This time the expedition against the barbarians was more like Ju Ming's military drill.
He trained soldiers according to his own needs according to the descriptions in "General Martial Arts", "Records of Military Training", and "New Book of Jixiao". Along the march, he also followed the contents of the books, sending vanguard troops to conduct reconnaissance, and carefully selected the camping location.
, and try to learn to deal with various daily chores.
You will still make mistakes at the beginning, but gradually you will become familiar with it.
Including civilian husbands, there are a total of 3,000 people in the team, and Ju Ming has become more and more comfortable.
Cutting down trees, digging pits, setting up camp, collecting water, making food... everything was done in an orderly manner. The masons accompanying the army even had free time to get large and small stones to make stone bullets.
Yu Wenchang found that he didn't have to worry about anything and was in a happier mood. At the same time, he also quietly became familiar with the method of marching in the army.
His father, Yuwen Changling, was also a fierce man when he was young. He was awarded the title of Rongzhou official at the beginning of the Jinshi period. Xiongben was ordered to manage the Zikui line and had the power to open the government, so he directly recruited Yuwen Changling as his staff.
The conquest strategy of Kuizhou Road and Zizhou Road was actually made by Yu Wen Changling, who defeated the barbarians into submission. The fortresses of the Nanping Army (Nanchuan and Qijiang in Chongqing) were also constructed by Yu Wen Changling.
.When he did these things, Yu Wenchang was only in his twenties.
Yu Wenchang grew up listening to his father's legendary deeds, and he also read some various military books. Now he is partnering with Ju Ming to fight, which can be regarded as turning theory into practice.
Ju Ming was still managing the camp, and Yu Wenchang rode out of the camp, with the long card player and a few barbarians behind him.
When we were about to reach the river, Yu Wenchang ordered: "Go and shout."
Several barbarians were protected by the long card player and walked to the river and shouted to the other side: "Ghost Lords of the Lianglin tribe, you and Qiongbu River are enemies. Qiongbu killed your tribe and insulted your great ghost master.
Now you have taken refuge in the Qiong tribe, which will make the ghosts and gods angry and no longer protect you! The ghost masters of the Lianglin tribe listen up. Whoever kills Bu Su will be made a great ghost master by the Han officials, and he will be given a population and peace.
livestock!"
The barbarians who were building a wall on the other side of the river, which was less than ten meters wide, could hear clearly.
The barbarians who came from the Lianglin tribe stopped what they were doing when they heard this.
They were among the conquered. Although they were able to survive, they were yelled at by the Qiongbu River barbarians from then on. Every time they fought, they were asked to send troops, but the spoils were not divided much. Usually, they had to attack the big ghost master of Qiongbu River.
Offer wealth and goods.
They already had resentment in their hearts, but they just didn't dare to express it.
"Archery!"
Busu's eldest son did not dare to let the other party continue shouting, and immediately ordered bows and arrows to be fired.
The barbarians who shouted quickly hid behind the giant shield.
Several waves of arrows rained down, but because they could not cause any damage, Busu's eldest son could only stop.
The barbarians started shouting again: "There are six major tribes in the Qiong tribe. Now the Wudeng tribe occupies the most fertile land and has the most big ghost masters. Can the other five tribes of you tolerate it? Especially the Meng tribe, you were the most powerful before."
Mighty ones, are you willing to obey the orders of the leader of the Wudeng tribe now? Listen, the five ghost masters, big and small, as long as you kill Busu, the Han officials will confer greater officials on you and reward you with more land and population!
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There are six Qiong tribes in total. When they first conquered this land, it was too fertile and the Wudeng tribe did not dare to take it all for themselves.
So some of the meritorious deeds of the other five tribes asked their descendants to move over with a small number of tribesmen and take in the conquered Lianglin barbarian captives. They stayed here as little ghost masters, each commanding a few villages, and they all obeyed the orders of the big ghost Busu.
host.
Busu's eldest son was frightened and rode back to report the situation.
When Buyu heard the news, he immediately summoned all the ghost masters and announced: "Don't believe what the Han people say. Han officials always lie. Have you been deceived too many times? I will not treat you badly if you fight for me."
