Hanbo

Chapter 228 The Role of Xiao Hei

After a day and night of investigation, Huo Shan basically understood the situation on the front line.

Of course, it was talking about the plains, but Huo Shan also had a clue in his mind after passing through the narration of the guard Qiang Xiaowei along the way in the mountains.

The four thousand cavalry in the plains have all been stationed, but the military forts in the mountains have not yet.

Like the three large army forts and 24 small army forts on the front line, more than 3000 troops can be stationed, but now only more than [-] people are stationed.

Moreover, these men and horses were soldiers and horses of the Qiang Guard Station, so Huo Shan felt that it was a waste to put these cavalry here.

Or because Ling Ju didn't come, they can be arranged to move in in the next few days, but it also depends on the actual situation.

Whether to arrange for the infantry to garrison or retreat, or to play tricks, Huo Shan had to think about it.

And it still needs to wait until Xiao Hei comes back. After Xiao Hei comes back, Huo Shan knows the general situation of the enemy's mobilization, so he can make arrangements.

If the soldiers of the Qiang people came too fast, and it was too late to change defenses, then there was no way.

.........

In the afternoon of the 23rd, Huo Shan and others returned to Huqiang City, the only one who did not come back together was Zhao Puonu.

He took a Shihu Ben soldier and a Shihu Qiang station to inspect the fortresses on the front line.

Today's Huqiang City can be said to be in full swing. Nearly [-] people have come to the surrounding area of ​​Huqiang City. It can be said that the small city of Huqiang City has not been so lively since its construction.

However, in this lively situation, there was a chill hidden. The soldiers patrolling back and forth on the street looked serious, and looked at everything around them carefully and vigilantly.

After Huo Shan entered the city, he gave orders to everyone:

"It's all gone, come to the Captain's Mansion to discuss matters at dusk."

"promise."

All the generals dispersed, only Captain Qiang led Huo Shan to the Colonel's mansion, and when he arrived at the place, he also left.

Huo Shan led Sun Shang and Xiao Lizi into the Colonel's Mansion. The former mansion was no different from the usual place, where the main officials work.

And when Huo Shan came to the courtyard of the Houfu, he looked at the main hall of the Houfu, which was like a mourning hall, and stopped in his tracks.

Huo Shan stood in the courtyard and looked at it for a while, then walked into the mourning hall. There was a big coffin in the middle, and an old man was standing by.

Seeing the three people coming in, the old man hurriedly offered incense, and the three of them bowed solemnly after receiving the incense and lit it, and then inserted the incense into the incense burner.

Huo Shan looked at the coffin in silence for a while, then turned around and left with a sigh. Li Xi's old butler next to him never spoke.

Huo Shan knew the news that Li Xi had never been buried.

The old general would rather tan his own body than bury it, just because he didn't want to leak the news. Waiting for the generals from the Hou court to come, it can be said that he gave everything for the big man.

Logically speaking, the first thing Huo Shan did when he arrived was to arrange Li Xi's burial, but it was not possible yet.

The news of Li Xi's death had to be kept secret, so he could only continue to wrong the old general for a while.

.........

After Huo Shan washed up and finished his meal, he didn't have time to rest, so he came directly to the front mansion, and just entered the main hall when he ran into Wang Wei:
"Your Majesty!"

Huo Shan glanced at him, Wang Wei was taken aback for a moment, then bowed again and said:

"My minister, Wang Wei, has met the governor."

Huo Shan nodded, and then he entered the main hall. As soon as he entered, he saw the big sand table that occupied most of the main hall.

On a huge wooden plane, mountains and rivers are densely covered. The rivers use dyed blue sand, the valleys use green turf, and the higher mountains have limestone as snow.

Huo Shan got closer and looked, the entire Hehuang area was on it, and there was also a large area on the west sea and southwest mountains.

"I report to the Governor, according to the map and the dictation of the scouts, we can only go so far. If we want to go into more detail, we need to investigate it ourselves."

Huo Shan smiled in satisfaction, nodded and said:

"Enough, good work."

Although this sand table is very simple compared to later generations, it is much better than the maps of this era.

On the maps of this era, a few wavy lines are drawn to form a river, and a few folds are drawn to form a mountain range, and all the larger rivers and mountains are drawn.

The route will only record some important routes, which seems very inconvenient.

Even the most detailed map is not as good as the sand table in front of him, which at least looks a lot more intuitive.

"Okay, get down and get busy!"

After sending Wang Wei away, Huo Shan began to study the sand table in front of him again.

He picked up the red and black flags next to him and planted them on it. Red represents the big man, and black represents the enemy. Huo Shan has always arranged this way.

After everything was completed, Huo Shan nodded in satisfaction, and then asked Xiao Lizi next to him:

"Has Xiaohei come back?"

Xiao Lizi didn't know, even if Xiao Hei came back, no one would be able to find him without showing his face, so he took out a whistle and blew a few times.

