Chapter 406
As Meng Tian expected, when the envoys of the Qin Dynasty approached the tribes of the Huns, the tribes of the Huns could hardly refuse the requests of the Qin Dynasty. You should know that once the Qin Dynasty officially launched an army against the Donghu and gathered all its troops to the front Donghu, for the Huns, it was simply a woman with a door opening, without any ability to resist.
To picking up money, for the Hun tribes, what the Qin Dynasty said was simply a business of picking up money.
The Qin Dynasty revolted, and this storm that had been brewing for a long time had fallen.
The Qin Dynasty raised a hundred thousand troops with Meng Tian as the commander and officially declared war on the Donghu. In order to prevent the Great Yuezhi from assisting the boxing, the Qin Dynasty mobilized a large number of soldiers who were originally stationed in the border between the Huns to the grassland bordering the Great Yuezhi.
The legions under Meng Tian need to be wary of Kushan and Lou Fan and confront Dayue again. The troops that can really move are only more than 100,000. At this time, the Donghu people on the front line have mobilized the whole nation, and almost all the males who can take weapons are on the battlefield. The 150,000 string control men are already the entire Donghu. Defeat is the disaster of extermination.
In Yuecheng, Meng Tian's army moved. The 100,000 army was formed by a central army of 40,000, the left-wing army, and the right-wing army was formed by a formation of 30,000, and the right-wing army, and was heading towards the grassland of Donghu with the return goose formation.
At this time, in Fenglang Valley, the Donghu Shanyu was commanding his tribes to prepare for the enemy. The Donghu's position is very awkward. Among the three Hetao tribes in the alliance, the Huns were clearly not going to send troops to help them. The Dayuezhi was also hesitant about whether to send troops because of the Huns' reactions. Now, if they want the Dayuezhi to send troops, their Donghu people must first fight a beautiful rebellious battle.
"Fenglang Valley is our last line of defense. In the future, it will be our tribe. Our wives and children are old and young. The war must be fought in front of Fenglang Valley. The Qin army has left the city. Don't be lucky. This battle is inevitable. We cannot let the Qin army come over safely. Who would like to fight this first battle?" Donghu Shanyu glanced at the patriarchs of the tribes and asked.
"I'll go."
"I'll go too."
Two burly men shouted, "These are the patriarchs of the Qinglang tribe and the Shalang tribe." These two tribes are also the confidant tribes of the Donghu Shanyu, and each has seven or eight thousand string control men."
"The Qinglang tribe attacked the right wing of the Qin army, and the Shalang tribe attacked the left wing of the Qin army. Feng Yan, you lead my 15,000 elite troops to be responsible for harassing the central army of the Qin army." Donghu Shanyu pointed to the map and issued an order.
Feng Qiong was the largest general in the headquarters of the Donghu Shanyu, and also known as the number one warrior in the Donghu family. This man is quite brave and is one of the best among the Donghu tribes.
"Don't worry, the last one will surely return with great victory." Feng Liang shouted loudly with his fists.
Donghu continued to make a comeback to boost morale, so the main force in this first battle had to use his troops from his headquarters, and the rest of the people, Donghu Shanyu, were not relieved.
After the mission was assigned, three armies were driven out from Fenglang Valley almost at the same time, heading towards Yuecheng. Fenglang Valley was about a hundred miles away from Yuecheng, and Meng Tian's army and Donghu's harassing troops came towards him.
"Ka, da, da."
At noon, two steel torrents, one black and one yellow, collided head-on. This was a life-and-death battle between Daqin and Donghu, and both sides were eager for this victory.
The Qin Dynasty sent troops to the Donghu, and the marching and war were of particular importance, and then the marching declined and then the three were exhausted. The Qin Dynasty is now in full swing. If it can win the first battle, it can defeat the Donghu with one spirit. But if this battle is gone, the momentum will be exhausted. Once this war against the Donghu becomes a protracted war, it will be a great disadvantage for the Qin Dynasty.
The army of both sides came towards us, with the Donghu tribe only more than 30,000 people, while the Qin army had an army of 100,000. If there was a head-on battle, the Qin army naturally had an absolute chance of winning. However, this Donghu army was obviously not here to fight the Qin army. Their mission was to harass the Qin army and delay the speed of the Qin army's marching.
When the two sides met, the scouts that had scattered the Qin army were strangled by the Donghu people as soon as possible. The scouts on the periphery of the Qin army were cleared out, and the Donghu people began their own performance. The small troops were riding and harassed. The Donghu cavalry gathered at least three or five people, and at most thirty or fifty people gathered together, wandering around the periphery of the Qin army, harassing the Qin army in the form of riding and shooting.
The Donghu people were native grassland peoples. Whether it was riding or shooting, they were all above the Qin soldiers. Moreover, the Donghu cavalry that came to harass them all rode good horses in the tribe, and their horsepower was also above the Qin army's horsepower.
Therefore, this kind of tactic is a very difficult tactic for the Qin army. Chasing or not chasing is not a good way. Sending people to chase will inevitably delay the speed of the army. There will inevitably be casualties during the pursuit, and it may not be able to catch up. But if you don't chase, then these cavalry will be like flies, disgusting you all the time.
"I inform the left and right wings and drive them away, and don't chase them deeply." Meng Tian said to his commander.
Meng Tian is still very good at dealing with the grassland nation. In this case, people will inevitably be flying kites, but they cannot let the Donghu racer do it. They will send an army to stalemate with them, so that they can try to avoid the harassment of the Donghu racer.
"Meng Shi, I'll take people there." At this time, the king next to Meng Tian left and said.
Meng Tian looked at Wang Li, and was naturally familiar with Wang Li, but this kid had some skills as his father, but he still had to take the exam.
"Okay, then you go, remember not to pursue it deeply." Meng Tian looked at Wang Li for a while, nodded and said.
"Ka, da, da."
Wang Li clicked his cavalry on his side and quickly separated from the army. In the eyes of Meng Tian's men, the cavalry from Xianyang seemed very different from them. The cavalry did not carry a crossbow, but carried a yellow tube on his back.
Wang Li led the way to the front, Fan Kuai went to the left wing, and Ying Bu went to the right wing, which was also the first stop for the three generals under Li Chen to come to the grassland.
The advantage of the Qin cavalry is that stirrups and saddles can leverage and maintain balance, while the Donghu people live on horseback and have more exquisite riding skills. As with the nations on horseback, it is believed that even with powerful tools such as stirrups and saddles, the Qin army did not have much advantage.
In terms of horsepower, the Qin army was obviously at a disadvantage. You should know that in addition to a small number of Yuecheng's own horses, most of the war horses of the Qin army were traded with various grassland races. How could these grassland tribes sell the best horses to the Qin Dynasty? Therefore, most of the Qin cavalry's horses were one level worse than those of the Donghu people.
The Qin army's horses were slow, while the Donghu people's horses were fast, so the distance between the two sides would be created, which also facilitated the Donghu people's riding and shooting skills. However, this time they were destined to be tragedy, because Wang Li, a cavalry from Xianyang, was equipped with not a crossbow, but a musket with a longer shooting distance. The range advantage created by Xianyang can completely offset the advantage of Donghu's horsepower.
Chapter completed!