Sweep the World

Tongguan was established at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is located in the eastern part of the Guanzhong Plain and dominates the key areas of the three provinces of Qin, Jin and Henan. The situation in Tongguan is very dangerous. There are Qinling Mountains in the south, forbidden valleys in the southeast, and many cities in the south of the valley; the Wei and Luo rivers in the north will embrace the Yellow River and the Huayue in the west. Surrounded by mountains, peaks and peaks, valleys and deep cliffs, high mountains and narrow roads, there is a narrow path in the middle, which only accommodates one carriage and one horse. Therefore, Tongguan is an important place in the military.

Xiaoguan is located at the lower reaches of Bashui River, with the continuous Zhongling Mountain to the north, Lantian to the west, basin to the south, and Shangluo to the east. It’s hard to tell when it was established. It was built during the Cao Wei period. After the reinforcement of the Western Jin Dynasty, it was expanded again and again in the late Zhao State of the Xiongnu Liu clan to form the Xiongguan.

In fact, there is a Lantian Pass behind Xiaoguan, but because of the existence of a Xiaoguan in front, the importance of Lantian Pass has been declining. Lantian Pass has been in semi-abandonment after it fell into disrepair for a long time.

Shi Hu asked Ran Min to take only 10,000 troops, and Ran Min really took 10,000 troops. In addition to the troops, didn’t he also need to take the people? No one has set a limit on the number of minpas for the troops of 10,000. Isn't the minpa of nearly 200,000 excessive?

Looking at the structure of the 200,000 people, it is about 140,000 young people, and the rest are old and weak women and children. Looking at the baggage carried by Ran Minjun, there are more than 30,000 animal-drawn carts, at least 70,000 stones in the grain, and some ordnance, cloth, and miscellaneous things.

There are 30,000 animal carts, which are pulled by more than 40,000 horses and 20,000 cows, and there are nearly 10,000 horses and more than 4,000 cows in reserve. Needless to say, the cow, the horse is actually a part of a war horse.

Ran Min's trade with the Han Department of weapons is quite mixed, most of which are spearheads, war knives, and arrow heads, a small number of war swords and horses, the combined number of melee weapons amounts to 80,000, and the number of arrow heads is 250,000. In terms of armor, 1,800 pairs of iron armor and 3,000 pairs of leather armor. And this is a later period of transactions, not counting the previous two years.

In the transaction between the two parties, the amount of salt and salted fish was the largest, so much so that Ran Min provided it to the headquarters, and it could be sold on a large scale. It was an important source of money for Ran Min in recent years.

"There are so many trades given to us, and the amount in Liu Yan's hands can be imagined." Ran Min said enviously: "In just four years, he has grown from nothing. It is hard to imagine how to develop to have the current strength."

"Exactly!" Wang Jian said slowly: "Many things are not rumors. There are really tens of thousands of soldiers in Liu Yan's hands. That was the number at the beginning. Now there will be at least 20,000. That's the whole country. It’s impossible to do things with great power. Not only the foot soldiers, but also the armors and equipment of tens of thousands!"

Liu Yan didn't have as many soldiers as 20,000. It should be less than 5,000. After all, there was no "summon" swordsmen in the future, but the number of non-systematic soldiers continued to increase.

Armored cavalry refers to equipped heavy cavalry. Liu Yan's real number of equipped heavy cavalry is only one thousand and five, that is, the tiger army. The rest of the system cavalry only has human armor, and horses do not have armor. Protection.

Of course, even if it is that force, only some core personnel will know how many types of arms any force has, and the outside world can only rely on guesswork.

"They also have strong crossbowmen and continuous crossbowmen." Jiang Gan was talking about the newly emerged arms of the Han army during the Battle of Taishan County: "It was hidden and tucked before, but it was only exposed by the battle with Deng Heng."

Then there was a sound of inhalation. With so many armored soldiers and armors, and a considerable number of crossbowmen, they couldn't figure out how Liu Yan developed to have such a strong production capacity.

"We will also have QiangNu and LianNu." Ran Min gave his subordinates a booster: "It will be shipped in two months at the latest."

Ran Min's transactions with Liu Yan are very frequent, but the transaction method is a little special. What Liu Yan needs is not money, but Ran Min's payment method is people.

In the previous and subsequent transactions, Liu Yan obtained more than 180,000 people from Ran Min's side, and most of them were miscellaneous. In the following transactions, the number of Jins sent by Ran Min soared, and the last batch reached 40,000 Jins. That is, the number of young and strong is relatively small, most of them are old and weak women and children.

Liu Yan almost never refused to come. He didn't say much about the large number of Jin people, old and weak women and children. After all, it can be seen that Ran Min was arranging the military affairs. Although he was taken advantage of, he accepted the old and weak women and children. It's tantamount to helping Ran Min prepare for the battle, which is good for everyone.

Tiaoyou asked excitedly: "How much?"

"Two thousand strong crossbows, five hundred continuous crossbows." Wang Jian said regretfully: "It's just that the arrows need to be made by ourselves."

"That's not a problem!" Tiao You was very happy: "That's a crossbow! I don't know how many times stronger than a bow!"

With the ordnance carried by Ran Min, there is absolutely no problem in arming another 50,000 to 60,000 people. This time he entered Guanzhong because he really wanted to do something big.

