Chapter 440: The Cruelty of the Nomads
In the later generations, the Taizu of the Celestial Dynasty had a saying that he despised the enemy in terms of strategy, but he must pay attention to the enemy in terms of tactics, and in Cao Cao's view, only in this way can he become the ultimate victor.
Otherwise, he could only be the same as Xerxes, the king of the Persian Empire, who was known as the king of kings, and finally failed miserably in this original he looked down on. Bare. Naked poor dick silk on the body of the Greek Federation.
Cao Cao didn't want to, because of the underestimation of the enemy, he ended up in the same fate as Xerxes, so he opened his mouth and stopped some of the light enemies under his command that spread because of this.
Although Cao Cao didn't say much, it was enough to have this attitude, and it was inevitable that Ma Chao and Cao Hong, the generals who had a little contempt on their faces, although they couldn't say that they were full of vigilance because of this, but they didn't look as relaxed as they did just now.
"Zitai, you have been in the northern grassland for a long time, do you think that if our army takes the initiative to attack, then it is better to attack in that direction?"
Compared with the Central Plains, although the grassland has its own general size, but the grassland is a flat land, the later generations of the sky is vast, it can be said that it is very vivid to describe the appearance of the grassland, fighting on such a terrain, if you want to destroy the opponent's living force or directly eliminate the opponent's power, it will be difficult, at this time Cao Cao, I only hope that Tian Chou can give himself a good suggestion.
"Your Majesty, although the grassland is large and wide, it is not without weaknesses, one of which is the Xianbei Shan Yuting, and our army can follow the example of the previous dynasty. The cavalry advanced lightly and destroyed the Shan Yuting of the Xianbei people, forcing them to resemble the Huns of the previous dynasty. Far away from the bitter cold land of the desert north! ”
Tian Chou's proposal is not bad, not to mention anything else, if it can be successful, then Xianbei Kobe's escape is inevitable, in a short period of time, and even as long as the descendants give their strength, Xianbei will be like the Huns. It's not impossible to bring it directly under your command.
However, even so, Cao Cao still felt a little dissatisfied. The affairs of the descendants are uncertain, if the descendants are not small, then his 200,000 troops this time will not be equivalent to wasting grain and grass in vain. And for nowhere?
Shook his head. Cao Cao refused: "Although this plan is good, but this plan is not a cure for the symptoms, I went north this time, aiming to eliminate Kobineng, and bring the entire grassland, even the grassland only small and small tribes, all into the rule, I don't have so much time." Be able to wait for a later date! ”
Xu Shu on the side, after hearing Cao Cao's words. His eyes lit up and said: "Your Majesty's words made the minister think of a way, Your Majesty, Xianbei has ruled the grassland for a long time, and many of the tribes in the grassland are tribes that were defeated by Xianbei in the past and had to surrender later. ”
Xu Shu's words made Cao Cao suddenly realize, yes, his own troops are not enough, but the most lacking on the grassland is the soldiers and horses, for the nomads who are all soldiers, it is easy to pull out a huge army, and the difficulty is how to move their rulers and transform the herdsmen under their command into soldiers.
To persuade the nomads to send troops, Cao Cao had a candidate in his heart, his eyes moved to Tian Chou, as if he felt Cao Cao's gaze, Tian Chou fought out of the battle, and said: "If Your Majesty trusts, the minister is willing to go out and do your best for Your Majesty, gather the leaders of the tribes on the grassland, and explain to him Your Majesty's intentions!" ”
"It's so good, everything is up to you!"
Although Youtian Chou went out to persuade the leaders of the tribes on the grassland to send troops to help, Cao Cao could not just sit and wait, after all, even if those leaders finally agreed, it was not known how long it would take, which was very unfavorable for a war.
The dispatch of the leaders of various tribes, for Cao Cao, was only used to finish, completely eliminate or kill the remnants of the Xianbei cavalry and Kobe, as for using them to fight, Cao Cao thought of not thinking about it.
In the following time, Cao Cao directly issued the order to take the initiative, although Xianbei did not build a city, but they were a big tent with a representative status and a symbol of domination, such as the royal tent of Shan Yuting is no different from the status of the Great Liang.
After the army rested for three days, the 200,000 army, although the troops were in three directions, but the distance between each road would not exceed 100 meters, so that even if something appeared on one of the roads, the other two armies could be quickly rescued.
In the grassland river, a nomadic tribe is breeding again, this is a tribe completely organized by Xianbei, young Xianbei men, armed with curved bows, riding war horses or hunting or grazing, Xianbei women are carrying those young Xianbei children, but in it, there is absolutely no old Xianbei figure.
Because for the nomads, the old man represents trouble, is a drag, they do not have the same filial piety in their minds, for the elderly, what they often do is to abandon, often every nomad on the migration road, are dissatisfied with the corpses of countless old people, most of them did not die under natural disasters, but died in the hands of their own children, and even their own grandchildren.
This day is a very ordinary day for the Xianbei people of this tribe, they hunt and graze as usual, and talk about reunifying the grassland in their leisure time as usual.
After all, this year's winter is approaching, and if they don't grab a handful of the rich land in the south, which is full of grain and gold in all kinds of rumors, then it is hard to say whether their small tribe with a population of only 1,000 can survive it.
Of course, some Xianbei men's faces also showed that kind of meaningful smile, compared to food and gold, the taste of Han women, is also the reason why they want to rush into the Great Wall, compared to the rough skin of Xianbei women, even if it is the most ordinary woman in Han land, in the eyes of Xianbei people, they are like immortals.
"It's a pity, Kobe Bryant can be a big order, and I don't know why, I haven't given an order, let's ride a war horse to the Han land to grab a handful!"
"That's it, Han Di, Lao Tzu has always remembered the taste of the Han girl who was snatched from the south by Lao Tzu, it's really good, I knew that I might not be able to go to the south this year, Lao Tzu shouldn't have cooked her because I wanted to taste it last year, and I can't have a good time this year!" (To be continued......)