Chapter 211 The fourth year of Guanghe (187) was destined to be a turbulent year with countless rebellions, big and small.
The central government, due to multiple deployments of large armies to suppress rebellions, was unable to make ends meet financially.
The counter-rebellion army led by Huang Zhong and Dong Zhuo was the last capital of the imperial court.
May.
Huang Zhong led an army of [-] people to Chencang.
The prefect of Youfufeng is named Zhao Yao, whose courtesy name is Yuan Gui. He is from Nanzheng in Hanzhong. He is the son of Zhao Xuan, the prefect of Qianwei. He has little public standing. He and his brother Zhao Yan and others are famous for their virtues. Li Xie, a native of Hanzhong, and Zhao Yao and Jia Biao , Xun Shuang, and Zhang Wen were friends.
The last time Zhang Wenping launched a rebellion in Liangzhou, Zhao Yao played an important role in providing logistics for the army.
This time Huang Zhong went on an expedition, the army still had to rely on Zhao Yao for logistics.
"Ugh!"
The more he stopped leading troops in Bingzhou, the more Huang Zhong lamented that Bingzhou troops were easy to lead.
In this expedition, there were [-] combatable troops, but there were also [-] auxiliary troops, most of which were infantry. They marched dozens of miles every day, which made people look anxious.
Huang Zhong stood in Chencang and looked into the distance, "Go west for one day and you'll reach Sanguan. Beyond Sanguan, you'll reach Hanyang County."
If it were the Bingzhou Army, it would be an army of [-] people, all cavalry, with no logistics. The main thing would be a soldier with great speed, and he would be able to lead it with ease.
Many years of leading troops in Bingzhou have raised Huang Zhong's demands. During his two years as Sili Xiaowei, Huang Zhong finally saw through Luoyang that a bunch of young men could not form effective combat effectiveness.
After two years of hard work, Huang Zhong took the best from his army and eliminated the dross, and finally reorganized a 3000-man combat-effective army. This is the army that the court can currently handle.
However, because he was in charge of the foreign army, Huang Zhong also discovered the shortcomings, or shortcomings, of the Bingzhou Army, and told Liu Han: Although the Bingzhou Army has strong combat effectiveness and high mobility, it is good at plain decisive battles, mobile warfare, and lightning warfare (these tactics are still Liu Han explained it to the generals, and the generals were impressed, so Liu Han's prestige in the army was ridiculously high).
But cavalry is cavalry. Fortified battles, street battles, mountain battles with complex terrain, and forest battles must rely on infantry. Although cavalry can also become infantry, their combat effectiveness is greatly reduced.
There is also a more fatal problem, which is army logistics.
Although the [-]-strong army in his hands marched slowly, he had enough logistical supplies and went out with the state army, and never fought a war for more than half a month.
The food that the Bingzhou cavalry can carry can only supply their needs for half a month. Beyond this time, the army can only retreat and look for other fighters.
No one has yet noticed that the Bingzhou Army has such a fatal weakness, so Huang Zhong reported the matter to Liu Han. Once the enemy found out, he would defend the city in the early stage and wait until the army ran out of food before attacking again, the consequences would be disastrous.
Liu Han, who was in Bingzhou, naturally discovered this problem and began to reform the military structure.
The cavalry is not omnipotent. The strength of the cavalry lies in its mobility and impact.
Therefore, cavalry is the best choice when facing the nomads outside the Great Wall.
But in the future civil war, unless there is a surprise attack and a decisive battle between the two sides, once the enemy takes advantage of the danger and defends, it will be difficult for the cavalry to achieve great results, not to mention the dense water network in Jiangdong, where it is difficult to deploy large-scale cavalry.
Therefore, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion was quelled, the military structure of the Bingzhou Army began to change, and infantry and cavalry coordination became the best choice.
The army rationally deployed light and heavy cavalry and light and heavy infantry, thus providing the basis for joint operations of all services and arms. On this basis, infantry and cavalry coordination tactics were developed, with the heavy infantry square forming the center and the cavalry on its two wings. , can be used as a cavalry archer; in combat, they mainly use the coordinated method of cavalry to guide infantry attacks or infantry to support cavalry operations, and flexibly adopt tactics such as infantry central breakthrough, cavalry outflanking or one-wing encirclement according to the battle situation.
Liu Han's idea was to create an army that combined multiple arms operations. The cavalry would not only perform combat tasks, but also be responsible for transporting combat supplies such as grain and grass. The infantry, in addition to fighting, would also be responsible for logistical tasks such as camping and feeding horses.
