The northern barbarian team began to gather and move southward in mid-April, and more than half of them moved towards the Keqin Banner, no fewer than half a million. The barbarians marched without any rules and regulations. They walked in a dense crowd, and they looked quite imposing from a distance. It's just that it looks a bit worse when it's close. After seeing the tattered clothes clearly, the majesty immediately changed. If they didn't already have some scimitars in their hands, just stone sticks and wooden sticks, who would have seen it? Everyone thinks they are refugees.
The backwardness of the northern barbarians is comprehensive. Although they are next to the Sui Dynasty, which was extremely culturally prosperous, they were completely unable to learn advanced things because of their isolation. It is impossible for the Sui people to let them learn, and the northern barbarians themselves may not think that this is a manifestation of their backwardness.
In any case, the scale of hundreds of thousands of people marching together is still spectacular enough.
The King of the Northern Man sat on her stone bed, and the stone bed was on a huge ox cart pulled by ten oxen. The Beiman king sitting on the bullock cart seems to enjoy this slightly bumpy way of moving. In the past, she was carried by people when she traveled. In the concept of the northern barbarians, there is no such thing as a car.
After walking out of that primitive and closed place, their horizons were greatly broadened. This is progress. They have learned to drive, know that cattle, sheep and horses can be raised, and understand that adding some seasonings to food will make the food more delicious. This long journey away from home is more like an opening for them. A door to another world.
No matter what the purpose of Mr. Xie is, no matter how many people the northern barbarians will die during this migration, this incident will have a profound impact on the northern barbarians. Because they come out, their development will quickly catch up with the pace of the times. Perhaps, for the Mongols, a large-scale war would make the country backward, and for the Sui Dynasty, the continuous chaos would destroy the culture, but for the northern barbarians, every experience they experienced was a harvest.
Because before that, they had nothing. Because there is no, even if the process is tormented and painful, it is also a harvest. Human civilization seems to have been staggering along this path. The progress of every civilization will always be a layer of blood and blood on the way.
Some northern barbarians have already climbed on the horses. Although they can't control the horses well, they are very happy because of it. They don't know how to install saddles, but they are very adaptable, and bare horsebacks are not difficult for them to conquer. They began to put on prairie leather armor over their tattered clothes, and began to discard their stone weapons and choose sharper iron weapons.
The Northern Barbarian King looked at his subjects who were talking and marching, everyone was very excited, and then looked at the envoy who was riding a horse not far away with a gloomy expression.
She touched the golden scepter beside her, which was given to her by the envoy of God. The envoy said that this golden scepter represented the ruling power endowed by the gods and the approval of the gods. She liked this golden thing very much, especially the ugly stone crown on her head.
Then, she remembered what the envoy said yesterday.
"On behalf of the gods, I came to the tribe of the northern barbarians. On behalf of the gods, I blessed the crown on your head and gave you the golden staff that symbolizes rights. These are all given to you by me instead of the gods. And the gods also gave me greater rights. If you cannot become a faithful servant of the gods, then I will take off your crown and put it on someone else's head."
Thinking of these words, the Northern Barbarian King's body trembled, and the fat all over his body convulsed, involuntarily.
Fear flashed in her eyes.
"We can stop and rest eighty miles further south."
Mr. Xie turned his head and said to the Northern Man King: "When you get there, you will not be far from the Han team, and then the team will wait there. Those Han people have limited strength, and they may turn around and run away if they don't dare to fight. If this is the case, the Northern Man King , the territory of your rule has expanded a lot. I think you can send people back now, and let all the northern barbarian tribes come to the grassland. At that time, you will become the master of this vast grassland, and one day in the future, maybe you will Bring a powerful army over the mountains to the Central Plains, and continue to conquer."
The Northern Man King smiled, full of respect for Mr. Xie.
"Everything follows the arrangement of the envoy of God."
she said humbly.
Mr. Xie nodded in satisfaction, and then pointed forward with his hand: "Look, as soon as the war is over, this endless grassland will be full of cattle and sheep, and all the people of the northern barbarians will wear new clothes. Shoes, ride a horse and gallop here, and you will start a new life, which you have never thought of before. This is the will of the gods, and it is something I bestow on you. All this comes from my grace, you want Remember this, so you must know how to be grateful and firmly believe that what I say is beneficial to you, so I don’t want anyone to doubt what I said.”
"Will not."
The northern barbarian king lowered his head and put his hands on his chest: "Respected envoy, including me, the northern barbarians are your servants."
Mr. Xie laughed out loud, with some complacency in his eyes.
At this moment, there was suddenly a humming horn sounding from the front, and there was no regularity. Mr. Xie's face changed immediately after hearing it. It was he who taught the northern barbarians to use horns as a warning. The northern barbarians still don't know what the length of the horn means, they only know how to blow it vigorously when they encounter danger.
"Encountered the enemy ahead!"
A cavalryman wearing iron armor and a mask said to Mr. Xie.
Mr. Xie nodded, glanced at Beiman Wang and said: "Don't let the team disperse, I didn't expect you to be smart enough to learn what I taught you, but I hope you can remember what I just said, if you can't Obey my words absolutely, then the person sitting on this stone bed tomorrow will no longer be you."
After finishing speaking, Mr. Xie rode his horse and rushed forward, and the hundreds of horses with his bodyguards followed behind him, and rushed forward.
Sitting there, the Northern Man King's eyes were a little dull. After a while, she suddenly grabbed the golden stick and hugged it so tightly.
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Mr. Xie has some headaches, very headaches.
