"When I was reading history books, I often saw a lot of talk about barbarians controlling hundreds of thousands of strings. At that time, I couldn't imagine what it was like to control hundreds of thousands of strings."
Governor Feng held a whip in his hand and rode on his horse. He said energetically to General Guan beside him:
"Now that I personally lead tens of thousands of cavalry troops and gallop across the desert, I finally understand why the barbarians dare to call themselves the proud sons of heaven!"
It was early summer, and the weather was excellent. The sky was so magnificent that it looked like flawless smooth satin turned upside down.
The dazzling sun spreads warmth, and the cool breeze blowing from time to time does not make people feel hot.
A glance at the boundless green, everywhere you look, the green color is flowing, gently flowing into the clouds, making people feel relaxed and happy.
It is a pity that this stunning beauty has now been destroyed by a torrent.
This torrent of iron cavalry has no beginning in front and no tail behind, rolling up an endless dragon.
The bright sunshine, the clear river, and the desert filled with the scent of green grass were all filled and obscured by the roar of this long dragon.
Countless iron hooves trampled on the grass, and the grass dust of cow and horse dung rose in the air.
General Guan looked at all this with a smile on his face:
"So what if the proud man of heaven is the proud one? When Feng Junhou gives the order, Hu Qiying follows. It can be seen that the proud man of heaven is nothing more than this."
Hearing this, Governor Feng burst into laughter and felt even more proud.
Being in the wilderness, feeling relaxed physically and mentally, Feng Junhou couldn't help but sing loudly and said:
"I immediately flew thousands of mountains away,
Listen to the wind singing the sounds of nature,
The years have changed,
My mind is still at ease,
I sing songs thousands of miles away,
The bright moon is with me
…”
General Guan raised his eyebrows upon hearing this.
It had been a long time since she had seen Alang sing this tune with such incomprehensible words.
After he finished singing, General Guan couldn't help but asked curiously:
"What's the name of this song?"
"I come from the grassland!"
Governor Feng raised his eyebrows at General Guan, and then laughed wildly.
General Guan asked wisely:
"Where do you want to go from the grassland?"
Feng Junhou held a riding whip in his hand and pointed to the southeast: "Central Plains, attack the thieves!"
Hundreds of years ago, Huo Biaoyao set out from Guanzhong, entered the Jiuyuan hometown, and then entered the desert from the Jiuyuan hometown, and finally made a big circle and came to Juyanze.
Then he went up the weak river and entered Liangzhou. He went back and forth across the Hexi Corridor, which was still the hinterland of the captives at that time, and killed tens of thousands of captives, which was the beginning of the strong men.
Today, hundreds of years later, Governor Feng also led an army, walking the same path that Huo Piao Yao walked.
Therefore, Governor Feng's high-spiritedness was not without reason - the difference was that the two men were going in exactly the opposite direction.
From Juyanhai to Gaoque Fortress, it is about more than 1,800 miles, nearly 2,000 miles.
To say far, it is really far.
Even if, like Feng Jishi, the whole army is carried on mules, it will take at least a month to go, and it may be longer.
But for the Han army, it was not an insurmountable difficulty.
After all, when Huo Qubing first walked this road, there was still nothing in the desert.
Not to mention the far ones, but the closer ones. In the era of Emperor Ling, the Han army still had the ability to divide its troops into three groups and go out to conquer Tanshihuai.
That time, tens of thousands of cavalry also traveled more than 2,000 miles, which was further than the entire journey Feng Governor had made this time.
But now, Feng Jishi had not only explored the road for three years, but also had the ruined walls of the former Han Dynasty pass as signposts along the way.
After a lapse of sixty years, the Han army finally went out on a large scale again and appeared in the vast desert.
Only this time, the desert barbarians no longer have a hero like Tan Shihuai.
The only one who is somewhat decent is Kebineng, who is hiding in his hometown of Jiuyuan.
But at this time, Ke Bineng had to rely on the support of Liangzhou in order to make a comeback.
Xianbei in the west, close to Liangzhou Pass, has been transformed in a planned and step-by-step manner by Liangzhou in the past few years - although the transformation methods are a bit radical - and now a considerable part of it has been integrated into Liangzhou's emerging industrial chain.
