Chapter 1193: A never-ending war of attrition

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When Han Sui saw the camp by the Qingni River, he looked a little surprised, and couldn't help jumping off the horse, throwing the reins to the guards, and moving forward slowly. And the generals and colonels behind him, the Qiang heads, also dismounted one after another, and followed behind Han Sui with solemn faces.

Ma Chao was stunned for a moment, then the muscles on his face twitched a few times, lowered his head, and silently jumped off the horse, following behind Han Sui in the same way.

In the direction of the pedestrians, on the bank of the Qingni River, I don't know when two large graves were erected.

One left and one right.

On the left is the tomb of the Ma Chaoqiang people, and on the right is the tomb of the soldiers who conquered the west.

Because of the rush of time, the stone monument was not used, but the wooden plank. It is said to be a wooden plank, but in fact, a whole tree trunk is sawn in the middle, half on the left and right, and stands in front of the tomb. On the sawn plane, there was no engraving, but some large characters were written in the center of the trunk with pen and ink, and on the right side was written: "Woohoo! In the first year of Yan Ping, the battle was fought on the side of the green mud. Ge Sheng Mengchu, vines in the wild. Yumei dies here, who is alone? ”

On the trunk of the tree on the left is written: "Qiang Ben from the three seedlings, Shun migration of the three dangers, Binyu Cizhi, the Viscount of Heaven, thought to be obedient." There is Qin Yu at the beginning, driving side by side, galloping through the six countries, and now the brothers are fighting each other, and their sorrow is unbearable? ”

Han Sui stood in front of the two large graves and was silent for a long time.

The breeze blew across the muddy river, swaying the thatch on the riverside, making the sound of thin ropes.

"Virtuous nephew......" Han Sui suddenly said to Ma Chao, and let out a soft sigh, "You are not unjustly defeated...... This expedition to the west, alas, ......" After speaking, Han Sui bowed to the two tombs.

The Xiliang generals and Qiang headmen behind Han Sui also bowed their heads to the tomb and stroked their chests.

Ma Chao straightened his waist and stared at the two tombs in a daze, as if if he would be crushed by the two tombs as soon as he loosened his breath.

Han Sui straightened up, turned around and looked around, and shouted: "Zhengxi is a hero, a good opponent!" But we here, our Xiliang, are too poor and too bitter! We can't afford to pay the taxes of the imperial court, and we can't afford the extortion of corrupt officials! In this land, there is only enough and only one hero! That's who we are! Xiliang was ours before, and it will still be ours afterward! Always! ”

When all the soldiers heard this, they raised their swords and shouted.

Han Sui nodded, and pointed his hand to the south: "Let's go, let Zhengxi take a look, we are the real masters of Xiliang, the heroes of Xiliang!" After we defeat Zhengxi, we will also build such a tomb for Zhengxi! ”

"Oh oh oh ......" the soldiers roared and gathered to the south.

Han Sui smiled slightly, stood on the side of the road, and watched the soldiers march forward, his expression was confident and stable, but his heart sank slightly.

Who is that general who will dig a grave for the dead soldiers when the whole army is in crisis, retreating and fleeing? And is it also the grave of the soldiers of both sides?

What does this mean?

Originally, Han Sui wanted to bring people here to see the tragedy of the Qiang people being burned, and then inspire the soldiers to hate the enemy, but he didn't expect to see such a scene, if he hadn't worked hard to redeem it, his morale would have fallen......

Fei Qian, the general of Zhengxi, did he really express regret when he did this?

Or did you expect this to happen?

This is forcing a certain to continue the pursuit!

If you don't leave, the devil knows if something weird will happen when you're stationed here? Even if you know that your relatives and friends are buried next to you, it doesn't mean that everyone is willing to stay with the corpse.

This expedition to the west......

Quite tricky.

Now, the only way to do this is to catch up with the general Fei Qian of the expedition to the west as soon as possible, and then entangle him, and wait until the follow-up Xiliang troops arrive together and strangle him, otherwise he will definitely suffer endlessly!

However, if it is......

Han Sui glanced at Ma Chao, then lowered his eyelids, didn't say anything to Ma Chao, just turned the horse's head, followed the large army slowly, and drove the horse forward.

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Fei Qian also received the news that Han Sui was chasing, not that Han Sui was careless, but the smoke and dust raised by the people and horses, which could be seen from afar, this was in the Han Dynasty, and when the weather was fine, it couldn't be hidden no matter what, and the scouts could see it from afar, and they didn't need to get close at all.

