In the middle of the Mongolian Plateau is the Yanran mountain, which reaches the Yinshan Mountain in the south. Between the Yanran mountain and the Yinshan Mountain is a vast expanse of Gobi and desert. 50000 cavalry, tens of thousands of infantry and grain transporters are marching towards the Yanran mountain, which is magnificent.
The more we go to Mobei, the greater the logistical pressure. When food is in short supply, it means that the army must withdraw.
"The Mongol Empire was born on this plateau. If it is not necessary, there are not many empires willing to attack this cold and bitter land. As a result, groups of nomadic tribes have risen from here on, and from time to time they descend to the south, causing endless disasters. "
Chutian rides Turkic horses, which adapt to the climate of the Mongolian Plateau and are not acclimatized to local conditions.
The ancient Central Plains regime had little interest in the Mongolian Plateau, because there were many Gobi and deserts to the north of Yinshan Mountain, which was difficult to cultivate. It was very expensive to control and digest Mobei. The Central Plains regime could not control desert south.
Chu Tian is thinking about the way to control Mobei.
If we set up a large city by the Baikal Lake, set up a transmission array, and rotate troops every ten years, we may be able to control Mobei. Once there is an accident in Mobei, the army inside the pass can quickly go to Mobei to suppress the rebellion.
For Chu Tian, who is still south of the Yellow River, it seems a little far away to push Mobei in the main world. To the north of the Mongolian Plateau is the Siberian Plateau. In the sphere of influence of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, only a few lords of the Duchy of Moscow should be active in the Siberian Plateau.
The Grand Duchy of Moscow Chu Tian thought of a lord of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. His name seemed to be Lina.
The Warhawk soared in the air, and from time to time fell among the iron hawk scouts.
Iron hawk scouts and cavalry go to investigate around, trace the Huns, and report to them from time to time: "no Huns have been found."
"It seems that the Xiongnu main force has retreated from the south to the north of the desert."
Chu Tian knew that after the battle of desert south was over, Xiongnu chose to make a decisive battle with Han Army in order to avoid the edge of Han army. The Huns in the desert are very few indeed.
Li Guang, the chief General of the Han Army, was confused and almost went in the wrong direction. However, under the correction of Chu Tian, the Han Army basically marched in the right direction.
"Han army is coming again!"
"They are so haunted."
The right king of Xiongnu grabbed the reins of his horse. Tens of thousands of Hun cavalry were terrified when they heard that the Han army was coming.
The main force of Xiongnu had retreated to Mobei in order to increase the logistic pressure of Han Army and increase the victory rate of decisive battle in Mobei.
"Last time, Wei Qing captured more than 10000 men and women and hundreds of thousands of livestock in our department. This revenge must not be avenged!"
"Wang, it seems that there is no cavalry for Wei Qing in this way."
"But I feel an equally disturbing smell..." Right Xian Wang closed his eyes and felt a faint suppression. "It's really different from Wei Qing's sense of oppression. Why?"
A black hawk hovered in the air.
Some Xiongnu wanted to shoot, but the height of the Warhawk was beyond the range of the bow and arrow.
The right king of Hun looked at the Warhawk in the air and looked at it twice more: "you stay and continue to monitor the troops and horses along the way."
"Yes," replied a big Hun official
King Youxian, commander of his own cavalry, went northward to join the Xiongnu Danyu, leaving only 3000 Hun cavalry to monitor the whereabouts of Li Guang's army.
The imperial court of Youxian king was destroyed by Wei Qing in the last battle of desert south, and its influence was greatly reduced. A part of the troops were assigned to Zhao Xin, the second king of Youxian. Now, he has only tens of thousands of cavalry.
Therefore, You Xian Wang was afraid and hated Wei Qing.
The main force of Xiongnu concentrated in Shan Yu's headquarters and Zuoxian imperial court.
"Hundreds of miles ahead, a large number of Huns are found!"
The Iron Eagle scouts report to Chu Tian as soon as they detect the Hun cavalry.
"How many people are there?"
"Maybe tens of thousands."
"Tens of thousands of riders..."
Chu Tian, Fang Xuanling and Lu Su were dignified when they learned the information.
In the battle of Mobei, the Hun cavalry's attribute was enhanced by 20%, and they would be completely destroyed in the Mongolian Plateau.
"Send scouts forward to investigate for 100 li. Do not approach this Hun cavalry. Use warhawks to investigate at a distance of 10 Li."
Chu Tian had the best scouting arms in his hand, and the Huns who dared to approach him could not avoid the sight of the warhawks.
If tens of thousands of cavalry appeared, it means that Chu Tian's march route was correct.
"It may be the Hun Danyu, or ziciwang, or Youxian king. Other Hun princes are unlikely. If it was the Hun Shan Yu, with 10000 of us, we might be defeated. "
Chu Tian considered that the Hun Shan Yu had an elite seven level light cavalry named "Shan Yu guard", with an average level of 80. He was a division of many battles against the Han Empire for many years. When his cavalry met with the Hun Shan Yu alone, he could not be flattered.
