All those attending the meeting were the generals of the Han Empire in Beijing!
Wei Xingning is the Marquis of Wei Chi, Xiliu General is the Marquis of Cheng'an, Qin Mu, Jianxin is the Marquis of the Northern Army, Xu Mu, Xin is the Marquis of the Ba Shang Army, Zhang Xu, Liu Jing, the Marquis of Qingyang, is the Marquis of Qingyang, and Liu Jing is the Marquis of Qingyang under the command of Zong Zheng, the captain of the Jimen Army.
It is a new star that has risen in the Han Empire in recent years!
There are also some veteran generals, such as Zhou Yafu, Li Ji, Han Daidang and other special veterans, sitting on the left and right sides of Liu Che, guarding the emperor of the Han Dynasty.
A giant map was spread out in front of everyone.
This is the most complete and detailed map of the Hexi Corridor drawn by the Han Dynasty.
And all the generals sitting here, including the veterans, already know every mountain and river on this map by heart.
This is also a skill that current Han generals must master to memorize maps!
If you can't even memorize a map, how can you be a general?
What is the leader of an army?
Go home and farm!
At least this won't kill anyone!
As a relative, Wei Chi served as the keynote speaker at today's imperial military meeting.
He held his baton and said in front of the map: "Your Majesty, elders and comrades, the land west of Hexi is long and narrow and dangerous. It controls the strategic east-west route. It is the throat of our army in the Western Region and north of the curtain. It must not be taken.
No!"
"Today, there are internal changes in the Western Huns. According to intelligence, the Western Xiongnu's left general Qiequ Qiediao was assassinated two months ago. A month ago, the Western Xiongnu's left general Huyan Dangtu led his troops to launch a sudden coup in Qilian and took control of Yu.
Shan Yu sent a letter of request for help to our court!"
"According to the intelligence currently available to our army, the land west of Hexi is currently controlled by three different hostile forces!"
"First, General Zuo, who is entrenched in the land of Juyan, Qiqu Qiediao is unable to reach King Zhelan Gutu's troops..."
"One is loyal to Huyan Dangtu, and currently occupies several tribes in the Qilian Mountains..."
"One is the ministries that are secretly swaying and remaining neutral..."
"According to His Majesty's imperial edict, our army will beat Qiqu Qingqu and Diao Nan as well as the Zhelan tribe, lightly let go of the neutral ones, and try to be as gentle as possible against the Huyan Dangtu tribe..."
Following Wei Chi's introduction, everyone nodded slightly and felt that this was exactly what happened.
The terrain in Hexi is complicated, and the situation is also complicated. Hu and Qiang people are mixed in the area. The Mazong Mountain and Xingxing Gorge area in the west is connected to Mubei and the Western Regions.
If the Han army acted too roughly, they would probably win the war and lose the strategy.
Once the various tribes panic and take advantage of the chaos to flee to the Northern Huns, it will be like letting the tiger return to the mountain!
Many of the tribes in Hexi were vassals of the former Xiongnu Chan Yuting or even their own tribes.
These tribes are good at herding and have been servants of the Jingtang clan for generations.
Among them, Zhelan, Luhou, Ruolu and other tribes were even loyal lackeys of the Xiongnu Chan Yuting in the past.
If these people go to the north of the Xiongnu, they may become obstacles to the Han army's westward march. We should try our best to keep them in Hexi and under the control of the Han Dynasty.
Now, Zhidu's actions in Munan have proved the fact that as long as they have proper education, proper policies, and proper management, Yi Di can also become good citizens of the Han family.
Become a part of the war machine of the Han Empire!
"Your Majesty... all the elders..." General Xiliu, Cheng'an Marquis Qin Mu, stood up, bowed slightly and said, "I have a final word..."
"Tell me..." Liu Che said with a smile, Qin Mu was his favorite young general.
He was a general who grew up in the Mayi War. Last year, he took over Wei Chi's position and served as the commander of the Xiliu Camp, the main field army that was upgraded to the Han Army's first standing general level.
Strictly speaking, he should belong to Yi Zong's direct lineage.
He is also a rising star among the Shantou Zhou (Zhou Yafu) Yi (Yi Zong) military group that is currently the largest among the Han army.
When Zhou Yafu became an official, Yi Zong served as the governor of the Anbei Protectorate and began to change his post to a civilian position. He became one of the highest-status active generals in this group.
In the future, perhaps, the descendants of General Qin Kai will create a new family of prominent military generals.
Liu Che is always very encouraging to young people.
Facing Liu Che's encouraging eyes, Qin Mu collected his thoughts for a moment, and then bowed: "Your Majesty, the last general foolishly thought that the holy intention was to encircle and annihilate the left and right generals of the Western Xiongnu, and strive to win over the Xiongnu.
Fight a war of annihilation..."
Liu Che listened and nodded slightly.
