In Zhang Jiashi's later life, there is a very interesting point of view, that is, there are no completely useless tactics, and there are just people who can't wield tactical effects. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info ≈

After becoming Zhang Jiashi's host spirit, Bai Qi was also able to read Zhang Jiashi's memory, or in some specific circumstances, whether Zhang Jiashi himself wanted to or not, Bai Qi was able to control Zhang Jiashi's body to do some things.

Of course, Bai Qi is not the kind of person who likes magpie's nest dove, he has controlled Zhang Jiashi very few times, and these times are more when Zhang Jiashi faces an enemy that he cannot defeat or is in an extremely critical situation, Bai Qi will do so.

According to Zhang Jiashi's own memory, that is, Bai Qi also controlled his body and faced the well-deserved martial god of this era-Xiang Yu, so he had to do it as a last resort.

His own strength is not Xiang Yu's opponent at all, which Zhang Jiashi himself cannot deny. And even with the addition of Bai Qi, it was just barely enough to let the other party get injured, and he himself also paid a greater price.

It can be said that if Bai Qi hadn't directly controlled his body and fought with the other party, I am afraid that in the next less than a hundred moves or in a shorter period of time, he might have become a credit record for Xiang Yu in this world.

And the current Great Qin Empire will also be wiped out.

So after several times of being controlled by Bai Qi, Zhang Jiashi changed from being reluctant at the beginning to being indifferent now.

And Bai Qi seems to have been concerned about such a thing or Bai Qi didn't think he needed to do it later, until now, Bai Qi has not controlled Zhang Jiashi's body again.

But this does not mean that Bai Qi will be so silent.

In other words, Zhang Jiashi didn't want to waste the ability of this pre-Qin No. 1 god of war in vain.

As long as it is related to military ideas, if Zhang Jiashi has something that cannot be decided, he will often ask Bai Qi first.

Bai Qi is not always answered, because for Bai Qi, Zhang Jiashi relies too much on him, which does make him feel excited, but this does not mean that Bai Qi wants to see Zhang Jiashi always rely on him, because for him, or for Qin Guo, who still has deep feelings for him, Bai Qi prefers that Qin Guo is in the hands of a leader with his own ideas, rather than a puppet.

Bai Qi knows very well that Zhang Jiashi's power is not high, but Zhang Jiashi is fundamentally different from a puppet who only listens to the opinions of others.

This is also the reason why Bai Qi did not hesitate to think about the real military problems he encountered in Zhang Jiashi.

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Zhang Jiashi did not think about creating a highly mobile light cavalry unit according to the corresponding establishment of the Mongolian cavalry.

But after Bai Qi knew Zhang Jiashi's idea, he asked Zhang Jiashi rhetorically: "The light cavalry lacks the impact on the hoplite troops, and perhaps a pure light cavalry is the most suitable for the Huns." But if your future enemies are not only the Huns, but even in terrain that is not conducive to light cavalry warfare, it will be a catastrophic nightmare. ”

Bai Qi's rhetorical question is undoubtedly a blow to Zhang Jiashi.

Strictly speaking, even in the area controlled by the Xiongnu, there were quite a lot of places that were not suitable for large-scale cavalry battles. One of the best examples is the mountainous and hilly region of the Mongolian Plateau.

The Mongolian Plateau is a geographical concept for later generations. There was no such thing as the Mongolian plateau at this time.

And even the title of Hanhai, the earliest one that can be examined is "Historical Records: The Biography of General Wei's Hussars": "(Huo Quai) sealed the wolf and lived in Xu Mountain, Zen in Guyan, and climbed to Hanhai." ”

The Xiongnu themselves did not trace in the mountains, but in the Hetao and Daqing Mountain areas, and gradually moved to Mobei. The clans and tribes to which they belong do not have a permanent covenant relationship with each other, but are only united and dispersed at any time according to common interests. Touman founded the Xiongnu Empire, unified the Turkic tribes of the Mongolian Plateau, and established the Great Grassland Empire with the Tocharians of the Hexi Corridor and the Donghu people of the Great Khing'an Mountains.

