Chapter 1980: Distress in the Harvest
The morale of the northwest cavalry was like a rainbow, the people in the city were happy with apprehension, and the soldiers of the guards who could not get out with Dingwu were at a loss, and different people had different moods, which was in line with the sad and joyful outlook of the people's hearts.
After all, the barbarians fled in embarrassment, the news spread throughout the city in the shortest possible time, every household was closed doors, and even behind the door, there were many men in the family carrying weapons that could let go, all waiting for the arrival of the barbarians, they knew that once the city was broken, with the cruelty of the barbarians, the people in the city were only afraid that no one would be spared, and when the barbarians came in, they had to fight anyway, although if they were really rushed in by the barbarians, their resistance was really ridiculous in the eyes of the barbarians.
The shouts from the streets and alleys made many people half-believe.
Although they knew that His Majesty the Emperor personally led the troops to defend the city, they also knew that the strength in the hands of the emperor was too weak, and it was rumored everywhere that the barbarians had an army of more than 100,000 people, and the emperor could resist for a while, but he could not resist the end, and it was impossible to drive the barbarians back to the grassland.
At the beginning, not many people believed in the news of the barbarian retreat, but some of them were bold and brave to go out, although the city was still very chaotic, but soon everyone got the exact news, the barbarians really retreated, they even figured out that the king of Chu in the northwest led a powerful cavalry corps to rescue the city of Wupingfu, and the barbarians were defeated and fled under the blow of the northwest iron cavalry.
The people in the city seemed to have forgotten that Chu Huan was once listed as a thief by the Qin State, but they all felt a trace of gratitude to the Northwest Army in their hearts.
For ordinary people, whether this country is called Daqin or Dachu, in fact, the difference is not too big, whether the emperor is an old man or a child, they will not care too much, what they care about most is that they and their families can survive unharmed, when the northwest cavalry appeared in the streets of the city, comforting the people, the people quickly forgot that it was the emperor of Daqin who had been holding the city to resist the barbarians.
Forgetfulness is the most accustomed thing for ordinary people.
Of course, Chu Huan didn't see Dingwu, when the barbarians retreated, the guards guarding the city relaxed from the extreme tension, and only then did they feel extremely tired, it seemed that all their strength had been exhausted in the previous battle, and many people were paralyzed on the ground, and when they saw the northwest cavalry appear in front of them, they clenched their knives, but they didn't know what to do next?
Officials and thieves are not separated, Chu Huan is regarded as a thief by Great Qin, and the Northwest Army is Chu Huan's army, which is naturally also a rebel army, but the Guards Army can't slash the blood-stained broadsword at the Northwest Army at this time.
Dingwu and Xuanyuan Shao are nowhere to be seen, the Guards are leaderless, and the troops are also very weak, they are even more continuous fighting, exhausted, if they fight with the Northwest Army at this time, they will definitely not be able to get any benefits.
Chu Huan naturally knew that these guards were the most unstable factor in the city, although with the existing strength in his hands, it would not be difficult to kill the guards in the city, but he also understood that if the two sides moved, the guards would certainly not escape the fate of annihilation, and the northwest army would definitely suffer a lot of losses.
He knew that in terms of the combat effectiveness of the Guards and the combat ability of individual soldiers, the Northwest Army was not an opponent of the Guards.
Fortunately, Xuanyuan Shao and Dingwu were not there, there were other generals in the Guards, Chu Huan found a lieutenant of the Guards, and the conditions offered were simple and simple, all the Guards soldiers in the city should leave the city immediately, but the weapons and equipment must be left, and the Northwest Army will guarantee that they will not attack these Guards.
The Guards also knew very well that even Dingwu had disappeared, so naturally the general trend had gone, as the last elite corps of the Qin State, it was impossible for them to put down the weapons in their hands, but in the face of Chu Huan's non-negotiable tone, they knew that the two sides had no room for negotiation, either they would abandon their weapons and leave the city, or they would fight, and the Guards would not have any chance of winning at all.
Although the Guards had no way out, they still proposed that weapons such as knives, guns, bows and arrows could be put down, but the armor could not be taken off, they were the Guards Corps, and the armor on their bodies was a symbol of their identity and glory.
Chu Huan just hoped that these guards would leave as soon as possible, of course he didn't have to think about absorbing these thousands of guards, even if he made this request, it would naturally be impossible for these guards officers and soldiers to agree.
The Guards laid down their arms and, under the watchful eye of the North-Western Army, left the city.
