Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2255: Yuan Meng Elite, Tanma Red Army

It is precisely because of the planning of Cen Wenben and his group that an unprecedented civil war has broken out on the plateau.

So much so that when the people sent by Li Mi actually arrived at the plateau, the situation there made him completely confused.

Given the current situation on the plateau, it is impossible to send troops.

Of course, the worst situation that Li Mi expected would not happen, at least there would be no possibility of helping Temujin anymore.

This is already a huge help to Liangzhou today.

Of the 100,000 troops in Liangzhou, as many as 40,000 were not deployed to the battlefield.

Among these 40,000 people, except for 20,000 people guarding various places in Liangdong, the remaining 20,000 were used to guard the plateau.

In other words, under the current circumstances where it is impossible for Gaoyuan to send troops, they can at least free up an additional 20,000 troops to deal with the Yuan Mongols.

Being able to mobilize 20,000 regular Jin troops, this combat effectiveness is at least not inferior to the 50,000 Tubo troops. Given the current situation in Liangzhou, it is just the right time to mobilize 20,000 more troops.

Therefore, after exploring the situation on the plateau, the Jin army envoy prepared to return along the same route without even having time to eat a bite of food.

In fact, the journey up and down the plateau was too difficult. Even if he hurried, he didn't know how much time had passed by the time he got back. Now, of course, there was no time for him to waste.

After that, Dou Gu and Ma Yuan's troops arrived in Dunhuang smoothly, greatly enhancing Dunhuang's defense capability.

Although Dunhuang is not a wealthy place, it is not short of food and grass to a certain extent.

Dunhuang was the most important transit station for transporting grain and fodder from Guanzhong to Xizhou. Before the arrival of Temujin's army, the last batch of grain and fodder had not yet been transported to Xizhou and remained in Dunhuang, making it convenient for Han Qi to mobilize them.

Even Dunhuang is not short of all kinds of military supplies. The principle is the same as that of food and fodder.

Of course, it’s just that there is no shortage, but it’s not to the point where we have to produce it casually for a long time. After all, if there is no external replenishment, the supply will only become less and less.

Among the three counties, life in Dunhuang was also very difficult, but compared with the other two counties, it was much easier, and there was a reason for that.

Therefore, Dunhuang has never lacked food and fodder, but what it has always lacked is soldiers and horses.

With the arrival of Dou Gu and Ma Yuan, Han Qi suddenly became more confident.

The arrival of Dou Gu and Ma Yuan's troops also made Temujin extremely angry.

He had already set up a trap in Liangxi, but he didn't expect that Meng Tian would take advantage of the opportunity from their hometown and send reinforcements from their hometown. By the time he received the news and tried to stop them, it was too late.

But now is no longer the time to pursue these things, so Temujin changed his battle plan again.

Originally, he wanted to use the war in the three counties to lure Meng Tian into Liangxi, so that Meng Tian would be surrounded by their hundreds of thousands of troops. Once the pocket was sealed, Meng Tian would be badly injured even if he didn't die. Meng Tian's main cavalry was seriously injured, and even if Wei Qing arrived, they had a natural advantage against a pure infantry army.

However, the arrival of Dou Gu and Ma Yuan once again reinforced the already extremely dilapidated Dunhuang.

Therefore, after thinking it over, Temujin decided to take a safe approach first.

Using Zhangye, which had already fallen into their hands, as a base, they blocked Meng Tian's troops' route westward to seek friendly support, giving Tolui enough time and manpower to deal with the final two places of Jiuquan and Dunhuang.

In this way, even if Wei Qing's main force arrived later, Temujin at that time could also separate a force to cooperate with Kublai Khan and Murong Ke's troops to besiege Su Dingfang's troops in Xizhou from two sides.

Under such circumstances, let alone Su Dingfang, even if Bai Qi and Han Xin were resurrected, it would be difficult to change the overall situation of the loss of Xizhou.

The situation in Jiuquan County was not optimistic either. Although Gao Gong, the governor of Jiuquan County, was much more capable of civil administration than Wen Tianxiang, his ability in military administration was somewhat lacking compared to Wen Tianxiang. The war in Jiuquan County was also supported by Meng Wu, the father of Meng Tian.

The reason why Jiuquan County was able to hold out longer was purely because, among the three places, Jiuquan County faced the least enemy forces.

After conquering Zhangye County, Tolui not only did not receive any reward from Temujin, but was scolded by Temujin and asked to speed up.

After all, Tolui had an absolute advantage in military force, but he had only captured Zhangye and Juyan, which was indeed a bit slow.

Temujin's urging made Tolui very ruthless. He not only captured a large number of Han people to attack the city, but also mobilized his elite troops, the Tanma Red Army.

Among the Tanma Chi Army, there were very few pure Mongolians. A small part was composed mainly of Mongolized Xianbei people, supplemented by most of the conquered people of various ethnic groups in the Western Regions, and a small part of Han people.

The people of Yuan and Mongolia, whether they were people of different ethnic groups or in the military, had a certain hierarchy, and those who joined the Tanma Red Army were treated as being on par with the elite cavalry of Yuan and Mongolia. Therefore, only the elite were qualified to join this army, and they were extremely brave in battle.

The Tanma Red Army in history was also not composed of pure Mongolians.

In history, during the Mongol Empire, soldiers were selected from the thousand households, hundred households and tribes of the Mongolian army to form an elite force. This army, which was specifically responsible for attacking strongholds or guarding strategic locations, was called the Tanma Red Army.

During the Mongol conquests, some Mongol soldiers were sent to guard the occupied areas. Some Mongolians were unwilling to serve as Tanma Chijun because they were not used to leaving the prairie, were not adapted to the local climate, or felt that they were "heavy duty soldiers".

Therefore, the Mongolian tribes slowly sent their own foreign populations, such as the Semites who were captured in the war, as well as the Han people and southerners, to garrison the occupied areas.

The Tanmachi Army had strong combat effectiveness and high status, and was highly valued. "Heluo and Shandong were the heart of the country, so the Mongolian and Tanmachi Army were stationed in the prefectures."

This unit was the one with the highest status and treatment among the vassal troops. Among the hundreds of thousands of surrendered soldiers, the best were selected to form the vassal army, and the best were selected from the vassal army to join the Tanma Red Army, and then they were trained with the special tactics of the Mongolians.

After so many rounds of screening, it would be abnormal if this force had no combat effectiveness.

Under Temujin's urging, Tolui also put his trump card on the line and sent out the most elite force he could control.