Chapter 406: Chen Hu's Lesson

On the bastion, cold winds blew from the north, which indicated that the next cold winter was coming.

Choosing this time period could severely hit the logistics of Beidi and starve them to death in winter.

After setting the plan to harass Beidi, Zhongli and Chen Hu led 8,000 cavalrymen to attack the grassland in two ways.

8,000 cavalrymen were not too many or too few. If there were too many, the target would be too big, and if there were too few, the tactical effect would not be achieved. Therefore, Zhao Xu and Chang Wei discussed and decided on this number.

At the same time, the cavalrymen also prepared fried noodles. Because they rode horses, they carried more fried noodles, which was more conducive to their guerrilla warfare, harassing Beidi and destroying their war plan against Yanzhou this time.

Watching the figures of Zhongli and others disappear in the sky, Zhao Xu had a complicated expression. This was the real test of Zhongli and Chen Hu. Whether these soldiers could come back this time was also an unknown.

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Two days later.

On the vast grassland, there were only a few cold stars in the sky, and no moonlight was seen. Since he and Zhongli divided their troops into two groups, Chen Hu hid during the day and went out at night, passing through Yanshan and finally entered the grassland.

Using telescopes, his scouts could always find the Northern Di scouts in advance, and then avoid them, leading the cavalry to search the grassland for small tribes under the Black Iron King's tent.

Each Northern Di king's tent has its own vast grassland, which is composed of many small tribes. These tribes are scattered on the grassland for grazing. Only when there is a war, the soldiers will leave the tribe and go to the king's tent to gather.

After half a day of searching, the effort paid off. When night fell, he saw a campfire lit up not far away through the telescope.

"You guys come with me and see how many people are in this tribe?" Chen Hu said.

The soldiers who were named responded and followed Chen Hu to the campfire on foot.

At this time, the grassland was pitch black, and no one could be seen outside the campfire.

Chen Hu was not discovered by anyone when he led his soldiers to the Black Iron King's Tent Tribe.

Around the campfire, these Northern Di people were roasting cattle and sheep, laughing and drinking meat.

"Damn it, these Beidi people have a really good life, eating meat and drinking wine every day, much happier than me." Chen Hu sniffed, the smell of meat made him drool.

"Captain, look at this camp, there are only more than 200 tents, it seems that this is a small tribe, there are only more than a thousand people in it, what are you waiting for, just grab the meat and eat it." The soldier behind Chen Hu said, his name is Xue Gui, he is Chen Hu's personal soldier.

"Hehe, this is to my taste, let's go back, since His Highness asked us to fight guerrilla warfare, let's give him a night attack." Chen Hu said.

Xue Gui nodded bloodthirstily, his brother died at the hands of the Beidi people, so he hated the Beidi more than anyone else.

After taking the soldiers to figure out the situation, Chen Hu and others turned back secretly.

"Captain, are we going to attack now?" someone asked.

"Attack, of course we have to wait until midnight when they are all asleep before we attack. Remember, we won't ride horses this time, but sneak over. When we enter the tent, kill them all, leaving no one alive." Chen Hu said.

"Yes." The soldiers said in a suppressed voice.

Chen Hu glanced at the campfire in the distance again, and gently touched the telescope on his body like a treasure. This time, he was able to discover this tribe in advance, and he didn't get discovered by this tribe thanks to this telescope.

The stars in the sky became brighter and brighter.

In the first half of the night, except for the soldiers on guard, most of the soldiers fell into a deep sleep. The campfire of Beidi was still lit, and from time to time, a few Beidi soldiers could be seen lazily sitting by the campfire and dozing off.

For them, it was impossible for the soldiers of Dasong to go deep into the grassland alone, so the soldiers on guard in the tribe were often careless, and they were on guard more to prevent wolves from attacking livestock.

At midnight, Chen Hu was pushed awake by Xue Gui. Chen Hu rubbed his eyes, looked at the light not far away and said, "Wake up all the brothers, get ready."

"Yes." Xue Gui immediately patted the soldiers around him, and the other soldiers woke up and patted the soldiers around them one by one. Soon, four thousand soldiers gathered together.

They were wearing scale armor and their swords were unsheathed.

"Go!" Chen Hu gave an order, and four thousand people hid their bodies in the tall wild grass and approached the Beidi tribe. The one-meter-high grass completely blocked their bodies.

