Hanbo

Chapter 232 The Qiang People Finally Arrived
25 in the morning.

Huo Shan was standing on the top of the city, tossing a gold coin up and down in his hand, but his eyes were on the soldiers under the city, who went out of the city to change their defenses in a neat line.

According to Xiao Hei's observation, the area where Xu Ziwei pointed out the day before yesterday where the Qiang people gathered soldiers and horses had already gathered a large number of soldiers and horses. In fact, they had already started to act before Huo Shan came.

But because the scouts sent out have not returned yet, although the exact number of Qiang soldiers and horses is not yet known, the Qiang people must have come to attack this month.

The soldiers left the city at this time, and it would take at least three or four days before they reached the military fort ahead.

If everything goes well, there will be just a time difference with the Qiang people, and even before they arrive at the fastest speed, these soldiers can complete the defense change.

It is also fortunate that the military fort in front has been hoarding a large amount of food, grass, military equipment and water sources all year round, otherwise it would be too late to transport these things there.

In that case, he could only follow Xu Ziwei's path and give up the frontier military fort.

Huo Shan is now waiting for the specific number of soldiers and horses on the Qiang side, as well as their marching route and other arrangements.

As for which tribe of the Qiang people came, Huo Shan didn't care much, no matter which tribe it was, the soldiers and horses of the Qiang people were all the same.

If it is the Xiongnu, you need to find out which one belongs to it, because the elite level of soldiers and horses of each department may be different, and the leaders of the soldiers may also be different.

Moreover, according to the situation of each tribe, the Xiongnu can also carry out certain surrenders to attack the Xiongnu Empire as a whole.

But the Qiang people are different. The Qiang people are too complicated and have many tribes. Even if you recruit this one, it doesn't matter to other tribes.

Moreover, it is much more difficult for the Qiang people to recruit and surrender than the Xiongnu, because they have a geographical advantage.

Therefore, at this stage, it is simply unrealistic for the big Han to destroy the Qiang people. It is even more unrealistic to destroy them than to destroy the Huns.

But the situation of the Qiang people is much worse than that of the Huns.

Therefore, no matter which tribe is the main one, no matter which tribes come, it is all the same to Huo Shan. In Huo Shan's eyes, they have no distinction between different tribes, but only one identity, that is Qiang people.

And as long as the enemy who invaded this time is eliminated, and then some benefits are promised, he is not afraid that the Qiang people will not be used by him.

His original plan to use the Qiang people to attack the Western Regions has not been forgotten.

.........

In the following days, Huo Shan waited quietly, waiting for the Qiang people to attack and the scouts to come with detailed news.

On the afternoon of the 28th, Sun Shang excitedly ran into the Houfu and found Huo Shan who was leisurely basking in the sun on a deck chair under the eaves.

"My lord, the scouts have returned and brought back the details of the Qiang people."

Huo Shan opened his eyes, took the notebook from Zhang Anshi who came in with him, squinted his eyes for a while, and then said:

"It's finally here. I'm almost growing hairy from waiting, Sun Shang, call all the generals and schools, and discuss in the main hall in two quarters of an hour."

"promise."

Sun Shang turned to leave, Huo Shan got up and stretched, and walked to the front hall with Zhang Anshi and Xiao Lizi.

Entering the front hall, Huo Shan waited for a while, and people came one after another, saluted Huo Shan one by one, found their seats and sat down.

"Report to the governor, all the generals and schools have arrived."

Huo Shan closed his eyes and opened his eyes, and said:
"Proceedings."

Huo Shan got up and walked towards the sand table, and all the generals also walked towards the sand table after getting up and saluting.

Huo Shan picked up the stick and tapped the southeast side of the West Sea:
"Today is the 28th, and the scouts have just sent news that since the second day of the 21st, the Qiang people have gathered soldiers and horses here, and until the 25th, according to the scouts' investigation, a total of [-] soldiers and horses have gathered here.

First Ling Qiang had [-] soldiers and horses, Zhong Qiang and White Wolf each had [-] soldiers and horses, and the rest had many followers, no less than [-] tribes, the number of soldiers and horses was five or six thousand, three or four thousand, and the few were hundreds of thousands, a total of seven More than ten thousand.

In the early morning of the 26th, the Qiang army was dispatched and came straight to my big man. The scouts followed for a day and sent someone to send the news back. "

Huo Shan paused for a moment, then tapped Huangzhong:
"According to the observed speed of Qiang soldiers and horses traveling hundreds of miles a day, they almost arrived at the Huangzhong area of ​​Huangnan Plain at this time."

After the generals finished listening, they all showed smiles.

Xu Ziwei: "After our army waited for a long time, the Qiang people finally came."

Zhao Puonu: "There are [-] soldiers and horses here, and this battle can be a happy one."

Lu Bode: "The strength of the Qiang people is not weak, so don't take it lightly."

The guard Qiang Xiaowei arched his hands, saluted Huo Shan and said:

"How to fight this battle, please order from the governor!"

All the generals immediately saluted Huo Shan together:
"Please give orders from the Commander-in-Chief!"

"Ok!"

Huo Shan nodded in response, then rubbed his chin and stared at the sand table, and asked after a while:

"Lu Bode, have all the three departments of Lingju been stationed in the military fort?"

