Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1014 Veterans and recruits

  Tuoba Guoluo turned his head from his horse and looked at the array of his own horses.

   The ones behind me are better, the armor is neat, the military appearance is more serious, and there are few scattered personnel, but the soldiers on both sides are a little crooked.

   Most of Xianbei's soldiers and horses come from among the tribes, and basically they don't have any special training. These people are herdsmen in normal times, and they become cavalry when the war order is issued.

  Even some tribes in Mobei were originally affiliated to the Huns, but later the Huns collapsed and the Xianbei came, so they changed to the Xianbei banner, just like treating the old Huns, serving the new master.

  In the eyes of the people on the grassland, it is only natural for the weak to obey the strong. Therefore, the Han people who are thinner than their bodies should naturally obey themselves.

  Although the men of the tribe are said to be in good physical condition, these people naturally can’t talk about military discipline and military regulations. They can really obey orders, that is, their own soldiers stationed in the Xianbei royal court. As for the other Xianbei soldiers...

  Among the current army and horses, there are also Huns who surrendered, people from ordinary tribes, and people from the old tribes north of the Yin Mountains, and there are also soldiers led by Tuyuhun who belonged directly to the Xianbei royal court. Their respective flags are different, and when they opened their posture, they opened up quite a small area, but the sound of this man neighing couldn't be stopped, and his own orderly ran back and forth, screaming hissingly while pulling their necks Exhausted.

  Under such conditions, if you want to play exquisite cooperation with each other, this...

   Let's wash and sleep first.

  Tuoba Guoluo sighed inaudibly, raised his hand as a signal, and then Tuyuhun behind him moved forward a few steps, bowing his head and waiting for orders.

Tuyuhun, as well as the guards around him, including the clansmen behind him, are the real fighters and the most important backbone. Compared with the rest of the surrounding soldiers, they are more orderly, more honorable and tenacious .

  In the past two days, neither Tuoba Guoluo nor Tuyuhun were in a good mood, or in other words, for most of the Xianbei soldiers, they were not in a good mood.

  Little Yinshan camp, several raids, but just can't get it down, how can I feel good?

  Tuoba Guoluo tilted his head slightly, and asked, "Over there...is there a message?"

  Tuyuhun said in a low voice: "Reporting to Xiao Wang, this...not yet..."

  Tuoba Guoluo lowered his eyes, was silent for a while, and said: "Since there is no news, then...let's continue to attack...to catch some Han dogs..."

  Tuoba Guoluo pointed to the mound of soil in front of the Yinshan camp, and said: "...Continue to build up the soil..."

  Tuyuhun responded, and was about to turn around and leave when he heard Tuoba Guoluo add: "...send those two people..."

  Following Tuoba Guoluo's eyes, it was the two tribes that surrendered to the Huns.

   "... Bi Xiao Wang... this..." Although Tuyuhun was a little puzzled, he finally took his orders and left.

   "This black bull..." Tuoba Guoluo muttered in a low voice.

   Do you understand what it means to give kindness and strength together?

The two Hun tribes that surrendered to Tuyuhun before were used to weaken the strength of these two tribes again, so as to facilitate better control, but the same should not be used too harshly, otherwise if it is used too much Didn't he lose two dogs?

   Some meat should be given as much as possible.

A new round of attack has started again, but now the Xianbei people know that there are two ultra-long-range ballistas on the Yinshan camp, and lucky draws will be held from time to time, so the generals commanding the front line must be quiet Angrily mixed in the crowd, for fear of showing any obvious characteristics, and attracting the attention of the lottery committee, or hiding out of range, and then yelling loudly with his hips on his hips, his belly stretched out and his neck pulled, for fear that others would see his hidden one Little come.

Tuoba Guoluo sat on the stool, resting his chin in one hand, taking all these situations into his eyes, but he didn't say a word, he neither urged nor got angry, as if everything in front of him was Very normal, very natural things in general.

With Tuoba Guoluo's attitude, the Xianbei people under him have become more and more coping. They would have rushed under the camp, but now they are under the camp, twisting left and right, unable to move forward. After the Han soldiers shot arrows from the camp, they let out a cry, dispersed in a hurry, and retreated to the starting position.

