Chapter 372: The Wolf Dwells in Front of Xu Mountain
Wolf Juxu Mountain, which was the former hinterland of the Huns, is also an unforgettable shame. Now that the Northern Xiongnu have fled, it has become a happy land for Xianbei. Finally, on this day, the Han army set foot on this land again.
"Boom!"
The sound of countless horses' hooves echoed between heaven and earth, from far to near, and boundless cavalry galloped across the grassland. At the forefront were three thousand elite cavalry with white horses and white armor, all of them with high morale and gorgeous armor, if it weren't for the murderous aura on their bodies, it would make people wonder if this was an honor guard, so gorgeous.
Gongsun Chan was in the center of the white horse Yicong, and when he saw the neat and mighty white horse Yicong around him, he smiled confidently. As long as Bai Ma is righteous, he is an undefeated existence, which is the confidence of Gongsun Zhan across the grassland.
"General, this place is less than three hundred miles away from Wolf Juxu Mountain, should we stop the army and rest and march again tomorrow?" As the commander of the White Horse Yicong, Yan Gang, who was following Gongsun Zhan's side, asked.
Gongsun Zhan looked at the sky and said indifferently: "No, it's still early, and it's not too late to march a hundred miles to the village." ”
"But this is the hinterland of Xianbei, and the opponent's army is estimated to have been assembled near Wolf Juxu Mountain, if it encounters, I am afraid that it will be difficult for our army to retreat from the enemy!" Yan Gang was slightly worried.
"With you and these three thousand white horses here, what can they do if they come?" Gongsun Chan said lightly, his tone full of disdain for these aliens.
"Xianbei, Wuhuan, and the Southern Xiongnu seem to be an alliance, but in fact they are just embarrassed, and they have a lot of selfishness between them, so there is nothing to be afraid of. Although He Lian controls 300,000 Xianbei Iron Horsemen, his people are a waste. Not to mention the Southern Huns, the dog of the loser, can be destroyed with a snap of a finger. "Gongsun Chan has a very clear understanding of the situation in the north, otherwise he would not dare to take such a risky move.
"The only thing I can care about a little bit of the three is just a pause. His people are indeed a little brave, but Yuan Shu's cavalry is pinned down in Liaoxi, and he only brought out an army of 200,000 this time, and he has the waste of Helian, so he will not dare to risk coming to attack our army. ”
"What the lord said is very true, these three forces seem to be connected, but in fact, they have their own ghosts, and the advance and retreat of the military order cannot be unified at all, I am afraid that it is a sneak attack with the intention of Dang Dun, and he can't persuade the other two parties for a while." Tian Yu said.
In fact, Tian Yu still didn't say anything in his heart, that is, the best way at this time is to break each one, and he will be able to easily defeat these three armies with minimal losses. Not to mention Tian Yu, even Gongsun Chan knew about this matter, but he didn't think about it at all.
Since he has come to Wolf Juxu Mountain, he must defeat the alien race head-on and completely shatter all their thoughts. And Gongsun Zhan's pride did not allow him to do this "inferior" thing.
"The terrain here is flat, there is no terrain advantage to speak of, and it is difficult to ambush, it seems that the other party has really made up his mind to go head-to-head with us." Yan Gang opened the map around Wolf Juxu Mountain funded by Yuan Shu and said.
"Hehe, 600,000 troops. Even if a mouse has an army of 600,000, he dares to flirt with the tiger's whiskers, not to mention these wolf ambitions. During the period of Emperor Wu of that year, the Xiongnu army was only more than 300,000, and Lian is now probably already full of ambition to defeat me and then reproduce the power of the Xiongnu! Gongsun Chan said in a slightly mocking tone.
"Although the Xiongnu only had an army of 300,000 back then, they were all skilled soldiers with bows and horses, otherwise they would not be so difficult to deal with. You must know that at that time, the battle loss ratio of our Han army against the Xiongnu was always about two to one, and it was at a disadvantage! At this time, Xianbei, although it seems to be more powerful than the Huns of the year, but it is just a paper tiger, how much combat power can this so-called 600,000 army have? The lord can be destroyed with a snap of his fingers. ”
Tian Yu and Gongsun Zhan are determined to eliminate foreign races all their lives, and they naturally know very well about the Xiongnu, the biggest enemy of the Han Dynasty in the past.
