The supreme commander of an army often plays a decisive role in the outcome of a war.
This is not only about cultivation and courage, but also about temperament.
Sometimes a slight hesitation and tenderness can affect a crucial battle, boost morale, and even make an army risk their lives. This depends on the confidence and personal charm that the general gives his subordinates.
Not only in the outer dynasty, even in the Great Chu Dynasty, many people have no confidence in Tang Mo who has been at home for many years.
The army of the Great Qin Dynasty was famous for its bravery many years ago, especially when many generals led the army in the Bashan Sword Field. The Great Qin Dynasty was not as strong as it is now, and did not have such a vast territory and abundant supplies. It is not as good as all dynasties in the world. This is reflected in the army, that is, the number of troops that can be supported by all the strength, including ordnance, is far inferior to that of the three dynasties of Han, Zhao, and Wei at that time.
Therefore, in many battles during the rise of Bashan, the Daqin army often relied on powerful practitioners, and the number of troops was often absolutely inferior. There have been many classic battles in which thousands of victories and tens of thousands have been won.
In the thirteenth year of Yuanwu in the Great Qin Dynasty, although the Bashan Sword Field had been annihilated for many years, the number of powerful practitioners in the Great Qin Dynasty still steadily overwhelmed other dynasties, especially Changling. .
It is hard for the world to imagine how the Qin army will behave when the total number of Daqin troops is no less than that of the opponent when the proportion of powerful practitioners is already large.
At least in the battle with Wuzhi, even though Wuzhi caught the Qin Dynasty's army by surprise with his crazy all-out attack at the beginning and won a huge victory, but in the ensuing battle, when a large number of practitioners from Changling rushed However, Wuzhi's army soon couldn't bear it anymore, and retreated into the depths of the wilderness through the cold.
Not many people are optimistic about the Great Chu Dynasty.
The most intuitive reaction is on the long border between Chu and Qin.
There are many border towns and bayonets on the side of the Qin Dynasty, as well as some small towns that cannot be reached by troops and carriages. Only the caravans know some secret trails.
There were very few caravans returning to the territory of Chu from the side of the Great Qin Dynasty.
This most intuitively shows that in the eyes of these caravans and some residents on the border, when the war begins, the flames of war will spread towards the territory of Chu. It is safer to move back to the territory behind the army of the Great Qin Dynasty, otherwise, when the two armies fought, I am afraid that there will be no grass and it will be affected.
Hongyan Town is one of the northernmost mountain towns of the Great Chu Dynasty in the northern border of Yinshan Mountain.
As the name suggests, this mountain town, which cannot be reached by ordinary vehicles and horses and can only be reached by caravans who can travel along the secret mountain road dug out of the cliff, originated from Hongyan.
There has been no fertile land around this mountain town since ancient times, and the transportation is extremely inconvenient. The only way to communicate with the outside world is to abandon the horses and rely on manpower to climb the mountain, or take the kind of narrow path dug along the mountain wall and hanging on one side. The reason why it can become one of the settlements of the frontier people is because of the red brine that contains a lot of salt underground.
These red brines can be used to make salt.
Salt is extremely important to both people and animals. There is no other place that can produce salt within a hundred miles of Hongyan Town. Therefore, Hongyan Town has relied on women to pump, carry brine, and make salt fields to dry salt for thousands of years.
Herdsmen and farmers outside transported air-dried meat and grains here through caravans, and exchanged them for a large amount of red salt.
Red Salt Town has naturally turned into an extremely secret trading place. Even if it is difficult to reach, because there is no better place within a hundred miles around, many caravans passing by here will not be able to complete transactions here. It is possible to arrive here to rest and replenish some supplies. If the load is insufficient, I will naturally bring some red salt out. As long as the red salt is shipped out, the price will be at least twice as high as here.
The war is coming, and even most of the herdsmen have already driven their livestock to the alpine pastures in the hinterland of Yinshan Mountain, and the number of caravans here has become extremely rare.
Coming along the Donghu border, Ding Ning, Changsun Qianxue and the ascetic old monk who arrived here are naturally absolutely different.
