You must know that in the past, the barbarian cavalry mostly herded horses on the spot to reduce the consumption of horse feed.
This is more difficult for Qiongshui County, where there are no people who can herd horses.
At most, they are just some who can herd cattle.
Herding horses and herding cattle look similar, but the differences are not small. If you are not careful, the horses will run away.
Therefore, Fang Xiaoyue finally selected dozens of people from the prisoners of war to serve as wranglers.
Of course, he also prepared restrictions for this purpose.
In addition to sending a dozen Taoist soldiers to monitor them, Fang Xiaoyue also took a drop of blood from these herdsmen and drew it into a heart-locking talisman.
As long as these herdsmen dare to escape, their hearts will explode once the Heart Lock Talisman is burned.
Fang Xiaoyue could not let the remaining prisoners of war eat for free, but drove them to the construction site.
In addition to repairing and strengthening the city walls, they also needed to dig more horse trap holes outside the city.
The horse trap is simple and practical, and it is perfect for dealing with cavalry.
In the following week, the people of Qiongshui County did not relax their vigilance.
Many county soldiers and people also provided the county government with plans to defend against the enemy.
For example, the Fire Horse Formation is the most recognized by everyone.
The Fire Horse Formation is actually the famous Fire Ox Formation in the history of Daze Country.
Several famous generals in the history of Daze Kingdom used this formation when faced with fewer troops and more enemies.
Its usage is nothing more than tying cotton and linen soaked in kerosene to the tails of cattle, and then lighting them on fire, thereby driving a large number of cattle to attack the enemy's formation.
But here in Qiongshui County, the horses were replaced by cows.
At first, the chief bookkeeper Qian Yushui was firmly opposed to this approach.
The reason is simple, horses are too valuable, not to mention that the more than two thousand horses seized in Qiongshui County are all fine war horses.
Not to mention anything else, once these war horses are sold after the war, Qiongshui County's finances will be rich to a level that makes people envious and jealous.
Not only the government, but also the people will live a comfortable life.
But Fang Xiaoyue quickly pointed out that Qiongshui County is still in a state of war. Although the barbarian cavalry was defeated this time, it is difficult to say that the escaped barbarian cavalry will not attract more enemies.
What's more, there is currently a shortage of fodder in Qiongshui County. Every day, the captives who herd war horses have to put a lot of effort and travel far away to feed those war horses.
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In this way, many war horses lost weight.
What's more, if more barbarian cavalry arrives, Qiongshui County will not have a safe place to store these horses.
You know, if it weren't for the horses to have a way in and out, there would probably be a large number of horse trap holes dug within a kilometer around Qiongshui County.
And this access channel is also a huge hidden danger.
After Fang Xiaoyue said this, Chief Bookkeeper Qian Yushui and others reluctantly agreed to this strategy.
Of course, whether this strategy will be used depends on whether the barbarian cavalry will come back.
If the barbarians don't come back within half a month, Fang Xiaoyue plans to have someone take some of the horses to Dahe Province, which has not yet been affected by the war, and sell the war horses.
In this way, it can not only save the consumption of fodder, but also exchange for a sum of money or food, alleviating the great famine that will inevitably occur in Qianshui County.
No way, as I said before, Fang Xiaoyue ordered all the young seedlings to be eradicated in order to clear the wilderness.
This also means that if the war prolongs, Qiongshui County will have no harvest this year.
Although the population of Qiongshui County is only a few thousand people, feeding and drinking for thousands of people is not a small matter.
If we don't think about it in advance, we will be in big trouble when the war is over and food relief is not available.
However, within ten days, all predictions and speculations came to a conclusion.
The barbarian army marched into Qiongshui County in a mighty manner.
To put it simply, this barbarian army is not the main force of the barbarians.
Fang Xiaoyue took the risk to take a closer look, and found that their total strength was only about 10,000.
The banner he carried was a deputy khan of the Xiwan barbarians.
Deputy Khan is a unique position among barbarians.
If it were Daze Kingdom, he would be the deputy emperor.
Of course, in Daze Kingdom, where the imperial power was supreme, it was impossible to have the position of deputy emperor.
The deputy khan and the prince are different.
There are three deputy khans in the Xiwan barbarians, and they are all brothers of Jinlu Khan.
The legal heir of Jinlu Khan is his youngest son Prince Shakni, who is only thirteen years old.
If there is a comparison, the Barbarian Deputy Khan is more like the Prime Minister of Daze Kingdom who no longer exists.
