Chapter Fifty-Six: A Difficult March
30,000 Qin troops gathered outside Longxi City, one phalanx after another was thick and solemn, and a solemn and murderous atmosphere penetrated through the nine heavens.
"Gotta get it!" Qin Yiren rode a horse, surrounded by Huang Shigong, Wang Jian and Wei Yi, and galloped over.
Coming to the front of the military formation, Qin Yiren pulled the reins of his horse, stopped, glanced at the Qin army, and saw that the Qin army was murderous and fierce, and he was greatly satisfied.
"Brothers, from the spring of this year to the present, in less than a year's short period of time, we have fought thousands of miles, annihilated millions of Huns, captured Shan Yu alive, smashed Longcheng, and dug up the ancestral graves of the Huns; Sending troops to the land west of the river to destroy the alien races of Lin Hu, Loulan, Lou Fu, Hun Evil, and Xiu Tu, we have achieved great achievements that are unprecedented! Qin Yiren began to speak.
The great achievements of the Qin army came one by one, which made the Qin army's blood boil.
Annihilated millions of Huns, captured Shan Yu alive, smashed Longcheng, dug up the ancestral graves of the Huns, and sent troops to Hexi to exterminate Lin Hu, Lou Fu, Loulan, Xiu Tu, Hun Evil These alien races, which one is not commendable and proud?
These big things, as long as they are done in one piece, are enough to be proud of for a lifetime, but Qin Jun has done them all in less than a year, who can not be proud?
Qin Yiren's words spoke to their hearts, and when they hit their hearts, everyone's eyes were bright, like the scorching sun above the nine heavens, and their fighting spirit was blazing.
"You're proud, aren't you?" Qin Yiren asked knowingly.
Although Qin Jun didn't answer out loud, the brilliance on their faces was the best proof.
"I'm proud too, proud of you!" Qin Yiren's voice turned high, first raised and then suppressed, and the words changed. "But." This is not enough. Far from enough! ”
Qin Jun's eyes were quite puzzled. Such a great achievement is unprecedented in the past, and even the three kings and five emperors, who are praised as saints, have not had such a great cause. Such a great cause is not enough, what else is enough?
"Because, there is still one place we have not conquered, and that is the West Sea! The hateful and hateful Qiang is entrenched in the West Sea! Qin Yiren raised his right arm. Swing hard.
Qiang, although its strength is not strong, but because there are high mountains and dense forests to rely on, it disturbs the Qin border and makes the Qin State helpless. When Qiang was mentioned, the eyes of the soldiers were filled with resentment, and if Qiang was in front of them, they would definitely be torn to pieces.
"Qiang is despicable and shameless, relying on his legs and feet to be fast, and good at drilling mountains and mountains. Constant nuisance to Daqin. For a hundred years, Great Qin could not attack it. It's painful. Today, I will lead you to the West Sea to destroy the Qiang! Qin Yiren's right arm swung down heavily, like thunder and lightning, extremely powerful.
"Exterminate the Qiang! Exterminate the Qiang! ”
The Qin army raised his arms high and shouted loudly, all of them were full of fierce fighting spirit, and they wanted to kill the West Sea immediately and destroy Qiang.
Qiang's strength is not strong, if he fights head-on, he is not the opponent of the Qin State at all, and he has long been unknown how many times he has been destroyed by the Qin State. However, Qiang did not fight with the Qin army, but just looked at Lengzi, took advantage of loopholes, and came ruthlessly at the first opportunity, and did not have the opportunity to hide in the mountains and dense forests immediately, so that the Qin army was helpless.
Exterminating Qiang has always been the wish of the Qin army, but for various reasons, it has not been put into action. Now, Qin Yiren wants to lead them to exterminate Qiang, adding another great achievement to their brilliant achievements, and they will not succeed if they don't fight.
The roar was earth-shattering, piercing through the nine skies, and the ground trembled.
Qin Yiren successfully aroused the fighting spirit of the Qin army, roared, and said, "Let's go!" ”
Patted the horse's back and galloped first.
"Rumble!" The Qin army followed, divided into three groups, and marched towards the predetermined route.
A battle to exterminate Qiang began.
The Qiang are a nomadic people on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with a small population and weak strength, so they are not China's opponents at all. It's just that relying on the convenience of the mountains and dense forests, he can do everything he can to disturb China. Since the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the Qin State has increased its national strength dramatically, becoming a first-class Warring States, looking at the world, fighting the land of Shandong and talking about the change of Qin with foreign races, even the strong Xiongnu did not dare to provoke the Qin State, and did not dare to approach the Qin border.
However, because of the cover of the mountains and dense forests, Qiang could not defeat the Qin State, but he could escape and advance and retreat freely, and he was the only alien race who dared to argue with the Qin State.
Qiang is not terrible, just two words "hate", the feeling of being like a maggot attached to the bone not only made the Qin State hate, but also the later Han Dynasty.
Qin Shi Huang unified China, and his cultural and martial arts were proud of the ages, and few people could achieve great achievements. However, Qin Shi Huang's achievements in dealing with Qiang were limited, because Qin Shi Huang died young, and the Qin dynasty soon died, leaving no time to deal with Qiang.
The one who really fought against Qiang was Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. When it comes to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, people will think of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's defeat of the Xiongnu. That's right, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu was his greatest achievement, but it was not all his achievements. Attacking Qiang is one of the important achievements of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Of course, dealing with the Qiang people only began in the second half of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, after he defeated the Xiongnu.
Before the "decisive battle of Mobei", the Xiongnu were strong and were the main opponents of the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty did not have the strength to deal with the Qiang. After the "decisive battle of Mobei", Mobei, the old nest of the Huns, was destroyed by the Han Dynasty, and since then it has been in a slump and has never recovered, and the threat to the Han Dynasty has been greatly weakened, and the Han Dynasty has the strength to deal with Qiang.
