Three Kingdoms

In the sixth year of Taixing, winter.

The Ding Ling people were divided into three parts, and most of them entered Liaodong and occupied the original territory of Gongsun Army.

Some of them were completely defeated by Zhao Yun and others. Those who surrendered and those who fled fled.

The other part went west, crossing with Zhang He and other Rouran troops, and some people arrived near Yinshan Mountain and began to contact Li Dian.

At any time, it is always the leader who makes the decision, but if the decision is wrong and the first to suffer is the people. This is the case for the Ding Ling people. When Commander Ding Ling decided to raise his troops to invade Liaodong, the final destruction of the Ding Ling people may have been doomed. Even if a part of the Ding Ling people seized the territory of Liaodong Gongsun, it was obvious that the Ding Ling people lacked follow-up support. If the technology tree fails to develop, the outcome can be imagined.

The Dingling people who fled to the west were actually following the same path used by the Huns to flee to the Western Regions.

The same haste, the same hesitation, the same endless fear for the future, embarking on such an old road.

The Ding Ling people did not plan to completely capture Yinshan. Their strategy was to grab a handful and leave.

Make a time difference.

Before General Fei Qian could react, he swung a hammer, grabbed it and ran away.

Now we have entered the era of meager profits for the northern nomadic tribes. Maybe ten years ago, no, a few years ago, these nomads probably felt that they couldn't imagine how they could be so unbearable when they were bullied.

The Ding Ling people are in a hurry to fight this battle, but they still retain some hope. For these Ding Ling people, this is a battle of last resort. The time point they can choose is very limited, and the preparation is very urgent, so there is no detail. Think about it, think about it a lot.

But although this group of Ding Ling people were in a hurry, at least they did not go head-to-head with Zhao Yun and others.

But, I met Li Dian.

Zhang He led Rouran Jiankun and other surrendered troops from the north all the way to the east, and these Ding Ling people were like parallel lines from the gap between Zhang He and Zhao Yun's headquarters. Before Zhang He and Zhao Yun and others formed an encirclement, time, escaped.

Because of Fei Qian's intervention in this era, the northern desert not only accelerated the decline of Xianbei, but also caused the Ding Ling people who succeeded Xianbei to also enter a state of corruption. However, one thing has not changed, that is, this desert , still so huge.

Yinshan is a military structure with veteran cavalry as its backbone and new recruits as its mainstay. In terms of combat effectiveness, it is of course not as good as those powerful frontier troops under Zhao Yun, so from this aspect, Ding Ling's people can be considered a bargain. ?

The Ding Ling people obviously came here to plunder. Their marching route was planned to sweep as wide an area as possible. Their combat plan itself was not actually aimed at any military objectives. It was all aimed at food, grass, supplies, population and livestock.

In the desert of the Northern Territory, robbery is actually a "business" if we talk about it.

How to legally, uh, wrongly, reasonably, uh, maximize profits is indeed a sophisticated business.

This business used to be extremely profitable.

With just a wave of his hand and the next command, tens of thousands of people swarmed forward, and then they could easily enter the Han land, break open the Han people's locks, and put the things hanging on the walls in Han people's homes on the table. , everything hidden in the corner, pack it up and take it away! You don’t have to pay a penny, it just takes some effort!

In addition to material money, there is also population. Basically, the robbed population mainly supplements the population losses of each tribe. As long as 30% to 50% of the population is paid to the royal court, the rest is yours. Moreover, the distribution was coordinated. The two-legged and four-legged animals captured in various counties in the Han region were sent directly to the designated border areas, and then the tribes at the border were responsible for escorting them back to the desert.

At that time, the soldiers of the Han Dynasty were scattered all over the country, and they were timid and did not dare to fight. When the barbarians plundered them, they would use the lack of orders as excuses. They would even kowtow to each other and cry sadly to the injured people. On the one hand, they expressed their gratitude to the people. The sympathy of the suffering people, on the other hand, is to express my innocence, "Without orders from above, I am powerless..."

