"The king has already put the Praetorian Guards stationed in Rouran Mountain under his own system" At this moment, Xie An had nothing but excitement.
The Praetorian Guard is recognized as the strongest of all the armies of the Han State, and there are some incomprehensible mysteries, they have been a little silent since the third year of Yuan Shuo, and it was only in the fifth year of Yuan Shuo that they began to exert their power again, and they went deep into the grassland to easily defeat the alliance of kings, and even forced Tuoba Daiguo to seek refuge in Murong Yan Kingdom by continuous sweeps.
Xie An had received some news before, that it was about the Praetorian Guards of Rouran Mountain to the east again, cooperating with the friendly forces of Jizhou and Liaodong, and attacking Murong Yanguo from the rear flank.
Yes, the Han army of Rouran Mountain can launch an offensive from the rear of Murong Yan Kingdom, and of course it can also attack from the rear of Zhang's Liangguo, which is equivalent to a sharp sword hanging over the heads of Murong Yanguo and Zhang's Liangguo.
"Wang Shang went to Zhuo County again, and the attack on Yan has entered the final stage of preparation."
Xie An said with emotion: "It is precisely because of this that Zhang Zuo and Zhang Tianxi will be so relieved to gather the soldiers of the whole country to the front line of the Yellow River in Jincheng." ” Liu Yan wants to personally conquer Murong Yan Kingdom, and whoever wants to come will be the top priority of the Han Kingdom, so it must be considered that the absolute elite will be deployed to obey orders, and the Praetorian Guard is the absolute elite of the Han State, or Liu Yan's absolute pro-army, shouldn't it be transferred Xie An thought so before, I'm afraid that Zhang's Liangguo and Murong Yanguo both had this way of thinking, which led to the fact that Zhang's Liangguo only left a garrison in the rear, but Murong Yanguo mobilized heavy troops to garrison in his north.
"Even we will think so, it is normal for Zhang Zuo and Zhang Tianxi to make mistakes in judgment."
Yuan Qiao stared at the map of mountains and rivers for a while, and then asked suddenly: "How will the Praetorian Guards be arranged?"
They want to cross the Yellow River depending on the flow of water, and the most suitable time should be in the middle of summer, which is nearly four months away.
Jincheng is a fortified city, I am afraid it will not be able to conquer in only four months, even if the Han army on the south bank can cross the river, what they strive for is only to transport the two cavalry armies over, and the infantry army must stay.
Xie An has been asking the center for more troops, and the center is very face-saving, not only the Praetorian Guards of Rouran Mountain have been transferred, but the two infantry corps and 80,000 county soldiers who originally belonged to the hussar general shogunate have also been transferred, which means that Xie An has two cavalry corps, three infantry corps, 40,000 Praetorian Guards, and 110,000 county soldiers.
With three standing infantry corps and 110,000 county soldiers to besiege Jincheng without storming, and leaving a small number of cavalry as a countermeasure, Xie An had good reason to believe that the defenders of Jincheng would be defeated and retreat even if they went out of the city to fight.
"Jincheng doesn't need to be stormed."
Xie An had his own philosophy and said: "The Han Dynasty only wants to destroy the Liang Kingdom, as long as it defeats Zhang Zuo and Zhang Tianxi's main force and conquers Guzang and other counties, Jincheng, which is at the forefront, can only surrender without a fight." ” Knowing that it is a fortified city, it will definitely cause heavy casualties when it is attacked, and on the premise that it is not necessarily necessary to attack it, it is to spend a large number of troops to surround it, and finally force the defenders to surrender without a fight, it is better than paying heavy casualties to take it down, many people have the same opinion as Xie An.
"In early summer, the Praetorian Guards went south out of Rouran Mountain.
The heavy troops of the Liang Kingdom are all on the north bank of the Yellow River, and it can be guessed that there are not many garrisons on the back.
Xie An turned his head to look behind him, where the sky was shooting wave after wave of arrows.
He said with a smile: "The Praetorian Guards move quickly and have a strong ability to penetrate the defense, waiting for Zhang Zuo and Zhang Tianxi to find out that the Praetorian Guards are approaching Guzang, they will definitely mess with themselves." ” "In due course, we can use the arriving fleet to quickly transport the army on the south bank across the river."
Yuan Qiao kept nodding his head: "That side made the move of attacking Jincheng first, so that the enemy army thought that we were bound to win Jincheng." ” There are many military courses of action, and in general, the whole line is to be flattened in order to prevent the enemy from leaving the rear and causing trouble, such as attacking the supply line.
The Han army's demand for supply lines was not too high, and it had long been using interspersed combat methods, always attacking everywhere after a partial breakthrough, often being able to disrupt the enemy's front from the inside, and then carry out a flanking attack.