"Back to the governor, the news came at noon today that the three frontier forts and the second frontier fort have already moved in, and the third fortress is only about [-] miles away. At this time, it is estimated that they have already moved in."

Huo Shan nodded: "That's good."

"The Qiang people have already arrived in Huangzhong, according to their situation, they will not march tonight, not sure about tomorrow.

If they were more cautious, they might stay for a day tomorrow to investigate the situation in Huangzhong area, but they probably wouldn't stay.

And Huangzhong headed north to the Huangzhong Plain, then turned to the east, and reached the third defense through the main escape route, which was less than two hundred miles away.

At their current marching speed, it would take two days. If it was faster, one day would be enough. For the subsequent three hundred li defense line, if Benhou asked him to go for three days, he would have to go for three days.

Therefore, according to the worst plan, our army still has four days to prepare for the mobilization of troops and horses. "

Huo Shan frowned and let out a sigh of relief, then licked his lips. The time was not too tight, he had time to come and prepare.

"Roubold."

"The end is here."

"Order the three-defense frontier military fort to Ben Hou to stay in the military fort honestly, defend it well, and not take the initiative to attack.

If the Qiang people come to attack, beat them back, don't chase them out of the fort, even if it's a great opportunity, don't chase them.

If the Qiang people ignore them, let them not worry about it, let them go wherever the Qiang people want to go!

They only have one task, like a mountain, they will definitely die in the military castle for me! "

"The last general takes orders!"

Huo Tan waited for a while, Tian Qianqiu was writing vigorously, after finishing writing, Xiao Li stamped it and handed it to Lu Bode, Lu Bode took it respectfully.

"As for you, lead [-] soldiers and horses, and guard Huqiang City and the Huqiang Five Forts for me. I will give you full authority over defense matters, and the rest will not be taken care of by the Marquis. I only have two requirements.

One, don't let the enemy break through the defense and attack my big man.

Second, without the order of the Marquis, do not take the initiative to attack. "

Xiao Li handed over another warrant for decentralization, and Lu Bode half-kneeled on the ground:
"The last general will accept the order, and he will live up to the high expectations of the governor!"

Huo Shan nodded, Lu Bode got up and retreated to the sand table, Huo Shan stared at the sand table for a while:
"Xu Ziwei, Zhao Ponu."

"The end is here."

"You two change armies, Zhao Puonu will go to lead the Huben Qingqi, and Xu Ziwei will go to lead the Huangzhong Yi Cong Department."

"The last general takes orders!"

"Zhao Ponu, I order you to lead two thousand light cavalry from the tiger and ben, and bring enough food and grass for five days, set off immediately, and march straight up along the Dahe war zone, reaching the Qiang land.

See the enemy destroy the enemy, see the tribe destroy the tribe, use war to support war, and use tactics such as running raids, guerrillas, and night raids that we used in the Huns.

I don't care what you do, in short, let me destroy the enemy's rear.

If someone sends a message, the rest of the direction will be blocked by you, and the direction of the big man will not be blocked.

Don't be greedy for trophies, kill the horses that can't take you with you, and don't touch the cattle and sheep. "

"The commander will take orders!"

The excitement on Zhao Puonu's face made him fight the enemy head-on. Although he liked it very much, what he liked most was that the enemy could not control him, and he could wreak havoc unscrupulously.

"Didn't Sun Shang bring back a guide, remember to bring it, I will send a hundred packs of wolves to accompany you, and Xiao Hei will go there from time to time, don't be afraid of getting lost, go do it with ease!
Just one thing, be careful of the water source, don't put anything in your mouth, this is the first time for the soldiers of Huben to go to the battlefield, so watch them for me, don't have any accidents. "

"The last general takes orders!"

"Ok!"

Huo Shan responded, and then looked at the sand table.

Others didn't have any objection to Zhao Ponu's errand, even Xu Ziwei had no objection.

Xu Ziwei knew himself well. He was obviously more suitable for the frontal battlefield than going to the enemy's rear to wreak havoc.

He was also very relieved to hand Huben over to Zhao Puonu, a veteran who had already led Habayashi.

If Huo Shan really entrusted him with this job, then he wouldn't be at ease.

Although he has also learned the tactics of Habayashi Huben and so on, his way has been settled in the early years.

And Zhao Puonu learned from two generations of the Huo family, there is really no one more suitable than him for this kind of thing.

And Xu Ziwei felt that he was not as good as Zhao Puonu to do this, and the others didn't even dare to think about it.

Everyone was actually very surprised by Huo Shan's operation, because no one had ever done it before.

It's not that no one has thought about it, but it's because when they think about it, they immediately kill the idea because the conditions don't allow it.

The first one is the weather. When raiding the Qiang people's rear, the combat power of the soldiers will drop, and it is very likely that the raid will fail and be wiped out instead.

The second is that even if the enemy brings a large army to come, there will still be some soldiers and horses at home. It is useless to bring less soldiers and horses without the strength of Habayashi Huben. If you bring too many soldiers and horses, no one has this ability!
Do you think that everyone is Huo Qubing, with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses running long distances, and can defeat the enemy after encountering the enemy?
The three ones were that the others did not have the confidence of Huo Shan, and did not have the confidence that Huo Shan could hold back the enemy's army.

There are also a series of complex situations such as getting lost and so on.

This is indeed a very good strategy, but the difficulty is also very large!
(End of this chapter)