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Chapter 298 Delay will drag you to death! (4.1K)

After Huo Shan explained the details, he looked at the crowd and waited for them to speak.

But Zhao Ponu just smiled:
"Even if the governor orders you to do so, the last general will wait for the governor's orders."

Huo Shan glanced at the crowd, and sure enough, they all nodded with smiles on their faces.

Huo Shan smiled and shook his head, he knew it would happen, but he had already discussed the matter with Zhang Anshi and Huo Guang.

Of course, the [-] soldiers and horses were not included in the calculation, but it's okay, the [-] soldiers and horses coincided with their arrangement.

"Okay, then I will arrange, Zhao Chongguo, Zhao Ponu!"

"The end is here."

"3000 troops were transferred from the Third Division of the former Army and Huang Zhongyi."

"The last general takes orders!"

"Li Guangli, Gongsun Jingsheng!"

"The end is here."

"I'll give you the six thousand soldiers and horses to guard Dongqiemi. I'll tell you the details later."

"The last general takes orders!"

Huo Shan stood up and waved, Xiao Lizi walked over pushing the map, and all the generals also stood up and surrounded him.

"Next, let's talk about the four countries of Dongqiemi."

Huo Shan picked up the wooden stick that Xiao Lizi handed over, and clicked on the map:

"These four small countries can be destroyed easily.

Dong Qie Mi is right in front of him, with a population of only 2000 and less than [-] soldiers.

Xiqimi, four hundred miles to the west of Dongqiemi, has about the same population, soldiers and horses as Dongqimi.

Wu Tanzi left the country, with a population of less than three hundred and less than one hundred soldiers and horses.

Jieguo has a population of [-] and less than [-] soldiers and horses.

So, are these four countries small countries? "

The generals grinned. They knew that these countries were small, but they didn't expect them to be so small.

Especially Zhao Ponu, he didn't understand how these four small countries, with such weak strength, managed to control this piece of land.

Even he can tell that this piece of land is very good, not to mention the geographical location, but the pastures of this piece of land can support a large country with a population of over 10.

"Great Governor, there is one thing that is unknown at the end. Why have these countries never been attacked?"

Huo Shan smiled:
"Who says they haven't been attacked?"

The others were full of doubts. They didn't understand why these countries survived and lived so well after being attacked by others.

But Zhao Puonu looked disgusted, his brain circuit was not normal, he didn't think of anything else, but thought of how weak the people who attacked these countries were, even such weak countries could not be destroyed.

"Wusun, who is far away, and Cheshi, who is near, they all had the idea of ​​this land before, but they all gave up the idea in the end."

Zhao Puonu was taken aback, Wusun is not weak, Che Shi is also very strong compared to these countries, so he quickly asked:

"Why?"

Huo Shan glanced at Zhang Anshi, Zhang Anshi smiled, stood up and said:
"Because behind them are the Huns."

Everyone suddenly realized that they didn't expect this, and it's not surprising that the Xiongnu intervened behind them.

But they are not surprised, but they don't know the details, Huo Shan is clear about it.

The place of Dongqiemi is very important to the Huns because it is their bridgehead to enter the Western Regions.

And this is the only bridgehead for them to enter the Western Regions.

On Yiwu's side, it still has a little effect on the big man, but it has no effect on the Xiongnu.

One is the hinterland of the Western Regions, and the other is the edge of the Western Regions. Which one do you choose?
So of course they don't allow a big country to be born here.

Because after the birth of a big country, many things will be at risk, not to mention other things, with enough power, this region will not be so obedient.

Therefore, it is the best way to leave a group of obedient small countries that can only survive by relying on the Huns.

As for them personally sending the tribe here, this method is not very good.

First of all, no one wants to come to this place. The climate and resources of this place are not comparable to their current grassland.

And if you send a tribe over, what if you grow up and become disobedient?
As for the countries in the Western Regions, the Xiongnu behind this place directly cut off their thoughts.

The small countries that can destroy these countries cannot afford to offend the Huns, and some big countries don't need to hate the Huns for this.

So the situation in this place has been maintained in such a strange way.

Huo Shan clicked on the map and continued:

"What I just said is just some information from the investigation of my big man envoy, but there are also some people in the wilderness, so it is not very accurate, but it is not much different."

"Zhao Ponu!"

"The end is here."

"These four countries are handed over to you, and you take the Qiang army to destroy them, and I will give you seven days.

Within four days, give me a thorough sweep of this land, and then return to the Chinese army within three days, waiting for orders. "

"The last general takes orders!"