Chen Hu knew that the large-scale cavalry charge would definitely wake up the Beidi people at this time. Although this would catch the Beidi people off guard, most of the Beidi soldiers would definitely take the opportunity to escape.

And by moving over like this, you can take advantage of the sneak attack and try to annihilate the entire tribe as much as possible to avoid exposing your own tracks.

"You take a thousand people to that side, and you a thousand people go there." Chen Hu ordered while lying in the grass.

Four thousand men quickly surrounded the Beidi camp. The Beidi soldiers who were on night watch were sleeping soundly and still didn't notice.

At this time, Chen Hu signaled Xue Gui, who nodded and tiptoed with ten soldiers to the Beidi soldiers by the campfire.

Looking at the Beidi soldiers who were still sleeping soundly, Xue Gui had a sneer on his face. They all drew their daggers and quickly approached the Beidi soldiers. When they got close, Xue Gui covered the Beidi soldiers' mouths and cut their throats.

"Uh uh..."

The Beidi soldiers suddenly opened their eyes in horror, but their throats were cut and their mouths were covered, so they could only make unclear sounds. At this time, other soldiers also killed all the Beidi soldiers who were on night watch.

The pupils of the Beidi soldiers gradually became dilated, and Xue Gui waved in the direction of Chen Hu.

"Go!" Chen Hu gave the order at this time. At the same time, the soldiers who saw Xue Gui's sign language in front of the campfire also moved and touched the tent-like camp.

At this time, the soldiers all pursed their lips tightly. They shuttled between the camps and assigned their own camps one by one.

Everything was ready. Almost at the same time, the soldiers rushed into the camps, and screams suddenly resounded through the dark sky.

At this time, Chen Hu also rushed into a camp, which was closest to the campfire. In the firelight, he saw a young Beidi woman lying inside.

At this time, the Beidi woman had been awakened. She looked at Chen Hu in horror, shaking her head constantly, looking pitiful.

"How can I do it!" Chen Hu's hand holding the sword stopped in mid-air, but the words of King Yan made him hesitate again.

At this moment, taking advantage of Chen Hu's distraction, the Beidi woman suddenly picked up a scimitar from the pillow, rolled on the ground and stabbed Chen Hu's lower body.

Chen Hu was alert immediately, and a layer of cold sweat broke out all over his body, but it was too late to dodge. At this moment, a man suddenly rushed over from behind him and kicked the Beidi woman's hand.

The scimitar passed through the scales of Chen Hu's thigh, and the metal hit each other, and a spark was particularly dazzling.

Chen Hu no longer hesitated at this time, and the sharp arrow suddenly pierced into the Beidi woman's chest.

"Captain, do you want to leave you a prettier one?" Xue Gui said with a smirk.

"Get out, don't leave any, kill them all!" Chen Hu's face turned pale, and cold sweat had soaked his clothes.

He finally understood what King Yan said, Dasong and Beidi are either you die or I die, and a woman's kindness will only kill herself. He gritted his teeth and his eyes became firm.

The Beidi tribe obviously did not expect that Dasong's army would attack in the middle of the night. Many Beidi people in the tents died in their sleep. Half an hour later, the cavalry checked the tents one by one with torches. After confirming that all the Beidi people were dead, they gathered in front of the campfire.

"Captain, we have made a fortune. There are tens of thousands of cattle and sheep in the fence of this tribe, and there are also thousands of horses. Should we send all these things back to the four northern counties?" Xue Gui said at this time.

This time when they entered the grassland, they were engaged in burning, killing and looting. This tribe was unlucky and was discovered by them on the first night. He said: "Kill all the cattle and sheep. Eat what can be eaten and burn what cannot be eaten. Send a team of people to send the horses back."

Xue Gui nodded. The horses were easy to drive back quickly, but the cattle and sheep were not easy to drive back. This time, they could not waste time on cattle and sheep.

If you have to choose one of the two, you can only choose horses.

After the order was passed down, the soldiers immediately rushed into the fence with knives to kill cattle and sheep, and then roasted them in front of the campfire.

The next morning, the soldiers ate and drank enough and continued on their way, while three experienced horse-driving soldiers drove the horses back along the safe road they had come from.

"Burn!"

Before leaving, Chen Hu gave an order, and the soldiers threw torches into the tents one after another. Some soldiers also threw dead cattle and sheep into the tents, leaving no food for the Northern Di to survive the winter.

With a cold smile, Chen Hu led the soldiers to continue to go deeper into the grassland.