   The Xianbei people are in such a chaotic state that even the Han soldiers above the camp are a little baffled. Is this still the same army? Or did the brave soldiers die in front of the camp wall two days ago, and the rest are all cowards?

  Tuoba Guoluo didn't care about these at all.

   Now calling soldiers to attack the city is just the basic common sense necessary for leading soldiers.

  When people are free, all kinds of trivial things will come out, and they will come out for no reason.

  This is especially true when leading troops. The soldiers are relatively vigorous, so they can’t be idle, and they have to find something to do. As for whether they can attack the camp, it is not the most important thing now.

  Since Budugen, the king of Xianbei, has dispatched the warriors of the royal court, his side is no longer the main force, but an assisting force.

and then?

If I fight well here, steal all the limelight, not only attack the Yinshan camp, but also loot a lot of people everywhere, wait until King Xianbei's royal court warriors come to see, what's going on? You don't need to do anything, just wait for the class teacher to go back...

  Will you be happy?

  Will you be surprised?

  Of course, King Budugen will definitely praise it greatly, and even praise it in front of everyone, but, then?

  The next time I really need to ask for help, what will Bu Dugen and the warriors from the royal court think?

  So now, it’s not too late to make plans after there is news about the warriors in the royal court, not to mention catching some Han dogs to make a mound, and it will save your own son’s life, isn’t it?

   Besides, letting the Xiongnu out would be a good bait, and maybe those wandering Han cavalry could be fished out.

  Since it is a bait, it should be weaker. When did you see a tiger as bait?

  This Tuyuhun is a veteran on the battlefield, but he is still just a recruit in the king's tent!

  When can I have enough wisdom to help me, I don’t have to calculate like this by myself every time, it’s so troublesome...

  ………………

In the southern foothills of Yinshan Mountain, the plowed fields that had just been reclaimed suffered another misery. The houses that had just been built also suffered catastrophe. They all seem to be shouting and complaining silently towards the sky.

  In the night, there was the sound of footsteps stepping on grass leaves and soil. In the darkness, a small group of Han soldiers and horses appeared quietly from the darkness.

  This is also a settlement where the refugees were originally placed in Feiqian, but now it is empty, some of them have fled, while the others were looted by the Xianbei people and died under the Yinshan camp. As a member of the same farming nation, seeing such a situation, there is always a different kind of anger burning in my heart.

None of the troops in this team were wearing iron armor, but leather armor and helmets. One was for lightness and to save horsepower, and the other was because of the sound of iron armor plates colliding with each other. In this era, there are not many sounds at night. It still looks a bit too big, which is not conducive to concealment.

  These are the soldiers under Zhang Ji, and they are also the cavalry of the Han army who have been practicing on the Yinshan side for more than half a year.

  The Yinshan River is vast and boundless. If we say that there are two thousand cavalry, it does not seem to be small in number, but scattered in the Yinshan area, it is not enough to see.

  The Han army led by them stopped, fell silent for a while, and then sighed deeply.

   Zhang Ji dispatched quite a few such Han Army sentries, because it is not easy to catch the traces of the Hu people in such a vast area.

Even with this arrangement, there is actually some element of luck, because no one knows what will happen in that place, how many enemy troops will be encountered, after all, in this era, there is no radar map that is carried with you, and you can clearly see the enemy. The location and quantity of the army are all detected by scouts.

So the scouts sent out, in addition to capable soldiers, also need to be redoubled in their investigations. Once the Huren brigade is discovered, if they are discovered, they not only need to escape the Huren's pursuit, but also need to pass the information on to them. Bring it back in time, this kind of work is not something that everyone can do.

Under the faint light of the stars and the moon, I saw the Han soldier walking in front throwing the reins of the horse to another person, then slowly walked aside, bent down, almost lying on the ground , While groping, he moved his nose slightly, sniffing around like a dog.