Then he turned around and wiped away the non-existent tears. It was okay, as long as the people stopped making trouble. As for whether he applied before, whether there was a summary afterwards, and whether there was any follow-up, that is none of his business.

Han Chinese officials are afraid of doing their jobs. They do more and do less. They are like puppets. No one can move without instructions from above. When there are instructions from above, when they think they have benefits, they act crazy and take advantage of the opportunity to make money. There is no benefit. Sometimes he would look sad, as if he was about to go to the execution ground in the next moment. Therefore, at that time, the Han people, from officials to soldiers, were quite afraid of the nomadic people in the desert. As soon as a "large-scale" nomadic army appeared around them, they would stay within the city walls as a matter of course, waiting for that An order that cannot come.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once transformed the Han people and soldiers from weak to strong, from ghosts to humans. However, later emperors and officials, especially in the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, secretly transformed the Han people and soldiers from strong to human beings. Weak, from human to ghost.

Until Fei Qian's arrival...

This is not a characteristic of Chinese people. It is the same at all times and in all countries. The descriptions of lions and sheep in later generations also indicate that once there is no suitable leader, the bad nature of human beings will expand without limit, no matter how good it was before. inevitable corruption.

To the north of Yinshan Mountain, a simple camp was almost covered by wind and snow.

There were probably two to three thousand people in this camp built in a mountain col. There were no flags in the camp, and no decorations related to glory could be seen.

The tattered curtain of one of the tents was opened, and a Ding Ling man came out with his arms raised to cover his face. After getting used to the cold wind, he lowered his arms.

Snowflakes fell one after another, and the head and body of this Ding Ling man were quickly covered with a layer of light white.

Immediately afterwards, two Ding Ling people came out. The three of them stood in the snow for a while, and then climbed up the hillside on one side.

The three of them climbed up the hillside.

The Ding Ling people took the risk to come to Yinshan Mountain because they were too hungry. Ding Lingren knew that Zhao Yun had only launched troops recently, and they were heading to the middle of the desert. Even if they found their traces, it would take time to move back and forth, so there was still a little gap, and they had to take advantage of this gap to get more supplies.

"Headman, since all the elites of the Han people have gone to the central part this time, can we grab more time?" 』

"Yes, the men are all starving, and there are horses and sheep. It is said that there are many in Yinshan..."

Ding Lingtou pondered for a long time before saying: "It can't take too long... because the Han people still have soldiers, not just those in the east. We must move quickly..."

As Ding Lingtou spoke, he couldn't help but look back at his camp. This group of people was gathered together from three or four tribes. In the Ding Ling camp in the middle of the mountain, they were like injured beasts curled up in the cave. Their complexions were decayed, their hair was ragged, they were timid and anal, and they looked even more frightened under their bluff. disturbed.

However, this is also the time when the Ding Ling people are at their most ferocious...

Crazy hungry.

Hunger, either go crazy or die, or go crazy once before death.

Aren’t those who are barefoot afraid of those who wear shoes?

As long as you can bear it.

Strong men are the main population, but there are also many old and weak people, but the old and weak are relative, because the youngest among them is thirteen or fourteen years old, and the oldest is not more than fifty years old.

And the younger and the older…

Ding Lingtou looked up at the sky.

Snowflakes were falling.

"Even God..." Ding Lingtou muttered for a while, and then realized that saying this might hurt morale. Although morale was negligible at the moment, he could still save a little bit, so he coughed. , "I see the snow... is about to stop..."

Ding Lingren was held down and beaten once, and his strength was greatly reduced. It must be false to say that Ding Lingren had no hatred for the Han people in his heart. It’s just whether I’m hungry or not, this is true. If supplies cannot be obtained, even if they can reach the Western Region, most people will die on the way.

"When the snow stops and melts... we will lure the Han people out... As long as the Han people dare to come up, they will definitely fall into the trap..."

"Then, we can take advantage of the Han people's weakness to rush in...but we can't stay long. Don’t go too deep into the Yin Mountains, and don’t attack the Han people’s city fortress..."