These northern barbarians are simply too stupid. Before setting off, he specifically explained that the road-finding team in front must be at least 20 miles away from the team behind. In this way, once the front team encounters danger, it can give the rear team enough time to prepare, but now... the northern barbarians who explored the way in front and the rear team don't know when they will get together again. The two marching teams also returned to their ranks, moving forward like a flock of sheep.
Therefore, when the raid came, these northern barbarians didn't know how to deal with it.
What's more, it was the Han people they feared.
Chen Dingnan and Xiahou Baichuan each brought 5,000 light cavalry, and under Fang Xie's order, they defeated the northern barbarians' two wings and cleaned up hidden dangers for the main attacking army. But after Chen Dingnan and Xiahou Baichuan arrived, they realized that the northern barbarians had already messed up their team. Before the departure, Mr. Xie said that he had kept his mouth dry and asked them to maintain the formation, but at this time it had turned into a mess early on.
So Chen Dingnan and Xiahou Baichuan led two teams of cavalry and began to harass the northern barbarian's flanks back and forth. The troops cut back and forth between the northern barbarian's flanks like the wind. The northern barbarians, who didn't know how to use bows and arrows, seemed helpless in the face of the massacre that the cavalry could keep a distance from. Once they rushed over, those damn cavalry immediately pulled the distance away again.
The ranks of the northern barbarians are like a bloated man, wearing many clothes. And the cavalry of the Black Banner Army harassing the surrounding side is like taking off the clothes of this person one by one. Although this kind of consumption is slow, the psychological blow to the northern barbarians is even heavier. . Because the northern barbarians will sadly find that they can only be killed but have no way to make the enemy pay their lives.
Those northern barbarians who had just learned to climb on horseback were in a hurry, they couldn't control the horses to do what they wanted.
Fang Jie was on a high slope about three miles away from the northern barbarian team, observing the battle situation in the distance with clairvoyance.
The first thing that Mr. Xie didn't expect was that the Black Banner Army would move so fast that they marched northward without stopping overnight, moving at least a hundred miles northerly than he expected the battle location to be. So much so that although the northern barbarians went south this time with more than 500,000 people, they fell into a passive position as soon as they fought.
The second thing I didn't expect was that damn Fang Jie would use such shameless harassment tactics.
The Black Banner Army only used 10,000 people, making it difficult for the northern barbarians.
"Throw rocks!"
Mr. Xie's entourage rode back and forth on horseback, shouting loudly. Although those northern barbarians were backward in civilization, their bodies were exceptionally strong. Maybe God is really fair. He didn't give the northern barbarians a very bright mind, but gave them an absolutely strong body.
The long-range attack method of these northern barbarians is to throw stones, which is what they do when hunting.
They can easily throw fist-sized stones tens of meters away.
The formation of cavalry was disturbed, Chen Dingnan and Xiahou Baichuan rearranged their formation.
Fang Jie, who was standing on the high slope, turned his head and ordered: "Sign the flag, let Chen Dingnan and Xiahou Baichuan lead the team to circle around the northern barbarians, forcing the northern barbarian team to shrink back. Chen Qianshan, you take 5,000 people to detour to The northern barbarians go in the rear. After the teams of Chen Dingnan and Xiahou Baichuan pass by, the northern barbarians' attention will be loose for a moment. You immediately lead the team to rush up. Remember, don't get stuck and stick to the kill. After a while, retreat Come on, our main purpose is to train soldiers, and it is not worth losing one more person."
"Here!"
Chen Qianshan responded, turned around and led the team away.
"Marquis Lu Feng."
"The subordinates are here!"
"You are behind Chen Qianshan. After Chen Qianshan charged for a while, you immediately lead your troops to make up for it. The two teams of you alternate back and forth, attacking in turn like throwing fists with both arms. Don't go to other places, just hit the northern barbarians. The rear team. I am watching here, once the northern barbarians shift their defense focus to the rear team, I will send a semaphore to give you instructions."
"Here!"
Lu Fenghou took the order with his hands clasped.
"Liu Xuri, Zhuge Wujian!"
Fang Jie called out.
"The subordinates are here!"
Liu Xuri and Zhuge Wuyin stepped forward immediately.
"The two of you join forces, and the 10,000 cavalry under my command will also be handed over to you two. When Chen Qianshan and Lu Fenghou hurt them in the northern barbarian rear, the northern barbarians will shift their defense focus to the rear. You two, look at my banner order, and bring 20,000 cavalrymen to stab me hard in front of the northern barbarians. In this battle, I want to test the adaptability of your soldiers and horses. If you cooperate well , this battle is bound to be a complete victory. If we don't cooperate well and lose our troops, don't blame our military law for being ruthless!"
"Here!"
The two people clasped their fists neatly and lowered their heads: "Don't worry, the general, the subordinates will live up to the teachings of the general!"
"Go."
Fang Jie waved his hand and said, "After this battle, we should go back."
Wanyan Yunshu stood beside him and looked down the mountain, and asked sadly, "You and Mr. Xie only met once, why did you become an enemy who can only raise a knife at each other?"
Fang Jie stretched out his hand to hold Wanyan Yunshu's hand, and said in a gentle voice: "Some people have always treated you very well, no matter how you think about it, you can't think of anything bad about him. So you trust and respect him very much, but What you don't know is that all the good things he has done to you are just preparations for stabbing you at the end. His appearance is just to take advantage of you, but the process is a bit long, so long that everyone believes him He's a selfless and good person...but the more he does, the more damage he does, doesn't he?"