Seven hundred and ninetieth chapters temple calculation (2)
"Your Majesty, please bring me the defense map of Mayi!" Zhou Yafu asked.
Liu Che nodded and gave instructions to Wang Dao beside him, who immediately went to get the latest defense map of Mayi.
After Liu Che came to the throne, the first thing he did was to turn the carrier of military maps and various technical atlases into blank paper.
At the same time, the surveying and mapping technology has been further improved, and many simple, but very effective surveying and mapping techniques have been applied.
At the same time, a large number of outstanding surveying and mapping talents have been cultivated in Lantai.
For more than three years, these talents have worked hard day and night. Today, they have basically completed the mapping of strategic points of the Northern Great Wall.
Therefore, the Mayi defense plan that appeared in front of everyone immediately attracted the attention of all the generals.
Contour lines, scale bars, and more diversified map rulers allow people to clearly see Mayi City and its surrounding mountains and rivers at a glance.
Han law stipulates that in areas close to frontier fortresses, there should be one lieutenant or scholar every 100 miles away.
In these areas, all the people are soldiers.
Xiangting uniformly armed men over the age of twenty.
In the area more than a hundred miles away from Mayi, the Han army deployed seven outposts and at the same time fettered three small nomadic tribes who had defected to the Han Dynasty.
These tribes usually graze cattle for the Han army and serve as mobile security posts.
During wartime, they served as guides for the Han army and to detect the movements of the Xiongnu army.
In the past, it was difficult to clearly mark these outposts and the activities of the nomadic tribes on the map.
We can only use some symbols that symbolize beacon towers to roughly identify certain areas.
People who are not familiar with the local situation may be confused when looking at the map. They have no idea at all the specific locations of the Han army's mobile outposts and beacon towers.
You also need to ask people who are familiar with the situation to know the specific local conditions.
However, it is actually difficult for people to understand the actual situation by relying on language alone.
Therefore, Chang'an often made mistakes in its judgment on frontier fortresses.
And this kind of mistake will lead to huge losses in wartime.
For example, eighteen years ago, 140,000 Huns rode into Kou Yunzhong and Yanmen. The emperor and ministers of Chang'an at that time made a huge mistake - they mistakenly believed that the military strength deployed in the north was enough to resist the Xiongnu army.
In fact, the Northland Army had an army of about 3,000 men at that time, but they were not on the battlefield at all. They were stationed in a safe area far away from the Central Road.
This misjudgment led to the fall of Chaonase, the death of the Northern Commander Sun Xuan in battle, and thousands of casualties among soldiers and civilians.
But now, with this detailed map, the tragedy of Chaonase will never happen again.
Through this map, even Liu Che, a military novice, looked carefully and wanted to eat the invading Xiongnu tribe. The key was Wuzhou Fortress.
Wuzhou Fortress is about seventy miles before Mayi. At present, it is only a small military fortress.
It was also a key stronghold for the Han army outside the Great Wall.
There is a Sima army stationed in the local area all year round, about five hundred people.
It looks like this is just a small fortress.
But in fact, Wuzhou Fortress once had a glorious past.
In the Qin Dynasty, this was a Qin army base comparable to Yanmen Pass. The Qin army stationed thousands of elites there all year round to monitor and attack the nomadic tribes on the grasslands.
In later generations, this fortress became even more famous.
The core of the Great Wall of the Northern Wei Dynasty was Wuzhou.
The stronghold of the Ming Great Wall, Datong City, was built near the ruins of Wuzhou Fortress.
However, since the Qin army abandoned Hetao, Wuzhou Fortress has lost its past glory.
Years of war meant that the Han army was unable to operate such a large fortress so far away from the Great Wall.
The Han army chose to retreat hundreds of miles and set up defenses in Mayi, forming an angle with Yanmen Pass and echoing each other.
"Your Majesty, if you want to completely wipe out the main force of the invading Xiongnu, I think you might as well order Xiliu Camp to come out of the Great Wall, raid the Xiongnu's baggage, cut off their backup, and force them to have to fight our army under the city of Mayi!" Li Ji looked at it!
After reading the map, he said.
In the past, he had been stationed at Yanmen Pass all year round, and he knew the local topography very well. He knew very well that if the Huns attacked Mayi, their route of action and the area where the old, weak and livestock would be stationed in the rear.
He stretched out his hand and measured it on the map, and then said with great certainty: "If the Northerners don't come, they will camp here!"
His hand was pointed directly in front of an unnamed lake on the grassland about a hundred miles north of Wuzhou Fortress.
"The three tribes of the Xiongnu have hundreds of thousands of livestock. They cannot settle here except here!"
In ancient times, when the army fought, even the nomads in the north needed to choose a rear area so that they could quickly supply the cavalry in the front.
