Sweep the World

Sudden changes in the weather cannot be controlled by humans, at least not now.

The sudden army beat the rhythm of the Han and Sassanids, and because of this heavy rain, the Sassanian side did not know that the Han army had moved.

The fighting between the scouts was extremely fierce. Under bad weather, there were Sassanid scouts who wanted to go back in the rain, and their speed would definitely be more than three or four times slower than usual.

In this era, no one will be willing to go on the road in the rain, and the army will not march in the rain except for excluding one hundred thousand urgent needs.

From the moment the rain started, there was no sign of turning smaller, and the sky was constantly thundering and lightning. Occasionally, when lightning fell, a lone tree was smashed, and a burst of strong light flashed by in an instant. Then there was dense smoke, and the wood burned as it became charred.

The thunderstorm weather on the plateau is really dangerous. The height of the clouds themselves is about two hundred meters or less from the ground. Lightning occurs on the rubbing clouds. When they strike downwards, they will strike at something higher. If there is metal attracted, it will inevitably be hacked time and time again.

Li Jun received a report that 16 people were struck by thunder. Fourteen of them were engineers who were setting up camps, and the remaining two were soldiers who had nothing to do with their spears.

This is not the first time that Li Jun encountered this. When they were fighting on the grassland, people would always be struck by lightning if there was a thunderstorm. The higher the altitude, the more dangerous the people under the thunderstorm. Correct. The method is to find a cave to hide, otherwise no one can guarantee where it is absolutely safe.

"When is this rain going?" Li Junshen frowned: "Don't be the next ten and a half months or longer..."

The Han army is an outsider, not so familiar with the local climate. They have asked some surrendered locals, but because they are not related to their own, the intelligence is not 100% credible.

Li Jun also understands that even if what the locals said is true, those locals are just because they have lived here for a long time and use their past experience to make judgments.

"Fortunately, the terrain is high." Gai Nie said happily: "Otherwise, there will be waterlogging soon after such a heavy rain."

For them, if there is any benefit to this rain, the only benefit is that they don’t have to worry about the water supply.

The water source in this area is not easy to find, and there is no water that can provide tens of thousands of people to squander. The river closest to the campsite is ten miles away, even if it's only this distance, it doesn't seem easy to replenish water every time.

Naturally, there is water in the army, basically some water sources packed in tight wooden barrels, but the barrels should not be loaded with the water source for too long, or the water will quickly change its taste.

If conditions permit, no one will use the water source that has changed its taste, and will not care about it only when it is forced to do so.

The rain was very heavy for the first three days, and it gradually became smaller on the fourth day. The scouts conducted investigations in the surrounding area and reported that some low-lying places had become ponds, and the river ten miles away was the water level. Rising to flood the surrounding area, the river that was originally only ten meters wide became nearly thirty meters wide.

On the seventh day, the sky was no longer covered with clouds, but the clouds did not completely disperse, but the sun was finally able to be seen.

"A Persian army of about 60,000 appeared seventy miles to the west of us." The news that Guene said was sent back just now: "It's not ruled out that there will be more behind, it's just..."

The scouts will be delayed for so long, completely because of the weather, and then there are continuous days of heavy rain. Not only has the land become soft and muddy, the appearance of some places has also been completely changed, such as the appearance of places where there were no streams. Streams, in some places, simply become lakes with large areas but very shallow water levels.

The change of terrain made people who had found out the route had to re-explore again. The spying of intelligence would naturally decrease the efficiency, mainly because the time to send back was prolonged after the detection.

This situation will be the same not only for the Han army, but also for the Sassanid army on the other side.

"It's not suitable for marching right now." Gai Nie smiled and compared a big circle to the sand table: "The ground is soft and muddy, and it's not just our army that is affected."

After the rain, the ground will definitely change. Just one or two people walking is naturally not a big problem. As a large army, when there are more people, a road will be repeatedly trampled, and it is inevitable that the road will become muddy. matter.

It can be overcome only by people on horseback or on foot. As an army carrying a large number of carriages, once the road becomes muddy, the probability of the wheels getting stuck becomes infinite. If you really want to force the march, you can walk five or six miles a day. too much.

Affected by a series of weather, it was actually more favorable for the Western Expedition Army of the Han Empire.

The Western Expedition Army had no intention of starting a battle with Sassan at this time. While resting and reorganizing, it was also waiting for the follow-up troops. In addition, the partial division led by Dou A needed time to completely solve the Xi Gaoche.

It’s the Sassanid that can’t engage in combat. They are the host and the party that is about to be invaded. They definitely don’t want to see the Han army from afar have enough rest time to adapt to the local climate and detect more information. , And then is to win allies nearby.

Of course, what Sassan should do most now is to organize manpower to establish a line of defense, and at the same time interfere with the Han army, which is not firmly established.

Under this premise, if Habibullah hadn't thought that the forces at hand were seriously insufficient, he would have wanted to take the initiative.

The Habayashi army, who had received the order to fight but was trapped in place, felt depressed and disappointed when they were suddenly trapped.

"Long history." Li Jun asked, "If the cavalry is attacking, can it?"

Of course Gane didn't want to stay where he was, waiting for the humidity on the ground to dissipate, but he said, "It's useless if the quantity is small."

Li Jun's idea was to dispatch at least three thousand cavalrymen, and then divide them into a brigade of one thousand to disperse the march. It is useless to hear that the number is small, knowing that Gai Nie also agrees to take action.

"Five thousand." Li Jun looked at Guinie and asked, "How?"

Gane thought for a while, and thought that five thousand was indeed a very suitable amount. It could pose a large enough threat to the enemy without carrying an exaggerated amount of materials.

"I personally lead the team." Li Jun was actually only seeking the opinion of Gueni, who would take action if he disagrees, but the number of troops dispatched. He saluted Guinie: "The headquarter will be entrusted to the long history!"

A series of military orders were issued, and a large number of light cavalry were assembled. When they learned that they were going to march, everyone showed a relieved expression.

They were originally embarking aggressively, but they were forced to stay where they were after 30 years of marching.

After hiding in the tent for so many days, they were actually bored long ago. When they heard that they had been ordered out, they didn't have the excitement when they left the main camp. Some just felt that they didn't need to be bored in the tent all the time.

Going out is not about leaving. Soldiers need to organize their own equipment and some tools that may be used, while war horses need to feed fodder and conduct necessary suit inspections.

From Li Jun's order to five thousand knights preparing for half an hour, the speed is actually very fast.

The four thousand light cavalry and one thousand archers are the troops that Li Jun pointed out. They are the standard one man and three horses. Except for the main and auxiliary war horses, they are a workhorse carrying supplies.

The army is divided into three groups, each with 1,000 knights on the left and right wings, and the Chinese army with 3,000 knights and more than 500 auxiliary soldiers accompanying the army.

When they got out of the camp, their horses stomped continuously, and almost four to five hundred rides passed by, the soil on the ground had already been trampled and turned into mud.

The particularly compact aisles of the military camp are all like this, and you can imagine what the camp should look like.

Li Jun gave an order: "Arrange in tandem, push forward horizontally!"

The soldiers shouted: "For the country's wings, like the prosperous forest!"

There were only two armies of the Han Empire with their own special battle signals. The Yulin Army was the phrase "to serve the country, like the prosperous forest", and the other tiger army was "out of the car, Pengpeng, with fierce banners."

If the two armies were on the same battlefield and were ordered to attack together, they would shout in unison, "The emperor ordered me to fight in all directions!" This is a kind of unique benefit with their special designation, and it is also a kind of pride. .

A knight with his crotch horses, plus an auxiliary horse and a workhorse, occupies a space of about two meters.

The knights are separated by more than three meters from each other. Even if there are 500 knights on each tandem, the total length of the formation is more than 2,500 meters.

Some soldiers who had not been ordered, they watched enviously as the robe arranging the formation, and in their field of vision, there were many robes arranging from the left to the right to the end of the sky.

The troops began to move with a strong horn sound. The ground was trampled by horseshoes. Each horseshoe stepped on and moved forward, and the ground could always sink into a horseshoe pit of about ten centimeters.

Anyone who knows cavalry actually understands that once the ground is soft, you must never drive the horse to move at full force, otherwise the chance of a horse losing its foot is infinite.

If there wasn't that rain, or the conditions on the ground allowed, seventy miles would be only about two hours for a cavalry who could march at a normal speed.

But now, Li Jun calculates the speed, seventy li is going to be a day and night!

As the leader of the Habayashi army, Li Jun is anxious to fight, and Habibullah on the other side is even more anxious than Li Jun.

Habibullah didn't even think about the impact of the terrain. After the rain stopped, he immediately ordered the removal of most of the camps, leaving only a portion of the sick soldiers.

In a sudden rain, there were nearly 4,000 sick people on Sassan's side, and more than a hundred people had lost their lives in the high fever.

On the side of the Han army, even though they set up camp early and also urgently got **** soup, there were still more than 300 people caught wind chill. They are better than the Persians in that they have handled them properly and have mature Chinese medicine methods. For the time being, no one has died of wind and cold.

Habibullah has no more than 5,000 people on his hands, and a thousand people are left in the camp, except for the sick number.

When the Sassanian army moved out, the marching speed of the foot cavalry was not fast, and it became slower due to the influence of the terrain. It was too much to walk five or six miles a day.

The two troops marching at the speed of tortoises, they discovered the existence of each other two days later.

Naturally, it is impossible for Li Jun to march day and night. He walked for one day and seven hours. He lost more than 40 people due to various accidents along the way, but the loss of his horses reached 537 horses.

In terms of scouts' contests, it was the Habayashi army that first discovered the Sassanid army.

Habibullah on Sassan's side learned of the existence of the Habayashi Army about four hours late.

They will meet so quickly, and I also want to thank the sun for these two days. Although the sun hasn't made the ground thick, at least it won't become muddy when stepped on.

Waiting for Habibullah to get news of the Han army ahead, a dark shadow appeared on the horizon in less than an hour.

"Stop!" Habibullah was surprised to see the black shadow on the horizon so long, and confirmed to the scout: "How many Han troops are there?"

The scout was not so sure and said, "Looking at the length, it should be 20,000 to 30,000?"

In fact, he didn't dare to get too close to the Han army, even if it was far away, a group of 13 people escaped from the chase of the Han army scouts, and returned to the camp only four people were left.

This batch of Habayashi troops has elongated the marching formation, and the thickness cannot be seen under the same height of sight, and then the dust and smoke that are trampled by one person and three horses will be thicker.

When Habibullah heard that there were twenty to thirty thousand, his face stiffened, and then he shouted: "Organize the blocking formation!"

This Sassanian army lost five thousand combat power due to a rain, and another two to three thousand people were lost in the march. Not all of them died. They were suddenly sick and could not stand it or were missing. When the army opened, it lost about eight thousand combat power.

However, as a Persian, Habibullah has long been used to losing some combat power before starting a fight. It’s really old history that the com Persians have such a situation, and there is really nothing to make a fuss about.

The Persians have a history of sending 300,000 troops. They have not yet started a war with the enemy. They waited for the commander to have a few soldiers. They were shocked to find that there were only less than 200,000 soldiers left.

The Sassanian infantry was ordered to get busy nervously. They carried some refusal horses, but lost most of them during the march, and they hurried up the remaining refusal horses. The soldiers holding long weapons stood side by side under the cries and whips of the officers, and then let out the long weapons in their hands diagonally.

Li Jun had already seen the Sassanid army on the opposite side, and he could see very clearly because of the telescope.

"About fifty thousand?" Li Jun looked down at the ground, especially observing the place where the horseshoe had trampled behind him, and shouted to the messenger next to him: "Order the left and right wings to charge!"

Zhu Xia's art of war is clouded, and the brave wins when meets on a narrow road.

They are not accidentally encountering the enemy now, and the battlefield is not a narrow road, but Li Jun found that the opponent was a bit confused!