Just as Wang Wenzuo was about to say something in reply, Jin Renwen suddenly pointed to a stretch of mountains on the south bank of the river and asked, "Do you know where that is?"
"I don't know!" Wang Wenzuo shook his head.
"That is Mang Mountain, and behind this mountain is Luoyang City!" Jin Renwen said with a smile, "Seeing this mountain, we are not far from Heyang River Bridge!"
"Oh!" Wang Wenzuo responded in confusion. Apparently he didn't know much about Mang Mountain, Luoyang City, and Heyang River Bridge that Jin Renwen mentioned. Jin Renwen saw this and smiled: "Sanlang, have you never been to Luoyang before?"
"I have been here before -" Wang Wenzuo paused when he said this. He came to Luoyang before time travel. Thousands of years have completely changed the local topography, and he can still recognize it now.
"Oh, they must be coming to Luoyang from the direction of Yique or Hulao!" Jin Renwen was obviously in the middle of a conversation. At this time, Dinghui and Yiji Lianbode also came out of the cabin. Jin Renwen pointed to Mang on the south bank. Mountain, and pointed to the river in the upstream direction: "More than a hundred years ago, a famous battle broke out here. He Liuhun of the Eastern Wei Dynasty led the army south from Jinyang, crossed the river at Heyang River Bridge, and fought with Mang We formed a formation on the mountain and defeated the Yuwen Black Otter of the Western Wei Dynasty. Tomorrow, after we cross the river from the river bridge, we will stop for a while when passing Mang Mountain to see how King Gao defeated the Yuwen Black Otter!"
"King Gao? Yuwen Black Otter?" When Dinghui and Yijilianbode heard these two names, they came over to ask questions with great interest. Jin Renwen also patiently explained. Wang Wenzuo stood aside and watched a Silla man. When I explained to two Japanese people the war between East and West Wei more than a hundred years ago, I suddenly had a very absurd feeling. Maybe the three people in front of me were closer to the Tang Dynasty than myself.
"General Manager Jin, are you saying that both armies will have 100,000 troops in this battle?" Dinghui asked.
"According to historical records of the Tang Dynasty, the Eastern Army only had 100,000 Bingzhou troops under He Liuhun's command. The specific strength of the Western Army is not detailed, but the difference should not be big, otherwise Yuwen Black Otter would not dare to take the initiative to fight, and after the war, the Eastern Army The army beheaded a total of 60,000 people!"
"Then the two armies add up to 200,000 troops?" Yijilenbod said in shock: "The Tang Dynasty is indeed a big country. Even if it is divided into two countries, the East and West, they can still provide so many troops!"
"No, no!" Jin Renwen hurriedly explained: "There were three countries in total at that time, and only two of them were at war. There is one country that has not participated in the war!"
"Doesn't that mean that the combined armies of the three countries at that time were 300,000?" Igillenbod asked.
"No, there should be many more. After all, both the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasties left enough troops to defend against the barbarians in the Southern Liang and the North. The combined armies of the three kingdoms at that time should have exceeded one million!"
"Millions? It's really an unimaginably big country!" Igillenbod sighed.
"Manager Jin!" Dinghui acted quite calmly: "A war involving 200,000 people sounds a bit unbelievable! It's not that I doubt you, but that war happened more than a hundred years ago. Yes, you only saw it from books written by the Tang Dynasty!"
"What does Zen Master mean?"
"Could it be that the history books of the Tang Dynasty have exaggerated?" Dinghui said with a smile: "After all, exaggerating the number of troops to show off martial arts and intimidate the enemy is also a common method in the art of war, right?"
"Oh? I didn't expect Zen Master Dinghui to know the art of war?" Jin Renwen's eyes lit up.
"Don't dare!" Dinghui laughed and said, "But the poor monk once read "Sun Tzu" in Chang'an, which said: "The soldier is deceitful! So he can show his incompetence, he can use it to show him not to use it, and he can show it when he is close. Far, far away, and close." So if there are more soldiers, then deliberately pretend to have fewer soldiers, and if there are fewer soldiers, then deliberately pretend to have more soldiers, isn't it a common method in the art of war? "
"Hahaha!" Jin Renwen laughed twice and asked Ijilianbod on the side, "What do you think?"
"What I see is the same as that of my friend!" Ijirenbod replied: "This is what I think. If a hundred thousand troops form a battle formation, counting five formations and one person at a time, how can these one hundred thousand people form a formation? Isn't it twenty or thirty miles long? In such a long battle formation, the drums, trumpets, and flags cannot be heard, and the commander cannot command at all. How can the two armies fight?"
"What about Sanlang?" Jin Ren asked, his eyes turning to Wang Wenzuo.
"The general thought that this number might vary by ten or twenty thousand people, but the difference wouldn't be too big!" Wang Wenzuo answered decisively: "In fact, what Ijilianbod said is not true.
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What's the problem? If I remember correctly, this battle started at dawn and was not over until dusk. It repeated several times. In the end, although the Eastern Army won, it also suffered huge losses and was unable to take advantage of the victory. No matter how strong a man is, it is impossible for him to fight from morning to night, and the same is true for war horses. Therefore, both sides must be divided into several stacked formations. You just mentioned five formations, but if there are three or four formations, wouldn't it mean that there are only seven formations? It’s eight miles long. Although it’s still a little long, it’s already ready for command with drums, trumpets and flags! "
"That's right, that's right!" Jin Renwen held up his hands and said with a smile: "Sanlang is indeed an expert, and his guesses are almost the same as those who have experienced them firsthand!"
"A person who saw it with his own eyes?" Dinghui was surprised: "Mr. Jin, didn't you just say that the war happened more than a hundred years ago? The person who experienced it personally was at least a hundred and twenty years old. , Is there anyone in the world with such a long life?"
"Haha!" Jin Renwen laughed twice: "I have never met anyone who experienced it personally, but I have read their oral family biographies, and there are more than one. Almost all have descriptions of the Battle of Mangshan, and Saburo There are so many coincidences in what I just said!"
Listening to Dinghui and Yijilianbode's admiration, Wang Wenzuo was not surprised: the four dynasties of Western Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui and Tang all originated from the land of Guanlong, and the change of dynasties was just a reshuffle within the ruling group. Although The Battle of Mangshan has been going on for more than a hundred years, but the descendants of many of the participants in the Western Army are still dignitaries in Chang'an City! For example, today's great-grandfather (Li Bing) and great-grandmother's father (Dugu Xin) were fighting side by side on the battlefield, and there were countless people with lower official positions. These people's families must have preserved a lot of original information about this war, such as Xun Xun Books, oral notes, etc. Given Jin Renwen's extensive network of contacts, it would not be difficult to verify if he was willing to verify it. Compared with the historical books passed down by later generations, the credibility of these original materials is obviously much higher. Even if there are errors and omissions, it only needs to be compared and verified. , and then on-site inspection, the truth will be revealed.
"Both sides had an army of more than 100,000, and they were arrayed several times, and they repeatedly charged at each other for a whole day!" Ijirenbod shook his head and sighed: "This is really unbelievable!"
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