In later geographical concepts, the Mongolian Plateau is the six plateaus in Asia.

It is bounded by the Great Khingan Mountains in the east, the Altai Mountains in the west, the Sayan Mountains, the Kent Mountains, and the Yablonov Mountains in the north, and the Yinshan Mountains in the south, including all of Mongolia, southern Russia and parts of northern China. Most of it is an ancient plateau, only the northwest is mountainous, the southeast is a vast Gobi, and the central and eastern parts are large hills. The average elevation of the plateau is 158o meters, and the terrain gradually decreases from west to east. The average annual precipitation is about 2oo mm. In winter, it is one of the cold sources of the big 6 in Asia, with the lowest temperature reaching -45C and the highest temperature in summer reaching 3o-35bsp; The Mongolian Plateau covers an area of about square kilometers (square miles). Politically and geographically, it consists of two parts: the Gobi Desert, with the independent state of Mongolia (also known as Outer Mongolia) in the north and Inner Mongolia in China in the south. The plateau is bounded by the Altai Mountains, the Tangnuura Mountains and the Sayan Mountains in the northwest, the Transbaikal Plateau in the northeast, the Nanshan Mountains in the south, and the Tarim Basin and Junggar Basin in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China in the west.

The Mongolian Plateau is sometimes seen as a huge inner-6 drainage basin between the surrounding mountain ranges, with the Zakkhhan, Selenga and Khulun rivers flowing through it. There are Gobi Desert, dry grasslands with only low grass and mountains at an altitude of 915~1,525 meters. The highest point is Mount Monkhirkhan in the Altai Mountains, which is 4,362 meters above sea level.

The Inner Mongolia Plateau is part of the Mongolian Plateau. It is located in the north of the Yinshan Mountains, west of the Great Xing'an Mountains, north to the national border, and west to the vicinity of 1o6°E longitude. It is between 4o°2o′~5o°5o′ north latitude and east longitude′. It covers an area of about 340,000 square kilometers. The administrative division includes the western part of the ******** League, most of the Xilin Gol League, and the northern part of the Ulanqab League and Bayannur League. The Inner Mongolia Plateau in a broad sense also includes the Ordos Plateau south of the Yinshan Mountains and the Alxa Plateau west of the Helan Mountains.

The Inner Mongolia Plateau is generally above sea level, high in the south and low in the north, forming an east-west lowland in the north, the lowest altitude drops to about 6oo meters, and it is an intermittently connected dry denudation mound in the Sino-Mongolian border, with a relative height of about 100 meters. The larger rivers include Selenga River, Krulun River, Onen River-Shilka River, Hailar River-Erguna River-Heilongjiang River, etc. The larger lakes are Ubudsunoer, Kusupo, Kyrgyz, Haraus, and Hara. Temperate climate with a large 6-sex climate. The winters are cold and long, the summers are hot and short, and the precipitation is scarce, mainly animal husbandry. The plateau ground is open and complete, the ups and downs are gentle, the ancient denudation plane is significant, the wind and sand are widely distributed, and it is called "Hanhai" in ancient times.

Geologically, at the end of the Paleozoic Era, the Hualixi movement uplifted the Mongolian trough fold, and the Yanshan movement only produced extensive and gentle deflection and faulting. The Himalayan movement and the neotectonic movement caused the plateau to be generally uplifted, and there was a large-scale basalt eruption, filling the low-lying areas to form lava terraces, which were widely distributed in the eastern part of the plateau, and the terraces were stepped and the terraces were slightly undulating. There are generally 5 levels of flattening on the plateau, forming a layered plateau.

