Chapter 218: Battle of Yumen Pass
Not to mention anything else, just the captured dog's head gold was as high as dozens of tons, which made a Marine extremely excited.
It was the seizure of a large amount of doghead gold, and through the interrogation of the natives, geological experts found the gold and silver mines on the four islands of Yanhuang.
Another fleet of the navy, after receiving Ye Tong's order, sent troops to attack the eastern coastal areas, assisted General Mu Guiying's army to take over the eastern region, and transported supplies for Mu Guiying's army.
Lin Xiao's navy's infiltration into the eastern Yandi region was an attempt and the first cooperation between the army and navy. Through cooperation again and again, the two sides have a tacit understanding in communications and operations, and good results have been achieved.
As a result of the takeover of the Xian Dynasty Peninsula, the navy not only built bases in Liaodong, but also in Kawanin and Sangama, creating conditions for the navy to secure the eastern seas of the empire.
After Lin Xiao and Zhou Yu were promoted to corps commanders, not only did the number of marines more than double to 50,000, but the number of naval warships also increased a lot, and the number of soldiers increased from more than 20,000 to more than 60,000.
The total strength of the navy has reached 110,000 men, more than one-fifth of the Imperial Army.
It is imperative to expand the size of the navy, and the next step of the navy is a heavy task, there are too many places to conquer, and without a strong navy, it is impossible to conquer the depths of the ocean.
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Yumen Pass:
At the beginning, the Huns attacked for more than 20 days, leaving more than 100,000 corpses on the city wall of Yumen Pass, and then the Battle of Yumen Pass was in a state of confrontation.
After the Qin army received the good news of the defeat of Maodun's million-strong iron cavalry in Baideng, Jiang Song invited Fan Zeng, Han Xin and others to study how to defeat the Xiongnu iron cavalry.
Jiang Song said: "The general defeated Maodun's million iron cavalry in Baideng, once this news spreads to Yumen Pass, it is estimated that the Huns outside the pass will run away, we can't let the Huns come when they want, they can leave if they want, it's too cheap, we have to teach the Huns a lesson." ”
Han Xin said: "We have 100,000 Qin troops on the Yumen Pass, even in the field, we can also defeat the remaining 500,000 iron cavalry outside the pass, but the casualties will be a little more." ”
Fan Zeng said: "Raid." ”
The people sitting here were all old fritters in the army, and when they heard the word raid, they immediately understood what it meant.
Fan Zeng's plan is very simple, it is a night raid.
In more than a month of fierce battles and confrontations, the Qin army on the Yumen Pass has never gone out of the pass to sneak attack and fight, and the Huns must have thought that the Qin army on the Yumen Pass has limited strength and does not dare to easily send troops to fight fiercely.
In ancient times, night warfare was very taboo because most soldiers suffered from night blindness. However, the Qin soldiers did not suffer from night blindness. Night blindness was caused by malnutrition, and there was no problem with the nutrition of the soldiers of the Qin army, so there was definitely no night blindness.
To be honest, during the Chu and Han dynasties, in terms of tactical use, Fan Xi can be said to be the first person, unmatched. Even Zhisheng Zhang Liang is relatively weaker than Fan Zeng in terms of tactics. At the strategic level, Zhang Liang is undoubtedly the first person, and Fan Zeng is slightly weaker.
This view will be questioned by many people, who will think that Fan Zeng is weaker than Zhang Liang, or even weaker than Chen Ping. This kind of evaluation is also unfair to Fan Zeng.
Whether it is wild history or official history, Fan Zeng's evaluation is very high, but it is definitely not as high as Zhang Liang and Chen Ping. That's because Zhang Liang and Chen Ping are on the winner's side, and Fan Zeng is on the loser's side.
Imagine, if you think about it from another position, the Chu army is victorious, and the historical evaluation will definitely say that Fan Zeng is the first person in the world, and the title of Zhisheng is estimated to fall on Fan Zeng.
History is written by the winner, and with Liu Bang's reasons, will he sing praises for Fan Zeng, Xiang Yu and others?
Take a look at Fan Zeng's assistance to Xiang Yu, and beat the princes of the world to obedience, who dares not to listen! That's the prestige that really comes out, not the prestige that comes out.
In the face of the powerful Qin army, the Chu army also fought with fewer victories, and a series of battles were inseparable from Fan Zeng's strategy, which everyone should agree with.
Therefore, it is really impossible to compare who is higher and who is lower between Fan Zeng and Zhang Liang. Just like comparing Guo Jia with Zhuge Liang and Xun Yu, it is impossible to distinguish between the superior and inferior. It can only be said that at the strategic level, Zhuge Liang and Xun Yu are slightly better than Guo Jia, but at the tactical level, Guo Jia is undoubtedly a little stronger.
The defeat of the Chu army was not lost in talents, but in the defeat of Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu himself had shortcomings, that is, he was a little stubborn and self-serving, too soft-hearted, righteous, and a real hero.
If Xiang Yu had Liu Bang's ruthless means, when he destroyed the Qin Empire, he would directly solve the princes slowly, and the world would be surnamed Xiang, not Liu.
It was because Xiang Yu's heart was too soft, he didn't want to unify the world, he just wanted to divide the seal, and he finally failed.
In terms of strategists, Fan Zeng is definitely a top strategist at the same level as Zhang Liang, and the two can't distinguish between the two, they can only be said to be comparable, and they are both very good. One is slightly better at the strategic level, and the other is slightly better at the tactical level, but the difference is not much.
Jiang Song and Han Xin both nodded their heads in the same way, feeling that the Huns would definitely be surprised by the surprise attack. After all, the Qin army at the Jade Gate has always shown weakness.
