Chapter 2305 The real battlefield
Cao Heng led a large army to station at the foot of the mountain. Cannons had been set up on the top of the mountain, waiting for the Huns to appear.
Commander Ling led the Five Thousand Feixiong Camp and moved forward in the night that night.
They did not leave the army too far, but were stationed in a forest just three or four miles away from the camp.
All the arrangements made by the Wei army remained in place and waited for the arrival of the Daozi Camp.
Leading the Huns out of Yunzhong City, Liu Meng also advanced southward.
He sent a lot of scouts, some of which were solved by the Wei army, and a few of them who missed the net brought him back news about the Wei army.
When Liu Meng learned that the Wei army was stationed at the foot of the mountain and did not intend to move forward, he asked the two Kings of Gu Li: "Cao Yuanchang did not continue to move forward. What do you think he has plans?"
It was not clear that the Wei army was already full of cavalry and thought it was mainly infantry. King Zuo Guli replied: "The place they chose to station is not open land, there are many mountains and rivers there, which is not good for us but is extremely beneficial to their infantry. Otherwise, we will station on the flat ground and wait for the Wei army to arrive."
Liu Meng obviously had no idea of stationing. King Zuo Guli expressed his opinion, and he looked at King You Guli again: "What do you think should you do?"
"I think since the Wei army is stationed there, there must be some subsequent deployment." King Youguli replied: "Looking for a flat place to wait is also a solution, but it is likely to be a backlash."
"What do you mean...attack?" Liu Meng asked King Youguli.
"Zuo Xianwang should be very clear that our number of warriors is much higher than that of the Wei army." King Youguli said: "Although they are stationed at the foot of the mountain, as long as we force them to the foot of the mountain and then surround them, even if they have the ability to do so, they will not be able to escape from our siege."
The opinions of King Youguli actually coincide with Liu Meng.
He was also wondering whether he should abandon his original plan and lead the Huns to attack the Wei army that had already been stationed.
"How much chance do you think we have to win?" Liu Meng asked King Youguli.
"It should be at least 70% or 80%." King Youguli said: "After all, we have many people and few people. If we surrounded them, the Wei army was not a god. We could rush out from the siege of more than 200,000 Hun warriors."
"Zuo Xianwang, I still think this is inappropriate." The King Zuo Guli next to him said: "Although the Wei army is not large, they have dealt with the Jie people earlier, and they are all veterans who have experienced the battlefield. Most of our Hun warriors have not been on the battlefield yet, and there are not many old people who fought with the Wei army back then. Although we have a large number of people, it is not so easy to defeat the Wei army. If Cao Yuanchang is not sure about his plan, I still tend to do nothing and find an empty place to wait for them."
"The open place is indeed beneficial to us, but it is not completely unhealthy to the Wei army." Liu Meng said: "We are unfolding in the open space, and the Wei army can see through our deployment at a glance. They chose to camp at the foot of the mountain. If we rushed over at this time, we might be able to defeat the enemy in one battle while the Wei army was unprepared."
Liu Meng expressed his attitude. Although King Zuo Guli did not agree with it, he was not good to say anything else.
He and King Youguli said to Liu Meng: "As long as King Zuo Xian gave an order, we must lead our troops forward."
"I feel relieved with you two." Liu Meng pointed forward: "Send the warriors to speed up the march and make sure to arrive at the hill where the Wei army is stationed within two days."
Liu Meng's order was issued, and the Xiongnu army of 210,000 people accelerated its progress.
The Huns, with a large number of people, were all cavalry, and were magnificent when they marched.
The Huns gave up on their choice to station in an empty place and rushed to the place where the Wei army was.
Cao Heng received a report from the scout and summoned the generals to his account.
In the general's tent, except for Ling Tong, all other generals were in their positions.
"My generals, the scout sent back the news, saying that Liu Meng led 210,000 Huns and was coming here." His eyes glanced at everyone's faces for a round, and Cao Heng asked, "What do you think you should do to break him?"
When they heard that the Huns were coming, the generals looked at each other one by one.
Dian Man stood up and bowed to Cao Heng and said, "I don't think there is any need to consider how to defend. As long as they dare to come, we can give them some colors to see. If the prince is willing to face the enemy, I am willing to be the pioneer."
