sweeping the world

Chapter 787 Target Sartre City

To completely conquer a nation, the first thing to do is to make that nation feel that it has no hope. It is better to join the ranks of powerful conquerors, or to lie dormant and try its best, or to linger on its last breath. As long as the nation is not extinct, there are still countless possibilities.

Did Zhu Xia belong to one nation from the beginning?The answer can be derived from the word "zhu".

Zhu Xia has never referred to a single ethnic group, but refers to the same camp sequence. From the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the Han people gradually formed a large number of ethnic groups, together with Wuhuan, Xianbei, Southern Huns, Qiang, Goguryeo, etc. The vassal race formed the Pan-Zhuxia system.

According to Sima Qian's explanation, the Xia Dynasty started from the Xia Dynasty. With the collapse of the Xia Dynasty, the Shang Dynasty... and even the Zhou Dynasty, the ancestors of Xia, Shang and Zhou migrated outside the Central Plains.Therefore, the Xiongnu are descendants of Xia, and other non-Han ethnic groups can also find evidence related to Xia, Shang, and Zhou, especially the Xia and Shang dynasties.

It is difficult to say what role the Pan-Zhuxia theory played in history. When the Han people were strong, they were a powerful weapon to defeat and assimilate foreign races.But when the Han people weakened, foreign enemies invaded, and they were unable to resist and were ruled, that set of theories became a weapon to break down the resistance of the Han people. Some intellectuals could even say with confidence that it was not worth serving the invaders of the same ancestor. shame.

Under normal circumstances, even if the main ethnic group of Zhuxia can guarantee its own strength, the rest of the vassal races will not unite honestly around the Pan Zhuxia camp. of.

Most of the time, it is actually the dominant ethnic group that cares about and takes care of other small partners, such as providing food subsidies, teaching knowledge, improving their industrial level, and... extra points for the college entrance examination?But this kind of help is basically not appreciated. When problems arise for the Juche ethnic group many times, it is those people who come to bite them.

Both Huan Wenwen and Yuan Qiao experienced the same era. Before the collapse of the Western Jin Dynasty, the ruling class did not think that the Hu people were any threat at all.Their self-confidence was established during the period of the Three Kingdoms. Any country could rub the surrounding Hulu or barbarians on the ground, thinking that the Hulu had been completely tamed.

Facts have proved that the enigmatic self-confidence of the Western Jin Dynasty is completely false.

The civil war between the princes and the Three Kingdoms caused Zhuxia to lose a large number of people. Under the lack of labor force, the Hulu who were thought to be tamed were continuously introduced. At first, the Hulu were actually relatively honest, but the Sima family couldn't bear it. The ambitious generation, the kings attacking each other revealed the reality of the paper tiger of the Western Jin Dynasty, and was taught to be a man by the Hulu.

With the lessons of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Han people began to realize that the Hulu would not be tamed at all, at least no one except the Western Han and Eastern Han could tame the Hulu.There was no mistake in their cognition, and none of the subsequent dynasties had achieved the great feat of taming the Hulu like the first Han.

Whether it was the Great Sui, which was strong for a while, or the Tang Dynasty, whose population was smaller than that of the Great Sui from its establishment to its demise, they all suffered the loss of thinking that they had tamed the Hulu, and made a besieged and had to ask the king of the world to work hard. The world was in chaos (Yang Guang was trapped in Yanmen Pass), and the other was simply sent to the grave by the Hulu who he thought he had tamed (Anshi Rebellion).

Now the Han Kingdom has regained its overlord's self-confidence, but the lessons from the Western Jin Dynasty are profound enough. It's hard to say what the rest are. Huan Wenwen and Yuan Qiao will have a mentality that if they support another white-eyed wolf, they will definitely be bitten. .

Because of worry, Yuan Qiao retreated from teaching Persia.

Huan Wen also had concerns, but he chose to face the difficulties.He was already making drafts in his mind. He wanted to suggest that the central government should increase cultural penetration into the Persian Sassanid Empire and help the Ardashir royal family of the Persian Sassanid establish a centralized system. Shan's internal chaos has so much that can be manipulated.

In the end, Chianoush Arta Ardashir's request for the purchase of armaments did not receive a timely response, and Huan Wen's reply was that he needed to ask the center for instructions.Instead, his other request to learn the Han system was promised.

The arrival of Kianoush Arta Ardashir was just a small episode, Huan Wen's most important thing now was the campaign against Ah San.