All ghost masters have rewards, and so do all warriors!"
Afraid that someone would actually defect in front of the battle, Buyu quickly took out the goods. Even the barbarians from the Lianglin tribe received several kilograms of grain.
For a time, the morale of thousands of barbarian soldiers was greatly boosted.
But Busu felt extremely uneasy, and he was especially worried about the Lianglin tribe.
The Qiongbu Sichuan barbarians have occupied this area for less than ten years, and they discriminated against and suppressed the surrendered Lianglin tribe. What if these people really rebel?
Bu Su quickly used various excuses to transfer several little ghost leaders from the Lianglin tribe to perform tasks elsewhere, which was equivalent to separating the little ghost leaders from their tribesmen. Then, he changed the defensive positions of the Lianglin tribesmen.
Let the Qiong tribe soldiers separate the two Lin tribes.
This move indeed made it difficult for the Lianglin tribesmen to defect, but it also made them feel obvious protection and discrimination.
The rift has arisen and is difficult to bridge.
"Woo~~Woo~~Woo~~"
There was a sound of horn horns coming from the north, and Ju Ming immediately got on his horse, ordered all the soldiers to gather, and rushed out of the camp with his personal entourage.
A cavalryman responsible for reconnaissance and security rushed over: "Shuai Zhu, there's a fight on the mountain to the north, and Guandou is chasing the barbarians!"
Ju Ming ordered: "The whole army will be organized, Deng Chun will lead the cavalry to meet them, and the rest will be ready to cross the river to fight!"
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Guan Sheng led ten Yuanyang Formation teams around the back hill of the enemy village.
The long cards were too heavy and were not conducive to rushing, so they were all replaced with bucklers.
How could the barbarians not be on guard against such a critical location on the mountain behind the village? Several cage forts were built a few years ago, and there were even barbarians farming on the mountain.
Bu Su's second son A Teng commanded more than 600 barbarian soldiers and was stationed in the cage on the mountain.
Guan Sheng's troops were discovered by barbarian sentries before they reached the foot of the mountain.
A Teng got the news and said to his general: "Let them go into the mountains and ambush them in the most dangerous place!"
Guan Sheng sent some soldiers to explore the road. The soldiers who explored the road quickly entered the ambush circle of the barbarians, but A Teng did not launch an attack. He was ready to eat all Guan Sheng's team.
"Kandutou, there seems to be a cage fortress on the top of the mountain ahead." The expedition team came back to report.
Guan Sheng ordered: "Soushan soldiers, withdraw as quickly as possible, and each queue will respond!"
"Dang-dang-dang!"
When the gong sounded, the explorers turned around and fled.
"Shoot arrows and hunt down the Han soldiers!" A Teng shouted when he saw this.
Dozens of earthen arrows were shot out, and two of the pathfinders fell down in an instant. Three other people were hit by arrows and ran wildly with arrows stuck in their bodies.
Six hundred barbarian soldiers rushed out from the mountain, holding various weapons and making strange noises.
The ten teams quickly formed a mandarin duck formation. Due to the restricted terrain, the formation was extremely non-standard.
The squad leaders also lacked actual combat experience, and there were inevitably omissions when setting up the formation. Moreover, each one of them was frightened, and some even turned around and tried to escape.
Guan Sheng could only stand at the front, holding up his spear and shouting: "You are not allowed to retreat until I die!"
Then he yelled: "Did County Magistrate Zhu give enough food rations?"
"That's enough!" the squad leaders responded immediately.
Guan Sheng continued to shout: "Did County Magistrate Zhu pay enough?"
"Enough is enough!"
All the soldiers shouted together.
Guan Sheng asked again: "If I have been given enough food and salary, should I fight tooth and nail?"
"Desperately, desperately!"
More than a hundred soldiers shouted at the top of their lungs, and their morale soared instantly. Soldiers who were planning to escape also clutched their weapons.
The damaged pathfinders fled back and quickly hid in the formation.
A Teng commanded more than 600 barbarian soldiers and divided them into three groups to attack. One group charged head-on, and two groups circled to the left and right to outflank.
