Chapter 288 Analysis
Sima Yue is gone.
He left very simply, and at the same time, he also made a huge move. He took away more than 40,000 imperial guards in one breath, and even the thousands of imperial guards who were originally arranged to guard the tomb in Shouyang Mountain were removed, without any of them. In addition to leaving a few people for his confidant He Lun, Pan Tao and others continued to monitor the emperor, even the imperial guards in the palace were eliminated.
As expected, the powerful families in Luoyang City competed to follow each other and led their families, slaves, and private armed forces to follow Sima Yue away from Luoyang and embarked on a journey to conquer Shile. The number of people reached 200,000. When they left, the whole of Luoyang was almost empty. The originally deserted streets now could not even see a few people during the day, let alone at night.
However, the old turtle kept his word and left the two thousand Wuhuan cavalry left by the alien army and Bo Sheng after his death to Beigong Jing. In addition, because he was shot in a thigh and was seriously injured, Sima Fan, the King of Xiangyang, also stayed in Xincheng, and the four thousand Jingzhou soldiers who were left with him were also his four thousand Jingzhou soldiers.
These troops, together with the acquisition of Beigong Jing's revenge, had a total force of 24,000. In addition, the Zhang family of Liangzhou also sent a reinforcement army, with a small number of troops, only 3,500. Like Zhuge Hui, this army first crossed the Hexi Corridor into Guanzhong, then crossed the vast mountains from Guanzhong through Wuguan to Nanyang, and then went north through Nanyang. After a lot of hardships, it reached Luoyang. This army was not large in number, but it was extremely important to Beigong Jing, because these 3,500 people were the heavy infantry he lacked the most.
Yes, now he no longer lacks cavalry, but excellent heavy infantry are short of them, very short of them. In the two battles in Xincheng and Yiyang, the Liangzhou Army achieved brilliant victory with the desperate battles of Liangzhou heavy infantry and Li Rui's strange weapons, but the price paid was that a large number of excellent infantry were killed and disabled. Now the heavy infantry under his command has less than 3,000. This is undoubtedly very dangerous. He relies on the Liangzhou Army most, and the main force of the Liangzhou Army is heavy infantry. The withering of heavy infantry means that the backbone of the entire army has been greatly weakened, and this loss cannot be compensated by increasing the strength.
By acquiring the captive Qiang and Di infantry among the Hu people, he indeed greatly expanded his infantry team, and the number of people doubled, but it was useless. The army needed long-term training to have strong combat power, and a commander needed to take a long time to use his means and use both kindness and power to make the soldiers believe that this boss is reliable and worth following. A team has not undergone strict training.
If you don’t cultivate a trust between the general and the sergeant, you can’t do it like a finger. It’s okay to fight chores with such an army, but if you want to defeat a strong enemy, don’t think about it. Over the past few hundred years, Han Xin can still defeat a strong enemy with such a mixed fish several times his morale. Beigong Jing asked himself that he didn’t have the ability of Han Xin and did not want to play a back-to-back battle. The only thing he could do was to try his best to strengthen his strength.
The arrival of these 3,500 heavy infantrymen solved his urgent need. In addition, the addition of the 4,000 muscular man who could swing a two-meter-long slashing sword like a windmill also gave him more cards to play.
The saber to kill a horse is not only a horse, but the effect of killing people is also very good!
With these cards, he finally felt a little bit clear.
After Sima Yue left, Beigong Jing submitted a report to the court, believing that Sima Yue had transferred all the imperial guards guarding the imperial tomb before leaving. Now there is no army guarding the imperial tomb, which is really dangerous. He requested that the three thousand cavalry be sent to Shouyang Mountain to perform the task of guarding the tomb instead of the transferred imperial guards.
For such a request, let alone Sima Chi himself, even He Lun, Pan Tao and others who were responsible for monitoring the emperor had no reason to stop him, so they agreed immediately.
Beigong Jing immediately sent the Wuhuan cavalry.
Originally, Li Rui had 2,700 Wuhuan cavalry, but Beigong Jing considered that he really had no time to train new recruits, so he simply stuffed the Wuhuan cavalry that was originally organized into his command, and collected enough 3,600 people and sent them all to Li Rui.
Of course, these Wuhuan cavalry should not be allowed to continue wearing the slightly stinky leather armor to the tombs of the ancestors of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wei and Jin Dynasties to come and show their shame. Fortunately, there were quite a few old turtles left in Xin'an. Beigong Jing gritted his teeth and carefully selected 3,600 pairs of iron armor from it, and equipped these Wuhuan cavalry. As for weapons, the Wuhuan cavalry was good at charging with guns, so naturally they had to equip them with weapons such as spears, guns, etc., but don't think about horse lances. This thing is too expensive and the output is not large. Beigong Jing really doesn't have the ability to get nearly four thousand horse lances for them. He equipped the Wuhuan cavalry with spears, four meters long.
