Volume 1, Chapter 24: Bai Qi's Scheme, 10,000 vs. 200,000
The soldiers all turned their eyes to Bai Qi. Female general Yang Paifeng raised her eyebrows and said, "Bai Qi, are you willing to follow me into battle?"
"I am willing to go!"
Bai Qi stepped out, his eyes full of excitement.
He is not afraid of war now, but is afraid of having no war to fight.
The people around him rolled their eyes when they saw Bai Qi’s excitement.
On the side, Pan Hu was cursing wildly in his heart, hoping that Bai Qi would encounter the main force of the Huns as soon as he went out and his entire army would be wiped out!
I hope that all these tens of thousands of generals of the Yang family army will be destroyed by the power of the Huns.
By then, the entire Honghua City will truly belong to him, Pan Hu.
If you want to take over someone's wife or daughter, it's just a matter of saying a word.
Soon, female general Yang Paifeng selected 7,000 people to make up a total of 10,000 people.
The expeditionary force of 100,000 people was neatly lined up on the parade ground. Yang Wudi's eyes were filled with excitement and reluctance. These were all direct descendants of the Yang Family Army.
I wonder how many people will be buried in a foreign land as a result of this battle.
"Someone, serve the wine!"
Yang Wudi shouted loudly and immediately ordered the soldiers to serve a bowl of wine to all the warriors.
"You have fought for your country. On behalf of the Emperor of the Great Zhou, the people of the world, and the elders and folks of Honghua City, I salute you for your heroic deeds in defending our country!"
"From now on, your parents are my, Yang Wudi's, parents, and your wife and children will be supported by my Yang Family Army."
"I wish all the warriors a triumphant return!"
"Dry!"
Yang Wudi drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp, then knelt on one knee in front of the 100,000 soldiers going to the expedition.
How many dead souls will kneel down for this one kneeling.
How many orphans and widows will kneel down when this happens.
"Dry!"
Bai Qi and his 100,000 soldiers drank together.
Yang Wudi stood up and instructed the ten generals, "Remember this time you are going to delay the enemy, harass the enemy, and gather intelligence."
"Unless it is absolutely necessary, you must not face the enemy head-on or engage in a decisive battle."
"Remember, love your soldiers as you love your sons!"
"I hope you can all bring them back alive."
Yang Wudi roared: "Did you remember?"
"promise!"
Yang Tianbao, Yang Paifeng and others received the order.
"Set off!"
Yang Wudi waved his hand, and a hundred drummers and buglers blew their horns at the same time.
“Wuwuwu——”
“Boom, boom, boom!”
One hundred cowhide drums were beaten at the same time, and the vibrating ground made a buzzing sound.
The sound of war horses neighing rang out, and Yang Tianbao took the lead, leading his troops out of Honghua City.
This time, Bai Qi also rode on a horse and followed Yang Paifeng into the grassland.
.........
Ten days later.
At dawn, by the bonfire.
The soldiers on duty all gathered around Yang Paifeng. After all, a heroic female general was like a giant panda in the army and was the focus wherever she went.
"General Yang, are you older or is Yang Tianbao older?"
Bai Qi asked curiously.
Yang Paifeng was not arrogant at all. She ate the lamb leg with big mouthfuls, adjusted her high ponytail heroically, and said casually: "He is my sixth brother, and I am his eighth sister."
"Is the general married?" In an instant, the topic was diverted by these rough guys.
Yang Paifeng raised his handsome chin and said, "Why, you like me? You have good taste."
Just one sentence made the young general who asked the question blush.
"Oh my god, I'm not even blushing, why are you shy? How can you find a wife like this?" Yang Paifeng raised his eyebrows.
The young general was even more embarrassed and almost buried his face in the ground.
The people around him burst into laughter and joked that he was thinner-skinned than a woman.
At this moment, suddenly, a loud horn sounded.
"Enemy attack!"
Yang Paifeng threw away the lamb leg in his hand, shouted, and jumped on his horse, "Form a battle array!"
Bai Qi and others also quickly woke up the other soldiers, put on their armor, mounted their horses, and lined up as quickly as possible.
But when they saw the enemy clearly, everyone was stunned.
