After Zhu Yunchang's vanguard was killed and retreated, the Warats took all the horses, bows and arrows left by the cavalry back to the village. Then with the shields and armor of the fallen infantrymen, weapons, a wall of rejection was piled up.

The wall was used to defend against bows and arrows and cavalry. And as for the horses that were confiscated. It's not for taking away, it's for eating.

Those horses are the last reserve rations. These people knew they were surrounded as well. As for when to rush out, it's unknown. They need to store enough food.

Although in the hearts of nomads, war horses are like family, but this is war, war is cruel, and feelings cannot be retained in war.

As for the villagers, these Warats still have them. Because they would be good to exchange chips. And these Han villagers are also good talismans.

Or let them be the shield when charging, and be the first to die.

There was nothing to give them, but there was no food or water for them.

Zhu Yunchang besieged these Warats for two days, during which time he tried night raids and short sprints.

Zhu Yunchang thought of a brilliant method, which was to set fire to the village, and then occupy the commanding heights, and if the Wara cavalry was scattered, they would break through individually, and if they charged collectively, then they would encircle them.

It's just that there are still villagers in the village that he can't do this, and if he sets fire to the village, then these Warats will die. But there's no point in him coming here. He came here to rescue the villagers and eliminate the invaders.

After two and a half days, Zhu Yunchang accepted the adjutant general's suggestion, made way for a road, and let the Warat cavalry leave.

Of course, these Warat cavalry were also interesting, and they didn't take anything with them. Besides, they can't take anything with them. If you carry supplies when retreating, you will increase the burden on the horses, which will easily be chased by the enemy.

When I went back to the village, many of the villagers had already died of starvation. Most of them are old people, women, children. Some of the girls were raped ~ filthy and committed suicide.

Although a small number of villagers were rescued, the Warat people were driven away. But Zhu Yunchang also fell into deep self-blame.

On the one hand, there were casualties among the villagers, and on the other hand, the casualties of their own troops.

During these two days of fighting, Zhu Yunchang's troops launched five attacks, and each time ended in failure.

These nomadic Hu people are not as brainless as recorded in the book, they have a strong sense of offensive and defensive switching. As soon as they see that their opponent's attack has been thwarted, they will immediately switch to counterattack.

This made Zhu Yunchang suffer a big loss, and after the war, Zhu Yunchang counted the number of people, and this time he could say that he suffered heavy losses, and the other party lost one hundred and three people.

On Zhu Yunchang's side, the cavalry lost eighty-five people, twenty-five wounded, and twenty seriously wounded.

The infantry suffered 318 killed and 270 wounded, and some of them were wounded by their own trampling during the retreat.

The casualties of the villagers are not counted.

Although he succeeded in driving out Warat's cavalry, Zhu Yunchang had to admit that his first command was defeated.

The death toll was almost 1 to 4.

The soldiers he had named and condoled two days ago were today cold dead.

Although it was not the first time that Zhu Yunchang faced death at that time, his heart was far less strong than now, and he cried that time, and it was ugly.

There was no one to blame him, to hold him accountable for his command, and no one to comfort him.

However, Zhu Yunchang also came out of the shadow of failure.

After that, he carefully studied the tactics of the Warats.

He had a deep understanding of the tactics of the Warats, who lived by water and grass, and they did not live in fixed houses like the Han Chinese, but in felt tents that could be pulled up and moved at any time.

In this way, the opponent will have a lot of mobility, even if you do a good job of scouting and find the opponent's location, but they can move away at any time before your troops arrive.

Let you pounce in the air, so that you can't fight.

And in the steppe desert, the most important thing is that it is easy to get lost, and the Mongolian tribes can rely on their rich experience in grassland survival to identify the location. But the Han Chinese soldiers had no experience in this area. Once you have fought fiercely for a day or night, it is easy to get lost.

When Wei Qing and Li Guangbei attacked the Huns, there was such a thing. The allusion of "Li Guang is difficult to seal" comes from this. It was because of the Battle of Mobei that Li Guang lost his way, so he missed this battle that could make a name for himself.

For this situation, the Han army of all dynasties used guide cars, and when Li Jing attacked the Turks in the north, he used guide cars to identify the direction.

Moreover, the Han army is not suitable for fighting in the grasslands, so it will suffer a big loss in the long run.

But Zhu Yunchang is also a person who does everything.

For a tribe like the Warats, who are highly mobile and brave in battle, Zhu Yunchang thought of a very shady method.

In order to prevent the raiding of the Warats and Tatars, Zhu Yunchang consolidated many villages in the border city. If it can be formed, it becomes a city, and the walls are built and the crossbows are erected.

Those who cannot form it will move inward and move into the defense line of the Great Wall.

And for the livelihood industry in the border city, Zhu Yun often let those people go to graze.

The army raised horses there, and the people went there to graze cattle and sheep. In order to forcibly occupy the water and grass of the Warats.

Moreover, Zhu Yun often sent heavy troops to take care of the people who were grazing horses and sheep, so that they could graze with peace of mind.

The purpose of grazing is to eat all the pasture.

After that, Zhu Yunchang used one of Cao Cao's methods during the Three Kingdoms period, that is, the military cantonment system. After overgrazing destroyed the pasture, Zhu Yunchang cultivated the land in a suitable place to grow food.

Then recruit local Zhuang Yong as "militia", and build castles in those places that can resist cavalry, and the towering castles can also be used as watchtowers on the front line to observe the movement of incoming enemies. When there is no war, they are the people, but when the war is together, they are soldiers. In this way, when the Warats raid again, they also have the ability to resist.

This not only solves the problem of the captivity of the Warat people, but also the local troops can be self-sufficient, and there is no need for Zhu Yunchang to allocate military rations, and when the harvest is good, Longxi and other places can even subsidize Fengxiang.

As for the last move, it is more yin.

Although there is a limit to the distance between these and the fields. If it's too far, it will become fat to the mouths of the Warats.

For this problem, Zhu Yunchang has carried out grid management of these places, and Zhu Yunchang does not want to give up the fertile pastures outside the Great Wall.

He built a lot of castles based on the grassland and in a grid situation. The steppe was effectively divided. If a place is attacked by the Warats, the castle will light up wolf smoke and the armies of other castles will rush to their aid.

For this method, Zhu Yun often calls it "cage warfare".

(End of chapter)