The autumn wind blows, the ground is full of golden yellow, and the geese fly southeast, and they are lined up in the sky, and sometimes in a row. Yuwen Wen, who is sitting by the mound, looks up at the geese going south, then looks down at the surroundings, and looks at the large reed marsh in front of him.

And the willow forest in the distance.

The Central Plains has a long history, and many stories have been recorded in history in many places "long a long time ago". The Shayuan where Yuwen Wen lives is no exception.

About eighty years ago, Wei divided the east and west, and the Eastern Wei Prime Minister Gao Huan led an army of 200,000 to cross the river through the Yellow River Pujin, entering the Guanzhong area of ​​the Western Wei Dynasty. The troops were facing Tongzhou and pointed directly at Chang'an.

Guanzhong has a flat horse, and the only Dongdamen Tongguan has been bypassed by the Eastern Wei army, and there is no danger to defend the Western Wei side.

Moreover, Guanzhong has had severe droughts for several years, with a large number of people starving to death and the army is short of food. This time, the Eastern Wei army is approaching, and the Western Wei has reached the last critical moment.

The Prime Minister of the Western Wei Dynasty, Yuwen Tai, only had more than 10,000 troops, and the strength of the two sides was very different. Faced with such an unfavorable situation, Yuwen Tai chose to attack and confronted Gao Huan in the Shayuan area of ​​Tongzhou, preparing for a decisive battle.

Ten thousand to twenty-hundred thousand, the 200,000 Eastern Wei soldiers are not waste. Such a decision seems crazy. Rather than saying that the 10,000 Western Wei army confronts the 200,000 Eastern Wei army, it is better to say that the 200,000 Eastern Wei army is "watching" ten thousand fools.

But Yuwen Tai had no choice but to bite the bullet and bet.

It was the golden autumn of October.

Before the war, a general from the Eastern Wei Dynasty offered advice and advised Gao Huan to take advantage of the elite Western Wei Dynasty's elite troops in Shayuan to divide an elite cavalry around Tongzhou and take straight to Chang'an. Yuwen Tai was not allowed to take care of each other at the beginning and end.

Gao Huan felt that there was no need to be so troublesome. He pushed 200,000 people to more than 10,000 people, and it was all over.

On the day of the war, most of the Western Wei army lurked in the reed marsh in Shayuan, and some of the soldiers and horses lined up on the edge of the reed marsh. Many generals on the Eastern Wei side judged that there were ambushes in the reed marsh, so they offered fire to attack.

The so-called fire attack strategy is to set fire on the reed marsh. When the northwest wind blows, the reed marsh will inevitably turn into a sea of ​​fire, burning all the Western Wei soldiers and horses hidden inside.

In response to this, General Hou Jing said that Yuwen Hei Otter (Yuwen Tai's name is Black Otter). Because the fire burned, the soldiers and horses of the Western Wei Dynasty must have been burned into charcoal, and the "black otter" was burned into "black charcoal". How can we tell it?

It would be better for the army to just take over and capture Yuwen Tai alive. Isn’t that great?

Even if Yuwen Tai was killed, he could still cut off his head and beheaded in the capital, and be famous as the Prime Minister.

Gao Huan agreed with this suggestion, so he did not adopt the fire attack strategy and directly ordered the entire army to attack.

As a result, the soldiers of the Eastern Wei underestimated the enemy and rushed into the reed marsh in chaos. They were defeated by the soldiers of the Western Wei, and then they were defeated like a mountain.

At the beginning, there were about 6,700 soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty who died during the battle between the two armies. As a result, during the great defeat, 70,000 to 80,000 people died on the Eastern Wei side, and the soldiers and armor were thrown all over the ground.

In the battle between the East and West Wei Shayuan, the Western Wei side defeated the more with few and weak with strong, creating a military miracle and achieving a huge victory.

After the war, Yuwen Tai asked the soldiers to plant willow trees in the sand garden, each planting one tree to commemorate this great victory.

Every time Yuwen Wen goes to Tongzhou Shayuan, looking at the vast reed marsh and the willow trees that are forming a forest, he always thinks of the battle in the Shayuan that year.

When heroes compete, whoever wants to laugh to the end will have to win military victory. Apart from that, everything is empty talk.

This is true for the power group, and so is the leader of the power group.

For example, as Yuwen Wen knew about the chaos in the end of the Sui Dynasty in history, Dou Jiande, one of the heroes, was deeply loved by the people of Hebei and was full of talents. He was a strong opponent of Li Yuan in Guanzhong.

As a result, in the battle of Hulao Pass, Dou Jiande's army was defeated by the commander of the Tang army and the King of Qin Li Shimin. Li Shimin led elite troops to capture the central army and captured Dou Jiande and his civil and military officials.

In this big defeat, Dou Jiande's dream of being an emperor was shattered and he became a prisoner. He soon became a different person.

More than two hundred years later, when the Li Tang Dynasty was destroyed for decades, the people of Hebei still missed the "King Dou" and built the "King of Dou Wang Temple" with endless incense.

It can be seen from this that Dou Jiande was indeed deeply loved by the people of Hebei. At that time, Hebei was the richest area in the Central Plains. It was the highest in the world in terms of population, land, and resources. It was not short of horse-raising land and could afford a large number of cavalry.

If we follow the saying "those who win the hearts of the people will win the world", Dou Jiande should become the ultimate winner in the end of the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

So, why did such a result?

The reason is very simple. He lacks "victory", and the victory of several decisive battles is crucial.

Fighting for the world depends on military strength and military victory. A monarch who cannot win in a critical decisive battle and cannot bring victory to one's own side. What's the use of having the hearts of the people alone?

The so-called emperor, those who are strong and powerful, Yuwen Wen feels that although this sentence is a bit rough, the truth will never be wrong.

The most important identity of the emperor is the military commander. If the military commander can lead the army from victory to victory, then everyone will become more and more awe and loyal, and willing to follow the "big brother" to the mountain of swords and the sea of ​​fire to gain a good future.

If the military commander cannot win a battle and bring victory to his followers, don’t think about any great achievements.

As Yuwen Wen thought about it, he thought of another person, Xiao Baojie, a general of the Southern Qi royal family and Yuan Wei.

Xiao Baoqi was a royal family of Xiao Qi of the Southern Dynasty. After Xiao Yan usurped the throne and established the Liang Kingdom, Xiao Baoqi fled to the Northern Wei Dynasty (Yuan Wei) and was determined to take revenge. As a general of the Wei Kingdom, he attacked Nanliang many times, made many military achievements, and married the princess of Wei Kingdom as his wife.

Later, the domestic situation in Wei State was unstable, and rebellion broke out in Guanlong area, and Xiao Baojie led his troops into Guanzhong to suppress the rebellion.

Because the war was not going well, the court was quite dissatisfied. When Xiao Baojie heard the news, he said that his political enemies would take the opportunity to punish him severely. He simply launched an army in Guanzhong, killed Li Daoyuan, the envoy sent by the court, and proclaimed himself emperor and rebuilt Qi.

Xiao Baojie promised to win over powerful people from all over Guanlong with his high official position, but few responded.

He failed to block the Wei army's attack and fled in a hurry. He was later captured and taken to Luoyang to parade in public, and finally beheaded.

Less than ten years after Xiao Baojie's defeat, it was the battle between the East and West Weishayuan.

Yuwen Wen sometimes wondered, if Xiao Baojie had a firm foothold in Guanzhong, then in another five or six years, the riot of the six towns that shook the world outbreak, what kind of actions could this "Xi Qi" do?

Now, he thought about it and shook his head again.

Xiao Baojie can't do anything. If he can't win a battle, everything will be empty.

Xiao Baojie led his army into Guanzhong to suppress the rebellion. Overall, he performed poorly and could not drive all the rebels out of his way. Therefore, the powerful Guanlong did not look down on him.

When Xiao Baojie proclaimed himself emperor in Chang'an, the local snakes did not respond, but watched coldly to see how he would block the counterattack of the government army.

As a result, Xiao Baoyou couldn't stop it and was soon finished.

Xiao Baowei was incapable of fighting against the more with the few, defeating the strong with the weak, and failed to gain a foothold in Guanzhong. Therefore, the dream of rebuilding Qi was ultimately a dream of Nan Ke.

A few years later, a rebellion broke out in Guanlong, and the imperial court (Wei State) sent another army to suppress the rebellion and defeated the rebels to pieces. This army was naturally respected by the powerful people of Guanlong.

Later, an accident happened. The army replaced its leader. The new leader was the "Black Otter" from Wuchuan. He defeated the crazy attacks of the Eastern Wei army one after another. He even won a great victory with 10,000 soldiers against 200,000 soldiers in the Shayuan area.

Such a military group leader who can fight has become the best choice for Guanlong tyrants to surrender.

That is why the later Guanlong Wuxun Group was founded.

One of its cohesion is military victory.

