The first battle between the two armies lies in the morale. There is the phrase "husband war, courage", and the courage of the army is reflected in the morale.
For the Han Army, it is customary for the two armies to win the battle with their own side. Zhong Hui wants a happy and dripping victory and wins with the least loss, rather than winning a city attack and defense war with their own corpses and blood.
The first gap appeared in the city wall of Yangyi, and the next time was still the unilateral performance of the Han army. After the first gap, the constantly bombarded city wall became more and more fragile, and several or even tens of feet of the city wall collapsed behind, but the Han Army still didn't launch a rush to the city.
"The number of enemy troops who ran out of the city and surrendered in the past two days has been increasing. Yesterday, there were more than 3000 people." Peng Da had not said about the enemy soldiers who were going to run and were shot dead by his own people. He asked, "the morale of the enemy is extremely low. When shall we launch an attack?"
"Tomorrow." Zhong will know that the opportunity for attack has come: "tomorrow's World War I Keyang city."
The generals were immediately overjoyed. They surrounded Yangyi for more than 20 days. Every day, long-range attack equipment was threatening. If they didn't start the battle to climb the city, they would have been suffocated for a long time.
The way to use troops is to target the enemy and plan our own army. The opportunity of the bell meeting not only refers to the low morale of the enemy, but also deliberately holding our own soldiers.
Zhong Hui speaks of "conquering". Conquering a city means conquering the city and liquidating the resisting enemy. He is relatively gentle with the surrendered enemy. The so-called gentleness in the practice of the Han state is to allocate the capitulators to the slave class and use them to contribute to the construction of the Han state.
The city walls collapsed in sections. The psychological defense line of Yangyi garrison continued to collapse with the collapse of the city walls. At first, it was a personal act to surrender out of the city. Later, it evolved into an organized surrender. Xu Guang continued to kill people, but the killing did not stop the storm of surrender. Instead, it was because the town pressure caused more mutual killing.
The Han Army on the Yangyi front was very wonderful in the process of harvesting mature fruits. Zhong would ask the attacking forces to shout the slogan of "those who surrender will not die" to attack the city. After the attack began, the resistance encountered was not fierce. Whenever the Han army came, it was more than fighting, and the defensive resistance became firm. It was close to the city master's house.
"Xu Guang transformed the Chengzhu mansion into a fortress, and built a soil embryo wall three miles away, which is composed of multiple corridors." Si Hongzhuang's army will be responsible for the first attack on the Lord's house of Yangyi city. He is very rigorous in collecting intelligence: "there are more than 2000 Jie people and nearly 3000 Qiang and Di people."
Apart from the more than 5000 people who are still fighting tenaciously, the rest of the enemy forces guarding the city have surrendered. The Han army was relatively rude in treating prisoners. When they caught the Jie people, they killed them on the spot. For example, Qiang people, Di people and zahu were all slaves. After the surrender, the Han and Miao ethnic groups will be screened. Those who did evil before will be slaughtered, and the rest will be sent to counties to become people and enrich the local population.
"Your department and some county soldiers are responsible for finishing. Is there a problem?" Zhong would get Si Hongzhuang's guarantee and said with a smile, "it's so good."
Si Hongzhuang is a general with a division under his command.
The state of Han has transformed the military system from top to bottom, namely, corps, group army, army, division, Qu, Tun, team, Shi and Wu.
Two WUS are one thing, five WUS are one team, five teams are one village, four villages are one song, five songs are one division, and three divisions are one army.
At least three armies will gather to form a group army, and more than two group armies will become a corps. The northern shogunate is now the scale of a group army. If the northern shogunate and the eastern shogunate merge, they will become a corps.
The new military system is Liu Yan's combination of the classical military system and the military system in the post classical era. For example, he removed several units in the classical military system, such as "Che", "pawn" and so on. In addition, it must be noted that the corps and group army did not exist in modern times. There were relevant military units in the classical era.
Attacking the fortification of the city Lord's residence still starts with remote equipment. Even the thick city wall can be blown down. It's not a matter of soil embryo wall and fence wall.
Si Hongzhuang only used one day to destroy the fortifications, and the next day he set up an array to push forward directly.
"The shield is like a wall to protect the soldiers, and the powerful crossbow in the rear is peeping at them." Xu Guang ventured on the roof of the city master's house and looked out. In the face of the crisis, he seemed calm: "the Han army is still the same."
