For a month, in addition to the necessary fattening of horses, polishing staffs, and boosting morale, Gongsun Xun also sent people to Liaoxi to ask his mother for a secret weapon - Mo Hu Qi and several warriors in his Mo Hu Department.

Of course, Gongsun Xun definitely didn't think that Mo Huyun and these people would have much combat power to do this, the crux of the problem is that almost all of these people were exiled from the central part of Xianbei, and they knew the road of Danhan Mountain and the geography outside the Saiwai. And although Xia Yu must have a lot of such characters, after all, it is not something he can reach out for, and it is always right to keep a few preparations.

In this way, Gongsun Xun had just done a few trivial tasks, and in the summer, while the south wind was in full swing, the Han army gathered in Gaoliusai according to the previous deployment.

The other two roads are not mentioned for the time being, Xia Yu has about 6,000 Han troops, 5,000 Wuhuan Tu cavalry, a total of more than 10,000 soldiers, of which the Han army is equipped with horses even if it is infantry, so it can be called 10,000 horses. Coupled with the accompanying subordinates and people's husbands who accompanied the army, the military momentum on this road can be called a huge army, with dazzling armor and clear banners.

And after paying tribute to the heavens on the appointed date, the army immediately left the fortress and went straight to the Danhan Mountain in the north!

In fact, as Guo Yi said, this is not the era of one Han and five hus, but at least it is the era of one Han and three hus. Wuhuan rode along, not to mention, so many elite Han troops are all elites of border counties with rich combat experience, and the iron armor transferred from the arsenal of Qingzhou and Sili has even spread to the level of the commander in the company, and the bows and crossbows used by the officers are completely made of bronze...... And the Xianbei people on the other side are still using bone arrows!

With such a military situation, it is indeed the most powerful armed force in this era when order still exists!

Therefore, no one is qualified to despise this army, at least the Xianbei people did not despise it, because it was only more than 20 miles out of the fortress, and Gongsun Xun, who was responsible for the security of the right flank of the army, had a face-to-face with the Xianbei people who came to attack and harass!

In other words, since he is responsible for flank security all the way, Xia Yu will naturally have support...... In fact, at this moment, in addition to the 500 people in the headquarters and more than 100 Yanmen righteous servants, Gongsun Xun still has more than 500 Wuhuan cavalry and 300 Han army foot soldiers under his command, with a total of nearly 1,500 troops. Coupled with the two hundred escorts and four or five hundred people who were in charge of logistics, there were basically more than 2,000 people along the way.

With such military strength, even the Xianbei people are fools and will not ignore him.

"General." The degree of sinicization of Shanggu Wuhuan is probably the deepest, and this small leader of Wuhuan who leads the troops can even say flattering words from the Han people. "The Xianbei people have retreated, and when they saw that we had so many cavalry, they had no will to fight at all! We pounced and shot down five or six of the enemy from our horses, two of them survived, and then we didn't chase any further! ”

"This is all the credit of the leader, you can rest assured, I will keep a firm record of every battle in this battle, and I will definitely not be stingy in front of Xia Gong when I go back." Under the vertical flag embroidered with the word Gongsun, Gongsun Xun, who was surrounded by a group of officers, naturally spoke warmly.

"Thank you, General." The Wuhuan leader was naturally overjoyed.

"Mo Huqi." Gongsun Xunfu turned his head and commanded again. "Go and investigate those two captives and see if you can get some news."

"Yes, Shaodong." Mo Huqi was slightly distracted, but he still quickly took someone away.

Then, just a moment later, this Sinicized Xianbei head man caught up with the banner again: "Gongsun Shaodong...... I'm afraid things are a little difficult to do. ”

"Speaking of which," Gongsun Xun was also in his heart, but he still maintained his composure in his complexion.

"The two pawns are not directly subordinate to the royal court who lives here, nor are they the central Xianbei nearby, but the eastern Xianbei! According to them, Eastern Xianbei received an order from the royal court last month, and then tried his best to mobilize more than 10,000 people from the other side of the Da Liao River to support...... As for the superfluous news, they don't even know it. ”

Gongsun Xun couldn't pretend at all at this moment, so he stopped directly and began to digest this information!

In other words, Tanshi Huai is a generation of Tianjiao, but after all, he is a hero on the grassland, and the culture of the Xianbei people themselves is too backward, so after the establishment of the Xianbei people, they just use the simplest and rough way to divide the interior......

How exactly is it drawn? Very simply, the royal court is in the center, there is the headquarters of the sandalwood acacia and a few so-called royal court guards formed by hostages from various tribes, and then according to the geography, it is divided into three parts: east, middle and west.

Among them, the western Xianbei is the most present because of the melee between the Qiang and the Han people there, and the aggressiveness is also the largest, and the strength is of course the strongest; The central part is second, but this place is close to the royal court and is more trusted by the sandalwood acacia; The eastern part is the weakest, and it has no sense of existence......

