Chapter 206: Cavalry Buster
In the big tent of the Chinese army, hundreds of personal soldiers are armed with knives and torches, guarding this place through the wind and rain, a secret military meeting related to life and death is underway, and the participants are all senior generals in the Han army without exception!
According to the information collected in the recent period, coupled with his own personal observation, Xiao Yi analyzed the combat effectiveness and advantages and disadvantages of the Qiang army in detail, and together with everyone, repeatedly deduced various possible battle situations on the map!
Near Chang'an, it is all the plains that Weishui has been impacting all the year round, the terrain here is flat, the soil is hard, and it is very suitable for large groups of cavalry to fight, and the Han army, which is dominated by infantry, has no city to rely on, and 50,000 Qiang iron cavalry clash in the field, and it is almost impossible to win!
"It's too dangerous and too risky!"
"If the Qiang people launch a group charge, tens of thousands of war horses will trample on it together, and they can't stop it with their flesh and blood alone!"
"In my opinion, let's take a step back, rely on the city, and shoot with a bow ** to have a chance of winning!"
Most of the people are battlefield generals, in their memory, from ancient times to the present, there is no precedent for a large group of infantry to defeat the cavalry, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty invaded the Xiongnu in the north, but also after the national strength was strong, he did not hesitate to consume countless money and grain, established a strong cavalry group, and used Wei Qing, Huo Qubing such an excellent general command to succeed.
As for 'winning the cavalry with steps', since King Zhao Wuling's 'Hufu cavalry shooting' and the establishment of cavalry troops, there has never been such a battle case in the Central Plains!
Therefore, many generals suggested that the encirclement of Chang'an should be lifted, the whole army should retreat westward, lure the Qiang people deep into the interior, lengthen the battle line, gradually consume their sharp energy, and finally launch a counterattack relying on the strong city, which will be a complete victory!
Staring at the map in front of him, every river and every city on it was deeply imprinted in Xiao Yi's mind, and resurrected there, forming a three-dimensional world, where countless soldiers and horses fought and killed, and finally dyed the whole world a blood-red!
"No, we must not let this group of ****** continue to penetrate deep into the Han land!" Xiao Yi slapped the table suddenly, his eyes were full of murderous energy, he knew that the generals' suggestions were correct in terms of strategy and tactics, but once the Qiang army was put in, the Han people in the prefectures and counties along the way would inevitably suffer, and even the entire Guanzhong, so even if the final victory was achieved, it would be meaningless!
It is natural to be a soldier to protect the country, if you can't even protect the country, what else do you have to do as a soldier!
As for riding against each other, who says that you can't win? Xiao Yi smiled coldly and touched his nose, "Da Niu, Ma Liu, are you ready for what I want?" ”
"On the orders of the Grand Governor, it is ready!" Ma Liuxian stood up, carefully took out a wooden box from his arms, opened it, and put it on the handsome case.
Carefully pinching out the contents and putting them in the palm of his hand, Xiao Yi couldn't help laughing, with this baby, even if he has thousands of horses, thousands of troops, it will be difficult to move an inch!
The Cao family brothers, who had been standing behind, stretched out their heads, only to see Xiao Yi holding a small iron tool in the palm of his hand, with a round hole in the middle, and four iron thorns sticking out, about a few inches long, very sharp, the most strange thing is that no matter how this thing is placed, there is always one side upward.
The three brothers were clever enough to immediately think of a terrible scenario, and scattered this 'thistle' on the ground so densely that once the horse's hooves stepped on it, the consequences would be ......
"Chilling!"
"How many were built?" Pinching the thistle in his hand, Xiao Yi asked.
"The blacksmiths in the army rushed to work day and night, using clay as a model, pouring molten iron, and then grinding four iron thorns with a grinding wheel, all of which carried out the 'flow operation' mentioned by the Metropolitan Governor, and now more than 100,000 pieces have been produced!" In addition to admiration or admiration in Ma Liu's eyes, he has personally experimented, this little thistle terrestris is definitely the nemesis of the cavalry!
