Chapter 5: The war is rising again

In early autumn, in the south of Xianyang City, on the shore of the Wei River, Shanglin Garden!

In a huge military camp in the garden, the sound of hooves rumbled, the footsteps were everywhere, and the shouts of killing soared into the sky were deafening. Tens of thousands of Qin soldiers were practicing enthusiastically!

Suddenly, a group of cars drove in from Beiying, and the mighty and noble imperial flag fluttered in the wind until it stopped beside the station at the center of the schoolyard!

Fusu jumped out of the car, stretched his muscles and bones, looked up at the energetic soldiers of the three armies, looked at the vicious sun again, and nodded in praise: "Practice three days in winter and three days in summer, you can't help but nod your head in scruples!"

At this moment, a group of people rushed over from the chaos, but Li Xin, Ying Bu, Guan Ying and others came to Fusu, and hurriedly dismounted and saluted. Li Xin smiled and said, "Why don't you say hello before Your Majesty? Let General Mo go to greet him in person!"

Fusu snorted, "I'm going to have a sudden attack. See what kind of soldiers you have trained for me over the past year, and whether you can fight!" Li Xin looked at Yingbu, Guan Ying and others, secretly squeezed his eyes, and said to himself, "The person who came is not good!" But he said confidently, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the heavy cavalry built with the Great Yuezhi Horse has been trained, and the 50,000 new infantry have been trained proficiently. All weapons and equipment are all allocated. As long as your Majesty gives you an order, they can go through fire and water for our Qin State and charge in the battle!"

Fusu smiled and said, "Han Xin said that his 100,000 light cavalry in Yan land is already well-trained and can fight, but I dare not be careless, so I sent my second brother Ying Ji to the military parade. I don't listen to you here, is it real gold or pig iron? We have to pull it out and see!"

Li Xin smiled and said, "Okay, Your Majesty, please go up to the general platform and sit down. I will arrange for you to review this tiger and wolf army!" "Okay!" Fusu nodded, and then led Wuxin, Fu and others to the general platform and sat in the position of the general!

Li Xin and others then climbed to the generals and shouted: "Tell me the order, the three armies will finish training and assemble immediately!" "Yes!" The central army responded, and the drum beat suddenly sounded, the red flag swayed violently, and the huge school ground immediately rumbling hooves, and the footsteps were rushing. The Qin soldiers who were originally scattered everywhere gathered quickly like streams merging into the sea. In the blink of an eye, two huge military formations appeared in front of Fusu: a cavalry and an infidel, all of whom were energetic and murderous intent!

Fusu nodded secretly: "Highly trained, fast but not chaotic, and high fighting spirit. If you can get the word "strong army", it is no worse than the "Pojun" and "Wolf Teeth" I trained in the past!"

Then Li Xin shouted, "I will order the first lieutenant of the heavy cavalry, and all 1,000 people will be removed from the list! The first lieutenant of the infantry, all 1,000 people will be removed from the list!" After the Qin army was reorganized, the main organization was: lieutenant--100, the unit---100, Qu--100, and the four-level officers were led by the fourth-level officer, the captain, the lieutenant, and the second-level officer; and the soldiers were divided into four levels according to the different types of troops and other aspects: non-commissioned officers, sergeants, sergeants, and corporals.

As soon as Li Xin finished speaking, a thousand cavalry and a thousand infantrymen stepped out of the huge army, each of them raised their chests and looked forward, holding their energy to show their faces in front of His Emperor!

Li Xin suddenly shouted loudly: "The cavalry set up straw man targets outside the 100-5 steps ahead!" As the drum beats, the red flag shook, a team of middle-aged soldiers rushed out from behind the dock and generals, carrying a thousand straw man targets to set up the left side of the dock and generals. They all came to an instant, and it was also shown that they were well trained!

Immediately afterwards, Li Xin shouted: "The first part charge is to take two volleys, and then take the enemy's head!" In an instant, the attack drums were loud, and a thousand heavy cavalry shouted, and they all came out, each leading the crossbow and arrows to launch the first round of diffuse.

In the sky-blocking arrow curtain, the straw men in the distance trembled, and seven out of ten were already shot. Soon, the second round of arrow rain rushed to the straw men about a hundred steps and began to fire again. This time, almost no straw men did not hit the arrow, showing the amazing crossbow technique of this cavalry! Fusu was surprised: "What an accurate crossbow technique. It seems that these soldiers have been suffering in the past year! With this move, our army's long-range lethality will surpass the short bow of the Huns!"

