Volume 1 Chapter 97 Dispatching Troops
Bai Qi's words stunned everyone.
Is this possible?
Bai Qi did not use powers beyond mortals, did not use the strength of cultivators like immortals or demons, and did not even participate in the process of killing the enemy.
Is this enough to win the war?
Everyone expressed doubt.
This time the Huns came out in full force, with a total strength of more than 500,000, while their Honghua City had only 200,000 defenders.
If it's about defending the city, then they will definitely have no problem.
After all, the Central Plains dynasty relied on the city walls to fight against the grassland people. As long as there was food, no matter how many people came, they could be killed.
But what Bai Qi has to do now is to take the initiative to attack, which is completely different. Last time, Yang Wudi sent ten teams of ten thousand people to go and spy on the movements of the Huns.
The 10,000 soldiers led by Yang Paifeng almost died on the grassland.
Yang Paifeng said anxiously: "Bai Qi, this is not a joke."
Bai Qi smiled without saying anything, but looked at the commander-in-chief of the three armies, Yang Wudi, with burning eyes.
Yang Wudi tapped his fingers lightly on the table, constantly calculating the gains and losses in his mind.
This time, with the 500,000-strong Hun army attacking, it would certainly not be so easy to retreat, after all, they were fighting for the position of the first Khan of the Huns.
If these Huns surrounded Honghua City, or even if a small group of troops crossed Honghua City and rushed into the hinterland from the mountains and forests, it would cause a devastating blow to the people behind them.
Various village and village massacres will occur one after another.
We must contain the Huns and never let them set foot in Honghua City.
Yang Wudi had an idea in his mind instantly, and then he slammed the table and said: "Bai Qi, I will trust you again, and I will fight you the way you say!"
"father!"
Yang Paifeng quickly spoke out to stop him, but she was interrupted by Yang Wudi with a wave of his hand before she could say a word.
"Shut up. We are discussing important military matters now. If there is something, report it. If there is nothing, keep silent."
Yang Wudi directly scolded back what his daughter Yang Paifeng said.
He would not take Bai Qi's words lightly. If Bai Qi really had the ability to win the war at the lowest cost, then he would definitely adopt it.
If only one person could be saved from death, it would be the best explanation to the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Not to mention that judging from Bai Qi's tone, even fewer people will die.
At this time, tens of thousands of generals looked at each other, and finally no one raised any objections. After all, it was Bai Qi who was going to the expedition this time, not them.
They need to stay in Honghua City, where safety is guaranteed.
If they still have opinions now, then Yang Wudi will have to ask them how to fight this battle.
So they wisely kept their mouths shut.
Finally, Bai Qi stood up and said, "Then please ask Marshal Yang to allocate 10,000 elite soldiers to me, and I will set off immediately!"
"Also, please ask Marshal Yang to stay in Honghua City and hold back the main force of the Xiongnu in any way you can. Don't let them come back to support you."
After Bai Qi finished speaking, Yang Wudi laughed loudly: "Don't worry, Honghua City has 200,000 defenders. Can I not hold back the 500,000 Xiongnu troops? Just go for it!"
Bai Qi immediately took the order and brought Yang Paifeng to the training ground.
30,000 soldiers have already gathered here.
There is no defensive mission today.
They are also the most elite soldiers under Yang Wudi.
The purpose is to be ready to obey Yang Wudi's orders at any time.
So their tasks of patrolling and guarding the city had to be cancelled. They had to eat and drink well every day, and as soon as the horn of war was sounded, they would charge into battle at the first opportunity.
Bai Qi went up to the long platform and shouted to the 30,000 soldiers:
"Who is willing to fight the Xiongnu with me?"
"We will only select 10,000 elite soldiers this time. We are going to go deep into the heart of the Xiongnu. Those who are not afraid of death, come here!"
When he shouted like this, the soldiers below the stage immediately burst into thunderous cheers. Few of these soldiers were afraid of death.
The most important thing is that those who followed Bai Qi were promoted in military positions at an extremely fast speed.
Da Zhuang, Er Niu, Hei Wa and others rushed out at the first moment.
Seeing this, the other soldiers also signed up enthusiastically: "We are willing to go through life and death with the general, and we are willing to share the joys and sorrows with the general!"
Of course, they would rather follow Bai Qi to get promoted and make money.
good!
Bai Qi's eyes were full of excitement and he looked at the 30,000 soldiers with admiration. These were the elite of the country.
In the end, he selected the best of the best and picked 10,000 soldiers, all of whom were cavalrymen, and their most proficient were horseback archery.
