When it comes to Qin, who has the best cavalry, there is no doubt that it is Li Xin.
Li Xin's uncle is Li Mu. Although Li Xin's family moved to Qin very early, Li Xin and Li Mu did not lose contact.
As the leader of the Young Masters, Li Xin was able to make King Mengtian, Ben Mengwu and others willing to become his deputies, and his military ability was beyond doubt.
Li Mu is good at using cavalry, but Li Xin is better at using cavalry. Not only does he prefer cavalry, but Li Xin is also good at using danger and strange things. Compared with the conventional cavalry team, the cavalry commanded by Li Xin carry less food and baggage, which maximizes the mobility of the cavalry. To the extreme.
In fact, if you look at history, it is not difficult to see that there is no problem with Li Xin's strategic marching route against Chu. Later, Wang Jian basically followed Li Xin's marching route when he attacked Chu.
Li Xin's initial campaign against Chu was also extremely smooth. Li Xin actually conquered Chu's cities and annihilated a large number of Chu's field troops.
According to historical records, Li Xin annihilated more than 50,000 Chu State field troops in his initial battles and conquered dozens of large and small cities. If this was a bait to lure Li Xin to go deeper, then the bait was too big.
The root cause of Li Xin's failure lay in his tactical habits and Changping Jun's rebellion.
The baggage Li Xin carried was too little. In order to fully utilize the mobility of the cavalry, Li Xin only had food and grass with the army for three days.
Chang Ping Jun broke up the rebellion in the rear, and happened to strangle Li Xin's vital logistics supplies.
Being attacked from both sides, Li Xin had no choice but to go back and solve logistical problems. Xiang Yan seized the opportunity and followed for three days. Li Xin fought on both sides and was defeated.
This was also the main reason why the First Emperor did not criticize Li Xin harshly after Li Xin failed in his attack on Chu. Even the mature faction who longed for Li Xin's death would not blame him for this defeat.
In fact, it was the First Emperor who had the problem.
Because the suppression of the old clan and Chu factions was initiated by the First Emperor, and Lord Changping was also sent by the First Emperor to appease the Chu people.
Lord Changping rebelled, causing Li Xin to be attacked from both sides. Anyone with a discerning eye could see who should bear the greatest responsibility.
Meng Tian misses Li Xin very much. If Li Xin were to lead this war now, what would he do?
"Abandon the baggage and go deep into the army to feed the enemy!" Meng Tian murmured slightly.
Li Xin is a madman, there is no need to guess that he will do this.
If he wasn't crazy, he wouldn't have come up with the strategy of destroying Chu with 200,000 people!
With such a noble weapon on horseback, he could only lure the enemy deeper and place the battlefield in the Hetao area that had already been captured by the Qin Dynasty. He could not further expand the results of the battle...
What a pity... That battle not only destroyed Qin's 200,000 troops, but also Li Xin's spirit.
I'm afraid he will never stand here again!
Meng Tian shook his head and looked at the vast grassland.
As long as the Xiongnu dared to rush into the Hetao, and equipped with the horse's precious weapon, Meng Tian could defeat the main force of the Xiongnu in one battle. Although they don't have the courage to go deep into the enemy's territory alone, they have been fighting against the Huns for several years, so they still have some confidence.
The Xiongnu ordered their troops in autumn, and Shangjun was not idle either.
As Fusu continued to issue orders, the newly reclaimed farmland in the Hetao area began to be harvested.
Unfortunately, most of the crops are not fully mature now, and the loss of harvesting before they are fully mature can be imagined.
Not to mention that Fusu also ordered Jianbi to clear the country, and even mobilized the army to move the people from the Hetao area to Shangjun.
All that was left to the Xiongnu in the Hetao area were sealed wellheads, barren farmland, and empty houses.
Fusu even thought about setting fire to the pasture, but this would harm Tianhe, so he finally chose to give up.
This was enough. The Huns could not get any supplies here. They could only sneak into the river and try to invade the pastures here.
Both sides have made sufficient preparations.
Touman personally led the Xiongnu and sent 130,000 troops directly to the Hetao.
This is the limit that the Xiongnu can bring. After all, the Donghu and Yuezhi have not yet been annexed by the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu hero Mao Dun who truly leads the Xiongnu to the top has not yet taken office.
One hundred and thirty thousand men and horses followed the Yinshan Mountains, bypassing the Great Wall and pointing directly at the Hetao.
The war is about to break out...
On the other side, the First Emperor was patrolling the world.
The First Emperor fell into deep thought as he looked at the memorial in front of him.
The First Emperor was very familiar with the contents of the memorial. In other words, the First Emperor could almost memorize it. He knew what was written in the memorial without even reading it.
The person who played the part was Tian Xin!
The big farmer who hoped that the First Emperor would lead by example and lead everyone in farming.
The reason why Tian Xin ignored the estrangement between him and the First Emperor and asked to follow the First Emperor's tour of the world was ultimately due to the explosion of grain yields per acre.
As a farmer, Tian Xin knows very well what these grain seeds represent.
Therefore, he was also eager to know what method Zhao Si, or the King of Qin, used to increase grain output.
Tian Xin is a talent.
In other words, many of the farm disciples are talented people.
The First Emperor didn't mind Tian Xin's offense, he valued Tian Xin's talent more.
The content of the memorial is nothing more than asking the First Emperor to let him meet Zhao Si, or the First Emperor himself telling him the reason for the surge in grain production.
After waiting for a long time, Tian Xin didn't bow his head.
The First Emperor smiled for no reason while looking at the memorial, pondered for a moment, and then threw the memorial directly to Zhao Si.
Zhao Si, who was in a daze, was unexpectedly hit by the memorial and took it in a daze.
"What happened?" Zhao Si blinked. The First Emperor didn't seem to care about his fishing?
"Go and meet Tian Xin, he has been waiting for you for a long time!"
No matter how hard-spoken or bad-tempered Tian Xin is, there is only one thing that cannot be denied. The ultimate beneficiary of all Tian Xin's academic ideas is Da Qin.
Although Tian Xin has retired to seclusion, he still spares no effort to popularize agricultural production knowledge and tips for increasing crop production in private.
If you have money, you will not enjoy it yourself. Instead, you will help local people build and buy more farming tools.
At the very least, Tian Xin himself was very conscientious in implementing the nonsense requests that Tian Xin made to the First Emperor.
Such a person would not bow his head, and the First Emperor had nothing to be angry about. He simply wanted to show off Tian Xin.
Zhao Si was stunned for a moment and began to recall the name in his mind.
I have some impression, but not much. I seem to have seen it in some official documents and memorials.
"The former Li officials came here to discuss grain production." The First Emperor knocked on the table.
Zhao Si himself said that he had a way to deal with it, so of course the First Emperor did not need to cover up for Zhao Si.
"Oh oh oh!"
Zhao Si became interested as soon as he heard it.
The raw jade halo must not be exposed, but he had already thought of the words and explanations.
Isn’t it just genes?
Zhao Si still knows about Mendel's pea experiment.
No, it should be called Zhao Si’s pea experimental class now.
Then...
Give the farmhouse a little modern jolt.
(Back pain is gone today.)
(End of chapter)