Just as he was admiring, he saw a thousand Qin cavalry shooting the second round of crossbow arrows, quickly hang a crossbow and take a halberd. At the moment when the rushing war horses rushed past the grass man, the cold cold light drifted through a beautiful arc. The heads of a thousand grass man fell all over, and they were very beautiful!

Fusu was overjoyed and couldn't help but applaud and smiled, "Excellent, great! General Li, this cavalry is perfectly combined with crossbow technique, riding technique, and lethality, and its combat power is great!"

Li Xin also smiled and said, "It took more than a year of hard work for the last general. If it doesn't get into the eyes of Your Majesty, then I should have unarmed my armor and returned to the field!" Fusu smiled, but said, "But General Li, do you know if this cavalry has several weaknesses?" Li Xin was stunned and said, "Please give me some advice!"

Fusu said: "The Qin Dynasty now has two types of cavalry: light cavalry, spear, and scimitar as the main combat weapons, which are frivolous and light, and can be attacked for a long distance; while heavy cavalry with crossbow and halberd as the main combat weapons, which are beneficial for short-distance sprinting and charging into battle. They have their own strengths and weaknesses! Not to mention these, another big problem is: My Qin Dynasty horses are relatively insufficient, so no matter how light, heavy cavalry can only reach one and a half horses, which is not a little bit worse than the Huns. This means that although my Qin cavalry is not weaker than the Huns, its ability to fight long-rangely is still much worse! This is very likely to become a fatal flaw in wartime!"

Li Xin nodded after hearing this and said, "Your Majesty said very well, but at present, I, Daqin, cannot solve the problem of shortage of war horses! However, next year, a large number of good horses can be produced successfully in the seven major horse farms, and this problem should be solved soon!"

Fusu nodded and said, "But time is endless. I just received the news that the Huns' kings gathered in Shanyuting and may soon start attacking the Dayuezhi. Therefore, this cavalry will soon enter the battlefield. I just hope that you can overcome the difficulties and win the first Northern Expedition for the Qin Dynasty!"

Li Xin said confidently: "Your Majesty, don't worry, although our cavalry is somewhat weaker than the Huns' cavalry, it also has many advantages. For example, our cavalry is more well-equipped, all of which use fine steel weapons, which is stronger than the Huns; and the Huns mostly use leather armor, while our army's cavalry, regardless of the light and heavy cavalry, uses fine steel chain mail. Although the thickness is different, it is much stronger than the leather armor of the Huns; in addition, our soldiers are familiar with the arrangement of troops and formations, and have defeated the Huns before, and their morale is not inferior. If they really fight with the Huns, whoever wins or loses is not sure!"

Fusu laughed and said, "Yes, our army and the Huns have their own strengths. If you really fight, it depends on the command of their respective generals! By the way, just talking about cavalry, how are you practicing my new infantry?" Li Xin hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, please watch it!" As he said, he shouted: "The first infantry formation was set up!"

In an instant, the drum beat sounded rapidly, and the red flag shook three times to the right. The infantry formation, which was originally as quiet as mountains, suddenly became restless: hundreds of Wugang chariots quickly turned back and forth, and quickly laid a circular formation like a copper wall; behind the two Wugang chariots, there were four spearmen guards holding guns; behind the spearmen were two hundred single crossbowmen and two hundred serial crossbowmen, and then one hundred special light cavalry holding shields in the left hand and scimitars in the right hand protecting the 100 war horses pulling the cart in the center of the formation; and the one hundred light soldiers who were responsible for the task of spreading iron caltrops immediately retracted the circular formation, holding shields in the left hand and single pistol in the right hand and hidden behind Wugang chariot!

In just a few minutes, the day was seamless, and the defense line, which was like a copper wall, was quickly laid out, with well-trained and tacit cooperation!

Fusu secretly praised himself: "No, not bad! The formation is so skillful. I was always worried that although there was a strange formation, it might not be enough to deploy the formation after the enemy's air strike. Now there is no need to worry. As long as you send a revenge according to the military rules, there is absolutely no warning time!" Suddenly asked Li Xin: "General Li, does your Wugang chariot array seem to be different from what I gave you in the past year?"

