Hemu'er was grateful. When he learned that Ma Chao was going to attack Liu Bao's tribe overnight, he hurriedly advised: "The snowy night on the grassland is so cold that even the horses can't stand it. If the general wants to attack them, please wait until dawn tomorrow."
It won’t be too late, General, please think again.”
Ma Chao laughed loudly and said solemnly: "What if the weather is cold and the ground is freezing? What should I, the Han soldiers, be afraid of?"
He came to the grassland this time to perform meritorious service, and he wanted to perform a great service. Liu Xin was indeed a wise lord. He gave full autonomy to the generals who led the troops outside, and also said, "The generals are outside, and the king orders them."
If you don't accept anything", Ma Chao must make full use of his power now and seek great success for himself.
This place is very close to Liu Bao's tribe. If they travel all night, they may be able to reach Liu Bao's tribe before the third watch, and they will be able to catch them by surprise. More importantly, Ma Chao has learned that Liu Bao has
Not in a tribe. No matter how many people there are in the tribe, they will still be leaderless.
Although Liu Xin had made it very clear in his order, asking them to try not to kill too many Xiongnu people, Liu Bao was different. When Liu Xin sent them here this time, he especially emphasized that they should be on guard against Liu Bao. Now
Given the great opportunity to eliminate the Liu Bao tribe, Ma Chao was unwilling to miss it no matter what.
There is no doubt about the military discipline of the Han soldiers. Not to mention making them march all night to fight, even if they were asked to jump into a fire pit all night, they would not frown. The soldiers who had just finished cleaning the battlefield with the herdsmen were about to camp and rest.
After hearing Ma Chao's order, they gathered together in less than a cup of tea. According to the Yehan tribe's herdsman,
They set off towards Liu Bao's tribe in the direction pointed by the people. Originally, many herdsmen from the Yehan tribe were rescued by the Han army and were willing to serve as guides for the Han army. However, Ma Chao did not have any spare down jackets for them to wear.
, and did not want them to lose their lives just after gaining freedom because they could not bear the severe cold, so they politely rejected their good intentions.
Liu Bao's tribe was once a large tribe with more than 10,000 young people. Although most of the young herdsmen have been lost, there are still many women and children. As long as time is given, it can still develop into a large tribe. Even so, this tribe can be regarded as a medium-sized tribe.
tribe, and there are more than 8,000 slaves in the tribe. Among these slaves are men and women, adults and children, some are Huns, some are Qiang, some are Xianbei, and some are Han.
If it were the nomadic season, so many people would be scattered on the vast grassland, just like a handful of sand thrown into the sea, unable to be found. But now is not the nomadic season, so the entire tribe is gathered together, and one family is
One tent, thousands of families
There were thousands of tents. Such a camp naturally required a very large space. On this winter night with a bright moon and few stars, it became a very obvious target against the silver light of the snow. Therefore, Ma Chao sent out
The outpost found their camp without any difficulty.
The Han troops equipped with skis were moving too fast. When they surrounded this large camp from a distance, it was not yet the second watch. There were still many people walking around in the camp.
Bursts of noisy and noisy sounds came from time to time.
During the grazing season, these herder families live scattered across the grasslands, and will only gather together during major gatherings. This is also a good time for young men and women to fall in love. In winter, the entire family
When the tribe gathers together, it is their happiest time.
At this time, through the clairvoyance in his hand, Ma Chao could clearly see that there were many men and women singing and dancing around the campfire in the square in the middle of the camp. In fact, what Ma Chao couldn't see was that in some dark corners, there were many pairs of people.
The couple is making love to each other.
Ma Chao knew very well that these tribes on the grassland, both men and women, were brave warriors before they were captured. If these people rose up to resist, they would inevitably cause relatively large casualties to his soldiers. Ma Chao had a total of 20,000 soldiers.
, 5,000 people were left near the Yehan tribe, and 15,000 people surrounded this camp. Even if he launched a strong attack, he was confident of annihilating Liu Bao's tribe.
However, Ma Chao did not give the order to attack, because Liu Xin taught them many times that while attacking the enemy, they should protect themselves to the maximum extent. The slogans on the school field like "Sweat more in peacetime, bleed less in war" are also
It can be seen everywhere that these concepts have long been deeply engraved in the minds of the Han soldiers, so Ma Chao would never choose to take action at this time.
Lurking in the winter night is an arduous task, and lurking in the snow on the cold grassland night would be an impossible task if left to the general army. But these difficulties faced the Han army, which was armed to the teeth.
In front of me, it is simply not worth mentioning. Not only the perfect equipment makes
They can overcome the severe cold, and their usual rigorous training has given them the willpower and physique to fight the cold. These are just recruits who have been trained for less than a year. If Liu Xin's idea is to go by, after another two years,
Such an army can definitely sweep the world.
