Seeing Huo Qubing leading three thousand Liaodong elite cavalry towards the vast curtain from the right, Zhang Qi smiled absentmindedly.
Feng Lang lives in Xu.
A great achievement that all military generals in Chinese history wanted to accomplish.
Zhang Qi didn't want it to just disappear into the long river of history.
Of course, if there is no longer the title of Feng Lang Ju Xu, there will still be people who are granted this title and that one, but Zhang Qi is used to the story of Feng Lang Ju Xu, so let it pass on.
Therefore, he let Huo Qubing do the deeds that he was supposed to complete, and provided elite soldiers far beyond those in the original history.
but.
This time, Zhang Qi could not be circumvented by Feng Langju Xu.
Because what he asked Huo Qubing to do was to offer sacrifices to heaven on his behalf to sue the late Emperor of the Han Dynasty and show his sincerity.
Although Huo Qubing has now become a mature military commander, in the final analysis, he is only twenty years old this year and is at the peak of his youthful enthusiasm.
Zhang Qi treats him with his heart, and he will treat him with sincerity.
Because today's Huo Qubing, like those students who are still in college and about to graduate in later generations, has a clear sense of stupidity.
To be honest, Zhang Qi likes Huo Qubing very much, but he also knows that Wei and Huo will not be conquered by him no matter what.
The Han Dynasty governed the country with filial piety, Liu Che treated Huo Qubing like a son, and Huo Qubing treated Liu Che like a father. Confucian thought, social development, and the constraints of the times would not make Huo Qubing and the others abandon Liu Che and turn to Zhang Qi.
Therefore, sealing the wolf to Juxu was his last gift to Huo Qubing. When the battle of Juyanze is over, no matter whether the big man wins or loses.
He and the big man will face the final battle!
The difference is that the Han Dynasty defeated the powerful Changhong, while Zhang Qi took Shanhaiguan as a risk to prepare for a long-term battle.
And if the Han Dynasty is defeated, then Zhang Qi will start the Seven Kings Rebellion, causing the entire Han Dynasty to be completely confused and take over the Central Plains!
As the backs of the three thousand elite cavalry disappeared completely, Zhang Qi withdrew his distant gaze and turned to look in the direction of the forward army.
"Oh, containment, right?"
"Wang Li!"
"exist!"
"Notify the armies on the left and right to move and put on a good show!"
"promise!"
Wang Li turned and left.
Because of Huo Qubing's departure, Lieutenant General Pi of the Liaodong Army was temporarily in charge of the former army.
Now, they were close to the Huns.
It's just that neither party took action rashly.
An order came out from the Chinese army's tent, and Li Ze's left army and Zhang Bo's right army immediately spread out their formations and advanced rapidly in a semi-encirclement manner.
This battle cannot be fought.
Even if a fight breaks out, Li Ze will find a way to stop it, because Liu Che's task for him is to contain the Xiongnu army.
The two sides are like men and women in the ambiguous period.
If you chase him, he will leave.
Hundreds of thousands of people were sawing on the grassland, and apart from the occasional shot of arrows flying back and forth, there were no other conflicts.
——
In the blink of an eye, Northland County.
The news that he had joined the enemy with the Xiongnu quickly reached Wei Qing.
This legendary general who should have been a general but is still an ordinary general couldn't hold back and slapped the low table hard!
"Okay! The time has come. Send an order to the entire army to march towards the Hexi Corridor!"
"promise!"
It took nearly a year for Wei Qing to gather almost 200,000 Han soldiers in Beidi County.
Plus the auxiliary troops who transported grain, grass and baggage.
At this moment, Beidi County has an army of nearly 300,000 people.
When Wei Qing's order came out from the big tent.
The huge war machine began to rotate.
The generals of various ministries mobilized their troops and began to move based on the strategic map that Wei Qing had spent half a year deducing the war trend.
Naturally, the 300,000-strong army did not crowd together and move together.
That would be too complicated to command, and it would be completely impossible to set up camp.
Once the military begins to get sick due to hygiene issues, the battle will become a joke.
so.