Li Xin heard this and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, after discussing, I felt that there were some small flaws in it, so I took the initiative to make some improvements! The main thing is to hand over the task of spreading caltrops, which was originally undertaken by the spear soldiers, to the spear soldiers. After completing the task, these spear soldiers were hidden behind the Wugang chariot, with the intention of preventing some of the Xiongnu who were superb riding skills from passing over the Wugang chariot, which was not too high into our chariot formation! Your Majesty, please see, these spear soldiers were hidden behind the Wugang chariot. As long as the enemy cavalry dared to leap into the car, they could go from bottom to top, and use a single pistol to penetrate the vital points of the enemy's horse's belly, which would cause the enemy cavalry to be either dead or injured; even those who survived by chance, the strong ability of the spear soldiers to attack and defend could also be solved quickly!

In addition, this is the sword and shield soldiers in the new infantry, which are capable of cavalry. They can use shields to protect themselves and war horses from the damage of enemy cavalry and arrows, and secondly, they can do a job of making up for leaks after the spears and shield soldiers. In this way, because the crossbow soldiers have no melee combat power, the loopholes caused by the inconvenience of the spearmen turning rings in the narrow square formation can be basically compensated, making the Wugang chariot array more perfect! I wonder how your Majesty thinks it has been changed?"

Fusu praised him after hearing this, "It's good to change, it's good to change! Did I also put forward an idea at that time? It's definitely difficult to ensure perfection in reality. General Li and Zifang can start from reality and not stick to the old rules. The spirit is commendable!" Li Xin breathed a sigh of relief and smiled and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to see the actual combat power of this Wugang chariot formation?"

Fusu shook his head and said, "No need, I will know that it is not bad, looking at the spirit of this new infantry, fighting spirit and well-trained situation. Moreover, the core of this Wugang chariot formation is crossbow soldiers. My Qin Dynasty has always been awesome to the world with crossbow soldiers. I feel very at ease with them!" Li Xin and others laughed.

Suddenly, a rider rushed towards the point-stop from the edge of the school ground. The sound of hooves was rumbling. Fusu saw it clearly, but it was the doctor Yang Fan. Fusu Qi, saying: "Why did he come here so anxiously?"

Then he saw the doctor Yang Fan reach the stage and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, Fan Xiang ordered me to come and report to Your Majesty. The third assassin sent to the Huns is back!" Fusu was overjoyed. Those who were sent to assassin Zhao Sheng the first two times were dead. This time he could survive. He must have succeeded. He said hurriedly: "How about it, can you bring Zhao Sheng's head back?"

Yang Fan was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "This assassin failed this time!" Fusu immediately became angry and cursed, "This Zhao Sheng has really been a disaster for thousands of years! By the way, the first two assassins died after the failure of the assassin. Why can he come back safely?"

Yang Fan said, "Fan Xiang asked, and the assassin himself was inexplicable. He said he was rescued by a mysterious figure and asked him to send a secret letter to your Majesty! This secret letter has been handed over to me. Please take the look!" Fusu was also very puzzled and urgently took the sheepskin letter. When he opened it, he was stunned and saw the letter and said:

We were comrades in the previous life, and we were still friends in this life - I am Fang Hong. If you are not wrong, you should be Cheng Feng! You were born in the Central Plains, pacified the world again, and turned the tide. I was older than Ding Ling, and I succeeded the Khan's throne with wisdom and courage, and swear to help China in the northern border! Now I have entered the Xiongnu and have been awarded the title of "King of Ding Ling". The 20,000 Ding Ling cavalry under my command are also brave and powerful. Although it is not enough to sweep the Xiongnu, it can also help you with your lifetime at a critical opportunity! If you need it in the future, you can send envoys to contact us with the title of "Restoring China, I Wuwei Yang". Remember! Maodun is now preparing to attack Yuezhi in the west. I will find a way to send the envoys to send the specific troops. The Qin Dynasty must also prepare as soon as possible! Much! Take care!

Suddenly, Fusu laughed to the sky: "God helps me! Hahaha!" Seeing Fusu so happy, Li Xin and others said wonderingly: "Your Majesty, why are you happy?" Fusu smiled and said, "This is a secret, and I can't say it now! However, I can be sure that Maodun is about to launch an attack on the Great Yuezhi. You must be prepared to set sail at any time!"

Although Li Xin and others were a little confused, they still nodded and said, "Abide by the order, Your Majesty!"

"Go back to the palace, I must make Maodun look good this time!" Fusu laughed and left, making Li Xin and others look at each other, not knowing what they are saying!