Xianbei can develop to this point, but the Han Dynasty defeated the Huns, and they came out to pick up a peach. Don't look at the current Xianbei population, military strength, and territory are not inferior to the Xiongnu back then, but when it comes to combat effectiveness, it is 108,000 miles away, which is completely the difference between Teddy and Tibetan mastiff. They are all dogs, but their combat effectiveness is very different.
"It's a pity that he was born three hundred years later, otherwise I really thought of seeing what the champion Hou was like." Gongsun Chan yearned.
"What is the difference between the demeanor of the lord and the Huo Hussar back then? Destroy the three major alien races in the north and completely quell the rebellion in the north, even the champion Hou of the year is nothing more than that? Guan Jing, who also went out with the army as a long history, slapped his ass when he saw the stitches.
"Although I think that my ability is not inferior to that of the champion, the results are still far from the same. It's like the difference between today's Xianbei and the Huns of the past. It's a pity that the Northern Huns have fled westward, otherwise I really want to see if it has the wind of the Huns back then. Gongsun Chan said confidently and regretfully.
In today's Southern Xiongnu, Gongsun Zhan did not regard him and the Xiongnu as one species at all. A wolf is a wolf, a dog is a dog, how can they be mixed up? When the Xiongnu were defeated, some wolf-like Northern Xiongnu fled west and broke into another world. The Southern Xiongnu who stayed behind were domesticated into watchdogs by the Han Dynasty, and they lost their blood, which is worse than Xianbei.
"A Han is a Wuhu, if the lord wins this battle, it can be regarded as a response to what Marquis Hu Zhuang said back then." Tian Yu said with emotion.
"What?" Gongsun Zhan looked back and saw that all the soldiers under his command were fully armoured, and they were all fine iron armor, and the spears, bows and arrows in his hands were also made of fine iron, and he was full of ambition in his heart: "My soldiers are all brave, what is one as five?" It's not an exaggeration to think that one is ten. This time, I want to fight a big victory, and let the world see the ability of my Gongsun Zhan! ”
I have to say that the large amount of sophisticated equipment obtained from Yuan Shu gave Gongsun Chan too much confidence. At the beginning, Chen Tang proposed a Han dang Wuhu, which was based on equipment. Because compared with the sophisticated equipment of the Han Dynasty, the Hu people who lacked iron weapons suffered too much, the weapons were primitive and bulky, and the bows and arrows were not sharp, and the lethality was indeed too different. But even if there is no gap in weapons, the combat effectiveness of the Han people is still far stronger than that of the Hu people, and it is no problem to fight against three.
The reason why the battle loss ratio with the Xiongnu during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was high was that the Xiongnu occupied the geographical advantage of attacking, retreating and defending, coupled with the serious lack of horses during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, although there were many foot soldiers but poor mobility, which made the Xiongnu so rampant. In the three frontal counterattacks, the Battle of Monan, the Battle of Hexi, and the Battle of Mobei, each time the Han army won a big victory, and the momentum was like a bamboo. Huo Quzhi and Wei Qing, the two peerless duos, also repeatedly hit an amazing, almost one-to-ten battle loss, which is amazing. You must know that it is the Xiongnu, not the current Xianbei.
Gongsun Chan has always guarded the frontier and fought against foreign races, and the importance of armor and weapons could not be clearer. It can be said that the excellent iron armor replaces the leather armor, and the combat effectiveness can be increased by at least two or three percent, plus the swords, guns, bows and arrows made of fine iron, these armies under the command of Gongsun Chan can now be regarded as a shotgun for artillery.
In the past, Youzhou was poor, and Gongsun Chan had never fought such a rich battle. At this time, Gongsun Chan held his breath and wanted to fight a big battle that would amaze the world and be famous for centuries.