  Although there is moonlight, it is not as clear as daytime, so it must be so in order not to miss the traces of the barbarians. Behind him was a **** who followed him, made the same movement, bent down, and slowly moved forward on the ground while checking.

The leading Han **** walking in the front seemed to be quite experienced. After a while, he found some traces and said in a low voice: "...these **** barbarians... there are many horseshoe marks... there are horses over there Dung, it seems that it has been away for an hour or two..."

  The Han soldiers gradually followed up, some crouched on their necks and looked down at the imprints pointed out by the leading Han soldiers, while others inspected the pile of horse dung, and even pinched the hardness of the horse dung ball with their fingers...

   At this time, the old soldier leading the team had already stood up, looking around.

The old pawn's surname is Niu, and I can't remember the exact name. I don't even know whether my surname is really Niu. I just know that I lived in Bingzhou when I was a child. Ox, his father would help himself on the back of the ox in his free time, and then he imagined himself becoming a majestic general riding a ox...

   These are the only good memories I had when I was a child. Lao Niu doesn’t want to remember the later things, nor does he want to remember them.

Along the way, two or three settlements have been destroyed by the Hu people. The original houses and wooden walls and fences were all damaged, and the fields were also deserted. Judging from the traces, it was actually during this period of time. imprints left.

   It is conceivable that one or more teams of Hu people must have started a new round of looting, engulfing all the people here!

  The night wind suddenly blew up, and the bushes and trees shook all around. There was only a whimpering sound, but no trace of people could be seen...

   "...here... was again barbarians..."

A younger Han soldier muttered something in a low voice, and suddenly saw the leader of the Han army, the old Niutou, raised his fist violently, squatted down, waved his hands violently towards the back, and said: " Mute!"

This team, however, was composed of two veterans and four recruits. The two veterans stopped immediately when they heard the words, and even stretched out their arms to press the back of the horse. They also lay down, but the recruits couldn't help but eagerly pulled the bows and arrows and armor bags on the back of the horse, but the old cow turned his head and shouted in a very low voice: "Don't move! Watch the horse!"

   There was a gust of night wind blowing, and some miscellaneous sounds were faintly heard in the wind. If it weren't for the tranquility of the surrounding fields, it would be rare to hear it.

  Lao Niu called a veteran to his side, pointed to the direction of the sound, lowered his voice and said, "...do you hear any sound?"

   "..." Another veteran made a distinction and said uncertainly, "...is this...big guy...eating beans?"

   The sound of chewing and rubbing, this is the sound made by the cavalry's most familiar partner.

  For war horses in the army, the most important thing is to feed them lightly. Just let the horse let go, and the war horse will have no strength. Especially at night, you have to refill the food. The more you love horses, the more serious this matter is, and the most commonly used extra meal is beans.

  The two old cows who led the team looked at each other, and then quietly followed the sound and moved forward for a certain distance, and the clicks became more and more clear.

  In the night, the low chewing sounds coming from the front merged into one. Judging from this appearance, there were at least a dozen horses, but there was no sound of human chatting or laughing. If it weren't for the fact that Lao Niu was standing in a downwind position before, and his ears were not bad, and he was a veteran who was familiar with war horses, he might have missed this important information.

  The closer you get, the clearer it becomes.

The old cow made a gesture towards the back, and did not go directly to climb the hill where the voice came from, but chose a small hill on the side. Since someone is repairing behind the hill, there must be a place on the hill. Sentry, climb up rashly like this, the enemy is in the dark, maybe they can't see the situation and lose their lives.

After struggling on the battlefield for a long time, people become more and more cautious, just like an old cow who let everyone dismount and walk from a distance, in order to avoid making noise and let potential enemies find out, although they didn't know this place before. There are no enemies, but there is no big mistake in being careful, and those who are negligent have long since died.

  I saw the leader of the old cow walking towards the top of the hill with both hands and feet. When he was close to the top of the hill, he had already lowered his body and mixed his body with the grass.

  In the night, people were on a high place, swept around, and with the previous sound as a guide, Lao Niu immediately found a team of barbarian scouts behind the diagonally opposite hillside!

  (end of this chapter)