"We have to find a way......," Fei Qian said, "There are still nearly two days to go from Yangping Pass, if we can't stop its sharpness, we will eventually catch up if we run like this." ”

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Li Ling was on the way back to Guanzhong, which was blocked on the mountain by the Xiongnu army eighty miles away from the pass.

"Junhou, a certain person is broken!" Xu Huang arched his hand and said.

Fei Qian looked at Xu Huang and said, "Oh? If the public is clear, how many soldiers and horses should be left? And how do you arrange it? ”

Xu Huang looked around at the surrounding terrain, pointed to a hill in front of him and said: "This hill stands next to the road, overlooking the river, if you stand on the top of the hill, you can block the enemy." ”

Fei Qian also looked at it, indeed as Xu Huang said, a hill protrudes on the riverside, and then the side facing the Qingni River is relatively gentle, connected to the river beach, and the other side is relatively steep, if it is used to block this riverside passage, it is indeed good.

From the lower debate to Yangping Pass, the road is not difficult, and the erosion and cutting in ancient times or glacial periods has led to many bifurcated valleys in this generation, like a water network, different paths and the same destination, and finally converge at Yangping Pass. However, these valleys are basically desolate sandy and have no water source, so in general, there are many options for marching routes, but in principle they must follow waterways, or water sources.

But not all times have to be like this, if the best way to march on the bank of the Qingni River is blocked, naturally Han Sui will find a way to bypass the valley on one side, at most, it will take a few more hours.

Therefore, Xu Huang's strategy is effective and can block delays for a certain amount of time, but this effect is still limited.

If you don't have to block it, how about changing it to an ambush?

Find a spot to ambush?

Take advantage of these ravines, for example?

But the problem is that the soldiers brought this time are basically foot soldiers, except for scouts, and those old soldiers have already fought a tough battle in the camp, and it is not impossible to send these old soldiers into battle again, but it is difficult to recover and replenish them when they are consumed.

Without veterans, the overall strength of the army has not declined a little bit, so from this point of view, it is not suitable for veterans to continue to consume.

So send scouts?

Although it is said that some war horses have been captured on hand now and can be used, but there are only these scouts who are proficient in horsemanship, and the war horse riding skills are actually about the same, if Han Sui is slightly guarded, such a small number of scouts will not have much impact on Han Sui's army at all.

So, what should be done?

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In the reeds on the bank of the Qingni River, Gong Jun was ambushed, observing Han Sui's troops on the other side through the layers of reeds, and the scouts around him also had their eyes shining one by one, like wild wolves that had found their prey.

Although Han Sui chased in a hurry, but the camp was not too loose, perhaps Han Sui's original battlefield instinct, or his nature cautious and suspicious, and the previous scattered Qiang temporary gathering place is different, although there is no circle of walls, but in the key part of the sentry tower watchtower, arranged two or three soldiers on duty, vigilantly watching around.

Of course, there are still shortcomings in this kind of work, when Han Sui arrived here, he was busy for an hour, plus the time to bury the pot for cooking, if it weren't for the fact that most of the Qiang people were used to the simple tents and the life of moving from time to time, maybe it would take more time.

Night gradually fell, and Han Sui's soldiers who had eaten dinner all got into the tents one by one, and only the rangers patrolling the periphery and the guards patrolling the camp patrolled back and forth.

"Most of the war horses are inside, and in addition to the rangers, there are two guard towers on the periphery...... Gong Jun pointed and said in a low voice, "...... Fortunately, General Zhengxi was wise enough to let us take the waterway, otherwise we might not be able to get in......"

"Well, there are three or four people in a sentry tower, at least six on both sides, if you can't shoot them at the same time, it will definitely be alarmed......" Ling Jie on the side also nodded in agreement.

Although Gong Jun and the others are equipped with strong crossbows, it is indeed an impossible task to shoot the guards on duty on two guard towers that are far away from each other if they want to have a gap between patrols and find the best coordination moment.

The erratic night wind, the behavior of the sentry on duty, or even an inadvertent sneeze can lead to a shot failure, and if it fails, it is not just one or two sentries who are alarmed......

"How?" Gong Jun turned his head and asked Ling Jie, "We are just assisting you, whether we can succeed or not depends on you......"

Ling Jie was silent for a moment and said, "Give me something......"

"Good!" Gong Jun said, "Wait a minute, I'll start attacking here as soon as there is any movement on your side, and then I'll pick you up at the rocky place downstream......"

Ling Jie took the sheepskin bubble handed over by a scout, and then said, "If I haven't arrived before dawn, you can go back first......

With that, Ling Jie tied the sheepskin bubble to his back, and then slid from the reeds into the Qingni River......

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A light like a bean.

