Hanbo

Chapter 329 The big man has no shortage of horses ever since! (4K)

Three hours later, Li Ling received an order from Huo Shan.

"Go, call me Li Guangli and the captain of the fourth department."

"promise."

After the personal guard responded, he turned and left to go to the back of the team. About a quarter of an hour later, Li Guangli was called over.

Li Guangli ran in in a hurry, saw no one, and when he was the only one, he clasped his fists and saluted and asked directly:
"General, what is the arrangement?"

Li Ling didn't talk nonsense, and said directly:

"The Commander-in-Chief ordered that when our troops arrive at Wensu, you will lead three and four troops to attack Chigu City and take it within three days after arriving. Is it possible?"

Huo Shan didn't set a deadline, but Li Ling added one, but he didn't want to target Li Guangli, but felt that he should be given some pressure.

Li Guangli's eyes widened, he didn't quite believe it, he pointed to himself:
"Let me go?"

Li Ling nodded with a smile on his face.

"Here, why did you let me go?"

It's normal for Li Guangli to ask this question. With Li Ling here, even if Li Ling doesn't go, there will be Su Xian!
"The governor told you to go, so you can go, don't you want to go?

If you don't want to go, I'll call Su Xian over, and you go get the board..."

"Go, go, definitely go, a fool wouldn't go!"

Li Guangli smirked again and again, and he still can't believe that such a good thing can fly on his head.

Li Ling rolled his eyes at the silly Li Guangli:
"Drool is coming out!"

Li Guangli quickly restrained his smile and wiped the corner of his mouth where there was no saliva.

"By the way, how many soldiers and horses will the governor give me?"

"Your three, plus four, a total of [-] soldiers and horses."

Li Guangli was overjoyed again:
"Chigu City only has [-] troops, that's enough."

Seeing Li Guangli's excited look, Li Ling frowned, and hit directly:

"The [-] soldiers and horses are all elites, but they are also cavalry, so they are not very suitable for attacking the city.

Moreover, some of the artisans accompanying the army are in the Chinese army, and some are in the vanguard Qiang army. This time our army will go first. Although we have assigned some, we cannot give them all to you.

Moreover, Wusun is defending the city, and you are attacking. Even if Wusun's soldiers and horses are not as powerful as yours, but with this advantage, it is enough to bridge the gap, even if the enemy is strong and we are weak.

And our army is going west, although the target is Dawan in Wusun's eyes, they will definitely be more vigilant, and you may encounter enemy defenses on the way.

And this terrain is also easy to encounter ambushes, but there are wolves around, the governor said, Xiao Hei will come over in a few days, so don't worry too much.

But all in all, attacking Chigu City this time is not an easy task, and you are very likely to return without success. "

Li Ling finished speaking these words earnestly, but Li Guangli still had a confident expression on his face.

When Li Ling was talking just now, Li Guangli had some thoughts in his heart, so he said:

"General, I wonder if the last general can leave immediately?"

Li Ling raised his eyebrows, somewhat understanding Li Guangli's thoughts, this is a direct surprise attack!
Li Guangli did have this idea. Compared with his previous life, he has changed a lot in this life.

Since he entered the army, he has been under Huo Shan's command, learned a lot, and his style of doing things has also changed a lot.

This situation, Huo Shan naturally discovered something, the reason why he was asked to lead the Qiang people under Li Ling's command was because Huo Shan found that this guy was getting wilder and wilder.

Going on like this, Huo Shan found that this guy was more and more similar to Zhao Puonu, but there was a big difference between the two in the subtleties.

Although Zhao Puonu fought wildly, he marched very steadily and was suitable to be a pioneer.

But Li Guangli was really wild. The vanguard not only came to attack the enemy to clear the way, but also to investigate all dangers for the rear army during the march. Li Guangli obviously couldn't do it.

And although he learned a lot from Huo Shan's side, he couldn't compare with Zhao Chongguo, Li Ling and others.

But he has learned one thing, and better than everyone else, that is the truth that soldiers are expensive and fast.

So in this situation, it seems that he is very suitable to lead a partial army to wander outside. The big battle is just to go straight to the vital point, or attack the enemy's food and supplies, or make a surprise attack.

This is why Huo Shan sent him to attack Chigu.

Compared with the previous life, the path has gone astray, but Huo Shan thinks that this is a good thing.

He didn't have much talent in commanding the army, and Huo Shan felt that this direction was very suitable for him. The Han army lacked such a character who could bring these directions to the extreme.

