Chapter 780 Breaking the Nest (Part 1)
“Cows and sheep are fools, but horses are heroes.” Juqu Chong, who peeled off a sheepskin with his own hands in a mountain ridge at the bottom of the bell mouth on the southern edge of Caocheng River, said .
In his opinion, when the horses run in groups, they are like lightning, thunder, or heavy rain, instantly scattering the enemy.
The camel is too ugly, the cow is too stupid, the sheep is too greedy, and the donkey is even worse, howling every day.
When he went to the outside of the Great Wall, he only brought horses, although there was a serious shortage of horses here in Langu.
Before departure, everyone had a full meal.
After resting for half an hour, a group of horses arrived from behind.
Ju Qu Chong’s face turned dark as soon as he saw it.
The old horse ate grass leisurely, and the little horse followed behind his mother, keeping having fun and being very naughty.
This - old horses, mares, and ponies are all here. Langu County is really poor.
He didn't say much, and sent people to collect all the horses.
One person has three horses, one each for war horse, riding horse and pack horse.
The sergeants began to tie luggage on the pack horses, mainly equipment and dry food.
Jerky and cheese are food for sergeants.
Try not to eat dry food, and only feed the war horse a little unless there is no other way.
Use grazing as much as possible and let the horses graze on their own. When traveling long distances on the grassland, no one can carry so much food for you to eat, unless you follow a logistics convoy, but that has nothing to do with "running".
Most of the horses sent today will not be able to come back alive. Death in battle or death is their most likely outcome.
For the soldiers, this is also a very high-risk operation. Like the horses, they may not be able to come back.
After the luggage was tied up, Ju Qu Chong was still waiting for orders. There were more than a thousand Qingqi beside him who took the lead to go north, submerged into the vast wilderness, and headed northeast.
They brought no luggage, only one person and two horses, and five days of dry food, and went out to harass.
Two hours later, Xue's 500 cavalry together with more than 200 light cavalry recruited heavily from Langu County came forward again and rushed into the Caocheng River.
After nightfall, everyone had another meal. It was not until the moon rose above the willow branches that everyone led their horses and left the camp. They first walked west for a while, then turned north and disappeared into the vast night. among.
After they left, Yang Qin ordered the village to be closed, and anyone who moved around noisily would be killed immediately.
Shao Shen led more than 2,000 government soldiers, 1,000 Yijun troops, 2,000 Luoyan troops, and a total of more than 5,000 cavalry.
It’s actually quite risky.
The soldiers can only ride horses, but they are not good at riding. They are very different from cavalry. They are infantry riding horses.
Only three thousand people can actually fight on horseback. It will be very dangerous to encounter an enemy group.
But then again, maybe this is war, and everyone can be expended.
Even if the entire army of more than 5,000 people was wiped out, King Liang would not be too sad. In his mind, perhaps the biggest loss was his nephew, not the five thousand troops.
You can always have five thousand soldiers and horses, but you can only have one nephew.
Moreover, this nephew also has some ideas and is very courageous. He felt that the Caocheng River was a key area under surveillance by the Xianbei people. He could not walk beyond Caocheng River for two days without facing a fierce battle. If he continued to move forward, the closer to Pingcheng, the more dangerous it would be and the more enemy troops there would be.
In this case, it is better to take a detour first to avoid the enemy's sight, and at the same time, let the two groups of light cavalry that come out in advance attract the enemy's attention and attract more thieves to Caochengchuan, and then make further calculations.
This is also a gamble, but it is much more reliable than rushing out recklessly.
Yang Qin can only wish them success.
He wants to hold on to this place. In a few days, the infantry once commanded by Shao Shen will arrive. There are three thousand Xiaba, two thousand Xue's tribe, and two thousand four hundred Heijin Zuoying. With such strength, it seems that they can go out and kill them. It's been a while...
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Cucumber pile is the name of a place, I don't know how to verify it.
It is located on the north bank of the main stream (Sanggan River) after the confluence of (lěi) water (the upper tributary of the Sanggan River, today's Huangshui River) and Mayichuan (named "Zhi Shui" in the Han and Wei dynasties, which is the main stream of the Sanggan River). ——Today’s south of Huairen and northwest of Yingxian County.
At this time, the name Sanggan was already known, which was the common name of the local Hu-Han people. They said that the river dried up when the mulberries were ripe - this was not the case, it only happened in particularly dry years, and there was water in the center of the river bed. Not completely dry.
It can be seen from here that Yanmen County has a sericulture industry.
In fact, this is not surprising. At this time, the place with the best silk technology and the highest quality in the world was Hebei. Even Youzhou had a sericulture industry.
When Tuoba Yilu was in power, he built a new Pingcheng in Huguaduui for his son Liuxiu to live in. It was located about a hundred miles south of Pingcheng.
During the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Xiaowen built Zaoqi City, Rizhong City, and Rizhong City nearby. The cities were separated by about 20 miles, making it a perfect day trip.
Emperor Daowu also sent eight tribes of men within 500 miles to gather here and built the South Palace on the south bank of the water. The regulations were very strong. The gate was more than ten feet high, and the ditch was passed through the pond. The outer city is twenty miles wide.
At this time, there was only Xinping City, but it was already an important town in Daiguo.
Near the Shui River, Mayichuan River and Sanggan River, there are fertile fields everywhere. Unlike millet, a drought-resistant crop, which is widely planted on the grasslands north of Pingcheng, there are more millets planted in Pingcheng and Xinpingcheng areas. In some fields And spring wheat.
Besides farmland, there are also hemp fields and mulberry fields, with more of the former and less of the latter.
Because the river often floods, the Xianbei people do not build river embankments very much. These farmlands are a little far away from the river, and most of them are dry fields.
