"When I was reading history books, I often saw a lot of talk about barbarians controlling hundreds of thousands of strings. At that time, I couldn't imagine what it was like to control hundreds of thousands of strings."
Governor Feng held a whip in his hand and rode on his horse. He said to General Guan next to him with high spirits:
"Now that I personally lead tens of thousands of cavalry troops and gallop across the desert, I finally understand why the barbarians dare to call themselves the proud sons of heaven!"
It was early summer, and the weather was excellent. The sky was a magnificent blue, like flawless smooth satin turned upside down.
The dazzling sun spreads warmth, and the cool breeze blowing from time to time does not make people feel hot.
At a glance, the boundless green, wherever you look, the green color is flowing everywhere, gently flowing into the clouds, making people feel relaxed and happy.
It is a pity that this stunning beauty has now been destroyed by a torrent.
This torrent of iron cavalry has no beginning in front and no tail behind, rolling up an endless dragon.
The bright sunshine, the clear river, and the desert filled with the scent of green grass were all filled and obscured by the roar of this long dragon.
Countless iron hooves trampled on the grass, and bits of cow and horse dung were raised in the air.
General Guan looked at all this with a smile on his face:
“So what if the proud man of heaven is so proud? When Feng Junhou gave the order, Hu Qiying followed. It can be seen that the proud man of heaven is nothing more than this.”
Hearing this, Governor Feng burst into laughter and felt even more proud.
Being in the wilderness, both physically and mentally at ease, Feng Junhou could not help but sing loudly and said:
“I immediately arrived thousands of mountains away,
Listen to the wind singing the sounds of nature,
The years have changed,
The mind is still at ease,
I sing songs thousands of miles away,
The bright moon is with me
…”
General Guan raised his eyebrows upon hearing this.
She had not seen Alang like this for a long time, singing this kind of tune with such incomprehensible words.
As soon as he finished singing, General Guan couldn't help but asked curiously:
“What’s the name of this song?”
“I’m from the grassland!”
Investor Feng raised his eyebrows at General Guan, and then laughed wildly.
General Guan asked wisely:
“Where do you want to go from the grassland?”
Feng Junhou held a riding whip in his hand and pointed to the southeast: "Central Plains, attack the thieves!"
Hundreds of years ago, Huo Biaoyao set out from Guanzhong, entered the Jiuyuan hometown, and then entered the desert from the Jiuyuan hometown, and finally made a big circle and came to Juyanze.
Then he went up the Weak River and entered Liangzhou. He went back and forth across the Hexi Corridor, which was still the hinterland of the captives at that time, and killed tens of thousands of captives, which was the beginning of the strong Han Dynasty.
Today, hundreds of years later, Governor Feng also led a large army and walked the same path as Huo Piaoyao.
So Feng Jishi's high-spiritedness is not different for no reason. The difference between the two is that the directions of the two are exactly opposite.
From Juyanhai to Gaoque Fortress, it is about more than 1,800 miles, nearly 2,000 miles.
Speaking of far, it means really far.
Even if, like Feng Jishi, the whole army is carried on mules, it will still take at least a month to travel, and it may be longer.
However, for the Han army, this is not an insurmountable difficulty.
After all, when Huo Qubing first walked this road, there was still nothing in the desert.
Not to mention the far ones, but the closer ones. During Emperor Ling's time, the Han army still had the ability to divide its troops into three groups and go out to conquer Tanshihuai.
At that time, tens of thousands of cavalry also traveled more than 2,000 miles, which was further than the entire journey Feng Prefect made this time.
Now, Governor Feng has not only been exploring the road for three years, but also has the ruined walls of the former Han pass as landmarks along the way.
After a lapse of sixty years, the Han army finally set off again on a large scale and appeared in the vast desert.
Only this time, the desert barbarians no longer have a hero like Tan Shihuai.
The only one who is somewhat decent is Kebineng, who is hiding in his hometown of Jiuyuan.
At this time, Kebineng had to rely on the support of Liangzhou in order to make a comeback.
Xianbei in the west, close to Liangzhou Pass, has been transformed in a planned and step-by-step manner in Liangzhou over the past few years, although the transformation methods have been radical. Now a considerable part of it has been integrated into Liangzhou's emerging industrial chain.