Not only that, the light infantry must also be proficient in riding skills. Once the army begins to pursue, they must be able to keep up with the speed of the training of infantry and cavalry is the same. There must be no shortcomings. Someone's disastrous defeat in the Battle of the Boundary Bridge is a very clear example.
In two years, through continuous experiments, Liu Han built a combined army of ten thousand people, including four thousand cavalry, including one thousand heavy cavalry; six thousand infantry, five thousand light infantry, and one thousand heavy infantry.
The army has been run-in, and it has its first experience. Next, it needs to run-in an army of [-], and then integrating these [-] troops together will cost more energy and financial resources than forming heavy cavalry.
But Liu Han believes that it is worthwhile because the day to test the results is not far away.
# What Huang Zhong has to do now is to first relieve the siege of Ji County (Hanyang County).
At present, the leader of the rebels is elected by everyone in the kingdom and calls himself the "United General". (There is no problem with the person's name, but there is a problem with his place of origin: Yuan Ji said that he was from Didao County, Longxi County; Fan's "Fu Xie Biography" said that he was from Jincheng County; the third one said that he was from Hanyang County, and his origin is Fan. The book "Chronicles of Emperor Ling" and "Biography of Gai Xun" cite "Continuation of Hanshu" and "Biography of Dong Zhuo" in three places. According to the principle of conformity, it is more likely that the kingdom is from Hanyang County.) To sum up, the current components of the Liangzhou rebels are as follows: [-]. The Yi Cong in Huangzhong were led by Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou. Now both of them have become Han Sui's victims, so these people are naturally Han Sui's people.
[-]. There are no Qiang in Beidi County.
[-]. The Yi Congjun in Pohan County, Longxi County, was led by Song Jian.
[-]. The Yi Congjun of Hanyang County was led by Wang Guo (Ma Teng was among them).
Among the four forces, only Song Jian did not seem to actively participate in it. He only developed locally and called himself "the king of Han Dynasty at the head of the river."Hundreds of officials were set up in Panghan County and he became the emperor of the Tu Dynasty. He ruled for more than thirty years. In the 19th year of Jian'an (214), Cao Cao sent general Xia Houyuan to defeat and destroy him.
This information had already been collected by Liu Han's intelligence troops and placed in front of Huang Zhong.
"Ma Teng? After Ma Fubo? Fufeng Ma family"
Huang Zhong had been with Liu Han for many years, and of course he knew what his master was going to do. After seeing the information, he knew that he could make something out of this person.
"Pass the information to the lord on flying pigeons."
Zhang Yang: "Here."
(Ma Teng in history is completely different from "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Ma Teng is portrayed as a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. Once the Han Dynasty is in danger, Ma Teng is always the first to jump out to help. When Dong Zhuo was in chaos, Ma Teng participated in the rebellion of the eighteen princes. Dong, because of the intrigues among the eighteen princes, he could not succeed.
When Li Jue and Guo Si were in chaos, Ma Teng was ordered by Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to attack Li Jue and Guo Si, but he withdrew due to lack of food. Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to Xudu, and Ma Teng participated in the rebellion of Dong Cheng, Liu Bei and others. He prepared to kill Cao Cao when he took the imperial edict, but escaped because he leaked the secret in advance.
Later, Cao Cao summoned Ma Teng to Xudu under the guise of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. Ma Teng also wanted to join forces with Huang Kui to attack Cao Cao, but failed and was killed.
Ma Teng's image in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is that of a thoroughly loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. He wanted to help the Han Dynasty, but he was killed by Cao Cao.
According to official history, Ma Teng and Cao Cao separated and reunited. Ma Chao raised his troops first, and Cao Cao killed Ma Teng later.
In the official history, Ma Teng is obviously not a royalist in the traditional sense, but a complete egoist. He was born in Xiliang, so he was close to Dong that time, Dong Zhuo occupied Guanzhong and invited Ma Teng to conquer the princes of Shandong. Ma Teng went happily.
When he arrived in Chang'an, Dong Zhuo was already dead and was named General of the Western that, because of the quarrel with Li Jue, Guo Si and others, he raised an army to conquer, but was defeated and returned.
Later, he had a conflict with his sworn brother Han Sui. After Cao Cao's mediation, the two stopped fighting and Ma Teng went to Beijing as an official.
Ma Teng in history was not a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. He was just a hero in troubled times and had absolutely no loyalty to the Han Dynasty. From the time he rebelled against the court, it was destined that Ma Teng was not a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, book friends who like Jin Ma Chao, I can tell you in advance that the "Five Tiger Generals" will not be together. ) (End of this chapter)