Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2912: You can walk on the frost

"rest assured. ” Taksa said confidently, “There is nothing wrong with my plan. 』

Busen glanced at Taksa and saw Taksa's proud look. For some reason, Busen's heart seemed to skip a beat.

"how? ” Taksa seemed to know what Busen was thinking, “Master, you don’t believe it? I really have a plan. You know, what the Han people like most is to attack the enemy's main formation...that is, here..."

Taksa stretched out his hand and gestured at the area in front of him.

"Han people are very strong. ” Taksa raised her head and raised her long nose, exposing the hairs inside her nostrils, “So they are very proud! Yes, very proud. And we can take advantage of this! I found that every time the Han people attack, they will choose to attack the opponent's main formation, and then use this to force the opponent's formation to become bad, so that they can carry out continuous attacks without worrying about the opponent's counterattack..."

"Now that we know what the Han people like to do..." Taksa said proudly, "I have set a trap here!" trap! Hahaha! Master, you can watch me kick the butts of these Han people later! 』

Busen nodded without saying a word. He clasped his hands together and pronounced a Buddhist chant, as if praying that this guy's plan would work this time...

That's right, Taksa discovered the "secret" of the Han people.

The Han cavalry was very powerful, so whether it was Gao Shun he met before or Zhang Liao later, they all left a deep impression on Taksa.

Because Gao Shun and Zhang Liao did not have many troops, and their tactics were relatively similar, when they found Taksa's flaw, they unanimously chose to strike hard at the opponent's formation. This sudden outbreak The powerful force coming out made Taxa couldn't help but feel the fear in his heart.

Attack the opponent's main formation, kill the general and capture the flag, establishing victory in one fell swoop.

This tactic similar to beheading was spread in the North. Not only Lu Bu and others often used it, but even Liu Bei's three brothers, as well as Yuan Shao's Yan Liang, Wen Chou and others were very familiar with it and used it freely.

Taksa had previously ordered to dig up soil and pack bags to attack the military stronghold. Although it was unsuccessful, it still left some potholes, so Taksa simply continued to expand in these places and created some traps to Prevent Han raids.

Of course, the first thing Taksa was wary of was the Han people in the military stronghold. He was afraid that the Han people in the military stronghold would come out to risk their lives at night...

Unexpectedly, the Han people in the military camp did not come out, but Zhang Liao came.

"Very good," Taksa clapped her hands twice, encouraged herself, took long inhales and exhales, and shouted in an exciting and proud voice, "Come on, baby, let daddy kick your ass!" 』

Taksa was concentrating on the movements of Zhang Liao and others, but he did not realize that his own coalition forces had problems, and they were still serious problems.

He manages too many people...

There are many people in the Western Regions.

The key is that these people still have their own ideas.

The coalition is strong in this "coalition", and it is also weak in this "coalition".

This was the fatal problem. His scheduling was almost malfunctioning in an emergency, but he still didn't notice it, or subconsciously ignored it. This is the most important and serious problem for the Western Region Allied Forces at the moment, and it was also a problem that was already reflected in the beginning, but Taksa ignored it...

Strictly speaking, Taksa is just a thousand-man general. He had commanded at most three to four thousand men before, and had no experience in commanding any higher troops, so his current ability to command ten thousand people was insufficient. Now he suddenly took on the heavy responsibility of the Western Region Allied Forces, and the result was like Wu Dalang picking up a stall, only seeing the stall but no one.

In movies and TV dramas, there are often armies of one hundred thousand and one million, but in fact, in history, one hundred thousand appearances have been relatively rare, and it is extremely difficult to break through the one million level army.

He doesn't have the ability.

If you want to have such an experience, you must first have so many people.

Secondly, we can say whether there are generals who can command...

Whether it is the Western Kingdoms or the Kushan Empire, there are basically no million-level battles. After all, these require living people, and they are not something you can have if you want them.

