Although the Song people in the south were set as the soft target, it was not that simple to really fight a war.
It is easy to gather warriors from various tribes to form a large army, but as the saying goes, before the three armies are moved, food and grass go first.
Logistics difficulties have always been the most difficult problem for all armies to solve.
Once warriors from all races are gathered together, the amount of food and grass that will be consumed every day is an astronomical figure.
According to their habits, they would first bring a few days of food and grass, and then rush into the pass and grab it directly from the local area. They would also eat directly in the camp opposite on the grassland.
A war involving hundreds of thousands of people undoubtedly consumes a huge amount of food and grass. In order to ensure that the army can smoothly rush into the pass to eat, instead of hundreds of thousands of people being blocked outside the pass and consumed in vain after the army is dispatched. Food and grass, testing is what the question is supposed to mean.
And the most suitable candidate for testing is undoubtedly the Hegel tribe closest to Yunzhou County!
As the largest tribe in the south, the Hegel tribe has nearly 50,000 warriors. They have just the right number to go forward as the vanguard. They can not only test the military strength of the Song people in Yunzhou County, but also discover the Song Dynasty. When people are weak, they have enough troops to take the lead in seizing important passes.
So after some discussion, with the final decision of the tribal Khans and Harinut, it was decided that the Hegel tribe would send 50,000 troops as the vanguard to invade Yunzhou County to test the true combat power of the Song army at the Liaoyun Pass, and prepare for next year Information came out about the army's attack after the beginning of spring.
Gebatu Hegel immediately accepted the order. He had been waiting for this day for a long time. Under the capture of those damn traitors, their Hegel troops were almost made commanders. This time, they had the military order of the Great Khan. , their Hegel tribe will definitely crush those bastards!
He has decided that after capturing their tribe, he will kill all the men who are half as tall as a wheel! Women use it to give birth to children to make up for the population lost in the South over the years!
The ferocious-looking Gebatu quickly left the royal court on horseback with excitement on his face. When he returned to the Hegel tribe, he immediately began to convene the major nobles in the clan for a military meeting.
On the same day, the entire Hegel tribe's soldiers received the news, and seven days later they gathered their troops to attack Yunzhou County of the Song Dynasty!
As soon as this news came out, it instantly caused an uproar in the entire Hegel Department!
Everyone was excited at first. Over the years, the tribes in Yunzhou County have done more and more to excess. I don’t know how many southern Tatar tribes were plundered by them. Among them were people known to the Hegel tribe, friends or relatives.
They had long been unable to hold back and wanted to take action against the tribesmen in Yunzhou County, but they had been suppressed by the Khan to prevent them from provoking them, so they had been able to endure it until now.
Now, they can take revenge openly! This is undoubtedly very, very good news.
But another question immediately came to everyone's mind.
Revenge is good, but isn’t this time a bit inappropriate?
You must know that it is winter now, and the grasslands are full of white disasters. The tribes will not fight at this time, but stick to their tribes and wait for the white disaster to pass.
Once these young men leave the Te tribe at this time, they will not be able to come back if the tribe encounters any danger!
But their Khan asked them to invade Yunzhou County at this time. Wouldn't this have any impact on the tribe?
Everyone's worries were also the worries of Gebatu before, but the Great Khan's words made him put aside his worries.
Just as they thought, the grassland tribes rarely send troops in winter, and the Song people would definitely not have thought of this. They could just catch the Song people by surprise!
Secondly, this time their Hegel tribe is the vanguard for the whole Tatar tribe's big move, so the Great Khan will order that no tribe is allowed to attack the Hegel tribe at this time. Once someone violates the rules of the tribes, Let’s attack together!
As for if the tribe encounters a natural disaster, there is no need to worry. Ordinary minor disasters will be over. If there is a big disaster, what use will these young men stay in the tribe? Can man still compete with heaven?
On the contrary, if they achieve their strategic goals this time, apart from anything else, Shan Yunzhou County's receipt of goods will be enough for them to spend this winter comfortably.