The remaining ones either fled north or east.
And in the vast desert between Juyan County and Jiuyuan's hometown, the farther away from Liangzhou Pass, the more tribes were lucky enough to escape Liangzhou's transformation.
But this time, the luck of these barbarian tribes finally began to run out.
Feng Jishi led 50,000 Yi from Hu Qi out of the fortress, but he had no intention of letting these Yi from Hu Qi follow him to the end.
These 50,000 Huqi were divided into three routes, one heading due east, one heading northeast, and one heading southeast, spreading out in a fan shape.
Their mission is to clear out as many wild barbarian tribes as possible on the road ahead.
The cattle, sheep and horses of the wild Hu tribe can provide part of the rations for the army.
After all, there is an army of 80,000. Even though military rations have been replaced for N generations, it is still an extremely heavy burden for Liangzhou.
So the Hu tribes along this road were the food supply points for the army.
And those who were captured at Dingkou on the grassland would be escorted back to Juyan County by the assigned Hu cavalry.
At the same time, these Hu cavalry who are constantly returning can also protect the rear food routes of the army.
Yi Conghu's cavalry was provided with part of the rations by the army, and everything from war horses to weapons was prepared by themselves.
After the weapons in the Han army were upgraded, a considerable part of the obsolete military supplies flowed into their hands.
Although it is said to be a discarded product, it is an extremely high-quality weapon for the barbarians.
Before, if you wanted to obtain weapons of this level, just the channels would be a big problem.
Even if there are channels, quantity is also an issue.
Not to mention the price, it is impossible to get it without a high price of two, three or even four or five times.
Yicong Huqi from Liangzhou happened to be in the midst of the upgrading of the military industry of the Han Dynasty. He was able to obtain the Han army's standard weapons from the Han Dynasty at a reasonable price. It was like a piece of cake falling from the sky.
Therefore, although Yicong Huqi is called Yicong, to the Hu people on the grassland, they are no longer on the same level.
The trophies they captured on the battlefield do not need to be handed over; they belong to themselves.
This time I followed Feng Langjun to the fortress and got a big advantage in capturing laborers.
In which round did this fat man get them?
Only the troops under the governor's command are eligible to get involved.
Even though half of the captured labor must be paid, the remaining half is enough to make everyone red-eyed.
Three groups of horsemen, each with more than 10,000 people, were like locusts, constantly expanding their search area to the east.
Many barbarians from small tribes were rushed into the tribes by large numbers of cavalry before they could react. How could bone weapons block iron weapons?
“Who are you?”
The leader of the small tribe led the only warriors in the tribe and tried to resist while shouting loudly.
“You guys, go around to the back and don’t let the people over there escape!”
“The rest, scatter them!”
“Don’t be anxious, try to catch the ones alive, and everyone will have a share when you’re done!”
The voice of the conductor came from the distance.
In Yi Cong Hu Qi Li, there were two or three Han Army Sima for every thousand people, who were responsible for supervision during weekdays and recording meritorious service during wartime.
These military commanders were either students from the Jiangwu Hall who were transferred to the army after their internship period in the army, or they were directly recruited from the backbone of the Liangzhou army.
Although the degree of organization is far less than that of the regular army in Liangzhou, there is still a rough and simple organization.
“Han Army?”
The tribal leader also had some knowledge and recognized that it was Han people talking.
Just looking at the cavalry troops that were constantly outflanking and compressing them from both wings, they were clearly the same type of people as themselves.
The tribal leader yelled nonsense a few more times, and in response was the sound of horse hooves that began to speed up, and bursts of whistling sounds coming from the other party's mouth.
Soon, a dozen riders on each side suddenly flew past.
Before the tribal leader could understand, the tribesmen in front suddenly became confused. Some people screamed and fell off their horses.
Immediately afterwards, the tribal leader finally saw clearly that it was an extremely thick hemp rope, which was being violently scraped through the crowd on his side under the control of the enemy.
“What on earth do they want to do?”
In vendettas on the grassland, as long as the tribe is conquered, there will basically be corpses everywhere. Only when it is certain that the opponent no longer has the power to resist, the remaining people are qualified to become the victor's sheep slaves.
