Volume 1, Chapter 24: Bai Qi's plan, 10,000 vs. 200,000

soldiers all turned their eyes to Bai Qi. The female general Yang Paifeng raised her eyebrows and said, "Bai Qi, are you willing to follow me to the battle?"

"I am willing to go!"

Bai Qi stepped out with excitement in his eyes.

He is not afraid of war now, but is afraid of having no war to fight.

The people around him rolled their eyes when they saw Bai Qi’s excitement.

On the side, Pan Hu was cursing wildly in his heart, hoping that Bai Qi would encounter the main force of the Huns as soon as he went out and his entire army would be wiped out!

I hope that all these tens of thousands of generals of the Yang family army will be destroyed by the power of the Huns.

By then, the entire Honghua City will truly belong to him, Pan Hu.

If you want to take over someone's wife or daughter, it's just a matter of saying a word.

Soon, female general Yang Paifeng selected 7,000 people to make up a total of 10,000 people.

The expeditionary force of 100,000 people was neatly lined up on the parade ground. Yang Wudi's eyes were filled with excitement and reluctance. These were all direct descendants of the Yang Family Army.

I wonder how many people will be buried in a foreign land as a result of this battle.

"Someone, bring the wine!"

Yang Wudi shouted, and immediately asked the soldiers to serve a bowl of wine to all the warriors.

"You have fought for our country. On behalf of the Emperor of Zhou, the people of the world, and the elders and folks of Honghua City, I would like to salute you for your heroic act of defending our country!"

"From now on, your parents are my, Yang Wudi's parents. Your wives and children will be supported by our Yang Family Army."

"I wish all you warriors a triumphant return!"

"Cheers!"

Yang Wudi drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp, then knelt on one knee in front of the 100,000 soldiers.

How many dead souls will kneel down for this one kneeling.

How many orphans and widows will kneel down when this happens.

"Cheers!"

Bai Qi and the other 100,000 soldiers drank together.

Yang Wudi stood up and instructed the ten generals of ten thousand men: "When you go on this expedition, you must remember that your purpose is to delay the enemy, harass the enemy, and gather intelligence."

"Unless it is absolutely necessary, you are never allowed to face the enemy head-on or engage in a decisive battle with the enemy."

"Remember, love your soldiers as you love your sons!"

"I hope you can all bring them back alive."

Yang Wudi roared, "Did you remember?"

"Yes!"

Yang Tianbao, Yang Paifeng and others took the order.

"Let's go!"

Yang Wudi waved his hand, and a hundred drummers and buglers blew their horns at the same time.

"Woooooooooo--"

"Boom, boom, boom!"

One hundred cowhide drums beat at the same time, and the vibrating ground made a buzzing sound.

The sound of war horses neighing rang out, and Yang Tianbao took the lead, leading his troops out of Honghua City.

This time, Bai Qi also rode on a horse and followed Yang Paifeng into the grassland.

.........

Ten days later.

At dawn, by the bonfire.

The soldiers on duty all gathered around Yang Paifeng. After all, a heroic female general was like a giant panda in the army and was the focus wherever she went.

"General Yang, who is older, you or Yang Tianbao?"

Bai Qi asked curiously.

Yang Paifeng was not at all arrogant. She ate the lamb leg in big mouthfuls, adjusted her high ponytail heroically, and said casually: "He is my sixth brother, and I am his eighth sister."

"Is the general married?" In an instant, the topic was diverted by these rough guys.

Yang Paifeng raised his handsome chin and said, "Why, do you like me? You have good taste."

Just one sentence made the young general who asked the question blush.

"Oh my god, I'm not even blushing, why are you shy? How can you find a wife like this?" Yang Paifeng raised his eyebrows.

The young general was even more embarrassed and almost buried his face in the ground.

The people around him burst into laughter and joked that he was thinner-skinned than a woman.

At this moment, suddenly, a loud horn sounded.

"Enemy attack!"

Yang Paifeng threw away the leg of lamb in his hand, shouted loudly, jumped on his horse, and said, "Form a battle line!"

Bai Qi and others also hurriedly woke up other soldiers, put on their armor, mounted their horses, and formed a battle line as quickly as possible.

But when they saw the enemy clearly, everyone was stunned.

