Chapter 674: Beacon Golmud 1
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In April, when the grass grows and the warbler flies, the Golmud steppe has now lost its former tranquility.
Under the joint agitation of the Wei army's dog-legged Tielin tribe and the Lingyi tribe, as well as seven or eight small tribes, the tribes of the Golmud steppe fled to the north one after another in order to avoid the military disaster.
For these small tribes of the Golmud steppe, the invaders of the Hanoi steppe were not terrible, but the Wei people behind them were terrible.
The current Wei Army Heavenly Soldiers, that is, the Wu Yang Army, which has only recently announced its name, is completely undaring for these tribes.
Therefore, the Tielin tribe and the Yiyi tribe and other tribes relied on the power of the Wei army to make a fortune in the Golmud steppe, and their lives were better than they imagined.
Of course, the Wei army has a laissez-faire attitude towards this, and these Hu people also need to be lenient and severe, and they have to give people some benefits before they are willing to die.
Of course, the most critical reason is that some of the things looted by the Tielin tribe and other tribes on the Golmud grassland went into the pockets of the Wei army.
It is precisely because of this that the Wei army achieved the purpose of feeding the war with war, and the two captains' departments that attacked basically did not need the Lingbei battalion to spend grain and grass.
The southern parts of the Golmud steppe can migrate, but the Donghu people, who are the big brothers, have to face the Wei army's military peaks.
And the Donghu people are not stupid, the Golmud steppe is not just a fucking territory, it has encountered and raised other tribes.
Therefore, this responsibility to defend the territory is also indispensable to other tribes, no matter how these people escape, the people who should be recruited are indispensable.
Therefore, under the strong persecution of the Donghu people, these large and small tribes of Golmud squeezed out more than 10,000 people to help them fight.
This time, the 60,000 cavalry of the Donghu people and the cavalry of nearly 30,000 people were all assembled to fight to the death with the Wei army.
After losing the hegemony of the steppe after the defeat and being expelled by the Xiongnu, the Golmud grassland became the last home of Donghu, and it was impossible for them to give up here.
Armageddon could not be achieved overnight, and the two armies had to start with a gradual and tentative attack.
The Hanoi steppe tribes, driven by the Wei army, were responsible for resisting and containing the large and small tribes of the Golmud tribes, while the Wei cavalry was facing the Donghu headquarters.
What should be noted here is that although the Donghu headquarters sounds bluffing, it is only a prestige on the Golmud steppe.
If they are placed in the area north of the Heishui River, they will be stronger than most of those grasslands at best, and they will not be able to be compared with the Xiongnu headquarters.
Even with the same number of troops, the Donghu people may not even be able to win the battle of the Heishui and Xiyun Divisions.
Therefore, in the face of the 6,000 elite Wei army ironclad light cavalry, although the Donghu people are outnumbered, the pressure is not ordinary.
In the first two tentative attacks, two 10,000 horsemen in the eastern headquarters were defeated, and in this way a third of the force was paralyzed.
The Donghu people still suffered the loss of information blockage, and they would know that the Wei army on the opposite side was no longer the bulky cavalry it was at the beginning, but had become an army with a speed similar to him, or maybe even faster.
Therefore, after the tentative attack, the Donghu people knew that their side would definitely lose if they fought on a small scale.
Then there are two options now, the first is to flee the Golmud steppe and try to make a comeback when the Wei army is short of food and grass.
But there is a question, where can they move to Donghu? The Golmud steppe was originally their distribution place, and there was no place to leave it.
Therefore, their second choice is to gather all their strength to fight to the death, and they may not be invincible by virtue of their numerical superiority.
Therefore, after more than 10 days of continuous testing and confrontation, April 12 became the day of the official battle between the two armies.
In this attack on the Golmud steppe, Wei Wuji only sent two cavalry from the Commander's Department, so it was a complete disadvantage in terms of troops.