Although in this direction, you can't get a lot of soldiers and horses, and [-] to [-] will be enough, but this direction is a must for taking credit.

Li Ling thought about it, and finally nodded in agreement:

"can!"

In fact, he didn't have this right, and he would definitely report to Huo Shan later, but this didn't stop him from agreeing, because he knew what Huo Shan was thinking, trainer!
"Then the governor's side..."

"Don't worry, I will report."

Li Guangli nodded, and then made another request:
"Then can I borrow some more shooting soldiers, I only have ten around me, it's not enough!"

"I can't do anything about it. Their first task is to protect me, and they won't go out more than half of them under my orders."

Li Guangli directly probed and asked:

"Then ask the governor?"

Li Ling nodded:
"Okay, you can go down to organize the army. Don't rush to leave. I'll ask the governor. If it's ok, you can start tomorrow!"

If Li Guangli didn't want to shoot, he could start today, but if he wanted to shoot, he had to ask Huo Shan, so he just asked Li Guangli if he could start early.

"Then, I will retire at the end."

.........

In the afternoon, Babaili urgently sent the news. After Huo Shan read the news, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, and he knew Li Guangli's plan in his heart.

In his opinion, the success rate is very high, maybe he can really do it. If he continues to follow this path, the big man will give birth to a famous general who is good at surprise attacks and devious combat.

"Okay, you can march ahead. There are thirty shots around Li Ling, so transfer twenty to Li Guangli."

After eight hundred miles of change, set off again to Li Ling's army.

Huo Shan was riding on the horse, squinting his eyes thinking about Li Guangli's surprise attack.

Now the entire army has just left Yancheng for [-] miles, and Yancheng is about [-] miles away from Wensu City. It will take at least eight days to go this way.

Today is over, and it will take seven days, but the sweeping on the road will take some time, as the number of cattle and sheep will increase, and the speed will slow down, so it will be ten days.

However, Li Ling set off ahead of schedule and is now 800 miles away from Wensu. Therefore, Li Guangli will set off tomorrow, first to Wensu, and then to Chigu. During this period, the distance is more than [-] miles.

Even if Li Guangli's speed is the fastest, unless he spares no effort to drive, he can only travel 150 miles a day.

It is estimated that many horses will be killed at this speed, but if it exceeds this speed, it is estimated that there will not be many horses left.

So he used to need at least six days, this is because of the difficult journey from Wensu to Chigu, there may be soldiers and horses blocking the road, add a little.

The [-]-mile return journey counts as one day, so Li Guangli has three days to attack the city.

So what Huo Shan thought was, would he be able to receive the news of Li Guangli's success before he arrived in Wensu?
If Li Guangli can do this, then Huo Shan will give him a thumbs up.

Leading [-] cavalry in ten days, marching for [-] miles, destroying the city of [-] to [-] defenders, a solid record of a famous general.

At this time, Zhang Anshi came over and said with a smile:
"It's Li Guangli's first time leading an army, and he has no constraints, so he will definitely want to make some achievements. Although he is a wild man, he is very careful when it comes to raids.

If he really wants to make some achievements, he is afraid that many horses will run to death. "

Huo Shan looked back, and sure enough, he saw Liu Shi, Sima Qian and others looked distressed, but Huo Shan laughed:
"Haha, this Marquis doesn't feel bad at all. Some of the horses in our army now, plus the Western Regions, I will never lack good war horses in the future."

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, and they all reacted, yes!
Needless to say, the horses in the Western Regions are really good, especially Wusun, there are more good horses.

Although Dawan's horses are better, but Dawan's horses are really not as good as Wusun if they are really used as war horses.

First of all, there are not many good horses in Dawan, which can be used as studs, but they are still not enough for large-scale use.

Wusun is different. There are a large number of good war horses, which are much better than the Xiongnu horses under his command today.

Moreover, the horses of these soldiers under King Youguli's command are outstanding compared to the entire Xiongnu. There is no shortage of horse breeds, and they have been improved from generation to generation.

With this place in the Western Regions, there will be no shortage of horse breeds. Many good horse breeds can be sent back to the Han Dynasty, where they can be improved from generation to generation and the best ones can be bred.

This is a long-term matter, but in the short term, there is no shortage, and there is another reason to fight Wusun.

Liu Ju sighed a lot in his heart:

"I am a big man who is controlled by horses. I don't know how many decrees on horses have been promulgated in the past 100 years. I didn't expect that there would be a day when there would be no shortage of horses."

