The sixth year of Taixing, winter.
The Dingling people were divided into three pieces, and most of them entered Liaodong, occupying the territory of Gongsun Jun.
Some of them were completely defeated by Zhao Yun and others, and the surrendered surrendered and the fled escaped.
Another part went west and crossed the Rouran army such as Zhang He, and some people went near Yinshan and began to contact Li Dian.
At any time, the leader is always the leader, but if the decision is wrong and the people are the first to be unlucky, it must be the people. This is the case with the Dingling people. When the Dingling Commander decided to raise troops to invade Liaodong, the final destruction of the Dingling people might be destined. Even if some of the Dingling people seized the territory of Gongsun in Liaodong, it is obvious that the Dingling people lacked the subsequent technology tree and could not develop, and the ending can be imagined.
The Dingling people who fled west actually followed the old path of the Huns' escape to the Western Regions.
Same hasty, same hesitation, same endless fear of the future, we embarked on such an old path.
The Dingling people did not think about conquering Yinshan completely. Their strategy was to make a fortune and leave.
A time difference.
Before General Fei Qian of the Cavalry reacted, he swung a hammer and ran away after snatching it.
Now it has entered the era of low profits for the northern nomadic tribes. Perhaps ten years ago, no, a few years ago, these nomadic peoples probably felt that they could not imagine how they were so unbearable?
The Dingling people's battle was hasty, but they still retained a certain amount of hope. For these Dingling people, this was a last resort. The time point he could choose was very limited, and the preparation was very urgent, so there was no need to think carefully and think more about it.
However, although Ding Ling in this part of the group was hasty, at least he did not go head-on with Zhao Yun and others.
But, I met Li Dian.
Zhang He led Rouran Jiankun and other troops to the east from the north, and these Dingling people escaped from the gap between Zhang He and Zhao Yun's headquarters like parallel lines. Before Zhang He formed an encirclement with Zhao Yun and others, he escaped.
Because of Fei Qian's intervention in this era, the northern desert not only accelerated the decline of the Xianbei, but also caused the Dingling, who succeeded the Xianbei, to also enter a state of destruction. However, one thing has not changed, and this desert is still so huge.
Yinshan is a military framework based on the veteran cavalry and the newly recruits. In terms of combat effectiveness, it is of course not as good as the powerful border troops under Zhao Yun's command. So from this perspective, the Dingling people have found a bargain?
The Dingling people came to plunder obviously. Their marching route was planned and tried to sweep the wider area. Their combat plan itself was actually not aimed at any military target, and its purpose was to go for food, supplies, population and livestock.
In the desert of the Northern Region, robbery is actually a "business".
How to make a legal, uh, wrong, reasonable, um, maximize profits is indeed a business that is very particular.
Before, the business was profitable.
Just wave your hand and the next instruction will make millions of people flock up, and then you can easily enter the Han area, smash the locks of the Han people, and pack and take away all the things hanging on the walls of the Han people's homes, those hanging on the tables, and those hiding in the corners! You don't have to pay a penny, at most you just need to spend some effort!
In addition to materials and money, there is also population. Basically, the robbed population mainly supplements the population losses of each tribe. As long as the royal court pays 30% to 50% of the population, the rest is their own. And there are coordinated distributions. The two-legged and four-legged animals captured in various counties in the Han area are directly sent to the designated border gate, and then the border gate tribe is escorted back to the desert.
At that time, soldiers from all over the Han Dynasty were scattered and afraid to fight. When they encountered Hu people robbed, they would use the order to make excuses, and even kowtow to the damaged people, crying sadly. On the one hand, they expressed their sympathy for the suffering people, and on the other hand, they expressed their innocence. "I am powerless if I have no orders from the superiors..."
Then he turned around and wiped the tears that did not exist. It was okay, and the people would stop making trouble. As for whether they had applied before, whether they had a summary afterwards, or whether they had a follow-up, it was not his business.
Han officials were afraid of responsibilities. It was better to have less than more things. They were like puppets. There was no order from the superiors, and no one could move. Whenever they had instructions, they would act crazy when they felt that they had interests. They would take the opportunity to make money. When they had no interests, they would cry as if they were going to the execution ground next moment. So at that time, the Han people, from officials to soldiers, were quite afraid of the nomadic people in the desert. As long as "large-scale" nomadic soldiers appeared around, they would naturally stay in the city wall and wait for the impossible order.
Emperor Wu of Han once turned Han soldiers from weak to strong, from ghosts to humans, but later emperors and officials, especially in the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, secretly turned Han soldiers from strong to weak, from humans to ghosts.
Until Fei Qian arrives...
This is not a characteristic that only Chinese people have. It is the same in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad. Later generations’ descriptions of lions and flocks also indicate that once there is no suitable leader, the human nature of its own evil will be expanded without limit, no matter how good it was before, it will be deteriorated.
On the north of Yinshan Mountain, a simple camp was almost covered by wind and snow.
This camp, built in the valley, looks like two or three thousand people. There are no flags in the camp, and there is no decoration about glory.
