Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 530
The news that the Northern Xinjiang Army once again aggressively attacked the grassland spread quickly in the grasslands. In such a short period of time since the Northern Xinjiang Army's large-scale northern expedition to Hetao two years ago, this is another military operation by the Northern Xinjiang Army.In recent years, since Northern Xinjiang took Hetao, the grassland has never stopped fighting.

But any steppe tribe who dared to disobey Gongsun Xu's general order, the cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army would follow them.This is the absolutely cold-blooded and ruthless side of the Northern Border Army. Gongsun Xu does not allow anyone to break his rules, let alone challenge his authority.

The ferocity and tenacity of the northern border army is the nemesis of the grassland tribal warriors. As long as the northern border army cavalry has large-scale military operations, the tribes in the grasslands with a radius of hundreds of miles around Hetao will generally stay obediently, or directly ask for surrender.

However, this time, the cavalry of the Xianbei tribe was a bit of an exception.Four days after Wen Chou's army set off, the cavalry gathered in the central part of Xianbei did not show signs of retreating.

Up to now, in addition to the 4 horses at the time of departure, Wen Chou has recruited a lot of grassland warriors. When Wen Chou has about 5 people, the cavalry of the Xianbei tribe will soon reach 6. good sign.

Wen Chou has been marching and fighting for many years, and Wen Chou is well aware of the truth that the first strike is the best. His own strength may not be superior, but the combat power is definitely higher than that of the opponent. Since the opponent's troops have not yet gathered, Wen Chou will naturally not give them a chance.

Fifty thousand cavalry attacked across the board. Wen Chou, Xu Huang and others each led some troops to attack the Xianbei cavalry. More than [-] horses from both sides fought on the grassland.This time, the Xianbei cavalry dared to disobey Gongsun Xu's order and tried to attack the northern border. Wen Chou did not intend to be soft.

Ten days later, in the Hetao camp, Gongsun Xu transferred [-] cavalry from the Hetao camp to garrison Youzhou. After all, the grassland battlefield was relatively close to Youzhou, so Gongsun Xu had to ensure that the Xianbei cavalry would not harm Youzhou.

After mobilizing some troops to garrison the Great Wall defense line, there are only [-] cavalry and [-] infantry left in the Hetao camp.For the time being, the Hetao side can no longer mobilize troops and horses, and the [-] selected front troops are also cruising and stationing in Jizhou, Bingzhou, and the Great Wall, in order to ensure the safety of all places.

"My lord, there is new news." Xi Zhicai walked in with an urgent report and said, "Good news, Bujun and the others have defeated the enemy army."

"Kill [-] enemies and take [-] prisoners." Gongsun Xu took over the information and browsed through it and said, "Bujun continued to chase and kill the enemy after he rectified his troops and horses. This time, the attitude of the Xianbei cavalry is a bit abnormal. Woolen cloth?"

"Xi Zhicai nodded after hearing this and replied: "It's really a bit abnormal. My lord should have noticed that the Xianbei cavalry has been avoiding direct combat with our army for the past two years. The last time Zilong led the army to patrol the depths of the grassland, they fought hard Those rampant tribes were bloodied.

Our northern border army regularly sends troops to inspect the grasslands. It stands to reason that all grassland tribes should know the attitude and strength of our army.But they dared to fight us at this time, they really had the guts of a leopard. "

Gongsun Xu squinted his eyes and stared at the map for a while, then suddenly asked: "Is there any news about the Helian tribe? It seems that Yan Liang hasn't passed any news about the Helian tribe to me. What's going on? Didn't find out Or is there no abnormality in the Helian tribe?"

"This,,,,,," Xi Zhicai suddenly realized that he seemed to have thought of some key point, but the thought flashed by, and he couldn't figure out what was going on. After a while, Xi Zhicai fell He shook his head and laughed, "Yan Liang is prudent in his work, so there shouldn't be any problems. I guess there must be nothing wrong with the Helian tribe.

Moreover, hehe, we are familiar with Helian. He doesn't have the guts, nor the ability and courage of his father. All these years, thanks to the support and acquiescence of my northern border army, his tribe can develop to this day. If not, he would have been annexed by other grassland tribes long ago. I don't think Helian would dare to be our enemy. "

Gongsun Xu also felt that this was the case. If He Lian really had the guts, or if he wanted to be his enemy, then he wouldn't have had to cooperate with him when he was seriously injured and offended so many Xianbeis. tribe.

Helian is timid, but he is not stupid. He should know who has the biggest fist on the grassland.You can survive better by relying on the strong. This simple truth must be known to Helian. Here, if Helian does not make good friends with the Northern Border Army, then the Northern Border Army will support another grassland agent. There is no need for Shihelian Tribe to exist.If He Lian really did this, it would undoubtedly bring disaster to his tribe.

"Helian doesn't have the guts." Gongsun Xu nodded and said, "We are too familiar with him, otherwise we wouldn't have eaten him to death all these years, well, it should be the leaders of other grassland tribes wanting to make trouble.

