Lord Yuan

Chapter 146 The Xianbei Strikes
To the north of Changli County, it belongs to Yousima Camp, one of the northern camps.

Yuan Shao climbed high and looked far as usual that day. No matter when, he would choose to get ready, and the armor on his body would be intact, even if there was not even a shadow of a person in front of him.

The sentry thought this long history was a bit surprising, but he didn't say anything.

Who doesn't know that in this frontier fortress, even if the name of the captain is mentioned, some soldiers may not know it, but if it is mentioned that Yuan Shao, the chief official who ran for hundreds of miles at starry night and raided the Xianbei tribe camp, everyone will know it. Thumbs up.

Although Chang Shi was brave and powerful and was not afraid of the Xianbei people, he was new to the country and did not understand the current battlefield situation.

Looking around, you can see a plain land in front of you. Although there are ravines that are a hundred meters deep, as long as you get out of the ravines, you will be flat. From the city gate, no one would choose to stand in this place with strong defensive power. Lot charge.

This place is guarded by the Qubu of You Sima, with 400 people, plus four other Qubu. It is easy to defend this place against Xianbei invasion.

Yuan Shao was still looking in the distance. He saw a hidden ravine across the river in front of him. If it weren't for the fact that he was on top of the city wall, he would not have been able to discover it.

He immediately found the sentry and asked, "When was that ravine dug? What was it used for specifically? How deep is it? Can it accommodate war horses?"

Facing Yuan Shao's series of questions, the sentry also frowned and looked at the area he pointed to.

Then he suddenly realized: "The place Chang Shi mentioned was actually dug by the generals when they first visited Liao Dynasty. It was more than two meters deep, and the surface was covered with a thick layer of soil. At that time, it was said that it was to prevent being invaded by the Xianbei people. After discovering it, I gave up.”

Yuan Shao was thoughtful.

As far as he knew, the former General Du Liao was his teacher, Li Ying and Li Yuanli.

He appeared here, and he also deliberately dug a gully of about 300 meters, which could still accommodate war horses. The most important thing is that the teacher also deliberately covered up its surface. On weekdays, those Xianbei people never come and go. Naturally, it cannot be discovered.

The teacher would not aim at nothing. He specially arranged to dig out the gully. Of course it makes sense.

Just for now.If the Xianbei people had not come to invade this place, the ravine would have been completely useless.

No wonder even the sentry didn't have a deep memory of that place. Thinking of this, Yuan Shao suddenly had an idea and asked.

"If we dig a tunnel from here around the river to the ravine, how long will it take?"

The sentry was a little puzzled. Why was Chang Shi so strange today? He always liked to study and dig trenches.

He didn't quite understand these things, but in order to show his role in front of Chang Shi, he specially invited the veterans who dug the trench.

Facing Chang Shi's inquiry, the veteran thought for a while, then looked at the distance between the two and the softness of the soil, and finally came to a conclusion.

If a hundred people were sent to dig together, it would take less than ten days.

The veteran asked garrulously: "I wonder why Chang Shi wants to dig this way?"

"Be prepared for a rainy day. If the Xianbei army arrives in person, this place may be able to reverse its occupation." Yuan Shao was very satisfied with the veteran's answer. He even planned to invite You Sima Zhao Jian to ask him to recruit all his soldiers to poach each other. Try to complete it within five days.

The veteran, who had turned gray at the temples, was startled when he heard this. He seemed to have recalled something, and said sadly: "General Du Liao also said the same thing in the past, saying that the ravine might have a miraculous effect, but it would make the soldiers bleed less. Even if we dig another hundred meters, there is no harm in a thousand meters.”

The veteran's expression became more and more confused, as if he was completely trapped in that memory.

Upon seeing this, Yuan Shao immediately stepped forward to hold the other person's hand and nodded heavily, "As you said, less bleeding is always a good thing."

The old soldier was startled when he heard this. His old face was covered with ravines of varying depths.

He asked with a smile: "I wonder if I can be involved in this matter? I was also involved in that gully."

Yuan Shao did not hesitate, "Old soldier Fu Ji, with his ambition of thousands of miles, of course he can do it. Later I will ask Sima to get the whole army involved to open up this tunnel as soon as possible."

The veteran seemed very happy and returned to his post with a happy face.

Of course Yuan Shao knew what they were happy about.

The minds of these soldiers are very simple. In addition to fighting bravely for military glory, the rest is that they hope that they can be reused by their superiors. Even if it is only a little bit useful, they will be ecstatic. The older they are, the more they are older. The veterans are more like this.

This may be the quality of a soldier. It has nothing to do with the strength of each soldier or whether he is familiar with the technical battle formation training. It simply depends on the military quality of a soldier. The higher the value, the better the quality of the soldier. The overall combat effectiveness of the army will be higher, as it can act like an arm and follow orders without being sloppy.

Yuan Shao eagerly hoped that he would have an army like this when he would be able to look down upon them.

Soon, under Zhao Jian's order, although all the soldiers in Qubu were confused, except for the sentries patrolling the city wall, the rest were all involved in what was supposed to be a farmer's action.

Even Yuan Shao himself instigated Yan Liang and Wen Chou to put down their affairs temporarily and participate in it.

With concerted efforts, day and night were reversed. In less than two days, this tunnel running from north to south and leading directly to the ravine came into being.