In the area of the deflection subsidence of the Yanshan movement, the Tertiary lacustrine sedimentary layer is very thickly accumulated, which expands the flat ground range. Since the Cenozoic Era, although the climate has alternated between cold and warm, dry and wet, it is semi-arid and arid climate, and the plateau plane is slightly divided, and most of the denudation planes formed in the past have been formed into flat and relatively complete plateaus. The Gobi, desert and sandy land of the Inner Mongolia Plateau are slightly arc-shaped from northwest to southeast: the northwest edge of the plateau is gravelly Gobi, the southeast is sandy Gobi, and the central and southeastern parts of the plateau are Fusha and Mingsha. The Fusha belt is distributed in the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain and the western foot of the Daxing'an Mountains, which is intermittently connected in an arc shape, and the Mingsha mainly includes Bayin Gobi Desert, Hailis Desert, Baiyinchagan Desert, Hunshandak Desert, Wuzhumuqin Desert, ******** Sandy Land, etc.

It has a temperate climate with an average annual rainfall of about 2oo mm (8 inches). The average temperature of the hottest and coldest months varies greatly. For example, the average temperature in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, is -31C in January, while the average temperature in July is 16bsp; The winter is cold and long, the coldest January of the year, the local average temperature is in, the lowest temperature can even reach -4o, accompanied by heavy snowstorms; spring and autumn are short, and there are often sudden weather changes, such as in autumn, Mongolia is still high and cool in autumn just now, and suddenly the wind is strong, flying sand and rocks, and sometimes even sudden heavy snowfall. In Mongolia's summer, there is a large temperature difference between day and night, with plenty of sunlight and strong ultraviolet rays, and the maximum temperature can reach 35C. Windy winds and fast weather changes are the biggest characteristics of Mongolia's climate.

The larger rivers on the Mongolian Plateau include the Selenga River, the Krulun River, the Onen River-Shilka River, the Hailar River-Erguna River-Heilongjiang River, etc. The larger lakes are Ubudsunoer, Kusupo, Kyrgyz, Haraus, and Hara. The Mongolian Plateau is mostly a source of rivers, with long rivers and small volumes, and low shipping value and water energy. Most of the inland rivers are seasonal rivers, and summer is the flood season.

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Due to the existence of mountainous and hilly areas on the Mongolian Plateau, this also led to the emergence of a classic battle example, that is, Li Ling's heavily armed cavalry troops stuck to the mountains and successfully gave the Huns a certain amount of casualties.

The same problem is that compared with the Mongolian Plateau, the Qinghai Plateau, which is located in the former Xiqiang-controlled area, is also not suitable for cavalry troops.

In other words, the cavalry units of the Qin Empire, which were mainly based on plain horse breeds, were difficult to exert their effects on the Qinghai Plateau, and there was even a possibility that there would be a large number of non-combat attrition.

The Qinghai Plateau is located in the northeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the "roof of the world", and is the source of China's three most famous rivers, the Yellow River, the Yangtze River and the Lancang River. It is one of the areas with the highest altitude, the largest wetland area and the most concentrated distribution in China, with dense rivers and many lakes and swamps. The air on the plateau is relatively dry and thin, the solar radiation is relatively strong, the terrain is complex and changeable, and the rainfall is relatively small.

In later generations, the geological history of the Qinghai Plateau can be traced back to the Ordovician period 4-500 million years ago, after which various parts of the Qinghai region had different data of crustal uplift, or submerged by seawater, or 6 places. By 280 million years ago, the Qinghai Plateau was a vast ocean with rough waves.

This sea area traversed the southern region of what is now Eurasia 6, and communicated with the seas of North Africa, Southern Europe, West Asia and Southeast Asia, called the "Tethys Sea", or "Ancient Mediterranean", when the climate of the Tethys Sea region was warm, and it became a thriving area for marine animals and plants. On the north and south sides of it are the primitive 6 that has been divided, the south side is called Gondwana 6, including the present-day South America, Africa, Australia, Antarctica and South Asia 6, and the north 6 is called the Eurasian 6, also known as the Laoya 6, including the present Europe, Asia and North America.

240 million years ago, due to plate movement, the separated Indian plate moved and squeezed northward at a relatively fast degree, and strong fold faults and uplifts occurred in the north of it, prompting the uplift of the Kunlun Mountains and Hoh Xil area into six places, as the Indian plate continued to insert northward into the paleooceanic crust, and promoted the oceanic crust to continue to fracture.