"Headman, if..." One person swallowed a little saliva and said with some difficulty, "I just said if...if we..."

The leader of the Ding Ling people did not wait for the man to finish speaking, but waved his hand and said: "There is no if!" 』

After a moment of pause, Ding Lingtou added again, "I'm serious, there are no ifs..."

The other two people fell silent, not sure whether they agreed or were helpless in the face of the current predicament.

The snow, I don’t know when, stopped.

……(╯︵╰)……

The heavy snow had not completely melted yet, and Li Dian took the initiative to attack with his men.

Although Li Dian's martial arts is not top-notch, he is relatively a bucket-shaped general, average in all aspects, and this average is higher than that of ordinary generals. This makes Li Dian more of an all-rounder who can attack and defend. At the same time, he is not a general waiting to be passive. He prefers to control the initiative on the battlefield and find the opponent's weaknesses to attack.

Just like this time, Li Dian chose to take the lead.

Li Dian stood at the top of the slope, wearing a veil on his face, looking into the distance.

Behind him is a long queue, repairing in place.

The scouts scattered in all directions, and the horses' hooves trampled on the remaining snow, leaving little spots of gray.

The large sled dragged long snake-like traces in the snow.

Speaking of which, Li Dian rarely pulls out his cavalry for drills after it snows...

Li Dian looked at the new cavalry who were still a little immature and nervous in action. He felt very calm and did not feel any worries about the battle because the enemy was too weak.

The enemy's simple strategy can even be described as extremely superficial.

Of course, perhaps in the Ding Ling people's opinion, that is already a very advanced strategy.

The only thing Li Dian considers now is the total number of Ding Ling people.

Because of the lack of culture among the Ding Ling people, it is actually more difficult than fighting a battle to understand what the "many, many, many, many" that the arrested Ding Ling man meant.

Therefore, Li Dian actually made two-way preparations. If he could fight, he would fight. If he couldn't, he would leave. The reason why Li Dian is so confident that he can take the initiative on the battlefield is because of the sufficient logistics equipment under Qiusi's command and the "Jiang Wu Tang Di Bao" regularly shared from Zhao Yun...

The original battle relied on the level of the generals.

If the upper and lower limits of generals are relatively consistent, they are relatively stable, and the approximate range is controllable. If there is a large gap between the upper and lower limits of generals, it is inevitable that the dice will not roll well. The current "Jiang Wu Tang Di Bao" may not be able to raise the upper limit of all generals, but it can raise the lower limit of some generals.

Because some information is indeed very simple if you know it, but if you don't know it, it will be easy to get numb.

"Jianwutang Dibao", at the very beginning, had the same purpose as Jiangwutang, to directly describe the war and teach future generations regardless of success or failure or meritorious deeds. Even the hussar general posted some of his lame battles in Hangu Pingyang to warn future generations. There are also cases like Xu Huang's, Zhang Liao's, etc., where there were some cases of poor performance.

Even the battles that were won were evaluated as "cannot be imitated", "extremely dangerous", or "if a failure affects the entire army", for example, some of Wei Yan's battles...

Therefore, military merit is military merit, and dibao is dibao. Military merit only depends on the results. If you win, rewards will be given according to the results, while Di Bao is more inclined to the tactical and academic level, and they are two different systems.

Just like this time, Li Dian learned from the "Jiang Wu Tang Di Bao" what he should pay attention to when marching in the snow, and the adverse consequences that would result if he did not pay attention to these.

Mainly frostbite and glare.

The best way to prevent frostbite is, of course, fur and oils.

However, Yinshan happens to have no shortage of fur and oil, plus cotton, linen and linoleum, so basically it’s not a big problem.

What about glare? There are relatively few fine silks, but there are a lot of tattered linens, which can barely be used.

At this time, the cavalry scouts in the distance had already stood on some high places, inserted road signs, and spread out small green square flags and waved them. According to the marching regulations of the Hussars, whenever they encounter dangers, rivers, valley mouths, forests, unknown places, etc., they must send out scouts or forward queues to search. The safety of areas where men and horses may be hidden must be inspected before large groups can march...

