Chapter 698: Your Majesty has unique insight, I respect you~~~
The Emperor of the Han Dynasty created a brand new initiative, which is the live broadcast of the battlefield.
Through the powerful post system that has been continuously strengthened over the years, relevant intelligence from the front-line battlefields will be processed by the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and then taught to the novelists hired by the Shaofu, who will then sort and polish it.
Then he went to hundreds of forums throughout Chang'an City to preach.
Considering the communication level of this era, it is not an exaggeration to say that this is a live broadcast on the battlefield.
The entertainment life of the common people in the Han Dynasty was lacking. Even though Li Yunze had created many entertainment projects that met the standards of the times over the years, he was still in a state of spiritual poverty.
The emergence of live broadcasts on the battlefield immediately caused a huge sensation among the martial arts warriors, and even directly affected the operation of Baijia Forum.
As long as someone comes to the podium, the onlookers in the audience will shout and demand to talk about the war on the front line of the Hexi Corridor.
This result directly led to the fact that except for novelists, only military strategists could speak on the forum.
"His Majesty."
Wei Qing, who acted as the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army (Staff Office), worriedly expressed his concerns to Li Yunze, "Isn't this kind of thing just leaking military information?"
"Yes, it was indeed leaked." Li Yunze nodded with a smile, "The Huns spies inside and outside Chang'an City were indeed able to see and listen."
After hearing this, Wei Qing, who has always been known for his stability, had an incredible expression on his face.
If you hadn't known that the person in front of you was the Emperor of Han Dynasty...
"I understand what you mean."
Li Yunze said with a smile, "I'm telling you, you are overly worried."
"Let's not talk about whether they can pass the news out under the pursuit of the Xiuyi Guards. Even if it is passed out, with the information dissemination methods of the Huns in this era, it will be who knows how many days later.
It’s happened. It’s useless to use this as a means of coping.”
The Xiuyiwei was formed based on the Jinyiwei as a template, but the target was not the civil and military nobles, that was a matter for Zhang Tang's Yushitai.
They are mainly divided into two parts: internal and external. Naturally, internally they focus on investigating and arresting spies from various countries, while externally they dispatch spies to various countries.
With Li Yunze's guidance and the investment of resources regardless of cost, Xiuyiwei's mobility is very strong.
After so many years, of the two or three kittens sent by the Huns, the ones that deserved to be caught have long been taken away, and the rest were either secretly bribed, or deliberately left to wait for fishing.
It's not that easy to send news across the border.
"Besides." Li Yunze's eyes fell on the map. "I believe that with Huo Qubing's ability and the strong combat effectiveness of the Han army, even if the battle plan of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion is placed in front of Yi Zhixie
, there is nothing he can do about it... By the way, I forgot that Yi Zhixie is illiterate."
What else could Wei Qing say, he could only shake his head and smile bitterly.
He also believed in the strength of the Han army, because no matter in terms of morale, combat effectiveness, equipment, training level, technical and tactical capabilities, etc., the Han army was the best in this era.
But the problem is that Wei Qing doesn't believe Huo Qubing, who is only sixteen years old.
Such a young child leads tens of thousands of people to fight, but if something goes wrong and tens of thousands of elites are ruined, and the incident is publicized in Baijia Forum, the impact will be too bad.
"I understand your thoughts."
Li Yunze saw through Wei Qing's thoughts at a glance, "You think Huo Qubing is too young, are you afraid that he will become the next Zhao Kuo?"
"Zhao Kuo's ability is at least not bad." Wei Qing explained, "It's just that his opponent is too strong."
Different from the Zhao Kuo in the paper who has been shaped into a negative case after thousands of years of ink, the real Zhao Kuo is actually not bad in ability. Otherwise, he would not be able to stand out from the star-studded Zhao Kingdom and be selected as the leader.
Lian Po's replacement.
You must know that the Zhao State at that time had a real collection of famous generals. It was impossible for Zhao Kuo to command almost all the soldiers and horses in the country just by having a good father.
The main reason why he failed was that Zhao State's national power could no longer bear it and it could not consume Qin State.
Lian Po's confrontation lasted for three years, and hundreds of thousands of young men gathered on the front lines and grain and grass transportation lines. In terms of the productivity of that era, it was basically equivalent to the nationwide paralysis of Zhao State.
In order to supply food and grass for the front line, in the third year, Zhao even cut the green seedlings that had not yet grown in the fields and brought them to the front line to feed livestock.
If the confrontation continues under this situation, everyone in Zhao will starve to death.
Therefore, when Zhao Kuo was selected, it was destined that the whole army could only fight to the death.
Unfortunately, he encountered Bai Qi, who was extremely experienced on the battlefield. He lured the enemy deep and encircled them, which directly broke the backbone of Zhao State.
It can be said that Zhao Kuo's failure was not a problem of ability, but a problem of insufficient national strength.
Here in Han Dynasty, the Battle of Changping was only over a hundred years ago, so the comments are fairly accurate.
Unlike "Historical Records", the evaluation has been falling all the way, going straight to the suspension.
"This time is different." Li Yunze's hand fell on Qilian Mountain, "Huo Qubing is not Zhao Kuo, and the big man is not Zhao Guo!"
Of course, the Han Dynasty is not the State of Zhao. The national power of the Han Dynasty is unmatched by the State of Zhao.
A man with extremely strong national power is able to provide the best conditions for his sergeants and generals.
Naturally, Huo Qubing's ability surpassed that of Zhao Kuo.
Not to mention anything else, just in terms of bravery, he is a famous fierce man for thousands of years.
