Ni Yi's status was far from enough to participate in the military discussions of the core generals, but he had a accurate judgment on the strategies Lu Yao would take, and the troops that were responsible for sweeping the grasslands on the dam were not just his. In the following days, the Dai County army marched only twenty miles a day, using baggage vehicles to intervene with infantry along the way, and the cavalry traveled and roamed with cavalry. Wherever they were stationed at night, they would inevitably have deep ditches and high bases to build solid camps to defend themselves. At the same time, the cavalry team of Lu Yao's headquarters, Ding Miao's scouts, and the iron cavalry of Liu Xia's troops took turns to attack.
In this series of battles, He Yun, the old subordinate of Lu Yao, Chu Kun, who came to serve in Jicheng during the reorganization of the army, Ni Yi, the old subordinate of the Qihuo Army who had been struggling for a long time, and Jiang Li, a Bingzhou soldier who fought side by side with Lu Yao at Jianchun Gate in Yecheng... These team leaders who were promoted and reused from Lu Yao all got the opportunity to independently lead the army. Obviously, General Yingyang was able to use this to examine the leadership skills of the new generals; at the same time, this was also an effective means to clean up the Hu tribes of various divisions in Bashang and enrich their own strength.
The Hu tribes that were nomadic on the Bashang grassland were mainly various types of subordinates to the eastern Tuoba Xianbei. Since the Tuoba Xianbei has fought in the east and west over the years, many tribes were conquered and migrated here. In terms of scale, these tribes had thousands of declines, and the smallest ones were just a dozen. In terms of bloodline, they not only included the Wuhuan, Xiongnu, Chile remnants, but also other tribes of the Fuyu tribe. Many tribes lived in a mixed relationship. Although the Qu chief ruled his own people and maintained a certain degree of independence, they paid tribute at the age of tribute and jointly followed the management of the Luguan official of the Tuoba Xianbei Eastern Conference, that is, the so-called "four tribes" outside the Tuoba Xianbei tribe alliance.
A month ago, Lu Guan died suddenly at the ceremony of worshiping heaven, and many Xianbei heroes and generals also died in the mountains of Danhan Mountain, which caused the eastern tribes of Tuoba Xianbei to fall into riots. The six larger tribes belonging to the branch of the Bian and Fuyu immediately launched an riot, attacking the Xianbei tribes northward, trying to open a channel to return to their tribes. The fierce battle began violently on the northern edge of the Bashang Grassland, that is, the eastern foot of the Danhan Mountain to the source of Rushui.
Under this circumstance, a rare vacuum appeared in the southern part of the Bashang Grassland. The six tribes left and stayed here were extremely weak scattered tribes. This was quite similar to Daijun two months ago. And the military power used by Lu Yao to face the enemy was more than ten times stronger than that at that time? For a time, it was not an exaggeration to say that the situation on the grassland was as if Mount Tai had pressed eggs.
The soldiers of the Dai County Army almost completely copied the previous process of Lu Yao's sweeping Dai County. On the one hand, they attacked, swept, dispersed, and reorganized, and repeated high-intensity military operations; on the other hand, they were military governance methods such as intimidation, temptation, reward, and punishment. After experiencing the Dai County War, many generals and schools had successfully mastered the entire process. They led the powerful cavalry mixed with Hu Jin to travel across the grassland, as if they were fine combs, sorting out hundreds of miles of the southern part of the dam grassland over and over again.
They always held high the banner of righteousness, and always advocated that they came to support the orthodox Tuoba Xianbei Da Shanyu, only to suppress the rebellion and restore stability on the grassland. But in fact, what the Jin army did was not like the soldiers of the Han court, but similar to the Hu bandits who had been plundering for thousands of years. Their methods were so sharp that it was almost unimaginable to the Hus. Wherever the Jin army went, a large number of Xianbei male men were incorporated into the army and then died in batches in succession battles. The remaining tribes and the cattle, sheep and livestock they grazed were forced to migrate and included in the jurisdiction of the Jin army.
Although the Xianbei tribes stranded on the dam were scattered, the total amount of the gathering was quite considerable. The size of the Jin army team expanded violently, and three camps had to be formed one after another to manage the gains of these plunders. Due to this, the daily marching speed was slower, just like a bloated fat man moving hard on the grassland.
