The Liaodong Iron Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 115 Destroying the Xianbei

In the big tent of the Chinese army in the Xianbei camp, Su Li, He Lian, and Cheng Lugui gathered together to discuss something with sullen faces.In the past four days, the food for more than [-] soldiers of Xianbei has been distributed according to the amount. Although they are not hungry, they are not as good as usual.

The news that the food and grass had been burned had already spread among the army, and the long-term attack on Xiangping resulted in heavy casualties. The morale of the Xianbei people began to decline, and the self-confidence they had just entered the Han Dynasty could no longer be seen on their faces. , replaced by a face full of numbness.

"If things go on like this, if the Han people don't need to attack, the army will disperse! Alas." He Lian sighed.

Su Li glanced at He Lian and didn't say much, but thought in his heart: "Compared with Tan Shihuai, He Lian is too far behind. If you really hand over Xianbei to him..." Su Li didn't dare to be here Forget about thinking, the most important thing is to solve the matter in front of you.

"Cheng Lugui, will there be any gains in these three days of going out to plunder?"

"There is no harvest within a hundred miles around Xiangping, the hateful Han people, all the food has been brought into the city!" Cheng Lugui said viciously.

"We all underestimate Huo Yu, the prefect of Liaodong. This son's decisiveness is beyond ordinary people's comparison." Su Li said with emotion.

"Hmph, those insidious and cunning people dare not go out of the city to fight!" He Lian said to himself.

Hearing this, Cheng Lugui raised his head and glanced at his uncle Suli, only to see Suli shook his head at him, signaling not to be troublesome.

"Our army's food and grass are only enough for seven days. Since Xiangping City can't be defeated, tomorrow we will divide our troops, one will besiege Xiangping, and the other will go south to attack other counties." Su Li made up his mind that the food and grass must be get it.

After a pause, Suli added: "I have been following Da Shanyu for many years. I have never seen any difficulties. I can't do it and there are hurdles I can't get over!"

"Uncle, tomorrow I will lead troops south to attack other counties!" Cheng Lugui stood up and looked at Su Liyan.

Su glanced at Helian from the corner of his eye, found that his face was expressionless, and said, "That's great! Everyone should go to rest, the leader is tired!"

Looking at the back of the two leaving, Su Li murmured: "I hope there will be a good result!"

In the Xiangping prefect's mansion, Huo Yu and a group of civil and military personnel gathered together to make the final preparations before the decisive battle.Everyone gathered in front of the map and listened to Guo Jia's careful analysis, nodding their heads from time to time. After he finished speaking, Huo Yu said: "This battle can only be won but not defeated. Whether we can defeat the Xianbei army depends entirely on everyone!"

After speaking, Huo Yu gave a salute to everyone, and then said: "Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping prepare immediately to ensure that the army will launch an attack at Maoshi!"

"Nuo" the two agreed and then turned and left.

Since arriving in Liaodong, the two have followed Huo Yu's request and exchanged a large amount of livestock from Xianbei, Wuheng and other nomadic clans. Each transaction must have a certain number of cattle.During farming, these cattle were provided to the common people free of charge, and they were taken back again after the sowing was over and fed intensively.

At first, the two of them didn't think it was strange, after all, at this time, only big families could use cattle to plow the land.However, when they first heard that these cattle were going to be used against Xianbei, neither of them spoke for a while.Since the lord had an order, the two carried it out without hesitation.

Although the two are merchants, the Fire Bull Array still knows about it.This is a tactic invented by Qi General Tian Dan during the Warring States Period.During the reign of King Yan Zhao, the general of Yan, Le Yi, defeated Qi, and Tian Dan insisted on sticking to Jimo.Tian Dan feigned surrender to the Yan army and paralyzed them. At night, he used more than a thousand oxen with weapons tied to their horns and reeds tied to their tails to fill them with oil. He lit the fire and charged at the Yan army, followed by [-] warriors. The Yan army was defeated and Qi Jie was killed.

