Chapter 803 Between Ideal and Reality
In fact, Fei Qian's urgent advance is not a very good choice for the war situation.
Although the Xianbei army was successfully blocked in a relatively narrow passage like Zhenlin and Yulin, the best way is to slowly coerce and then delay to bring down the entire Xianbei army.
Although the customs of the Hu people destined that their marching needs were less than that of the Han army, the dry food for the horses and the salt for the people were indispensable, so from a tactical point of view, Xianbei could not escape anyway and would delay it for one more day. , Xianbei is even weaker...
However, Fei Qian couldn't delay. In addition to the fact that his military supplies and other supplies were gradually being depleted, there was also another reason: spring plowing was coming soon, and the transfer of grain, grass, supplies and ordnance was not needed. A lot of labor?
And the laborers are busy transporting grain and grass, so how can they plow in time?
"On the second day of February, the dragon raises its head..."
Fei Qian looked up at the sky and muttered silently.
According to Chinese custom, starting from this day, it has officially entered the spring plowing time. At this time of year, the emperor needed to go to the fields in person and at least help the plow to show the importance he attached to farming. It is said that this is a rule handed down from King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou.
But I don’t know what will happen in Chang’an this year. I wonder if such a custom should be implemented, right?
Fei Qian traveled all the way and gained a deeper understanding of Bingzhou. He was born in an era of prosperity and peace. No matter how many military books he read and how well prepared he was mentally, he was now in a cold weapon war like this. In this era, there will still be a strong impact on one's original concepts.
War has extremely severe and terrible damage to people's livelihood.
Along the way, apart from abandoned villages, there was no sign of human habitation.
The imperial court did not care about Bingzhou, and the barbarians plundered Bingzhou. The most unlucky people were not the soldiers in Bingzhou, but the people of Bingzhou. This was true for the entire Shangjun and the northern half of Xihe County, even Yanmen County, Wuyuan County and other areas. Fei Qian can also imagine it, and it is probably not much different from here.
The streets between the cultivated fields still have a vague appearance, but the owners of those cultivated fields have disappeared.
The basically pure cavalry force of Fei Qian and Yuv Luo was pretty good, and they brought some cattle and sheep behind them. In addition, the Bingzhou horses were relatively hardy and hardy, so they could deal with them even if they were chewing some green grass on the roadside. , but it is necessary to replenish dry food at night to restore physical strength, and Xiliang horses must eat some beans to maintain body fat. Most of the beans and hay on the thirty or so baggage trucks behind are for these horses. prepare.
If it is an infantry army, it will be even more troublesome, and there will be no problem of twenty or thirty baggage vehicles.
When the army sets out, in addition to the original auxiliary troops having to transport grain and grass back and forth, sometimes the front line is tight, and even the surrounding people have to be mobilized to act as civilians to transport various baggage. The fields were no longer cultivated, all the food rations were plundered, and all the mulberry and fruit trees were cut down to make vehicles and tools. After a battle, the people ran away, the cultivated fields were deserted, and the trees were all gone. What was left was a Corpses on the ground, bones on the ground.
This is why Fei Qian must take Yinshan, and why he must act with urgency and actively seek battle.
In addition to the season, during the cold weapon war period, the importance of strategic location was much stronger than in later war models.
After obtaining Yinshan Mountain and guarding the Baidao at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain, the Hu people in the northern part of the desert will not be able to go south to attack the Shangjun area; by controlling the Yulin node, and with the early warning and buffering of the Xiongnu in the south of Meiji, the Xianbei people in the Yanmen Daijun area will not be able to attack. It is so easy to rush in and plunder the hinterland of Pingyang; maintain the relationship between Baishi Qiang and win over the nomadic Qiang people in the west of Shangjun. Under normal circumstances, the Qiang people as far away as Xiliang will not go all the way over the mountains without going to Sanfu. Ling people come to Shangjun, so that the entire Shangjun area can be completely stabilized, and farming in it can be restored and developed smoothly.
Because the Yinshan Xianbei tribe is the biggest and most direct threat to Fei Qian, it must be eliminated as soon as possible. Otherwise, when things break out in the south, the Yinshan Xianbei will rush out to take advantage of the situation, which will definitely make it difficult for them to take care of both ends.
The coalition forces of Fei Qian and Yu Fulo barely stopped in Zhenlin, quickly changed their direction, and headed straight for the Xianbei army in Yinshan Mountain!
The army advanced slowly, and the aura of killing filled the world.
"Report!" A scout came on horseback. "There are about 4,000 Xianbei cavalry in front, attacking our army!"
Feiqian stood slightly on his horse, and he could vaguely see some traces of smoke in the distance.
"It came so fast!"
Right now, this location happens to be relatively open and flat. If there is a battle, it is really more suitable for a battle between cavalry...
Fei Qian thought as he ordered the troops to spread out.
The Yinshan Xianbei army wants to fight us head-on?
Or are you trying to escape north?
The remaining Xianbei army in Yinshan also has more than 10,000 troops. Why are there only 4,000 horses now? Where are the rest of the troops?
Where will it be?
Will they pretend to attack their own side, and then attack Yulin with the main force?
Or is it the complete opposite?
If they attack Yulin, or dare to escape around Yulin, Fei Qian would be happy to see it happen.
Not to mention the Yulin camp, with strong bows and crossbows, high walls and deep trenches, as long as the Yinshan Xianbei army dares to attack, they will definitely be happy...
And bypassing Yulin, where can we go?
The mountain top of the river in Yuanyin is also guarded by soldiers. As long as the Xianbei army in Yinshan dares to enter the valley, they will set fire to the mountain!
Not taking the Yulin route or the Yuanyin route, but taking the outer desert area is tantamount to putting your army at risk. In a semi-arid area like Bingzhou, if you dare to march far away from water sources, you will not be able to survive for a day or two. It's easy to say, there is no water supply for three to five days, haha...
Even if a person can kill a horse and drink its blood to stay alive, what about the physical exertion?
In addition, if there are no war horses, the bow-legged Hu people and the regular Han infantry under Fei Qian will not be on the same level at all.
So if Yinshan and Xianbei want to take a detour through the desert, let them take a detour. As long as they arrange beacon fires along the water source lines and wait for work, they may win more smoothly.
Fei Qian weighed his options and ordered Ma Yue to take part of the Bingzhou cavalry and recruit Hu cavalry to fight.
Although the Bingzhou cavalry suffered a lot of losses in the battle with Xianbei Youdanghu, it was not a big problem to face four thousand Xianbei cavalry.
At this moment, smoke and dust rose again in the distance, and a scout rushed over with his face covered in dust. "Report! Found more than 4,000 Xianbei cavalry, preparing to outflank Captain Ma's troops from the right!"
Life is so hard when you think about it... I have been busy with all kinds of competitions since I was born. People are always inadequate. If you want something better, you want something better... than study, grades, work, girlfriend, wife. , than children... Seeing that after struggling for more than ten or twenty years, I can finally take a breather, and various diseases are coming again... If there is really any god, Buddha, God and Allah, I am afraid that I will stand coldly in the clouds. smile...