Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 220 Li Court Sweeping Acupuncture Points ([-])

Three years later

Jianwu eight years
After three years of rest and recuperation, the world is no longer like the eight or nine million refugees in the last years of Xinmang. Due to the reduction in the population due to the war, the princes of various places have absorbed refugees to strengthen their own strength, and Liu Xiu has recuperated and other reasons. Now there are only more than a hundred refugees in the Han Dynasty. Wan, the living standards of the people have been restored to the late Han and Yuan emperors, so Liu Xiu decided to launch a unification war.

In the past three years, facing the intrusion of the "Anti-Han Alliance", Liu Xiu always ordered the local generals to defend the city and counterattack, and not to go deep into the enemy's territory.

After all, defense consumes less material than offense.

Emperor Liu Xiu, Grand Sima Geng Yan, Grand General Ji Zun, Chariot General Gai Yan, Wei General Wang Chang, Hussar General Ma Wu, and Longxi General Ma Yuan jointly conquered Kaihuo.

As for Ma Yuan, originally a general of Kai Xiao, he once persuaded Kai Xiao not to form an alliance with Gongsun Shu, but to submit to the great Han, but Kai Xiao was obsessed with his obsession, so Ma Yuan immediately defected to Liu Xiu and advised Liu Xiu.

This time, Emperor Liu Xiu had to pay attention to the expedition against Kaixiao. Not only did he set off as a royal driver, but he also brought so many top generals with him.

At the same time that Liu Xiu personally conquered Kaixiao, he also appointed Wang Jian as the captain of Wuhuan, and led [-] cavalry to conquer Wuhuan.

The western end of the southern foot of the Yanshan Mountains
The [-] Qingqi of the Han army were marching towards Wuhuan Shanyuting. The commander in chief was Wang Jian, and her three lieutenants Zhang Lilu.

Due to the year-round trade with Wuhuan, the Wang family is relatively clear about the terrain of Wuhuan.

The southern foot of Yanshan Mountain is Youzhou, which is suitable for planting, and the northern foot of Yanshan Mountain is Wuhuan, which is suitable for grazing.

The reason for this is that the northern foot of Yanshan Mountain is affected by the northern cold air (Siberian cold current), so the temperature is lower than that of the southern foothill of Yanshan Mountain, and Yanshan Mountain prevents the cold air from continuing to go south, making the Youzhou area warmer than Wuhuan.

After the snow in Yanshan Mountain melted, rivers formed on the north and south sides of Yanshan Mountain. The river in the south was short and short, while the river in the north nourished a large area of ​​grassland.

And these rivers in the north flow into the Fuyu area (Tongliao) along the gap of the Xianbei Mountains (Daxinganling Mountains), and then turn sharply southward and flow into Liaodong, forming the Liaohe River, and finally flow into the Bohai Sea.

In other words, the Wang family's fleet could reach Wuhuan along the Liaohe River, and trade livestock with the Wuhuan people on the grassland on board.

In the past, Wang Bian entered Wuhuan along the Liaohe River, but the risk was that he was easily intercepted by Fuyu people on the way.

According to this topography, Wang Bian formulated a big detour strategy.

Move [-] Qingqi around to the northwest of Wuhuan Shanyuting, and then chase the Wuhuan people from the northwest to the gap in the Xianbei Mountains in the southeast, forcing the Wuhuan people to flee into the area of ​​the Fuyu people. The Huan people were unable to advance or retreat in the Fuyu Great Swamp.

With the fighting power of the Han army, iron weapons and armor, and the same number of people, these nomadic tribes are not opponents in the Central Plains at all.

What is really difficult is that you send troops to attack him.

If there were fewer, he was surrounded by bullying the few, and then wiped out, just like Li Ling back then.

If there are too many, the opponent will not fight with you, but will run far away, and let you come here for nothing, wasting military expenses in vain, and when you go back, he will come back again, just like the 17 cavalry expedition to the Xiongnu during Emperor Xuan's time.

Wang Hongnian was able to sweep the court of the Wuhuan people at the beginning because he relied on deception to make the Wuhuan people think that there could be a truce between Han and Wu, but he failed to escape in time.

The Wuhuan people have already been fooled once, and it is very difficult for the same method to work again.

