At the foot of Helan Mountain, the green plains on both sides of the river are lush with grass, which makes Fusu, the young master who has been beaten by the wind and sand, feel relaxed and happy.
After Fusu nodded in agreement, Tang Duo, a poet who knew a lot about farming, got off his horse and tried the soil. He was pleasantly surprised to find that, unlike the yellow sand and hard soil that he had traveled hundreds of miles along the way, the soil here was made from years of siltation by the river.
, withered and dead vegetation, black soil moistened by cattle and sheep excrement.
Tang Duo said: "If we follow the standards in "Yu Gong", we can at least reach the middle of the field. If we use this big river to open ditches, we can even reach the upper middle!"
Each school has its own ancient saints that it admires, and the one the Mohists admire the most is Dayu. Therefore, although most of the Mohists were small craftsmen, they did not discriminate against farmers. After entering the Qin Dynasty, they gradually merged with the farmers who took refuge with Lu Buwei, but
I also absorbed a lot of knowledge from them.
Fusu nodded and smiled again: "Didn't Mr. Chunyu firmly say that everything outside the Great Wall is useless wasteland? We should really take him to see it."
Chunyu Yue could not answer this question, because although Fusu had to come here to join the army, he could not bring too many men, so he left Chunyu Yue in Huamachi.
In the world view of the Central Plains people, they do feel that everything outside the Central Plains is the Four Wildernesses. Starting from the Four Wildernesses, the further you go out, the worse the environment becomes, until you reach the Four Poles. Only barbarians and Rongdi can survive in such a desolate place.
, civilized Central Plains people do not need to get involved.
Fusu had previously thought so, and this was one of the reasons why he opposed his father's use of troops against the Four Wildernesses. However, the scene in front of him greatly increased his knowledge.
But this does not change Fusu's belief that the cost of this war far outweighs the gain.
"Yes, there is indeed a large area of good land at the foot of the Helan Mountains, but by expropriating the people, delaying the farming season, and desolating the interior as the price, and traveling thousands of miles to open up the frontier in order to seek prosperity, isn't this the opposite? If the people are allowed to rest at home
The new land cleared for cultivation and grass cultivation may far exceed the value of this land."
Qin had more than enough land but not enough for the people. Killing what was not enough and fighting for all the surplus could not be called wisdom.
But Fusu could only keep this sentence in his heart and could not say it. The last thing the supervisor could do was to break the morale of the army.
With a gentle smile, he headed straight to the riverside military camp under the leadership of Fu Zhi. The Beidi and Longxi armies had met here and were now stationed together. Li Xin also only brought his soldiers. The two armies combined were about
With 30,000 people, the camp is already quite large.
The northern soldiers who knew about Fusu pointed to the military supervisor's banner on the military vehicle from a distance, and proudly told the Longxi soldiers that this was the eldest son coming to the front line. The military supervisor in Longxi was Meng Yi, who was still behind to oversee the army.
Although Liang's status is not low, compared to the eldest son, his status is more than a little inferior.
According to Fusu's prior knowledge, the total number of Xiongnu men in Helan Mountain was no more than 10,000, and they could not pose a threat to this army at all. But starting from twenty miles away, he discovered that sentry scouts were patrolling back and forth, showing extreme vigilance.
The camp was also firmly established, and sharp antlers were distributed on important roads, which were sharp weapons to guard against cavalry raids.
After entering the large tent where Li Xin and General Heifu were discussing military affairs without any obstruction, Fusu felt that the atmosphere here was solemn. All the generals looked solemn, and the staff pointed at the map and argued.
"May I ask the two generals, what happened?"
After Heifu nodded to Li Xin, he took a deep breath and informed Fusu of the bad news.
"Sir, there are no traces of the Huns in the Helan Grassland. General Li and I have sent scouts to search in all directions. Just now, Hou Qi, who was patrolling in the north, brought back two messengers with several arrows in their bodies. It was me four days ago.