The rest either fled north or east.
In the vast desert between Juyan County and Jiuyuan's hometown, the farther away from the Liangzhou Pass, the more tribes were lucky enough to escape Liangzhou's transformation.
But this time, the luck of these barbarian tribes finally began to run out.
Governor Feng led 50,000 Yi Cong Hu Qi out of the fortress, but he had no intention of letting these Yi Cong Hu Qi follow him to the finish line.
These 50,000 Huqi were divided into three routes, one heading due east, one heading northeast, and one heading southeast, spreading out in a fan shape.
Their mission is to wipe out as many wild barbarian tribes as possible on the road ahead.
The cattle, sheep and horses of the wild Hu tribe can provide part of the rations for the army.
After all, with an army of 80,000, even though military rations have been replaced for N generations, it is still an extremely heavy burden for Liangzhou.
Therefore, the Hu tribes along the way were the food supply points for the army.
The captured Dingkou of the grassland will be escorted back to Juyan County by the assigned Hu Qi.
At the same time, these Hu cavalry who are constantly returning can also protect the army's rear food routes.
Except for the rations provided by the army, the Yi Conghu cavalry prepared everything from horses to weapons by themselves.
After the weapons in the Han army were upgraded, a considerable part of the obsolete military supplies flowed into their hands.
Although it is said to be a discarded product, it is an extremely high-quality weapon for the barbarians.
Before, if you wanted to get weapons of this level, just the channels would be a big problem.
Even if there are channels, quantity is still an issue.
Not to mention the price, it is impossible to get it without a high price of two, three or even four or five times.
Hu Qi from Yi Cong in Liangzhou happened to be in the midst of the upgrading of Han Dynasty's military industry. He was able to obtain Han army standard weapons from Han Dynasty at a reasonable price. It was a piece of cake falling from the sky.
Therefore, although Yi Cong Hu Qi is called Yi Cong, to the Hu people on the grassland, they are no longer on the same level.
The trophies they captured on the battlefield do not need to be handed over, they belong to themselves.
This time when I followed Feng Langjun to the fortress, I got a big advantage in capturing laborers.
In what round did this fat guy get them?
Only the armies under the governor's command are eligible to get their hands on it.
Although half of the captured labor must be paid, the remaining half is enough to make everyone red-eyed.
Three groups of horsemen, each with more than 10,000 people, were like locusts, constantly expanding their search area to the east.
Many barbarians from small tribes were rushed into the tribes by large numbers of cavalry before they could react. How could bone weapons block iron weapons?
"Who are you?"
The leader of the small tribe, leading the only warriors in the tribe, tried to resist and shouted loudly.
"You guys, go around to the back and don't let the people over there escape!"
"The rest, disperse them!"
"Don't be anxious, try to catch the ones alive, and everyone will have a share when you're done!"
A commanding voice came from afar.
In Yi Cong Hu Qi Li, there were two or three Han army commanders for every thousand people, who were responsible for monitoring during the weekdays and recording merit during wartime.
These army commanders were either students from the Jiangwu Hall who were decentralized after their internship period in the army, or they were directly recruited from the backbone of the Liangzhou army.
Although the organization level is far less than that of Liangzhou's regular army, there is still a rough and simple organization.
"Han Army?"
The tribal leader also had some knowledge and could tell that it was Han people talking.
Just looking at the cavalry troops that were constantly outflanking and compressing them from both wings, they were clearly the same type of people as themselves.
The tribal leader yelled nonsense a few more times, and in response was the sound of horse hooves that started to run faster, and bursts of whistling sounds coming from the other party's mouth.
Soon, a dozen riders on each side suddenly flew past.
Before the tribal leader could understand, the tribesmen in front suddenly became confused. Some people screamed and then fell off their horses.
Immediately afterwards, the tribal leader finally saw clearly that it was an extremely thick hemp rope, which was being violently scraped across the crowd on his side under the control of the enemy.
"What do they want to do?"
In vendettas on the grassland, as long as the tribe is conquered, there will basically be corpses everywhere. Only when it is certain that the opponent no longer has the power to resist, the remaining people are qualified to become the winner's sheep slaves.
