In a counterattack, with more than 30,000 troops, nearly 100,000 Loufan Huxiao troops were killed. This battle will be recorded in the history of the empire.
The idea of counterattack was proposed by Lin Ye, but the success of the counterattack was indeed due to Yuan Qingze's command.
Of course, if Lin Ye directs, there may be no difference from Yuan Qingze's style of play.
The strongest thing about the Loufan people is their light cavalry.
So the key to this battle is how to separate Lou Fan's cavalry and infantry.
Yuan Qing then sent his troops to divide into five groups, each with 3,000 men, pretending to be the main attacking force, and approached the Loufan camp in the dark.
Another two thousand people along the way brought extra torches. When their men pretended to rush into Lou Fan's camp, they suddenly lit up their torches and shouted in Lou Fan's dialect, pretending to pursue the jade army.
By this time, the meat had already reached his mouth, and it was impossible for Helianyu not to chase him.
The first to be chased out were the cavalry.
Yuan Qing then ordered the five thousand people to be divided into five teams and run in different directions with torches to lure away Lou Fan's cavalry.
When the Loufan people's infantry group rushed out, they used an ambush to cut them off in sections.
In the dark night, the people of Loufan could not distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, and they did not know how many people were ambushing here.
They only heard shouts from all directions, and heard the Beiye Army coming to kill them, and they were immediately in chaos.
Yuan Qing used 30,000 men to cut off Lou Fan's infantry, which was at least twice his own size. This style of fighting was admirable, courageous and resourceful at the same time.
The jade army responsible for cutting suffered heavy losses because they were attacked from both sides.
Yuan Qing concentrated his superior forces to eat the first section of Lou Fan's soldiers that were cut open, and then turned back to support.
By eating like this one by one, they suddenly gained a strength advantage with 30,000 people.
By daybreak, Lou Fan's defeat was certain.
The cavalry who had been pinned away came back and were ambushed again. The Jade Army's arrow array also caused the cavalry to suffer greatly.
The cavalry suffered considerable losses, and seeing that the camp had been destroyed and the infantry was wiped out, the general leading the army had no choice but to order a retreat and escape to Guzhu.
For them at this time, this is the most obvious choice.
The remaining cavalry had no siege capability, and their supplies were gone. Without supplies, they had no foothold.
Now that they are deep in the winter, they have no reinforcements behind them, so they can only survive by retreating to Lone Bamboo.
After daybreak, Yuan Qing led the border army generals to the entrance of Donglin Canyon.
Lin Ye and Wu Lingwei's people have been waiting here for a long time.
As soon as they met, Yuan Qingze strode over, clasped his fists and said, "This battle is a great victory, and General Lin takes the greatest credit."
Lin Ye said: "Without General Yuan here, there is little chance of winning this battle. It all depends on the general's planning and command."
The two exchanged pleasantries for a few words, and then walked towards the deer herding platform.
Yuan Qingze said as he walked: "General Lin is really brave. I sent someone last night to tell General Lin to defend the entrance of the valley. I didn't expect that General Lin would dare to divide his troops and burn down the Loufan camp."
Lin Ye: "It should be."
These three words seem a bit perfunctory.
Because Lin Ye probably guessed that when Yuan Qing mentioned this topic, he would say something he didn't like to hear next.
Yuan Qingze said: "There is just something that is particularly strange."
He looked at Lin Ye and said: "After the great victory, I asked people to search the Loufan camp. The money and food of the thieves... only food, not money, not to mention gold and silver treasures, even copper coins were found. Not much, very strange.”
Lin Ye: "It's really strange."
He looked at Yuan Qingze: "Could it be that they were all burned by the fire?"
Yuan Qingze: "The fire didn't even burn half of the food, but all the gold and silver treasures were burned. Isn't that even weirder?" Lin Ye: "That makes sense."
Yuan Qingze: "Before this battle, I told the frontier soldiers that if we win this battle, all the gains will be divided among them, equally according to the number of people."
Lin Ye nodded: "As it should be."
Yuan Qingze: "But now, there is no gold or silver in Loufan camp..."
Lin Ye: "The Loufan people are stingy too. Don't they even bring military pay with them when they go on an expedition? I don't know why those Loufan soldiers are so desperate because they don't get any pay."
He asked: "General Yuan, do you think the Loufan people think like the general?"
Yuan Qingze: "What do you think?"
Lin Ye said seriously: "Perhaps what General Lou Fan said before he came was that as long as he defeated the enemy, he would divide the enemy's gold and silver treasures equally among them. So the people of Lou Fan actually didn't bring a single copper coin with them. Come."
Yuan Qingze said: "They entered the pass from Eastern Xinjiang, burning, killing and looting all the way. In order to protect themselves, some big families in Dongbo spent money to buy their lives and sent a lot of gold and silver to the Loufan people... "
Before he finished speaking, Lin Ye suddenly became angry.
"hateful!"
Lin Ye's voice was trembling with anger as he said: "This Helianyu is really damned. He actually transferred the treasure before he was defeated! Miser! Shameless!"
With these words, Yuan Qingze didn't know how to answer it for a moment.
After a while, Yuan Qingze said with a smile: "Actually, I just want to ask, when General Lin led his troops to burn down the Loufan Camp, did he really not see that large amount of money?"
Lin Ye: "No, I just set fire to it. General Yuan probably knows something about me. You should know that I am not lying."
Yuan Qingze: "How...how to say this."
Lin Ye said: "With my personality, if I really see so many gold and silver treasures, how can I not rob them?"