Outside the northern city, there was a mess everywhere, the corpses were piled up like a mountain, the blood flowed into a river, the corpses of the Northwest Army, the Guards, the barbarian army, and the strong men defending the city were mixed together, and the wreckage of flags, horses, weapons and equipment, and the wreckage of the broken siege weapons were all successful, and the mess after the war silently told the cruelty of this war.
The final harvester of this battle is, of course, Chu Huan's Northwest Army.
The Northwest Army occupied the city of Wuping Mansion at the smallest cost, and the Qin army and the barbarian army were both defeated, whether it was the barbarian army or the Qin State, it was almost impossible to recover in a short time.
The barbarian army suffered heavy losses and fled all the way north, and the two teams of cavalry, Gu Liangchen and Wolf Wazi, followed behind, chasing and killing all the way, not giving the barbarian army any respite at all.
It is better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt his ten fingers, for Chu Huan, just beating the barbarian army back is certainly not the result he wants.
Although the barbarian tribes are falling apart, even if they are given enough time and space, they may not have the possibility of making a comeback, but it is undoubtedly extremely necessary to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to give the barbarians a fatal blow as much as possible.
The barbarian army dared to take advantage of the situation, which proved that they had been coveting the land of the Central Plains in their hearts, and no matter what they needed, the threat to the Central Plains always existed.
Chu Huan doesn't care what the barbarians are like, but he wants to take this opportunity to give the barbarians a fatal destruction psychologically, so that the barbarians will fear the Central Plains from the bottom of their bones from now on.
Once bitten by a snake, he was afraid of the well rope for ten years.
Chu Huan wanted to use his tiger and wolf iron horse to make the barbarians afraid for decades.
The city of Wuping Mansion was very chaotic, and after Chu Huan entered the city, he first expelled the guards in the city, and almost at the same time sent men and horses to control the armory in the city.
Although Wuping Mansion City lacked grain and grass, a large number of weapons and armor were stored in the armory, tens of thousands of broadswords and spears, and bows and arrows were also piled up.
Feng Yuanpo was bent on plotting against the world, and the equipment and equipment he secretly prepared finally fell into Chu Huan's hands.
The city is dilapidated, of course Chu Huan can't repair the city in a short period of time, and he issued an order at the moment, as always, to make three chapters of the law, and the people are stationed needless to say.
However, there was a shortage of food in the city, and in order to resist the barbarian army, many houses were removed, and wood and stones were sent to the city as weapons, and many people in the city were hungry and cold.
Chu Huan sent troops this time, naturally prepared a large amount of military rations, and the money and food in his hands were quite sufficient, but in order to take the barbarian army by surprise, the cavalry was lightly armed, and the infantry and baggage troops were all left behind, so they were considered to arrive, and the large team of men and horses hauled grain and grass and baggage, so naturally it was impossible to have strong mobility like the cavalry, and it would take four or five days to arrive, not to mention.
Moreover, the grain and grass that came with the army were naturally safe to supply tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but it was quite difficult to supply hundreds of thousands of people in Wuping Fucheng.
Fortunately, the grain stored in Yunshan Mansion is very abundant, and the transfer of grain from Yunshan is enough to supplement the needs.
The food in Wuping Mansion City was almost exhausted, and in order to comfort the people in the city, Chu Huan distributed the captured military food, temporarily calming the people's hearts.
When the Northwest Army entered the city, it not only captured a large number of weapons and equipment, but also fell into the hands of the Northwest Army with a small amount of military rations in the hands of Dingwu.
The Northwest Army not only defeated the barbarian army, but also entered the city without looting and atrocities, and even sent people to maintain order in the city at the first time, in addition to allocating food to relieve the people in the city, which made the people of the city rejoice, before that, Dingwu Shao had to preach to the people of Hexi the brutality of the Northwest Army, but seeing is believing, the people in the city saw that the actions of the Northwest Army were very different from the propaganda of the Qin State, and they all settled down.
For the next two or three days, in addition to appeasing the people in the city, it is natural to clean up the battlefield outside the city, the corpses of the barbarians must be piled together, sprinkled with fuel, and burned clean, except for the corpses of the barbarians, the other corpses are buried in the ground, the people in the city are very enthusiastic about cleaning the battlefield, and take the initiative to ask for help, and organize thousands of strong men to go out of the city to clean, the fur clothes on the barbarian army are very warm, the people take off the clothes of the barbarian army and take them for themselves, Chu Huan doesn't care about this, just other materials, But all of them were taken over by the Northwest Army.
The scimitars of the barbarian army were very sharp, and the corpses of Deman inside and outside the city were nearly 10,000 people, and they not only harvested a large number of weapons, but also collected a large number of war horses.
