Volume 6 "Warriors" Chapter 175: Prepare for battle with all your might
"Wuliangsu is a desert to the southwest, and the last general will listen to the local people's words, the desert is twenty miles deep, and there is no oasis during the period; To the west is Guangmu, is the Zhou Dynasty period of the barbarian people herded the beast land, at this time the barbarian is still there, not all belong to the Xiongnu, the Huns because the barbarian savage is good at raising fierce beasts to conquer fruitless, they will no longer pay attention. Two hundred and eighty miles away is the place where the Xiongnu live in www.biquge.info, and it is also the location of the old camp of the Xiongnu in the Western Regions; to the north is the Hemu grassland, and a hundred miles away is the Yin Mountain, and beyond the Yin Mountain is the Xiongnu itself. β
Meng Zhao's face was worried, although the five armies of the Han Dynasty quickly defeated the many armies of the Xiongnu who stayed in Heshuo, but it had reached the season of livestock reproduction, if the battle continued, once the reproduction of livestock was affected, there would be a shortage of livestock (food) in the coming year, and the prosperity of the five armies of the Han Dynasty would be short-lived, and the sunrise would be gone.
"Now the ten tribes have reached 1.2 million people (including the army), and the need for grain is very heavy, and this is also the breeding season for livestock, so it is not advisable to kill more livestock to feed their stomachs. According to the opinion of the last general, it is enough to force the Xiongnu to the west of Guangmu. The five armies of the Han Dynasty can also camp on the bank of the Yellow River, during which the troops can recuperate, and the five armies can also improve their armaments. β
The atmosphere inside the tent became very oppressive, and it would be very disappointing for someone to stand up and suggest a moratorium in the face of successive victories.
Lin Bin sat in the first place with a calm expression, it was he who instructed Meng Zhao to suggest stopping the continued advance on Gaoque, and the generals under his command were basically from the Central Plains, and they did not understand what the consequences of fighting in the breeding season of livestock would be.
"My lord, I have something to say."
Chen Xi stepped forward at the most opportune time. When the generals saw the belligerent commander come out, they didn't say much, and they all quieted down with expectant expressions.
"Your Majesty agrees with the words of Commander Meng Zhao."
The generals were stunned for a moment, turning from expectation to disappointment.
Chen Xi clenched his fist to Meng Zhao. Then he respectfully asked Lin Bin for instructions, and then said: "We can't fight a big war, but we can attack the Xiongnu tribes in a small war, interfere with the breeding of livestock by these tribes, and mainly kill and destroy, forcing the Xiongnu tribes to continue to move." β
Lin Bin nodded with a smile, "Your idea is good." β
Seeing that the Lord will agree. The generals were excited, and many people had achieved battle merits at this stage of the battle, and some even jumped several levels in a row. How could an officer who had not won a battle merit or who thought that he could climb to a higher position give up the opportunity to fight and immediately ask for a fight.
The Fifth Han Army had about 4,000 war horses provided by the Han State, and those horses had been castrated and were suitable for use as foot strength. Chen Xi also knew about this matter and suggested Xiao Zhan.
Next. According to the degree of familiarity with Heshuo, Lin Bin chose Jiahe as the military commander, and Jiahe would lead the cavalry led by sixteen middle-level officers to attack the Xiongnu tribes in the area of Linhe and Woye. According to Lin Bin's idea, as long as the raid is effective, the difficulty of attacking the Xiongnu in autumn will be much reduced.
After the explanation, the generals and officers who had tasks and did not have tasks all retreated.
Lin Bin hasn't talked much lately, he always stays alone in the tent to think about things, and the rapid expansion looks very beautiful and imposing on the surface. But the hidden danger is also enormous. At this stage, Lin Bin had to think of a plan of ten departments and five armies to control the situation, and gradually and steadily controlled it.