On the contrary, there are soldiers who are proficient in fighting on horseback and using spears and swords.
However, Bai Qi was not selected into his team.
Because this time he is not going to fight the enemy head-on.
After 10,000 soldiers were selected, Bai Qi immediately led them to another military camp.
"Someone, go out and keep watch!"
At Bai Qi's command, more than 100 scouts immediately ran out of the military camp and set up alerts in all directions of the military camp, strictly prohibiting anyone from approaching.
After confirming that there were no spies around, including the spies on his side.
Bai Qi then said to the ten thousand soldiers: "Now, I will issue the battle order."
These ten thousand people were all excited. They didn't know how Bai Qi would fight, but they knew that following Bai Qi would be the right thing to do.
Yang Paifeng stared at Bai Qi with his beautiful eyes without blinking. He wanted to know more than the soldiers how Bai Qi was going to fight 500,000 with only 10,000 men.
At this time, Bai Qi said loudly:
"First, from now on, you must take off your armor. You are not allowed to wear armor during combat."
As soon as Bai Qi finished speaking, the people below exploded, and everyone looked stunned.
The reason why the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty were able to fight fiercely with the Huns on the grassland was because of the armor they wore.
Without armor, the casualty ratio in their battle with the Huns would definitely be 1:1.
Instead of the current 5:1.
Armor is a life-saving weapon. Without it, there will be no sense of security.
This made many people look unhappy.
However, no one raised any objection. After all, Bai Qi had only given the first order, and there would definitely be other orders to come, so they had to listen first.
Yang Paifeng also held his breath, wanting to know what Bai Qi would do next.
Bai Qi continued to give orders: "Second, mess up your hair and disguise yourself as a Xiongnu. Don't shave your beard. The messier and dirtier the better."
Now many soldiers understood what Bai Qi wanted to do.
Someone asked directly:
"Excuse me, General Bai Qi, do you want us to dress up as the Huns?"
"Are we going to dress like Huns and run to Hun territory?"
These people were the elite soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty. They had fought with Yang Wudi for many years. As soon as Bai Qi gave this order, they instantly imagined what they wanted to do next.
Bai Qi laughed out loud. This was why he chose the elite, because these people could understand things quickly.
"That's right! If we fight against the 500,000-strong Xiongnu army head-on, it would be like hitting a rock with an egg."
"We're going to catch the Huns off guard this time!"
"The soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty have never disguised themselves as Xiongnu before. This time we are going to surprise them."
Bai Qi smiled and nodded, becoming even more satisfied with these soldiers, and then issued the third order:
"Third, take out all the clothes that were seized from the Xiongnu people and put them on me. If there are not enough clothes, buy me a piece of cowhide or sheepskin to cover me."
promise!
The soldiers obeyed the order.
A quartermaster immediately ran out to ask Yang Wudi for military supplies.
Bai Qi continued, "Fourth, you can only bring bows and crossbows on this expedition. Travel light and bring dry food and water, especially water."
"No one is allowed to carry swords, spears, halberds or other weapons. We must maintain the pace of our invasion."
"Fifth, this operation is top secret!"
"From now on, no one except the quartermaster is allowed to leave this camp, and no one is allowed to reveal our war plan to others."
"Anyone who violates this rule will be killed without mercy!"
After Bai Qi finished speaking, he glanced at everyone with a cold gaze.
"Yes, yes, sir!"
The soldiers were of course aware that they could not keep this action a secret, as if the Huns got to know about it, they would send troops to intercept them.
They would be like sheep walking into a tiger's mouth.
Bai Qi's orders were not only to ensure the smooth progress of the war plan, but also to ensure their lives.
So everyone is very concerned.
When Yang Paifeng heard Bai Qi's plan, he was extremely excited, because no generals before had ever fought a war like this.
They spent most of their time guarding Honghua City, passively defending, and rarely took the initiative to attack.
If there was an active attack, it would not be the defenders of Honghua City who participated in the war, but Yue Shenqiang, Duke Qin and others.
Only then would they use their absolute military advantage to launch an annihilation war against the Huns.
This caused great damage to the Xiongnu's national strength, forcing them to stay peacefully on the grasslands for a few years, not daring to come out and wreak havoc in the Central Plains.
But this time Bai Qi actually wanted to take the initiative to attack. Just hearing about it makes me feel that this method is very cool.
But Yang Paifeng was very worried and asked, "The Xiongnu live by water and grass. What if we run behind them and can't catch them?"
This is also a problem that many generals are worried about.
The Central Plains civilization was unable to defeat the nomadic civilization on the one hand, and on the other hand, it just couldn't find anyone.
