In fact, such an urgent advance of Fei Qian is not a very good choice for the battle situation.

Although the Xianbei army was successfully blocked in a relatively narrow passage such as Zhenlin and Yulin, the best way was to slowly coerce, and then delay, dragging the entire Xianbei army down.

Although the customs of the Hu people doomed them to have less need for marching than the Han army, the dry material eaten by the war horses and the salt eaten by the people were indispensable in any case, so from a tactical point of view, Xianbei could not run away anyway, and if it dragged on for one more day, Xianbei would be weaker......

However, Fei Qian can't be delayed, in addition to the fact that the military food and materials on his side are gradually consumed, there is also a reason that spring plowing is coming, and the transfer of grain, grass, materials and ordnance, which one does not require a lot of labor?

And the laborers are busy transporting grain and grass, so how can they spring plough in time?

"On the second day of the second month of February, the dragon raised its head ......"

Fei Qian looked up at the sky and said silently.

According to the customs of China, from this day on, it is officially the time for spring ploughing. At this time of the year, the emperor needs to personally go to the field and at least support the plough to show the importance he attaches to farming. It is said that this is a rule that has been handed down from King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou.

But this year's Chang'an, I don't know how, such a custom can't be said to be a bit of a practice, right?

Fei Qian has traveled all the way, and has a deeper understanding of the place in Bingzhou, born in an era of prosperity and peace, even if he reads a lot of military books and is fully prepared ideologically, but in the current era of cold weapon warfare, he will still have a strong impact on his original concept.

The damage to people's livelihood caused by war is extremely strong and terrible.

Along the way, except for the deserted villages, there was no sign of human traffic.

The imperial court didn't care about merging the state, the Hu people plundered and merged the state, the most unlucky thing was not the soldiers of the state, but the people of the state, the entire northern half of Shangjun and Xihe County, and even Yanmen County, Wuyuan County and other areas, Fei Qian can also imagine it, and it is estimated that it is not much different from here.

There is still a vague appearance between the cultivated fields, but the owners of those cultivated fields have disappeared.

Fei Qian and Yu Fuluo, a basic pure cavalry unit, is not bad, and they brought some cattle and sheep behind, plus the horses are more hard-working, even if they gnaw some grass on the side of the road, they can deal with it, but they must replenish dry goods at night to recover their strength, and Xiliang horses must eat some beans to maintain their body fat, and most of the beans and hay on the more than thirty baggage carts behind are prepared for these war horses.

If it is an infantry army, it will be even more troublesome, and there will be no problem of twenty or thirty baggage trucks.

When the army was launched, in addition to the original auxiliary army having to transport grain and grass back and forth, sometimes the battle line was tight, and even the surrounding people had to be mobilized to act as civilian men to transport all kinds of baggage. The fields were left uncultivated, the rations were plundered, the mulberry and fruit trees were all cut down to make carts and equipment, and after a battle, the people ran away, the fields were barren, the trees were gone, and all that was left was the corpses and bones of the land.

This is why Fei Qian must take Yinshan, and why he must take the initiative to seek the battle step by step.

In addition to the season, in the era of cold weapon warfare, the importance of strategic location is much stronger than that of later war models.

After obtaining Yinshan Mountain and holding the Baidao at the southern foot of Yinshan, the Hu people in the northern part of the desert could not go south to attack the Shangjun area; With the control of the Yulin node, coupled with the early warning and buffer of the southern Xiongnu of Meiji, the Xianbei people in the area of Yanmen Dai County did not rush in so easily to plunder the hinterland of Pingyang; Maintain the relationship between Baishi and Qiang, and envelop the nomadic Qiang people in the west of Shangjun, and the Qiang people who are far away in Xiliang will generally not go all the way to Sanfu and go over the mountains and mountains to Shangjun, so that the entire surrounding area of Shangjun can be completely stabilized, and the farming can be smoothly restored and developed.

Because the Yinshan Xianbei tribe is the biggest and most direct threat to Fei Qian's side, it must be eliminated as soon as possible, otherwise after the matter in the south breaks out, Yinshan Xianbei will rush out and take advantage of the fire to rob, which will definitely lead to the difficulty of taking care of the beginning and the end.

The combined forces of Fei Qian and Yu Fuluo barely stopped in Zhenlin, and quickly turned around and rushed straight to the Xianbei army of Yinshan Mountain!

The army slowly marched forward, and the aura of killing filled the heavens and the earth.

"Report!" A scout came on horseback, "The Xianbei cavalry was found in front, about 4,000 people, attacking our army!" ”

Fei Xian's horse was slightly half-upright, and some traces of smoke and dust could be faintly seen in the distance of his vision.

"It's coming so fast!"

At present, this place happens to be relatively open and relatively flat, and if it is a battle, it is really more suitable for cavalry battles......

Fei Qian thought as he ordered the troops to form out.

The Yinshan Xianbei Army wants to fight us head-on?

Or is it an attempt to escape north?

The remaining part of the Yinshan Xianbei army also has more than 10,000 troops, why is there only 4,000 horsemen now, where are the rest of the men and horses?

Where will it be?

Will it be a feint to attack your own side, and then the main force will attack Yulin?

Or is it the exact opposite?

If he attacked Yulin, or dared to escape around Yulin, Fei Qian would be happy to see it.

Not to mention the Yulin battalion, with strong bows and crossbows, high walls and deep trenches, as long as the Yinshan Xianbei army dares to attack, it will definitely make them happy......

And where can you go around Yulin?

The hill of the river in Yuanyin is also defended by soldiers, as long as the Xianbei army of Yinshan dares to enter the valley, they will directly set fire to the mountain!

If you don't take the Yulin route, you don't take the route of Yuanyin, and take the outer desert area, which is equivalent to putting your army to death, in the semi-arid area of Bingzhou, dare to march away from the water source, it's okay to say for a day or two, and there is no water source to replenish for three or five days, hehe......

Even if a person can kill a horse and drink horse blood to sustain life, but what about the physical exertion?

In addition, if there were no war horses, the Hu people who were on the ground and the regular Han army foot soldiers under Fei Qian would not be on the same level at all.

Therefore, if Yinshan Xianbei wants to make a detour through the desert, then let them go around, as long as the beacon fire is arranged along the water source line, and it may win more smoothly by waiting for work.

Fei Qian weighed left and right, and then ordered Ma Yue to take a part of the Bingzhou cavalry and recruit Hu cavalry to meet the battle.

Although the Bingzhou cavalry also suffered a lot of battle losses in the battle with the Xianbei Right Lord, it was still not a big problem to face the four thousand Xianbei cavalry.

At this moment, the smoke and dust rose again in the distance, and a scout rushed over with a dusty face. "Report! It was found that Xianbei had more than 4,000 horsemen, and was preparing to wrap the horse from the right side! ”