Horse harnesses, body-forging methods, and archers and cavalry flying kite tactics were quickly popularized throughout the army. As the founder, Yang Yifei's reputation also quickly spread among the army.

You should know that Yang Yifei offered horse harnesses, innovated training methods, and created new tactics. The significance of this is not only to strengthen the country and the army, but also to the Qin soldiers, it also increases their survival chances and can effectively reduce the casualty rate. This is related to them.

Without going to the battlefield once, Yang Yifei was promoted from a Lishu to a 12th-level left-rank title in just two and a half months, which became a legendary experience. It was widely circulated in the army, inspiring the soldiers of the Qin Dynasty to work hard.

To put it in a more fashionable sentence, Yang Yifei became a star general in the Qin Dynasty.

However, the other troops started later than the Meng family army. When the horn of the war sounded, the archers of other troops had just been formed, and had not yet been trained and had not yet formed combat power.

Therefore, Yang Yifei's archers and cavalry songs are the only ones. All participating troops will witness the glory of the archers and cavalry units with their own eyes.

In the third month after the First Emperor observed the new tactics, military information came from the border, including Qiang, Yuezhi, Wusun and other Di Rong, gathering a large army of 200,000 to invade the two counties of Longxi, Daqin and the northern part.

Longxi County is close to Beidi County, and its scope includes later Gansu Province Tianshui, Lanzhou, Ningxia, Qingyang, Pingliang, Guyuan, Jingzhou and other regions.

These two counties are located in the upper reaches of the Wei River, only 600 miles away from Xianyang, the capital of the Qin Dynasty. The geographical location is very important and is a place that military strategists must fight for. If the two counties in Longxi and the northern part are captured, Xianyang will be in danger.

In this era, the total number of Qin troops is about 900,000, of which 300,000 were led by Meng Tian and Fusu, stationed in the north, responsible for presiding over the construction of the Great Wall and resisting the current main enemy of the Qin Dynasty, the Huns.

The 400,000 were led by Ren Xiao, Zhao Tuo and other generals, stationed in the south, shocking the remnants of Baiyue and barbarians such as Yelang Kingdom, and making every effort to develop the southern region.

150,000 are distributed in border towns in the west and northwest, responsible for resisting the Dirongs of the Western Regions. The east is the ocean. In this era, there are no need to consider enemies from the sea. There are not many troops stationed in the east, and most of them are county soldiers recruited by local officials. Their main function is to clear out bandits and bandits.

The remaining 50,000 is the most elite Xianyang garrison army of the Qin Dynasty. The 30,000 Meng Family Army is the elite among the elite Qin army, and it is the sharp blade of the Qin Dynasty.

The other 20,000 garrison troops were commanded by a general named Xu Gui. The main responsibility was to guard Xianyang and protect the safety of Xianyang Palace. Although the combat effectiveness was slightly less than that of the Meng family army, it was also very elite. All the soldiers had made military achievements and had titles.

There were 50,000 border troops stationed in Longxi County. The Meng family army received the imperial edict from the First Emperor: to immediately go to the frontier, cooperate with the soldiers of the border, and defeat the invading enemy.

Yang Yifei actually didn't understand why the Qin Dynasty had such a large territory, so why did the First Emperor insist on putting the capital in Xianyang, which was so close to the border.

Perhaps this is also a kind of self-confidence and conceit of the First Emperor! He firmly believed that Di Rong would never break through the defense line of the Qin border army and advance to Xianyang.

Of course, he should have such confidence. Facts have proved that even after he was alive, Di Rong of the Western Regions never stepped into the territory of the Qin Dynasty for many years.

Therefore, 50,000 border troops plus 30,000 Meng family troops, and 80,000 troops facing 200,000 enemy troops, the First Emperor's edict was to "defeat" rather than "resist".

