In this war preparation against the Huns, Zhang Jiashi actually thought about one point, that is, he hoped to use a small number of cavalry troops to contain part of the Huns' army and reduce the pressure on the front line. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info.com

But after Bai Qi's persuasion, Zhang Jiashi himself simply gave up this idea:

"A small cavalry may be able to harass the Huns on some occasions. But more often than not, this arrangement is undoubtedly a death sentence. Because relative to the cavalry troops, the number of horsemen of the Huns themselves is not something that some of your small cavalry units can directly contend with. If the Huns will plan and use more small detachments of cavalry to set up ambushes, these cavalry are likely to be pinned down by the riders of these small detachments at the same time as the surprise attack, and they may eventually end up completely annihilated. ”

There is no doubt that Bai Qi's persuasion is very reasonable. In history, there are not a few successful examples of using small cavalry units to contain harassment, but this is more often done when the enemy does not have enough cavalry or on some specific occasions.

As Bai Qi mentioned in some of the key aspects, it is very likely that it will not be very difficult for the Huns to find a way to deal with this way. If the Huns really sent several cavalry detachments of similar numbers to deal with his arrangement, it was undoubtedly an action that was very likely to send people to the head of the raiding cavalry squad.

So Zhang Jiashi himself eventually gave up on this idea.

And from another point of view, Bai Qi also gave him a piece of advice:

"In the face of the mobility and combat capability of the Huns, it is an arrangement that the Huns cannot ask for in a decisive battle with the Huns at the beginning or use cavalry troops to directly confront the other party. Even if you have a certain advantage in equipment, the strength of the Huns can quickly weaken the combat ability of your cavalry units while resisting this advantage in a short period of time. The longer you prolong the war, the more unfavorable it will be for you. ”

Bai Qi's words reminded Zhang Jiashi not to use those new cavalry units lightly, because even if these new cavalry units have a huge advantage in equipment, as long as the Huns are not defeated and lost, these cavalry units are likely to be exhausted in the face of the Huns' numerical superiority.

It is an unchangeable fact that the cavalry forces of the Qin Empire were in fact far inferior to the nomadic people of the Huns, both qualitatively and quantitatively.

Even in the Battle of Yinshan in Hetao, the army under Meng Tian relied more on the military formation to face the onslaught of the main force of the Huns, and only after paying a considerable price did it really lay the victory.

At the moment, it is impossible for Zhang Jiashi to replicate Meng Tian's classic example. Whether it is the Huns or the Shan Yu-Maudun, who is rare in the ages, it is difficult for them to make the same mistake as Touman Shan Yu again.

But this does not mean that Bai Qi does not think that Zhang Jiashi has no way to win.

On the contrary, Bai Qi said something that made Zhang Jiashi have to ponder:

"Although it is said that offense is the best defense, but for the time being, the Qin army's military strength is stronger in defense than in offense. Although the tactics of defensive counterattack are very passive, it is even possible that due to some factors, the Huns will eventually seize the initiative. But there is no doubt that this is the best tactic against the Huns. ”

After Bai Qi finished the above paragraph, he said a sentence in a meaningful tone:

"Zhang patrolled Suiyang, continuing the stormy Tang Dynasty. ”

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Zhang Xun was a civil and military official in the history of the Tang Dynasty, which Zhang Jiashi was relatively clear. Moreover, in the old and new "Book of Tang", Zhang Xun has a separate biography, which can be said to have a high status in history.

In the biography of Zhang Xun in the "Old Tang Book", there are the following records:

Zhang Xun, a native of Hedong, Puzhou. Brother Xiao, Kaiyuan supervised the imperial history. The brothers are all well-known for their writings. Patrol is intelligent and talented, and he is a jinshi, and he is judged by books and so on. In Tianbao, the Qinghe Order was transferred. There is a name for ability, righteousness and integrity, and those who accuse people of danger will pour their wealth into compassion.

The rebellion of Lushan, patrolling is the true source order. It is said that the county is too guarded, and the city is completed and the city is recruited, in order to resist the thief. When Wu Wang was only Lingchang Taishou, he was ordered to correct the Henan counties, train troops to resist the party, and Jinan Taishou Li followed his deputy. The patrol and the single father captain Jia Ben each recruited heroes, which was also a righteous act.

