The dense forest that Sahehan chose to ambush them led directly to the mountaintop, with its undulating terrain resembling the Yanshan Mountains of the Yan Kingdom!
Although this mountain range lacks narrow, confined canyons, making it unsuitable for ambush sites like the "Battle of Yanshan" or the "Wild Wolf Valley Crematorium," it still possesses unique natural features.
However... Sahehan had made meticulous plans and arrangements for this!
He had thought it through very clearly...
If the battle ahead goes badly and we have to retreat here... then the primary task is not to fight back, but to survive!
Therefore, the entire dense forest was filled with traps and mechanisms, with no trees cut down!
To put it bluntly... Jiang Ming, you should go after him!
We've chased them all this way. This place is a "dead end" fortress. We can go in, but if you follow us, you'll definitely die in a bunch of traps and mechanisms!
There is no shortage of water here; it's impossible for you to seize the water source!
Moreover, there is a large amount of food and fodder in this forest, enough to support 200,000 people for two or three months!
It's like an open fortress and transit point...
When Dugu Yan's army caught up with them to this place... they initially fell into the trap, and many soldiers rushed into the forest. However, Dugu Yan urgently stopped them, and tens of thousands of soldiers were pulled back!
Dugu Yan had already learned a lesson from the battle with the Zhongshan people a few years ago!
She will never make the mistake of underestimating the enemy and acting rashly again!
She needed to seriously consider how to annihilate the Northern Xiongnu forces in the mountains. Simply charging in would definitely be unwise!
There might be a catastrophic failure at that time!
Looking around, it seems impossible to cut off the water supply. It also seems impossible to successfully contaminate the water source by throwing the corpses of those who died from the plague into it.
Dugu Yan was caught in a dilemma and hesitation!
She discussed with Murong Lie how to completely annihilate the Northern Xiongnu army trapped in the mountains...
Although it is late autumn and the weather is dry, setting fires is not a wise choice!
Because the trees here are mostly coniferous forests, and there are many water sources in the mountains, it is impossible for the fire to drive these Northern Xiongnu people out!
Murong Lie has come up with a great idea!
That is, when this group of Northern Xiongnu people fled, they didn't take many supplies with them, especially the "contraband" that boosted their morale...
While these things can temporarily enhance soldiers' combat effectiveness, they are also highly addictive.
If they don't get replenished, they won't even be able to maintain their normal physiological state, let alone their fighting capacity!
Once that 'addiction' takes hold, Sahehan finds it extremely difficult to manage his team...
Even if there are supplies in the mountains, it's impossible to store a lot!
We definitely need to add more!
So, Murong Lie meant that... these Northern Xiongnu people must have a supply route in the rear to replenish "medicine" to the front, just like a grain supply line!
If we intercept the people delivering the "medicine" and contaminate all the medicine with the corpses of infected people...
Then, send a group of daredevils to carry them in... In this way, the disease can spread in the mountains and forests!
Although Jiang Ming always treated his subordinates like brothers!
But that doesn't mean he doesn't have a suicide squad under his command!
In fact, regardless of the faction, they will cultivate such assassins, give their families generous rewards, and treat them with the highest level of care in normal times, so that they can be used in critical moments!
Murong Lie said that the Southern Xiongnu and Northern Xiongnu speak the same language, and Jiang Ming has many Southern Xiongnu daredevils under his command!
This arduous task is perfectly suited to them...
Dugu Yan agreed to Murong Lie's plan, but... Murong Lie searched the area around the mountains for several days but found no convoy delivering 'contraband'!
It seems they have plenty of medicine in the mountains and don't need to replenish it at all!
They lay low on the mountain, conserving their energy and healing their wounds... until they recovered, then they would break out and fight their way out!
Dugu Yan had been besieging the area at the foot of the mountain for several days, but couldn't come up with a better solution!
They even considered releasing rats into the mountain to infect the people living there with disease...
However, it turns out that this method is not very feasible. The rats will not follow the route you plan. They will run around everywhere and may even cause harm to the people on the border of Zhao!
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After much deliberation, Dugu Yan came up with a final plan: to overpower all others by force. She mobilized her army to go up the mountain and cut down the entire forest!
He instructed Zhao Yong to gather a large number of carpenters...
An army of 200,000 was cutting down trees at the front, and thousands of carpenters were using the wood to make arrows or various war machines!
The original siege battle was changed into a step-by-step, "Foolish Old Man Moves the Mountain" approach, gradually swallowing up the enemy!
In any case, these timbers can be used to serve the war effort!
By proceeding in this manner, even if there are traps or mechanisms, they can be completely eliminated!
This move seems rather clumsy!
But it's absolutely effective!
Just like how Sahehan ordered the heavily armored soldiers of the Northern Xiongnu to scatter dirt under the walls of Yunzhou City...
It may seem inefficient, but it can actually be deadly in the end!
Compared to the clumsy methods of the Northern Xiongnu, Dugu Yan's method... at least managed to recoup some of the cost of military equipment!
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