Shortly after the army set up camp, Ma Chao hurried over and reported to Liu Cheng: "My lord, I have come to report to you that there is a section of the Xiongnu River near the private canal Biti Sea with a higher bed and shallow water depth, which is suitable for crossing the river.
They found traces of a large group of cavalry crossing the river on the river bank."
Liu Cheng sighed: "It has been more than a hundred years since our army last came to Mobei to fight with the Northern Huns.
In these hundred years, we have never set foot on this plateau, and the records of our predecessors are also unclear.
Therefore, we have no understanding of the situation."
Understanding of Mobei There are very few, but the Xianbei people have occupied this land for more than a hundred years when the Northern Huns moved westward and collapsed.
They know this place very well.
We must be careful and be careful of people coming, and send orders to generals, officials and military advisors.
The staff come to the tooth tent to discuss matters."
"Yes, Lord," a soldier agreed and went to inform everyone.
The entire Han Dynasty has a history of four hundred years, of which more than three hundred years have been at war with the Huns.
Before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty had been in a passive situation of being attacked militarily.
Starting from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the strategic situation between the Han Dynasty and the Huns A change occurred, and the Han Dynasty changed from strategic defense to proactive offense.
Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and others were all famous generals.
Under the command of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, they inflicted heavy losses on the Huns.
No one could deny their achievements, but they did not enable the Han Dynasty to achieve a decisive victory in the war against the Huns.
After the deaths of Li Guang, Huo Qubing, Wei Qing and others, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made major mistakes in the war against the Huns.
Especially in 103 BC, Zhao Ponu led an army of 20,000 to fight against the Xiongnu King Zuoxian, and was defeated and captured.
The entire army of 20,000 was wiped out; in addition, Emperor Wu's favorite concubine Mrs.
Li and his favorite minister Li Yannian's brother Li Guangli, the general of the Second Division, were mediocre.
In 90 BC, he led an army to Mobei.
The 70,000-strong army was annihilated.
Several battles were brutal and the soldiers and horses suffered heavy losses, which severely damaged the vitality of the Han Dynasty.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also realized that blindly fighting the Huns was not worth the gain.
So he gave up his plan to continue fighting with the Huns, and Li Guangli's expedition to Mobei was the last large-scale battle with the Huns in the Western Han Dynasty.
It was not until AD 89 during the Eastern Han Dynasty that Dou Xian led his army to the north.
The victory in several consecutive battles completely established the outcome of the Han-Hungarian War.
The Northern Huns were completely defeated.
Some moved westward to harm the Westerners, and the other part collapsed. , was absorbed and assimilated by the Xianbei people who took advantage of the situation.
After that, the Han Dynasty's army never entered Mobei again.
A quarter of an hour later, everyone who was notified rushed over one after another.
Chen Qun walked to Liu Cheng and whispered: "Master, everyone is here."
Liu Cheng, who was staring at the map, raised his head and glanced inside the big tent, and said: "Everyone, we know too little about Mobei.
What we didn't expect was that Tu Shenhai and Qubei Daihai turned out to be a saltwater lake.
That is to say, the water in the lake is not drinkable, and there is a section of the Xiongnu River near the Tushen Sea.
The river bed is higher and the water depth is shallow, so you can cross the river.
The spies we sent found traces of a large number of cavalry staying by the river.
The question now is how Tuoba Xianbei's main army will go when they return.
Will they go around Tushenhai?
, or how should we set up an ambush by crossing the Xiongnu River directly?"
Wang Shuang said with a loud voice: "My lord, of course the Tuoba Xianbei people would choose to cross the Xiongnu River directly.
It is convenient to get water.
After crossing the river, you can get water and leave.
Could it be that they would walk around Tushenhai after getting water?
If so, Me, I’m not that stupid.”
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Most of the people in the tooth tent thought so, and everyone nodded in agreement with Wang Shuang's statement.
Seeing that Li Ru and Guo Jia were silent, Liu Cheng asked, "Wen You and Feng Xiao, what do you think?"
