Chapter 582: The arsonist Lu Bu is here! Burning the Xianbei iron cavalry into fools!

"Junyi, what does this mean?"

Zhang Xiu scratched his head, feeling that his scalp had been hurting suddenly recently; perhaps he was about to grow a brain.

"Youwei, the purpose of Lord Qin Wang in this battle is not just to block the Xianbei outside Jiuyuan Commandery."

"This Xianbei harming Bingzhou is not a matter of one or two days."

"And what Lord Qin Wang wants to achieve in this battle is to ensure that no foreign forces will ever exist in northern Bingzhou again!"

After saying this, without waiting for Zhang Xiu to digest these few sentences, Zhang He turned around to order the soldiers to quickly clear the battlefield.

Summer was about to arrive.

If the corpses of more than three thousand Xianbei mounted scouts were not cleared in time, they would likely start to stink soon.

Moreover, according to Zhang He's prediction, this time was merely a probing attack by the Xianbei.

Soon, there might be a second or even a third wave of attacks coming.

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Xianbei Camp

Budugen stared with a gloomy face at this group of ten-thousand-man commanders in the camp.

Of course, this expression of his was just put on.

In his heart, he was even vaguely somewhat happy.

Do not look at the fact that the Xianbei side lost nearly three thousand troops in this probing attack.

But those soldiers who died basically all came from the subordinates of those few ten-thousand-man commanders who opposed Budugen within the Xianbei.

For those few ten-thousand-man commanders, this was a matter that caused quite a bit of heartache.

Do not look at the fact that the total strength of the Xianbei was not small.

But the number of battle-ready soldiers under each ten-thousand-man commander was roughly only about ten thousand.

Even, some ten-thousand-man commanders were not worthy of the name, with only five or six thousand people under their command.

Consequently, the use of every soldier often had to be carefully calculated.

With so many people dying all at once, this group of ten-thousand-man commanders was naturally filled with complaints in their hearts.

But Budugen was also an old actor.

The expression on his face seemed as if he felt more heartache for that batch of Xianbei soldiers who died in battle than anyone else.

This scene made that group of ten-thousand-man commanders who had lost soldiers somewhat embarrassed to make trouble for Budugen for a time.

However.

Just because this group of ten-thousand-man commanders didn't make trouble didn't mean others wouldn't.

Just as Budugen was preparing to hold another meeting.

Suddenly, several Xianbei messengers rushed into the camp, reporting with somewhat panicked expressions:

"Reporting to the Great Chanyu!"

"In the northeast direction one hundred li away from here, a Han cavalry unit of about ten thousand people has appeared!"

"The direction of that Han cavalry's advance seems to be where our Royal Court is located!"

"Bang!"

Once these words were spoken.

Several ten-thousand-man commanders and Budugen all stood up in shock.

"What kind of bear heart and leopard guts have these Han people eaten?"

"This time when this Chanyu marched south, there were still one hundred thousand troops left inside the Royal Court."

"How dare a mere ten thousand Han cavalry intrude into my Royal Court?"

"Could it be that they think the Xianbei sons I left in the Royal Court are just decorations?"

Several ten-thousand-man commanders had the same mentality as Budugen.

The grasslands were already complex in terrain.

The Monan grasslands were even hailed as one of the "easiest grasslands to get lost in."

Never mind Han cavalry who had never been to the Xianbei grasslands, even the young people among the Xianbei tribe easily got lost in the Monan grasslands.

Therefore.

Although Budugen and several ten-thousand-man commanders were very surprised, they had no intention of returning their army to the Royal Court.

In their eyes.

Relying on the one hundred thousand troops of the Royal Court and the complex terrain, it was fundamentally impossible for the Han cavalry to pose a threat.

Therefore.

After some discussion.

Budugen decided to temporarily ignore that Han cavalry unit rushing toward the Royal Court.

"Everyone, our top priority right now should be how to break through the Han people's defensive line."

"I believe everyone is clear about today's battle situation."

"My Xianbei sons haven't even broken through the Han people's first defensive line, and we have already lost nearly three thousand warriors!"

"If this continues, I think after you all go back, don't call yourselves ten-thousand-man commanders anymore; just lower your rank by one level and call yourselves thousand-man commanders instead."

What Budugen said made everyone lower their heads.

It was not that they were how loyal they were to Budugen.

It was just that if they didn't break the Han army's defensive line, this battle would never be able to achieve new progress.

At that time, losing troops and generals and wasting grain and fodder, everyone would likely not be able to withstand such consumption.

"Great Chanyu, although the Han army's defensive line is sturdy."

"But Jiuyuan Commandery is not a narrow place."

"If we change our direction of attack and go around to the back of the Han army, they will definitely fall into great chaos!"

A ten-thousand-man commander suggested.

These words made everyone's eyes brighten suddenly.

That's right!

No matter how sturdy the Han army's defensive line was, the Han soldiers guarding here, all told, were only fifty thousand or so people.

Changing the direction of attack, even if they still couldn't break into Jiuyuan all at once, would at least be able to break the Han army's original defensive layout.

However.

Regarding this ten-thousand-man commander's proposal, Budugen smiled coldly.

Subsequently, he sighed long and said:

"Everyone, although this strategy is a good strategy."

"But you must absolutely not treat the cunning Han army as fools."

"The Han army's defensive line here is not our Monan grasslands."

"They, whose brains are filled with bad ideas like a tide, have long since destroyed the roads in other directions in advance."

"That is to say, if we continue to attack Jiuyuan Commandery now, we can only continue to forcefully attack this defensive line of the Han army."

As his voice fell, the camp fell into silence once again.

Do not look at the fact that most Xianbei people are big and burly.

But when it comes to the ability to use their brains, even if you tie them all together, they can't catch up to the Han people.

Not being able to think of a strategy meant that the meeting Budugen held ended up with nothing achieved once again.

In the next three days, they launched another probing attack.

But the result was no different from the first time.

After leaving behind two thousand corpses, Budugen blew the horn to sound the retreat once again.

Several days of continuous fighting without progress had already made him generate the intention to withdraw his troops.

But the reason Budugen rushed to march south before the Southern Xiongnu Chanyu Huchuquan this time was precisely to increase his own prestige on the grasslands.

If he were to withdraw his troops now, he would lose face in a big way!

Therefore. ===== CHAPTER 583 =====