Chapter 650: A Huge Conspiracy
When the 100th arrow tower was erected, the Northern Huns had already lost the power to choose.
Although they cautiously chose to move the camp backwards, they .
Arati personally wrote to them and told them that as long as they held out until the army returned home, all problems would be solved.
The Han Dynasty was waiting, and the Northern Huns were also waiting, and time passed quietly in the waiting.
A one-foot-high structure was built above the ground, with beams and wooden piers laid on top, and then layers of wooden boards were laid on top, and the space was almost filled with grass and trees.
With the addition of a large number of wooden nails, a brand new wooden city soon rose from the ground, which made the people in the Northern Huns camp feel unprecedented pressure.
But they could not leave. If they moved, the flaws they would reveal after going out would make it easy for the Han Dynasty to defeat them.
When there is a camp, the old, weak, sick and disabled can serve as strong laborers to free up the soldiers.
When there is no camp, the old, weak , sick and disabled become a real burden.
What's more, the blood sacrifice ceremony they arranged was fixed and could not be moved.
The Northern Huns, who were unwilling to give up their large tribe or the blood sacrifice rituals, were forced to watch the Han Dynasty build a huge base in front of them.
In order to achieve this goal, all the generals of the Han Dynasty, including Han Shizhong, basically took turns to participate in the construction.
After being nurtured and transformed, the wood was successfully built with the efforts of tens of thousands of Han troops.
This camp almost crushes the Northern Huns' camp. The average height is more than two feet higher than that of the Northern Huns, and there are more than a hundred arrow towers standing there.
Not to mention the strong attack by the people in the Northern Hun camp, even if the Northern Hun army returned, they would have to weigh the losses in the absence of siege equipment.
Of course, during the days when the Han Dynasty was building its camp, the Northern Huns certainly did not do nothing.
Although they were stupid, they were not stupid enough to completely abandon the construction of the Han Dynasty.
However, as their elite troops had been transferred away, they had to return empty-handed several times when facing Qin Yuliang's white-flag soldiers and Chen Dao's white-blind soldiers.
Once the arrow tower was built, it would be easier for the Han Dynasty to defend.
The cavalry, which came and went like the wind, could only retreat when faced with the covering attack of the crossbows.
The Han Dynasty skillfully controlled the distance within one mile, which put pressure on the Northern Huns without putting them in mortal danger.
Later on, Han Shizhong simply gave up the outer defense, creating a feeling of lax defense.
The Northern Huns really took the bait. They simply abandoned their horses, crawled forward at night, and attacked the Han camp in the dark.
Unfortunately, the Han Dynasty’s camp buildings were too perfect.
The outermost circle of wooden camps is filled with a large number of bunker-like sentry buildings.
Many secret sentries deployed by Han Shizhong hid in these buildings. Relying on the hollow wooden structure, the footsteps could be transmitted more clearly. In addition, with the movable and detachable wooden boards, they could easily know whether there were people attacking from the outside and determine the approximate number of people.
They even equipped these outposts with complete supplies. The secret sentries were divided into groups of three, and they could even take turns to rest inside, which was no worse than being in the tents.
Especially during the day, under the watchful eyes of the arrow tower, they can even hide and rest, avoiding the physical work of cutting wood and repairing buildings. It is so easy.
Under this perfect defense system, even if there were some cunning Han soldiers, the Northern Huns' night attack would have no chance of success in the face of dozens or even hundreds of groups.
Under such circumstances, the troops sent out by the Northern Huns were naturally a tragedy.
The leading Northern Xiongnu general thought that the Han army was too careless and gave them considerable opportunities.
After all, most of the Hu people rode horses, and any large-scale movements could not be concealed from the Han Dynasty.
They guessed that simply abandoning the warhorse would be very effective, but he never thought the effect would be so good.
After he led his troops deep into the camp and confirmed that the Han army really had no soldiers patrolling at night, he was overjoyed.
Without hesitation, he led several thousand men to attack the Han army camp at night.
In his opinion, as long as the commander-in-chief of the Han army was killed, the Han army would be leaderless and fall into chaos.
When they rushed into the central camp, the whole camp began to revive amid the noise.
After successfully killing all the people sleeping in the central army camp, the Northern Huns suffered a heavy blow.
The Han army's attacks from all sides put this Northern Hun army of thousands of people into a desperate situation.
However, under the leadership of the leading Northern Hun general, the Northern Huns charged left and right, relying on dividing their troops to create chaos to attract the attention of the Han Dynasty, and successfully broke through the siege and escaped.
But the price was heavy. This team left behind at least 5,000 bodies, all of whom were elite soldiers.
However, in the eyes of the leading Northern Hun general, all of this was worth it. They completely destroyed the Han Dynasty's central army camp, so even if they sacrificed many people, it was still very valuable.
Of course, this is all nonsense. How could the Northern Huns, whose tracks had been discovered early on, sneak into the central army camp and kill everyone inside?
Moreover, if less than 10,000 people could break out of a heavily guarded camp, then Han Shizhong's reputation as one of the Four Generals of the Restoration would be a waste of time.
The so-called central army camp was a bait he deliberately threw to the Northern Huns.
They had long since moved to a more comfortable log cabin.
Who would live in a flimsy and leaky tent if they have a house?
It was just Han Shizhong's calculation. After all, if he wanted to achieve a great victory, he needed to give the Northern Huns some confidence and let them expand first.
After killing more than 5,000 elite Northern Huns with relatively minor losses, Han Shizhong silently sentenced the Northern Huns to death.
The Northern Huns could not possibly see through this tactic of arrogant soldiers, or they did not want to see through it.
They needed morale boost so badly, and Han Shizhong took the initiative to give them one.
"You did a great job this time! I will recommend you for credit when I get back!" Han Shizhong looked at Gao Xianzhi who walked into the hut, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
"Thank you, General!" Gao Xianzhi's face was a little pale. Anyone who knew the plan of Han Shizhong and Yue Fei would feel shocked.
As for why Han Shizhong was satisfied with Gao Xianzhi, it was naturally because the dead were all Koreans.
Han Shizhong didn't want to know how Gao Xianzhi persuaded those people to die, or how he deceived those people into dying.
As a general, he would naturally not be merciful, not to mention that those who died were all surrendered soldiers from Goryeo who had not yet been fully planned for.
He only looked at the result, which was that his strategy was effective and they had the hope of completely annihilating the Northern Huns.