Huan Wen led his army to fight south of the Yangtze River, which was the usual method of interspersed infiltration, and it only took a year and a half to bring the prefectures and counties under the rule of the Han State, followed by a busy purge of those who were still stubbornly resistant.
The war in the south has basically come to an end, and what Huan Wen is fighting for in the recent stage is to go to Jiaozhi, where he will set up a shogunate to conquer the south and preside over the war against Funan.
Zhang's Liangguo gathered a heavy army to go south, and he tried his best to fight with the Han army led by Xie An, and dared to assemble on the north bank of the Yellow River, because he knew that the water was turbulent and not suitable for swimming, and wanted to take advantage of at least a month's gap to rest and recuperate.
Zhang Zuo knew very well that he could not use the strength of Zhang's Liang State to fight against the Han State, but he still had a trace of confidence in only fighting with Xie An's troops.
The Xie An department he knew was about seventy or eighty thousand people, and he guessed that there would be reinforcements, but he didn't think it would be too many.
And Xie An has seven or eight people on hand to deal with Jincheng, and he has to deal with the more than 300,000 people rolling in.
In fact, everyone knows that the Han State is at war everywhere, the south has not stopped the purge, the northeast and Murong Yan have been waiting for each other, the northern grasslands are not only fighting Tuoba Xianbei but also beating the Rouran tribal alliance, it seems that the southwest side is also fighting with Linyi and Funan, and even on the peninsula there are military operations.
"It's that the King of Han has a million people, and he has opened so many fronts, which can be used for our battles, and it will not exceed 100,000 at most."
Zhang Zuo didn't include the county soldiers of the Han Kingdom, what he knew was that the county soldiers of the Han State easily did not go to the front line, and did some people's work: "We are sitting on natural dangers, and we are united under the crisis of destroying the country, even if we can't defeat them, we can stalemate with them."
As long as King Han clearly recognizes that it is difficult to destroy us, then he can operate in many ways. ” Zhang Zuo could not know the course of the battle and the losses between each other, only that the Han army did not rush to the city at all, that it was a lively and would not have any practical significance.
The main generals of both sides will face each other across the river, unless it is a telescope, or only a vague silhouette of a human figure can be seen.
Of course, Xie An looked forward to the telescope, and observed Zhang Zuo and Zhang Tianxi very carefully.
He knows how to read physiognomy a little, and the Zhang Zuo he sees is slightly yin, as a king, he must be a tyrannical person.
His evaluation of Zhang Tianxi's appearance is handsome, but he looks much more tender, and he feels that Zhang Tianxi can't compete with Zhang Zuo at all.
"Mingda will always be stationed in Rouran Mountain" Zhong Xing did not forget Xie Ai's background, and said: "Mingda captured Lord Liang, it is not suitable to lead troops to attack Liang again." ” Who did he serve for, and after changing the court, he led the army to attack, whether it was his master or not, and his reputation would be somewhat negative.
The news of Xie Ai's capture of Zhang Chonghua spread to Xiliang, I don't know how many people were scolding, fortunately Xie Ai's family had already moved away, otherwise there must be people who are too radical to do something excessive.
Liu Yan's order to Xie Ai was indeed to garrison Rouran Mountain, continue to negotiate with Rouran Khan Bati, and did not let Xie Ai participate in the invasion of Zhang's Liangguo.
After Xie Ai's military affairs are completed, he will return to the center and fulfill the responsibilities of the imperial historian again, but he doesn't know when he will be able to continue to lead the army.
"Capture the lord of a country alive, and it is rumored that Mingda will be made a marquis."
Yuan Qiao did not hide his envy: "There are only a few marquis in the big man, even if it is a marquis in Guannei, it is enough to be admirable." ” From the fifth year of Yuan Shuo to the sixth year of Yuan Shuo, whoever made any contribution was rewarded when he returned to the center to report on his work, and the group of people who were originally marquis increased their food, and the new marquis had Lu Tai, and everyone knew that Xie Ai would be the next new marquis.
The destruction of the country will definitely be made a marquis, or the accumulation of military merits is enough, and many people in the military are one step away from being a marquis, among which Xie An will definitely be a marquis if he can preside over the destruction of Zhang's Liangguo, and some generals such as Zhong Xing and Yuan Qiao will also be wiped out.
"The hussar general has confirmed that he will be promoted to the marquis of Che this year."
Zhong Xing said excitedly: "In this way, the hussar general is the first Chehou. ” Ran Min has completed the capture of Shuozhou, and the alien races that can be hunted down are either killed or captured, and recently he went to Dingxiang in person, and it seems that he wants to enter the city to understand Shi Hu, who has been trapped for more than a year, but the request was rejected by the center.
Dingxiang has always been in a state of siege, and the Longteng guards who are defending the palace city have not counterattacked, and no one knows whether Shi Hu is alive or dead.