It has been marked on the map that the current situation is that the main force of the Western Xiongnu, including the Qiequ clan, Zhelan tribe and several other large tribes, are entrenched in Juyan as a force to deal with the Han army's offensive.
Its total strength ranges from 50,000 to 70,000.
This force is the last wife of the Western Huns.
As long as this force is annihilated, the Hexi Corridor will be within easy reach!
In the huge Hexi area, there will no longer be any force that can stop the Han army from advancing!
Once this force escapes from Juyan and scatters into the mountains of Hexi, the Han army will probably have to be prepared to tangle with the enemy in Hexi.
At that time, all kinds of monsters and monsters may jump out.
After all, the Han army's supply line is too long!
It will take at least a month for the baggage departing from Beidi County to arrive at Heli Mountain, and then it may take half a month of transshipment before it can be delivered to the frontline troops.
In Hexi, the Han army cannot afford to waste it!
Tens of thousands of troops eat, drink, and defecate every day, which is an astronomical figure.
If you include the consumption of civilians and livestock...
If the war drags on for too long, the young minister may hang himself.
Qin Mu walked to the map, pointed to a location far away from Juyan, and said: "In that case, I am willing to ask Ying to personally command Xiliu Qingqi to raid this place and cut off the escape of the main force of the Western Huns!"
Liu Che looked over intently and found that this place was Mingze, located in the Duanshui and Mingshui basins in the middle of the Hexi Corridor.
The so-called Mingze was named because the lake water looked a little black. Later it was called the Black Sea and Hala Lake. It is the lake that the Shule River finally flows into.
It is also the second largest lake in Qinghai region.
It was also a strategic location for the later Jiuquan County. Historically, the Han Dynasty set up the Western Duwei Station and the Western Barrier City here.
Once the Han army captures this place, it can control the entire Beishan and Shule River Basin.
What's even better is that by tracing back to the source of the Shule River, you can go straight to the Qilian Mountains, and even close the Xingxing Gorge passage, turning the entire Hexi into a meal for the Han Dynasty.
only……
Even if they set out from Heli Mountain, the Han army would have to cover at least a thousand miles to reach Mingze.
A cavalry raid here can indeed immediately block the westward escape route of the main force of the Western Huns and block them in the Juyan area.
Can the Han army's light cavalry have such long-distance surprise attack capabilities?
Can the Han cavalry occupying this place really stop the Western Huns cavalry who want to escape?
Is this a problem?
After all, on a thousand-mile expedition, they are completely separated from the rear, and they are in a foreign land with a completely unfamiliar environment. If they are not careful, the entire army may be wiped out.
Apart from other things, a plateau sickness may cause the Han army to lose its troops!
And those Western Huns cavalry who fled for their lives would test the will and endurance of the Han army's light cavalry.
Knocking the faucet on the armrest slightly, Liu Che asked: "How many cavalry does the general want to bring?"
"Two light cavalry captains and one dragoon captain will do!" Qin Mu bowed and bowed, full of confidence: "Five to six thousand cavalry, each with two horses, and bring enough arrows and dry food.
With the medicine, the general can ensure that none of the Western Xiongnu soldiers escape back to the mountains of Hexi!"
Liu Che thought for a while and said: "In that case, general, let's prepare..."
Qin Mu's plan is indeed feasible!
If Mingze and Duanjishui are captured, the main force of the Western Huns will have no way to escape. They will be surrounded in the Juyan area and wait for the end.
This is in line with Liu Che's long-standing strategy of not fighting, but fighting with the goal of destroying the enemy's vitality!
Defeating the enemy and seizing land has never been his first choice.
He would rather give up some interests first and give priority to annihilating the enemy's vitality!
"It's just that if this happens, the main force of the besieged Western Huns may jump over the wall and make peace with the Northern Huns, or even directly flee to the Northern Huns..." Liu Che said worriedly: "What do you generals think?"
This is very likely to happen, especially for Zhelan.
Qiqu Qediaonan probably would not surrender to the Northern Huns, but the Zhelan people had no such scruples. They cornered the enemy and took their soldiers, horses, livestock, and herdsmen to Mazong Mountain, passing through Junji Mountain to Mubei to protect the Northern Huns.
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Once the Zhelan people were released, it would be equivalent to giving the Northern Huns an elite cavalry force of ten to twenty thousand for free.
What's even more terrible is that the Qiang people in Juyan and Hexi areas may follow closely behind.
This is a force of hundreds of thousands of people.
In the future, if the Han Dynasty manages Hexi and loses these labor forces, it will have half the result with half the effort.
"Your Majesty, you can ask the general who protects the Xiongnu to make a posture to cross the Gonglu River in the south of the curtain along the Hanhai River!" Qin Mu suggested: "Scare the northern Xiongnu monarchs... Even if you can't scare them, you can still attract them.
Part of the force..."
"As for Juyan's enemies..."
"The last general suggested that our offensive should start ten days after the last general's departure, so that the enemy can be caught off guard!"
