At the foot of Helan Mountain, the sun is just right.
On the vast and flat green grassland, there are countless figures galloping on horseback, tens of thousands, countless, very spectacular.
The Marquis of Guishuang rode forward and looked at the countless prairie cavalry in front of him. He suddenly felt full of pride and ambition. He couldn't bear it anymore and sang a Yuezhi war song on the spot.
"White clouds are floating high in the sky, and horses are running on the grassland on the ground. The men of the Yuezhi are strong and strong..."
The song is over.
The Marquis of Guishuang looked back at the Marquis of Xiumi and Shuangmi Xi behind him, and laughed and said: "The warriors from the three tribes of the Yuezhi are all here, with a total of 90,000 cavalry! Such a number of prairie warriors, even the Huns saw We have to pat the horse’s butt and turn around, we don’t have to be afraid of the Qin people at all, and we have to defeat them!”
"Beat them!"
The two Xihou also echoed, very confident.
The Yuezhi had never fought with the Qin people from the east, but this did not prevent them from estimating the opponent's combat effectiveness.
They knew that the Qin people's equipment was better than that of the grassland, so good that they were greedy for it. If they were in a mountain fortress, the warriors of the grassland would not be able to defeat the Qin army.
But on the grassland, it was the cavalry that ruled the roost.
No matter how good the equipment of your infantry is, on the grassland, a two-legged man will never be able to outrun a four-legged horse.
Facing the infantry of the Qin army, the Yuezhi people can shoot with bows and arrows when they are far away, fight hard when they are close, or they can sneak to death with their horse power.
In short, as long as they find a way to eat up the Qin people's cavalry, the remaining more than 100,000 infantry are just a piece of meat and will not be taken seriously at all.
If you have never played before, you will always have an optimistic attitude.
After laughing, looking at the 90,000 troops gathering in front of them, the three princes formally began to discuss how to fight the next war.
The scouts they sent out had discovered the traces of the Qin army, and they were indeed following the route provided by Wu Shiluo, which proved that Wu Shiluo was indeed helping them, and there was no need to doubt the news.
"Wu Shiluo said in the following letter that the weakness of the Qin army is their logistics. When we Yuezhi people fight, we can eat dried meat and cheese when we are hungry, and drink water from our skins when we are thirsty, anytime and anywhere. , eat immediately."
"But the people of Qin are different. They are all conscripted farmers. They eat corn and wheat grown in the fields. They also need to bury cauldrons on the ground to boil water for cooking, otherwise they will go hungry."
"Wu Shiluo said that as long as we bypass the Qin army's forward, kill the food transport teams behind them, and burn all the Qin people's food, then we will win!"
"Without food, even if we don't launch another attack, the Qin army will collapse due to hunger. Then we can easily defeat them and turn all the 200,000 Qin people who dare to set foot on the grassland into slaves! "
Wu Shiluo's letter suggesting that the Yuezhi people attack the Qin army's food team was sent by a dead man shortly after the marching route was delivered. After sending it, the man committed suicide on the spot and let several Xihou eat a meal. shock.
In that letter, the situation of the Qin army was listed in detail.
The Qin army's forward and the main force of the central army have a large number of elite cavalry and soldiers, which are difficult to fight.
The rear army's grain transport team was the weakest point. Except for some of the guards, most of the grain transport team were civilians without armor. Wu Shiluo suggested that they avoid the strong and attack the weak, which won the hearts of the Marquis of Guishuang.
Now when he said it, the two princes also agreed.
The hook-nosed Marquis Shuangmixi grinned and said: "When wolves are hunting, they will never fight with strong beasts. Instead, they will go around to the back to hunt the old, weak and injured prey in the herd. In this way, we can get fresh meat while preserving ourselves. The method Wu Shiluo said is very good, so we will do it this way."
"Send a group of cavalry to lure away the Qin people's cavalry and main force in the front, and then we will attack their grain transport team from the rear and burn their grain." Hou Mixi also spoke.
"Okay, since the two Marquises of Xi have agreed. Then we will send 20,000 cavalry to lure away the main force of the Qin army. They will not have time to cover the grain transport team behind them. Our army will swarm up like a pack of wolves. The Qin people's grain transport team gnawed them clean!"