Even if the population base reaches one million, it still needs financial and food support.

In the history of China, there have only been about three million-level battles.

The number one ranking is naturally Emperor Sui Yang’s expedition to Goguryeo.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty dispatched a total of 24 armies, with a total number of more than one million, while the opposing Goguryeo side only had 130,000 troops at full strength. Under such a disparity in strength, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty may have felt that this was a sure thing. How to lose when flying dragon rides on the face?

However, due to the bad weather in Liaodong and the arrogance of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, as well as the interaction of many complex internal and external factors, the Sui Dynasty's million-strong army lost 300,000 people on the battlefield in Liaodong, and the rest returned without their armor.

The second place is the Battle of Changping.

In fact, this battle can no longer be regarded as a million-level battle. It can only be said that the sum of both sides exceeds one million.

This battle was the strongest foundation for Qin's unification. Zhao State's military strength is 450,000, while Qin State is the attacker, with more troops than Zhao State, about 600,000, which is barely a million-level battle. Everyone knows the result. It ended with the entire Zhao army destroyed and Qin's casualties nearly half. It was this battle that sealed the title of the world's number one God of War, Bai Qi!

At the peak of the Qin State, the maximum mobilization capacity was about 800,000. Meng Tian led an army of 300,000 to build the Great Wall to resist the Xiongnu, and an army of 500,000 to attack Lingnan. The rest could not squeeze out even one more point, otherwise it would not have arrived. I can't deal with Liu Xiang and Liu Xiang later.

The third place is the Battle of Feishui. The former Qin emperor Fu Jian who unified the north raised an army of 870,000 and marched southward to the Eastern Jin Dynasty in an attempt to unify the country. The two sides launched a decisive showdown at Feishui.

As a result, at Feishui, the multi-ethnic former Qin army almost collapsed without a fight. Eighty thousand Jin troops took advantage of the situation to pursue and defeated the former Qin. Fu Jian fled back to the north in embarrassment, and the former Qin empire collapsed and dispersed.

As for Lao Cao’s Battle of Chibi, sorry, it didn’t even make it into the top ten...

During the Battle of Chibi during the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao's army did not even have 300,000 troops, but probably around 150,000, or more than 200,000 at most. In the Battle of Yiling, Liu Bei led an army of about 100,000 soldiers, which was said to be 700,000 against a force of 150,000. In the end, he was defeated by Lu Xun with about 50,000 troops.

Now the Western Region Allied Forces total 300,000 to 40,000 people, known as 300,000.

how? Compared with the current military strength of Zhang Liao and other Han people, it is indeed relatively large. Of course, there are advantages to having more people. For example, if hundreds or thousands of people die easily, it is almost nothing, and Taksa won't even blink an eyelid.

Just like the previous military camp attack failed, Taksa didn't care at all how many people died, and even felt that the death of people could just reduce some of the burden...

They are all old and weak anyway, so they will die if they die.

At the same time, there are more people, and they are more tolerant. For example, digging holes or something, Taksa does not have to worry about wasting the precious energy of his direct troops.

If something happens, then so-and-so, go do it. If there is something else, go do it. But at the end, no one often knows who went there and what they did...

Management is a delicate art that not everyone can master.

From the millions of battles in Chinese history, we can know that more soldiers is not always better. The reason why the Battle of Changping was successful was not because the Qin Dynasty had many people on its side, but because the Qin Dynasty had formed an effective soldier command system. The command structure of the pyramid was very stable and very convenient. As a commander, he could be directly dispatched to Bottom level.

In the remaining large-scale battles, the commander's management ability was not in place and the training of the soldiers was unqualified. When combined together, it was a disaster. During the Battle of Feishui, 80,000 people from the Eastern Jin Dynasty only defeated the forward army of the former Qin Dynasty. Then someone shouted, "The battle is defeated, everyone should run away." Then they all coaxed them to run away.