A large mass of cavalry slowly surrounded from the east, west and north, with each square formation having at least 60,000 men.

In other words, the enemy has 200,000 cavalry!

And their commander's formation was holding a big flag. When Yang Paifeng saw it, her face turned pale immediately. It was a blood wolf head.

"This is the first Khan of the Xiongnu, Shabolue!"

Boom -

the soldiers felt a buzzing in their heads.

This is the strongest army of the Huns, no doubt about it.

They actually encountered the main force of the Huns.

"General Yang, let's run!"

a general of a thousand men suggested, and many soldiers nodded in agreement.

"Bullshit!"

Yang Paifeng was furious and shouted, "Our horses can't outrun the Huns. If we run away now, the enemy will chase us and we will be wiped out!"

"Yes, the enemy has surrounded us on three sides, leaving only one gap. This is the most typical strategy of surrounding three and attacking one. As long as you dare to run, you will die faster!"

Bai Qi's eyes were full of admiration. It seemed that Yang Paifeng was very knowledgeable about military tactics.

"What should we do?" asked the general of a thousand men who proposed to escape, "Are we going to wait to die here?"

Yang Paifeng clenched the spear in his hand. In this situation, if he ran, he would die, and if he didn't run, he would also die.

She was deeply troubled.

At this time, Bai Qi spoke. He remembered a classic battle example of a famous general of the Sui Dynasty that he had learned from history in his previous life.

They also encountered nomadic cavalry in the wild, and that time it was even more exaggerated, with 3,000 people against 200,000.

But these 3,000 people actually managed to withstand the attack of 200,000 cavalrymen, and hundreds of them returned to the main city alive.

Bai Qi immediately suggested:

"General, we can form a square formation, with shields and spears facing outwards and archers in the middle. The soldiers will form a war barrier and fight a positional battle with the enemy!"

"Then, the whole army will slowly retreat. As long as the formation is not disrupted, no matter how many cavalry the enemy has, they will not be able to break our formation."

"As long as they can't break our formation, their advantage of having more cavalry will never be brought into play."

"We are just shooting at them from a distance. We have shields and armor, but they don't have shields or armor. So we are at an advantage anyway."

As soon as Bai Qi finished speaking, Yang Paifeng's beautiful eyes suddenly brightened.

When the Central Plains civilization fought against the nomadic civilization, wasn't positional warfare what they were best at?

She immediately issued an order, saying: "All soldiers listen up, form a battle line, the sixteenth formation of Sun Tzu's Art of War, the Wei Wuzu Square Formation!"

The herald immediately waved the command flag.

In an instant, ten thousand soldiers took action, all dismounted, quickly gathered their formation, picked up their shields, thrust them hard into the ground, and formed a shield wall.

The gap in the shield is the best shooting hole for archers.

"Huh?"

In the opposite Hun army, the face of the Huns' first Khan changed.

"Why don't they run away?"

The Huns had falconers. Two days ago, they discovered Yang Paifeng's exact location with the help of falcons soaring in the sky.

Therefore, the first Hun Khan immediately gathered his army together for a beautiful encirclement and killing spree.

As long as the enemy dared to run, he could easily wipe out the Yang family army with zero casualties.

But now the enemy doesn't run away.

Confront him head on.

"There is a master on the opposite side!"

"I thought that Yang Wudi was the only opponent of the Yang family army. I didn't expect that a mere general of ten thousand people would have such insight!"

The first Khan Shabolue said with emotion.

"My king, do you overestimate them?"

The Hun general didn't like what he heard. He hammered his chest with his right hand and saluted, saying, "My king, give me 10,000 cavalrymen and see how I can capture the enemy commander alive."

"I'll give you 30,000!"

said the first Khan Shabolue.

The Hun general obviously felt insulted. He turned his horse around angrily, called up his men and horses, swung the sledgehammer in his hand, and shouted: "Warriors, charge!"

Boom!

Thirty thousand cavalrymen charged madly.

"Here it comes!"

Yang Paifeng clenched his spear. Whether Bai Qi's plan would be effective depended on this battle.

The First Khan smiled and said, "No matter how many tricks you use, it is difficult to make up for the difference in numbers. It's 200,000 to 10,000."

You are dead!