Chapter 55
Morality and combat effectiveness are closely related, and are not as specific numerical influence as in the game, because in reality, once morale is reduced and the commander does nothing, even if the force is ten times that of the enemy, it will be a fate of defeat.
The combat effectiveness of the elite Wuhuan cavalry is already very different from that of the Han army. If the morale is high, then the Wuhuan people may fight to the death in the same battle, let alone in a scene where the force comparison is as great as 500 to 5000.
A few months ago, the Han army went out of the frontier and basically launched the battles with equal strength, which is 10,000 to 10,000. At that time, even though the Han army was an unparalleled general such as Zhang and Zhao, and when Qiu Liju was still the Shanyu, the cavalry of the Wuhuan people did not retreat, but now the Wuhuan cavalry was defeated so easily.
It is no wonder that the Han Dynasty became the Five Barbarians. It can be said that from then on, at least a hundred years later, there will be no overlord on the grassland. Compared with the Han army, the Donghu tribes are not at the same level at all.
"Report to the general, I have captured a noble man from Wuhuan."
After a series of charges, Wen Chou was about to withdraw his troops as he watched the Wuhuan people disperse, and now he was obviously afraid of the Wuhuan people. The remaining plans depend on the military advisor, so he didn't have to worry about them.
At this time, his subordinates escorted a man, looking at the guy who was dragged by a dying man, the Han Yu Tadun, who was the Wuhuan native. However, he was no longer as arrogant as before, with blood on the corner of his mouth. He lay on the ground and looked at the sky with a sad expression. One arm was twisted at a strange angle, and there was a large pool of blood spurted out on his chest. It seemed that he had suffered serious internal injuries. Although he survived the horse's hooves, he was still unfortunately caught.
"Boy, what do you say!"
Wen Chou was a little embarrassed and let him go. It felt a bit wasteful, but if he didn't let him go, he couldn't do anything to him.
"Ha, you need to kill and cut whatever you want!"
Tadun seemed to feel that he was unable to escape, but he did not beg for mercy at this time, but instead spat in bloody spit and said hatefully.
"You slave, you dare to be tough!"
Ju Yi, who had destroyed Gongsun Zan with him in history, kicked him and scolded him.
"Forget it, forget it, the Wuhuan people have paid the price they should pay. You are ready to go back. If you can beat Xianbei, you will be rewarded. But if you can't beat Xianbei, you Wuhuan may have been exterminated, so you will not care about your business."
Wen Chou thought about it and could not kill him. In this case, judging from his appearance, he would probably die on the spot after moving a few more times, and he could only say this.
"General, this slave head, the eagle, looks at the wolf, and finally he will think that this person is not to be punished."
Ju Yi advised and explained at this time that this was a victory after all, and he also captured the new Han Dynasty of Wuhuan. Although he was not as good as Qiu Liju, he was worthy of a Guannei Marquis. It was a pity that he let him go.
"Forget it, the Wuhuan people are in danger, let him go!"
Wen Chou didn't explain much, and there was no need to explain to Ju Yi. He said casually at this time.
He ordered someone to give a newly seized war horse. Tadun got up silently at this time, pulled the war horse over, climbed up with some difficulty, and then headed towards the north.
The Wuhuan people also had heroes, or the Hu tribes in the grassland had heroes, just like the Tan Shihuai of the Xianbei. The heroes of the Wuhuan people were Tadun. In the original history, Tadun led the Wuhuan people to a peak, but they were met by Cao Mengde and then killed by Zhang Liao in the face of battle. The Wuhuan people have been scattered since then and were assimilated by the Xianbei Tiel of the Han Dynasty.
Tadun is not an invincible general, and he has no external tricks. He was born at the wrong time. He was born at a loss for decades later and fought in the Central Plains. He could not say that he could lead the Wuhuan to achieve hegemony. He was born for decades earlier and could compete with the Xianbei. Of course, it is not bad now. Xianbei was at its peak and decline.
Tadun could not be able to merge with the Xianbei. He did not have this qualification. After all, the Wuhuan people suffered consecutive defeats. At this time, the Xianbei people came with the intention of taking advantage of the situation. Tadun could only make up his mind to fight the Xianbei with all his might. If there was no bloody battle, the Wuhuan tribes that were now suppressed by the Han people would be allowed to be ravaged by the Xianbei.
This one is different from the Han army. The Han army is nothing more than revenge, burning, killing, robbing and retreating. Although the Wuhuan people were killed or injured, the loss was affordable compared to the Xianbei. The Xianbei came with the intention of annexing the Wuhuan.
Tan Shihuai's son and Lian inherited the position of Xianbei Shanyu, and were uneasy, but if the Xianbei annexed Wuhuan, then his position would be firmly settled.