Taksa thought he had good control over the Western Region Allied Forces, but in fact, he only knew the commanders and generals of the Western Region countries at most. If he went down one level, he would be blinded. He didn't know them at all, and he couldn't command them.

Therefore, he can only rely on messengers to run back and forth...

This shortcoming will not be too obvious in less fierce battles, because there is plenty of time left for the generals of Taksa and the Western Regions. They can gather together every night and hold a meeting. Then assign tasks, and the next day each department will do it according to the task process assigned during the meeting.

During the attack on the military stronghold, this problem had actually manifested itself to some extent. At that time, we encountered some problems during the attack. Taksa was obviously unable to coordinate and change quickly. He could only watch and wait until the next day to improve and make changes, so that the process of attacking the military stronghold It cannot continue to put strong pressure on Yu Junzhai. There are obviously more soldiers from the Western Region Alliance, but they cannot fully exert their full strength.

And now...

When Zhang Liao rushed over, this problem was magnified in an instant.

Taksa sent out messengers, and the generals of the Western Regions also sent out their messengers. These messengers were not able to arrive instantly like in strategic games. They had to find the target of their orders among the vast crowds. They have to ask in each department where the person they are looking for is located. What is even more troublesome is that the people they are looking for are not fixed...

Zhang Liao launched an attack directly without giving the Western Region Allied Forces time to deliberate!

Immediately, the leading generals of the Western Region countries shouted and sent out messengers to find Taksa, and the Qianqi Commander under him also sent out messengers to ask their superiors what to do, and then they also I met the messengers of the Hundred Cavalry Commander and asked them what to do.

For a moment, almost all the messengers on the battlefield were running, and then they were shouting, and they were all identifying the troops they were looking for among the numerous flags.

This is like looking for someone in a big square or a shopping mall in later generations. Even if there is a phone, they have agreed to be at a certain place, and then they can't see the person. The two of them hold the phone and shout, and finally force them to Then use a unique trick——

"Stay right where you are!" do not move! 』

People can stand still in the plaza shopping mall, and even have to add numbered "meeting points", but can it be done on the battlefield? Even if there is such a meeting point, can the Western Region Allied Forces do it?

When seeing the Han cavalry and a huge iron wall pressing up on them, they still stood firm and stood still?

Therefore, even if Taksa clearly realized that Zhang Liao came to support or rescue the military camp, it would not help. The commanders of the Western Region countries under him were only nominal subordinates, and they could usually move slowly and make arrangements. Dispatch, but now when the situation breaks out, Taksa can't control it at all.

Taksa's plan is to let these Western Region coalition forces intercept Zhang Liao's road to the military camp, and then let Zhang Liao be surrounded by the Western Region coalition forces, use traps to intercept Zhang Liao's impact, and finally use absolute manpower to kill Zhang Liao. …

Are there any theoretical problems with this plan?

No problem at all.

Taksa knew very well that even his direct troops might not be a match for the Han cavalry. Therefore, other soldiers and horses from the Western Regions did not expect to be able to fight the Han cavalry alone. Therefore, from the beginning of Taksa's plan, they were prepared to exchange manpower for victory and use levies to fight against the Guards.

The snow in Tianshan Mountain is very white.

The sky in the Western Region is very blue.

But now, among these beautiful but somewhat cold tones, there is suddenly a bright red color.

The Western Region state closest to Zhang Liao and others was Shanshan.

Tong Geluojia was about to cry.

This is often the case with people. The more they are afraid of something, the more likely they will encounter it.

Shanshan originally wanted to deviate from the battlefield and avoid the intrusion of Taksa and his Kushan people, so he deliberately chose a relatively outer area, and because most of the pastures in the west direction were occupied by Other tribes and so on occupied it, and even the ones without people were almost eaten up, so Shanshan and the others could only choose to move closer to the east.

