As for how to march, whether to stabilize and slow the march, or to speed up the march and enter the battlefield as soon as possible, in case the three outer cities are prepared. The advice of the eldest prince Qianman and Mr. Qin, the number one think-tank under Helian, is diametrically opposed, and what both sides say has a certain amount of truth, but as for how to choose, it is really not so easy to make up your mind.

When it comes to the way of employing troops, it is indeed extremely important to be steady, because war involves the lives of tens of millions of people, and once a command error, it may lead to the defeat of the war. The defeat of the war not only means that one's military goals have not been achieved, but also will kill countless people's lives for no reason, making countless families in the rear life and death helpless.

In addition, as a leader, once he is defeated, his prestige in the country is bound to be greatly reduced, and even the dissatisfaction of the people in the country will lead to riots. If it really comes to this point, not only will it greatly weaken its own national strength, but I am afraid that its own position in the country will be seriously threatened.

Therefore, the more high-ranking people are, the more cautious they will become. Because they've succeeded, they've become winners in life, so there's no need to risk the unexpected. They can't afford to fail, and in their capacity, failure is a fiasco with great implications. Such a failure could even cause a major political and even economic earthquake, and the whole situation would change drastically as the balance of power was upset. The so-called "the older the rivers and lakes, the less courageous they are", this is the truth.

However, now He Lian so launched a war against the three cities outside the Saiwai Province, not for anything else, but to rely on a hearty victory to establish his prestige. Only when his prestige is established, he can respond more when he commands all the departments of the grassland, and then realize the glory of Tanshi Huaishan in that year. Therefore, Helian is here to make meritorious contributions, he doesn't need to be careful, all he needs is to lead the Xianbei people under his command from one victory to another. Only in this way will he be able to realize his ambitions.

Moreover, Mr. Qin's words are also very reasonable, the so-called soldiers are fast, and when he went south this time, he was caught off guard by the other party. If the other party is really prepared and well prepared, then the 50,000 troops led by him will be under the city, and the Xianbei people are not good at attacking the city, it will inevitably lead to a protracted war. Whether it is the maintenance of the grain route or the consumption of weapons and materials, it is definitely an astronomical amount, even with the status of the Xianbei clan, it is not easy to afford.

In addition, although the Xianbei soldiers became an army and dismounted for the people, it greatly saved the cost of maintaining the troops on weekdays. Correspondingly, if you want them to listen to you and obediently follow you, you not only need to draw a big pie for them beforehand, but you also need visible benefits afterwards to feed the chieftains. If the battle dragged on, the defenders inside the city would have grown more confident and united, while the Xianbei army outside the city would have fallen apart as the damage grew, but there was no benefit in sight.

Every time the horse-riding people went south, they did not carry much food and grass, which greatly enhanced the mobility of the army and reduced the cost of war, but its disadvantages were also obvious. Because there was no stable supply of grain, grass and ordnance, every time the horse-riding people went south, they had to take grain and grass in the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty, the so-called "because of the grain to the enemy".

To the south of the Great Wall, the population is densely populated, and there are villages or small county towns more than ten miles away. It is too difficult for the army of the steppe people to attack the fortified city, but in the face of these small county towns or villages, or even simple settlements without even a fence, the difficulty of attacking is undoubtedly extremely small. Once it is breached, you can obtain a lot of grain and grass, and in the county town, you can get the advanced weapons that the Central Plains people are proud of. In this way, the grassland peoples can rely on this method of raising war by war and wander in the hinterland of the Central Plains.

However, this time Helian went south, and the three cities outside the Saiwai were originally north of the Great Wall, sparsely populated, and the large and small tribes along the way were all Xianbei people. Helian is a Xianbei Dadanyu, no matter how mad he is, it is impossible to attack the Xianbei tribes along the way, and use this to get war materials, right? If this is the case, then the little prestige he has left on the grassland will be gone, let alone make contributions and restore the glory of Da Dan Yu Tanshi Huai?

Therefore, the only thing he and his company could plunder was the three cities outside the Saiwai, and once they could not be attacked for a long time, there was a shortage of food and grass in the team, and the attack would be difficult to continue. Once it reaches this point, the dozens of chiefs of the large and small tribes under him will first rise up against him, and it is still polite to secretly raid the nearby small tribes, and He Lian believes that without the huge profit stimulation generated by the plundering of the Southern Dynasty in previous years, the lords of these large and small tribes will even directly lead the army to withdraw. When the time comes, don't talk about him and Lian, even if Tanshi Huai is resurrected, there will be no way to clean up the mess.

After weighing the pros and cons, Helian finally made up his mind, so he stood up and said to everyone: "I have made up my mind, tomorrow the army will speed up and quickly pass through the Thang Long Valley!" After staying in Shenglong Valley, I personally commanded the 10,000 iron cavalry of the headquarters to speed up and block the way in and out of the three cities outside the Saiwai! ”

When Qian Man heard this, his face was full of chagrin. Although he didn't dare to attack immediately, he was already extremely impatient with Mr. Qin's ignorance of current affairs.