But in this area where life in the extreme north of Chu is extremely difficult and difficult, the trading exchanges were originally interlinked with Donghu and Wuzhi, and most of the customs and customs were similar. In the eyes of ordinary people in these areas, the vast majority of ascetic monks have extraordinary mana because of their practice, especially in their daily practice, whenever these ascetic monks meet the request of the border residents, they will use their precious vitality to eliminate the evil spirits of the border residents. In the eyes of these border residents, the ascetic monk is a very respected dharma king. Some frontier residents will spontaneously use their best things to serve these ascetic monks.
The older the ascetic monk, the more impressive the ascetic monk is, in the eyes of these people, the more meritorious it is, so when the ascetic monk led Ding Ning and his eldest grandson Qianxue to arrive here, Received the highest courtesy.
The people in Hongyan Town not only offered snow salt—a kind of extremely pure salt frost crystals, condensed on the top wooden strips deep in the salt well, this snow salt naturally condenses some useful heaven and earth energy for practitioners, in the There are astonishing prices in a capital like Changling. In addition, hearing that the old monk was only passing through here, these people also presented several best horses, enough water and food.
As for the guide, he was rejected by the old monk.
Because the old monk himself is the best guide. In his early years of practice, he had traveled to most places in Yinshan Mountain, entering Chu or Qin from this area.
The horses selected by these devout frontier residents are familiar with the narrow paths on the cliffs, and they walk extremely steadily, but most of the places are actually extremely dangerous. There are hundreds of feet in the air a few inches away, and there are towering rocks below, or you can see white torrents of streams.
Ding Ning's body fluctuated like waves with the bumps of the horse's back, but his hands opened a large engraved silver box containing snow salt extremely steadily.
The index finger and middle finger of his right hand penetrated into the middle of the snow salt, and then twisted a piece of paper out of it, and looked at it.
For him, Hongyan Town is the only way to go. One is that it is a shortcut to quickly enter the Chu state, and the other is that it is actually a military intelligence center of Wuzhi. Among the caravans gathered from all over, there are Wuzhi's People, gather some key military information here.
In order to make the most accurate judgment on the situation, it is necessary to have as complete and as fast an intelligence source as possible, and it is necessary to calculate the travel time of these intelligence transmissions here, and calculate the possible changes in it.
Ding Ning carefully read the densely packed handwriting on this page, then turned around and handed it to the eldest grandson Qianxue.
The eldest grandson Qianxue scanned briefly, looked at his back and nodded, "The more superior you are, the more you know, the less optimistic you are about the side of the Great Chu Dynasty. In just a few days, Yan, Qi There have been several turmoil. Although the previous turmoil and the current unsettled turmoil were only shown by Zheng Xiu on purpose, it let everyone know that she has a long-term layout in Yan and Qi. Although Chu, Yan The three dynasties of Qi and Qi have a covenant of advancing and retreating together, but I am afraid that Yan and Qi will be afraid, even if they send a large number of practitioners, some of the most powerful practitioners, Emperor Yan and Emperor Qi will stay by their side."
"Zheng Xiu is indeed very good at assassination, but this is not the most critical factor in this situation." Ding Ning turned his head and glanced at her, and said: "I also think that Yan and Qi will not send strong assistance, but the most critical The reason is that the Great Chu Dynasty is also very powerful. From their point of view, this battle of Great Chu is naturally unwinnable, but with the strength of both sides, no one can completely swallow the other side, so they feel that In the end, both sides lost a large number of troops, and the Great Chu Dynasty couldn't use it up. In the end, they cede land and seek peace. The cession of several counties will naturally hurt the vitality of the Great Chu Dynasty, but the Great Qin will also consume a lot of vitality. This is the opportunity for Yan and Qi to rise."
Changsun Qianxue frowned, and said directly: "If everything goes according to your current expectations, even if the Jin Ge Army arrives on schedule, it will be very dangerous, because now Daqin has invested much more power than you imagined before."
Ding Ning naturally understood what she was saying, even if he tried his best, it seemed that he might not be able to help Da Chu win this war, but he didn't think so.
He shook his head and said: "Si Hou seems to have too much advantage over Tang Mei, a general who has been idle for many years, but in fact we have a chance instead."