The next step is to study how to send troops and how to raid. In this regard, Jiang Song and Han Xin are both top-level commanders, and they are very easy to deal with.
The next night, on the third watch, the sleeping soldiers of the Qin army were woken up, got up, washed, ate, fired bullets, and prepared equipment.
At the same time, hundreds of elite scouts were dispatched to Yumen Pass to clear the Hun light and dark posts outside the pass, and everything was established quietly.
80,000 musketeers were closed at the Yumen, leaving 5,000 garrisons to guard the dangerous pass, and the rest were all dispatched.
Under the command of platoon and company commanders at all levels, the soldiers walked lightly and slowly advanced towards the camp of the Huns.
100 75-mm field guns, hundreds of mortars, which had not been used, were shown for the first time in the Battle of Yumen. The 75-mm field gun, weighing only a mere 400 kilograms, could be towed away by two horses.
The sentinels of the Huns, both open and dark, were wiped out by the elite scouts of the Qin army with crossbows and bows and arrows. The main reason was that the Huns were careless, and they didn't expect the Qin army to sneak out of the customs to attack.
100 75-mm field guns, hundreds of mortars were placed, the infantry was in position, and 20,000 assault cavalry were at the end. At this time, it is almost the fifth watch, which is the best time for people to sleep and sleep the deadest.
The Huns still found a problem, after all, the movement of the 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Qin army, even if they were cautious, they could not maintain it for a long time without making a sound.
The Huns sounded the alarm, and many Huns happened to be asleep, but they were forcibly woken up, and they got up one after another, looking for clothes and weapons.
At this moment, the Qin army opened fire!
Thundered! Thundered!
100 75-mm field guns and hundreds of mortars began to bombard the Huns' camp at once. A huge explosion sounded in the camp of the Huns, and the camp of the Huns was instantly covered with a sea of fire and corpses.
Everywhere the artillery fire went, countless Huns were blown into pulp, but they were not killed, and they were shocked by the shock wave emitted by the explosion of the shells, and some were shocked to the point that their ears and noses were bleeding.
Every time the 100 field guns hit a place, they began to extend and change targets in a maximum of three rounds. Because it was the first time to use it, there was no need to blow it up all at once, and it only took a few shots to demoralize the Huns and plunge them into chaos.
Seeing that the artillery fire was extending, Jiang Song gave the order, and the infantry attacked!
80,000 musketeers lined up to the skirmisher line, slowly pressing towards the Huns who were in confusion, hundreds of mortars followed the infantry to move, as long as there were a large number of Hun iron cavalry, the mortars would come a few times, and no matter how many Huns gathered, they would be frightened and frightened.
Han Xin led 20,000 turquoise cavalry to attack, and also dealt a heavy blow to the Hun iron cavalry in the chaos, the Xiongnu iron cavalry had already been frightened, there was any resistance, and the idea in his heart was to run away and flash people.
By the time the artillery fire began, it was just a little light, and by the time the infantry advanced and the cavalry attacked, it was already dawn.
After the bombardment of artillery fire, 500,000 iron horsemen and iron horses have become a mess, not to mention ordinary Hun iron horses, that is, captains and tribal leaders, at this time, they are also frightened, I don't know what magic the Qin army can use to make such a terrifying explosion.
For more than a month, the Qin army on the Yurang Pass has not used high-level artillery, even if the fierce battle is fierce, they can't help but use it, the purpose is for today's decisive battle.
Surrender or kill!
Get down on your knees and surrender!
Surrender or kill!
In the shouts of the Qin soldiers, many of the desperate Xiongnu cavalry finally chose to abandon their weapons and equipment and obediently surrender to the Qin army.
There are also a lot of Xiongnu iron cavalry who resist, for this kind of situation, the Qin soldiers dealt with it very simply, took out a grenade and went to the Hun crowd,.
Thundered!
All it takes is a few grenades to make the Huns who are confronted or resisting immediately choose to surrender. There was no way, whether it was grenades, mortars, muskets, the power was too terrifying, and the Huns could not resist.
A battle without suspense should not be called a decisive battle, nor can it be called a fierce battle, it is a completely one-sided battle.
There are fewer and fewer Hun iron cavalry resisting, as long as they are entangled by the Qin army, the only way for the Huns to survive is to drop their weapons and surrender, otherwise it will be a dead end.
The Hun iron cavalry in the chaos, whether it is tens of thousands of commanders or tribal leaders, is not trying to organize a counterattack by the iron cavalry, but is trying to find a way to run away and flash people.
You can't blame the Hun commander and the tribal leader, it is the Qin army's artillery that is too terrifying and too lethal, and that shocking scene makes the Huns fearful, knowing that they can't resist, in that case, running away is the first thought of people.
Once the Xiongnu iron cavalry came to its senses, there was no problem in escaping, in the face of 500,000 iron cavalry to run, the Qin army only had 20,000 cavalry, no matter how powerful it was, it could not prevent the Xiongnu iron cavalry from escaping.
The Qin army was able to capture the Hun iron cavalry, to put it mildly, it was to take advantage of the fire to rob, and the Huns could be captured when they were frightened and panicked. Once the Huns came back to their senses, the Qin army could not take the Huns.
However, after being bombarded by artillery, 500,000 terrified Hun iron cavalry, if they all want to successfully escape, it is also impossible, after all, the place is so big, once everyone rushes to escape, there will be chaos immediately.
In the chaos, if you want to survive and not be captured alive by the Qin army, the only way is to be ruthless to your comrades and kill the comrades who are blocking them.
For this reason, the Hun iron cavalry in the chaos also carried forward the traditional virtues of eugenics, and took out weapons to kill each other. This kind of thing was normal and common in the eyes of the Huns.
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