After a while, Xiao Hei flew in, Huo Shan touched the edge of the sand table, and Xiao Hei flew over and landed here.

"How's the investigation going?"

Hearing this, Xiao Hei flew up again, and after flying around the sand table for a while, made two 'cuckoos'.

Seeing this, Huo Shan picked up the wooden stick next to the sand table and began to question. During this time, Huo Shan pointed to the sand table and asked, guessed, and moved.

After a while, Huo Shan roughly figured out the Qiang people's actions. First of all, they were the easiest and best to distinguish Xianling Qiang. According to Xiao Hei, they were busy and full of enthusiasm, and had large-scale actions.

And several Qiang tribes in the southwest of the Hehuang area and other places have also undergone major changes. Well, that's all we know about the situation.

No matter how smart Xiao Hei is, he is only a bird after all, so at this stage Xiao Hei can only check whether the enemy is moving and where he is.

Relying on Huo Shan's tacit understanding with him, it is already very good to know so much, most people don't even know this.

Combined with the situation I have learned, I can almost judge which tribes the enemy is, what the situation is, and what they are doing.

But Huo Shan didn't know the specific number of soldiers and horses, and Xiao Hei didn't know how to observe it.

However, it was impossible for Huo Shan to hand over all the investigation to Xiao Hei, and the scouts under his command were not for nothing.

Moreover, Xiao Hei has already detected those tribes, so it is much more convenient for the scouts to investigate.

A little exploration in other places can focus on these tribes, saving a lot of manpower, material resources and time.

And as the enemy began to march, after the scouts detected the number, and after Xiao Hei's successive detections, he could know more.

For example, the speed of the enemy's advance, the marching route of the soldiers and horses, whether the troops are divided on the way, and so on.

Combined with these circumstances, Huo Shan can deduce most of the enemy's intentions.

Although the scouts can also investigate, they are completely different from Xiaohei's investigation in this respect.

For example, details.

There are some things scouts can detect, and some things scouts can't.

For example, if the enemy divides troops secretly, it is impossible for one's own scouts to cover the entire battlefield densely, so it is very likely that this army will be ignored. When it is known, it will be too late.

But Xiao Hei is different, when he flies into the sky, nothing on the ground can escape his sharp eyes.

When Huo Shan heard the news, he could order the scouts to investigate and send a large army to stop or kill them.

And speed.

For example, if the enemy is marching back and forth, it is a day's journey away from a fork in the road, and this fork in the road has two forks in the road, and the destination is the same.

The first route is flat and relatively safe, but the journey is long and takes two days, while the second route only takes one day, but it is more dangerous and suitable for our ambush.

But when the enemy is far away from the fork, the scouts don't know which way the enemy will take.

And when the enemy approached the fork in the road, they chose the second road for speed, and the scouts came back to report. When Huo Shan heard the news, he could only watch helplessly as this good opportunity passed by.

Because of the time it took for the scouts to report back and forth, the enemy's soldiers and horses have already passed through this area quickly.

And if it was Xiao Hei, Huo Shan could immediately seize this opportunity.

After Xiao Hei saw it, he immediately brought back the news, and after Huo Shan learned about it, he could ask Xiao Hei to immediately send the military order to the troops in front to carry out an ambush.

So for Huo Shan, Xiao Hei is not only a radar, but also a telegraph.

As for the army in front of them carrying out an ambush after hearing the news and not reporting to Huo Shan for wasting time, this is impossible.

The generals of all parties will only abide by the military orders of the coach, and they have no right to act independently unless the coach delegates power.

Do not act without orders, deeply engraved in the hearts of all the generals of the Han Dynasty,

As for these generals and schools, if you order them to ambush, they can execute it perfectly for you, but you let them judge the situation by themselves. To be honest, they don't have that ability.

If you suddenly delegate power to them, they will feel uneasy, they will be thinking about how to ambush, and they will not be able to use their usual skills at all, because they have no confidence in their hearts, and not everyone has the courage of Huo Shan.

And this kind of power coach can't let go, once let go, after a long time, it will not be far from failure, you can't just look at the benefits, compared with this benefit, the disadvantages are simply sky-shattering.

Because you have given them the right to not accept military orders when they are out, how can this soldier be led?
You want one army to support the second army, and the three armies and four armies to encircle the enemy. The generals in front of them have their own plans in mind and are not willing to listen to you. How can the commander of this army be led?
Simply don't give anything, and don't give you a chance to fuel your ambitions.

They are a group of excellent mid-level officers in the army, but they are just a group of excellent middle-level officers.

They are the long spears and the backbone of the army, but how to fight a specific battle and how to stab someone to death depends on how the person holding the long spear controls the long spear and what exquisite marksmanship he uses.

You can't kill people with long guns, and they can't become gunmen. The coach is a real talent.

Talented people will show up sooner or later, just like the skin can't hide an awl, but those with insufficient talent just don't have enough and can't change.

(End of this chapter)