The Han Empire's westward expeditionary army came to Kulongpo and did not continue to advance westward, because the current strength was not suitable for the march, and there were also "outsiders" around, and if the Kingdom of Jidoro and Kashmir were not resolved, there was a threat of instability in the future. \ In fact, there is another factor, and that is the West High Car.
The Hunnit survived in name only in a great war, and their Alans fled to the Aral Sea to join the Alans there.
The descendants of the Northern Xiongnu are following Aditya Batra, they don't want to continue to fight with the Han people, I heard that the people in the west are weaker, and they are returning to their roots as a whole tribe.
The Hunnit, which existed in name only, was already out of the game from any point of view, and the next target to be solved by the Han Empire was Xigaoche.
As an enemy of the Han Empire, Xigaoche appeared on the stage in the ninth year of Yuanshuo, and with the successive annihilation of those countries and tribes that opposed the Han Empire, Xigaoche has survived because of the distance and the relationship between the swampy sea.
The Han Empire had already invaded the territory of the Hunite, and it was no longer necessary to cross a swampy area about three hundred miles long to attack the Western Gaoche.
Under this premise, the Xiongnu, who was not weak, was so vulnerable to the Han Empire that Xigaoche chose to abandon its habitat and migrate westward.
The Junjishan Captain Department was set up, initially to guard against the Xigaoche and the Rouran Tribal Alliance, and naturally there was also the task of monitoring the Western Regions.
The Rouran tribal alliance was resolved, and the Western Regions also returned to the embrace of Zhuxia, and the remaining duties of the Junjishan Captain's Department were to target the Western Gaoche.
Originally, the Han people did not know that Junji Mountain was a swampy area spanning more than 300 miles to the west and northwest, and they did not know that they could only march there in the short summer.
The military unit behind the Junjishan Captain's Department was selected as the formation of the first firearms division, and it was precisely as a school captain's department that they were a little redundant, and under the premise of not being abolished, Junjishan was also an important strategic place, and it was quite appropriate to choose here to build a firearms division.
In the fourteenth year of Yuan Shuo, the Han people explored three iron mines and one copper mine in Junji Mountain, and one saltpeter mine was also explored.
There are three iron mines, one of which is a super-large iron mine, and after mining and smelting, it is found that the ore of this super-large iron mine is very good.
At that time, the Prime Minister's Office came up with a suggestion, considering that the Han Empire would inevitably move westward in the future, whether it was necessary to use the resources on the side of the Junji Mountain to build an industrial zone on the spot Considering the distance between Chang'an and Persian Sasanian, and the fact that Chang'an's resources are transported from all over the country, the resources needed for the future expedition to the west are massive, and it is true that an industrial zone should be built in front.
In the fifteenth year of Yuanshuo, the fourth firearms construction base was completed in Junji Mountain, and after a year and a half of construction, it began to be put into production.
To this day, although Junjishan is still unable to produce finished guns and bronze cannons, mainly to produce parts, it is possible to maintain the equipment of the front-line troops.
In fact, Chang'an is the only industrial zone with a full production line for the manufacture of firearms, and the other three are artificially restricted.
There was only one factory that could make gunpowder before the fifteenth year of Yuan Shuo, and it was in the Qinling Mountains.
By the seventeenth year of Yuan Shuo, it had soared to six, and the reason was naturally that with the formation of the army and the installation of firearms, the gunpowder needed to be used increased unabated, and there were not many more gunpowder production factories, and firearms could only be used as bayonet guns.
The mountains are no longer considered an overseas territory, but are considered part of the mainland, including the vast grasslands.
The General's Office had previously put forward an idea of building a firearms and gunpowder manufacturing plant on the Ahsan Continent as well, but their discussion was rejected only in Menxia Province.
The method of making gunpowder has always been closely guarded by the Han Empire, and the secrecy is far higher than that of flintlock pistols and bronze cannons.
Without gunpowder, what is the use of flintlock pistols and bronze cannons Xie An now has more than 38,000 firearms troops under his command, and the number of bronze cannons of various calibers has reached an astonishing 480.
The bronze cannon used in land warfare, including the gunner and logistics personnel, regardless of the caliber, requires at least ten people to serve each one, and more personnel are needed as the caliber increases.
