Chapter 10: The Gathering of Geniuses
Yin Mountain stretches for more than 2,000 miles and is an important mountain range in the land of Hetao. In spring, everything recovers, spring flowers are blooming, and trees are full of green.
"Gotta get it!" There was a rush of hooves, and a group of people galloped in.
This team of people was none other than Qin Yiren, Huang Shigong, Wei Yi, Wang Qian, Li Mu, Li Si, Han Fei, Sima Shang, Meng Wu, and Zhu Hai, Meng Zhao, Ma Gai, Fan Tong, and Lu Jujian.
They came out this time to inspect the terrain.
After this period of hard work, a large number of people were dispatched, and almost all the places of the Hetao were run, and there was no suitable terrain for selection. In the end, Qin Yizhi chose two places and needed to use them together. It's just that whether it's suitable or not, you need to look at it on the spot.
Qin Yiren and they rushed to a pass in Yin Mountain. When you come to the pass, you can see that the pass is embedded in the Yin Mountain, running through the north and south.
The exit to the south of this pass is about fifty or sixty miles wide.
"That's too wide, isn't it?" Meng Wu was a little unsure.
"It's just an exit. If it works, you have to go inside and see if it works. Qin Yiren smiled, patted the horse's back, and took the lead in galloping. Huang Shigong and they were busy keeping up.
Horses galloped from south to north. The more you face the north, the narrower the pass becomes. After traveling for almost a hundred miles, we reached the narrowest part of the pass. Qin Yiren looked at it and saw that the narrowest part was almost more than ten miles wide.
After this narrowest place, the pass widened again, and by the time Qin Yiren and the others came to the entrance to the north of the pass, the width here was almost nearly a hundred miles.
As soon as he pulled the reins, Qin Yiren stopped and asked Huang Shigong, "How is this pass?" ”
Huang Shigong, Wei Yi, Li Mu, and Wang Jian were silent. Enlightened.
Meng Wu, Sima Shang, Li Si, and Han Fei are a little unclear.
Although Meng Wu and Sima Shang were good generals. But it is not as good as Huang Shigong, Wei Yi, Li Mu and Wang Qian. I don't quite understand what Qin Yiren means.
As for Li Si and Han Fei, they are already not good at soldiers, so it is even more difficult to understand.
"Childe, how are you going to use soldiers?" Meng Wu couldn't figure it out, so he had to ask Qin Yiren.
This question is exactly what everyone thinks, all of them are looking at Qin Yiren, their eyes are round, and they don't miss a single detail.
"Look. This pass is more than 100 and 200 miles long from north to south, and the narrowest point is only more than 10 miles, so I plan to make a fuss here. Qin Yiren pointed to the pass and said, "Let's set up a position in Beihe first, and wait for the arrival of the Huns." The Beihe is mainly rushing, there is water and grassland, if the Xiongnu want to camp, they must fight with us. Beihe is still a necessary place to enter the land of the Hetao, if the Xiongnu want to occupy the land of the Hetao. We must be defeated. I think, although the Xiongnu were afraid of the might of the Great Qin army. Also had to go to war with us. ”
The North River is an important river in the land of the Hetao, and if the Xiongnu want to go south, they must pass through here. If the Xiongnu wanted to occupy the Hetao, they had to fight the Qin army, although the Xiongnu were afraid of the Qin army, and at that time they had to fight hard.
Otherwise, the Huns would have run for nothing. Millions of people ran in vain, and retreated as soon as they saw the Qin army, this kind of thing, the Huns would not be willing to do it anyway, and this battle would be fought.
"Although the Huns are good at riding and shooting, we have strong crossbows, and we can open the crossbow array and comprehensively suppress the Huns' cavalry shooting." Qin Yiren continued: "In front of the crossbow array, what is the cavalry shooting of the Huns? Without the Huns of cavalry shooting, can they still be called Huns? ”
"Haha!" The crowd burst into laughter, and was very happy.
The Huns grew up on horseback since childhood, claiming to be able to live a life on horseback and are good at riding and shooting. However, riding archery has its fundamental defects, one is limited by physical strength, no matter how good an archer is, it is already amazing to be able to shoot three or twenty arrows in a row, and he will be weak.
The second is that the range of the bow and arrow is limited after all, even if you use a strong bow and arrow, how far can you shoot? One hundred and eighty steps is already very remarkable, even a fierce man like Lu Bu, whose archery skills can shoot one hundred and fifty steps is already amazing. The average shooter is very good if he can shoot a hundred steps.
The crossbow has no such limitations. The use of the strong crossbow is coordinated by several people, dozens of people, or even dozens or hundreds of people, and its physical consumption is much smaller than that of archery, and the strong crossbow can be used for a long time.
In addition, the range of the crossbow is very long, which is extremely amazing. And the Qin crossbow is the most powerful crossbow in ancient Chinese history, even the Han and Tang dynasties cannot surpass. The best Qin crossbow can shoot up to a kilometer, which is amazing.
Not all Qin crossbows can shoot one kilometer, and it is not a problem to shoot at least seven or eight hundred meters. With such a long range, even the most skilled eagle shooters of the Huns could not do it.
Therefore, when the Xiongnu encounter a strong crossbow, their best cavalry will inevitably not be able to exert themselves, and they will be completely suppressed by the strong crossbow.
It is conceivable that when the Huns encounter a crossbow array, they will only be slaughtered, and the generals will not be happy.