Shi Yongqiu ordered the fox tide to surrender thieves in its city, and more than 100 people did not obey their orders, and the tide was reversed, and the servants were on the ground and would be beheaded. The thieves will come to attack the city, and the tide will fight, and the opponent will untie himself, and close the city gate to refuse the tide and summon him. Ben and the patrol led the crowd into Yongqiu, killed the tide wife, and guarded the infant city. King Wu only undertook to supervise the imperial history. In a few days, the thieves came to attack the city, and Ben fought and died, and the patrol was the city guarded by the Ben. The fox tide led the thieves to besiege Li Tingwang for many months, and most of the thieves were injured. Lushan is located in the north of Yongqiu, Qizhou, building a city barrier to cut off the road, and it is isolated from the inside and outside. After holding each other for many months, the thieves turned blazing, and the city became poor.

Shi Xu Yuan guarded Suiyang, and ordered Yao Yi to guard Suiyang City with the city father, and the thieves could not attack it. At the beginning of Lushan, Heluo, Xu Shuji guarded Lingchang, Xue Yuan guarded Yingchuan, Xu Yuan guarded Suiyang, and the city was lonely and helpless. I am willing to keep it for a year and the city falls, and I want to extricate myself for a year, and I will stick to Suiyang alone. The thief besieged Yin Ziqi for many years. Patrol to Yongqiu Xiaoyi, the reserve is insufficient, the big Kou is coming, it will be difficult to guard, it is the soldiers to form a formation to deceive and surrender, to the first month of the second year of Germany. Xuanzong heard about it and was strong, and awarded the patrol master guest Langzhong, and the imperial history Zhongcheng. Yin Ziqi has been besieging for a long time, the food in the city is exhausted, the children are easy to eat, the remains are dissected and planed, the people's hearts are in danger, and the worries will change. The patrol is out of his concubine, and kills the three armies to feast on the sergeants. He said: "The princes worked hard to defend the city for the country, with one heart and one mind, and after years of lack of food, their loyalty and righteousness did not fade. The patrol can't cut his own skin to gnaw on the soldiers, what a pity for this woman, sit back and watch the danger. "The soldiers wept and couldn't bear to eat, so they ordered them to eat. It includes the women of the city, and when they are exhausted, they are followed by men and women, and the population of them is twenty or thirty thousand, and the hearts of men will never be changed.

When Helan Jinming guarded Linhuai with heavy troops, he sent Nanjiyun out of the city at night to ask for help from Jinming. Tomorrow and the generals Zhang Lego will meet, there is no intention of going out. Ji Yun cried and said: "Benzhou is forced to be bullied, besieged for half a year, the food is exhausted, and there is no way to get out." On the day of the initial siege of the city, tens of thousands of people in the city, now women and children, cannibalism, Zhang Zhongcheng killed his concubine to eat soldiers, now see the number of survival, but thousands, people in the city, as bait thieves. But Suiyang is pulled, that is, Linhuai, and the fur is dependent on each other, so it is necessary to help. Ji Yun braved the blade of a thief and prostrated to beg for a teacher, saying that the doctor was deeply concerned about the danger and responded, how could he have a feast and live in peace, but he had no heart to save him? Ji Yun could not reach the will of the lord, so please bite a finger, leave it with the doctor, show his letter, and return to the state. "Jiyun returned to Suiyang from Linhuai and entered the rope city. The generals in the city knew that they could not be saved, and wept for days.

In October, the city fell. Patrol and Yao Yi, Nan Jiyun, and Xu Yuan are all held by thieves. The patrol spirit is generous, and every time he fights with a thief, he shouts an oath, and his canopy is cracked and bleeding, and his teeth are broken. The city is about to fall, and the west bows again, saying: "The ministers are exhausted in wisdom and bravery, and they can't curb the strong and protect the lonely city." Although the minister is a ghost, he swears to be a thief to answer his grace. And the city fell, Yin Ziqi said: "Wen Jun cracks every battle, chewing teeth are broken, why is it here?" The inspector scolded: "I died for my father." Attached to the rebel thief, the dog is also, and the peace can be long!" Ziqi said righteously, and said to him: "This person is righteous and will not be used for me." If you have a scholar's heart, you can't stay for a long time. "On that day, he was killed with Yao Yi and Ji Yun, and only Xu Yuan was sent to Luoyang.

