Sweep the World

The first battle between the two armies lies in morale. There is a phrase like "fighting with husband, courage", and the courage of the army is reflected in morale.

For the Han army, it is customary for the two armies to fight against one another to win. What Zhong Hui wants is a great victory, with the smallest loss, not to win a city offensive and defensive with a sea of ​​corpses. The victory of the war.

The first gap appeared in the city wall of Yangyi, and the rest of the time was still a unilateral performance by the Han army. After the first gap, the wall that was constantly bombarded became more and more fragile, and several meters and even dozens of meters later happened. The city wall collapsed, but the Han army still did not launch an attack on the city.

"The number of enemy soldiers who ran out of the city and surrendered in the past two days has continued to increase. There were more than 3,000 in one day yesterday." Peng Da hadn't said the enemy soldiers who were going to run and were shot to death by his own people. He asked: "The enemy The morale of the army is extremely low, when shall I wait to launch an attack?"

"Tomorrow." Zhong Hui knew that the opportunity to attack had arrived: "Tomorrow will fight Keyangyi."

The generals were overjoyed immediately. They surrounded Yangyi for twenty days. Every day, long-range attack weapons were used to show off their power. The delay in launching the ascent to the city would have been a little bit suffocated.

The way to use troops is to target the enemy's army as well as to plan for the own army. The opportunity of the meeting not only refers to the low morale of the enemy's army, but also deliberately holding one's own soldiers.

What Zhong Hui is talking about is "Ke". To kill a city is to conquer the city, to liquidate the resisting enemy forces, and to be relatively mild to the surrendered enemy forces. The so-called moderation in Han's practice is to assign surrenders to the slave class and use them to contribute to the construction of Han.

The walls of the city collapsed in sections. The psychological line of defense of the Yangyi defenders continued to disintegrate with the collapse of the city wall. The surrender out of the city was a personal act at the beginning, and then evolved into an institutional surrender. Xu Guang continued to kill people, but the killing did not stop the surrender. The turmoil, on the contrary, caused more cannibalism because of the suppression.

The process of harvesting the ripe fruits of the Han army on the Yangyi front is very wonderful. Zhong will make the attacking troops shout the slogan "Those who surrender shall not die" to attack the city. After the attack begins, the resistance encountered is not fierce. Everywhere the Han army goes Receiving and surrendering were more than fighting, and the defending army's resistance became resolutely approaching the stage of the City Lord's Mansion.

"Xu Guang transformed the city lord's mansion into a fortress, and built an earth embryo wall three miles away, with multiple tunnels forming a passage." Si Hongzhuang, the unit will be responsible for the first attack on the Yangyi city lord's mansion. He is very rigorous in collecting intelligence. : "There are more than 2,000 Jie people and nearly 3,000 Qiang and Di people."

The enemy troops defending the city had already surrendered except for the more than 5,000 who were still resisting. The Han army was relatively rude in dealing with the captives. To catch the Jie people was to kill them on the spot, such as the Qiang, Di, and Zonghu all as slaves. After the surrender, the Han descent will be screened out. Some of the people who committed evil before will be slaughtered, and the rest will be sent to counties and counties to become ordinary people to enrich the local population.

"Your ministry and some county soldiers will be responsible for the finishing touches. Is there a problem?" Zhong Hui got the assurance from Si Hongzhuang, and said with a smile: "That's great."

Si Hongzhuang was a war-general, with the strength of a division under his command.

The Han state has reformed its military system, from top to bottom, the corps, group army, army, division, qu, tun, squad, corps, and corps.

Two teams make up one team, five teams make up one team, five teams make up one team, four teams make up one song, five teams make up one division, and three teams make one army.

At least three armies came together to form a group army, and two or more group armies became a corps. The Zhengbei Shogunate is now the size of a group army. If the Zhengbei Shogunate merges with the Zhengdong Shogunate, it will become a corps.

The new military system is Liu Yan's combination of the classical military system with the military system of the post-classical era. For example, the classical military system, such as "Tru" and "Pawn", have been removed. In addition, it must be noted that the corps and group armies did not only exist in the modern era. There were related military units in the classical era.

The attack on the fortifications of the city lord’s mansion still started with remote equipment, and even thick walls could be blasted down. Soil embryo walls and fence walls were nothing at all.

Si Hongzhuang only used one day to destroy the fortifications, and the next day he set up his position and proceeded directly.

"The shield is like a wall to cover the soldiers, and the rear crossbow is peeping forward." Xu Guang ventured on the roof of the city lord's mansion and looked at it, but he appeared calm in the face of the crisis: "The Han army is still the same."

