"Yu Shizhong, tomorrow morning, you will lead 3,000 cavalrymen to approach Beihuan on the south side of Suining Guard. Remember, you must not march too fast and you must conserve the strength of your horses! Send more scouts to explore the way ahead. Once you find a large group of Beihuan cavalry, immediately retreat at full speed along the original route!"
"yes!"
Yu Shizhong accepted the order.
"Feng Yu, you will lead 3,000 cavalrymen to camp in the woods five miles south of our camp, and be responsible for collecting dry firewood in the woods. The more the better! Lead your troops here the day after tomorrow morning. I have other orders!"
"yes!"
In order to win this battle, Yun Zheng also emptied out his family fortune.
However, their people certainly cannot ride two horses at a time.
Fortunately, their cavalry was just bait and there was no need for them to engage in large-scale battle with the Northern Huan army.
He adheres to the principle of taking advantage and running away, and does not need to consider the endurance of the warhorse for the time being!
"The rest of you, start leading your troops to dig horse pits in front of our army camp early tomorrow morning. Dig as many as you can, and it will only take one day! The day after tomorrow morning, the infantry will withdraw to Shuofang as quickly as possible!"
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"yes!"
All the generals accepted the order, except Yuan Lie, who frowned.
"Duke Yu, what do you mean?"
Yuan Lie suddenly raised his head and glared at Xiao Wanchou, "The general ordered us to attack the Beihuan army on the south side of Suining Guard. How dare you change the general's order and hesitate to fight?"
"Why do I need you to teach me how to do things?"
Xiao Wanchou looked at Yuan Lie coldly, "When a general is on the battlefield, he has to obey the orders of the emperor, let alone the orders of Wei Wenzhong. Do you want to obey the orders or disobey them?"
"You are a coward!"
Yuan Lie stood up angrily and roared: "You want to disregard the lives of tens of thousands of Suining Guards soldiers? I, Yuan Lie, will never agree to that!"
"The war is coming, it's not up to you to agree or not!"
Xiao Wanchou didn't bother to waste time and pointed directly at Yuan Lie, "Come here! Capture him!"
With Xiao Wanchou's order, Lu Xing, who had been tricked by Yuan Lie twice, took the lead.
Yuan Lie was still quite capable, and Lu Xing was unable to defeat him for a while.
It was not until Yu Shizhong and others joined the battle that Yuan Lie was subdued.
"Tie him outside the tent!"
Xiao Wanchou waved his hand, and the aura of an iron-blooded warrior suddenly burst out from him.
"Xiao Wanchou! You are a cowardly old thief! Just wait, the emperor will punish you!"
Yuan Lie's eyes turned bloodshot and he cursed loudly.
"So much bullshit!"
Xiao Wanchou waved his hand, "Shut his mouth and let him go outside to calm down first!"
Soon, Yuan Lie's mouth was blocked and he was dragged outside and tied up.
It's quite cold at night anyway, so it might as well wait for him to calm down first.
"Listen to me carefully, everyone must strictly follow the military orders. If anyone dares to neglect or disobey, I will kill him first! Although I am old, I still have the ability to kill a few people!"
Xiao Wanchou was filled with murderous intent. He looked up and glanced at everyone, especially the young generals of Yuan Lie's group.
Facing Xiao Wanchou's gaze, several people shuddered with fear and quickly obeyed the order.
After calming everyone down, Xiao Wanchou ordered everyone to disperse, leaving only Yun Zheng and Shen Luoyan.
"I thought you would explain it to Yuan Lie!"
Yun Zheng looked at Xiao Wanchou with a smile.
"Explain what?"
Xiao Wanchou shook his head and said, "If we have to explain every order clearly to others, there is no need to fight this war! On the battlefield, the situation changes rapidly. If the two armies are fighting each other, how can we explain it?"
Listening to Xiao Wanchou's words, Shen Luoyan couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
She remembered that Yun Zheng seemed to have said something similar to her.
Early the next morning, everyone moved according to Xiao Wanchou's orders.
The ideal situation is to dig three horse-traps, with each pit about ten meters apart. It would be best if each pit could extend more than five hundred feet in both directions, so as to be able to cope with a large-scale cavalry charge.
The horse trap does not need to be too deep, a depth of more than two feet is enough.
However, at the current excavation speed, it seems unrealistic to complete three such long horse traps.
Yun Zheng ultimately underestimated the problems brought about by the cold weather in Shuobei.
In this winter, the ground is frozen hard, and it is really not easy to dig a horse trap.
After Xiao Wanchou discovered this problem, he immediately made adjustments and ordered that the first horse trap must be more than 500 feet long to prevent the Beihuan cavalry from bypassing from both wings.
The distance between the two horse-traps at the back can be shortened appropriately. Moreover, the horse-traps do not need to be dug through completely. It is acceptable to leave some space in the middle.
Anyway, there are three horse traps, and one of them will definitely cause the war horse to sprain its leg.
Even if there were some individuals who managed to rush through the three horse traps, their cavalry could quickly shoot and kill them!
After digging a horse trap, they would immediately ask someone to find branches to cover it, and then put a layer of weeds and snow on top, and that was basically the job.
Everyone worked until dark and finally fixed the horse pit.
"Duke Yu, how many people from Beihuan can these three horse traps kill?"
In the evening, Yun Zheng chatted with Xiao Wanchou in the tent again.
“It’s hard to say.”
Xiao Wanchou shook his head and said, "The main thing is that our cavalry must retreat quickly after shooting a round, so as not to be entangled by the enemy! We should kill as many as we can! As long as the enemy's losses are greater than ours!"
“That’s true.”
Yun Zheng nodded.
He also didn't know how many troops from Beihuan he could defeat this time.
No one can say for sure about this stuff.
After all, it is impossible for all the Northern Huan cavalry to line up and charge forward.
How many enemies can be killed also depends on the enemy's charge formation.
They have put in so much effort, hopefully they can kill three to five thousand people!
Yun Zheng would feel happy as long as he could bite off a piece of meat from Beihuan and make them feel pain.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yun Zheng asked Xiao Wanchou about the situation of Zhang Xu, the sixth-rank minister.
The Dagan Dynasty did have the position of "Sanzhi", which was basically only available at the prefecture level. It was a nominal position, usually held by more prestigious people in each prefecture, but they would usually have a title like "Zhengshi Sanzhi".
Xiao Wanchou didn't know what the point of a brainless councilor like Zhang Xu was.
Early the next morning, all the infantry began to retreat, leaving only the cavalry and fodder for the horses.
As for humans, dry food is still the main food.
Yun Zheng, Chen Luoyan and Xiao Wanchou stayed with their guards.
They still have to do the rest of the layout.
After noon, Xiao Wanchou ordered the 3,000 cavalrymen led by Feng Yu to come out of the woods and begin marching in the direction of the horse trap, so as to leave horse footprints on the snow and further reduce the Beihuan's vigilance.
Watching the three thousand cavalrymen marching over there from a distance, Shen Luoyan said with some anticipation: "It would be great if Bei Huan could be successfully led into the woods over there."
There is a lot of dry firewood prepared in the woods.
Once the Northern Huan cavalry rushed in, they would take the opportunity to set the entire forest on fire, which would definitely cause heavy casualties to the Northern Huan cavalry.
"Don't even think about it."
Yun Zheng shook his head and said, "Didn't Mr. Leng say that the place over there is just for precaution? The Beihuan people are not fools, and they are unlikely to be so stupid as to go into the woods."
Shen Luoyan rolled her eyes at Yun Zheng and said with a sweet smile: "Didn't Mr. Leng say that we should always have ideals, what if they come true?"
Yun Zheng was speechless when he heard this.
This girl is really quick at learning my words!
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