The methods of these enemies in front of them are quite different.
They... seem to be trying to catch someone alive?
The tribal leader grasped the key point in an instant and shouted quickly:
"Rush over!"
When the warriors in the clan heard this, they quickly prepared to adjust their horses' heads, hoping to follow their leader towards the enemy.
"put!"
"Puffy!"
Behind the constantly crisscrossing cavalry, long arrows were thrown into the crowd, stirring up several flowers of blood.
The tribal leader suddenly reined in his horse because he saw that the enemy in front began to reveal their weapons. Under the sunlight, the weapons reflected a bright light.
He looked down at the rusty weapon in his hand, and his face suddenly turned pale.
If he really wanted to rush over, he would be afraid that none of the warriors behind him would be left.
"Abandon your weapons and dismount without killing!"
Someone shouted from the opposite side, alternating between Chinese and nonsense several times.
Seeing more and more enemies approaching, the tribal leader finally closed his eyes and sighed, and dropped the weapon in his hand.
Indeed, the opponent had given up resistance. He only heard someone shouting something, and then whistles sounded.
The leader of the tribe saw someone dismounting from his horse on the opposite side and ran towards him with excitement on his face, taking off a coil of hemp rope from his waist.
Then he threw it around the leader's body and tied the leader tightly twice very skillfully. Someone quickly picked up the remaining rope and tied up the other one.
Skilled in movements and efficient in work.
Then it was time to count the heads, cattle and sheep. When the work was completed, the sun was already setting in the west.
Just when they were happily lighting a bonfire in the camp of the original tribe and preparing to sing and dance to celebrate, the Chinese army far behind them had already set up camp.
"General, someone is back."
Jiang Wei, who was patrolling the camp, received a report from the outlying sentry. He looked up and saw Hu Qi driving herds of cattle, sheep and horses in this direction under the remaining light. He frowned slightly:
"Demarcate a camp for them outside according to the rules."
"promise."
Jiang Wei thought for a while, turned around and went to the central camp.
Seeing Jiang Wei coming, Governor Feng couldn't help but be a little surprised:
"Oh, Bo asked to come over, but something happened?"
Jiang Wei cupped his hands and said, "I have met the king."
"Sit, sit down."
"Thank you, Lord."
When Jiang Wei sat down, he subconsciously glanced at Guan Suo, who was standing there studying the map with both of him on his back.
Although he knew that Guan Suo was the number one general under Feng Junhou, and even Zhao Guang had to obey his orders, Jiang Wei still felt a little uncomfortable with his status.
It's just that Feng Junhou has great military exploits and is a famous general of the Han Dynasty. In addition, over the years, although Jiang Wei was in Jincheng, he was always concerned about Feng Jishi's every move in Liangzhou.
Not to mention anything else, just the labor alone is enough to show that this person is ruthless and his reputation is not in vain.
So how dare Jiang Wei make irresponsible remarks to Feng Junhou?
But I saw him saying cautiously:
"Your Majesty, the ones we are targeting when we go out to the fortress this time are the thieves in Guanzhong. Now that your Majesty has ordered the Hu cavalry to attack in all directions to hunt the Hu people, won't it slow down our journey?"
"In case the Prime Minister leaves Hanzhong and we fail to show up, I am afraid that I will be punished by the Prime Minister afterwards. Therefore, I came here this time just to ask the prince, but he has another plan?"
Having said this, he quickly added an explanation:
"If it is a matter of confidentiality and it is not convenient for the general to know about it, then I will treat it as if the general is talking too much. Please don't blame me."
Governor Feng smiled and shook his head:
"Boyo is too worried. Guanzhong is right there, and our goal will only be there in the end. How can I have any plans?"
As he said that, he glanced at Jiang Wei again:
"I'm afraid you've been thinking about this issue in your mind for the past ten days, right? If you can bear it until now, you can still bear it."
"A person as impatient as Zhao Guang would have asked a few days ago."
Hearing what Feng Jishi said, Jiang Wei hesitated to speak.
Governor Feng saw his thoughts and asked:
"If it were Bo Yue, what would Bo Yue do?"
