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Text Chapter 1,028: Battle of the Grassland (4)

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    "Is it blocked?" The area on the lush green grassland that was originally the location of the Huns Youxian King's court tent has now become Gaoyang's Chinese army camp.  ¡Æ In his huge military command tent, the energetic Gao Yang sat in the middle of the military tent.  He sat upright with a gorgeously crafted luminous cup in one hand and held it on his leg with the other. He looked down at the captain who came to report the military situation with bright eyes and asked in a deep voice.  "Reply to the Lieutenant." The lieutenant, who had a weathered look on his face, but whose eyes were full of joy that could not be concealed, responded loudly, "General Zhengbei entangled the Xiongnu Zuoxian King by the Beichun River.  Headquarters!" "Okay!" Gao Yang put down the wine glass in his hand, slapped his thigh hard, and shouted with satisfaction.  This is the spring when the ice and snow melt and everything revives.  In this vast grassland, the melting of ice and snow in winter has caused many seasonal rivers with strange directions to flow freely on the grassland.  For the entire Huns tribe who were in urgent need of escape, these fast-flowing rivers were no big deal in the past.  But at this critical moment, it is really fatal.  After King Youxian went to Bei and was defeated, the entire court was occupied.  After receiving the news, Liu Bao immediately fled north without a trace of hesitation with all the strength he could muster, intending to defect to Tan Shihuai, the leader of the Xianbei tribe.  (Historically, Tanshihuai died in 181 AD. After his death, his son Helian succeeded to the throne. Helian's incompetence directly led to the split of the Xianbei tribe. In this book, Tanshihuai is not dead and Xianbei is not divided. It is convenient for one-time use.  Solve the grassland problem.) Unfortunately, a fast-flowing river temporarily blocked Liu Bao's northward escape.  After a large-scale search by unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, Gao Yang quickly found the location of Liu Bao's troops, and at the same time named the river that temporarily blocked Liu Bao's troops from escaping northward as Beichun River.  Zhao Yun was sent to lead his troops to quickly rush in and entangle Liu Bao, preventing him from escaping smoothly.  The reason why Gao Yang temporarily stayed his troops here was to only send Zhao Yun's troops to entangle Liu Bao.  That's because Gao Yang's army attacked from multiple routes across the long border and swept through the vast southern Xiongnu territory. It took time to assemble them.  An army of 100,000 is indeed a lot.  But it is very troublesome to gather them together after being scattered on the vast grassland.  Discernment and path finding are both incredibly difficult.  There is no Beidou system here.  At the same time, a lot of soldiers and horses were captured from various attacks, and these things need to be properly arranged.  This includes both humans and livestock.  Especially a large number of horses, which is the most urgent material needed by Gaoyang and the Han Empire at this time.  The cavalry advanced too fast. Nearly 100,000 cavalrymen were already sweeping the fallen leaves on the grassland, and the large number of infantrymen at the rear were far from arriving.  The infantry were not even able to participate in a large-scale battle.  When Gao Yang rushed to the tent of King Youxian, there were only more than 30,000 soldiers and horses under Zhao Yun's command.  They had to guard more than 100,000 large captured livestock and an even larger number of women and children.  At least within a short period of time, it would be impossible to launch an attack on Liu Bao's troops who had gathered more than 200,000 people.  Gao Yang had no choice but to send Zhao Yun and his troops to Liu Bao to entangle this large Xiongnu tribe.  In the few days after Zhao Yun temporarily entangled Liu Bao's troops in fleeing north, the cavalry groups that attacked from Hexi County, under the leadership of Zhang Liao and others, finally came one after another to join Gao Yang, and Gao Yang's cavalry quickly exceeded 50,000.  .  The remaining cavalry regiments are also heading this way.  Moreover, the relatively slow-moving infantry regiment is also quickly approaching the location of King Youxian's court.  Gao Yang's military strength rapidly expanded in just a few days.  After Zhang Liao¡¯s troops arrived, Gao Yang quickly decided to immediately go north to attack Liu Bao¡¯s tribe.  There were many Han people in his tribe who were taken captive.  Although Zhao Yun has been constantly harassing Liu Bao.  But every moment there are still some Huns who cross the Beichun River through various methods and continue to flee to the north.  If Liu Bao could make up his mind to abandon his tribe and escape, Gao Yang's first battle on the grassland would have been imperfect.  In China in the era of classical militarism, the daily marching speed of strictly trained professional armies could reach a level close to one hundred miles per day.  "And if you are as elite as Wei Wuzu, it is not impossible to travel a hundred and fifty miles a day with a full load.  When the Wei State was powerful, there were as many as 100,000 Wei soldiers of this level!  The Chinese army after the Warring States Period was actually deteriorating in all aspects.  The glory of the past has become a thing of the past.  If you were a cavalryman, traveling one hundred and fifty miles a day would be the standard achievement.  Gao Yang seized a large number of large animals from King Youxian's court, including tens of thousands of horses of various types.  This would definitely be a wealth that would be incomparable to the country in Han Dynasty.  Gao Yang was not polite and quickly added horses to his army.  Even if not?Immediately become a war horse for use.  But there is no problem as a pack horse.  It only took Gao Yang three days to catch up with the Liu Bao tribe who was crowded on the south bank of the Beichun River.  In fact, even without Zhao Yun's restraint, it would be absolutely a nightmare for so many people, horses and livestock under Liu Bao's tent to cross a seasonal river like Beichun River.  There was no wood on the grassland, let alone large ships.  