The ten thousand cavalry brought by Chu Tian included both recruits and veterans. The average rank of Xue Rengui's six level Tang Dynasty archers is 57, and that of Chen Qingzhi's 2000 white robed cavalry is 23.
The average level reflects the number of battles a unit has experienced and the severity of the fighting. The level can affect the combat effectiveness of troops. There is a huge gap between the hundred battles division and the newly recruited soldiers.The Baipao army was a newly recruited cavalry, but Chu Tian still brought the Baipao army to the battle of Mobei, because the huge bonus Chen Qingzhi brought to the Baipao army could make up for the grade gap.
The question now is whether or not to gamble and how.
"There are tens of thousands of cavalry on the opposite side, so we should take Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Li Guang and Zhao Shiqi together to beat them."
In order to prevent the whole army from being destroyed, Chu Tian chooses to take his teammates to encircle and suppress this group of Xiongnu.
"It is reported that the Xiongnu army went northward and only a few cavalry were left behind. The number was about 2000-5000!"
Chu Tian was about to inform Cao Cao and others, but the Iron Eagle scouts sent news.
Fang Xuanling speculated: "it is obvious that the Xiongnu are not willing to fight us all the way. The Hun cavalry left behind is just for the purpose of monitoring us."
"If there are only a few thousand Hun cavalry, we can defeat them. Tonight we're going out to attack this Hun cavalry. After they leave the camp, they will inform Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Li Guang, Zhao Shiqi and others to catch up with them in the north. "
After a brief discussion with Fang Xuanling and Lu Su, Chu Tian planned to eat the Hun cavalry at the back of the palace by himself, and then kept chasing the main Huns who fled to the north. At the same time, he informed Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Li Guang, Zhao Shiqi and other regiments to follow up.
Whether Cao Cao and Yuan Shao will support themselves is uncertain. What he can be sure is that if Li Guang and Zhao Shiqi knew that a Hun main force was ahead, they would certainly support Chu Tian.
Li Guang and Zhao Shiqi were too eager to be Marquises.
During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, due to the worship of conquest by force, war merit was the most easy way to obtain Marquises besides blood relationship, so martial spirit prevailed. When the Xiongnu attacked, the frontier generals attacked. If the Xiongnu didn't come, they had to find an excuse to attack them.
With the help of the Han cavalry of Li Guang and Zhao Shiqi, Chu Tian did not have to worry about being surrounded by Hun cavalry and his whole army would be destroyed.
That night, in the Han camp, Chu Tian ordered all the light cavalry to take dry food and run with light clothes, and began to pursue and kill the right king of Xiongnu. At the same time, he left a small number of iron eagles to scout the cavalry, and later informed the rest of his teammates.
The Hun's palace rear troops were the source of points. If Chu Tian wanted to win all of them, they would not give them to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. He ate meat, and Cao Cao and Yuan Shao had soup.
Chutian army suddenly moved northward. All of them were light cavalry and marched very fast.
Cao Cao was in the camp, spreading out the map, but he heard the noise of the camp next door.
At first, Cao Cao didn't care much about it, but he thought about it a little bit, and it seemed that something was wrong.
"Wenyuan, what's the noise outside?"
Cao Cao summoned Zhang Liao to inquire about the changes outside the account.
Zhang Liao replied: "the soldiers and horses of the camp of Xuzhou animal husbandry were mobilized. At the end of the investigation, he found that the cavalry of Xuzhou animal husbandry left the camp and went north."
"Night is coming, and we are out of the camp now?"
Cao Cao's strategy was second only to the most advanced group of counsellors in the Three Kingdoms. He paced restlessly in the camp and suddenly realized: "it seems that Chu zimou has found the traces of Hun cavalry. He wants to win the battle alone, come here, and immediately gather troops and horses!"
Cao Cao's army immediately mobilized, and Xia Houyuan personally urged the troops that had already set up camp to gather. For a time, the army was in chaos.
Generally speaking, the investigation scope of the Han army was only 10 Li, and the investigation scope before and after may be further, but Cao Cao could not detect that there would be thousands of Hun cavalry in front of them.
When Cao Cao successfully assembled the cavalry, the Chu army had already gone north.
Not only that, after the assembly of Cao Cao, he was lost. This is the desert. We can only March by night. Chu Tian knew where the Huns were, but Cao Cao didn't know.
After Cao Cao's army began to gather troops, Xu you and Ju Xue, Yuan Shao's military division, realized that Chu Tian's military contribution was to enjoy the war merits alone, so he urged Yuan Shao to gather troops and prepare for battle in time.
After Li Guang and Zhao Shiqi set out in the Chu Tian army, they received reports from the Iron Eagle scouts that there were Xiongnu troops in front of them, and the rebel general Chu Zimu had gone north to chase them.
