What Chihu said is correct.
Even Wu Nian's order was to stick to Didao. Block the Slavs for a while.
But Feng Chong has his own fallacies. He rolled his eyes at the Qianhu, raised his right hand and pinched his chin, and said, "You only know one but not the other."
"The Art of War. Being familiar with the Art of War is the most basic. But if you are familiar with the Art of War and don't know how to make changes according to the situation, it's just talk on paper."
"Think about it carefully. Your Majesty, most of you think that I should defend Di City."
"The Slavs also thought that I would stick to Di City."
"When they were marching in the vast ice field, they must have relaxed their vigilance. They didn't even have spies. I sent troops two to three hundred miles away to ambush them on the road they must pass."
"Launch a sudden attack. Not to mention wiping out all their troops, but killing seven or eight thousand of them is okay, right?"
"They don't say anything about the direct reduction. They are frightened and their marching speed slows down. We can delay it longer."
"Anyway. I think it works."
Feng Chong rolled up his sleeves and said enthusiastically.
"Well!!!!"
The thousands of households were shaken and looked at each other. After hearing this nonsense, it really seemed a bit unreasonable.
Take the unexpected.
It’s action, beyond everyone’s expectations.
Decheng finally won it. Who would risk going out of the city to stop the attack?
Except for Feng Chong, who doesn't follow common sense.
Even better. Their cavalry suffered no losses when they attacked Di City. It's just that the march has reduced a lot of troops.
The cavalry system of ten thousand households is still relatively complete. Very strong in combat.
"That's right. We haven't killed all the horses yet, have we?" Feng Chong thought of a question, and asked with the smile on his face frozen.
War horses were mounted to fight, and horses carried military supplies.
If all the horses are killed, they won't be able to get out even if they want to.
"Uh. I'll go ask." A Qianhu was stunned, quickly stood up and hurried away.
Early the next morning.
Feng Chong left one Qianhu light cavalry to guard Dicheng, and took nine Qianhu cavalry with him, one person and two horses, and left Dicheng in the wind and snow, heading west.
All the Mongolian people in the city had been killed, leaving only about thirty families of Han people.
The heavy snowstorm covered the march of the army.
Feng Chong's bold military action was very secretive and no information was leaked.
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The so-called Didao is a very long road. There are mountains and rivers, plains and forests. There are only a few months of the year where it is warm, and most of the time it is freezing cold.
Emperor of the Slavs, far away in Europe. In the Far East, there is another person in charge.
After receiving Meng Yuan's request for help, the Slavs did not hesitate. Manpower was organized immediately, but in a hurry, it took time to assemble food, grass, soldiers and horses.
They are divided into two parts.
There are 50,000 troops in the front and 50,000 troops in the rear, a total of 100,000 elite troops. The front group starts off first, and the rear group gathers slowly.
Among the fifty thousand soldiers and horses in the front, seven to eight thousand are knights and cavalry. The rest are elite infantry. The large number of civilians transporting supplies are not included in the calculation.
Supplies were delivered in large vehicles and pulled by horses, mules, donkeys, cattle and other livestock.
The Slavic men and horses on the road formed a long snake formation and headed east.
It was freezing cold and the walking was quite hard.
Surrounded by vast white snow, there are few reference points. As Feng Chong expected, this place is still a long way from Di City, and the Slav army was not very vigilant.
Without reorganization, the Slavic knights were scattered.
A knight under Earl Korn. Kane Knight, Smith Knight, and Tony Knight rode side by side and walked in the center of the team.
Their knights, attendants, and infantrymen were scattered around.
Knight squires and infantry officers all wear half-body armor, while most infantry soldiers only wear chain mail and leather armor.
"It's really cold. Although it's cold in Europe, it's not this cold." Knight Kane untied his leather gloves, took out the sheepskin water bag from behind his horse, pointed it at his mouth, and took a sip of the strong drink.
After drinking the strong drink, my whole body warmed up.
Living in such a cold place, high-purity vodka is essential.
"Yes. But although life in Europe is good, we don't have the opportunity. As a knight, you can only have a future by fighting in the wilderness and gaining military exploits."
"This battle is a good opportunity. If we defeat the Han army and then annihilate the Meng Yuan, we can obtain a large amount of land from the Meng Yuan. Maybe I can be promoted to a baron and obtain a larger territory."
When Knight Smith saw his companion drinking, he couldn't help but pick up the sheepskin water bag, drank the wine, and then said.
"Yeah." Tony Knight nodded and hummed.
Most of the land in far Eastern Siberia is barren. But the land of Mongolian Yuan is relatively warm and suitable for growing potatoes.
There are also precious furs, which can be sold to Europe and earn a good income.
It would be great if we go further south and invade Chu. I heard it's very warm there and has an outlet to the sea that never freezes.
war.
It means wealth, status, land.
The entire Slavic system is like the Qin State of China. Born for war.
What they don't know is that there is no clear line between prey and hunter. Hunters want tiger skins, but there are many people who are killed by tigers instead.
They relaxed, as if they were exposing their weak necks to the tiger.
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More than ten miles away in the north, there is a small forest. There were animals in the forest originally, but they were either scared away by the Han army or hunted for meat by the Han army.
The Han army's camp was hidden in the middle of the forest.
From the outside, this is just an ordinary forest.
Inside the Chinese army's tent.
Feng Chong was wearing armor and sitting on a small bench. On both sides of the front are nine neatly dressed Qianhu. In the center, a bonfire burned.
The blazing open fire made the temperature inside the tent very high.
Feng Chong and the nine Qianhus looked very excited.
Feng Chong was the most excited one.
"Hahaha. You see. Our spies can approach the Slav army silently. It proves how lax their defenses are."
"As long as our heavy armored cavalry is in front and light cavalry is behind, it's easy to kill him three times in and three out."
"Set a small target. Kill seven to eight thousand casualties."
Feng Chong put his hands on his hips and laughed.
"General. Don't forget to prepare torches. The Slavs' baggage carts can be burned as much as they can." A Qianhu clasped his fists and added.
"Yeah." Feng Chong hummed.
Immediately, he stopped talking nonsense and stood up. He raised his right hand and said, "Brothers. Your outstanding achievements are right in front of you."
"Set off."
"Yes." Thousands of households stood up neatly and responded loudly.
Shortly after. Feng Chong gathered all his troops, five thousand heavy armored cavalry and four thousand light cavalry, and attacked the Slavic army in a mighty manner.