The addition of the Mengzhao and LΓΌ Yan tribes brought the total population of the tribe to 600,000. The original 60,000 troops, plus the 30,000 of Lu Yan's department and the 40,000 of Mengzhao's department, the number of sergeants in the army under his command reached 130,000.
Since the thirteen cavalry forces led nearly 250,000 Han people to Huze to join the people of the original Ten Tribes, and new tribes continued to join in the conquests, the population of the Ten Divisions exceeded 1.2 million for the first time.
One million and two million, this number sounds too scary, so Lin Bin now occupies the north bank and northwest of the Yellow River, otherwise there is really no place to resettle.
Lin Bin already has a social management system, but there is a lack of talents who can manage administration, he entrusts his hope to Yan Ge, hoping that Yan Ge can find useful talents from the population migrated from the Han Kingdom.
Lin Bin now has 150,000 regular troops, 350,000 servant troops and slave troops, and in the last stage of the war, the regular army (wolf army) suffered more than 3,000 casualties, and the servant army and slave army that were used as cannon fodder suffered heavy casualties, with a total of more than 30,000 casualties, which is almost a probability of ten to one. It is clear that the more than 3,000 regular soldiers who died in battle were all junior officers who were assigned to supervise the servant army and the slave army.
Compulsory military discipline played its due role, and the officers who led the servant army and the slave army to fight in the battle did not dare to retreat, only to die on the battlefield, they died in battle, and their families could receive rich pensions, and the family's policy of accumulating military merits made the officers willing to fight to the death without retreating, so that the momentum of the army was bound to be brave.
Lin Bin felt that the system was not perfect enough, but he could only do this.
Waiting for the officers to be ordered to go out and do their own things, Lu Yan spoke, "Your Excellency's strategy is too risky. β
Looking at Meng Zhao's worried expression, he should also think that the battle strategy deployed by Lin Bin was too risky.
"If the Huns wave their troops at any cost, what will happen to your lordship?"
Lin Bin did not think that the Xiongnu would give up their plan to go west and look back, and he had already made arrangements for this matter. He stood up, "Will the Han State agree to exchange the land on the north shore for armaments and food from the Han Kingdom?" β
Meng Zhao and Lu Yan were stunned......
"This matter ......, and the last general thought that the Han Congress would agree."
Lu Yan's brows squeezed together, "Isn't this cheaper Han Kingdom?" β
Lin Bin looked at Lu Yan with a smile, Lu Yan was too similar to Gongsun Hong, and seeing Lu Yan made Lin Bin feel like getting along with Gongsun Hong.
Lu Yan grimaced, "You can't let the Han Kingdom get cheap!" This matter is handled by Yan, okay? β
Lin Bin still smiled, "You can go and talk." β
Lu Yan clenched his fists and left.
"Lu Yan doesn't like the Han Kingdom, it is most appropriate for him to talk about it, and he can extort more weapons and food from the Han Kingdom to the greatest extent, but there is one thing I don't worry about."
"Your Excellency, please speak."
"The area is different from the rest of the grassland. It was no problem to garrison the 10,000 infantry troops (pre-Qin infantry soldiers) for three months, and watch out for the Huns, but I lacked an officer who was good at defensive operations. β
"I will recommend one person at the end."
"You say."
"The man of the last general is too young......
"In ancient times, Ganluo was appointed prime minister at the age of twelve. As long as you have talent, you don't have to be too particular about age. β
"The Admiral understood. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, people will be brought to meet the adults. β
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There is no name for the location where the Ten Armies of the Han Dynasty and the Five Armies are currently stationed, but if Lin Bin remembers correctly, thirty years later, this place will be the capital known as 'Shuofang'. Meng Tian, a famous general of the Qin period, once led an army of nearly 400,000 to carry out tuntian pasture in this area, so that there are many abandoned fortresses nearby. Ten divisions were stationed around the fortress according to the order, and the five armies were assembled accordingly, on barren land. Because of the presence of these people, it is lively again.