Guo Jia said to Li Ru: "Mr.
Wen first, it's up to you to speak."
Li Ru stood up and bowed to Liu Cheng and said: "My lord, since the river is not deep, Tuoba Xianbei and their horses can certainly cross the river, but lord, don't forget, if they win the battle with the three major Xianbei tribes in the west, , then there are millions of cattle, sheep and horses seized.
It is no problem for horses to cross the river.
How do cattle and sheep cross the river in Mobei?
Oxen are not buffaloes from the south of the Yangtze River.
They cannot swim, and sheep are even less likely to swim across the river.
Could it be that the Tuoba Xianbei people would leave all the millions of cattle and sheep they captured on the west bank of the Xiongnu River?
So, my subordinates thought that Tuoba The Basianbei people will definitely have to get water from the west bank of the Xiongnu River at first, but they will definitely have to walk around the Tushen Sea."
Liu Cheng nodded and said: "Wen You has thought carefully, so how do you think our army should set up an ambush?"
Li Ru thought for a while and asked: "My lord, I don't know how deep the Tushenhai lake is and how deep the mud is."
Liu Cheng signaled to Ma Chao, and Ma Chao stood up and said: "According to the investigation of the spies, Tushenhai is a saltwater lake.
The lake is not deep.
It is afraid that people will not be drowned.
The mud is about three feet deep.
If people and horses fall in, they will not be able to escape."
Li Ru thought about it and bowed to Liu Cheng and said: "My lord, I'm afraid our ambush cannot be set up on the Tushen coast.
If we do, it can only be set up on the west bank of the Xiongnu River."
Liu Cheng asked: "Why?"
"My lord, please think about it.
Tuoba Xianbei will definitely bring a lot of loot when he returns from a great victory, and his team will definitely be very long.
If our army wants to set up an ambush and attack, we must first cut off his team in the middle, and then attack them in order to prevent them from looking at each other. , but if this happens, our army will inevitably rush into the Tushen Sea.
If the soldiers fall into Among them, how to get out?
Once the Tuoba Xianbei people stabilize their position, it will not be an ambush at that time, but a storm.
The best time for the ambush.
I thought it should be when the Tuoba Xianbei people were fetching water on the west bank of the Xiongnu River.
My subordinates suggested Divide the army into three parts: A, B, and C.
The 20,000 people in Part A bypass the Tushen Sea and settle on the west bank of the Tushen Sea.
An ambush was set up in the mountains and forests.
Twenty thousand troops from Division B crossed the river from the east bank of the Xiongnu River and ambush ten miles north of where the Tuoba Xianbei people were most likely to draw water.
The remaining Ten Thousand Horsemen from Division B were in ambush on the east bank of the Xiongnu River.
Once Tuoba Xianbei The main force of the army arrived on the west bank of the Xiongnu River.
Twenty thousand people from Division A took the lead in attacking.
When the Ba Xianbei people rushed to fight, the 20,000 troops of the B Division who were lying in wait ten miles to the north came out from behind.
Under attack from both sides, the Tuoba Xianbei people either left everything and fled westward, or crossed the river to break through.
The mission is to block the east bank and kill all the Tuoba Xianbei people who cross the river in the river."
Although Liu Cheng has not yet received exact information on how many troops Tuoba Xianbei has dispatched this time, he can guess well that the troops Tuoba Xianbei will dispatch this time will definitely not be small.
The 50,000 troops he brought are here.
It is very likely that he will not be able to gain advantage in terms of military strength.
His intention to use military strength to encircle and annihilate Tuoba Xianbei's army is simply impossible to realize.
He also has no intention of encircling Tuoba Xianbei.
In the terrain like Mobei, the military strength will not be advantageous.
The situation is simply not realistic.
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Liu Cheng looked at Guo Jia and asked, "Fengxiao, don't you have anything to say?"
Guo Jia stood up and cupped his hands and said: "My lord, Mr.
Wen You has thought very carefully.
I would like to add that there is no need to deploy 10,000 troops in the Xiongnu and the east bank.