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In the "New Tang Book", the record of Zhang Xun guarding Suiyang is not much different from the Old Tang Book:

In the second year of Zhide, Lushan died, and Qingxu sent his subordinate Yin Ziqi to join forces with Luo, Turkic, Xi Jinbing and Chaozong, where more than 100,000 people, attacked Suiyang. The patrol is stubborn, and there are 20 battles between Japan and China, and the spirit is not weakened. Far from being able to patrol as much as possible, please live under the military, patrol without resignation, and far from specializing in military food and war equipment. Before this, the distant general Li Tao rescued Dongping, and then rebelled into the thief, and the general Tian Xiurong sneaked with him. Or to tell the distance: "When you go out to fight in the morning, you know the blue hat." "Treat it as it is, and cover it all. He also said: "I'll tempt it." "Please ride to the fine, Yi Jin hat. Far away to warn the patrol, patrol the city, let it, behead the thief. Because of the thin battle, Ziqi was defeated, and he got the chariots, horses, cattle and sheep, and Qiu Hao did not enter his home. There is an edict to visit the imperial history, the imperial history, and the official department.

The patrol wants to take advantage of the victory to attack Chen Liu, Ziqi hears it, and re-besieges the city. He said, "I have been blessed by God, and if the thief returns, he will have a dead ear." Although the princes sacrificed their lives, they did not reward the honorable, so they hated it!" It is a feast of vertebral cattle, and the army is fighting. The thief looked at the soldiers and laughed. Patrolling, distant relatives drummed, thieves were defeated, chasing dozens of miles north. In the fifth month of his month, the thief mowed the wheat, and he was a teacher. The night patrol drums and strict team, if it will be out. The thief called the police. Russia is self-drumming, and the thieves are resting in the city, but they are relaxed. Patrol envoy Nan Jiyun and others arrived at Ziqi and pulled out the flag. There is a big chief who is armored, and he leads the thousands of horses to ride the banner to the city to recruit patrols. Among the dozens of warriors patrolling the shadows, they held hooks, strange knives, and strong crossbows, and said: "Listen to the sound of drums and fight." "The chieftains are not prepared, the city is noisy, the birds are ambushed, the crossbows are outward-looking, and the rescuers cannot advance. When the Russian warriors reappeared, the thieves were stunned, but they did not come out. If you want to shoot Ziqi, you can't distinguish it, because Artemisia is the arrow, the middle one is happy, it is said that the patrol is exhausted, and Bai Ziqi is gone. Make the clouds shoot, one in the left eye, and the thief returns. In July, the siege was restored.

At the beginning, Suiyang Valley was 60,000 Hu, which could support one year old, and Juqi was half a Fu Puyang and Jiyin, far from the solid contention, and did not listen. Jiyin is a rebellion when he gets food. Until the food is exhausted, Shiri gives a spoonful of rice, eats wood bark and boiled paper, and only more than 1,000 people, all of whom are poor and cannot be helped, and the rescue does not come. The thief knew it, and he rushed to the wall with clouds, and patrolled out of the hook and Ming to dry the crutches, so that he could not enter, and the bonfire burned the ladder. The thieves entered with hooks and wooden horses, and patrolled and broke them. The thief obeyed his opportunity, did not attack again, and pierced through the trench to defend it. Many of the inspectors died of starvation, and all the survivors were wounded and exhausted. Patrol out of the concubine said: "The princes have been lacking food for many years, and their loyalty has declined a lot, I hate not to cut my muscles to eat the people, and would rather cherish a concubine and sit back and watch the hunger?" The patrol ordered the food, and the slaves were killed to feed the pawns, and the birds were digging up rats and cooking crossbows for food.

The thief Li Huaizhong passed through the city and asked: "The gentleman is geometric?" and said: "Phase II." The patrol said: "Ancestor, father?" said: "Yes." "The monarch is an official, eats the son of heaven, how can I be a thief, Guan Gong and I are sure?" Huai Zhong said: "Otherwise, I used to be a general, and I fought to the death, but I killed a thief, and this is also a disaster." The patrol said: "Since ancient times, rebellion will eventually be wiped out, and one day things will be peaceful, and the king's parents and wives will be punished together, how can you bear to do this?" Huaizhong covered his tears, and Russia led dozens of people from his party to surrender. Before and after the patrol, it was said that there would be many thieves, and all of them would have their death power.