Although many war horses died outside the city, were grabbed by the people to supplement food, but outside the city of the ownerless horses, but there are also as many as cattle hair, the Northwest Army specially sent soldiers and horses to drive these war horses together, before and after also collected five or six thousand, compared with other harvests, these five or six thousand war horses are naturally particularly precious.
On the barbarian prairie, there are abundant good horses, and the war horses that went south this time are all selected high-quality war horses, which are not only fast, but also have excellent endurance, and even exceed the war horses of the Northwest Army, and suddenly replenish five or six thousand war horses, which has greatly enhanced the strength of the Northwest Army.
Although the battle was successful, Chu Huan did not relax in the slightest because of this, Wuping Mansion was already very weak, if it were not for the sudden appearance of the barbarians, with Chu Huan's strength, it would not be difficult to capture Wuping Mansion, but Chu Huan knew very well that the capture of Wuping Mansion was not a great success, in fact, the real vicious war may have just begun.
He naturally knew that although the city of Wuping Mansion had been taken down, Dingwu had also abandoned the city and left, it seemed that the Qin State had been destroyed, but the main force of the Qin army was not in Wuping Mansion, the last army of the Qin State was on the eastern front, according to the information he had obtained, there were still thirty or forty thousand soldiers and horses under the command of Wen Pu, which should not be underestimated.
What made Chu Huan feel the most troublesome was the Liaodong Army.
Liaodong is known as 100,000 iron cavalry, although it is just a bluff, but the Liaodong cavalry is not less than 50,000 people, and these 50,000 soldiers and horses are all soldiers who have been fighting for a long time, Chi Liandian never let his cavalry have the slightest slackness, even when the world is peaceful, in order to train his cavalry, but still repeatedly provoke Goryeo and Yiman, although there is no big war, but almost every year will organize small-scale battles.
If it weren't for the Yanshan block, Chu Huan believed that the Liaodong Army had already approached the city, and perhaps occupied Wuping Mansion City before the Northwest Army arrived.
Since the city of Wuping Mansion has fallen, the rear of the Qin army under Wen Pu is unstable, and there is no Wuzi to continue to supply, even if you want to fight, you can't fight, if nothing else, the Qin army can only withdraw its troops, and it is only a matter of time before the Liaodong army crosses Yanshan, with the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong army, once it crosses Yanshan, along the way, there is no strength that can resist them at all, they can sweep all the way to Wupingfu City, at that time, the Northwest Army can only start a vicious battle with the Liaodong army unless it gives up Hexi.
Today, when it comes to the large number of people and horses, there is naturally no way out of the heavens, and when it comes to the abundance of money and food, there is no one who can compare with Jinling Xu Chang, but when it comes to combat effectiveness, it is naturally the two major armies of the Northwest Army and the Liaodong Army.
After Yanshan, there is no natural danger to defend in the east of Hexi, from Yanshan to Wuping Fucheng, although it is in the cold winter and heavy snow, but with the speed of cavalry, it only takes half a month to be able to come to the city at the slowest pace.
Relying on the current dilapidated city that has been destroyed by the barbarians, of course, there is no possibility to hold it, and even if you start repairing the broken places and strengthening the city now, it will be impossible to restore the Wuping Mansion City to its original state in half a month.
And Chu Huan actually didn't think about sticking to the city at all.
Chu Huan sent troops to Hexi this time, and the total number of infantry cavalry was nearly 50,000, many of which were newly recruited.
The Northwest Army's orders are forbidden, and the orders are strict, which is also the most important reason for the strong combat effectiveness of the Northwest Army, but according to Chu Huan's system, although the Liaodong Army is divided into three cavalry in Liaodong, but under the command of Red Liandian, the discipline is also strict, and on the battlefield, it is brave and good at fighting, but its combat effectiveness is also very strong.
If the Liaodong people have any weaknesses compared to the Northwest Army, I am afraid it can only be in logistics.
On the battlefield, there are more people and there are more people, but there are fewer people but there are also advantages of fewer people.
And sometimes, the advantage of more people is the weakness of fewer people, and the advantage of fewer people is precisely the weakness of more people.
Before Chu Huan sent troops to Hexi, he had already thought that once he occupied Hexi, he would inevitably face Liaodong next, so he had done his homework early and had a lot to know about the situation in Liaodong.
Especially the geographical overview from Liaodong to Hexi, Chu Huan is very concerned.
Speaking from the heart, after controlling the Hexi Corridor, transporting heavy materials from Xishan Road to Hexi, although it is not very convenient, but it is also smooth along the way, and Liaodong transports grain and grass to Hexi, unless it is detoured to Hebei, otherwise it can only pass through the Yanshan Mountains, Hebei is the territory of the Qingtian King, and it is necessary to transport materials from Hebei, and if the meat is sent to the wolf's mouth, the people of Liaodong will naturally not choose this road.
