Chapter 6 third quarter

December 21st, early morning. Asule looked north from the city wall of the northern capital.This is a rare sunny day in this winter, the crystal snow reflects the brilliance of the morning sun, and the calmness makes people feel unreal.In the past, on such days in winter, the great nobles in the northern capital would bring out hunting dogs and horses, and take their slaves out to hunt, which was called "winter hunting".Winter hunting is not so much for prey, as it is for exercising muscles and bones in the rare warm ocean weather.Asule liked winter hunting the most when he was a child. He was put on his father's saddle, and he looked at the people around him, the horses in fine clothes, the flags raised high, the good bows with gold or silver horns exposed in the bow pockets, and the rows of long bows in the saddle pockets. The tail feather arrow also looked particularly imposing.The hounds ran back and forth cheerfully and sniffed back and forth. The boys rode their horses for a race, and adults always scolded them from behind the horses.

Looking back on my childhood now, it feels like a dream. He squinted his eyes slightly, turned sideways to the direction of the sunlight, and looked at the furthest distance he could see.In this weather he could see about five miles away.There are some vague shadows five miles away, which seem to be pacing back and forth in the snow. "No flower, can you see clearly?" Asule asked the leader of the ghost bow beside him. "It's white wolves, there are about dozens of them, they are gnawing on the corpses, there is no one." Buhuala said, his eyesight is far better than that of Asule.

"Have wolves come to eat corpses these days?" "On sunny days, you can almost see them. Sometimes there are dozens of horses, and sometimes there are hundreds of horses. Our scouts ventured out of the city to see that the gnawed corpses are in bad shape. Wolves like to eat internal organs, so they put the corpses together. Torn apart one by one," Buhuala said.Two days ago, the Maharaja ordered him and his Ghost Bow to accept Asule Danayan's order, and there was no objection. Although he was a little worried about the young man's lack of experience on the battlefield, he also believed that the Da Nayan In addition, the two iron-toothed warriors of the Mosuer family, Bach and Ba Ram, immediately expressed their absolute support.

Asule nodded and didn't speak any more. Buhuala hesitated for a while, "Da Nayan asked the Maharaja for a ghost bow and 10,000 cavalry, and the Maharaja agreed. Buhuala will definitely obey Danayan's military order. But we still don't know Da Nayan's order. The method of warfare, the heart is not quiet. General Muli dispatched almost 100,000 cavalry from Qingyang in the battle by the Tainal River, but still failed to win. Now we only have 10,000 cavalry and 1,000 ghost bows. What is Da Nayan going to do? What to do? If it's a secret, it's fine if Da Nayan doesn't tell me."

"I can tell you." Asule said calmly, "With only 11,000 people, I am not sure that I can defeat the White Wolf Regiment and Shuobei Cavalry." "Then what?" "But I'm sure to kill someone," Asule turned his head to look at Buhua, "I'm going to carry out an assassination, and the target is Shuobei Wolf Lord." Buhua was slightly taken aback, "Assassination?" If it weren't for Asule's eyes that were as still as still water, Bu Huaya almost thought it was a joke, how could there be a mighty army of ten thousand people to carry out an assassination?

"In Donglu tactics, this is called 'piercing the heart'." Asule said. Shaking his head without hesitation.In the duel between heroes on the grassland, the word "courage" is emphasized, and the horse strikes the sword with one move, and moves forward indomitably. If it is said that the tactics are the experience summed up by the ancestors from hunting, there are not many names.Like the other generals, Buhuala learned formations by himself for a few years by relying on a few military books handed down from Donglu, but in the end he only vaguely grasped some superficial aspects from the blueprints, and he didn't understand the profound things.

"I'm asking Dana Yan for advice." He had no choice but to say. "It's actually very simple. The second time Emperor Fengyan invaded Beilu, he used the tactic of 'piercing the heart'. At that time, we prairie people relied on the speed of our horses and were famous for our cavalry tactics. If Emperor Fengyan wanted to deal with us continuously The ranger harassment will greatly slow down the speed of advancement, so he chose to ignore it, and let his "General Habayashi" Su Jinshen lead the entire army to advance almost in a straight line towards Beidu. He captured Beidu with heart-piercing tactics, and other tribes may surrender." Asule said, "The Shuobei Wolf Lord's appeal to the Shuobei Army is the same as the Qingyang Department's appeal to the various tribes on the grassland at that time. In my judgment, as long as we kill the wolf lord, the Shuobei Army will be demoralized and flee without a fight."

