Chapter 350 The last time
On September 16, Xiandu County had about seven days to start harvesting. Liu Xin led the Xiandu cavalry back to the barracks fortress in the evening. Today, they had 500 cavalrymen surrounded by more than 20,000 cavalrymen. Although Liu Xin responded that he would lead the troops
They went to rescue them, but they still lost more than 200 elites, which made Liu Xin very heartbroken.
In the past few days, the Xiandu cavalry has taken away more than 200,000 arrows from the barracks and fortresses. Liu Xin had already asked [Iron Fort] to forge iron arrows. In the past few days, more than three million iron crossbow arrows were sent from Iron Fort.
, now the Xiandu cavalry are firing their crossbows to their heart's content, causing the enemy to continue to be in panic.
The entire Eastern Xianbei tribe has lost almost 20% of its population by now. The pressure on the other side is no less than that of Xiandu County. Now it depends on whether the Xianbei tribes can sustain it before they capture Xiandu County.
Seeing that there was less than a day's worth of food in the military camp, mostly eggs and meat, Liu Xin knew that Xiandu County had reached its limit. The barracks had no food, and ordinary people would run out of food. There was only the last week left.
With food available, the nearly 100,000 troops gathered throughout Xiandu County will not make life easy for the Xianbei tribes.
Liu Xin left 100 tons of [Northeast Rice] and 300 tons of [High-quality Soybeans] to the military camp. There were also 5,000 war horses. He had to keep the soldiers and horses well-fed in the past few days, in case the Xianbei tribe attacked the military camp fortress.
Come on, everyone has to work hard.
The next day, when Liu Xin led the Xiandu cavalry to the Murong tribe, he saw that the opponent's position had moved forward more than thirty miles, and that the opponent was only thirty miles away from the barracks and fortress.
Murong's tribe must have forced their way last night, because there were no tribes following him. Liu Xin saw that all Murong's tribe had stopped. Is the other party spending time with him during the day and rushing on at night?
Liu Xin couldn't let anything go in the last thirty years. He had to persist for more than seven days, waiting for the crops in the fields to be harvested, so that the entire Xiandu County could have the strength to fight the enemy. He would never send hungry soldiers to the battlefield. That pair
For soldiers, it means death...
Let the two troops continue to harass the Murong tribe, Liu Xin led the troops to the rear to harass other Xianbei tribes, and led the soldiers to chase cattle and sheep for a while, but did not encounter much resistance from the enemy. Seeing that everyone stopped and did not dare to move forward,
Liu Xin rode to the end of the migration team. He seemed to have moved a little further without being in the Murong tribe, but the distance was only a hundred steps at most.
"Lord, what should we do now? It won't work if we keep delaying it like this. The other side is spending a little time at night. Our [Jingliannu] will play a very small role. If we rush into the enemy's position, our casualties will be very heavy. We might as well find an opportunity to fight now.
Let's do it!" Zhou Tai couldn't help but said when he saw this. Thirty miles away is the barracks and fortress, and beyond the fortress is the plowing field. At this time, they cannot let the enemy destroy their food.
"The Murong tribe will definitely leave tonight, and it is much more difficult for them to travel at night than during the day. Everyone has a good rest tonight. No matter what happens in the enemy's army, don't pay attention to it. We will go out again tomorrow morning." Liu Xin said.
Everyone ordered.
Liu Xin had been waiting for this moment for a long time, but the other party actually rushed on the road at night, so that his opportunity would be better realized. He sent people to Xiandu County to contact Huang Xu. The key to the final victory this time still lies with Huang Xu.
At noon on this day, 10,000 elite infantrymen from the Xiandu County Barracks walked out of the fortress. They pulled out one or two oxcarts. The oxcarts were all made of wood, the wheels were made of refined iron, and the carriages were all identical large wooden carriages.
, the carriages were filled with firewood.
Some soldiers brought over a thousand cattle from a distance. They drove thousands of cattle carts with dry food and began to drive slowly westward.
Twenty miles westward, it was getting dark. When everyone arrived at the location Liu Xin had ordered, they began to take down all the oxcarts and began to yoked all the oxcarts together.
There were fifty four-wheeled oxcarts in a row. The soldiers fixed the steerable front wheels of the oxcarts so that all the carts could only move forward.
Seeing that the car formation had been arranged, the soldiers began to move large stones from the pile of rocks nearby and put the stones into the bullock carts. Each carriage was basically full, which amounted to at least a thousand kilograms.
It's not easy to pull an ox.
Then the soldiers tied the dry firewood to the stones and rear supports of the oxcarts. From a distance, a row of oxcarts looked like they were pulling a row of firewood.
When the carriage was ready, the soldiers brought the cattle again, hitched them to the shaft of the carriage, and silently fed them fine feed. Tonight, they could only advance but not retreat. There was little chance of them surviving until tomorrow. But for the sake of people, they had to survive.
Killing some cows is nothing.
The first row of Fire Ox Formation was completed. This was an enhanced version of the Fire Ox Formation specially prepared by Liu Xin. It was more powerful and more lethal to the enemy. Moreover, as long as the Fire Ox Formation was running, the cattle could not stop. The carriage was filled with such heavy weapons.
The stone and the opponent's carriage formation are like paper to it.
A row of Fire Bull Formation has been completed, and the second row has begun to adjust the sprint direction. This is related to the effect of the Fire Bull Formation tonight.
"Master Bo, all 20 rows of fire bull formations have been arranged, and the attack direction of each row has been arranged according to the requirements of the drawing." A soldier came to Huang Xu and said to him. He was appointed by Liu Xin tonight.
Fire Bull Formation Commander, in order not to alert the Xianbei cavalry, all Xianbei cavalry will not leave the rest camp tonight.
"Except for the first row, the brakes of all the ox-carts were jammed by me, and all the ox-carts could not move until the moment of attack. Everyone waited quietly. The scouts had just checked, and the Murong tribe had begun to move out. Now we are far away
We are still about 7 miles away.
All of us stay quiet and hide, and if we can bring the confrontation closer to the Fire Bull Formation, the effect will be better," Huang Xu said.
Everyone was waiting quietly at their positions. This time the Fire Bull Formation attacked Liu Xin. They had been preparing for a long time, and the key joints could not go wrong at all.
As the night deepened, the neighing of cattle and sheep in front became louder and louder, as well as the chatter of Xianbei herdsmen. The other party was approaching in his direction. At this time, Huang Xu ordered everyone to prepare.
Gradually, the figure of the opponent's leading tribe can be seen. The opponent is walking in the dark night, with cattle and horses tied to the carriage. The sheep can only be driven as far as possible to the middle of the formation. If those sheep get out of the formation, they may never be found again.
Tan Ma reported that the enemy was only two miles away from them. Huang Xu came to the first row of ox carts and gave orders to the first row of camp commanders.
"The first row is ready and start taking action!" Huang Xu ordered.
A soldier in the first row quickly released the brakes of the carriage, and then the soldiers began to push the cattle hard, but the cattle could not start. The soldiers pushed the cattle cart, and the entire first row of cattle carts finally started to move.
Chapter completed!