Dingxiang, which has been under siege for a long time, because there are too many corpses that no one has buried, there is no plague, except for the group of people in the palace city, there should be no living people.
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It was precisely the outbreak of the plague in Dingxiang that the center did not allow Ran Min to lead the army into it, and then for the Han Kingdom, Shiqian was really finished, and the group of people who left Dingxiang Palace City would not affect too much, waiting for the plague to pass, and it was okay to have an end whenever you wanted.
Ran Min, who presided over the completion of the destruction of the Shiqi Zhao Kingdom, deserved to be rewarded, but it was not simple for him to be promoted to the Marquis of Che, the most important thing was that Liu Yan rewarded him for presiding over the destruction of the Qianren clan.
The Han State has always carried out pit killings against the Qiang people, leaving a very small number of people with political significance, and then killing all men, women, and children.
According to incomplete statistics, the number of people ordered by Ran Min alone to be killed exceeded 300,000, and the rest died on the battlefield or went out of business on the way to escape, which is really incalculable.
"There are still some Liang people who fled to Mobei under the leadership of Shi Xuan."
Zhong Xing paid more attention to Shi Xuan's affairs, and said: "The hussar general went to Dingxiang, and the general Zhengbei led the army to chase and kill, and I heard that Shi Xuan took refuge in the Xigaoche people. ” Xigaoche is also a tribal alliance model, they belong to the same Ding Ling people as Donggaoche, Shiqi Zhao also invaded Heshuo when the state was weak, and the Han army fought with it a lot after the past.
Shi Xuan defected to Xigaoche and was sheltered.
What the Han side didn't know was that Shi Xuan was not honest as a grandson, he brought more than 30,000 men and horses, ate Xigaoche, lived in Xigaoche, and used Xigaoche, but after respite, he began to invade the tribe of Xigaoche people.
Historically, after the end of the Zhao Kingdom, the Liang people weakened, and there was a Liang people named Hou Jing who was protected by the Liang Lord of the Southern Dynasty, and this group of Liang people was about one or two thousand, they were well received, and it didn't take long for them to turn their faces and deny people, and after the riot, they were coerced by the mob, and almost ate the people of a whole state, which can be said to be not ashamed of the ancestors.
The so-called farmer and snake, Mr.
Dongguo and wolf, young man and old lady who fell to the ground, Xigaoche took in Shi Xuan to eat the evil fruits, Shi Xuan's group of remnants of the people are not only one or two thousand, they have 30,000, and they have not forgotten the love of cannibalism of the Qian people, which directly messed up Mobei.
Xie An's eyes narrowed, he was a general in the expedition to the west, and the Han State did not have a general in the expedition, including a large group of people in him had a cognition, that is, it was a matter of time before he became a general in the expedition.
There are very few generals in the Han Kingdom, not to mention those who are higher than the three dukes, and the generals of the four expeditions, the four towns, the four pings, and the four fu are divided into priorities, among which the four generals are the most high-ranking and powerful, and the military affairs they are responsible for are also the most important.
To put it bluntly, the four generals in the east, south, west, and north are responsible for opening up outwards and belong to the sequence of generals who are the easiest to establish meritorious deeds.
There is a perception that sooner or later he will become a general of the expedition to the west, Xie An not only regards Zhang's Liangguo as his "forbidden territory", such as the Western Regions, Mobei, and the basin, anyway, as long as it is the western boundary, in fact, he is considered his own conquest ground.
"No, summer, autumn, we must solve the Liang Kingdom in the autumn" Xie An suddenly had a sense of urgency: "Not only to destroy the Liang Kingdom, but also to march into the Western Regions and regain control of the Western Regions in the arms of the Han family" In fact, the Zhang clan Liangguo has been expanding to the Western Regions, if Zhang Jun hadn't died so quickly, they would have almost solved the Che Division, and they would soon reach the Qiuzi Territory.
In order to cope with the continuous advance of Zhang's Liang army, Qiuzi was seeking an alliance with Wusun, and while they were fighting for Wusun, they had already pulled in Khotan and Shanshan.
Zheng Xi Zhonglang will not be qualified to establish a shogunate, but the people on the battlefield on the Western Front are basically grasshoppers on a rope, and what future Xie An can have will definitely affect the people below, it can be said that the higher Xie An's achievements, the more soup and water the people below can share.
To put it bluntly, although the soldiers on the battlefield are the same as fighting, there are still many kinds of situations, when the country is invaded, they wear battle robes to defend their families and defend the country, and when they invade other countries, they have the intention of making meritorious contributions.
The Han State is not allowed to be a marquis without military merits, and the title is very expensive, seeing that the surrounding enemy countries are about to be defeated, who is not satisfied with their title, who is not full of energy to strive for meritorious service: