On the one hand, he did not expect that Dugu Yan could achieve such a great victory, burning 140,000 Northern Xiongnu people to death.
This victory... is completely comparable to the 190,000 Southern Xiongnu soldiers he burned to death in the Yanshan Mountains!
Moreover, the fact that the Xiongnu were tripped up twice in the same pit was incredibly impressive!
On the other hand, the dismal casualty ratio of Zhao Yong's army also worried Jiang Ming.
Since the nationwide resources were unified and allocated, Jiang Ming adopted a unified and standardized production method for both weapons and armor, giving the best equipment and warhorses to the Northern Army Group!
Even in terms of food, the Zhao army was provided with the best...
Are these Zhao people pigs? How come four of them could only defeat one Northern Xiongnu?
Could it be that all the Northern Xiongnu people are on drugs?
Jiang Ming, familiar with the history of warfare, knew that a war had broken out between this agricultural civilization and the steppe civilization...
Every time we suffer a loss, it's not because of differences in individual combat capabilities.
In reality, a soldier from the Central Plains could easily defeat a Xiongnu soldier, given their superior equipment.
However, the Xiongnu people's flexible tactics and lack of fixed cities made it difficult for the Central Plains soldiers to capture them, which is why they suffered repeated losses!
Since the Battle of Daxianbei Mountain, where Jiang Ming failed to achieve a complete victory, he deeply regretted his actions and drastically improved the Zhao and Yan armies in many aspects, including discipline, equipment, nutrition, tactics, and warhorses. However, the casualty ratio remained at 1:4...
This was something Jiang Ming truly couldn't understand!
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