Chapter 592

Therefore.

After reading the secret bag Gu Yi left for him in advance, Lu Bu decided to adopt a "guerrilla warfare" tactic.

"The enemy advances, we retreat; the enemy camps, we harass."

"The enemy tires, we fight; the enemy retreats, we pursue."

In Lu Bu's eyes, all the Xianbei people were his living targets.

In just a few short days, the number of Xianbei people who died at the hands of Lu Bu and the ten thousand Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry was no less than eighty thousand!

And this number was still growing rapidly.

Under Lu Bu's harassment, the Xianbei people couldn't use any place on the Monan grasslands as a residence.

Of the few remaining ten-thousand-man commanders, one also died under Lu Bu's Fangtian Huaji.

And the remaining group of Xianbei people, whether soldiers or herdsmen, were already on the verge of collapse.

Although they had tried every means to send people to report the situation here to Budugen.

But every time the sentries sent out hadn't gone very far, they were already slaughtered by Lu Bu leading the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry.

That is to say, the news of the Xianbei Wang Ting being burned down, until now, Budugen, this Great Chanyu, was still kept in the dark.

The channels through which he obtained information had long been cut off by Lu Bu at the root.

……

Jiuyuan Border

Inside Budugen's marching camp

For nearly ten days, Budugen launched three more probing attacks on the Han army's defensive line.

But the result of each time was no different from before.

Under the defense of Zhang He and Zhang Xiu, the Han army camp remained solid as a rock.

Successive failures made those few ten-thousand-man commanders who followed Budugen on the expedition gradually generate the idea of withdrawing troops in their hearts.

After all, the portion of Xianbei mounted scouts who died in battle did not belong to Budugen alone.

The soldiers under the command of these ten-thousand-man commanders who followed Budugen on the expedition also died in part, more or less.

And those few ten-thousand-man commanders who originally did not support Budugen serving as the Xianbei Great Chanyu were the side that suffered the most miserable losses.

There was no help for it.

Budugen had always used the name of the Great Chanyu to make the soldiers under those few ten-thousand-man commanders serve as the vanguard troops.

Could this loss not be miserable?

Finally.

Those few ten-thousand-man commanders who originally did not support Budugen serving as the Xianbei Great Chanyu gathered together.

They proposed to Budugen to withdraw the entire army and return to the Xianbei Wang Ting.

Regarding this, Budugen was naturally not satisfied.

Although he also had the intention to withdraw troops in his heart.

But if he were to withdraw directly back to the Xianbei Wang Ting, wouldn't that let Huchuquan of the Southern Xiongnu, Zhang Yan of Mount Taixing, and Tatedun of the Wuhuan look at him as a joke?

You must know.

Budugen was the one who dispatched troops to attack Jiuyuan Commandery one step earlier than them.

It was precisely to allow his own prestige to increase significantly on the original basis.

As a result, after fighting for so long, he hadn't been able to break even a little bit of the Han army's defense.

If he were to order a shameful retreat at this time, Budugen would not only lose his "face," but even his "insides" would be lost clean.

After thinking it over, Budugen still rejected the proposal of the few ten-thousand-man commanders who wanted to withdraw.

He comforted these few ten-thousand-man commanders:

"Everyone, in another half a month, Yuan Benchu and others will lead an army of thirty thousand to arrive here."

"At that time, relying only on that group of Han troops opposite, they fundamentally won't be able to block our fierce attack!"

"But if we withdraw now, everything in Bingzhou will likely have nothing to do with us Xianbei."

Straightforward interests are the most capable of moving people's hearts.

After hearing what Budugen said, the idea of wanting to withdraw in the hearts of the few ten-thousand-man commanders instantly vanished quite a bit.

Although the Monan grasslands possessed large areas of pasture that could support quite a few Xianbei people.

But in the hearts of the northern nomadic peoples, no matter how fertile the pasture was, it could not compare to the prosperous Han territory!

In the late Han era, the GDP of Bingzhou was almost at the very bottom position in the entire Great Han.

In the ranking, it was only slightly better than Jiaozhou, which was not very developed.

But just because the GDP was not high, one shouldn't think that Bingzhou was a poor place.

If one were to compare the GDP of Bingzhou with the Southern Xiongnu, Xianbei, Wuhuan, and others, Bingzhou would simply beat them to a pulp!

Therefore.

In the eyes of the Xianbei, Southern Xiongnu, and others, Bingzhou was completely a big cake "waiting to be divided"!

……

After comforting the few ten-thousand-man commanders.

Budugen ordered the remaining soldiers to all adopt a defensive posture and no longer take the initiative to launch an attack on the Han army's defensive line.

But Budugen's strategy was destined to fail.

Gu Yi's northern expedition army of two hundred and fifty thousand arrived in Jiuyuan one step earlier than Yuan Shao, Zhang Yan, Tatedun, and others.

Learning this news.

Budugen was so scared that he hurriedly burned all the marching camps and ordered the soldiers under his command to retreat toward the rear.

But...

Could he run away?

As the saying goes, opportunities must not be lost, and time will not return.

Budugen had just intended to withdraw his troops.

Generals Zhang He and Zhang Xiu on the Han army defensive line side quickly ordered an active attack, launching a fierce attack on the location of Budugen's marching camp!

Although most of the soldiers under Generals Zhang He and Zhang Xiu were infantry.

But Budugen missed the best opportunity to withdraw his troops, and was quickly surrounded by the Han army.

Immediately following.

The two sides fought fiercely to the most intense moment.

Gu Yi led the northern expedition army of two hundred and fifty thousand like divine soldiers descending from heaven, launching a devastating blow to Budugen!

In an instant.

The army beside Budugen, like fattened pigs waiting to be slaughtered, became countless dead souls under the butcher knives of the Han army!

And Budugen himself had a bit of boldness.

At the moment when the large army was about to be completely wiped out, he led a small number of personal guards and abandoned the large army to escape the battlefield alone.

It was just that.

After this battle.

The one hundred thousand troops who followed Budugen on the expedition had less than a thousand left.

……

Looking at the Han army figure disappearing behind him, Budugen let out a long sigh of relief.

"Damn it!"

"These Han people are truly cunning."

"Fortunately, this King still left one hundred thousand troops at the Wang Ting."

"Otherwise, I really wouldn't know what to do next."

Budugen gasped for air.

With some secret joy in his heart.

As if he felt proud of his behavior of leaving one hundred thousand troops stationed at the Xianbei Wang Ting in advance.

However.

Before Budugen and the thousand or so remnants behind him could recover from the panic.

Only to see in the due north direction, several thousand herdsmen wearing Xianbei clothes suddenly appeared, flying toward this side.

The clothes on their bodies appeared extremely worn out.