"Your Majesty, I think that if the Xiongnu doesn't move, it will be fine. If they move, they will fall into Mayi!" After looking at the map for a while, the old general Luan Bu said: "Your Majesty, please immediately send a warning to Su Fei, the governor of Yanmen County, and the county lieutenant.
Sun Jian!"
Luan Bu is currently the oldest general in the Han family.
He is also one of the last remaining living fossils who witnessed the transition between Qin and Han Dynasties.
In the past two years, Luan Bu has been serving as Liu Che's military adviser and think tank.
The establishment of the Anton Protectorate and the planning of the defense zone came from the hands of this old general.
"I also think that the Huns should be able to move to Mayi!" Zhou Yafu also said.
Li Ji and Han Daedang, after thinking for a moment, nodded in agreement with this judgment.
Listening to what the generals said, Liu Che looked at the mountains and rivers on the map and asked: "How did the Prime Minister and the generals judge that the Huns would definitely move to Mayi and enter Yanmen?"
To be honest, breaking through the Yunzhong defense line and returning to the middle road would pose a greater threat to the Han Dynasty.
After all, as long as the Yunzhong Defense Line is lost, the ancient Return to the Middle Road will inevitably fall into the hands of the Huns. At that time, the Huns will follow the Return to the Middle Road and threaten Guanzhong, the heart of China.
"Your Majesty, the Xiongnu will never wander into the clouds!" Luan Bu said with a smile: "The troops they use are nothing more than Aries, Loufan, and Zhelan troops. They can't break through the Yunzhong defense line!"
Zhou Yafu also smiled and nodded: "That's exactly what Yu Hou said!"
"And your Majesty doesn't know. If the Xiongnu went south this time, if it were not Aries, Loufan and Zhelan, they might have invaded from the clouds!" Han Daodang also said: "But since it is these three
If you want to go to the army, then you must go to Mayi and enter Kouyanmen Pass!"
Liu Che still didn't quite understand and asked, "Why are you so sure?"
After all, theoretically speaking, the Xiongnu could even go to Beiping, enter Dingxiang, wreak havoc on the Yan Kingdom, and even cut off the connection between the Andong Protectorate and China.
But if you do that, you'll lose more than you gain.
The area in Youbeiping was as poor as the county. The Huns probably couldn't even get fodder for their livestock!
"Your Majesty, you don't know. Aries, Loufan and Zhelan are all old friends with us!" Li Ji said with a smile: "If we find out who the invading Xiongnu tribe is, I will still wait for you.
If you can't guess which path they are going to take, then I am not worthy of being a general!"
"Although it is said that soldiers have no permanent momentum and water has no permanent shape, there is no way to change the fighting methods used by others!"
Zhou Yafu said: "Your Majesty, you don't know. Over the years, Aries and Loufan have invaded the bandits five times, and they have taken the route from Mayi to Yanmen three times. As for Zhelan, they have invaded the bandits three times, and they have entered Yanmen from Mayi three times."
Door!"
Liu Che listened and nodded. He had no doubts about the generals' judgment.
After all, they have been dealing with the Huns for decades. It can be said that the Huns can guess what they are going to do if they stick their butts out!
Perhaps the Han family knew little about those tribes in the West.
But how can this old friend, who we often interact with, not know their urine properties?
This is just like the Chinese military in later generations may not understand the daily behavior of the American Third Fleet and the Fifth Fleet.
But the Seventh Fleet can basically guess their route and formation as long as they leave the port.
The Aries, Loufan, Zhelan and other tribes have been going back and forth with the Han army, falling in love and killing each other for decades.
The two sides have already spent their blood and lives to understand each other's habits and fighting methods.
An experienced general could even guess which tribe the Hun cavalry belonged to based on the way they formed their formation and the way they waved their whips and drew their bows.
Liu Che then focused his attention on the surroundings of Mayi City.
Mayi, as a city, is still very young.
This city was first built in the Qin Dynasty by General Meng Tian of the Qin Army.
Meng Tian's original goal in establishing Mayi City was actually just to build a larger fence to make it easier to raise horses.
This is the origin of the name Mayi.
After the fall of Qin, due to the rise of the Xiongnu, Mayi became one of the focuses of competition between the Han and Xiongnu.
There were even more wars in Mayi than in Yunzhong.
Even the famous Battle of Pingcheng originated from Mayi.
In 200 BC, the seventh year of Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty, the main force of the Xiongnu, led by Mao Dun, besieged Mayi, the capital of King Xin of Han.
King Xin of Han could not resist, and he was afraid that Liu Bang would investigate the matter between him and the Huns, so he changed his mind and surrendered to the Huns. He also took the initiative to lead the Huns soldiers to capture Yanmen, Jinyang and Taiyuan.