"General, there is nothing unusual around here. ” The guard beside Li Dian took stock and then reported.

Li Dian nodded slightly.

After a while, a team leader at the foot of the slope reported loudly that the snow water collection was full.

Li Dian smiled and waved his arms, "Let's go!" 』

The guard responded and immediately signaled to the flag bearer behind him. Then the flag bearer of the Chinese Army blew the departure horn, and at the same time raised the flag representing a certain unit high and tilted forward.

Immediately, the one in front sounded the corresponding horn, then waved his own flag and took the lead in setting off with his troops...

The first part, the second part, the central army, the rear division.

It's exactly the same as when practicing inside on weekdays, in an orderly manner.

Li Dian was on horseback, and in his ears came the arguments and analysis of two newly promoted army commanders from behind.

"After passing here, there is a flat river. There are no big mountains, rivers and ravines in front. You have to go all the way to Huangya Ridge before there are some things to pay attention to..."

"But we still have to send out scouts. We can send more newcomers..."

"Yes, arrange more new people, treat it as if there is an ambush, and practice more. Speaking of ambushes, I think we need to be extra careful starting from Huangya Ridge. The hiding place of the Ding Ling people is probably around there..."

"The Ding Ling people... probably don't have any defensive measures... I wonder if they have built a camp or something?" 』

"Although I haven't seen it now, the newspaper said that they are basically tents...oh, and shacks..."

"..."

They didn't have the slightest doubt about defeating the Ding Ling people.

Li Dian is like this, military commanders are like this, and ordinary cavalry are like this.

The mighty military spirit of the Han people that had been left behind by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty seemed to be picked up again, and then handed over from the hands of the old to the hands of the new in waves.

Li Dian even felt that the military lords and sima he had taught could be used as relatively qualified generals in other places! At least there's nothing wrong with being a captain!

After thinking about it, Li Dian couldn't help but glance eastward. There was a slight change in his expression, and then it returned to normal in an instant.

While they were marching, a scout suddenly came riding back from the left front, which immediately attracted the attention of Li Dian and others.

"I'm afraid I've run into Sentinel Ding Ling..." said the Army Sima behind Li Dian.

Sure enough, the scout came to report that he met the Ding Ling sentry about fifteen miles ahead. The two parties had a slight contact, and the Ding Ling sentry headed northeast.

"Northeast?" 』

Li Dian frowned slightly and immediately ordered, "Get the map!" 』

Li Dian looked at the map and thought about it for a while, but did not immediately issue any orders or express any ideas. Instead, he summoned two new army commanders in front of him and gave the map to them, "You guys also have a look, and then If you have any ideas, please tell me..."

On the map, due north is Huangya Ridge, while to the northeast is an area of ​​hills and ravines.

"Is it possible that Ding Ling is not in Huangya Ridge, but here?" 』

"It's not impossible...if it's here...there seems to be something wrong..."

The two army commanders said, and then they couldn't help but glance at Li Dian.

Li Dian closed his eyes to rest, without revealing any information on his face.

The two army commanders could only continue to lower their heads and discuss.

"Let's take a quick look and compare Huangya Ridge with the ravine land..."

"good……"

The two army commanders gathered together and muttered.

In fact, Li Dian still had the answer in his heart. The reason why he didn't say it out loud was because it was just like the army commander asking the new scouts to exercise more. It was Li Dian who was training the two army commanders.

The inheritance of the Han people is not only cultural, but also military. Just like Qinglong Temple is sorting out the inheritance related to classics, the military inheritance of Jiangwu Hall is starting from General Fei Qian of the Cavalry and passed on to various generals, and then to the generals like Li Dian. The generals are passed down to the captains, captains, army commanders, and even to the middle and lower-level military academies...

This is the strength of the Han family!

Because the Han family has a complete inheritance...

"General!" 』

A slightly excited voice came over. Li Dian opened his eyes, looked over, smiled slightly and said, "Have you found the key?" Tell me……"