No matter what you do, maintaining a stable mindset is the most important thing!
With a stable mindset, you can still do a great job even on things you're not particularly good at.
Psychologists have studied that no matter how miserable a person is, as long as there is another person behind them who sincerely recognizes, supports, and praises them, that miserable person can create miracles!
This is exactly how Dugu Yan is now!
She adopted this Foolish Old Man Moving Mountains approach, gradually eroding Sahehan's "forest fortress" and constantly shrinking the other side's "territory"... In fact, she was not sure if what she was doing was right or wrong.
She chose this method because she couldn't think of a better idea... she couldn't repeat the mistake of underestimating the enemy and acting rashly when she attacked Zhongshan...
As a result, Jiang Ming gave her a three-word comment: "Good, good, good!" which instantly boosted Dugu Yan's confidence and solidified her belief in the correct path!
This came not only from her husband's support, but also from the recognition of the most brilliant military strategist of this era!
Once the direction is clear, all that's left is the construction schedule!
Previously, we didn't choose to set fire to the mountain because, firstly, it had just rained and the soil was very damp, making it impossible to ignite; secondly, the area was full of coniferous forests... so setting fire to the mountain would not be very effective!
Now, with hundreds of thousands of people working overtime to cut down trees, the rate at which forests are shrinking is accelerating!
Moreover, Dugu Yan did not simply cut down trees and process them into weapons. Instead, she built a "Great Wall of Weapons" while cutting down trees. The unparalleled crossbows surrounded the entire forest, and their numbers increased, slowly advancing forward.
This tactic is to prevent the opponent from resorting to desperate measures and suddenly attempting a breakout!
The goal was to achieve the best encirclement effect with minimal casualties!
After all, these barbarians from the Northern Xiongnu were indeed quite formidable in combat!
After Dugu Yan had besieged Sahehan for almost half a month, Sahehan finally couldn't sit still any longer in the dense forest...
He never expected that the other side would use such a barbaric and primitive method to cut down all the trees in the forest and then use the materials on the spot to process weapons!
The effect is the same as them defending the city, while the city is surrounded by trees that can be used to make siege weapons... Their passive situation is easy to imagine!
After understanding the current situation, Sahehan finally made the decision to launch a final counterattack and break through the encirclement!
There's plenty of food; it should last another two months without any problem.
The "contraband" was enough, but the feeling of being "trapped like a turtle in a jar" was just awful!
Moreover, with the enemy surrounded by crossbows and other weapons, the later the breakout, the lower the probability of getting out!
Previously, they had indeed laid many traps and mechanisms in the dense forest, but they couldn't stop the enemy from simply cutting down trees and clearing them like a carpet bomb... In this way, no matter how many traps and mechanisms they laid, they were useless!
One late night, Sahehan fed his men their fill and let them smoke enough tobacco. Then, he ordered his entire army of 70,000 men to find a breakthrough point and charge down like a torrent!
Meanwhile, Dugu Yan's camp appeared to have been busy all day and was now resting, with only a hundred or so sentries remaining on guard duty...
However, in reality, all of Dugu Yan's repeating crossbows are equipped with mechanisms!
Once the enemy breaks through and gets caught on a string, a barrage of crossbow bolts will be unleashed, turning them into pincushions!
These Northern Xiongnu soldiers were unaware of the mechanics and charged forward recklessly, resulting in thousands of them being stabbed through the heart in an instant!
At that moment, horns sounded in Dugu Yan's camp, and tens of thousands of Xianbei soldiers swarmed over to intercept the fleeing Northern Xiongnu troops!
The soldiers manually operating the crossbows also took their positions and aimed at the Northern Xiongnu army that was descending the mountain one after another!
Crossbow bolts... rained down again, immediately inflicting heavy losses on the Northern Xiongnu's breakout army!
When training troops, Jiang Ming always emphasized that if you can shoot arrows, you shouldn't risk your life.
Risking your life is a very foolish act, and it doesn't demonstrate your bravery; it's only done when there's no other option...
If you can kill someone by shooting them, don't fight them!
It was this spirit of training that made his troops have many sharpshooters!
Even when Jiang Ming was advancing his soldiers, he used this reward system!
Whoever can shoot accurately will be promoted to a higher official rank faster!
If you're better than ten men, then you're a corps commander...
If you are better than a hundred people, then you are a centurion!
Therefore, Jiang Ming's soldiers spent more time training than practicing archery...
Now that they have ample weaponry, they can make the most of their advantages!
And so it went... On the Northern Xiongnu side, a total of twenty to thirty thousand men charged down, but not a single one escaped; they were all shot dead on the hillside...
In fact, Jiang Ming did not create this theory.
The true originator was Fan Zhongyan, a famous figure in his previous life.
When defending against the Western Xia, Fan Zhongyan devised a military strategy that judged the quality of archery skills.
This applies not only to ordinary people, but also to the local residents.
If two families have a conflict and it's unclear who is right and who is wrong, then they can have an archery contest. Whoever shoots more accurately is right!
The same applies to conflicts between soldiers...
Furthermore, those who shoot accurately and reach certain standards can directly collect silver from the sergeant.
This is precisely why countless sharpshooters emerged from among his border guards and civilians, including some elderly men and women...
This dealt a heavy blow to Western Xia, and even the Western Xia ruler was almost captured during one of his personal military campaigns because of it.
The Northern Song Dynasty was not short of money, which provided a solid material foundation for this kind of warfare!
If it really came down to a fight to the death, Song Dynasty soldiers were at a disadvantage compared to those barbarians, but they could make up for it well with their archery skills!
Sahehan's idea was to use 20,000 men as the vanguard for a charge!
In this way, even if we don't know how many of them will be able to escape, at least some of them will definitely be able to escape, so it's not like the whole army was wiped out!
The result... was even more chilling than he had imagined. Of the 20,000 vanguard troops who broke through, not a single one survived; they all perished under the crossbows of the Gan people...
That was a truly humiliating loss!
He regrets it terribly now. How could he have chosen such a despicable and outrageous defensive strategy for the forest?
This forest is full of timber, which is perfect for the enemy to use to their advantage!
The statement that all 20,000 people were wiped out is actually inaccurate!
Dugu Yan deliberately captured several hundred prisoners, then killed 99% of them, leaving only a few to run back and report that the Da Gan Empire would not accept surrender. She encouraged Sahehan to boost morale and fight to the last man!
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