Theoretically speaking, given the inhumane terrain of Beigui, as long as the defender is not careless, the whole process is one man in charge of the barrier and ten thousand men cannot open it. The problem is that for some guys, the moment they encounter it is doomed.
You will overlook something.
That's right, I'm talking about Xun You. Xun You's spiritual talent can cover certain things, making people naturally ignore the covered things.
This kind of covered thing can be a person, an army, or even a strategic key point. However, the tragedy of Xun You is that even with such a heaven-defying talent, he cannot defeat Chen Xi in the Central Plains. This does not mean that he is restrained.
The problem, but Chen Xi's method, cannot be solved by this method of stealing.
So much so that it is obviously the top talent and can even make the opponent ignore its own strategic points, but it has no effect at all in the Central Plains.
"Can it be covered?" Cao Cao looked at Xun You and asked.
If a legion can be completely covered, the difficulty of attacking Herat will be rapidly reduced. After taking Herat, the situation will no longer be that the Kushans block the Kabul Valley and can attack the Cao family at any time.
Instead, Cao Cao blocked the entrance to the Kabul Valley, and the Sestan area behind it was completely turned into a safe zone.
"I have covered part of the legion. As long as I am careful, Kushan is unlikely to notice, but that alone is not enough." Xun You said expressionlessly, "We must have a legion from the side of Herat.
The Hindu Kush Mountains go over.”
Herat was the third largest city in Afghanistan in later generations. It was one of the key points entering India from the north. It was located on the outskirts of the Hindu Kush Mountains and in the middle reaches of the Heli River, which belongs to the Helmand River system.
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The reason for talking about this river system is that the Kabul Valley is the main channel into India. The first half of the valley is actually not the valley formed by the Kabul River, but the valley of the Helmand River. However, because Kabul is at a strategic point of transportation, it can be said that it is the entrance to India.
The important passage in the Indian plains is generally called the Kabul Valley.
In fact, the length of the Kabul River Valley is only five to six hundred kilometers, while the length of the Helmand River Valley is more than a thousand kilometers. Although the area is not large, it is mountainous and winding.
The winding detours add up to almost two thousand kilometers.
This is a devastating logistics line. If this waterway could not really transport food, Alexander would not have been able to get in even if he cheated.
By the way, the reason why India did not build a city wall here in the past is that the two thousand kilometers of logistics lines can really drag people to death. Even if the waterways can transport food, the direction of the water flow is doomed to the degree of logistics explosion. Generally speaking,
If you drag it, you will die.
It can be said that Herat is the first focus of this road, but this place is too far for Kushan itself. Even if grain can be transported by water, the distance is still very frustrating, especially here
It involves a very troublesome place, that is, the area between Kandahar and Herat is directly desert!
This desert is called Lezistan Desert in later generations. It is not big, and is not even mentioned in most world-class deserts. But even so, this thing is more than 300 kilometers in size, which is even worse.
Yes, this desert is surrounded by a bunch of mountains several kilometers high. There are mountains in all four directions, and then it is successfully surrounded into a basin...
The only oasis in this desert is Kandahar, which is about a thousand meters above sea level. Moreover, Kandahar is bounded by the Hindu Kush Mountains to the north and the Suleiman Mountains to the south. It can be said that if you want to attack Kandahar, you must first rush through the desert.
Then we have to fight in the corners of the mountains, where logistics and morale are all problems.
After passing these two levels, continue walking along the valley until you reach a relatively open area where you can farm, which is Kabul.
This is the terrain of Afghanistan known as the Imperial Cemetery, where whoever comes and who dies. It can be said that any empire that failed to capture a key point in one go without any setbacks all withdrew from this miserable place in embarrassment, because it was too overwhelming.
Hard to beat.
This is why Xun Yu insisted on making every step of the way after seeing the terrain. If a forceful attack failed once, it would basically mean that all the previous efforts were in vain. Moreover, the terrain was super unfriendly to the attacker, and there were only three places where they could rest.
If you take down any key point, to attack the next key point, you have to either go over hundreds of miles of mountains and ridges, and then cross hundreds of miles of desert to carry out a strong attack, or you can go around the valley east and west, and go all the way over mountains and ridges for nearly a thousand miles.
Then go head-to-head with an opponent who is waiting for work.
It can be said that the reason why Alexander was named the God of War was not because he simply took down Darius III, but because he attacked Kandahar from Herat in one go, and then gathered the elite to capture Kamble in one wave, and then divided the troops.
Two routes, one to break through Khyber, one to attack Bakhtra in the north, and capture them all in a short period of time.
