Chapter 1109: Wear cool clothes
Chapter 1109: Going through the cold and entering the merger
Chapter 1107: Wearing cold clothes to merge
The Jin army has a total of 200,000 troops. When forming the alliance to fight against Dong, Qin Jian led 50,000 Jin troops southward, and then stayed under Qin Hao's command, and never returned to Bingzhou, so today's Jin army Only 150,000 troops remained.
In order to support Qin Hao in forming an alliance to challenge Dong, the Jin army not only provided support in terms of military strength, but also gave Qin Hao the greatest support in terms of generals.
In addition to being personally led by the fourth master Qin Jian, he also took away many mainstays of the Jin army such as Zhao Yun, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong, Xu Huang and so on.
The Jin army that is now staying in the north may not be empty in terms of military strength, but it is unprecedentedly empty in terms of generals.
There is only Yang Ye with a commander of 98, and Li Dingguo with a commander of 95, which is pretty reliable.
Other generals, including the generals of the Yang family, have either not yet matured or are courageous and unintelligent, making it difficult for them to take on major posts.
Qin Wen, who has the highest prestige, would be a reliable general if he could lead the army, but now Qin Wen has become a hero and cannot lead the army in person.
Although Qin Hao sent Wang Meng, commander of 98, and Wen Tianxiang, commander of 96, to Hetao to serve as prefects, they were civil servants after all and did not hold military power in normal times.
Qin Hao knew that Yang Ye alone might not be able to stop Murong Ke, so in this Fei Ge letter, he told Qin Wen that he must use Wang Meng and Wen Tianxiang as generals.
This time Yuan Meng was coming with great force. Temujin sent as many as 70,000 cavalry troops, and they were led by Murong Ke, a peerless general.
If the Jin army relies on Yang Ye alone, it may not be able to stop Murong Ke, the "number one general in the Sixteen Kingdoms", but if Yang Ye has the assistance of Wang Meng and Wen Tianxiang, it will be a different matter.
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At the same time, at the junction of Bingzhou and Liangzhou, a huge cavalry force, led by Murong Ke, was quickly heading towards Bingzhou.
All the cavalry in this unit are equipped with stirrups, saddles and horseshoes, and their hands are even polished. The only pity is that there are not many soldiers wearing armor, only about 10 to 20%.
Of course this cannot be iron armor, but leather armor traded from the princes of the Central Plains. Iron armor was an equipment only generals were qualified to wear in Yuan and Meng.
Of the 70,000 Yuanmeng cavalry, nearly 14,000 were equipped with leather armor. This ratio was very low for the Central Plains army, but for Yuanmeng, who was short of supplies, it was an unprecedented luxury facelift.
In the not-too-distant era of the Xiongnu, it would have been good if 10% of the soldiers in the Xiongnu army wore armor, but even so, the Han army was still called daddy, except of course, the three special Han armies of Jin Liangyou.
“Father, tell me how long the brains of the Han people are and how they are so smart. They can even invent such magical things as stirrups and horseshoes.”
Murong Shao, who went on the expedition with his father, laughed and said while riding his horse and whipping: "Our knights have nearly doubled their marching speed since they were equipped with these things. Why can't we Mongolians invent it?"
“It doesn’t matter if the Han people are smart, these things they invented will not benefit us in the end.”
Murong Chui's concubine Murong Lin, who was on the side, sneered: "The Han people only have so many cavalry in total. They are not even half as many as Yuan Meng. They cannot maximize the use of stirrups and horseshoes. However, Yuan Meng has such The artifact is even more powerful, and from now on, our cavalry will be able to roam freely in Northern Xinjiang.”
“Brother, what you said makes sense.” Murong Shao laughed.
Murong Ke also agreed with what the two nephews said. After all, what they said was true, but he did not reply to what they said. Instead, he had a stern look on his face, as if he had something on his mind. “Since the days of the Yanmen Army, the Xiongnu have rarely been able to take advantage of Bingzhou. Now, although the Xiongnu has grown into the Yuanmeng Army, the Yanmen Army has also become the Jin Army.”
Murong Ke warned with a serious face: "My Murong family has been suppressed in Yuanmeng. Now, thanks to His Majesty's trust, I finally have the opportunity to lead the army again. You must not let the enemy fall because of underestimation.
If we lose this battle, our life and death is a small matter, but the survival of the Murong family is a big deal.
Do you understand? "
Murong Shao and Murong Lin were immediately shocked. They looked at each other and shouted in unison: "Understood."
When Murong Ke saw this, he couldn't help but nod secretly in his heart. He was actually scaring the two of them just now. After Princess Zhao Min accepted Murong Longcheng as her disciple, the situation of the Murong family was much better than when she first joined Yuanmeng. Even if he was defeated this time They will definitely not be exterminated.
“Father, the front is the border of Hetao. According to the intelligence of the Liang Army, the Jin Army has once again set up a large camp of 3,000 people.”
Murong Shao pointed forward with his whip, his eyes were full of light, and he laughed and said: "With the strength of our army, we will be able to capture this camp within three days. By then, our army will be in the Hetao of Ma Pingchuan." It's like walking on flat ground."
After Murong Ke pondered for a long time, he said calmly: "Send the order and the army will march south. It must reach Shuofang within one day."
“No…alas, alas?”
Murong Shao didn't react at first. After confirming that his father was talking about Shuofang, he was immediately shocked and said: "Father, if we capture this camp, we can enter the Hetao. Why are we going to Shuofang's bad place at this time?"
“Although this battalion only has 3,000 troops, it is equipped with all kinds of defensive equipment, and our troops are all cavalry, so we may not be able to attack them in three days.”
Murong Ke frowned and looked ahead, and said calmly: "Guo Jing's defection has exposed the risk of the plan, but even if the Jin army knew about it, they would not be able to bring the army back from the northern front in a short time.
Therefore, we must compete with the Jin army for time and enter the Hetao as quickly as possible. By then, relying on the speed of the cavalry, our army will be in an invincible position.
The detour to Shuofang may seem like a longer journey, but it saves the time of attacking the camp, so it will actually lead to entering the Hetao faster. "
“But this place is just a camp, but there is a fortified city in Shuofang.” Murong Lin asked doubtfully.
Murong Ke raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said with a faint smile: "How we entered Bingzhou from Liangzhou is how we entered Hetao from Shuofang.
The Southern Allied Forces rely on me, Yuanmeng, and they also rely on me, Yuanmeng, to contain the Jin army in the north, so I understand that Wang Kuang does not have the guts to stop our army. "
Murong Lin couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard this. If that was the case, wouldn't they be able to enter the Hetao without spending a single soldier?
I think that during the period of Yufuluo Shanyu who was a slave, the Han and Huns fought for many years and even killed hundreds of thousands of people, but they were unable to break through Yanmen Pass and enter Bingzhou. But now they can complete the original campaign without wasting a single soldier. A feat that even hundreds of thousands of people could not accomplish despite their deaths.
(End of this chapter)