In fact, there is no way to do this, because Eastern Xianbei not only has to face Xuansu County and Liaodong County of the Han Dynasty, but also Buyeo and Goguryeo, and these opponents are not easy to mess with! Even, sometimes they need Tanshi Huai to support when they fight fiercely, and even the 'Meicha' who harasses Liaoxi on weekdays has to give up to Xianbei in the middle of the country.

Therefore, for the Han Dynasty, the eastern Xianbei seems to have a lack of presence...... But now, in the face of the pressure of the Han army, they actually ignored the Buyeo people and the Goguryeo people, and then rode lightly to aid the royal court!

Gongsun Xun lost his mind for a while...... First of all, did the Han army miss this force? Secondly, did the Han army underestimate the appeal of Tanshi Huai to the Xianbei people? This place is not only a small distance of 2,000 miles from the Great Liaoshui in the eastern Xianbei activity, but they can actually follow the order of their own Great Khan, regardless of the safety of their own nest, to come directly to support!

"Dispatch someone to report to the general." Gongsun Xun forcibly suppressed a certain uneasiness and commanded Lu Fan. "Our army confronted the eastern Xianbei, and according to the captives, the eastern Xianbei reinforcements were about 10,000 people, and then killed the two captives and continued on the road...... Let the Wuhuan cavalry spread a little further. ”

"Whoa!" Lu Fan naturally hurried to assign people.

"Shaojun." When Lu Fan left, Lou Gui suddenly twisted his beard, which was only half a fingernail long, and stepped forward and said in public. "With this extra 10,000 troops, I'm afraid the situation will be very different."

"What do you mean?" Gongsun Xun smiled reluctantly. "More than 10,000 Xianbei savages who came to help thousands of miles from the Great Liao River were already extremely exhausted, and they had no equipment, so they were scattered to three roads, and there were only 3,000 more soldiers on each road......

"But what if you don't disperse to meet the enemy in three directions?" Lou Gui Zhengse reminded. "What if the enemy army concentrates on strengthening its strength all the way with this 10,000 troops, and then uses the strategy of Tian Ji horse racing? If this is the case, we are afraid that there will be an elite of the enemy's royal court plus these 10,000 reinforcements on the opposite side of the road, and I am afraid that it will be extremely difficult to fight! After all, Tanakaro on the west road is far away in the clouds, and the distance is too far, so he can only exchange with the western Xianbei all the way, and we are the most threatening because we are heading straight to the royal court......"

"Do you think I didn't think of it?" Gongsun Xun finally couldn't hold back, and then interrupted the other party in public anger. "Or do you think that after Xia Gong heard the message, he wouldn't have guessed that there might be such a situation? Lou Zibo, you have to understand, we are just the flank of the army, 1,500 soldiers, can we act without permission or what? What is the situation, we have to make a judgment and make a decision for Xia Gong, let's say it here, it will only mess up the morale of the army! ”

Lou Guiden sneered.

"Next time I have something to say!" Gongsun Xun glared at the other party angrily. "Without a military order, our department can only continue to move forward."

This time, not only Lou Gui, but also the rest of the officers bowed their heads together, but the atmosphere was inevitably two or three points stiffer than before.

And sure enough, the Chinese army, which was only about ten miles away from the right flank, quickly received an order - the message was known, move closer to the Chinese army for two to three miles, and then be careful and continue to move forward!

However, what puzzled everyone was that they set up camp that day and hit the road again the next day, but for two days, the army just kept fighting against the backward equipment of the eastern Xianbei, and it was a growing ranger, as if the other party was deadly...... However, I didn't see the so-called elite of the royal court at all!

Obviously, the other party wanted to slow down the Han army as much as possible and cover the Han army's scouts...... This is understandable, of course, and this classic guerrilla tactic has really worked very well.

But then what? It's pointless to just be sluggish, right? After all, Danhan Mountain is only three hundred miles away from Saiwai, and even if the Han army is harassed all the way, it still travels more than 100 miles, so how many days can you delay?

Moreover, the performance of these eastern Xianbei soldiers and horses was indeed as Gongsun Xun said, they came from afar, tired, and extremely poorly equipped, and were almost completely suppressed by the Wuhuan Tucai who had received military support from the Han army in this harassment war, and the exchange ratio between the two sides was far greater than the expectations of the Han army.

So, don't think about it at all, the enemy must still have a backhand, it's just not clear...... In other words, for the lower-level military officials, it is just that the army commander has not yet made a judgment and decision.

However, this situation soon ended, because after camping on the evening of the third day, Gongsun Xun was urgently summoned to the Chinese army to participate in the military meeting.

"That kid from Xilu Tian Yan is too far away, so I won't talk about it." Xia Yu did not meet the generals in the tent, but sat outside on the floor while dining with the sergeants, a habit he said he had learned from Duan Xi. "However, Zang Zhonglang of Yanmen in the middle of the road has sent someone to send military information there today, saying that he has also encountered layers of interception on his side, but the opponent he is facing is Xianbei in the middle of the country...... This was certainly expected for a long time. ”

The officers and soldiers couldn't help laughing.