To be honest, that operation can no longer be said to be a god-like operation with troops, but a real magical operation. If you don't look at the terrain, it is just a long-distance attack to strengthen the breakthrough. But combined with the devastating terrain, it can only
It can be said that gods will always be gods.
Now it's Cao Cao's turn to attack the Kabul Valley. On the one hand, Cao Cao is not as crazy as Alexander, and on the other hand, Beigui is not the same as the Brahmans before, so he can only take it step by step.
You will be picked up by yourself.
"After all, Herat is too far away from Peshawar, and the roads are rugged, and the logistical pressure is too great for Beigui, so they will not have too many troops in reserve. Eighty thousand people should be the limit, although it was previously said to be twenty
Wan, but even we would not do such a thing." Cheng Yu explained coldly.
Even if the Han Dynasty had money, Chen Xi would be careful when investing troops everywhere. After all, although increasing revenue is very important, reducing expenditure is also one of the most important tasks.
Although there is no shortage of food in Kushan, they can transport food through the river valley. After 2,000 kilometers, even Kushan will collapse. More importantly, both the Helmand and Kabul rivers retain the unique characteristics of Central Asia.
The state of the river means that the carrying capacity is not large.
Under such circumstances, how crazy must Kushan be to choose to deploy 200,000 troops in Herat, the outermost area.
"The outer Hindu Kush Mountains are not too high. If we climb over them directly, the height of four thousand meters is not too outrageous, and it is not too difficult to go around." Xun You said half-assedly. In fact, this height is already very high.
It's an exaggeration. After all, what we have to climb is not a mountain, but a mountain range.
"A flank attack from both front and rear?" Cao Cao nodded. The method was very simple and easy to be exposed. However, with Xun You here, there was no need to worry about exposure. However, it was not that simple to block tens of thousands of Kuishang elites.
"As long as Kushan is not stupid, Herat's troops are more of a test. The real battlefield should be Kandahar. After all, crossing hundreds of kilometers of desert, and then fighting Kushan who is waiting for work in the oasis, is indeed
It's a bit too fatal." Xun Yu said in a disappointed tone.
The group of advisers under Cao Cao didn't care about the difficulty of conquering the Herat area. Their biggest headaches were actually Kandahar and Kabul.
"Capture Herat first to eliminate the possibility that the other party may attack us at any time." Cao Cao said solemnly. They were now on the outskirts of Sestan, and were actually within the attack range of the Kushan soldiers in the Herat area.
And compared to Kushan, which has the Hindu Kush Mountains as a cover, the place where Cao Cao is squatting is said to be a plateau, but in fact it is a very flat plateau, and it is also a famous abandoned irrigation canal in later generations, belonging to the eastern part of Parthia.
One of the best areas.
"Okay." Xun You said silently. He had been suppressed at home, but he could finally show off his talents abroad. In such a bad terrain, as long as the opponent is not careless, even if the Han Dynasty has several times the military advantage, it will be very difficult.
Difficult to express.
However, with Xun You's weird talent, there is quite a lot of room for maneuver.
The news of the Han Dynasty in the Sestan area was quickly received by Sethi Kapil who was stationed in Hetra. Yes, Sethi Kapil sent the Kushan Army Soul Corps, the four Royal Guards Corps, and the garrison
All the Baraks in the Khyber Pass were brought to the Hetra area.
Of course, Cao Cao also expected this possibility, but on the one hand, it was impossible for Cao Cao to avoid it at this level. On the other hand, the Han Dynasty was really not a vegetarian. Except for Gao Lan's withdrawal from Sizhao City, those previous attacks had opened
The elite of Burr Pass are all here.
After all, Chen Xi really didn't dare to ignore the devastating terrain here. Chen Xi was really uneasy about conquering such a place based on Cao Cao's combat power alone, so he put all the two military souls here, at least in terms of top combat power.
You will definitely not suffer!
As for other aspects, it is mainly up to Cao Cao. After all, Cao Cao himself will continue to grow in the war. With Cao Cao's talent, as long as he does not waste it, it is not a big problem to become the commander of a large army.
"Has the Han army made any moves?" Kapil looked at Barak who was sitting in the main seat and said,
"Yes, as you guessed, the Han army is preparing to attack Herat." Barak pointed to the position and motioned for Kapil to take a seat. In fact, if we really want to say it, Kapil is actually the commander-in-chief, but in
After transferring troops from Beigui, Kapil handed over his commanding position to Barak and assisted Barak more as a staff officer.
"It's too far. This place is actually not suitable for our defense. Even though the terrain has absolute advantages, the logistics are too long. It's okay to face Anxi, but facing the Han Dynasty..." Kapil said with a headache, "But this time