Moreover, they are not the heavy ironclad cavalry, and it is basically unrealistic to crush the 20,000 Hu people on the opposite side head-on.
The actual advantage of the Wei army is the best weapons and the iron armor all over their bodies.
Although it is a light iron armor, it is also the existence of Donghu people's swords and arrows, and its advantages cannot be underestimated.
At this time, the two lieutenants who were picked up by Wei Wuji listened to the news brought by the scouts repeatedly.
The Donghu people had already put on a posture, and it seemed that they were going to do a wheel war, and after the first wave of attacks, they would not give the Wei army a chance to breathe, and immediately carry out a second wave of attacks.
Therefore, at this time, Fang Xuan and Gao Yun, who were the leading generals, still had a somewhat solemn expression on their faces.
Although I still feel that I still have an advantage on my side, there are more than 20,000 people on the other side! It's really not an easy battle.
After a long time, Fang Xuan spoke first: "Lord Gao, don't want this expression, our army didn't have this iron armor at the beginning, but it was able to compete with the cavalry of the Hun headquarters......"
"What's more, at this time, we have already put on solid iron armor, but the enemy on the opposite side is the Donghu people...... Victory is no problem! Fang Xuan patted Gao Yun on the shoulder and said.
Inspired by Fang Xuan, Gao Yun's face improved a lot, and at this time, he couldn't help but think of the great battle with the Huns years ago.
I heard Gao Yun say: "Lord Fang is right, I think the two of us are ...... years ago However, the three Huns headquarters and 10,000 horsemen chased and fled in embarrassment, and the Donghu people are now only 40,000 horsemen in front of them, how can they win! ”
Fang Xuan thought about it, it was indeed the case, the Huns were all scared like that, not to mention the Donghu people whose combat effectiveness was not at the same level.
At this time, Fang Xuan said: "Gongzi suppressed Hu Hansan and Yan Qing, and promoted me as lieutenants in the army, how trusting is it...... This is also the time for the two of us to repay the kindness of the son! ”
Gao Yun nodded, and then said: "That's right, this time I will definitely defeat Donghu and raise the prestige of the son!" ”
But at this moment, the two of them heard the shouts of the army in front of them, and it was the kind with a beat.
This aroused the curiosity of the two men, so they took a look at the horses and walked forward, but it was their own soldiers who were inspiring and boosting morale.
The two of them joined the army no one else, it was Hu Hansan and Yan Qing, who were suppressed by Wei Wuji.
Although these two people are both big bosses, it is precisely because of this that they can communicate with the soldiers, and the ability to boost morale at this time is also reported.
"Brothers, the Donghu people are a dog, and we are the hunters in the mountains...... In the original battle with Donghu, everyone fought aggrieved, but let Donghu, a wild dog, dare to bare his teeth at us......"
"This time, we're going to break their doglegs!" Hu Han shouted three times, which immediately caused a shout.
Now the morale of the Wei army is really not covered, even the Huns can run with them, and it is too difficult to be afraid of the Donghu people on the opposite side.
Of course, the premise of achieving this is to forget the numerical superiority of the enemy on the opposite side, but how many armies can do it?
But fortunately, the Wei army at this time did it. Now they only remember that they were sent by Wu Yangjun to punish the invincible war of the Donghu people, and they will move forward.
Looking at this hot scene, Fang Xuan and the others realized that their previous worries were really too redundant.
With such morale and such an army, how could it not defeat the third-rate army on the opposite side......
And they knew in their hearts that it would be very difficult for the two of them to achieve such an encouraging effect.
For example, Hu and Han's sentence "In the original battle with Donghu, everyone fought aggrieved", which is something that the two of them can't mention.
As officers who had reached the rank of lieutenant in the army, Fang Xuan and Gao Yun naturally understood the intentions of the prince during the war.
This is something that the two of them must not declare, Hu Hansan is Wei Wuji's absolute confidant, so he can not take this matter seriously.