At the same time, the Xiongnu royal court Shanyu's golden tent gathered. After going to the dragon court to worship ancestors, heaven and earth, ghosts and gods, all of these Xiongnu nobles wanted to show their skills and take Yuezhi into their pockets!

Maodun glanced at the ministers and said, "Dear Warriors of the Great Huns, today is autumn, and it is time for the grass to be strong and the horses are strong, so the soldiers are applied. Therefore, this Shanyu decided to immediately launch troops on the Yuezhi Kingdom. What do you have any opinions on the specific strategies?"

King Youguli said: "Da Shanyu, when we attacked Donghu in the previous period, there was almost no battle for our right side of the Huns, and the soldiers also had fewer prisoners and gold and silver. Therefore, this time we attacked Yuezhi, we must let our right side take the front line!"

When the Right King heard this, he laughed and said, "This is naturally. My right part of the Huns connects with the Yuezhi. This time it is our turn to show his power! Please make sure to allow the Great Chanyu!"

Seeing that the Right King and the Right Guli King were so excited, Maodun smiled and said, "Of course we have to use your right leader as the vanguard this time. We can't transfer the left troops from thousands of miles away to attack the Yuezhi! But have you ever thought about how to move troops?"

King Youguli said with a headache: "The Great Shanyu, just kill him directly, how could he think so much!" The Huns were afraid of using their brains and liked to go straight to everything!

Maodun saw that it was his uncle and was not easy to scold him, but he smiled and said, "If you don't use your brain to fight, you will suffer sooner or later! Last time, my Great Huns made a clever arrangement and destroyed the Donghu in one battle, which saved so many troubles and fewer warriors from the Great Huns. It can be seen that this strategy is indeed important! Didn't the Qin people always laugh at me as a barbarian country and don't understand strategy? How can we really let them underestimate it? Military advisor, what do you think?"

Zhao Sheng said respectfully: "What the Great Shanyu said is! Since all the kings and ministers have no good plans for the time being, then let Zhao talk about his foolish opinions!"

Zuo Dadanghu laughed and said, "Yes, yes! The military advisor just took the initiative. We the Great Huns couldn't do these intriguing things, so we just fought!" The generals were echoing.

Mao Dun shook his head secretly: "Oh, what a bunch of rash men!" King Ding Ling Suku was silent and silent, watching the changes.

Zhao Sheng sneered in his heart: "You Huns will use tricks and make conspiracies as despicable things, and they are disdainful. They really don't understand the magic of military strategy at all. They are indeed a barbarian country!" Thinking in his heart, Zhao Sheng did not dare to show it, but just smiled and said, "Then let me tell you!" As he said, Zhao Sheng came to the remade sheepskin map after the throne of the Shanyu and said slowly: "If my Great Huns attack the Great Yuezhi this time, in order to protect their left wing, Qin will definitely attack with all its strength and restrain our Great Huns! After vigorous expansion in the past two years, the Qin people have already possessed a considerable cavalry force, mainly distributed in three places:

1. Yan Di: This is a hundred thousand elite cavalry led by Han Xin, a famous Qin general. This elite cavalry is based on some of the remnants of Donghu. It is well-equipped and skilled in horse racing, so it has great combat power and is not inferior to the grassland elite cavalry of our Great Huns.

2. Jiuyuan: This is the 50,000 elite cavalry led by the famous Qin general Meng Tian. This elite cavalry is composed of the soldiers who defeated our Huns and quelled the civil war in the past. It is not only well-equipped, but I believe that the combat power is also quite good!

3. Xianyang: According to the report of the Qiwu, the Qin people here formed a heavy cavalry of about 50,000 with tens of thousands of good horses from the Dayuezhi. This cavalry is different from Han Xin and Meng Tian's troops. The cavalry is mostly equipped with heavy armor, and the horses are also wearing light armor in wartime, so it is expensive, but their combat power is far better than that of the light cavalry, so they must not be regarded as idle. However, this heavy cavalry, like the cavalry of the Dayuezhizhi, is good at sprinting and short of raiding!

This means that once the Qin people are ready to send troops, they can quickly assemble 200,000 cavalry, set out from Beiyuan and Yan, and directly attack our Xiongnu royal court and the left territory. Therefore, if we do not make strict arrangements, if we succeed in the Qin army, our Great Xiongnu will suffer serious losses!