Since the order to prepare for war was not lifted, the camp of the soldiers and the camp of the troops were strictly separated, and any soldier who left his post without permission during this period was guilty of a military offence.
Lin Bin's concept is different from everyone else at this time. He didn't have any psychological burden to use the north bank of the loop in exchange for armaments, but he attached great importance to the area around Wuliangsu.
The full name of Wuliangsu should be called Wuliangsuhai, and this 'sea', it is by no means seawater. It is a sea of sand. It is the name of the Huns. Lin Bin also didn't have a penchant for random names, so he shouted.
If things go well, the grassland south of Wuliangsu will be the base that Lin Bin will use to advance westward for some time to come, and before that, whether Lin Bin is selfish or what, any force that wants to enter must be punished.
Lin Bin had already made up his mind to go west, so whether it was the north bank of the Hetao or the entire Heshuo, it would only be a temporary place for him, as long as the time came. These plots of land will still be handed over to the Han Kingdom. He is now more realistic than anyone else, and the land can be handed over to the Han Kingdom. The Han Kingdom wanted this strategic place, but it had to come up with enough in exchange. Lin Bin wants to teach Han a truth: there is no free lunch in the world.
It is an indisputable fact that the Xiongnu were huge, and the defeat at this stage was because the Xiongnu did not think that there were people other than the Han State who could threaten the security of the Xiongnu in the East. This cannot be said that the Xiongnu were stupid, it was cognition that limited the judgment of the Xiongnu.
Just as Lin Bin himself said: the newly rising force always has the opportunity to expand, because no one knows how much strength the newly rising force has and how far it can go.
For many people, Lin Bin and the army under his command are a mystery, which is Lin Bin's advantage. There is reason to believe that Lin Bin's advantage is slowly losing, which forces him to stand directly in the light whether he wants to or not, and use all the strength in his hands to fight, defeat the enemy or be defeated by the enemy.
According to the current situation, Lin Bin did not have much to do during his stay in Shuofang. He had instructed the families of the royal family, nobles, samurai, servants, and slaves to measure the robes required of the soldiers.
At the same time that the 13 cavalry troops brought back more than 250,000 Han people, they also brought back countless cloths and other things, and with the resources and manpower, nearly 800,000 civilians could measure the uniforms for 150,000 sergeants, and it should not take three to five days to make them. As for the servant army and the slave army, cannon fodder does not need a battle uniform, which is also a way to remind the identity.
It is important that an army's uniforms are uniform. Needless to say, accidental injuries and so on. It is about an army that has unified its uniform, and it is to use the military uniform to remind the soldier that he is a member of the collective, and once he feels that he is a member of the collective, the sense of honor of the collective will also sprout after several bloody battles and victories.
Of course, since Xiao Fuzi took over the workshops of the Mengzhao Department and the Lu Yan Department, with enough craftsmen and materials, Xiao Fuzi, who was renamed the head of the Manufacturing Division, after he obtained the due merit of 'not changing', he made it clear that he must build more sharp weapons in exchange for higher meritorious titles, and lead the construction of the Engineering Division to build ordnance for the army in full swing.
Since he had time, of course Lin Bin would not sit still, and he announced to the generals: "The soldiers and personal guards in the original Tiger and Leopard Cavalry will be reorganized and reorganized into the Shence Army. As the head of the Five Armies! β
The generals could understand that there were only the Tiger Army, the Leopard Army, the Wolf Army, and the Pre-Qin Army among the five armies before, and now their own adults estimated that they would really improve the military system. In addition, it is necessary to select the absolute elite from the whole army to form your own Praetorian Guard!
The generals had no surprises at the reorganization of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and they probably knew why their adults would dismantle the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, after all, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry was named by the emperor of the Han State, and it was no longer suitable to be used as a name on behalf of the army after not accepting the reward of the Han State.
So far. The five armies were finally truly determined: the Shence Army, the Tiger Army, the Leopard Army, the Wolf Army, and the Black Flag Army (Qin Army).
