The sky was dark, and a long lightning dragon passed by from time to time, followed by endless roars.
"Crazy."
Amid the loud roar, heavy rain suddenly fell, and huge rain hit the ground, nourishing the dry land.
“This is the first rain this year, it is worthy of joy.”[
"Rain, rain, it's so good."
On the Shuofang City, many Han soldiers patrolled and stationed on the city. Faced with this heavy rain, they were filled with joy.
It has reached the sixth year of Zhongxing, and it is time for the transition from spring to summer. That is, it has been more than a year since Liu Feng, the prime minister of the Four Kingdoms, attacked Bingzhou.
It has been half a year since Liu Feng defeated the Xianbei 50,000 elite soldiers and killed Shahai. During this period, the Xianbei people and the Han army were in a stalemate.
From time to time, local small wars broke out, and the competition between the two sides for Hetao City has entered a white-hot stage.
On this Hetao grassland, there were confrontations, fights and ambushes.
During this process, Liu Feng had to disperse the infantry, scattering them in various important cities to defend themselves in units of six thousand people in a battalion.
The Hun cavalry, on the other hand, annihilated.
Because there are many talented people on Liu Feng's side, Deng Zhi, Jia Xu, and Liu Ye, under their design, they have really won many battles.
However, sometimes they will suffer heavy losses when facing the powerful cavalry of the Xianbei people.
The war between the two sides was very fierce.
However, with the loss of time, the Han army has gradually gained the upper hand. Because the supply of both sides is different.
First of all, the Xianbei people relied on the grassland to feed cattle and sheep to satisfy their hunger, that is, they lived with grass. Their lives are inseparable from the grassland.
But they had been in this area for seven or eight months because they wanted to fight with Liu Feng. During this period, they killed countless cattle and sheep.
The supplies were no longer enough. Fortunately, at the critical moment, Yuan Shao extended a helping hand and transported a lot of food to avoid the embarrassment of the Xianbei people.
But even so, Yuan Shao could not replenish supplies forever. For the Xianbei people, the food problem was very big.
Secondly, it is the population.
During this period of war, the Xianbei cavalry suffered a lot, and gradually only 210,000 or 20,000 were left. The entire Xianbei people had a population of millions.
There are 500,000 elite cavalry this time, and there are 300,000 cavalrymen. What are the remaining 200,000? We must be wary of the Wuhuan people and some tribes in all directions. [
Therefore, it is already the limit to the 300,000 army going south.
Therefore, for the Xianbei army, the warriors who died in this war will die if they die, and it is difficult to replenish them.
This is the actual situation of the Xianbei people. Let’s look back at the Han people.
I will also count the food and grass first. Yuan Shao owned Jizhou, Youzhou, and Youzhou basically could only be self-sufficient, but Jizhou was rich.
This shows some clues when Yuan Shao constantly replenishes food for the Xianbei people. And Jizhou is only considered to be generally rich in the whole world.
What is the richer place? That is Jingzhou, Yizhou, and Hanzhong under Yizhou. These are the three traditional granaries under the Han Dynasty.
That's not all, Sili, the newly rising granary. At that time, Liu Feng migrated many people into Sili.
I once promised that I had exempted my tax for several years. This promise has been fulfilled this morning. After so many years of tax exemption, the people of Sili were very wealthy.
They were very motivated and their population increased a lot. After the tax exemption, the food they paid was more than one year.
It is a granary that has recently risen under the Han Dynasty.
These places are richer than Yuan Shao's Jizhou. Yuan Shao can provide food for the Xianbei army of 200,000 to 300,000 troops.
It was naturally a drizzle for Liu Feng to replenish the food of the more than 100,000 troops in Bingzhou.
If it is delayed, Liu Feng will have a greater advantage.
When it comes to food, it is the population.
In fact, there is no need to analyze this aspect. The Han Dynasty has a large population, which is even more numerous than the Zhao, Wei, Yan and Wu.
Not to mention that after these years of war, Liu Feng built the remaining troops of some defeated forces to build military farm soldiers.
These military soldiers were all former soldiers, and with a little training, they could be transported to the front line.
Therefore, during the stalemate of more than half a year, Liu Feng's troops have not decreased. Even if the Hun cavalry has lost, Liu Feng can replenish his troops with the Han people and replenish his original troops.
During this period, the court had no spare support for Liu Feng's war. A batch of troops were trained to supplement Liu Feng's losses.
Therefore, Liu Feng's troops have always maintained between 190,000 and 200,000.
So, during this stalemate, Liu Feng has gradually gained the upper hand.
This is the advantage of the elite military strategy that Liu Feng has always used. The scarcity and elite army can enable more strong men to be put into production.[
The food obtained can be hoarded. Once there is any natural disaster, it can be quickly helped, so that the people will be healthy every year.
The prosperity formed in this way is real prosperity.
Although the Xianbei people are powerful, 500,000 cavalry are awesome. The Han elite soldiers are probably not as good as 400,000. The power balance between the two sides is very different.
However, in terms of true soft power, the Xianbei people could only lie down when they came to the Han people. It was the difference between strong adults and children.
Anyway, under the rule of Liu Feng over the years, the entire Han Dynasty was a freak.
A freak in troubled times.
Others were all military and military, but the Han Dynasty was in a state of peace and prosperity.
This is the current situation of the two sides in the Hetao region, as well as the comparison of forces between the entire Han Dynasty and the Xianbei. Anyway, Liu Feng is not afraid of being delayed or not being able to be delayed.
The Xianbei people were already powerless. Therefore, the soldiers were in a particularly good mood, and they were happy and excited for the first time this year.
"well."
Just as the soldiers were happy and excited about the first rain this year, a person sighed, and this person was Zhao Yun.
I saw Zhao Yun standing under a pavilion in the city, looking at the dark sky, and shining with thunder, a little worried.
Liu Feng divided the majority of the infantry to defend the entire Hetao respectively. Among them, Zhao Yun and Dong Gai were responsible for the Shuofang City.
The personal soldiers of the King General under Dong Gai were divided into several parts to help defend the rest of the cities.
In other words, the troops in Shuofang City are less than 10,000.
Why is Zhao Yun worried at this moment? Because Liu Feng and Dong Gai went out of the city to ambush.
According to the intelligence reality, a Xianbei army would pass through the south and attack a city beside Shuofang.
Of course, you have to fight an ambush, but Zhao Yun wanted to go by himself.
However, Liu Feng went in the end.
Logically speaking, this was a carefully designed ambush and he should have returned home with great victory. But Zhao Yun didn't know why, but he always felt frightened.