This is the most troublesome thing.
They mobilized an army of 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands to fight the Huns, but after wandering around the grasslands, they didn't find a single person.
In the end, huge military expenditures were spent without any results.
This would not only be impossible to explain to the imperial court, but also to the people.
Many civil officials even took this opportunity to impeach them, saying that the generals were warmongering and wasting the court's money and food without achieving any results!
This is very embarrassing.
So Yang Paifeng still had to remind Bai Qi. After all, in Yang Paifeng's opinion, Bai Qi had never really commanded a war.
Moreover, Bai Qi was still a new soldier and he didn't know many things.
Hearing Yang Paifeng's question, Bai Qi smiled knowingly and had a higher evaluation of Yang Paifeng's ability to lead troops.
After all, the fact that Yang Paifeng could think of this problem shows that he is not a person who only talks but does nothing.
Many people think that if the Central Plains civilization fights against the nomadic civilization, as long as I have advanced weapons, as long as I have enough people, and as long as I want to fight, how can I not win?
But the most crucial question is, if the other person doesn’t want to fight, how can you catch up with him?
How can you find it?
If Bai Qi was a native of this world, he might not know how to solve this problem, but Bai Qi is a time traveler.
There are memories of the previous life, and also the cultural accumulation of thousands of years of Yanhuang in the previous life.
This problem had been solved long ago, and the person who solved it was Wei Qing, the most famous general in history!
Bai Qi tapped his fingers lightly on the table and said leisurely, "You don't have to worry about this. As the saying goes, the monk can run away, but the temple cannot."
"There is one place where there must be people, and that is the Dragon Court of every Xiongnu Khan!"
After Bai Qi finished speaking, Yang Paifeng's eyes instantly brightened.
Where is Longting?
That is the place of faith of the Huns.
Not only are there Hun nobles there, but most importantly, there are Hun wizards.
Because every time they offered sacrifices to their ancestors and every time they led their troops into battle, the Huns would offer sacrifices to the gods.
No one can be left anywhere, but there must be people in the Xiongnu Dragon Court, and the people left must be the top nobles of the Xiongnu.
For example, the queen of the Xiongnu, the high-ranking priest of the Xiongnu, and the national teacher of the Xiongnu might also stay in Longting.
It can be said that the families of high-ranking Xiongnu generals basically stayed in Longting.
Yang Paifeng thought of this and excitedly pounded his palms, saying excitedly: "You mean we raided the Xiongnu's lair and wiped out their nobles?"
Bai Qi smiled and shook his head.
Isn't that right?
Yang Paifeng was stunned. Did she guess wrong again?
"But if you don't want to kill them, why go to the Xiongnu Dragon Court?"
She asked again, but Bai Qi avoided the question this time and said calmly: "You will understand when we reach the Xiongnu Dragon Court. This is the key to our victory this time!"
After Bai Qi finished speaking, he gave everyone a final order:
"Everyone, have enough food and drink. Within three days, I will choose a time, and everyone will follow me to leave the city at night."
Yang Paifeng rolled his eyes and said, "Bai Qi is too cautious. You haven't even said when you will leave the city to attack the Huns."
But he only said it would be within three days. Are you so afraid that the news would leak out?
But Yang Paifeng also knew how important information was in war, so she would not be stupid enough to ask Bai Qi.
He just bowed and said, "Then I and others will obey General Bai Qi's orders!"
After saying this, Yang Paifeng felt a little depressed. She remembered that Bai Qi was his soldier last time, but how come only less than a year had passed?
Did she become Bai Qi's soldier?
This is a bit hard to adapt to!
………………
At this moment, in the Hun coalition forces.
The Third Khan and the Second Khan had gathered together and were sitting side by side in the golden-roofed tent.
The second Khan said to the third Khan: "You must support me this time. As long as I become the first Khan of the Xiongnu, I will give you the most fertile grassland."
The Third Khan patted his chest and said:
"Don't worry, the people of the Central Plains say that unity is good for both sides, while division is bad for both sides."
"The two of us together are much stronger than the Fourth Khan and the Fifth Khan working alone."
"More importantly, I have invited an expert to help me this time."
After finishing Lesson 3, he clapped his hands.
Soon, a man in green walked into the tent. He looked elegant and refined, holding a compass in his hand, muttering something.
"Who is this?"
The Second Khan's eyes were full of confusion. This man was obviously from the Great Zhou. What was he doing here?
The young man bowed to the two khans and said, "I am Tian Suanzi from the Tianji Sect! I have come specially to help the khans."
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