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!
"
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!"
…
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.
To be continued...