Looking at the mountains of grain and grass surrounding him, Wei Qing's face immediately showed a serious expression.
He said to Bai Yunsheng: "Have you found the kerosene I asked you to find?"
"Yes, sir, there are quite a few, hundreds of jars!"
Bai Yunsheng replied with a smile.
From the look on his face, he must have found something good while searching the warehouse.
When Wei Qing heard this, he nodded slightly, and then took dozens of soldiers to prepare firewood.
There is no other way. If you want to light a raging fire in the bad weather of wind and snow, kerosene and dry firewood are all necessities.
Note: Kerosene is refined from the fat of pigs and sheep, as well as some special minerals.
In the Han Dynasty, the methods for extracting vegetable oil were not advanced, and most of the oils consumed by people daily were animal oils.
Let’s get back to the point.
According to the research of our ancestors in the Spring and Autumn Period, kerosene can burn even under wind and snow if it is heated from a solidified pale white state to a yellow liquid and then poured on dry firewood. .
Hundreds of jars of kerosene were poured down, and all the places in the huge granary were sprinkled.
That day, a fire broke out in the Duanxiang granary, which could be seen dozens of miles away. The fire did not go out all day long in the wind and snow.
In the end, the raging fire burned the entire camp to a white ground.
In this battle, more than a thousand crossbowmen led by Wei Qing wiped out three thousand Huns cavalry, but they themselves also suffered heavy casualties.
More than a thousand people came, more than a hundred people returned, and nine hundred crossbowmen died under the charge of the Huns cavalry and the rain of arrows.
The battle loss rate is three to one!
One crossbow infantryman fought to death, and three Hun cavalrymen.
This way!
After setting fire to the Duanxiang granary, Wei Qing led his soldiers and rushed back all the way, fearing that someone would make dumplings.
"..."
the other side.
The second day
After receiving the news, King Youxian Huyan Jiyu sat at the top with a dark face.
Looking at the military report in his hand, he almost became angry to death.
In the more than a month since they invaded Daijun, in addition to searching for food, gold and silver, they also captured hundreds of thousands of Han slaves.
Originally, the reason why King Youxian Huyan Jiyu kept these hundreds of thousands of Han slaves was because he wanted to use them to shake the army of Yanling Camp.
Driving slaves to attack a city was a specialty of the Huns.
In the eyes of the Huns, all the land in the world is their pasture.
The foreigners on the earth are sheep that can be driven. It has always been the habit of the Huns to drive slaves as cannon fodder to attack powerful enemies.
Although the cannon fodder is weak and has extremely poor combat effectiveness, if it reaches a certain number, it can destroy a city and a country.
The Huns massacred cities and countries in Asia and killed countless people. They were already very skilled in this tactic of slave cannon fodder.
Although this tactic is easy to use, it also costs food.
After all, no matter who they are, they all need to eat.
Without food, everything is fake.
"..."
"Are you saying that the large grain and grass warehouse at the rear of our army was burned down by a Han army?"
King Youxian Huyan Jiyu roared in the tent.
"..."
"Yes, and we don't have much food and grass."
The chief planner, Mengyan, was frightened and lowered his head as he answered.
"Damn it! Send me my order and order people to search for this Han army. I want to see people alive, and I want to see corpses even if I die."
King Youxian Huyan Jiyu was in the military tent and roared angrily. The sound could be heard a hundred meters away.
After venting the anger in his heart, Youxian King Huyan Jiyu sighed and said to his trusted generals: Get ready to withdraw in the next few days! We don't have much time! "
"The food and grass can no longer support us. Without food and grass, no matter how strong the army is, it will collapse without a fight."
"What a great situation, but it was ruined by the unexpected Han army. How shameful!"
Seeing his subordinates walking out of the military tent, commanding tens of thousands of people, and starting to pack their things, Youxian King Huyan Jiyu frowned.
This time, the large-scale looting of Dai County could not be said to have resulted in nothing on his side.
One hundred thousand Xiongnu cavalry swept through the entire Dai County and plundered a large amount of food, money, women and other good things.
But he could obviously get more, but because of this small army of only a thousand people, he had to leave.
This kind of action can't be controlled by one's own feelings, which is really uncomfortable.
He wants to kill someone.
However, with the agility of those guys, they would have probably run away long ago, leaving no one to kill.
He finally subdued the Han army that dared to burn down grain warehouses in front of tens of thousands of troops.
The mighty Hun cavalry began to return the same way, taking a large amount of harvest with them and disappearing into the vast snow.
Just as Wei Qing was returning to Houtu County along the mountain road, he did not know that what he had done was already known to the top leaders of the Han Empire and the Xiongnu Empire.
The battle in Daijun went from a stalemate between the two sides at the beginning to the defeat of the Han army and the victory of the Xiongnu. Then Wei Qing's sudden army burned the grain depot and thousands of horsemen robbed the camp. The Xiongnu army had to withdraw.
All of this happened too fast.
The Huns cavalry is not strong, strong, and very strong.
This is recognized by all countries living in the Eurasian continent.
However, Wei Qing, with only more than a thousand infantry, annihilated 3,000 Xiongnu cavalry. Before leaving, he burned the food and fodder of tens of thousands of Xiongnu troops, ruining the original plan of Youxian King Huyan Jiyu.
So brave, so bold, he is truly a fierce general.
Of course, if you just have courage and courage, it doesn't matter. He is just a good forward general.
However, what frightened the Huns was Wei Qing's ability to capture fighter planes.
The amazing courage, coupled with the ability to capture top-notch fighter planes, means that the Han people already have a handsome man who can command an army of hundreds of thousands.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, smiled proudly at the ministers of His Highness after learning that his brother-in-law was so capable.
This smile seems to be saying to the ministers, look at how awesome my brother-in-law is.
Because of this incident, Liu Che made up his mind to focus on training his brother-in-law Wei Qing.
This is the king’s affection.
But Liu Che didn't care about the life and death of the more than a thousand warriors who accompanied Wei Qing on the expedition.
Their names may not be found in the death register of Daijun officials.
Not to mention, will the court pay attention to these heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country when counting casualties after the war?
In fact, these heroes will eventually be wiped out by the court as mere scraps.
Their families won't know any of this.
This is the ruthlessness of the king.
However, Princess Liu of Guantao couldn't sit still when she heard that Wei Zifu had such a brave younger brother.
Wei Zifu is now pregnant with the royal family, and his natal brother is so outstanding that he is bound to threaten the position of her daughter, Queen Chen.
The wary Princess Liu Piao and her husband Chen Wu, the Marquis of Tangyi, gathered together at home and determined to suppress Wei Qing with all their strength.