It was just enough to destroy a few small countries, and Zhao Puonu led the Qiang army. It was still overkill, and [-] soldiers and horses looked up to them very much.

As for why Huo Shan sent so many soldiers and horses, it was for speed.

This area is too big, but if Huo Tan wants to keep him very stable, there is no other way, as there is not enough time, so he can only trade the number of people for time.

[-] troops dispersed to clean up, it was better than [-].

As for Huo Shan's lack of time, Zhao Puonu was given seven days, and there was nothing he could do about it.

Don't forget the [-] Huns soldiers and horses. If there were no [-] Huns soldiers and horses, Huo Shan would have sent all the troops directly to sweep while walking. Three days would be enough time to cover a lot of roads.

But with [-] Xiongnu troops, it was necessary to divide the troops, and Huo Shan had to go ahead to deal with it.

And Zhao Puonu's distance will also be farther away from Huo Shan, so he needs to allow enough time, three or four days, just traveling is not enough, so how can he do things?

It is impossible to explain what cannot be done!
Huo Shan stood in front of the map, hugged his chest, stroked his chin, thought for a while, and then shouted:

"Shangguan Jie!"

"The end is here."

"Go, order Qi Yulin and Huben's six thousand soldiers and horses, and five thousand Huangzhong, five hundred shots, and set off immediately after an hour. Don't bring Huben's heavy armor."

"The last general takes orders!"

Shangguan Jie turned around and went straight out of the big tent, and began to gather troops.

"I took these soldiers and horses one step ahead to stop the [-] Huns cavalry, Zhang Anshi and Tian Qianqiu accompanied them.

Zhao Chongguo, you will catch up tomorrow morning with [-] former soldiers and horses, as well as logistics supplies. "

"The minister takes orders!"

"The last general takes orders!"

Huo Shan patted the non-existing soil on his hands, and then said:
"Okay, let's go, let's all go down and get ready!
Zhao Chongguo, Huo Guang, Zhong Gan, etc., I'll make arrangements for the journey, Li Guangli, Gongsun Jingsheng, etc., I'll make arrangements for Dongqiemi's affairs. "

"promise."

After everyone left, Huo Shan sat back in his seat, after a moment of silence, he sighed and said:

"I can't wait anymore, I really can't grasp it."

Huo Guang's face wrinkled, and he became a little anxious. Sure enough, Huo Shan's next sentence made him unable to sit still.

"I'm ready to poison."

Huo Guang immediately stood up and said:
"no!"

The expressions of the others also changed, and they began to persuade.

"Governor, do you want to wait?"

"Extremely great!"

Huo Guang said:

"This matter is really harmful to peace, and it will also affect our army. Our 16 military households are just downstream. Water attacks can be used, and corpses can be contained in time, but poisoning is not enough.

And this matter, the Xiongnu may still have precautions. They are experts in this game. We are upstream and they are downstream. They will definitely be on guard.

They won't be too vigilant about Shui Gong, this matter..."

Huo Guang shook his head.

Speaking of this time, we have to start from the beginning.

It happened yesterday, but Huo Shan's idea has been there for some time.

Speaking of this matter, I have to talk about the terrain on the north side of the Tianshan Mountains, especially the battlefield area selected by Huo Shan.

As for the terrain, there is nothing to say. The south side is the Tianshan Mountains, the north side is a large area of ​​Gobi, and the northwest side is a desert. The battlefield is a relatively good Gobi, mixed with some oases.

What Huo Shan focused on was mainly rivers.

Speaking of rivers, there are quite a few in this area. After all, it is at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and there are many rivers where the remaining snow water gathers.

But there is only one big river, and it is still a river without a name.

Not only is there no name on the Dahan side, but there is also no name on the Western Region side, just call it the river.

The direction of this river is also very interesting, because its source is very far away.

Its source is near the sea, and this near sea is the later Bosten Lake, which is on the south side of the West Tianshan Mountains.

It is formed by the confluence of many rivers and snow water. It is the largest freshwater swallowing lake in the country in later generations. In this era, this offshore lake is even bigger.

As for the near sea, it was thousands of miles away from the battlefield chosen by Huo Shan, and the route was also very tortuous.

He doesn't know if there will be such a river in later generations, but this river is very famous in this era because it feeds many people.

This river is set aside from the north side of the sea, and then goes all the way to the north and west, all the way to the territory of Cheshi country.

Then, on the north side of Che Shiguo, they encountered the Eastern Tianshan Mountain blocking the road, which divided them into two veins.

One vein goes eastward, stretching for a long distance, passing through Yiwu, and reaching Dunhuang directly.

