Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 231 Return Aid 2
At dawn, a team of cavalry from the Northern Xinjiang Army came back to report their meritorious service. In this battle, they directly defeated the enemy, beheaded more than 4000 enemy troops, captured more than 3 prisoners, and captured more than [-] horses. Even the Huns The big battalion also fell into the hands of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Tie Kun finally stopped after being chased for fifty miles. The Xiongnu soldiers just didn’t know how to fight at night. After dawn, Tie Kun sent people around to gather stragglers. Others found that they still have more than 6 horses in their hands, which is not a big defeat.

After summoning the troops, Tie Kun retreated another [-] miles to set up camp, and at the same time sent someone to ask for help from the rear. Moreover, Tie Kun sent an envoy to bring a message that Gongsun Xu had not left, and the Xuanfeng Army was still in the camp of the Northern Xinjiang Army. In the battle at night, many Xiongnu soldiers saw Gongsun Xu and the Xuanfeng Army with their own eyes. The eyes of so many people will not lie.

Up to now, Tie Kun only feels that he was cheated. Gongsun Xu's departure may be a sham. He deceived everyone. He should have returned halfway, but he didn't know what method he used to deceive. Pass all Hun scouts.

In fact, what Tie Kun and all the soldiers of the Xiongnu did not expect was that Gongsun Xu did appear in the battle last night, and the selection front army did deal a heavy blow to the Huns. However, they withdrew after joining the battle for less than half an hour. Out of battle.

Then, taking advantage of the scuffle at night, Gongsun Xu led [-] forward troops and [-] tiger and cardinal cavalry to evacuate far away from the camp of the Northern Army, and is now on the road to Yanmen. To support Yanmen, of course, the Huns have no way of knowing this.

This is actually a strategy discussed by Gongsun Xu and his subordinates. If you want not to be attacked by the Huns during the time when Gongsun Xu is away, you must first give the Huns a hard time. It turned out to be true, but what was transferred that time was only the leftover 7000 captives of the one-night frontman army and more than 1 servants who took refuge.

Due to Gongsun Xu's careful arrangement, the Xiongnu scouts mistakenly thought that all the forward troops had been transferred away. Therefore, the Huns thought that Gongsun Xu was no longer in the camp, which made the Huns daring to come for a surprise attack.

Originally, the Northern Xinjiang Army also hoped that the Huns would come to make a surprise attack. If they were delayed earlier, their night battle plan could be implemented earlier. Also delayed by a day.

This time, it was a false move, true and false. The Huns still dare not determine whether Gongsun Xu is still in the camp, whether the selection front army has been transferred, and those northern Xinjiang soldiers last night. How the army cavalry appeared, the Huns have never figured it out.

However, there is one thing that the Huns have already confirmed. The Xiongnu Shanyu immediately recalled Tie Kun after receiving the battle report, and at the same time strictly ordered all ministries to strengthen their defenses. Facing Gongsun Xu and the Northern Border Army, the Xiongnu Shanyu no longer dared to take it lightly .

Just two days after the end of the war, the Xiongnu scouts discovered that the frontier army had appeared outside the Huns camp. Now, the Huns were even more sure that Gongsun Xu must still be in the camp. Most of the previous information came from Gongsun Xu. Come out to pit yourself.

Just when the Huns were in doubt for fear that the Northern Xinjiang Army would counterattack, Gongsun Xu had already led [-] cavalry to Wuyuan City a hundred miles away, and the [-] soldiers who had retreated here first and the seven Thousands of servants have long been waiting here.

After replacing the horses and replenishing dry rations, weapons and arrows, Gongsun Xu called his subordinates to hold a military meeting. This time, Gongsun Xu only brought Huang Xu, a young general, and he did not bring any other famous generals, not even Dian Wei. He stayed in the grassland camp as his personal guards, just to cover up people's eyes and ears.

Those who participated in the military meeting were several school lieutenants from the Xuanfeng Army. Gongsun Xu pointed to the map and said: "We are still near Wuyuan. If we start from here to Yanmen, it will take at least four days. Whether Ping Heyun and the others can hold on, I hope that the Taiwei has sent troops now, otherwise, if the Black Mountain Army has already fled when we arrive at Yanmen, our surprise attack will lose its strategic significance."

Huang Xu followed Gongsun Xu's finger and looked at the map and said: "Man is the one who plans things, but God makes things happen. What we have to do now is to speed up the march to get to Yanmen, my lord, this time our army is full of vanguards and servants. All of them are veterans of the battlefield, and each of them is equipped with at least three war horses, I think we will be able to reach the vicinity of Yanmen in less than three days."

Seeing his subordinates with resolute faces, Gongsun Xu nodded and ordered: "Tell the brothers, support me, for the next two or three days, we will eat, drink and scatter on the horses. If we don't reach the wild goose Never get off your horse to rest within a hundred miles outside the gate."

Everyone shouted in unison: "Here."

Faced with such a high-intensity march, Gongsun Xu was not afraid in his heart. The frontier troops had already received similar training. Every year, for a month, the frontier troops had to stay on the horses continuously and eat dry food. And it is spring water and mare's milk.

