Fortunately, since the establishment of Wuyuan, the officers from the Northern and Southern armies of the Han Dynasty and the Huben and Yulin guards have all been to Wuyuan for a month-long rotation training.

This kind of rotation training is actually a kind of recharge, cramming some basic common sense and secret war examples from the past into their heads.

The Battle of Haixia, as a battle to establish the Han Dynasty, is also one of the most famous classic battles in modern times.

Naturally, it was all stuffed into the officer's mind.

Whether you understand or not is the same thing.

Whether you can remember it or not is a major issue related to promotion and promotion.

Especially the Huben Guards and Yulin Guards, officers above the team leader level, want to be promoted?

Let’s first take a test of basic military common sense and understanding of classic battle examples.

At this moment, Yi Zong had just mentioned House of Flying Daggers.

Countless officers naturally remembered the entire process of the Battle of Haixia and the deployment and stalemate between the Chu and Han armies that they had been forced to write down.

This is the benefit of cramming education.

No matter what, at the very least, what is taught is really poured into people's brains.

Many people mentally recalled the process of the Han army in the Battle of Haixia.

To be honest, in fact, the situation under Mayi City now is completely different from the situation when the Han army was under Haixia.

At the very least, the objects of encirclement are two enemies that are completely opposite to each other.

The Chu army commanded by Xiang Yu was besieged at Haixia. The backbone was composed of Jiangdong disciples, mainly tribesmen. The entire Chu army numbered more than 100,000 people and only had a few thousand riders.

But the Xiongnu coalition forces now surrounded by the Han army are pure cavalry troops.

Therefore, at Haixia, the Han army could leisurely set up layers of interceptions.

Anyway, where can two-legged infantry run away if they are still seriously short of food?

But now, the situation is completely different.

Give the cavalry a chance to escape?

Once the Huns jumped out of the encirclement of the Han army,

Then, I'm afraid the Han army will be in vain.

Of course, there is not no good news.

First of all, the Han army now knows that the Xiongnu coalition will soon run out of food!

Since Wuzhou Fortress fell into the hands of the Han army, the Huns cavalry in these encirclements could only rely on the dry food and cheese they carried with them to replenish their physical strength.

How much dry food and cheese can a cavalryman carry?

Moreover, past battle cases and experiences also told the Han army and the Huns that without logistical support, they could only continue fighting for ten days at most.

Therefore, in the early days, the Huns attacked when the moon was waxing and returned when the moon was waning.

Even if they start saving food after finding themselves surrounded, they can only last a few more days at most.

And, more importantly - the Xiongnu coalition forces in the encirclement can also eat the dry food and cheese they carry with them.

What do horses eat?

An army of 30,000 people. According to the Xiongnu's standard configuration of riding two horses, that is 50,000 or 60,000 war horses.

Now, the entire territory within the encirclement is only seventy or eighty miles in radius.

In such a narrow area, it is impossible to provide enough grass for 50,000 to 60,000 war horses.

Thinking of this, a captain of the Han army stood up and said: "The general thinks that our army must tire out the Huns' horses first..."

Someone immediately added: "The Huns should be driven into the mountains immediately..."

These are officers from the Huben Guard and the Yulin Guard.

Obviously, they were still following Han Xin's plan to suppress the Chu army in the Battle of Haixia.

But if they can achieve this level, they are already qualified.

After all, before today, most of them were just Zhao Kuo who talked on paper.

Therefore, Yi Zong was not too demanding, nodded and said: "Your ideas are very good. But..."

He also came from Xiaobai back then, so of course he knew that a general would have to grow up slowly.

Many things require personal experience in order to understand what is the right thing to do and what is the wrong thing to do.

"But our army needs to fight quickly now. We don't have much time to fight with the Huns..."

Yi Zong took the baton, clicked on the map, and said: "My colleagues from Xiliu Camp captured Nanchi six or seven days ago..."

"According to the confessions obtained during the interrogation of the prisoners, the Huns would have envoys coming and going every five days to deliver news. It happened that the day when Xiliu Camp captured Nanchi was the day when the Huns envoys went to Shan Yuting to report the situation..." Yi Zong read

He led the generals and said solemnly: "In other words, at this moment, Shan Yuting of the Xiongnu, even a fool, knows that there is something wrong with Yin Zhixie's troops!"

"Perhaps at this moment, the main force of Xiongnu Shan Yuting has already set off south. This is a huge army with at least 100,000 riders!" Yi Zong took a deep breath and said.

Now, at least on paper, the number of Xiongnu cavalry is at least twice that of the Han army.

Moreover, it is different from the Han Dynasty.

The cavalry of the Han army were scattered throughout the country.

The long Great Wall defense line involved a large number of effective forces of the Han Dynasty.

However, the Huns could concentrate their superior forces to fight against the Han army.

If the Han army cannot solve the Xiongnu coalition forces in the encirclement before the main force of Shan Yuting arrives at Wuzhou Fortress.

Then, the Huns allied forces in the encirclement would most likely escape.

In fact, Yi Zong felt that as long as the main force of Shan Yuting appeared at the Great Wall, the Han army would most likely have to take the initiative to let the Huns troops in the encirclement circle leave.

As a relative, Yi Zong knew very well that even the emperor was not ready for a decisive battle with the main force of the Huns.

"So, our army doesn't have much time to waste!"

If you let the tiger go back to the mountain, there will be endless troubles.

If the Xiongnu coalition forces in the encirclement were allowed to escape, then they would most likely tell the Huns about the progress of the Han army's cavalry and the superiority of the Han army's equipment.

There's not much else next to it.

But the manufacturing technology of stirrups and saddles can be copied with a little effort.

Even horseshoes, I guess the Huns could copy them.

Possibly, their manufacturing technology and processes are primitive and simple.

But yes and no, they are two different things!

………………………………

The Han army was discussing.

From outside the city of Mayi, in the camp of the Huns allied forces retreating north.

Yin Zhixie, Aries Wang Gushe and Lou Fan Wang were also having a meeting.

The theme of their meeting was a few captured Han army horses and a few prisoners.

These prisoners of war and war horses were the result of the Xiongnu army ambushing a cavalry team of the Han army that was sent out for reconnaissance and warning.

Yin Zhi looked sideways at the sets of Han army saddles placed in front of him. His mood was filled with excitement and despair.

No one knows more about the changes these riding equipment will bring to the cavalry than those who grew up on horses.

"We must send these riding gear back to the country!" Yin Zhi said in a deep voice: "We must not let these riding gear, they are only available in the Han Dynasty!"

This time, Yin Zhixie already knew very well that both he and the Xiongnu had fallen into a huge trap.

The powerful and invincible Zhelan tribe was even destroyed because of this.

Even the morale of the remaining tribal cavalry has hit rock bottom.

Now, except for a few people, most of the soldiers have lost their courage.

What's worse is that the army has run out of food.

Starting yesterday, the army had to slaughter injured horses to feed the soldiers.

But for a 30,000-strong army, the daily consumption of people and horses is astronomical.

It would be impossible to survive for more than a few days by slaughtering injured horses.

Soon, the army will be forced to kill even those healthy horses to satisfy their hunger.

What's even more troublesome is that there's not enough fodder.

Before the expedition, all Xiongnu tribes believed that this was an armed march as relaxed and enjoyable as the previous southern invasions in the past decades.

With 40,000 cavalry, including aces like Zhelan, they raided Mayi City, a city where the Han army was exposed outside the protection of the Great Wall.

Not to mention having it at your fingertips, it should be extremely enjoyable.
To be continued...