"In other words." Xia Yu said seriously. "I thought the situation was quite clear, originally we thought that the three roads out of the jam were the west road to the west Xianbei; The middle lane is against the middle Xianbei; And we face the royal court...... Now the situation is more or less the same, except that we have 10,000 more miscellaneous soldiers along the way. If my prediction is right, then the sandalwood acacia will inevitably make the three Xianbei each face our three-way army, and then he personally led the elite of his headquarters to wait for us in his royal court, that place is backed by Danhan Mountain, and there is a revenge water in front, it is a good place to wait for work. Not to mention the other two roads, if we get to that place under layers of barriers, and then lose all our spirit, the attack is unfavorable, and the eastern Xianbei rangers on both sides outflank it, I am afraid that the situation will be very bad! ”

Everyone bowed their heads one after another, this is what many people can think of at the beginning, after all, they are the closest to Danhan Mountain and the biggest threat, so the 10,000 reinforcements from Xianbei in the east should all be placed in front of them...... It also has the flavor of further strengthening the defense of Danhan Mountain. And now, the message from Zang Min has verified this.

"In that case," a subordinate in the army couldn't help but suggest. "It's better to turn to the west slightly and join the Xiongnu army of General Zang Zhonglang in the middle...... After all, the central Xianbei attacked Liaoxi before, and the losses of troops would be extremely serious. At this point, this person also glanced at Gongsun Xun, who was bowing his head and eating cakes. Therefore, once they converge and the two armies join forces to go to Danhan Mountain, whether it is the eastern Xianbei or the central Xianbei, they are afraid that they will be powerless...... At that time, the sandalwood locust will either let the two Xianbei rebound Khan Mountain to defend it, but this will also lose the absolute advantage of the army; Either we can only lead the elite of the royal court to rush out and rush to fight with us, and when the time comes, we will be the ones who will wait for work. ”

"Not necessarily!" Xia Yu shook his head and said. "The most important thing in fighting these aliens is not the strength of the troops, but the morale...... They are barbarians, with neither system nor honor, and often gather people at the beginning to be brave and brave, so the offensive is like a tide, but once the battle cannot be fought for a long time, the morale will collapse, and they will be slaughtered for thousands of miles. In the past, Taiwei Duan and I were fair and chaotic, and almost every battle was able to win more with less, not without reason. ”

"But I'm afraid that Tanshi Huai can't be compared to the Qiang people." Someone else hurriedly said. "And on the grassland, on the contrary, the morale of our army is floating."

"You underestimate our Han army too much." Xia Yu still disagreed. "Our Han army system is complete, and the subordinates at all levels below the self are layered on top of each other, as long as the officers above do not waver, the soldiers below are naturally worry-free. As for the officers, how many will escape? If it succeeds, it will be sealed as a wife and son, and if it fails, will it not be afraid of affecting the family? It's like the prince of the Daijun county, after he became famous, he had been dealing with me before, but before the war, didn't he let go of the Daijun county and me? Why, isn't it because of disobedience in military affairs? My Han family system has its own reasoning. ”

The crowd was either awe-inspiring or recognized.

"So, the general means ......?" Finally, someone couldn't help but ask.

"I've made up my mind!" Xia Yu put down the clay pot in his hand and wiped his lips. "Following the example of the Battle of Fengyi, the whole army changed formations, increased speed lightly, and went straight to Danhan Mountain!"

Everyone changed color, but no one dared to speak.

"The left wing becomes the rear team, Han Sima, you and your left wing turn into the rear army, take care of the baggage and the people, and walk slowly!"

"Whoa!"

"Gongsun Sima!"

"The subordinates are here!" didn't have time to think, Gongsun Xun hurriedly put down the cake and bowed his head.

"You are the only Sima of other departments under my command, where the imperial court system is, this battle can no longer rely on you, I hope you live up to the courage of five people in Liaoxi...... I mean, your right flank will become the front team, and at the same time, I will have another 500 Han troops with you, all of whom are my own henchmen, and then the Chinese army will allocate enough horses and you, you throw me a baggage, and quickly go straight to Danhan Mountain! The night after tomorrow, I want you to be forced to the enemy to deter the enemy! At that time, as long as you survive the night and day across the river, they will be demoralized, and my Chinese army will rush over and kill them by surprise! At this point, Xia Yu stared at Gongsun Xun and asked. The military order is below, is it clear? ”

"Clear!" Gongsun Xun only felt that his hair was cold and upside down, and he immediately gritted his teeth and got up to salute. "Xun will serve his life!"

"Good!" Xia Yu nodded with satisfaction.

The sun had set, and in front of the Chinese army camp behind the army commander, the scepter was swaying slightly against the evening breeze.

"At the end of Xiping, the Han army was divided into three ways to invite Xianbei to attack, Tanshi Huai ordered the three adults to fight against it, the three roads were isolated, the military situation was in a trance, when Taizu was in the Xia Yu army on the right road, the candle saw thousands of miles, and the reality of peeping was in a hurry when the Japanese army was having dinner in the evening, and invited himself to be the front, not to avoid the sword and arrow, and to rush to the sweat mountain!" - "Old Yan Book". Volume I. Emperor Taizu Wu Benji

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