Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

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In March, Tongguan Xiaogu.

Hundreds of Han soldiers walked along the dense jungle, felling trees along the way to open up roads.Behind them, more than a thousand soldiers of the Han army wore military uniforms and did not wear armor. Instead, they put the armor on the Nanzhong horse, and at the same time let it carry food and grass. The soldiers themselves only carried weapons, bows and crossbows.

There have been four major horse breeds in China since ancient times, namely the Mongolian horse, the Southwest horse, the Hequ horse, and the Kazakh horse.After the Han Dynasty unified the west, the resources of war horses in their hands were no longer comparable to those of only one state more than ten years ago. These four major horse breeds basically fell into the hands of the Han Dynasty.

Among them, because the Kazakh horse is produced in Ili, the big man can only say that he has it, and he cannot be said to own it on a large scale.The remaining three major horse lines are basically owned by the Han Kingdom, and they are used in the army on a large scale.

For example, the Hequ horse, because of its large body, substantial bones, strong tendons, and strong impact ability, the Han Dynasty applied it to armored cavalry, such as the special war horse for the Qingjiawei Sinking Cavalry. "Liangzhou horses run rampant all over the world" One of the horses is the Hequ horse.

As for the Mongolian horse, because of its strong endurance and incomparable bravery, it can travel long distances without the need for fine grain, so the big Han basically used it for light cavalry and ordinary cavalry.

As for the Southwest horse, with the improvement of the Dahan horse breed, it basically disappeared from the cavalry configuration because of its small size.And because it has a strong carrying capacity and is good at climbing mountains and mountains, it is mostly equipped with infantry, especially in the Bashu soldiers who are good at mountain warfare, so that it is convenient for the army to rush.

Now, in order for the big Han to go around and attack Hongnong County behind Tongguan, Liu Chan specially selected elite soldiers and Nanzhong horses for the forward of the army for the surprise attack.

The soldiers of the Han army shuttled back and forth along the narrow roads between the valleys. The roads were extremely steep and difficult to walk, and the mountains on both sides stood straight. If there were enemy troops ambushing here, the Han troops would basically collapse here.

Suddenly, the scouts who explored the road ran along the edge of the mountain and arrived in front of Liu Lin.

"General Qi, we found Wei Jun's camp at the entrance of the front valley ten miles away." The scout reported.

"Wei army camp?" The generals accompanying the army exclaimed.

"Exactly."

"Bring me a map."

Liu Lin took the crude map and unfolded it for inspection.On this scribbled and rough map, it can be vaguely seen that the Wei army camp was set up at Dangkou to prevent the Han army from raiding here.

Looking at the map, Liu Lin frowned and fell into a predicament.It was originally a raid, but now that the Wei army has a camp to defend the trail, it is better to fight or not.

Huang Chong, who joined the army in this battle, took the opportunity to ask: "How is the defense or number of enemy camps?"

"Reporting to join the army, the enemy camp has no more than a thousand people. Although there are camps, they are not well-organized. It's just that the camps are located in precipitous places." The scout replied.

Looking at the map, Huang Chong seemed to see Liu Lin's difficulties, and suggested: "General Liu, with the current situation, we should take this battalion quickly. Our army is rushing here. Although the bandit army has set up a battalion, the enemy's army is few and far between. Unprepared. With a well-prepared army, if we attack an unprepared camp, we will be able to break it."

Liu Lin looked at Huang Chong and said hesitantly, "Although our army is in order, the enemy's camp is located in a dangerous place, and it is very difficult to attack."

"General, Hun thinks we can follow what Huang Canjun said." A general of the Han army said with his hair disheveled and sweating.

Liu Lin was a little annoyed that others interrupted his conversation. He turned his head and saw that the person was Zhou Hui, His Majesty's adopted son. Then he calmed down and asked, "What advice does Meng Run have?"

Zhou Hui bowed his hands and saluted, and said: "I followed the scouts and found that although this camp is located on a steep slope, it is still possible to break through."