At the foot of the Qilian Mountains, the Wuzu tribesmen who had gathered in a hurry faced the overwhelming Han cavalry, and their scalps were all numb.
They dared to swear to the gods that even the Great Chanyu did not use so many soldiers and horses.
What’s even more exaggerated is that all the soldiers and horses of the Han army were wearing armor!
There is naturally no shortage of leather armor on the grasslands, but iron weapons are extremely scarce.
Especially when the Han Dynasty started a trade war and only sold luxury goods and refused to provide all strategic materials, it became even more lacking.
The only iron tools are used to make weapons and arrows. Only the nobles in the tribe are eligible to own iron armor.
As for horse armor, forget it, most people have never even heard of it.
In terms of effects, of course there is nothing to say.
The herdsmen of the Wuzu tribe found in despair that the rain of arrows fired from their side fell into the Han army's formation, making a "ding, ding, clang" sound, and had almost no real killing effect.
In the past, if you couldn't shoot a man, you could still shoot a horse. After all, if the horse fell, the cavalry would be unlucky as well.
But now, with the emergence of horse armor, shooting horses has become a luxury.
Most of the Han troops used crossbows here, and the crossbow bolts they fired back fell on the side of Wuzubu, and a large area fell immediately.
After that, the two sides collided.
The Han army, fully armed with long lances, naturally had the upper hand against the herdsmen who only had leather armor and wielded short weapons.
After a round of charge, the herdsmen who rushed out from the Han army's formation immediately started to move together sparsely.
Before they could take a breath, the second wave of Han troops charged forward.
After two or three rounds of charges, the herdsmen of the Wuzu tribe were basically gone.
Huo Qubing, who took the lead, led the first wave of Han cavalry and even rushed to the old camp of the Wuzu tribe.
Under the protection of many personal guards, a large number of Han cavalry rushed into the old camp and enjoyed the fruits of their victory.
At the end of the morning's battle, the Wuzu tribe was basically eliminated from this world.
After interrogating the prisoners, he learned that the pasture of the Tianpu tribe was more than a hundred miles away. Huo Qubing immediately left a group of people to escort the prisoners and trophies back, while he took his headquarters straight to the Tianpu tribe.
At the same time, personal guards were also dispatched to give orders to the nearby troops such as Zhao Ponu, Gao Bushi and Pupeng, asking them to join in the direction of the Tian Pu tribe.
The Han army was very large, with 40,000 elite cavalry, making it a very large army.
It was not wise to carry them all with him, so Huo Qubing dispersed all the people and pulled out a large net, sweeping it along the Qilian Mountains.
All the scattered tribes along the way were probably the kind of small tribes that could only muster up hundreds of cavalry. When facing the Han cavalry coming from all over the mountains and plains, all that was left in their hearts was despair.
No matter how brave the warrior is, facing such an irresistible opponent, he can only despair.
Although large tribes such as Wuzui, Tianpu, and Hunu can gather thousands of horses, the gap in strength is undoubtedly generational. The result of a face-to-face confrontation with the Han army is
No one can withstand three rounds of charges.
Poor equipment, poor training, poor techniques and tactics, and poor morale.
The large tribes that once showed off their power in the Hexi Corridor and even frightened the king into surrendering by sending troops to the Western Regions, melted in front of Huo Qubing as easily as ice and snow encountering the sun.
As for why these Xiongnu tribes did not engage in guerrilla warfare with Huo Qubing and use their best harassment tactics to bring down the Han army, that is because Huo Qubing learned blitzkrieg from Li Yunze, and his attacks were as powerful as thunder and went straight to the old camps of each tribe.
And go.
These Xiongnu tribes in the Hexi Corridor had never fought a large-scale battle with the Han army for many years. They were rushed to the vicinity of the old camp by the Han cavalry that rushed in like lightning. They had no choice but to resist desperately.
They cannot run away because their families and wealth are all in the old camp.
News from the front line was delivered to Chang'an City almost every day through knights. The successive victories also made Huo Qubing's reputation gradually change from a favorite of the emperor to a famous general.
This was not advocated by the navy arranged by Li Yunze, but was spontaneously recognized by the Han people as news of one victory after another came.
"Marquis Changping." Li Yunze waved the memorial in his hand and said with a smile, "How?"
The memorial was sent by Huo Qubing, and the content was that he had defeated the largest fox slave tribe in Hexi, and his troops were already approaching Dunhuang, which was the topographic map of the Western Regions drawn by Zhang Qian, and this was also the end of the Qilian Mountains.
"Your Majesty is uniquely discerning and knows how to recognize people." Wei Qing saluted respectfully and said willingly, "I respect you~~~"
He was really convinced.
When everyone was not optimistic about Huo Qubing, the emperor withstood all the opposition and strongly supported Huo Qubing.
And the young Huo Qubing also lived up to expectations. He used unprecedented large-scale and deep penetration and encirclement tactics, which made it difficult for the Huns in the Hexi Corridor to resist. The entire army was almost annihilated.
The number of beheadings on the battlefield alone exceeded 20,000.
As we all know, the number of battles refers to the elite enemy troops eliminated on the battlefield, at least they must be young and strong.
In addition to these, the number of people captured by the Han army was at least several times this.
There is no doubt that this is a huge achievement.
Wei Qing was also sincerely convinced, "I congratulate Your Majesty on winning a great general! This battle has been fully accomplished."
"Full credit?"
Li Yunze smiled, "It's not over yet. General Yao Yao hasn't fought enough. He has already turned his troops and headed straight for Yanzhi Mountain."