Chapter 630 Pre-war Mobilization (Please vote and subscribe)
Maodun's idea is very good, in fact, it is almost the same as he thought. The thousands of elite soldiers of the Han tribe are almost the same as defending the city on the grassland, but if you want to take the initiative to attack, how can you fight if you can't even catch up with the enemy? If you take the initiative to attack, and then Maodun uses cavalry to sneak around a few times, when the infantry of the Han tribe is exhausted, it is really hard to say who will win or lose.
Therefore, the tactical goal of taking the initiative to attack cannot be established, but this is also a relative problem. The heavy armored infantry of the Han tribe cannot fight against the main force of Maodun's cavalry, but it does not mean that Luo Chong has no way to deal with him. I can't catch your cavalry, but I can play a game of switching homes. I just ask if you are afraid.
Maodun's cavalry is erratic, and it is indeed not easy to catch them, and even if you know where they are, you can't catch them at all, but their spring and summer grazing grounds are unchanged, which gives Luo Chong the possibility to attack their base camp.
Jinwu Guards had begun to play their role under You Zhi's organization. They had mastered the locations of several key grazing grounds of Maodun. After all, You Zhi had followed You Fu to do business in the grasslands before. At that time, Maodun had not yet fallen out with the Han tribe. The two sides had contacted many times, and the areas were similar each time. At that time, the caravans of the Han tribe also stayed in their garrisons temporarily, so it was not difficult to find their locations.
Moreover, the migration trend of grassland herders, in general, is to stay by the lake in spring and summer, and go directly west into the mountains in the west in winter. The abundant vegetation in those valleys is their guarantee to survive the cold winter. Maodun's tribe is no exception. They are also stationed by the big lake.
With such a prerequisite, it would be much easier for the Han tribe to directly use sailboats to carry soldiers and raid Maodun's garrison by the lake. Now the only problem that needs to be solved is one, Luo Chong does not want to exchange homes with him.
There is no problem in raiding Maodun's hometown, but Maodun is not idle now. He is also thinking about the batch of cattle, horses and white salt from the Han tribe. This huge amount of materials is now guarded by a caravan of less than 200 people. If they encounter the main force of the Maodun Alliance, it is obvious that they cannot be stopped.
If Luo Chong only cares about raiding his nest and ignores the caravan, it is obvious that the Han tribe will suffer a great loss, so the caravan must also do a good job of guarding. Not only the caravan, but also the military camp may also become Maodun's attack target. Imagine that if Maodun fails to rob the caravan and finds that his nest has been stolen, what is he most likely to do at this time? Obviously, the best goal is to use all the troops and defend the empty military camp.
However, since Luo Chong thought of it in advance, he would not leave him a chance. No, it should be said that he should prepare something for Maodun in advance, otherwise the Han tribe will be too passive.
After the tactics were decided, Luo Chong immediately began to prepare. The troops were ready, but the weapons and armor were missing. However, there was no way, so he could only make do with it.
The entire grassland base of the Han tribe was mobilized by Luo Chong. There were more than 4,000 soldiers in the two guards. Luo Chong could not pull them all out at once. It was just a stealing. Too many people would be useless. Therefore, he only sent one Tiger Guard to carry out this task. Xue Tu was the commander-in-chief of this operation.
In the early spring of this year, both troops had experience in raiding the barbarian tribe’s garrison, and it was also a landing battle, so Luo Chong only explained the strategic purpose, and the specific implementation plan was handed over to Xue Tu to formulate. In short, the goal this time was to cause as much damage to the other side as possible.
What property did the herdsmen have? Basically, it was livestock, and the next was the yurt. So Luo Chong’s request was to burn all the yurts he saw, and to abduct all the living people to be slaves of the Han tribe. Those who dared to resist, regardless of gender, age or young, would be killed. The livestock that could be taken away would be taken away, and those that could not be taken away would be killed on the spot, and thrown into the lake after being killed. Even if the Han tribe could not get it themselves, they could not leave a single wool for them.
There is nothing to say about those who dare to be enemies with the Han tribe. If I don't beat you up and make you call me daddy, then I am incompetent. When you plan to rob the Han tribe, you should be prepared to be robbed back.