The vanguard army of 20,000 people advanced first.
On the third day of the advance, the vanguard army of 50,000 men set off.
Three days later, the 30,000-strong left army set off and headed southwest to the designated position, heading towards Juyanze.
The left army, the front and rear troops, the center army, and the right army also took action one after another.
Wei Qing led a Chinese army of 100,000 men straight towards the Hexi Corridor.
The right army also had 40,000 troops and was approaching on the same day.
Finally, the rear army of 70,000 to 80,000 people also organized their troops and set off after one day's advance of the Chinese army's tent.
As the rear army, they need to be responsible for the food and grass baggage of several armies and maintain the operation of the food road.
For more than a month.
The approaching Han army did not encounter any Xiongnu troops.
The battlefield trend was consistent with Wei Qing's expectation.
While stationed that day.
The sentinels of the Pioneer Army came to report urgently.
"Report——!"
"Tell the general, we will approach Yanzhi Mountain in another forty miles!"
"Okay, I will know better! If you investigate again and report again, I will know clearly the movements of the Xibutu Department!"
"promise!"
The sentry handed over his hands and left quickly.
Wei Qing stood with his hands behind his back and came to a sand table.
The small red flag stuck into the sand table in his hand.
"Yanzhi Mountain! Xiu Tu, Aries!"
Wei Qing closed his eyes and thought about the possible movements of these two Xiongnu horses.
Two small cyan flags were placed on the left and right sides of the red flag.
"At this time of year, the two most likely pastures are here."
——
"Change horses!"
For example, Wei Qing is rapidly approaching the Hexi Corridor.
Hu Shui and the others are also coming to the Hexi Corridor.
However, their directions are opposite.
Ten Thousand Youyi's military orders were prohibited. As soon as the order was given, everyone reined in their reins and slowed down their horses.
"Uu——"
Turning over and dismounting, they stepped on the saddle and moved very quickly.
This time, all the 10,000 soldiers of the Youyi Army led by Hu Shui were equipped with high-bridge saddles, and horseshoes were nailed under the horses' feet.
It's time too.
No need to cover up anything.
A good saddle can make the rider as stable as a rock.
Zhang Qi is not afraid of being exposed anymore. Now that his basic base has been stabilized, even if the Han Dynasty gets a saddle, it still needs time to train.
not to mention.
The saddle is secondary, the horseshoe is fundamental!
Compared with saddles, horseshoes are not so easy to find. Unless the Han army captured the body of You Yijun's horse, they would not have thought of it at all.
To form enough cavalry, the number of horses is the key, and horseshoes are one of the important technological means, which can reduce the loss of a large number of horses.
Every time there is a war, no matter whether there is an enemy or not, the war horse is always being consumed. The key is that the war horse's hooves no longer support the battle.
Over the past few years, countless mobilizations by the Han Dynasty have destined the number of Han Dynasty war horses to begin to decrease sharply.
And this sharp decline cannot be stopped once it starts, because there are no longer enough stallions and pregnant horses in the Han Dynasty, so the decline in the quality of war horses is naturally inevitable.
That being the case.
Then why cover it up?
Just show your cards and do it!
Change horses.
Hu Shui sent out dozens of sentinels, and then waited in place to let the soldiers check the bows and arrows.
He knew about Wan Qi.
Its purpose was not to collide head-on with the Han army.
Juyanze is an important place, and Hu Shui cannot let it fall into the hands of the Han army, but he does not have many men. His own army of 30,000 people, plus the Xiutu Department that surrendered last year, only has 40,000 to 50,000 people.
Facing hundreds of thousands of Han troops, this small number is like a mantis trying to defeat a chariot.
so.
Procrastination becomes the best option.
Hu Shui didn't believe it.
The Han Dynasty can continuously provide food and drink for more than 300,000 troops!
As long as I can rely on the horsepower of the Sixth Generation Horse to cut off the food road once and then shoot some Han soldiers, their speed will naturally slow down.
And if they slow down, it means they have a greater chance of winning!
(End of chapter)