He Lian knew his son's temper very well, and said loudly at the moment: "Qian Man listens to orders!" ”

Qian Manden was shocked, could it be that the dissatisfaction in his heart had been noticed by his father Khan? However, although he thought about it a lot, he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and hurriedly said, "The son is here!" ”

He Lian untied the saber at his waist and handed it to Qian Mandao: "Now I will hand over the saber to you, and lead the rest of the army when I lead the army south, and slowly march all the way to meet our army, there must be no mistake!" ”

Qian Man hurriedly took Helian's sword with trembling hands, and said with irrepressible excitement: "Erchen obeys the orders of his father Khan!" ”

He Lian nodded and said secretly: "It's time for Qian Man to learn to lead the army." Then he turned to Mr. Qin and said, "Mr. is a scribe, I am afraid that I can't stand the pain of running all the way, so I still stay in the Chinese army and slowly move forward with Qianman's army." What does the gentleman think? ”

Mr. Qin secretly scolded in his heart, he had offended Qianman before, but now Helian still wanted him to follow Qianman's army slowly, didn't that cost him his life? After the war, he fell from his horse and died on the march, and he had no power to resist. At the moment, he was busy patting the "Art of War" in his hand, with a sanctimonious look, and said slowly: "The Great Khan underestimated someone Qin, Qin has been practicing martial arts since elementary school, and it is not a problem to ride a horse and gallop." Moreover, it is Qin's lifelong wish to follow Da Shan Yu all the way, and Qin is willing to follow Ji Wei and lead the horse to the stirrup! ”

He Lian naturally knew the scruples in Mr. Qin's heart, so he didn't say anything at the moment, so he nodded and agreed.

When everything was ready in the big tent, and the sky was already bright, he hurriedly went back to the headquarters of each of the chiefs, and after breakfast, he acted according to the plan. The generals rushed away, and among the tribal leaders directly under Helian, his prestige was still extremely high.

Guo Er, who was driven away by the Xianbei scouts after setting off firecrackers twice, was lying on the top of a small mound at this time. His head and body were all earthy yellow, and from a distance, he looked like a very low shrub in the grassland, and it was difficult to attract the attention of others. Yesterday night, on the orders of Guo Bin, he led 200 cavalry, divided into ten groups, and lurked in various parts of the Xianbei camp, monitoring the enemy army while also having the task of disturbing the enemy.

After the soldiers everywhere lit the firecrackers, they quickly launched rockets with the longbow that was a specialty of Yangzhai County. What they do is not to annihilate the enemy, but only to harass them. At the beginning of the Xianbei camp, which was guarded by few guards, the Han soldiers could lurk very close to the camp to set off firecrackers and attack, so the first round of attacks caused much more chaos and lethality than the second harassment due to its suddenness.

Guo Er was afraid that he would get too close to the camp, and once the battalion sent cavalry to pursue, his horsemanship would be far inferior and it would be difficult to escape, so he specially told the troops not to get too close. Otherwise, if you can sneak into the place where the Xianbei camp places the war horses, and tie a few firecrackers to the tails of the war horses, you will definitely be able to cause more damage to the Xianbei people.

Judges, don't panic, this firecracker is not much different from the firecrackers of later generations.

Gunpowder was obtained by chance by the ancient Chinese in the practice of long-term alchemy and medicine to seek immortality, and has a history of more than 1,000 years. According to legend, in the last years of the Tang Dynasty, gunpowder had been used in the military, and by the Song Dynasty, gunpowder had been widely used in military affairs. Today, this great invention, which is one of the four great inventions of ancient China, has not yet been made.

Guo Bin also wants to make AK out, so that a thousand people can unify the earth, however, this is just a beautiful dream.

Not to mention Guo Bin, a product who does not learn and has no skills, his understanding of gunpowder formula is only limited to the well-known "one nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal", and the poor steel production and low steel processing technology in this era alone make him scratch his head. Of course, the barrel can be replaced by a thickened copper tube instead of a light and convenient steel tube, but the gunpowder with very low power makes the range of the musket difficult and long. In many cases, the so-called musket made regardless of the cost and painstaking efforts is not guaranteed to be safe, and its power at medium and long distances is far inferior to that of the longbow produced by Yangzhai County.

Therefore, although Sima Hui's laboratory did make black powder under the guidance of Guo Bin, it was only rolled up in thick paper to make firecrackers set off during the Chinese New Year in later generations. However, this kind of extremely Meng Lang's actions now seem to have certain merits, at least when disturbing the enemy at night, it does have a miraculous effect.

When Guo Er saw that breakfast had been eaten in the Xianbei camp, a large group of people and horses, who accounted for about one-third of the total number of the Xianbei army, left the camp gate and galloped away in the direction of Shenglong Valley, and wrote a few words on a very small piece of paper, stuffed it into the straight tube on the feet of the carrier pigeon he carried with him, and let it fly south.