Li Guang and Zhao Shiqi were overjoyed to hear that the main force of Xiongnu was a hundred miles away from the north. Li Guang's white beard trembled, and he finally had a chance to fight the Hun main force.
The Iron Eagle scouts also informed Cao Cao and Yuan Shao of the news.
Cao Cao found that he had fallen behind Chutian, and he could not help wondering why Chutian could know the information from the north. The terrain here is quite strange.
"I hope we can share some of the fighting achievements."
Cao Cao and Yuan Shao still wanted to pursue the Hun cavalry in the north, even if Chu Tian took the lead. If there is no merit in the battle, the battle in Mobei will come in vain.
Li Guang and Zhao Shiqi's 20000 Han Army cavalry began to march northward. Under Li Guang's command, there was a cavalry of five ranks, with an average level of 70, which was a division of hundred battles. With the help of Li Guang's archers, Chu Tian could attack the Hun cavalry at ease.
A hundred miles north of the Han Army camp, the Xiongnu camp was in a blaze, and the Hun cavalry fell asleep peacefully.
In any case, they could not imagine that the Han army would carry out a hundred mile attack in a place that was almost completely unfamiliar to them, let alone on a cold night.
"Shan Yu has been waiting for work in Mobei. Since the second king had served in the Han Dynasty, he knows nothing more about the reality and falsehood of the Han army. This time, the Han Army goes deep into the desert. Once we are defeated, we will chase down thousands of miles, and they will be completely destroyed. ""We must take back the Yinshan Mountain and the fertile Hetao with water and grass."
The Hun cavalry gathered by the campfire to watch the night mentioned the war between the two sides and resented the loss of Hetao and Yinshan.
Suddenly, the familiar sound of horse's hooves sounded. In the dark, a cavalry killed from the south!
Hearing the sound of horses' hooves from the south, the Hun cavalry all changed color. Their king had retreated to the north to fight the Han Army in Mobei. At this time, the cavalry from the South could not be Huns.
"Han Army! It's the Han Army! "
The Hun cavalry quickly awakened their companions and wanted to rise up to resist.
Dozens of Hun cavalry were killed by the rain of arrows!
A large number of cavalry drove into the Hun camp!
Yang Wudi held a spear and used Yang's spear technique. He ran from left to right in the enemy camp. The Hun cavalry was hit in the head by the spear, and was killed instantly. The blood splashed into the burning bonfire, making a nourishing sound!
Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun made great progress and broke the Huns!
Zhao Yun used the Dragon gall bright silver spear (the only imperial weapon) made for him by the legendary blacksmith moye. He was invincible among the Xiongnu. He flew the fire, and the burning firewood fell into the Hun cavalry who were not able to mount the horse. The Hun cavalry screamed. Zhao Yun then came and stabbed to death with a long gun!
The cavalry of Yueqi camp and Changshui camp pulled out the ring head sword and cut down the Hun cavalry. The Hun cavalry were killed in battle.
The cavalry wantonly destroyed the fire, causing the fire to splash everywhere. The fire gradually spread in the simple camp of Xiongnu, and finally formed a sea of fire all over the sky!
The Hun cavalry saw the situation and began to flee North in a hurry.
"Draw a knife!"
Hua Mulan, led by a thousand Iron Eagle scouts, has already made a detour to the rear of this Hun cavalry. A thousand Iron Eagle scouts pulled out the Tang Dao and pointed the bright edge straight ahead.
Thousands of Xiongnu cavalry escaped and were intercepted by iron eagles. Only 300 cavalry escaped.
Chu Tian and Chen Qingzhi, Fang Xuanling and Lu Su watched the battle in the rear.
The long-distance attack on Chutian is already a common occurrence, and the effect is still as good as ever.
Chu Tian can see that his points are increasing.
If you encounter tens of thousands of Hun cavalry, Chu Tian may have to avoid his edge, but since there are only thousands of Hun cavalry, the difficulty is reduced ten times. Send the strong general to attack directly.
"There are thousands of cavalry on the other side, and there will always be someone who will escape. The main Xiongnu will soon know that we have caught up with us. We can only March quickly and obtain supplies by plundering the Xiongnu, and keep up the momentum!"
Before the discovery of Xiongnu's main force, Chutian relied on the Han Army's supplies.
Although we can take and use it from the enemy, it is also when there are enemies. If we don't meet the enemy in the Gobi and desert, we will march rashly, and we will probably run out of food.
At this time, Chu Tian did not have to rely on the Han Army's logistics team when he found the Hun's main force. Because, the Huns also want to eat, their main force often with a large number of livestock, to grab their livestock, you can get supplies!
Chu Tian's cavalry severely damaged the Hun cavalry who was monitoring the Han army. The Xiongnu cavalry was killed and wounded in 89 cases, and only a few escaped. After cleaning up the battlefield, Chu Tian got many Xiongnu horses and immediately pursued the right Hun king.
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