Two days later, early in the morning, Xun You sent Jiang Feng a preliminary report. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The basic situation of the Baibo Army has been figured out, the leader is called Guo Da, who is a subordinate of Zhang Jiao of the former Yellow Turban Army.

However, it is not so much a rebellion as it is a survival. The Hexi region borders the Xiongnu, the legal system is chaotic, the officials oppress the people, and the harvest in recent years is not good, making the people miserable. Guo Da's uprising was actually revolutionizing the people of Pingyang County, so the power was huge and difficult to exterminate.

Now there are more than 120,000 people under Guo Da's command, but they are all with their families, including the elderly, women, and children.

The real force numbered more than 23,000 men, divided into two parts.

One part is the militia, about 18,000 people. It is the labor requisitioned from the original common people, the armor is insufficient, and the training is not enough, most of them wear cloth clothes and fight with hoes. In this way, the army, in attack, basically has no combat effectiveness. Neither can siege the city, nor has the ability to move warfare. However, when defending, they should not be underestimated, because behind them are their families, and in order to protect their loved ones, these people can fight to the death.

The other part was the Yellow Turban Army brought by Guo Da and the soldiers of the states and counties that were later annexed, a total of about 5,000 people. In fact, the Yellow Turbans were all peasants at the beginning, but after several years of fighting, those who could stay have become veterans, experienced and combative. Niu Fu was defeated at the hands of this army.

The main generals were Zhang Yang, Han Xianam, Yang Feng, Li Le and Hu Cai. Each of these five men commanded a thousand soldiers and horses. At the same time led a part of the militia.

Well? Jiang Feng looked at the battle report, and suddenly, a name attracted Jiang Feng's attention.

Xu Huang, Xu Gongming.

A native of Yang County, Hedong, he was originally a soapy person in the county, and was accepted into the army by Guo Da, and is currently a lieutenant under Yang Feng.

Jiang Feng was overjoyed, but he didn't expect to meet Xu Huang and Xu Gongming here, but at the same time, he was a little worried, since Guo Da can discern people, he promoted a county soap official to a lieutenant, which is enough to show that this Guo Da has some skills.

With such a military appearance, coupled with such a general, it is even more difficult to defeat the White Polish Army.

Xun Youyu reported: "My lord, the report came this morning, and yesterday the Bai Bo Army had finished resting. It is estimated that today and tomorrow will be headed for Anyi County. Are we up to the war? ”

Jiang Feng said: "How do you think we should deal with the war?" ”

Xun You took out the topographic map of a hundred miles that he had just drawn and said: "Lord, you see, there is a river between Anyi and Baibo Valley, called Qingshui, this river is only one meter deep, and there are only two wooden bridges on it, which is a good place for us to block the advance of the Baibo army." I suggest that we set up camp at the five miles of Qingshui, wait for the white wave army to come. ”

Through Lu Bu's memory, Jiang Feng also knew some skills for marching and fighting. Mountains and rivers are definitely the geographical factors that were most often used and needed to be used in ancient wars.

For places blocked by rivers, "The Art of War" says: No water must be far away; The guest comes from the water, do not welcome it in the water, so that it can be hit half-helped, and it will be profitable.

That is, to resist the enemy by the river, you need to camp away from the river, and when the enemy comes, let them cross the river. Halfway through, lead the army to attack.

In this way, the opponent's formation is not in order, and the end cannot be taken care of, the advance cannot be rushed to attack, and the retreat cannot be quickly retreated. Wait for work with ease, fight chaos with concert, fight more with less, and win.

Jiang Feng made up his mind and said: "Okay, immediately set off as a whole army, march at full speed, and be sure to reach Qingshui River before dark today, and set up camp." ”

In fact, Pujia Valley is only 100 miles away from Anyi County, and the Qingshui River is in the middle of the two, slightly closer to Anyi County. However, even a distance of forty miles may not be possible in a day's march.

The march in ancient times was completely different from the modern era, when there were no roads, no highways, and no bicycles.

It's all dirt roads in the countryside, and it's nice to have a horse-drawn carriage for a one-way trip. In some places, it is not even easy for cars and horses to walk, and people need to carry the cars over.

And marching is not the same as walking alone, marching needs to ensure uniformity and maintain formation. That is to say, the speed of the march does not depend on the fastest walk, but on the slowest walk.

What's the slowest? It was a baggage army, and they had to transport military tents, grain and grass, and even pigs and sheep. For the rations of the whole army, there is nothing to eat, no matter how strong the army is, the day will be over.

You also have to consider the physical exertion of the march, and you can barely accept it if you travel thirty or forty miles a day, provided that the enemy army does not come to attack you in the middle of the night. Because the normal speed of a person walking is about five kilometers, but only if the road is flat and there is no weight. Although the people in the army are stronger than normal people, their march is burdened, and they are dressed in leather armor, plus spears and short knives, and they are twenty or thirty pounds to say the least. Add to that the rugged dirt roads you walk, and it's even more tiring.

In this way, it would take five or six hours to walk forty miles. And five or six hours is basically the whole time of a day's march, and the rest of the time can no longer be walked.

Because it was a large army advancing, it was not yet possible to walk at night, so it could only march during the day. After eating in the morning, if you don't eat at noon, you should at least take a break and drink saliva, and in the evening you have to stop when it is not yet dark.

Why? Set up camp.

It's a big job to set up camp, and it can't be completed in two or three hours. You see on variety shows, several celebrities can play in a tent for a day.

Of course, the march should be more efficient, but it is really a force job. Not only military tents, but also fortifications, where the horses had to be released to graze, to find water sources to fetch water, and to make dinner.

Before the sun sets, the soldiers must have dinner to ensure that the soldiers maintain sufficient combat effectiveness during the march. If you want to walk more than ten miles, the sun has set and you haven't set up camp yet.

Then you're finished, because by this time you are already relatively close to the enemy, and it is likely that the enemy spies have been able to sneak into the mountains or the woods to see what is going on in your army.

If the enemy knows about your army, the sun has set and the soldiers have not eaten. So what will the other master do?

Even if it's a pig's brain, he knows how to rob the camp in the middle of the night. Your soldiers are tired all day, and it is time to rest in the evening, while the other party's has rested for two or three hours from sunset to midnight, and their physical strength has almost recovered.

At this time, a fight is completely crushing in momentum. Not to mention that you don't even have fortifications, and you don't have a firm foothold on your heels. If the enemy can't beat it, you can go back to your camp to defend, and once you are defeated here, you can only scatter the trees. At that time, it was not a problem that could be solved by the protagonist's intimidation, glaring eyes, and exuding the aura of a king.

The black light is blind, once the soldier is scared, he will run, and because of the herd mentality, the more he runs, the more he runs, he can't stop it at all. This is a rout, such a rout, almost a fatal blow.

Because your baggage is gone, and the team is gone, it is equivalent to a day's rapid march to deliver a courier to someone in vain.