Guanzhong is a good place. Even if Zheng Guoqu is destroyed and abandoned, the fact that Guanzhong is a granary still cannot be changed.

Because of the state policy of Shijie and Zhao, the elite of Qiang and Di are all in Xiang, which is equivalent to giving Ran Min a chance to occupy Guanzhong. They had already figured it out, and immediately controlling Tongguan, Xiaoguan, and Lantian Pass after entering Guanzhong is equivalent to locking the throat of Guandong entering Guanzhong.

Ran Min is about to enter the pass. Apart from the 10,000 reorganized army and the 200,000 minbi, there will be people who spontaneously follow the relocation one after another.

The huge team arrived at Mianchi, how could the Fu clan not be nervous? You must know that the army and the Minpi are not so clear these days. The young and Zhuang can be put on the battlefield with a little arm. Therefore, the reason Fu Jian gave after stopping Ran Min was that the people led by Ran Min greatly exceeded the number given by Shihu, and he refused Ran Min's entry into the pass.

"Seventh!" Ran Min raised his hand into a fist shape: "Seven days is the time limit. If Fu Jian refuses to let go, he will attack directly!"

Fu Jian may be trying to scare Ran Min to the utmost extent. Should he bring about 30,000 Di Clan soldiers?

Although Shijie and Zhao paid attention to the two thugs of Qiang and Di, they also imposed severe restrictions on the two groups. For example, the elite populations of Qiang and Di were restricted to be under surveillance in the vicinity of Xiang State, and the two groups were strictly restricted locally. The number of clan soldiers of the clan.

There are definitely more than two million Qiang people living in the northwest. Due to the limitation of Shihu, there are only about 80,000 Qiang soldiers. To say that there are no more clan soldiers in private is a joke, but because they are too restricted, they cannot be reorganized publicly, and the ordnance is difficult to build. The quality of the clan soldiers in the secret is definitely much worse than the public ones.

The Di clan is also in a similar situation. Shihu allowed the Di clan to recruit 50,000 troops in Guanzhong. It is a bit uncalculated in private, but Fu Jian brought 30,000 over to give Ran Min a good opportunity.

"Most of the Zheng soldiers are here. As long as they are defeated, it will be difficult for them to gather soldiers again in a short time." Wang Jian paused, waiting for everyone to digest the information, and then said: "The more troublesome thing is that the Di Clan will inevitably be with you. We fought vigorously, and Xiangguo’s response should also be taken into consideration."

Jiang Gan was a little cheerful and said: "It's very simple, just say that the Di people are going to oppose. Regardless of whether the Xiang country believes it or not, it's not wrong to mess things up first."

People are everywhere in Shijie and Zhao Kingdom. Some time ago, the Shengqiang in the northwest was rioting, so why can't it be chaos?

Because there are riots everywhere, it is estimated that Shijie Zhao’s center has long been used to it? Just wanting to fabricate the Guanzhong Di rebellion is a bit difficult. After all, Fu Hong has always stayed in Xiang Country. The essence of the Di ethnic group is also near Xiang Country. As long as Shihu checks a little, we can know if Fu Hong is really going against it. If you can mix things up, buy more time.

Seven days passed in an instant, and Ran Min used this period of time to make a number of preparations, including controlling Mianchi and reorganizing 30,000 young men.

Speaking of it, Ran Min's commanding army definitely has a set. Although the young and strong have been trained before, it is really not that easy to perfect the reorganization of 30,000 people in a short period of seven days.

"Meet Fujian, Jie Shiwu led the army to charge the Qiang army to take Fujian's head directly, you wait to deal with the rest of the enemy." Ran Min was wearing heavy armor, and his mount Zhulongma was also covered with armor. He is holding a horse, with two hooks in his back, a war sword hanging from his waist, and a bow and a quiver on the side of the horse: "Thirty thousand Qiang soldiers were annihilated in World War I!"

A group of people, even the scribes, were fully armed, and each had an armor for riding and warfare, that is, the mount was not armored.

Inside Mianchi City, there are soldiers preparing to fight, the closest to the gate is nearly 1,500 armored equipment, followed by at least 3,000 pawns wearing leather armor, and then there are some just holding hands. The infantry of weapons ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ Don't pay too much attention to it, Ran Min's army does not have a uniform uniform, it looks like a colorful mess. The real situation is that the entire Shijie Zhao State uniform is the Dragon Guardian, and the rest are only the personal guards of various big figures wearing uniform uniforms, and the rest, whether they are county soldiers or anything, do not have uniform uniforms.

Armored equipment is considered to be the essence of a country, and how many armored equipment represents how strong the power is. Before that, Ran Min had also accumulated a lot of heavy armor, just can't be exposed, but now there is not much so-called.

The knights in Ran Min's armor and riding gear are basically members of various families, and only those who can ensure sufficient and abundant food can have a strong physique.

In fact, it is the same. The cold weapon battlefield competes with the system. After all, only enough physique can put on heavy armor and wield weapons, so that scrawny people can wear seventy or eighty catties of heavy armor without taking two steps. How do you fight then?

Seeing that Fu Jian unceremoniously led nearly 20,000 troops to the outside of Mianchi City, Ran Min first watched on the tower for a while, and finally sneered: "Masters, seize Guanzhong in this battle!" Lisuo turned on his horse and shouted: "Open the gate!" (To be continued.)