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Text Chapter 404 Three surprises in one day

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    (Thanks to Eternal Dream and Gaobing 88 for their support, thank you!) Half a year ago, Yi Nan followed the tribesmen to Huaihuang for trading with a large number of cattle, horses and leather goods. He hid his identity and only pretended to be a small steward in a caravan.  After his identity arrived in Huaihuang, he stayed in Huaihuang for half a year. During this six months, he comprehensively observed Huaihuang, observed this emerging force, and observed this emerging force that repeatedly defeated the large with the small, and defeated the strong with the weak.  In the past six months, he has learned a lot and gained a lot.  "Then what did you learn, how to eat meat with a knife and fork?" Yishubao did not agree with his son's words.  "Father, do you still remember a Han military book you gave me before?" "Sun Tzu's Art of War, when you come of age, I will give you one of the gifts." Yi Shibo said, his son's coming-of-age ceremony had already dawned on him.  Over the years.  "Yes, Sun Tzu once said in The Art of War that only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you fight a hundred battles without slacking off. The best way to defeat an enemy is to understand him, even learn his strengths, then know his weaknesses, and finally defeat him.  It is no accident that Huaihuang has risen so quickly, and it is no accident that he has repeatedly defeated our troops. We should face up to the enemy and despise ourselves." Yi Shubo was silent. What his son said was true.  Make sense.  "Father, Shi Jian wanted to compete with his father for the position of leader of the tribes, but why did he lose in the end?" Yi Nan asked with a smile.  "Due to the sudden return from the south, the vanguard troops and horses of the various ministries we sent to the south had underestimated the enemy. As a result, they themselves were ambushed by the Han people. They also harmed the subsequent three thousand troops and horses of various ministries when they pursued the Han people.  Another ambush resulted in the loss of half of the thousands of troops and horses that had gone south. However, not even a single hair of the Han people was lost, and all the troops suffered heavy losses.  It was all blamed on the Wei He people, so in the end Shi Jian failed to become the leader of the alliance," Yi Shibo said, although in fact the defeat of the forward army was not solely the Wei He people's responsibility.  All the tribes underestimated the enemy just like the Weihe people, and they were finally defeated.  But after all, someone has to take the blame.  However, Wei He was the first to be ambushed and defeated, so of course he was blamed.  "Father, the Han people are the Huaihuang Army. Father must know this. These Huaihuang Army defeated our forwards in the wild. In the most important battle, 10,000 Huaihuang Cavalry ambushed 3,000 Tiele's forwards.  , and does father know the loss ratio of this battle? " "My forward troops are all gone, and the losses of the Han army are not yet clear, but they must have paid a lot of losses by eating our three thousand cavalry. I guess,  There are still one or two thousand people lost, and this is because they ambushed us with three times the number of soldiers and horses. If the number is equal, it is difficult to predict the outcome. "Yi Shubo has been busy fighting for the position of the coalition leader these days.  Busy gathering people.  Preparing food and fodder for going south, etc. Although the news that more than 3,000 forwards were wiped out had been sent back earlier, he only knew that the forwards had lost half of their troops, but he did not know the price paid by the opponent for eating half of his forwards. He just took it for granted.  , the other party ate more than 3,000 of his own troops.  It must have cost a lot of casualties.  Yi Nan laughed.  "Why are you laughing, aren't you?" Yi Nan shook his head.  "Of course not, father, I have received the exact report of the battle. The 300 cavalry of the Wei He people were wiped out in one battle. The Han people had 500 cavalry. As a result of the battle, all 300 Wei He people were killed. They died in the battle, and the rest were killed.  "This is impossible!" Yi Shibo couldn't believe it and couldn't help shouting.  "Yes, when I first heard the news, it was hard for me to believe it, but then I investigated carefully, and the final result was indeed true. The Han people have five hundred horses, and the Weihe people have three hundred horses. The Han people are quite cunning.  , they first arranged several cavalry squads on the Weihe people's way out of camp to plunder, and then led them into an ambush circle. A hundred cavalry were wiped out, and no one in the Han army died. Then they persuaded the captured Weihe people.  , and asked them to "carry" a hundred Han cavalry back to the camp pretending to be the captives they had captured. As a result, they successfully entered the camp. In the end, the Han people did not even take action. As a result, the Weihe people who surrendered to the Han people took the remaining two  All the people in Weihe were killed. "This, how is this possible?" Yi Shubo couldn't accept this result. "You must have heard some wrong information. It must be a rumor."  