Chapter 406: Chen Hu's Lesson
On the brink of cold wind from the north blew, indicating that the next cold winter was coming.
Choosing this time period can seriously attack Beidi's logistics and starve them to death in winter.
After deciding to harass Beidi this time, Zhongli and Chen Hu led 8,000 cavalry to attack into the grassland in two groups.
The eight thousand cavalry are not too many, and the target is too big and the small one cannot achieve tactical results. Therefore, Zhao Xu and Chang Wei decided on this number after discussing.
At the same time, the cavalry also prepared fried noodles. Because they rode horses, they carried more fried noodles, which was more conducive to their guerrilla warfare, harassing Beidi, and destroying their war plans against Yanzhou.
Watching Zhongli and others disappear into the sky, Zhao Xu's expression was complicated. This was the time to really test Zhongli and Chen Hu. It is also an unknown whether these soldiers can come back this time.
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Two days later.
In the vast grassland, there were only a few cold stars in the sky, and there was no trace of moonlight. After splitting from Zhongli, Chen Hu hid out at night during the day and finally entered the grass through Yanshan Mountain.
Using telescopes, his horse probing could always find Beidi scouts in advance, then avoid Beidi scouts, and lead cavalry to search for small tribes under the Black Iron King's tent on the grassland.
Each king's tent in Beidi has its own vast pasture, and the king's tent is composed of many small tribes. These tribes are scattered on the pasture for grazing. Only during wartime will soldiers leave the tribe and go to the king's tent to gather.
After half a day of search, hard work pays off. When night fell, he saw a bonfire that was lit up not far away from the telescope.
"Come with me to see how many people there are in this tribe?" Chen Hu said.
The named soldier responded and tiptoed to follow Chen Hu and groped around the bonfire.
At this time, the grassland was pitch black, and there was no way to see anyone outside the bonfire.
Chen Hu and his soldiers approached the Black Iron King's Tent tribe without anyone discovering it.
Around the bonfire, these Beidi people were roasting beefs and sheep, laughing and drinking and eating meat.
"Damn, these Beidi people have a great life. Eating meat and drinking wine every day is much happier than me." Chen Hu shook his nose, and the smell of meat made him drool.
"Captain, look at the camp, there are only more than 200. It seems that this is a small tribe with only more than a thousand people inside. What are you waiting for? Just grab the meat and eat it." The soldier following Chen Hu said, his name was Xue Gui, and he was Chen Hu's personal soldier.
"Hehe, this is what I say, let's go back, since Your Highness asks us to fight guerrillas, let's give him a night attack." Chen Hu said.
Xue Gui nodded bloodthirstyly. His brother died at the hands of the Beidi people, so he hated Beidi more than anyone else.
After taking the soldiers to figure out the situation, Chen Hu and others secretly turned back.
"Captain, will you attack now?" someone asked.
"It's a big deal to attack. Of course, we have to wait until midnight when they all fall asleep before attacking. Remember, this time we don't ride horses, but sneak over. When we enter the tent, we will kill me without leaving any one." Chen Hu said.
"Yes." The soldiers said in a suppressed voice.
Chen Hu looked at the bonfire in the distance again and gently touched the telescope on his body like a baby. This time he was able to discover this tribe in advance, but it was not discovered by this tribe.
The stars in the sky are becoming brighter and brighter.
In the first half of the night, except for the soldiers who were watching, most of the soldiers fell asleep. The bonfire of Beidi was still lit. From time to time, you can see several Beidi soldiers sitting lazily by the bonfire dozing off.
For them, it was impossible for Dasong's soldiers to go deep into the grassland alone, so the soldiers who watch the night watch in the tribe often neglected to guard against the wolves attacking the livestock.
At midnight, Chen Hu was woken up by Xue Gui. Chen Hu rubbed his eyes and looked at the light not far away and said, "Call up all the brothers, guys are ready."
"Yes." Xue Gui immediately slapped the soldiers around him, and the other soldiers woke up and slapped the soldiers around him one by one. Soon the four thousand soldiers gathered together.
They were wearing scales and swords were unsheathed.
"Let's go!" Chen Hu ordered, and 4,000 people hid their bodies in the tall weeds and approached the Beidi tribe. The grass about one meter high completely blocked their bodies.
Chen Hu knew very well that a large-scale cavalry charge would definitely wake up the Beidi people at this time. Although it could catch the Beidi people off guard, most of the Beidi soldiers would definitely take the opportunity to escape.