"General Dian, don't worry, listen to what others say first." Cao Heng smiled and pressed his hands, signaling Dian Man to sit down first.
After Dian Man sat down, Cao Heng asked the others again: "What do you think?"
"I don't think it's necessary to ignore it." Jiang Wei said: "Our army is stationed on the spot and when the Huns come, they will line up to fight. The artillery has already made arrangements on the hills. The cannon range is limited and the distance is too far. It is very likely that we cannot fight the Huns. With the support of killing weapons, we will take the initiative to fight. Wouldn't it be a big plus for ourselves?"
Cao Heng nodded and asked Lu Xun again: "What do Bo Yan thinks?"
"Report to the prince, Boyue and I have a similar view." Lu Xun replied: "After the artillery was deployed, the distance of the artillery was adjusted. The place where the shells could land was only three or five hundred steps away from the military camp. If the Huns came, they would also line up in that place. Our army confronted them first. If they did not make any further moves, then wait until several artillery fired at night, which would definitely disrupt the Huns' formation. When our army attacked the entire line, we should be able to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop."
"You all tell me what you think." The eyes walked around the generals' faces again, and Cao Heng asked them to express their opinions.
Dian Man, who had just been yelling to lead troops to fight, nodded thoughtfully after listening to the plans of Jiang Wei and Lu Xun: "We don't need to fight like this to defeat the Huns."
Lian Dian Mandu agreed with the two of them, so how could the other generals have anything to say?
Everyone had no objection, Cao Heng said: "Since you all think it is better to stick to the spot than to take the initiative to attack, then we will set up defenses here, just wait for the Huns to come and die!"
From Cao Heng, no general did not think that the Huns attacked them just to die.
Liu Meng, who led the 210,000 Huns army, would not think so at all.
The Huns had a large number of people. No matter how they calculated the game, they had a greater chance of winning in this battle.
After three or four days of departure from Yunzhongcheng, the Huns finally approached the Wei army.
The vast Huns passed through the valley and marched towards the place where the Wei army was stationed.
King Zuo Guli, who was walking in the front of the team, suddenly stopped. He looked left and right, with a strange look on his face.
"What's going on?" King Youguli, who was walking side by side with him, asked, "What's wrong?"
"Did you feel that someone seems to be lying in an ambush nearby?" King Zuo Guli asked him.
King Youguli looked around and found peace nearby, and there was signs of ambushing?
He shook his head and said to King Zuo Guli: "It's surprisingly quiet nearby, there shouldn't be someone lying in ambush.
"It should be because of the strangeness of quietness that I felt strange." King Zuo Guli said: "Since it is a forest, why don't there even be a bird's cry?"
After he reminded him, King Youguli also found something was wrong. He frowned and asked, "Do you want to send someone to investigate everywhere and see if there is an ambush of the Wei army?"
King Zuo Guli said nothing, his face turned solemn.
Liu Meng, who was walking behind, saw the team stopping and urged the horse to speed up to catch up.
When they arrived beside the two, Liu Meng asked, "What's going on? Why don't you leave?"
"Did King Zuo Xian feel that there is something strange nearby?" said King Zuo Guli, "We are walking through the mountains and forests, with more than 200,000 people and horses, and the movements will not be too small. Logically speaking, at least the birds in the forest should be frightened. But when we passed by here, not only did we not startle any birds, but even a rabbit did not see a single one. This scene is really weird."
Liu Meng also felt something was wrong, and frowned slightly and looked around: "Send someone to check in the forest, and the others are on guard."
After the order was issued, thousands of Huns crawled into the forest in groups to search for signs of the existence of the Wei army.
The Huns entered the forest. At this time, Ling Tong sat on a dead leaf deep in the forest.
He had been ambushing here for two or three days, and he never waited for news that the Huns had passed by the road.
In order to investigate the movements of the Huns, Ling Tong sent many scouts.
Waiting for the news from the forest outside, a scout walked through the forest and came to him: "General Ling, the Huns are here."
"Didn't it in the past?" When Ling Tong heard that the Huns were coming, his eyes lit up and he hurriedly asked the scout.