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At the camp of the Meng Family Army, Meng Yi stood on the stage of the general, swept his eyes over the soldiers who were ready to go and were full of morale, and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, since the Great Qin destroyed the six kingdoms and unified the world, they have attacked the Xiongnu in the north and pacified Baiyue in the south. They can be said to have great martial arts and great military power. The eight desolates and six unions are all afraid of our Great Qin iron hoof."

"Now Di Rong came from the west, invaded our borders, invaded our country's territory, and poisoned the people. I asked you, what should you do?"

"Kill and kill"

The soldiers shouted three times in a row. When the shouts of killing fell, Yang Yifei, who was standing in front of the archers and cavalry, suddenly raised his fist and shouted: "Those who offend me, whoever violates my Qin will be punished even if they are far away."

As soon as he spoke, the archers behind him immediately followed frantically and shouted: "Those who offend me, who offend me, will be punished even if they are far away... Those who offend me, who offend me, will be punished even if they are far away..."

Hearing their words, the other troops also shouted spontaneously: "Those who offend me, who are far away will be punished..."

This was Yang Yifei's intention to do so, and he had never "rehearsed" in advance. Therefore, at the beginning, the soldiers' voices were not very consistent, and they shouted one after another.

After shouting a few times, everyone's voices finally came together. This short sentence made all the soldiers' blood boil and their morale reached its peak.

Meng Yi and Nangong Yan behind him looked at Yang Yifei with admiration, "Those who offend me, will be punished even if they are far away." This statement will surely be recorded in history.

"Clang"

After the soldiers shouted in a neat voice nine times, Meng Yi drew his sword out of the sheath and stabbed the sky in the west. The field immediately became quiet, and the only voice of Meng Yi was left echoing in the Meng Family Army camp: "Meng Family Army, go to war."

The various troops stepped out of the camp gate in an orderly manner, and the black torrent rushed towards the West. Western Di Rong would eventually pay the price of their bloody behavior of invading the Qin Dynasty.

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Yang Yifei was the first time he led his troops to fight in the true sense. In the world of Deer Tribute, he did not join the large army and basically killed one-sided lines.

War is the best embodiment of a country's national strength. On the march, Yang Yifei saw the powerful logistics support capabilities of the Qin Dynasty.

No wonder the Qin army raised 600,000 troops to attack Chu. In two years, the 600,000 Qin army never cut off food. With such a logistical support mechanism, there will be no ghosts if there is no food.

It turned out that before the Qin Dynasty unified the six countries, it built a large number of large granaries and established a reward mechanism to encourage local people to work diligently and set up laws to protect oxen.

After that, every time a place is captured, it will be built into a large granary and sent to the guilty people to farm.

It can be said that there were granaries everywhere in the Qin Dynasty. Because the food was very sufficient, until the First Emperor Bintian and the Qin Dynasty was destroyed, these granaries were still there, but they were cheaper to Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, and of course, in the end, Liu Bang was cheaper to Liu Bang.

Because of these granaries, there was no such thing as "the army and horses move before they move, and the food and grass move first" when the Qin army marched.

As long as the Qin Dynasty's logistics troops were required to calculate the distance, when the combat troops arrived at a position and went down to the camp, the grain supervision team had already transported the grain from the nearby granary.

Such a logistics support mechanism is quite advanced.

In addition, the marching of a large army is different from ordinary rushing, because "the way of marching is not violated, the right food is not lost, and the power of people and horses is not eliminated."

It means that the key to marching is to maintain a reasonable speed, ensure that the soldiers' diet is moderate, and maintain the soldiers' sufficient physical strength.

Therefore, "when the army walks on the road, rests in a ten-mile manner, eats and stays in thirty miles, and eats and stays in sixty miles." In other words, if you march for sixty miles a day, you need to let the soldiers eat and sleep.

In other words, the march is "military time". When to eat and when to rest is determined based on how many miles you have walked.

Yang Yifei basically didn't understand these ancient marches and wars, but after this expedition, he learned it.
Chapter completed!