"More than 100,000 pieces, it's barely enough!" Xiao Yi thought about it for a while and nodded, "Da Niu, how are you preparing there?" ”
"It's ready, three thousand soldiers are practicing the formation day and night!" Da Niu is holding a strange-looking long knife in his hand, with a double edge, a thick back, and a long rod, all made of fine iron.
"In order to create this batch of treasures, all the fine iron in the army has been consumed, and some captured blades have been melted to barely make it up, but the power of this thing is worth it!"
That's right, this is the second treasure that Xiao Yi used to restrain the Qiang cavalry~~'Dahan Mo knife! ’
Mo Dao originally had to wait hundreds of years before it would appear on the stage of history, but because of Xiao Yi, this big killer was born ahead of schedule!
The three-foot blade, plus the four-foot blade, is almost the height of an adult, with two sides of the blade, and a thick ridge in the middle, making it very conducive to chopping. But this baby also has a drawback, it's too heavy!
Because of the quality of fine iron and the construction technology, this Mo knife weighs at least forty pounds, almost catching up with the weight of the weapons of those commanders, if you want to wield it, you must choose those warriors who are more than eight feet tall and have excellent arm strength, and the battle time will definitely not last long!
However, Xiao Yi didn't plan to let the soldiers run around the world with Mo knives, as long as at the most critical moment, the three thousand Mo Dao troops could wield this killing weapon and take hundreds of steps in a row!
The evaluation of Modao in history is...... 'long knives are like forests, like walls advancing, people and horses are broken, and they are invincible!' ’
"Continue to step up the training, and when the time comes, you will personally lead the team into battle, and let those Qiang people see how powerful my Han family is a son!" Returning the Mo knife to the big cow, Xiao Yi's eyes were full of excitement, with these two treasures pressing the array, he had at least a seventy percent chance of winning, as for the remaining thirty percent, just rely on God's blessing!
No general dares to boast of winning a 100% battle, even the 'immortal of the soldiers' Han Xin can't do it, because there are too many unpredictable things on the battlefield, a gust of wind, a gust of rain, a stray arrow, can cause the whole army to be defeated, the war is **, there is seventy percent certainty, it is enough for a commander to press the old book up!
"The rest of the departments, step up the training of men and horses, and prepare to fight to the death with the Qiang people!"
"No!"
The generals agreed in unison, the military order has been issued, since the governor of the capital is going to fight, then everyone is ready to fight hard!
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On the banks of the Weishui River, the Qiang camp, the thirty-six chiefs are also preparing for a decisive battle, no, it should be said that the thirty-five divisions, because Zhelan has become a prisoner of the family, so her tribe refuses to fight, on the contrary, she is still preparing property, hoping to redeem her own chief from the Han army!
The big leader White Wolf sat cross-legged on the sheepskin cushion, his face was full of chagrin, he sent the men and horses of the 'Zhelan Department' to harass the Han army, he originally planned to take the opportunity to consume their strength, who knew that this group of stupid women could not be harassed, and they also paid themselves back, and before the battle started, a big chief was captured, which hit morale!
However, this also gives himself a chance, as long as he can defeat the Han army in front of him, he can take advantage of the aftermath of the great victory to annex the men and territories of the 'Zhelan Department', and then the other departments will not dare to say anything, if you really want to do that step, he is the real 'King of the Qiang people', as for Zhelan, it doesn't matter whether she is alive or dead, compared to the throne, what is a woman?
Even if it's a woman who makes her heart move!
"The great chiefs of the various departments, after this period of temptation, we already know almost everything about the reality of the Han army, it is time to draw out the saber, collapse the war horse, and under the guidance of the golden wolf banner, go to level their camp and plunder endless wealth!"
After listening to the white wolf's agitation, the chiefs turned their attention to the old chief of the 'Blackwater Department', this wise old man's vision has always been accurate, and he can almost predict the victory or defeat of the war!
"I've been around Chang'an, it's all a good battlefield of Pingchuan, where the children can gallop to their heart's content, and teach those Han people a lesson with iron hooves and sabers!"
The old chief of Heishui nodded, now the time and place are very favorable to their Qiang people, unless the gods descend to earth, they will win!
"White Wolf God bless!"
"White Wolf God bless!"
The two great chiefs agreed to send troops, and a howl suddenly rang out in the Qiang camp!