About 210 million years ago, the northern part of the Tethys Sea entered a period of tectonic activity again, and the North Qiangtang area, the Karakoram Mountains, the Tanggula Mountains, and the Hengduan Mountains were separated from the sea flooding, and 8ooo years ago, the Indian plate continued to drift northward, causing another strong tectonic movement. The Gangdis Mountains and the Nianqing Tanggula Mountains have risen sharply, and northern Tibet and part of southern Tibet have also been separated from the sea and become six places. The terrain is wide and soothing, with rivers and lakes, vast plains and humid climates and lush jungles. The geomorphological pattern of the plateau has been basically formed.

Geologically, this tectonic movement of the plateau is called the Himalayan movement. The uplift of the Tibetan Plateau is not a uniform movement, not a one-time surge, but has gone through several different stages of ascent. Each uplift has led to the evolution of the plateau landform. 10,000 years ago, the plateau was lifted even faster, rising at an average of 7 centimeters per year, making it the "roof of the world" on the earth today.

The Tibetan Plateau is surrounded by many mountain ranges, most of which run from northwest to southeast, and they rise steeply and rise a lot relative to the ground outside the plateau, among which many peaks in the Himalayas in the south are among the top 10 in the world, especially Mount Everest, which is the highest mountain in the world. At the same time, there are many peaks in the interior of the plateau in addition to the plains, and the height disparity is huge. There are also many glaciers, mountain lakes and alpine swamps on the plateau. The source of many of Asia's major rivers is here.

Due to its height, the air on the Qinghai Plateau is relatively dry and thin, with relatively strong solar radiation and relatively low temperatures. Due to the complexity and variability of its topography, the climate itself on the Qinghai Plateau varies greatly from region to region. In general, there is less rainfall on the plateau.

The Qinghai Plateau itself is also an important factor influencing the Earth's climate. Paleontology and geology have shown that the uplift of the Qinghai Plateau has dramatically changed the climate around the world. As a tall wind screen, it effectively blocks the cold air of the Northern Big 6, preventing them from entering South Asia. At the same time, the Himalayas block the northward flow of warm and humid air from the south, which is an important factor in the rainy season in South Asia.

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In mountain warfare, infantry is the most capable type of force.

But in many ways, Bai Qi himself agrees that there are still many constraints on infantry in plain areas and mountain operations at high altitudes.

He believed that Zhang Jiashi, if necessary, should recruit some personnel of the Xiqiang ethnic group to form an infantry unit to use in the battle in the mountainous terrain.

What Bai Qi didn't know was that his idea was indeed realized in later generations, but the people who realized this idea and the nation where the troops came from were all unknown to Bai Qi in detail.

The British Gurkha Force was a combination of the Gurkha from the mountains of Nepal and the British 6th Army. It's a puzzling combination, but this magical force is known for its discipline and bravery. In India, the British had two skirmishes with the Gurkhas, and although the British eventually won, the fighting power of the Gurkhas left a deep impression on the British.

In 1815, the first combat battalion of Gurkhas, the British ** corps was formed. Since then, the tradition of the Gurkha people serving in the British army continues to this day.

During British control of India, the Indian army was divided into two parts: one was the traditional British army, which rejected any native soldiers out of the colonizer's sense of superiority, and the second was a native army composed of Indians, Sikhs, Gurkhas, etc., whose senior officers were British. During the two world wars, the strength of the British army in India remained at 48 battalions of infantry, 4 regiments of cavalry and one artillery, and the number of native troops was basically 3-4 times that of the British army.

Due to the rift caused by the Indian national uprising of 1857, the relationship between the two teams was not harmonious. In this context, the Gurkhas, who fought for Britain to the last breath in World War I, although there were no changes in their military establishment after the war, they received a considerable degree of praise and admiration both from a military point of view and out of public affection.

Correspondingly, a large number of young officers aspire to serve in the Gurkha troops, which, in their opinion, guarantees that they can show their faces on more "decent" missions. Still others are due to family influences: their fathers were Gurkha officers. There is no indication that the children and grandchildren of Gurkha officers will be cared for, but the tradition of the son carrying on his father's business has always persisted.