Bu Huala thought for a while, "Da Nayan meant that the heart-piercing formation relies on speed, and with the vigor of the new battle, he directly rushes into the opponent's main formation and kills the enemy chieftain. But Meng Lehuo'er followed him almost all the time. With the three thousand wolf cavalry together, except for the horses planted by brother Xue Ling, the other horses will run around in terror when they see the wolves, and the formation will be chaotic." Asule nodded, "I thought about it. The biggest advantage of the White Wolf Group is not combat power, but horses are naturally afraid of wolves. I have been to the west bank of the Tainal River and took a look at the battlefield. The terrain is mapped."

He took out a piece of bare sheepskin from his arms, and showed Buhuala the hand-drawn map.His ability to draw maps was passed down from Xi Yan, who in turn learned it from Bai Yi.Bai Yi can draw the entire Shangyang Pass and even the surrounding mountains and rivers into a big picture with the height of two people. Asule has 30 to 40% of Bai Yi's ability, and the whole sheepskin is covered with marks, covering the The terrain from the Nale River to the northern capital city. He pointed to the west bank of the Tainale River on the map, "The battlefield at that time was here, only one mile west from the Tainale River. Before the White Wolf Group attacked, our cavalry had an absolute advantage. After the White Wolf Group entered the battlefield , we still have 20,000 more people than the opponent. We lost in the first battle because we did not notice the ambush of the white wolf regiment in advance. After the ambush, the warriors were afraid, and the horses were also afraid of wolves. , Our military morale has been broken."

"Horses are afraid of wolves, that's their nature, not to mention wolves of the white wolves." Buhuala said, "When I saw those wolves, my heart turned cold, and I thought it was over." "I have encountered the same thing in the Eastland. A large group of war horses lost control, as if they were going crazy. But a general of the Eastland found that as long as the ears of the horses were plugged, the horses could be calmed down." Asule looked at Eyes that are not flashy, "We will blindfold the horses, plug their ears, and wrap their noses, so that the horses will only obey the command of the warriors and charge forward."

"Wouldn't the horse be blind then?" "What we want is a blind man," Asule put two green pills into the palm of Buhua's palm. "The general must understand that fear is useless in order to survive on the battlefield. The Donglu generals say that there is no will to die." , It’s hard to find the door to life!” "If you don't have the will to die, it's hard to find the door to life?" Buhuala looked into Asule's eyes, silently chanted this sentence, and nodded.He brought the pill to his nose and smelled a fishy aroma. "I made it last night, using women's fragrance powder, mixed noodles and some Houttuynia cordata powder, put it into the horse's nostrils, one in each nostril, and then wrapped it with gauze, it can absorb all the smells. "Azule said, "Everyone in your team will get two before the attack." Buhua was playing with the two pills in his palm, his eyes flashed suddenly, "Da Nayan called me here alone to explain the tactics and show me these pills, isn't there a reason?" "Of course," Asule said calmly, "because in my tactics, you are the one who kills the wolf lord in the end." "Me?" Buhua's pupils dilated, and he felt the blood flow in his whole body accelerate. Asule glanced at him, took out a piece of charcoal pencil from his sleeve, and sketched the formation on the back of the bare sheepskin, "I will fight in a sagittal formation. The Great Khan will lead five thousand tigers and leopards as the left forward. Yang led 3,000 tiger and leopard cavalry as the right wing, and in the center were newly recruited cavalry from slaves and herdsmen. They formed the shaft of this arrow. General Bach led 3,000 cavalry to form its tail feathers behind the formation, ready to attack at any time. rush to the rescue." Buhua shook his head, "In the middle is the new army? Those slaves and untrained herdsmen? When they see wolves rushing towards them, they will be scared into disorder, and they can only let the North of Shuo slaughter!" "Shuobei people will also realize this. Although the left and right fronts are small in number, they are all elites. It is difficult to defeat them for a while. The Chinese army is indeed a new army with weak strength. They will choose to use cavalry from the left and right flanks. Outflank, take the arrow shafts formed by the new army..." Asule pulled out an arrow from the arrow pot, pulled out a small saber and cut it in two, "Cut it off! Then divide our army into two Surrounding the whole of the country, their forces are superior enough to do this." Buhua Sah nodded, "If I were the leader of Shuobei, I would do the same, avoiding the sharpness of the left and right fronts, and the cavalry roundabout, crossing and cutting the central army from both sides." "That's what I need," Asule thickened the "shaft" of the front half of the front arrow formation, "I will hide the ten thousand elite cavalry that the Maharaja gave me to command in the front half of the central army. After they cut off the 'shaft of the arrow', they will first concentrate their forces to eat the weaker rear half, which will occupy most of their cavalry. At that time, the left and right fronts will split to the two sides, and the 10,000 elite cavalry will reveal their identities. Pierce the enemy with full force from the front, pointing directly at Hudulu Khan behind the enemy's formation." Looking at the diagram of the formation, Buhuasa felt his heart move, "Understood, this formation is no longer an arrow, but a poisonous snake, and the 10,000 cavalry are snake letters!" "No, the snake letter is not there yet," Asule pointed to the left front, "the real snake letter is hidden under the left front, and your thousand ghost bows are hidden behind the tiger and leopard cavalry of the Nine Kings. When the cavalry is about to pierce the enemy's center, the white wolves will definitely attack, just like on the banks of the Tenere River. They always take the flanks and penetrate directly into our center from the side. The horses are afraid of galloping wolves, They understand very well that they will be very confident when they come here, they will never consider defense, just attack, attack, and blindly attack! They will choose the side of the Nine Kings, because the defeat of the 'Blue Sun Bow' will reverse the situation of the entire battlefield. And the wolf lord will personally lead the white wolf group. At this time, the tiger and leopard cavalry who have not received the pill will retreat, and the left front will split, leaving only your thousand shooters. You will launch the final offensive and lead everyone to the wolf lord. Galloping, at that time his cavalry were either besieging the second half of the 'Arrow', or fighting hard with our 10,000 elite, the White Wolf regiment and the cavalry were separated, you have a thousand men who are good at archery, and Don't be afraid of their wolves, the wolf lord will be very surprised to find that you are not far from him, you have enough chances to kill him, a thousand of your men can shoot a thousand arrows every instant, point them all at the wolf lord , it only takes one arrow to hit!" Buhua was stunned for a long time, then clapped her hands violently, "I understand! When they want to chop us up, we chop them up instead!" "Yes," Asule said, "this is the formation that my teacher Xiyan taught me, he called it 'broken arrow', when our arrow formation is chopped, the arrow fragments are chopped in turn The enemy's army, as long as we rationally deploy elite troops, we can do it! All of us formed an arrow formation to launch a 'heart-piercing' strike, but split as we advanced, dragging the enemy cavalry into the quagmire of melee, There is a needle hidden in the arrow, it is you, when the arrow shatters, you will