These enemies in front of us have very different approaches.
They...seem to be trying to catch people alive?
The tribal leader grasped the key point in an instant and shouted quickly:
“Rush over!”
As soon as the warriors in the tribe heard this, they quickly prepared to adjust their horses' heads, hoping to follow their leader towards the enemy.
"put!"
“Puffy!”
Behind the constantly crisscrossing cavalry, long arrows were thrown into the crowd, stirring up several flowers of blood.
The tribal leader reined in his horse suddenly, because he saw that the enemy in front began to reveal their weapons, and in the sunlight, the weapons reflected a bright light.
He looked down at the rusty weapon in his hand, and his face suddenly turned pale.
If you really want to rush over, I'm afraid not a single warrior will be left behind.
“Abandon your weapons and dismount without killing!”
Someone shouted from the opposite side, alternating between Chinese and Hu dialect several times.
Looking at more and more enemies approaching, the tribal leader finally closed his eyes and let out a long sigh, throwing down the weapons in his hands.
It is true that the opponent has given up resistance. He only heard someone shouting something, and then whistles sounded one after another.
The tribal leader saw someone dismounting from his horse on the opposite side, and ran towards him with excitement on his face, while untying a coil of hemp rope from his waist.
Then he threw it around the leader's body and tied the leader tightly twice very skillfully. Someone quickly picked up the remaining rope and tied up the other one.
Be skilled in movements and work efficiently.
Then it was time to count the heads, the cattle and the sheep. By the time the work was completed, the sun was already setting in the west.
Just when they were happily lighting a bonfire in the camp of the original tribe and preparing to sing and dance to celebrate, the Chinese army far behind them had already set up camp.
“General, someone is back again.”
Jiang Wei, who was patrolling the camp, received the report from the outlying sentry. He looked up and saw Hu Qi driving herds of cattle, sheep and horses in this direction under the remaining light. He frowned slightly:
“Demarcate a camp for them outside according to the rules.”
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Jiang Wei thought for a while, turned around and went to Zhongying.
Seeing Jiang Wei coming, Governor Feng couldn't help but be a little surprised:
“Oh, Peter came over, but something happened?”
Jiang Wei cupped his hands and said, "I have met the king."
“Sit, sit down.”
“Thank you, Lord.”
When Jiang Wei sat down, he subconsciously glanced at Guan Suo, who was standing there studying the map with his back.
Although he knew that Guan Suo was Feng Junhou's top general and even Zhao Guang had to obey his orders, Jiang Wei still felt a little uncomfortable with his status.
It’s just that Junhou Feng had great military exploits and was a famous general of the Han Dynasty. In addition, in these years, although Jiang Wei was in Jincheng, he was always concerned about Feng Jishi’s every move in Liangzhou.
If nothing else, just the hard work alone is enough to show that this person is ruthless and his reputation is not in vain.
So how could Jiang Wei dare to make irresponsible remarks to Feng Junhou?
But he said cautiously:
"Your Majesty, the people we are targeting when we leave the fortress this time are the thieves in Guanzhong. Now that your Majesty has ordered the Hu cavalry to attack in all directions to hunt the Hu people, won't it slow down our journey?"
"What if the Prime Minister leaves Hanzhong but we still fail to show up? I am afraid that I will be punished by the Prime Minister afterwards. So I came here this time just to ask the prince, but I have other plans?"
At this point, he quickly added an explanation:
“If it’s a matter of secrets and it’s not convenient for the general to know about it, then it’s just that the general is talking too much. Please don’t blame me, sir.”
Governor Feng smiled and shook his head:
"Bojo is too worried. Guanzhong is right there. Our goal will only be there in the end. How can I have any plans?"
As he said that, he glanced at Jiang Wei again:
"I'm afraid you've been thinking about this issue in your mind for the past ten days, right? If you can bear it until now, you can still bear it."
“For someone as impatient as Zhao Guang, he would have asked a few days ago.”
Hearing what Feng Jishi said, Jiang Wei stopped talking.
Feng Jishi saw his thoughts and asked:
“If it were replaced by Bethjoth, what would Bethjoy do?”
"The entire army was lightly armed and rushed directly to Jiuyuan. From Jiuyuan, they followed the Qinzhi Road southward and killed Guanzhong by surprise."