A large mass of cavalry slowly surrounded from the east, west and north, with each square formation having at least 60,000 men.
In other words, the enemy has 200,000 cavalry!
And their commander's formation was holding a big flag. When Yang Paifeng saw it, her face turned pale immediately. It was a blood wolf head.
"This is the first great Khan of the Xiongnu, Shaboluo!"
boom--
The soldiers felt a buzzing in their heads.
This is the strongest army of the Huns, no doubt about it.
They actually encountered the main force of the Huns.
"General Yang, let's run!"
A general of a thousand men proposed, and many soldiers nodded in agreement.
"fart!"
Yang Paifeng was furious and shouted, "Our horses can't outrun the Xiongnu anyway. If we run away now, the enemy will chase us and we will be wiped out!"
"Yes, the enemy surrounded us on three sides, leaving only one gap. This is the most typical case of surrounding three against one. If you dare to run, you will die faster!"
Bai Qi's eyes were full of admiration. It seemed that Yang Paifeng was very knowledgeable about military tactics.
"What should we do?" asked the general who proposed to escape, "Are we going to die here?"
Yang Paifeng clenched the spear in his hand. In this situation, running would mean death, and not running would also mean death.
She was deeply troubled.
At this time, Bai Qi spoke. He remembered a classic battle example of a famous general of the Sui Dynasty that he had learned from history in his previous life.
They also encountered nomadic cavalry in the wild, and that time it was even more exaggerated, with 3,000 people against 200,000.
But these 3,000 people actually managed to withstand the attack of 200,000 cavalrymen, and hundreds of them returned to the main city alive.
Bai Qi immediately suggested:
"General, we can form a square formation, with shields and spears facing outwards and archers in the middle. The soldiers will form a war barrier and fight a positional battle with the enemy!"
"Then, the entire army will slowly retreat. As long as we maintain our formation, no matter how many cavalry the enemy has, they will not be able to break up our formation."
"As long as they can't break our formation, their advantage of having more cavalry will never be brought into play."
"We are just shooting at them from a distance. We have shields and armor, but they don't have armor or shields. So we have the advantage anyway."
As soon as Bai Qi finished speaking, Yang Paifeng's beautiful eyes suddenly brightened.
When the Central Plains civilization fought against the nomadic civilization, wasn't positional warfare what they were best at?
She immediately issued an order, saying, "All soldiers, listen up, form a battle array, the sixteenth formation of the Art of War, the Wei Wuzu Square Formation!"
The herald immediately waved the flag.
In an instant, ten thousand soldiers took action, all dismounted, quickly gathered their formation, picked up their shields, thrust them hard into the ground, and formed a shield wall.
The gaps in the shield are the best shooting holes for archers.
"Um?"
In the Hun army opposite, the face of the Hun's first Khan changed.
"Why don't they run away?"
The Huns had falconers, and they had discovered Yang Paifeng's exact location two days ago with the help of falcons soaring in the sky.
Therefore, the first Hun Khan immediately gathered his army together for a beautiful encirclement and killing spree.
As long as the enemy dared to run, he could easily wipe out the Yang family army with zero casualties.
But now the enemy doesn't run away.
Confront him head on.
"There's a master on the other side!"
"I thought that Yang Wudi was the only rival of the Yang Family Army. I didn't expect that a mere general of 10,000 people would have such insight!"
The First Khan Shabolue sighed.
"My king, you think too highly of them."
The Xiongnu general didn't like what he heard, so he pounded his chest with his right hand and saluted, saying, "My king, give me 10,000 cavalrymen and see how I can capture the enemy commander alive."
"I'll give you thirty thousand!"
The first Khan Shaboluodao.
The Xiongnu general obviously felt insulted. He turned his horse around angrily, called up his men, swung his heavy hammer, and shouted, "Warriors, charge!"
Boom!
Thirty thousand cavalrymen charged madly.
“Here it comes!”
Yang Paifeng clenched his spear tightly. Whether Bai Qi's plan would be effective depended on this battle.
The First Khan smiled and said, "No matter how many tricks you use, it is difficult to make up for the difference in numbers. It's 200,000 to 10,000."
You are dead!
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