The imperial historian Helan entered the Ming Dynasty Jujiedu, Tun Linhuai, Xu Shuji, Shang Hengci Pengcheng, all waited and saw Mo Ken to save. Patrol envoy Ji Yunru asked for a teacher, but he should not, and sent thousands of ends. Ji Yunyan scolded immediately, please fight to the death, Shu Ji didn't dare to respond. The patrol and repatriation are like an emergency in Linhuai, and the thirty horses are surrounded by the elite, and the thieves cover it, and the clouds shoot left and right, all invincible. Seeing Jin Ming, Jin Ming said: "Suiyang's survival has been decided, what is the benefit of soldiers?" Ji Yun said: "The city may not be down." If you are dead, please thank Dr. Xie for his death. "Uncle Ji, under the command of the Ming Dynasty, Fang Xuan was originally used to contain the Ming Dynasty, and he was also the imperial historian, and he was a good soldier. Jin Ming is afraid of the teacher and sees the attack, and he is afraid of patrolling, afraid of success, and has no intention of leaving the teacher. I also love Jiyun and want to keep it. For the feast and music, Ji Yun cried and said: "When I came out of Suiyang yesterday, the soldiers did not eat for the moon. Today, the doctor does not come out, but sets up vocal music, and he can't bear to enjoy it alone, although he eats, he swallows it. Now the lord's order is not reached, Ji Yun please put a finger to show the letter, and return to the middle of the report. "Because he pulled out his saber and severed his fingers, he was shocked and burst into tears. He doesn't eat. Draw the arrow back to shoot back at the Buddhist temple floating map, arrow the brick, and say: "I break the thief back, will destroy Helan, this arrow is so Zhiye!" To the true source, Li Ben left 100 horses; Ci Ningling, the city made 3,000 Lian Tan soldiers, and surrounded it at night. The thief felt it, refused it, and fought and led, and many soldiers died, so there were only a thousand people. Fang Dawu, patrolling the sound of war, said: "This Jiyun and other sounds." "It was to open the door, drive the thieves and cattle into hundreds of them, and the soldiers weep with each other.

The thief knows that foreign aid is desperate. If it is abandoned, the thief will take advantage of the victory drum and go south, and the river and Huai will die. and the handsome and hungry will not reach. In October, the thieves attacked the city, and the soldiers were sick and could not fight. Patrol the west to bow and say: "The lonely city is exhausted, and the Buddha can be complete." If the minister does not report to His Majesty, he will die as a ghost and a thief. "The city has fallen, and it is far away. When the patrol saw it, they got up and cried, and the patrol said: "Peace, don't be afraid, death is fate." "The multitude cannot look up. Ziqi said: "When I heard the battle of the princess, I shouted and cracked my bloody face, and my teeth were broken, why should I be?" replied: "I want to swallow the rebel thief, and I will bend my ears." Ziqi was angry, cutting his mouth with a knife, and there were three or four teeth left. The patrol scolded and said: "I died for my father, and I am attached to the thief, and I am a dog, and I will be safe for a long time!" Or say: "He who keeps righteousness, Uken will use it for me, and he will win the hearts of the people, and he will not be kept." "But with the sword to surrender, the patrol is unyielding. and the clouds fell, but they did not respond. The patrol said: "Nanba! If a man dies, don't give in for injustice!" Ji Yun smiled and said: "If you want to do something, those who know me dare not die!" and refused to surrender. Thirty-six people, including Yao Shu and Lei Wanchun, were killed. Forty-nine. At the beginning, Ziqi Yisheng sent a letter to the five people to celebrate the house, or said: "Those who refuse to defend with soldiers will also patrol." "It was sent far to Luoyang, to Yanshi, and he died unyieldingly. Juzhi walked to Linhuai, patrolled with a sister to marry 6 clans, the king of the cover advised not to go, not accept, give a hundred threads, Fu accept, for the patrol to mend the seams, the army is called "6 aunts", the first patrol was killed.