Everyone knows that once Tuyuhun invades the counties in Hexi, the people will face killing and plunder, and their parents, wives, and children will become slaves and live like livestock for life after life.
Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, this land has never been far away from wars. The people have also complained about the corruption and harshness of the Han bureaucrats. However, compared to the killings of the barbarians, our own people are more trustworthy.
Fang Jun wore a straight jacket and rode his horse slowly forward at the mouth of the valley to supervise the construction of the fortress.
A fast horse drove out from the mountain pass like lightning. The knight on the horse shouted loudly: "Tuyuhun has rebelled, and an army of 100,000 has been assembled and is heading towards the Qilian Mountains!"
The busy crowd at the scene suddenly fell silent.
The Tuyuhun rebellion was already an established fact, and its crossing over the Qilian Mountains and into the west of the Kou River had long been confirmed, but now that the enemy was really roaring in, it still made the soldiers and civilians present feel nervous.
War is coming!
Fang Jun rode on his horse, looked around, and then said loudly: "Inform all the generals and gather them in the big tent!"
"Here!"
The soldiers around him rushed out and went to inform the generals everywhere.
Fang Jun turned his horse back and galloped towards the Chinese military tent set up not far from the Ruoshui River.
After a cup of tea, the generals gathered in the Chinese military tent.
Fang Jun pointed at the scout and said, "Tell me the detailed information about Tuyuhun."
"Here."
The scout stood in the tent and gave out the information one by one.
Tuyuhun Khan Nuohebo succeeded to the throne and gathered 100,000 troops from various tribes at Yazhang on the bank of Qinghai Lake. Ten days ago, he vowed to march north and cross the foothills of the Qilian Mountains to the west of the Kou River. This was done by Nuohebo in order to ease internal conflicts.
Although he was Fushun's son, he was not very capable and had insufficient qualifications. Many tribes did not accept his succession to the throne of Khan. It can be said that he did this as a last resort.
There was silence in the tent.
Fang Jun slowly sipped his tea and said it was "an army of one hundred thousand". In fact, it was impossible for anyone to do so.
It is a common strategy to exaggerate the number of troops before launching a war to scare the enemy. After all, ancient investigation methods were limited, and it was impossible to distinguish between 100,000 and 80,000 people, as long as it was not too outrageous.
But there are many that are outrageous.
There is a "history book" in South Korea that records the so-called "History of the Empire", saying that its ancestors originated from the Pamir Plateau, created a glorious history in 6,000 BC, led the world, and awakened the Yellow River Civilization, Hongshan
Civilization also records that ancient Korea was a huge empire whose territory covered China and Japan. China and Japan were both descendants of it. A war could mobilize more than millions of troops.
The Burmese history book "Liu Li Gong Ji" records that its kings experienced 84,000 generations. At its peak, Myanmar had 189,000 cities. What's even more outrageous is that the book records that the king's patrol army numbered 800,000.
Ships, 800,000 elephants, 180 million soldiers...
Even Journey to the West didn’t dare to write like this.
There are similar records in Japanese history books. In the Battle of Pyongyang in the Ming Dynasty, the famous general Li Rusong had one million cavalrymen. It seems that Toyotomi Hideyoshi was beaten to a pulp...
The ancient Greek historian Herodotus recorded that Persia sent an army of 5,283,220 men to attack Greece. This army could drink up a river at a time and eat 4,700 tons of wheat every day. It was then completely defeated by three hundred Greek warriors...
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The Persians expressed dissatisfaction. Caesar recorded in "Gaul Wars" that Rome defeated 430,000 Gaulish troops with zero casualties. Each Roman soldier was an invulnerable master...
It is recorded in the Indian history book "Makupharata" that India once suffered 1.6 billion casualties in a war...
It is these absurd so-called "history books" that scholars hope to regard as official history and the origin of their civilization. Instead, they try their best to denigrate, scorn, and refuse to acknowledge various Chinese documents and oral accounts.
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Fang Jun said: "It's just an exaggeration. There are less than 300,000 Tuyuhun people. How can they raise an army of 100,000? In my opinion, the army that invaded this time is only about seven or eight, and among them, the elite troops do not exceed 50,000.
.We can rely on the fortress at the mouth of Dadou Bagogu and cooperate with firearms to fight."
This statement was naturally intended to stabilize the morale of the military.
The Youtun Guards only number 20,000. If the enemy really has 100,000, they will have to fight one against five. Even with the power of firearms, such a disparity in strength will cause panic among the soldiers.
After all, firearms have only been around for such a short time, and it is unprecedented for the entire army to be equipped with firearms. No one knows exactly how much combat power they can exert in the face of war...