The city Lord's residence was smashed all day, and the fortifications were basically destroyed. There were stones and giant crossbows everywhere, and arrows could be seen everywhere. For example, many crossbows and arrows were inserted on the roof tiles where 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? The garrison of Yangyi is inferior to the Han Army in terms of long-range weapons, and the composition of the source of troops is messy enough. After seeing the advantages of the Han Army's equipment, they are surprised that they can persist for 23 days.
"Unfortunately, the Han Army did not gain an advantage and attacked immediately." Xu Guang was satisfied that he could hold on for so long. He was disappointed and said, "otherwise, how many can kill and kill more Han troops?"
"The state of Han has become a grand power." Du Guang is not a Capricorn who regards the Han family culture as dirt. After learning the Han family culture, he knows more: "if a big country gains an advantage, it will win a war at a lower price. That's the case for the kingdom of the Central Plains and China."
Xu Guang sneered and said, "the Sima imperial dynasty had such a goal. In order to reduce its own losses, it took the Huns, Xianbei and zahu as soldiers, and then the Huns took the Central Plains."
Du Guang was speechless.
It's true that Sima's family didn't do this, but it's too far away. The Western Han Dynasty also used the surrendered Huns as soldiers, while the Eastern Han Dynasty used the defected Huns, Xianbei and Wuhuan as soldiers. In the Western Han Dynasty, there was a backlash, but it survived. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was robbed of Luoyang by servants from the army, and directly lost the Central Plains in the Western Jin Dynasty.
"I heard that there were nearly 200000 servants in the Han Dynasty?" Xu Guang with full expectations: "I hope they will embark on the old road of Sima dynasty!"
"Yes, there are 89, 000 Qiang people alone, and the rest are di people, zahu, Liaodong and overseas ethnic groups." Du Guang looked at the dark clouds rising in front of him and pulled Xu Guang back: "go down, the enemy's arrow array is covered."
The infantry of the Han Army has always been so monotonous. They form a shield array to cover the advance. Every distance they advance is to follow the bow and crossbow men behind them to cover the arrows. However, this monotonous propulsion method is not easy to deal with. To crack, only the weapons above the long-range attack distance are better than the Han Army, or the cavalry advance at the cost of casualties.
Various fortifications were destroyed, and the environment naturally became complex. When the Han Army forming the shield wall pushed into an area full of sundries, it was difficult to push forward in the form of a piece of shield wall. It was necessary to split the shield wall and push forward in a small team.
The sky kept flying over the arrows. With the sound of metal friction, the shield wall was released, and there were soldiers holding war knives and small round shields.
When the shield wall of the Han Army cracked, the defenders hiding in the complex environment began to fire cold arrows. Unable to prevent, the Han army soon suffered casualties.
Zhong Hui had no doubt that the remaining troops would destroy the tenacious enemy troops and join the army. After he took the troops north, the next stage was to pass the Weishui troops and press straight into Jinyang.
"The shogunate sent a message that Shi Xuan had led his troops away from Jinyang to the north. For the time being, I don't know whether to go to the northwest grassland or retreat back to Dingxiang." Zhang Qian is the old Department of Ran min, and now it is the long history of the bell Club department. The difference between Zhang Qian and the long history of the march of the group army is that there is no prefix "March" in front of the long history. He also rode on the majestic war horse, and his expression and tone were full of energy: "Shi Xuan just fled with the elite of his department, leaving Li Tu to lead the army to garrison Jinyang. Judging from the situation of Yangyi, Jinyang is about the same."
"The most elite under Shi Xuan's command is Donggong Gaoli, with 30000 Jie people and nearly 70000 Qiang and di." Zhong Hui reminded with caution: "in the battle of Yangyi, we eliminated most of the miscellaneous Hu and slave soldiers temporarily captured by Shi Xuan, only 3000 Jie people and 20000 Qiang and Di, and the main force in his hands is still there."
The Han Army knew that Shi Xuan had fled, and could generally judge that he had fled with about 50000 or 60000 people. It was determined that there must be Donggong Gaoli in the escape, but it was not sure how many Jie, Qiang and Di people he took, so it was impossible to confirm the military composition of Li Tu who stayed in Jinyang.
Although there was a slight delay in the information about Zhongyang, the northern shogunate already knew that Fu Hong was retreating.
Fu Hong's retreat was at a good time. He took advantage of the Han Army's main attack on the northeast of Binzhou. There was only one Han Army cavalry on the South Bank of Fenshui. He decisively searched the land and never left anything that could be taken away.
