sweeping the world

Chapter 449

The chasing battle between cavalry and cavalry looks very fast, but in fact the casualties will be very limited. This is because both sides have high mobility, and I really don't want to be able to escape by dropping some tails.

Cavalry battles have always been the most time-consuming, especially when one side just wants to escape and not head-to-head. Xie An's headquarters in Shixuan headed forty miles from the northwest of Chaoge, chasing and going northwest, waiting for the other side to fight. The arrival of a day has already reached a hundred miles away from Chaoge.

Ji County has a lot of plains in the south, and there are more mountains as it goes north, especially the border with Shangdang County has two continuous mountain ranges.

Located on the border between the northwest of Ji County and Shangdang County, there is a mountain range called Beishan.Beishan is almost connected to Qishui, and the southeast area is Qingshui.

The northernmost area of ​​Ji County belongs to the boundary of Linlu County, and there is Linlu Mountain in the west of Linlu County.

In fact, although Beishan and Linlushan have two names, they are actually in the same continuous mountain range. In modern times, this continuous mountain range is called Taihang Mountain.

"The enemy army wants to break out from between Qishui and Qingshui to the south side of Beishan!" Xie An was riding on a war horse, looking a little dusty: "Then he should break into Shangdang County directly, take the Xuans and Gao Along the Danshui River near the capital."

Shangdang County is actually a terrain with many mountains and water systems. If you don't know the actual inside information, you can basically guess why Shi Xuan didn't retreat to Yecheng, but ran towards such a place that is not suitable for cavalry marching.

It should be said that Shi Xuan's fear of Shi Hu was to avoid being stopped and caught by Xie An's and Li Kuang's troops from a certain aspect.

Who would have thought that Shi Xuan chose to go to Shangdang County out of fear of Shi Hu?Xie An now has related confusion.

"Now that we know the direction of the enemy's march..." Wu Daoan was born in a family south of the Yangtze River, and he was one of the first batch of family members who resolutely went north with the intention of new development. His current identity is Xie An's shogunate staff.He looks gentle, and he likes to stroke the beard on his chin when he speaks: "Maybe you can stop passively chasing?"

Xie An had related thoughts, but he hesitated in his heart. The guess was just a guess. If Shi Xuan just shot a feint to break out of Shangdang County, and suddenly turned to Wei County in the middle of his escape, wouldn't it be extremely bad.

After the chase all the way, the two sides are already at the boundary of Linlu County.Linlu is a county with a very wide jurisdiction, and the area of ​​a county is almost equal to that of some smaller counties.Its northwest is Shangdang County, northeast is Wei County, and it can directly enter Guangping County in the north. It can be said that where you want to go is just an option to turn a corner.

Xie An's headquarters has 5 people, [-] cavalry of various types, and the rest are infantry.After they started chasing Shi Xuan's headquarters, the infantry and cavalry were actually out of touch.

Shi Xuan fled from Chaoge Battlefield and took away [-] Donggong Gaoli, [-] Jie people, and nearly [-] Qiang, Di, and Huns.

Xie An's use of 9 cavalry to chase down Shi Xuan's nearly [-] men was actually a risk. He believed that the subsequent Han army could catch up and judged that Shi Xuan's headquarters had no fighting spirit.

"Shangdang County is in total chaos because of the racial vendetta." Wu Daoan was able to watch and get some information as an aide. If you are in doubt, you can continue to bite the enemy with cavalry and let the infantry move to Shangdang County first."

Xie An mainly wanted to know the movements of the other friendly forces. Their position was at the forefront of the entire battle line, or to put it more clearly, they were out of touch with other friendly forces, and the fastest news transmission between them was one day.

Those who intend to intercept should understand the terrain, so that they can achieve their goals more confidently. The Han Kingdom has been drawing topographic maps of various parts of the Central Plains. The map is actually only the best reference. The army command needs to have a better understanding. There are enough decisions.

"Hmm." Xie An thought for a moment and said, "The infantry can't participate in the chase, so they can advance to Shangdang County first."