As for the water nature of the Huns, it's a complete joke.  In the past, they would never go near the river at this time.  Anyway, it won't be long before this seasonal river naturally subsides on its own, and herdsmen can just graze their cattle along the river.  But not now.  The Han army boldly attacked the grasslands with a huge military force unprecedented in more than a hundred years.  The Huns were caught off guard.  The military power of the Han army's attack this time far exceeded that of the battle north to attack the Xianbei people decades ago.  After King Youxian's tribe was almost completely wiped out, the remaining Huns desperately gathered under Liu Bao's command with the intention of fleeing north together.  The Han army has refused any form of submission.  Liu Bao actually doesn¡¯t necessarily want to seek refuge with Tan Shihuai.  The strength of the tribe under his command at this time is definitely considered a very large tribe on this grassland.  As long as he can have a place to rest and recuperate without large-scale interference, then he will be confident in rebuilding the past glory of the Huns.     only.  Looking at the cluster of Han cavalry that was as dense as black clouds deep in the grassland in the distance, Liu Bao's face with a huge scar was full of clouds.  Liu Bao knew he was being targeted.  This large-scale elite cavalry has been watching from a distance, rushing over from time to time to harass them and then retreating.  This is a typical stalking operation.  Such a large elite cavalry is just here to keep a lookout.  Liu Bao only needs to think about what a desperate scene it will be when those terrifying main forces of the Han army catch up.  I can't close my eyes all night long!  Whenever he gets emotional, the huge scar on Liu Bao¡¯s face that was left by an ordinary Han army sergeant when he went south to plunder will look extremely ferocious!  "Drag all those slaves over here!" Looking at the huge tracking Han army in the distance.  Look again at the slow procession of people crossing the river.  Liu Bao's eyelids kept twitching, and he gritted his teeth and shouted sharply.  There is no way to cross the river slowly.  There were no large-scale timbers on the grasslands, and the Huns had no shipbuilding technology.  They could only watch helplessly in front of a river that was too fast to wade.  They crossed the river little by little using wooden rafts and sheepskin rafts built by the captured Han craftsmen with a small amount of wood.  As for the slaves Liu Bao asked his subordinates to drag out, they were ordinary Han people he had plundered from the south.  The lives of these Han people who were robbed by the Huns were extremely miserable. As slaves with the lowest status, they lived in dire straits.  This can be seen by looking at their emaciated bodies, covered with various hideous scars, and shaped like skeletons.  Most of these Han slaves had their hands and feet cut off, or their eyes were gouged out, and their tongues, noses, and ears were cut off.  In short, they are a group of people who are worse off than dead.  Among the Han people captured by Liu Bao, except those craftsmen who were rare technical talents and the women who were used as prostitutes.  The other Han people captured them purely to be slaves and torture them for fun.  After all, the Xiongnu at this time has long lost its former glory.  In their hearts, they were extremely hostile and jealous of the Han Empire that single-handedly pushed them into the abyss.  When they were unable to fight against the Han Empire, abusing some Han people became the best way for them to vent their inferiority complex.  In Liu Bao¡¯s tribe, those children who are not yet adults and whose body is not as tall as a wheel will use knives to arbitrarily insult Han slaves to prove their bravery.  Compared with King Youxian, Liu Bao's troops, who had been dealing with the Han Dynasty all year round, were more cruel and vicious.  This is a true national feud.  The direct reason why Liu Bao dared to do this to the Han Empire started from the tragic battle more than 20 years ago when the Han Empire launched a three-pronged attack on the Xianbei people but almost the entire army was annihilated.  Realizing that the Han Dynasty had begun to weaken, Liu Bao was so excited that he began to brutally retaliate against the Han Dynasty.  This was also the main reason why Gao Yang insisted on wiping out Liu Bao's men.  Anyone who offends a strong Han will be killed no matter how far away he is.  What's more, the Liu Bao tribe is on the edge of the Han Empire.  Following Liu Bao¡¯s order, hundreds of numb-looking Han slaves were dragged out of the military formation, facing Zhao Yun¡¯s position in the distance.  A sinister smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.  The ferocious-looking Liu Bao waved his hand suddenly, and more than a hundred Huns walked over carrying sharp swords.  These ferocious Huns were slavesAfter picking and choosing, he pulled out a few slaves and took a few steps forward and knelt down on the ground.  He shouted in Chinese to Zhao Yun's troops in the distance, "Listen, you Han dogs across the way! You are not worthy of being a warrior. If your subordinates fall into our hands, you will not dare to come to rescue them! You are all trash!"  It¡¯s a useless two-legged sheep! Take a good look!¡±  With a sharp blade in his hand, he expertly stabbed it into the chests of several numb Han citizens.  With a skilled pull and stroke, he was immediately disemboweled.  This is a technique they have practiced killing sheep and cattle for many years, but now they are using it to kill people.  The various internal organs of the Han people who were disemboweled alive were instantly mixed with blood and spurted out.  Dye a large area nearby blood red.  An indescribable smell of blood suddenly filled the air.  Seeing that the Han army on the opposite side was motionless, after a slight pause, the Huns quickly continued to attack.  Suddenly the grass flashed with blood.  The smell of blood permeates the air.  There were corpses of Han people who died tragically everywhere.  After a few Hun children, who were no taller than a wheel, cut off the slaves' ears and gouged out their eyes with knives, the Han army formation on the opposite side finally began to stir slightly!  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. 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