For example, a 180-millimeter caliber used in land warfare needs two shes to serve.
The use of bronze cannons on land is not about mounting, fixing, loading, and firing, and each bronze cannon also needs special logistical support personnel, such as transporting gunpowder and shells, carrying out maintenance and maintenance, and so on.
That's just a man, the smallest caliber seventy-five mm bronze cannon, which requires animal power is two mules and horses; The largest caliber of 220 mm bronze cannons required six mules and horses.
This is not counting the spare animal power, which shows how laborious it is to move the bronze cannon on land.
The flintlock units were better, mainly because the riflemen did not need to be served, but there were still large logistical units.
The firearms division is not yet fully staffed, but the more than 38,000 soldiers have nearly 30,000 auxiliary personnel, because once the more delicate weapons fail, they really cannot be used like knives and guns that can be repaired or polished after a gap appears, and what is needed is professional repair.
Xie An, who was inspecting the firearms division's camp, saw Xie Ai walking quickly and standing in place.
"General."
Xie Ai saluted and said: "The scouts reported that the Persians had divided a detachment of divisions, and inferred from the route of the march was to go to Kidoro. ” The two armies, which are separated by one hundred and twenty miles, have a large number of eyes watching each other at all times and places, but they can't escape the other party's prying eyes at any time.
"As expected."
Xie An was really not too surprised by this: "Changshi's opinion is" "The scout also reported that the enemy army had moved to clean up the camp, presumably in order to deal with the division."
Xie Ai didn't hesitate too much, and suggested: "It is beneficial for the Great Han to go to Jidoro for the enemy, so you can not react.
The enemy is advancing to the east, but our army cannot but show it. ” The fact that the Western Expeditionary Army did not continue to the west does not mean that the Persians will not respond if they have any movements.
"So" Xie An had a plan, but he would communicate with Xie Ai with his character, and seeing that Xie Ai had already expressed his opinion, he bowed his head and said: "Then send the Yulin Army to fight." ” The Han Empire had only two troops with special numbers, that is, the Tiger Army and the Yulin Army.
In the early days, as a heavy cavalry, the Tiger Army had a very strong sense of existence, and indeed reflected its value on the battlefield, but as gunpowder was thrown into the war, they were passive.
The Yulin Army was the first mixed force of assault cavalry, archers and light cavalry in the Han Empire, and the first standing army with an establishment of more than 15,000 personnel.
Like the Tiger Army, the Yulin Army will appear on all major battlefields as the main force in the early days.
Unlike the Tiger Army, even if the Han Army began to use gunpowder, the Yulin Army was still active in various battlefields, but it was no longer the absolute main force.
Li Jun, who received the military order, showed a happy expression and said to the visitor: "Please reply to the general, Yulin will definitely not disappoint the general." ” As the lieutenant general of the Yulin Army, Li Jun, like other generals and colonels of cold weapons, felt a lot of pressure on the appearance of firearms troops, and was slightly comforting that compared with infantry, their cavalry-based legion, even if firearms appeared, they still had their own uses.
"For the country's wings, such as the prosperity of the forest" Shouting the slogan, the knight galloped out of the gate, followed by a pack horse and another side horse.
The current full strength of the Yulin Army is 32,000 people, and Xie An's military order is to let the Yulin Army fight alone to deal with the nearly 150,000 Persian troops that have already moved.
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Out of the camp, the Yulin army began to gather according to their own troops, and soon divided into the camps of assault cavalry, archers, light cavalry, and baggage teams, followed by light cavalry leading the way to the west.
Although they were cavalry, they were equipped with a large number of carriages.
Of course, the cavalry baggage team also needs to have a high enough movement speed, they carry related things for the combat troops, including war materials and daily necessities, and will also carry the materials needed to set up camp.
An army is never so simple.
There are too many details, if a general has poor coordination ability and does not have a qualified assistant, the army will fall apart in minutes, and then it will fall apart.
The movement of the Yulin army to pull out of the camp must have been seen by the Persian scouts.
What follows will be another chase and escape between scouts, depending on what the Persian scouts who have discovered the information will go back to, and the news will be known to the rear.