Wu Daoan suggested that the Han army's infantry crossbows were very sharp. They had strong bows and powerful crossbows and related tower shield soldiers. Even if they encountered cavalry on the way, they could switch to defense on the spot. They would not be like the lack of Once the infantry with strong bows and crossbows encounters cavalry, they will lack the means to protect themselves.Furthermore, the Han army had enough willpower, which was the confidence gained from using infantry against the Hu cavalry many times. If it were the Jin army, he would not dare to make such a suggestion.

Xie An had more things to think about. He also hoped that Shi Xuan would be able to find the infantry acting alone. It would be best for Shi Xuan to pounce on them and try to eliminate them, creating a chance for a fight instead of the endless chasing time like now. Small fights.

After discussing a feasible plan, Xie An wanted to take a rest but someone from Li Tan came over.

Knowing that Ran Min sent the Habayashi Army to support them, and that the Habayashi Army had achieved considerable results, Xie An silently estimated that Shi Xuan's headquarters would not exceed [-] at most, so Shi Xuan would not stop fighting.

In terms of the overall situation, it can be said that the frontline army of Shijie Zhao State in the middle reaches of the Yellow River has disintegrated, and the road to attack Wei County has been opened to the Han army, and even the Han army in some prefectures and counties around Ji County can also attack wantonly.

Ran Min personally led the army in a posture of approaching Yecheng, and met with Li Kuang's troops in Dangyin City. After meeting, they headed towards Anyang.They encountered strong resistance in Anyang City. It was Li Tu who presided over the city defense as the general of Shijie.

The situation in the world has changed a lot in a short period of time. First, the Han army retreated across the board, making the countries including Shijie Zhao think that Han should enter a period of defense and stability maintenance. The Han army not only suddenly marched into Jijun in large numbers, but also defeated Shixuan's troops. The victorious Han army directly marched into Weijun.

From the beginning to the end, the countries have repeatedly misjudged the Han country. After the Han army entered Wei County and went straight to Yecheng, the countries who heard the news were dumbfounded for a moment. It will take a big battle to resolve the internal turmoil.

People who know the Han Kingdom should know that apart from Qingzhou and Xuzhou... maybe the Han territory in Liaodong is also added. The Han Kingdom has almost no development in the rest of the territory. It is Qingzhou, Xuzhou and Liaodong that need to ensure stability. However, what the rest of the regions need to do is to protect more Han and Miao descendants, and even more so to form real control during this turmoil.

Big crises often have great opportunities. Shihu provoked racial vendettas to make the originally complicated situation relatively simple. Whether it is in the territory of Zhao State or Han State in Shijie, there are Hu people and non-Hu people, and the camps are divided. After becoming clear, many actions of the Han army basically have a lot less worries.

The current situation is that the Miao descendants of the Han family in various places in the Han country can only choose to move closer to the Han army, and if they wander outside, they will not only be attacked by the Hu people, but also face the sweeping of the Han army, which is very conducive to the effective rule of the Han country over various places.The Miao descendants of the Han family in Zhao State in Shijie look forward to the Han army going north. Waiting for the Han army to really go north will inevitably have a local foundation, which will add more assistance to the siege of the city.

In Changzi County, with a certain level of initial organization and the participation of local powerful men, they boldly combined their forces into one and attacked Changzi County, and they actually captured it.

After capturing the eldest son county, the united tyrants moved their clansmen into the city, and Fei Yan also urged to gather more people. In just half a month, they took advantage of the fact that the Hu people did not react, not only moved their own family into the city, but even It gathered nearly [-] people from the four fields.

"Why hasn't Master Wang come yet?" To the extent that he stood at the gate of the city and looked out, he could see the shacks of Hu people scattered outside the city: "Nearly 3000 Hu people have surrounded the city. They are really attacking the city, and it’s hard to stop them with less than [-] of us!”

There are more than 2 Miao descendants of the Han family in the entire eldest son city, and the proportion of [-] armed should be very large. It is almost the same as the armed young and strong of every powerful, and also armed the young and strong of the common people who do not belong to their family.

What is the situation in other places, the degree and so on? The family leaders in the eldest son county can only rely on speculation, but the situation in the eldest son county is getting worse day by day. There are many groups like them who are facing danger and approach each other, but they cannot Avoid being killed or eliminated.

