Chapter 1275 Scorched Earth
Chapter 1273: Scorched Earth
Yanmen Pass.
Huo Qubing had already led his cavalry to arrive first. After waiting for Ran Min and Long Qi''s cavalry to arrive, the 60,000 elite cavalry went out of the frontier and entered the grassland, causing him to turn the world upside down.
“Here you come.”
Li Dingguo, the commander of Yanmen Pass, showed surprise. When Huo Qubing heard this, he quickly looked into the distance. He couldn''t help but breathe a sigh of relief after confirming that the person who came was his own.
The 34,000 cavalry not only did not arrive late, but instead came early.
Ran Min and Long Qi walked side by side, but one of them was walking ahead of them, and he was the new military advisor of the Jin army, Zhuge Liang.
Huo Qubing quickly met Zhuge Liang''s hand, and smiled and said, "Military Zhuge, the lord has sent you too."
Zhuge Liang was not used to Huo Qubing''s self-proficiency. He pulled his hand back a little embarrassedly, shook his feather fan and smiled, "This time going out of the frontier is crucial. The young master sent Liang to assist the general."
"That''s great. With the presence of the military advisor Zhuge, Huo Bing''s trip will definitely be like a tiger."
Huo Qubing knew that Mr. Zhuge was born in Guigu and was a senior brother of the lord. He had seen through Murong Ke''s tricks several times and participated in the formulation of a complete counterattack plan. His strategy and military level were no less than that of the Qin army military advisor Liu Bowen.
With such a wise man participating in this action, he also put a layer of insurance on this action. Huo Qubing naturally welcomed him with both hands and feet.
After the 60,000 cavalry joined the army, they did not stay too much and left Yanmen Pass after a short rest.
Li Dingguo stood at Yanmen Pass, watching the army rushing out of the pass, and a hint of envy flashed in his eyes.
Li Dingguo actually wanted to go out to the frontier with Huo Qubing. After all, as long as he participated in such a glorious deed, he would be destined to become a hero regardless of success or not.
It’s a pity that Li Dingguo must guard Yanmen Pass, which is the responsibility he must bear as the guardian of Yanmen Pass.
"General Huo Bing and Military Advisor Zhuge, your trip will definitely be successful." Li Dingguo said in secretly.
Qin Hao made sufficient preparations for going out of the frontier this time. All 60,000 elite cavalry were one person and two horses, which means a total of 120,000 war horses were dispatched. This was definitely an extremely luxurious configuration for the Han cavalry. Such a large-scale cavalry battle had not occurred in the past century.
In order to ensure speed and mobility, each of the 60,000 elite riders who went out of the block this time only brought food for ten days.
Even if you keep rushing to the road, you will not be able to reach Longcheng in ten days.
Therefore, if the Han army wants to successfully reach Longcheng, it can only adopt the method of using war to support the war and take it from the enemy and use it for the enemy. All the Yuan and Meng tribes along the way are the supply supply areas of the Han army.
After rushing for a long time, Huo Qubing ordered the army to stop and repair. After all, after entering the grassland, a war could break out at any time, so he must ensure that the army under his command has sufficient physical strength to deal with the possible war.
After Huo Qubing summoned Zhuge Liang and the generals, he spread out a grassland map given to him by Qin Hao, pointed to the location on the map and said, "Now we have reached this location. There is a small Yuanmeng tribe in the northeast and northwest directions. Next, we need to divide the troops into two groups to start the action, relying on destroying these tribes to supply military supplies, and finally Huihe in Longcheng.
At present, Yuan Meng has not discovered the trend of our army. This is a great opportunity for our army to implement the scorched earth strategy on the grassland. We will kill all the tribes we encounter. Only in this way can we force Temujin to transfer the army back to reduce the pressure on the main force of Hetao.
Have you all understood? ”
"I understand." The generals shouted in unison.
"Long is also adding something."
Zhuge Liang showed a solemn expression on his face and said in a deep voice: "Since Yuanmeng attacked Hetao, countless fertile fields have been destroyed by war, and the people have been killed or injured by no less than 500,000 people. Therefore, this time we went out to the frontier not only to force Temujin to mobilize troops, but also to revenge the people who were killed and injured by Hetao.
Remember, don’t be merciful. Be kind to your enemies is cruel to your own people.
We want to kill the Han people, and the killing of Yuan Meng will never dare to go south and invade again. ”
Zhuge Liang''s ability to bewitch people is quite powerful. After a few words, all the generals, including Huo Qubing, were quickly infected by Zhuge Liang''s words, and hatred appeared in their eyes.
"Split the troops and attack."
With Huo Qubing''s order, the 60,000 elite cavalry who went out of the frontier were divided into two routes.
The first route was mainly composed of the main general Huo Qubing, leading Yuwen Chengdu, Ran Min, Huang Zhong and other generals, leading 30,000 troops, heading northeastward and killing towards Longcheng.
In the second route, the military advisor Zhuge Liang was the main force, and led the generals such as Longqi, Xiang Yu, Luo Yi, and Luo Cheng to lead 30,000 troops, heading northwest and killing towards Longcheng.
One day later, after more than a hundred casualties, Huo Qubing''s army easily captured the Xia Rigaole tribe of Yuanmeng. Except for a small number of people in the tribe, all other people were captured by Huo Qubing.
"General Huo Bing has an order, not to keep prisoners, everyone will be killed." Ran Min gave the order with a cold face.
The tribal leader suddenly changed his expression when he heard this and shouted, "Why? We have surrendered." However, no one paid attention to him.
Ran Min shot the tribe leader to death with an arrow, and then shouted, "Shoot the arrow." Then the arrow fell like rain.
A massacre began, and more than 20,000 herdsmen captured by the Xiari Gaole tribe, regardless of gender, age, were all slaughtered by the Han army, and the Xiari Gaole tribe completely turned into Shura hell.
Listening to the screams that kept ringing around, Huo Qubing''s face became a little ugly. He actually didn''t care about massacre of aliens, but he was unwilling to massacre women and children.
Looking at the hatred eyes of countless Yuanmeng children, Huo Qubing couldn''t help but feel guilty, which affected his emotions.
"We will do this kind of thing many times in the future. You may not be able to adapt to it at the beginning, but you will get used to it."
Yuwen Chengdu handed a water belt to Huo Qubing and comforted him with a smile: "When Dong Gong pacified Dingliangzhou, he also massacred the Qiang people.
This is how aliens are. If you treat them well, they will despise you. The more ruthless you act, they will be in awe of you. ”
Huo Qubing took the water belt and took a big mouthful of water. He sighed and said, "Thank you.
Pass the order down, bring all the supplies and horses you can bring, and head to the next tribe. ”
"No."
After Huo Qubing gave the order, the Han army burned the entire tribe with fire, and then continued to march towards the next target with all the supplies that could bring without affecting speed.
At the same time, Zhuge Liang''s army also captured the Qi Mude tribe. After massacring more than 17,000 Yuanmeng herders, it also burned the tribe into a scorched earth.
In just one day, two small Yuan Meng tribes were raided and massacred by the Han army, with nearly 40,000 herders killed, and it was just the beginning, and more tribes were about to face a catastrophe.
(This chapter ends)