Chapter 10 The Gathering of Geniuses
Yinshan Mountain is more than two thousand miles long and is an important mountain range in Hetao. In spring, all things are revived, spring flowers are blooming, and trees are full of vitality.
"Dede!" A rapid sound of hooves sounded, and a group of people rushed over.
This group of people is nothing else, but guards such as Qin Yiren, Huang Shigong, Wei Liao, Wang Jian, Li Mu, Li Si, Han Fei, Sima Shang, Meng Wu, Zhu Hai, Meng Zhao, Ma Gai, Fan Tong and Lu Jujian.
This time they came out to check the terrain.
After this period of hard work, a large number of people were sent to almost all the Hetao land. After choosing, there was no suitable terrain. In the end, Qin Yiren chose two places and needed to use them together. However, whether it was suitable or not, it was necessary to inspect on the spot.
Qin Yiren and his friends rushed to a pass in Yinshan. When they arrived at the pass, they looked around and saw that the pass was embedded in Yinshan, connecting the north and south.
The exit to the south of this pass is about fifty or sixty miles wide.
"This is too wide, not very useful, right?" Meng Wu was a little confused.
"This is just an outlet. Whether it can be used together must be taken in or not." Qin Yiren smiled and slapped his horse's back and drove out first. Huangshi Gong and the others hurriedly followed.
He galloped from south to north. He went to the north and the pass became narrower and narrower. After walking about a hundred miles, he reached the narrowest point of the pass. Qin Yiren looked around and saw that the narrowest point was about ten miles wide.
After passing this narrowest point, the pass became wider again. When Qin Yiren and the others arrived at the entrance to the north of the pass, the width here was almost a hundred miles.
After pulling the reins of the horse, Qin Yiren stopped and asked at Huangshi Gong and the others: "How about this pass?"
Huang Shigong, Wei Liao, Li Mu and Wang Jian pondered and felt as if they had some insight.
Meng Wu, Sima Shang, Li Si, Han Fei and others were a little confused.
Although Meng Wu and Sima Shang were good generals, they were not as good as Huang Shigong, Wei Liao, Li Mu and Wang Jian, and they still didn't quite understand the meaning of Qin Yiren.
As for Li Si and Han Fei, they are not good at military affairs and are even more difficult to understand.
"Young Master, how do you want to use troops?" Meng Wu couldn't figure it out, so he had to ask Qin Yiren.
This question was exactly what everyone thought, all of whom looked at Qin Yiren, their eyes widened, and no detail was missed.
"Look, this pass is more than 100,200 miles long, and the narrowest part is only more than ten miles. I plan to do something here." Qin Yiren pointed to the pass and said, "Let's set up a formation in the Beihe River first and wait for the Xiongnu to arrive. The Beihe River land is a concise and has water and grasslands. If the Xiongnu want to camp, they must fight with us. The Beihe River is still a must-pass place to enter the Hetao land. If the Xiongnu want to occupy the Hetao land, they must defeat us. I think that although the Xiongnu fears the power of the Qin army, they have to fight with us."
The Beihe River is an important river in the Hetao area, and the land is concise. If the Huns want to go south, they must pass by here. If the Huns want to occupy the Hetao area, they must fight with the Qin army. Although the Huns are afraid of the power of the Qin army, they will have to bite the bullet and fight a battle at that time.
Otherwise, the Huns would have been in vain. Millions of people ran away in vain and retreated as soon as they saw the Qin army. The Huns would not be willing to do this, and this battle would be fought.
"Although the Huns are good at riding and shooting, we have strong crossbows, and we can set up crossbow formations to completely suppress the Huns' cavalry and shooting." Qin Yiren continued: "In front of the crossbow formation, what is the Huns' cavalry and shooting? Without riding and shooting, can they still be called the Huns?"
"Haha!" Everyone laughed loudly, it was a great joy.
The Huns grew up on horseback and claimed to be able to live their lives on horseback and are proficient in riding and shooting. However, riding and shooting have its fundamental flaws. One is that they are limited by physical strength. A archer is more powerful than being able to shoot thirty or twenty arrows in a row, and they will be exhausted.
Second, the range of bows and arrows is limited after all, even if you use a strong bow and arrow, how far can you shoot? Hundred and eighty steps are already amazing. Even a fierce man like Lu Bu, his archery skills are amazing. An ordinary shooter can shoot 100 steps. It is very good for him to shoot 100 steps.
However, there is no such restriction on strong crossbows. The use of strong crossbows is composed of several people, dozens, or even dozens or hundreds of people. Their physical strength is much smaller than that of archery, and they can use strong crossbows for a long time.
Furthermore, the range of powerful crossbows is very long and extremely amazing. The Qin crossbow is the most powerful crossbow in ancient Chinese history, and it cannot be surpassed by the Han and Tang dynasties. The best Qin crossbow can shoot at a distance of one kilometer. How amazing is this.
Not all Qin crossbows can shoot for one kilometer, and it is not a problem to shoot at least seven or eight hundred meters. With such a long range, even the Huns' most skilled shooting masters will not be able to do it.
Therefore, when the Huns encounter strong crossbows, their best-selling cavalry will definitely not be able to perform their best, and will be completely suppressed by strong crossbows.
It can be imagined that when the Huns encounter a crossbow formation, they can only be slaughtered, and they will not be able to be happy.