The Xiongnu troops pointed directly at Guanzhong and Yanzhao.
When Liu Bang heard the news, he immediately mobilized all the Han troops and marched north to resist.
Under the command of Liu Bang, the Han army was unstoppable. They first won the Battle of Tongdi and killed the general Wang Xi of King Xin of Han. Then they defeated the coalition of King Xin of Han and the Xiongnu in Taiyuan. Then they won the battle against the Xiongnu at Panshi.
Decisive victory.
Recovering Taiyuan, Jinyang, and Panshi led to the decisive battle of Pingcheng.
The Battle of Pingcheng was not so much about Mao Dun setting up an ambush, but rather that Mao Dun had to fight the Han army here.
If Mao Dun gives up on Pingcheng, he will have to go back to the grassland.
Therefore, since the founding of the Han Dynasty, all the grievances and grievances with the Xiongnu originated from Mayi.
In history, the reason why Mayi was chosen as the bait for the Mayi conspiracy during Emperor Wu's reign was because the city's temptation to the Huns was not that great.
This city, exposed outside the Great Wall, has been filled with the blood of soldiers from the Han and Hungarian countries for decades.
"Sure enough, does history still have its inevitable inertia?" Liu Che thought in his heart: "It starts from Mayi, and it must end from Mayi!"
Thinking like this, Liu Che made a decision!
"General!" Liu Che looked at Dou Ying: "General, please immediately hold my command, use the tiger talisman to send the flying fox army, go north, and sneak to Juzhu!"
The sentence note is the ancient name of Yanmen Pass.
"No!" Dou Ying ordered.
"Prime Minister!" Liu Che then ordered: "Immediately order Xiliu Camp to break camp and go north to Taiyuan to stand by!"
Let Xiliu Camp be on standby in Taiyuan. This is to prepare for the situation in case the Huns wander into the clouds.
After being stationed in Taiyuan, Xiliu Camp can rush to the battlefield as quickly as possible whether it is supporting Yunzhong or Yanmen.
Originally, such an approach was an impossible option three years ago.
However, today's Xiliu Camp has changed from an infantry regiment in the past to the first professional pure cavalry unit of the Han Army.
There are more than 10,000 troops in the army. All of them are cavalry!
"No!" Zhou Yafu also accepted the order and bowed.
"Reissue the imperial edict and order Beidi County, Longyou County, and all the northern knights to mobilize immediately. With Weiwei Guang as the general of light cavalry, he will command Longyou and the northern knights to station troops in Chaonasai!"
"No!" Li Guang immediately came out and bowed his head happily.
He no longer wants to be this guard!
For Li Guang, the frontier fortress is more suitable for him.
He couldn't wait to return to the frontier fortress of the Great Wall to pursue the life of fighting and fighting.
Liu Che looked at the map and wondered if the Huns were really invading Mayi.
Then Li Guang will probably be able to play soy sauce again this time.
The reason is very simple. Chaonasi is the fortress of the Middle Road and the key to guarding the gateway to Guanzhong.
As long as the Huns cannot break through Yunzhong or Yanmen, he will probably have to watch the show from behind.
But there are reasons for making such a deployment.
The Northern Knights and the current cavalry in Longyou and Beidi have only started training in the past two or three years, and they are all new recruits.
The cavalry, which was originally in Beidi and Longyou, has now entered the counties of the Great Wall and the five major field corps of the Han army.
As for those northern knights, although they are elites, they are also an important combat force of the Han army.
But after all, they are reserve forces. If they don't get enough training, they have to rush into battle. Obviously, they will suffer losses.
I sent Li Guang there in the hope that Li Guang could take advantage of this opportunity to hone and integrate the recruits from the North, Longyou and the knights from the North, and strive to bring out a new standing army.
In this way, the Han army will have six main forces in the future that can be summoned and fight when they come. If they fight, they will win.
Liu Che quietly did arithmetic problems in his mind.
Now, the Juzhu Army stationed at Yanmen Pass has almost 7,000 cavalry, in addition to about 7,000 infantry.
The Flying Fox Army recently expanded the number of cavalry and infantry to 5,000, while the number of infantry is approximately 17,000.
Xiliu Camp, as the top trump card of the Han army, currently has more than 12,000 cavalry under its command.
The total combat strength of these three aces is nearly 50,000!
About half of them are cavalry, about 25,000.
This is pure combat strength!
In ancient times, it was often seen that someone boasted and said: Labor and capital are worth a million!
But in fact, if you look carefully, you can find that it only costs 200,000 to 300,000 yuan.
Among these two to three hundred thousand people, there are only twenty to thirty thousand people who are the backbone of the battle and the elites who charge into battle.
Generally, after defeating his main force of 20,000 to 30,000 men and the lions with one million armors, they immediately collapsed.
This is true even for the nomads in the north.
How can you control four hundred thousand by playing strings?
The total number of beheadings in Huo Qubing and Wei Qing's career, added up, is only about 80,000 or 90,000.
Then the Xiongnu fell into despair and retreated into Mobei, refusing to come out to seek death.
The Aries, Loufan, Zhelan, and the three tribes combined may have a total of about 100,000 men.
However, the number of people who actually went into battle was only 30,000!
Others, waving flags, shouting and grabbing things, are qualified.
But if you want to charge into battle, you may be so scared that you will pee your pants before you get halfway through!
Fifty thousand against thirty thousand, after deducting the infantry, the cavalry strength of the two sides is already equal.
But Liu Che still felt that it was not safe.
After all, although the cavalry Han army had the equipment advantage, the experience and tactical advantages lay with the Huns.
This battle was the first confrontation between Han and Huns since Liu Che came to the throne.
It can be said that victory is allowed but defeat is not allowed!
Liu Che must ensure that he is the destined emperor and the divine king who has been granted kingship by heaven from one victory to another!
"Order the Yulin Guards and the Huben Guards to send out a thousand cavalry each, and draw 3,000 cavalry from each of the Southern Army and the Northern Army. With Dongchenghou Yi Zong as the Hussar General, they will immediately advance to the Wuzhou Fortress near Mayi!"
Liu Che decisively put a chip on the balance of victory that was enough to decide the outcome.
The Yulin Guards and the Huben Guards have always been Liu Che's teaching team.
The size of these two guards has now expanded to 5,000 people.
It is already a veritable army, not just a guard anymore.
Zhang Tang went to Nanyang and took away hundreds of people, and Yi Zong took away more than 2,000 people when he went to Yunzhong.
But what they took away was not the real essence.
This time, the cavalry sent out by Liu Che is the absolute trump card that he values and will rely on in the future - the cuirassiers!
The Yulin Guard and the Tiger Guard now only have a total of two thousand cuirassiers.
In fact, there are only two thousand cuirassiers in the entire world now.
They started to gradually change into breastplates last year, and now they have been conducting wall charge training in Shanglin Garden for nearly ten months.
With their participation, Liu Che was relieved about the outcome of the war.
Although it is said that the key to determining the outcome of a war lies in people.
However, it is impossible for a spiritual atomic bomb to capture a position covered with barbed wire and machine guns with bare hands.
Cuirassiers are an unsolvable bug in today's world.
They want speed and speed, and they want defense and defense.
The Huns' bronze arrow clusters and bronze spears could not threaten the cuirassiers at all.
In addition, there were 6,000 elite cavalry drawn from the Northern and Southern armies.
Liu Che believed that this force commanded by Yi Zong would definitely surprise the Huns on the battlefield, and even kneel down and call daddy.
After mobilizing the army, Liu Che began to discuss and agree on combat arrangements with the generals.
"Although I don't know much about the military, I also know that war must have a purpose!" Liu Che said to the generals: "In this battle, I have only one purpose: to eat all the invading Xiongnu soldiers, so that the whole world will know that they are guilty.
A strong man will surely create a great crisis in the world!"
Liu Che's statement made the generals even more excited.
Destroy the barbarians and use their heads to demonstrate your achievements and martial arts. This is a holy act praised by poems and books, a great deed praised by the ancestors!
The poem Nan Zhong is still praised by people today.
Obviously, if such a great achievement can be accomplished, then in the future, our status in the history of Qing Dynasty will naturally be the same as that of Nan Zhong, and we will be respected by future generations.
However, it is not that easy to eat these three tribes invaded by the Huns.
Before Mayi, there are more than a hundred miles of plains and mountains.
Therefore, once the Huns find something wrong, they may flee.
Moreover, even if the Huns did come to Mayi City, it would be very difficult to completely eliminate them in frontal combat.
Li Ji and Han Daidang have a deep understanding of this.
The two of them had almost lifelong dealings with the Huns.
It is very clear that the Huns' methods and the difficulties of the three old friends are difficult to deal with.
But since the emperor has set the tone for the war, a smart minister will never go against the grain.
What's more, everyone is still very confident now.
The popular equipment of stirrups, saddles and horseshoes allowed the Han cavalry to be at least an era ahead of the Huns in terms of tactics and combat effectiveness.
Although it has not been tested in actual combat, judging from the frictions in the past few years, the current Han army has completely surpassed the Huns in terms of combat effectiveness and firepower.
Therefore, the emperor’s requirements are not unattainable. (To be continued.)
PS: This chapter was particularly difficult to write today~~~It took me all night to revise it~~~Sweat~
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