"Everyone, why don't we just assign a few princes to take charge of the war in Dai County!" Li Xiang said slowly.
As soon as Li Xiang said this, several princes immediately began to take action. Although the fighting in Dai County was in full swing, it was not the most important battlefield after all.
Compared to where they are now, when a war begins, there will be a battle involving hundreds of thousands or even millions of people from both sides. Not every prince can survive in such a large meat grinder.
Of course, most of the princes are still unwilling to leave. In the previous two battles, although each of the princes suffered a lot of casualties, their gains were not small.
The prairie cavalry who were killed by them had war horses left behind, but most of them basically fell into the hands of these princes. For some princes, they can recruit more soldiers if they are gone, but war horses, if they are not from the north,
It is really not easy to get the words of several princes.
In the end, after some discussions among the princes, it was finally decided that the four princes, Liu Bei, Liu Che, Hong Xiuquan, and Guo Wei, would join forces to go to Daijun to support Le Yi, while the other fifteen princes would stay put and stay at the old place to continue the war.
The main force of the grassland forces faced off.
It is said that Wei Qing and others have been sending troops for several days. After so many days of marching, they finally successfully entered the grassland.
In order to avoid the sight of the prairie forces, Wei Qing and the others made a big detour when entering the prairie and traveled a lot of unnecessary distance.
Otherwise, with the speed of all of them being cavalry, they would not have entered the grassland just now!
This time when the army left the fortress, they did not carry much dry food with them. Moreover, the moment they entered the grassland, it meant that they could not receive any support from the rear, and they could only rely on them for everything.
By myself.
If the food supply is not enough, then as long as there are grassland barbarian tribes in this vast grassland, it can become their supply point. As for the method of supply, it is a matter of benevolence and wisdom!
"General, the scouts are here to report that General Taishi has a small tribe on the grassland thirty miles ahead!" Wei Zhang rushed over on a tall horse. When he reached Wei Qing's side, he had no time to catch his breath.
He anxiously reported to Wei Qing.
Hearing this, Wei Qing's originally sullen face could not help but reveal a hint of joy. When they set out, they didn't bring much food and grass with them. Now after these days of consumption, they only have two or three days of food left.
Already.
Marching and fighting is the most troublesome thing if there is no food and grass. No matter how powerful a famous general you are, you cannot go to war with a bunch of hungry soldiers!
Now that the enemy tribe has been discovered, even a small tribe can always help them alleviate their food crisis for a period of time.
"General Wei Zhang, can you find out how many people there are in the Hu tribe ahead?" Wei Qing couldn't help but ask more out of caution.
When marching and fighting, scouts are definitely the top priority. As scouts in ancient times, scouts are definitely a very important unit. Generally, only the agile sergeants in the army can serve.
Now that Wei Qing's army has entered other people's territory, it is natural to send out a large number of scouts to always be alert to the surrounding situation. It can be said that being in Wei Qing's current situation is no different from having half his life on the line.
On scouting these people.
As for Wei Zhang and Tai Shici, they were born under the command of Qin Zheng and Liu Bang respectively. These two princes are in Youzhou, so they naturally have a lot of experience in fighting against the barbarians in the grassland.
Moreover, the generals in the current coalition army all come from different princes, and they basically don't know each other very well. At most, they have only heard of someone's name before.
As a commander-in-chief, it would be very dangerous if he did not even understand the generals under his command.
Not knowing the capabilities of the generals under his command means that during the war, he cannot arrange them into the most suitable position for themselves. If this happens, he will lose three points before the battle.
Therefore, during these few days of traveling, Wei Qing did not forget to get in touch with the generals who were part of the army that went out this time. After these few days of contact, Wei Qing had a general understanding of these generals.
Wei Zhang and Tai Shici, as generals under the princes of Youzhou, had experience fighting the Hu people and were familiar with the Hu people's fighting methods and habits. Moreover, Wei Qing discovered that these two men were not brave men.
He is somewhat of a general!
Therefore, for various reasons, Wei Qing decided to hand over the management of the scouts to Wei Zhang and Tai Shici.
"General, the enemy has about 10,000 herdsmen. As for the number of strong herdsmen among them, there are about 3,000!" Wei Zhang replied to Wei Qing.
Wei Zhang did not answer the number of enemy soldiers, but directly answered the number of enemy soldiers.
In the grassland, there is actually no difference between a strong herdsman and a soldier. In other words, a strong grassland herdsman is a soldier. If you only count the number of the opponent's soldiers, it is definitely not enough to reflect the opponent's true combat effectiveness.
Now among the four forces in the grassland, Temujin, Tuoba Tao, Yelu Abaoji, and Nurhaci, only Temujin has begun to pay attention to the training of the army. The other few people still follow the previous habits of the grassland and need to
During battles, soldiers were recruited directly from the herdsmen.
After all, the grassland herdsmen have grown up on horses since childhood, and bending bows and shooting arrows has almost become their instinct. These people do not need special training like the soldiers of the farming civilization in the Central Plains to have sufficient combat effectiveness.
"General, the enemy's army is only 3,000 strong, and the total number is only 10,000. Our army can easily destroy them!" Lu Wenlong said from the side.
"That's right, we can kill him like a pig or a dog, easily!" On the other side of Wei Qing, Ran Min said with the same murderous intent.
As soon as these two people spoke, the other generals in the army turned their attention to Wei Qing, waiting for Wei Qing to give orders.
After all, even a reckless man knows the role of food for an army. And just when they were about to run out of food, they happened to discover this small tribe in the grassland, which could provide them with a wave of supplies.
Likewise, the murderous look on Wei Qing's face also flashed across his face. One general's achievements can lead to thousands of bones being withered. Which famous general is not fed by the enemy's corpse? In their hearts, there is not much kindness at all, especially the face.