Chapter 578 Sudden Battle
[PS: The holiday is over, and a chapter of 3,000 words will be resumed. 】
Everyone thought that this heavy snow would bring complete tranquility to the wilderness.
At least until the Spring Festival, everything should be safe and sound.
Never thought that this tranquility would soon be broken again.
No one expected that, just a few years ago, the fifteenth county in China had finally been promoted.
The county town that was promoted this time is still a dark horse, and its lord is none other than [Heavenly Turned Upside Down], who was ranked eighth on the ranking list when Pan Gaia settled the "year-end bonus".
Turning the world upside down, he was rewarded with 20,000 merit points at one time, and was promoted to the third-class marquis in one fell swoop. After half a month of hard work, the promotion task was finally completed and the territory was promoted to a first-level county.
As a result, the fifth battle was successfully triggered.
On January 15th of the third year of Gaia, a system announcement resounded throughout China.
"System Announcement: Fifteen counties have been successfully promoted in China, and the campaign system has been triggered. The fifth battle, the Battle of Mobei, will officially start in three days. Please look forward to it. Friendly reminder: The Battle of Mobei is not Mandatory campaign scenario missions, only the top 50 territories are eligible to sign up."
The Battle of Mobei finally strikes!
In the fourth year of Yuanshou, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty mobilized 140,000 cavalry, 140,000 horses, and 100,000 infantry and transporters. Commanded by Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, they marched towards Mobei from east to west.
The Xiongnu Shanyu heard the news, moved his luggage, and deployed elite troops to the northern edge of the desert to meet the Han army.
After Wei Qing left the fortress, he learned that Shan Yu hadn't gone east, so he led his own elite troops and rushed forward, ordering Li Guang and Zhao Shiqi to detour to support him from the east. Wei Qing led his troops to travel more than a thousand miles, across the desert, and fought against Shan Yu's headquarters, which had already deployed. First use Wugang chariots to surround the camp, stabilize the position, and then send 5,000 cavalry to fight.
At dusk, a strong wind picked up suddenly, and sand and stones hit his face. Wei Qing took advantage of the momentum and commanded the cavalry to surround Shanyu from both wings.
Shan Yu saw that the Han Dynasty had a large army, with strong soldiers and strong horses, and he thought it would be difficult to win. He led hundreds of elite cavalry, broke through the encirclement and fled to the northwest, and the Xiongnu army was defeated.
Wei Qing hurriedly sent Qingqi to pursue, and led the main force to follow up. As far as Zhao Xincheng in Yanshan, 19,000 enemies were wiped out, and their accumulated millet was burned to return to the army.
Li Guang and Zhao Shiqi lost their way and failed to join Wei Qing in Mobei. Wei Qing ordered Changshi to summon Li Guang to the shogunate, and asked him about his wrongdoing and twists and turns to report to the emperor. Li Guang committed suicide in shame and indignation.
After Huo Qubing led his troops out of the fortress, he took a small amount of food and grass, and drove the captured Huns to lead the way for the Han soldiers, crossed the desert, and crossed the river to capture Zhang Qu, the minister of Shanyu, and killed King Beicheqi. , Captured the enemy's flags and drums. He also crossed Nanhou Mountain and crossed Gonglu River, and captured three people including King Tuntou and King Han, and eighty-three people including General, Xiangguo, Danghu, and Duwei.
In this expedition, the troops led by Huo Qubing captured a total of 70,443 Hulu with a loss of 10,000. So far, the arms of the left and right sage kings of the Huns were completely cut off, leaving only the Huns alone in Xuangu Mobei.
Huo Qubing enshrined the wolf and lived in Xushan, Zen in Guyan, and returned by facing the vast sea.
After this battle, the Huns fled far away, and there was no royal court in Monan.
After this battle, the three world famous generals also faced different fates.
General Wei Qing's merits and demerits were equal, and he was not rewarded.
Li Guang, a veteran, committed suicide in shame and indignation. The common people heard about it, knowing and not knowing, and everyone who is old and strong is crying.
Hussar General Huo Qubing was rewarded generously, and his limelight was unparalleled for a while. Two years later, he died suddenly at the age of twenty-four (false years), which made people sigh.
There is no doubt that these three world famous generals, especially Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, the pair of peerless twins, will be chased by the lord players crazily in this battle.
Even Ouyang Shuo was no exception. You know, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing are both listed in the top ten famous generals in ancient China, and they are the same existence as Bai Qi, Han Xin and others.
Just as Ouyang Shuo was sorting out the information about the Battle of Mobei, a system prompt sounded in his ear.
"System prompt: Congratulations to player Qiyue Wuyi, who has met the conditions to participate in the Battle of Mobei. In this battle, no matter how high or low the title is, each lord can only lead a maximum of 3,000 troops. Please prepare in advance."
After hearing this, Ouyang Shuo frowned.
With his current title of first-class marquis, according to the battle rules, he can lead 50,000 troops.
The number of three thousand is only the upper limit of the first-class earl's troops.
Comparing the two phases, the difference is sixteen or seventeen times, which is really a world of difference.
Gaia has always adhered to the principle of fairness and justice, and will never modify the rules of the battle just because of Ouyang Shuo. It can only be said that this battle will be very different from previous battles.