"Since the whole army was lightly armed, they rushed directly to Jiuyuan, and then went south along the Qinzhidao from Jiuyuan, killing Guanzhong by surprise."
Emperor Long, the madman of infrastructure construction and maniac of figurines, once sent Meng Tian to lead thirty armies to defend the Huns from the north.
In order to support this grand strategy, Zulong ordered the construction of a highway from Xianyang to the foot of Yinshan Mountain, running through the entire Hetao area. This is the famous Qinzhidao.
This road is wide, straight and flat. Grass has not grown for thousands of years. Business travelers still used it until the Qing Dynasty.
When the former Han Dynasty did not regain the Hetao area, the Huns' cavalry went south along this road many times, threatening Guanzhong.
Therefore, for the Central Plains dynasty, there would be no peace in Guanzhong without the Hetao.
Jiang Wei now proposes this plan, which is in line with his character.
If you win, you will win big, if you lose, you will be defeated miserably.
Governor Feng shook his head again:
"This plan is just a replica of Huo Piao Yao's second battle in Hexi. If it had been someone else, it would still have been successful, but now the coach of the Wei thieves in Guanzhong is Sima Yi."
With that said, he stood up and walked to the large map hanging on the wall of the tent, "Come and take a look."
Jiang Wei quickly followed.
Feng Yong pointed at Beidi County with his finger and saw densely drawn triangles on it: "Sima Yi took the initiative in Beidi County in his early years and wiped out many barbarian tribes."
"Furthermore, according to the information obtained by Liu Liang in Jiuyuan's hometown, Sima Yi built a large number of ditches and barriers in dangerous places in Beidi County, as well as a large number of arrangements specifically designed to deal with cavalry."
Feng Yong slightly said with a wry smile:
"I suspect that Sima Yi has long expected that we might come from Jiuyuan."
Jiang Wei was startled. He really didn't know the news.
After all, he has been staying in Jincheng to train troops, and he does not have an overview of the overall situation like Feng Jishi.
If the information is not equal, the decisions made will naturally be different.
Jiang Wei finally understood what those countless triangles on the map were, and he said with some worry:
"Your Majesty, wouldn't it be in vain for us to go there this time..."
Halfway through his words, he seemed to have thought of something, and then looked at Feng Yong, "Isn't it possible that Junhou is going to Jiuyuan's hometown?"
"To enter Guanzhong from the desert, Jiuyuan Hometown is the best starting point. We can only go there."
Guan Suo, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "It's just that there's no difference between going in a hurry and going in a little later."
Jiang Wei became even more confused.
Maybe the king deliberately did not rush on his way and asked the prime minister of Hanzhong to put pressure on Sima Yi first. When Sima Yi had not seen the king appear from Beidi County for a long time, he thought that the king would not appear from there.
Just when Guanzhong's defenses were relaxed and they concentrated on dealing with the Hanzhong army led by the prime minister, the monarch suddenly led his army south, catching Guanzhong by surprise?
As soon as he thought about this, Jiang Wei suddenly understood.
Yes, the prime minister also arranged an army in Anding County, presumably to attract the attention of the Wei thieves in Guanzhong.
The so-called virtuality is the real thing, and the real thing is the virtual thing. The virtual and the real are changing and intertwined.
During the Battle of Xiaoguan, didn't Feng Junhou and General Guan also divide their troops into two groups, and the reality was uncertain?
Who knows whether Junhou will lead the army and wait for an opportunity to attack at Xiaoguan?
Or is it at the foot of Longshan Mountain and appears from Longguan at any time?
To take a step back, even if Sima Yi expected that the Han Dynasty would go south from Jiuyuan, how could he expect that tens of thousands of troops would emerge there?
After all, not everyone has so many horses and mules from the Liangzhou Army to transport luggage.
Because not everyone has a breeding farm like Liangzhou.
The livestock that are born every year in the Liangzhou breeding farm may not be able to be produced by others using the same number of livestock in three to five years.
Because the stallion males and donkeys at Liangzhou Breeding Farm can be bred at any time and at any time, no mare will miss the estrus period. Others do not have this ability.
After thinking about this, Jiang Wei's face suddenly felt hot. He bowed and left in a hurry on the pretext that he still had to patrol the camp.
