Dongfang Yu's words hit the nail on the head and hit the root.
Defending Beimen Pass is certainly a good idea, but overall, being too passive and passively facing the enemy is equivalent to being beaten.
Dongfang Yu is not willing to do such a thing! What's more? In his dictionary, there has never been two words: stick to it. This is a bloody trait engraved in the bones, and no one can change it. He will not tolerate mere barbarians roaming around on his territory.
If the barbarians dare to come, they will either win or die, so there are two options.
What's more! Han Cheng was destroyed and the land of Qin changed its owner. Only the people inside Beiliang knew about it. The news did not spread beyond Beiliang, for example: "Grassland."
When Han Cheng occupied Qin County before, in addition to being wary of other forces in Beiliang, most of his focus was on the border. The three thousand most powerful regular troops were prepared to deal with the Xiongnu.
As the weakest of the major forces, Han Cheng was almost in a state of obedience to the Xiongnu's provocation and invasion. He gave what should be given and what should be sent away. He just changed from a somewhat ferocious paper tiger to one waiting to be slaughtered and exploited. of lamb.
This kind of life of being dependent on others and without dignity is something that even a man cannot swallow. The three thousand soldiers who were secretly trained were secretly placed in Beimen Pass as a bargaining chip in the showdown with the Huns.
But what Han Cheng didn't expect was that before those three thousand soldiers were put to use, he would become Dongfang Yu's prestige in taking over Beiliang. Three thousand specially trained soldiers became Dongfang Yu's subordinates.
so! The Huns would only think that the generals stationed at Beimen Pass were still generals under Han Cheng. In the eyes of the Huns, Han Cheng was just a means for them to make profits, a lap dog that allowed them to do whatever they wanted.
Lan Tian frowned, seeming to understand the meaning of Dongfang Yu's words, "Your Highness, does he want to take the initiative and annihilate the enemy?"
Dongfang Yu nodded, with a slight smile on his calm face, and confirmed: "Yes, the art of war has its own meaning. Taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and taking him by surprise is the key to defeating the enemy."
"My king wants to take advantage of the time when the Huns are marching south and they are most relaxed about us, and kill him personally."
Nowadays, Qin County's military system has not yet been established, and its military strength is not perfect. It only has 2,000 Xuanjia troops, 100 guard troops, and 3,000 specially trained border troops that can fight. For the safety of the base camp, during this expedition, Dongfang Yu deliberately broke the two thousand Xuanjia troops in half, with one half guarding Qin County and the other half guarding Beimen Pass.
The Xiongnu army has always been tough, especially the most elite cavalry in the Xiongnu army, which can be said to be even more powerful than the Feilong army. With Dongfang Yu's current strength and all his strength combined, he can't even match half of the Feilong Army's combat power. If he fights against the Xiongnu head-on, it's like an egg against a stone.
"Your Highness! At the moment, our army has only detected the light cavalry scouts of the Huns. The location and even the strength of the Huns' army is still a mystery. How can we defeat the enemy when we are so unclear about the enemy and ourselves?"
Luo Zong took a step back and seemed to be blaming secretly. It had been two or three days since he discovered the Huns scout. But he failed to discover the location of the enemy's main force. As the commander of the first army, it was his dereliction of duty.
Dongfang Yu smiled naively and shrugged his sore arms and shoulders, "It doesn't matter! Just gather the soldiers and the whole army will attack at noon tomorrow night."
After being the head coach for a long time, they may have forgotten. The most mysterious guard under Dongfang Yu's command is capable of killing enemies at the top and spying at the bottom. The fifty escorts had already changed into civilian clothes, mounted their horses, and began to search and investigate the Huns. It is expected that tomorrow morning, he will be able to clearly grasp the specific information about the Huns army.
perhaps! When the army is fighting fiercely, there will be unexpected gains!
"You guys should step back first! I'm tired." Dongfang Yu waved his hand gently and gave the order to expel the guests.
"promise!"
The generals retreated one after another, stretching and lying flat on their chairs. Only he knew that this time the Xiongnu went south, it was impossible to conduct a large-scale southern expedition.
There are two very important reasons: first: the Huns are going south to invade Dawu, so they need to prepare sufficient food and supplies, which the Xiongnu tribe cannot do at the moment; second: it is already the season of autumn, and there are only three months until winter. , the Xiongnu went south to invade Dawu, and the food they garrisoned was not enough for the winter, so how could they use food to invade the Dawu Empire!
and! Once winter comes, the roads and city walls will freeze, making it easier to defend but difficult to attack. The Huns cannot be so stupid as not to know this.
For these two points, it is enough to conclude that the Huns will not have too many troops. It was a small force of three to five thousand at most, and they wanted to go south to grab a wave of food before winter.
Day two! It was just around the time of the fifth watch that the escort troops sent out in several waves finally returned to Beimen Pass.
Working efficiently, Dongfang Yu was still in a dazed sleep when a commotion came from outside the door.
"Your Highness, Yu Wenhu asks to see you." Yu Wenhu knocked on the door gently and shouted into the room in a low voice.
He was also afraid of disturbing Dongfang Yu, so he was extremely cautious in his movements.
"call!"
As if he heard the movement outside the house, Dongfang lazily got up and leaned on the bed. I glanced out the window subconsciously, only to realize that a crescent moon was hanging, and it was the time when the sky was brightly lit.
Dongfang Yu, who was sleeping, kept his sensitivity alert at all times. Especially during the march, he was in a state of vigilance and did not dare to relax at all.
"Come in!" Dongfang Yu's voice seemed a little weak.
Crunch!
The door of the house was gently pushed open, Yu Wenhu stepped in, and closed the door carefully.
Walked straight to the position half a meter away from Dongfang Yu.
He bowed and said: "Your Highness, the next batch of escorts sent have returned."
"What's the news?"
"The Huns were stationed a hundred miles away from the North Gate Pass. According to the situation detected by the escort, there were about 5,000 Huns. They only walked thirty miles a day, playing while walking, and they only stayed on the grassland. A small number of herdsmen suffered a disaster. Several herdsmen were killed and their cattle and sheep were robbed." Yuwen Hu said angrily, "These Huns are really not human beings. They are all grassland tribes, and they are so ruthless."
There are more than just the Huns on the grassland. Taking the entire grassland as an example, the Huns are divided into Southern Huns and Northern Huns. There are also other minority tribes such as Wuhuan and Qiang who are not weak in strength.
Dongfang Yu faced the most powerful Northern Huns.
"Um!"
Dongfang Yu nodded.
really! His guess was correct, this was just a small Xiongnu force.
only! Five thousand people were enough to scare old Han Cheng, but it was not enough to scare him.
"You go down first! Let the brothers in the escort have a good rest. There may be a fierce battle tonight."
"promise!"
Yuwenhu quietly exited the room.
As Dongfang Yu's number one general, Yu Wenhu's responsibility is not just to protect him. The important task of leading the escort also fell on Yu Wenhu's waist.
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