Infrastructure Maniac and Figure Maniac Ancestor Long Emperor once sent Meng Tian to lead 30 troops to defend the north against the Huns.
In order to support this grand strategy, Zulong ordered the construction of a highway from Xianyang to the foot of Yinshan Mountain, running through the entire Hetao area. This is the famous Qinzhidao.
This road is wide, straight and flat, and has not grown grass for thousands of years. Until the Qing Dynasty, there were still merchants traveling on it.
When the Han Dynasty did not regain the Hetao area, the Huns' cavalry went south along this road many times, threatening Guanzhong.
Therefore, for the Central Plains dynasty, if there is no Hetao, there will be no peace in Guanzhong.
Jiang Wei now proposes this plan, which is in line with his character.
A victory means a great victory, and a defeat means a disastrous defeat.
Governor Feng shook his head again:
"This plan is just a replica of Huo Piao and Yao's second battle in Hexi. If it had been replaced by someone else, it might still be successful, but now the leader of the Wei thieves in Guanzhong is Sima Yi."
With that said, he stood up and walked to the large map hanging on the wall of the tent, "Come and take a look."
Jiang Wei hurriedly followed.
Feng Yong pointed at Beidi County with his finger and saw densely drawn triangles on it: "Sima Yi took the initiative in Beidi County in his early years and wiped out many barbarian tribes."
“Furthermore, according to the information obtained by Liu Liang in his hometown of Jiuyuan, Sima Yi built a large number of trenches and fortresses in dangerous places in Beidi County, as well as a large number of arrangements specially designed to deal with cavalry.”
Feng Yongluo said with a wry smile:
“I suspect that Sima Yi has long expected that we might come from Jiuyuan.”
Jiang Wei was startled, he really didn't know the news.
After all, he has been staying in Jincheng to train troops, and he does not have an overview of the overall situation like Feng Governor.
The information is not equal, and the decisions made are naturally different.
Jiang Wei finally understood what the countless triangles on the map were. He said with some worry:
“Your Majesty, wouldn’t it be in vain for us to go there this time...”
Halfway through his words, he seemed to have thought of something, and looked at Feng Yong again, "Isn't it possible that the Lord is going to his hometown of Jiuyuan?"
“Enter Guanzhong from the desert, Jiuyuan Hometown is the best starting point, we can only go there.”
Guan Suo, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "It's just that there's no difference between going in a hurry and going in a little later."
Jiang Wei became even more confused.
Possibly, the king deliberately did not rush on his way and asked the prime minister of Hanzhong to put pressure on Sima Yi first. After Sima Yi had not seen the king for a long time, he appeared from Beidi County, thinking that the king would not appear from there.
Just when the defenses in Guanzhong were relaxed and they could concentrate on dealing with the Hanzhong army led by the prime minister, the monarch suddenly led his army southward, catching Guanzhong by surprise?
As soon as he thought about this, Jiang Wei suddenly understood.
Yes, the prime minister also arranged an army in Anding County, presumably to attract the attention of the Wei thieves in Guanzhong.
The so-called virtuality is real, and real is virtual. The virtual and the real are changing and intertwined.
During the Battle of Xiaoguan, didn't Feng Junhou and General Guan also divide their troops into two groups, and the reality was uncertain?
Who knows whether the monarch will lead the army and wait for an opportunity to attack at Xiaoguan?
Or is it at the foot of Longshan Mountain and appearing from Longguan at any time?
Taking a step back, even if Sima Yi expected that the Han Dynasty would go south from the hometown of Jiuyuan, how could he expect that tens of thousands of troops would emerge there?
After all, not everyone has so many horses and mules from the Liangzhou Army to transport their baggage.
Because not everyone has a breeding farm like Liangzhou.
The livestock that are born in Liangzhou breeding farms every year may not be able to be produced by others using the same number of livestock in three to five years.
Because the stallion males and donkeys at Liangzhou Breeding Farm can be bred at any time and at any time, no mare will miss the estrus period, which is something other families don’t have the ability to do.
After thinking about this, Jiang Wei's face suddenly felt a little hot. He bowed and left in a hurry on the pretext that he still had to patrol the camp.