It's not wrong information, it's a fact. The fact is that Wei He's 300 men underestimated the enemy and had no precautions at all. As a result, all 300 people were wiped out, and not a single one of the opponent's 500 Han cavalry was killed from the beginning to the end.  In addition, father, please take a look at the course of this battle. The Han people had 500 cavalry, and they clearly surpassed the Weihe people. However, the Weihe people underestimated the enemy and were careless. In this case, if father was the leader of this Han people, what would you do?  "Do it?" "Use more to hit less, and the enemy is underestimated and unprepared. Naturally, we will directly attack the enemy camp.Kill them with one move.  " Yi Nan had known that his father would give such an answer. In fact, he later carefully reconstructed the entire battle process of the Weihe people and came to a similar conclusion. If the attackers were tribal soldiers and horses in the grassland, no matter what  Which tribe is it? Most of them will not be as troublesome as the Han people. They will go straight to lure the enemy, ambush, etc. "Then father, think about it, what will happen in the end if you command the attack.  Result?  " Yi Shubo thought for a while. If he commanded 500 cavalry to attack the unprepared Weihe people with 300 cavalry, the result would definitely be a win. However, even if such an attack wins, it will definitely not be able to destroy the 500 cavalry like the Han people.  Three hundred, and in the end there were no casualties. Not only him, but even if he were replaced by any other general, as long as he attacked directly, he would not be able to achieve zero casualties. ¡°Actually, the Huaihuang Army did not have zero casualties.  When they finally attacked the camp, they were brought into the camp by the Weihe people who surrendered. Then these surrendered Weihe people suddenly launched an attack and destroyed their tribe.  The battle finally turned into a fight between the Weihe people, and all the people who died were Weihe people.  "The more carefully Yi Nan studied, the more he admired the Huaihuang Army. It's nothing special for five hundred people to defeat three hundred people, but they can still fight so beautifully. In the end, there were no casualties. This is simply a miracle, but the Han people are  It was done. "Later, the Huaihuang cavalry fought against the three thousand Tiele vanguard.  Basically, the same is true. The Han people set up an ambush, lured Tiele's forwards into a trap, and finally made a sudden ambush.  Ten thousand versus three thousand, my three thousand forwards are all gone, and I will surrender if I die, but I will miss my ten thousand cavalry.  In the end, the number of casualties was less than a hundred.  "Yi Nan's words even contained a hint of fear for this Huaihuang Cavalry. "And father, do you know, according to the reliable information I have received.  When faced with the surprise attack by the Huaihuang Han Cavalry, the three thousand forward cavalry formed by our various units broke up and ran away without even a bit of resistance.  In the end, they were completely defeated in a short period of time, either dead or surrendered.  "This is impossible!"  " Yishubo didn't know what to say other than exclaiming at this time. He didn't want to admit that this was the truth, but he knew in his heart that his son would not joke with him about such a thing, but it was really hard for him to accept it.  He can accept that the Han cavalry defeated Tiele's forward, but it was only 300 or 3000. Even if the entire army was wiped out, it was not an unacceptable fact. But what is unacceptable is that he has always claimed to be tough.  The Mobei Tiele cavalry, three thousand cavalrymen were wiped out, but the opponent actually suffered less than a hundred casualties. What is even more unacceptable is that the fierce and brave Tiele cavalry actually faced a surprise attack by Han cavalry that was only three times their number.  . They actually fled without any resistance, and then all the troops were wiped out without a single person running away. What was the courage of the Tiele soldiers that caused them to collapse without a fight?  Encountering a very serious problem, a very, very serious problem ¡°How many people know about this situation?  " Yi Shibo asked seriously. He put down the meat cleaver in his hand. He no longer had the appetite to eat the delicious roast mutton. "Except for me.  Only you know the news now.  "Yi Nan's source of information is very special. After the Battle of Bu Donghe, it took a day for the other half of the forwards who were left behind to know that the pursuing forwards were gone. The scouts they sent out only saw headless corpses on the battlefield.  The mountains of corpses were the corpses of those forwards, numbering in the hundreds. Apart from these icebergs of headless corpses, none of the more than two thousand pursuing forwards had disappeared. They finally reported this to Yu Dujin Mountain.  All three thousand men and horses and Wei He's three hundred cavalry were killed in the battle, but they only reported the death of these 3,300 people, but failed to report the price paid by the Sui army who defeated them. Because of the battle of Binghe,  There was no survivor at all, and there were no corpses of Sui soldiers on the battlefield. They had no way of knowing this result. Yi Nan's information came from another source. After he went to Huaihuang last time, he saw the magic of Huaihuang, and he was also there.  