Yuan Shao purposely rode his horse and passed below. In less than half a quarter of an hour, Yuan Shao's figure appeared in the ravine from inside the city wall.

He was filled with emotion when he looked at this ravine. It was here that his teacher resisted Xianbei, won a great victory, and returned to Luoyang with great honor.Now that I am returning to my hometown in place of my teacher, I may have to face a large-scale invasion by the Xianbei people, but I don’t know if I can achieve the final victory like my teacher.

No longer thinking about it, Yuan Shaochao called to Zhao Jian, the right commander, as he looked inside the empty ravine.

Although Zhao Jian didn't understand what Chang Shi planned to do, after all, he was a rising star in the military today, and his authority was far above his own. Even if he was not informed and went on his own, no one dared to say anything. , but Yuan Shao still gave himself this face.

You should send someone to the warehouse and inform the clerk that everything Chang Shi needs will be given to him.

The petty officials were extremely frightened.

Just because of the reward, all the soldiers had changed a series of equipment. At this time, the number of arrows and armor in the warehouse was almost full.

Through these days of observation, Yuan Shao has already kept the current climate in mind.

It is the beginning of winter, and there will be no rainfall in this land in Liaodong for anywhere from ten days to more than a month.

Immediately summoned the commander of the village, Xu Da, and a hundred soldiers under his command, and transferred half of the arrows inside, and moved them to the ravine through the underground passage. Without being eroded by the rain, these bows and arrows were placed in the warehouse and storage areas. There's actually not much difference here.

But in wartime, if the arrows could be replenished immediately, the lethality would be far beyond ordinary.

Although these soldiers didn't know what they meant, they had a natural sense of trust in Yuan Shao, the commander-in-chief. In addition, the commander of the village also respected him, so they rushed to the ravine without stopping.

Yuan Shao stood in this ravine, looking at the small hole that had been dug in front of him for people to stand, and felt very happy.

Then, in front of everyone, he stood on the small hole. When he raised his head, he could see the city wall a thousand meters away. A feeling of majesty and majesty came to him. He tentatively took out his bow and arrow. Bending the bow and shooting arrows, everything comes naturally.

Yuan Shao was very satisfied as he watched the arrow turn into an arc and finally fall to a distance of nearly a hundred meters.

"In the past few days, you just need to ride your war horses back and forth here, be proficient in using bows and crossbows, and don't worry about the lack of arrows."

Yan Liangwen ugly nodded and responded: "No!"

Zhao Jian stood on the city wall, looking at the figure vaguely protruding from the ravine in the distance. Although he was a little confused as to why Chang Shi would do such a thankless thing, when he thought of what Chang Shi did, he Since he planned this, he must have his reasons.

At this time, the eastern part of Xianbei was already ready to go.

As a master of the East, Kan Ji appeared in front of the Xianbei cavalry, which numbered 3 people.

Looking at this group of bloodthirsty cavalry with fanatical eyes, Kan Ji felt that Changli County was in his hands.

Behind him were several siege chariots, four to five meters high, with giant round bumpers like cannonballs ready to go. Next to them were several catapults, and the thunderbolt chariot invented by Liu Ye. , the specific function of the catapult used by the Xianbei people is no different from it.

Kan Ji began to mobilize in front of the station. With his series of speeches, these Xianbei people who already liked bloody battles immediately became restless, and there were strange howling sounds everywhere.

A team of tens of thousands of people appeared in front of them. The horses were panting heavily. Kan Ji waved his hand and the team marched towards the south in a mighty manner.

The Xianbei people pay attention to using guerrilla tactics to defend against the enemy. This method is quite effective when facing a head-on collision, but this tactic is not very effective when it comes to sieges and positional warfare.

When attacking a city, you always have to rely on the number of people to fill it, and you have to sacrifice your lives to fill it.

Sun Tzu's Art of War says: "The art of using war is to surround it by ten, attack it by five, and divide it by doubling it."

Although the Xianbei people are arrogant and arrogant, they will respect these tactics when facing a siege.

Kanji was able to achieve his current position as the Lord of Eastern Xianbei all because of his excellent ability and his courage to always be the first to be defeated. He must be the first to fight when there is a battle. This is why he was appreciated by Tan Shihuai, the current king of Xianbei.

However, this team of 3 people was rushing southward from Xianbei territory quietly. Apart from the Xianbei tribes who greeted them from afar, the Han people knew nothing about it.

Until the team came to Ke Qianduo's front line.

After meeting Ke Qianduo, Kan Ji asked about his observations in the past few days.

But he learned from his mouth that although the frontier fortress had no obvious defenses, it had a long history and many strategies. He also had a strong general under his command, and even he was unable to defeat it.

Kan Ji was immediately furious and scolded Ke Qianduo for being weak and weak. No wonder he was attacked by the Han army, and finally let people escape.

He ordered to rest near Ke Qianduo's tribe for three days. After eating and drinking, he set off for the border fortress, which had no defense at all.

Ke Qianduo circled around Kan Ji with a flattering look on his face, hoping to gain his appreciation and turn a sparrow into a phoenix and reach the sky in one step.

"If you behead a hundred people this time, I will go to the king and have you promoted to an official in the east to take charge of the tribes under my command."

(End of this chapter)