Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 218 Harassing the Huns 1
At the end of a great battle, some people are happy and some are worried. Although Gongsun Xu's victory this time is not a big victory, it is not a small blow to the Xiongnu, especially the Xiongnu. It is monolithic, and now, the contradictions within the Xiongnu have been played out by Gongsun Xu a lot.

The Xiongnu Shanyu Xubuguduhou is very anxious now. Although a defeat cannot shake his dominance, it is impossible to say that it has no effect. If the situation cannot be restored and stabilized, he will I am worried that some internal forces will make small moves.

In fact, apart from Gongsun Xu, Xubu Guduhou was most afraid of another tribe of Huns wandering in the grassland. Although Yu Fuluo was dead, his brother was now leading that tribe of wandering tribes.Moreover, Yu Fuluo's son is not young anymore, if they take this opportunity to come back to seize the throne, it will be terrible.

However, even if Gongsun Xu wins, he won't make any big moves for the time being.Xu Bu Guduhou is still very clear about this point, Gongsun Xu has only so many soldiers and horses in total, and this battle has caused a lot of loss, and if it takes ten days and a half months, Gongsun Xu will not be able to recover.

Furthermore, the Xiongnu’s reinforcements are already on the way, and 10,000+ cavalry will soon join the Huns’ camp. As soon as these reinforcements arrive, Xubu Guduhou will be able to stabilize the situation. At that time, let alone the Huns’ internal forces, even Gongsun Xu may not be there. The strength challenged him.

Moreover, Hou Bugudu didn't take this loss seriously. To put it bluntly, it was just a few naughty war horses and tens of thousands of soldiers lost. Most of these soldiers were not of one mind with him. As for war horses, that's not a problem, there are plenty of grasslands.

However, in the face of this failure, Xubu Guduhou still learned a lot of lessons. He now understands a truth. If he wants to defeat the Northern Border Army, he must have several times the strength of the Northern Border Army. The Beijiang army wasted, waiting for the Northern Xinjiang army to show its flaws.

If you talk about what happened to the Northern Xinjiang Army in the near future, it is probably Gongsun Xu and Gao Shun who are playing tricks. In his eyes, Gongsun Xu is too insidious.

Five days after the end of the battle, Hou Bugudu gradually realized why he failed. First of all, he felt that he should not have agreed to Gongsun Xu's invitation to fight. This was obviously a trap that Gongsun Xu had dug for himself to jump into.

The chariot formation of the Northern Xinjiang Army is a lump of iron. If you want to use the Huns cavalry to defeat such a chariot formation, you have to pay a very high price. Such a price, Xu Bu Gudu felt that he might not be able to pay it. rise.

What's more, the cavalry of the Northern Border Army are very powerful. Although they are not as numerous as our own, their equipment, training, combat effectiveness, and the ability to cooperate with each other far exceed our own soldiers. Xu Bu Gudu Hou has a deep understanding.

A Hun warrior may not necessarily lose to the Northern Army cavalry, but 1 Hun warriors will definitely not be able to defeat [-] Northern Army cavalry, especially the elites such as the Selected Front Army and the White Robe Army of the Northern Army. In the case of the same strength, the Huns warriors can only be defeated.

Originally, Xubuguduhou understood these truths before the war, so when the white robe army and the selection front army came up to harass him, he dispatched twice as many troops as the enemy army to pursue them. However, he How could he know that Gongsun Xu had arranged for [-] drafters to stay in the dark, so he fell for his tricks and lost a lot of cavalry in vain.

The most important thing is that Xubu Guduhou now understands a truth that the Xiongnu must not divide their troops. Once they divide their troops, they may be defeated one by one by the northern army. In this war, the Xiongnu suffered from the division of troops. You should not send troops to chase the cavalry of the Northern Frontier Army.

If he was given another chance, Xubu Guduhou would choose to concentrate his superior forces and wipe out all the cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army first. This is the most beneficial strategy for the Xiongnu.

Anyway, the chariots of the Northern Border Army are like iron lumps, and they can't run away there. Apart from their super strong positional combat capabilities, the iron lumps are useless. Instead, they are the cavalry of the Northern Border Army, which is the main force of the Northern Border Army. If the Northern Xinjiang Army had no cavalry, it would only be beaten.

It's a pity, there is no such thing as regret medicine in this world, Xu Buguduhou also regrets why he bumped into this iron bump, isn't this purely for smoking?There is no reason to let the cavalry go to death.

The cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army are good at fighting and chasing, so the Xiongnu must hold tightly together and not give the other side an opportunity to take advantage of it.

There is no way around this. Any cavalry unit of the Northern Border Army is too mobile. Elite cavalry like the White Robe Army of the Frontier Army can only ride three horses per person. Even those ordinary cavalry have at least It's two riders per person, how can we fight like this?

Anyway, the Northern Xinjiang army can run if they can't beat them, and they can chase after them if they can't beat them. They just don't lack horsepower. On the other hand, because the Huns themselves have too many troops, they can only do one man and one horse. There is no way. matter.