Huaihuang secretly established an intelligence network. Although there were not many people, he also had people stationed in Wusha Castle. His intelligence came from the people in Wusha Castle. The Sui army returned to Wusha after the victory at Bu Donghe.  Sandcastle, the spy quickly found out the outcome of this battle, and immediately reported to Yi Nan in surprise, "This outcome can only end here and cannot spread any further.  You know what I know, but no third person can know.  " Yi Shubo said to his son seriously. Now everyone only knows that half of the forward has been lost, but they don't know that it will be defeated so miserably. The loss of more than 3,000 people actually failed to cause more than a hundred casualties to the opponent. If this news  Once word spreads, I am afraid that the morale of the Mobei Tiele coalition forces will collapse. ¡°Although I can guarantee that it will not spread, other leaders might as well learn of this result from other channels.  "Yi Nan said. "No matter what, the day it can be kept secret is a day.  ¡±  Seeing that Yi Nan was in such a worried mood, he couldn't help but ask: "Our plan still remains unchanged, are we still going to march into Huaihuang?" "This was the decision of the leaders of the various ministries during the alliance meeting. Huaihuang has already  They fought with many of our Tiele tribes, and this time they killed more than 3,000 of our forwards. This feud has become more serious, and now each tribe wants to kill Huaihuang immediately and conquer everything, right?  The man snorted coldly. He knew that Huaihuang's reputation for wealth spread far and wide across Mobei, and many tribes proposed attacking Huaihuang, all with the idea of ??grabbing a huge sum of money.  "I'm afraid they haven't thought about it at all. Huaihuang is not an easy bone to chew, let alone a weak lamb." Although Yi Shubo is the commander of the coalition, it is only a loose coalition of tribes, and he has no  With too much power, one cannot control the sky with one hand.  "As long as we are careful, with our current army, I believe we can still defeat Huaihuang." Yi Shibo said.  "This idea is very dangerous." Yi Nan did not agree with his father's words at all. War cannot be won by numbers.  "We have gathered all the troops this time, but we have assembled an army of one hundred thousand. One hundred thousand!" Yi Shubo raised his voice a little higher, one hundred thousand soldiers and horses, and they are all powerful cavalry from Mobei.  Even if the most elite only account for one-third, they are still an extremely powerful force.  When he thought about it, one hundred thousand cavalry could directly march into the Central Plains, invade the Hedong Daibei or Youyan land, and plunder it.  Even when facing those tall and solid fortresses in the Central Plains, it would be inconvenient for their cavalry not to be good at attacking cities, but if they just attack the Huaihuang castles hanging on the fortress, there should be no problem.  Fighting on flat grasslands, whoever is the opponent of the Mobei cavalry has city walls even in Huaihuang, but those city walls are mostly built on flat grasslands and lack real strategic geographical advantages. Even if they use cavalry to siege the city, it is not too difficult.  Yi Nan shook his head helplessly. This time, the tribes gathered together with Du Lan and ordered their arrows to go south, choosing Huaihuang as their primary target.  Firstly, it was because Huaihuang had attacked Tiele tribes several times, and secondly, because Huaihuang was rich, the leaders of each tribe clamored to destroy Huaihuang, firstly for revenge, and secondly for robbery and wealth.  But although these guys have several tribes that have been attacked by Huaihuang and suffered heavy losses, they have never really inquired about Huaihuang's information. They don't know the real situation of Huaihuang, and they don't understand what they are going to fight.  The true strength of the enemy.  "Father, do you know how many soldiers and horses there are in Huaihuang?" Yi Nan asked directly.  "How many? How many soldiers and horses can a new small force in Huaihuang have, even if they are attached to the Sui Dynasty? I estimate that there are at most twenty or thirty thousand people. If they recruit some young people at the last minute,  Maybe we can gather 50,000 people," Yi Shibo said.  Yi Nan touched his forehead with his hand, feeling helpless.  My father is among the Tiele tribes. Because he is the leader of a large tribe close to the Central Plains, his vision is relatively sharp. But now that he said such words, you can imagine what the other Tiele leaders are thinking.  "Twenty thousand? Fifty thousand?" Yi Nan sneered speechlessly: "Father, if I told you, Huaihuang now has more than 100,000 troops, and the three Khitan tribes of Xilin are also closely united around Huaihuang and will send troops at any time.  Support, are you willing to believe it? " "What!" Yi Shibo lost his voice again.  (To be continued)
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