Chapter 371 Is it that stupid?
Rhythmic chants sounded on the south bank of Luoshui.
The trackers hesitantly moved forward on the soft riverside grass, pulling the grain-laden canoes upstream.
Autumn rains continue and the water surges.
The turbid river water, mixed with sediment and fallen leaves, surged down and headed straight for the Yellow River.
Occasionally, corpses can be seen. Floating up and down in the river, it seems like struggling and drifting with the current.
Before they die, they may still be thinking about their wives and children at home, thinking about the work in the fields, and wondering whether next year will be a good year with good weather and good weather.
But under the general trend, people are trapped in it. Unless they go to the mountains to be savages, there is no way to escape war and death.
I encountered some villages and fortresses along the way.
The village was deserted. When we camped at night, we could see thick dust, obviously it had been uninhabited for a long time.
Many houses were demolished to pieces, and their wood, bricks, and even adobes were carted away and turned into part of temporary camps.
Broken earthen jars, broken arrows and even bones can be seen everywhere, silently telling the suffering of that time.
In fact, let alone the village, along the way, the earthen fences with walls that are not high enough and thick enough are gradually abandoned.
Those who survived either went to build camps in the mountains, or built large forts on the plains, or ran back and forth in the mountains and plains. They were not afraid of hard work. They would go down to the mountains to farm during the day and go into the mountains to take shelter at night, trying to survive in the troubled times. .
When camping or marching, you will often encounter attacks from enemy cavalry.
The number of enemy cavalry on the north bank of Luoshui was small, but they followed them closely.
If you stop, he will stop. If you go, he will follow, monitoring all the way.
There are more enemy cavalry on the south bank, but not as many as expected. There were only three to four thousand horses in total, and they were divided into three groups, one for herding horses, one for resting, and one for raiding.
The veterans of the Silver Spear Army have long been accustomed to eating, drinking and sleeping when they should.
Under their guidance, the recruits in Buildings 11 and 12 behaved quite calmly - in fact, they are not recruits at all. After three years of rigorous training, they are not bad in all aspects and are lacking. It is war experience.
The auxiliary soldiers were a little turbulent, but under the education of sticks, they managed to suppress the fear in their hearts. As time went by, their fear decreased slightly, and they were much better than when they first came out of Hulao Pass.
The calmest people are probably the troop carriers on the canal boats.
No matter how powerful the Huns cavalry were, they could not swim to the river to fight.
It would be even worse to stand on the river bank and shoot at them. They had cabin shelter, the Huns did not.
Even if we really swim at night and fight on the water, we still don’t know who is more powerful.
What is there to be afraid of?
As long as Chen Gong's troops can protect the river bank and prevent the Huns from attacking the trackers, there will be no problem at all.
On the return journey, the boat will go down the river and even the trackers will be omitted, which will be safer.
On September 13th, the army arrived near Gong County, and finally ushered in the first relatively large-scale siege.
Almost front and rear, a large group of Hun cavalry mobilized eastward, numbering as many as five thousand, heading straight towards Chenggao and Hulao Pass.
Two days later, the infantry group was transferred from outside Luoyang City and marched along the north bank of Luoshui River.
So, a strange scene appeared -
Shao Xun escorted a large number of canoes upstream, along the south bank of Luoshui River, to Luoyang.
The Huns left Luoyang with their mighty foot and cavalry, went down the river, and went straight to Chenggao and Hulao Pass.
More and more Huns were ordered to be transferred to Gong County.
They surrounded the car array and the fleet, watching eagerly, as if waiting for the next order.
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Tens of thousands of troops stationed at Yique Pass to rest and recuperate.
Liang Fen, Bei Gongchun, and Fu Chang climbed to the top of the city and looked into the distance.
"See the camp commander." A small colonel shouted.
Liang Fen and the others turned around and saw a young general walking over.
This man is tall and burly, with a military crown on his head, a sword in his left hand, and a long walking stick in his right hand.
Although he was wearing heavy armor, he still walked as fast as flying. After seeing Liang Fen from a distance, he walked a few steps to greet her.
Liang Fen and others returned the gift.
"Liang Gong wants to go north to Luoyang?" The person who came was Shao Shen, who was appointed as the commander of the battalion in the Xuchang shogunate.
He is not yet married, but the engagement has been made. He is the granddaughter of Du Yin, the owner of Yiquanwu.
Although Du Dan and Du Yin became Lords of Wubao, their relationship network in the court was still there.
Shao Shen's unmarried wife is said to be the great-granddaughter of Du Wuku, and she is married to a local snake in Yiyang.
Brothers Du Dan and Du Yin have lived in Yiquanwu for a long time, and they can hardly be called Jingzhao people. They will definitely build another house.
If Yiquanwu had not been ruined and the Du brothers had survived and grown, this would be the Du family's Yiyang house in Jingzhao in the future.
"General Shao, can you send scouts to investigate Guanbei?" Liang Fen asked.
"I sent people to check ten days ago, but they didn't come back." Shao Shen said with some embarrassment: "The Huns are the most cunning. To be honest, I often hear people talking about the chaos between the kings. The Xianbei cavalry dared to charge head-on and engage in hand-to-hand combat, but the Huns were the most cowardly. They had two horses and no armor, and they were just wandering around in a fur coat. Far away, they are still staring at you. They dare not charge head-on, but they are very good at intercepting messengers, driving away rangers, and attacking and killing scouts. Have you heard of it? A few days ago——"
"Wait." Liang Fen stopped Shao Shen's words with a smile and said, "In other words, from Yique Pass to Luoyang, we don't know if there are any bandits, how many bandits there are, or where they are. ?”
“I don’t know.” Shao Shen sighed.
Liang Fen nodded, looked at Guanbei again, and remained silent. Shao Shen looked at Bei Gongchun and said, "Does Mr. Liang want to return north to Luoyang? Seeing that you have a lot of cavalry, how about I lead some people to join the army and charge for a while? I don't have many cavalry, three or four hundred people. Yes, they are all brave and brave men, how about it?”
“Commander,” a military academy couldn’t help but remind him.
Liang Fen laughed and said: "I understand the general's kindness. Yique Pass is very important. Once it falls, the bandit leader will march straight in and attack Liang County. I heard that Mr. Chen's family members are all there, It won’t be nice if they are disturbed.”
“They moved to Xuchang at the beginning of the month,” Shao Shen said, “But you are right. I have an uncle in Guangchengze. Well, Guangcheng Ze has fields, Lu fields, military fields, as well as granaries, craftsmen's camps, and pastures. Alas, it's a pity."
Liang Fen shook his head and laughed, and continued reading. Towards the north.
Fu Chang twirled his beard for a while and asked Shao Shen: "Does the young general know the enemy and our troop formations around Luoyang?"
"I don't know much, and some of them may not be true. , just listen to it," Shao Shen said.
"My second uncle has escorted the grain to Beijing. He should not have arrived in Luoyang at this time. I don't know if the Huns have sent people to besiege him."
"Wang Mi stationed troops in Xin'an and seemed to be building a city. . Occasionally, small groups of troops were sent south to Luochuan to fight with the Yiyang garrison."
"Nothing happened at Taigu and Sheyuan."
"There were no thieves on Songshan Mountain. A small group of thieves appeared in Mishi Wubao a few days ago, and they were forced to retreat. They probably wanted to see if there was a mountain path leading to Xingyang."
"Mishi Wubao also said. One thing is that Baiguwu was besieged by the Huns and suffered heavy casualties. I don’t know how many of the Cao clan are left.”
“In fact, it is almost the same as the previous Huns invasion. "
Liang Fen, Fu Chang, and Beigong Chun looked at each other.
This is not the first time that the Huns returned without success under Luoyang City. So the question is, are they that stupid? Doing useless work over and over again?
If you think too foolishly about your enemy, you will fool not others, but yourself!
The most important thing is that we don’t even know the total strength of the Xiongnu now.
It is actually very dangerous to leave Yique Pass at this time, because you know nothing about the outside world.
"Go north tomorrow." Liang Fen thought for a long time, and finally just sighed and ordered.
If you are a wise king now, he can station troops at Yique Pass and wait and see before making a decision.
But he was worried that the emperor would be frightened out of his wits. Seeing him not coming for a long time, he would feel resentful. In the end, the unlucky one would be the Liang family and his daughter.
He is not as cool as Shao Xun, who can press the emperor's head to force him to admit his mistakes.
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The sky is clear, the fields are vast, and the grass is blown by the wind, and cattle and sheep can be seen low.
From the east of Yewang to Jijun, the wilderness is thousands of miles long and stretches as far as the eye can see.
In the cool autumn wind, carriages, horses, cattle and sheep passed through barren fields, walked through dense meadows, passed tall fortresses, and stopped on both sides of the clear Qishui River.
The herdsmen drove the cattle and sheep to graze.
The shepherds washed their horses and adjusted their horns and bows.
The sound of neat infantry and cavalry drills could also be heard in the distance.
The golden tent has fallen, and the king of Hanoi stayed in Qishui for the night, enjoying as much as he wanted the women presented by the handsome men of Wubao and the powerful nobles in the countryside.
Even Ji County under the rule of Shao Thief had to succumb to the power of the Han Dynasty.
Wonderful!
Jin Zhundian, the Central Protector, banned his troops and patrolled along the river with more than a thousand fine cavalry.
The Di and Qiang people have cut down trees and set up camp.
Xianbei, the fourth tribe of Shangjun, only set up a tent. In the evening, the shepherds who had finished cutting the grass carefully chopped the grass.
As the saying goes, horses cannot fatten without night grass, and so do cattle and sheep.
Contrary to what most people imagine, the main source of food for ordinary shepherds is actually cow, sheep, and horse milk.
Milk can be squeezed freshly or made into physalis or cheese. It can be stored for a longer period of time and is very satisfying.
The grassland tribes migrated, and some of them stayed away for several months or even a year or two, relying entirely on this thing to survive.
This is also something that people from the Central Plains find difficult to compare with.
In the past, when Li Guangli conquered Dayuan, he actually transported food over a long distance, and finally returned the army without food. It was really ridiculous.
When the tribes on the grassland went to war, they just drove their cattle and sheep. Why did they need to transport carts of food?
Unfortunately, the land in the Central Plains is fertile, but there is not much pasture. I don’t know how many years it will take for these barren fields to be covered with common pasture grass, so that the Han cavalry can drive freely without any troops. Feedback worries.
After inspecting both sides of Qishui River, the sky was already dark.
Jin Zhun temporarily arranged more than 3,000 cavalry and ordered them to go south along the Yellow River, patrolling everywhere, and hunting down enemy scouts they encountered.
When we returned to the Golden Tent, the steaming roasted lamb had already been served.
The hearty voice of the King of Hanoi came from the tent: "Shao Xun is really a natural grassland hero. The use of cavalry is incredible. In the battle of Gou Xi, he actually detoured from Dahan County. He was so courageous. Big. Haha, if he comes to vote, I will definitely report to the emperor and marry my sister to him. From now on, he will obey my orders as the emperor's consort."
After hearing this, Jin Zhun laughed secretly. Voice. Then he frowned again. If Shao Xun was really defeated and surrendered, it would not be a good thing for him.
It is best for you to die in Luoyang.
In the Han Dynasty, since Emperor Daxing, there are too many people who care about you.
(End of this chapter)