Especially at this time, the Huns' cavalry did not have horseshoes, stirrups or saddles, which made their horses easily injured and infected.
This is also the reason why the Huns chose to invade in winter.
The low temperature in winter can reduce the chance of infection after the war horse is injured.
You know, even among nomadic tribes, war horses are very valuable property.
Liu Che listened to Li Ji's judgment and nodded.
Among the generals present, Li Ji is the absolute Yanmen expert.
He stayed there for twenty years.
Since he said this, then that's all.
But, is Xiliuying going to replace the Great Wall of China?
This made both Liu Che and Zhou Yafu hesitate.
In the long period of more than fifty years, the Han army had never had the experience of going deep into the grasslands and attacking the enemy by surprise.
Xiliu Camp has never left the Great Wall and entered the grasslands.
Liu Che and Zhou Yafu had to worry that they might get lost on the vast grassland.
This is not impossible.
If you look through the history books, you can see that even the experienced warriors under Huo Qubing have lost their way.
As for Li Guang, who is now in this palace, he is a professional who has lost his way.
Even if you are a traveler in later generations, if you go deep into the grassland, you will still get lost if you don't use the GPS navigation system.
This is because there are not enough eye-catching landmarks on the grassland, and there is a lack of positioning tools.
Once Xiliuying gets lost, it may have serious consequences.
Being lost meant that they were not only unable to complete the mission of surprise attack on the Huns' baggage troops and cut off their backup.
It is more likely that this army, this trump card that may determine victory or defeat, will miss the entire battle.
Sun Tzu's Art of War said: Calculate defeat before calculating victory.
Liu Che had to consider the worst outcome.
Zhou Yafu was even more uneasy.
Zhou Yafu was assured of the combat capabilities and technology of his old army, Xiliu Camp.
However, after all, Xiliu Camp has never experienced an expedition of hundreds of miles. If something goes wrong, the consequences will be disastrous!
Liu Che and Zhou Yafu looked at each other, and the monarch and his ministers said almost in unison: "Order (your majesty) King Donghu to come out as a guide to lead the way to Xiliu Camp!"
Lu Tazhi, the king of Donghu, definitely knows the way.
As long as Lu Tazhi can agree to this, then there is no doubt that Xiliu Camp will get lost.
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In Liu Che's heart, there was another crazy idea: "Let's just let Lu Ta's jump happen!"
If Lu Tazhi rebelled, he, his Donghu tribe and two closely related vassal tribes would be able to immediately cut off the Xiongnu tribe in the Hetao area, preventing them from looking at each other.
It is even possible that after cooperating with the Han army to annihilate the Xiongnu tribe that invaded Mayi, they may continue to attack the west.
Liu Che's eyes glanced at the three strategic locations on the map of the Han Dynasty, which were only marked with a name, but without specific distances and directions - Yinshan Mountain, Rouge Mountain, and Qilian Mountain.
If the Han army can attack or even occupy these three places.
Then, it would be tantamount to pronouncing the death sentence on the Xiongnu forces in Munan.
Historically, Huo Qubing disintegrated the Xiongnu rule in Munan through the battle at Rouge Mountain, and then turned around to recruit Kunxie and Xiutu.
A genius of a generation, single-handedly surrendered tens of thousands of Xiongnu tribesmen and obtained 1.5 million livestock.
But Liu Che knew that now was not the time.
You have to eat the food one bite at a time, and trying to get rid of the Huns all at once is not only unrealistic, but it may also overwhelm you.
Now, we should only consider leaving the Aries, Loufan and Zhelan tribes under Mayi City forever.
These three tribes have always been Shan Yuting's loyal dogs and the main force and vanguard of the southern invasion.
Eliminating these three tribes will intensify the internal conflicts among the Xiongnu.
"Without the support of Aries, Zhelan and Loufan, these three idiot fans, Shan Yuting may no longer be able to suppress the ambitions of other ambitious people..." Thinking this in his heart, Liu Che decisively gave up.
The idea of war expanding.
Now is not the time.
Of course, the main reason was that it was actually very difficult for Liu Che to make Lu Tazhi obey his orders and jump back.
People are comfortable with the grass on the wall, and they only want to sell well on both sides.
Liu Che could even guess what Lu Tazhi was thinking: if the Han Dynasty is strong, help the Huns; if the Huns are strong, then help the Han Dynasty.
Anyway, maintain a balance between both sides.
You can let him go out as a guide, but Lu Tazhi hopes that the Han army can give the Xiongnu a hard blow, so that he will not only betray the Han Dynasty, but also make the Xiongnu Shan Yuting have no choice but to fawn over him, kneel and lick him, in order to prevent
He rebelled, causing an imbalance of power in the Hetao area.
However, I am afraid that such a wallflower will not end well.
Once the Han army wins in Mayi, the angry military officials will probably treat Lu Tazhi as a scapegoat.