However, it is impossible to say that this war did not bring some benefits to Hou Bugudu. First of all, most of the troops lost in this war were those who did not obey his forces. Now he also knows how to arm his troops.

Although the cavalry of the Xiongnu cannot do three cavalry with one person, the Hun Shanyu’s personal troops are possible. After Xubu Guduhou reorganized his troops and horses, he selected 3 elite cavalry, each equipped with the whole army The best equipment, moreover, he also conscripted war horses from the rear, trying to have three riders per person.

Although it is a bit slow, it is not too late to make up for it. In the first battle with the Northern Xinjiang Army, Xu Bu Gudu admitted that he was planted, but this is just the beginning. As long as his reinforcements arrive, he will slow down. Slowly put pressure on the Northern Army and slowly defeat the Northern Army.

To say that Xubu Guduhou can do this is pretty good. If he is facing other grassland tribes, he probably still has a chance to turn defeat into victory. Unfortunately, his opponent is the Northern Border Army led by Gongsun Xu .

When he was reflecting on and trying to find the flaws of the Northern Xinjiang Army, Gongsun Xu was not idle. After dealing with the captives, Gongsun Xu continued to call the generals of the army to hold military meetings. The military division discusses the next step plan.

Comparatively speaking, the Huns have more flaws than the Northern Xinjiang Army, and Gongsun Xu and the others are better at finding the opponent's flaws than Xubuguhou. The two sides don't need to confront each other for the time being, but this secret conspiracy , but it has been going on.

After a few days of rest, the Northern Army has gradually stabilized. After the captives are arranged, the Northern Army can continue to deal with the Xiongnu. Now, the Northern Army has more than 17 horse infantry, and the main force of the Northern Expedition has already All in the camp.

Although the Xiongnu's reinforcements have arrived, and the current main force of the Xiongnu has reached more than 30, the senior officials of the Northern Xinjiang Army know that the Huns seem to be strong, but they have many fatal weaknesses. Therefore, the Northern Xinjiang Army Not afraid of powerful enemies.

However, the biggest weakness of the northern army is that the infantry accounted for about half of the total force. This meant that in the early stages of the war, the northern army could only passively deal with the attacks of the Huns and slowly consume the strength of the Huns. When the balance of strength changes, the Northern Xinjiang Army has the opportunity to take the initiative.

Inside the camp of the Northern Xinjiang Army, the recruits are training in full swing, and the training ground for the cavalry is outside the camp. Although the camp of the Northern Border Army is large enough, it cannot withstand the tossing of tens of thousands of cavalry. Therefore, the camp The nearby grass became a training ground for the cavalry.

At this time, the battalion leaders and generals were urging the soldiers to step up their training, while Gongsun Xu was discussing the military situation with the two military advisers and Gao Shun and Zhao Yun in the big tent.

Gongsun Xu was not overwhelmed by the joy of the victory. On the contrary, he understood a truth that the declining Huns were so difficult to deal with. He almost used most of the main force of the Northern Expedition to win this victory. It didn't bring any huge blow to the Xiongnu. On the contrary, it taught the Xiongnu to be a good boy. It may be more difficult to carry out future wars.

Xi Zhicai looked at the map, and then slowly said: "According to my lord, our army and the Xiongnu will probably enter a stalemate next, but how can my lord determine that the Huns will not take this opportunity to harass our army."

Gongsun Xu stared at the map sharply and said: "I will not give him a chance to harass us. The Xiongnu reinforcements are new, and many things have not been handled well. In addition, the failure of this battle will have some impact on the Huns. , Therefore, I will take this opportunity to harass the Huns camp.

Our army has infantry guarding the big camp. No matter how the enemy comes, our army can just guard the big camp. If the Xiongnu army wants to harass them, I am afraid they will have to pay a high price. If they go to provoke, they have no reason not to fight.

Furthermore, I dare to conclude that the Huns are not monolithic internally. Perhaps they are now under the pressure of our northern Xinjiang army. However, over time, their internal contradictions will definitely become prominent. The key is to catalyze these contradictions to emerge as soon as possible.

Since ancient times, the strongest castles have been breached from the inside. The Huns have too many troops. It may be difficult to win by relying on our army's current strength. Therefore, we must start from the inside. "

Gao Shun nodded, and he said seriously: "I agree. From now on, I will be mainly responsible for guarding the camp and supervising the training of recruits. In addition, besides regular training, should the lord's new [-] cavalry be brought to the battlefield for training. "

Gongsun Xu heard Gao Shun talk about the [-] cavalry he had just set out to build recently, and he said slowly: "The biggest weakness of our army is the lack of cavalry, so I made this decision. The cavalry formed by the soldiers is not for the purpose of defending the camp."

After hearing this, Xi Zhicai stood up and said, "Since this is the case, then we should make a careful calculation. We can't let the Xiongnu have a peaceful life."

(End of this chapter)