Li Tan found that Fu Hong had signs of retreat. He just let the second cavalry army cross Fenshui to harass him. His intention was more like forcing Fu Hong to stop searching and evacuate immediately. The local soldiers from counties and counties guarded Fenshui. In addition, he did not try to intercept Fu Hong's retreat.
"The soldiers in the general's hands are slightly insufficient..." Zhang Qian asked with a puzzled expression, "but the county soldiers are not unable to fight. How can they indulge Fu Hong's retreat?"
Zhong Hui didn't know so much. He could only say, "maybe there are factors we don't know."
The strategy between countries has never been so simple. In the overall strategy of the Han state, it is necessary to have an alien as a pioneer to go west. Liu Yan believes that the troops led by Fu Hong are very ideal pioneers. The order given to Li Tan is to drive Fu Hong's troops West.
Li Tan was still having a headache about how to complete the king's mission. He was mostly happy when Fu Hong took the initiative to retreat to the West. He was angry that Fu Hong plundered the land before he left.
The movement on Fu Hong's side is so big that it's hard for the Han country to pay attention. The state of Han did not care much about property, but about population, which shows that the white point is that it is not allowed to abduct Han and Miao people.
When Shihu retreated to the north, he had captured nearly a million Han and Miao people. What the state of Han knew was that the situation of the abducted Han and Miao people was very bad, which was countless times worse than before. All the people in the state of Han were indignant about this situation. This northern expedition was not only to recover the old land, but also to rescue the abducted compatriots.
As for the national policy, Li Tan did not explain to the generals under the shogunate system. After all, he first said to release Fu Hong without fighting. No matter how he looked at it, it would vent his morale, which would make the troops tied up when fighting with Fu Hong, and then release them, but Fu Hong could not find out.
Even if one division is left, there are three armies and two divisions along the way, one of which is still the forbidden guard.
"After Jinyang is Quyang." Li Tan still stayed in Jingling. After several war troops were sent out, there was only a forbidden guard around the shogunate. He said to TIAOYU, "I wonder if the stone tiger will be like the stone Xuan."
The northern shogunate sent scouts to follow Shi Xuan's headquarters. The problem is that Shi Xuan made great efforts to deal with the Han Army scouts. The Scouts of both sides chased each other in the wilderness and fought fiercely. After Shi Xuan led the army to the Mengshan area, the Han Army scouts lost Shi Xuan's headquarters from Mengshan.
Li Tan has sent people to look for Qian Jiantong's headquarters, but the reason why it is difficult to find Shi Xuan's headquarters in the wilderness is the same. Although there are tens of thousands of troops, there are too many places to hide in the vast wilderness. It's not so easy to find them. After the ice and snow melting season, some traces of activities are covered by nature with the melting of ice and snow. Even if you know about the area where Qian Jiantong's office is located, it will take some time to find it.
Tiaoyou had to lament that the rise of the state of Han had hardly encountered any twists and turns, which led to the pride of the high-level of the state of Han. He knew that the pride of the high-level officials of the Han Dynasty had sufficient reasons and confidence, but pride was used in marching operations. There was a saying called "arrogant soldiers will lose". The Han state is not only a soldier, but also will be very proud, which is worthy of everyone's concern.
"Shi Jie has the intention of retreating from the grassland. This Shi Jie didn't hide it." TIAOYU felt that he should fulfill the responsibility of marching for a long time. Knowing that some words were not pleasant to hear, he still wanted to say: "general, I don't know that Shi Jie's move is paralyzing our army. Why do you expect the enemy to flee without fighting? If the general fights with this belief, our army will not be defeated far away."
Li Tan was stunned immediately. He wanted to blurt out some words, but he swallowed them back to his mouth.
"The king ordered that the guards should be the vanguard in every war. The general sent the guards as the vanguard, but the soldiers followed." Tiaoyou actually didn't know why Liu Yan had such a request. He just told the truth: "the elite of the forbidden guards are unstoppable. In fact, they are the only candidates to choose the front. If they are ambushed by the enemy, they don't mess up. Presumably this is the intention of the king. They are afraid of the pride of the generals and schools..."
Li Tan had not thought much before. After listening to tiaoyou's words, he thought deeply and found that he was indeed too proud recently. The whole army seemed to be the same. There was nothing wrong with being confident in winning the war. However, if he took it for granted because of his arrogance and complacency, he would really suffer a loss. It was too late to say anything when he waited for a real loss.
"Long history!" Li Tan took a deep breath and stood up. He cautiously saluted TIAOYU: "thank you for your teaching."
TIAOYU quickly returned the gift and said, "your duty."