Both sides of the river are large areas of lush pasture. Farm women and children often drive their livestock over to eat the green grass.
This is a typical mixed farming and animal husbandry system.
There is no doubt that this area is already a relatively important area for Dai Country. Because anthropomorphic creatures like Sima Teng were messing around in Bingzhou, coupled with natural disasters and military disasters after the rise of the Xiongnu, a large number of Jin people rushed north out of the fortress and defected to Xianbei, just like hundreds of thousands of people in Hebei came out of the fortress through Youzhou to defect. Just like Murong Xianbei - so many people passed through Youzhou, many stayed for a time and then ran away. It has to be said that Wang Jun is also an anthropomorphic creature.
The craftsmen, musicians, and literati among the Huhan people in Bingzhou who fled north were moved to Shengle. Those without skills mainly stayed in Pingcheng and Xinping, so the population here is relatively dense. , the products are richer, which is worse than that of Shengle, but better than Hexi grassland and Yinshan grassland, otherwise the Tuoba family would not have made Pingcheng the southern capital.
After King Dai went south to Xinkou, Xinping City became a logistics hub for transporting grain, grass and equipment, so heavy troops were stationed there.
On this day, the drums for gathering troops at the top of Xinping City rang for the whole day. Messengers traveled from various places to various villages and tribes to send messages and recruit troops.
By evening, some soldiers from nearby villages and tribes had arrived.
Looking at their attire, they look like both Han and Chinese styles.
Among the Hu people, there were countless Xianbei, Xiongnu, Wuhuan and miscellaneous tribal soldiers.
Some soldiers also poured out of the city, numbering more than three thousand.
Some of the brave and capable people began to wear iron armor on each other in pairs.
The horses were pulled out one by one and fed hay, beans, and salt water.
The sun gradually set in the west, and more and more people rushed over, starting to disperse to various military camps near Xinping City.
When eating together, there will be no one chattering.
"The battle in the south has been defeated?"
"I'm afraid we need to recruit people to attack the city. I heard that Jinyang has not yet been attacked."
"Siege the city..."
Everyone was silent.
Both Hu and Han hated siege, extremely disgusted.
You can boast of your excellent riding skills and your magical archery skills. You can choose any woman in the tribe, but once you are dragged to attack the city, you will easily die. Moreover, his death was neither heroic nor heroic at all, and the state of his death was probably very ugly—if he was drenched in boiling excrement water, did he still have any dignity at all?
“Don’t think too much.” A handsome man from the tribe walked over, his armor leaves rustling.
He glanced at the crowd and said: "The Jin thieves may have reinforcements coming. The troops left Caochengchuan and rushed towards Mayi. The oncoming force was very fierce."
"This is coming to Xinping!" Some people were shocked. shouted.
Others looked at each other, no wonder!
This is one of their most important agricultural areas. There are countless grains, cloth, silk, cattle and sheep. Once it is invaded in a large scale, the losses will be very heavy.
"Liugou, are you telling the truth?" An acquaintance stood up and asked.
The handsome man named "Six Dogs" said: "Is there any lie? The vanguard will be dispatched tomorrow, and they may try to attack Langu. If they can capture it, the whole situation will be opened up."
The six dogs’ surname is Tuoba.
When he was born, his father named him "Six Dogs" because the family's female dog gave birth to five puppies in a litter.
The Six Dogs are strong and brave, with unparalleled arrows. They can gallop when mounted and fight on foot when dismounted. They are famous warriors far and wide.
The most important thing is that I am only seventeen years old and there is still a lot of room for improvement.
Bu Da once wanted to marry him, but Liu Gou refused, saying that he wanted to marry a Han gentry woman.
As soon as this ambition was stated, everyone laughed but also understood.
The grasslands are so expensive, but the ladies on the grasslands are incomparable to those in the Central Plains. Liu Gou has great ambitions.
After hearing the news from Liu Gou himself, everyone relaxed.
As long as we don’t go to siege the city, it’s okay to fight in the field and everyone can accept it.
Tuoba Liugou sat down, took a piece of cheese from someone else's hand, and bit into it.
On the road not far away, there is the sound of rapid hooves from time to time.
Messengers shuttled back and forth, constantly conveying military information.
Liu Gou looked at it and saw that the messenger was coming from the west. Obviously, the battle in Caochengchuan is getting more and more intense. The Jin people are really running around without stopping.
On the sixth day of June, the Xianbei army in the direction of Xinping City began to march westward.
Three days later, in the mountain valley hundreds of miles northwest of Xinping City, more than ten riders appeared on the hillside, led by Shao Shen.
At the foot of the mountain is the upper source of the meandering Zhongling River. The stream is gurgling and you can wade through it.
According to the guide, there used to be a tribe here, which was quite large, but it is unknown where it has gone at this time. It may have been conquered and taken away. There are only a few old and weak people left, who are housekeepers.
Thinking of this, Shao Shen was a little annoyed.
These tribes are really useless. When my uncle visited the north, they came to vote one after another and sent tribute.
Tuoba called and moved away to fight for him.
Isn’t this tiring?
In addition, Shao Shen had a vague feeling that although these tribes were wavering between the two sides, in their hearts, they were actually more inclined to Tuoba Xianbei.
The lifestyles are similar, the customs are similar, and there may be marriages. If the main force of Tuoba Xianbei is not eliminated and they have nothing to rely on, the wallflowers will not really come over.
The uncle was kind-hearted and wanted to get people to take refuge in him - Shao Shen laughed, put down the armor curtain, lifted a horse pole, pointed to the bottom of the mountain, and said: "Charge!"
(End of this chapter)