Chapter 530 Military State
Wanyan Hong Feishu's big face was originally full of resoluteness. How could he not know what Wanyan Zongshu said? Donghu was originally weak in national strength and reserves were quite limited. All the wealth accumulated by each household was handed over to Gongzhong. Once famine and war occurred, they could only provide short-term marching rations for tribal men. Gongzhong did not give out grains. The food he snatched was handed over to Gongzhong Guigui nobles. A small part of the wealth was directly distributed to tribal soldiers.
Even if it is a small half, as long as everything goes well, every soldier can distribute wealth. The wealth he plunders for three months can at least make the soldiers live a good life for three years.
This war is also related to the life and death of all tribes of Donghu. Donghu people are tenacious in nature. Even if people are constantly starving to death, fighting, and seriously injured, Han slaves will be killed in this war. The more this happens, the less anyone will complain!
"I just want to say that I can only fight to the death..." Wanyan Zongshu stroked his beard and smiled: "I said these words just to make Da Khan know that at this time, no matter whether the Central Army's palace tents are divided, the left, front and back divisions, our Donghu tribes, can only fight bloody battles with the Wei army to the end. It is certainly their country cannot support it. This is a rare opportunity, and we must seize it!"
Wanyan Hong finished listening quietly, but did not respond for a moment, but just looked at the two Yans with the surname Yelu.
Yelu Shu clasped his fists and said, "I wish to drive the front of the Khan."
Yelu Mingze said: "My son of the Yelu family is willing to fight for this and the last drop of blood."
Donghu Khan did not have absolute authority, and many things needed the support of Nayan and Wanhu of each tribe. At this time, five tribes Nayan and Dahan had the same will. Chechen Khan finally smiled with satisfaction and said, "You can understand the importance of this battle and are willing to sacrifice for it. I am very comforted. I am the Khan and Nayan of the Central tribe. Here I have a word first. The harvest of this battle will not be left in the public, and all the soldiers of each tribe can be given to you. You can tell the soldiers about this meaning in advance."
Everyone had no intention of opposing it. This time, unlike plundering, the amount of money they earned was limited. I guess what I got was military rations and weapons. Distributing these things to the soldiers was nothing more than increasing the strength of each division, which was beneficial and not harmful. The Yan Wanhu of each division did not need to keep these things in his hands, and they had to be divided anyway.
For ordinary soldiers, seizing spoils can be completely distributed, which is of course a great encouragement. Che Chenhan also has to fight the Wei army desperately.
This time, Donghu has exhausted all his national strength. If he does not give sufficient supplements to the ministry, he will probably be unable to relieve himself for many years.
"I still don't understand why the Wei army is in a hurry to come and fight to the decisive battle." Wanyan Zongshu looked ahead, not far away was where Jinzhou was. The smoke and dust of the Wei cavalry could be seen faintly in the northwest direction. Before the Donghu army had not made all its efforts, the light cavalry of the two armies had been fighting a tug-of-war in the Jinzhou area. After seeing that the main forces of the Donghu army were all out, the Wei cavalry should have retreated to Ningyuan area.
However, the main force of the Wei army also set out from Ningyuan. It is estimated that these cavalry will meet the main force of the Wei army within one or two days, and then turn into the army's beam-building horses and return to the battlefield.
The civil servants of the Wei people and the Xiang army had already retreated to the rear. Of course, Jinzhou City had not been restored yet. Only a long tower of more than 20 miles was built outside the city wall. There were dozens of arrow tower castles. If the main force of the Wei army attacked and used these fortifications to defend and defend, it would be a big trouble for Donghu.
If the Wei army insisted on using a small number of troops to guard the long-term siege, and a large number of troops were stationed in Ningyuan, and used the elite cavalry to slowly consume with the Donghu people on the Yushui side, the Donghu side would definitely not be able to afford it.
From last summer to now, in more than half a year, the battle between the two sides has gone from outside Yuguan to
On the side of Yushui, the Wei army advanced nearly 400 miles, and the reason was simple. The Wei army clearly did not fight a battle, but would fight a small-scale war of attrition, unless the Donghu cavalry took the initiative to attack the Wei army's solid formation... Of course, the senior officials of the Donghu were not that stupid, and led the cavalry to the Wei army's infantry formation with more people, more refined equipment, and a strict array of strict Wei army.
With the Wei army's step-by-step advancement, the Donghu army had no choice. The small-scale cavalry battles of the Wei army was indeed defeated by the Donghu army, but when the camps and forts were built like this, the Donghu cavalry's activity space was also reduced and smaller. In the end, after the construction of Ningyuan City, the Donghu people had to take the initiative to retreat.
In addition to the narrow terrain, it is also because Donghu has no way to support the army's battle on the battlefield hundreds of miles away, and its national strength and logistics are completely unable to support it.
It is more than 800 miles from Liaozhou to Yuguan. During this period, you have to cross the Liao River and tributaries, then the Yu River, and the Songshan Tashan and other mountainous areas. The weak national strength and unorganized logistics cannot be supported at all.
Before this, more than 100,000 people from the Donghu were on the side of the Liaohe River. Even with this level of mobilization, its national strength was already in short supply. A large number of Donghu people were starving, and the looted Han slaves died of starvation in batches.
This is the sorrow of small countries. They can win a hundred times, but as long as they lose once, everything will be over.