In the next two days, a new news was released, and the first big competition in the army was about to begin.
People didn't understand what the jousting was all about. Later, I realized that it was selecting the generals and soldiers of the Shence Army, and the whole army was gearing up.
The thriving army is definitely not suitable for being called a busy ten and five armies, they are busy preparing for war, and everyone knows that as long as the autumn comes, the war will definitely break out. As for what kind of battlefield their 'king' is going to be. No one could have guessed.
Lin Bin didn't want the whole army to lose balance, so the Shence Army only selected 20,000 soldiers on the basis of the original lineage, and the rest of the outstanding sergeants were incorporated into the other four armies as grassroots officers on the basis of the original military merits, and the establishment of the five armies was perfected in the shortest possible time, and each army began its own training.
At Lin Bin's behest, the modified military uniform was sent.
At this time, Lin Bin was looking at the soldiers in the military uniform with a smile on his face. Maybe a little spoof. But it was very effective, in order to distinguish it from the Han army uniform, he added a cloth on the collar of the robe to represent the military lord according to his own aesthetics. The rank of the warrior is written on it, which plays a role in comparison.
Lin Bin never thought of completely defeating the Xiongnu with his own strength, he clearly understood that this was not something he could do, what he could do was to try to cut off the war potential of the Xiongnu, and then which step he could do was not to look at himself who was about to go west, but should be worked hard by the Han State itself.
"My stage is not here!"
If the situation has not been changed again, with Lin Bin's successive victories outside the Saiwai, the Han State has been deeply stimulated, otherwise there would not have been a matter of gathering troops to prepare to enter Heshuo.
Since the Han State has already moved, it is not certain whether it is good or bad at present, Lin Bin can be sure that once the Han State gets the horse breeding base (Hetao), there is no longer a need to waste financial resources to buy war horses at a high price, and the Han Kingdom will have enough war horses within ten years, which means that the Han-Hun War will be at least twenty years in advance!
Since Lin Bin wants to help Han Guo, then he will no longer hide his secrets, anyway, he is already going west, and if he doesn't leave what he knows now, he won't have a chance in the future. He gave Zhang Qian the stirrups and saddles painted by the craftsmen, including the six-pack crossbow, and a thick piece of advice.
If Liu Che is smart enough, he will know the correctness of what Lin Bin wrote, and understand that 'war does not depend on numbers, but the superiority of civilization established by the understanding of war', and there is a set of tactics called 'feeding the war with war' and 'feeding the enemy'. Evidenced by previous battle examples, Liu Che, who had already become skeptical of traditional tactics, estimated that he would really abandon the 'crowd tactics' and train his elite cavalry to fight the Huns.
"Glory to those who should stand up!"
Lin Bin felt that he could not change the fact that Liu Che reused Confucianism, he did not write too much in the proposal, only scribbled a few pages, roughly extracted several events in history, wrote those events as stories, and commented on Confucianism with his own views. In fact, the narration written by Lin Bin is fundamentally Liu Che's evaluation of Confucianism in old age......
There are too many things that Lin Bin can't express, he thought about it for a long time and did something that he couldn't judge whether it was right or wrong: to speak with a knife, the first one to kill was Dong Moumou, who had the identity of a Confucian student, in fact, he was the second most famous god stick in history, and boasted about 'heaven and man induction' all day long. As for whether there will be other people who will stand up, he can't care too much at the moment, the only thing he can do is to use a knife to speak, he believes that as long as he takes the lead outside, it will definitely affect something.
Lin Bin may have overlooked one point, the conservative class of the Han State did not collapse, and it was simply impossible to change the national policy. However, it is useless for him to think too much, and everyone should have their own responsibilities.
For Lin Bin, the responsibility he needs to fulfill now is very simple, that is, to prepare for war with all his might, not to let the war wait for him, but to find the war himself!
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Unkind people ask for a monthly pass......
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(To be continued,) (To be continued.) )