Yuan Qingze: "These words... put it this way, it is true, it is not a lie."
He looked at Lin Ye and said, "It's just that if General Lin discovers the money, or discovers part of the money, I would like to inform you. After all, I also agreed to the border army officers."
Lin Ye: "Don't worry, as long as I find out part of it, I will let you know."
Yuan Qingze: "Ahem..."
Lin Ye: "Ahem..."
At this time, Pang Panghai passed by with Lin Ye's personal troops, ready to go back and pack things.
Pang Panghai saluted them when they passed by. When these soldiers passed by, they all seemed to have their chests raised and their heads raised, but for some reason, their stomachs all looked so big.
When Pang Panghai bent down, a lot of silver fell out with a crash.
Lin Ye glared at him: "I told you earlier that you have saved up the money to get a wife for the past seventeen or eight years, so don't take it all with you. If you lose some of it, you won't be able to get a wife."
Pang Panghai: "Yes, yes, I remember my humble position."
He knelt down to pick it up. It would have been better if he didn't squat down. As soon as he knelt down, the money stuffed in his jacket was squeezed out from the collar, and another pile fell out.
Yuan Qingze: "My wife has saved a lot."
Lin Ye: "It's hard for him too."
Yuan Qingze: "It's really difficult for him."
Lin Ye: "I don't know what kind of bad custom this is now, but the gift required to marry a wife is ridiculously high."
He pointed at Pang Dahai: "You see that he has saved a lot, but it is only enough for the betrothal gift. If someone takes away a copper coin, he will not be able to bear it. Ahem, even if he loses a copper coin, he will not be able to bear it."
He asked Yuan Qingze: "If it were you, General Yuan, you wouldn't be able to part with it."
Yuan Qingze: "Yes...I wouldn't be able to bear it if it were you."
Lin Ye: "Please, let's rest for a while at the deer herding platform. It'll be cool there."
Yuan Qingze: "I feel quite cool now." Lin Ye: "There are many shade trees over there, which makes me feel cooler both physically and mentally."
Yuan Qingze: "I'm talking about feeling cool both physically and mentally."
When it was time to put the deer on the platform, Yuan Qingze felt even cooler.
Everyone under Lin Ye's Wu Lingwei looks very bloated, well... they are bloated visible to the naked eye.
According to Lin Ye's request, all the money was distributed as soon as possible in the middle of the night yesterday.
The soldiers who had been guarding for many days took it first, taking as much as they could.
The people who came later divided it evenly. Anyway, everyone had their clothes almost stuffed to the brim.
Walking is tiring.
Yuan Qing looked at these bloated Wu Lingwei and couldn't help but sigh: "General Lin's soldiers all look majestic."
Lin Ye: "Ashamed, ashamed. It's me who indulges them in daily life. They are all lazy, not active during training, and they can't stand each other when eating. They are not majestic, they are fat."
Yuan Qingze: "..."
After arriving at the Deer Release Platform, Yuan Qing took a closer look at the battlefield and immediately realized how cruel and tragic Wu Ling Guards' guarding here was.
So he didn't say anything more about the gold and silver treasures.
He asked Lin Ye to take him to pay homage to Lu Gang's grave and spilled a few glasses of wine.
After that, military affairs were discussed. This frontier army must immediately go north and go straight to Xiantang City via Donglin Gorge.
Although it is not enough to affect the battle situation, as soon as Dayu's troops arrive, it will definitely put pressure on the Loufan people.
Yuan Qingze's idea was just to go there first to see the situation and not to join the war rashly.
As long as they appear outside Xiantang City, they can contain at least tens of thousands of Loufan people.
"After my people take a short rest, they will also go north to join General Yuan."
Lin Ye said: "I have promised them to have a good rest for a few days, and then they will not be able to go to Xiantang with General Yuan."
Yuan Qing nodded: "The soldiers are fighting hard and deserve a few days of rest."
That night, Yuan Qingze stayed in Stone City, preparing to wait for his team to transport food supplies from Hanhai City, and then immediately go north to Xiantang.
Lin Ye stood on the city wall, looking at the night in the valley, as if in a daze.
The border army general Hong Wuding walked to Lin Ye's side, holding his hand on the city wall and looking into the dark distance.
After a long time, he suddenly smiled.
Lin Ye turned his head and looked at him: "What happy thing did General Hong think of?"
Hong Wuding said: "I heard before that you are cold-tempered and upright, unsmiling, and a very upright and stubborn person."
Lin Ye: "What the general heard is probably right."
Hong Wuding also looked sideways at Lin Ye. For a moment, he didn't understand how Lin Ye could calmly think that he was an upright and stubborn person.
So he smiled and asked: "General Lin thinks, how should we understand being upright and stubborn?"
Lin Ye: "The so-called integrity means not doing anything wrong. It means not having so many crooked thoughts."
Hong Wuding asked: "What about stubbornness?"
Lin Ye looked at the night sky and said: "Solid means to hold on, it can be said to be stubborn, it can also be said to be firm, the meaning of the word "secure" is much simpler, "persevere" means to be in the hand... .Stubbornness means that what is mine is mine, and if I take it, it is mine. If I take it, it is mine. It is in my hand, and I can hold it."
Hong Wuding: "..."
Lin Ye said: "I am very happy. Although I am no longer a fourteen-year-old child, I am still simple and upright, so I can be stubborn."
Hong Wuding: "Suddenly sleepy, I'll go to bed first. General Lin can watch the night by himself. I hope General Lin will remain so simple and upright in the future."
Lin Ye: "Okay, thank you."
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