If you touch it this way, you can use your advantage of sneak attacks and wipe out all the tribe as much as possible to avoid exposing your own traces.
"You take a thousand people there, and you a thousand people there." Chen Hu ordered in the grass.
Four thousand people quickly formed a siege of Beidi's camp. At this time, the soldiers of Beidi who were watching at night were sleeping soundly, but they still didn't notice it.
At this time, Chen Hu signaled Xue Gui, Xue Gui nodded and tiptoed towards the Beidi soldiers beside the bonfire.
Looking at the Beidi soldiers who were still sleeping, a sneer appeared on the corner of Xue Gui's mouth. They pulled out daggers and quickly approached the Beidi soldiers. When they got closer, Xue Gui covered the Beidi soldiers' mouth and cut the Beidi soldiers' throat hard.
“Uhhh…”
The Beidi soldiers suddenly opened their eyes in horror, but their throat was cut and their mouths were covered, so they could only make unclear sounds. At this time, the other soldiers also killed all the Beidi soldiers who were vigilant.
The pupils of Beidi soldiers gradually dissipated, and Xue Gui waved to Chen Hu.
"Go!" Chen Hu issued an order at this time. At the same time, the soldiers who saw Xue Gui Sign Language in front of the bonfire also took action and touched the tent-like tent.
At this time, the soldiers pursed their lips tightly, and they shuttled through the tents, allocating the tents they had hunted.
Everything was ready, and almost at the same time, the soldiers rushed into the camp and screams suddenly echoed through the night sky.
At this time, Chen Hu also rushed into a camp, which was closest to the bonfire. In the fire, he saw a young Beidi woman lying inside.
At this time, the Beidi woman had been awakened. She looked at Chen Hu in horror, shook her head constantly, looking pitiful.
"How can I do this!" Chen Hu stopped in the air with his sharp sword hand, but the words of the King of Yan hesitated again.
At this moment, taking advantage of the moment when Chen Hu was in a daze, the Beidi woman suddenly picked up a scimitar from the pillow and rolled on the ground and stabbed Chen Hu's lower body.
Chen Hu suddenly became alert. A layer of cold sweat broke out all over his body, but it was too late to dodge. At this moment, a man suddenly rushed over from behind him and kicked Beidi's woman in the hand.
The scimitar cut the scales of Chen Hu's thighs, and the metal hit each other, and a spark was particularly dazzling.
Chen Hu no longer hesitated, and the sharp arrow suddenly pierced the Beidi woman's chest.
"Captain, do you want to leave someone more beautiful for you?" Xue Gui said with a smile.
"Get out, don't leave any one, kill them all!" Chen Hu's face turned a little pale, and cold sweat had soaked his clothes.
He finally understood what the King of Yan said, Dasong and Beidi either die or I die, and the woman's kindness will only kill him. He gritted his teeth and his eyes became firm.
The Beidi tribe obviously did not expect that Dasong's army would attack in the middle of the night. Many Beidi people in the tent died in their sleep. Half an hour later, the cavalry checked the tent one by one with torches, and after confirming that all Beidi people were dead, they gathered in front of the bonfire.
"Captain, we are rich. There are tens of thousands of cattle and sheep in the fence of this tribe, and thousands of horses. Should we send all these things back to the Northern Four County?" Xue Gui said at this time.
This time they went into the grassland, they were doing something like burning, killing, looting. The tribe was unlucky and was discovered by them on the first night. He said: "Kill all the cattle and sheep, eat what can be eaten, and cook what can't be eaten. The horses sent a team of people to send them back."
Xue Gui nodded. The horse was easy to drive back quickly, but it was not easy to drive back to the cattle and sheep. We cannot waste time on the cattle and sheep this time.
If you choose one of the two, you can only choose a horse.
After the order was conveyed, the soldiers immediately rushed into the fence with their knives and kill cattle and sheep, and then started barbecuing in front of the bonfire.
Early the next morning, the soldiers continued to set off on the road with enough food and drink, and three soldiers with experience in chasing horses drove the horses back along the safe road when they came.
"burn!"
Before leaving, Chen Hu gave the order, the soldiers threw the torches into the camp, and some soldiers threw the dead cattle and sheep in, which did not leave any food for Beidi to spend the winter.
Chapter completed!