"We set up a crossbow formation and shot one after another until the Huns couldn't resist it, and they were terrified and had to retreat." Qin Yiren continued: "As long as the Xiongnu retreat, we will press up with the whole army and chase and kill from behind." At that time, the Xiongnu had to flee. This rout must be an escape to this pass. ”
Qin Yiren pointed his right finger at the mouth of Shaanxi and said, "As soon as the Xiongnu pass through this pass, we will cut off the retreat of the Xiongnu from the narrowest point." When the Huns retreated to the pass, they suddenly found that the retreat had been cut off, and it was too late. ”
Speaking of this, his voice was slightly higher, and he said: "The front is blocked and the back is chased, and the Huns are attacked by the enemy before and after, and they are trapped in our heavy encirclement, and they can't do it without the whole army being destroyed." ”
"Good! Pick! The crowd cheered in unison, and they were very happy.
"In the land of the Hetao, except for the Yin Mountain, there is no mountainous land, and it is difficult to completely annihilate the Xiongnu in the land of the Hetao. Childe's plan is to be able to annihilate the Huns, amazing! Great! Huang Shigong is full of praise.
"yes." Wei Yu also agreed, and said: "Originally, we thought that if we wanted to completely annihilate the Huns, it would be as difficult as ascending to the sky, but after Gongzi's plan, this matter will be done." ”
Wang Jian and Li Mu's eyes flashed, and they looked at Qin Yiren with admiration.
There are grasslands and plains in the land of Hetao, there is no complicated terrain, and it is difficult to use the terrain to annihilate the Xiongnu. Wang Jian and the others racked their brains, but they didn't think of a good way, but Qin Yiren was different, and they could achieve this effect by combining Beihe and Yinshan Pass.
Meng Wu was a little worried, and said, "Although Childe's plan is good, how can this be realized?" The narrowest part of this pass is more than ten miles. With our troops, it will be difficult to fully control the pass. We need 200,000 people to set up a position in Beihe, right? Well, you can only put a maximum of 100,000 here. With 100,000 horses, it is too difficult to defend this pass. ”
Although Meng Wu's military talent is not as amazing and brilliant as Wang Qian's, it is also good, this vision is extraordinary, and his words hit the nail on the head.
The total Qin army was only 300,000, while the Xiongnu had a million people heading south, and the number of those who controlled the strings was no less than 500,000. If you want to defeat the Xiongnu at Beihe, the Qin army must dispatch at least 200,000 to make it possible. In this way, there were only 100,000 people used to intercept the Xiongnu. 100,000 horses, which seems to be a lot, is actually used to block this pass, which is somewhat stretched.
"yes." Sima Shang nodded heavily, agreeing with this statement.
"That's easy to do." Before Qin Yiren could speak, Wang Jian took over the conversation, pointed towards Yin Mountain, and said, "There are not many things in Yin Mountain, except for many trees. We can enter Yinshan in advance and make a big fence. As soon as the Xiongnu passed through the pass, we drilled out of the Yin Mountain and built a fence. ”
"Wonderful! Wonderful! There was a cry of admiration.
Wang Qian's idea is absolutely clever, Qin Yiren thought the same, looked at Wang Qian, and praised it greatly, worthy of being the future general, a famous general with the title of "God of War".
There are many trees in Yinshan, and the Qin army wants to do the fence, and he can do as much as he wants. With the help of the walled fence, the pass can be easily blocked.
Li Mu nodded, pointed to both sides of the pass, and said: "The retreat route has been cut off, and the Qin army is chasing and killing from behind, and the Huns are frightened, and they will inevitably want to escape from the mountain, so they have to guard against it." We can build more deer villages on both sides, guarding the mountains, and the Huns will be unable to escape. ”
Once the Xiongnu were really surrounded in the pass, then, under the panic of the Xiongnu, they would inevitably flee through the mountains. It is necessary to defend both sides, and Li Mu's method is very good.
"Great idea! Good idea! And the crowd praised him again.
"The Huns are good at riding and shooting, and they can't let the Huns ride horses to drill into the mountains. Although riding a horse and drilling into a mountain is not conducive to riding and shooting, it is still faster than two legs. Wei Yu immediately added, "We must let the Huns drill the mountain with two legs, we must dig more horse pits, set up more wooden cones and spikes, and we must spread all over the mountains and fields, so that the Huns can not ride horses." ”
The Huns are good at riding and shooting, and another meaning of this is that the Huns are not good at foot combat in addition to riding and shooting. If the Xiongnu could not ride a horse, they would dismount and fight with the Qin army on foot, and the Xiongnu would not be able to catch up with the Qin army.
Not to mention, the Qin army still has a fence to rely on, and it also occupies a favorable location, so it can completely suppress the Xiongnu to fight.
The premise is to let the Huns dismount, and Wei Yu's plan is very effective.
"On the mountains on both sides, there are more rolling trees and stones." Huang Shigong's eyes flashed, and he also added: "Fighting in the mountains on both sides, rolling wood and stones are stronger than bows and arrows. ”
The pass is flanked by mountain slopes, it is a mountainous area, and if you use bows and arrows and strong crossbows, you can certainly inflict heavy casualties on the Xiongnu. However, it is not as good as rolling wood and stones. After all, the bow and arrow crossbow is a "point kill", while the rolling wood and stone are smashed in a large piece, and the advantage is obvious.
Huang Shigong's addition added another killer feature to the Qin army.
"What a great soldier! Ben Gongzi has just made a start, and you have just said a word from you and a word from me, and you have sorted out the 'battle plan'. Qin Yiren looked at Huang Shigong, Wei Yi, Wang Jian and Li Mu, and was very emotional.
Huang Shigong, Wei Yi, Wang Jian and Li Mu are all unborn military wizards, Qin Yiren is just a beginning, they just want you to say a word, I say a word, they put out the Qin army's action plan, worthy of the name of genius.
Huang Shigong, Wei Yi, Wang Jian and Li Mu are all military wizards who are not born in the world, and when they get together, it is a gathering of geniuses, and it is impossible to come up with an amazing "battle plan". (To be continued.) )