Chapter 341 Military Vehicles?

Since the enemy army faced by the Northern Expedition was the coalition army of the Southern Huns and Li Jue and Guo Si, there were a large number of enemy troops, and most of them were cavalry, so how to deal with it needs to be carefully considered.

And Liu Ye has been discussing with the generals in the central army tent during the march these few days.

Zhang Liao came out worried. He knew Lv Bu's temperament. Although he didn't get the exact information, it was estimated that Lv Bu couldn't hold back any longer and raised his troops north to fight the enemy, so he ran to the central camp every three days.

"General, can this be done?"

Before Zhang Liao entered the tent of the Chinese army, he heard a discussion, and he listened curiously.

Zhang Jah wondered: "Before the Qin and Han Dynasties, most of the riders were chariot soldiers. A powerful country was known as a country of ten thousand vehicles. The strength of the chariot was judged by the chariot. Although the chariot has strong impact and strong protection, it carries too much weight and is weak in mobility. Therefore, the countries were at a disadvantage in fighting against the Xiongnu. It was not until Zhao Guo Wuling King Hufu rode and shot that Zhao became strong and was on a par with Qin, but the general wanted to use chariot soldiers to deal with the Xiongnu’s cavalry. Isn’t that right.”

Zhang Liao was taken aback. Hearing this, the chariot general wanted to use chariot soldiers to deal with the light and nimble Huns rangers? This is too

Jia Xu frowned and said, "Could it be that the general intends to defeat the Xiongnu army with the impact of chariot soldiers?"

Liu Ye shook his head. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Zhang Liao standing outside the door hesitantly, and immediately greeted him, "Wen Yuan is here? Don't stand outside, come in."

"Liao is taking the liberty, but I dare to ask the chariot general, why did you use chariot soldiers to deal with the Xiongnu cavalry?" Zhang Liao hesitated a little, but couldn't hold back his curiosity and walked in.

"Liao was born in Yanmen County. He lived in the frontier fortress for a long time. In his early years, he followed Wen Hou to fight the Xiongnu, Wuhuan, and Xianbei. He had a little experience. These three are all proficient in riding and shooting. They come and go like the wind. In battle, only well-trained cavalry can pursue and kill effectively." Zhang Liao said to Liu Ye with his own experience.

"Hehe, it seems that you are quite puzzled by the use of chariot soldiers to deal with the Xiongnu, but it doesn't matter. Next, I will explain to you why I used chariot soldiers." Liu Ye smiled slightly, and his expression became serious.

"Everyone should know about the Hundred Years' War between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu."

Jia Xu nodded, "Emperor Wen Jing had a lot of savings, and Emperor Wu Fen III's survivors, with Wei and Huo as generals, had the merit of sealing wolves and living in Xuxu."

"That's right, the Huns sang a folk song. Losing my Yanzhi Mountain makes my women colorless; losing my Qilian Mountain makes my animals invincible. This is indeed all due to fighting. But..."

Liu Ye paused slightly, and said seriously: "Do you all know what price Emperor Wu paid to defeat the Xiongnu?"

All the generals stared at Liu Ye and became solemn.

"The wolf was sealed to live in Xu, and Emperor Wu dispatched 100,000 cavalry! Behind him were 500,000 infantry carrying food and grass. All the states and counties in the world were crying, and the people of the thirteen states were all lamenting." Liu Ye's expression was deep.

The three armies have not moved, and the food and grass go first. When a soldier fights, there are at least ten people behind him to serve him, provide food and grass, and carry food and grass. Moreover, the Northern Expedition to the Xiongnu was very different from the campaign in the Central Plains. The cities in the Central Plains were densely populated, and the people transported grain and grass very quickly. However, there were no cities on the grasslands, and there were no convenient official roads and roads, so transportation was very laborious.

Therefore, although the Han Dynasty won the Hundred Years War against the Huns, the national power accumulated by the Wen and Jing dynasties was exhausted, so that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had to issue the "Guilty Edict" in his later years to deeply reflect on his own mistakes.

"The Huns refused to change after repeated admonitions, refused to obey the king, and repeatedly plundered the people in the border areas. We are waiting for this Northern Expedition to expel the disasters for the people of the Han Dynasty and recover the northern counties of Bingzhou, not to make the people poor." Liu Ye said quite meaningfully. "Accompanied by military vehicles, you can use the space on the military vehicles to carry food and grass, reducing the conscripts of civilians, so that you can show compassion for the people."

The war is about logistics. Although Liu Ye is in control of Yongliang and Liangzhou and Sili Xiaowei Department, the number of people is only more than three million, especially in the reconstruction of Luoyang area, which needs investment in the first place. How can we get people to carry food and grass? ?

Hearing these words, Zhang Liao was immediately moved, and bowed deeply: "General Cheqi is sympathetic to the strength of the people, the blessing of the world!"

Zhang Liao was originally a native of Yanmen County, and he felt the situation in the northern part of Bingzhou. Since Hu Hanxie was attached to Shanyu, the emperor divided the northern part of Bingzhou to the Southern Huns to live in, and his original intention was to hope that they would be honest and responsible.

However, as the southern Xiongnu gradually recuperated, their wolf ambitions remained unchanged, and they repeatedly sent troops to plunder the people as slaves. Therefore, when the people of Bingzhou mentioned the Huns, they all gritted their teeth with hatred.

But it's a pity that the princes above the court didn't notice this at all, and the struggle for power and profit in the court was more important to them.

What are the untouchables of the frontier? If you die, you will die. As long as the Southern Huns can keep themselves safe and not come to invade, it doesn't matter if a few people die.

However, Liu Ye wanted to attack the Huns in the north and the south in order to save the people of Bingzhou. Zhang Liao was naturally shocked.

Liu Ye smiled, and stretched out a finger: "It's one of the best ways to transport food and grass, and to be considerate of people's strength."

Opening his jaw and cupping his fists, he said, "I would like to hear about the second."

"Second!"

Liu Ye stretched out his second finger: "Many of you here have followed someone to conquer the Qiang people. These nomads grew up on horseback and are proficient in riding and archery. Our cavalry of the Han family have been trained for a long time. Mastery. Rather than training hard, riding and shooting against riding and shooting, it is better to use my strengths to match the strengths of the enemy."

Jia Xu seemed to understand something: "The general means, use the chariot as a barrier to resist the enemy's cavalry and shooting?"

Liu Ye nodded: "That's right, our army has more chariots, and more baffles on the chariots to block the enemy's arrows, let the enemy attack, wait until the enemy comes, and hide heavy infantry such as knives and axes in the army." Charge out suddenly, wait for the enemy to retreat, and then pursue and kill with cavalry."

"In this way, our army uses chariots to carry food and grass, and we don't have to worry about the Xiongnu cutting off our army's food road with light cavalry, and we don't have to shoot at the enemy. We will fight steadily all the way to the king's court!" Liu Ye clenched his fist and said to himself. .

In fact, this method is not original to Liu Ye. He has been thinking about how to deal with the large number of Xiongnu Rangers these days, and he has been referring to ancient and modern battles at home and abroad, and finally succeeded in finding a classic example of defeating Qingqi.

It happened just two hundred years later, Liu Yu's Northern Expedition defeated the cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty with the Queyue Formation!

Liu Yu's Queyue Formation, with chariot soldiers, infantry and cavalry cooperating with each other, defeated tens of thousands of cavalry in the Northern Wei Dynasty. However, Liu Yu fought his back, but Liu Ye wanted to make a small change here to change the Queyue Formation. For the "full moon array".