In the north and east, the Han army will not have any offensive for the time being, and the two sides are temporarily entering a confrontation stage.

"Fu Wei is already moving towards the coast here." Yuan Qiao pointed to the eastern coastal area on the map: "The mountainous area here is not very vast. The frontal advance and the fleet's landing troops, the enemy's retreat does not want to be pinched. most likely."

Until now, the Han army is still not very familiar with mountain warfare, and even a little bit blind to jungle warfare. However, no matter whether it is in the Pingman Captain's Department or Ah San's native land, mountain warfare and jungle warfare cannot be avoided. .

Huan Wen would wait until this time to land on Asan's mainland. The reason behind this is that troops were transferred from the southwest of the mainland, and the second is to allow more time for more troops to adapt and learn mountain warfare and jungle warfare.

The latest batch of standing troops transferred from the mainland, they are the troops that Huan Wen has commanded for the longest time. At the beginning, they followed Huan Wen to attack Bashu, Li Shicheng Han, and then followed Ningzhou, Jiaozhou and Guang1zhou who swept the small courts of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. .They were withdrawn from the establishment commanded by Huan Wen in the seventh year of Yuanshuo. The reason was of course the end of the war in the south of the mainland, and the system of the Han army did not allow a unit to be controlled by a general for a long time.

In addition to the troops who were relatively good at mountain warfare and jungle warfare from the mainland, Huan Wen also specially invited Qian Jiantong and a part of the Habayashi Army.

Qian Jiantong and the Habayashi Army were the last troops to land on Asan. After the necessary rest, they were assigned tasks. The headquarters and the standing troops of the two divisions were responsible for attacking Sart City, the capital of King Kitanado, accompanied by some Asan's surrendered army will be followed by the servant army from the Japanese Islands.

Satt City, the royal capital of Gitanado, was built in the core of a plain. Considering the geographical environment of Asan, even the plains are indispensable for dense forests, and the river systems are numerous and complex.

Fortunately, the Han army has never lacked experience in crossing rivers. With the guides leading the way, the headquarters did not encounter too much trouble.

"Except for the necessary guides, don't care about those thirds." Qian Jiantong just learned that as long as you cross the river in front of you, there will be a flat river in front of you, and there will be no dense forests in the way: "Here to Sart City It is more than eighty miles, and the cavalry can reach it before dusk."

Li Jun was Qian Jiantong's deputy general.The lieutenant is the role of the main general to pick up what is left and fill in the gaps, and the other is to do some work such as guarding the main general's flanks.He knew very well what Qian Jiantong had planned.

"The infantry army lacks the animal power to travel, and they can only arrive before dawn at the fastest speed." Cai Mian, as a long history, has more concerns: "Although we have spied on Sartre City, how authentic is the information? Difficult to estimate."

Cai Mian is Cai You's eldest son, and it is Cai You's special request to Liu Yan for his being able to take the last train to conquer the Asan Continent this time.

Many second-generation officials in the Han Dynasty, because the first generation of officials have not figured out Liu Yan's specific thoughts for the time being, most of them are more honest in learning or practicing martial arts. When heirs strive for opportunities to make contributions, a very small number of them seek to become local officials, and more often they seek to go abroad to participate in military campaigns.

As the capital of a country, even for a small country like Gitanardo, it is impossible for Sartre City to have no garrisons at any time.The information obtained by the Han army is that there are about [-] so-called guards stationed in Sart City for a long time, basically eight-tenths of the Kshatriya army in this small country, and when necessary, no less than [-] citizens can be mobilized to participate in the battle. Guard the city.

In addition to spying on troops, the Han army has also done some research on city defense. Sartre City is a city of about 6 to [-] people, with a city wall of about three feet as a barrier, but there is no moat.

Qian Jiantong also knew that he was a little anxious because he had been idle for too long.After giving up the idea of ​​having the cavalry attack alone, he inevitably cursed again: "Can those Ah San be more useless?"

After all, the Han army has already invaded the borders of Jitana, and even the Della Dynasty would not ignore the city defense of Sartre no matter how stupid they were.The city of Sartre, which is on guard, is simply not something that the cavalry can take with a surprise attack, especially when the number of cavalry is only about [-].

There were quite a few surrendered troops following Qian Jian and his troops to attack Sat City. There were [-] Kshatriyas led by Misap himself, and nearly [-] untouchable armed forces. Among them, the Kshatriyas The quality of the legion is actually quite good, but those untouchables are really unsightly.