They have their own tribe, their own elite cavalry, and they have a greater say in the meetings convened by Jinlu Khan.
When the three deputy khans unified their opinions, even Jinlu Khan had to bow his head and agree with their opinions.
Simply put, this is the special political system of the barbarians.
Among the 10,000 cavalry, two thousand are elite cavalry directly under Yinlu Khan. These elite cavalry are the same as Jinlu Khan's elite cavalry. They are professional soldiers. They do not need to herd animals. Their weapons, horses, food and clothing are all They are taxes and fees from the entire Xiwan barbarians.
In addition, the other eight thousand cavalry are herdsmen cavalry, the kind that dismount to herd sheep and mount to fight.
But no matter what, when Jinlu Khan besieged the provincial capital of Luyuan Province, he actually sent 10,000 cavalry to Qiongshui County. It can be seen that the previous disastrous defeat of the barbarian cavalry in Qiongshui County has already This angered the barbarian Khan.
If the purpose of his trip wasn't to defeat the provincial capital of Luyuan Province and completely erode the northwest of Daze Country, I'm afraid he would have personally led the army to kill them.
Of course, in the opinion of any barbarian general who has experienced hundreds of battles, a mere Qishui County has only five hundred soldiers. If the Great Khan personally leads the army to kill them, it will be a dereliction of duty on their part.
Under such circumstances, Yinbulukhan led an army of ten thousand cavalry.
Of course, since he is the deputy Khan, his relationship with Jinlu Khan will definitely not be as good as that of brothers in ordinary herdsmen's families.
The most important reason why Yinbulukhan was willing to divide his troops was that he wanted to take the opportunity to develop his own power.
His plan was simple, but wonderful.
After defeating Qiongshui County, he led his army directly south and invaded Dahe Province in Daze Country.
To put it simply, Dahe Province is close to the hinterland of Daze Country.
According to Yinbulukhan's news, the Dahe Province is much richer than the Luyuan Province. Both the wealth and the population there are more than ten times stronger than the Luyuan Province.
Moreover, Dahe Province is not a borderland, and the troops there have undoubtedly not experienced much actual combat. Facing the impact of the barbarian cavalry, their legs will probably tremble with fear, right?
And once Dahe Province becomes corrupted, most of Daze Country will be affected.
By then, maybe I will be able to fight all the way to the capital of Daze Kingdom. Then I won’t have to be such a deputy sweat. I will use Daze Kingdom’s population and wealth to train elite soldiers to counterattack Siwan and pull down Jinlu Khan. , be this Jin Luhan yourself!
Thinking of the richness of the Dahe Province and the beauty of marching all the way to defeat the capital city of Daze Kingdom, Yinbruhan's body was trembling with excitement.
"Deputy Khan, are you okay?"
The commander of Yinbulukhan's soldiers couldn't help but express concern when he saw this scene.
"It's okay, give me the order, the whole army will charge to break the city!"
Hearing the title of Deputy Khan, Yinbuluhan felt uncomfortable.
Whenever he felt uncomfortable, he would wash it away with human blood, so he ignored the news brought back by the fleeing cavalry and directly ordered the entire army to charge into the city.
It should be said that the cavalry who escaped back brought back a lot of information.
For example, the tactics used by Qiongshui County to defend the city include a second city wall, the opponent is good at sneak attacks, etc.
It is precisely for this reason that when Jin Luhan divided his troops, he specifically told his brother, who was cruel and reckless by nature, to be cautious. As long as he was cautious enough and acted steadily, with the less than 500 soldiers in Qiongshui County The troops simply cannot compete with 10,000 cavalry.
Moreover, Jinlu Khan also warned that after Yinburu Khan broke through Qianshui County, he could go to the border of Dahe Province and shoot a feint, and then raid other counties and cities in Luyuan Province to completely dismantle the entire Luyuan Province. Resist.
After all, Jinlu Khan did not really want to destroy Daze Country in this massive invasion.
He also knew that with the strength of Daze Kingdom, it would be impossible for the Xiwan barbarians to destroy them.
Especially for the fortified cities in Daze Kingdom, the hundreds of thousands of cavalrymen from the Xiwan barbarians were unable to break even a few of them.
In this case, it is better to plunder some population wealth in Luyuan Province, strengthen its own strength, and weaken Daze Country.
Such a gradual and continuous weakening of Daze Country will gradually weaken Daze Country over time.
But Yinbulukhan was originally dissatisfied with himself for not becoming Jinluhan, and he was even more impatient with Jinluhan's instructions.