Fei Qian sat in the middle of the tent, looking at the map he had sketched earlier.

Fei Qian himself has seen this map many times, and he is also very familiar with the lines painted on it, and he is just unable to sleep when he lights up and reads it at night, and he is also waiting for news from Gong Jun and Ling Jie.

Special operations were not fun in the Han Dynasty, and they were not very fun.

Although Fei Qian has some memories of later generations, it is still more difficult to let the soldiers understand what special operations are, from the beginning of the merger to the present, the only ones who are more formed are Gong Jun and Ling Jie, as well as the little part-time scout soldiers under these two people.

Relatively speaking, scouts, especially elite scouts, are still soldiers who are relatively close to the requirements of special operations, first of all, the near and far kung fu are good, and a little training can be put in use, but such a number is too small, and in the case of Fei Qian's focus on training for such a period of time, such a team of more than 200 people has been formed, and such a team is actually not very useful in the face of large-scale military array duels.

And the key is that when playing one-on-one, the destructive power of Gong Jun and others may be stronger than that of ordinary soldiers, but it is definitely not like the special forces of later generations who are ridiculously powerful. After all, the normal base of ammunition carried by individual soldiers in later generations is about 200 rounds of bullets, and if it is strengthened, it is not impossible to double or even triple, but if you want a scout in the Han Dynasty to carry 200 rounds of crossbow arrows, not to mention whether the crossbow arrows can be as convenient and fast as the firearms of later generations, these two hundred rounds of crossbow arrows alone are enough to make it difficult for scouts......

Whether it is in terms of physical strength or long-range shooting, these elite scouts of the Han Dynasty under Fei Qian's subordinates still cannot be in charge of frontal combat, but can only harass and sabotage on a small scale. The actions carried out by Gong Jun and Ling Jie in this planning this time also have some potential further expansion attempts in this aspect.

For Gong Jun and Ling Jie, Fei Qian is still relatively confident, after all, after so many battles, these people's skills Fei Qian also has some calculations in his heart.

"Junhou, Captain Xu asks to see you." Huang Xu said outside the tent.

"Yes, please." Fei Qian put the map aside, raised his head and said.

"See the Prince." Xu Huang entered the big tent and bowed his hand.

Fei Qian pointed to the front of his desk and said, "No courtesy, sit down...... Komeito has something? ”

Xu Huang was silent for a moment, then arched his hand and said, "Junhou...... I don't know anything, and I want to ask the prince for advice......"

"What?" Fei Qian smiled and said, "Gongming might as well speak up." ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ I took the liberty to come here today, and I really have unsolved doubts in my heart......" Xu Huang looked at Fei Qian, frowning, as if some questions lingered between his eyebrows, "...... In the past, the prince said in the lecture hall...... In the battle of attrition, the subordinates seem to feel that they are still a little unclear, and ask the prince to teach again......"

Fei Qian looked at Xu Huang and said: "War of attrition is a combat method to consume the enemy's combat power, of course, the war of attrition can only be used as an auxiliary, and the more important thing is the war of annihilation, but the entire battlefield, as long as it enters the state of war, it must be consumed, what we need to do is to continue to expand the enemy's consumption until the final victory." ”

Xu Huang glanced at Fei Qian, hesitated for a moment, and said, "So...... What if we consume it as well......"

"It depends on whether you think it's worth it......" Fei Qian looked at Xu Huang and understood something, so he said slowly, "For example, if you need to harass and consume the pursuers today, you can choose to stand on the hills, or you can choose to ambush on the flanks, of course, you can also choose to let Gong Junhou use the Qingni River to attack at night, and you can also delay the pursuers...... However, the kind of consumption is smaller, and the effect is better, and that is the question that our commanders should think about and measure......"

"Although Ci is not in charge of the army, but he treats the soldiers as grass, and he can't be a qualified commander...... Fei Qian suddenly remembered the real-time strategy games in the later generations, and couldn't help but be a little out of the world, and continued to say slowly, "If the advantage is great, most of them don't need to think about anything else, and push it through steadily, even if there is some damage, it doesn't hurt...... However, this is not always the case, and there are times when you need to be careful in your deployment, calculate each soldier, and save on the combat power of each soldier...... Therefore, if you are strategically and tactically extreme, you can be called the god of war......"

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Strategic and Tactical ...... God of War ......" Xu Huang repeated in a trance.

"Yes......" Fei Qian smiled, "Gongming, you can encourage ...... together"

Xu Huang looked at Fei Qian's eyes that seemed to have insight into something, and couldn't help but bow solemnly, "...... Obey the teachings of the prince ......"

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