The Liangjiazi knights who were sent to warn General Feng Jie. They told me that two hundred miles away, at Baiyang Mountain, there were more than 10,000 soldiers from Shangjun, and they were besieged by 50,000 to 60,000 Xiongnu horsemen!"
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"Fifty or sixty thousand riders?"
Xiaoshi Fusu didn't know much about military matters, so he was startled by this number and broke into a cold sweat, and couldn't help but blurt out:
"Could it be that the scouts misunderstood? How could the Xiongnu have fifty or sixty thousand people? Didn't General Wei tell his father before that the entire Xiongnu, excluding the four tribes in Henan, only has 780,000 or 80,000 horses?
The Xiongnu, including their half-grown children who can shoot bows, have at most ten thousand horses. Shouldn’t the main force of the Xiongnu be in Beijia, fighting the Qiang and Mongolian generals? How could so many men and horses be gathered in Henan now?”
If this is the case, will their Shanyu Royal Court and Touman City be abandoned?
Heifu shook his head: "Then another person came back, and his account was no different from the other two. I believe that the soldiers under my command are all well-trained warrior knights, and there will be no mistakes!"
What he is most worried about right now, apart from the annihilation of his friendly forces by the Huns, is the dozens of good men who stayed behind to lure away the Huns' scouts in order for Hou Qi to return successfully and report the news.
Gan Chong, a young man whose background was not as good as Qianghua's, and whose courage was not as good as Fu Zhi's. Hei Fu also did not pay much attention and expectations to him, but he used his fearlessness and fearlessness to send back important information. Hei Fu really hopes,
He was able to miraculously survive being pursued by hundreds of Huns without dying.
At this time, Li Xin said: "All the scouts in Longxi said that the Helan grassland is empty."
He raised his head and looked at Heifu and Fusu: "Since the Huns can give up Helan, why can't they give up Wangting? Give up Beijia and even Hetao!"
Heifu showed a wry smile: "Yes, the Huns and the Central Plains people have different concepts of land. Temporarily giving up large areas of territory is unreasonable to the Central Plains countries, but to the Huns, it is nothing.
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The Qin Dynasty had never fought against grassland kingdoms such as the Xiongnu in the past. Although it increased the proportion of cavalry, its combat thinking was still the same as when fighting the Six Kingdoms in the past, which was to use force to press.
Due to the logistical pressure of the war, the Qin army could not gather everyone in one place on a two-thousand-mile front line. Otherwise, its own supplies would collapse first without fighting, so it could only adopt the method of "separate attack and combined attack".
It seems that the Qin army has a total of 300,000 troops, although half of them are civilians. After losing Lin Hu and Yan Yan, and being defeated by Hei Fu, the Xiongnu's strength was greatly reduced, and they were outnumbered.
Hard to win.
But what is the multitude and what is the minority?
It is by no means a simple addition of the total force, but depends on the strength invested by both sides within a limited time and location. This is also what Sun Tzu strives for in the Art of War: "I am dedicated and the enemy is divided." In the future, it is about "concentrating superior forces."
, annihilate the enemies one by one."
As the weaker side, the Xiongnu foolishly fought a decisive battle with the main force of the Qin army, and their chances of winning were not high. They could only use the terrain, maneuver and fight, get into the gaps between the various units of the Qin army, concentrate their forces, and annihilate one of them first.
At this point, the war strategy that the Huns had been planning for half a year was ready to come out.
"First use the half-year truce between the Qin army to collect grain and slowly evacuate people and animals. Anyway, the grassland is vast and grazing can be done everywhere in the summer. This will allow our army to go deep outside the fortress, lengthen the supply line, and completely achieve our own goals.
Exposed!"
"But the Xiongnu concentrated their forces. No matter how many ways you come, I will only go all the way." Heifu said: "Touman Shanyu must be thinking this way!"
"That's right, the one who knows how to use the weak will win."
