Chapter 72: Hungry Ma Fang'er
Zhang Jingtao smiled lightly: "I can't starve to death for the time being, but I am likely to be killed by the enemy, let's go up the mountain first, okay?" ”
Ma Fang'er was helpless and said, "Okay." ”
The two of them went up the hill to take a look at the nearby terrain in general.
I also saw that, as Zhang Jingtao said, there was an obvious sentry on the hill farther away.
"You're expecting it, shall we go back to the cave?" Ma Fanger said.
"I want to go around and see again, and then we'll come back? How is it? Zhang Jingtao thought that his life was at stake, and hurriedly said.
It's not about looking at the terrain, it's about practicing horseback riding.
After leaving the city, he found that the battlefield was different from what he imagined, and it was not that he could see the layout of the battlefield by looking at it somewhere.
The entire battlefield of the Qin-Zhao War is extremely large, and the horses that run for two days can't be seen, not to mention that there are many dangerous places, and some places are even more dusty, but you can go anywhere.
"It's fine." Ma Fang'er seemed to have a little itchy teeth.
So they went down the mountain again, took two horses, and ran slowly for most of the day in the wilderness, practicing their riding skills.
So it basically took a day.
Fortunately, the time limit given by Wei Qingxue for January is very vague, and there is no indication on the warrant, so although it is best not to postpone, it will not matter much if it is a few more days.
When he returned to Xiaoshan, Zhang Jingtao's riding skills had improved a lot, and then he asked Ma Fang'er about the general situation of the battlefield.
Ma Fanger does know a lot, so she talks eloquently.
Since the map is all Beidou, that is, up and down to the south, left west and right east, Zhang Jingtao knew that after the Qin army attacked Handan for a long time and retreated tactically, the Zhao army was stationed in the Acropolis outside Handan City.
Today, the main force of the Zhao army is 100,000, and it is in the area of Wu'an City, twenty kilometers west of Handan.
The deputy headquarters of the Zhao army was 50,000, and it was in Bocheng, seven kilometers south of Wu'an City.
There are also more than 50,000 Zhao troops in Handan City, which can form enough support for the front line.
The Qin army, on the other hand, was divided into three major areas in the west, like a three-pronged gun, and pounced on the Zhao State.
Among these three spears, there are about 100,000 soldiers on the tips of the spears, which are the elite troops of the King of Qin, who have captured Taiyuan, more than 200 kilometers north of Handan, and contain the military strength of Li Mu, who lives in the north of Zhao State;
There were also about 100,000 people at the tip of the spear, which was the new army of the King of Qin, but this move was only for Chen to attack Nanyang, more than 400 kilometers south of Handan, in order to threaten the possible arrival of the Chu and Wei coalition forces, so only the new army was enough.
The tip of the spear is the main force of the royal tomb of Handan, which is supported by the city in the Taihang Mountains, about 300,000 people, composed of various nobles and private soldiers.
Wang Fang'er believes that this is because the King of Qin asked him to fight for merit in order to suppress the power of Bai Qi, especially now that the Qin army has retreated, the general Wang Ling has been replaced by the King of Qin with Wang Hehou.
Whether this is the case or not is unknown.
For this reason, in King Zhao's view, perhaps the two tips of the Qin army's upper and lower spears put great strategic pressure on him, but it has nothing to do with Zhang Jingtao.
For Zhang Jingtao, the 300,000 Qin troops that Han Dan faced were what he had to face.
The 300,000 Qin army was divided into two parts:
The main force was Wang Hebu, 200,000, stationed in Longhu City, about twenty-five kilometers southwest of Wu'an City, the vanguard of the Zhao army;
The deputy department is the Wang Ling Department, 100,000, stationed in Yicheng, about 15 kilometers north of Wu'an City.
Between the two sections, the difference is about 40 kilometers, plus the detour of the road.
In this regard, Wang Fang'er said: "Bai Kaishi once said that between Wang He and Wang Ling, if you march with foot soldiers, it will take almost half a day to form a cooperation when attacking the Wu'an City area, and if you want one side to support the other, it will actually take a day, and if you rush to the evening, it will be almost the same, Xiao Zheng needs to know this." ”
Zhang Jingtao nodded, but did not say yes or no.
Because of this speed cognition, it is the result of reading too many feudal military books.
But I don't know that the people who wrote those feudal books are all people with zero practice, and even have very little common sense, so those people treat people as animals.
In fact, people can't walk.
This is especially true when the quality of the large troops is not the same, and the road conditions are limited.
In fact, in a day, even if the weight-bearing foot soldier stops and walks, he can walk for 5 hours and is already scared to death, even if he can walk about 4 kilometers per hour, then it is only 20 kilometers, it is possible to retain this combat strength.
This was still the case of the Qin army's troops carrying a thousand large chariots.
Grain, camp tents, don't care, this model is called multiplication, that is, 'Beihe', back He.
If it is a small car, it is called one, which means two people in one car.
Unless it is a simple cavalry or chariot unit, it can indeed be extremely fast, so there are many more cavalry in this Warring States than in those legends.
Therefore, in Zhang Jingtao's view, if the two Qin armies want to attack Wu'an City, it will take one day, and if Dragon and Tiger City and Yicheng want to support each other, in terms of large troops, I am afraid it will take two days.
Qin Jun's cooperation seemed to be a little slow.
And under such a somewhat scattered battle situation, the forward army and the Qin army have to fight, which is naturally a lot of credit, but the casualties are also very heavy, of course, they will continue to replenish the troops.
Therefore, after this investigation, it only made him feel very heavy, and there was no doubt that the death camp was very dangerous.
Of course, Ma Fang'er was not interested in this information, and when the two of them returned to the hill at dusk, they pulled Zhang Jingtao halfway up the mountain and entered one of the caves.
Then, put the guardrail in front of the cave and eat dry food.
After eating, the water in Ma Fang'er's eyes showed that she was still very hungry, and even starved, so she couldn't help but take out the cloth towel she had with her and wipe a bamboo pedal in the hole that looked very clean. Undoubtedly, she brought Zhang Jingtao here because she was not going to return to the camp at night.
Zhang Jingtao went to help, which pot was not opened, and he had to ask: "Are Luo Tie and Luo Yu also good friends with sisters?" ”
Ma Fang'er didn't seem to care, and said with disdain: "How come? These retainers just heard a lot about me and thought about me, but unfortunately, how can I pay attention to people who have no status? Hmph, the retainers are honest retainers, I'm just kind to them. ”
Zhang Jingtao immediately saw this Ma Fang'er's contempt for the cold family, and couldn't help but say: "I don't have an identity either." ”
Ma Fang'er's pretty face showed a touching blush, and said with a smile: "That's different, who made me very happy when you scolded my husband, people are not just for your elegant and handsome appearance." ”
"Just scolding him, are you so happy?" Zhang Jingtao said he didn't understand.
After Ma Fang'er spread the marching blanket on the bamboo couch, she chuckled and said: "If your master Lan'er is chased by my husband and at his mercy, and even treats me like me in the future, let her accompany men who are like beasts, will you be very happy to see someone scolding him in front of him again?" ”
"Well, you should be happy." A trace of anger rose in Zhang Jingtao's heart, because this kind of thing may not be impossible to happen.