Chapter 28: A group of traitors, trying to enhance our country's prestige?
The eagle broke through the clouds and dived downward.
Below is the endless grassland.
A large group of tents were stationed here. This was the stationed area of the Xianbei Tuoba tribe.
Inside the tent, Tuoba Liuyun, the leader of the Tuoba tribe, was drinking wine in big gulps. Beside him were several soldiers, who were drinking and singing, chatting and laughing. Accompanying them in the drinking were Han women who were looted from the border of the Han Dynasty. They all looked terrified, but dared not resist, and were toyed with at will.
There were hundreds of Han women who were initially looted, but now there are less than a hundred left. Some committed suicide, while more were tortured to death.
The Xianbei people had no mercy on the Han women they abducted and tortured them however they wanted.
Tuoba Liuyun drank while touching the delicate woman beside him, and said with a hearty smile: "This group of Han people is really ridiculous. We went deep into the villages to plunder, and the troops in the important towns watched from afar and did not dare to come over!"
"If all Han people are like this, then we can go deeper. Their hinterland will be richer!" said the general on the side with a smile.
"The Han cities are difficult to attack, and the Han wizards are also difficult to deal with. We cannot attack the city directly, but should plunder the villages and towns near the city." Another person spoke up.
"What Han wizards? They are called Han practitioners. They can make all kinds of magic weapons. With the help of the city, it is indeed difficult for us to capture it." Tuoba Liuyun was a little drunk. He smiled and said, "Your suggestion is good. Next time we will do this. This group of Han people dare not pursue too deep!"
After a pause, Tuoba Liuyun continued: "But if the Han people are not prepared, we can attack the city at lightning speed, that would be great, we can burn, kill, plunder and massacre the city for pleasure!"
"My grandfather's grandfather once massacred a Han city, which had many places for pleasure."
As Tuoba Liuyun was talking, the ground suddenly shook. He didn't react at first: "Earthquake?"
"No! That's not right! A large group of people are coming!"
The moment he reacted, Tuoba Liuyun was completely sober. He pushed away the Han woman sitting on him, quickly put on his armor and picked up his weapons. However, before he walked out of the tent, the vanguard of the Taiping Army had already pierced through the tent of the Tuoba tribe like a sharp blade. Wherever they passed, people and horses fell to the ground. In just a moment, blood flowed like a river!
Screams rang out one after another, and then the camp was blown up. Faced with the sudden attack of the Taiping Army, no one could organize an effective resistance. Even though Tuoba Liuyun shouted frantically, trying to gather men and kill this small group of enemies, the Tuoba tribe had loose military discipline and could not organize itself for a while.
Not far away, Su Che, riding a tall white horse, watched the Taiping Army's vanguard charge and couldn't help but exclaimed: "This military formation sequence is really useful!"
In the first week, the Taiping Dao lacked military formations and only had the simplest "united forces", so it was always at a disadvantage when facing the imperial army.
In the second week, after Su Che bribed the eunuch, the first thing he asked for was the "Military Formation Series" of the Han army.
"Military Formation Stratagems" is the key for ordinary people and low-level cultivators to fight against high-level cultivators.
This is a relatively rare group technique, much more advanced than the technique of unity, but the requirements for practice are extremely high. Once practiced, the effect will be terrifying.
A series of military battles requires a leading general to gather the energy and spirit of the entire army, turning everyone's strength into a whole, thereby unleashing a terrifying fighting power!
Even some top practitioners would not dare to confront an army that uses military formations.
The more people use the military formation combo, the more powerful it will be.
But in contrast, the difficulty of use will increase exponentially.
Currently in the Taiping Army, most of the teams that use the military formation are small teams of one hundred people.
For example, the vanguard of this charge was a cavalry squad of 100 men.
Under their charge, the Tuoba tribe, which had not yet reacted, was slaughtered one-sidedly!
It's like a group of lions chasing a group of sheep!
Along the way, Yu Ji beside Su Che cast several spells, including Invisible Army, Illusion Spell, and Silent Sound Spell, and only then did he arrive silently near the Tuoba tribe and launched a sudden attack.
As for the scouts and spies of the Tuoba tribe on the periphery, they were all killed without a single one left.
Seeing that the vanguard troops had already torn open a gap, Su Che seized the opportunity and wielded his sword, issuing an order:
"All troops charge! Follow me!"
Following the massive charge, the Tuoba tribe ceased to exist!
It was an overwhelming victory.
In some tents.
The Han women with disheveled clothes all had tears in their eyes. They lived in great humiliation, just waiting for a glimmer of hope.
As time passed, they were almost in despair, but what they didn't expect was that someone really came to save them!
It’s the Han army!
In this battle, 8,000 enemies were killed, tens of thousands of Xianbei people were captured, and hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep were captured. When Su Che returned to the important town of Tai'an with these spoils, the whole city cheered.
The soldiers of Tai'an Town hated the Xianbei people who often came to harass and plunder, but they did not have the ability to take the initiative to attack, and the military commander never allowed them to leave the city, for fear of angering the Xianbei people and causing the city to be destroyed.
And now, the offense and defense have changed!
The border troops did not dare to fight the Xianbei people, so the Taiping Army came to fight them!
The Taiping Army came to rescue those whom the border troops dared not to rescue!
Hundreds of Han people returned to their hometowns, and when they learned about the deeds of the Taiping Dao and the Taiping Army, they could not believe that there was such a clear stream in the Han territory!
Many people compiled the deeds of these rescued Han people into stories, and wrote paragraphs from their perspectives, which soon became popular...
Soon, the news that the Taiping Army had defeated the Xianbei army spread throughout the country!
The people at the bottom of society were all cheering and feeling proud. These Xianbei people who looted the Han villages finally got their retribution!
Taiping Dao is truly everyone’s savior!
As for the aristocratic families, they all fell silent when they heard the news.
at the same time.
The garrisons in Jizhou, Bingzhou and Qingzhou were all dumbfounded. They were anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Taiping Army, but they did not expect that they had no intention of attacking them at all. Instead, they wanted to defeat the Xianbei and enhance the country's prestige!
When the news reached Luoyang, the official reports about the Taiping Army in Youzhou defeating the Xianbei became a hot commodity and were sold out as soon as they were printed.
Suddenly, paper was in great demand in Luoyang!
When the ministers in the court saw this news, they all began to doubt their lives.
Because the border villages of Youzhou were plundered, the Taiping Dao directly moved thousands of miles to destroy the Xianbei Tuoba tribe? And brought back hundreds of Han people?
A group of traitors, trying to enhance our country's prestige?
They...what on earth is going on with them???