explode and stab the enemy in the eye!" "I will live up to my mission!" Buhua half knelt down. A solitary applause sounded behind them, slowly and vigorously, followed by many applause.Asule and Buhuaa turned their heads and saw Bimogan leading a group of servants just up the city wall. "Asule, you really learned something amazing in Donglu!" Bimogan admired. He walked up to Buhuasa, took out an arrow from his quiver and put it in Buhuaca's hand, "See if it works or not." The arrow fell into Buhua's hand, sank slightly, and Buhua's eyes lit up. "Arrow clusters made of copper. The blades are slender enough to pierce iron armor. The ridges are thickened. They are heavier than ordinary spike arrows. They shoot farther and are more powerful. They have barbs and can penetrate into the flesh without any damage. I can't pull it out immediately, copper will be poisoned if it is corroded." Bu Huaca nodded slightly, "It's really a dangerous weapon, where did you get it?" "King Tai Geer Khan and the others prepared it. It is said that it imitated the armor-piercing arrow 'pine needle' of the Eastern Lu, Jin and Northern Kingdoms. It was a very expensive thing. Originally, these arrows were intended to be shot at me." Bi Mogan said, "Order all the ghost bows to use this kind of arrows instead. We have about 50,000 of them, and each person can fill two quivers." "Are they all shot at Meng Lehuo'er?" Buhuala understood. "Fifty thousand arrows, you have to see with your own eyes that one of them is stuck in the flesh of Menglehuo'er Uerhan before you can come back!" Buhuala put the arrow into his quiver, "We are the falcons released by the Maharaja, if we can't catch the eyes of the prey, what face will we have to return to the Golden Tent?" "Okay, let the falcons spread their wings and fly as much as they want!" Bimogan pressed Asule and Buhuala's shoulders, "I won't waste your time, there are still many things to do before the battle." He turned and left, and the slaves following behind carried bundles of armor-piercing arrows to the city.They all had thick felt pads on their shoulders to prevent them from being accidentally scratched by those dangerous arrowheads. "Da Nayan, I'm going to count the number of arrows." Buhuaca bowed and followed Bimogan down the city. After walking a few steps, he turned around, "When is the attack time?" "In the early morning of the day after tomorrow, before dawn, when you hear the sound of Kui drums, lead your troops to assemble at the base of the city." "I'll wait for the sound of Kui's drum." Everyone left, only Asule was left standing on the top of the wall. He looked into the distance, took a deep breath, and shivered slowly. A warrior quietly approached behind Asule, "What is Da Nayan thinking?" "Haleza?" Asule glanced back, "You're here... I just can't calm down in my heart, the technique of 'broken arrow' is the most delicate and the most dangerous. I never really I used it, but tens of thousands of people followed me to gamble with my life. In the past, the general opened a book school, and Ji Ye and I skipped class from time to time, and the general scolded us, saying that we always hate when the books are used up. One day, you will command thousands of books. There are tens of thousands of people, and the enemy rushes to the front and doesn't know what to do, so they will regret why they didn't read the military books thoroughly. At that time, I thought it was a cliché, but now I have begun to regret it." "Da Nayan is also a hero who went to the Battle of Shangyang Pass. He has seen it on the battlefield of 100,000 people in the Eastern Continent. It will definitely work here!" Haleza said. "But at that time, Ji Ye, Xiyuan, and the general were all with me," Asule said softly, "At this time, I really want them to be by my side, even one of them is fine." "Hey! What are you talking about, what are you talking about? The leader of the army, don't say anything depressing." A rough and bold voice sounded not far away. Ba Bang came over with his two sons, took a look at Haleza, put his arm around Asule's shoulder, and patted his chest vigorously, making Asule breathless. "It's the first time I lead an army by myself. I'm always a little scared and can't let go. I was just like you back then. I led two thousand cavalry. After thinking about it, I didn't know where to put my hands and feet. I got a lot of training from my brother." Ba He smiled, "But don't worry, although I'm not as strategic as my brother, but my surname is Mosuer, and there are two little boys in my family, Balu and Baza, who will accompany you in battle. Donglu people say that a Three stakes for a fence, we count as your three stakes!" "I'm not afraid... I just miss them a little bit." Asule said softly, looking to the south, watching the eagle in the sky tear open the flowing clouds and slash into the sky like black lightning. In the dead of night, on the high ground outside the capital, Meng Lehuo'er sat on top of the giant wolf, looking out.Shan Bikong looked into Meng Lehuo'er's eyes, those blood-red eyes reflected the distant city under the sky, unusually calm. "The wolf lord has been standing here for a long time. I dare to ask, what is the wolf lord thinking?" "I'm thinking of some strange things." Meng Lehuo said in a low voice. "Dare to ask what is the strange thing that the wolf lord said?" "In my life, I have been thinking about stepping into that city all the time. It is the most beautiful woman on the grassland, and it can only belong to a man who is worthy of her. There are two times when I feel that I am close, and I can touch it with my hand. She," Mengle Huo'er stretched out her hand towards the dimly lit city at the end of the world, as if she