The ragged curtain of one of the tents was opened, and a Dingling man walked out with his arms covering his face, then adapted to the cold wind before putting down his arms.
Snowflakes fell, and Ding Ling's head and body were quickly covered with a layer of light white.
Immediately afterwards, two Dingling people walked out, three of them stood in the snow for a while, and then climbed up to one side of the hillside.
The three of them climbed up the hillside with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
Dingling people took the risk to Yinshan because they were too hungry. Dingling people knew that Zhao Yun had just been in operation for a short time and went to the middle of the desert. Even if they found their traces to move back and forth, it would take time, so there was still a little gap, and then they had to take advantage of this gap to get more supplies.
"Head, this time, since all the elite Han people have gone to the central part, can we grab more time?"
"Yes, the men are all hungry, and there are horses and sheep. It is said that there are many in Yinshan..."
Ding Ling's head man pondered for a long time before saying, "It can't be too long... because the Han people still have soldiers, not just from the east, we must move quickly..."
As Ding Ling said something, he couldn't help but look back at his camp. This was a person gathered by three or four tribes. In the valley, Ding Ling's camp was like a wounded beast curled up in a cave. His complexion was debilitating, his hair was ragged, his anal, and his bluff seemed even more fearful and uneasy.
But this is also the most brutal time for Dingling people...
Hurt crazy.
Hungry, either crazy, die, or once before death.
Are you not afraid of wearing shoes with barefoot people?
As long as you can withstand it.
The strong men are the main population, but many are old and weak, but the old and weak are relative, because the youngest is thirteen or fourteen years old, and the oldest is no more than fifty years old.
And smaller and older…
Ding Ling looked up at the sky.
Snowflakes are falling.
"Even God..." Ding Ling's head man muttered for a while, then realized that saying this might hurt morale. Although morale is negligible at the moment, it can always be kept a little bit, so he coughed, "I see the snow... it's almost stopped..."
Dingling was beaten once, and his strength was greatly reduced. It would be fake to say that Dingling had no hatred for the Han people in his heart. It was just that he was hungry or not, which was true. If he could not get supplies, even if he could reach the Western Regions on the road, most people would die on the road.
"After the snow stops, it melts... we will lure the Han people out... As long as the Han people dare to come up, they will definitely fall into a trap..."
"Then we can take advantage of the weakness of the Han people and kill them... but we can't stay for a long time. Don't go too deep into Yinshan, and don't attack the Han people's city and docks..."
"Head man, if..." One man swallowed a little bit and said with some difficulty, "I just said if...if we...
Before the Dingling man finished speaking, he waved his hand and said, "There is no if!"
After pausing for a moment, Ding Ling's head man added again, "I mean it's true, there is no if..."
The other two fell silent, not sure whether they agreed or were helpless in the face of the current dilemma.
The snow stopped at some point.
…(╯︵╰)…
The heavy snow had not yet completely melted, so Li Dian took the initiative to attack with his people.
Although Li Dian's martial arts are not top-notch, he is relatively a bucket-type general, with an average in all aspects, and the average is higher than that of ordinary generals. This makes Li Dian more like a versatile player, who can attack and defend. At the same time, he is not a general who is completely waiting for passivity. He prefers to take the initiative in the battlefield and find out the weaknesses of the opponent to attack.
Just like this time, Li Dian chose to take the lead.
Li Dian stood at the top of the earth slope, with a veil on his face, and looked into the distance.
Behind him was a long queue, which was being trimmed on the spot.
The scouts scattered, and the horse's hooves trampled on the snow, bringing some gray spots.
The large sled dragged out snake-like marks in the snow.
Speaking of which, Li Dian rarely pulls the cavalry out to practice after it snows…
Li Dian looked at the newly-promoted cavalry who were still a little immature and nervous in their actions, and felt very calm and did not feel any concern about the battle because the enemy was too weak.
The enemy's simple strategy is even extremely superficial.
Of course, perhaps in the feeling of Dingling people, that is already a very profound strategy.
The only thing Li Dian considers now is the total number of Dingling people.
Because of the lack of culture of the Dingling people, it is even more difficult to understand how much the arrested Dingling people said, "more, many, many, many" respectively, represents, which is actually more difficult than fighting a battle.
Therefore, Li Dian actually made two preparations. If he could fight, he would fight. If he couldn't fight, he would leave. The reason why Li Dian was so confident that he could take the initiative on the battlefield was because of the sufficient logistics equipment under the command of the cavalry and the "Martial Arts and Lecture Hall Report" that he had regularly shared from Zhao Yun...
The original battle relies on the level of the generals.
The upper and lower limits of generals are relatively consistent, and relatively stable, and the range is generally controllable. If the upper and lower limits of generals are very different, it is inevitable that the dice will not be shaken well. The current "Martial Hall Report" may not necessarily raise the upper limit of all generals, but can increase the lower limit of some generals.
Because it is really easy to know some information, if you don’t know it, it’s easy to get rid of your claws.