The terrain of the Yanshan Mountains is steep and the roads are narrow, and it is of course a very difficult road to transport materials from Liaodong into Hexi, which is naturally much more difficult than the logistics channel of the Northwest Army.
The Liaodong Army has a large number of soldiers and horses, and although it is very strong, its disadvantage is that the logistics materials required will be very large.
The reason why the Liaodong Army is so powerful is that the Liaodong Three Cavalry are famous, and the Liaodong Three Cavalry, as cavalry, consumes astronomical amounts of materials.
For a long time, the supply of soldiers and horses in Liaodong was allocated from the imperial court, because the Liaodong Army garrisoned the border passes, not only to suppress Goryeo, but also to guard against barbarians, which was very important to the border security of the empire, so Jiping, one of the four granaries of the empire, has always been the source of grain and grass for the Liaodong army. Ji Ping hoarded grain and grass in Hebei Province and Fuhai Province, and the imperial court spared no effort to support the Liaodong Army.
It's just that since King Qingtian launched an uprising in Hebei, his strength soon swept the entire Hebei Province, and Ji Pingcang not only could not get the grain supplement of Hebei Province, but the imperial court sent troops to Hebei to encircle and suppress King Qingtian, but it also transferred a lot of grain from Ji Ping, and Ji Pingcang is actually an empty warehouse now.
That is to say, in recent years, the supply of grain and grass for the Liaodong Army can only rely on Liaodong itself, that is, Fuhaidao, and because of the infiltration of the Qingtian King's forces, it is simply unable to continue to provide logistical support to Liaodong.
With the strength of Liaodong, it is of course extremely difficult to supply 100,000 soldiers and horses for a long time, of which tens of thousands are cavalry.
Although the Red Refining Power has hoarded a large number of logistics materials in Liaodong, because the Red Refining Power has not done anything to impose taxes in order to stabilize the people's hearts in Liaodong, with the supply of Liaodong itself, to support such a huge army, the annual finances have been unable to make ends meet every year.
Chu Huan naturally has an account in his heart, if the Northwest Army and the Liaodong Army go head-to-head, it is difficult to be the opponent of the Liaodong people, and he knows better that once the main force of the Northwest Army fails to clash with Liaodong County in Hexi, then it is likely to cause turmoil in the rear, whether it is the Northwest or the Xishan Road that has just been conquered is Anyi Road, it can be safe and sound at the moment, it is nothing more than Chu Huan has a strong force in his hands, and no one dares to act rashly, but Chu Huan has never forgotten that there are so many enemies hidden in the shadows.
Not to mention the northwest, only in the territory of Xishan Road, there are many places where grass bandits are very rampant, only because Chu Huan repeatedly sent troops to clear and suppress, so that Xishan temporarily returned to stability, and many places grass robbers did not dare to show up, but once the front line is lost, it is not allowed that those people will suddenly come out and stir up the defense.
In the confrontation with the Liaodong Army, it is natural to be cautious and not to be negligent in the slightest, and the longer the confrontation with the Liaodong Army drags on in the world, the more beneficial it will only be to the Northwest Army.
What the Liaodong Army is looking forward to is a quick victory, they want to maintain a huge military strength, and it will not be long before the Liaodong Province will be exhausted, and no matter how strong the front is, once the logistics supply is not available, it will soon collapse.
The Liaodong Army is not a barbarian, in Chu Huan's heart, the red refining electricity is by no means a sudden attack, if you want to defeat the Liaodong Army in a short time, it is almost impossible, and the strategy to deal with the barbarian army is of course impossible to use to deal with the Liaodong Army, so although he is sitting in the city of Wuping Mansion now, Chu Huan does not have any clever plan to deal with the Liaodong Army.
He only hopes that the fight between the Qin army and the Liaodong Army has consumed the strength of the Liaodong Army, and he hopes that because of the confrontation in Yanshan, the logistics of the Liaodong Army have already had problems, as long as the Liaodong Army is temporarily stagnant because of logistics, even if Chu Huan is given half a year, Chu Huan is confident that he will build an effective defense line in the east of Hexi, but he wants to tie the victory or defeat to this kind of luck, of course, it is just a matter of thinking, Chu Huan does not dare to use it as a factor in strategic formulation.
He was distressed to himself, when suddenly a soldier from outside the door came to report: "King Qichu, a man who calls himself Luo Duo asks to see him!" ”