Chapter 673 Xu Fengnian secretly met with secret chess, and Xu Yanbing intercepted and killed three sons
Xu Fengnian shook his head and said, “The first contact battle between Zaoma Village was actually under the expectations of Chu Lushan and Yan Wenluan. But judging from the spy I have received, some “accidents” outside the battlefield must be taken seriously. Yang Yuanzan personally led the vanguard army to attack Wogong City. Since ancient times, the northern nomadic people who lived on horseback for half their lives were naturally skilled in riding and shooting, but the Dafeng Dynasty still maintained an absolute advantage over the grassland forces in the early days of its founding. You may not have imagined that even in the late Dafeng period, even if they did not rely on the city’s strength and elite. The battle between the Fengtian army and the grassland cavalry can still be tied. The two sides have been inverted in victory, which is what happened in the past two hundred years. Countless border trades that have brought private goods to make huge profits, coupled with the return of countless plunders in the south in two hundred years, have given the northern grassland a considerable scale of craftsmen and iron tools. The scholar Hong Jia, who flew north in the spring and autumn, brought Beimang a rich population, a profound Central Plains culture, and a subtle concept of war to Beimang. Dong Zhuo’s private army attaches importance to infantry, siege and auxiliary soldiers, which is one of the significant changes. “
Xu Fengnian squatted down, grabbed a handful of loess, held it gently in his palm, and said, “Bei Mang claimed to have invested 300,000 troops in one breath on the Eastern Front. If we push forward for 300,000 years, we are in the early days of the Spring and Autumn Period of the Central Plains, and we will definitely take it for granted that the so-called 300,000 troops will be more than 100,000 soldiers if we die. Even if we add the civilians who transport food and grass and the auxiliary soldiers responsible for maintaining supplies and equipment, we will not reach 300,000. Xu Xiao may not be the first person to resist the bad habit of strengthening himself before the battle, but Xu Xiao is definitely the most resolute and thorough military general. Since he attacked the major Liyang vassals The separatist forces began, and he had five thousand soldiers and horses and said five thousand. Later, it made a big joke. When he first attacked the Northern Han Dynasty, the general on the front line of the Northern Han Dynasty heard the spy that Xu Xiao brought 20,000 when he went to war. The general defending the city calculated, okay, according to the old rules, only six or seven thousand people, at most ten thousand. There are only one thousand people in this battle, so there is no need to retreat. In the end, the general of the Northern Han Dynasty captured Xu Xiao, and even beheaded in front of the flag sacrifice, he scolded Xu Xiao as a big liar. Xu Xiao was so angry that he kicked the general off half of his teeth and cursed back: ‘I said 20,000 is 20,000, and you have the attitude to scold him as a liar! ‘”
Yu Dilong was originally shaking around with his two boots, as if he wanted to get some wind in his boots. He also calmed down when he heard this, and pricked up his ears and listened to the master talking about something far away from him – war.
Xu Fengnian held his five fingers tightly, felt the coolness brought by the loess by the palm of his palm, and sighed: “If you don’t want to talk about Beimang, Liangzhou Central Line and Liuzhou Western Line, there are more than 200,000 soldiers on Youzhou Eastern Line, and the remaining 100,000 auxiliary soldiers are actually no different from those of the combat soldiers. Beimang has more cavalry and fewer stances, Dong Zhuo sets rules. When going to fight this time, the soldiers are not allowed to build tents during the raid. If they get off the horse and close their eyes, they will sleep, and if they open their eyes and get on the horse, they will fight. The reason why there are 100,000 auxiliary soldiers is that they will not be able to set up tents during the raid. If they get off the horse and close their eyes, they will fight. The reason why there are 100,000 auxiliary soldiers is thatMost of them are designed for the fortress system in Hulukou. When Yang Yuanzan dealt with the Zaomazhai Fort group, he handed over the auxiliary soldiers to attack the city and capture the village. Most of the commanders of these 100,000 auxiliary soldiers were the survivors of the Spring and Autumn Period, or were directly the survivors of the Spring and Autumn Period in their 40s and 50s. Yang Yuanzan’s personal army and Hong Jingyan’s Rouran Iron Cavalry, these main cavalrymen, directly bypassed the fort and drove straight down, striving to advance to the bottom of Wogong City as quickly as possible. When the army was at the city and the siege equipment arrived, the rear front had almost been cleaned up, and the recruiting civilians in Longyaozhou who were responsible for the supply of food and grass could continue to move south safely. So in this battle, Beimang and Dong Zhuo fought very well. “
Fan Xiaochai said coldly: “In this way, the fortress north of Wogong City is clearly a word of death. Why didn’t Youzhou simply line up the three cities of Wogong, Luanhe and Xiaguang in the northernmost part of Hulukou, and wouldn’t it stop the Beimang army outside the pass? Don’t you have to worry about the major fort groups being slowly eroded by the Beimang cavalry. After all, you Beiliang, for the sake of the world’s premier reputation, will not take the lives of soldiers seriously! “
Mi Fengjie looked at the girl with an idiot’s eyes. The old man’s dry face had a smile on his first life. Of course, this smile must have no chance of kindness. This is not to say that Mi Fengjie grabbed the loophole in Fan Xiaochai’s words. The owner of the Shenjian Cave’s idea was extremely simple. He soaked in the blood of the battlefield in the Northern Liang military generals who had lie among the dead, especially the veteran Yan Wenluan, who had proved his war talent through the Spring and Autumn War. How could he be a fool who seeks fame?