By the time of the third watch, the crowd dancing around the campfire had gradually dispersed, and the entire camp had become quiet. However, Ma Chao still had not given the order to attack. He was still waiting, waiting for the best time to attack.
After more than an hour, the bright moon in the sky gradually disappeared, and the sky became darker and darker. Ma Chao suddenly made a gesture to the soldiers behind him. The soldiers quickly lit a torch and waved it in the air three times.
Without much effort, the other three
A bright spot also appeared in the distance in this direction, swaying in the air for three times. Then, everything returned to silence and it was still pitch black. However, under this dark and quiet night sky, there were countless figures heading towards the camp from all directions.
Touched it.
Ma Chao chose the right time. This time is when people sleep the deepest in a night, and for the guards on duty outside, it is the time when they are sleepiest, coldest and hungry. Ma Chao already knew it from his clairvoyance
They could see that the guards around the camp had retreated into their tents one after another. After all, in their eyes, it was going to be dawn soon. This was Liu Bao's camp again. Could anyone dare to make a sneak attack?
Just as these guards were snoring and falling asleep, the sneak attackers really came, rushed into their camp, and chopped down their tents. Most of the herdsmen still didn't understand what was happening.
, someone stared in confusion and got out of the tent to look around. As a result, he was stabbed in the head. Apart from letting out a scream before death, he didn't even understand who the enemy was.
The battle went extremely smoothly, with almost no decent resistance encountered. Ma Chao took control of the entire camp. The soldiers searched tent after tent, drove out all the people in the tents, and gathered outside the camp to screen them.
identity.
When rescuing the Yehan tribe last night, Ma Chao had already heard about Liu Bao's "liberation" of the slaves of the Yehan tribe. He thought it was a good idea and made up his mind to do the same before launching the attack. In this matter
Ma Chao did more thoroughly than Liu Bao. He not only "liberated" those slaves, but also ordered the adult male slaves to immediately separate from their original female masters.
Choose one of them to form a new family. In this way, Liu Bao's tribe will have a completely new look and become a brand new tribe. As for all the male herdsmen in Liu Bao's tribe who are taller than a wheel, Ma Chao does not dare to kill them, because
These people are all prisoners of war, and killing prisoners of war will be severely punished by military discipline. There are about 4,000 of these prisoners of war, and they will all be taken to Xiliang and used as hard labor.
At this time, the first ray of light had just risen in the east. Liu Bao also walked out of the felt tent and stretched hard. His men were busy dismantling the tent. The men on the grassland have strong physiques, and they sleep in the open.
It is commonplace, but sleeping in the snow on this winter night is tantamount to seeking death. Therefore, even a small team like Liu Bao with only a few dozen people must carry several tents with them.
Liu Bao drank a large bag of mare's milk in the tent in the morning and gnawed most of a leg of lamb. Now he is full of energy. He was busy on the way, but his mind was not idle, even though Huchuquan and the others wanted to deal with it.
The unfavorable things about Yuvluo were absolutely true, but he was so excited that he killed Yehan, and now there is no witness.
After returning from the defeat in Guanzhong and losing 100,000 Huns, Liu Bao clearly felt that Yu Fuluo was a little dissatisfied with him and did not stand on his side during the civil strife. Therefore, if Liu Bao is like this
Talking about Hu Chuquan’s intentions without any basis
He was sure that Huvrault would not believe what he said when he told him something unfavorable. He must find a way as soon as possible to make Huvrault accept this fact. However, there were still three days to go before Huvrault's tribe.
He still had enough time to think carefully about the journey.
Just as Liu Bao was riding on his horse, the men, women, and children in his tribe also began to set off under the escort of the Han army. This new tribe, composed of liberated slaves and the original women and children, would merge with Yehan's tribe.
, and Hemu'er will become Hemu'er
After the merger, the tribal leaders. As for the prisoners of war, they will be handed over to Hemuler for the time being. After things are settled on the grassland, they will be taken to Xiliang. Ma Chao still needs to continue to the tribe in Chiwule. This is
The focus of his trip to the grasslands.
In the evening, the Han army escorted this new tribe to the new camp of the Yehan tribe. After a simple handover, Ma Chao led 20,000 Han troops and rushed towards the Chiwule tribe overnight. Because of this
The first raid on Liu Bao's tribe was delayed too much. If we didn't march all night, it might be difficult to reach Chiwule's tribe within the agreed time.
Liu Bao was not in a hurry. The bad weather made the horses exhausted. He ordered to set up camp early. After taking a sip of kumiss and chewing a piece of mutton leg, Liu Bao breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly, only
Seeing a subordinate walking in hurriedly, he saluted and said: "Report to the prince, I found something strange under the saddle. Please take a look at it."