Chapter 187 Beyond Beiming Mountain, south of Guandu
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First morning.
Looking south at the mountains, the north wind blew.
From north of Guangning, along the Beihe River, horses neighed and roared.
On the endless grassland, a fire slowly appeared from the end of the field of view.
Tens of thousands of horses stepped over half of the yellow weeds, crossed the Beihe River to bring the chill of early autumn, looked at Beiming Mountain, and stopped.
From the grassland, the eighteen tribes of Wuhuan formed an army of 100,000. Under the leadership of Tadun, they rushed here from the depths of the grassland overnight.
It has been three years, and for them on the grassland, three years can be long or short.
But for Tadun and the generals who had set foot south of Beiming Mountain three years ago, the three years had made them wait too long.
Looking back three years ago, they were beaten by three thousand cavalry in Youzhou and fled everywhere. After the defeat of the king Qiu Liju, he returned to the grassland and died in depression.
The cavalry should be his most powerful thing, but he didn't expect the opponent to be defeated with the same cavalry.
This was a humiliation for them, and they also carried this humiliation for three years.
As the son of Qiu Liju, the former leader of the Eighteen Wuhuan tribes, Tadun naturally remembers these pasts clearly.
In the past three years, after taking over my father's mantle, I have been training cavalry, accumulating strength, waiting for the opportunity to enter the Han people again.
Of course, entering the Han people was not only to repay the humiliation three years ago.
For them, the Han area is a treasure. They who live on the grassland have lived through the long winter and early spring by re-plundering the Han area in the early and late autumn.
The further south, the worse it is.
"The King of Dong, it's here!" Tadun turned around and said to the leader wearing a wolf robe: "The safety of the tribe is for Lao Dong, and I'll take me back from the Han area and bring you and the people of the tribe to endless food and stunning Han area girls!"
"Don't worry, my king, I will never forget the three years of hatred. I will definitely favor the tribe and will never repeat the same mistake!" said the Dong family king.
This time, there is a rare opportunity to send troops. Although the tribes in the hinterland of the grassland need to guard them and cannot participate in them personally, they are the ones who support Tadun's troops this time.
Herody ~
Having not stayed here for long, Tadun continued to move forward with the gathering of 100,000 Wuhuan's sons and sisters, rushing towards Beiming Mountain ahead.
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Baima, Puyang, Dongjun, Guandu, Fengqiu, along the banks of the Yellow River, the two armies had been confronting here for a full three days.
Among them, there are no less than a dozen clashes of all sizes, and sometimes they even have as many as five or six clashes within a day.
In these clashes, both sides had their own victories, but most of them were the Yuan army led by Wen Chou and Lu Kuang.
Especially in the Baima and Fengqiu land, the generals under Yuan Shao's tent Han Meng, Lu Xiang and Jiang Yiqu were almost about to break through the two places.
"Wen Ruo, Baima, Fengqiu can be lost, but Guandu, Dongjun cannot be lost!" There are always come and go in wars, and Cao Cao would not be worried about minor losses.
But from the terrain, he was most worried about Guandu and Dongjun.
Guandu and Dongjun are like the gateway of Yuzhou and Yanzhou, especially Guandu, which connects the important entrances of Yanzhou, Yu and Hebei. As long as Yuan Shao takes Guandu, he can enter Yanzhou in the east, attack Yuzhou in the west, and then defend the rear of Jizhou.
Cao Cao saw these situations.
Chapter completed!