The first to use troops against Qiang and achieve great achievements was Zhao Chongguo. Zhao Chongguo followed Li Guangli to the west to conquer the city of Ershi, was brave and good at fighting, and was very appreciated by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The time when he really shined was during the period of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty. By the time of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, Zhao Chongguo was already a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and his prestige was extremely strong. In the years in the northwest, he used troops against Qiang on a large scale and achieved great success.
Of course, he didn't destroy the Qiang, because the Qiang occupied the convenience of the high mountains and dense forests, and it was not easy to destroy it.
This fight is hundreds of years, from the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the Western Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms. With their tenacious will, our ancestors conquered Qiang little by little.
The battle against Qiang led by Qin Yiren was more than a hundred years ahead of schedule.
Qin Yiren divided the Qin army into three, he and Huang Shigong led a team, Wei Yi and Meng Wu led a team, and Wang Jian led a team. Wang Jian is the future commander. Talented. But. Now that he is in a period of growth, let him lead the troops alone, and he can hone him even more.
Leaving Longxi, we headed towards the high mountains and dense forests, but after half a day's effort, we arrived at the foot of the mountain. From here, the Qin army had to rely on foot and climb over the mountains. Come to the land of the West Sea.
Qin Yiren flew off his horse and led the horse, one foot tall and one foot shorter to hurry.
At this time, there is a foot of snow on the ground, and as soon as you step down, you will sink into the old and deep, and it is extremely inconvenient to walk. Even so, it failed to stump the Qin army, and the morale was high and the fighting spirit was high. Lead the horse.
Walk along the Longxi River Valley, half a day later. It's a very special place to come to a terrain.
At the most dangerous point, there is only one trail to pass. The sides are like the wings of an eagle, stretched out.
"This should be Stone Castle City!" Qin Yiren looked at the terrain here left and right, and finally affirmed that this location was the place where the famous Stone Fort City in the Tang Dynasty was located.
"No wonder when Geshuhan attacked here, in the face of more than 400 Tibetan soldiers, he paid tens of thousands of casualties, this terrain is too dangerous." Qin Yiren was very emotional.
The famous Tang Dynasty general Ge Shuhan attacked Shibao City, and although he was victorious, it was a crushing victory. At that time, there were only about 400 Tubo soldiers stationed in Shibao City, and the Tang army dispatched 100,000 and suffered 40,000 casualties.
"If Qiang builds a city here and sends three or five hundred people to garrison it, we don't have the slightest chance." Immediately afterwards, Qin Yiren was glad again, glad that Qiang didn't expect this.
The stone fort city was built by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, and he built the stone fort city to guard against Tibet, but he did not expect that it would bring endless trouble to the Tang Dynasty. Taking advantage of the peasant uprising at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the great chaos in the world, Tubo occupied the stone fort city, which could be attacked, retreated, and attacked the land west of the river, all of which were unsatisfactory, creating great trouble for the Tang Dynasty and making the Tang Dynasty pay a heavy price.
Of course, the current Qiang does not have this kind of vision, otherwise, Qin Yiren and they will not have a chance.
In the ice and snow, marching along the mountain trail is a test of people's will, for a while it is a cold wind, like a knife cutting meat, and then it is stepping on the air, falling into a lot of meat, and then encountering falling snow...... Accidents of all kinds are happening one after another. If the willed were weak-willed, they would have collapsed long ago.
Fortunately, the Qin army has been in battle for a long time, and their will is like iron, although the difficulties encountered are particularly great, they cannot shake their fighting spirit.
Although this road was the main road of entry in the Sui and Tang dynasties, it is extremely difficult to walk at present. Because of the time difference of more than 1,000 years, this place has not yet been developed.
The main reason for this march was that the natural environment was too harsh, but no Qiang was found.
Although the Qiang will plunder in winter, it is a minority after all. Moreover, it is still taking advantage of the fact that it has just entered winter, and the snow is not heavy enough and the ice is not thick enough. At this time, whether there is enough food or not, Qiang will nest in a warm tent to eat meat and drink wine, and when Wo Dong is gone, he will not come out and walk around.
In the three or two days that had just entered the mountains, the soldiers did not feel how difficult this march was, their morale was high, and they were particularly energetic in their hurry. However, after four or five days, they could not bear it anymore.
If nothing else, the cold alone was enough for them.
How cold it is on the Tibetan Plateau, we don't know that it will freeze to death. Not to mention, against the cold wind, marching in the ice and snow, the cold wind blowing, like a knife scraping bones, at first it can be resisted, but after a long time, it can't stand it.
Some of the soldiers with a slightly weaker physical resistance were frostbitten.
In order to solve the problem of frostbite, Qin Yiren ordered that his feet should be washed with hot water every night before going to sleep. If this requirement is in the desert, it will be a very luxurious idea, and it is not a problem in the mountains and dense forests, and it is easy to solve. Because there are trees everywhere, you just have to cut down the trees, pile them together, and set them on fire.
As for the things that ignited the fire, Qin Yiren had already prepared them, and before leaving, he ordered Qin Jun to bring enough grease. Grease is flammable, so you won't have a problem using it as a firestarter, even if it's a freshly cut tree.
With fire, there is warmth, and the soldiers can eat a meal and wash their feet with hot water, which feels happier than that of the gods.
Water? There is ice and snow, and you are afraid that there will be no water?
It is better to sleep, heat the ground with fire, bury the charcoal fire with earth, prop the tent on it, and sleep in the tent as if you were blowing an air conditioner, which is very warm. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )