Destiny Only Han

Mengzhou Protectorate.

He County.

The water of the Ganges slowed down after flowing into the Duhu Mansion of Mengzhou, and the mouth of the river was like a blooming lotus. Therefore, it was called 'Padma' by the locals. After the Han Dynasty arrived here, they took its transliteration and called this place close to the mouth of the river and the bay. The agricultural county was named He County.

Well, actually it was called Heze at first...

After all, the estuary delta is densely covered with mangroves and swamps, but for some reasons, Heze was renamed Hexian.

In the early morning, the port here starts to get busy.

Cargo ships transporting jute and timber were temporarily ordered to leave the port, and what entered the port were Royal Navy warships.

Along with the warships, there were also flat-bottomed cargo ships used for inland shipping.

At this moment, those flat-bottomed cargo ships were next to the naval warships.

Between the two ships, a long series of pulley cranes were temporarily set up.

"One, two..."

"One, two..."

Accompanied by slogans, the 24-pound gun weighing more than two tons was hoisted high and slowly transferred from the naval warship to the flat-bottomed cargo ship.

Boom!
Even though the decks of these flat-bottomed cargo ships were temporarily reinforced, there were still some cracks when the naval guns fell.

Fortunately, these flat-bottomed cargo ships are mainly used to transport crops such as rice and soybeans. They have a deep draft and are very strong overall, so there is no need to worry about not being able to withstand the recoil when naval guns are fired.

Well, naval warships are not suitable for entering inland river operations due to their size and weight.

The more important reason is that naval warships are driven by sails, and the inland wind is weak, which is not enough to allow naval warships to maneuver quickly. Therefore, private flat-bottomed cargo ships that use sails with the wind and oars against the wind must be recruited to serve as forts.

After a while, one by one, the cargo ships, which were replaced with the Chinese flag and the battle flag of the Royal Navy, left the port, sailed into the mighty Ganges River, and went upstream.

In the upper reaches of the Ganges, a mighty army was flowing down the river.

To be precise, they went down the river.

During the years when King Xunjia was in the Han Kingdom, he not only stole many primitive technologies from the Han Kingdom, but also learned some tactics from the ancient books of the Han Kingdom.

Well, some of them are from storybooks and operas...

Not only him, before the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the book used by generals to study tactics included "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"...

Therefore, the means of transportation of materials by the Sunda Kingdom's army is no longer the human or animal transportation of the early years, but water power.

To put it simply, food is transported from various places to the Ganges River, and then flowed down the river to continuously ensure food for his army of [-] million...

After all, if the military strategist has a good idea, he will spend thousands of gold every day, and then he can raise an army of one hundred thousand.

Besides, he has more than one hundred thousand!
If you include the handymen and civilians, the total number of people he recruited for this battle even reached nearly 30!

Of course, his 30 people did not advance in a swarm, but were scattered along the entire Ganges River. The vanguard of the front group could already vaguely see the border of the Mengzhou Protectorate, and many of the civilians in the rear group had just left the Sunga Kingdom. Capital City Fahrenheit...

At midday, the former army general reported that he was less than fifty miles away from the Mengzhou Protectorate and asked King Xunjia if he wanted to send light cavalry to launch a surprise attack.

King Xunjia thought for a while, discussed with several trusted generals around him, and decided to abandon the surprise attack plan where the old man hanged himself because he thought he would live too long, and let the front army camp on the spot, waiting for the main force of the Chinese army to join up.

This new military system of the front, middle and rear armies was borrowed from the Han Dynasty by King Xunjia.

Well, it’s really a reference.

After all, this system can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Moreover, on this basis, King Xunjia divided the troops mobilized for this battle into five armies.

In addition to the front, middle and rear armies, there is also the left army responsible for flank cover, and the naval army transporting grain and fodder.

At this moment, King Xunjia looked to the left side of the army with a telescope smuggled from Han for a large sum of money. He saw that there was order and no smoke and dust that he had worried about along the way.

He couldn't help but feel relieved.

What he has always feared the most is the armored cavalry of the Han Dynasty.

Those warriors with men, horses, and armor came rushing in like a tide, unstoppable, sweeping across the entire battlefield slowly but extremely efficiently. Many times it was an unsolvable problem.

Fortunately, his dead father left him a wealthy family.

In this battle, the Xunjia Kingdom mobilized in full force, with a total of 1 men, horses and armored iron cans!
Although their horses are not as good as Han's horses, it doesn't matter. They brought [-] horses for this battle, which is enough for those iron cans!
To them, horses are consumables just like people!

Since the Han Dynasty signed a trade agreement with the Shendu countries, the Shendu countries have been involved in an arms race. Not only have they formed heavy armored infantry wearing infantry armor made of thousands of armor leaves, but they have also formed iron canned cavalry with armored men and horses. !
Moreover, the war between them never stops.

Therefore, although the Han people did not teach them specific tactics and tactics, they learned warfare in the war and figured out how to use and restrain the armored cavalry.

To put it simply, kill his horse...

The purpose of stacking armor is to get beaten.

The sharper the spear for attack, the stronger the shield for defense.

But people have their limits.

With the improvement of the metallurgical technology of the Han Dynasty, the halberd and spear in the hands of the cavalry can no longer penetrate the armor of another cavalry!
Therefore, when two cavalrymen who are also equipped with strong armor are fighting, the most effective way to win is to lower the weapon one foot, push away the opponent's weapon, and stab the opponent's horse to death...

In this way, the enemy's combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

However, the person who swarmed up and killed the tin can cavalry was not another cavalry, but the infantry fighting in conjunction with the cavalry.

Armored infantry.

The heavy armored cavalry is like a lion, seemingly brave and invincible, but in fact it has a fatal weakness.butt.

Because they had to ride war horses, they only had armed clothes from the back of their thighs down to their waists, and no armor!

At this time, when the heavy-armored cavalry fell off their horses and were thrown to pieces, three or five soldiers swarmed forward, and then used tactics like hyenas to dig out the anus, which was enough to make the opponent's life not necessarily great, but his death was painful enough...

As for their own heavy cavalry, they rushed towards the infantry of the enemy camp, preventing them from coming to rescue the fallen cavalry. After the enemy's cavalry was completely dead and wounded, they then rode on the joint camp and won the victory like chopping melons and vegetables!

This tactic has been used by the Sunga people.

Therefore, whether they are marching or fighting, the infantry, not the cavalry, are always responsible for flank cover...

There is nothing new in the world.

Therefore, King Xunjia has always been worried that Han's heavy cavalry will appear on his flanks and directly attack the infantry who are in marching mode!

Well, the weather here is too hot. If the infantry wears those infantry armors that weigh more than 40 kilograms during the march, they will be too hot to death after walking more than ten miles...

Seeing that the expected attack never came, King Xunjia breathed a sigh of relief, but his face was still full of sarcasm.

"You really can't do anything with your words..."

"If I were that boy named Zhou, I would definitely send a cavalry group to attack from the flank!"

"Even if they can't defeat our formation, I'm afraid they can kill 5000 to [-] of my people!"

"How can the Emperor of Han be undefeated with this person as his general?"

……

King Sunga muttered, triumphantly, in a voice that could only be heard by himself.

at the same time.

Liquor County.

When Pinglu Zhonglang commanded the shogunate, Zhou Yafu was furious.

"The Sunga army came trudging in and has not yet established a stable foothold. Why can't it beat him first?"

"My cavalry moves like the wind, can his infantry catch up with two legs?"

"If he sends out cavalry to pursue him, he can lure the enemy deep enough to gather together and annihilate them!"

"what?"

"I'm afraid the captain won't allow it?"

"General Zhonglang, you are also a veteran in the army. Why don't you dare to argue with the Taiwei for a few rounds?"

After Zhou Yafu finished speaking, he glared at Chen Bi who was playing with an ax in his hand.

Well, this is the yellow axe among the Baiyan axes. It is similar to the sword above. It can be chopped first and played later.

Therefore, Zhou Yafu only dared to complain...

Chen Bi pretended to be calm.

In fact, he was suffering and couldn't tell.

In the past, it was because of the general's decision-making at the last moment that the general would not accept the emperor's orders. After all, the emperor was thousands of miles away, and the opportunity to fight was fleeting!
But now there's the telegraph.

Although Liu Ying would not let him move a certain musketeer forward seven meters, since the overall combat strategy had been formulated, he would not be allowed to make changes!
After all, it was the crystallization of the wisdom of Han Xin and a group of big guys!

Well, in fact, the most important thing is that what Zhou Yafu said about leading his troops to attack could at best kill a few thousand Xunjia people in the chaos, but it was too insignificant compared to King Xunjia's overwhelming army.

Moreover, the situation on the battlefield usually affects the whole body.

Zhou Yafu's rash attack is likely to cause King Xunjia to readjust his deployment, which is not conducive to Chen Bi's plan.

After all, so far, King Xunjia’s marching route and camp location have all been predicted by the message sent from Chang’an City, and they are absolutely accurate!
Therefore, he can get the credit without any effort, so why bother?
Chen Bi looked at Zhou Yafu and shook his head: "I have made up my mind, there is no need for them to say anything else! Get back!"

Zhou Yafu had no choice but to salute with clasped fists and left angrily.

Not only that, he also kicked over a Mazar, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally...

Chen Bi was stunned for a moment, his smile was a bit doting, and he was too lazy to pay attention to the guy who had a childish temper...

However, he still summoned his attendants and asked them to telegraph Zhou Yafu's suggestions and his answers to Chang'an, so that Liu Ying and Han Xin would know.

Well, this is not only a matter of passing the blame, but more importantly, 'ask for instructions early and report later'.

Most old-timers in official circles are like this...

After he finished speaking, he turned to Liu Zhao and asked, "Where is the naval fleet now?"

Liu Zhao thought for a while: "If the wind direction remains unchanged, around twelve o'clock tonight, the conscripted cargo ship will transport the artillery here, and then we can launch an attack on the thieves!"

Chen Bi nodded: "It's so good, so good..."

He was amazed again.

After all, this was what Han Xin expected!
At this moment, he finally understood what Liu Ying often said.

It’s good to have plug-ins!

Although he does not understand the specific meaning of the plug-in, it is not important. What is important is that he will shine in the annals of history for once again opening up territory for the Han Dynasty!
This is the supreme honor!

It’s even more incredible wealth! (End of chapter)