The title has always been the most important and core indicator given by Gaia to the lord.
Ouyang Shuo never believed that his first-class marquis would receive exactly the same treatment as the first-class earl. In this way, what is the point of the lords working so hard to earn merit points?
As for the compensation, I am afraid that only by entering the battle map can we know.
In addition to the number of troops, Gaia also imposed strict restrictions on the number of lords participating in the battle.
The existing territory in China is estimated to be around 500.
Except for some poor and remote places, they are basically promoted to third-level counties.
If all members participated in the battle, even if a lord led three thousand troops, it would still be a huge one and a half million.
This time, Gaia eliminated more than 90% of the contestants in one go.
With the development of the territory to the present, it is extremely difficult to upgrade the county city, and the level difference between the territories is not as obvious as Gaia's one year. However, this does not mean that there are no differences in the development of the territories.
In the ranking list of territories in China, when the levels of the territories are the same, the ranking of the territories is determined by the four territorial indices of politics, economy, culture, and military.
The higher the comprehensive value of the four indexes, the higher the ranking.
Previously, the lord's battle over the ranking of the territory was just a battle of face.
The higher the ranking, the more face you have.
From now on, the battle for the territorial leaderboards involves real interests. After all, being able to participate in a battle has a huge impact on the territory.
To put it more seriously, it is a missed opportunity to be promoted to the county seat.
In the future, under the premise of focusing on improving the level of the territory, the lord will also have to pay more attention to the four indexes of the territory. After all, these four indexes basically covered all aspects of the territory.
In domestic and foreign affairs, there can be no shortcomings.
In order to temper the young lords, Gaia is also well-intentioned.
In this way, even if all the top 50 territories in China participated in the war, the total number of alien legions would only be 150,000.
The Alien Legion may not be able to have a decisive impact on the Battle of Mobei.
Because the number of troops is the same, the lords, this time it is rare to be on the same starting line.
The military superiority that Shanhai City had always had was gone.
"This battle is not easy!"
Ouyang Shuo let out a long sigh.
More importantly, in this battle, how should the player lord choose the camp? Could it be that there are still players who will choose the side of the Huns who are doomed to fail?
Even if they wanted to take a chance and turn the tide of battle, they might not be able to pass the barrier of national complex.
Help the Huns fight the Han army? It hurts to think about it.
Not to mention, there are no generals worth conquering on the Xiongnu side. On the side of the Western Han Dynasty, there were three famous generals, plus a lot of lieutenant generals and barnyard generals.
How to choose a side is really too simple a question.
In this way, Gaia is not afraid. Is there a big difference between the alien legions of the two camps?
Among them, what kind of settings does Gaia have?
Everything is unknown.
Even Ouyang Shuo, who was a reborn person, didn't know much about it.
In the previous life, the information about this battle was very limited on the forum.
Otherwise, Ouyang Shuo would have already started preparing. All he could do was to order the war preparation department to make targeted preparations according to the characteristics of the desert.
For example, the production of a large number of military ration pills was stepped up.
Marching in the desert and supplying food and grass are the most difficult things.
Otherwise, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would not have recruited more than 100,000 infantry troops to be responsible for the supply of cavalry.
Now Gaia stipulates that each lord can only lead a maximum of 3,000 soldiers. As a result, many of Ouyang Shuo's arrangements were in vain and useless.
"It's really a bad start!"
He could only lead three thousand troops, so Ouyang Shuo didn't even have to think about it, he just took three thousand Shenwuwei to the expedition.
Since he couldn't gain an advantage in the number of troops, Ouyang Shuo could only plan to gain some advantage in the individual combat power of the soldiers.
This advantage is destined not to be too great.
May I ask, in the territory that is still struggling to survive in the wilderness, which family can't come up with 3,000 elite cavalry? Compared with Shenwuwei, the elite cavalry has a gap, but it is not a geometric progression.
As for the generals accompanying the army, Ouyang Shuo did not intend to recruit Bai Qi, Han Xin and other generals this time.
It's not that I can't catch up with time.
After the system update, the lord's troops no longer need to pass through a specific teleportation array to participate in the battle. As long as Ouyang Shuo reports the list to the system, no matter where the troops are, they can be sent to the battle map.
Gaia's setting this time is precisely considering that with the expansion of the player's territory, the preparation time of just three days is no longer enough for the lord to gather all the troops to participate in the battle.
For example, if Ouyang Shuo could lead 50,000 troops this time, he must have mobilized the three armies.
The marching time on the road alone is not enough.
At this point, Gaia is still very humane, flexible and not rigid in form.
Ouyang Shuo didn't want to recruit Bai Qi and others because he really didn't want to make a big fuss. With only three thousand martial arts guards, for Bai Qi and other generals, there is really not much room for display.
Even counting the allied forces of the [Shanhai League], there are less than 20,000 troops in total.
Sending out Bai Qi and others is a bit overkill.
Instead of this, it is better to leave them in the wilderness and continue to reorganize the army.
Ouyang Shuo personally led the three thousand guards.
Now, Ouyang Shuo can be regarded as a strong general.
In addition, Ouyang Shuo is also planning to recruit a staff officer with the army. The person he chose was Zhao Kuo, deputy director of the General Administration of Military Affairs and director of the Operations Department.