Chapter 1273: Scorched Earth
Yanmen Pass.
Huo Qubing had already led his cavalry to arrive first, and after waiting for Ran Min and Long Qie's cavalry to arrive, the 60,000 fine cavalry went straight out of the fortress and into the grassland, turning him upside down.
"coming."
Li Dingguo, the guard at Yanmen Gate, looked surprised. Huo Qubing quickly looked into the distance and breathed a sigh of relief when he was sure it was one of his own.
Instead of being late, the thirty-four thousand cavalrymen came early.
Ran Min and Long Qie walked side by side, but there was one person walking in front of them, and he was the new military advisor of the Jin army, Zhuge Liang.
Huo Qubing rushed up to meet Zhuge Liang, held Zhuge Liang's hand, and said with a smile: "Commander Zhuge, my lord has sent you here too."
Zhuge Liang was not used to Huo Qubing's familiarity. He pulled his hand back with some embarrassment, shook his feather fan lightly and said with a smile: "This time we are out of the fortress, the young master sent Liang to assist the general."
"That's great. With Zhuge's military advisor here, Huo Bing's trip will be even more powerful."
Huo Qubing knew that Mr. Zhuge was born in Guigu and was a fellow disciple of his lord. He had seen through Murong Ke's tricks several times and participated in the formulation of the entire counterattack plan. His strategic and military skills were not inferior to those of the Qin army's military advisors. Liu Bowen.
Having such wise men participating in this operation also provided a layer of insurance for this operation. Huo Qubing naturally welcomed it with both hands and feet.
After the 60,000 cavalry troops gathered together, they did not stay too long and left Yanmen Pass after taking a short rest.
Li Dingguo stood at the gate of Yanmen and watched the army pouring out of the gate. A trace of envy flashed in his eyes.
Li Dingguo actually wanted to go out of the country with Huo Qubing. After all, as long as he participated in such glorious deeds as going out of the country, he was destined to become a hero regardless of success or failure.
It's a pity that Li Dingguo has to guard Yanmen Pass. This is his responsibility as the guard of Yanmen Pass.
"General Huo Bing, Military Advisor Zhuge, your trip will be successful." Li Dingguo secretly blessed him.
Qin Hao had made sufficient preparations for this expedition. All 60,000 elite cavalry were equipped with one person and two horses, which means a total of 120,000 horses were dispatched. This was definitely an extremely luxurious configuration for the Han cavalry. It had been used for nearly a hundred years. There has never been such a large-scale cavalry battle.
In order to ensure speed and maneuverability, each of the 60,000 elite cavalrymen who went out to the fortress this time only brought ten days of rations.
Even if he travels non-stop, he still won't be able to reach Dragon City in ten days.
Therefore, if the Han army wants to successfully reach Longcheng, it can only adopt the method of supporting war with war, taking it from the enemy and using it on the enemy. All the Yuan and Meng tribes along the way are the supplies of the Han army. land.
After driving for a long time, Huo Qubing ordered the army to stop for repairs. After all, a war might break out at any time after entering the grassland, so he had to ensure that his army had sufficient physical strength to deal with the possible war.
After Huo Qubing summoned Zhuge Liang and the generals, he spread out a map of the grassland given to him by Qin Hao, pointed to the position on the map and said: "Now that we have reached this position, there is a small Yuanmeng tribe in the northeast and northwest, and Next, we need to divide our troops into two groups to start the operation, relying on destroying these tribes to supply military supplies, and finally converge in Dragon City.
At present, Yuanmeng has not discovered the movements of our army. This is a great opportunity to correct our army. Next, we will implement a scorched earth strategy on the grassland. All the tribes we encounter will be killed, burned, and looted. Only in this way can we force Temujin mobilized his troops back to reduce the pressure on the main force in the Hetao.
Do you all understand? "
"Understood." The generals shouted in unison.
"Liang is also adding something."
Zhuge Liang showed a solemn look on his face and said in a deep voice: "Since Yuanmeng invaded Hetao, countless fertile fields have been destroyed by war, and no less than half a million people have been killed or injured.
Therefore, our mission this time is not only to force Temujin to mobilize troops, but also to avenge the people who were killed and injured in Hetao.
Please remember, never be merciful. Kindness to your enemies is cruelty to your own people.
We must kill the Han people to show their majesty and kill Yuan Meng so fearfully that he will never dare to invade southward again. "
Zhuge Liang's ability to confuse people is quite powerful. After saying a few words, all the generals, including Huo Qubing, were immediately infected by Zhuge Liang's words, and hatred appeared in their eyes.
"Split your forces and attack."
Following Huo Qubing's order, the 60,000 fine cavalry that left the fortress split into two groups.
On the first route, led by general Huo Qubing and generals Yuwen Chengdu, Ran Min, Ding Yanping, and 30,000 troops, they headed northeast towards Dragon City.
The second route, led by military counselor Zhuge Liang, led Long Qie, Xiang Yu, Luo Yi, Luo Cheng and other generals, leading an army of 30,000 people, heading northwest to kill Longcheng.
One day later, Huo Qubing's army easily defeated Yuanmeng's Xia Gaole tribe after paying more than a hundred casualties. Except for a few people in the tribe who escaped, all the others were captured by Huo Qubing.
"General Huo Bing has an order to take no prisoners and kill everyone." Ran Min ordered with a cold look on his face.
When the tribal leader heard this, his expression suddenly changed and he shouted, "Why? We have surrendered." However, no one paid him any attention.
Ran Min shot the tribal leader to death with one arrow, and then shouted: "Fire the arrow." Then arrows rained down.
A massacre began. More than 20,000 herdsmen of the Xia Gaole tribe, regardless of age or sex, were all massacred by the Han army. The Xia Gaole tribe was completely transformed into a Shura hell.
Listening to the screams that kept ringing around him, Huo Qubing's face couldn't help but turn a little ugly. In his heart, he didn't actually care about killing foreigners, but he was unwilling to kill women and children.
Looking at the hateful eyes of countless children, Huo Qubing couldn't help but feel a sense of guilt in his heart, which affected his emotions.
"We will do this kind of thing many times in the future. You may not get used to it at first, but you'll get used to it."
Yuwen Chengdu handed a water hose to Huo Qubing and comforted him with a smile: "Dong Gongping also massacred the Qiang people when he conquered Liangzhou.
This is the case with foreigners. If you treat them well, they will despise you. But the more ruthless you are, the more they will fear you. "
Huo Qubing took the water hose and took a big gulp, then sighed: "Thanks.
Send the order, take all the supplies and horses you can, and head to the next tribe. "
"promise."
After Huo Qubing gave the order, the Han army burned the entire tribe with fire, and then continued to march towards the next target with all the supplies they could carry without affecting their speed.
At the same time, Zhuge Liang's army also defeated the Qimude tribe. After massacring more than 17,000 Yuanmeng herdsmen, they also burned the tribe cleanly and turned it into a piece of scorched earth.
In just one day, two small Yuanmeng tribes were raided and massacred by the Han army. Nearly 40,000 herdsmen died. But this was just the beginning. More tribes were about to face annihilation.