wanted to touch it across a long distance, "stroking her body, feeling her temperature, listening to her cry with her head bowed... like that The thirst in my heart can only be quenched a little." His huge hand slowly turned in the air, clenched into a fist, "It's so close..." "People in the Eastern Land say that only the virtuous live in the world. People on the grassland say that the sword must be in the hands of the bravest. The northern capital is destined to belong to the wolf lord, so I traveled thousands of miles to the northern wilderness just to become the owner of the wolf lord." Servant." "It's mine, so what?" Meng Lehuo asked. Shan Bikong was slightly taken aback, but did not speak. "Thirty years ago I was defeated by Gol, and since then I have been walking on the wilderness with a pack of wolves for thirty years. One day I die, and my wolves will eat my body, my flesh It will make it go farther in the wilderness. Neither I nor my warriors can stop, we can’t stay in that city, even if the city belongs to me. Sometimes I hate Guo Leer and that man named A The men of Kanti, no matter how much they fight, they always go back to their tents, sleep next to their women, and get a moment's rest." "But I can't change it, this is my life!" "Would a hero like the Wolf Lord regret his life?" Shan Bikong was silent for a long time, "We trekked for half a year and came back here from the northern wilderness. When we were only one step away from the northern capital, the Wolf Lord showed signs of giving up. mean?" "No, I still want to possess her... No reason, even if I can't possess her, I can feel the hunger and thirst in my heart, just like decades ago, it is as hot as the fire and has not subsided at all. I want Possess her! Or I shall die with regret!" "Menglehuoer Orhan, the warrior on the wolf's back, is said to have been stained with the blood of thousands of people, but he would also stand in front of the city that will soon belong to him in the middle of the night and think. Don't believe it?" "A person who has stayed in the northernmost place for many years will always have a lot of time to think about things." Meng Lehuo'er turned to look at Shan Bikong, "Shan Bikong, do you know who you are? Are you a trafficker of death?" A businessman, or a divine envoy to save the world?" "Sometimes there is no difference between these two kinds of people." Shan Bikong said lightly. "Interesting, your words are always very interesting." Meng Le Huo'er said lightly, looking at the northern capital in the distance again, "Three days have passed, will the Qingyang Department open the city gate?" Shan Bikong also looked into the distance, and slowly shook his head, "No, the descendants of the Pasur family are not that cowardly yet, and the courage of Guoleer Pasur will still inspire them, and they will launch an attack at the risk of being slaughtered. They It is inevitable to attack, because there are hundreds of thousands of people in the city, and the food will be exhausted soon." "Will they still adopt tactics like Mu Li's?" "No, they have seen Mu Li's failure, and they will not repeat the same path as last time." "Then how will they attack?" "I don't know," Shan Bikong shook his head slightly, "But there are many clever tactics in the world, but there is one thing that is invincible, and that is absolute power." He stood up slowly, and waved his hands forward vigorously, "We will destroy them, from the body to the soul!" Meng Lehuo'er raised his head slowly, looking at the mountain blue sky that suddenly looked like a general in battle. At this moment, the majesty of the mountain blue sky seemed to cover the entire grassland. "Qingyang also has tiger and leopard riders, ghost bows, and iron Buddhas. What makes you so confident?" Meng Lehuo'er was not disturbed by that majesty, he asked indifferently. "We have reinforcements! In order to fulfill the promise to the wolf lord, the Pope has sent reinforcements to the wolf lord from the Eastern Continent. They have just arrived." Shan Bikong waved his finger to the rear. Meng Lehuo'er turned his head slowly, his ears vibrated slightly, and he heard the sound of the wind blowing the hem of his clothes, the sound of the wind flowing on the metal edge, and the sound of the horse's iron hooves trampling the snow from behind.Other than that, all was quiet, this was the approach of a most elite procession, they did not speak, they did not even breathe loudly, and even their horses did not make a sound. Under the dark sky, a cavalry team slowly climbed up to the high ground. There were hundreds of them, and each of them wore a pitch-black cloak. The hood of the cloak covered their faces, and under the cloak was a large silver-wrapped bow tip. and a luxurious quiver of arabesques.After they lined up, they all bowed down on their horses and saluted Meng Lehuoer. "Take off your hoods and let Lord Wolf see your faces," Shan Bikong said. Those people shook off their pitch-black cloaks, revealing light golden or silver-white hair, exquisitely handcrafted lacquer armor, and the Green Wing family crest on the shoulder armor. Of course, the most eye-catching thing is their bows, those exquisite long The bow is far more than the horn bow used by grassland people. It can shoot the arrow farther and more powerfully, and make the arrow path straighter. "Featherman?" Meng Lehuo'er was silent for a moment, showing a cold smile, "Interesting." In hundreds of years, this is the first time that an organized Yuren army has set foot on the Hanzhou Grassland.The Barbarian and the Yuzu, who have been enemies for hundreds of years, are now only a dozen steps apart, but they are not in a hurry to shoot at each other with their bows and arrows.