Xu Fengnian did not laugh at Fan Xiaochai for standing and speaking without pain or ridicule her well frog, but raised the fist holding the soil and pointed at the canyon at his feet, and said calmly: “The mouth of the gourd is not here. I walked through the outside of the border myself, and I could roughly imagine how big the hole of the gourd was. Moreover, there are not only some considerations, but also various complex modifications, but also various complex modifications, such as the location of the military affairs. Hulukou is the most unique and only defense area with natural depth. You said that you would let the soldiers in the fortress die. Once the enemy is “great enemy”, these soldiers who are guarding the danger will not be able to “stay alive”, and can only defend and “stay alive”. “
Xu Fengnian clenched his fists, and the wind and sand on the cliff blew his face, making his temples turbulent. He continued, “Beiliang only told Liyang that the Northern Barbarians could fill the mouth of the gourd, and most people in the Central Plains were unwilling to believe it. If Yan Wenluan initially wanted 50,000 Youzhou defenders from three cities and two hundred forts in Hulukou, they would all die in Hulukou…”
Xu Fengnian, whose tone was always calm, paused for a moment and smiled: “I’m afraid that Zhongyuan would pretend not to hear this even if he heard about this. Maybe he said oh, and then there was no further information. Drink wine, enjoy the snow, talk with me in peace, and have a happy life. “
Fan Xiaochai bit his lip and asked stubbornly: “One person is willing to fight to the death, a hundred people are willing,Even if a thousand people are willing, the 50,000 border troops in Youzhou are really willing to die at the gourd mouth, even though they know they are going to die, their parents gave them two legs and would not escape.”
Mi Fengjie could finally teach this girl who can’t do anything but kill people, and sneered: “How can you, the oldest nobleman of the old Northern Han, know what the people of Beiliang thought. The general has only been in power in Beiliang for more than twenty years, and the morale of the army is still there, not to mention that the Beiliang border has been not a peaceful day for so many years. When they fight, they go to war and kill the enemy. Beiliang is the best in the world. It is not just relying on Beiliang’s big horses and bows and crossbows and swords. In the final analysis, it is the energy that supports it! Do you Fan Xiaochai understand? “
Xu Fengnian refused to comment and said softly: “Beiliang has always claimed to the outside world that 300,000 cavalry are the people who are interested in Liyang have always been curious about how many families Xu Xiao has saved for me, how many infantry officers of the cavalry, and how many border troops and local garrisons have. “
Yu Dilong asked softly, “Master, how many are there?”
Xu Fengnian appeared in a daze and lost consciousness. After turning his head, he smiled and said gently, “Guess”
Yu Dilong shook his head.
Xu Fengnian looked at the northwest sky again. There was an old man who had never known when he had grown old, and he liked to say the word “Guess” very much. Xu Fengnian rolled his eyes and replied with a smile, “Yes, it was your father.”
Xu Fengnian put away this little thought and said in a deep voice: “The army in Youzhou at Hulukou is willing to defend to the death. There is a reason why you said Mi Fengjie, but the more important thing was not said. There are less than two million households in Beiliang. Due to the narrow area, no matter how they rest and recuperate, the population is still less than tens of millions. So let me ask you a very simple question. There are only two million households, and there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Northern Liang army. Which household is not a member of the army! If the Northern Liang border troops are destroyed, which family does not need to wear white clothes! “
Xu Fengnian gritted his teeth and said, “The young and strong in Youzhou are almost all in Youzhou’s local army. Behind all the troops in the three cities and two hundred fortresses in Hulukou, they are almost at a distance, and they are their hometown! One more person will die, and the family may be able to live one more day! The reason is that simple! “
Xu Fengnian slowly stood up and said, “Yan Wenluan, who was in charge of Youzhou military affairs, established an unwritten rule. When Xu Xiao was alive, countless Youzhou officials criticized him. After I passed down from generation to generation, all the scholars who went to Liang, including Huang Shang, strongly demanded that this rule be abolished. “
Mi Fengjie didn’t know about this, but Fan Xiaochai, who became the spy in Fushuifang, knew very well.
“The Youzhou border army has an iron rule. No matter who retreats in the battle, once verified, the whole family will beheaded!
“Yan Wenluan once told me personally that he could not be the commander of the Northern Liang infantry army, and could even hand over the military power of the Youzhou border to others, but no one can change this rule before he died in battle. I, Xu Fengnian, can’t do it either!”
Feng Nian exhaled a breath of turbid air, narrowed her eyes and murmured, “This is war, this is Beiliang.”