The City Lord’s Mansion was smashed for a day, and the fortifications were basically destroyed. There were stones and huge crossbows everywhere, and arrows could be seen everywhere. For example, there were many crossbow arrows inserted on the roof tiles on which Xu Guang stood.

"It is our misfortune to face such a strong army." Du Guang was equally calm. "We have done our best."

Who said no? Yangyi's defenders were inferior to the Han army in terms of long-range weapons, and the composition of their troops was messy enough. After seeing the advantages of the Han army's equipment, they were a little surprised that they could last for 23 days.

"It's a pity that the Han army didn't gain the advantage and immediately attacked." Xu Guang was satisfied with being able to persist for so long, and said disappointed by the advantage: "How many more Han troops can be killed or injured, right?"

"The Han country already has the power of a grand power." Du Guang is not the Jie tribe who regards the Han culture as dung. After learning the Han culture, he will learn more: "Whenever a big country gains an advantage, it will gain one at a smaller price. Victory in a war. The country of the Central Plains is like this."

Xu Guang sneered and said: "The former Sima Dynasty had such a goal. In order to reduce the loss of its own people, it used the Huns, Xianbei, and Zahu as soldiers, and was later captured by the Huns in the Central Plains."

Du Guang was a little speechless.

It's really not just the Sima family who did this, and those who are too far away will not talk about it. The Western Han Dynasty also used the surrendered Huns as soldiers, while the Eastern Han Dynasty used the Huns, Xianbei, and Wuhuan who defected as soldiers. The Western Han Dynasty had encountered backlashes but survived, but the Eastern Han Dynasty got rid of Luoyang and was ransacked by the servants. In the Western Jin Dynasty, it lost the Central Plains.

"I heard that there are nearly 200,000 servants in the Han State?" Xu Guang looked forward to it, "I hope they will follow the old path of the Sima Dynasty!"

"Yes, we Qiang alone have eighty to ninety thousand people, and the rest are Di people, Zahu, and Liaodong and overseas ethnic groups." Du Guang looked at the dark clouds rising in front of him, pulling Xu Guang back. : "Go down, the enemy's arrows are covered."

The infantry of the Han army has always been so monotonous, forming a shield formation to cover and advance. Every time it advances a certain distance, it follows the crossbowmen behind to cover the arrows. However, this monotonous advance method is not easy to deal with, and I want to crack it. Only weapons above the long-range attack range are superior to the Han army, or cavalry can rush forward regardless of the cost of casualties.

Various fortifications were destroyed, and the environment naturally became complicated. The Han army, which formed the shield wall, advanced to the area full of debris.

The sky kept flying past the arrows, and the shield wall opened with a sound of metal friction, and soldiers armed with war knives and small round shields poured out.

When the shield wall of the Han army cracked, the defenders hiding in the complicated environment began to release cold arrows, and the Han army quickly suffered casualties.

Zhonghui had no doubt that the remaining troops would destroy the stubbornly resisting enemy troops to join the army. After he led the troops north, the next stage was to pass the Weisailmen to Jinyang.

"The shogunate conveyed the message that Shi Xuan had led his troops to leave Jinyang and headed north. For the time being, I don't know whether to go to the northwestern grassland or retreat back to Dingxiang." Zhang Gan is the former Ministry of Ran Min, and now is the long history of the Ministry of Zhonghui. The difference between the long history of the march of the group army is that there is no two prefixes in front of the long history. He also rode on the majestic war horse, with a spirited expression and tone: "Shi Xuan only flees with the elite of his troops, leaving Li Tu leading his army to garrison Jinyang. Judging from the situation in Yangyi, Jinyang is about the same."

"Shi Xuan's most elite force is Donggong Gaoli, and there are 30,000 Jie people and nearly 70,000 Qiang and Di." Zhong Hui reminded with a cautious mind: "The battle of Yangyi, what we eliminated was Shi Xuan's temporary arrest. Most of the miscellaneous hustle and slave soldiers, only three thousand Jie people and twenty thousand Qiang and Di, the main force in his hand is still there."

The Han army knew that Shi Xuan had escaped. It can be roughly judged that it took about 50,000 to 60,000 people to flee. It is certain that Donggong Gaoli must be in the flee, but it is not certain how many Jie, Qiang, and Di were taken away. It is impossible to confirm the composition of the forces in Li Tu who stayed behind in Jinyang.

Although the information on Zhongyang was slightly delayed, the Zhengbei Shogunate already knew that Fuhong was retreating.

Fu Hong’s retreat was very timely. He took advantage of the Han army's main attack on the northeastern part of Bingzhou. There was only one Han army cavalry on the south bank of Fenshui, decisively scouring the land that seemed to be taken away and never left behind. .

