Chapter 148: The Battle of Shabokou (1)
If one excludes the Great Khan, a hero like Abichilir in the minds of the Turks, then Chereel can definitely be listed among the few talents who are good enough to become a Great Khan. Huoran? Wen???? ???.? R?a?n ?e?n?a'c?o?m is not lacking in the mastery and command of the army, the governance of the people in the territory, and even the talents in diplomacy and trade, and his own martial arts are enough to dominate the side. It should be said that Chereel's ability is more comprehensive than that of his son Timon, and although Timon is superior to his father in all aspects of internal affairs, strategy, and warfare, he is at least unable to match his father in terms of personal charm and martial bravery.
When Cherex learned that Heza had signed a new pact with the Silk Country, and that the pact was about stabbing himself, he was not too surprised, for this was one of the results he had long anticipated. However, there is no need for him to cater to the pace of Hesa and the Silk Country, and throw himself into a net to start a decisive battle with an enemy stronger than himself. Originally, the fighting method of the Turks was to fight if they could fight, and run away if they couldn't. On the contrary, since Abiciel became the Great Khan, the Turks gradually changed this nature in many wars, resulting in a large number of casualties among the Turky combatants, Cherek of course knew that Abiciel did this in order to let the Turks defeat the Silk Country head-on, but he did not have this kind of ambition and domineering, for him, since the enemy is stronger than himself, it is necessary to keep his light and avoid the enemy's edge, and buy more time. Because in the short term, the army of the Silk Country is not as good at mobile warfare as the Tukchi army, they are slow to move, and they are more dependent on supplies, so they cannot withstand the attrition of a long expedition, and the Hasa who is not strong enough to provide enough food and supplies for the friendly army, so as long as it is delayed for a while, the Silk Country must withdraw. In the long run, if the Silk Country achieves substantial results in several expeditions, then the Silk Country will inevitably lose patience, and at this time, there will be a rift between the Silk Country and Hesa, which will be a good time to break up the alliance.
To be able to make such a strategic concept is enough to show that Chereel is extremely talented, but it is very difficult to implement this plan, because Chereel knows that Themon will not allow this situation to happen, and he will definitely use his military superiority to supplement the diplomatic offensive, constantly divide and disintegrate the tribes that have surrendered to his account, and thus completely change the ratio of combat power between the two sides. In order to avoid this, Chereel devised a way to gather all the armies of all the tribes that had submitted to him, and posed as if he was going to fight Heza, but in reality he used them to harass the tribes of Heza. This seemingly large army was under Chereel's control, and the bandits were at work. They continued to plunder the tribes under the tent of Heza, killing, setting fires, looting, and doing everything, while at the same time almost abandoning their own rear, allowing the armies of Heza and the Silk Country to occupy (Cherek calculated that Heza would not plunder easily in order to win the support of the people, and even plundered in retaliation was very small, because if Heza did this, it would be just enough to arouse the hatred of those tribes against Hesa, and they would rally more closely around Chere), putting on a rogue posture of a dead fish.
In the face of Chelie's complete abandonment of the rear's style of play, Hesa and Gao Dingbian of the Silk Country are a little uncomfortable. In addition to trying their best to annihilate the scattered troops of Chelie in a few small battles, they did not have any results at all, Chelie's army was like a ghost, sometimes scattered and sometimes gathered to attack, both in space and in time It was quite perfect, the main force of the infantry of the ** team of Juanzhi, who lacked the ability to maneuver, could not keep up with the opponent's actions, and the number of troops in Hesa could not leave the army of the country of Silk to pursue alone, which may become the target of Chelie's various breakdowns.
On the contrary, the highly mobile troops led by Themon achieved some gratifying results, and Themon carefully analyzed Chelie's intentions and the laws of the battle, and found the next possible action in the other side's plan, and then he carried out several experimental combat operations, and the results were very satisfactory: he successfully stopped Chelie's two offensive attempts, and achieved the result of annihilating 6,000 enemy troops. Thus Temon confirmed his thoughts, and then he presented his bold deduce to Hesa and Gao Dingbian, and the next target of Cheriel was Shabokou.
Shabakou is a narrow mountain pass leading to Longcheng, in the strict sense of the word, there is no strategic point that cannot be crossed on the grassland of Tuqi, but the existence of Shabakou is a few exceptions, because if you occupy there, you can invade the six or seven tribes under the jurisdiction of Hesa in three directions, southeast and west, and if you enter from here, you can walk 700 miles less than other roads, and once you control Shabakou, it will be difficult for Hesa to judge where the opponent's next attack target is, Therefore, it is a rare opportunity to hold off the enemy army at the mouth of the sand bowl and seek a decisive battle.
However, Hesa and Gao Dingbian had considerable doubts about this judgment of Themon, because Themon relied entirely on the analysis of the enemy's behavior patterns, and did not have any information to rely on. If Timon had misjudged him, not only would the Turgis army be in vain, but the other tribes would have been left defenseless.
Themon's answer to this is very simple: the possibility of wanting accurate information is very low, as far as the current battle situation is concerned, Chelie controls almost all the armies he can control, which of course also includes the eyeliner that Themon planted, but because they left the original lurking position, there was a problem with the transmission of information, which led to a large amount of information not being delivered to the right people, resulting in a shortage of intelligence; In addition, even if some intelligence officers were able to continue their work, the problem was that Cherli's army was always in constant motion, and even if he received information, it was lagging behind and no longer functional, so it was impossible to rely on accurate intelligence to make a battle plan in such a situation. Now the only way to do this is to judge the next move of Cherley by analyzing the laws of his army's movements, and by knowing the character of Cherley himself, for which even some losses are inevitable, and if he does not take the risk, he may suffer even greater losses.
Eventually, Themon's words persuaded Hesa and Gaodingbian, and a full 90,000 allied troops were quietly deployed near Shabakou, leaving only a small number of troops to lure the enemy to garrison Shabakou, and at the same time, Teemon also organized a large force responsible for camouflage, creating the false impression that Hesa's army was still looking for the main force of Chelie's army elsewhere.
Temon's efforts were finally rewarded, and when the spies found signs of a build-up near the mouth of the sand bowl, Timon breathed a sigh of relief.