"We set up a crossbow formation and took turns to shoot until the Huns could not resist it, and they were both brave and had to retreat." Qin Yiren continued: "As long as the Huns retreat, we will all suppress our entire army and chase after us. At that time, the Huns will have to flee. This escape must be to flee to this pass."
Qin Yiren pointed at Shaanxikou with his right hand and said, "As soon as the Huns passed through this pass, we cut off the retreat path of the Huns from the narrowest point. When the Huns retreated to the pass, they suddenly realized that the retreat path was broken, and it was too late."
Speaking of this, his tone was slightly higher, and he said, "The Huns were blocked and chased afterwards, and they were surrounded by our siege. If they could not destroy the entire army, they would not be able to do so."
"Okay! Cai!" Everyone cheered in unison, very happy.
"There are no mountains in Hetao except Yinshan. It is difficult to wipe out the Huns in Hetao. This plan of the young master can wipe out the Huns. It is amazing! Great!" Huang Shi Gong praised it endlessly.
"Yes." Wei Liao also agreed and said, "Originally, we thought that it would be difficult to wipe out the Huns completely. With the plan of the young master, this matter would be accomplished."
The glimmer of light flashed in Wang Jian and Li Mu's eyes, looking at Qin Yiren with admiration on his face.
There are grasslands and plains in Hetao, and there is no complicated terrain. It is difficult to use the terrain to wipe out the Huns. Wang Jian and the others racked their brains, but they did not think of a good idea. However, Qin Yiren was unique and could achieve this effect by combining the Beihe River and Yinshan Pass.
Meng Wu was a little worried and said, "Although the young master's plan is good, how can this be achieved? The narrowest part of this pass is more than ten miles. With our troops, it is difficult to fully control the pass. It takes 200,000 people to set up a formation in the Beihe River, right? Then, at most, 100,000 people can be placed here. With 100,000 people, it is too difficult to defend this pass."
Although Meng Wu's military talent is not as amazing as Wang Jian, it is also good. His extraordinary vision hits the point.
The Qin army had only 300,000 total, and the Huns had millions of people heading south, and the string control men of no less than 500,000. If they wanted to defeat the Huns in Beihe, the Qin army would have to dispatch at least 200,000 to do so. In this way, there were only 100,000 people used to intercept the Huns. One hundred thousand people seemed to be a lot, but in fact, it was a bit difficult to use to block the pass.
"Yes." Sima Shang emphasized the key point and agreed with this statement.
"This is easy to deal with." Before Qin Yiren could speak, Wang Jian took over the conversation, pointed to Yinshan, and said, "There are not many things in Yinshan, but there are many trees. We can enter Yinshan in advance and build a large village. As soon as the Huns pass through the pass, we will emerge from Yinshan and build a village."
"Wonderful! Amazing!" A burst of admiration broke out.
Wang Jian's idea was absolutely brilliant, and Qin Yiren thought so too. Looking at Wang Jian, he praised him very much. He deserved to be the main general of the future and a famous general with the title of "God of War".
There are many trees in Yinshan Mountains. The Qin army wants to build a village, so they can do as much as they want. With the help of the village, they can easily block the pass.
Li Mu nodded, pointed to both sides of the pass, and said, "The retreat was cut off, and the Qin army chased after him. The Huns were frightened and they would definitely want to escape by hiking the mountain. They had to be careful. We can build more Luzhai on both sides and guard the mountain. The Huns could not escape even if they had wings."
Once the Huns are really surrounded by the pass, then the Huns will inevitably have to rush into the mountains and escape. It is necessary to guard both sides. Li Mu's method is very good.
"Good idea! Good idea!" Everyone praised it again.
"The Huns are good at riding and shooting, and they cannot let the Huns ride horses and drill on the mountain. Although riding horses is not good at riding mountains, they are still faster than two legs." Wei Liao immediately added, saying: "You must let the Huns drill on the mountain with two legs. You must dig more trapped horse pits and set up more wooden cones and spikes, so that the Huns can't ride horses."
The Huns were good at riding and shooting. Another meaning of this is that the Huns were not only riding and shooting, but also riding and shooting, and were not good at infantry battles. If the Huns could not ride horses, they would dismount and fight with the Qin army in infantry, and the Huns would not be able to catch up with the Qin army even if they beat horses.
Not to mention, the Qin army had a clamping gate to rely on and had a good geographical advantage, so they could completely suppress the Huns to fight.
The premise is to let the Huns dismount. Wei Liao's plan is very effective.
"There are more wooden and stones on both sides of the mountains." Huang Shigong's eyes flashed, and he added: "Working in the mountains on both sides, wooden and stones on both sides are better than bows, arrows and crossbows."
There are hillsides on both sides of the pass, and mountains. If you use bows and arrows and strong crossbows, you can certainly cause major damage to the Huns. However, it is not as easy to use as a rolling wooden stone. After all, the strong crossbows are "point killing", while the rolling wooden stones are smashed into a large area, which has obvious advantages.
This addition to Huangshi Gong added another killer weapon to the Qin army.
"It's worthy of being an extraordinary military strategist! I have just started, and you just have to say something and I have done all the 'battle plan'." Qin Yiren looked at Huang Shigong, Wei Liao, Wang Jian and Li Mu, and was very moved.
Huangshigong, Wei Liao, Wang Jian and Li Mu are all rare military geniuses. Qin Yiren only started out, and they just wrote a word from you and me to put the Qin army's action plan out, which is worthy of being the name of a genius.
Chapter completed!