It is said that the traitors in Yunzhou County have lived very comfortably every year since they took refuge with the Song people. They have everything from salt and iron tea to charcoal-fired clothes for warmth in winter.
But these things are naturally lacking for their Hegel tribe. As long as they grab them, they can live the same life.
Gebatu informed these pros and cons, and the Hegel soldiers who were originally a little worried put aside their worries and started to prepare with happy expressions.
As the largest tribe in the southern part of the Tatar grassland, any small move by Hegel will have a great impact, not to mention the matter of mobilizing nearly 50,000 soldiers in the tribe at once.
If it was Yunzhou City in the past, it would naturally turn a blind eye to the situation here and have no idea at all.
But it's different now. The person in charge of Yunzhou City is Zhao Jun.
Zhao Jun has always paid great attention to intelligence. In recent years, with the invasion of the tribes in Yunzhou County, the tentacles of the secret guards have gradually extended to the vicinity of Hegel, the largest tribe in the southern grassland.
As soon as Hegel's troops made a move, they were immediately noticed by the secret guards. After some intelligence collection, they finally learned a piece of news that shocked them!
Hegel is actually gathering an army to attack Yunzhou County in seven days!
The number of troops was as high as 50,000!
Buzz!
The secret guard who collected this information had his head buzzing the moment he got it.
But he quickly reacted, not daring to delay, and immediately used the most urgent messaging channel among the secret guards to send the news back to Yunzhou County.
A Haidongqing let out bursts of eagle calls and spread its wings to fly high into the sky, flying past Yunzhou County in the south.
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Soon the secret guard base in the direction of Yunzhou City saw the information brought back by Hai Dongqing, and was shocked when they took a look at it.
Not daring to neglect, as soon as he learned where the prince was now, he quickly sent the information to the prince's location!
At this time, Zhao Jun was watching the match between the two armies in the field not far from Nanyun School.
At this time, the generals match has reached the last game of the semi-finals.
This game will determine the third army to enter the finals, and participate in the final melee between the three armies to determine the top three places.
What is currently being fought against is the current Fifth Army and the Third Army.
Of course, the current ranking is only temporary, and the real ranking will be decided after the match. At this time, the fifth army has clearly gained the upper hand on the field.
From Zhao Jun's perspective, he could clearly see that a thousand-man cavalry had sneaked behind the Third Army and was preparing to launch a charge. However, the Third Army was unaware of this and was working hard to conquer the frontal battlefield. Enter the turtle defensive formation put up by the Fifth Army.
A horse galloped from a distance and quickly came to Zhao Jun's side.
"Your Majesty, the secret guard has urgent military information!"
As he said that, the Kuroko Knight immediately handed over a piece of information with both hands.
Zhao Jun was immediately shocked when he heard this. Urgent military information sent back from the secret guard?
Is this something serious?
You must know that this is the first time such an emergency military situation has occurred since the establishment of the Secret Guard.
Regardless of the shock, Zhao Jun immediately took the information and read it.
After reading the information, Zhao Jun's face suddenly became solemn.
He didn't take Hegel's 50,000 people seriously, but he saw something further from this intelligence.
Hegel's purpose this time was to explore the true defense situation of Liaodong County?
Combined with the news from the secret guards a few days ago, the Tatar Khan has reappeared!
A feeling of impending storm suddenly hit my heart!
It seems that Yunzhou County must get rid of the Hegel tribe this time, otherwise it is very likely to lead to a large-scale attack by the Tatar tribe!
If Yunzhou County is given a few more years, once it obtains a large piece of plain land on the other side of the Feiyun Mountains, Yunzhou County's strength will surge. Even if the entire Tatar tribe attacks Zhao Jun, he will not be afraid!
but now……
time! Time!
Zhao Jun suddenly turned his head and looked towards the north, his eyes filled with depth.
The sky, which was originally gloomy because it was still snowing, seemed to have become darker because of Zhao Jun's change in mood.
The sky seemed to get dark all of a sudden.
"It's going to snow heavily..."
Zhao Jun looked up at the sky and whispered...
