"Everyone, why don't we just assign a few princes to take charge of the war in Dai County!" Li Xiang said slowly.
As soon as Li Xiang said this, several princes immediately became interested. Although the fighting is going on in Daijun, it is not the most important battlefield after all.
Compared to where they are now, when a war begins, there will be a battle involving hundreds of thousands or even millions of people from both sides. Not every prince can survive in this large meat grinder.
Of course, most of the princes are still unwilling to leave. In the previous two battles, although each of the princes suffered a lot of casualties, their gains were not small.
The prairie cavalry who were killed by them had some war horses left behind, but most of them basically fell into the hands of these princes. For some princes, soldiers can be recruited again if they are gone, but war horses are really not easy to obtain if it is not for the princes in the north.
In the end, after some discussions among the princes, it was finally decided that the four princes, Liu Bei, Liu Che, Hong Xiuquan, and Guo Wei, would join forces to go to Daijun to support Le Yi, while the other fifteen princes would stay put and stationed at the old place to continue the war. The main force of the grassland forces faced off.
It is said that Wei Qing and others have been sending troops for several days. After so many days of marching, they finally successfully entered the grassland.
In order to avoid the sight of people like the grassland forces, Wei Qing and the others made a big circle when entering the grassland and traveled a lot of unnecessary distance.
Otherwise, with the speed of all of them being cavalry, they would not have entered the grassland just now!
This time when the army left the fortress, they did not bring much dry food with them. Moreover, the moment they entered the grassland, it meant that they could not receive any support from the rear, and they had to rely on themselves for everything.
If food supplies are not enough, then wherever there are grassland barbarian tribes in this vast grassland, they can become their supply points. As for the supply method, it is a matter of opinion and wisdom!
"General, the scouts are here to report that General Taishi has a small tribe on the grassland thirty miles ahead!" Wei Zhang rushed over on a tall horse. When he reached Wei Qing's side, he had no time to catch his breath. He anxiously reported to Wei Qing.
Hearing this, Wei Qing's originally somewhat solemn face could not help but reveal a hint of joy. When they set out, they didn't carry much food and grass with them. Now after several days of consumption, they only have two or three days' worth of food left.
Marching and fighting is the most troublesome thing if there is no food and grass. No matter how powerful a famous general you are, you can't go to war with a bunch of hungry soldiers!
Now that the enemy tribe has been discovered, even a small tribe can always help them alleviate their food crisis for a period of time.
"General Wei Zhang, can you find out how many people there are in the Hu tribe ahead?" Wei Qing couldn't help but ask more out of caution.
When marching and fighting, scouts are definitely the top priority. As for scouts, as ancient scouts, they are definitely a very important unit. Generally, only the agile sergeants in the army can serve.
Now that Wei Qing's army has entered other people's territory, it is natural to send out a large number of scouts to always be alert to the surrounding situation. It can be said that being in Wei Qing's current situation is like having half his life tied to scouting these people.
As for Wei Zhang and Tai Shici, they were born under the command of Qin Zheng and Liu Bang respectively. These two princes are in Youzhou, so they naturally have a lot of experience in fighting against the barbarians in the grassland.
Moreover, the generals in the coalition now all come from different princes, and they basically don't know each other very well. At most, they have only heard of someone's name before.
As a commander, it would be very dangerous if he didn't even understand the generals under his command.
Not knowing the capabilities of the generals under his command means that during the war, he cannot arrange them into the most suitable positions for themselves. If this happens, they will lose three points before the battle.
Therefore, during these few days of traveling, Wei Qing did not forget to get in touch with the generals who were among the troops heading out to the fortress this time. After these few days of contact, Wei Qing had a rough understanding of these generals.
Wei Zhang and Tai Shici, as generals under the princes of Youzhou, had experience in fighting the Hu people and were familiar with the Hu people's fighting methods and habits. Moreover, Wei Qing discovered that these two men were not brave men, but more or less generals!
Therefore, for various reasons, Wei Qing decided to hand over the management of the scouts to Wei Zhang and Tai Shici.
"General Qi, the enemy has about 10,000 herdsmen, and the number of strong ones among them is about 3,000!" Wei Zhang replied to Wei Qing.
Wei Zhang did not answer the number of enemy soldiers, but directly answered the number of enemy soldiers.
In the grassland, a strong herdsman is actually no different from a soldier. In other words, a strong grassland herdsman is a soldier. If you only count the number of the opponent's soldiers, it will definitely not be enough to reflect the opponent's true combat effectiveness.
Now among the four forces in the grassland, Temujin, Tuoba Tao, Yelu Abaoji, and Nurhachi, only Temujin has begun to pay attention to the cultivation of the army. Several other people still followed the past habits of the grassland and recruited soldiers directly from the herdsmen when they needed to fight.
After all, grassland herdsmen have grown up on horses, and bow and arrow shooting have almost become their instinct. These people do not need to be specially trained like the soldiers of the Central Plains farming civilization to have sufficient combat effectiveness.
"General, the enemy's army is only 3,000 strong, and the total number is only 10,000. Our army can easily destroy them!" Lu Wenlong said from the side.
"Yes, we will kill him like a pig or a dog, easily!" On the other side of Wei Qing, Ran Min said with the same murderous intent.
As soon as these two people spoke, the other generals in the army turned their attention to Wei Qing, waiting for Wei Qing to give orders.
After all, even a reckless man knows the role of food in an army. And just when they were about to run out of food and grass, they happened to discover this small tribe in the grassland, which could just provide them with a wave of supplies.
Similarly, the murderous look on Wei Qing's face also flashed across his face. One general's achievements lead to thousands of bones being withered. There is no famous general who did not rely on the enemy's corpse to feed him. In their hearts, there is not much kindness at all, especially when facing the enemy.
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