Presumably Helian is trying to figure out how to get in touch with my army now. It's autumn now. According to the calculation of the past days, the grassland will snow in a while. Bujun's dispatch of troops this time may be within two months. When he came back, Helian must also know the strength of our northern army, so he didn't worry about the battle on the grassland.

Maybe that guy is busy raising supplies for the winter now, hehe, without the support of my northern border, the Helian tribe would not know how many cattle, sheep and horses would starve to death in one winter, and how many people would die from cold winter. "

"My lord is wise." Xi Zhicai nodded and said, "Severe winter is the greatest enemy of the grassland people. Those tribes who are attached to our army are fine. At least our army can guarantee that they will not die during the winter. We will deal with them fairly. Not bad.

This time, the Xianbei tribe dared to gather soldiers and horses at this time, and it is likely that it has started to snow in the depths of the grassland. These tribes do not have enough supplies for the winter, but they dare not say it. After all, they have always been with us. Hostile attitude, if we know their internal weakness, then it will be even more difficult for them to survive this cold winter.

Rest assured, my lord, some enemy troops are nothing to worry about. During this period of time, I observed the sky and asked many old people on the prairie. lasted longer than previous years.

Grassland herdsmen have a natural fear of cold winter. There are not a few tribes who have attached to our army in the past two years. These days, they will come to Hetao for the last transaction to store supplies for the winter. I don’t know if the lord can mobilize enough supplies. "

"Feng Xiao told me about this last time." Gongsun Xu nodded and said, "Don't worry, there are enough blankets and food. The supplies from Jizhou, Bingzhou and Youzhou will be transported to the Great Wall first, and then our army will distribute them." Shipped in batches.

As long as these tribes show enough sincerity and suitable commodities, they can receive the supplies they want the next day after placing the order.Bujun went on an expedition and took away some of the materials stored on the Hetao side. I am mobilizing them to the Great Wall, and I think they will be shipped over soon.

By the way, Zhicai, there are more and more supplies on the Great Wall. Zhao Feng wrote a letter saying that he is too busy, so you can go there and inspect the security of the Great Wall defense line by the way. That guy Mengfu has been guarding the Great Wall for the past two years. Well done. "

"Well, that's fine. There is the Lord and Zhengfang on the Hetao side, so nothing should happen." Xi Zhicai replied: "According to the days, I haven't been back to the south of the Great Wall for a while. I haven't been back for a long time. I don’t know how many words and books my kid has learned now, hehe.”

Hearing this, Gongsun Xu stepped forward, patted Xi Zhicai on the shoulder and smiled, "I see, if you don't get busy with this time, you can take over your family. Anyway, Hetao can't do without you. You are here." Stay here well, don't say I treated you badly."

"Hahahaha, if you have my lord's words, then I will not be polite." Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "Last time Wenhe asked me if he wanted to ask to bring his family over, so I knew that the lord must be there for me." Consider this."

Gongsun Xu and Xi Zhicai were chatting and laughing. After discussing the matter of transporting supplies, Xi Zhicai was ready to hand over the work at hand to his subordinates. It would take three or four months at the shortest for him to go to the Great Wall this time. In the spring of next year, the material transaction will come to an end, and then he will return to Hetao to preside over the work here.

More and more grassland caravans have gathered in the north of Hetao. They brought a lot of furs, cattle and sheep, precious medicinal materials and other good things on the grassland. This is probably the last time they come to Hetao this year. They all want to buy enough food go back.

Cattle and sheep are indeed part of the food, but in the cold winter, many cattle and sheep are easy to freeze to death, and if there are too many cattle and sheep, the herdsmen on the grassland cannot take care of them, so the grassland tribes prefer to exchange food in Hetao.

You know, under normal circumstances, one sheep can only feed five people for two or three days, but the grain exchanged for one head is enough for five people to eat for more than ten days. Even a fool can figure out the price difference.What's more, food is much more beautiful and manageable than cattle and sheep, and there is no need to worry about food losing weight in winter.

The herdsmen gathered in Hetao are very happy, especially the poorer herdsmen. Generally, the poorer herdsmen have at most a dozen sheep, a few cows and a few war horses at home. More than half of the cattle and sheep will be eaten.

But now after trading with the Northern Border Army, they can exchange half a year's grain with ordinary cattle and sheep. Perhaps the Northern Border Army has made a lot of money during the transaction, but the herdsmen are not losing money. At least they don't have to worry about losing money. People starve to death.

In the depths of the grassland, in the central part of the Xianbei grassland, teams of cavalry marched forward dejectedly. These were the Xianbei cavalry defeated by Wen Chou. The Northern Army's combat effectiveness was too strong. Even if Wen Chou had fewer troops than them, it was enough to defeat these cavalry .

However, after these cavalry were defeated, they tried to regroup again to confront Wen Chou's army. This situation is relatively rare. At this moment, Wen Chou is leading the army to pursue more than 100 miles away, and these defeated troops are fleeing deep into the grassland.It seems that this war may have to continue.

(End of this chapter)