Updated: 2010-04-12

Seeing that Qingchi's hands and feet were stiff, his figure was bloated, and his eyes were scattered. He was not a martial arts practitioner. At first glance, he heard the standard fashion of selecting the literati Shooting and Yu's art and was a little frightened. He immediately turned into a firm expression and was secretly impressed in his heart. As expected, all those who can achieve success on one hand have perseverance.

The two of them were thinking about their own thoughts and were about to walk to the entrance of the inn. Qingchi suddenly slapped his head and shouted: "Yes, yes." The difficult question he was thinking hard was suddenly answered.

Zhang Zhongyao frowned. Before he asked, Qingchi suddenly realized, "I just saw the expression of the lord. Although he was reluctant to take the lord as an aide, he still had many reservations about my views. Now I finally understand the real reason why the lord refused to adopt the strategy I offered. The lord is martial, and his literati can also pull strong bows. As the saying goes, he heard that the lord uses military law to govern the people, so the people everywhere can fight in ranks, and their combat power is probably not bad. If I use my strategy, the people are resentful and have martial arts skills, I am afraid that they will rebel immediately. Such a fierce citizen, even if there are hundreds of thousands of troops, it is difficult to suppress, not to mention that the corps originally had a close connection with the people. Therefore, my financial management strategy that I thought was strict and appropriate was a way to cause chaos under the lord's rule."

While muttering to himself, he bowed to Zhang Zhongyao with a shameful expression and accused him of his behavior just now. Although Qingchi is deeply thinking about money planning, he also has his own stupidity. He is not as versatile as ordinary merchants and scholars in dealing with people.

"This colleague will not be difficult to get along with in the future." Zhang Zhongyao smiled and bowed to him. Seeing a soldier from Chengying Camp disguised himself as a man selling medicine for trashing and spraying, he called him over and took out fifty cents of copper coins to buy five pieces. The plaster was a regular item in the army and needed to be replenished at any time. This action fell into the eyes of the imperial guards next to him.

Zhang Zhongyao took the medicine and returned to the inn, carefully closed the door, and took out a thin piece of silk book hidden in the ointment interlayer with beeswax. This was the secret report of the generals of Anxi to Chen De on important matters of conquering Hexi. If it was not important, the Anxi Jiedushi was very willing to use the post station system of the Song Dynasty military. Every month, Hexi would submit several military books to Chen De through the military post, which would be quick and secure, and would not be afraid of the court's inspection.

"Youtong marched in the law by advancing Duke Li Wei, and the effect was very good. If this happens, the Tubo tribes have no choice but to deal with them." Chen De smiled after reading the secret report translated by Zhang Zhongyao.

At present, the Chihunting Army and Jinfan Army stationed in Liangzhou, swept the remnants of Tubo, and drove them southward. The initial plan was that the Jinfan Army stayed in Liangzhou, and the Chihunting Army was dispatched, but to the south of Liangzhou, they had to cross the Qilian Mountains and enter the northern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. This area was vast and sparsely populated, and the cavalry was inconvenient to supply. Later, Luo Youtong followed the method of marching when Li Jing attacked the Turks in the north. In addition to leaving a few soldiers to guard the Jinfan Army and the Chihunting Army were dispatched together. The mule-horse-like infantry carried much more than the cavalry. The cavalry would need to run for a long time after a high speed.

The long rest time is also a slow marching on weekdays. For a long distance, the infantry will not only not drag down the speed of the cavalry, but will instead make the cavalry rush to a longer distance. Moreover, relying on the infantry's solid camps and military formations, the cavalry, which originally retreated without fighting, have more tactical choices. In this way of marching, the infantry cluster carries a large amount of baggage and has good defense capabilities, which is a support on the battlefield. The cavalry is like an aircraft carried by a mothership. It uses the infantry cluster as the center, searches and sweeps the grasslands around hundreds of miles, which is particularly suitable for dealing with the already scattered Tubo tribes.

