Chapter 1109: Walking in the cold
Chapter 1107: Wearing cold and entering
The Jin army had a total of 200,000 troops. When forming the Alliance against Dong, Qin Jian led 50,000 Jin troops to the south, and then stayed under Qin Hao''s command and never returned to Bingzhou. Therefore, the Jin army now has only 150,000 troops left.
In order to support Qin Hao in forming the alliance to fight against Dong, the Jin army not only supported the troops, but also gave Qin Hao the greatest support to the generals.
In addition to being led by the Fourth Master Qin Jian himself, he also took away many mainstays of the Jin army, including Zhao Yun, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong, Xu Huang.
The Jin army, which is now left behind and north, may not be empty in terms of military strength, but it is unprecedented in terms of generals.
Only one commander Yang Ye, and one commander 95 commander Li Dingguo, is quite reliable.
Other generals, including the Yang family, have either not grown up yet or have courage but no strategy, and it is difficult to take on major responsibilities.
Qin Wen, who has the highest prestige, is also a reliable general if he can lead the army, but now Qin Wen is already in a hero and cannot lead the army and fight in person.
Although Qin Hao sent Wang Meng, who commanded the 98th commander, and Wen Tianxiang, who commander, 96th commander, to Hetao as the prefect, they were civil officials after all and did not hold military power in normal times.
Qin Hao knew that relying solely on Yang Ye might not be able to stop Murong Ke, so in this Feige pass, he told Qin Wen that Wang Meng and Wen Tianxiang would be used as generals.
This time, Yuan Meng was coming with great force. Temujin sent up a force of 70,000 cavalry, and it was led by Murong Ke, the peerless general.
If the Jin army relied on Yang Ye alone, it might not be able to stop Murong Ke, the "No. 1 General of the Sixteen Kingdoms", but if Yang Ye had the assistance of Wang Meng and Wen Tianxiang, it would be a different matter.
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At the same time, at the junction of Bingzhou and Liangzhou, a huge cavalry unit quickly moved towards Bingzhou under the leadership of Murong Ke.
All the cavalry in this army are equipped with stirrups, saddles and horseshoes, and the ones in their hands are even more polished. The only pity is that there are not many soldiers piercing their armor, only about one or two percent.
Of course, this cannot be iron armor, but leather armor traded from the princes of the Central Plains. Iron armor is a equipment that only generals are qualified to wear in Yuanmeng.
Among the 70,000 Mongolian Iron Cavalry, nearly 14,000 people were equipped with leather armor. This ratio was very low for the Central Plains army, but for Yuan Meng, who was short of supplies, it was an unprecedented luxury plastic surgery.
Not far away from the Huns era, it would be nice to have 10% of the soldiers in the Huns'' army put on armor, but even so, the Han army was called Dad. Of course, except for the three special Han troops in Jin Liangyou.
"Father, you said how did the Han people grow up and why are they so smart? Even magical things like stirrups and horseshoes can be invented."
Murong Shao, who went on the battle with his father, laughed while riding his horse and whipping, "Since our knights equipped these things, the marching speed has increased by nearly twice. Why can''t we Mongolians invent it?"
"So what if the Han people are smart? The things they invented are not cheaper to us in the end."
Murong Chui''s concubine son Murong Lin sneered, "The Han people have only a few cavalry, and they are not as much as half of my Yuan Meng. They cannot maximize the effects of stirrups and horseshoes. However, I, Yuan Meng, get such a magical artifact, is like a tiger. From now on, the northern border will allow our iron cavalry to surround at will."
"Brother, what you said is reasonable." Murong Shao laughed.
Murong Ke also agreed with the words of his two nephews. After all, what they said was true, but he did not reply to the words of the two. Instead, he looked cold, as if he had something to worry about. "Since the era of Yanmen Army, the Huns rarely gained advantages in Bingzhou. Although the Huns have grown stronger and become the Yuanmeng, the Yanmen Army has also become the Jin army."
Murong Ke reminded with a serious expression: "My Murong family has been under great pressure in Yuanmeng. Now, thanks to His Majesty''s trust, I finally have the opportunity to lead the army again. You must not lose the chain because of underestimating the enemy.
If we lose this battle, our life and death will be small, and the survival of the Murong family will be big.
Do you understand? ”
Murong Shao and Murong Lin suddenly felt a stern, and after looking at each other, they shouted, "I understand."
Seeing this, Murong Ke couldn''t help but nod in his heart. He was actually scaring the two of them just now. After Princess Zhao Min took Murong Longcheng as her disciple, the situation of the Murong family was much better than when she first joined Yuanmeng. Even if he was defeated this time, he would never be exterminated.
"Father, the Hetao border is ahead. According to the Liang army''s intelligence, the Jin army once again established a camp of 3,000 people."
Murong Shao pointed at the front with his whip, his eyes full of light, and he laughed: "With our army''s strength, we will definitely be able to capture this camp within three days. At that time, in this flat Hetao, our army will be as if we were on flat ground."
After murong Ke pondered for a while, he said lightly: "Send the order and the army marched south. Within one day, it must arrive in Shuofang."
"No...ah, ah?"
Murong Shao didn''t react at first. After confirming that his father was talking about Shuofang, he immediately said shocked: "Father, if we capture this camp, we can enter Hetao. Why do we go to the broken place in Shuofang at this time?"
"Although this battalion has only 3,000 troops, all kinds of defensive equipment are available, and our army is all cavalry, and it may not be able to attack within three days."
Murong Ke looked ahead with a frown and said lightly: "Guo Jing defected, the risk of the plan being exposed, but even if the Jin army already knew about it, it would not be possible to transfer the army from the northern line in a short time.
Therefore, we must compete with the Jin army for time and enter Hetao as quickly as possible. By then, relying on the speed of the cavalry, our army will be invincible.
The detour of Shuofang seems to be a longer journey, but it saves time in the attack, so it will actually enter Hetao faster. ”
"But here is just a camp, but Shuofang has a strong city." Murong Lin asked in confusion.
Murong Ke''s lips raised slightly and he smiled faintly: "However we enter Bingzhou from Liangzhou, we can enter Hetao from Shuofang.
The Southern Alliance Army has requested Yuan Meng, and they also rely on Yuan Meng to restrain the Jin army in the north, so I wish he was not brave enough to stop our army. ”
Murong Lin couldn''t help but lit up when he heard this. If this was the case, wouldn''t they have entered Hetao without any effort?
I remember that during the period of Yufuluo Shanyu, the Han and the Huns even died in years of war, but they failed to break through Yanmen Pass and enter Bingzhou. But now they can accomplish the feat that hundreds of thousands of people have not been killed without abolishing a single army and a soldier.
(This chapter ends)