Pei Xingjian also said: "The Qilian Mountains are crisscrossed with ravines and ravines, and the road is difficult to navigate. It will take a lot of effort for the Tuyuhun people to cross the Qilian Mountains. Even if they rush out of the valley mouth, they will be exhausted. We will form a formation here to wait for the hard work, and we must fight head on.
Beat them severely so that they will know the power of our great Tang Dynasty tigers, and they can do whatever they want if they are not barbarians!"
The generals in the tent were infected by his momentum and shouted: "We must win!"
The morale was boosted for a while.
The Tang army has never done this kind of thing with less to defeat more. Remember when the guards of Youtun came out of Baidao and went straight to Mobei, Xue Yantuo, who was known to have hundreds of thousands of string control men, was wiped out by Li Ting.
You are not worthy enough to carry Xue Yantuo's shoes, so why should you be afraid?
Fang Jun had an expression of approval on his face, nodded slowly, and said: "All the scouts are sent out to closely monitor the mountain passes in the Qilian Mountains. If there is any disturbance, they must report it in time so that they can respond promptly. All armies are ready and mobilized, and the ordnance is inspected.
Armor, conduct the firearms inspection again, if there are any problems, deal with them in time!"
He looked around at the crowd and said solemnly: "This battle can only be won, not defeated. Either the Tuyuhun people will be defeated, or we will be buried here and die to serve the country! Behind us are hundreds of thousands of people from the counties in Hexi.
In the past, Hexi was Guanzhong, and there were our parents, wives, and children there! From ancient times to the present, whenever the dynasty was invaded by barbarians, crazy plundering and brutal killings followed. As soldiers, we should
To serve as a national barrier, we use our flesh and blood to build an iron-like Great Wall to keep the enemy out of the country! If you neglect your duty, you will die a hundred times to atone for your sin!"
Before the battle, he wanted to unify the army's determination to fight to the death for the last time.
Since ancient times, there have been many battles in which the weak defeated the strong and outnumbered the masses. However, every time the weaker side must go all out and fight to the death, only in this way can the greatest potential be unleashed and an incredible myth be created.
The current battle situation is like this. Although the Tang Army has completed epoch-making modifications and equipped with a sufficient number of firearms to almost crush the entire time and space in combat power, in the final analysis it is still at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers. Weapons and equipment are by no means the only thing that determines the outcome of a war.
The key factor is military spirit.
The quality of the soldiers of the Tang army was better than that of the Tuyuhun people, and they also had the power of firearms. If they could unite as one and unite as one, then it would be possible to defeat the many with less.
On the contrary, if the army is afraid of the enemy and has lost morale, then there is no need to fight this battle. Even if the Tang army is given a few missiles, it will still be defeated...
"Here!"
The generals and colonels in the tent responded in unison, all of them staring angrily, their morale skyrocketing!
The commander-in-chief's words are correct. If Hexi is lost, Guanzhong will face the frontline of the enemy's troops. There are Tibetans behind it who are ready to move. If you are not careful, the capital may fall.
Not only is that a shame that is rare throughout the ages, but it will also expose their parents, wives, and children to the plundering and killing of the ferocious barbarians!
As a man of the Tang Dynasty, I will die if I die, and I will never let the barbarians step into the pass!
The Emperor of Qin built the Great Wall with huge stones to resist Hu Ma's southward march; today, the Youtun Guards used flesh and blood as the Great Wall to block the invading Tyuhun people in the Great Dou Valley!
Fang Jun said happily: "Very good! Keep this morale up, be determined to die, and go down and prepare."
"Here!"
The generals responded with a roar and filed out.
Fang Jun only left behind his two right-hand men, Pei Xingjian and Cheng Wuting.
After inviting the two people to sit down in front of him, he asked someone to make a pot of tea. Pei Xingjian made the tea. Fang Jun said: "The preparations that need to be made have been made. The next step is to fight with real swords and guns. The enemy's force is huge.
, but we are fully prepared, and victory or defeat is only a matter of life and death."
War is never predictable, and even though he had deep confidence in the power of firearms, Fang Jun did not dare to be too confident.
Pei Xingjian picked up the tea cup, glanced at the hot sunshine outside the window, and said: "The weather has been excellent recently. Rain will not affect the use of firearms, which is a big plus. But the key to this battle is how long it can hold off the enemy.
If we cannot stop them and the enemy forces break into the Hexi counties, it will be difficult for us to clear them out with our troops, and we will fall into a passive position. If we resist for too long, I am afraid that the supply of firearms will not be able to keep up."
Although firearms are powerful, they consume too much. If the supply cannot keep up, it will be in trouble...