The cavalrymen took turns to attack the Xianbei tribes in Bashang. On the sixth day after entering the Bashang grassland, it was He Yun and his subordinate cavalry.
It goes without saying that as an old subordinate who had followed Lu Yao for many years and a companion who fled after Daling, He Yun and Lu Yao were particularly close. This friendship made many soldiers secretly envious, and of course some people expressed disdain behind their backs, always feeling that He Yun did not rely on real talents to take up military positions. He Yun also vaguely felt this. Therefore, he tried his best to seize every opportunity to fight, and strive to show that he was competent in military affairs, so as to show that he was competent.
This time, He Yun led his troops to set out in the early morning. They boldly interspersed and crossed the two tributaries of Rushui, heading westward, and headed straight to the lake and swamps northwest of Khanshan. After careful search, three small tribes were gathered along the way. It took a lot of time to reorganize these three fish that were missing, and killed nearly a hundred Xianbei people who were intending to resist. It was not until dusk the next day that they returned in sanctuary and joined the army. Thousands of livestock and hundreds of Xianbei men and women rushed into the camp under their drive, and were then scattered into several fences made of wooden fences.
After a brief handover with Li Huan, a native of Yidu, Qingzhou who was in charge of guarding the fence, He Yun tilted his horse to Lu Yao's big tent. He had already estimated that the harvest of this plundering was quite good, while the losses were negligible. Such results were enough to show his face in front of his colleagues, which made He Yun both excited and proud. After all, he was still a young man who was not as young as the young. Thinking of being praised by Lu Yao for this, his joy was even more undepressed.
It is almost early autumn at the end of August, and the sunset is earlier than summer. Just after the hour of You, torches have been lit up everywhere. This shows that the Xianbei camp is dark and forms a huge contrast.
The group rode their horses by the wooden fence, and suddenly heard low and sad whimpers drifting with the wind. He Yun's expression moved and he pulled his horse to the wooden fence. There was no tent or other setting in the fence. Many Xianbei people were lying or curled up with the herds they cherished. In the corner of the fence, an old woman over 60 years old curled up between the fence, hugged a ferocious head in her arms regardless of the blood and filth, kissing her, and touching her with her trembling hands, making a cry in tears. Sitting beside the old woman were two Xianbei children, with stains covering their expressions, and only her in a hurry could be clearly identified. One of the younger children suddenly stood up, as if she wanted to hug the old woman, but was frightened by the head in the old woman's arms, grinned and started crying.
He Yun knew that the head was a Xianbei shepherd who was killed by him today. The Xianbei shepherd was a little hesitant when he guided him. In order to avoid the in case, He Yun immediately killed him. He Yunyuan didn't think there was anything wrong with his own treatment, but looking at the scene in front of him, he suddenly felt heavy in his heart and felt a little breathless.
For thousands of years, the Hu tribes in the northern border have been plundering and killing countless times, and the number of Jin people who died due to Hu'er's atrocities is incredible. He Yun fought countless times in Bingzhou, thinking about killing Hu. However, confronting Hu people on the battlefield is the same thing, and taking advantage of the decline of Hu'er's power to sweep his tribes in a large manner seems to be another matter. Jin people are people, and Xianbei people are also people. They all have parents, wives and children, and they all yearn for warm and comfortable families. What's more, as the saying goes, there are injustice and debts, and these Xianbei people are just weak people among the Hu people, and they have almost no intersection with Jin people before. Looking at the mourning attitudes of the elderly, weak women and children, He Yun suddenly felt that what he did was actually no different from Hu'er, whom he had always hated.
He didn't want to hear the crying anymore, so he hurriedly rushed to the main tent of the central army where Lu Yao was.
Lu Yao was studying the topographic map at his desk. Perhaps the spies under Zhu Sheng's side reported new military information. He was holding a pen and ink and adding lines of comments to the map. Seeing He Yun arrive, Lu Yao nodded and happily asked him to come in.
Register, register, and pay order. He Yun completed these actions meticulously, but the crying sounds of the lingering in the Xianbei camp always lingered in his mind, making him feel confused.
Chapter completed!