On the other hand, Luo Chong summoned all the herdsmen who had recently joined the tribe and asked them to organize all the men over the age of fifteen to form a mobile support cavalry to protect the caravan's journey.
The herdsmen were still resistant to fighting as soon as they joined the Han tribe. They were not very enthusiastic, and they were also a little afraid of Maodun. These people were originally small tribes that were not welcomed by all forces. They all knew how strong Maodun was and that he had a leather armor cavalry of several hundred people, so they were a little afraid of Maodun.
In addition, there was a big difference in the strength of the troops. There were less than 6,000 herdsmen. If all the men over the age of 15 were organized, there would only be 1,200 people. These grassland men could ride horses and bend bows, and they didn't need to be trained. After all, this was their specialty.
However, compared with the main force of Maodun who were equipped with a small number of bronze weapons and bronze stirrups, they only had homemade bows and a small number of wolf-tooth arrows and dog-tooth arrows, which was a great advantage. The Han tribe had few people, poor equipment, and low morale, so it was useless.
Luo Chong had no choice but to do ideological work on the herdsmen.
He first called Lingfeng and Wuyun from his side, and then summoned the former small leaders of the herdsmen, and then talked to them.
"I know that everyone has just settled down and is afraid of Maodun, but we have to fight this battle. Why? Because Maodun wants to steal a batch of white salt from us."
After these words came out, after Lingfeng and Wuyun translated, several small leaders looked over. Although they didn't care much about other things, white salt was very attractive to them. The grassland did not produce salt, and it used to rely on the Xin tribe for supply. Later, the Han tribe came, but now the Xin tribe has gradually withdrawn from the grassland, so the only one who can produce white salt is the Han tribe.
Everyone can understand this reason, which is why everyone chooses to join the Han tribe. Although most of them want to be protected by the Han tribe, one of the purposes is that they will not lack salt if they follow the Han tribe.
Now the leader actually said that Maodun wanted to rob the salt of the Han tribe, and they began to panic.
Luo Chong continued, "You guessed right. That is the second half of this year and all the salt next year. If he robs it, the whole grassland will be in a salt shortage, but now there are less than 200 soldiers protecting the white salt. What do you think we should do?"
This is equivalent to Luo Chong directly kicking the ball to them, letting them choose whether to send troops or not. If they don't send troops, they will have no salt to eat, and if they send troops, they will definitely suffer losses. For a while, these small leaders frowned, obviously not expecting the situation to be so complicated.
At this time, Yili on the side suddenly asked, "Chief, there are so many soldiers in the barracks, and their weapons are so good, why don't you let them go, but let us go?"
Luo Chong was prepared for this question. He was also a bachelor, so he confessed directly, "These soldiers I brought from the tribe are all infantry, they can't ride horses, and the Han tribe doesn't have that many horses for them to ride.
Another thing I want to say is that they are not not going to fight, but they have other tasks. I will send half of them to attack Maodun's grazing land by boat, and the other half will stay to defend the military camp to prevent Maodun from attacking. So now you are the only ones who can support the caravan as quickly as possible. "
Yili frowned again and said nothing. He wanted to ask why the leader did not let them stay and let the soldiers brought by the Han tribe to protect the caravan, but when he thought about the fact that those infantrymen could not ride horses, he could not say anything.
Seeing that no one responded, Luo Chong could only convince them with real benefits, so he said to these people.
"As far as I know, Maodun's army is not ridiculously strong. They have at most three or four hundred main forces wearing leather armor, and they have stirrups and use bronze arrows. Your worries are nothing more than these." Luo Chong glanced at them and continued.
"But if you are willing to fight, I can give each of you a set of iron armor and iron arrows. As for bows and swords, I can't take them out for the time being, so I can only transport them from the tribe, but it's too late now."
Seeing that everyone was stunned, Luo Chong waved his hand, called Xue Tu who was not far away, and asked him to stand next to him.
"See? You know the iron armor, right? It's made of the same material as your iron pots, and is much stronger than leather armor. No matter what weapons Maodun and his men use, wearing this will make you invulnerable to swords and guns."