Hearing Wanyan Zongshu's words, Wanyan Hong smiled slightly and said, "Our army mobilized more than 210,000 people from five divisions, and more than 300,000 people from the Han people to support the logistics, but in fact, as long as it is not a long-term confrontation, our army does not need logistics chariots and civilians. Our Donghu army went on a war, and each person brought his own food according to the military rules, from three days, five days, ten days, fifteen days, and the longest is one month of food delivery. Our soldiers can march on horseback
, rush to go, sleep, and travel over a hundred miles a day. When we are thirsty, we drink water and eat dry food. Each person can travel thousands of miles with dozens of kilograms of grain and jerky. We only need to bring some essential materials to feed the horses. We have to spend half a day to rest and wash the horses. If we really go on a fast journey, we can also walk hundreds of miles a day. We don’t need a lot of food, arrows, and dry food. The soldiers are taking the troops themselves. This time, the tribe is sent to send troops, and the grain and
The supply of military ordnance is too huge, so we have craftsmen working day and night, and they are all out of storage and mobilizing the delivery of the Tsang Zhuang. Everyone felt that our Donghu people were bleeding, and there was no one in the acres. They were all stored food, and they also had to spend all the salt and iron. Our savings for decades have been constantly consumed every day, and money flowed like water. We are fighting at home and this is the case, the main force of the Wei army.
The summer comes out of Yuguan, at least in spring, it is dispatched in half of its country. The farthest one is probably two thousand miles away. They are spending money when the army starts mobilizing. The model of the Wei people is different from ours. Our subordinates and soldiers are one. One of their soldiers needs dozens of people to raise. From armor to weapons, they all come from the taxes of the people. Their people are not as tough as our subordinates. If they pay too much tax, they will rebel..."
Wanyan Hong showed a faint sarcastic look on his face. He admired the operating mode of the Wei Dynasty, as well as mocked and looked down upon.
This great Khan of the barbarians was despised in the Great Wei Dynasty, but these barbarians did not have their own unique views and opinions on military and national affairs, and they also had their own outstanding features?
China was once a military system, and the most obvious one was the military system of the Qin army. The army was the people, and the people were also the army. Judging from the unearthed Qin bamboo slips, the Qin soldiers were also brothers in the army, and they had to bring their own food, weapons, armor, jackets, and even pocket money. In the family letters of the Qin army soldiers who went to the expedition, their families would often send some food and clothing, and if they were delayed, they would probably die in the army.
Such a recruitment force is of course the military system, and any disability can
The men who served were no exception, which was quite similar to the current system of military and civilian integration in Donghu. The Qin and Han dynasties were more advanced, and military merits and titles could inspire soldiers to strive for merit. The farming nation used all its national strength in the war. The complete military system allowed the Qin army and the Han army to leave the four barbarians far behind at that time. The Han defeated the Huns to move westward or to support them. The powerful nomadic people disappeared from the grassland from then on. Even if the Han general was about to die, the prefect of the border counties could defeat the foreign races on the grassland, so that they did not dare to offend the Han territory.
Wanyan Zongshu smiled and said, "It seems that the power of the Emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty is not as powerful as our Khan, and the two masters of the two governments are not as good as that of our Yan. If we believe that this battle should be fought, we must fight, and we can fight to the end."
Che Chenhan laughed and said, "The Wei people should talk about benevolence and law. There is a right place here. If you control such a large territory on a daily basis, you cannot do without laws. But you cannot learn all the ancient brains, such as the method of raising troops and using troops, which is very wrong. Also, although their national strength is strong, they cannot use serious questions and consume too much... Now it seems that they cannot waste anything outside the pass, so they can only come to fight. In this battle, we also want to fight, so we will fight. Let's use this battle to fight our future wealth and prosperity for a hundred years!"
The Khan did not speak loudly, but the Yan, Nuoyan, and the thousands of households around him heard it. Everyone looked yearning and fierce. Some people were eager to try and pressed their swords on the horse's back, as if they were going to fight against the Wei army now, and they were like slaughtering.
"Maybe in a few months, we will be able to stand under the walls of the capital of Wei." Wanyan Hong was very excited. The Wei army's battle this time was definitely not the commander's intention. According to Li Guorui's fighting style and practice, Che Chen Khan was the most troublesome thing. It was to be patient and consume national strength. Che Chen Khan had no idea what the Wei people's family was like before. Anyway, the Donghu people's family was going to be exhausted... If the stalemate continued, Che Chen Khan had to take a risk and lead the army to fight the enemy in a decisive battle before the enemy prepared the array. Even if he could not win, he had to stop the Wei army from continuing to advance. However, in such a forced decisive battle, Che Chen Khan himself had no confidence in how much chance of winning the Donghu army could have. He just knew that when he should hold on, he had to withstand no matter how many people died, he had to fight when he should fight. Even if half of the entire army died, as long as he could withstand the Wei army's offensive and failed to build the city, he would be considered successful.
Under the strategy, even if there are many white bones piled up like mountains, Che Chenhan only cares whether it is cost-effective or not, but he will not care about how many losses there are, how many men died in the battlefield, and how many elderly and children starve to death at home because of the last bit of food in the family.
This Khan is usually nice to his subordinates and kind, but once he goes to the battlefield, he will be as heart-warming as a stone!
Not only the Khan, but also the ordinary Donghu soldiers, nobles, thousands of soldiers and thousands of households who led the troops, all of them were like this, and they must do so!
Growing up in such a cold, silent, cruel, and lack of warmth, underages have to kill and hunt animals, and kill and fight when they are just adults. Every Donghu man has long been a heart-warming person, and every Donghu general is a man of iron. If not, how could he be the century-old enemy of a huge country like the Great Wei?
Chapter completed!