As he said that, Zhou Hui simulated the position of the Wei army camp on the ground, and said: "General, the Wei army camp faces down from the mountain, which is quite dangerous. But there is a small road to the mountain peak. The general led the army to attack, and Hui led the small troops to look down on the mountain. If you respond, you can break this stronghold."

Liu Lin was overjoyed and said: "In this case, let's follow Bo Hong (Huang Chong) and Meng Run's words. It's just that after the stronghold is broken, the enemy may be disturbed. What should our army do?"

"At this time, we should hurry up and ask for help from the general. After the stronghold is broken, we can observe the movement of the Wei army. If the enemy is numerous, we will retreat, and if the enemy is few, we will advance." Huang Chong said.

As an assault vanguard, Liu Lin was testing the falsehoods of Wei Jun's Xiaoguan Dao, and also acted as a forward duty for Wang Ping's army to open the way across mountains and build bridges across rivers.After Wang Ping led 4000 people to settle in, he thought it would be a response.And Liu Chan's role is to act as a target to attract Xiahouba's attention.

"Good. Take a short rest, take advantage of the opportunity of the enemy's night food at dusk, and break the stronghold."

"promise!"

……

Towards dusk, the sky is brightening in the west.

On the hillside, a team of 200 people, led by Zhou Hui, crossed the hill from the back.Due to the ruggedness of the mountains, it is quite steep.Soldiers of the Han army supported the ground with spears or branches for climbing mountains and slopes.

Wei Jun's camp is located on Pingpo Mountain in the middle of the mountain. There are continuous hills on his back, and Xiaoguan Valley Road is directly opposite him.Only at the foot of the mountain there is a mountain road about Zhang Xu wide that snakes its way up.

After an unknown period of time, the fiery red sunset dyed the sky red, and Zhou Hui's troops finally reached the top of the mountain, and the soldiers were exhausted.Now he is resting among the cols, waiting for Liu Lin's troops to launch an attack on Weiying.

However, before the soldiers dispersed to rest, the Han army at the foot of the mountain blew their horns, and more than a thousand soldiers of the Han army emerged from the forest and rushed to attack the Wei army halfway up the mountain.

At this time, the Wei army camp where the cooking smoke was curling up was buzzing, and the generals shouted for the Wei soldiers under their command to gather, or asked people to close the camp gate.But the Han soldiers suffered a stroke. As a forward, Fu Qian, wearing light armor and holding a sword and shield, rushed into the mountain road, hacked and killed the scattered soldiers of the Wei army, trying to enter the camp first.

"General, shall we gallop down?" the aide asked.

Zhou Hui waved his hand and ordered: "Leave 20 people waving the flag high and bluffing, and the rest will follow someone."

"promise!"

Sure enough, the Wei army camp, which was originally resisting the frontal attack, saw a large number of Han troops on the top of its own mountain, and there were infantry running quickly on the mountain road, with a great momentum.

The Wei army camp, which was attacked by the enemy, did not know what was behind it, and fell into the siege again, and couldn't help but become chaotic.

When Fu Qian reached the camp halfway up the mountain, Zhou Hun, who rushed from the mountain, had already entered the Wei army's camp, causing the Wei army's chaotic formation to fall into chaos.

Zhou Hui yelled and strode forward.The soldiers of the Han army next to them carried the bow and crossbow that had been shot a round behind their backs, and then took out weapons such as Han knives or sharp axes hanging from their waists, and greeted the Wei army.

The two armies fought fiercely. The soldiers on both sides criss-crossed and swung knives and axes. There were groans and howls everywhere, and the blood of the corpses covered the ground.

After fighting for a long time, Zhou Hui and Fu Qian in front joined together and headed towards the general guard of the Wei army. Behind them, Liu Lin and Huang Chong led the army into the camp.

As time went by, the guard general of the Wei army was beheaded by Fu Qian, and the fighting spirit of the soldiers of the Wei army who were still guarding collapsed, and they either died or surrendered, and the camp was captured by the Han army.

The next day, Wang Ping arrived at the camp.And Jiang Ji, who was stationed in Hu County, quickly settled in E Township after receiving the military report.

(End of this chapter)