"With us leading the way, they can still go like this..." Li Jun didn't know whether to laugh or get annoyed: "If Ah San is like this, we really chose a good place to conquer."

Isn't it?The worse Ah San behaved, as a teammate, of course he couldn't bear it.But for the intruders, the worse Ah San is, the easier it is to fight, which is really a good thing.

After crossing the river and marching about five miles further, Qian Jiantong ordered the construction of a temporary camp, and the necessary scouts would certainly be sent out.

Before the Guifu army could catch up, Qian Jiantong had already ordered Cai Mian to preside over the cooking. The scouts he sent came back to report and found a considerable number of Jitanado troops approaching from two directions.

"One is a mixed formation of cavalry and infantry, and the number is about [-]." Of course, Cai Mian didn't have the time to take care of cooking, so he hurried back to his main job as the main army accountant: "The other is the coordination of chariot soldiers and infantry. Around six thousand.”

Chariot soldiers?Zhu Xia has long eliminated the chariot soldiers, and other civilizations...including the two empire-level countries of Rome and Persia Sassan, still have chariot soldiers to some extent, especially the countries of Asan The chariot corps is still quite large, and it is regarded as one of the main combat arms.

The detection and warning range of the scouts generally does not exceed [-] miles. It will take some time for the scouts to find the enemy and come back to report. In fact, the enemy is always approaching, and the time for the Han army to respond will not exceed One hour.

Qian Jiantong ordered the construction of the temporary camp. In terms of Zhuxia’s camp specifications, the temporary camp will not be very particular, that is, no necessary ditches will be dug, and at most it will be set up to keep horses and fences. Multiple defense chains will be constructed.Such camps have little advantage of holding fast.

"They actually went out of the city to take the initiative to fight?" Li Jun was not pretending not to understand, but he really didn't understand the mentality of Jitanado: "Is it delaying time to strengthen the fortifications of the royal capital?"

"I can't defend an isolated city." Cai Mian didn't have much actual combat experience, so he said based on the military knowledge he had learned: "There are no satellite cities around Sartre City, and the mobile troops are placed outside the city, which is in line with the deployment of troops."

When defending a city, it is of course impossible to hide all the troops in the city. In addition to increasing the consumption of resources, the external connection will be completely cut off, and it will make the invading enemy lose their threat and concentrate on attacking the city.

No matter what the purpose of the approaching enemy army is, Qian Jiantong will not passively stay where he is. His choice is for the cavalry to meet the incoming enemy's mixed infantry and cavalry troops. The attached army met the enemy's chariots and infantry in a mixed formation, and the rest of them stayed in the camp while serving as a reserve force.

The terrain in this area is flat, and there are woods around it, but the woods don't cover a wide area.

Ah San's place is in a hot climate, even if it is a plain, you can't see the lush grassland. At first glance, it is a generally khaki-yellow scenery.

Qian Jiantong, who personally led the cavalry to fight, did not march far to the northeast. He saw the enemy army on the horizon in his field of vision. With the convenience of a telescope, he found that the cavalry of Jitanado's army and The distance between the infantry was a bit long, and the distance between the two was about eight miles.

"Blow the horn!"

Qian Jiantong now has three options. The first is to directly attack the enemy cavalry, and then slowly deal with the enemy infantry after the cavalry is dealt with. The enemy cavalry engages; the third option is to divide the army and attack the enemy cavalry and infantry at the same time.

"Target enemy cavalry!"

Qian Jiantong himself was born as a cavalry general and had also commanded infantry. He knew cavalry and was no stranger to infantry.His choice is to prioritize the enemy cavalry.

Jitanado's side also obviously noticed the existence of the Han army. The cavalry running ahead stopped slowly, and the infantry behind also stopped after a certain distance.

Qian Jiantong soon saw that the enemy cavalry was changing horses, and the enemy infantry who had paid some attention left about a thousand people in place, and the rest of the infantry began to move forward again.

"Change horses!"

This Habayashi cavalry directly changed horses while moving, using auxiliary horses on the road, and changing to main horses when fighting, which is what cavalry with multiple horses will do.

The horse-changing movement of the Yulin cavalry seemed to frighten the Asans in Gita Nado. The next moment, the Asan cavalry simply turned their horses and ran back...

(End of this chapter)