Chapter 2169 It is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice
Officials from various prefectures in Liangzhou have their own responsibilities to defend their territory, and they dare not come to Anding at this time.
Pei Zilie and Xu Deyan walked into the government office one after another.
"See you, Duke of Jin!" The civil and military officials saluted in unison.
"The war is tense, so let's skip the red tape," Pei Zilie waved his hand, "As you can see, I came here overnight in a light vehicle. Let's not talk nonsense. Who can tell Yu what the current situation in Wuwei is like?"
Pei Zilie got straight to the point, which made the civil and military officials heave a sigh of relief.
Now that the war is tense and everyone is busy, if the Duke comes and greets everyone with polite greetings, or even sends a letter to him if he has something important to do, and puts on a good show, then everyone will
It's really going to collapse.
Fortunately, Pei Zilie's own reputation has always been good among the Han army, otherwise everyone would probably find reasons not to come.
It’s not like Pei Zilie has never been to the northwest before. When the Han Dynasty fought a decisive battle with the Turks in the northwest, it was related to the life and death of the Han Dynasty, which had not been established for a long time but had a long front. Except for Wu Huijue’s troops on the eastern front, almost all the famous generals of the Han Dynasty were now included.
They all once served in the northwest battlefield. However, most of the officials who could work with Pei Zilie at that time were now chief officials of one party. Therefore, Pei Zilie looked around and found that there were also unfamiliar faces in the government offices.
A sand table has been set up in the center of the meeting hall, and the situation in Wuwei can be seen at a glance.
Tuyuhun's soldiers and horses came from the west and north of Wuwei. As the capital of Qianliang and Houliang, Wuwei is indeed a powerful city. In terms of the size of the city and its defense system, etc.
Wait, Anding is actually not as good as Wuwei. It's a pity that Wuwei is too close to Tuyuhun and too far from Chang'an.
Wuwei is located between the desert and the Qilian Mountains. There is the Great Wall extending from the edge of the desert to the north, and the mountains to the south are natural barriers. In fact, the only things that really need to be guarded against are enemies coming from the east or west.
The Great Wall of the Han Dynasty actually extended to Yangguan and Yumenguan in Dunhuang. However, because the Yellow Sand Gobi was not suitable for building city walls, the Great Wall after passing Wuwei and officially entering the Hexi Corridor was actually built with beacons.
Form exists, and the enemy is unlikely to emerge from the desert anyway.
The city wall in this area of Wuwei is still intact after all. After Liangzhou became a state, the city wall was extended to the plains to cover the west side of Wuwei City to prevent the grassland tribes or powerful powers from the Western Regions at that time from coming over from the west and directly drilling through the capital.
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After Yu Wenxin was stationed in Wuwei, he focused on repairing the remaining Great Wall and beacons around Wuwei, and gradually formed a complete defense system.
Now the Han army relies on the Great Wall and beacons that are more than one layer outside Wuwei City, builds trenches and earthen forts, resists step by step, and uses the advantages of its own weapons and equipment as much as possible to exchange for the huge gap in strength with the enemy.
But everyone knows that this is not a foolproof strategy after all.
No matter how solid the defense is, it will never be able to withstand the enemy's uninterrupted attacks. Especially now that Tuyuhun has more soldiers and horses, it has gradually begun to use the simplest and crudest method, which is to fill the ground with human lives, plus building a large number of trebuchets.
Concentrated attack.
No matter how deep the trench is, it will always be filled with corpses. No matter how high the city wall is, it will collapse one day under the bombardment of trebuchets. The soil outside Wuwei City is also like that. Although the wall is built inside
There are still stones as support, but after all, it can't change the fact that the outside is just rammed earth, and hitting it with stone bullets will definitely have an effect.
And when the enemy's trebuchets are numerous enough, the Han army's artillery will have no effect. No matter how powerful an artillery is, it will never be able to make up for the huge gap in numbers, defeating far more than ten times more than one's own.
The opponent. Now the front line is facing a very embarrassing situation. Once the artillery fires, it will immediately be taken care of by countless trebuchets. Soon, the section of the city wall where the artillery is located will be directly stripped clean.
This also led to the frontline soldiers having to place the artillery on the mounds erected behind the city wall, or simply raise the artillery as high as possible and fire on the flat ground behind the city wall to achieve lob shooting as much as possible. But in this way, the power of the artillery
The accuracy is naturally not as good as direct shooting, and the range is also greatly reduced - after all, the distance is far and it is a high parabola, right?
This is also the reason why the front line is frequently in emergency.
It only took a short time for the enemy to break through the outer city wall. When the time comes, a Wuwei City will be surrounded by enemies on all sides, and you can imagine how long it can defend it. And more importantly, there is no need for Tuyuhun's cavalry to be limited to Wuwei City, even if they cross Wuwei City
Just continue attacking the cities in the northwest.
Now the Qiang soldiers and horses are very likely to arrive at the Wuwei battlefield from the south. This means that Wuwei's weak southern flank defense line will be greatly threatened. There is no city wall on the south side to rely on. Once it is breached by the Qiang people, the west side will
No matter how strong the defensive line on the north side is, it can only be thrown away.
In a few words, Xu Deyan and several generals made it clear the situation Wuwei was facing now. Pei Zilie frowned and said: "The fighting on both sides of the front line is fierce, but there is still a chance to fight. Once the Qiang people also launch an attack from the south, our army will inevitably
We can only give up Wuwei voluntarily, otherwise we will be surrounded by Wuwei City and the situation will be more difficult to recover."
"Therefore, my subordinates have discussed with the governor before, and took the initiative to send troops from Jincheng, all the way to the northwest to support Wuwei, and all the way directly into the Huangshui River, cutting off the Qiang people's way of sending troops." Xu Deyan said directly, and then felt helpless, "It's a pity that now
Insufficient troops and horses..."
"After the Gong Han Army and the Zhenlin Army arrive, they can go directly to Jincheng and then advance along the Huangshui River. In addition, soldiers and horses from Lingwu and other places in the northwest must be prepared to return to stabilize the situation." Pei Zilie said in a deep voice.
Lingwu was the place where the Han Dynasty fought a decisive battle with the Turks. Now it has become an important fortress for the Han Dynasty on the northwest frontier to guard against enemies coming from the grasslands. However, because the Turks have disappeared, and the Xue Yantuo tribe’s activity range is not so far west, the top
Most of them have to arrive in the Pingcheng area, so the troops stationed in Lingwu and other places naturally seem a bit redundant.
After the fall of Wuwei, even if you voluntarily abandon Lingwu and other garrisoned important towns, you must first ensure that Anding can be defended. Otherwise, if Anding is lost again, Lingwu will be alone outside the fortress, and it will be of no use.
"This is natural." Xu Deyan said hurriedly, "This has been arranged."
Pei Zilie was startled for a moment, and then he sighed helplessly: "I dare you, you are such a clever woman, but it's hard to make a meal without rice."
Xu Deyan and the others have thought of these possible countermeasures.
But there is no one, no soldiers, so what’s the use of thinking about it?
Xu Deyan and others couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly.