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Chapter 577 Waiting for the Enemy to Enter the Pit
"The Huns must be beaten to death! What I hope is that even if it is a Hun woman, no one will be left behind. Regarding the needs of the soldiers, I can only be patient first. After the Huns are destroyed, I will gradually spread in the west. Establish a stronghold and let some soldiers settle down first!" Yuan Yao said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!!" Yang Wu knew what Yuan Yao meant, the Wusun people and Huns in Chigu City would not be able to live again, even if they escaped the bombardment, they would be beheaded after breaking the city.

"Report! The commander of the scouts, Liu Shun, begs to see you!!" At this moment, the report of the guards came from outside the tent.

"Quickly pass it in!" Yuan Yao was overjoyed at the moment, and urgently ordered.

In the besieged Chigu City, Qubei had never been seen to show his face, so Yuan Yao concluded that Qubei had led the main force of the Huns to hide in other places.

"Meet Your Majesty!!"

Soon, Liu Shun came in in a hurry, bowed his head, and immediately said loudly with joy: "Your Majesty, I have discovered the hiding place of the main force of the enemy army!!"

"Great!! Where are they hiding? Is there any news about the Xiongnu Shanyu Qubei??" Yuan Yao asked with a smile.

"Return to Your Majesty, the enemy is hiding in Guishan City of Dawan Kingdom! Qubei and King Wusun are also in Guishan City!" Liu Shun said.

"Huh?" Yuan Yao frowned upon hearing this.

Guishan City is the capital of Dawan Kingdom, so this means that Dawan Kingdom has been conquered by the Huns! !

Hundreds of miles west of Chigu City is Guishan City, but these hundreds of miles are separated by countless snow-capped mountains!Even for scouts who are used to walking on mountain roads, it is very difficult to pass. It is almost impossible for the army to pass directly. The only way is to go north and go around to the north of Wusun country before riding a horse. To the west, first enter the Kangju country, and then go south to reach the Dawan country.

"I see, Liu Shun, go down and take a rest first, and then focus your investigation on the desert. Before continuing to attack westward, I want to make sure that there are no more enemies in the entire Western Region!" Yuan Yao said.

"I obey, Your Majesty, I will leave!!" Liu Shun bowed and retreated until he reached the camp gate, then turned and left.

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On the first night when Yuan Yao planted the gunpowder at the exit of the Zhenhe River, there was no movement. Except for the wind and sand blowing from the desert, the attack on Chigu City also focused on training soldiers for actual combat. Although nearly a hundred soldiers were killed or injured, It also allowed the soldiers to learn more practical experience.

After leaving the Western Regions, this kind of siege battle can avoid greater casualties.

On the second day, when they still attacked the city during the day, or ordered the army to cooperate in various ways, the number of casualties had been reduced by half to only a few dozen. At dawn, there was still no sign of an ambush.

However, several scouts sent by Liu Shun to the direction of Yu Zhenhe seemed to have disappeared and never returned.

These scouts are heading south along the Yuzhen River, and they will never get lost. They must have met the enemy and have been killed. It is just strange. If it is true that the enemy cavalry is hiding in the desert, after a few days, even if the cavalry can carry enough Dry rations, the rations of the war horses could never last for so long!There must be something wrong with this! !
Just when Yuan Yao and the generals were suspicious, Yuan Yao received news from Zhou Cang who was stationed in Xicheng.

To everyone's surprise, the scouts sent by Zhou Cang actually went westward, passing Shache. The scouts sent by Zhou Cang brought two pieces of news, one bad news and one good news.

The bad news is that Zhou Cang also sent scouts to contact Yuan Yao, but if he entered the desert, he would disappear.

The good news is that after communicating with the locals, Zhiyue came to an astonishing inference that there is a camel cavalry with at least 3000 people hidden in the desert near Yuzhen River!

These two news immediately surprised Yuan Yao's generals.

If the enemy really had [-] camel cavalry, then unless Yuan Yao could also organize [-] camel cavalry, even if he sent [-] cavalry into the desert, he would be defeated by the camel cavalry.

Ordinary war horses cannot meet camels, and they will panic and run wild when they encounter camels!
If you encounter a large number of enemy camel riders on the narrow river bank, you will definitely lose. The desert area far away from the river bank is the best terrain for camel riders. If you shoot arrows from a distance, the horses can only be passive and beaten. situation.

If you send a large number of infantry, not only will it be impossible to catch up with the camel cavalry, but it will also be extremely difficult to transport the food and grass along the way.

Guo Jia said: "That's just right! Although our marching speed is hindered, in the long run, the enemy has done us a big favor!! Our army is planning to use this opportunity to stay here for a longer time, so that the Huns will take it lightly. In this way, the Huns will definitely start to attack the Yuezhi with all their strength, and help us accelerate the completion of our plan to unify the West!"

Yuan Yao nodded in agreement, ordering the generals to attack as usual and not to leak information.

This was also a long-established strategy. If Yuan Yao's army attacked too tightly, the Xiongnu would definitely be aware of Yuan Yao's intentions. Not only would they not attack westward, but they would unite with Western countries to fight against Yuan Yao's Dazhong Empire.

Now as long as the enemy is given an illusion, the Dazhong Empire cannot cross the vast snow-capped mountains and attack westward, even if the Western countries are under the invasion of the Huns, they will be in chaos! !
On the third day, there was still no movement.

The fourth day was the same until the fifth day. At night, Yuan Yao's army was burying pots for cooking, when an unpleasant smell suddenly wafted near the exit of the Zhenhe River.

Pound, who was leading the troops stationed nearby, was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered his soldiers to notify the artillerymen guarding the exit of the Zhenhe River.

The enemy camel cavalry is coming! ! !

The Artillery Brigade belonged to Xiong Wei and Dai Ling, and Dai Ling did not dare to be careless, so he ordered Xiong Wei to be ready, and ordered the Artillery Brigade to prepare secretly.

Just when he was ready, he saw a gust of wind and sand blowing over the sky, and then thousands of camel cavalry rushed out roaring in the wind and sand.

As the thousands of enemy camel cavalry rushed out, all the horses in Yuan Yao's camp were neighing and running wildly, uncontrollably.

"Enemy attack!!!"

Yuan Yaojun panicked immediately, the infantry retreated, and the cavalry couldn't control their horses. They roared again and again, and seemed to be in chaos!

"Hahahaha!! Yuan Yaozhong's plan is also my plan!! Kill!!!"

The enemy general was so excited that he raised his sword and roared, and led several camel cavalry to rush towards him. He didn't know that this was Yuan Yao's plan, and he didn't know that tens of thousands of gunpowder bags had been buried under the sandy land with a radius of hundreds of feet. ! !
What's more, in the vicinity, Yuan Yaojun, who seemed to be in a panic, was actually using the cover of the tent to secretly set up a siege net.

"Light it up!" Dai Ling, who was hiding in the dark, saw the enemy cavalry rushing to the predetermined place, and shouted in a low voice, waving the flag fiercely.

After all, it depends on a long fuse to detonate, so the fuse must be ignited in advance.

After Dai Ling gave an order, the flames flickered immediately, and countless fuses flashed with sparks, burning forward rapidly, and the castration was extremely fast.

Thousands of camel cavalry who were charging were charging excitedly, their eyes filled with a look of victory, but suddenly, quite a few camel cavalry seemed to have noticed something was wrong! !

"What's that?" An enemy general charged while pointing in surprise at the burning fuse not far ahead on the ground!

(End of this chapter)