"The Martial Arts Hall Report" was the same as the Martial Arts Hall's purpose, regardless of success or failure, the merits were determined to directly tell the war to teach future generations. Even the General of the Cavalry posted some of his own bad wars in Pingyang, Hangu, to warn future generations, and some cases of bad things such as Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, etc.
Even the winning battles were evaluated as "not to be imitated", "extremely dangerous", or "once failure affects the entire army", etc., such as some battles by Wei Yan...
Therefore, military merit is military merit, and dibao is dibao. Military merit only depends on the result. If you win, rewards will be issued according to the result. Dibao is more inclined to the tactical and academic level, and is two different systems.
Just like this time, Li Dian knew from the "Martial Hall Report" that the things that should be paid attention to when marching in the snow, and the adverse consequences that would be caused if they were not paid attention to.
The main ones are frostbite and glare.
The best way to prevent frostbite is of course fur and grease.
Yinshan is just short of fur and grease, and with cotton and linen felt, it is basically not a big problem.
Is there any glare? There is less fine silk, but there are a lot of ragged linen, so I can barely use it.
At this time, the cavalry scouts in the distance had already stood on some high places, inserted the road mark, and spread the small green square flags and waved them. According to the marching regulations of the cavalry, whenever there are obstacles, rivers, valleys, forests, unknown places, etc., scouts or vanguards must be sent to search. Areas where people may be hidden must be checked for safety before the large troops can march...
"General, there is nothing abnormal around you." The guard beside Li Dian counted and then reported.
Li Dian nodded slightly.
After a while, a team leader under the slope reported loudly that the snow water was full.
Li Dian smiled and waved his arm, "Set out!"
The guard responded and immediately signaled to the trumpeter behind him. Then the trumpeter of the central army blew the trumpeter to set off, and raised the flag representing a certain unit high and made a tilt forward.
Immediately, the part ahead sounded a trumpet sound, then waved its flag and set off with its men...
Part 1, Part 2, Central Army, and Houxia Branch.
It is exactly the same as when you practice in daily life, and it is orderly.
Li Dian was on the horse's back, and the arguments and analysis of two newly promoted military Simas in his ears came from behind.
"After passing here, there is a flat mountain, and there are no big mountains, rivers, ditches in front of you. There are some things to pay attention to if you have to keep in mind..."
"But the scouts still have to be sent, so you can get more newcomers..."
"Yes, arrange more new people, treat it as if there is an ambush, practice more. Speaking of ambush, I think you have to be very careful from Huangyaling. The place where Dingling people hide is probably nearby..."
"The Dingling people... probably have no defense measures... I wonder if there are any camps or camps?"
"Although I haven't seen it now, the newspaper said that there are basically tents...oh, and shacks..."
『…』
They had no doubts about defeating Dingling people.
This is true for Li Dian, military Sima, and ordinary cavalry.
The powerful military aura of the Han people left behind after Emperor Wu of Han seemed to be picked up again, and then handed it from the old man to the new man.
Li Dian even felt that just by putting the military marquis and soldiers in other places, he could become a relatively qualified general! At least it would be no problem to be a captain!
As he thought about it, Li Dian couldn't help but glance eastward, with a slight change in his expression, and then he returned to normal in an instant.
While we were moving, a scout suddenly came back from the front of the left, which immediately attracted the attention of Li Dian and others.
"I'm afraid I met Ding Ling's provocate..." said Jun Sima behind Li Dian.
Sure enough, the scout came to report that he had met Ding Ling's squadron about fifteen miles ahead. After a little contact between the two sides, Ding Ling's squadron headed northeast.
『Northeast direction?』
Li Dian frowned slightly and immediately ordered, "Come on the map!"
Li Dian looked at the map and thought for a while, but did not immediately issue any orders or ideas. Instead, he summoned two new army Sima to the front and gave the map to these two people. "You can also take a look, and then say what ideas you have..."
On the map, Huangyaling is the north direction, and in the north direction, there is an area of ​​hills and gullies intersecting.
"Is it possible that Ding Ling is not in Huangyaling, but here?"
"It's not impossible... If it's here... there seems to be something wrong..."
The two soldiers said, and then couldn't help but look at Li Dian.
Li Dian closed his eyes and rested without revealing any information on his face.
The two Simas of the army could only continue to bow their heads and discuss.
"In this way, let's compare Huangyaling with the gully land..."
"good……"
The two soldiers gathered together and muttered.
In fact, Li Dian still had the answer in his heart. The reason why he didn't say it was just like the military Sima who wanted the new scouts to train more was that Li Dian was training these two military Simas.
The inheritance of the Han people is not only in terms of culture, but also in terms of military. Just as Qinglong Temple is organizing the inheritance of the Confucianism, the inheritance of the military of the martial arts hall is being passed on to the generals from the General Fei Qian of the Cavalry, and then from generals like Li Dian, down to the lieutenant, the commander, the army Sima, and even the middle and lower levels of military academies...
This is the strength of the Han family!
Because the Han family has a complete inheritance...
『General!』
Chapter completed!