fire was approaching, and the speed was extremely fast, and the war horse was ignited by the fire, completely turning into a fire horse, which was faster than usual, and the fire was also more and more fierce by the wind.

"Fire Bull Formation!"

Zhao Kuo saw it in his eyes, although he didn't see it in person, but he heard about the Tiandan Fire Bull Formation Breaking Yan Jun that day, and after seeing Tian Dan, he also asked about the events of the day, and if he wanted to exert the maximum power of this array, there should be three conditions, one, enough fire bull, two, the other party was careless, and third, choose the right time.

The night is dark and the wind is high, the speed is faster than the ox, the power of the fire horse array can be imagined, the camp tent has not been withdrawn and has been ignited by the fire, the soldiers who can't dodge are also affected by the pain almost crazy war horse, the screams are heard one after another, and the armor on the body can not withstand the huge impact of the war horse.

The camp in charge of the outer defense was completely panicked, and Mu Chen led his own soldiers to urge the horse to come closer, "King, do you want to attack?" ”

"Follow the order, withdraw immediately!"

"Yes!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Mu Chen is the same, in comparison, the king's order is more important, the camp quickly retreats, the bow and crossbow go first, then the infantry, the cavalry responds quickly on both sides, and then the Chinese army is in a big array, and the retreating troops are also particular, and the camps cooperate with each other, once the other party rushes in, they can quickly form a counterattack.

The Zhao army camp retreated, Peng Peng Peng, and the sound of the war horses falling to the ground was endless, and some of them hit the camp tent directly, fighting the last breath of strength, and the war horses were completely affected by the fire.

"Kill!"

The Zhao army's camp was on fire, and the figure was faintly seen in the firelight constantly shaking, the king of Yan was overjoyed, it must be the fire horse array that worked, even if Zhao Kuo was smart, he couldn't imagine that he would use the Qi people to deal with the Yan army method to deal with the Zhao people, it is undeniable that this method is wonderful, the speed of the war horse is extremely fast, plus the cavalry controls zhì, and the fire dragon rushes to the camp of the Zhao State.

The Donghu cavalry launched, the momentum was amazing, and the war horses were urged to kill quickly, and the fire horses fell to the ground one after another, and the Donghu cavalry avoided the fire and entered the Zhao army camp.