Li Tan found that Fuhong had signs of retreat. He was only for the Second Cavalry Army to cross Fenshui to harass. The intention was more like forcing Fuhong to stop searching and retreat immediately. The county soldiers from the local area guarded Fenshui. No attempt was made to intercept Fu Hong's retreat.

"The soldiers in the general's hands are slightly insufficient..." Zhang Gan asked with a puzzled expression: "But the county soldiers are not incapable of fighting, how can they indulge Fu Hong's retreat?"

Zhong Hui didn't know so much, he could only say: "Perhaps there are factors we don't know."

Strategies between countries have never been so simple. In the overall strategy of the Han country, a foreign race needs to be a pioneer to go west. Liu Yan believes that the tribe led by Fu Hong is an ideal pioneer, giving Li Tan's order was to drive Fuhong's subordinate to the west.

Li Tan was still having a headache as to how to accomplish the mission of the king. Facing Fu Hong took the initiative to retreat to the west, he was mostly delighted. What was annoyed was that Fu Hong ransacked the land before he left.

The movement on Fu Hong's side was really too big, so big that it would be difficult for Han to not pay attention. The Han country didn't care much about the property, but the population, which meant that the white point was that the Hulu was not allowed to take the Han descent away.

When Shihu retreated to the north, he had taken away nearly a million Han descents. What Han knew was that the conditions of the abducted Han descents were very bad, and it was countless times worse than before. The current situation in the Han country is up and down. All the people are indignant. The Northern Expedition this time is not only to regain the old land, but also to rescue the compatriots in exile.

Regarding the national policy, Li Tan did not explain to the generals under the shogunate. After all, he said that he would let Fuhong go without fighting. No matter how he looked at it, he was a little demoralized. It would make the troops restrained when fighting Fuhong, and then they would be released. But let Fu Hong not find out.

Even if one division is left, there are still three armies and two divisions along Zhonghui's road, one of which is the Imperial Guard.

"Quyang is after Jinyang." Li Tan still stayed in Jingling. After several soldiers were sent out, there was only one imperial guard left around the shogunate. He said to Tiao You: "I think, will Shihu be like Shixuan."

The Zhengbei Shogunate sent scouts to follow Shi Xuan’s subordinates. The problem was that Shi Xuan used great effort against the Han army scouts. The scouts of both sides chased and killed each other in the wilderness very fiercely. After Shi Xuan led his army to the Mengshan area, Han The army scout chased and lost Shi Xuan's subordinate since Mengshan.

Li Tan has sent people to search for Qian Jiantong's subordinate who set off earlier, but the same reason is that it is difficult to find Shixuan's subordinate in the wilderness. Regardless of the tens of thousands of troops in a unit, there are too many places to hide in the vast wilderness. , It’s not so easy to find the truth. When the ice and snow melted, some traces of activities were obscured by nature as the ice and snow melted. Even if Li Tan knew about the area where Qian Jiantong's office was located, it would take some time to find it.

Tiao You had to sigh with emotion that the rise of Han has hardly encountered any twists and turns, leading to almost a kind of pride of smooth wind among the senior leaders of Han. He knew that the senior officials in Han had enough reasons and confidence to be proud, but when the pride was used in marching operations, there was a saying called "the arrogant soldier must be defeated." And Han is not only a soldier, it will also be very proud, which is worthy of everyone's worries.

"Shi Jie has the meaning of retreating from the grassland, this Shi Jie has not concealed it." Tiao You feels that he should be responsible for the marching history ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Knowing that some things are not sound, he still has to say: "General, No one knows that Shi Jie's move is paralyzing our army. Why is it that the enemy will flee without a fight before a fight? If the general fights with this belief, our army will not be far defeated."

Li Tan was stunned immediately. He had some words to blurt out, and then swallowed it back to his lips.

"As the king ordered, every battle must take the Janissaries as the vanguard. The general sent the Janissaries as the vanguard, but the soldiers followed suit." Tiao You actually didn't know why Liu Yan had such a request. He just told the truth: "The Guards are elite and unstoppable. They are really the best choice for the front. If you encounter the enemy and lie in ambush, you must be the king's intention. I am afraid of the pride of the generals. I am afraid... "

Li Tan hadn't thought much before. He listened to Tiaoyou's words and pondered for a while. He found that he was indeed too proud recently. The whole army seems to be like that. There is nothing wrong with being confident in the war, but because of pride and complacency, he took it for granted. Thinking, it is really going to suffer, and it is too late to say anything when you wait for it to suffer.

"Changshi!" Li Tan took a deep breath and stood up, and cautiously saluted Tiaoyou: "Thank you for the teachings of Changshi."

Tiao You hurriedly returned the gift and said in a row: "Separate responsibility."