Only 5,000 are enough.
The remaining 5,000 troops, The subordinates suggested that the lord appoint a general to lead him and go north along the east bank of the Xiongnu River until he reached Yanran Mountain, where he would wait for the Tuoba Xianbei army to escape."
Liu Cheng's eyes lit up, he patted the table and said, "Miao will follow Wenyou and Fengxiao's arrangements for Chen to arrive and where is Yang Ding?"
Chen Dao and Yang Ding stood up and clasped their fists and said: "The general will be here."
"Chen Dao is the leader and Yang Ding is the deputy.
I order you two to lead 20,000 Qiang cavalry to ambush in the mountains and forests on the west bank of the Tushen Sea.
When the scouts detect that Tuoba Xianbei's army has arrived at the Xiongnu River to draw water, you will immediately lead your troops to kill them.
Remember, if you want to give full play to the Qiang cavalry's cavalry tactics that are good at assault, you will have to deal heavy losses to the Tuoba Xianbei army in the first round."
"Accept the order."
Chen Dao and Yang Ding clasped their fists and loudly agreed, then stepped aside.
Liu Cheng shouted again: "Where are Yang Ru and Wang Shuang?"
"The final general is here" Yang Ru and Wang Shuang stood up.
"Yang Ru is the leader, and Wang Shuang is the deputy.
I order you two to lead five thousand Han cavalry to ambush on the east bank of the Xiongnu River.
If there is a war and any Tuoba Xianbei people want to cross the river, you will fight out and stab them with spears and weapons.
Chop them with knives, stab them with swords, and shoot them with arrows.
In short, you can't let them come ashore.
If one of them comes ashore, I will ask you two questions."
"Take the order."
Yang Ru and Wang Shuang clasped their fists in agreement and stepped aside.
Liu Cheng looked at the remaining people and shouted: "Yan Xing, I order you to lead five thousand cavalry along the east bank of the Xiongnu River to the Yanran Mountain.
After arriving at the Yanran Mountain, set up a wide range of sentinels.
Once Tuoba Xianbei's remaining soldiers are discovered, Draw your sword and go into hiding to wait for work.
When they escape to the place where you set up an ambush, kill the enemy immediately.
If the enemy escapes at all costs, you must not pursue too far.
You must wait for the arrival of the main army before making any calculations.
Do you understand?"
Yan Xing stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Take orders."
Liu Cheng nodded and said: "Okay, Wen You, I'm afraid I have to trouble you to follow Yan Xing.
He acts alone, so I still need a military advisor by his side to make me feel more at ease."
Li Ru saluted and said: "I obey" "The remaining people will follow me and lead 20,000 Hu soldiers to ambush ten miles north of Tuoba Xianbei where they are most likely to get water.
Today you will go back and let the soldiers have a good rest.
Tomorrow morning you will each lead your troops to the predetermined location to hide."
The generals and staff clasped their fists and handed over their hands: "Subordinates, please leave."
"Ma Chao stays" Ma Chao stayed, and Liu Cheng said to him: "Meng Qi, we have envoys stationed among the three major tribes of Xianbei in the west.
If the war between the Tuoba Xianbei army and the three major tribes of Xianbei in the west comes to an end, the envoy will definitely try his best.
We tried every means to announce the good news.
The meeting place we agreed on was at Zhuoxie Mountain, but now we have come to Tushenhai, and there are only a few or a dozen messengers.
Such a small number of people have little need for water.
They may not come to the Xiongnu River to fetch water, so they miss a lot of opportunities with us.
We cannot expect them to send news about Tuoba Xianbei's army.
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We can only rely on ourselves now. , I want you to send out elite scouts to search in a fan-shaped direction to the west for traces of Tuoba Xianbei's army.
Go as far as you can until they are found."
Ma Chao realized that this matter was of great importance and if the intelligence collected was comprehensive and true, the chance of victory would be greatly improved.
If the intelligence collected was inaccurate, it would be possible to annihilate the entire army.
He solemnly agreed: "I obey":