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Three days later, Wen Chou had already led his army to retreat to Shanggu County. At this time, a large army gathered in Shanggu County. Gongsun Zan and other troops who went out of the frontier had already taken a detour back a few days ago. Their troops were transferred to rest and would not mention the rewards of merits and silver.
This part of the army was used to replace the defense, and then Guan Yu led 30,000 Han troops to wait in Shanggu County, waiting for the right time to join the battlefield. At this time, the Xianbei invaded the grazing land of the Wuhuan people, claiming to be a million Xianbei cavalry, as if they were going to annex the Wuhuan in one fell swoop.
"Your Highness, it seems that the situation of the Wuhuan person is not good."
Gaoyang County, after Yang Yi received the message, he frowned and said, looking at the movements of the Xianbei people he received at this time.
"Well, the imperial edict ordered General Zhang Fei to immediately take a team of people to the northern border with me, and also told General Guan to assemble our army. This time, no matter whether the Wuhuan people defeated or were defeated, we cannot miss this opportunity."
This is the best opportunity to solve the threat in the northern border. The Xianbei people are also ambitious. No matter which tribe the overlord of the grassland is, they must prepare tens of thousands of troops to guard against the border and dare not mobilize them. Otherwise, when the Donghu invades, there will probably be many casualties and injuries in the people.
Now it was finally difficult to beat the Wuhuan people and won at least five years of peace for the northern border, but the Xianbei people came. If millions of Xianbei, would they go south and show their power after defeating the Wuhuan?
This is very likely, so Yang Yi dared not neglect. Now that winter is coming, the Yellow Turban is short of clothes, and will not go north, nor have the strength to go north, and the internal problems have just been resolved, so Yang Yi personally led the army north.
After all, there are many troops gathering in the grassland of Yanbei. The total number of Donghu tribes is probably more than one million. Next, no matter who loses and who wins with Lian and Tadun, the forces on the grassland will be unified. What will happen if the grassland is unified?
Over the years, the situation has been very clear. It must be an invasion south, and this will definitely happen. Therefore, the Han army must participate, and it must ensure that both sides will suffer losses and ensure that the safety of the northern part of the Han territory will be a hundred years.
The first step now is to see how the situation develops. If possible, both sides would be better off both sides. The Wuhuan people's advantage is too weak in this battle. If the Wuhuan people are defeated, the Han army will have to go out to help the Wuhuan people, so as to avoid the Wuhuan people being defeated too badly and being directly annexed by the Xianbei people.
For the Han Dynasty, the defeat of the Wuhuan people was no big deal, but they could not be defeated too badly, and they could not be defeated in a mess.
It takes more than a year or two to clean up the tribes of the grassland, and it cannot be solved by one or two big victories. Yang Yi does not have enough time to squander it, so he can only maintain the balance on the grassland, and spend a few more months to beat the Xianbei, so there is no need.
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The weather became colder and colder. In the past, people always stayed at their homes and did not go out. However, at this time, more than one million people gathered in Wuhuan Mountain. This battle was an arrow that had to be fired. The Xianbei people were unwilling to miss this good opportunity. The leaders of various tribes were for profit, while the Xianbei Shanyu and Lian were for prestige.
He wanted to recreate the prestige of the Xianbei people when his father Tan Shihuai was in the past, rather than being emptied by various tribes at this time, few people listened to what they said, and the Xianbei people were divided, and he also wanted to pass on his family for generations like the Han people.
If the Han people unified the Central Plains, they would have to unify the grasslands so that they could establish the Xianbei royal court, just like the Xiongnu in the past, and then accumulate strength, they could also leap to the Central Plains and make the Central Plains a pasture for the Xianbei people.
Starting with the resolution of the Wuhuan people, Tadun's son was nothing, and he was humiliated several times by the Han army, which made him look down on him very much.
"This is a thousand troops!"
Yang Yi was leaping on a mountain top at this time, watching the warriors of the Donghu tribes gathered at the foot of the mountain, and said with great emotion.
On both sides of her, Zhang Feiwen Chou and others were also looking at the foot of the mountain, but their expressions were a little nervous. After all, millions of Donghu people were not a joke. Even if they were all brave enough to be unworthy of thousands of men, they would inevitably feel nervous at this time. There were some warriors in the brocade clothes around, who stood on their posts and loyally guarded Yang Yi with a circular line of defense.
She is now on a mountain not far from Wuhuan Mountain, and at the foot of the mountain is the battlefield where the Wuhuan people and the Xianbei people fight to the decisive battle.
The Wuhuan people mobilized about 200,000 to 300,000 people to form an array with their backs to Wuhuan Mountain. The Wuhuans of each tribe filled Wuhuan Mountain with tents everywhere. After all, the weather was already very cold, and the warriors on the grassland could not rest on the sky or they would be frozen to death overnight.