As Luo Chong spoke, he drew out the long sword from his waist and chopped Xue Tu's belly twice. There was a sound of metal clashing, but the sharp steel sword could not cause any damage to the iron armor, which made the leaders dumbfounded.
Of course, Luo Chong lied to them. At such a close distance, if he used a steel sword to pierce the iron armor, he could still pierce the iron armor. It was just that he cunningly used the attack method of slashing, so it would be a miracle if he could break the defense.
However, even so, the iron armor of the Han tribe was more than enough to defend against Maodun's small amount of bronze arrows.
"Give us this, everyone?" Yili pointed at his nose and asked in disbelief.
Xue Tu, who was being chopped off, was also confused. He asked Luo Chong in a low voice, "Chief, do we really want to equip them with armor?"
Luo Chong said without hesitation, "They are also from the Han tribe." After saying this, he nodded to Yili, "Everyone has one. You can use it this time. Return it after the battle. But in a few days, I can customize a batch of new cavalry armor for you. Now I can only take some from them and lend them to you. This way, you don't have to worry, right?"
After saying this, Yili and Xue Tu were stunned again.
"Chief, we are going to fight soon too. If you take off our armor and give it to them, what will we wear?" Xue Tu immediately objected.
Yili looked at Xue Tu's question and stared at Luo Chong. He wanted to see if the chief was tricking them into going to die.
"Why are you in such a hurry? Who said we need your armor? I'm talking about the armor of the archers of Qianniuwei. They don't go out to fight, but rely on fortifications in the barracks for defense. Even if they really fight a defensive battle, they will shoot arrows from a distance. The armor is not very useful. Why not give it to the cavalry first? It just so happens that the number of people is about the same. If it's not enough, add some leather armor of the logistics soldiers, and more than a thousand sets will be enough." Luo Chong scolded Xue Tu and explained to him and Yili.
Xue Tu suddenly realized it and immediately stopped objecting. Anyway, as long as they didn't strip his soldiers, it would be fine. As for Qianniuwei, as the leader said, they would not go out. On
the other side, Yili's eyes lit up. The Han tribe regarded these armor and weapons as treasures. If he wanted them at ordinary times, he would definitely have no chance, but this time it was a good opportunity. Moreover, with these invulnerable armors, even if they went to war, they could reduce some losses, so the herdsmen in his tribe should be able to accept it.
"Chief, we are willing to fight, but our weapons, can you give us some long swords and spears?" Yili asked again.
Luo Chong thought that the battle had not started yet, but he began to think about the benefits, "As for swords, it's not impossible, but we don't have them now. It's very troublesome to make them, and it won't be done in a short time. Besides, you haven't used them before, so it's useless even if I give them to you now.
As for weapons, I don't have anything good to give you for the time being, only a batch of iron-tufted feather arrows. It happens that you also have bows, so use them first. If
you want swords, wait until you come back." Yili thought about it and nodded in agreement.
After discussing the battle, several small leaders went back to organize the herdsmen, and called 1,200 herdsmen in a scattered manner. These young and strong men all carried bows and led their own horses. Each person had at least two horses, and at most four horses. There were also quivers made of animal skins hanging on the backs of the horses, which were filled with many of their homemade wolf tooth arrows.
Luo Chong also called out the archers of Qianniu Guard. Because they had to draw bows and shoot arrows, their armor was not as abnormal as that of other infantrymen. Although it was only a single layer of armor, it was also made of steel sheets. The glittering silver armor still dazzled the herdsmen's eyes.
"Change clothes." Luo Chong ordered immediately.
Due to the rush of time, there was no excessive preparation. The archers had to give their own military uniforms to the herdsmen. This made Yili a little confused. Didn't they say they wanted to change armor?
"Leader, what is this?"
"Iron armor cannot be worn against the skin. You need a layer of clothes inside. There is no time to prepare for the moment. Wear this first. I see that many of you are naked. How can you wear armor like this?" Luo Chong had to explain.
"Oh——" Yili suddenly realized and began to let his herdsmen change clothes on the spot. Fortunately, the body shapes of people in this era are basically the same. They don't have enough food to eat, so few people are fat. In addition, the fabrics nowadays are not elastic, so they are made looser. In this way, the process of changing clothes is very smooth.
(End of this chapter)
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