Chapter 1220: Heavy Snow Full of Bow Knife
PS: Corrected later, about two o'clock................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... It did not prevent them from joining the melee, originally it was only the Han army and the Xianbei army each fighting in Fuliu, and later, both sides were involved in the battle, the battle was unprecedentedly fierce, with heavy casualties, and they were killed until dusk, and then they each collected their troops and returned to their camps. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the end, the battle of Fuliu did not distinguish the winner or loser, in this big melee, both sides suffered heavy losses, and it is impossible to talk about who is the winner, anyway, this battle is completely insignificant for the entire Xindu Battle, because the next big battles between the two sides will only become more and more frequent and more tragic, until the winner is decided.
But obviously, no matter who wants to win, it is by no means an easy task, after the end of the battle of Fuliu, Murong Xianbei launched an attack many times, each time the scale is not inferior to the battle of Fuliu, but in front of the strong defense line of the Han army, it is difficult for the Xianbei people to find a chance to break through, and the battle between the two sides fell into a stalemate.
In this battle, it was always Murong Xianbei who occupied the main attacking side, and many large-scale attacks were all launched by Murong Xianbei, and the Han army's occasional active attacks were all surprise attacks, although they could get a lot of results every time, but after all, the scale was limited and could not dominate the entire battlefield situation.
But the defense of the Han army is as solid as a rock, and just a partial van is enough to give Murong Shegui a headache. In Murong Shegui's view, the cavalry was invincible, completely crushing the infantry, and in the field, no matter how large the number of infantry was, it was simply unable to resist the impact of the cavalry.
But the appearance of the partial van car undoubtedly completely subverted Murong Shigui's concept, it turned out that the infantry still had such a turtle shell-like "coat", after equipping the partial van, the infantry can be said to be invulnerable, they can rely on this layer of defense, unscrupulously use bows and arrows to counterattack, the cavalry does not attack, but once the attack is launched, it is a loss.
In order to destroy this shell of the Han army, Murong Shegui tried his best to smash it with a catapult, attack it with fire, and hit it with a rushing car, but the Han army's partial van tactics are already perfect, and there are corresponding means to deal with various attacks.
As for the cavalry of the Han army, it is the existence of Murong Shegui's headache, the cavalry that once made the Xianbei people proud, whether in equipment or tactics, was completely suppressed by the cavalry of the Han army, if it were not for the Xianbei cavalry to occupy an obvious numerical advantage, to win more, the cavalry alone, the Xianbei people would be obviously at a disadvantage.
The war of Xindu dragged on like this, and the months passed in a hurry, and in the blink of an eye, winter was coming.
The battle of hundreds of thousands of horses and horses not only tested the combat strength of both sides, but also tested the logistics supply of both sides. Whether it is for the Han army or Murong Xianbei, the logistics supply of 200,000 people is by no means an easy task, the front line is fighting, the rear is tight, and all kinds of materials, heavy grain, grass and ordnance must be continuously replenished to the front line.
The supply line of the Han army is relatively shorter, and Jizhou, Qingzhou and Sizhou can provide logistical support for the army of Xindu, which makes Liu Yin have always been relatively calm, and even fearless of the Xianbei people's attack on the grain road, because the Han army's supply grain route is not only one at all, even if it is attacked by the Xianbei people, it doesn't matter.
However, Murong Xianbei's grain and grass supply line is relatively long, although Murong Xianbei controls many places in Youzhou, but wherever the Xianbei soldiers go, they burn, kill, loot and loot, and the people of Youzhou are either killed, or they are scattered and fleeing for their lives, escaping into the mountains, resulting in a scene of thousands of miles of red land in Youzhou, and white bones everywhere. This way of killing chickens and eggs, drying up and fishing, although a large number of materials can be plundered, but the follow-up is unable to maintain, Youzhou is simply unable to provide logistics support for the Xianbei army in Jizhou, all the materials have to be transported from the prairie, such a long supply line, to the Xianbei people is a heavy burden.
In the face of stronger and stronger defenders and more and more severe weather, Murong Shegui was also a little shaken, the winter in the north, dripping into ice, it was impossible to fight at all, Murong Shegui discussed with his sons and subordinates, prepared to retreat to Youzhou, and waited until the spring of the next year when the flowers bloomed, and then marched.
For Murong Shegui's decision, all the sons and generals were unwilling, but they were helpless, this time they went south to Jizhou, originally to take advantage of the prosperity, but the result was to return in defeat, such a result is difficult for everyone to accept.
But what if you don't accept it? After several months of fighting, the Xianbei army suffered heavy casualties, but there was no progress, the strength of the Han army, far beyond all their expectations, thought that it was a one-sided battle that could sweep everything and sweep everything, but it turned out to be a stalemate, and the Xianbei people could not get half a profit.
Even if it is not frequently attacked by the Han army, it is already a difficult thing to transport such a huge amount of materials on the icy and snowy road, and the Han army is constantly harassing their supply lines, which undoubtedly makes the logistics and transportation worse. If the Xianbei army stayed in Xindu all winter, it would indeed be unrealistic.
After the discussion was completed, Murong Shegui began to prepare for the withdrawal of the army. Such a large-scale withdrawal operation is not easier than fighting a war, not to mention that there is a Han army on the opposite side, if the Xianbei army really withdraws, it is difficult to guarantee that the Han army will not take the opportunity to pursue.
In order to ensure the smooth progress of the withdrawal operation, Murong Shegui made careful arrangements, who went forward and who broke off, Murong Shegui was assigned quite carefully, and he must be fully prepared to deal with the possible pursuit of the Han army.
After preparing to stop, Murong Xianbei's army set up camp and retreated to the north.
But on the day when the Xianbei army got up, the entire Jizhou was suddenly snowed heavily, and the wind and snow cut off the return route of the Xianbei army, and Murong Shegui had to order to advance in the snow, desperately preparing to return to Youzhou.