Thinking like this, Liu Che smiled at Zhou Yafu and said, "The Prime Minister really has a good understanding with me..."
Zhou Yafu was also very proud. Being able to think of him together with the emperor only proved that he, the prime minister, really had a deep heart.
"Beyond the Wuzhou Wall, there is a deep valley that can hide 30,000 people!" Li Ji said with a smile: "General Hussar may ambush here!"
Liu Che looked at the map, nodded, and agreed to Li Ji's proposal.
At this point, the basic combat deployment has been determined.
The two trump cards of the Han army, Juzhu Army and Feihu Army, will secretly complete their pre-war assembly outside Yanmen Pass.
Yi Zong commanded the Yulin Guards and the Huben Guards, as well as the elites drawn from the northern and southern armies, and ambush in the deep valleys outside the Wuzhou Fortress. Once the Huns entered the Mayi area, they immediately sent troops to occupy the Wuzhou Fortress and beat the dogs behind closed doors.
At the same time, the Xiliu Camp entered the grassland from the Dai Great Wall and attacked the Huns' baggage by surprise, cutting off their backup and leaving them isolated and helpless under Mayi City.
Then, Xiliuying turned around, joined Yi Zong, and tightened his pockets.
At this time, the three invading Xiongnu tribes want to escape? There is no way to escape. If they want to fight, they will face the front line where Feihu and Juzhu Army are waiting seriously.
As for the breakout?
Liu Che wished they could break through!
In this way, the Han army could reproduce the glory of the Battle of Haixia.
Let the story of House of Flying Daggers repeat itself!
Even though Xiang Yu was so strong, he was in constant disintegration and isolation, and he could only commit suicide.
How could the Huns be so virtuous and able to escape intact?
The final result will only be that it will be cannibalized and devoured bit by bit by the Han army.
If they can return three to five hundred men, the Huns should burn incense!
As long as they are not stupid, the Huns can only fight the Han army under the city of Mayi.
If they win, they may still have a chance to survive.
But there are Juzhu Army and Feihu Army in front, and Xiliu Camp and the elite commander Yi Zong behind.
Three of the five main aces of the Han army participated in the battle, and one of the aces was watching eagerly from the side.
Liu Che really couldn't figure out how the Han army could lose in this war?
However, there are still several issues that need to be resolved.
First of all, who will command the Juzhu Army and the Feihu Army?
Dou Ying?
Obviously impossible!
For this literary young relative, Liu Che felt that it would be better for him to be a stay-at-home boy in Chang'an.
The older generation of generals have all retired.
Prime Minister Zhou Yafu was eager to try.
But Liu Che ruthlessly excluded him from the candidate list.
The reason is very simple - Zhou Yafu has now achieved military exploits in quelling the Wu-Chu Rebellion. If he goes to Mayi to gain military exploits again, what will Liu Che reward him with?
Become a king?
Great achievements can shock the master, but this is the way to death!
Liu Che didn't want to see him break up with Zhou Yafu and have to send this hard-working and famous general to the guillotine!
Therefore, we can only choose a suitable candidate from the rising stars.
To be honest, Zhang Yu is actually pretty good.
However, Zhang Yu was a big fan of Liu Wu, so it was inappropriate for him to go to Mayi. Secondly, he was an infantry general, not a cavalry general, and he might not be qualified for the job.
Han Anguo was passed away for the same reason.
General Li Xi is actually just okay. In history, this person once participated in the Henan Campaign under Wei Qing and his performance was remarkable.
Su Jia is actually pretty good. Su Wu's father is still good at fighting.
Captain Li Ju of Qiangnu is also a good choice. He can even get along well with Huo Qubing's subordinates. As a veteran, he assists Huo Qubing and builds immortal achievements. His temperament, character and military qualities are all qualified.
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However, Liu Che didn't want to choose these three people.
Because Liu Che felt that these three people could only lead troops, not generals.
As for the Feihu Army and the Juzhu Army, their combat effectiveness ranks among the top five of the Han Army, and their temperament naturally ranks among the top five.
Don't even think of doing anything if you can't suppress these arrogant and powerful soldiers.
Liu Che's gaze swept across the generals present, and finally rested on Cheng Bushi.
Cheng Bushi's talent in military management is beyond doubt.
Even the arrogant generals of the Hu Ben Guards, who had eyes on their foreheads, could bow down before him and obey his orders.
He brought hundreds of Tiger Guard soldiers to go to the Juzhu Army and the Feihu Army, and they were able to control the situation.
Moreover, Cheng did not know how to use soldiers. He was strict and strict, which seemed a bit old-fashioned.
However, the military, a violent machine, does not require much creativity.
Especially the Battle of Mayi tested the general's patience and judgment rather than his imagination. (To be continued.)