Based on these deployments of the Qin people, Zhao planned a strategy to respond to the enemy, which is as follows:

The left territory was led by Zuo Xianwang He and Zuo Guli, and quickly shrank the troops and troops northward, and the Yan and Zhao were at least a thousand miles away from the northern part of the land. In this way, if the Qin army wanted to fight with us, it would have to cross the thousand-mile grassland and desert. The Qin army was short of horses and was very dependent on logistics. After a long journey of a thousand miles, the combat power would be limited. At that time, Zuo Xianwang and Zuo Guli could directly fight with the Qin army to destroy them according to the specific situation of the Qin army; or sent elite cavalry to attack the Qin army's food route, and then fight with them when the enemy was exhausted. If Han Xin's 100,000 elite cavalry could solve the problem, it would be difficult for the Qin State to recover its vitality for several years! The key points of using troops on this route were actually two words: "drag" and "exhausted"!

The grasslands and deserts between the land of the Xiongnu royal court and the Qin Jiuyuan are no less than a thousand miles away, and it is more difficult to overcome than the land of the left. Therefore, Zhao suggested that the royal court could gather more than 100,000 elite cavalry in the north of the desert. If the Qin army could cross the grasslands and desert, the consumption of combat power would probably be more obvious than that of Han Xin's army. At this time, our army should be able to defeat it with its superior force and the advantage of waiting for work!

Of course, if these two Qin troops retreated due to difficulties, our army could follow and chase after them and scrape off a layer of flesh!

Zhao believes that these two strategies to respond to the enemy are perfect. As long as the general who faces the enemy does not have any major negligence, he should definitely win! I wonder what the Great Shanyu thinks?"

Maodun thought about it and said, "This is your Qin people's strategy to 'entice the enemy to go deeper'!? This Shanyu felt that it was very good and made full use of the natural barriers of our grassland and desert. In addition, the Qin army's food was not maintained after entering our hinterland, and there was no people to rely on. In this battle, our Great Huns had at least 80% chance of winning! What do you think of the Warriors of the Great Huns?"

When the generals heard this, they looked at each other and thought that this plan was good and they were very sure of winning, so they nodded. Seeing this, Maodun said, "That's the way, let's decide like this! But in this way, the troops left in the left and the royal court will have more than 200,000 troops, and at most 200,000 cavalry to attack Yuezhi, which is equivalent to the troops of the Yuezhi people! Military advisor, do you think you are sure to win?"

Zhao Sheng laughed and said, "The Yuezhi people have been comfortable for a long time and their generals are mediocre. How can they compare with our Great Huns? What's more, this time, Zhao Sheng suggested that the Great Shanyu should be the best to conquer the Yuezhi in person, so that he would have greater confidence in winning!"

Maodun heard this and said, "If the Shanyu personally conquers Yuezhi, who will guard the royal court against the Qin army?" Zhao Sheng said, "If the Shanyu believes in Zhao, I would like to take on this important task for the Shanyu, and then be the Marquis of the Left and Left Gudu. If the Shanyu is in charge of the right and left, the left and right people will help each other, and you will be sure of everything!"

Maodun thought for a while and nodded, "Yes, the Marquis of the Left and Left Gudu, the Left and Left are in great power. After this Shanyu travels west, you four must obey the orders of the military advisors and do not neglect them. Otherwise, this Shanyu will be killed and unpardoned. Do you understand?" After the repeated assassination of Zhao Sheng by Qin State, Maodun now has a great trust in Zhao Sheng!

The Marquis of the Left and Bone Du, the Left and the Most Meta-Masters looked at each other after hearing this. Although they were a little reluctant, they had to nod!

Suddenly, King Dingling Suku said, "Great Shanyu, will I go to the expedition with you or stay in the royal court?" Maodun smiled and said, "It is enough for the royal court to have a military advisor to stay. King Dingling will go to the Yuezhi with this Shanyu!" Suku knew that Maodun was not completely convinced and did not dare to put himself easily in the important place of the royal court, so he nodded and said, "As for orders, I immediately issued an urgent order to our headquarters and transferred 20,000 Dingling cavalry to help the Great Shanyu!"

Mao Dun said happily: "It's great. Since the division has been decided, then the left and right Xianwang and left and right Guli will return to their headquarters and prepare to fight with Qin and Dayuezhi!" "Yes, Da Shanyu!" The generals stood up together and bowed to salute!

The next day, a Ding Ling private disguised himself and went south, crossed the desert, and headed straight to Jiuyuan!

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Chapter completed!