After that, Tian Dan took advantage of the victory to conquer more than [-] cities.But the authenticity of the Fire Bull Formation is doubtful because it has been lost.It stands to reason that instead of rushing towards the enemy camp, the cows frightened by the fire would run wildly in place, causing great casualties to their own side. But after getting the secret recipe from Huo Yu three days ago, the two knew that the fire bull They also needed drugs to control the frightened cattle, but they didn't know that Huo Yu's method was written in the "Guiguzi" military book.

After Su and Zhang left, Huo Yu continued to communicate with Xun You, Xi Zhicai, and Guo Jia in low voices.When he was young, Xun You got up and left quickly.

In the eyes of the generals eager to fight, Huo Yu slowly said: "Zhang Fei, Gao Shun, Xu Rong"

"The end is here!" The three said in unison
After a short pause, he turned his head to look at Dian Wei and said, "Dian Wei, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao, Liu Pi, Gong Du!"

"The end is here!"

Hearing Huo Yu's order, Dian Wei was slightly taken aback, and then said loudly: "The last general is here!"

"Wait, Xu Rong is the commander, with Gao Shun's camp as the vanguard, Dian Wei, Zhang Fei, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao, Liu Pi, and Gong are all assisted. When the fire bull formation is activated, follow behind to cover up and kill!"

"No," everyone said in unison.

"The safety of Huang Zhong and Liu Zhengxiang Pingcheng will be entrusted to the two of you. The troops are limited, so there is nothing to lose!"

"The last general obeys orders!" Huang Zhong and Liu Ji replied in unison.

"Zhao Yun, Liu Ji, and Liao Hua followed the general and led the Feiyu cavalry to press the formation and wait for the opportunity to come out."

After giving all the orders in one breath, Huo Yu glanced at the generals again.Seeing everyone's fighting spirit was high, Huo Yu smiled slightly and said: "Hurry up and get ready, the whole army is assembled outside the north gate to stand by, the fire bull formation is the signal, there is no need for the general to give another order."

"promise."

Today is destined to be a sleepless night, after Su and Zhang fed the cattle with the forage with medicine, they drove the cattle to the north gate.Perhaps it was because of the medicine, the herd of cattle was unusually quiet at the moment, and after the subordinates lined up more than 3000 cattle, they began to install the special weapons of Artisan Workshop on the horns of the cattle, and put the fire starter on the tail.

After everything was ready, the army in Xiangping City slowly came out, and the whole atmosphere became tense in an instant.After the army formed a battle formation, Su and Zhang ordered people to drive the cattle forward slowly. This distance was the longest in their lives, and if there were few mistakes, all previous efforts would be wasted.

Fortunately, God has eyes, and the clouds are thick today, which is a good opportunity for a night attack.After arriving at the attack position, the soldiers of the Han army all tied white cloth strips on their right arms. This was done to avoid distinguishing between the enemy and ourselves at night, so as to avoid accidental injury.

"Ignition" Seeing that the time had come, Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping separately led people to light the fire starter at the tail of the cattle.

All of a sudden, the whole herd of cattle became commotion, and gradually began to run towards the Xianbei camp that was still ablaze.

For night raids, Huo's army has tried and tested repeatedly, but this is the first time to follow a crazy herd of cattle to attack at night.The faces of the soldiers of the Han army showed excitement. Many soldiers followed Huo Yu in the conquest of the Yellow Turban, and they have not failed so far, let alone night raids. This is the treasure of the Huo family army.

After igniting the cattle, Su and Zhang quickly left the battlefield with a group of peasants. Although there were still some people who were not afraid of death and wanted to watch the excitement, no one dared to keep them in the face of the murderous Huo Yu's personal guards.

"Xianbei people, let you remember my name, Huo Yu, tonight!" Huo Yu smiled evilly as he watched the frantically charging cattle, and then rode his horse forward slowly.

(End of this chapter)