One versus six.
Guan Sheng retreated slightly, but not far. He just retreated to the formation to take command.
Swish, brush, brush!
The barbarian soldiers fired arrows from their earthen bows, which were not very powerful. The sword and shield soldiers in the front row raised their shields to block, while the wolf soldiers and spearmen also waved their weapons.
However, several Han soldiers in the formation were still hit by arrows. Fortunately, their cross arms protected their heads and throats, and there were tree crowns nearby to naturally block the arrow rain.
The arrow shot from earth did not penetrate deeply into the leather armor.
These barbarian soldiers were not in neat formation on the ground, let alone rushing down from the mountains.
There was no formation at all, just a swarm of swarms charging in. They attacked with more and fewer, and with higher force and lower force, thinking that they would win, and they could defeat the Han soldiers as long as they rushed over.
Guan Sheng and each squad leader are equipped with bows and arrows.
When the enemy approached, they immediately fired arrows. Guan Sheng's archery skills were not good, and the first arrow missed and only hit the arm of a barbarian soldier.
Ateng was proud of his bravery and rushed to the front with a spear, and he was very alert to avoid an arrow.
When he got close to the fight, A Teng suddenly slowed down because a group of wolves stood up in front of him.
The squad leaders were still firing arrows, and the second wave of arrows was shot out, only a few meters away, and they all hit the barbarian soldiers running at the front.
Ateng took two arrows in an instant, because his leather armor was the most exquisite, and there were silver decorations on his bun.
"Go around, go around!"
Ateng had two arrows stuck in his body but he was not dead. He endured the pain and continued to command, while retreating behind the soldiers.
"Change of formation!"
"Hush!"
The squad leaders blew their bamboo whistles and changed formations according to their usual training content as if they were conditioned to react according to the situation they faced.
The number of barbarian soldiers was six times that of the Han soldiers, but they could never get in. Even if they went around to the side, they would be blocked by the swordsmen and spearmen. Occasionally, those who broke through the defense were defeated by the swordsmen, shieldmen and spearmen.
Even the fire soldiers were holding up their swords to fill their positions.
More barbarian soldiers were scattered in the rear, sleepwalking, not knowing how to charge and kill them.
The Han soldiers' mandarin duck formation always maintained a local advantage. Looking closely, it turned out that they were using more to fight against fewer.
The battle only lasted for more than ten minutes, the barbarian soldiers lost more than 5%, and their morale had dropped to the extreme.
The faint of heart will start to retreat, and it will only be a matter of time before they collapse.
On the Han soldiers' side, only a dozen people were shot and wounded. The only casualties were two fellow soldiers who were shot while exploring the route.
The arrow wound on Ateng's body was extremely painful. Seeing this situation, he could only ask his confidants to lead his troops to resist, while he led the main force back to Tengbao on the mountain.
"The barbarians are defeated!" Guan Sheng shouted.
"Kill!" Han soldiers shouted excitedly.
The barbarian soldiers who were responsible for blocking the rear were so frightened that they turned around and ran away.
Guan Sheng put away his bow and arrows, raised his spear and rushed out. More than a hundred Han soldiers roared and chased him.
A Teng was injured, and when he heard the sound of pursuit from behind, he was frightened and stepped on the air. He rolled down the hillside for several meters, and his trusted barbarians came to save him, but more barbarians were running for their lives.
Moreover, they were running away in all directions and no longer thought of returning to the fortress on the top of the mountain.
Guan Sheng stabbed several people to death one after another. Seeing hundreds of barbarian soldiers fleeing up the mountain, he knew that he would not be able to capture the fortress on the top of the mountain today.
"Du Tou, that's where the thief chief went!"
"Chase!"
Ateng was injured and ran slowly, but was killed by Han soldiers in front of him. He had no choice but to escape down the mountain and run south towards the village.
Guan Sheng left a few soldiers to collect the corpses and take care of the wounded, and he led the rest of the soldiers to pursue them at full speed.
The two sides chased each other and fled, and soon they reached the foot of the mountain. They both ran along the farmland along the river, and were discovered by the Han scout cavalry on the other side.