The final battle plan is:
Wang Jian personally led [-] Qingqi to detour to the north of Wuhuan to prevent the Wuhuan people from fleeing northward. Zhang Yuliang and Lu Yiran led [-] Qingqi to launch a general attack on Wuhuan from the west of Wuhuan. Go up the Liaohe River and intercept the Wuhuan people.

"According to the speed of the march, it will take me about two days to detour to the north of the Wuhuan people. On the third day, when the sun reaches our west, you two will launch a general attack on Wuhuan from the west!"

"Whether I arrive or not, you must follow the plan!"

Wang Bian exhorted Zhang Yuliang and Lu Yiran.

They don't have any equipment to exchange information remotely, so once they separate, they can't know each other's situation, and can only act according to the plan they have made now.

"Understood!" The two nodded, such a task is very difficult.

The difficulty lies not in defeating Wuhuan, but how to prevent Wuhuan from escaping.

If Zhang and Lu attacked before Wang Bian arrived in the north, then Wuhuan would flee before Wang Bian blocked the north.

If Zhang and Lu did not launch their attack until long after Wang Bian arrived in the north, then Wuhuan would most likely come and say "I don't care how many ways you come, I'll just go all the way" to defeat the Han army one by one, besieging the lone army first and going deeper. Wang Bian, in that case, there is a high probability that Wang Bian's entire army will be wiped out.

This strategic deployment requires high coordination in time and space, and if you make a careless move, you will lose everything.

Wang Bian calculated the arrival time based on the average marching speed of his team and the distance to the north of Wuhuan in his impression, and there must be a large error.

Even she didn't know when she actually reached the north and completed the encirclement.

In order to better carry out this combat deployment, she also spread the news that she wanted to concentrate superior forces and carry out a devastating blow to Wuhuan.

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two days later

Wuhuan Shan Yuting

"According to the intelligence of the sentry cavalry, the Han army is coming towards me, Shan Yuting, and wants to destroy us!" Prince Wuhuan was very worried.

"Where is the main force of the Han army?" Wuhuan Shanyu asked.

"To the west of us, according to the marching speed of the cavalry, it may take half a day at the earliest!" Prince Wuhuan was very anxious: "Da Shanyu, hurry up and hide in the north."

"How many Han troops are there? Can we surround and kill them?" A Wuhuan nobleman asked. It is better not to move casually unless it is absolutely necessary. Every time they move, many livestock will be separated at night and then killed. Some lucky other tribe got "picked up" and this would cause huge economic losses to their tribe.

"I don't know exactly how many, but our detailed report in Youzhou seems to be [-] cavalry, but I don't know the combat deployment of the [-] cavalry, but I heard that the leader is a female general, and we have to concentrate our forces on us. Let the court carry out a devastating blow." Prince Wuhuan said.

"Concentrate troops? Destroy blows? Does that mean that 70 cavalry will charge directly at Shan Yuting, just like the one several decades ago?" Wuhuan Shanyu was still terrified. 75 years ago, he was only a five-year-old child, watching his relatives being slaughtered by the Han army, but now he is [-] years old.

Although Wuhuan had [-] cavalry, [-] more than the Han cavalry who came to attack them.

However, the armor rate of the Wuhuan cavalry is very low. There are only a few thousand armored Wuhuan Qingqi. They are all monkey-shaped armor made by the Wang family deliberately cutting corners.

Although the Qingqi of the Han army only protects the chest, the quality is similar to the light armor of Wang's monkey version, but almost everyone in the Han army wears armor, which is far stronger than Wuhuan.

Moreover, Wuhuan is still using bone arrowheads, while the Han army uses a mixture of copper and iron arrowheads.

Ordinary Han troops used copper arrows, while elite Han troops used iron arrows.

No matter what kind of arrowhead, it is infinitely easier to use than Wuhuan's bone arrowhead.

The huge technological gap between the two sides is the main reason for the weak combat effectiveness of grassland nomads.

In Wang Bian's view, these Wuhuan people, except that they are more united and can ride horses, are actually no different from the Sanhan people.

What Wang Bian had to do was to use the power of the imperial court to completely destroy the ruling structure of the Wuhuan people, split the originally unified Wuhuan into countless small tribes, and rely on trade means to let them sell their cattle and horses. Become the same consumables as the three Koreans.

(End of this chapter)