The reason why Dui and others boldly attacked the county seat was because the barbarians in the city attacked everywhere and ignored the defense; family.Those families that nominally united and agreed to support each other, because they did not unite together, they were wiped out in separate battles. With so many lessons learned from the past, they should learn a lesson.

Changzi County is located on the edge of the turbid water of the Zhangshui tributary, with Fajiu Mountain to the west.It is not a famous county in Chinese history, but when it comes to Changping in the south, it is probably extremely famous.

The racial vendetta in Shangdang County has lasted for nearly three months. A considerable number of Han Miao descendants have died tragically at the hands of the Hu people. Those who did not die either united to protect themselves or hid in the deep mountains and old forests. As far as we know, it is not clear In the distant Fajiu Mountain, quite a few people went in to take refuge.

"Send someone to get in touch?" Fei Yan, a Hu-Han hybrid, has recently begun to regret his choice. He thought that the Han army would go north soon, but he didn't expect to see some fast riders from the Han Dynasty after nearly a month. , As for the Han army, they couldn't even see their shadows.He said: "Most of the people who can escape into the mountains are young and strong. It would be great if they can be integrated, at least they can form a mutual protection trend."

Just as he was about to say something, he saw a large number of barbarians approaching from outside the city. From a distance, he could see many barbarians carrying ladders. Obviously they were going to try to attack the city?

Bursts of gongs were sounded on the city wall, and the young and strong men climbed up the city wall with various weapons, and hurriedly surrounded some gaps in the city wall.

Zhangzi County has one thing in common with many cities in the Central Plains, that is, the Hu people don't pay much attention to the city at all, and it is very common for the city to have a gap in the city wall.This group of people can win the city precisely because of the many gaps in the eldest son county, but the convenience before has now become the key.

The barbarians were advancing with loud shouts, but those on the defensive side were very quiet.

Both sides are not formally armed, and rarely have iron weapons. The Hu people like heavy weapons and the like, while the Han family mostly holds various farm tools.

The quietness of the defenders of the city comes from lack of self-confidence. It is a kind of surprising silence, uncertain about the fate of the future.

When the barbarians got close enough, sparse arrows shot out from the defender's side. Not only were the arrows not densely packed, but they also looked soft.

That's right, there aren't many serious bows, and the Hu people have restricted the Jin people in the Central Plains from hunting for a long time. It's not easy to get some bows and arrows together, so how can we ask for more.

On the contrary, the arrows shot by the barbarians are denser and more threatening. The defensive side can only hide behind the parapet, wait for the barbarians to set up ladders to climb the city, and then engage in hand-to-hand combat.

Only after a closer look at the extent did we know that only the Hu people on this side launched the attack. The number of Hu people may be too much for one or a few tribes.He first communicated his guess with the leaders of several families, and then ran around to inform everyone, trying to boost his morale.

Hand-to-hand combat soon occurred in some gaps in the city wall. The two sides did not pay too much attention to the rules. It was nothing more than crowding and wielding the weapons in their hands as much as possible. The space for display does not rely on extraordinary martial arts, but the courage to replace one after one falls.

Fei Yan went to fight in person. Compared with some people who can only hold farm tools, he still has at least one sharp enough sword in his hand. After a while, he was covered by the trilogy and retreated to the back position.

The offensive and defensive battle of the eldest son city did not have the slightest shadow of the regular army's combat, and the organization and deployment rules were even more difficult to talk about. After less than half an hour of chaos, the attacking Huren voluntarily retreated.

When he ran into Fei Yan who was covered in blood, both of them could see the panic in each other's eyes.

"What happened to the arm?"

"Any injuries?"

The two asked about each other's situation almost at the same time, and they couldn't help but looked at each other and smiled wryly.

Without a formal establishment and lack of military knowledge, casualty statistics can only be approximate.

"More than 200 people died, and close to [-] were slightly or seriously injured." The degree was full of gloom and said: "A few more times, let's...", the latter is about to end without saying a word.

"Looking at it now, entering the county town expects Master Wang to come..." Fei Yan actually felt a little bit of despair: "I'm afraid we are thinking too much."

The degree is also very heavy, but he tells a piece of news that Fei Yan didn't know before: "Hu people are setting fire to the mountains, hiding in the mountains is not a good choice."

The two fell silent, thinking about when the Han army would come.

(End of this chapter)