Xiao Baojie and Yuwen Tai have different starting points. Xiao Baojie's starting points are much higher. Both of them occupy Guanzhong, but their destinies are different. The problem is whether they can fight and win military victory.

Yuwen Wen always reminds himself that no matter how "heat" the emperor is, he must not forget his duties: military commander, so military power must be firmly controlled, and this army that is loyal to him must be brave and good at fighting.

A "bang" sound came from behind the mound, crisp and loud, interrupting Yuwen Wen's thoughts.

At the same time, about ten steps away from his left, the tree was on a human-shaped target on the slope of the mound, and there was an extra bullet hole on the human-shaped shoulder.

Yuwen Wen stood up, ignored Yang Ji's dissuasion, walked up to the mound and came to General Xue Shixiong.

Xue Shixiong and several generals were standing on the mound. At this moment, these people looked as if the crisp sound just now was a slap on the face.

Seeing that the emperor actually walked up to the top of the hill, Xue Shixiong and others were shocked and quickly surrounded him to protect the emperor. Then they kept persuading: "Your Majesty!! The risk here is too great. I dare to dare to ask Your Majesty to return to your original place."

"It's okay, it's okay!" Yuwen Wen smiled and waved his hand, signaling everyone to get out of the way, "This is a good soldier who has been carefully selected. I can trust it, it's okay."

Xue Shixiong stood in front, and Yang Ji, who was catching up, whispered from behind: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please do not take risks..."

Yuwen Wen looked stern: "Hmm? I didn't listen to my words? I can trust the soldiers you chose, can't you trust them?"

Several generals could not resist and did not dare to pull the emperor off the mound, so they could only do so.

Yuwen Wen ordered Xue Shixiong and Yang Ji to get out of his face. He looked at the reed marsh in front of the mound with interesting interest more than a hundred steps away, and looked at the soldiers busy in the reed marsh with long wooden sticks, and asked next to him:

"What, you haven't found that sharpshooter yet?"

Xue Shixiong said a little embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, this... this bastard hides so well, and he will look for it for a while..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a crisp "bang" sound from the reed marsh. The target on the easternmost side of the human-shaped target on the mound had a bullet hole on the waist of the human-shaped waist.

At that moment, Yu Wenwen's back felt cold: Fortunately, he was his own, otherwise I would have died...

"Finished, found!!!"

The soldiers in the reed marsh cheered, like hunting dogs that found their prey, rushing towards a place in the sound.

Then, a straw man suddenly stood up among the reeds, facing the soldiers surrounding him, and raised his hands high.

Everyone surrounded the "grass man" and came to the mound. When he approached, Yuwen Wen could see clearly: the man had a large number of reeds on his body, and the number was so large that he could hardly tell that he was a person.

When he came to him, Yuwen Wen saw it more clearly: this man was wearing a special costume, which was pieced together with strips of cloth, and his color was withered and yellow. He was carefully decorated with reeds and hid in the reed marsh like reeds. It was difficult to find it without getting close to it.

The carefully disguised sharpshooter actually used "bird guns" to shoot human-shaped targets on the mound where the generals were located, which was very skillful and brave.

This young soldier has an ordinary figure and an ordinary appearance. Because he saw the emperor right in front of him, his cheeks turned red and his breathing was so rapid that he was speechless.

The simple soldiers are mostly like this. Yuwen Wen is not surprised. He patted the other party’s shoulder and signaled the sharpshooter to go with him and talk while walking.

Seeing that the "exercise" was successful, Xue Shixiong quickly asked someone to clean up the shooting range and then quickly followed the emperor.

Yuwen Wen first asked the soldier's name, and learned that his name was "Liang Dache", and asked about his hometown, family situation, when he would join the army, how long he would be a soldier, etc.

Finally, the topic turned to the "bird gun" in Liang Dache's hand.

Bird gun is another name for the rear-load (ammunition) rifled gun. It is named because of its high shooting accuracy and can easily shoot flying birds.

This kind of rear-mounted rifled gun uses a copper-shell fixed-loading bullet. Compared with the front-mounted flintlock gun, the shooting accuracy and rate of fire are far beyond that.

It can be said that the "bird gun" is a weapon that greatly improves the combat effectiveness of the army, and the emergence of fixed loadings has enabled the firearm army to have the ability to fight all-weather.

But even if it is expensive, it is not cheap whether it is the gun itself or the copper shell fixed-loading bullet.

Therefore, bird guns could not equip the army in large quantities. Yuwen Wen designed special tactics for it, and for this purpose, he also organized a special army - hunting soldiers.
To be continued...