With 32,000 soldiers, more than 8,000 auxiliaries, and no less than 120,000 horses, a large black shadow moving westward from a bird's-eye view.
This large shadow of black pressure was splitting itself, about 4,000 light cavalry and 2,000 archers broke away from their formation, and they formed a group of 2,000 light cavalry and 1,000 archers, and then formed two new black pressure shadows, which advanced westward at a very fast speed.
Li Jun personally led all the cavalry and the rest of the troops to march at a normal pace, and they would soon distance themselves from the two separate forces, and then maintain a distance of about thirty miles until they came into contact with the enemy.
One hundred and twenty away, it took six or seven hours for the Sassanid army to prepare everything that the camp should take with them.
Before that, there was a force of 60,000 infantry cavalry, they were 1,000 heavy cavalry, 3,000 archers, and 20,000 ordinary cavalry, and the rest were infantry on foot.
Because of the mixed formation of infantry and cavalry, their marching speed was not fast, and they were probably hurrying at a speed of about seven or eight miles per hour.
The overall appearance of this area is a barren surface, but it is not limited to the formation of deserts or Gobi, there are vegetation formed by weeds on the ground, but there are no patches of woods, there are at most a dozen or so trees, more are lonely trees.
Because the Persians are the hosts, they will have a more comprehensive grasp of the terrain, and the planning of the march route is to try to get as close to the place where there is a water source, otherwise even if they carry the water source, there are 60,000 so many people, walking a distance of 100 miles, not to die in the Han army, but to die of thirst.
After the Han army came, the first thing to do was to do the work of drawing a map, the map is not very standard, the general terrain of the mountains and rivers is drawn, where there is a water source is also marked, mainly to pay more attention to the distribution of water sources, the same to facilitate the march.
The two armies of both the enemy, both marching towards each other, would have made contact in eight hours if there had been no change in speed and had not stopped at nightfall.
In this area, the Han army and the Sassanid side were scattered with a large number of scouts, and the two armies did not start a big battle, but the fighting between the squads was very frequent.
The Han army has made special statistics, and the number of scouts lost has exceeded 300, of which 60 or 70 are missing.
The Persian side also has statistics, but the data is not as clear as the Han army, and their own calculations are that they lost more than 2,000 people.
This is the empire, just the loss of scouts before the Great War is so many, in the case of a small country, it is difficult to say whether there are 2,000 troops in the country, let alone such a number of scouts.
Time was passing, but Tiangong played a joke with the two marching troops at this time.
"Why are there clouds all of a sudden?"
Li Jun looked up at the sky, his eyes saw the bright light in the dark clouds, and the next moment a lightning bolt slashed downward, and then his ears heard a roaring thunder: "The whole army stops, and the engineering troops immediately build a camp."
In terms of altitude, this area should be counted as a plateau.
The Han army was not so unfamiliar with the climate of the plateau, especially Li Jun, who had repeatedly participated in the Northern Expedition, was well aware of the horror of the thunderstorms on the plateau.
In fact, even if there is no thunder and lightning, and it only rains, unless it is under the premise of 100,000 urgent, otherwise the march will be terminated.
In such a year, there is no quick fix for a cold after a cold in the rain, and it takes a slow process to have Chinese herbal medicine to treat the disease.
There was a difference of about ten minutes, and the two armies seventy or eighty miles apart stopped marching, and the scouts among them were either in the stage of fighting, or they were all hurrying to find a place to hide from the rain.
The conditions of the Han scouts were definitely superior to those of the Persian army, they would find a place with a more gentle terrain, away from the trees to avoid being struck by lightning, and then take out a sackcloth blanket from the package of the auxiliary horses and drape it first, and then take out the same cloth as the tent and cover it again.
God doesn't wait for the people on the ground to get ready for rain again, and when the first drop of rain falls, the whole sky seems to crack, and in an instant it is pouring down.
Li Jun's tent was of course one of the first to be erected, and he stood on the side of the tent curtain and frowned at the rapid and heavy rain: "This rain is really not at the right time."
But it's not that it's obviously a vigorous expedition, but I have to stop halfway, if I am superstitious, I can associate it in the direction of the disadvantage
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