Not far from the mountain is the Daliao River. With the Daliao River as the dividing line, more than 100,000 Wuhuan warriors were waiting for the battle with their own war horses. There was a small number of heavy-armored cavalry behind them. The Wuhuan people also had some capital. After all, since the death of the Xianbei Shanyu Tan Shihuai, the Wuhuan people had the momentum to take over the Xianbei grassland overlord, so they naturally had some family background.
At this time, the Great Liao River had been frozen for a long time and could not become a natural danger. This is also the reason why the Xianbei people insisted on attacking. Otherwise, waiting for the cold weather to pass next year, the Great Liao River would become a natural danger and give the Wuhuan people a chance to breathe.
To the west of the Great Liao River are tens of thousands of elite light cavalry formed. These should be the most elite cavalry of the Wuhuan people. At least 30,000 cavalry are arranged in an array against the river bank, as if they are using their bodies to form a copper wall and iron wall, and the flanks are infantry, not cannon fodder but a strong bow formation composed of the archer.
And their enemy is a 100,000 Xianbei cavalry!
"Then Liu Yu said that the Xianbei people were invincible, or the Wuhuan people were fierce and their power was unstoppable. Today I wish I could take him to see if he was a Xianbei people or a Wuhuan people were powerful!"
Thinking of Liu Yu, Yang Yi said with a mockery. He gave Liu Yu face and went to the grassland to train troops through Youzhou. Of course, Liu Yu also had many obstacles. For example, this thing might have happened a few months ago.
However, Liu Yu protected the Wuhuan people for a long time, and when Yang Yicheng succeeded, he actually ran away first and could not see this scene.
"In front of the palace, any enemy is a native of the world. Although Liu Zongzheng is generous, he has short-sighted eyes and is not as far-sighted as His Highness."
At this time, besides Yang Yi, in addition to a few military generals, there were also some scholars from the aristocratic family, such as Shen Pei Gongsun Du. At this time, the flattery was what Gongsun Du said.
When Yang Yi heard this, he didn't say much. Gongsun Du and Liu Yu were similar, and his vision was not much better. However, Yang Yi didn't care about the three counties in Liaodong for the time being, so he threw it to him for care.
"The Xianbei people attacked!"
At this time, Guan Yu suddenly spoke.
At this time, the central army of the Xianbei people did not move, and a large number of Xianbei light cavalry rushed forward from the flank, then rushed straight towards the stair formation on the flank of the Wuhuan people.
Soon they approached about a mile in front of the Wuhuan formation. At this moment, the Wuhuan people fired their bows and fired, and countless arrows roared into the Xianbei cavalry. In just an instant, the formation of the Xianbei cavalry was shattered.
But this did not stop the Xianbei cavalry from advancing. Another round of archery was, because of the close distance, the killing effect was even more obvious. The Xianbei cavalry less than two hundred meters away fell off the horse in large numbers, and then was stepped into meat by the running war horses.
The Xianbei cavalry still did not retreat and continued to run forward. Soon they entered the range of direct bows and arrows. At this time, the sharp arrows shot by the Wuhuan people fell in large numbers. The galloping Xianbei cavalry continued to be shot by the war horses, and also continued to fall down. But at the same time, their attack began.
The Xianbei people who almost achieved the hegemony of the Huns back then were naturally very capable. At this time, the remaining Xianbei light horse raised their bodies on the horse and pulled the hard bow in their hands, and kept shooting sharp arrows at the Wuhuan infantry opposite at extremely fast speed. Although the Wuhuan infantry formed a formation was protected by simple armor and shields, they still began to fall in large quantities, and even began to appear in chaos. Some timid people wanted to turn around and escape.
At this time, the Wuhuan people's supervision team stepped forward. The Wuhuan elite cavalry patrolling the river mercilessly chopped down the tribe members who were trying to escape...
The rest had to continue to fight back with the rain of arrows. Fortunately, they had protective measures. After all, they had to compete with the Xianbei people for the position of overlord, and some achievements were made, such as craftsmen in the Han area, armor and shields and other weapons. Compared with the Xianbei people at this time, the Wuhuan people were still richer. Countless arrows flew towards the enemy in intensively, the archers in front aimed at the target and shot directly, while the rear rows shot, and the casualties of the Xianbei cavalry suddenly increased.
But at this time, the Xianbei people who tested the combat effectiveness of the Wuhuan people were dispatched, and the entire army was dispatched. At this time, hundreds of thousands of Xianbei cavalry began to move. At this time, the 100,000 cavalry of the central army began to move forward, quickly narrowing the distance between them and the Xianbei people.
Chapter completed!