Everyone sighed with emotion, but Huo Shan curled his lips, what a bunch of people are feeling here!

This group of people, including himself, have been short of horses since childhood?
Even if he joins the army in the future, he has never been short of horses. On horses, the only trouble is that there are too many and he doesn't know how to use them.

To really feel it, you have to look at the group of old people.

In fact, Huo Shan really didn't have much feelings, the reason is that he has no shortage since he was a child, and the reason is that he wanders around the stable every day.

Moreover, he grew up watching Lao Huo's marching records. A roundabout attack would cost tens of thousands of deaths, and Liu Che, Wei Qing and others never said they were short of horses.

He just knew that the big man lacked horses, but he really didn't feel deeply.

What he is looking forward to now is whether he can take the 20 soldiers and horses under his command and let them each have an Wusun horse.

Only 20 horses, uh, not realistic.

It is estimated that Wusun can only have about [-] horses on the battlefield.

The ratio of cattle, sheep and horses in the countries of the Western Regions is actually similar to that of the Xiongnu, and the difference is not too much.

One person has three sheep, one cow, and one and a half horses.

Like Wusun, with a population of more than 60, it is estimated that there are one million horses, but not many can be used as war horses, about [-]% or so.

War horses are updated very quickly, and sometimes they are scrapped after less than half a year of use, such as horseshoe problems, joint problems and so on.

Being able to maintain [-]% all year round is a good system for these nomads. After all, no one cherishes horses as much as the big man.

Of course, the ratio mentioned earlier, three sheep and one cow, is not quite accurate, and four cows and sheep per person is more accurate.

It also depends on the situation of the country. Big countries like Wusun are almost the same, and small countries are even less. There are about two to four people per person. Some wealthy people may have five or six, but they are all very small countries.

This number is also an average ratio. Their people don't have so much wealth, and they all belong to the big nobles.

.........

On the fifth day of October, six days had passed since the order was given to Li Ling.

All the soldiers and horses under Huo Shan's command have already left the territory of Qiuci. Now most of the soldiers and horses are less than [-] miles away from the south city of Gumo Capital, and they can arrive tomorrow afternoon.

It is only three hundred miles away from Wensu City.

The marching speed of the whole army was faster than Huo Shan expected.

Li Ling's Zhenxi speed is also good. It is only [-] miles away from Wensu City, and it will be there tomorrow.

The capture of Kucha this time was also counted.

The food and grass are enough for the 20 troops to use on the 37th, save some food, and there is no problem on the 45th.

But Huo Shan didn't think about it, marching hundreds of miles every day would consume a lot of energy, he was afraid that the troops would not be able to withstand it, and now he had 32 days left to use, cattle and sheep were all counted as duty.

Because they were all made into jerky, Huo Shan also wanted to keep them to give birth to lambs, but he couldn't keep up!
The whole army of horses is now 36, and there are about 30 war horses. It was originally about 30, all of which are war horses.

About [-] were seized in Kucha, but only [-] of them could be used as war horses, and the remaining [-] were followed. About [-] died during this period, just to make up for it.

The gold and silver goods are also counted, a total of 87 gold, Kucha occupies a good place, it is really rich, and some of it has definitely been taken away.

As for where the Lord of Kucha went, this Huo Shan knew. The Lord of Gumo told him that he was running west, but he didn't stop him.

This matter is irrelevant to Huo Shan, just run away, where else can he go, Da Wan, sooner or later he will be caught.

Now Huo Shan is only waiting for one piece of news, not only Huo Shan, but all the generals in the army are waiting for one piece of news, that is Li Guangli's battle situation.

Ever since the news of Li Guangli's attack spread among the generals, this matter has aroused great interest among the generals. They all want to see if Li Guangli can do it.

If it wasn't for Huo Shan's prohibition of gambling in the army, it is estimated that this meeting will be open.

However, Zhao Ponu and others still made a bet without telling the truth, and the bet was naturally the gold coins rewarded by Huo Shan.

Huo Shan stood outside the big tent, looking at the busy soldiers, he was still thinking about food and grass.

All he thinks about every day is food and grass, and he is almost in a daze. He must save enough food and grass.

There seems to be a lot of grain and grass in January, but it is really little. It is impossible to keep fighting like this, and it must stop for a while in winter.

Therefore, we must save enough food and grass in winter, and we can't put all our hopes on Dawan. What if they set fire to it?
Now it's up to Li Guangli to make a good start. We still have to ask Wusun for food and grass.

(End of this chapter)