Qin Mu's opinion made Liu Che and other generals shine. Zhou Yafu was even more proud. Qin Mu was also one of his students. After the Battle of Mayi, he was the first batch of Wuyuan generals to be trained.
Zuo.
Nothing makes him happier than seeing the students he teaches perform so well.
"Good!" Liu Che said, stroking his hands: "Just follow the general's orders!"
Northern Huns?
In Liu Che's eyes, they are actually a group of cowards who were frightened out of their courage on the battlefield.
Don't look at Julihu, who shouts every day that he wants revenge, wants reform, and wants to learn from King Goujian of Yue.
But in fact……
This guy is just a coward who has no ability to face the sharp cavalry of the Han army.
Otherwise, in last year's Munan War, the Northern Huns cavalry should have appeared on the battlefield as an integral part of the army.
Rather than quietly instigating the various ministries in the southern part of the country, they even now proactively sent people to contact the Han Dynasty, hinting that they would jointly encircle and suppress the creeping horse bandits.
Isn't this tantamount to telling Liu Che not to hit me, I'm a good boy?
Without even thinking about it, Liu Che knew that once Zhidu's troops put into a posture that they planned to cross Gonglu River and Hanhai.
Nine times out of ten, the Northern Huns will shrink their eggs.
Even if Goulihu doesn't want to, others will 'persuad' him to 'put the overall situation first'.
At least he won't take the initiative to get involved in the Juyan war.
At most, some miscellaneous people can be sent to Juyan to cause trouble, or they can wave the flag and shout in Junji Mountain.
Just like what happened in Munan.
With Qin Mu opening his mind, others were naturally not far behind.
Wei Chi said: "Your Majesty, I think that once the war breaks out, our light cavalry can quickly cross the Juyan Gorge, ignoring everything along the way, and go straight to Mazong Mountain!"
"As long as Mazong Mountain is captured, the enemy of Juyan's escape route to the north will also be cut off!"
"I recommend Xu Gan, the captain of the Left Command of Huben Guards, to be the general to capture Mazong Mountain!"
Xu Gan also immediately came out to pay homage: "The last general is willing to issue a military order to seize Mazong Mountain within ten days!"
Xu Gan was also a tiger general. He was a young general who was personally promoted by Chang Cheng Bu Shi in Wuyuan Mountain. He was a well-known fierce general in the Han army. During the Battle of Gaoque, he followed Cheng Wu Shi and acted righteously, launching a surprise attack.
He was the first to climb the mountain at Zi Ling, and he was also the first to capture Honghu Pass.
Then he captured Gaoque and occupied Yulin. His troops were all vanguards and sharp knives!
Liu Che naturally approved the plan, appointed Xu Gan as Captain of Mazong, led three thousand light cavalry, and raided Mazong Mountain.
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This imperial military meeting lasted until that day, and finally determined the Han army's strategy for the entire Hexi campaign.
The strategic goal was to annihilate and encircle the effective forces of the Western Huns.
The entire campaign will be divided into three stages.
In the first stage, Qin Mu led the Xiliu Camp light cavalry to raid Mingze, and then Xu Gan led 3,000 tiger-fighting light cavalry to penetrate Mazong Mountain.
This is the most difficult and most tests the execution ability of the Han army.
But as long as it succeeds, Juyan's enemies will be blocked from escaping westward and heading north.
Unless the Northern Huns are desperate and pull out their main force to come to Hexi for rescue.
Then...it might still be a bit tricky.
However, if this is the case, since the Northern Huns dare to gamble, Liu Che is also willing to accompany him. He will take out all the gold reserves in the inner treasury and at the same time order the Guanzhong and Sanhe areas and the northern counties to launch general mobilization.
Pull out all the main forces of the Bashang Army, the Thorny Gate Army, the Huben Guards, the Yulin Guards and the Xiliu Camp, as well as the elites of Daiguo, Beidi, and Longyou from the northern counties, and assemble a huge regiment of more than 200,000 people.
Fight with him in Hexi!
By that time, when the Northern Huns come, don’t leave!
Just in time to get rid of the Huns once and for all!
However, the Huns should not have such courage.
Therefore, after ruling out the option of full-scale reinforcements from the Northern Huns, as long as the Han army achieves the first phase of the combat objectives, the second phase of the campaign will begin.
Wei Chi will go to Heli Mountain in person to preside over the battle.
With the cuirassiers of the Huben Guards and the Yulin Guards as the center, and the elites of the Ba Shang Army, Xiliu Camp and other units as sharp knives, the Han army will divide and surround the enemy in the vast Juyan area.
In the end, they were all annihilated in Juyan!
The plan and combat deployment of this battle, in Liu Che's eyes, are already a bit like the Liaoshen Campaign in later generations.
Capturing Mingze and Mazong Mountain was the Northeast Field Army's move to capture Jinzhou and beat the dogs behind closed doors.
However, compared with Dongye, the Han army's current advantages and enemies are not comparable to those of Dongye's opponents back then.