Jin Luhan's words can basically be said to enter through Yinlu Khan's left ear and out from his right ear.
In Yinbulukhan's view, he was a peerless general with strong soldiers and horses, so there was no need to be as cautious as a woman.
Under such circumstances, Yinbruhan issued the first wrong order.
More than 10,000 cavalrymen rushed toward Qiongshui County like a flood.
In fact, the mentality of these cavalry is similar to that of Yinbulukhan. After invading Daze Country, they basically won battles repeatedly.
In this way, their mentality has expanded to the extreme.
Not to mention this small county town with less than 500 soldiers, they can take down even a county town with high walls and strong walls.
Of course, if it were Qiongshui County where the second city wall had not yet been built and the first city wall was only 2 meters long, it would be relatively easy for the more than 10,000 cavalry to capture it.
No matter how powerful the Taoist soldiers trained by Fang Xiaoyue are, they will be smashed to pieces against ten thousand cavalry.
But now Qiongshui County has made a lot more preparations than when Haruyu attacked the city.
So these cavalrymen were miserable.
After they rushed into the city wall for a thousand meters, they encountered the first line of defense - Ma Cave.
Of course, this was because they were unlucky and chose to go down from the north.
If they made a half-circle and attacked the city from the south, the horse passage reserved in Qiongshui County would give them enough charging speed.
In Yinbulukhan's eyes, his army rushed towards the county town with great power, but soon the horses rushing at the front suddenly leaned forward and fell suddenly, or threw the cavalry away. , or hold the cavalry under them.
At this time, even if the subsequent cavalry discovered something was wrong, they would not be able to slow down in a short time.
Because behind them, there are more cavalry charging acceleratingly. Once the cavalry in front slows down, the cavalry behind them will inevitably collide with them.
With the high speed of the war horses, the result of a collision between the two sides is no less than being trapped in a horse hole.
So by the time the commanders ordered everyone to slow down, no less than 400 cavalrymen had been beaten to death or were dead.
“Daze people are really cunning!”
Even though Yinbulukhan was furious and cursed upon seeing this, he still did not issue an order to withdraw his troops. Instead, he asked the cavalry to dismount and charge.
Obviously, his thoughts were the same as that of Haru.
With many people, even if there is a horse trap, dismounting and charging will only affect the speed a little. As long as the army reaches the city wall, the city will be broken just around the corner.
The process of siege by Yinbulukhan's army was basically a replica of Haru's siege.
The dismounted cavalry carried scimitars and carried riding bows on their backs. They carefully identified the horse trap holes under their feet while rushing forward.
After they entered the range of 100 meters, the archers on the city wall who had been waiting for a long time missed the sparse arrows.
After leaving behind hundreds of corpses, the fastest cavalrymen were already close to the city wall, and then they withstood the blow of the golden juice.
The deafening howls made Yinbruhan furious: "Are they still warriors on the grassland? With this little injury, they scream like women?"
Of course, this cannot be blamed on Yinbruhan being too harsh on the soldiers. The main reason is that the distance was too far and he could not see the lethality caused by pouring golden juice on the cavalry.
After a wave of golden juice was poured down, the county soldiers retracted their heads, hid their bodies behind the battlements, and raised their wooden shields high.
Because the commanders in charge were not as brainless as Yinbruhan, at least they arranged for some of the cavalry to shoot against the city wall.
Due to the huge difference in military strength, it was naturally impossible for Fang Xiaoyue to let those thirty precious archers compete with them.
Seeing that the cavalry bow suppressed the enemy, the cavalry immediately accelerated their speed of climbing the wall.
The city wall that was raised to more than three meters was not too difficult for most cavalry.
After they climbed up the city wall, the county soldiers rushed out one after another, divided them up and killed them.
At this time, the county soldiers were no longer afraid of the cavalry below shooting arrows, because in this case, the arrows would first hit the cavalry climbing up.
Of course, if those commanders are ruthless enough and order their own cavalry to be shot together, they can cause greater damage to the county soldiers, but in that case, those commanders will lose their military morale.
What's more, most of the cavalry led by these captains were recruited from their own tribes. Both sides were more or less related by blood. It was normal for a tribe to have kinship ties.
In addition, he saw that his cavalry had already rushed to the city wall, and the following cavalry were climbing up continuously, seeming to have an advantage.
Naturally, those captains would not order to continue shooting arrows, but would urge more cavalry to climb up the city wall, trying to drive out the enemy in the shortest possible time.