Li Xin nodded: "This time, the Huns have the upper hand to win!"
This is war, and plans can never keep up with changes.
Fusu tightened his grip on the sword at his waist. Even if the Qin Dynasty were victorious and captured Beijia and Henan, he still didn't feel that the Qin Dynasty gained more than it lost, let alone destroyed all the way first? That's 20,000 soldiers! If they died outside the fortress,
Even though Fusu did not need to be responsible for Shangjun soldiers, he still felt that he had done something wrong.
At this time, Heifu stared at the map and suddenly laughed.
Everyone in the tent was at a loss what to do. When Fu Su saw Hei Fu suddenly overjoyed, he said, "Does General Wei have some countermeasures?"
Hei Fu nodded and said: "The reason for his joy is that General Feng Jie found a great opportunity for Qin to annihilate the main force of the Huns!"
Everyone looked at each other, but only the veteran general Li Xin reacted: "Yes, although Touman Chanyu is cunning, I'm afraid he made a mistake."
He pointed at the location of Aries Mountain on the map and said, "What he picked is not an easy persimmon!"
Heifu expressed his approval: "That's right, each of the four border armies of our Great Qin Dynasty are strong soldiers who have experienced the test of conquering the Six Kingdoms. They are all tough bones to crack!"
"But I heard something."
After Fusu entered the army, he still read some military books, although he was only at the preliminary understanding stage.
He said: "The ancients said that a chariot is worth six riders, and six cavalry are worth one pawn. The chariot rider is also the military soldier of the army. Ten chariots can defeat a thousand people, and a hundred chariots can defeat ten thousand people. Ten cavalry can defeat a hundred people, and a hundred cavalry can defeat them.
Thousands of people, this is a large number."
"Right now, General Feng is located in a vast expanse of grassland. It is not enough to defeat one cavalry with one step. How much more to defeat 60,000 barbarian cavalry with more than 10,000 people?"
Li Xin, who was the best at using cavalry in the Qin Dynasty, shook his head: "Sir, there is a saying in the art of war that if the chariot and the cavalry are defeated in battle, then one cavalry cannot serve as an infantry."
Improper use of chariots and cavalry means that one cavalryman is not as good as one infantryman in battle. The cavalry is the eyes of the army and can be used for reconnaissance and warning, tracking and pursuing the fleeing enemy, cutting off the enemy's food routes and attacking stragglers.
The enemy, even if the Huns were good at cavalry and archery, their use of cavalry was just that because they did not have high saddles and stirrups.
They are certainly very strong in mobile warfare on the grassland, but besieging solid vehicle fortresses with infantry and attacking the front line with powerful bows and crossbows is not their strong point.
Heifu added: "Especially the Shangjun soldiers. Last time they lent a thousand crossbowmen to the North to guard the grain team, they shot thousands of Huns cavalry and retreated in panic. Now they are in a favorable terrain. If they rely on Baiyang Mountain to
The four warriors rush into the formation to meet the enemy, and the Xiongnu will never be able to break through the formation in a short period of time!"
Heifu raised his hand and included the entire Henan area on the map with his palm: "The Huns thought that they had surrounded the Shangjun soldiers and could retreat after annihilating them. Little did they know that outside them, three Qin armies gathered, and the Qiang
, General Mongolia must also have discovered that the main force of the Xiongnu is not in Beijia, but in Henan, and has sent troops to support it."
"Now, as long as the troops from Shangjun hold their ground and hold back the Huns, our northern and Longxi armies will rush to their aid and cut off the Xiongnu's retreat north to Hetao, making them unable to attack or retreat. They will be trapped in the desert and between the rivers.
In the meantime, wait for the reinforcements from the second Qiang and Meng generals to arrive..."
Heifu knocked on Feng Lingfu's position in Baiyang Mountain and said optimistically:
"Then we can coordinate the inside and the outside, and give the Huns a center to blossom!"