Shanshan originally thought that this was not a problem, because being close to the east did not mean that they would always be on the front line. When the Western Region Allied Forces moved forward, Shanshan and the others would naturally become the second line. , the third line, and then you can find an opportunity to evacuate...

But unexpectedly, Zhang Liao arrived before they could evacuate.

Now, King Shanshan's uncle Grojia must face the consequences of his own choices.

When the Han cavalry appeared, the chaotic sound of horns in the surrounding area made everyone aware of what was happening, but no one knew what to do. The various horn sounds were still audible except for the ones that were close. In addition to being clear, the formation can also be adjusted, while most of the other Western Region coalition forces heard two or more different horns...

The cavalry of the Shanshan Kingdom on the outermost side had no time to listen to any instructions, and no time to distinguish the messages contained in the different horn horns, so they just rushed forward based on instinct!

The Shanshan people, or the Loulan people, were still very good at fighting in a certain period of time. They were once known as one of the seven powerful countries in the Western Regions, but since they were beaten several times by the Hun Heizi and the Han Fatty, they took turns. , the people of Shanshan didn't even dare to ask for the original name of Loulan, and the king gave up on it, and just wanted to stay as far away from these two evil men as possible.

In fact, the current territory of Xihai City belonged to the Loulan people back then, but now...

Therefore, it is impossible to say that Shanshan people do not have some hatred for the Han people in their hearts.

Only when it hurts can you hate it.

But is it useful to just have hatred?

If Shanshan was still in Loulan, he could still fight the Xiongnu and the Han for a few rounds, but now the gap between Shanshan and the Han has not been shortened, but widened.

Just like the Huns, when they first started fighting the Han people, they were able to fight face to face. They even used cavalry to directly attack the Han army formations, trapping the Han emperor on the top of a mountain and almost costing him his wife. However, with the full development of the Han people, crazy explosions of troops, building blacksmiths and upgrading technology, the Huns' cavalry had to change from a frontal assault to a guerrilla, and then again to trading space for time...

Faced with an absolute disadvantage, even a hand speed of 250 is not enough!

The Han cavalry are now even more elite and tough than when Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were there, and their equipment is better than that of the Han Dynasty at any time. The generals they command are also top-notch cavalry generals at the moment. On the other hand, Shanshan is perhaps better than what it was back then. Loulan is better, but it's only so good.

Shanshan's cavalry brandished their scimitars, and it looked like they were slashing at the Han cavalry. However, at most they only broke a few pieces of iron armor and broke a few silk ribbons. There were no sparks flying. There was no time to light anything, but it was unwillingly annihilated in the air along with Shanshan's cavalry in the ranks of the Han army's cavalry.

Facing the Shanshan people's spontaneous interception, classmate Zhang Wenyuan didn't even feel anything. Was it the enemy's array that he pierced, or the opponent's membrane?

Tong Geluojia on the other side watched the Han army rushing towards him, and watched his "elite" cavalry being submerged one by one under the surging Han cavalry. His heart felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. Torn pain and despair.

He even saw the Han cavalry at the end of the queue, looking like they were juggling or showing off, with the flag on his back facing downwards, and plunging into the place where Shanshan people's corpses were strewn...

"No! 』

Tong Geluojia roared, trying to deny what he was seeing, or thinking that it was a nightmare, but he was still in the dream and had not woken up.

But the next moment, the strong smell of blood rising from the battlefield forced him to accept this reality.

Loulan could not defeat the Han people back then, and Shanshan could not defeat them now either.

Even more and more unbeatable...

Tong Geluojia fiercely pulled out his sword, then bit his lip and slashed several times in the air in the direction Zhang Liao was coming from, as if this way he could fully exert his anger and unwillingness on Zhang Liao. , the curse in his heart also clung to his armor and spear, seeping into his body.

Then, Tong Geluojia was like a deflated rubber ball, hunched over, tilting his head, turning the horse's head, and popped out a few words from between his teeth: "Retreat!" Escape! 』

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