Anyway, every soldier is equipped with at least one mare, and Gongsun Xu is not afraid that the soldiers will be thirsty and hungry. The seven thousand servants may not be used to this kind of high-intensity march, but they are all herdsmen at the bottom of the grassland Born, since childhood, hungry is a common occurrence.

Not to mention staying on the horse for two or three days, sometimes they have to stay on the horseback hungry. Moreover, Gongsun Xu has enough supplies for them, such as dried meat, dry food, and kumiss. What reason is there to complain.

Moreover, the so-called rapid march does not mean that the soldiers have to run wildly on the horses all the time, otherwise, even if the soldiers can bear it, the horses can't stand it either. Every four hours, the soldiers have to stop to let the horses rest for a while time and eat.

Moreover, the soldiers have to feed the horses with salt and other food in order to keep the horses stamina and combat effectiveness. In addition, when marching slowly, the soldiers can lie in the net pockets hanging between the two horses to rest, so, like this The rapid march is not too difficult to talk about.

If it weren't for Gongsun Xu's requirement that the soldiers must maintain sufficient combat effectiveness when they arrive at Yanmen, I am afraid that Huang Xu would dare to say that he would arrive at Yanmen within three days. However, Gongsun Xu still has great confidence in Guan Yu and the others. Yes, as long as they can hold back the Black Mountain Army, Gongsun Xu will be able to launch an attack when he arrives at Yanmen.

Gongsun Xu reckoned that there shouldn't be much problem on the grassland. The Xiongnu army was frustrated twice. If they dared to launch a third attack at this time, it would be either the Xiongnu Shanyu was too shrewd or the Xiongnu Shanyu was too shrewd. Stupid, obviously, the current Xiongnu Chanyu is neither.

Moreover, there is Gao Shun as the commander in the grassland camp, who commanded the army to resist the Huns, and there are two brilliant military advisers, Jia Xu. What kind of cheap can the Huns get? There are many strong generals such as Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, etc., and the rest are mostly elite soldiers. Even if Gongsun Xu and the Xuanfeng Army do not come back for a month, the camp will not have much problem. Besides, Gongsun Xu still has one The biggest backer, if the time comes, there is no need for Gongsun Xu to come back, and the Huns should retreat back.

Regarding the change in the grassland, Gongsun Xu is now temporarily letting go. He is now going to deal with the Black Mountain Army that invaded Bingzhou and is attacking Yanmen. In order to defeat this Black Mountain Army in a single battle, Gongsun Xu feels that he should do Some arrangement.

First of all, he sent messengers to Guan Yu, Gongsun Zan, and Guan Ping to bring letters to Guan Yu, and they agreed to launch a general offensive in four days. Gongsun Xu was confident that he would arrive near Yanmen within three days, and one more day of rest would be enough to deal with Montenegro army.

Moreover, Gongsun Xu's purpose this time is not just to defeat this Black Mountain Army. According to various intelligence sources, this time the Black Mountain Army has appeared in Jizhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou respectively. However, the main force of the Black Mountain Army is concentrated in In the north of Jizhou, in order to prevent the Black Mountain Army from disturbing Bingzhou, Gongsun Xu decided to defeat them all.

At the same time, on Wuyuan's side, as early as a few days ago, Guo Jia explained the matter on Wuyuan's side and then left secretly. He has already arrived in Jiuyuan, and he is waiting for Gongsunxu to come back.

Guan Yu had led the army to organize the military well, and he had repelled the Black Mountain Army's attack four times, completely blocking the way of the Black Mountain Army going south. As for the retreat of the Black Mountain Army, it was also blocked by Gongsun Zan at this time, leaving it to the Black Mountain Army Yes, only the grassland is left. Unless the Black Mountain Army escapes from the grassland, they will be the turtle in the urn sooner or later.

However, so far, the Black Mountain Army of Li Dadu has not realized the danger. They are attacking Yanmen wholeheartedly. The Yanmen defenders are not as brave and good at fighting as the legend says. I saw with my own eyes that the Yanmen defenders relied on the young and strong civilian husbands to defend the city.

That is to say, as long as the Black Mountain Army puts more effort into it, Yanmen might really be attacked. If it weren't for the thousands of cavalry in Yanmen, Li Damu even felt that he had already captured Yanmen. It was at critical moments that hundreds or thousands of cavalry would rush out of Yanmen City, directly defeating the Black Mountain Army that was about to win.

Now that the war has progressed, most people in the Black Mountain Army feel that Yanmen is already in danger. It is estimated that the Yanmen defenders should not exceed [-], and the cavalry should be less than [-], because many soldiers of the Black Mountain Army have overestimated the number of those light soldiers. Even the wounded enemy army can't go down to rest, but still needs to fight all the time. This shows that there are not many defenders in Yanmen.

At first, Li Damu also thought it was strange. It is said that the number of Yanmen defenders is about [-]. If this is true, then Yanmen is absolutely indestructible. The door has mobilized a large number of troops, and Li Damu thinks this explanation is very reasonable.

No matter what, as long as Yanmen is captured, the Xiongnu Shanyu will send 3 horses as a reward. Moreover, Li Damu has agreed with the Xiongnu that within ten days, the Xiongnu will send a cavalry force of [-]. Come to assist the Black Mountain Army in attacking Yanmen, and when the time comes, don't worry that Yanmen will not be broken.

(End of this chapter)