All the way to the west, it meanders directly to the capital of Dongqimi, and then divides into two roads, one goes west and the other goes north.

All the way to the west to Xiqiemi, it was cut off directly.

And go all the way to the north, cross the Wutanzili country in the north of Dongqimi, and go west all the way in Wutanzili, and then go north all the way, and the north is the main vein.

All the way to the west, due to the high terrain, I didn't go very far, and finally turned back, and converged to the main vein at the north of Wutanzili, and brought back a lot of snow water.

And the main vein has been heading north until it is about to approach the desert. Because of the high terrain, it goes east again.

Then all the way to the battlefield, with the help of many mountains and snow water from Tianshan Mountain, the amount of water is really good.

And the water volume of this river is naturally not as good as that of big rivers, but it stretches very wide and feeds a lot of people.

Many countries have settled along the banks of this river, and Yu Lishi is no exception.

In Huo Shan's mind, he set the battlefield at this place, and there is a high probability that the Huns' camp will be located in the capital of Yu Lishi Kingdom.

To say it is the capital of a country is actually an exaggeration, and even a small city is not considered the capital of a country.

But the terrain here is very good for the Xiongnu, a flat river!

And the most important thing is that this river is near the city, and there are three or four small rivers of Tianshui snow water.

Even if you are afraid of water problems in the big rivers, there is no shortage of water sources in these small rivers.

The most important thing for Huo Shan happened to be this river. If the Xiongnu set up their camp here, if there was a wave of water attack, wouldn't it be done once and for all?
The river is very wide, so there is no need to worry that the water will overflow to other places. If the Huns set up their camp here, they will definitely occupy the river.

The Huns were not very cautious in this regard, or it was not convenient for them to get water because they were far away.

With so many cattle and sheep, they can't walk dozens of miles to drink water every day, they are exhausted to death.

Therefore, when they travel with a large army, they usually wander by the river and camp by the river.

Unlike the big man here, even if he camps by the river, he will choose a suitable distance that is not too close or too far. This is the accumulated experience of being scared by the water attack!

Therefore, Huo Shan's method of generating water attack is understandable, on the contrary, it is very good.

However, no one can be sure about the weather in the Western Regions. This is not a time of abundant rainfall, and the Western Regions have always had little rain.

Huo Shan has been here for so long, but it hasn't rained a few times.

So Huo Shan thought of poisoning. Talking about poisoning, it means throwing dead cattle and sheep in the upper reaches of the river. There are not so many poisons.

In fact, Huo Shan was just unwilling to mention such a thing, he really didn't have much intention to do this.

But it's not that he didn't dare to do it, or couldn't bear to do it, but that it was really not worthwhile.

First of all, there are risks. Who knows if the Huns will be fooled?

In addition, it will harm one's own people. This river flows eastward, and then not far from Yiwu, it will merge with the southern tributary of the East Tianshan Mountain, which is diverted from Cheshi Kingdom.

Who knows if the water will flow back and harm his own people?
Moreover, Li Ling who followed the Huns' army was also a problem. Although Huo Shan arranged for them to drink more snow water, the tributary of the snow water was on the north side of the river, and they had to wade across the river.

If the horse took a sip and brought it back to the army, it would be in big trouble.

And if the plague really happened, then the follow-up problem would be a big trouble. If one of them could not be implicated, the cavalry of the Huns ran around, and it might bring it to the entire Western Regions, as well as the big men.

Therefore, Huo Guang said a lot, and Huo Shan also agreed that water attack is fine, but poisoning is not.

As for Huo Guang being so anxious, in fact, apart from the reasons that Huo Shan could think of, there was one more thing.

That is, this matter is extremely unfavorable to Huo Shan. First of all, it is certain that it is harmful to nature, and secondly, if this matter is really done, it will be a stain on his life.

Not to mention other things, such words as victory without martial arts, vicious mind, etc. will definitely be used on him.

That's why Huo Guang was in a hurry to stop him.

Huo Shan thought for a while:
"Okay, let's forget it, but we still have to prepare for the water attack, maybe there will be a heavy rain?

Even if there is no heavy rain, if you accumulate some time, you can still save a lot of water, which will cause a little trouble for the Huns.

So Zhao Chongguo, you secretly sent [-] soldiers and horses with craftsmen to build a dam two hundred miles west of Yu Lishi. "

"The last general takes orders!"

And if they really lose, they might be able to block the way once the water is released!

But this battle cannot be defeated, nor can it be defeated!

The Xiongnu don't have much food and grass, and if you delay it, you will be dragged to death!
(End of this chapter)