Even so, the Wuhuan cavalry were very satisfied. You should know that Beigong Jing provided them with a well-made bamboo and wood snatched spear. The bamboo and wood snatched spear is made of hardwood as the core, and the bamboo strips are attached to the outside, wrapped with silk thread or leather belt, and then painted with raw paint to dry. The biggest feature of this spear is that it is both hard and soft, and even if you step on it hard, you can't step on it. When the spear made of a single hardwood, when the length reaches four meters, it is stomped on it.
100% to break———In the Polish War, the Persian infantry often used a trick after being frightened by the attack, which was to use a shield to press the spear that the Greek infantry stabbed over and then cut it off with one foot. Then the Greek infantry became depressed. How could a spear without a spearhead stabbing? They did not practice the skill of Tang Bohu being able to stab a person in the opposite direction even without a spearhead! This trick was useless to China. You can just step on the spear made of composite material structure, and I will lose!
Such a spear is much better than the rags they used to use.
Beigong Jing also transferred the more than 100 private soldiers left by Fu Ning to Li Rui. More than once this guy expressed his interest in this cavalry that could form a dense queue and charge with swords. It was only one hundred and seventy people. He just gave it to him if he wanted it. Beigong Jing, the boss, was quite generous.
This cavalry was lined up at the foot of Shouyang Mountain, with spears like a forest and dark armor, which was shocking.
Li Rui proudly showed off to Zhuge Hui and Beigong Chun: "How about it, are these cavalry powerful?"
Beigong Chun looked disdainful: "A group of reckless men who can only show off their courage. Give me seven hundred Liangzhou cavalry, and I can send them all back to my hometown with two charges!"
Zhuge Hui said: "Let them move and watch."
Li Rui issued an order loudly, and the Wuhuan cavalry quickly responded to the corresponding response.
Zhuge Hui shook her head straight: "It's too casual, it's an absolute journey to the fish. This kind of army that is a casual discipline and poor cooperation, and can only show off its courage will bully the weak brigade who is also lacking training. In the era of my grandfather, no matter which country's economic and technological army is facing the Three Kingdoms, they will only be slaughtered."
Li Rui: "..."
Very dissatisfied, but I don't know how to refute it.
To be honest, the current army is much inferior to those of the Western Jin Central Army before the Eight Kings Rebellion. The Central Army of the Western Jin Dynasty was much worse than the Three Kingdoms period. The Wuhuan Cavalry was an absolute powerhouse in this era, but it was not enough to throw it into the middle and late stages of the Three Kingdoms period. This has nothing to do with their personal martial arts and courage. The main difference is still in discipline, command and coordination ability. These are things that the farming nations rely on for survival and development and growth. Nomadic people with loose social structure cannot learn. Although the Wuhuan people obeyed the Central Plains dynasty for a long time and accepted the Central Plains dynasty's recruitment and war, they learned some things from it, but they only learned the superficiality, otherwise they would not have been destroyed by only five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry in the Battle of Bailang Mountain.
When it comes to personal martial arts values, when the height and weight are almost the same, except for a very few geniuses like Xiang Yu, Zhou Panlong, Zhou Luohu, and Li Cunxiao who are gifted and can rush around the army like entering the uninhabited realm, most people are actually very different after training. Why do some of the army composed of people with very different martial arts values become terrifying tiger and wolf troops, while others become vulnerable fish and fatal fish trips? After all, the gap is still at the level of generals, army discipline, cooperation, etc., and these things require a lot of time to accumulate and cultivate them slowly.
Details determine success or failure, and this sentence is not just a joke.
Beigong Chun said: "This cavalry is given to me for training. I will leave it to you to make trouble after I train them."
Li Rui rubbed his hands and said, "That...no need? I think I can train them well."
Beigong Chun glanced at him: "Just as high as your half bucket of water, let you train these unruly Wuhuan cavalry? I'm afraid that before you can train them, you'll be cut off your head first!"
Li Rui was obviously dissatisfied: "Am I that bad?"
Looking at Zhuge Hui: "I'm not that bad, right!"
Zhuge Hui said: "I advise you to listen to my father and not force him to convince others with virtue."
Li Rui immediately had a cold war... Beigong Chun's virtue is the virtue of martial virtue, and he can't stand it!
Without any suspense, his 3,600 Wuhuan cavalry were taken away by Beigong Chun before he could catch up. However, under his argument, Beigong Chun still gave him the 170 Fu family private soldiers who survived the Battle of Tiemen Pass. This kid has an inexplicable persistence in training troops. Anyway, the army is not small, so it is no big deal to send a hundred people to play with him, just treat it as practicing for him!
The group of private soldiers left by Fu Ning are all very skilled in martial arts, so it is also a good choice for this kid to be a private guard...
Chapter completed!