Jingkou, Qili Township, Liujia Village.
Under the shade of the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village, more than a hundred strong men were squatting on the ground, their backs straight, their eyes fixed on a makeshift sand pile in front of them, with mountains, rivers and towns marked on it.
And red and black flags are planted everywhere. On the edge of the largest city, a small wooden sign says the word Jinyang, and a small red flag with the word Qin is placed on the city wall. Opposite it.
, a large piece of flat land in the south was filled with more than twenty black flags with the words Xi Yan. It was obvious that a war game was being conducted here.
Liu Yu piled up the last castle and inserted a small wooden sign with "Pingyang" on it. He stood up, breathed a long sigh of relief, patted the mud on his hands, and smiled at his comrades around him.
They looked over and said: "Everyone, this is the current situation in Bingzhou. After more than a year of trials and confrontations, Xiyan now occupies the southwest of Shanxi, Pingyang, Jiangzhou, and Puban, while the power of the former Qin is in Shanxi.
The area around Yang is gathering, troops and generals are deployed on both sides, and the war is imminent. Do you have any opinions on the prospects of this battle?"
Xiang Jing smiled and said: "The former Qin Dynasty suffered a big loss. The ten thousand Xiyan's armored cavalry in the previous period all went to the grassland. They did not attack. Now the remaining armored cavalry has detoured to Heshuo and retreated to Bingzhou. In the past, Fu held firm
In Chang'an, there were hundreds of thousands of powerful soldiers and clouds of fierce generals, but they were no match for Xi Yan. Fu Pi was just a bunch of defeated soldiers, so how could he be a match for Xi Yan?"
Yu Qiujin shook his head: "I don't agree with Tieniu. Fu Pi's troops are also defeated. His main force is just tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians who escaped from Yecheng. They originally defended Yecheng just for survival.
They fought because they knew that after the city was broken, Murong Chui would leave no one behind. Now after escaping, he no longer had the same fighting spirit as before. What’s more, we also know now that it wasn’t that Murong Chui couldn’t capture Ye City in the past, but that he deliberately left the city behind.
It's a bait to lure our Beifu army northward."
Sun Chu looked at Yu Qiujin: "Xiao Guizi, why didn't you say that the strongest 10,000 armored cavalry in the Xiyan Army are all equipped, but half of them are missing? What should the Xiyan Army have to fear without its elite assault cavalry?"
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Yu Qiujin looked at Wei Yongzhi: "Rabbit, tell Sandanzi, just use the words you told me two days ago, so that he can learn a lot."
Wei Yongzhi's hare lips rolled up, just like his eyes: "Sandanzi, don't even think about it, when did the Xiyan army have all armor and cavalry?"
Sun Chu was stunned for a moment, then said: "Isn't this the reason why we were invincible when we were in Guanzhong? If you don't tell me, I really didn't think of this. When was the army formed?"
Wei Yongzhi looked at Liu Yu with a smile: "You, you just didn't listen carefully to what Brother Jinu said before. He said during the last Northern Expedition that the Xiyan Army did not have armor and cavalry, but only heavy assault cavalry.
, to achieve both men and horses, it is better to destroy the former Qin and capture Chang'an, and use the equipment in the Qin army's arsenal in Chang'an City. They used to be able to defeat Fu Jian's army without relying on armor and cavalry, but they don't need it now."
Sun Chu curled his lips: "Even if we don't need armored cavalry, if half of the 10,000 elite heavy cavalry are dead and there are only 5,000 iron cavalry left, our strength will probably be greatly reduced."
Tan Pingzhi looked at Tan Daoji with a smile: "Daoji, tell me, let everyone listen."
Tan Daoji nodded, cleared his throat, and said: "In my humble opinion, the greatness of Xiyan Xianbei lies in its fierce cavalry. Both men and women can mount a horse and shoot. They also have a group of veteran soldiers who have been fighting for many years. They
It lacks discipline, but it is difficult to resist its desperate assault when fighting it on the plains. Fu Jian of the former Qin Dynasty fought with it in the field and was repeatedly defeated. This is because the Qin army's infantry phalanx has no advantage at all on the plains, especially
After Yang Ding's cavalry were ambushed and wiped out, they were even more unable to compete with them."
"But on the other hand, the Xianbei army is better at field battles than at siege. They lack siege equipment, are accustomed to riding horses, and are unwilling to dismount and attack the city. Just now someone said that Murong Chui deliberately did not take Ye City. I don't think so.
Looking at it this way, it is impossible for Murong Chui to know when our Beifu Army will make the Northern Expedition, and he will not bet on us sending troops for two or three years. If he cannot attack the city, it is because he lacks the ability to attack the city. Even if Fu defended Chang'an, he could not hold on for more than a year.
For more than a year, although there was help from Brother Jinu, this also shows that the Xiyan army's siege was of no benefit."
"Looking at the Qin army, although it is a collection of defeated armies and remnants from various places, Bingzhou is now their only stable hometown. It can also be said to be one of the last two hopes of the Di people. The other hope is Fu who is far away in Longyou.
Deng, let’s not talk about it for now, let’s just talk about Fu Pi. His men who are still following him are all the most loyal and die-hard warriors to the former Qin Dynasty. They have an undying feud with the Murong clan of Xiyan.
It can also be seen in the several small-scale conflicts with our Northern Expeditionary Army after the war. The field battle may be insufficient, but the city defense is extremely good. If they stick to Jinyang and guard the exits to the Taihang Mountains, dozens of Xiyan's
Thousands of soldiers and civilians are trapped in the small plain of southern Shanxi, unable to advance and fight, and retreating without food. As time goes by, the soldiers and horses will surely scatter in all directions and collapse without a fight."
Liu Yu nodded with satisfaction, and Tan Pingzhi punched Tan Daoji in the chest with a proud look on his face: "Look at what you kid can do, blah blah blah. You talk so much, Jinu, tell me, is what he said reasonable?"
Liu Yu nodded: "Brother Daoji said it very well. It is 90% correct. There is just one small detail, but it is still ignored. This may become a fatal hand to the winner."
The smile on Tan Daoji's face suddenly froze. Meng Longfu and Liu Zhong on the side laughed and said: "Brother Jinu, please tell us all the details."
Liu Yu stood up, picked up a wooden stick, pointed at the terrain of Bingzhou, and said in a deep voice: "Bingzhou is such a terrain. It is called mountains and rivers on the outside and inside, but it is actually divided into three sections. The border counties around Yanmen in the north are mostly
The mountainous areas are poor and the people are poor. They are mainly used as a military buffer zone to defend against the Hu people in the north. Most of the grain-producing areas are concentrated in the Jinzhong Plain. There are large areas of farmland from Jinyang, Fenshui, to Huoyi.
, Huoyi goes south and has to pass through the Huozhou Grand Canyon to reach the Jinnan Plain in the southwest. Now Xiyan lives in the south of Shanxi and the former Qin lives in the middle of Shanxi. As long as they firmly hold the Huozhou Canyon, there is nothing the Xiyan can do, because even if
If Xi Yan wants to go east, they have to cross the Taihang Mountains and go to Hebei area, but the eight branches of Taihang are all in central and northern Shanxi. In other words, they can only go east if they occupy the middle of Jin, or at least pass through it.
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