"No." The scout replied: "It seems that they have found something is wrong, and they refuse to move forward when they reach the edge of the forest.
"It seems that the birds and beasts in the forest betray us." Ling Tong smiled and ordered the captain next to him: "Send the order and the Feixiong Camp immediately follow me into a deeper place. When the Huns come over, we will come out again."
The captain took the order and conveyed Ling Tong's order.
If Commander Ling led an ordinary army and horse, he would not have moved very quickly. The Huns had already entered the forest, and they would encounter them in the forest.
With the strength of the Feixiong Camp, it is not difficult to annihilate more than a thousand Huns who broke into the forest.
However, the Huns were annihilated, but those outside the forest were very difficult to deal with.
The Feixiong Camp is different from ordinary soldiers. Not only are they brave in combat, but they are not only good at fighting or not, no matter whether the number of enemy troops is better than that of their own, as long as the order is issued, there is only one way before them to attack.
In addition, the Feixiong Camp is also very fast in preparation.
After only a moment when Ling Tong's order was issued, the soldiers were ready and followed him into the depths of the forest.
Liu Meng sent the Huns who searched for the traces of Feixiong Camp. After entering the mountains and forests, he searched for possible ambushes everywhere.
The Huns checked very carefully, and the footprints left in the forest of Feixiong Camp and the broken branches when people passed by could not escape their eyes.
I found that there were indeed footprints and other traces of people passing by in the forest, and the Huns, who were responsible for the exploration, continued to go deeper.
But after going deeper for a long time, they could not see the figure of Feixiong Camp. They found nothing except footprints.
The leading people felt that it was not interesting to continue to go deeper, so they ordered the Hun warriors beside them: "Send the order and we will withdraw."
The order was conveyed to every Hun who entered the forest.
The Huns retreated one after another and retreated out of the forest.
The Huns, who were leading the way, walked out of the forest and came to Liu Meng.
Liu Meng asked, "How is the investigation? Are there any traces of the Wei army?"
"Return to the words of Zuoxian King." The Huns who led the way into the forest said: "We did find footprints and fragments of clothes in the forest, but we did not see any Wei army."
"That's strange." Liu Meng frowned and asked King Gu Li at left and right: "Do you two think the Wei people are still in the forest?"
The Kings of Guli looked at each other.
"I think they should be still in the forest, but for some reason, they were not discovered by our people." King Zuo Guli said: "After passing by here, you have to be careful everywhere."
Liu Meng nodded and ordered to the left and right Guli King: "Go ahead a little longer, you two will take the warriors of your tribe away from both wings. I will lead the central army to continue to advance and confront the Wei army from afar. When I call my order, the three groups will issue one surprise attack first."
"Don't worry, King Zuo Xian!" King Guli of left and right responded, and each called the tribe warriors to leave.
The two Kings of Guli brought many warriors. After they left, the Huns who followed Liu Meng here seemed much thinner.
The Huns were already very close to the Wei army, so of course their every move could not be hidden from Cao Heng's eyes.
Soon, Cao Heng got news about the division of troops from the Huns.
The Wei army was already waiting in line. Cao Heng stood in front of the array and looked at the Huns who were rushing here. Cao Yi beside him said, "Brother, there are quite a lot of Huns."
With a smile, Cao Heng's eyes remained on the Huns who were rushing here.
He said to Cao Yi on the side, "There are indeed quite a lot of people coming, but they will be less and less."
Cao Heng said it easily, but Cao Yi, who had never been on the battlefield, was not as calm as him.
Cao Yi felt heavy pressure from the momentum of the Hun army who detoured through three groups of troops.
"Do you feel very grateful that you didn't lead the troops?" Cao Heng turned his head and looked at him, with a plain smile on his lips, and asked him.
"Nothing can be hidden from my brother's eyes." Cao Yi said: "I thought I could only kill the enemy in battle. When I saw the momentum of the Huns, I realized that it was not that way. If I were to deal with so many Huns, I would definitely not be able to deal with it."
"It's good to be able to see these things." Cao Heng said: "After experiencing today's battle, you will also understand what a battlefield is. There are more than just killings on the battlefield. For those who have never been on the battlefield, this is the most worthy of panic."
Chapter completed!