Steel Dynasty - Chapter 332

[Chapter 332 Both Sides]

“Captain, the barbarian general who leads the 10,000-man army this time is called Kuha.”

“Report to the Commander-in-Chief, the barbarian army of 10,000 people is now less than a hundred miles away from Yunzhou.”

“Report to the Commander-in-Chief, the barbarian cavalry is massacred along the way. Looting, the victims of Jizhou suffered heavy casualties. “

“…”

In the Yunzhou camp, the hussars who went out to investigate kept returning to report the news they got.

“Bang!” A lot of news came, and Lu Fei slammed the table and said angrily: “Captain, the barbarians are retaliating with tooth and are preparing to use the same method as we did on the grassland to harass the fiefdom.”

Niu Ben looked solemn, he finally understood. Why did a team of ten thousand people break away from the main force of barbarian cavalry and come towards Yunzhou?

“Kuha, this name seems familiar?” Luo Xin suddenly frowned, “I remember Wang Xuan mentioned it once.”

When Niu Ben heard this, he suddenly remembered and said, “Who is this Kuha who is under Chagatai?” He is a powerful general, but the last time I led the cavalry into the grassland, I attacked his tribe and slaughtered all the men, women and children in his tribe. “

Wang Xuan has been responsible for collecting information on the grassland tribes. General information has now been provided to the Qingzhou Army.

“If this is the case, it will be even more dangerous. Kuha will definitely take revenge on our people crazily.” Lu Fei was worried.

The other generals looked worried at the same time.

Niu Ben pondered for a moment and then said: “The barbarians have been collecting intelligence in Qingzhou. They must also know that I led the troops to destroy his tribe. Kuha came here with hatred. If he knew that I led 10,000 infantry to help Jizhou, do you think he would “Won’t you come to take revenge?”

“Kuha’s character may not be violent, but it would be too dangerous for the governor to do so.”

“It may not be dangerous. Kuha doesn’t know that the Qingzhou Army is equipped with flintlock rifles. His Highness said that he would take advantage of the barbarians’ unfamiliarity with flintlock rifles to launch a surprise attack. Therefore, we may not lose.”

Luo Xin nodded. “We found out that Cooha’s ten-thousand-person team has lost the opportunity. Maybe we can place a hollow square array on the road Cooha must pass to set up a trap for Cooha.”

Niu Ben nodded and looked at the map. , pointing to a place thirty miles outside Yunzhou City, and said: “This place has been surveyed by the Hussars. The road is very wide, with grassland on both sides of the road, and woods outside the grassland. If Kuha wants to enter the hinterland, he must go through this.” A road. “

Dayu is different from the grassland. The grassland is wide and the cavalry can walk wherever they want on the grassland.

However, in the country of Dayu, the living custom of the farming civilization is to set up the city in a traffic fortress. The barbarian cavalry can go around the city without attacking the city, but they must take the spacious official road.

Of course, the barbarian cavalry can also choose to take the trail to avoid the official road and go straight to the city behind.

However, few generals would choose this kind of risky behavior when they are unfamiliar with the place. After all, if one does not pay attention to the army, he will be in danger of getting lost.

Based on this, Niu Ben decided to place his army on the broad official road.

After demarcating the battle location, Niu Ben immediately ordered the musketeers, chariot troops, and artillery to go to the designated location to prepare for the battle.

After receiving the order, Lu Fei and Luo Xin immediately mobilized their troops.

Now Kuha is only a hundred miles away from Yunzhou City. According to the barbarians’ marching speed, they can reach the outside of Yunzhou City tomorrow, and this is based on the barbarians marching at full speed.

In fact, horses are animals with very low endurance. They can sprint, but when traveling long distances, horses must run for a while and then stop to rest. Otherwise, the horse will be wasted.

It’s just that the barbarians often have one person and four horses, so this time Niubeng assumes the fastest marching speed of the barbarians.

That night, Qingzhou City left the city overnight and set up a battle array on the official road outside Yunzhou City, waiting for Kuha to come.

At the same time, taking advantage of the reconnaissance, Niu Ben continued to send hussars to investigate, and hung his general’s flag very high to deliberately lure Kuha to come.

At this time, fifty miles away from Yunzhou City, Kuha was leading a cavalry brigade approaching Yunzhou City along the official road.

The scouts kept bringing in the information they collected.

This strategy of bypassing Yunzhou and taking Qingzhou City directly was formulated by Chagatai, and he was the first to undertake this attack plan.

After losing all his clan members, hatred spread in his heart day by day.

As long as he can get revenge, he Kuha is willing to lose his life.

“Captain Ten Thousand, we found the Qingzhou Army twenty miles away. They seem to have set up a formation and are waiting for us.” said the scout.

Kuha frowned, “Why does the Qingzhou Army discover us in advance every time?”

The scout was silent, and he didn’t know. Now, none of the Qingzhou Army’s scouts found him, but the Qingzhou Army seemed to be very aware of their whereabouts. Zhizhang, he also doesn’t understand.

After hesitating for a moment, he said: “Ignore them. This time we will bypass Yunzhou City and go straight to Qingzhou, and plunder the grain and grass near Qingzhou City.”

The chaos in Jizhou allowed them to seize the opportunity. The severe cold on the grassland last year Many livestock were frozen to death, and for the first time the Golden Horde had food problems.

For this reason, various tribes sold many slaves to save food, and more slaves were killed to save food.

The most important task of their trip south this time was plundering.

But when they passed through Jizhou, they saw only barren land and hungry victims. They could not find food at all in Jizhou.

After discussion, Chagatai asked him to go to Qingzhou to retaliate in kind.

“It’s just that we have no other way to go but the official road.” said the scout.

“Idiot, don’t you know how to arrest a local citizen to ask for directions? Go quickly.” Kuha said angrily.

The scout left in response, and then another scout arrived and said, “Captain Ten Thousands, the Qingzhou Army in front is composed of infantry and chariot troops, with only a small number of cavalry, and the military flag in the middle has the word Niu Ben written on it.”

“Niu Ben! “This name instantly made Kuha’s eyes red.

Now they already know who carried out the robbery on the grassland. One was Lu Fei and the other was Niu Ben, and Niu Ben was his enemy.

“I’m going to kill him…” Kuha’s chest rose and fell violently, and he tightened the reins and was about to rush out.

At this time, a captain said: “Kuha, I’m afraid this is a trap. We can’t fall into the tricks of the people of Dayu.”

Kuha panted violently. After a long time, he calmed down the anger in his heart, calmed down and continued to wait for news from the scouts.

An hour later, the scouts reported that there was no one in the village outside Yunzhou City, and all the people had fled.

Kuha felt furious when he heard this, and at this moment another scout came to report that there were only more than 10,000 Qingzhou troops blocking the road ahead.

The food and fodder consumed by the march for several days was very huge. If we were delayed here, the soldiers and horses would be hungry.

Knowing that the Qingzhou Army only had more than 10,000 people and was in the wild far away from the city, Kuha finally made up his mind, “Send out scouts to check out the woods on both sides for any ambush. The rest of the army will follow me.”

(End of Chapter)