It has been tracked by the Hunting Army for a full month. It is almost winter. The cattle and sheep from the Tubo Bahai tribe have not only not gained weight, but have lost weight in the continuous migration.

"Father, if you hide like this, you will be dragged to death by the Han people sooner or later. Why not just gather the warriors in the clan and fight with them!" Although the young clan leader Bahai Moyang said very hard, his expression was a little withered. He was alert to guard against the Han cavalry's sneak attack and had to rest for even a few days, even the strong man could not bear it.

"If you want to fight, the enemy must fight you. These Han cavalry groups have three or five cavalry, and a large group of more than a hundred cavalry, everywhere. As soon as the warriors leaned forward, they turned around and ran away a few hundred steps away. When we retreated, they followed again, and their ghosts remained undispersed, and they didn't know what they were going to do." The second son waved the scimitar in his hand angrily again.

Bahai Mouzhi's face was gloomy. In order to avoid the followers of the Han cavalry, the tribe kept migrating, and 20% of the cattle and sheep were dead. Many old people and children, Bahai tribe probably could not survive this winter, damn it. The Han people following behind were like wolves, and did not fight with the warriors of Bahai tribe at all, but were only attached far behind. According to the information obtained by the warriors who went out to provoke, there were traces of Han cavalry appearing hundreds of miles around, that is, the Bahai tribe could not escape the eyes and ears of these Han cavalry no matter what. What I don't know is what these Han cavalry are waiting for? Or what is the fate of the Bahai tribe waiting for?

"If you run like this, the tribe will disperse." Bahai Mouzhi said slowly, "Ignore the Han cavalry and rest on the spot for three days, and set off again after three days."

Two days later, Bahai Mouzhi learned the result of the waiting, and the Han infantry army of about 5,000 people approached Bahai's camp.

"Hurry up the stone throwing machine and crossbow chariot. The long spear battalion was covered with armor, covering the bow and crossbow battalion and shooting arrows forward. Modao battalion was ready to kill in, and the sword and shield battalion was responsible for setting fire." Lin Hong of Jinfan Army looked at the continuous camp tents of the tribes of the sea. There were many women and children in it. He gave orders skillfully and neatly. He originally thought that the Jinfan Army had no chance to make achievements, but with the new tactics proposed by Luo Youtong, the Jinfan Army became the main force in every attack on the grassland tribe, and the Chihunting Army's mission was to investigate, track the Tubo tribe, and divide the connection between the Tubo tribes near the battlefield. Over the past month, the Jinfan Army had done the matter of piercing the burial and sweeping the caves many times. The tribe without the protection of the city walls had only two fates: crushing and surrendering the war machines.

"When the envoys of the Hunting Army persuaded the surrender to come back, the baggage camp will launch stone bombs and turbulent oil bombs for the first time, and the hunting army will send the envoys to persuade the surrender for the second time. If these barbarians are still stubborn, it will be our turn to do it." Zhou Yun, the tenth man of the Dao Shield Camp, told Kangshan. The Anxi Army captured nearly 3,000 prisoners under the city of Liangzhou. Zhou Yun was originally the head of the imperial guards, and he used his sword skills. After more than a month of training, he was replenished to the Jinfan Sword and Shield Camp.

"Brother, do you think these Tubo barbarians will surrender or not?" Although Zhou Yun's position in the army was only the chief of the tenth husband, the old brother Kang Shan did not change his respect for him.

"The Tubo barbarians don't cry until they see the coffin. After seeing the methods of Wu Jinfan Army, they will probably be surrendered." Zhou Yun spit out a piece of gum with a "pop". Because he and Kangshan are both naked men, they can't help but have the habit of spending money randomly. This is a rare thing I bought from a Hu merchant with his usual money before departure. After Zhou Yun bought a piece, he fell in love with this thing very much. He especially liked to chew it for a while before the war started. After chewing it, he wrapped it with a piece of silk parfait and washed it and chew it again next time.

Although he joined the Jinfan Army for a short time and his official position was reduced from the original Dutou among the Imperial Army to the tenth commander, Zhou Yun had a sense of belonging and pride for the Anxi Army. He was a soldier here, and he was very happy. After the battles to wipe out the Tubo tribe, Zhou Yun felt that he was like Xue Rengui was conquering the West in the play, and three arrows were invincible. The route of promotion of Anxi Army officers was also very simple and clear, including martial arts, meritorious deeds, and people looked forward to Zhou Yun felt that his position was still very likely to move up.

The army commander of the hunting army quickly returned with the answer from the Bahai tribe. The patriarch Bahai Mouzhi was willing to offer half of the women and livestock. As long as the Anxi Army opened up the road, the tribe would migrate far to the plateau south of Dafeichuan. After being caught up by the Han army, Bahai Mouzhi cursed himself in his heart. Why did he stay in the Hehuang area for the abundant water and grass? He could not get rid of it even if he wanted to leave. However, this answer had only one meaning for Luo Youtong, the commander of the Chihun Army.

"General Lin, it seems that there is still a need for Jinfan Army." Luo Youtong looked at the tribal herders in the distance, lying on the fence and looking at the Han army formation. More than 5,000 tribal men riding strong horses gathered next to the tribal camp with weapons, but they just rode their horses and did not dare to take the initiative to attack the Jinfan Army formation. "There are 20,000 people in this tribe. After cleaning it up, there will be no large Tubo tribes in the north of Qingtang City." Lin Hong said slowly, turned around and ordered the baggage battalion to start shooting stone bullets and hot tinder oil tanks, and the heavy infantry battalions and bow and crossbow camps were preparing to step forward. The surrounding hunting cavalry also began to gather a team of thousands of people to attack the Tubo cavalry in the infantry formation.

Hundreds of stone throwers were launched at the same time, covering the attacks on the tribal camps. Such power was not comparable to those of crossbows. Especially the bullets shot by these stone throwers were mixed with a large amount of pottery jars filled with tinder oil. The leads were lit before the shooting, and there were brightly extinct Mars in the air. They were stuck on the ground. There was a pool of flowing tinder oil. When they hit the tent, the old, weak, women and children ran out in panic. The solid stone bullet kept smashing the ground slightly. Occasionally, people and animals could not avoid it, which was the result of brain bursting and broken tendons.

His ears were filled with the wails of the tribe members. The few confidant nobles around him all looked at him with begging eyes, and Bahai Mouzhi closed his eyes in pain.

Note: See "Tang Li Wenlu"

Emperor Taizong said: "When I pacified the Turks, I am talking about the regular army, so why is it?"

Jing said: "Zhuge Liang captured Meng Huo for seven times, but there was no other way, and he was just a regular soldier."

Emperor Taizong said: "When Ma Long of Jin attacked Liangzhou, he also made a box cart based on the Eight Formation Diagram. If the land is wide, he used a deer antler cart camp; if the road is narrow, he would put wooden houses on the cart and fight and go forward. I believe that the soldiers of the ancients valued it!"

Jing said: "I have fought against the Turks and traveled thousands of miles westward. If it were not for the regular army, how could it be far away? The key points of the soldiers are: one is to control the strength, one is to resist the front, and the other is to restrain the troops. The three are to use each other. The ancient methods obtained by Smalon are profound!"

Author: In the era of cold weapons, cavalry was a group of troops that were almost extremely focused on attacking capabilities, and their defense capabilities were very weak, so the decisive battles of nomadic peoples often ended up with a final say.

With the help of infantry, the cavalry can go further. The same is true for nomadic peoples, their cavalry motherships are tribes. Genghis Khan's expedition was dispatched together by men, women, young and old in the tribe.

In the decisive battle on the grassland, the key to the Han army's war effect is to destroy the tribe and completely eliminate its war potential. The nomadic cavalry must do its best to prevent the main forces of the Han people from discovering, catching up with, and getting close to the tribe, because the tribe filled with old, weak, women, children, cattle, sheep and livestock, their combat capabilities are far inferior to professional war machines.

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