The Marquis of Guishuang made the final decision and decided on the Yueshi plan.
His eyes sparkled with excitement.
"Qin people, the wolf is coming."
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The huge marching team has stopped and is resting around a lake that looks like a silver mirror.
"Bah, I'm so salty! It's so salty!"
Fan Kuai spat out all the water in his mouth, his face twisted together.
Li Shiqi clutched his stomach and laughed: "We all said this is a saltwater lake on the grassland. Why don't you, a dog butcher, believe it? You insist on trying it. I think you drank less just now, otherwise you will drink two more Try it orally?"
Fan Kuai blushed and glared: "Go, go, go, I know this is salty, I just want to taste it. If you laugh at me again, be careful I will secretly put this water into your water bag and kill you." This guy."
Seeing his cronies playing with each other, Zhao Tuo nodded with satisfaction.
Li Shiqi was a smart man, and he had climbed up from the bottom. He did not have the reserve and sectarianism of a famous family. Although he was now the right concubine and a high noble, he did not have any airs. He got along well with his newly promoted Fan Kuai, Cao Shen, Xiao He and others, which helped them integrate into the group as soon as possible.
When Li Shiqi and Fan Kuai were joking, Chen Ping came over.
He looked at Zhao Tuo and said with some hesitation: "General, the Yuezhi people have sent more and more scouts recently. It seems that the war will start in the next few days. We really have to leave the rear team to them as planned. Really? The most important thing for an army is food, grass and baggage. If they really succeed, it will be troublesome."
Zhao Tuo looked calm and said: "The Yuezhi people are hunters on the grassland. They will not be stupid enough to open up a battle array with us and face off on the grassland. More of them are sneak attacks and assaults. That's all. I finally What I’m afraid of is that they will lead their troops to escape far away and circle us on the grassland, which will be real trouble.”
"If you want to defeat them and avoid these situations, you must come up with bait. Whether you have allowed the Wushi Luo to collaborate with the enemy before, induced them with letters, or deliberately exposed their flaws and used the rear troops transporting food as bait, everything is to lure Yue. Bring the people here."
"The Yuezhi people are cunning prairie wolves. If we don't have enough delicious bait, how can they willingly jump into our trap?"
Looking at Chen Ping's frown, Zhao Tuo smiled and said: "Chen Sheng, you have to know that in war, you have to take risks. The greater the results you want to achieve, the greater the risks you will take."
Chen Ping nodded and said: "The general's plan of using the Wushi Luo to lure the enemy is naturally good, and let the wolf jump into the trap. But I'm afraid that the cavalry will be put in the front and be lured away by the Yuezhi people. The fate of the rear army Even though there are a large number of elite soldiers in the grain team, if there is a lack of cavalry, we are afraid of losing."
Zhao Tuo looked back in the direction of the rear army, showing confidence.
"Don't worry. Even if we can't destroy the main force of the Yuezhi, there will be no problem with my rear army. My millions of arrows are not just for nothing."
After soothing the worried Chen Ping, the army set off again.
They have penetrated deep into the grassland, and are only two hundred miles away from the Helan grassland occupied by the Yuezhi people. If the cavalry gallops at full speed, they can arrive there in one day, and the probability of encountering the main force of the Yuezhi people is greatly increased.
Sure enough, in the afternoon, the forward of the Qin army encountered the main force of the Yuezhi.
"General, the Yuezhi cavalry appeared in front, numbering 20,000 to 30,000. After fighting with our army, they were shot by a crossbow and retreated. General Zhao, do you want to pursue them?"
The messenger nervously sent back the previous information.
Chen Ping, Li Shiqi and other counselors all looked tense and a little nervous.
Zhao Tuo glanced at them and smiled lightly: "These wolves are quite smart. They will also send people to seduce us. This is a good show."
With that said, Zhao Tuo issued a military order: "Order the front army to pursue, but slow down the speed to maintain the combat effectiveness of the soldiers."
At the same time, in addition to the front army, Zhao Tuo also led the main force of the Chinese army and followed the front army.
As a result, the rear army transporting grain and baggage became disconnected from the main force in the front.
(End of chapter)
